Half a month has passed, the Calais have not attacked again, and the camp has retreated three miles, but they have no intention of withdrawing, but are constantly increasing their troops, as if they really want to surround them in the fortress. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Gerald's mood changed from irritable to anxious, and then to irritable, but there was no way to do it, except to drink or quarrel with Ortega, or to find a few people to gamble, as if these had become the whole of life, but he knew in his heart that it would definitely not be the way to go on like this, because the food in the warehouse was only enough for them to eat for another seven days.

Gerald kicked open Shengxuan's door fiercely, and suddenly a smell of wine filled the air, "Damn, I've had enough, hurry up and give me a message, I'm going to kill all those Calais mongrels tonight." ”

Sheng Xuan smiled and continued to focus on the map, he and Reg had been studying the changes in Calais' forces in recent days, and vaguely smelled a big war.

The day before yesterday, Calais attacked this fortress so ferociously, was it just to destroy them? Sheng Xuan once climbed the cliff behind the fortress, carefully looked at the terrain on it, and finally found that the other party's purpose was not so simple, there was a steep plank road behind the fortress, but because of disrepair, it was no longer used, but this plank road could only pass to the back of the pass where the forward battalion was stationed, I am afraid this is what they wanted.

"It seems that Calais is anxious for this victory, which is why they have attacked our little fortress so frantically, and now that they cannot attack it, they have begun to besiege it with heavy forces, in case we interfere with their attack on the pass. ”

"Until now, you still care about these birds, we will soon run out of food, the fort is stationed in mercenaries, not our Omar's regular army, these guys are used to being casual on weekdays, and now the daily ration is already a strange cry of chaos, once the food is cut off, I'm afraid no one can stop the civil strife, these dog things, Lao Tzu is usually light, I 、、、、" Gerald suddenly felt that this was wrong, looked at Reg and then looked at Shengxuan, and couldn't help but smile, "I didn't say anything about you." ”

Sheng Xuan knew that Gerald was a big mouth, and he would say whatever he had in his heart, otherwise he would have already become a general with his strength, so he didn't take it to heart, "You come with me." So saying, he led him to the cliff behind the fortress.

After turning around, he finally walked to the bottom of the cliff, and then Sheng Xuan pointed to the side of the cliff and said to Gerald, "There is a plank road here, which can lead to the pass, but it has been in disrepair for a long time and has been seriously damaged, how long do you think it will take to repair it? If we can get in touch with the pass from here, then are we afraid of lack of food?"

Gerald's face was full of doubts, "Ah? Why didn't I know there was a plank road here? When was this repaired?" "I've been to check, judging from the degree of dilapidation, I'm afraid it's been hundreds of years, judging from some traces of breakage, it seems to have been man-made, maybe it was captured by the Calais in a big war, and it was destroyed in order to prevent them from using this plank road, maybe the adults in the military department have long forgotten about it, so it's not surprising that you don't know." ”

"Oh, there is a plank road in such a secret place, how did you find out? Lao Tzu has fought here a few times, let alone stayed for a few years, why did he never know that there was a plank road?"

Sheng Xuan couldn't help but smile: "I believe that there should be a plank road wherever the shield slope is, otherwise wouldn't our two dangerous places really become Jedi?" Once besieged by the enemy, there are no reinforcements outside and no food and grass inside, and there is really only starvation to death, I believe that the ancestors of Omar must not be so stupid when they built this fortress, and they will let their army fall into a desperate situation, so they looked around, and then found here." ”

"Yes, yes, yes, there should be a thing like this. Gerald leaned over to take a closer look, only to see a regular row of square holes carved into the cliff wall, and occasionally a small section of a long rotten wooden stake stuck in it, "The damage is quite serious, I don't know what will happen to the back, just this section in front of me, I'm afraid it will take a few days to repair." ”

"In a few days, it should be possible to fix it before the food runs out. Hearing Shengxuan's words, Gerald nodded, but immediately shook his head, "Oh, this is not guaranteed, there are too few materials and tools in the fortress, I'm afraid it 、、、、"

"Try to fix it, at least it's a hope, you can temporarily calm the hearts of those mercenaries. "Yes, yes, I'll find someone to fix it." With that, Gerald happily ran away.

At this time, in the Calais camp, Upton was looking at the military intelligence report with a sad face, and Fred next to him was also worried, (it used to be written as Norman, but he accidentally changed his name, and now he has changed his name) "When did Omar come out with such an army? Didn't you say that the people stationed in that fortress were all mercenaries?"

Hearing Upton's words, Fred hurriedly said, "These people are indeed mercenaries, and the report from the front says that our plan to sneak attack the sentry was destroyed by a team of mercenaries, although these mercenaries are loosely disciplined, but there is no shortage of masters, I didn't expect that this time Nulund died in their hands, that is the strength of the Holy Order, they were killed like that, and they didn't even leave a corpse, or I will personally lead the team to attack the fortress?"

Upton shook his head, "No need, since they're so strong, we'll trap them." "But it's not a Jedi, once they find that plank road、、、、" "I don't think it's so coincidental, that plank road was destroyed hundreds of years ago, and we also read a lot of war history before we stumbled upon that road, and they Omar idiots should have forgotten it a long time ago." ”

"But 、、、、" "Okay, Fred, don't say it, even if they really know, it will take time to fix it, we have no way back now, Your Majesty has three orders a day, and if you don't have to go all out, I'm afraid Your Majesty will personally command, and then 、、、、." ”

"My lord, what are you going to do?" "What else can I do, I have ordered Udubor to attack Omar's forward pass with all his might, the general of Omar's pass this time is called Norman, a very mediocre person, and the army under his command is also scattered troops of some small counties, it seems that there are also many contradictions within the Duchy of Julio, some people are afraid that they want to take this opportunity to weaken the opponent's strength, doesn't this just give us a chance?"

