Under the city of Bremen, there are already piles of corpses.

For half a month, the soldiers of the servant army have been constantly attacking the city defense of Bremen.

In the face of strong city defenses and stubborn defenders, these farmers-turned-Saxon soldiers did not achieve much success, and even the materials for defending the city did not consume much.

"Where's the cannon I want? When will I be able to get it out? Seeing that another tentative attack had no effect, Otto asked dissatisfiedly.

Baron Lars, who was in charge of building the siege equipment, was one of the most capable sealers of the Count of Werner, and he smiled wryly when he heard this.

"Lord Earl, this trebuchet is cumbersome to make, and there are not many craftsmen who can make it, I'm afraid it will take five or six days to get those trebuchets ready, and please wait a few more days."

"Why another five or six days?" Otto glared at the other. "You gave me a ticket before, and it will be done in ten days. Now, after ten days, you tell me another week, and it doesn't matter if I wait, but whether the Saxons are willing to make us wait or not is not certain. ”

Otto was not deliberately threatening Baron Lars, as a vassal of Werner, he had no grievances with him, and besides, he had a good relationship with Werner, so he could not deliberately target a baron.

Rather, the Saxons are really ready to rescue the city of Bremen, and in the area of Lüneburg, east of Bremen, the banners of several Saxon nobles have already appeared.

Apparently, the Saxons were massing their army in the area of Lüneburg, which could appear at any moment under the city of Bremen.

Otto was naturally not afraid of Saxon reinforcements, and Bremen had reinforcements, and he had them too.

After Bach ran away with his guard, the remaining generals were clearly not Timo Werner's opponents and were easily defeated by Timo Werner.

Now, Timo Werner is also moving towards Otto with his army.

Otto now has a very sufficient number of troops at hand, and he can completely encircle the point to send reinforcements and have a head-to-head duel with the Saxon army.

So, in fact, he was not worried about the war in front of him.

He was worried that his younger brother El, after a trip to Hamburg, would be gone.

El took a small 3,000 men and horses to Hamburg to plunder, why did he not hear any news, and now the scouts went to inquire about the news and came back, and the suspected Hamburg area was peaceful, and there was no sign of a big war at all.

Good guy, that's weird, and there are no big fighters and people are gone, could it be that you can't go to the sea?

I won't be able to help my brother from now on, so I'm gone.

This made Otto a little irritated, so much so that he was now playing on the subject.

"Lord Earl, you have wronged me." Baron Lars naturally knew very well the reason why Otto was in a bad mood, and from this time Otto sent a large number of scouts to the north instead of the east, he could understand that the so-called Saxon reinforcements were not something Otto was worried about at all.

"You didn't say you wanted to make a catapult at the beginning, but now I've already let people build it and can use it at any time.

You're a catapult, but it's only been a few days. ”

Baron Lars's tone of resentment is very similar to that of Party B who has been CPU by Party A's father.

"Hmm." Otto nodded, he understood Baron Lars' resentment.

However, Otto was in a hurry to make trebuchets urgent, not to embarrass the other party, but to really have an urgent need.

Although he was not worried about the Saxon reinforcements, Otto was worried about the Count of Werner.

Originally, Bremen City's wealth could have belonged to him alone, but now that Timo Werner is here, he can't share a part of the other party.

In line with the principle that less profit is a loss, Otto naturally thought that it would be best to take Bremen first, so that even if Werner came, after all, he captured Bremen by himself, and it only needed a little meaning.

However, looking at the current situation, it is obviously not possible.

Without the cooperation of trebuchets, it was attacked like this, and the casualties were too great.

Anyway, in the enemy's hinterland, the enemy still has reinforcements eyeing the enemy, in case the strong offensive strength is seriously lost, and the enemy's reinforcements appear at just the right point, then wouldn't it be a big defeat?

Isn't all the work on this trip in vain, and you won't get any gains?

After all, he is working for the Duke of Franconia, not seeking promotion, but he must always seek to make a fortune, especially now that the situation is very good.

"Okay." Otto pouted. "Then I'll give you another five days, and by the way, remember to contact the Count of Werner and tell him to hurry up and not scare the nearby Saxons who want to join in the fun."

If he could, I would like him to take the army with him and go around a little more.

I'm sure Count Werner will understand what I mean. ”

On the walls of Bremen, Bishop Farley, the temporary commander-in-chief of Bremen's army, couldn't help but frown as he looked at the attacking soldiers who were retreating as if they were clocking out of work.

"Barrow Knight, what is the intention of the enemy's painless attack every day, what do you think?"

As the bishop of Bremen, Farley did not choose to run away, but took the initiative to stay and defend Bremen.

He and Jason have a big difference in personality, as a moderate member of the Sun God faction, he is tired of all kinds of power struggles within the church, and he has a lot of respect for the church knights.

It was with his strong support that Barrow, as the head of the Church knights in Bremen, was able to take some of the power to renovate the city of Bremen, which is now holding back Otto's army with its strong defenses.

"Your Excellency." Barrow stared at the flag of the single-headed eagle representing the Habsburgs as it slowly retreated, a hint of worry in his eyes.

"I think there are two possibilities.

The first is that the Count Otto did not intend to attack the city, but only to create the illusion that the city was going to be attacked, to attract reinforcements from other directions, to attack those reinforcements.

The second is that the opponent has been testing the weaknesses of our defense during this time, and at the same time is secretly building siege equipment, preparing to launch a fierce attack as soon as we relax and take Bremen. ”

"Sounds like two options, and the measures we need to take are completely different, right?" Bishop Farley shook his head slightly and smiled wryly.

"So what do you think Count Otto, who is known to everyone as a butcher, thinks?"

"I don't know, Bishop." Barrow's eyes were taken back from the Habsburg flag, and he shook his head as well.

"I don't think I'm going to guess what Count Otto thinks, but I don't think the best thing we can do right now is to do nothing.

As long as we don't do it, we can wait for the main reinforcements of the Saxon nobility to arrive, with sufficient supplies and strong defenses in the city. ”

"Do more wrong, do less wrong? I see," Bishop Farley smiled and nodded in approval. "Barrow Knight's words are quite wise."

The Knight of Barrow saluted respectfully and said no more.

Also under siege, the Bishop of Farley and the Knight of Barrow in Bremen could still talk on the walls in style, while the Duke of Bach in Kassel had hardly slept well during this time.

"Damn!" Cutting down a Franconian soldier who had jumped onto the wall again, Duke Bach couldn't help but curse.

"What the hell do I think, why do I want to bring people into this ruined city?"