Chapter 329: Offensive Plan

"Release!" Ovikis, who had just been promoted to the Golden Knight, gave a high-spirited order, and ten thunderbolt catapults let out a deafening "boom" sound, and ten round stone balls the size of a basin flew into the sky, getting smaller and smaller until they were gone. Two or three seconds later www.biquge.info a lone city wall in the distance erupted into a cloud of smoke and dust, enveloping the entire city wall. When the smoke cleared, the originally neat wall had become dilapidated, and even a large gap was revealed.

Earl Kenmax, Baron Philim, and Baron Saheen stared in astonishment at the ruined wall on the hillside in the distance. Just now, they also vowed to attack such a city wall, and only by relying on the tactics of crowds to rush below regardless of casualties and then build ladders to attack the city, consume the strength of the defenders and pay a heavy and high price for casualties.

Unexpectedly, Lorist ordered Ovikis to pull these ten so-called thunderbolt catapults, and at a distance of three hundred and fifty meters from the city wall, that is, outside the range of the crossbows of the city defenders on the city wall, they launched a stone throwing, and smashed the seemingly solid city wall to pieces, which was simply a living slap in the face to their previous statement.

"The next target, the tower on the right side of the city wall, the fire meteor is ready!" Ovikis ordered again.

The fire meteor is a round stone ball wrapped with hemp rope soaked in fire oil, first put into a concave iron launch disc, a soldier with a torch came over and lit one by one, and soon, ten stone balls were burning.

"Release!" the flaming stone ball flew into the sky, aiming at a square tower on the hillside in the distance.

Probably because of the small size of the target, seven of the ten burning stone balls landed next to the tower, and the accumulated leaves and dead branches on the ground soon rose into billowing smoke and flames. The three stone balls that hit the tower left three large holes in the tower, and soon there was fire and black smoke inside the tower......

"It's amazing...... Baron Philip exclaimed, "With such a weapon in hand, are you afraid that there will be an impenetrable castle fortress in the world?"

Count Kenmax excitedly grabbed Lorist's arm: "So that's what you say." Hahaha, Archduke Madras would never have dreamed that even if he hid in the turtle's shell, we would be able to smash him out, and push him all the way through, nothing could stop our attack! ”

"Locke, give me some of these thunderbolt catapults, I'm going to smash all those towers and walls along the river!" Baron Saheen clenched his fists tightly, it seemed that he hated the defenses that the Duchy of Madras had placed on the lower reaches of the Mitobro River, and he was obsessed with his two fishing boats that were destroyed in the river by the arrow towers.

"Don't worry, I can sell you this thunderbolt catapult as much as I want after conquering the Duchy of Madras. But Hennerd, I can first get this Thunderbolt Catapult battalion of Ovikis to cooperate with you in smashing the defenses along the river, and force the Duchy of Madras to gather heavy troops and deploy them along the river to defend against our surprise attacks from there. When you go back, you will gather manpower to make a large number of flatbed boats by the river, first, the Thunderbolt catapult can be used on the flatbed boats, and second, the flatbed boats can also be used to make pontoons in the future. We'll also send shipbuilders and lots of carpenters to support you. Lorist said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll prepare the materials for making the flatbed ship when I get back, and gather the manpower. But Locke, are you sure that our great efforts to build ships along the river will not arouse the vigilance of the Grand Duke of Madras?"

"It's okay, the bigger the trouble, the better, if the Duchy of Madras gathers heavy troops to defend you, then the garrison in other places will be weakened, and it is suitable for our surprise attack. ”

Saheen Hennedmo clapped his hands: "Hehe, I'm just talking. With the help of this Thunderbolt Camp of Ovicis, I have the confidence to smash all the way all the way to the seven castle fortresses in the small mountains of Hinderson, and smash them all to the ground, so that I can breathe this breath in my heart. ”

Lorist shook his head: "I don't recommend you to do this, Henned, don't forget that area of the Hinderson Mountains is intended to be a replacement territory for your family, and it will be even worse for you to smash it." In fact, I have an idea to make a forced landing on the garrison there, so that the seven castle fortresses can be handed over to you in their entirety, so that you don't need to think about how to arrange your family's armament, which saves time and reduces costs, which is the best outcome. ”

"You mean to break through the river of Mitobro and drive straight to the city of Vannades, and then conquer the Citadel of Sis, and reach the province of Sidgrad, and the army will come to the city, and fight quickly and slowly, and win or lose the battle. As long as we take the Grand Duke of Madras, whether he is dead or alive, the defenders and nobles of those places we have not visited will obediently surrender to us, right?" asked Baron Philim beside him.

