"Oh my God, what's going on!" Lady Helena exclaimed. A large amount of dust fell from the ceiling, so much so that the well-dressed aristocratic lords in the hall were turned into ashes and messes.

"Is it an earthquake?" The Earl of Anhalt's long reddish-brown hair was so stained with white ash that he looked as if he were a teenager older.

"No, I suppose, that's why neither Lüneburg, nor Braunschweig, nor Feldenburg have been able to hold out for more than a day, this Count of Paderborn has some kind of siege machine!" The well-informed Earl of Verbourne stroked the short whisker on his lips.

Sensing the puzzled eyes of the people in the hall, the Earl of Verburne added: "If it were an earthquake, we would not be able to stand here unharmed!" What's more, the earthquake will feel stronger, and even people will have an unstable footing, swaying from side to side, and feel dizzy and nauseous after the earthquake! ”

"Count Verburn, where did you learn this?" Count Anhalt (qíng) made his debut without blurting out (jìn).

"I once experienced a big earthquake (shēn)!" The Earl of Verbourne said with a sad look (qíng).

"Earthquakes? As far as I know, it seems like there has never been an earthquake in the infinite world! You're not bragging, are you? Count Anhalt said suspiciously.

"Of course it's not in the infinite world, it's the world of drama (qíng), it's a disaster world with an earthquake theme!" The Earl of Verburne sighed lightly.

At this moment, the door of the hall was creaked open, and several (shēn) chainmail-clad knights hurriedly walked in and knelt down in front of Duke Henry's throne, "Lord Duke, the enemy is bombarding the city walls with artillery!" ”

Judging by what they were wearing, they were supposed to be knights loyal to House Saxony, so they went straight to Duke Henry.

"Artillery? Did you read that right? Is it really artillery? The Earl of Verburne was so startled that he almost jumped up from his chair.

"When we heard a loud rumbling noise, we could vaguely see a white mist rising from the clearing in the distance, and we could vaguely see a dazzling fire flickering in it·······" One of the knights pondered.

"It's definitely artillery! Only when the cannon is fired (shè) does the fire appear, and the smoke rises! The Earl of Verburne slapped the table.

Despite his efforts to keep his composure, his left hand trembled involuntarily. Artillery, this is a nightmare for medieval castles! No matter how strong a castle is, it will be like the cold ice of winter (rì) suddenly meets the bright sun of summer (rì), or it will be reduced to nothing in a few moments.

"We can't sit still!" Count Anhalt took the helmet from the servant's hand, and then (tào) on his head, and said with an urn.

"Count Anhalt, what are you going to do?" Seeing Count Anhalt turn around (shēn) and walk quickly towards the entrance of the hall, Lady Helena hurriedly stopped him.

"Of course, lead the men and horses to destroy those cannons!" Count Anhalt replied without looking back.

"When, isn't that too dangerous?" Lady Helena was already blind to military matters (qíng), and (shēn) was a medieval woman who was basically insulated from the military. There would never be anyone to teach her anything about it, so she just vaguely felt that something was wrong.

"No, he's right, it's probably the best way to do it so far, alas~" The Earl of Verbourne shook his head, sighed, and motioned to Lady Helena not to interfere.

"This is perhaps the wisest decision our Earl of Anhalt has made so far!" The Earl of Verburne smiled bitterly. In this situation, it is the best way to go out of the city and destroy the opponent's siege equipment!

"Lord Duke, Lady Helena, please take care! I'm going to lead my army to deal with Count Anhalt!" The Earl of Verburne bowed slightly to the little Duke Henry on the throne, then bowed slightly to Lady Helena, and then strode out in pursuit.

———————————————————————————————————————

When the castle gate of Fort Madgar was opened and the drawbridge was lowered, Han Xing had already expected what the other party wanted to do. Or in the original plan, Han Xing had already foreseen two possibilities:

1. The other party does not go out of the city. As a result, the city wall was shattered by Han Xing's artillery, and even the main building of the castle could be destroyed as a result, and then Han Yuxing sent a force composed of Devil Terminators and Musketeers to attack them and break their will to fight. Then Sir Detrick appeared at the critical moment and told the terrified defenders of the city that "we can make a peace agreement with the enemy for a few, and we will not have to face such a terrible enemy!" ”

2. The other party goes out of the city. In this case, Han Xing would crush the defenders' living forces with a beautiful ambush, and then Sir Diettrick would once again appear as the Savior (shēn), offering the enemy a peace agreement that had been drawn up long ago, and he himself would become the new Earl of Lünaburg.

If you want to choose between these two outcomes, Han Xing actually prefers the latter, because bombarding the city wall with artillery requires the consumption of gunpowder and ammunition, and although Toulon in the [Seaside District] can be produced, the output has not been high, and the most important thing is the problem of raw materials. It can be said that it is a little bit and a little less, and the longer it is delayed in Saxony, the greater the variables that may arise in the future, not to mention that Han Xing plans to rush back to intervene in the civil war in the Duchy of Hesse?

