For a moment, the entire northern wall was filled with painful howls, and the screams made the scalp tingle.

Kamui Fortress is also equipped with a large number of halberders. A large number of wooden poles were seized from the white man's armament warehouse, which was an important part of the halberd, and could be used as a weapon as long as the steel head was combined with the wooden body. After all, no matter how strong a white man is, he can't use an all-metal halberd with a length of more than four meters, and the weight is too heavy, not to mention wielding, and it is difficult to even hold it with both hands.

Specialized metal fasteners were used to tie up multiple spare wooden poles, and stripped white prisoners were threaded through the tops of sharpened wooden poles. From the anus to the throat, which is held in place with metal spare parts, it is easy to recall the scarecrow standing in a vast wheat field.

Not all bloody benchmarks whose bodies are penetrated will die in the first place. Many people are just hanging in the air and struggling, and the feeling of blockage from the inside of the body, especially from the throat to the chest, is so strong, they feel death, and they are even already savoring it. Unprecedented fear firmly choked the brain, and there were no superfluous thoughts except for the extremely strong desire to survive.

The stench of blood and feces mingled, and the head and walls of the city were filled with terrible screams.

This was actually an oversight of the Tyrant's order———— there were so many executioners for the demonstration, and there were simply not so many wooden poles on the north side of the fortress. The adjutant could only be reduced by half and hung on the surface of the city wall with iron hooks, and the rest was lined up on the top of the city. From a distance, it looks like the most terrible "corpse forest".

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Night falls.

The Duke of Calis did not rest. He stood in what he thought was a safe position, also made of rocks and dirt to form a high platform, mainly for ease of observation.

A lot had happened in this past day, and he saw the northern giants that were completely different from what he had imagined. Regardless of the sophistication of the weapons or the control of the pace of the battle, the giants have shown astonishing intelligence.

Their shells will actually explode!

Vlamar didn't lie, he was an honest and reliable man, so I helped him to go to heaven in the hope that the Lord would give him a better position.

The range of the giant's artillery exceeded that of its white counterpart, which was frustrating and also forced the Duke of Calis to revise the battle plan. However, at the same time, he also discovered the "weakness" of the Giant's artillery, that is, it could not adjust the shortest range, at least not to attack the engineering units located outside the city.

It must be admitted that the constant sporadic fire from the Giant's artillery did cause problems in the work of filling the canyon. Both the speed and the amount of work were forced to be curtailed, and the mass execution of prisoners of war by the even worse giants caused unprecedented psychological pressure on the Rhine engineers. Calis was even angry at the tortured prisoners————Why didn't you kill yourself as soon as the fortress was breached?" What are the benefits to you of choosing to surrender? Anyway, in the end, it's all the same, no difference.

By the time the sun went down, a gentle slope had appeared in the middle of the Grand Canyon. Viewed from the side, it looks more like a semi-ellipse that arcs downward, except that the slope near this end of the fortress is steep, with an inclination angle of at least fifty degrees.

The slope width is only forty meters, or even shorter. This is still the part that is located on the north side of the canyon. The steep slope to the south of the fortress is narrower, and the widest part is less than ten meters.

Gaspar fell to one knee in front of Calis, and the Duke stretched out his right hand, lightly pressed down on the top of his soft thick hair, and whispered in infinite anticipation: "Don't let me down, the Holy Lord and the King are watching you, and they are all bless you." ”

Feeling that the hand above his head had been removed, Gaspar slowly tilted his head, and the torch in his squire's hand illuminated the surroundings, allowing him and the Duke to look at each other.

This is a young warrior and a henchman who has been by the Duke of Calis's side for many years.

There is a variety of genetic memory information that is preserved through genes, and there is a piece called "special forces". Because the development of science, technology and culture has not yet been reached, the kingdoms do not have a very thorough understanding of special forces. But it is certain: this is an army based on intensive training and with the most elite fighters as the core, but the number is scarce, and it will not be used lightly until the critical time.

The Duke of Calis had such an army at his disposal. The 3,000 fighters are all carefully selected and maintain the highest intensity of physical training every day. They are proficient in combat skills and use all kinds of cold weapons to the extreme. They are very proficient in handling firearms and light artillery, and can be reloaded more than twice as fast as ordinary soldiers, allowing them to fire two, or even three, shots in one shot.

