"Yes, Your Excellency!!"

Although these serfs couldn't tell the difference between left and right, Gervais gestured with his hand, and everyone could see it clearly, and after receiving Gervais's order, they began to move.

The little nobles on the side did not have any doubts, and watched at the gate of the camp.

At this time, the dam upstream should have been almost built, because the big river in front of Baiyan City has basically dried up now, and there are only some low-lying puddles and trickling streams, even without any tools, people can cross the river on their legs.

However, Gervais now needed not only men to cross the river, but also carriages to cross the river, so the serfs had to make a flat, hard road that could be carried by wagons of timber.

Five or six hundred men were very efficient in moving together, and Gervais only required the ground to be flat and hard, so it only took an hour to complete the foreshadowing.

In the process, although the defenders on the city wall also discovered the situation, because the trebuchet had been dismantled, the river was more than 100 meters away from the city wall, and it could not hurt the serfs who were working.

Some of the defenders also opened their bows and arrows to shoot arrows at the serfs, but the arrows quickly lost their strength after reaching a hundred meters, and there was not much damage at all, even if a few unlucky people were shot by bows and arrows, but the wounds were not deep and not fatal at all.

In order to make these serfs work more at ease, Gervais asked Ike to pull out the small steel cannon and put it in the position where it had just been shelled.

When the defenders on the city wall saw the small steel cannon appear, they instantly learned to be obedient, and did not dare to shoot arrows again, after all, even if they shot, they couldn't hit anyone, and if they attracted the bombardment of the small steel cannon later, it would be more than worth the loss.

During this period, Ander, the leader of the Rose Knight team upstream, also sent someone back to report that the dam upstream had been built.

Gervais replied that they should take care of the dam and wait for their orders!

……

"Well, now it's your turn! Everyone drove the wagon with timber to the river and waited for me! ”

Seeing that the river in front of him was finally unblocked, Gervais waved his hand and ordered to the dozens of carriages responsible for transporting the shuttle trees.

"Yes, sir!"

Hundreds of serfs and wagon drivers shouted in response, and then began to pull the timber towards White Rock City.

"Ike! Laurie! You bring people and me! ”

Gervais rolled over to the unicorn's horseback and headed towards White Rock as well.

"Yes, sir!"

Now Gervais has a surplus of horses, so in addition to the personal guards, even Laurie's small group of 14 guards are all riding horses.

The two teams followed Gervais all the way to a hundred meters outside the city wall.

"You guys are going to cover these serfs with muskets later, not necessarily to kill the enemy, but you have to make it impossible for them to shoot arrows to attack these serfs, understand?"

"Yes, sir!"

When Ike and the others were ordered, they dismounted one after another, and began to unload their muskets from behind the saddle of their horses, preparing for the shooting.

At this moment, he was so close to the city wall that he could even see the puzzled expressions of the defenders on the wall.

Because Gervais and his party didn't look like they were coming to attack the city at all, a large number of noisy serfs came with carriages, not to mention siege ladders, but they didn't even have weapons.

"All of you listen to me, and in a moment drive the carriage to the bottom of the wall, and then pile the timber to the foot of the wall as fast as you can!"

"Your wagon is going to put the timber at the bottom later, and when all the timber is unloaded, you leave the timber blank, and then you can evacuate."

"This ......"

When they heard Gervais's order and looked at the defenders on the city wall, they couldn't help but show expressions that were more ugly than crying.

They were certainly not embarrassed by the matter of igniting the fire, but because of the defenders on the city walls.

They didn't even wear armor, so they didn't swagger under the city walls to carry timber to death?

Although everyone was scared, the serfs did not dare to say a word to Gervais, so they could only cower and bury their heads and dare not speak.

"Don't worry, my subordinates will cover you! Keep you safe, and even if you're injured, I'll make sure someone will come back to save you! ”

Gervais, of course, knew what the serfs were thinking, so he spoke out to comfort him.

However, Gervais also knows that even with the cover of Ikrauli and others, there is still danger, but there are no immortals in war, and he can only say that he needs to minimize casualties.

Moreover, he also transferred back thirty members of the medical team in the morning, and they were already waiting not far away, ready to rescue the injured at any time.

"All of you listen well, when I give the order to let you go later, give me a quick advance, and if anyone is too timid to step forward, he will be dealt with as a deserter."

