Gervais returned to his tent, wiped his face casually, and lay down on the cot in leather armor.

While Gervais was lying drowsy, Alice, who had just returned from the king's side, woke him up.

"What, a fief the size of a barony as a reward?"

For the king to summon Alice and the others because of the small steel cannon, Gervais has long had a guess, but there is no surprise.

On the contrary, it was to hear that the king had actually spent money and took out a fief the size of a barony as a reward, which made Gervais's heart pound.

The fiefs of this world are permanent, which means that as long as the Duchy of Jean still exists, these fiefs can be passed on from generation to grandchildren, and the king's fiefs are all fat, and they are easily reluctant to cut meat.

In order to capture White Rock City as soon as possible this time, the king really made a lot of money, and such an opportunity is really rare.

"Yes, Gervais, the king promised in public, as long as you can deal with those trebuchets on the north and east walls, and the fief is yours to choose!"

"So, Gervais, do we need to agree!"

Alice nodded earnestly and watched as Gervais waited for his reply.

Alice didn't tell Gervais that the Jones family could also get involved in the territory, but she didn't plan to get her hands on it, so there was no need to tell Gervais.

For Alice now, Gervais was more important to her than the rich barony.

Don't look at Alice's cold appearance, she looks like an inviolable goddess, but such people are often the most emotional, and under that cold appearance, there is the most innocent side of a noble lady.

"Of course I agreed! Whoever does not promise such benefits is stupid! ”

Gervais slapped the table, anyway, the king said, just make the trebuchets on the city walls no longer pose a threat to the siege team, Gervais felt that this should not be difficult, it is a good deal.

Although half of his gunpowder stock has been consumed, the sharpness of his small steel cannon must have been seen by the defenders of Baiyan City, and when the time comes, he only needs to fire a few cannons, and it is estimated that they will need to be busy disassembling the trebuchet again.

In this world, the manufacturing cost of trebuchets is like that of ICBMs in previous lives, and it is absolutely impossible to do it without huge investment and craftsmanship.

Otherwise, the families of the Grand Earls like Alice would not only have single-digit large trebuchets.

After deciding to accede to the king's request, Gervais went to the northern wall with the small steel cannon without stopping.

More than 500 meters away from the northern city wall, under the watchful eyes of all people, the small steel cannon once again opened the eyes of these nobles who had never seen the world.

With the sound of the small steel cannon, the biggest threat that had been pressing on the besieging team was eliminated.

Gervais fired three shots in a row, and the defenders on the city wall began to hurriedly dismantle the trebuchet, and then carried the dismantled trebuchet to the bottom of the city wall, just like the western wall.

"Your Majesty, the trebuchet on the northern wall has been removed, so let's go to the eastern wall now!"

Gervais commanded the small steel cannon in front, while Alice stood by the king's side with the counts in the rear.

"Haha! Alice, Viscount Gervais is really an excellent young man, and this little steel cannon can be regarded as an eye-opener for me! As a member of the Jean family, even in the previous dynasty, I had never heard of such a weapon. ”

"Now that the trebuchets on this side have been settled, let's go to the east!"

The king laughed happily when he saw that Gervais's small steel cannon really forced the defenders of White Rock City to disassemble the trebuchet.

He also knew that Alice's words actually meant to remind him, so he continued: "As for the rewarded fief, I will not break my promise again, and this barony will be chosen by you after the southern expedition!" ”

Although these trebuchets were dismantled, rather than destroyed, the effect was similar.

This small trebuchet is used on the city wall, so fixing and installing it is a very cumbersome task, and it will take at least half a day to reinstall such a large number of trebuchets.

With this half a day, if the defenders of White Rock were ready to use trebuchets again, then the king would have enough time for Gervais to continue to come and bombard with small steel cannons.

So the king now did not hesitate to honour the prize he had promised.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Confirmed by the king again, Alice was relieved.

Now, in full view of everyone, the king really has no chance of breaking his word!

Gervais and Alice then went to the eastern wall with a small steel cannon, where Gervais fired a single shot, and the defenders on the wall dismantled all the trebuchets with ease.

……

Time flickered, and it was already the fourth day of the attack on White Rock City.

In these three days, the battle in White Rock City has become more and more intense, and both the soldiers of the Duchy of Jean and the defenders on the city walls have already killed red eyes.

Even the moat at the foot of the city walls was stained red with blood.

In these three days, the Duchy of Jean paid for the lives of three thousand soldiers.

And the defenders of White Rock City, judging from the report of the siege team returning to register their exploits, have also suffered thousands of casualties.

As the defenders of the city, the defenders of White Rock City occupy a geographical advantage, and the casualties are much smaller than those of the Duchy of Jean, which is a matter of course.

