The slave hunter, wielding a light battle axe, cut down the surrounding jungle nearby, and the dry bark and tender white stubble flew in all directions, and a tree with a small leg fell to the ground with a bang, and the lush branches slammed into the ground, startling the birds in the forest. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The man in charge of the next process stepped forward with a short axe to cut off the excess branches, and by the way, stripped off the excess bark, and then several people worked together to carry the log to the sawyman.

Simple small trebuchet, except for the most important base, other parts can be made on site, and the secondary processing of raw materials is used on the spot, even if the consumption of the rope is a bit large, it is also within the range of bearing.

Two twelve-foot-high tripods, fixed with hardwood spokes in the middle, with grooves at the tops, placed on crossbars made of round rods at both ends, and a twenty-foot-long throwing rod made of whole logs, with a dozen ropes attached to one end and a net bag tied at the other end.

Such a simple small trebuchet is not only a little difficult to move, but the distance of several trials is somewhat unsatisfactory, until it is replaced with a head-sized stone to throw a distance of 200 paces, and if it is a stone fort at the foot of the mountain, the effective range will be shortened even more.

In other words, the small trebuchet had to move forward, close the straight line distance between the attacking and defending sides, and at least smash the "ammunition" on the outer wall of the stone fort, otherwise no one would want to risk their lives to attack the unscathed fortress.

Even the commander of the vanguard army, Amy Virgo, did not dare to give such an order, he only relied on his strength and the support of the family behind him to get to his current position, and he belonged to slave hunters from different forces, which was a difficult thing for a strong man to do, and it took a winter to arrange for them to work in their respective duties.

Vladimir, the dementor had his head, face, hands and feet wrapped in a special black silk cloak, and he didn't want to participate in the work of the "lowly", so he wandered around the neighborhood to collect useful information such as topography and hydrology, and with the help of the strange ability of the "Dementor Lamp", he found some interesting things in the depths of the jungle.

Later, the Blood Baron came to the Commander of the Forward Army, "Mr. Amy, even if the small trebuchets tear open the outer walls of the stone fort, these improvised subordinates may not be willing to brave the arrows and stones to launch a strong attack, only a few people have died, I believe that the morale will be further reduced, and the pressure accumulated for a long time will make them suddenly collapse." Even if the camp is bombed later, I won't find it strange!"

Amy Virgo pondered for a moment, nodded approvingly, and then remembered that the other party had raised it, and he must have a countermeasure in his heart: "Lord Yuri, did you find any dark creatures that can be used when you wandered around the jungle just now, and can replace our dear subordinates with cannon fodder for the first attack?"

Dementor Vladimir nodded slightly, appreciating the Striker Commander's ability to see the trend of the situation through the slightest indication.

"You're right, I did find something. After all, it didn't take long for this pioneer to gain a foothold, and many of the dark creatures of the indigenous people had not been cleared, and using the special ability of the soul lamp, I found a large group of forest goblins, among which there was also a guy with a high concentration of souls, and it was estimated that he was the protector they fed. ”

Amy Virgo took a deep breath: "What are we waiting for? these filthy, ugly, inferior creatures should sacrifice their humble lives for us to open the door to victory in the place of our men." I believe that after this news gets out, the morale of the forward army will be greatly improved. ”

The Blood Baron smiled "That's exactly what you're going to say!" ”

Later, the commander of the Vanguard, the Magic Catapult Archer Amy Virgo, walked up to the workers who had suddenly become "busy", "All right! Everyone stopped what they were doing and listened to me with good news. ”

Soon, everyone knew the commander's plan, and learned that they didn't have to risk arrows and rolling stones to storm the Thorn Ridge Stone Fort, and most of the newly turned artisan slave hunters couldn't help but cheer.

The boiling cheers alarmed Sheen, the knight stationed in the stone castle, who squinted at the opponents of the "stoppage", and then saw them rushing into the jungle with fire.

"What's going on? What happened to the fall? The enemy at the foot of the hill retreated, leaving behind the unfinished trebuchet...... Oh, I suddenly have a bad feeling!"

The stationed knight Sheehan pressed his hands lightly, signaling that the "militia" in charge of defense should not be so nervous, and then discussed countermeasures with the other two knights.

"There are several goblin tribes in the Cloak Jungle that have not been cleared, and the order from Riverrun at that time is to complete the stone fort in Thorn Ridge as soon as possible. After we had a few encounters, the goblins suffered a lot of losses and did not attack again, and we did not expect to be discovered by our enemies. ”

A knight named Oron clenched his fist when he heard this, and the iron fist immediately made a creaking and screeching sound: "It's not a big problem! The goblins are all timid rats, and they will flee separately if they suffer a slight loss." Our enemies are counting on them to open the way, and they are genuinely worried about their future. ”

The assistant knight Sheehan turned his head to look at the other silent companion, "Calvin, what do you think?"

