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In addition, he also brought a lot of missionaries, and it was no problem to stabilize Huangsha Town, but his goal was not only Huangsha Town.

Lin Xiao got a map of the Middle Earth Kingdom from the previous group of exterminated cavalry, which presented the Middle Earth Kingdom in its entirety in front of him.

His current location is the westernmost place, while the center of the Kingdom of Middle-earth is in the east, nearly a thousand kilometers apart.

The Kingdom of Os, which clashed with the Kingdom of Middle-earth, was to the north, drawing only one outline, and the rest were only a few small states.

In addition, the Kingdom of Middle-earth is also a coastal country, which means that they are likely to have a navy.

Navy......

This was still far away from him, he didn't think much about it, and set his eyes on Huangsha City.

Huangsha City is a large city in the west of the Middle-earth Kingdom, with many villages around it and a population of no less than one million.

In addition to this reason, Lin Xiao also had another reason, that is, to the west, there was a large desert, which was a natural barrier, and at the same time, it also blocked him inside.

However, how to attack Huangsha City is a problem, and from the interrogation of prisoners, it is known that Huangsha City currently has nearly 5,000 troops.

This is only superficial, and in wartime, it is fully capable of pulling up an army of 100,000 people.

Even if they are all cannon fodder, it is very terrifying when there are many people, and no matter how strong they are, there are times when their physical strength is exhausted.

Of course, Lin Xiao didn't plan to provoke the nobles of the entire Huangsha City as soon as he came up, he could completely break them one by one.

You must know that these feudal nobles are not of one heart, and it is good to watch others suffer, and it is good not to fall into the well.

But how to fight is still a problem, the information in his hands is insufficient, in case he hits the wrong person, it will be more than worth the loss.

There were quite a few detained merchants and travelers in Huangsha Town, and Lin Xiao had to try to see if he could get anything out of their mouths.

Under coercion and temptation, these people obediently confessed everything they knew, and they also got some useful information when they integrated it.

It turned out that the nobles of Huangsha Town were divided into two groups, one was hereditary nobles, and the other was the new nobles who were rewarded for their merits.

They don't like each other, so two forces are formed.

Huangsha City is basically full of old nobles, and the number of new nobles is not much, and the highest title is only the viscount.

A few months ago, something happened in Huangsha Town, and the new nobles were suppressed, and all the black cauldrons were lost to the gray Shibang who belonged to the new aristocratic forces, and his title was stripped away, who made him the supreme commander of the crusading army, even if it was nominally......

It is conceivable how weak the new aristocracy is in Huangsha City.

The entire new aristocracy had only a few thousand troops, but they owned a quarter of the minerals of Huangsha City, and the population was only 200,000.

There are not many troops and abundant resources, these two reasons are enough for Lin Xiao to deal with them.

The nearest town of Avery is 20 kilometers from Huangsha Town, and belongs to another new nobleman, with no more than 50 troops.

There are no minerals in the town of Aili, but there is an important road to the town of Huangsha, and the army and caravans of Huangsha City take this road.

If Lin Xiao didn't want the next battlefield to take place in Huangsha Town, he could only occupy Aili Town in order to block the incoming enemy army.

After resting for the night, Lin Xiao left only a few gray men soldiers to supervise Huangsha Town, and then marched towards Aili Town.

What Lin Xiao didn't expect was that he hadn't come yet, and after the nobles of Aili heard the news, they ran away directly.

Without the slightest hindrance, he directly took over the town of Aili, where there were still thousands of people left, and he was directly taken to work in Huangsha Town.

At first, they were naturally very reluctant, but when they found that the remuneration was thick enough, the resentment in their hearts suddenly disappeared.

Lin Xiao is not so generous, he just adopts a piecework approach, so he is not afraid that these civilians will be lazy.

After occupying the two towns one after another, an iron mine only 10 kilometers away from Ella became Lin Xiao's target.

This iron mine was owned by the new nobleman's highest-ranking viscount, and there were 100 soldiers stationed there, all of whom were veterans of the battlefield.

Lin Xiao did not rush to attack, and waited for the first step of the corps to rest before marching to the iron mine.

The soldiers in the iron mine seemed to have known that they were coming, and they made preparations in advance, and actually sent more soldiers overnight, from the original 100 to 300.

Not only that, but they were also well prepared and built thick walls, which seemed to be about to fight to the death.

Lin Xiao frowned when he saw this, looking at the thickness of the city wall, it seemed that it was a little difficult to deal with.

Seeing that he had reached the range of the artillery, he still ordered: "The artillery squad prepares, fire!" ”

One shell after another was fired, because the first time it was a test firing, it was not very accurate, and none of them hit the city wall.

But judging from the deep pit that they smashed out, the power is still good.

The soldiers of Zhongdi who were hiding behind the city wall were also shocked to see it, and if they fell on people, they would probably be broken into pieces.

As the commander of these soldiers, Norton was also stunned, and his face became ugly at the same time.

He knew that if he continued like this, he would definitely lose, but he couldn't defeat or run, because this was the foundation of the Viscount.

Norton's gaze was fixed on the enemy troops, and his gaze fell directly on their weapons.

"These people, it seems, are all archers......"

Norton thought about it, and directly ordered the soldiers to wear the armor in the iron mine, which was secretly created by the viscount, in order to prevent those old nobles, and now he can't care so much.

With the protection of these armors, the soldiers should be able to rush in front of the enemy army, and that is when they will turn the tables.

Norton is still very confident in the melee ability of his soldiers, not to mention annihilating the enemy army, killing the enemy army can still be done.

Hundreds of soldiers quickly equipped their armor and divided into several teams to kill Lin Xiao's troops.

Their method was also effective, and unfortunately, Lin Xiao had 5 smoothbore guns, one of which was blown up, but fortunately there were no casualties among the artillery, but it also affected the efficiency.

The remaining 4 runs will fire at most two rounds before the enemy rushes up, after all, it is not just a matter of stuffing the flames, and the debris of the flames needs to be cleaned up.

Of the 4 shells fired, only 2 hit, and only 7 people were killed because the enemy forces were so scattered.

The archers, who were the main force, also attacked, but the opponent was equipped with armor, even if it was just a cuirass, which reduced the power of the arrows.

If you want the other party's soldiers to lose their combat effectiveness, you need at least 6 arrows, otherwise he can still stand up and run, but Lin Xiao's bow battalion is only 600 people.

An archer can shoot 6 arrows in one minute.

In other words, every archer must hit the enemy every two arrows, which is almost impossible to do.

In less than 1 minute, 300 Zhongdi soldiers finally rushed to a distance of 50 meters at the cost of nearly 100 people, and they were about to kill.

I only heard Lin Xiao still calmly order: "The line infantry brigade prepares-"

"Aim—"

Seeing rows of infantry with arquebuses standing up neatly, Norton's face on the battlefield changed, and he suddenly remembered the muskets he had seen before.

These weapons must have been no worse than the firecrackers, and there were so many of them, that he regretted the order, and shouted with all his might:

"Retreat!"

"Fire!"