The outer part of Grey Mist City is a partially flat field that is irrigated by the flow of the Ketufu River, and although the production is not large enough to be sold in bulk to the outside world, it can barely sustain the daily consumption of these civilians. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

For the commoners, farming is just the basic means to satisfy their stomachs, and they will go to Gray Mist City to work on weekdays, whether it is in the factory or on the dock, it is a good place for them to make money, after all, they have the silver mines of Baal Town, the granary of Samar City, and there are always many merchant ships from the outside sea.

But now, the civilians of the outer city looked in dazed and frightened as they watched in their fields, where groups of neatly dressed troops and armed with slender dwarven muskets were appearing quickly, trampling on their fields that had just been harvested and waited for the past winter to continue sowing.

They didn't dare to say anything, because the civilians had also seen that on the walls of the outer city, which was only five meters high, the city guards armed with bows and arrows, as well as the mercenaries, were ready for battle.

The outtown, which was already not very prosperous, is now even more desolate, and all the civilians have begun to quickly gather valuable furniture so that they can hide in the basement or cellar of their homes.

The enemy is coming!

They didn't think too much about it, how to survive was their main concern, especially the old people who had experienced the battle, they all called for their children, all of them hid in the storeroom dug in advance, and at the same time used all kinds of clever cover-ups to cover the entrances and exits of the storeroom and cellar, as well as the breathing ports.

In war, civilians are always the saddest type of people, but they have also learned how to hide themselves, such as these storage rooms and cellars, which are a good illustration of their survival wisdom.

Even the storage rooms dug by many people are all opened up in their own tunnels, and a little cover can form a network, even if the enemy discovers this storage room, they will not capture them all, this is the pain of the past, the sequelae of survival, no one wants to die.

But this kind of thought appeared in the hearts of the city defense team and mercenaries, and it was wrong, because these troops who had already gone up to the city wall were now trembling and looking at the Cape City troops outside.

No one wanted to stay here, and they found that it was much better to stay in the Outer Harbor than here, especially with the introduction of the dwarven cannons, so that the soldiers guarding the walls and gates were all terrified and ready to flee.

The infantry of the city defense team is composed of ruffians and hooligans, and they maintain law and order on weekdays, scaring and scaring civilians.

Those mercenaries of the mercenary group, although they are real soldiers who have been on the battlefield, but how can they really throw their lives here for the sake of money, when everything is looking at money? They are not willing to do a loss-making business, especially this kind of battle that is bound to lose and will definitely die.

If they were guarding the seven-meter-high and four-meter-thick city wall in the inner city now, they might not have the idea they have now, but they can't think of anything to resist the enemy outside on the five-meter-high city wall they are standing on now.

With your own life? Maybe it's a joke, but they don't want to die.

Now the officials in the inner city have all gone back, and the guys who were originally in charge of the middle-level command are all their own people, in fact, if it weren't for the governor of Gray Mist City, and the deterrent power of those nobles still exists in their hearts, this group of guys who are greedy for life and afraid of death, or don't want to die at all, would have fled a long time ago!

But even if they didn't want to escape, there was no way to hold the walls now, especially when the five teams of 12-pounder infantry guns, a total of 20 heavy guns, slowly pushed the artillerymen to the front of the formation, they were doomed to not go.

Although this 12-pounder cannon is not as powerful as the 24-pounder light cannon, its accuracy and reloading speed have been qualitatively enhanced, and it is a real, modern new artillery.

The twenty 12-pounder infantry guns were all safe, and the horses used to pull the guns had been moved to the rear, the muzzles of the black holes were aimed at the front, and the blazing braziers, the gunpowder packets and shells in the chambers were all stuffed into the guns, waiting for the final moment.

Siege warfare must have the appearance of siege warfare, first of all, destroy the city gate, let the infantry behind them enter the outer city, and then open the road to the inner city, and continue to bombard the real walls of the gray fog city.

"All ready?"

Levi stood behind the twenty infantry guns, turned his head to see the more 24-pounder howitzers being pulled by the horses, slowly walked down the deck, followed the planks to the ground, and crushed the pre-laid ploughed fields to this side.

"Ready." Behind him, Wilmot nodded slowly, stretched out his hand and gestured to the privates and Barbary pirates next to him, and these elite troops immediately scattered to both sides, more than 3,000 people occupied a field of farmland, each team formed separately, so it seemed that they were extremely numerous.

