Chapter 45: I'm a professional monster snatcher
Guan Renxiu: "Wouldn't it? shouldn't they unite against the demon at this time?"
Niu Jingtian: "Big sister, it's actually not important, the focus is on whether you can get the food for those two and a half months." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”
Everyone: If you are worthy of being the boss of the cow, you know that the rioters, the grain, and the fight!
Niu Jingtian is not ashamed but proud: yes, the old man's life is so fulfilling.
Xu Ping'an: "In short, what that baron means is that if you don't take down this castle, you don't know how many materials will be consumed, so naturally you won't want to give food on the spot."
"The mercenary captain is more interesting, his messenger said that the castle is full of degenerates, and they eat the same as humans, and the original plan was to capture the castle and get paid for the capture, but now the progress is slow, and it is really difficult to dig out. ”
Niu Ida: "Cut! I thought there was really a pie falling from the sky, but fortunately, I went out and brushed two copies this time, and I made a steady profit." ”
Kwan Renxiu and Tesfield: "What do you mean by the copy, those two small castles?"
Xu Ping'an: "This question is not important, let Brother Long explain later." So, we're in those two castles anyway, and we've got enough food for the winter, so let's let the kobold army go home and fish and farm first, and wait for them to get the results?"
Niu Ida waved his little paws: "No! We will also attack the Blackstone Fortress!
Everyone shook their heads: Don't use food as a cover, you're eyeing the corpses of the Fallen again, are you?
The kobolds' first allegiance was Ushiida, after all, it was his dragon's tooth soldiers, and then it was the turn of a few traversers, and it was still up to Ushiida's face.
Niu Daboss played Lai Sapo, and he had to go to the Blackstone Fortress to get involved, and everyone really had no choice but to go with him, and Xu Ping'an, a hard-working model employee, had to go to the Big Three to negotiate something.
The kobold, who had rested for a few days, was in good shape, stormed two castles in a row, and now has quite a knack for siege.
On this expedition, Xu Ping'an was in charge of the negotiations, and the two little girls really didn't want to go out, so they simply stayed in this village to guard their families, only the "Friend of the Kobolds" Brother Long, led by Niu Jingtian.
It is said that there are more than 10,000 people, and there is no boundary, but if it is replaced by a small thing like a dog's head, it will be greatly discounted.
What's more, now there are only two thousand and a half in total, and now it occupies this small village, and a group of little guys in bulging clothes are running around the ground, and there is a sense of déjà vu of an industrialized intensive chicken farm, which is really sad.
This time he went out, Niu Jingtian only planned to pull out 1,000 and a half, so as not to stimulate human beings, and it looked even more inconspicuous, dragging two mortars, eight six-pound, and more than 1,000 little guys of 70 centimeters high went out, looking from a distance, like a dirty and big flock of sheep.
Of course, what is indispensable is countless empty carts, and the fine tradition of picking up rags must not be lost!
Outside the Blackstone Fortress, the Human Expeditionary Force set up four camps and blocked the junction in all directions.
However, the expeditionary force is only more than 2,000 troops, and it is delusional to completely block this huge fortress.
The surrounding humans pointed fingers here, but they were helpless: the top of the expeditionary force is now in chaos, the three giants of the hill of the brave, the prophet lady stayed in Saka Town, and the remaining two are a little out of touch, and Xu Ping'an bargained, for the actions of the kobolds, they can only wait and see, and wait and see, even if they set countermeasures, it is estimated that they will still wait and see.
The locals who have never seen artillery have only various legends and speculations about the siege speed of the kobolds, but this does not delay Niu Jingtian, who pulls people out to do things alone:
"Little guys, pull out all the twelve-pounder mortars, those six-pounder cannons, also come up four, and the other companies will camp and dig the soil, be careful not to be blacked out!"
A few cannon shots, and the already dilapidated Blackstone Fortress had a few more holes.
The whole world suddenly fell silent, and both the noisy expeditionary camp and the cowering degenerates in the castle closed their mouths: they finally knew where the continuous thunder of the previous day came from!
Brother Long stood proudly in the middle of the artillery team, enjoying the gazes cast from all sides, and his height of 1.70 meters really stood out from the crowd.
Ushiida was not so bored, and while ordering the kobold to adjust the landing point of the cannonball, he flew into the air: "This castle is stronger, but the demons defending the city are even more useless, they are all human transformed degenerates, and it is estimated that the casualties will not be too large." ”
Kobold gunners, these days have been firing hundreds of rounds in a row, the cannon is going to be scrapped, the shooting accuracy has been greatly improved, although there is a half-hanger like Brother Long who is dragging his feet behind, but the shells are still accurately smashed on the key parts one after another.
