Chapter 845: Code Name Gunpowder
"Is it coming?"
Mike pushed away the guard's hands to support him, and walked straight to the hall, "Go, call a meeting of generals at all levels!"
Since you can't dodge, then it's good to be on the front, Mike at this moment, walking like a tiger, is worthy of being the grand duke who has been in charge of the southern territory for decades, and he is full of domineering.
Half an hour later, all of the Southern powers arrived in the conference room.
"Report the situation!"
Mike flexed his index finger and tapped on his desk, signaling for everyone to be quiet.
"As rumored, Downton does have a cavalry regiment of the Dark Rangers, and now they have arrived outside the city gates, hoisting the slain sentry up for display. β
As the intelligence officer reported, there was a buzz in the conference room, and they were not surprised by Downton's surprise attack, but they were surprised that there was actually a drow spirit following him.
"If you catch them all? That would be a lot of money?"
Not only a few big nobles who were also in the slave trade, but the others were also greedy, and there was an elf maid, which was a face-saving thing, and then they soon became jealous, because Downton had a dark elf army.
"With Drow's lewd ~ nature, I'm afraid Downton doesn't need to be forced, and he can change his taste once a day!"
A general swallowed his saliva, and he drooled with envy for Downton's glamorous ~ encounter.
"What about Downton's main army?"
It's a matter of life and death, how can Mike still have the heart ~ lewd woman, even if the other party is a elf family who is hard to find.
"It's not there yet, but several goblin airships have appeared over the city, the goblin bomb just now. It may have been a mistaken shot during ranging, otherwise they should have ensured concealment. β
The intelligence officer reported the speculation.
"Send out scouts. I want to know Downton's exact strength!" Mike finished speaking, and saw the intelligence officer's face embarrassed. So he asked angrily, "What's wrong?"
"Duke, those rangers are so powerful, I have sent five teams of scouts, but in less than fifteen minutes, their corpses were placed in front of the city gates!"
The intelligence officer can't help it, and even if he is a tactical genius, he can't make up for the disadvantage in the class, let alone not.
"So what to do? Be deaf and blind. Waiting to be besieged by Downton?"
Mike was furious.
"The top priority is not to reconnoiter intelligence, but to send scouts as much as possible before the other party is not besieging the main city, and notify General Kevin to come back for help!"
The Chancellor of the Exchequer did not want the main city to be sacked, although the means such as carrier pigeons could communicate, but the scouts were more stable.
"Wait, maybe it's a feint!"
One of the generals muttered. As a result, Mike grabbed the inkwell and smashed it in the face.
"Feint? Then what is his real intention? The soldiers I arranged in the west to attack the city and plunder the land? That's an elite army of 200,000, even if you remove one-fifth, it's not something Downton can match. β
Mike cursed. The other nobles were also disdainful, even if they didn't understand military affairs, they knew it. Downton, even an idiot, wouldn't pick that hard rock and crash into it, he had clearly tasted the sweetness of annihilating the Duke of the North. Ready to replicate again.
After all, the main city of the southern border is now empty of troops. Undoubtedly the best target for attack.
"Order, let Commander Kevin return to help as quickly as possible, I will besiege Downton outside the main city, and solve the problem once and for all!"
Mike is not a fuel-efficient lamp, ready to plan and kill Downton, this kid's soldiers are all powerful races, but after a long run, they must be tired, but it is a great opportunity to kill them.
The intelligence officer immediately went to arrange, and after several carrier pigeons flew away, at noon that day, more and more dark rangers appeared in the suburbs, covering the battlefield, and blocking the news with all their might.
When the Ancient Spear appeared overhead, Mike couldn't sit still, "I'll go to the city and have a look!"
"No way!"
The guards were shocked and hurried to dissuade them.
"It's okay, as long as I bring fewer guards, they won't think I'm a big guy and won't drop bombs. "After Mike climbed the wall, he looked through a telescope.
As long as the Ancient Spear flies in the air, every second of power consumed is converted into gold coins, which is an eye-popping number, with Downton's financial resources, it is not the luxury of guaranteeing that it will float forever, not to mention the loss of the power furnace, so it is docked thousands of kilometers away.
In order to carry more soldiers, the battleship was overloaded, and the natives crowded on it, like a sardine can, just in time to come down and let the wind out.
In order to avoid being raided, they were building improvised fortifications, but no one complained about being tired, but instead pointed at the main city with an excited face.
"The morale is so strong!"
Duke Mack shuddered, the appearance of the natives of the hills was too hideous, one by one like a mob, and they stared at the main city as if they were staring at a young girl, he believed that if it weren't for the arrival of Downton's main cavalry, these guys would have rushed up eagerly.
"What the hell did that Downton do? to get these natives to be cannon fodder for him?"
