Chapter 122: Urgent

They rushed over like this, with their bare hands, all old men and old ladies, and some old ladies and a dozen children of seven or eight years old, shouting for me to return the lives of their sons, grandchildren, husbands, and fathers. I really can't do anything, so I'm going back......" Lorist returned to the big tent and told the others about his trip to the city.

Everyone in the big tent looked at each other, as if listening to the Arabian Night Pool.

"It's so shameless and despicable, my lord, I've been a mercenary for almost thirty years, and I've experienced more than a hundred siege battles and defense battles, but I've never seen such a ridiculous thing, this ...... This ......" Hawski shook his head, not knowing what to say. He was covered in bandages, a wound he had sustained during the retreat during the last night raid, and the wounded mercenary he had brought with him became his shield, and he was shot at the target and killed on the spot. And he was also hit by several arrows, if he hadn't been wearing iron armor and not deep in the flesh, he might not have come back.

"The old men in charge of the four major families in Kitano Town are all treacherous and slippery, and I suspect that it may have been the last time I went to the city that I spared the old man to make them come up with this method to prevent me from killing those garrisons. The most ridiculous thing is that they regard Kitano Town as their territory, and we are the most vicious invaders, so they go forward and defend themselves without fear of death. Even these old men and women want to rush over and die with me......" Lorist said with a sigh.

"No, my lord, didn't you say that they were all bare-handed, and how could they die with you?" said Pat.

Lorist pointed at Pat: "Stupid again, aren't you?" Those old men and old ladies rushed over to entangle me and make me unable to move and dodge, and then the three city guards and crossbows went together, and everyone finished playing together...... I went up and saw the three crossbows facing me but not firing, and then I saw the white-haired old men and women stretching their hands to catch me, and I understood what they were doing, and that's why they came down so quickly. ”

"My lord, although those old men and old ladies are all rebellious relatives, it is not a pity to die, and their sons and grandsons all died of rebellion against us, and they deserve it. But I still think the adults are doing the right thing. If it were me, I wouldn't be able to do anything to these unarmed old people, children, women and children. Pachko said.

"Then, how are we going to attack the city after that? If Kitano Town puts these old men and old ladies in front of us as a shield, then we can only stare dryly?" Paul Binns said very distressedly, he is still only a squad leader, this time he is the acting squadron leader, and he has always hoped that his good performance in this siege battle will be appreciated by Lorist, so as to promote him to the knight of the family.

"On the way back, I had an idea, and from today onwards I would go to the bottom of Kitano every two hours to make the garrisons and old men and ladies nervous. Then in the evening and at night, you also bring a small group of family soldiers every two hours, and make a lot of noise. Go to the town of Kitano to beat gongs and drums, shouting about attacking the city or something, so that those garrisons and old men and old ladies can't sleep well. It will only take two days, and when I go up to the city again, I will make sure that the old men and old ladies are sleeping soundly, and that they will not be awakened by the sound of a gong in their ears...... "Lorist said.

"Haha, I knew that adults must have a way, this is a good idea. I was the first to take people in the evening to scare them. Jim was happy and volunteered. This guy was very lucky, he slid down the long ladder during the last night raid and ran like a rabbit, and he was not hurt at all.

"My lord, why do we have to attack the city from the front? Now the garrison of Kitano Town is paying attention to the front, and the troops are also piled up on the front city wall, if we suddenly attack from the back gate wall of Kitano Town, it will definitely catch them off guard, and they will not be able to mobilize the troops in front of them in time to defend, so that we can occupy a section of the city wall smoothly and respond to the arrival of the follow-up troops......" It was Reddy who said this, and he suggested attacking the city in a different direction.

Pat laughed happily: "Reddy, you kid are stupid, don't we have to fill the trench in front of the city wall if we attack the city in another place? By the time we attack the city, they will be ready. So it's no different from the current position of the offense in a different direction, and it's ...... more."

"Why do you want to fill the trench?" said Reddy, unconvinced.

"How are you going to get over without filling the trench, it's more than three meters wide, can you jump over?" Pat thought Reddy was stupid.

"When we attack, we just take a few long planks and spread them on top of the trench, and people can pass over?" said Reddy.

Pat was dumbfounded: "This, this ......"

