Chapter 209: Quick Victory
Attempts to block the actions of the territorial army on the road ended in failure in the shortest possible time.
The captured private soldiers simply thought that the army of the territory would be so fierce and decisive that only a hundred people would fight the same number of troops without being able to fight back.
A hundred-man team is actually nothing, and there are more than a hundred private soldiers and mercenaries of the Norren family, but as long as they are soldiers with basic military literacy, they know what a terrible army they have defeated.
In the whole battle, except for the heroine who used the power of light, the weapons of other soldiers were also difficult to resist, and those invisible flying metal warheads shattered even the armor and human body, and even the shield could not bring any sense of security. ap.
The seemingly light, but actually strong armor protects the vital points of the territory soldiers, and does not affect their tactical movements, and the pitch-black color does not see the metallic texture at all, but neither spears nor crossbows can penetrate these armors of unknown origin.
What is even more terrifying is the brave and decisive will of these soldiers, in their eyes, it seems that they have encountered not a heavily armed enemy, but a group of unthreatening chickens and dogs.
If it were only infantry, the private soldiers might have been able to flee when the situation was not good, but they heard the sound of horses' hooves in despair, and soon shattered their last hope of escape.
Then, more figures appeared on the horizon in the distance, as well as a number of horse-drawn carts, on which in addition to soldiers, sat a large number of lichs and magicians, all of whom had their own jobs to do.
The Lich is constantly summoning the undead along the way and providing the skeletons with basic weapons, which has led to a growing contingent of territorial infantry who will take over and suppress nearby villages and towns in place of the elite but smaller Terran armies.
The magicians caught up with the infantry and began to provide accompanying magical support to the four hundred-man teams, and all kinds of healing, blessing and uplifting magic were unleashed, so that the already high morale of the infantry was full of energy, and the already fast advance almost turned into running.
Originally young and strong, well-trained infantrymen who did not carry baggage and heavy weapons, they now showed a staggering marching speed with the blessing of a steady stream of magic.
The militia in the village in front of them were still watching from the village wall, but they did not know the situation, and before they could send people out to inquire about the situation, they saw dust rising in the distance, and a group of imposing infantry was speeding towards faster than the carriage, and they were immediately stunned.
Under normal circumstances, it would take at least a few hours to get from the end of the road, so did this group of troops come running on foot and without stopping?
Before they could react, the army, numbering no more than a hundred, unceremoniously rushed to the edge of the village, ordering the men inside to lay down their arms at once, declare allegiance to the lord, and dissolve the subordinate ownership of the tax collectors.
The consequence of the resistance was to be wiped out on the spot, but the village was surrounded by high walls, and even the armed peasants did not believe that this group of soldiers could easily attack it.
The lord has long said that the army of the demon lord does all kinds of evil, and once it comes in, it will burn, kill and plunder, and it is not at all like the benevolent lord who has collected sixty percent of the grain and has been engaged in labor for two or three months, and he will not commit any crime against the tenants.
The lord grabbed the peasants, and even if they were tired to death, they would become skeletons and be crushed, and even their souls could not be liberated.
The old man endured the humiliation and protected the locals from the demons, and now that the demons have come, the hearts of the people are full of fear, and all the men who can pick up farm tools are also forced to arm themselves to resist.
Of course, there are also some people who think they are smart, and they will consider resisting a little and then choose depending on the situation, if the demons are too strong, it will not be too late to run home while the chaos is there.
As a result, there was not a single demon who looked like a hideous demon in the army, but a group of young and resolute soldiers, followed by several carriages with lichs and magicians.
It happened suddenly, and no one dared to agree to the lord's terms, but when they considered continuing to prepare for war while making a false promise, the sound of gunfire interrupted all illusions.
Vincent had already given the order to give the ultimatum for only five minutes to think about it, and then he had to attack with all his might.
In addition to accurate shooting, the lord's army began to drop explosives with long wooden handles onto the walls.
These Yamazaki happy mines, which had been tested in the jungle battle, exploded on the territory for the first time.
It's so terrifying, the magicians don't cast spells so fast!
Even if the people on the wall crouched down to avoid the bullets, they would be blown up to cry and cry for their mothers, and even if they fled to the bottom of the three-meter-high wall, many of them were injured by the explosions that flew over and fell, and the fragments and shock waves of the air explosion made everyone lose the courage to resist.
Taking advantage of the fact that the wall was suppressed by fire and no one stood up to resist, several brave soldiers rushed to the gate and placed a bag of things that had been prepared long ago.
There was a loud bang, and the people who gathered behind the village gate to block were all blown up, and the people behind saw that the people in front of them were falling, so frightened that they dropped their weapons and turned around and ran, and the soldiers behind couldn't stop them at all.
