Chapter 21 Deliberation

After the failure of Karin's assault, on the seventh day, 90,000 infantry, 10,000 siege and engineer troops of the 'brutal' legion of the Dak Empire arrived, accompanied by 3,000 dark mages of the Dak Empire. On the tenth day, the commander of the Wright Empire's 'Holy Sword' corps arrived with a total of 150,000 troops, along with 2,000 mages with the magical power of the God of Light. On the same tenth day, the army of the Wright Empire arrived with 100,000 heavy infantry of the Ritter Empire and 4,000 mages with the magic power of the God of Justice.

On the eleventh day, the Smart Empire once again mobilized the private army of three lords to arrive, a total of 150,000 infantry. Carlin was overjoyed: "It's good now, the cannon fodder is almost here, three or four days of hard work, you can definitely conquer this damn city wall, right?" Stroking his vaguely swollen buttocks, Carlin looked at the city wall viciously, after Bobkat and their analysis, the person who can shoot such a sharp blow with such a bamboo arrow at night must be that kid Lei. Carlin couldn't help but regret that he was released in the first place...

Now, the total strength of the six empires combined, the total strength is a million miles away, those magicians have not been counted, and the half-section of the Turk Canyon that is more than 100 miles long is really unable to accommodate so many people, so they have to drive all the cavalry of various countries to the outside of the canyon to station, Rao is so, those infantry teams also occupy a camp of the boss outside the canyon.

In the dense forest near the city walls, countless high-ranking knights surrounded a huge tent, and Carlin's lazy voice came from inside.

Inside the tent, Carlin pointed to a military map on the table and muttered, " Behold, the northern territories of the Van Empire, the northernmost provinces are five provinces, four in the west, three in the east, and five in the south, a total of seventeen provinces, and the territory directly under the imperial capital is not counted, and now it is the Wright Empire that has booked the territory of their imperial capital, and the Darker Empire needs their three provinces in the east and one in the southeast, the Lev Empire wants four in their west, the Rit Empire wants four in the south, and the remaining five northern provinces are the Bicester Empire, and they directly border the imperial capital, isn't it?"

Bobkaat laughed: "Of course, this is what we have already discussed, do you still have any doubts? But I just don't understand, the Wright Empire only needs the territory directly under their imperial capital? That is only equivalent to the area of one and a half provinces, what oil and water can be fished?"

Karin shrugged his shoulders and tapped lightly on the map and said, "Dear Prince, oh, by the way, it's His Royal Highness Prince Bobkaat, I forgot that there are two princes in our tent. According to our calculations, the total value of their savings for more than 3,000 years is about six billion gold coins, and don't forget that there are thirty-seven gold mines in the territory of their imperial capital, dear Prince Pobcat. ”

The crown prince of the Wright empire smiled: "I'm sorry, it seems that we have taken advantage of it, but we also take what we need." Our Wright Empire is self-sufficient in food, we do not lack anything. The great god of light tells us that we need to love all things that are good, and the Vantary Imperial Capital is one of the few places in the Van Empire with a large number of beautiful buildings, so we are welcome. ”

Bobcart sneered a few times, his eyes narrowed, and he began to think about whether he needed to set up troops to loot if the army passed by the Van Empire. Six billion gold coins? That's how many gold nuggets, silver nuggets, crystals, gems... Bobkat's eyes showed a fierce light, and Wright's Royal Highness the Crown Prince saw his expression, sneered a few times in his heart, turned his head, and stopped talking.

Carlin also laughed in his heart, he pointed to the map solemnly and said: "I emphasize this again today, to tell you that we are close to victory, our million army is here, the current Vatican Empire is impossible to resist us no matter what, not to mention that we have follow-up reinforcements continue to drive, our advantage will only get bigger and bigger, so we must consider some problems." ”

Bobkat's fist slammed on the table, and he shouted: "Where is there so much nonsense? Conquer that wall, just drive straight in, kill all the Vants who dare to resist, what else do you need to consider? Are you dissatisfied with our Bicester Empire's occupation of their five northernmost provinces, and want to take one more?"

