Chapter 131: Chosk's Rocket

After another two days, the Duke's army occupying Kitano Town finally moved, and the city gate was opened, and first nearly a hundred scout light cavalry swarmed out, divided into a group of ten horsemen, and roared in all directions. Immediately afterwards, more than 500 leather-armored cavalry slowly walked out in a formation of four horses and one column. The cavalry was followed by three squadrons of foot soldiers, the first of which were sword and shield men, the second of which were spearmen, and the third of which were longbowmen.

After the three infantry squadrons, there were nearly fifty four-wheeled freight wagons, on which were piled up all kinds of items, it was estimated that they should be logistical baggage such as tents, and this convoy was accompanied by about the soldiers of the squadron, in addition to the two driving soldiers sitting in front, there were seven or eight soldiers lying or sitting in the car.

After the convoy passed, it was followed by a squadron of spear cavalry. However, what made Lorist strange was that the spear cavalry of this squadron was not as neat as the leather cavalry squadron that set off first, the queue was not in order, and the soldiers on the horses were also giggling and not in shape.

After the passage of this squadron of spear cavalry, the gates of Kitano Town were closed. A line of soldiers with trumpets appeared on the city wall and began to blow trumpets to see off the departing procession. A few of the spearmen who had fallen behind turned their horses as if to shout a few words, and then turned their horses to follow the ranks ahead.

The troops had been gone for an hour, and the gates of Kitano Town were still closed, and the city walls were heavily guarded. Lorist jumped lightly from the tree and said to Reddy, who was waiting for him with the horse, "Let's go, go back to camp." ”

The two of them led the horse around the back of the woods before they got on their horses, and after walking forward for less than a while, they saw the mound in front of them turn out and six horsemen galloped forward, and when they saw Lorist and the two of them, the cavalry led by them raised their spears and roared: "Kill out!"

At this time, more than a dozen horsemen came out of the back of the mound, and Lorist smiled, the six horsemen who fled in front were the first scout light cavalry of the duke's army to leave the city, and the dozen or so horsemen behind were members of the mercenary group hired by himself. It's just that Lorist didn't expect that these mercenaries would be so brave, less than five hundred meters away from Kitano Town, and they were still chasing after these scout light cavalry.

Six throwing spears, in just a few blinks of an eye, turned six scout light cavalry into six corpses, and the mercenaries chasing after him stopped their horses and saluted Lorist while staring at the six corpses on the ground with greedy eyes.

"Reddy, go see what's on those corpses......" Lorist wondered why the mercenaries were so keen on the corpses on the ground.

Reddy returns quickly, bringing back six horses, six swords, a few flail axes, and finally six bulging purses.

Untie a money bag and look at it, dozens of silver coins and a dozen gold coins of the Imperial Old Man's Head, and even two or three gold fords. Lorist suddenly realized that the four major families in Beiye Town are very rich, but they are located in a remote area and have nowhere to spend their money, and there is no doubt that every resident has money in his family. Now that the Duke's army has slaughtered the inhabitants and occupied the town of Kitano, these soldiers have made a fortune by looting their homes and money, and their wealth has increased greatly. No wonder the soldiers were not in good spirits when they saw them going out in the morning, so they didn't care what they thought, they just hoped to go back early and enjoy the money, if this time the expedition was accidentally finished, they would not enjoy anything.

It's no wonder that these mercenaries are desperate to chase the fleeing scout light cavalry, perhaps in the eyes of these down-and-out mercenaries, the soldiers of the duke's army are all small mobile coffers. Lorist laughed, and at this moment he was confident in the victory over the Duke's army.

"Which mercenary group are you from?" asked Lorlist.

"My lord, we are from the Night Bat Mercenary Regiment. A small leader of the mercenaries replied very respectfully. He knew Lorlist, firstly, the big financier who hired them, and secondly, when he saw Lorist throwing a spear and killing six scout hussars, he couldn't help but secretly say that the speed and strength were so strong that he thought that he could not take a spear.

"Well done, these corpses on the ground are at your disposal. Lorist dialed the horse and Reddy away.

Although Reddy took away the mounts, weapons, and money bags, the mercenaries were still very happy, after all, the leather armor, shoes and other bits and pieces on the corpse were still worth a lot of money, and maybe there would be some unexpected surprises, such as necklaces and rings. And the six heads, Lorist offered a bounty of gold coins for one head and the head of an old man of the Empire.

The camp Lorist was going to was in the woods of a small mound col, near the same place where he had been robbed and killed on his first trip to Kitano. The choice of this place is that Lorist is ready to rely on this terrain to isolate the connection between the Duke's army and the town of Kitano.

This is the middle of the distance between Maple Grove Villa and Kitano Town, and it is another big bend, and you can't see it on either side, either blocked by hills or shaded by trees, and you can't see what is happening here. If Lorist robbed and killed the messenger here, even if it was discovered, it would take more than ten or twenty minutes for the reinforcements on both sides to arrive here on fast horses, which was enough for Lorist and the others to retreat safely.

