After a few ash bottles, there were no soldiers on the city wall who could stand, all of them were lying on the ground coughing violently, some were even blinded, and let out a cry of pain, and Norman scolded fiercely, "These despicable Calais mongrels." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Don't panic! Send someone to pull these soldiers down, reorganize the defenses, and tell them to cover their faces with cloth. As soon as the arrangement was finished, someone on the side raised an objection, "General, where are you going to find so many cloths to cover your face?" "If you don't have cloth, you will tear down the tent and tear your clothes, what are you watching me do, why don't you go quickly!"

Norman's mood was extremely bad, and for the first time since he took office, he felt the danger of losing the pass, and if he did, he would be a sinner in the Duchy and a sinner in the Empire.

Wiping his face frozen by the cold wind, Norman tried to calm himself down, he was the main general here, if he panicked first, then how long could this battle last?

"The Duchy will send someone soon. He tried to comfort himself in his heart, and his mood calmed down a little, no longer as flustered as just now, at this time the ash bottles of the Calais were still being thrown up, and the air was filled with the smell of choking, and he hurriedly called someone to organize a group of mages to come over, and find a way to get rid of these nasty white ashes quickly.

Walking to the battlement, Norman leaned behind the wall and peeked in, a group of orc slaves under the city were busy like ants, they were actually digging wooden stakes on the ground, what the hell were they going to do?

Just as he was thinking that an ash bottle would explode beside him, the delicate white ash suddenly spread, making him hurriedly run to the side to dodge, "No matter what the other party does, it must be for the siege." Norman thought to himself, and then shouted loudly, "Archers ready, two volleys." ”

Suddenly, the feather arrows poured down, but I saw those slaves suddenly raise huge shields to block the attack of the feather arrows, and after two rounds, there were only a dozen orcs hit the arrows, it seems that the impact of these gray bottles is too great.

"Why hasn't the mage arrived yet?" Norman was very anxious, and at this moment, a falling rain spell fell, which suddenly lightened the white ash scattered in the air a lot, and the air became fresh again, and Norman couldn't help but take a hard breath.

Then he saw a hurricane blow the ash bottle thrown under the city wall, and Norman's mood was completely better, but at this time, when he looked at the city, he saw that a huge support had been erected dozens of meters away, and the slaves were climbing to hang huge steel shields.

"Throw the fire oil bottle, the fire mage prepares, burn that shelf for me. As soon as the words fell, hundreds of fire oil bottles were thrown out, some smashed on the shelves, but more fell to the ground, and the two fire mages stepped forward and quickly cast a series of fireball techniques, and suddenly the city was in a sea of fire.

"Yes, burn him. Just as Norman could finish speaking, there was a loud bang, and a thick feathered arrow pierced through the body of one of the mages, carrying him into the city wall, and the other hurriedly lay on the ground.

The fire burned for a moment before the powerful ice magic of the Calais mages was extinguished, and the orc slaves began to work again, and soon the shelf came out in a rough shape, like a city wall, with a dozen passages left on it.

With the shield wall covered, more orc slaves rushed up, constantly reinforcing the shield wall, and then orc warriors began to run out with shields in hand.

Rushed straight to more than 20 meters below the city and suddenly threw out a bag of sand, and then quickly ran back, this person just turned around, and saw half of the passage are pouring out of the orc warrior holding a shield, constantly throwing the sand over, Norman suddenly understood the other party's intention, this is to use the method of earth engineering to attack the city, when the sand piles into a slope to reduce the height of the city wall, I am afraid that Calais's ladder will appear.

Norman couldn't help but stomp his feet in a hurry, "These cunning Calais, give me arrows, steel mills, mage regiments, and large magic to shatter that shield wall!"

The steel mill let go with a loud rumbling sound, but when it rolled more than twenty meters, it was dragged by the attached steel cable, and Norman couldn't help but cover his eyes and sigh when he saw it, it seems that the Calais have already calculated all this.

However, the sand that had just been piled up was smashed loosely, and it was carried down by the steel and slipped a lot, which couldn't help but make Norman feel a little better, "Keep smashing it for me." ”

At this time, the magic of the mage group has also been condensed, and a flash of light crossed the sky, bombarding the shield wall fiercely, and suddenly all kinds of magic burst out on it, blooming with colorful colors, but after the flash, the shield wall was not damaged at all, it seems that there must be a mage from Calais behind the shield wall presiding over the magic circle, counteracting the attacks of those magic.

The sand is rapidly rising, as if the bags of sand are rapidly filling Norman's heart, what should we do? At this time, several lieutenants ran to the front, "General, open the city and attack, if we don't retreat these Calais, I'm afraid we really can't keep this pass." ”

Norman couldn't help but move in his heart, "Kaesong attack?" It seemed like a good idea, he couldn't help but look out, but soon he shook his head, "No, once Kaesong doesn't retreat sharply from the Calais, wouldn't it be faster to let them attack?"

"General, open the city, we have 20,000 elite cavalry, and they are still swooping from a high position, and the Calais can't stop it. These words made Norman's heart move again, and he couldn't help but glance at the city, where should the strong shield wall be, if the city was opened to let the cavalry charge, wouldn't it become a living target for others? No, no, even if he died, he couldn't open the city.

