Chapter 28: Above the Giant City
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Li Yunfei ordered a hundred old guards of the Luo Lin family, along with Martin and Kao, turned on their horses and headed in the direction of the walls of Roland's giant city.
Along the way, Martin and the others also quickly introduced the situation of the defense of the giant city to Li Yunfei.
The size of the Roland city was so large that millions of people lived in it, so the walls reached an astonishing length.
Although the city is guarded by the city defense army of the Grand Duke of Roland, other noble lords also have the obligation to protect the city.
Therefore, in addition to the city defense army guarding the entire city wall on weekdays, each noble lord has a corresponding wall section as a guard and guard area.
Because the Rollin family is an earl, there is also a section of the city wall that is not short, as a special protection area. The supply of the city defense army in this area is the responsibility of the Rollin territory, and when the siege of the giants really breaks out, the soldiers of the Rollin family must go to the city to assist in the defense.
This is also the reason why Holland and John and others were able to easily buy the city defense officer before. After all, the Rollin territory is equivalent to the quartermaster of the city defense army of this section of the city wall, so there will naturally be some corresponding conveniences.
Of course, the so-called convenience is only to secretly open one or two small doors that are not very important at night or other times.
Otherwise, if there is any mistake in the defense of the giant city, the city defense officer will definitely die himself.
While they were talking, they had come to the edge of the great city, in front of the city walls.
At this time, I saw that on the huge city wall with a height of 50 meters, slings were being lowered from the top of the city wall, and the ends of these slings were fixed with wooden cabins in the shape of carriages. The small cabins could hold four or five people, and the large ones could hold a dozen people, carrying soldiers from all over Roland Megacity.
The other end of these slings is all pulled by a pulley block installed at the top of the city wall, which is actually a primitive elevator.
At the same time, on the inner walls of the city wall, there are also protruding beams that serve as ladders for climbing. At the same time, every few kilometers, there is a wide land bridge like a staircase that rises directly from the ground to the top of the city wall, which also seems to serve as a reinforcement.
However, the former is more dangerous, and the latter needs to walk too long, but it is not as convenient as a sling. It was supposed to be the method of passage in a large-scale war when a large number of soldiers were in the city.
After Li Yunfei and the others arrived, several soldiers of the city defense army guarding the city immediately arranged two huge pods for them to enter, and then made a secret signal to the top of the city wall, and the pods slowly rose up.
I have to say that for this world, the fifty-meter-high walls of a giant city are really extremely tall buildings.
Looking out of the window of the pod, Li Yunfei simply had the feeling of a sightseeing elevator in his previous life.
At this time, he also felt the enormity of Roland Giant City again.
Towns, fields, roads, and mountains and rivers running through them. In this huge city, it is a small world.
Although the human beings in this world do not have any powerful scientific and technological power, they have also created their own brilliant civilization by using the power of fighting spirit and magic.
Kao and Martin, who were in the city for the first time, were even more shocked at this time, and their eyes widened as they watched everything in front of them.
After all, looking down on Roland City from this high vantage point is definitely a spectacular sight!
The speed of the slings was fast, and in a few moments, they had reached the top of the city wall.
The door of the pod opened, and the group stepped onto the solid wall.
When he really came to the city wall of this giant city, Li Yunfei felt that the top of the city wall, which was ten meters wide, was extremely spacious.
Above the city walls, there were a number of low barracks, which seemed to be inhabited by the soldiers defending the city, all hidden behind battlements three or four meters high.
And every few tens of meters, a huge one-man high bed crossbow is placed behind the battlements, which looks extremely powerful. At the same time, trebuchets of various sizes were placed next to the battlements. Next to the trebuchet were wooden barrels and large tanks, all filled with water.
And the most equipped on this wall are bows and arrows and throwing spears, which are stacked together like a hill.
Behind the battlements was a soldier of the city defense army armed with a spear, standing motionless without a sound, in stark contrast to the reinforcements from the various territories who had just arrived in the city. The soldiers, all dressed in khaki uniforms, were similar to the color of the city walls, and from a distance, it was impossible to see anyone moving on top of the walls unless you looked closely.
The quality of these soldiers of the city defense army is so high! Li Yunfei couldn't help but be secretly surprised when he saw this scene.
He had heard Martin and others say before that the city defense army was under the command of Grand Duke Roland, obviously, this Grand Duke of Roland was definitely not simple!
Seeing Li Yunfei and the others ascending the city, a man wearing yellow armor and looking like a general immediately came to Li Yunfei and asked unceremoniously: "Are you the Luo Lin family's assistant defense army?