Vasima greeted him, and Lorist dismounted, and when he saw that the camp was empty, he asked, "Are they all out?"

"Yes, sir. Vasima replied, "In the morning the five sword mercenaries went out on patrol and ran into ten scouts of the duke's army, and they wounded seventeen of them before they took down the ten scouts, only to find that these scouts had a lot of money with them when they took up their bodies." When they came back, all the members of the mercenary group went out to find the scouts of the duke's army. ”

"It's still money that touches people's hearts, I have repeatedly ordered the people of these mercenary groups to take the initiative to attack, they always push back, and they all have the idea of following behind to pick up the bargain. This time, as soon as they saw the money, they flocked away. Lorist sighed.

"My lord, the people of the mercenary group are not trustworthy in the first place, they are all greedy for life and afraid of death, and they forget their righteousness for profit. We shouldn't have hired them. "As a knight, Vasima has a natural prejudice against mercenaries.

Lorist shook his head: "The difference between the strength of our army and the duke's army is too great, with these mercenaries, at least we can be stronger." Although they are a rabble in frontal formation, the scout light cavalry used against the enemy is still good, and their experience and individual skills are much better than those of our family soldiers. We can only use their strength to deal with this ducal army at the moment. ”

"Did Paul Binns follow?" asked Lorlister.

"Yes, sir. He would keep an eye on the Duke's army and not return until they had set up camp. Wasima said.

"It's finally come out, it's been five days. As soon as they come out, we can find the fighters. I don't know how long this war will drag on before it ends. Lorist returned to the tent and sat down.

"My lord, we will definitely defeat the Duke's army. Wasima said.

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The attack on Maple Grove by Duke Lukins' army was very, very bad......

On the first day, they set out from Kitano Town at nine o'clock in the morning, walked for more than two hours to arrive in front of the castle of Maple Grove Villa, and after lunch, they began to set up camp, and also sent a silver knight to show off their strength in front of the castle, shouting loudly for the Norton family to come out and surrender quickly, but Joske on the castle shot the unlucky guy and his horse to death in front of the drawbridge with an arrow, casting a bloody shadow on the attack of the Duke's army. Now every soldier in the Duke's army knew that the golden archers of the Norton family were in the castle they were going to attack, and they prayed with trepidation that the gods would protect them from becoming ghosts of arrows during the siege.

Only fourteen scout hussars returned in the evening, and they reported to the Golden Knight Chevani, who commanded the army, that they had been pursued by the Norton hussars. The Chevani knight's brows furrowed, he couldn't figure out where the Norton family had so many light cavalry that could eat his more than eighty scout light cavalry. It wasn't until one of the hussars reported that the hussars who were chasing them were dressed in Norton leather armor and behaved like mercenaries. It must have been the young new head of the Norton family who hired mercenaries to fight him. robbed Viscount Kenmax of 100,000 Kingford's private money, so naturally he had the money to hire a mercenary.

The next day, the Cavalliers of Chewney divided into two routes, one was to send a squadron of leather cavalry, led by a dozen silver knights, to sweep the surrounding area, preparing to clear the mercenaries hired by the Norton family. The other way is that he personally commanded and launched an attack on Maple Grove Villa.

The leather cavalry of that squadron searched for a morning and found nothing. This is mainly because they are outnumbered, and none of the mercenary groups will be stupidly bumped into them, they all avoid them, and only monitor from a distance. As a result, the leather cavalry of this squadron found a ravine at noon and rested by the stream for two hours, but when they reassembled, they found that there were more than a dozen soldiers missing, and the traces left should have been taken away. The Silver Knight, who led the team, was furious, summoned his cavalry to follow the trail, and was almost led to the Black Swamp. If it weren't for the other silver knights being vigilant, the consequences would be really unimaginable.

The attack on Maple Grove Castle was also futile, and the Chevani knights ordered three crossbows to be launched, which were captured in Kitano Town. Even the Chevani knights didn't expect to be able to capture three weapons of mass destruction in such a remote town as the Northlands. So they brought it out as a guarantee for the siege of the city. As a result, before he could attack, he was shot by an arrow from Joske on the castle. The other two garrison crossbows retreated quickly, avoiding the destruction before they could get out of the army.

Enraged, the Chevani knight ordered a squadron of longbowmen to shoot at the castle. However, the castle had already been prepared, and wooden rafts and wooden sheds were erected. Josk also used the cover of the platoon to shoot at the longbowmen under the city. After a day of shooting, he didn't do anything, but fifty-three of the longbowmen under the city died.