The commanders of several other countries ignored Bobkat and just looked at Carlin. Karin gently patted Bobkaat's fist and said with a smile: "Dear Prince Bobkat, let me ask you a question, if we go to attack the city, will we die?"

Bobkat laughed: "Of course the siege will die, and the defenders will take too much advantage, and the siegers will naturally suffer heavy casualties." ”

Karin nodded seriously, looked into Bobkat's eyes and said: "There are about 150,000 soldiers behind their wall, the most conservative estimate is 150,000, according to the normal casualty ratio of 1 to 1, we will lose 150,000 troops, but in fact, in the face of an intact Tyrannical Lion Legion, our losses should be much greater, we will lose about 300,000 people, and the total casualties are around 300,000, which is a big price." ”

Bobkaat was stunned, he opened his mouth, and muttered: "But if you fight a war, you must die, what's so strange about this? If you die, you will die, anyway, you will be given a pension, and the seriously injured and disabled will also be compensated according to military discipline, that is, there will always be a war every three or five years on this continent, either you fight me or I will fight you, and there are still few dead people?"

The commander of the Darker Empire, a middle-aged man with a gloomy face and a little brownish and black skin, spoke: "Your Royal Highness, oh, by the way, it's His Royal Highness Prince Bobkat. Excuse me, who will bear the 300,000 casualties? Your army or mine? 300,000 casualties, which means that all the armies of the two empires here will be lost here. We are here with our most elite legions, who will bear such losses?"

Bobkat was stunned for a moment again, and suddenly realized: "My soldiers are all heavy cavalry, hehe, siege warfare is not good, but I promise, as long as you can conquer this city wall, we can completely cover the rest of the things by the Bicester Iron Cavalry, and you don't have to work hard." ”

Karin said faintly: "Your Highness, you are joking, when we conquer this wall, the Van Empire will no longer be able to resist our army, what is the use of your iron cavalry when the time comes?"

Bobkat grinned, shook his head and said: "As far as you have a lot of troubles, then okay, what do you say?" I admit, after the siege, it is true that you don't need our Bicester Iron Cavalry to completely subvert the entire Van Empire, but I can't help it, do you want my people to attack the city, they can't climb the ladder at all, the legs of the cavalry are not suitable for climbing high, their legs are all loop-shaped. ”

Bobcart had an innocent expression on his face, and Carlin nodded a little amusedly, and said: "That's the reason, this time you Bicester army can't participate in the war, then, we have decided that all the casualties, pensions and future settlement expenses will be borne by you Bicester Empire in half, and because our elite army has been lost, you Bicester Iron Cavalry may pose a threat to us in the future, so you must swear not to harass our provinces in the territory of the Van Empire in the future." ”

Bobkaat rolled his eyes and didn't speak for a long time.

Karin sneered, "What's the matter, my dear Prince Bobkat, are you ready to loot the territory we occupy now? ”

The commanders of the other countries snorted softly at the same time, and they had decided that if Bobkat did not swear, then they would first join forces to kill Bicester's iron horsemen. This is all the military strength of the entire Bicester Empire, and after killing him, the Bicester Empire will not be able to recover for at least ten years. Anyway, for the rest of the war, there is no need for their iron horses.

Seeing the ill-intentioned gaze of the commanders, Bobkat quickly raised his fist, put it across his chest, and drank: "In the name of the great and invincible god of beasts, Haturu Bist, after conquering the Van Empire, if you do not take the initiative to harass the territory we occupy, we Bicester Iron Riders will never step into your territory." ”

The hearts of those present relaxed, on this continent, except for the nobles of the Smart Empire, the nobles of any country would not dare to break the oath made in the name of the gods they believed. As for the Smart Empire... Anyway, everyone knew that their oaths were uncountable, and no one asked them to swear.