However, as time went on, this advantage had slowly disappeared, because the defenders of White Rock City were too few in number.

Even if those serf auxiliaries are added, the number of people in the entire White Rock City is only about 7,000, and these 7,000 people still need to be scattered on the city walls on all sides.

If these defenders were not the direct guards of King Hayden of the Duchy of Alban, which could be called the elite of the elite, it is likely that White Rock City would have been destroyed by this time.

But even so, now Baiyan City is already in danger, and the soldiers defending the city are exhausted, and many of them have not closed their eyes in peace for days and nights.

On the first and second days, trebuchets were used to inflict mass damage on the besieging forces, but since there were no trebuchets, the Duchy of Jean was attacking more violently.

Nowadays, there are often many sieges, and the soldiers of the Duchy of Jean can climb the walls and fight the soldiers defending the city.

Although in the end, these besieging soldiers were driven down and did not really occupy the city walls, but such a situation means that the day of the destruction of the city is near.

Now the Duchy of Jean is still a family wheel war siege city, and there are only 1,000 siege teams each time.

But once the king of the Duchy of Jean stops the wheel war and chooses to start a general attack, then White Rock City will probably not be able to defend it.

Slote was standing on the northern wall of White Rock City and looking out at the scene a mile away, where a siege team of thousands of people had gathered at this moment and was about to launch an attack on White Rock City.

Slote is the supreme commander of White Rock City, in addition to being the supreme commander of White Rock City, he is actually the brother of King Hayden of the Duchy of Alban, and is a marquis with the strength of a golden peak knight.

Slote has been stationed in White Rock for more than twenty years, and every autumn he personally sits in White Rock to prevent the Duchy of Jean from attacking White Rock.

Originally, White Rock City and the Duchy of Jean had a very tacit understanding over the years, and there was no major friction between the two sides, and some were just small groups of rangers fighting with each other.

But this year, the Duchy of Jean went against the norm, which surprised Slote, and the Duchy of Jean actually attacked White Rock City.

This made Slot understand that Lawrence's southern expedition this year may not be just plundering the periphery of the Duchy of Alban, as in previous years, and it is likely to take the entire Duchy of Alban in one fell swoop.

Faced with such a situation, White Rock City has become many times more important than in previous years.

Because as long as White Rock City is here, or if it lasts longer, Lawrence's plan this year can be crushed, and the Duchy of Alban will be able to make more deployments in the coming year.

It's just that in the face of enemies who are more than ten times more unknown than their own, how difficult it is to defend Baiyan City.

Although the news of White Rock City had been sent back to the royal capital as soon as possible, he was very worried about whether he could wait for domestic support.

Now I am afraid that I can't support it for a few days with White Rock City, and even if I am a golden peak knight, I can't do anything big.

Because there are not only two golden peak knights on the Duchy of Jean, Lawrence and Gust, but also six ordinary golden knights.

With such a large amount of high-end force, it is impossible for Slote to confront the other party.

The reason why these supreme forces of the two sides have not yet taken direct action is entirely because the time has not yet reached this point.

"I hope reinforcements will arrive in time!"

Slote muttered in his mind.

At this moment, the horn of the distant siege sounded again, and Slot's face was calm, and the worry in his heart did not show his face.

Slote turned around and shouted to the captains beside him, "Go back to your posts!" Just hold out for two more days, and our reinforcements will surely arrive! ”

"Yes! My lord! ”

"Besides, pass on my orders! Kill an enemy lord and reward 2 gold coins! Kill a regular soldier and reward 5 silver coins! ”

"Yes, sir!"

In an instant, whether it was these captains or those soldiers in the distance, when they heard the reward that Slote said, their spirits were immediately shocked, and their originally tired bodies were also a little more uplifted.

……

During these three days, this battle took place all the time in the east and north of White Rock City.

However, the city wall to the west of White Rock Castle has a completely different situation, and compared to the other two walls, it can be regarded as peaceful and calm.

In particular, the husband of Lord Earl, Viscount Gervais, began to eat and drink directly outside the camp gates.

Gervais sat comfortably in a chaise longue borrowed from Cod, enjoying the warm autumn sun.

When she was tired, Lilia, the maid of zero hour, rubbed her shoulders, quenched her thirst with delicious wine, and when she was hungry, she had a lot of fresh game and river fresh.

If it weren't for the blazing fire burning under the city walls in the distance, it would have become a great place to camp and go for the autumn.

"Gervais, how can you still sit still? Now there are so many people in the camp who are talking about you in private! ”

Pat the little fat man poured half a glass of wine, and immediately grabbed another river fish roasted until golden brown and began to eat, talking to Gervais as he ate.

"Oh? What do they say about me? ”

Gervais waved his hand at Lilia behind him, signaling that she could pause the massage, then reclined slightly, looking at Pat's little fat man.

