After eliminating two thousand-man teams and one five-hundred-man team, the effectiveness of the blitzkrieg was greatly reduced. After all, General Red Fox is not a scarecrow, waiting for you to fight, his reaction speed is fast, and the speed of his orders is faster. After the garrison in Lanshui Village was wiped out, all the scattered detachments began to quickly converge towards the position of the main force.

By this time, it would be difficult to intercept it, and there would be a danger of encountering multiple enemy reinforcements.

However, Midi had no intention of continuing the blitzkrieg.

Blitzkrieg is just a transition, a buffer, a play that follows the trend in the face of the enemy's advance offensive, and more precisely, it is a psychological containment carried out by the master strategist of Midi. Its purpose is nothing more than to make the other side jealous and have to shrink its forces, so as to relinquish control over large territories.

The territory is undefended, and for the elven army of 2,000 people, there is room to maneuver, and there is no need to advance and fight all the way, thus making it possible to march at a high speed in the true sense.

Now that the situation has opened up, and the enemy's momentum of enveloping the whole land has not only been contained, but also beaten back, Midi will naturally not continue the blitzkrieg and earn any more heads.

It's time for a real battle, and the first step is for Midi to capture the castle of the lords of House Joseph.

The capture of the lord city of Asrex meant the end of the war.

But if Joseph's lord city was captured, wouldn't it have brought about an equally great shock?

If such an earl-level councillor was killed by Middison, it would be a heavy blow to both the councillor itself and the prestige of the Seth family, which is the dominant party. What's more, as an aristocratic family that has been influenced by the Delos Empire, Midi's approach will also bring more far-reaching wrestling and influence in the dark.

When the elves, who were heavily armed, with cold faces, and light and graceful movements, appeared under the main city of the Joseph family, the whole castle suddenly became in an uproar.

The defenders couldn't believe their eyes at first—hadn't the newly appointed young master Quinine just led a large army?

Whether it was a butler, a servant, or a branch of the clan that lived in the castle, they were soon in a state of panic.

However, the veteran who defended the city, after the initial surprise, quickly calmed down.

Lancet Joseph, brother of Count Joseph and uncle of Quinine Joseph. The reason why he was able to become the supreme leader of the defenders was because he single-handedly brought up quinine and could be described as loyal, and on the other hand, because he was indeed quite capable in defending the city, and he could be regarded as a well-known veteran in the Duchy of Belmar.

Therefore, Quinine, who relied on the conspiracy to ascend to the throne, would be confident and bold to hand over the castle of the lord, which was the most important to the nobility, into the hands of Lenster Joseph.

"That little rabbit cub of Midi has given up defense and wants to gamble with all his strength?" Looking at the elven army that appeared in the distance and began to camp on the commanding heights, Lancet snorted coldly, "It's just that who do you think you are? There is an old man in charge, and a whole fifteen hundred defenders, with those elves with thin arms and legs, what have you done?"

Faced with the sudden appearance of the elven army, Lancet showed the demeanor of a veteran.

He personally intervened and led the patrol of the city walls, so that everyone could see his figure in armor and with a long sword, and soon calmed the restlessness and restlessness of the people in the castle. Then, he laid down various orders one by one, and quickly put a thousand regular troops and five hundred reservists into the highest state of alert, and at the same time prepared various defensive weapons such as rolling stones and wood, black oil, etc.

In the end, he also quietly asked his henchmen to strengthen the guard of the currently unconscious Count Joseph, so as not to send a high-level elite team from Midi to make a surprise attack and snatch the earl. In that case, Young Master Quinine's position would be passive.

Everything was well arranged and discreet.

Lancet made the most of the wisdom and experience of a veteran, and he did not despise Midi because of his age and past as a gentleman, but instead took every detail right.

Moreover, the castle was originally an aristocratic accumulation of decades or even hundreds of years, with thick city walls, towering towers, a large number of trebuchets and bed crossbows built with a lot of money, and some guardian magic arrays to protect key parts, the defenders were naturally in the absolute advantage of the terrain.

On the side of the Asrex family, it is not easy for 10,000 troops to attack the castle of 3,000 people, but on Joseph's side, with 1,500 people to defend against more than 2,000 elven warriors, can there be any accidents?

Of course not!," Lanster asserted.

