Chapter 22: Under the Night
The queues poured out of the warehouses headed in all directions of the town, meeting at pre-agreed locations with support groups ready to go. For the sake of secrecy, the activists selected from these support groups do not know what will happen tonight. When the backbone of the Mutual Aid joined them, they learned that they were going to attack the Baron's Palace.
Most of the people who had been selected had already held a grudge against the baron, and most of them agreed without hesitation, and there were also clever people who, though frightened, knew that they had to advance and retreat together. However, it is inevitable that some people will retreat when the time comes.
Sova was unlucky, and two of the five people in the group he met refused to join the fight.
"Brother Sova, I, I'm the only son in the family, and I've gone to do all the hard work. I can't do this, I can't do this job. One of them said. The other didn't speak, just nodded vigorously.
Although Wang Xiaofeng told him that if he met someone who didn't want to go, just take care of it on the spot, and there was no need to force it. But Sova knew that if the battle was over, those who fled would never end well. In order for the villagers not to be ugly, he still wanted to fight for it, so he put his arm on the man's shoulder and said, "Brother Morrow, I know that you are usually timid. But this time those Chinese are the ones who are really fighting, we are just harassing, you don't have to worry too much, just follow behind. After this battle, we have merit to be judged by merit, if you escape, the reward will definitely be gone, and it will be no good to be treated by the mayor of the town. ”
"This ......" the man in front looked at the man next to him hesitantly, "Marin, what do you say?"
"I, I have a question. The man, Marin, approached Sova and asked.
"What. Sova leaned over and asked.
"What happens if you die?" Marin said with a dagger from nowhere, stabbing Sova in the abdomen. Frightened, Sova stepped back, but did not fully dodge the attack, the dagger stuck to his waist. Marin wanted to stab again, but saw the person behind Sova shouting angrily and pounced, "Bastard, what are you doing!"
He was just a spy, not a master, and when he saw two long swords coming, he threw the dagger in his hand in the direction of Sova, turned around and ran.
"Stop him. "Some of the members of Sova's group went to help their vice president, and some chased after them.
Marin didn't run a few steps before turning into the surrounding alleys, and the houses in the civilian area were twisted and turned, and if he ran in, he would not be able to catch them for a while.
"Get out of the way. A light cheer came from behind the audience, and a gray shadow flew from the sky, chasing Marin. Moments later, the gray shadow pierced Marin's body, and he let out a scream and fell to his knees.
"He couldn't run, grab him. "It turned out that it was Crete, and the blow he just sent was the magic ghost arrow of the Spirit Tower, which can not only damage the opponent's body with negative energy, but also bring a debilitating effect.
Crete stepped forward to inspect Sova's injuries, only to see him clutching his waist, blood seeping out.
"I'm not badly hurt, take a cloth and tie it for me, I'm going to go up. Sova said.
Seeing that his face was pale and trembling, Crete said, "No, you must go back and rest until my teacher comes to save you." This group is under my control first. He ordered two people, "You two send Sova back to the warehouse and take good care of him." Take this Moreau with you and take a good look at it. ”
Crete was an apprentice in magic, and his prestige was still very high, and the two members of the Mutual Aid Society nodded yes, helping Sova to leave.
But Sova suddenly stiffened, spurting out a mouthful of black blood, and then the blood gushing out of his wound turned black.
"Poisonous!" Crete hurriedly cast a luminous spell, and when he approached Sova's eyes, he saw that his entire face was blue, black blood was flowing from his nostrils, ears and lips, his eyes were half-closed, and he was unconscious, "Damn, did you catch that assassin?"
The two men of the mutual aid association had already dragged back Marin, who was paralyzed on the ground, and this guy who blatantly hurt people kept begging for mercy at this time: "Fa, Master Mage, the dagger was given to me by the captain of the baron's guard, I was just confused for a while, thinking, I want to make a little money." I just wanted to stab Sova, not kill him. ”
"Where's the antidote?" Crete asked.
"No, no. Marin said in despair, "I, I was deceived too." ”
Crete raised his hand and struck a ghost arrow at Marin's face, whose head snapped back unnaturally and then hung limply.
"Mr. Crete, Sova has gone. When he returned to Sova, he had lost his heartbeat and his breath, even though he was being carried along.
Crete remembered what Chen Hansheng had said to him, that the victory of the revolution was born of blood. It's just that he didn't expect that this first drop of blood was shed by his own people.
He was stunned for a few seconds before he said, "Put Sova down, we don't know if the poison of this poison will pass through the skin to others." Put him here first, and we'll go to the Baron's Court to get revenge!" Crete said, pointing to a mutual-aid fighter, "You take Morrow away and lock him up." Others, come with me!"
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The rest of the team was much more successful than Sova, and most of them quickly arrived at the designated location around the Baron's Palace, prepared various ignition materials, and waited for the final instructions.
And Wang Xiaofeng's team followed the ox cart and was the last to arrive at the position. The place where they stopped was at the end of the small square in front of the Baron's Palace, and they hid themselves at a bend in the corner, a position that could not be seen from the Baron's Palace. The convoy and militiamen, armed with rifles and air guns, divided into several combat groups, spread out in all directions, each looking for cover, and entered combat positions.
And Wang Xiaofeng, who commanded the last team, uncovered the tarpaulin on the ox cart, and there were four pneumatic cannons on it. The cannons were mixed in the cargo and transported to the town of Arano on the first day.
In addition to the cannon, there were wheels and axles on the car, and eight artillerymen began to assemble the gun carriage with wheels, and finally, Wang Xiaofeng and another soldier with fighting spirit moved the gun body from the car and helped the artillerymen install the gun on the gun carriage. Wang Xiaofeng took out a space bag, took out shells from it, and put them on a small cart.
These shells are very different from the ones they were tested for the first time. It is painted with a magical pattern that emits a faint glow. This is the result of the joint research of the industrial group, the technology group and the magic group. Because the pneumatic cannon does not produce the high heat of the gunpowder explosion, it will not damage the magic array engraved on the cannonball. These magic arrays are carefully selected by Morey, including: acceleration, stabilization, piercing and other effects. On the last few special shells, two red magic crystals were attached to serve as the core of the explosion circle.
There is no doubt that these shells are extremely expensive, but the effect is quite expected.
Under the command of Wang Xiaofeng, the four pneumatic guns, driven by the artillery pair, turned out of the street corner and faced the front of the Baron's Palace.
The wheels creaked against the gravel path, clearly attracting the attention of the guards on the opposite side.
Wang Xiaofeng sneered, looked at the guards running on the city tower opposite, and slowly raised his hand.