No one thought that there was such an easy way to cross the trench, and everyone in the big tent was stunned.

Lorist clapped his hands: "Yes, Reddy, you kid is great, you have a good idea, this can really catch the garrison of Kitano Town by surprise, and the direction of the three city defender crossbows is the city wall in front, and it will take them a long time to turn around." In this way, we will next prepare to attack the city wall behind, and the whole army will be dispatched to strive for the success of the first battle. ”

"So, do you want to scare them that night?" asked Jim.

"Of course we have to go, we have to make the garrison of Kitano Town think that we will still attack from the front, and focus our defense on this section of the wall in front, and we have been harassing and filling them every night for the past two days, so that they are exhausted. After waiting for two days, we quietly moved our troops to the back gate, and when it got dark, we left a small group of men and horses in front to scare as usual, contain the garrisons on the front city wall, and carry out a night attack in the back. I'll be the first to go up, kill the garrison, and I'll attack the three crossbows on that high platform. I wanted speed in this night attack, and by the time Kitano's garrison reacted, we were already victorious. ”

Lorist combined his tired tactics with Reddy's sound to find a good way to break through the town of Kitano, and everyone in the big tent was ready to wait for the siege night attack two days later.

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On the twelfth day of the expedition, dinner was very rich, and everyone knew that tonight would be a sleepless night, and if they could not fight Kitano Town, they would see the night attack at night.

In the past two days, the garrison of Kitano Town has been exhausted by Lorist, not to mention that they can't rest at night, but they are also startled by Lorist during the day. Lorist would occasionally use long wooden poles to climb the city wall, kill a few garrisons when those old men and old ladies did not rush over, and then retreat to the city, leaving the garrison of Beiye Town helpless. Now that they knew how powerful Lorist was, they couldn't drive the new lord off the city wall without having to pile up people and not pay the lives of a large number of garrisons.

If it hadn't been for the discovery that Lorist couldn't bear to attack those old and young women and children, and used those old men and old ladies who had lost their children and grandchildren to contain Lorlist, maybe the garrison would have been killed by Lorlist, and they would have abandoned their weapons and surrendered. Now the four major families of Kitano Town can only use the slogan of defending their homes and protecting their relatives to cheer up the garrison, on the one hand, inciting the elders and relatives of the garrison who died in battle to go to the city to entangle Lorist, and on the other hand, they are living like a year and hope that Duke Lukins's troops will come to the rescue of Kitano Town soon.

I knew that the noise every night was harassment by the enemy, but I couldn't be careless, so as not to be attacked again. It's only been two days, the garrisons have been so tired that they are about to break down, and several leaders see that this can't go on, and want to take turns to go down to the city in batches to rest, but they are worried that the city wall will be forcibly captured by Lorist due to the lack of troops on the city wall, so they can only let the garrison suffer hard.

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"Patchko, Paul Binns, the two of you will set off with six squads in a big circle from the back of the camp to the back gate of Kitano Town, and you must arrive before ten o'clock in the evening, and you must not make a sound, so as not to be discovered by the garrison of Kitano Town. Got it?" said Lorist for the last time laying out the plan of action.

"Yes, my lord, we understand. ”

"Jim, is your mission clear?"

"I know, my lord, I will take the mercenaries to hide in the woods over there with long planks and ladders, and when the adults arrive in the city, I will set up the planks and ladders, and pick up the soldiers of the family brought by Pachko and them to the city. Jim replied.

"Reddy, you led those lightly wounded family soldiers to harass them as usual at night. “

"Yes, sir. ”

"Sedecamp, you stay in the camp. Haoskey, the guards of the camp will be handed over to you at night. Be careful, I'm afraid those guys in Kitano will jump over the wall and come and attack us. ”

"It's okay, don't worry, don't look at me and I'm still wearing bandages, but that injury doesn't hinder movement. If the guys from Kitano really come, I won't let any of them go. ”

"Very well, the town of Breaking Kitano is tonight, we ......" Lorist had not finished speaking, when he heard the sound of the hooves of galloping horses outside the big tent, the shouts of the riders reining in their horses, and the neighing of the horses being stopped.