Carlin laughed, "Well, great, about the amount of compensation... ”

Bobkaat said impatiently: "What compensation, I personally lead our knights to participate in the siege, hmph, although our warriors can't participate in the siege, but our invincible knights of Bicester can." I, myself participating in the siege, do you still want that damn pension from our Bicester Empire? Am I not as good as 10,000 ordinary soldiers? They are just civilians. ”

Karin and the other commanders had smug smiles on their faces, and that's what they were waiting for. The high-ranking knights of other empires would not participate in siege battles under any circumstances, their lives were precious, and they would not risk attacking them. However, if there were no high-ranking knights to participate in the siege, the casualty rate of the soldiers would increase by about 30%, because ordinary soldiers would not be able to resist the onslaught of those knights of the Van Empire.

These cunning guys figured out that Bobcart would not be willing to give up such a pension, and easily let Bobkat agree to lead people to charge in person. With such a group of fierce Bicester knights in front of the charge, it is enough to resist the high-ranking knights of the Van Empire, then the rest of the work is to let the soldiers fight each other and completely exhaust the troops.

Bobkat seemed to feel that he had been a little deceived, but the thought of half of the pension for 300,000 soldiers made him feel distressed. The total population of the Bicester Empire was only 10 million, and it was completely dependent on animal husbandry, and its commerce was extremely underdeveloped, so where did they have too much economic income? It was better for them to pay such a generous pension than to kill their finance minister. In any case, Bobkat was confident that he and his knights would do a good job of the task. He didn't believe that there was anyone in the Vant's Imperial Army who could resist his onslaught.

He's still here, and Carlin continued, "Well, we need to study how to attack this city. ”

Bobkat roared impatiently: "What is there to study? Just rush up with a knife, kill all the people, rush into their northern territory, divide their land, rob their beautiful women, rob their gold, silver and jewelry, and then just go home for the winter god worship ceremony, what else do you need to study?"

Karin shook a finger and sighed, "Your Highness Bobkat, we now need to study how the armies of several of our countries can attack each other. Siege machinery can be put into use at the same time, but this army, as mentioned earlier, we can't let the allies of one or several countries suffer, so we must come up with a plan to attack, whether our countries take turns to attack, or mix the soldiers to attack, let's have an opinion... Of course, it doesn't matter if His Highness Bobkat doesn't want to listen, anyway, your army doesn't need to participate, you can go and organize your high-ranking knights now, we need their strength. ”

Bobkater nodded, drew his greatsword in one hand, and walked out with two furious bear knights.

Carlin chuckled under his breath, "What do you think, as long as Bicester's knight charges ahead, our soldiers can reduce their casualties a lot." ”

The crown prince of the Wright Empire laughed: "Lord Carlin is really a good means, and it is easy to fool those big stupid bears. However, Prince Ben thinks that if we mix soldiers, it will not be easy to cooperate, right? Each legion has its own combat style and habits of each legion, and forcibly mixing soldiers together will not be able to exert their combat effectiveness at all. ”

Shatramu stroked his long beard lightly, and finally spoke: "It makes sense, it's still the plans of various countries to take turns." How about every country attacking for one day? You are responsible for your own casualties and losses, and you don't have to blame others, if there are too many casualties, it is also because your own strength is inferior, and there is no reason to say it. "He's very relieved, anyway, the Levy Empire can't be the one with the worst casualties anyway, so he doesn't care.

Carlin immediately laughed, "Well, noble priest, how do we decide who will attack first? ”

Shatramu stopped talking, he was not an idiot, although he was not the commander of the unified army, but after all, he had lived for more than a hundred years, and he knew that the first person to attack would definitely have to face the most intensive counterattack from the side defending the city, after all, at that time their arrows, falling rocks, throwing spears, etc. were the most abundant.

