The speed of the march was not slow, but when it was over the hills and slopes, because the artillery was relatively heavy, even if it was five horses pulling a cannon, and there were artillery to drag and push, it took a lot of time to get through this difficulty. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

After all, when the army has artillery, it will definitely slow down the overall marching speed, if it is an ordinary field battle, it is okay to temporarily abandon these heavy equipment, but Levi's current combat goal is the castle of the dead with stone walls, which belongs to the siege party, once the artillery is abandoned, it is equivalent to losing the biggest siege weapon.

What's more, they would rather march slower than leave these cannons and artillery behind to push slowly, after all, there are death knights in those castles of the dead.

If the artillery stays behind and walks slowly, the group of undead knights who know about reconnaissance will definitely not give up such a small force, it is estimated that more than 50 undead knights will be able to easily slaughter these hundreds of artillery soldiers, even if there are troops to guard, it is estimated that they will be frightened and harassed, which will drag down the speed of the march.

Therefore, it is the correct mode of marching to put the whole army in a state of marching and scattering the provincial cavalry to go out to reconnoitre, so that no matter what happens, it can respond quickly.

After all, a force of 3,000 people, a complete main battle force, and no auxiliary labor and other personnel, it is definitely not an easy thing for the enemy to eat in one go, if you are not careful, it is not impossible to be bitten back by these brave troops commanded by Levi!

"There's a ruined city ahead."

Wilmot rode his horse back, followed by two provincial cavalry as escorts, and came to Levi's side, and Lema was parallel to Levi's side, and at the same time pointed to the front with his horsewhip and said, "There is still about half an hour away." ”

"Hmm." Levi nodded, narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at the end of the barren land in front of him, where countless ruined buildings were densely piled up, and the wind and sand slowly blew, bringing a sense of desolation, and anyone who saw these cities that should have thrived turned into ruins and lairs of evil undead would feel sad.

The black clouds were still thick, but in the middle of the ruins, the castle, which was still relatively intact, stood in a pile of ruins.

Without using a telescope, Levi could vaguely see that there seemed to be a copper-colored shadow shaking on the walls of the castle, it was a bronze-level skeleton warrior, and a bronze-level skeleton archer, a city wall with undead troops, and even a hidden death knight, which was really terrifying.

If it were an ordinary white bone skeleton soldier, then Levi would definitely not have such a feeling, it was precisely the interior of that undead castle that was full of bronze-level skeleton undead, a group of absolutely threatening existences!

"Go ahead and gather troops outside the ruins of the castle!"

With a slight groan, Levi gave an order to Wilmot, looking at the huge ruins of the city in the distance, almost bigger than the Gray Mist City, he was also a little cautious in his heart, and said, "Be vigilant and start a battle queue." ”

"I'll arrange for the Scout Cavalry to go in and investigate." Wilmot also understood what Levi meant, and said: "However, it is best to arrange for infantry to go in and search, we don't know at all whether there are still skeleton soldiers in the ruins of those buildings, and we don't know what is hidden in those ruins." ”

"There shouldn't be any ambushes, right?"

Levi's brows furrowed, looking at Wilmot's equally cautious appearance, he couldn't help but shake his head, and still instructed him: "Give you two teams of provincial cavalry, arrange for them to enter the reconnaissance, and deal with any situation by themselves, but after encountering a large number of enemy troops, they are not allowed to go deep, and immediately retreat and report." ”

"Understood." Wilmo nodded, but did not leave, of course he could hear Levi's words, there was still something unfinished, so he waited quietly.

"Once you've reached the perimeter of the city's ruins, you arrange for two teams of Barbary pirates to follow up and search."

Levi continued to speak, looking at Wilmot, his current experienced Minister of War, still uneasy to admonish: "We don't know if those undead will adopt ambush tactics, but it's better to be careful, it's always not much harm." ”

Ever since he heard from Bishop Zachari that these undead skeletons could actually investigate, this news definitely made Levi and the other cabinet ministers feel a little shadowy and depressed.

What's more, when they first met, they confronted each other outside the Castle of the Dead with the provincial cavalry, and as Levi led the cavalry to retreat, the troops in the Castle of the Dead also chose to stop the attack, and did not choose to pursue directly and entered the attack range of Levi's artillery.

