The city of Conson, which had been besieged by the army of the Al Qeda family, had spent a sleepless night. The magic barrier that had long been raised was glowing softly white, but it didn't give the defenders a little confidence, and the rebel soldiers stood on the walls in horror, watching the terrifying sight behind the mist—the black ocean!

In order to boost morale, the new governor of Conson opened the treasury and carried boxes of silver coins onto the walls, thirty for each soldier. Even the ordinary residents of the city received five each, almost as much as anyone who saw it.

"The Al Qeda family is nothing. We are not afraid! We have weapons, we have strength, we are the army!" The officers of the Overseers climbed to the heights and spat at everyone: "We will protect His Majesty the Emperor, protect this city, and protect ourselves!

"Fight!" the rebels waved their money bags, and it was nice to feel rich.

"Brothers...... Tomorrow, each of them will be given another thirty silver coins!" The officers threw silver coins at the crowd: "Hold on! One day of holding on is equivalent to five years of hard work!"

"Hold, hold, hold!" In the confusion, the people of the overseer team took the lead in shouting, and the loud shouts incited the soldiers' feelings, and the bright metallic light confused the soldiers' minds, and the soldiers followed, and began to shout.

The officers waved their hands: "Hold on to your weapons – fuck you!"

The rebel soldiers mustered up their fighting spirit: "Fuck it!"

"Go up to the wall!" Seeing that the time was ripe, the officer shouted: "Sue Sù Cohen." Al Qaeda, that bastard - we're not afraid!"

"Go to the wall—we're not afraid!"

In a short time, the arrogant shouts of the rebels sounded on all four walls. It's still a bit of a momentum.

The rebel officers raised their heads and shouted, "Cohen." Al Qaeda—"

The rebel soldiers shouted, "You bastard—we're not afraid of you!"

Under the city walls. In the light mist. Tens of thousands of black-clad soldiers stood silently, patrolling officers checking their equipment, all deaf to the shouts from the walls.

Suddenly, several long horns sounded in the tent of the Chinese army, and the entire army immediately became energetic, even the most ordinary soldiers, their eyes became fierce after hearing the horn.

Guards wearing black armor and overcoats appeared at the camp gate. Dozens of sturdy war horses in the front team galloped all the way to a hill on the edge of the city.

The huge body of the Captain of the Guard, Rock, appeared, and he and his men formed a circle, escorting a few healthy horses up the hill, followed by a group of officers from the General Staff. When they reached the top of the hill, the guards were divided on either side, riding a black war horse and Cohen in a black dress. Kaida, appeared in front of tens of thousands of soldiers.

"His Majesty the Emperor has arrived—"

"Hooray! Hooray!" Countless hands holding weapons shook in the morning wind, even the immensely strong walls of Conson. At this moment, he also trembled slightly in the huge shouts like angry waves, and the shouting on the city wall had stopped.

"My glorious soldiers!" the shouting ceased, and the field fell silent. Cohen's shout rang out, and the sound transmission magic made the voice echo clearly outside Conson: "This city in front of you - what's the name!?"

"Kang-Sen-Cheng!" tens of thousands of loud voices responded.

"That's right, this is the place!" Cohen. Kaida waved his hand: "Since you became a member of my army, you have gone through so many wars and killings, suffered so many sufferings, your family and friends have been hurt, and your country has been usurped! In the final analysis, this is all the act of rebellion! Today, the moment for our revenge has finally arrived!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" the soldiers shouted, their eyes burning with flames.

Cohen's two lightning-bright eyes swept through the queue: "From today onwards, you are no longer me Cohen. You are glorious soldiers of our Sbia Empire! Fight in such a capacity...... Are you happy!?"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" countless spears were raised into the sky, and a huge wave of sound struck in all directions.

"You're about to fight a vicious enemy, you're about to fight this city, and you're going to win the battle and go to glory, or you're going to lose a battle and be humiliated, and that's the only thing that can be done!" Cohen suddenly rushed down the hill and galloped to the front of the group, shouting loudly, "How are you?

"Excited! excited!" The black sea rose and fell, and the flames grew stronger.

"Choke!" Cohen, who galloped on horseback, drew his long sword and shouted: "The whole army - ready for battle!"

"The building car is ready!"

"The Arrow Stopper is ready!"

"The stone cart is ready!"

"The wall climbing car is ready!"

"The archers are ready!"

"The Wizard Troop is ready!"

"Good! I-Cohen. Al Qaeda, in the name of the Emperor of the Spya Empire, hereby proclaimed...... "Cohen pulled the reins, and stood alone on his horse:" The war of rebellion against Spia—begin!"

