Five days passed in a flash, and during this time, the secret agents continued to relay the news of the royal capital to the wilderness camp.

After learning that Grand Duke Yanan was so calm that he did not send troops to attack at the first time but continued to wait for reinforcements from all walks of life, General Babu and the others couldn't sit still.

Grand Duke Yanan already had more than 30,000 soldiers in the royal capital, plus more than 20,000 noble private soldiers he recruited, which made it more than 50,000 people.

Grand Duke Yanan occupies a favorable position, and with a lot of wealth, he can also recruit a large number of mercenaries and even non-human races to fight for him.

As far as I heard so far, not only a few big mercenary groups from the Gangdu Kingdom have joined it, but also well-known mercenary groups from several surrounding countries are also coming!

And this Grand Duke Yanan also signed an agreement with the dark goblin forces in the underground world of the Iron Furnace Plains that was suspected of being a land cut, in exchange for the other party to send a black goblin wizard and an army of nearly 1,000 people to help.

If he continues to wait so passively, General Babu is worried that he and the others will face an army of at least 100,000 or more!

Xiao Yu learned of this concern and held a meeting, and after reviewing the gains and losses in all aspects, Xiao Yu nodded and agreed to the battle plan.

Since Grand Duke Yanan belongs to the tortoise, so if he is calm, he will take the preemptive action by his own side!

The first thing to do is to get out of this wilderness and into the Iron Furnace Plains!

It's the best place in the Kingdom of Steel, home to two-thirds of the kingdom's population and three-quarters of its wealth!

The Iron Furnace Plains are separated from the wilderness by a series of mountains, and the nearest gap stands one of the kingdom's most fortified cities, the Molten Iron Fortress!

Melting Iron Fort is also the place of the royal family of the Steel Capital Kingdom, and there is the best and most convenient open-pit iron mine in the kingdom near it, producing seventy percent of the country's iron ore every year.

Relying on this location, the Melting Iron Fort has developed the largest iron-smelting industry in the country, and there are well-known commercial guilds located here, making the fort very wealthy.

A rich city in Lilliputian means that its own strength is strong, after all, there is no strength in this era, and the wealth has long been looted by others.

The strength of the Molten Iron Fort is largely reflected in his city defenses.

It has two walls, the outer wall is a 30-meter-high stone wall, and the inner wall is 35 meters, with a distance of 100 meters between the walls, and the height difference is just enough for the sharpshooters on the inner wall to sneak up on the enemies who climb the outer wall.

And regardless of the outer and inner walls, there are dense bunkers and arrow towers built on the city wall.

Ballistas, trebuchets and all kinds of crossbows were available, and in the opinion of the former Báb generals, the best way to attack a fortified city like the Molten Iron Fort was to besiege it without attacking it and wait for it to surrender due to lack of food.

It was this trick that the Grand Duke of Yanan used to capture the city at the beginning.

Now it has become the first hurdle to stop the King of the Steel Capital, Enrique's Restoration Army.

"It is not possible to besiege the Molten Iron Fort without attacking it." General Babu rubbed his cheeks and recounted the information he had learned: "The scout got the news from a nearby village. ”

"The rebel guessed our whereabouts, and two days ago a knight order from the royal capital settled in the Molten Iron Fortress, and brought in at least fifty wagons of supplies."

"The Iron Fort generally has five thousand defenders, and the number of young men and women is between fifteen thousand and twenty thousand, including the young men and women of the fort who have been drafted." A thin nobleman beside Anrique skillfully calculated: "Fifty carts of supplies, even half of which are food, will be enough for them to last for two weeks." ”

"Yes, you have to consider the food reserves in the fortress, this is even longer...... We can't afford to wait! ”

After hearing this, Xiao Yu yawned loudly, and then leaned over and chuckled at the senior officers of the army who were in his single tent:

"It seems that you all think you are going to fight, so let's fight!"

"After breakfast, let's go to war!" Xiao Yu waved his hand, and after announcing it arrogantly, he thought about it and found a two-pound glass bottle.

On the bottle is a simple logo, with small characters such as authentic two-pot head and alcohol content of fifty-three degrees.

"O Babu, I remember you mentioned that the barbarians of the wilderness are fond of drinking, and that drinking before war can increase their fighting power."

"Yes, Lord Protector."

General Babu nodded, trotted in front of Xiao Yu and said, "Barbarians are all born drunkards!" However, after drinking, they can indeed increase their strength and not be afraid of death! ”

"It's a pity that the food self-sufficiency of my steel kingdom is slightly insufficient, and wine has always been a foreign product, not to mention expensive, and it is often out of stock!"

Saying this, General Babu's face was full of resentment, and it was obvious that this guy had also tried to buy alcohol but was embarrassed and annoyed.

"It's all high-spirited."

Xiao Yu organized the language and said, "Do you know what a high-grade wine is, it is a wine that is twice as strong as the strongest wine you have ever drunk." ”

General Babu was stunned, only to think that this high wine was really a powerful wine, and it could be twice as strong as the strongest wine he had ever drunk!

He touched his beard embarrassedly, obviously with thick eyebrows and big eyes, he could actually smile like a flower:

"Lord Protector, this high wine is not for the sake of the barbarians, and we generals don't know if we can taste it too?"

Xiao Yu smiled after hearing this, he didn't expect that this Babu general was also a good drinker, he said: "No problem, but drinking is wrong, you want it, I'll give it to you after the battle." ”

The liquor in Xiao Yu's hand is bulk wine, bought in the familiar old grocery department, five yuan a catty, and ten catties at a time can also give one catty.

And for Lilliputia, a pound of wine is poured into a large wine pool, and you can swim in it, which is enough to drown any level of drunkard.

This time, the two catties of OEM two pot heads were distributed to the 20,000 barbarian warriors who were the forwards, and bursts of excited shouts suddenly erupted.

As soon as there were tens of thousands of people, the momentum was great, even Xiao Yu couldn't ignore it, he walked out of the tent and watched the barbarians even fight in many places for the position of the striker, and couldn't help but secretly say that the military heart is available...... Or is the effect of high alcohol really good?

Among the 20,000 barbarian vanguards, General Babu selected a thousand of the strongest and most capable vanguards to be the dead soldiers.

Ordinary pioneers only have one bowl of spirits, but these dead soldiers can drink three bowls each, so as to maximize their physical potential.

At the same time, it is worth mentioning the equipment of these barbarian dead soldiers.

There are all kinds of weapons, maces, hammers, axes, and one-handed knives can be seen in the hands of these dead soldiers. The armor is a uniform style, mostly bright red, sometimes red and white, and the shield is mainly blue, sometimes interspersed with white.

These armor shields were made of metal that the barbarians did not recognize, and the few patterns that appeared were mixed with strange things that the elders of the barbarians could not recognize.

However, it cannot be denied that both armor and shields are genuine good things! They are lighter than iron, but they are just as strong, and the barbarians are more able to play their bold style when they wear them.

Of course, these dead soldiers didn't know that after they gathered into an army, Xiao Yu, the protector of the kingdom behind them, was pinching his mouth and not complaining.

"Khate brand armor, Pepsi brand shield...... Hawkers, this is the first time that the two of you brands have shown their faces in Lilliputia, but I don't know if you can still make a name for yourself as a weapon dealer? ”