The soldiers outside suddenly stirred, Carlin frowned, and the commander of the Ritter Empire immediately rushed out of the tent and shouted, "What are you called? Damn it... ”

The commander of Ritter walked back to the tent with a solemn face, and said in a low voice: "We are going to attack as soon as possible, the Van Empire has erected hundreds of arrow towers behind the city wall, as well as ten mounds of earth, on which are twenty hurried catapults, if we give them more time, our casualties will increase too much, it is really not cost-effective." ”

The commanders in the tent were silent, and the commander of Ritter frowned and said: "Their newly erected arrow tower is nearly a hundred feet high, and the crossbow arrows shot from it can be shot fifteen hundred feet away, I'm afraid that the life mage of the Levou Empire is not safe now." Fortunately, the 100-foot arrow tower is almost the limit height, otherwise they would have built it even higher. ”

Karin opened his mouth wide: "How high is our siege platform, and how far can our catapult be smashed?"

The crown prince of the Wright Empire shook his head and said, "Our siege platform is sixty feet high, but it moves very slowly, and the soldiers on it are very vulnerable. Catapults, the longest range of our Wright Empire is 800 feet, and there is absolutely no way to compete with their catapults, which have a high advantage. ”

Carlin took out a piece of parchment from under the map, tore him into several pieces of paper, and then wrote a few words on it, he said: "So, let's draw lots, and decide who will attack first by luck? Don't say that you are unlucky when you draw the first one, and the one who draws the last one is really lucky, and you can't blame anyone else, okay?" After saying that, he crumpled the parchment into a ball of paper and threw it on the table at random.

The commanders looked at each other, nodded slightly, and stretched out their hands at the same time.

The Wright Empire is the first, the Ritter Empire is the second, the Lev Empire is the third, the Duck Empire is the fourth, and the Smart Empire is the fifth.

Carlin laughed: "I'm really sorry, guys, I seem to be lucky, but, you also know, our Smart Empire is a little stronger except for magicians, those armies really can't take it, and the real combat effectiveness is not as good as the Blades of Grass Legion, so, please forgive me." ”

The leader of the new mage team in the Darker Empire, a wizened dark mage, nodded at Karin and slowly closed his eyes. And the commanders of other countries really have nothing to say, and the crown prince of the Wright Empire can only blame himself for his bad luck.

Carlin muttered to himself, "Damn, did this damn dark mage see the mark I made beforehand?" Damn, good thief's eyes, I wish you were shot to death by the Van repeater, damn it, hmph, you are smart and didn't expose me, anyway, you are also the fourth, and you have already taken advantage of a lot." ”

The plan was decided, the commanders of the countries walked out of the tents one after another, and after a while, there was a commotion in the camp of the Wright Empire, and it was when the sun was high in the center of the sky, and the soldiers of the Van Empire roared, carrying a well-made ladder with iron hooks on top and iron claws below, pushing the siege platform with a length and width of forty feet and a height of sixty feet, and clustering catapults as high as twenty feet, lined up in a neat siege procession, and walked towards the city wall.

Bobcart walked out of the woods with a high-ranking Bicester knight in a murderous manner, and as he was leaving, Bobcart suddenly whispered to Carlin: "Look, the Wright is not a fool, he won the first day, but half of the day has passed, and they will not have time to attack at most twice." ”

Carlin's eyes widened, he looked at Bobkat in the distance, and muttered in a low voice, "It turns out that this guy is not as stupid as I thought." ”

The siege force had approached the city wall to a range of 1,000 feet, and sure enough, the forty repeaters that had been transferred to the newly erected 100-foot-high arrow tower were the first to make a 'quacking' sound, and the crossbow arrows rained down. And the catapults on the earthen platform behind the city wall also roared and threw the first batch of thousands of fist-sized, angular stones.

With a roar, Bobkat rushed out with his giant sword, and the white fighting spirit was surging, enveloping him in a thick chill around him.

At the head of the city, the murderous Lei had already aimed the bamboo arrow at Bobkat, and on the arrow, a layer of cyan lacquer sap was shining...