Because of the two castle practice, everyone has a good idea of where the 'load-bearing wall' is, and when one hour came, a long-lost continuous loud noise came, and the side of the castle that was bombarded with holes collapsed as a whole, and the tattered internal structure was exposed to everyone.
The human mercenaries who were watching around were simply blinded: This TMD is not magical! We bombarded the castle with a catapult for half a month, and only a few walls were knocked down, and the opposite side could be blocked with stones, just a few small black pipes, how could it be done in an hour!?
The demons probably lost their jaws as well, and until now, they hadn't sent out a 'sapper unit' to gag the mouth.
Niu Ida, who had very thick nerves, naturally ignored the reactions of the surrounding audience: "Two companies, out of the ranks! Push on the shield cart and form a three-line horizontal line!"
It's hard to say anything else, but there is no shortage of carts. More than 400 shield carts marched in formation towards the ruined castle full of smoke and dust.
One after another, teams of degenerates appeared in the city. Most of them carry ranged weapons and look varied.
It seemed that there was only a moment, and a dazzling array of bows, arrows, crossbows, spears and axes swarmed in.
Although there were shields and carts, the kobold soldiers were only equipped with cotton suits and oval steel helmets, and when they encountered long-range attacks with hoods and faces, more than 30 kobolds fell on the way forward.
The kobolds who continued to attrition did not make a sound, and marched forward in a silent formation, and in the array, only the sound of short breathing and the sound of long-range weapons smashing on their bodies could be heard. Two hundred meters, one hundred and fifty meters, one hundred meters, and finally, into the accurate range of the "short-barreled musket for dogs".
Ushiida, who was flying in the sky, couldn't wait for a long time, and waved the small flag in his claws vigorously.
In the queue, the two company commanders Ye Batian and Zao Slow Bear saw the signal and barked loudly:
"Stand~~ Wang!"
"Aim ~~ Wang!"
"Salvo ~~Wow~~"
Boom -
Smoke and dust rose everywhere, and a white wall made of gunpowder smoke erupted in the middle of the battlefield, and everyone seemed to have eaten a heavy hammer in their ears, and even Niu Jingtian in the sky trembled, as if his heartbeat had missed a beat.
The volley was followed by a compact three-stage fire, and even through the smoke one could see that the fallen men standing on the city walls seemed to have been ravaged by an iron broom, and flew in all directions - dog-headed short muskets, bullets as big as quail eggs!
Soon, the smell of blood began to waft over the castle - well, it was because Ushiida's nose was unusual - and no one dared to show his head again.
At this point, the kobold musket team began to carry the arquebus, advancing neatly, and the ruined castle was powerless to stop them. Behind the musketeers, Brother Long also shouted four 6-pounder cannons and followed closely.
Although the situation improved, Ushiida, who "put safety first," refused to take risks, and ordered the kobolds to stay 50 meters away from the castle, and the muzzles of their guns were all erected.
The musketeers cautiously pushed the shield carts forward, and when the kobolds entered the castle, the battle began to fall one-sidedly like dominoes.
These degenerate people who occupy the castle are actually not much stronger than human beings in terms of individual combat power, and the number is only one thousand, because they occupy the geographical advantage and have no shortage of food and clothing, which has lasted until now.
On the other hand, the human expeditionary force, although the number of people exceeds 2,000, but it needs to be encamped and surrounded on all sides, partially, it cannot give full play to the numerical advantage at all, and for fear of casualties, the attack is always shallow, and as a result, after a month, except for the demolition of all the towers and a few outer walls, the progress is very limited.
Now, thousands of kobolds suddenly joined, and in a matter of hours, they fought inside the castle, and the pace of the battle was more than ten times faster.
Brother Long pushed the cannon up even more frantically, and fired grapeshot at the wall! The musketeer happily stuck the barrel into the hole and shot him in the face!
Inside the castle, room after room changed hands, and the chaos began to spread like ulcers.
At this time, even Baron Cavin, who was the most unhappy kobold, could only sigh: "The matter has come to this point, and it can't be delayed any longer...... Let's follow the special tactics of Captain Siva, and gather the most elite adventurers! The others, come with me and protect them! Send messengers again, and I will be stared at in several camps, and I can't let a demon go!"
The changes on the human side don't affect the kobolds, but the kobolds' progress has indeed slowed down.
The musketeers, who attacked from the lowest level of the castle, always feared that the ruined castle would suddenly collapse and hit their heads, and the road to the upper level was very difficult to walk.
Niu Jingtian crossed his fingers and calculated there: "Why do you still think that there are not enough manpower? I calculate, to leave most of the artillery to protect the artillery, I can't trust those humans." I still can't trust those humans, and it wouldn't be bad if they stole the guns...... Then it's only these people, forget it, call some more people to come and move the rags, it's a shame to waste. ”