Chapter Seventy-Six: Siege Strategy

Andrei immediately commanded some troops to carry the wounded soldiers back, and the other side's wood throwing also stopped, leaving only the mercenaries who had been smashed and killed on the plain.

Greif was slightly wounded, and he was carried by two mercenaries to the military doctor, and his huge harpoon had to be held by two men before he could handle it.

"We can't resist this giant trebuchet!" Julian said loudly, not wanting his men to die, "Forget it, let's give up attacking this city!"

Andrei looked at the stout wooden bars, with a lightly armed mercenary like them, it was impossible to withstand the opponent's attack, and before they could get close to the archers, they were already beaten by the trebuchet's attack.

Fed thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we camp here and rest until the evening." He could see that Sir Monta was determined to defend the castle of Disha and would not take the initiative.

Andrei had no choice but to say: "Okay, the whole group is here to rest and see if the other party will relax a little in the evening." ”

All the members of the Moon Shield Mercenary Regiment rested on the spot, and Eddie also returned to the camp and reported to Andre: "The area near Disha Castle is all flat land, and I have also investigated those farmers in the countryside, and I have not seen any trace of Russell. In addition to the horses he was riding, he also returned with a few sheep, saying that some villagers had given them to them to save their lives.

Andre nodded, and he asked Eddie again, "What about the supplies in Disha Castle?"

"According to the peasants, Sir Monta used to hoard a lot of food and weapons in the basement of Disha Castle, and a few years ago he cut down all the forests around the castle, even the roots of the trees were uprooted, and the best wood was moved to the castle, so now he saw the perimeter of Disha Castle bare. ”

Andrei told him to go down and rest, while he ordered the sheep to be slaughtered and roasted to eat.

At night, the Moonshield Mercenary Regiment's barracks and Disha Castle were lit with torches, each illuminating itself. Greif also returned to the tent after a slight bandage, apparently suffering only some skin trauma.

Everyone was in the tent to express their opinions, and at this moment, Field, who was covered with wet black hair, walked in from outside the tent, and everyone else wondered that his whole head was soaked.

"You've just arrived, we're discussing how to take Disha Castle. Andrei sat on the top, holding a "silence" in one hand and a roast leg of lamb in the other, and ate it in a big gulp.

"Or we should send someone to speak to Sir Monta in the city, who may not know what we're here for," said Bithluvis. ”

"Are you going to have him line up the entire Disha Castle and let us see if our former Commander Russell is hiding in it?" Eddie didn't trust Bithluvis, he didn't approve of letting the Sword and Shield Squadron Leader come into contact with them.

"Then it's better to get around Disha Castle," Julian impatiently played with the short dagger in his hand, the sharp tip of the dagger lightly slashed the fingers of the spear squadron leader, and a drop of blood flowed down the dagger, and he stuck out his tongue and licked it, "Or shall we go and plunder the villages they dominate, and then nail some villagers to the planks as a shield to force the guy named Monta out?"

In times of war, bullying unarmed civilians is a common occurrence, and if you don't rob it, someone else will rob it, but Julian's words are too cruel.

"It's really not even as good as a brute. Squadron Leader Alan closed his eyes, although there was no superfluous expression on his face, but he rarely said cruel words to scold Julian like this, which showed the anger in his heart.

"Hehe, so you can't do anything, do you?" Julian wasn't angry, he just played with the dagger to himself, taunting the other party with his mouth.

Seeing that no one had a good proposal, AndrΓ© looked at Fidel.

"Now if you want to take this castle, there is one way, but there are two plans. Fett picked up a dry towel and wiped his black hair, and he looked around, several squadron leaders looking at him, waiting for him to come up with a plan.

Feder held up a finger and said, "The first way is to send an elite army to attack the city walls at night, waiting for an opportunity to find a way to lower the drawbridge." ”

"Well, I thought it was a good idea," replied Julian disdainfully, and said without raising his head, "and you don't look at the moat, for our ladder can only be inserted into the river, and it will be strange that the soldiers at the sentry post will not be discovered by the soldiers." ”

Fed shook his head, "You may not have noticed, but there is a drain on the left side of this Disha Castle, and that place is the only passage that connects to the interior of the castle, and the sneak attack on the wall I am talking about is actually attacking that drain. Later in the evening, Fide walked out of the barracks and headed in the direction of Disha Castle. There were sentries carrying torches in the castle's turrets, but Fed's jet-black plate armor blended in with the color of the place, and he covered his face with his black hair, and walked slowly to the walls.

The walls of Disha Castle are six meters high, but the moat that surrounds them is nearly three meters deep, and mercenaries wearing armor will definitely drown if they fall. Feder found a section of the moat gushing to the left of the main entrance, and he put his head into the water and saw that there was a drain blocked by an iron bar near the bottom of the moat, and that water was gushing out of it. If I'm not mistaken, this is where the sewage from Disha Castle is discharged, and it can be accessed into the castle's interior.

He then continued to grope around Disha Castle, discovering that the castle's back entrance was not connected to the two sides of the moat by a drawbridge, but a stretch of flat land. In other words, the only place in the entire castle that is not protected by a moat is at the back gate of Disha Castle, which is probably to transport some very heavy objects, so this section of the exit does not use a drawbridge but a stone road.

He walked around the walls of the castle before walking in the direction of the barracks of the Moon Shield Mercenary Regiment.

AndrΓ© instantly came to his senses, "You mean we sent someone to enter the castle through that drain, and then open the castle's drawbridge?"

Fed nodded, and he said, "This is only the first part of the plan, and it has to be combined with the second plan to achieve 100% success." ”

Andre rarely saw such a confident expression on Fidel's face, and he couldn't help but ask, "What method?"

"Now immediately let the mercenaries except for the two-handed swordsman squadron move to the rear of Disha Castle, and the archer troops will keep a distance from the trebuchet's attack range, and then shoot rockets in the direction of the castle, it doesn't matter if you can't shoot that far," Fid said slowly, "The other mercenaries kept shouting loudly, attracting their attention, until the two-handed sword squadron broke through the gate here, and you attacked the city again." ”

"The first step is to have someone pass through the drain, open the front door of the castle and lower the drawbridge. "Eddie said the most important step.

"But who has the strength to pull the bars open the bars of that waterway, and who are we mercenaries who don't know how to send?" said Alain, who was feeling the doubts of the others.

Fylde looked at Greif, who was standing aside with a skin wound, and said, "Me and him." ”