Even if they haven't launched an attack yet, just by the might of these soldiers, the defenders on the city wall are weak in their legs, especially the soldiers of the city defense team, when have they seen this kind of formation?

And Wilmot looked at the mess on the city wall, and couldn't help but let out a cold snort, his eyes were full of disdain, and he turned his head to Levi and asked, "Your Majesty, should we go and persuade us to surrender?" ”

"Persuasion?"

Levi smiled, the morale of the defenders on the city wall in front of him had dropped to freezing point, if he went to persuade him to surrender, with the coercion of force, he could indeed make these soldiers choose to surrender.

But crucially, what use did he want these medieval infantry? To fill the first wave of the opponent's musket array? Or was it used to add a large slave population to the construction of Cape City? In Levi's opinion, as long as the Gray Mist City is captured, there will always be them, and those civilians are more suitable for certain tasks.

Spat at the side, Levi waved his hand forward, and said indifferently: "Let's shoot, we don't need so many guys who eat rice, and now we can let these nobles know why we are here." ”

The modern siege method is very simple, that is, to use artillery to collapse the city wall, and then the infantry rush in to occupy the captured city, although it is simple to say, but the actual implementation requires the necessary conditions, that is, a large number of artillery, and soldiers who are not afraid of death, and the soldiers can be sure that after entering the city, the strength of the defense will be crushed!

They were still using medieval siege thinking to fend off Levi, with chain spears for ballistas and bed crossbows, as well as oil cans, to ensure that siege engines and building carts were burned, and that all the wooden ladders used to climb the walls were pulled down for use.

"Fire!"

Levi's words amounted to an order, and besides, the outer city did not frighten them, Wilmot waved his hand behind him, and the two 12-pounder infantry guns were already ready.

The artilleryman aimed the burning red iron tongs at the fire rope, and as the sizzling sound entered the ears, the blazing muzzle flame erupted instantly, and the deafening roar continued, and close to the outer city wall 800 meters away, two volleyball-sized 12-pound shells had already appeared there, and the target was the closed city gate!

"Boom-"

With two explosions, the heavy solid wood gate was originally closed, but the moment the cannonball touched the wooden door, the power contained in it spread to the wood, and a large number of cracks instantly burst out of countless broken wood chips.

Two large holes suddenly appeared in the entire city gate, and even a small part of the city gate directly became dilapidated, exposing the scene behind the city gate, it seems that the infantry of the city defense team, as well as the mercenaries, have forgotten to block some obstacles behind the city gate, and now the city is in tatters by the shells!

Shoot again, the city gate will definitely not be able to withstand it, because the city gate of this outer city is not specially prepared for war, or it is only those water thieves, those rabble.

No one thought that in addition to the regular army in the South Trumming Sea, Levi, who had a modern army from another world on the North Trumming Sea, easily used the means of the regular army to destroy the city gate, and it can be expected that as long as there is another accurate bombardment, this city gate will definitely lose its original defensive effect.

"Wait."

Wilmot just wanted to give the order, and when the other two cannons were fired, his brows couldn't help frowning, looking at the white flag that suddenly appeared on the city wall in front of him, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Levi, and asked with some confusion: "Your Majesty, it seems that there is no need to continue to attack the city walls of the outer city?" ”

"It seems so." Levi nodded, looking at the white flag raised high, still shaking on the city gate, and smiled a little helplessly in his heart: "The other side surrendered so simply." ”

Originally, Levi also planned to let the Barbary pirates clear the enemy inside the city wall after the bombardment opened the city gate, so that the follow-up troops could quickly enter the outer city and go directly to the inner city wall along the road in the inner city, because they all knew that the real battle victory must first conquer the inner city wall.

That is the real Grey Mist City, for those nobles, the outer city and the outer port area are places that can be abandoned at any time, only the inner city with tall and wide walls and many arrow towers and guard towers is their territory!

PS: Okay, I have to admit that my new book hit the street, or this book is better, nod helplessly, never write a novel involving oriental fantasy in the future, the new book hit the street so miserably, I slept yesterday, and now I re-code the word, focusing on this pirate flag, think about it carefully, my style is still suitable for fantasy...