This is undoubtedly wisdom, whether it is the crippled wisdom or the only wisdom about war, it is wisdom, it belongs to the category of the real enemy, and not those white skeletons without the slightest thought, which can only be easily crushed by them.

The march continued, but there were more provincial cavalry rushing out, and the two teams of 100 cavalry were like a big net, riding their horses in front with great care, whistling like a raging wind, and also bringing all kinds of information to the entire marching team, and at the same time clearing the scattered skeletons on the road that were still coming and going.

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The ruins of the city finally arrived, and even the base of the city wall, which was already half a meter smaller, could still be seen clearly, covered with broken bones and slag, and traces of severe weathering, just like the ruins of the buildings inside, all piled up in a pile, and the highest point was only two meters.

In the middle of the ruins of the city, traces of a central avenue can still be seen, and the 100-meter-wide road can also show how many people walked on it in the city's most glorious time.

Moreover, such a huge city, although it has become a ruin, just looking at the floor area, it is far larger than the Gray Mist City, although the castle is a little smaller than the Governor's Castle, but in fact, after weathering and evil erosion, it is beyond common sense to still maintain such an intact building.

The buildings in the city are in ruins, but the castle is old but still intact, which is enough to show that it is extraordinary.

But now, the tranquility of the ruins of the city has been broken again, and the shadows of the rapid gallop are shuttling among them, and they are cavalrymen on war horses, the sabers in their hands are clenched, and the traces of snow and light leave a phantom behind them, as swift as the elves in the forest.

The white skeletons that were still remaining in the ruins of the city were attracted out, but they were greeted by the bright saber, just slashing through their heads, the skulls burst instantly, and the entire skeleton body was scattered all over the ground.

This means that these skeleton undead have died completely, and even the soul fire that represents life seems to have been plundered by a powerful force, disappearing in the void in an instant, only a little bit of blue light wafted around Levi's body, representing that it was absorbed by him.

"Your Majesty, the troops are ready."

Greenzer rode to Levi's side, looked at the neatly arranged soldiers, and said to Levi in a deep voice: "As long as there is no problem exploring the road ahead, then our troops can enter the ruins of the city at any time." ”

"Wait." Li Wei nodded, didn't say much, just lightly arranged: "The cavalry and infantry for reconnaissance have all been arranged, since they have already come here, it doesn't matter if they waste more time, the most important thing is that everything is safe." ”

The castle of the dead symbolizes countless energy values, a bronze skeleton is 100 energy points, and I don't know how many skeleton warriors and skeleton archers there are, as well as more mysterious skeleton mages and death knights.

If he can lead the troops and directly capture this castle, then it means that he doesn't know how much energy value will come into the account, according to the estimation of him and the cabinet ministers, there will be no less than a thousand bronze-level skeletons in this castle of the dead, and what it represents is at least 100,000 energy points!

Not to mention upgrading the system, even after upgrading the system, it is more than enough to re-recruit large-scale regular troops and build the buildings owned by the new system.

As for those so-called enemies, they will also be turned into easily crushed potatoes in front of a huge number of elite troops, at least in front of a series of land forces such as privates, cuirassiers, cavalry guns, and infantry guns, as well as regular ocean-going warships such as Galen galleons and third-class battleships, which are equivalent to children.

Now, Levi can firmly occupy the east coast by relying on these basic forces that are almost like militia, and he can even compete with many forces, if there are more advanced warships in the system, wouldn't it be even more powerful?!

"Report, Your Majesty, no anomalies have been found in the ruins!"

A provincial cavalryman rode his horse quickly, with a serious and solemn look on his face, looked at Li Wei and said: "Except for a small number of white bone skeleton soldiers, no large-scale undead gatherings have been found, and no bronze-level skeleton warriors have been found!" ”

"yes, got it."

Nodding slightly, Levi squinted at the castle of the undead at the end of the central avenue not far away, and couldn't help but take a deep breath, but turned his head to Green behind him and ordered, "Let's start." ”

"Understood." Green nodded, but turned over and dismounted directly, and did not go forward to command the troops, but walked towards the hundreds of horses behind, and shouted to the artillerymen: "Unload all the holy water and transport it to the front, our war this time has begun!" ”

The holy water is prepared in the church so that the soldiers can replenish the holy water they have drunk and recharge the enchanted weapons when they come here.

Siege warfare, but it is quite brutal, you have to be prepared to perfect!