"If you don't open the city, there will be no chance, general, you have to make a decision early. Norman glanced at a few of the officers who had suggested it, and couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, "Okay, all go back to their positions, command the army, don't make noise with me, General Ben has his own ideas." ”

"General, let's open the city, I am willing to lead five thousand cavalry to resist the enemy, and if I can't break the enemy's shield wall, I am willing to be dealt with by military law. "Enough, you can not care about life and death, but I can't take the lives of five thousand soldiers, and our 100,000-strong army can't hold this pass? ”

Seeing that they couldn't persuade them, they had to shake their heads and sigh and leave, at this time all kinds of attacks were still being used, but they all had little effect, seeing the sand slowly piling up in the corner of the wall, and Calais only killed and wounded less than a hundred, but the opponent's strong crossbow caused Norman's men to lose two more mages.

For the principality, a middle-level mage is a fortune, often in order to protect the life of a middle-level mage, you can exchange the life of a company or even a battalion, but in the blink of an eye, three mages lost their lives, and the effect was only to hurt dozens of enemies, Norman felt that he was really guilty, and hurriedly let the mage group withdraw.

Norman looked at the people of Calais who were like ant colonies under the city, constantly busy, and he didn't know what it was like, he called out to an adjutant general, "How many magic crystals do we have? If we support the magic shield, how long?"

Hearing this question, the lieutenant general couldn't help but smile bitterly, "It's probably enough to hold up the magic crystal of the magic shield three times, but we don't have so many mages in the army, so I'm afraid it won't last long." ”

Norman's heart seemed to have a piece of flesh cut off at once, how important were the three mages he had just lost, why would he be stupid enough to let the mage group attack that shield wall?

The beacon fire had already been lit high, and in this dark night it seemed to be a huge torch, illuminating half of the sky, and the flames that seemed to roar were telling the distant army that this place was being fiercely attacked, and the bright red flames seemed more like the blood of the warriors at this time.

The military and political affairs sat in the tent, looking very calm on the surface, but the heart was rolling like a wave, and there were generals at all levels of the military department sitting below, not whispering from ear to ear, and finally the military and political snorted, and the entire big tent suddenly fell silent, "What do you think of this beacon emergency?"

The military and political eyes swept over, but saw that all the generals lowered their heads one after another, and no one spoke, "Why don't you speak?"

Still no one spoke, and the military and political eyes couldn't help but sweep over again, but seeing that the heads of these generals were buried deeper, Daru secretly said in his heart, "Who doesn't know that your Lille county controls the power of the military headquarters this time? What else do you want us to say? If you say it right, you will not take credit, but if you say it wrong, you will have to take responsibility, and whoever speaks is a fool." ”

Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard Junzheng ask coldly, "General Daru, you seem to have something to say." This sudden question couldn't help but startle Daru's heart, and suddenly there was a sticky feeling all over his body, as if there were a lot of ants crawling on his body, "Oh, there is nothing to say below, the battle ahead is changing rapidly, this 、、、、、 beacon fire is naturally a big deal, this 、、、、、 Norman General has always been cautious、、、、、、 I mean this 、、、、、"

"Okay," Junzheng coldly interrupted him, "I already understand what you mean, you want to send reinforcements immediately, right?" Daru peeked at Junzheng and hurriedly said, "Down, actually, I mean, there is indeed a beacon fire ahead. ”

"Well," Jun Zheng actually smiled, "General Daru is worthy of being a cadre of our principality, a confidant of the Grand Duke, and the first thing that comes to mind at this moment of crisis is the safety of the forward battalion, which is gratifying." ”

Hearing this, Daru's heart couldn't help but move, was he praising himself? Or did he have ulterior motives? At this time, the military and political officials said to everyone again, "What other opinions do you have?"

After a while, seeing that no one spoke, the military administration couldn't help but smile and said, "Don't worry about anything, this army will always be the army of the principality, and this military department is also everyone's military department, although I am in charge of the military and political positions, I am just contributing to the principality, there is no nobles and lows here, there is no you and me, only our common enemies, the Calais, everyone can speak freely and speak their hearts, this is also for the principality." ”

As soon as the words fell, someone suddenly stood up, "Lord Military and Political Affairs, the last general has something to say." When the military and political saw someone standing up, he couldn't help laughing, "Okay, we are not outsiders, so don't talk about those vulgar etiquette, sit down and talk slowly." ”

By the time the man stood up, Daru had already seen that this man was Liszt of Mordo, which was next to Lille, and I am afraid that the two families had already been in cahoots, so let's hear what he had to say.

At this time, Liszt had already sat down, and said in a loud voice, "My forward battalion has 100,000 troops, and there are strong passes to resist danger, and there are two strong fortresses on its two wings to form a horn trend, and the total strength has reached 150,000, and the Norman general who guards this place is loyal and dedicated to his duties, which is really a rare general, so I believe that the Norman general sent out a beacon fire at this time, it must be an emergency ahead, and we should prepare early." ”

Jun Zheng couldn't help nodding yes, "Well, General Liszt's words are very much in line with me." Liszt hurriedly continued, "However, there is a sentence in the next sentence that I don't know whether to say or not. ”

"If you have something to say, this is the military department, you are all capable ministers of the principality, and what you say is for the interests of the principality, so what should you say?"