No matter how little experience the general has, he can see that these natives are eager to fight, and this kind of enemy is naturally the last thing everyone wants to face.
"What else can we use? It must be our wealth and women!"
The Chancellor of the Exchequer was frightened by the ogres, and these natives came back from hunting, and they didn't bother to barbecue at all, and directly ate their prey raw.
"That's cannibalism?"
A nobleman saw an ogre holding a human thigh gnawing on it, his mouth covered with blood, and he threw away the telescope in his hand in fright.
When the others saw this scene, their faces were also pale.
Mike pursed his lips, and said in his heart that you guys are oppressing and forcing civilians to pay heavy taxes, and there are many people who are forced to die every year, what is the difference between cannibalism.
"I'm Deboro, what's that? Shamanic Order?"
A general shouted out, attracting everyone's attention, and telescopes were erected, and then they saw more than three hundred natives gathered together. Something was being discussed, and they were holding rudimentary staffs. A necklace made of animal teeth and polished stone, and not brightly colored feathers on its head. It's the vines, no need to ask, just look at the costumes to know that they are shamanic sacrifices among the natives of the hills who can communicate with the elements of nature and are good at voodoo and sorcery.
"Damn, Downton paid for it to kill me!"
Mike gritted his teeth and muttered, but by the next morning, everyone was silent as they saw a regiment of Death Knights in view.
They wore swarthy armor all over. Beneath the covered armor they wore were a pair of eyes glowing green, and even in summer, they were covered with frost all day long.
This is an army born of death and will return to death, and they move forward in silence, only the hooves of the war horses under their crotches step on the avenue, making a crisp hoof.
"Quick. Quick, quick, send out more scouts, release more carrier pigeons. Urge Kevin to do his best to help!"
Mike finally stopped and roared at the intelligence officer. It was the Death Knight, the most powerful cavalry of the undead. He didn't know where Downton got these cavalry, but he knew. That guy didn't use them when he hit the northern border, obviously in order to retain his strength and defeat his main city in one fell swoop.
This time, no one had any objections, they originally thought that they could hold on until Kevin's army came back, but looking at Downton's military strength, they became more and more uneasy.
In the clear blue sky, there was a steam airship flying by, and the spiral humming sound was unusual.
Not only the nobles, but even the commoners in the city were pale and depressed, and most of the citizens hid in their homes and did not dare to go out.
"How's my thigh?"
Uncle Tanan, who served as the army's cook, wore an apron and held a human thigh modeled from tofu to show off towards the blood mallet.
"It's delicious!"
The guards behind the hammers each gave a thumbs up.
"That's fine, but be careful, Downton orders that cannibalism is forbidden, and if you are discovered, you are dead. β
Tanan warned.
"We're not stupid, we have sweet bread and delicious bacon, who would eat human flesh?"
The ogres cocked their index fingers.
"When is it going to attack? Downton? Why didn't you see it?"
Bloodhammer went to the bridge several times to look for it, but he didn't see Downton, so he could only ask Tanan because he was in charge of the meal.
"I'm a cook, what do you know?
Tanan rolled his eyes.
In Qiaoshui Town, the commander of the western border, Kevin immediately stood at the edge of the town, looking at the army TongguΓ², and behind him, there was a team of high-morale personal guard legions, each of them was a ruling rank.
"Commander, a letter from the main city, Downton's army is gathering, let you hurry back to support. β
After receiving the information from the scout, Kevin waved him away, and browsed it with a gloomy face, sending five urgent reports in a day, and it seemed that the situation over there was not optimistic.
Although before the expedition, he had set a strategy of returning to the army to besiege and kill him if Downton raided the south, but looking at the large 'ownerless' land in the west, Kevin really didn't want to give up.
"It's a pity, let's go, the Eastern Frontier Army and the King's Army will definitely not let go of this piece of fat!"
Kevin sighed.
"Commander, as long as we kill Downton, we can kill it back at any time, maybe even the northern border will have a fight!" several staff officers reassured Kevin.
"Nonsense, I can still tell the weight of the matter in a hurry!"
As soon as Kevin's words fell, he heard a sudden outbreak of fighting in front of him, but he was not surprised, he had experienced this kind of attack many times in the past few days.
"Those natives are really mantis arms as chariots, thinking that with a rope and a few broken stones, they can stop my army of 200,000?"
Kevin sneered, no need to ask, he also knew that the natives' offensive was to slow down his return to the army and buy Downton time.
"Master, the casualties are not large, but this kind of harassment is very troublesome, and yesterday, a team of abominations also joined the battle sequence!"
One of the generals complained.
"Do you want to devise a tactic to wipe them all out?"
The staff officers talked a lot, although time is pressed now, but letting the other party harass them so unscrupulously will not be a small blow to morale. (To be continued......)