Lorist nodded slightly: "The initial idea is true, but it is not ruled out that if there is another better way, then we will make temporary changes." The only thing you have to worry about if you cross the river is that you will encounter a heavy army assembled by the Grand Duke of Madras, so you have to worry about whether the war will be prolonged. Although we have weapons of war such as the Thunderbolt Catapult, we also have to be careful of accidents.

Even if the Grand Duke of Madras is an old turtle, it is also an old turtle that has been in battle for a long time. We must not be careless. It's August, and at the end of October we're launching a tentative assault on the riverside to see if we can attract more garrisons from the Duchy of Madras to the cold and wind in the wilderness. If these troops of the Duchy of Madras spend the whole winter in the field defending us, they will not have much combat strength at the beginning of the spring, and then our chance will come. ”

After the Earls of Kenmax, Baron Philim, and Baron Saheen returned to prepare, Bodfinger found Lorlist.

"My lord, I heard that you are going to sell the Thunderbolt Catapult to three allies?"

"yes, what's wrong?"

Bodfinger stood upright: "My lord, I am against this. While the three of them are allies of our Norton family, the Thunderbolt Catapult is our family's weapon of war, and is the best choice for storming or defending castle fortresses. Selling these Thunderbolt Catapults to allies will also pose a new threat to our family. ”

Lorist laughed: "A weapon that will soon be phased out, not as serious as you say. ”

"Knock out, no, how could the Thunderbolt Catapult be eliminated......"

"Forget the bronze artillery that the Marine Legion is equipped with? Master Sid and Professor Bob of the Gunpowder Laboratory have successfully trial-produced an artillery chariot for use on land, which is much more powerful than the Thunderbolt Catapult. Compared to these artillery vehicles, the Thunderbolt Catapult can only be a target. I have ordered Schward to select a reliable group of men to train them, and in time these artillery vehicles will be included in the official establishment of your regiment. ”

"Oh, my lord, I see. Forgive my presumptuousness, I just don't know. Boderfinger said.

Lorist waved his hand: "Okay, I don't know you yet, you were also instigated by others to ask me, right? If I had really sold the Thunderbolt catapult at the expense of my family, he would have quarreled with me a long time ago. ”

"My lord, it's me who didn't think about it......"

"Alright, are the commanders of the Sea Legion and your Rock Legion here? ”

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Lorist faced the assembled knights of the family, picked up a slender stick, and pointed to the large map on the wall: "I'm talking about the real attack plan now, and even our three allies don't know it. They always thought that we would attack from the river, relying on Thunderbolt catapults to smash the enemy's defensive lines and force the enemy to fight us in the field. In fact, this was just a trick to lure the enemy, allowing the Duchy of Madras to concentrate heavy troops along the river, so that the garrison in other places would be reduced. ”

"The place we're really going to attack is here. The small wooden stick in Lorist's hand pointed to a place: "Silver Beach, West Grad Province, the time of attack is the end of December." ”

Except for Shi Fatzi and a few others, many family knights let out an unbelievable exclamation.

"The attack was carried out by the Rock Corps, assisted by the Sea Corps. If you have any questions, you can ask them. Lorist looked at the whispering knights of the clan.

Bodfinger stood up: "My lord, landing from the sea in winter is very risky and dangerous. The North Sea has always been windy and rough in winter, and if you are not careful when making landfall, you may cause a lot of casualties. ”

Lorist laughed: "Sambawood, you come to answer Borg's question. ”

Sambarwood stood up: "Lord Bodfinger, in recent years my lord has been ordering the recording of climate change in the North Sea, and we have found that every year from December 32 to 35, that is, a few days before the New Year, the North Sea is always calm and calm. If you log in at this time, there will be no surprises. In addition to the small boats for landing, the Lord also ordered us to prepare a lot of movable wooden box dock components, and it only took ten hours for us to quickly build two movable wooden box docks leading to the shore, ensuring that the brothers of the Rock Legion could land quickly and safely. ”

Malek got up and asked, "My lord, how can we keep our landing from being discovered by the garrison of the Grand Duke of Madras? The province of West Degrad is the lair of the Grand Duke of Madras, and if our actions are discovered by them, it will have a great impact on the surprise attack, after all, the enemy is in the city and occupies the terrain advantage of defense. ”

Lorist nodded: "In fact, every year in the past two years, from December 32nd to 35th, I have sent people to land from Silver Beach to conduct reconnaissance in West Degrad Province. We found that the defense of the province of West Degrad was unusually lax, and the enemy could not have imagined that we would land from the sea and carry out a sneak attack. Here, there is the city of Adelis, the capital city named after his daughter by the Grand Duke of Madras, and the seat of the Grand Duke of Madras's family.