So when the brave Saxon knights, under the leadership of the Count of Anhalt, rode on handsome horses, fully armed, armed with swords or spears, and passed through the white smoke of gunpowder, they found ten cannons made of metal lying quietly on the green field, and there was no one around.

This scene confuses the knights of the Duchy of Saxony, "Is this the legendary artillery?" "In stories that have been passed down from generation to generation, artillery has been depicted as a metal behemoth with a wide open black maw. It has a long neck (cannon barrel) and spews thick smoke and dazzling fire when attacking.

It has to be said that the human imagination is endless, and the stories that are passed on by word of mouth are often distorted and completely different from the facts. In other words, with the exception of the first generation of reincarnations, the information about artillery that their descendants received from their parents was largely influenced by their imagination, so the more evil it became!

So the cannon turned into a black, huge metal beast in the hearts of those children, with a long neck and a large black hole that would spit smoke and fire. If that doesn't bring you to mind, consider the description of evil dragons in European mythology!

Due to the many bizarre legends and exaggerated descriptions, artillery is considered a living thing rather than a weapon, especially when people like to use the term "metal behemoth" to describe the hideous and terrifying nature of artillery. They may be familiar with the characteristics of artillery fire, but they have no idea why artillery can fire, how it works, and whether it requires a human to do it.

The knights were expecting a "dragon slaying operation", piercing the throat or heart of the "artillery monster" with their spears and swords, but all they saw were low, black metal bumps, lying on the ground stupidly, motionless.

"What are you waiting for, get on, smash these artillery!" After a brief moment of distraction, Count Anhalt reflexed, brandishing the sword in his hand and shouting.

In fact, the only reason why our Earl Anhalt lost his mind was that he felt that if the object of his dream "dragon slaying operation" was only a mere one or two meters long, and the object of the fight was only a mere one or two meters long, and the motionless metal lump would not be spread out, wouldn't it damage his prestige?

Don't laugh at the noble knights' shallow knowledge of artillery, most of them have never seen real artillery, and they haven't even entered the world of drama (qíng), so naturally they don't have the opportunity to see artillery as a weapon. Their knowledge of artillery was discovered through word of mouth from their parents and from the mouths of those who had returned from the world of qíng.

And because of this, in order to cater to the imagination of the nobles, many newcomers lied in this regard, in order to set off their bravery, boasting of their strong martial arts in exchange for titles and rewards. Deliberately demonizing the artillery, describing it as a terrifying existence like a demon dragon. And those who have artillery will not stand up to refute the rumors, because the more evil the power of artillery is rumored, the more stable their position will be.

I saw a group of idiots clanging their spears and swords with their spears and swords, stabbing the metal cannons, or working together to knock the cannons to the ground, and then cheering like children, as if they had really defeated the dragon, and the words were still in their mouths:

"In the name of my lord, monster, suffer death!"

"Die, evil artillery!"

"It's down! We beat it! ”

"There's nothing to be afraid of artillery! It's just a stupid iron pier, and it's nothing remarkable at all except for being a little heavier! ”

(Artillery: What?) Beat me? No, no, no, it's impossible! You think too much, you have been beating the master for so long, and the master is still unscathed, are you sure that you are not killing horses and chickens for the master? ）

Han Xing suddenly had an urge to laugh when he saw this scene, and even the Swiss Guard, the aristocratic skirmishers, and the Royal Army (the newly built thousand-man garrison in Toulon City was named the Royal French Army) all looked like jìn.

Although the knights in front of him provided Han Xing with a lot of jokes, it was probably equivalent to an adult man fighting with his pillow, or a cat (mī) and a ball of yarn made a move, and finally was killed by a ball of yarn.

However, Han Xing did not intend to let them go, and as soon as Han Xing waved his hand, the musketeers who had been in ambush in the forest for a long time opened fire, and the bullets flew whizzing towards these "dragon slayer warriors". The brightly clad knight and the ragged levy were treated equally, and if they were hit by a bullet, they would fall weakly and turn into a warm corpse.

Don't believe the kind of bridge in the movie where you get shot several times and can continue to fight, that's nonsense at all! A normal person is shot, even if he only hits his limbs, he will lose his combat effectiveness, and there are very few people who can fight, and the sharp pain from the wound alone is enough to make most people faint in pain.

This was a ** (luǒ) massacre, the 2,000 people under Anhalt's command were hit by smoothbore guns, the number plummeted, in just a few minutes, more than half of them had gone, and they still don't know what was going on, even Count Anhalt was shot in the shoulder. Thankfully, the shoulder pads of the plate armor were mostly the hardest part, and the bullet only scratched a bloody streak, not the bone.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Count Anhalt hurriedly led his remnants and began to slowly retreat towards Magdeburg, and at this moment, a reinforcement with the flag of the Duchy of Saxony appeared in the distance!