"Kill!"

There was a loud bang, and the first stone fell on the walls of Conson.

The rebel soldiers on the city walls had long since been unable to shout, and in their panicked eyes, the early morning sky had been occupied by boulder feathered arrows......

The mist beneath the city had lifted, and groups of huge catapults and ballistae were revealed in the field, and they were neatly arranged in front of the city wall, and their number was enough to make the rebels defending the city feel cold.

"Attention Catapult Positions - Prepare for Attack!" On the command position, the sound transmission magic made the commander's command clearly transmitted to each position.

As soon as the officers on the position gave the order, the soldiers immediately moved, the winch "Kaka" flew around, the ropes "creaked" chaotically, the tough wooden arms pointing to the sky were bending towards the earth, and huge stones had been placed.

"Catapult - Attack!"

Outside the walls of Conson, the Dark Army set up a total of eight catapult positions, and after this order. A total of 1,200 boulders flew out at the same time!

And Conson's defensive magic barrier walls can only defend against magic. There is nothing you can do about this purely physical attack.

Flying stones roared towards the walls. The broken stone fragments flew in all directions, smashing the rebels on the city wall crying wolf, and several city gate guards were the focus of the attack, and they were smashed into thousands of holes in the blink of an eye.

After the first round was fired, the soldier who operated the catapult did not wait for the order of the commander and immediately began to reload. Although they were just ordinary soldiers, they were well trained before the war and were very skilled in their movements.

For the equipment needed for this war. The dwarven craftsmen are busy. Cohen had given drawings of various weapons before he ran away, and the siege weapons used today are only some of them.

The catapult in transport can be dismantled and camouflaged, looking no different from a Gabonese carriage, and after entering the war zone, it only takes five people a quarter of an hour to assemble and debug. Because it is manufactured in a factory according to strict standards, it fundamentally avoids the problem that each catapult has different strike power and different ranges.

Each catapult only needs three soldiers to operate, one is responsible for the winch and aiming and firing, and two are responsible for loading, and the stones required for firing are sent directly to the battle station by the logistics wagon. This uses five fewer people than other Imperial catapults, but more than doubles the firing efficiency.

In the hands of dwarven craftsmen. These weapons were modified again and again, and the final weapon was created to meet Cohen's requirements for combat - suddenly, violently, continuously!

The seemingly formidable walls of Conson City. Trembling and trembling, the rebel soldiers hid behind the city walls, not even daring to raise their heads, and no longer had the courage to shout "We are not afraid......

Although they dodged well, they occasionally had hard stones pierce through the relatively weak battlements, smashing a few rebels into meat sauce by the way.

In less than a moment, ten rounds of attacks were completed, and the battlements on the city wall had basically been flattened, and as far as the eye could see, there was not a single living thing in sight. At this time, Cohen also came to the command position with the general staff, and the emperor made a gesture to the commanding officer and stepped up to replace him.

Carlos touched the commanding officer's arm with his hand and whispered, "Learn something." ”

"The first, third, fifth, and seventh positions are on standby! The second, fourth, sixth, and eighth positions are raised by half a scale!" Cohen stood in the command position and shouted: "Ten rounds of rapid attacks!"

Half of the catapults began to attack, and the black whirring stones almost grazed the walls, striking the buildings in the city that were built close to the walls.

These buildings were nowhere near as strong as the city walls, and for a time, the houses in the city collapsed and the rebels who were scattered in the rooms rushed to the streets in twos and threes and began to flee into the city.

The rebel warlords in the streets struggled to stabilize the situation, but the dark army threw another round of stones, and the city was in chaos again.

"What does His Majesty the Emperor want to attack with a catapult?" In the headquarters of the Dark Army, the commander on duty was asking Carlos softly, "Aren't you afraid of hurting civilians?"

"Use a little more brains to figure it out, Your Majesty is looking for the rebels' catapults. Carlos pointed to the officers who lacked experience in siege warfare as usual: "In any such battle, the houses near the city walls must be requisitioned by the army, and such an attack will not hurt the people." ”

After a few more rounds of attacks, only half of the houses near the walls were intact, the rebels had suffered huge losses in their stockpiles, oil drums had been broken, fire oil was everywhere, bundles of feathered arrows had been smashed into strange shapes, and frightened horses dragged their wagons through the streets......

Tens of thousands of stones roared from the sky, and every piece of ground was covered with craters, and this dense attack of the dark army was not to take the city, they were to destroy it!

