Landenburgh is a stone castle built on a hill, which has been built for more than 400 years since it was first built, and has been repaired and expanded during this period.

Today, it was a castle, at least much stronger than the one in Miana.

But no matter how good a castle is, if there are not enough people to defend the castle and not enough preparations, it will be meaningless.

After all, there were quite a few soldiers that Durant brought to intercept Luo Ming just now, although it was not a dump, but the forces left behind were also very limited.

Luo Ming captured eighty-nine prisoners in one go, and fifty-two more died in the battle, and there were probably not many soldiers who escaped, and some of them may still be hiding and shivering in the woods.

The defenders of the castle, then, faced a big problem of manpower.

When Lomin arrived, the castle itself had probably received the news of the defeat and sent people to put away the drawbridge, and some defenders could be seen on the top of the city.

However, almost none of the defenders had armor on their bodies, and some had pitchforks or even ordinary sticks in their hands - sure enough, most of their elite had already been killed or captured by Lorming.

And elite refers not only to soldiers who are good at fighting, but also to sophisticated weapons and armor.

How can you win a battle if you don't have enough armor?

When Luo Ming came to the city, he sent fifty soldiers to raid the homes of the big families in the villages and towns under the guidance of the prisoners of war, and at the same time called for Durand to be brought over, and then put his sword to his neck, and began to shout at the city.

If you threaten them with the lords of the defenders of the castle, you can't help but keep them from surrendering...... Looking at this, Durand doesn't look like a ruthless person who can say things like "shoot at me", but just in case, Luo Ming still gags his mouth.

However, unexpectedly, a cruel word came from the city-

"Lord Baron's child is still in the castle, if you don't let you in, at least you can save the heir, if you let in, who knows what you will do?"

Hearing this, Durand whimpered even though his mouth was gagged.

Luo Ming thought for a moment, then took off the rag stuffed in his mouth and asked, "Who would say such a thing? Is this going to force me to kill you?"

Durand's face was ugly, but at this moment, as a prisoner, the sword was on his neck, so he had to answer honestly: "That's my wife...... She relied on the fact that she was the earl's favorite granddaughter, and she has been proud of her since she married into my family.

Maybe she didn't mean anything harsh, but true...... Don't believe me, as long as I can go back safely, I'll give you two hundred gold coins...... No, what about three hundred, I have two nice stallions to give you!"

When it comes to his own life, this guy immediately revealed everything clearly.

Is this medieval tracheitis, or is the woman really scheming and wants to take this opportunity to kill her husband and take power to herself?

Luo Ming was amused, but also helpless.

It seems that it really has to be a little more popular......

Thinking like this, Luo Ming gave the order to go down and set up the artillery.

Previously, the function of artillery was nothing more than anti-infantry, and although the range was long, a round bullet could only injure a few people.

As for the shotgun, it can only be used at close range, and outsiders will think that it seems to be slightly stronger than the catapult.

But today, Luo Ming is going to reveal its other functions a little.

However, he was still a little cautious, and did not directly order his subordinates to set up the Meiquan Mountain Cannon, but first used the Tiger Squat Cannon.

The range of the Tiger Squat Cannon is limited, but no matter how limited it is, it is still no problem to hit a distance of forty or fifty meters.

After about ten minutes and adjusting the angle and position, Luo Ming announced that the first Tiger Squat Cannon had begun to be test-fired.

With a bang, dozens of lead pellets flew out of the barrel and finally smashed into the walls of the castle, causing many cracks in the stone bricks and small pieces of rubble falling.

Of course, even if you fire a hundred shots alone, you may not be able to penetrate the stone castle walls, but this is not what Luo Ming is for.

A few arrows fell scattered on the city's head, and although the accuracy was poor, it was slowly approaching the direction of the tiger squat cannon.

Several soldiers stepped forward with large wooden shields to cover themselves, but this was only a palliative solution.

However, Luo Ming was not frustrated, he immediately reported a data for his subordinates to adjust the angle, and then the second tiger squat cannon was fired immediately.

This time, more than half of the buckshot still hit the wall, but the remaining half hit the city, where an archer and a peasant soldier with a pitchfork fell in a wail.

Luo Ming glanced at the result, asked his subordinates to fine-tune the tiger squat cannon, and then ordered to continue shooting.

The remaining four tiger squatting cannons opened fire one by one, and every time the cannon sounded, more than six or seven people, and as few as two or three people fell.

In order to deter Luo Ming, the castle should let as many people as possible come up to the city, even if it can only use a wooden stick as a weapon, at least it must appear that there are many people.

Because, if the army defending the city does not even have a quarter of the besieging army, how can it defend it?

However, this strategy is a pure joke when faced with artillery shotguns.

Soon, all the people at the head of the city were huddled up, not daring to rise up.

At this time, the soldiers who had gone to raid the homes of the villages and towns also returned one after another—in addition to the gold and silver treasures, they also obeyed Luo Ming's orders and brought back ladders.

Of course, it was not a ladder for siege, but a ladder for large families to repair the roofs.

However, if the two ladders were put together, it was barely enough for a soldier to climb the wall.

Of course, the ladder would be so sturdy that a stone thrown at the opposite side might break it, but it didn't make a difference—Luo Ming didn't believe that the rabble at the head of the city would dare to rise after a dozen people had been killed by a shotgun.

As for the trench under the city wall, it was not difficult - Luo Ming directly drove the captives to fill the trench, and in just ten minutes, he filled in a path that could almost run two people in parallel.

Just as the soldiers were carrying ladders and walking through the path, preparing to attack the city with ants, a spear suddenly stretched out from the city wall, and a white sheet was carried on it.

You don't have to think much about what this means.

Luo Ming temporarily stopped the rhythm of the siege, and then brought a bow and arrows to the city.

If the other party communicates with him normally, if the other party cheats, he simply doesn't do anything and shoots a rocket at the head of the city - as for the flame, it is naturally Cangyan, and what kind of casualties are caused is just the price of angering him, and he is justified wherever he goes.

However, the other party obviously didn't have the capital and courage to play smart, and quickly agreed to Luo Ming's conditions, pulled up the gate, lowered the suspension bridge, and opened the gate.