"Carolyn, where are you going?"

After all the minor nobles were gone, there were only three people left in the tent.

The eldest prince and the middle-aged man beside him, plus Caroline.

However, after hearing the eldest prince say so brazenly that he wanted to kill Gervais, although Caroline did not say anything, her figure turned directly and prepared to leave the tent.

However, Caroline's actions at this moment clearly became the catalyst, completely angering the eldest prince.

The eldest prince could no longer suppress it, and immediately shouted to stop Caroline's departure.

"I'm a little tired and want to go back and rest!"

Caroline's expression stiffened slightly, there are still outsiders at the moment, no matter how she says it, she is also the fiancée of the eldest prince, and she is the granddaughter of the lord of the north, the eldest prince is so shouting, it is obvious that it will make you Caroline very embarrassed.

"Prince, since there's nothing going on here, then I'll retire first!"

The middle-aged man also found out about the conflict between the eldest prince and Caroline at this time, he was only in charge of the eldest prince's safety, so he was not ready to get involved, so he stood up, said to the eldest prince, and then prepared to leave the tent.

"Okay, Viscount Sina, go slowly!"

After hearing Sina's words, the eldest prince, who was still angry on his face, instantly changed his face and tone, and said goodbye to the Viscount Sina very politely.

This Viscount Sina is the Grand Commander under King Lawrence, and his strength is the Golden Knight.

As for the Golden Knight, even if Sina is just a retainer of his own family, the eldest prince does not dare to slack off.

After all, if he has the support of these people, he will be able to sit on the throne of the king in the future.

……

After the Grand Commander of Sina walked out of the tent, the eldest prince's face turned cold for a moment, and he looked at Caroline, who was speechless.

"Why didn't you just vote?"

"Don't you know the relationship between the Wintons and the Jones family? How could I vote, and besides, even if we didn't, wouldn't your calculation have been achieved? ”

Caroline also brought a trace of anger, she still remembered the events of the previous two days, so she didn't give a good face to the eldest prince.

Bang!

"What kind of attitude do you have, and you're still not my fiancée?"

The eldest prince slammed the silver cup on a table, and took two steps forward in anger to question Caroline.

"You know in your heart whether I'm your fiancée or not, but I want to ask you if you regard me as your fiancée."

"Don't tell me there is! I haven't heard of anyone who would have fun with a prostitute in front of his fiancée! ”

Syllable!

How could the eldest prince, who was already very controlling, endure Caroline's rivalry.

Especially in the past, Caroline's attitude in front of him has always been low-brow and pleasing to the eyes, but now Caroline is so aggressive, the eldest prince feels that he can't stand it.

Therefore, the eldest prince didn't hold back, and snapped directly, and slapped Caroline in the face.

In an instant, a blood-red handprint appeared on Caroline's fair face.

"You dare to hit me?"

"Derek, you remember your slap, if there is a next time I will tell my grandfather."

Caroline didn't expect the eldest prince to dare to hit herself, and she covered her cheek with her hand in disbelief.

After a moment of stunned, Caroline reacted, looked at the eldest prince with a cold look, and finally said a cruel word, and then hid her face and ran out of the tent.

……

Seeing Caroline run out of the tent, the eldest prince faintly regretted it in his heart, but the pride of being the eldest prince made him not chase Caroline, because he knew that Caroline couldn't escape from his palm.

And the eldest prince's affection for Caroline is more of an infatuation with Caroline's appearance and the importance of the marriage of the Winton family.

So the eldest prince doesn't care if Caroline is sad or not, he only cares if the marriage between the two families will break down.

But from Caroline's words just now, and her yearning for the queen's position, the eldest prince knew that although the relationship between Caroline and him would cool down for a while, it would not break down completely.

"It's all your little white face, Gervais!"

With a gloomy face, he returned to the main seat in the tent, and the eldest prince sat on the long table and gritted his teeth, his eyes flashing with coldness.

Due to the lack of evidence about the events of that night, the eldest prince did not immediately go to Caroline to confront her, but sent several eyeliners to follow Caroline to see if Caroline and Gervais would meet next.

If there is, then he can take the opportunity to kill Gervais directly.

Whoever dares to think about his woman must die!

……

"Gervais, what should I do? The eldest prince's arrangement is obviously to make our Jones family coolies! ”

"With a moat dozens of meters wide, it is estimated that it will take us one night to fill in enough passages for attack."

"The most hateful thing is that when the time comes, it is very likely that we will risk filling the moat and cheapen the Charles family's miscellaneous pieces."

In the battle of White Rock, it was the Jones family who won the first prize, but the Charles family came in second.