On the first day of the battle, the heavy artillery of the Rhine kingdom was completely destroyed. The remaining small-caliber guns could not pose a threat to the fortress walls and could hardly be used in the ensuing battles. In desperation, Calis could only pin his hopes on the sappers filling the canyon...... Fortunately, although the whites had created bloody and brutal corpses at the head of the city and on the surface of the walls, they somehow numbed the nerves of the sappers, making it normal for them to "throw the corpses of their comrades into the ravines."

Normally, Calis would have launched a surprise attack at least on the night of the second or third day. But he couldn't wait any longer———— after the shelling, the coalition messenger brought bad news from the north.

Flamal was right, the two-headed "Three" was no match for the Northern Giants at all. Although they excelled in the Dragon Pass, breaking through the pass and killing thousands of giants in one fell swoop, their overly obvious weaknesses have been detected by the giants, and a targeted battle plan has been developed accordingly.

All it takes is a single fire to burn Six to ashes. By contrast, Bishop Somson's arrogant fantasies are comical and ridiculous.

Calis speculated that there should be different groups of people similar to states within the giants. Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why there was such a big difference between the defenders of Lockdragon Pass and the giant forces that Flamal encountered. Cold and hot weapons, and muskets and cannons that far surpass their own in terms of technology and power.

The kingdom coalition has been defeated.

The Plantagenet Kingdom Vanguard Legion was wiped out, and Viscount Monio's whereabouts are unknown. Their main force suffered heavy losses in the encounter, with at least 200,000 men taken prisoner and about that number of soldiers killed. Similarly, the commander of the kingdom's main forces, Marquis Elken, disappeared.

Calis preferred to hear the news of the death of the Marquis of Elken in battle with the Viscount of Monio rather than being captured. Because there is so much evidence right now that a lot of things are out of control. The giants are not at all savage and ignorant as imagined, and the combat effectiveness and strategic thinking they display are simply astounding. Calis even suspected that there was a superior commander on the side of the giants, and only then could everything be explained.

Unfortunately, we don't speak the same language. Never before has Calis been more desperate to figure out and become proficient in the language of giants. For the first time, he put the giants on an equal footing with himself, instead of being as low, lowly, and trashy as before, and he could step on them as long as he lifted his feet, so that they could never turn over.

The army of the Saxon kingdom also suffered defeat. They were attacked by the giants' forces at night, and although the main force of the army was cold, they broke through the Saxon defenses. The reason is simple———— it was pouring rain at the time, and all the muskets became burning sticks. Faced with wolf-like giants, they are a herd of lambs waiting to be slaughtered before they have time to take Migaal's potion. What's more, the relationship between the Saxon king and the Holy See has not been good, they only got a quota of 20,000 potions, and under the impact of an army of more than 100,000 giants, the main force of the kingdom completely collapsed and could only flee south.

He received a number of secret letters in a row, and the one that Caris valued the most was from Bishop Somson. In his letter, he remained the same unchanging tone of arrogance, not admitting defeat and ordering Calis that "the fortress must be captured before the coalition forces arrive."

No matter how bold he was, Calis did not dare to secretly plant spies within the Holy See. Under the light of the Holy Lord, the Pope's reign is unusually stable, and it is truly impossible to splash water and needles. However, a large amount of gold still worked, and he bought off the personal priest of Bishop Somsen. Although that guy is not a close confidant to him, he can secretly pass on some confidential information.

Now, for example, Calis learned from a second secret letter no more than half an hour apart that the main force of the Holy See army had not yet been damaged, but it had actually been defeated. The alliance of the five kingdoms formed one with the Holy See, and in the face of a strong counterattack from the northern giants, even the lord's kingdom, which had a strong sense of battle and combat effectiveness, was forced to change the direction of its march and turn to the south when the coalition army retreated on all fronts.