"Prepare more stones! The more sacks full of sand and gravel, the more materials used to repair the damage in the stone fort, the better. ”

Knight Oren heard all the words of defense, and couldn't help but have a thought: "Sheehan, now that the enemy is all in the cloak jungle, how about we send a team to destroy all the trebuchets that are about to be completed?"

"It's a good idea, though, my gut tells me that the enemy won't leave so easily, and will certainly set traps near the half-finished product of the trebuchet. The safety of the Thorn Ridge Stone Fort is the most important, and I don't want to lose any of my living forces at a critical moment. ”

Knight Oren couldn't help frowning, "Intuition? It is said that your intuition is very sharp, and there has never been a misjudgment, since this is the case, then forget it." ”

There was no movement in the Stone Fort of Thorn Ridge, and the ambush soldiers hiding on the edge of the jungle waited for a long time without yielding, and began to get angry in annoyance, resenting that the other party was all gutless bandits, and did not dare to take the risk of letting go, and hated that the commander had arranged for them to ambush, but they did not get any credit.

Later, the men began to speculate again about whether the blades in their hands had been stained with blood and whether valuable trophies had been found on the goblin corpses when they went deep into the forest to raid the goblin tribe's accomplices.

All kinds of groundless speculation aggravated their frustration, and in order to express their inner unhappiness, they even waved their weapons and vented on the stump near the hideout.

Meanwhile, Amy Virgo and Vladimir the Dementor, with most of the vanguard army, have found the entrance to a forest goblin tribe.

The dense canopy of trees blocked out all the sunlight, and the Blood Baron was able to exert most of his strength, and he was the first to burst out of the group, whipping out the "Dementor Lamp" refined by the Book of the Necrons, aiming at the two goblin sentinels at the entrance of the cave.

The invisible absorbing force suddenly surged, instantly submerging the two sentinels guarding the entrances and exits, and then the wisps of soul were stripped from the body of the glazed forest goblins, like a tired bird returning to the forest and rushing into the bone claw monster lamp held by the dementor Vladimir's right hand.

"Not enough, not enough!"

The souls of the two forest goblins only slightly darkened the color of the "Soul Lamp", and they have not yet completed the "charge", that is, they cannot provide enough soul power to transform into the source of the Blood Baron's spellcasting.

The commander of the Forward Army, Amy Virgo, was well aware of the temperament of this formidable ally, and immediately opened his mouth to persuade: "Forget it, Lord Yuri, conquer this goblin tribe and kill the rebels, their souls belong to you, but you can't kill indiscriminately. Without these cannon fodder, the Thorn Ridge Stone Fort would have to be filled with our people, how worthless it is!"

When the dementor Vladimir heard this, he looked back at the vanguard army that was following behind, most of them had a bad look on their faces, obviously frightened by his ruthless methods just now, although they were a little resentful, they all hid themselves well in their hearts.

In particular, this blood clan with a knighthood showed an inquiring gaze, and the people who were swept by his eyes forcibly squeezed out a smile, all of which were flattering and hypocritical smiles.

"Well, since the commander has said so, I can only do it, as long as you are not afraid of the traps inside, everything is easy to say. ”

Amy Virgo's heart sank, knowing that if the strongest combat force of the vanguard army was left alone, he would rush into the goblin's lair later, and without knowing it, there would definitely be casualties, which would affect his status and prestige.

"Your Excellency Vladimir is giving me a problem! But will I throw in the towel? ”

The Vanguard Commander reached out and summoned the hunters born in two families to gather dead grass nearby. The inaccessible cloak jungle is full of these flammable things.

Seeing that the pile was closed, Emi Virgo made the family members retreat, and the two fingers of his right hand were erected, and his unique talent gathered the surrounding free fire elementals, condensing into a ball of fire between the two fingers.

Everyone only saw the commander's right hand tap, and the flames the size of beans fell on the pyre, due to the characteristics of the fire element, even if the dead branches and dry grass were a little damp, they quickly ignited it, but the pungent smoke was a little large.

"Now, use your robes as blowers, pour smoke into the caverns, and drive out all the forest goblins inside without killing or injuring anyone. ”

This move immediately won the hearts of everyone, after all, goblins are cunning creatures, who knows how many dangerous traps are laid in the cave, and it is not too many good things to be able to capture a large number of goblins who have been temporarily incapacitated by the smoke without a frontal attack.