Eventually, the rebel commander decided to return the color, and hundreds of catapults of various shapes were pushed into battle positions and loaded with stones and fired.

Supposedly, the number of these catapults is not small, and the quality is acceptable, but launching in the city is affected by the small space and the close city walls...... The stones thrown by the rebels all fell weakly in front of the positions of the dark army, and they were of no use except to leave deep pits in the mud.

However, the general location of the rebel catapult was discovered by the winged scouts in the air, and the information was immediately sent to the headquarters.

"The first position is plus five on the left and three on the front; the third position is on the right plus one and four on the front; and the fifth position is six ......on the front," Cohen gave a quick order, and then waved his hand: "Ten rounds of rapid attack!"

In the army of darkness, the other half of the idle catapults immediately became intimidating. Whizzing boulders fly into the sky. Rub shoulders with stones thrown by rebel catapults. The next moment, it fell from the sky, and the rebel catapult position was in shambles!

Seeing that the catapults were being beaten into firewood, the rebel commander hurriedly ordered: "Quickly withdraw - push the catapults back!"

But on the current position, apart from the stones shuttling across the river and the rebel soldiers fleeing in all directions, how could anyone dare to push the heavy thing against the raindrop-like flying stones? The catapult cannot be pushed away by three or five people, not to mention that the current position is covered with debris......

Cohen gave another order, turned around and walked down the command position, and nodded to the commander on the side: "Then smash." smashed until the rebels couldn't even throw out their underwear. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" the commander straightened his chest: "Just look at it!"

"Sue sù logistics, the stone must not be broken. At this point, Cohen looked back at the distant wall: "You have torn down all the walls on all four sides for me—first block the passage outside the gate with stones, and then play with them." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"General Staff, you give orders to go down and let the remote siege troops take turns. Cohen turned to look at Carlos again, "Have you got a new toy for the catapult?"

"Are you asking about the special stones?" replied Carlos, "in the afternoon." ”

"I'm looking forward to it. Cohen smiled faintly, and finally said to the people in the command, "You guys take your time, I'm not in a hurry at all." ”

Get out of the command. Cohen returned directly to the Chinese military camp, humming a little song leisurely along the way. His demeanor was very relaxed, and others could not see a trace of the tension that should be during the war, as if for this emperor, the war was over.

When Carlos arranged a qiē and entered the camp, he happened to see his emperor circling around a map.

"You've come just in time. Cohen didn't even raise his head, still looking at the map intently: "Carlos, draw the cavalry of the First Legion out of the camp and rush to this place to standby." ”

Carlos leaned over and looked at the map: "Here's ...... Isn't this the rear of the Third Army?"

"Yes! Cohen nodded and said, "About five Guards Cavalry regiments." ”

"Are we going to support the Third Army?" Karos asked, puzzled, "What about here?

"It is enough to have catapults to attack here, and it is enough to have assault infantry to prevent the rebels from counterattacking, and the cavalry is obviously used here, and it is overkill. A gentle smile appeared on Cohen's face: "Carlos, our purpose is to destroy the rebels, not to waste our youth around this dead city. ”

"Understood, I immediately arranged for the transfer of troops. Carlos understood that the boss was in a bad mood and pretending to be strange after becoming the emperor, but he could only sigh secretly in his heart, and tried his best to cooperate: "I said sir, does this have anything to do with youth?"

"It's a feeling from the bottom of my heart. Cohen laughed: "I suddenly found myself having the urge to make poetry......"

"Spare me, sir. As soon as Cohen said this, Carlos immediately conceded defeat: "Back in the Royal Academy, my literature was a zero. The dean's assessment of me was that this student behaved badly and even used a military report to pass off as poetry. ”

"Then your graduation must be full of suspense, the Royal Academy is not a good place. ”

"Yes, fortunately, I have always been hard at evaluation, and in addition, I am excellent in the martial arts subject. Carlos scratched his scalp: "Actually, the most important time was when I went out on the street and caught a few ruffians who were harming the local ......"

"Ahh

"Of course, the other party is a gang, and I am a lone hero......"

"Two. The white shadow standing on the side couldn't stand it anymore, so he had to come out and remind the two men who were behaving badly: "Can you concentrate a little bit?"

Both of them turned their heads to the white shadow, their expressions a little confused.

"We're in the barracks, and it looks like we're still at war. ”

"There was no war. The two people who behaved badly said in unison: "The enemy is not fighting, only we are fighting the enemy." ”

The white shadow froze, and took three deep breaths in a row to stabilize his urge to beat people: "The rebels of the Holy Capital have been dispatched—an elder saw the marching cavalry from above. ”

"Yes, your elders are very laid-back!" Cohen was a little dissatisfied with her, "Why are you only saying it now?"