"Norman, I remember this man, we should have dealt with him, although this man is mediocre, but he is self-aware, so he has always acted very cautiously, Omar's forward pass, as long as a little common sense is commanded, it will not be easily captured, if we attack, I am afraid that the casualties will be very heavy. ”

"Now do we have any other way? Hey, all right, you go down too, let me get some rest. After sending Fred away, Upton collapsed in his chair as if his bones had been removed.

The night, the silence was frightening, coupled with the sudden drop in temperature, always felt as if something was about to happen, and Norman sat in the big tent, a little restless, and could not help but put on his clothes and come out, and walked around the camp.

When he walked up to the pass, he saw the sentry on duty at night, hiding in a sheltered place and stomping his feet vigorously, his mouth was still pouring hot air into his hands, and he couldn't help but say to the guards beside him, "Go and tell them to make a few braziers, this ghost weather is really terrible." Then he walked to the next post.

Suddenly, there was a rumbling sound under the pass, and he couldn't help but hurriedly run over and look down at the battlement, but it was pitch black below, and he couldn't see anything, "Did you hear it wrong?" He looked at the sky, it was pitch black, as if the stars had been driven home by this cold weather, he listened carefully, it was indeed the rumbling sound echoing in the canyon, this was definitely not the sound of the wind.

"Someone!" shouted, and suddenly someone ran over, "General." "Quick, there's movement down there, send someone to shoot a few rockets down and see what it is." ”

A moment later, dozens of rockets shot down indiscriminately, and by the flickering light of the fire, Norman saw a black figure slowly surging towards the pass beyond an arrow. "Enemy attack!"

This shout suddenly caused horns in the forward battalion, and the entire forward battalion seemed to be boiling at once, and groups of soldiers rushed up to the pass wall, and in an instant, where it was crowded, Norman looked at this speed, and showed a satisfied smile.

"Tell the archers to shoot me hard when the enemy is in range, and I want to see if the one who has eaten the gall of a leopard dares to attack us at this time. "It's the general. Norman tugged at the cloak with his hand as he watched the army set up, but in the cold wind, as if the thin cloak didn't do much at all, he couldn't help muttering, "This hellish weather, if it's colder, freeze those Calais mongrels to death." ”

Norman looked at it for a while, felt that it was too cold, so he turned and walked into a small castle tower on the pass, and sat by the brazier to bake the fire, and from time to time soldiers came in to report the enemy's movements, and he carefully arranged to deal with it.

Since the start of the war, the Calais have harassed more than once, each time they left a group of orc slave corpses and quietly retreated, and Norman never ignored the other party's scolding, believing that this time the Calais could not play any tricks.

Just as he was thinking about it, suddenly a soldier came in and reported that the general enemy had attacked, "Ahhh As soon as he walked out of the city tower, he heard a muffled sound, and a huge ash bottle exploded on the city wall, and countless fine white ashes in it suddenly dispersed by the wind, and many soldiers did not have time to dodge, and their faces were blown all over by these white ashes, and there were violent coughing sounds everywhere.

Norman spat out the white ash that blew into his mouth and scolded angrily, "Damn, what the hell are these Calais mongrels up for?

An officer hurriedly ran over, "What the hell was going on?" Norman roared angrily, "Report to the general, the Calais seem to have come for real this time, and they have brought up the catapults." ”

"What!" Norman was shocked when he heard this, knowing that transporting a catapult on this huge slope was not a trivial matter, he had not seen a Calais catapult since the beginning of the war, and he had realized the seriousness of the problem, I am afraid that this time the Calais were really preparing to attack.

"Quick, let the archers release rockets, ballistas and trebuchets (similar to small catapults, but with a shorter range) throw oil bottles at me and burn their catapults!"

Seeing that the officer didn't move, Norman couldn't help but stomp his foot, "Why don't you go?" "My lord, I've tried it all just now, but the wind is too strong, and the enemy is hiding too far away, so I can't reach it." "Wind?" Norman realized, and at some point, there was a strong wind in the canyon, and the horns of the flag were torn.

"How can there be such a strong wind?" he couldn't help but feel the breath of the wind carefully, "It's not good, this is the wind magic of the Calais Wizards, it's over, it seems that this time they are coming for real." ”

Norman's spirit suddenly withered, but he immediately returned to normal, "Go and light the beacon fire at once, give orders to the fortress and the slopes, and let them quickly organize their troops to strike at the enemy's flank." "Yes. "The officer was just about to leave, but he was stopped by Norman" and so on, and sent a message to the military headquarters, asking them to send reinforcements quickly. ”

"Reinforcements?" the officer couldn't help but be stunned, "The general has just started the war now, we will ask for reinforcements, I'm afraid it will be 、、、" "I'm afraid of what, is it you in command or I command?" Norman was really anxious, and he wanted to kick the officer under the city wall, "I have a bad premonition, I'm afraid that this time Calais has already planned it, if it's too late to ask for reinforcements, I'm afraid that our pass will not be able to be saved." ”