This is because the king saw that the Charles family suffered the greatest losses, otherwise the merits of the other earl families except the Jones family were basically comparable.

"It's okay, they can't wait for this cheap one, I'm going to storm this baron's castle tonight!"

Gervais's voice was indifferent, not as anxious and angry as Pat's.

"Viscount Gervais, I wonder what you can do? If you need to use us, I promise to cooperate fully! ”

At this time, Bertram, who had not spoken much, also spoke, although Bertram's expression was not as exaggerated as Pat's little fat man, but he also frowned, obviously feeling unfair to what happened to the Jones family.

When Bertram heard Gervais's words, he immediately remembered that Gervais had taken White Rock City with a stratagem a few days ago without a single soldier.

Now that Gervais said that he could breach this baronial castle tonight, he might be able to do it.

"yes, Gervais, do you have a solution?"

Pat's little fat man also looked at him, and immediately turned around and asked Gervais happily.

No one wants to innocently take advantage of others, especially if they are taken advantage of by their enemies.

"You'll find out later!"

Gervais smiled slightly, dealing with a baron's castle, and there is only one night, there is no other good way, only hard steel, this is Gervais's plan.

……

Half an hour later, by the moat of the castle, countless figures were pulling carriages to fill the moat with earth and stones.

These were none other than the soldiers and serfs of the Jones family.

Gervais did not divide the Jones family soldiers into several waves to take turns, as the eldest prince said.

Because if it is really arranged like this, although it can allow the soldiers to get a short rest.

But the progress of the siege will naturally slow down, and when the time comes, it will be as Pat Fat Man said, and their efforts tonight will become a wedding dress for the Charles family.

Therefore, Gervais felt that all the members of the Jones family should be mobilized, except for the minor nobles and a few soldiers with other tasks who did not have to do such manual work, and the others, whether they were soldiers with armor or ordinary serfs, became porters of dirt.

When the Jones family began to fill the river, the people on the top of the castle naturally saw the Jones family's actions, and immediately opened their bows and arrows on the towering city walls, shooting some sparse arrow feathers, and from time to time they would shoot one or two unlucky eggs of the Jones family.

In the end, it was Gervais who sent his 20 slave longbowmen, which eased the danger of the reclamation team.

Of course, this danger was only slightly lessened, and the fortifications of the castle were different from the city walls, and the castle had many towers, and these towers had shooting holes, and even the archery skills of the longbowmen under Gervais could not really completely suppress these fire points.

……

"Your Highness, it seems that the Jones family is fully mobilized, do they want to take advantage of the castle tonight?"

Not far from the castle, the eldest prince and a group of nobles, big and small, were watching the Jones family's every move.

This is not only to watch the good show of the Jones family, but also to prevent the Jones family from stealing and playing tricks, and deliberately slacking off when the time comes.

"Haha, even if they are fully mobilized and can fill in enough passages to attack, it will be the second half of the night."

"When the time comes, their people will be tired, and even if they want to attack the city wall, it will not be able to do it for a while."

"It's not that the eldest prince is good to your Charles family! Your Charles family has made a lot of money! ”

The little nobles who followed beside the eldest prince couldn't help laughing, and began to joke with each other, mocking the Jones family's incompetence by the way.

As the lord's nest, the castle has both oysters and defensive functions, so it is natural that various enemy attacks are possible in the place where it was built.

So don't look at this small baronial castle is not big, but hundreds of thousands of people really need to spend some effort to capture the baronial castle.

The walls of this baron's castle are not as low as those of White Rock City, even the lowest frontal walls are more than twenty meters high, and even large siege engines cannot reach them.

The only way to climb is to use a simple wooden ladder, and in such a situation, even if there are only a few dozen defenders on the castle, it can make the attackers despair.

Moreover, from the observation of the eldest prince and the others just now, there are at least hundreds of people in this baronial castle.

So even if the Jones family could really fill in the moat quickly and carry out the work, it would be in vain!

……

"Ike, let them get all the trebuchets out!"

Gervais also saw the eldest prince and the others not far away, but he didn't pay attention to them.

Attacking a baronial castle may indeed be a tough battle for other minor nobles, but it is not very important for Gervais.

There is not only a difference in vision, but also confidence in one's own strength.

In modern warfare, in addition to air supremacy, what is most important in war on land, that is, artillery.

No matter how strong you are, I don't hesitate to bombard you with money and money, and I can always bombard you to pieces.

Gervais was ready to do that right now.

At this time, there were more than two dozen carriages parked beside him, and these carriages were full of small trebuchets that Gervais had captured from White Rock City.

The number of small trebuchets was staggering, fifty in all, and it was all the trebuchets owned by Gervais.