Every winter, the Grand Duke of Madras invites the nobles of the Duchy to gather here for a welcome banquet that lasts for several days, and this is also the time when the defense of the city of Adrith is at its most lax. The reason why I decided to start the offensive at the end of December and land on Silver Beach was to take the city of Adelis by surprise and wipe out these nobles, so that I could take the entire Duchy of Madras without much effort.

Our plan is to land, surprise attack, after occupying the city of Adrith, immediately use the seal of the Grand Duke of Madras to mobilize or sneak attack the Cith Castle, the city of Vannades and the city of Kebo, this is a line, occupy these three cities, then the Duchy of Madras can be called the overall situation has been decided. In this surprise attack, I will be the first to go ashore as the first landers. ”

Bodfinger stood up again: "Your Excellency, you don't have to take any chances, just leave this attack to us, and we won't let you down." ”

Lorist shook his head: "There is also a second-level great sword master by the side of the Grand Duke of Madras, and my target is him. The Rock Legion will then move to a makeshift camp under the Blade Mountains to prepare for the landing, and in the meantime, Borg and Malek will have to prepare the soldiers for the practice of getting on and off the ship, so as not to slip through the cracks. ”

"Yes, sir. ”

"Fareia, after the Rock Legion leaves the island of Hilowas, you take a regiment of guards to take charge of the garrison on the island. ”

"Yes, my lord. ”

"As long as we capture the city of Kebo, the granary city rebuilt by the Grand Duke of Madras, then whether it is the garrison of the seven castles and fortresses of the small mountain range of Hinderson or the heavy troops assembled by the river, they will soon face a situation of no food and grass and no heavy supplies, and the only way to surrender is to collapse. So I'm going to take the Principality of Madras this winter, and I hope you can make new contributions to your family!"

"Yes, sir. ”

"It's time to dismiss, Tiger Rose, Dores, Joe, and Yuri, you three stay. ”

In addition to these four people, Shi Fatzi also stayed.

"If all goes well, we will have to deal with the Fisabrun family after taking the Duchy of Madras. Lorist pondered for a moment and said, "After Count Kenmax replaces the family territory, the Flying Tiger Legion will be stationed in the eastern region of the Northlands. Maintain military pressure on Makinohara. However, the Flying Tiger Legion is also strictly a heavily armored cavalry, and it has more than enough defense against the Ranger Legion of the Upper Fisabrun family, and the attack is insufficient. So I consulted with Knight Schrader and decided to re-form a Scout Hussar Legion similar to the Rangers, called the Chassar Legion, with Joe as the commander and Yuri as the deputy commander. ”

Josk was stunned for a moment, and was about to look up to say something, when Lorist waved his hand at him: "Joe, I can't think of any other suitable person besides you, and Yuri is also willing to be your deputy." The best way to deal with the rangers is to scout the light cavalry, otherwise you will need to gather a large army and compress the battlefield space to defeat them. But the savannah is the territory of the Fisabrun family, and we cannot occupy the advantageous position, nor can we gather all the family forces to seek a decisive battle. So I'm pinning my hopes on you, can you do it?"

Josk jumped up: "My lord, I will live up to my trust." ”

Lorist patted Joske on the shoulder with satisfaction: "Time is very tight, after we take the Duchy of Madras this winter, it will take about another year to stabilize the situation and let the Kenmath family and the Shahin family complete the relocation work, but after next year, we will have to deal with the Fisabrun family." Joe, Yuri, I've ordered all legions to release restrictions on your personnel, and you can choose all the personnel you see fit, but you must leave the seeds for the original troops, but you only have one year to form this cavalry legion, can you do that?"

Josk and Yuri stood up and gave Lorist a knightly salute, "Rest assured, my lord, we won't let you down. ”

...... (To be continued.) )