"Then I will say it directly, there is something inappropriate, please refer to it, I have just said, there are 150,000 troops in front, and according to the Xiongguan Pass, I believe that even if the Calais are to invade, I am afraid that they will not succeed in a moment or three, as the saying goes, the army has not moved, the grain and grass first, and our grain and grass have been urgent, and the grain and grass prepared by the counties can only arrive in two days, I think we can gather the army in advance, and wait for the grain and grass to go directly with the army, so that it is only a bitter Norman general, I am afraid that he will suffer heavy losses there, but with the talent of the Norman general, it will definitely make the Calais army pay a heavy price, so that the Calais people will be demoralizedWhen our army arrived at the time when the momentum was like a rainbow, and with sufficient supplies as the backing, we could defeat the enemy army in one fell swoop, and maybe we could take the opportunity to completely annihilate the Calais and end this war as soon as possible. ”

"Well, that's right, General Liszt is worthy of being a handsome man among the younger generation, and your words are exactly what I'm worried about, we are indeed high-level military rations now, and we can't let the army go hungry to go to the battle, but since General Norman Beacon is already the highest level, I'm afraid we can't wait for food and grass, so let Nantes County send another 10,000 troops to help in advance, I think it's safer." ”

Military and political words, even a fool has already understood what he meant, this is to push all the troops that are not in harmony with him into the fire pit, Nantes is most famous for cavalry, and the defense needs the most is strong heavy infantry, so that Nantes galloping to help is clearly to pay for the fire, wanting to get rid of them quickly.

At this time, there was a low discussion in the big tent, Daru looked at everyone's faces, and couldn't help but feel his heart, the matter of the Fallen Leaf Mercenary Group was already not in harmony with the military and the government, and now if he doesn't take the lead in expressing his attitude, maybe he will be pushed to the battlefield that day," The military and political masters are wise, this plan can be said to be a foolproof strategy, 10,000 cavalry gallop to help is more suitable, the speed naturally does not need to be said, the sharp spirit of the elite soldiers of Nantes alone is no one can compare, with this 10,000 cavalry I believe that Norman will be able to hold the pass, and when my later army arrives, it will be able to defeat the enemy in one go. ”

After hearing this, Jun Zheng couldn't help but look at Daru, and nodded slightly, "Well, since this is the case, then it is decided, everyone should also make some preparations, two days later, the army will be reinforced with grain and grass, and I will have to worry about you a lot." ”

"My lord, is this too hasty? General Norman has always been known for his caution, and he will definitely not send this highest-level beacon fire unless he has to, although the Nantes cavalry is brave, but after all, this is a pass attack, and the cavalry defending the city may not be able to exert even half of its power, what if this 、、、、" Before he could finish speaking, Daru hurriedly tugged at his sleeve from behind, meaning that he should not be talking.

The military and political officials looked at the person who spoke, and couldn't help but narrow their eyes slightly, "Oh, what does General Alber think? "The generals who were about to walk out of the big tent walked back one after another," Gao Jian naturally didn't dare, but he thought that the most important thing to defend the city was the supply of bows, crossbows and arrows, as well as the supply of materials such as fire oil magic crystals, and then there were shield soldiers, spearmen, and archers. ”

When Jun Zheng heard this, he couldn't help but move in his heart, his eyes narrowed even tighter, staring at that Alber, and suddenly a smile appeared on Jun Zheng's face, "What General Alber said is very true, I almost ignored such an important matter, thank you for reminding the general, I look at it like this, adjust 1,000 bows and crossbows, 20,000 arrows, magic crystals、、、 transfer 55-order magic crystals, Nantes cavalry remains unchanged, my Lille County mobilizes 3,000 spearmen, 2,000 sword and shield soldiers, and General Alber's Beilong County transfers 5,000 heavy armored infantry, such equipment should be enough." ”

Beilong is a small town, and this expedition is only to take out these 5,000 heavy armored infantry, and this time they are all sent up, I am afraid that anyone can see the clue, but in this military department, the military and government have the final decision, it can be said that the power is monopolized, even if the opinions of all parties are not sought, no one dares to say anything.

When Alber heard this, he couldn't help but bow his hand, "Thank you, General, for making it perfect." Jun Zheng couldn't help but smile and leave his seat, walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder meaningfully, "General Alber, you and I are both thinking about the principality, although my county of Lille is said to be a soldier with enough food, but we also have our difficulties, you also know that the two principalities next to me have always been eyeing my Duchy of Julio, although I have an army of 400,000, I dare not move a little, even where to be stationed in case of contingency, and today's arrangement is really a last resort." ”

Many of the generals hurriedly echoed the voice, and the military and political officials couldn't help waving their hands, "Okay, everyone go and get busy, I will personally rush to the Grand Duke's Mansion to ask for credit for you after winning this battle." ”