Li Yunfei smiled slightly and said, "I am, I'm Saul Rollin, I don't know what this general is called?"
"Saul Rollin?" The general didn't expect such a teenage boy to be the leader, and couldn't help frowning, and then seemed to suddenly think of something, and asked with a look of surprise, "You are the new Earl of Rollin!?"
Seeing Li Yunfei nodding affirmatively, the general no longer had the unceremonious appearance just now, suddenly stood upright, saluted, and said: "Mike, the captain of the first brigade of the eighth city defense regiment of the Lower City Defense Army, has seen Lord Earl!"
He looked at Li Yunfei with curiosity, doubt, and admiration.
After all, from his daily contacts, there are really not many of these noble lords who can go to the city in person. Especially now when the giant's bell rings.
Moreover, although he had been stationed on the city wall for the past few days, he had also heard some rumors about the new Count of Lorraine. Including pretending to be crazy and stupid.,Execute the big butler who killed the lord at the succession ceremony.,And forgive the debts of the people in the territory.,So it's very curious.。
Li Yunfei waved his hand and said solemnly: "Captain Mike doesn't have to be polite, everything is focused on military affairs, I just came to take a look at it casually this time, and the people I brought are also under your command, don't worry about me, give orders." This is Martin, my captain of the guard, and I can find him for everything. ”
When Mike heard this, he immediately replied, "Yes! Then he was not polite, communicated with Martin for a few words, and began to give orders to the guards of the Rollin family.
"Kao, you follow me. Li Yunfei beckoned to Kao, and Kao immediately came behind Li Yunfei.
At the same time, a soldier of the city defense army also came to Li Yunfei's side, saluted Li Yunfei, and said, "My lord, Captain Mike has asked me to be in charge of receiving you, and you can ask me for any request." ”
Li Yunfei nodded in understanding. After all, the Rollin family is the supplier of this part of the city defense area, and that Mike is obviously not stupid.
Seeing that Li Yunfei didn't speak, the soldier also followed him with interest, and slowly walked along the city wall with him.
When I came to a gap in the battlements, I raised my eyes and looked into the wilderness, only to see that there were thousands of giants moving in the wilderness!
Li Yunfei couldn't help but sigh in his heart, sure enough, he stood high and saw far away, when he entered the wilderness at night to hunt giants before, he didn't feel that there were so many giants in the wilderness at all.
However, this is also because the giants are usually located far apart, so if you enter the wilderness jungle, you will not feel that there are too many giants.
Although most of the giants in the eye are mud giants, sand giants, and a small number of rock giants, such a huge number still makes people feel oppressed.
Most of the giants were scattered, but somewhere in the northwest direction, more than a hundred giants had gathered into a colony by this time, wandering aimlessly.
It's just that the main direction of their advance is Roland Giant City!
However, judging from the reactions of the surrounding city defense troops, it seems that they are not too nervous, but are carrying out various tasks in an orderly manner.
"Looks like we're used to giants. Li Yunfei smiled slightly and said.
"My lord, we are on the city wall every day, and the giants have indeed seen a lot. Moreover, when the bell of the giants rings, there are once or twice a year, and what we are afraid of is not these low-level giants, but the large-scale siege events that they may trigger. Hit the small ones and the old ones, and if there are noble giants appearing, it will be troublesome. The soldier responded.
Li Yunfei nodded, thinking deeply in his heart. After all, the giants in the sight are all low-level giants, even if hundreds of them are gathered together, they are only equivalent to a group of quicksand swordsmen and Jianyan swordsmen. In the face of Roland Mega City, which has a population of 10 million, it can't set off any big storms at all.
Instead of paying attention to the giants in the wilderness, he wandered around the city walls, asking questions as he looked, and secretly remembering some details.
The slings installed on the city walls are basically operated by the power of human and animal power. On top of the wall, there were also some horses, and even a few cows, which were tied to the sling turntable.
"What are these buckets and tanks for?"
"These things are all used to deal with mud giants and sand giants, and once a war starts, they are the most numerous, but they are the most difficult to deal with. However, because they are afraid of water, they can be killed directly with buckets. Our trebuchets can shoot buckets and stones. But this thing is the same as the bed crossbow, and the accuracy is not very good. The soldier knew everything, and said as if he were pouring beans from a bamboo tube.
Thinking of his experience in the mud giant rift, Li Yunfei couldn't help but nod secretly, the mud giant and the sand giant are indeed very afraid of water.
And when he heard the soldier's last words, his eyes couldn't help but light up.
Bad head?