"Because that's what I just knew. The White Shadow was not afraid at all, and replied generously: "While you were discussing poetry, the elder passed over the camp. ”

"Carlos. Cheer up and do your work! The special stones that will be transported at noon will be sent directly to the Third Legion. Cohen poked one of his fingers into the map: "And our troops are going to get here." Act now. ”

"Do you want a combat meeting?"

"Several wing commanders and cavalry commanders. And the head of the logistics department can participate. ”

"Yes, sir!" said Carlos with a military salute and ran out of the tent.

The besieging remote strike force continued to attack, and the rebel headquarters in Conson City was in a gloomy fog, and the casualties of the defending troops continued to rise, and the material losses were considerable. Because of the lack of corresponding means of attack, they could only comfort their subordinates, hoping that the enemy infantry would attack the city as soon as possible.

However, after a day passed. The infantry siege they had hoped for did not materialize, and the soldiers on the rebel front were almost driven crazy by the whistling of stone bullets.

The rebel commander of Conson was a little confused by this tactic, as was customary in siege warfare, the catapults attacked for a maximum of three hours, and then it was the turn of the infantry, because the catapults could not withstand the frequent firing of high intensity, and on the other hand, the attacking troops had to take into account the enemy's reinforcements......

If you can't take the city before reinforcements arrive, you'll find yourself in a dangerous situation of fighting on both sides.

And Cohen. Al Qaida is also a commander with combat experience! How could he make a mistake in such a thing? Is there any other conspiracy? But the little army in his hand can't play any tricks to the death!

In fact. Not only the rebels are confused, but even the senior officers of the dark army. They were also somewhat puzzled by the emperor's combat thinking......

By the time it was time for dinner, the catapult attack stopped, and the attack was replaced by the crossbow troops and elven archers. The soldiers hurried to repair and maintain their equipment and prepare for tomorrow's battle.

The General Staff had also drawn two cavalry regiments from the besieging forces, and most of the supplies that had been brought in the afternoon were transferred directly to the Third Corps.

Formal operational meetings were held at dinner.

Chief Cohen is weird, the more important the meeting, the more relaxed and easy-going the scene is. And the commander did not change much after becoming His Majesty, and the officers attending the meeting did not need to unload their weapons to enter the tent, as usual, they sat around an extra-long table, the only difference was that food and drink were placed in front of each person.

The guards announced, and His Majesty the Emperor, dressed in ceremonial clothes, walked out of the inner tent. The officers hurriedly stood up, some called the chief good, and some called His Majesty good night, and there was a hurry.

"It's all here, it's in good spirits!" Majesty Cohen was not angry, and greeted everyone with a smile: "Sit down! ”

"I used to be a chief, but now I am the emperor. The commander of the cavalry wing was a comrade-in-arms of the General Staff Officer, an officer of a time-honored rank, and he valued etiquette more than the officers trained in the Dark Province later, so he stood up and replied: "We can't scream nonsense. ”

"This is the army, and since I am here, my only identity is your commander, we are partners who have fought together in bloody battles, and the vanity of the world is pale in the face of our friendship. Cohen replied with a smile: "Besides, I will be distracted by political affairs in the future, and I plan to take refuge in the barracks!

This wing commander is a first-class commander in battle, but his skills are less than one-tenth of that of Carlos, and besides, the soldier has a straightforward nature, and he was praised by the commander, so he didn't say anything at the moment, and sat down with a smile.

"Okay, let's get down to business! You're a little weird about today's attack, aren't you?" Cohen glanced at the officers present, "whatever you want." ”

The assault infantry didn't have a chance to play today, and their wing commander immediately stood up and replied: "Yes, sir, we want to know that you only have the purpose of attacking from a distance and the whole combat intent, and the attack operation can't keep us aside!"

"Don't worry, the attack has begun, are you still afraid that there is nothing to do?" Cohen stood up: "This is the purpose of calling you to the meeting, our attack will not stop as soon as it is launched—we will fight under the Holy Capital in one fell swoop, and sweep all the rebels within the depth of four hundred miles!"

If these weren't the officers who had been following Cohen for a long time, Cohen's words would have taken everyone by surprise, but everyone in the room was only slightly surprised to hear this.

The Chief of Staff nodded to the guards standing nearby, and a large curtain was pulled open behind Cohen, revealing a map of the entire empire. (To be continued......)