"I told you not to be angry!"

"They say you've got a bad brain and want to burn the walls with fire! He also said that he would isolate you in the future, because you made it impossible for them to win the reward issued by the king! ”

After Pat's little fat man divided a grilled fish of at least a pound by two, he replied to Gervais.

"Besides, I just heard that they are going to protest to the Earl, hoping to start the siege as soon as possible."

"Oh! I'm ready to protest! ”

Gervais gave a faint sigh, and then there was no more, and he continued to drink wine.

This disappointed Pat's little fat man, who originally wanted to see if Gervais would be nervous.

Then Pat leaned over the fleshy mound again, and whispered to Gervais, "Gervais, can you tell me why you want to burn the city walls, and if you have any other plan?" ”

"This one! You'll know when the time comes! ”

Of course, Gervais will not reveal it to Pat now, otherwise how would he slap those little nobles who questioned him in the face.

In the past few days, there has been a lot of talk about himself in the camp, of course, Gervais knows, but these discussions are intense, and Gervais feels that their faces will be beaten louder and louder at that time, so they are very calm and let it develop, in order to add fuel to the fire, Gervais eats, drinks and has fun directly at the gate of this camp.

In fact, in the past two days, not only in the camp of the Jones family, but also in the camps to the east and north of Baokuo, there have been rumors of Gervais's brainless behavior.

All of a sudden, Gervais really became the object of ridicule in the aristocratic circles of the Duchy of Jean.

A few days ago, Gervais's medical team and small steel cannon, as well as the fief promised by the king, made many nobles and nobles very hot.

If you have hot eyes, you will naturally be jealous, and at this time, it is not easy for Gervais to make such a commotion, it is simply to send the hilt of his sword for them to stab, so all the nobles and nobles of all sizes are vigorously arranging Gervais.

And the two counts, Nemio and Avery, even talked openly about the fact that Gervais's actions were actually instructed by Alice.

Because the Jones family didn't want to attack the city, they wanted to preserve their strength, and they really went to the king to complain.

However, given that there were no trebuchets on the city walls and the siege was progressing beyond expectations, the king did not say much, but sent a herald to tell Alice to start the siege as soon as possible.

After all, not all of the trebuchets in White Rock City have been destroyed, they have just been dismantled, and now Gervais is still a very important person.

……

"Tomorrow, tomorrow is going to make your face crackle!"

Although Gervais has been looking comfortable these days, he will pay attention to the progress of the upstream dam every day.

It's autumn and there is no rainfall, so the river doesn't flow much, and it takes about three days for the dam above to fill up.

Gervais had sent someone upstream this morning to get the news that the dam would be filled tomorrow.

So he was going to start tomorrow, after all, if he delayed any longer, the king would probably order a general attack, and then the other counts would really come out on top, and then his efforts would really be in vain.

In addition to the dam, the city wall in front of it has been baked continuously for three days, and the temperature has become terrifying, if other people can also look at the telescope, they can see that the 100-meter wall shrouded in flames does not dare to approach at all.

Because it has completely become a furnace, as long as anyone dares to get close to that section of the city wall for a few tens of meters, it will be roasted in three to five minutes!

……

It's night!

The assault on the northern and eastern walls continued, while the Jones family camp to the west had reached curfew, and all the minor nobles and soldiers, except for the Rose Knights on patrol, had returned to their camps to put out the lights and rest.

Gervais was also lying comfortably asleep on the soft cot at the moment, and tonight he needed to recuperate himself and wait for tomorrow to appear before the people showed his strength.

"My lord! My lord! ”

At this moment, Gervais's tent was filled with Ike's anxious call.

"What's wrong, Ike!"

In a haze, Gervais heard Ike's call, and instantly came to his senses, and then quickly got up, ready to pierce the armor and hold the sword.

In the middle of the night, if there is no important matter, Ike will definitely not come to disturb him.

"Your Excellency, the Earl has sent someone to report that there has been a large cavalry raid in the north, and now there is a scuffle over there!"

Ike immediately whispered to Gervais.

"What? A large force of cavalry is coming! Ike, come in and help me put on my full body armor! ”

Gervais was taken aback, he didn't expect that there would be a cavalry raid of the Duchy of Albane in the middle of the night, didn't Pat and the fat man say that the Duchy of Albane used to only have a defensive part?

Now I dare to take the initiative!

Soon, Gervais put on full-body armor with the help of Ike and others, and then found Alice's location.

At this moment, Alice is standing on a specially built high platform, which is so that Alice can observe the situation in the camp, so the view from standing here is no different from the view from standing outside the camp.

When Gervais arrived on the high platform, there were already many small nobles who were fully armed, wearing full armor and long swords, and holding knights' spears.