After five days in Kitano Town, the Chevani knight did not make any preparations for the siege, he had already prepared some siege equipment in advance. For example, two movable suspension bridges and a small crash car were dismantled into small pieces and transported in a freight wagon yesterday. It was already assembled in the morning before the siege. The so-called movable suspension bridge is two large flatbed trucks with a long wooden raft on them. Push the flatbed cart in front of the moat, and then put the wooden rafts on top of it to become two bridges to cross the river, and then let the soldiers push the crash across the bridge to crash open the gate.

However, the terrain of Maple Grove Villa is dangerous, except for the castle in front of the attack, there are steep slopes under the walls on both sides, and it is impossible to deploy troops to attack from multiple points, and the guards only need to defend the castle in front of them. The Chevani knight commanded his soldiers to launch three attacks on the castle's gates, resulting in more than 200 casualties, and the two movable drawbridges and the crashed car were burned by the Norton guards.

On the third day, instead of continuing the siege, the Chevani knights sent a large number of soldiers to cut down trees and prepare to remake the siege equipment. In the afternoon, the Chevani knights received reports of attacks on soldiers who were cutting wood, with dozens of casualties. In desperation, the Chevani knights had no choice but to personally lead a squadron of leather cavalry to guard the soldiers to cut down the trees and transport them back to the camp.

After a tired day, everyone went back to the camp and slept soundly, but the camp was attacked at night, and more than 100 casualties were lost. This is because there are not many enemies attacking at night, just to harass them. The most annoying thing was that the wood that had been finally brought back in the afternoon was thrown in the corner and was doused with fire oil to form several extra-large bonfires.

Knight Chervani is a strong-willed, command-and-order knight, who promises his lord, Duke Lukins, that he will bring the Norton family to his knees, so he will not be defeated by the difficulties he faces. He believes that whether it is a sneak attack on a soldier cutting down a tree, or a night attack, it is the Norton family jumping over the wall in a hurry, which clearly shows that the Norton family has no strength to confront their own army head-on, and can only use these intrigues to make them survive and delay for time.

So early in the morning of the fourth day, the Chevani knights took their soldiers to cut wood for a day, and when they returned to the camp, they rearranged the guards, so that they could rest at ease.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he lay down for a while, he heard the soldiers outside shouting "night attack" or something, and after putting on his clothes again, he almost tilted his nose, which is also called a night attack? I saw that above the castle in the distance, the distant fire flashed, and a rocket crossed a distance of nearly 1,000 meters, and was inserted into the ground with a "plop" sound, and all the soldiers in the barracks looked up at the sky, guessing where the next rocket would fall?

Joske was mainly bored, and the fact that the Duke's army had not attacked the city again for the past two days had left him with nowhere to go. Last night, Lorist attacked the camp at night and lit the wood to give him a wake-up call, he had tried before, with his fighting spirit and his own special longbow, he could hang arrows thousands of kilometers away, of course, there was no accuracy at all, and he didn't know if he had the strength or not. However, the duke's army camped only a thousand meters away from the castle, and such a large camp only needs to be in the right direction, and it may be good to shoot rockets over and burn a few tents, so that the duke's army can not sleep well, so Josk decided to shoot ten rockets at night to see what effect it can have.

When Josk finished shooting the arrow, the Chevani knight, who lay down on the bed again, could not sleep, and felt that nothing was going well.

On the fifth day, the Duke's army still did not attack the city, and the Chevani knight supervised the soldiers to make siege equipment with two black eye sockets. At night, Joske still fired ten rockets at the same time.

On the sixth day, they continued to make siege equipment, because the Northland Legion was a regular legion, and the simple climbing ladder was not looked down upon and unwilling to use, and the siege equipment they wanted to make was a bridge car, which was a tall wooden building, with a drawbridge on it, which could be placed directly on the top floor of the castle, and the soldiers first went up to the wooden tower to attack the guards defending the castle through the drawbridge. Underneath the wooden tower are four large wooden wheels that can be pushed close to the enemy's castle.

The Chevani knights were going to build four chariots, as only four could be lined up on the front of the castle. He believed that there would always be a bridge car that would be able to approach the castle, and that he would be the first to attack the castle and settle accounts with the golden archer.

At the same time in the evening, Choske fired ten more rockets at the barracks.

On the seventh day, the four bridge cars were made, and at night all the soldiers looked up to see the ten rockets hit the ground before they went to rest with confidence.

On the eighth day, the Chevani knights prepared to give the soldiers a good rest and recuperate, and tomorrow the siege began.

At the same time in the evening, all the soldiers looked up at the sky.

One rocket, two rockets...... Four rockets.... The sixth rocket.... The seventh rocket is coming......

Josk suddenly felt that he was very bored, there were four tall bridge cars erected in the enemy barracks, and the city would be attacked tomorrow morning, and he had nothing to do with putting any rockets at the enemy camp, and it was the right thing to rest early. So he patted his ass and went to sleep.

The soldiers in the barracks all looked at the sky stupidly, anxiously muttering: There are still three rockets, why haven't they been fired yet, when will they be shot...... I waited for more than two hours......

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