One of the guards rushed in. Covered in wind and dust, he gasped for breath for a long time before he returned to his breath and saluted: "Report to your lordship, more than 2,000 armed soldiers of the Ken Kenmas family rushed to the Rock Castle before noon today and launched a fierce attack on the castle. The defending family soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and Lord Ovicis ordered me to ask for help. ”

Everyone in the big tent was in an uproar, everyone knew that the Rock Castle was the gate fortress that locked the family territory, and it was the future family main city built by Lorlist, and it must not be lost.

This guard Lorist who came to report the news was very familiar, and he had seen it a few times beside Ovicis, and he was by no means pretending: "Take a breath, speak slowly, Ovicis will send you alone to deliver the message?"

He handed over his cup.

The guard who reported the news took the cup gratefully, poured it down, wiped his mouth, and said: "Yes, there is really no one, the enemy launched two attacks, and we were repulsed, we suffered about a small team, and the manpower was tight, Master Ovicis had to let me come alone to report the news." When I arrived at Maple Grove Villa, the guard said that the adults were still here, so I rushed over immediately. ”

"What's going on?The walls of the Rock Castle are already well defended, why are the guards suffering so many casualties?How did Ovicis command?" Lorist wondered, could it be that Ovikis went out of the city to fight?No way, he wasn't so stupid......

"No, my lord, the Kenmath family is armed with two small groups of regular longbowmen this time, and these two hundred or so longbows are too powerful, and the range is farther than our city defense crossbows. We simply couldn't hold on to the first wall, and most of the casualties of the guards were caused by these longbowmen. Master Ovicis had no choice but to order us to retreat to the second wall before their longbowmen were rendered useless. However, the enemy did not win favor, and they attacked the first wall twice, but were driven down by the crossbows of the garrison that we hid in the houses of the second wall, and it is estimated that their casualties were at least twice as many as ours. "The guard who reported the news finally gave everyone good news.

"Day!" Lorist slammed his fist on the table, knocking the teacup over. It's too unfortunate that the Kenmath family's armament launched an attack on the Rock Castle at this juncture, and even if it was a day late, they took Kitano Town, what should they do now?

Lorist walked around the tent, and everyone looked at him, waiting for him to make a decision. Seeing that the victory of the siege was in sight, but an urgent messenger came to the Rock Castle, and everyone's hearts were very unwilling.

"I order ......" Lorist finally made a choice: "End tonight's operation, and the whole army will return to Maple Grove Villa overnight." Paul Binns, after returning to Maple Grove Villa, you pick a squadron of family soldiers, Sedercamp, after returning to Maple Grove Villa, you and Speer Steward will send a batch of wagons, and wait for Paul Binns to select the family soldiers of that squadron and then take the carriage and set off to Rock Castle, understand?"

"Yes, sir. "Yes, my lordship. ”

"Pachko, after returning to Maple Grove Villa, let the wounded soldiers recuperate, and the remaining soldiers will continue to train, and I will leave the defense of Maple Grove Villa to you. ”

"Please rest assured, with me, Maple Grove Villa will be fine. Pachko assured.

"Reddy, you go to the military fortress and ask the Steward of Codan to retreat to Maple Grove Villa with the laborers first, so as not to be retaliated against by the garrison of Kitano Town. ”

"Yes, sir. Reddy still had a bandage on his shoulder, and it was the first siege that he had been hit by an arrow in order to rescue several family soldiers.

"Husky, Jim, I want to entrust you mercenaries with something. ”

"Your Excellency, please command. Hauskey said.

"You go back to Maple Grove Villa to rest first, and at the same time send people to monitor the movements of Kitano Town, and if you are sure, eliminate the scouts sent by Kitano Town, and try to make Kitano Town blind and deaf. The reward is the same as that of the mountain barbarians, can you do it?"

"My lord, we will do our best. ”

"My lord, are we just going to let Kitano go?" said Jim, who seemed a little unhappy.

"Kitano Town is here, he can't grow legs, he can't run. When we've repelled the Kenmax attack, we'll clean them up. Lorist said, "Pat, get ready, and we'll set off for Rock Castle at once." ”

"My lord, can I come with you?" asked Jim, a little apprehensive.

Lorist smiled: "Of course. Jim, come with me. ”

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