After Gervais's words of persuasion were finished, he put on the majesty of the noble lord and began to intimidate these serfs, he would not be stupid enough to show mercy at this time and ask for the opinions of these serfs.

"Yes! My lord! ”

"Yes, sir!"

When the serfs heard that they were treated as deserters, they all shuddered, it was okay for them to die, but their families were what they cared about.

"Ike, Laurie! Now you go up another thirty meters, and then shoot freely, as long as the defenders dare to take the lead, you can use it as a target! ”

Seeing that the serfs were honest, Gervais turned his head and gave orders to Ike and the others.

"Yes, sir!"

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Then, Ike began to shoot according to Gervais's orders, and their current position was only more than seventy meters from the city wall, although the distance was a little farther, but for the double charge of the Mithril musket, the target was still a little.

A salvo of more than twenty people caused casualties among seven or eight defenders on the city wall in an instant.

And because of the lessons learned from the small steel cannon before, the defenders on the city wall now instinctively shrink their necks when they see something that will explode and emit thick smoke.

For a moment, the defenders on the city wall no longer dared to swagger and expose half of their bodies outside the battlements, but hid behind the battlements, only revealing half of their heads and carefully observing.

After waiting for Ike and the others to shoot three rounds, seeing that the defenders on the city wall did not come forward, Gervais turned to the serfs who were responsible for transporting the timber and gave the order.

"Alright, now it's your turn, now the defenders have been suppressed! Everybody get moving, you have to pile the timber under the walls and set it on fire! ”

The serfs were all cowering, but because of Gervais's deterrence, even if there was a sea of swords and fire in front of them, these people did not dare to disobey.

So hundreds of serfs followed the carriage slowly towards the city wall in front of them.

As the serfs of the brigade approached the city wall, the guards on Baiyan Castle could no longer hide, and under the order of the commander, they rose up one after another, and prepared to shoot at the serfs.

"Five people in a volley, don't leave gaps for the defenders on the walls to shoot arrows!"

Seeing that the arrow feathers were about to fall, Gervais immediately spoke loudly, and at the same time raised his musket, aimed directly at the head of one of the defending officers, and pulled the trigger.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

With the sound of six gunshots, the guards on the city wall had just emerged, and suddenly four more people fell.

One of them was a small team leader, although he was wearing a helmet, he was still directly shot in the head by Gervais, because Gervais's musket was engraved with strengthening runes, and its power and accuracy were several times stronger than the muskets of Ike and others.

Seeing that several more comrades fell, including the squad leader, those guards hid behind the battlements one after another.

If Gervais was now suppressed with longbowmen, the guards on the walls would not be afraid, and even if 20 slave longbowmen were shot, it would not make them completely frightened.

However, the shadow of the small steel cannon before, and the musket that appeared now also made them creepy.

The known danger is not terrible, what can really provoke these elite soldiers is the unknown danger.

There are still traces of arrow feathers shooting at each other, and the trajectory of arrow feathers can be seen, but the projectiles fired by the long muskets are impossible for these ordinary soldiers to catch with meat.

So in their perception, the loud and smoking weapon in front of them was like witchcraft.

As soon as the long musket smoked and rang out, someone would inevitably fall to the ground and die, and there was no way to dodge, which was the main reason why the defenders did not dare to come forward.

Of course, there are other factors, such as the fact that the serfs under the city do not even bring weapons and siege ladders, and they don't look like a siege at first glance.

So it also made the reaction of the defenders a little more negative, and they wanted to wait and see what the hell these serfs were doing.

……

The serfs in charge of transporting the timber trembled to the bottom of the city wall, and when they saw that the defenders above them really did not shoot arrows at them, everyone felt like they were left behind.

All the timber was quickly unloaded under the city walls, and when the carriage driver who had just been told by Gervais set the timber on fire, everyone rushed back in the direction from which they had come.

"Good, it went better than I expected!"

Gervais also did not expect that the plan to transport timber this time would be so easy, and there were no casualties, which made him very satisfied, seeing that the timber under the city wall was ignited one after another, and the raging fire began to burn, Gervais explained loudly to the serfs who had just returned.

"You've done a good job, all of you go ahead and load the timber, and you can't bear to let the fire under the walls go out!"