Under Gervais's orders, Ikrauli and the others immediately began to unload the trebuchet's parts from the wagon, and then began to assemble them.

Although the manufacturing process of this trebuchet is cumbersome and complicated, since it is military, the disassembly and assembly of the finished trebuchet is very simple, which is completely for the convenience of carrying and use.

As for how to assemble the trebuchet, after being taught by the captives captured by Gervais, after just watching the assembly process twice, Ike and the others learned to disassemble and use it.

Ike and the others skillfully chopped the grass to assemble the parts of the trebuchet, and in less than an hour, fifty small trebuchets had been assembled and placed 150 meters from the castle.

"My lord! All trebuchets are assembled and ready to shoot! ”

Ike hurried over to Gervais and reported.

"Excellent! Then give me a bang, don't stop until the castle is broken! ”

Gervais sat down on a soft chair, put down the slip in his hand, and gave orders to Ike.

"Yes! My lord! ”

Ike respectfully accepted the order, and then quickly ran back to the trebuchet position, shouting at everyone.

"Your Excellency has an order!"

"Castle ahead of the target!"

"Launch!"

Bang! Bang! Bang!

As the order was given, the soldiers who had been waiting by the trebuchet for a long time raised their hammers and slammed them on the switch of the small trebuchet.

As the launchers were pried open, the stout arms of the fifty trebuchets began to spin rapidly, and then fifty stone projectiles were thrown into the sky towards the castle.

Although the shooting range of the small trebuchet is not as long as that of the large trebuchet, it has the advantage of being able to reload two types of stone projectiles.

One is the Gravel Scattershot, which was used by the defenders of White Rock Castle against the Duchy of Jean.

The other is the whole stone bullet, which can also weigh up to 100 catties, which is used to deal with buildings.

And the stone bullets that Gervais is firing now are not made by himself, but scavenged from White Rock City.

These small trebuchets were captured from the White Rock Castle, and they naturally had plenty of stone projectiles.

Although the small stone bullets have been used by the defenders a lot, this kind of large stone bullets of more than 100 catties has a chance to be used by the defenders of White Rock City at all, and now it is just cheaper for Gervais.

Gervais hadn't prepared to come with these stone bullets because they were heavy and worthless, but when he saw the stone bullets that the soldiers had scavenged from White Rock City, he changed his mind.

Because these stone bullets are processed, each stone bullet is round and ball-shaped, such stone bullets can not only be hit more accurately, but also more powerful.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

As the first wave of dozens of stone projectiles landed on the castle walls, the dull sound of stone projectiles hitting the castle walls could be heard near the battlefield.

Gervais looked at the castle walls in the distance through the darkness of the night, and found that the first wave of stone bullets had no noticeable damage to the castle.

But Gervais wasn't in a hurry.

Although the walls of the castle are also very strong, they are not as thick as the walls of Baiyan Castle, which are several meters wide, so as long as the bombardment continues, the walls of this castle will definitely not be able to withstand it, and it is only a matter of time before they collapse.

"Ike, wait a minute, split two trebuchets and blast towards the castle gates!"

Although the castle doorway is completely obscured by the suspended suspension bridge, the main body of the suspension bridge is also wooden, and if it is bombarded with trebuchets, it will definitely be smashed before the city wall.

Gervais wasn't going to let the soldiers fill the castle with their lives on a simple wooden ladder, so he continued to give orders.

"Yes, sir!"

"Yes! Then you guys go ahead! If the wall is not broken, there is no need to stop, I will go back to sleep for a while, and then call me when the wall is broken! ”

With that, Gervais stood up and prepared to return to his tent.

After a day's journey today, although he spent most of his time lying in the carriage, there was nothing to do now, and he was ready to continue to catch up on sleep, after all, the second half of the night was likely to require a real battle.

After instructing Ike and the others, Gervais rode back to his tent on his warhorse.

He wasn't worried about what would happen to him when he left.

Because in addition to him, there are also Bertram and other vassals of the Jones family who are watching it.

At this time, Bertram and the others finally knew why Gervais had the confidence to say that he had taken this Baronial Castle tonight!

That's fifty trebuchets!

A trebuchet as precious as fifty fine war horses.

Moreover, trebuchets are consumables, not that they can be used permanently, but they have a limit on the number of years and times they can be used.

The brazenness of Gervais with trebuchets was really beyond their expectations.

Trebuchets should be used with such intensity, and perhaps within a month, these small trebuchets will likely turn into a pile of rotten wood and be scrapped.

"Sure enough, it's rich!"

Pat Fat used to think that he was a relatively extravagant person among the vassals of the Jones family.

But now that he is compared to Gervais, he finds that he and Gervais are nothing short of each other.