The white flag was raised in less than five minutes, and the more than 500 people in the village did not even have time to run out, and all of them became prisoners.
After disarming everyone, the militia and the rest of the villagers were guarded separately, and the streets of the village were littered with improvised skeletons and zombies, and the most ironic thing was that some of them had planned to die for the Noren family lord not long ago, but now they didn't even have their lives.
The infantry left the village controlled by the undead, and instead of liquidating or moving supplies, they grabbed their weapons and immediately pulled out and pounced on the next village that had already been marked on the map.
At the same time, reinforcements continued to appear, including mercenaries, volunteers from villages near the territory, and clergy and guards from the church to maintain the holy order.
For a while, the lord's banner began to be planted everywhere in Noren's territory, which had not been splashed by water for a long time.
In addition to the infantry all the way to the north, the other directions are indispensable for the "Chinan" knights to gallop indulging, they and the Chinan boss Cana, divided into two teams and headed for the east and west of the Noren family.
The other knight who led the team, a short man with a full beard and a strange felt hat, waved his scimitar in the distance, and shouted hello to Ninia, who was speeding up.
"The golden eagle of the grassland greets the beautiful Lord General!"
"Captain Schiff, don't miss the opportunity to make meritorious contributions!" Ninia couldn't help but be even more excited when she saw her acquaintance, and she also raised her magic sword and shouted to Shif, "The villages on both wings are handed over to you, and honor and reward are at hand."
The magician lost no time in amplifying Ninia's voice, and not only Shif, but everyone around him heard the clear and resolute voice of the Lord.
"Huh...... We Skava like the little village the most, and we won't let go of anyone who opposes the lord!"
Schiff pulled up his horse's head in a dashing manner, and let the steppe steed stand up, making a crushing gesture that all steppe people knew, and led more than twenty centaur knights away, leaving behind the cart carrying the lich.
Although the centaurs moved much faster than the infantry, the cavalry was small in number, and the attack was on both sides of Norrenberg, so they would cut off the villages on the east and west sides, cut off communications, and make Norrenburg an isolated island.
Under the command of Ninia, the new Terran infantry will advance in four directions, take all the large villages and towns in front of Norrenburg, and after the subsequent reinforcements occupy them, they will approach Norrenburg, the base camp of the Norren family, and prepare to besiege the castle.
Elite troops, advanced weapons and combat methods, efficient support and supply, and a rapidly controlled rear all made the Nolen family, who were looking forward to exchanging time for space, completely dumbfounded.
In fact, military offensive operations have been planned for a long time, and a number of operational plans have been drawn up in all directions that threaten the security of the territory, and they have only waited for the opportunity to start operations when the time comes.
Compared to the northern border and the dense forests of the west, the Norren family was not the main threat in the first place, but even the lord's fiancée worked tirelessly to create a casus belli for the territory, and Vincent could not miss this opportunity.
The Norrenburg rulers could not believe what they were seeing and heard, and their spies and scouts were constantly intercepted, but there were some fortunate reports of the fall of the landing.
It was a lightning defeat that the family had been in business for decades
In this way, most of the land fell in one day.
"It's only been half a day, and the enemy is about to cross the first ditch, what the hell is this speed!" Wiping the sweat from his head, Lancer paced back and forth on the walls like a hungry wolf who had no choice but to do anything, "Order all the soldiers who are defending to hurry back to the castle, and staying outside will only be wiped out separately."
"That's it, as long as there are enough troops in the castle, they can only slowly besiege it." Not to be outdone, the young master, who had been brought back from the vault by Lancer several times to defend the city, shouted, "What we have is food and weapons, and they can't surround us!"
"Dalma, what do you think?" Lancer ignored his stupid son, instead looking at the Bloodclan who had been pondering, "Do you think we can hold it?"
"Master, the other little castles have fallen." Dalma said in a shocking voice, "Defending is nothing more than leaving the land and population to the demons."
Leave it to the demons, dream!
But he stuck to the lonely city, and in the end, the jade was burned, and Lancer was reluctant at all.
"Tell me what you think." Lancer's face was gloomy, but his words were earnest, "Is there any other way we can do it?"
"If you stay here, everything will be destroyed, and only the magnificence of form will be left without any practical meaning." Dalma walked to no man's land and whispered to the master of the house, "Defend the city or defend it, let the soldiers hold it with all their might, and you gather all the people and wealth you can to flee the battlefield."
"You mean, walk through the river?" Lancer's eyes lit up, "This is a solution, if we don't take the castle, they won't be able to find us...... Prince Herodes hates the demons the most, and if we take refuge at this moment, he will not die without help."