In the world of vindictive magic, it has become much easier to carry two cannons to the top of the wall more than twenty stories high, and it doesn't even need Xiao Chen's people to make a move, Count Olgas directly transferred a team of low-level warriors, and a group of four carried the cannon mount, and carried the cannon to the wall.

The Imperial outpost was only about two kilometers away from Kuroki Pass, and it looked like a sloppy town on a hillside, with a sizable castle in the center.

Olgas looked out at the Imperial camp with Xiao Chen from behind the battlements at the top of the wall. He said: "Heimu Pass is one of the best Xiongguan on the mainland, and people now don't have the ability to build such a tall level." It is said that this level was built by the mages of the Forge Tower of the Seven Towers Era to defend against the attacks of the Nature Temple. I don't know what the mages used to get the stone to this height, but some people say that the core in this level is made of Mithril alloy. This is of course the wild imagination of fools, how could Mithril be so precious for this, but they must have used magic that we don't know about.

At that time, no one knew the victory or defeat of the Seven Pagoda mages here, but this pass has always survived, and it has always been a barrier separating the north and south of the continent. In the eastern part of Monteneg, whoever occupies this checkpoint will have the initiative in the war.

More than two hundred years ago, this level was in the hands of the Purple Eagle Empire, and it took Merlot the Berserker to snatch it from the Empire. If it weren't for this battle, the history of the kingdom and the empire's subsequent wars would probably have to be rewritten. ”

Although Xiao Chen has read a lot of historical documents, he has never heard of these details. Now that the owner of the Blackwood Pass had brought him one by one, a heavy sense of history came to his face, and he asked, "So it hasn't been breached since Merlot took the Blackwood Pass?"

"Of course, it has always been. So as long as the kingdom can provide us with enough support, it is impossible for the Empire to come in. But since the death of the first king, Queen Laura has not been able to control many powerful lords. Even if those people don't rebel, they have to support their own troops, and who will give me reinforcements here? If I hadn't recruited new soldiers in the surrounding villages and towns, I wouldn't have been able to maintain my current number. Fortunately, the surrounding lords knew that they would all be doomed if the Blackwood Pass was lost, so they also served us with Bardini to eat and drink, otherwise we would have gone hungry a long time ago. ”

Count Olgas stretched out his hand and pointed to the hill and said, "In the last war, the Imperial people fought very vigorously in the area of Fort Guide on the Eastern Front, and they could often break into the borders of the kingdom, but they fought very hard here. It's up to us to decide whether to fight or not, and when to fight. They felt that they were too passive, so they built an outpost camp here as well.

It turned out to be just a piece of rag enclosed by a wooden fence, and after being burned twice by our cavalry, they stationed a large army and finally built a castle. When the war came to an end, they took advantage of the opportunity to expand the castle a bit. And then put a wall around the outside of the town. Now there are more than 1,000 people stationed in the castle and the town on the side.

But just in the col ahead, there was a large camp, where the main forces of the Empire were assembled. But you can't see it from here. According to the information that our scouts probed yesterday, the other side has gathered more than 30,000 troops. ”

Xiao Chen said, "Then let's start with that camp." ”

"Good. Olgas stepped aside and gave up space to the artillery brought by Xiao Chen.

The artillerymen pushed the pneumatic cannons to the appropriate battlements, roughly aimed at the camp of the Imperials. Then began to calculate and adjust the firing elements of the pneumatic gun.

Olgas watched as the artillerymen stretched out their right arms, gave a thumbs-up and began to gesture at the target fort in the distance, and couldn't help but wonder: "What are they doing?"

"They're measuring the distance from here to the other party's camp, which is called the eye-jumping method. He looked at Olgas still curious, and said, "If you join our army, there will naturally be relevant training." I'm not an artilleryman, so it's hard to explain the principle. ”

Since it has not yet been possible to create a good rangefinder, in fact, the artillery battalion usually uses the mage's eye to measure the range. It's just that Xiao Chen and Huang Zheng didn't want to expose these methods, so they still let the artillery use the method of visual distance measurement.

While the artillerymen were busy, Xiao Chen asked, "Does that camp have a shield and a defensive enchantment?"

Olgas laughed and said, "How is that possible. Except for real big cities and castles with a lot of heritage, how can an ordinary fortress be worthy of that. ”

"In that case, let's go straight to the Fire Elemental Bullet. Huang Zheng said.

When the artillerymen were ready, two pneumatic guns began to be test-fired at the same time. One shell deviated from the target by about fifty meters, and the other shell fell on the town on the edge of the fortress, directly ripping off the roof of one house, causing the whole house to burn.

When the other ran a little adjusted, and the second test shot, both shells landed in the town, and two huge sparks exploded. Xiao Chen glanced at Olgas, although His Excellency the Count tried his best to remain calm, his wide-eyed eyes and slightly open lips betrayed the shock in his heart.

Huang Zheng nodded at Xiao Chen. Xiao Chen asked, "Your Excellency Olgas, the test launch has been completed, and in order to achieve the best results, we have to start the official attack as soon as possible." ”

"Of course, of course. Olgas said to one of the soldiers beside him: "Go, go and get the commanders of each army to go to the city, and let them all come and see the means of the tower of China." ”

Originally, there were more than a dozen people accompanying Xiao Chen and them, and after a while, more than two dozen people came up one after another. There are warriors and mages, and the most important generals under Olgas are already here.

A few people who had hurried to the town exclaimed in surprise when they saw the town covered in flames and smoke.

At this time, both pneumatic guns began to fire effectively. Although both guns did not fire very often. The operation of the artillerymen was also very orderly, but it was this unhurried attitude that formed a huge contrast with the miserable scene of continuous flames rising on the opposite side and houses being bombed into the sky.

It's as if the Chinese can destroy a town without much effort. This made the audience, including Olgas, stunned.

As the surrounding towns were on fire, both men focused their attacks on the castle in the center. Although the castle was made of stone, the fire elemental cannonballs did not need fuel to burn for a certain amount of time, and under their intensive attack, the castle soon became a blazing beacon.