It's funny to say, the Lock Dragon Pass was originally a natural danger guarded by the northern giants, but now it has become an important reliance for the kingdom alliance to hope to block the giants' soldiers. If it weren't for the fact that when he first formulated the battle plan, he included the Lock Dragon Pass in the scope of the "new fortress", and strongly demanded that the countries spend a lot of resources to rebuild the foundation based on the south after capturing the pass, the level would have been blown up with gunpowder like useless garbage.

At that time, no one believed that the northern giants had the power to fight back, and even Calis himself was shocked by the strong combat power of "Six".

The fortress of Suolong Pass was stockpiled with enough grain to consume the kingdom's coalition forces for two months. Especially in the case of the total destruction of the main force of the Viking Kingdom and the crushing defeat of the main forces of the Plantagenet Kingdom and the Saxon Kingdom, it means that the coalition forces retreating south can be maintained for a longer time, and the overall supply time of logistics materials will not be less than three months.

Calis had already sent someone to Suolong Pass to ask for the distribution of grain. The speed at which the giants occupied Kamui Fortress completely shattered the illusion in the Duke's heart. He had lost faith in a quick victory, and now he only wanted to be safe, hoping to open the way south with an overwhelming superiority in troops.

Of course, everything in this world is inconclusive, and many seemingly complex issues must be done before they can be felt.

There is no moon tonight, and it is the perfect time for Gaspar to lead 3,000 special forces to secretly infiltrate Kamui Fortress.

Behind them, Calis prepared thirty thousand elite Rhine warriors. Once Gaspar succeeded, an army of 30,000 swarmed up. Although the width of the canyon passage formed by the sappers during the day is only twenty meters, as long as the front and rear are coordinated and a large number of soldiers are continuously invested, they can put pressure on the giant defenders from the north, and thus turn the numerical advantage into a chance to win.

The special forces were not equipped with armor, and the 30,000 soldiers who were then preparing to coordinate the attack were also not equipped with protection. It's late at night, and the metal collision has a good chance of waking up the sleeping giant. Once discovered, there is no trace of concealment.

The darkness of the night covered Gaspar's black hair. Looking at the back of him leading the warriors away, a personal attendant walked up to Calis, he did not hide the vigilance and contempt in his eyes, and whispered in a worried voice: "Sir, he is a black man. I think I should send out an Overseer, I can't fully trust him. ”

Gaspar was not a knight and did not have a knighthood. He was a black slave that Calis bought from the arena in his early years. At that time, Gaspar and a total of six members of his family played against six other black men, and the Duke took a fancy to his superior physique and skillful record, and Calis made a heavy bet on the duel with another nobleman at that time, and when Gaspar's side was clearly outnumbered, the Duke arranged for his men in the front row of seats to deliberately throw a pair of bows and arrows into the arena (long-range shooting weapons were prohibited in duels). Gaspar was the closest at the time, and he picked up his bow and arrows and shot three opponents in succession, winning the victory, and also winning a large sum of money for the duke.

What follows is the old-fashioned and bloody story———— the man who threw down the bow and arrow fled, and the nobles who lost the money wanted revenge, but they did not dare to trouble the powerful Calis, so they could only pour their anger on Gaspar and others. He sent men to kill Gaspar's father and brother, and by the time the Duke "heard the news and sent men to help", all of Gaspar's family members died tragically, leaving him alone to be rescued from the enemy by the Duke's guard.

After that, the duke made a logical and legal excuse and cut off the nobleman's head.

From then on, he had a loyal black man.

Calis certainly knew what the slanderer next to him was thinking. It has nothing to do with superficial loyalty, it's pure jealousy.

He smiled faintly: "Everyone has his value, it depends on how to use it." ”

Over the years, the Duke had invested thousands of gold pounds on Gaspar. Although he didn't like blacks, that didn't stop Gaspar from playing a role at a critical time.

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Everything went smoothly.

Gaspar led 3,000 special operations soldiers across the canyon and soon gathered under the southern wall.

The walls that dot the tortured are the best cover. Unlike those who had long since died directly on wooden poles, the white POWs who were hung from the surface of the city walls in chains had bled too much, and their physical pain combined with mental torture had brought them to the brink of death. Thousands of people groaned in pain, dragging chains back and forth, making a "bang" of metal.