Not to mention a week, a month, or even half a year, he has the confidence and perseverance to keep it. He has already made up his mind, he will not accept any provocation and discord, and he will stay in this city, firmly guarding until the Red Flame Legion defeats the Asrex family!

It's just that the veteran waited with confidence, but it fell short.

Midi did not attack.

The elves did not approach the castle, but set up camp on high ground that was close to a kilometer apart.

The view of the high ground is quite good, and Ranster still remembers that when Count Joseph used to ride a horse to relax, he also liked to look far away there, with the comfort and romance peculiar to the nobility. When the young master quinine was still a gentleman, he also set up a telescope there, which was said to be to peek at the spring color of the women bathing in the castle.

It was all back then, and Lancet couldn't help but sigh, and then continued to wonder - what were they stationed there for?

This high ground is meaningless for siege, let alone elven bows and magic, and even the largest and most advanced catapults in the Duchy of Belmar will certainly not be able to hit the walls of the city walls if they are fired from there.

The surrounding forests are also not dense, and there are no tree trunks tall enough to make the best siege engines.

In fact, the elves did not make any preparations for the siege of the city at all, but after setting up camp, they dispersed many hundred-man teams and swept away all the scouts hidden by the Joseph family, and then did not move.

There must be a conspiracy in this!

At the moment, every minute and every second is extremely precious to the Asrex family, they will never waste time, what kind of ecstasy array is placed here, there must be action behind it, and it must be a big move. Did they find an underground water source and poison it?

Ranster kept reasoning in his mind, but he never had a clue. The enemy who can't see through is always the most terrifying, but although the veteran is anxious, he doesn't show it, and he won't let it shake his decision.

What if, that little ghost Midi is fighting psychological warfare?

He still waited.

The next day, there was no movement on Midi's side.

It wasn't until dawn on the third day that the elven army, which had been silent for two days, finally began to move.

Great swordsmen, paladins, magicians, roaming archers, nightblade leopard cavalry, different types of troops opened out of the camp in an orderly manner, there were eighteen hundred-man teams, and only more than 300 people were left in the camp to respond, which could almost be regarded as pouring out.

The hundred-man squad came to the bottom of the city, stopped accurately and skillfully beyond the longest-range range of the bed crossbow, and then began to line up rapidly. In the blink of an eye, the flowing formation transformed into a thick phalanx. The paladins with heavy tower shields were at the front, followed by the great swordsmen, the clergy and mages were in the rear, roaming the archers on the sides of the magic phalanx, and the most elite nightbladed leopard cavalry, like two sharp long blades, stood firmly on the flanks.

Layers of tower shields formed an iron wall, and spears and swords protruding from the cracks turned into a forest of blades, shining with cold light like the fangs of the god of death. The surging magic swam in all directions, and the rushing light accumulated at the fingertips, stirring up a wave of awe-inspiring death.

A standard to impeccable ...... Defensive formations!

"What do they want to do?" Lancet finally couldn't help but ask the question he had been thinking about for days.

The next moment, he got the answer.

The dawn sun seemed to dim for a moment, the breeze stood still, and the high ground a kilometer away from the castle suddenly shone like ripples on the water, like a blooming rose.

In an instant, an extremely sharp and slender light suddenly shot out from the high ground, where the flower core was located.

This light was brighter than the reflection of the sword of the long sword, and it made the morning sun lose its color. It's so fast that you don't even have time to blink. In just a short moment, the light was still on the high ground one moment, and the next moment it had already hit the castle wall!

As if struck by an invisible giant hammer, a huge pit exploded on the city wall, and the edge of the pit shattered countless spider web-like cracks. In the shaking like an earthquake, several soldiers standing on the battlements had no time to react, and they fell directly from the city wall dozens of meters high and fell directly into pulp!

"Boom ......"

It was only after all this had happened that the thunderous roar finally reached the ears of the people, and then the slashing wind brought up by the tearing of the air followed, causing the flags on the city to hunt and make the soldiers' faces ache.

The wind began to flow again, but there seemed to be an invisible line in mid-air that forced all the currents to go around.

It was the trail left by the light just now, like a vacuum.

Looking blankly at the pits in the thick walls that were large enough for the horses, Ranster's mind went blank, and it was only at this moment that he understood why he was reluctant to attack after leading his army to occupy the high ground.

Because there is no need to attack at all, as long as there is such a powerful long-range attack, it won't be long before the entire Fort Joseph will be reduced to rubble!

He also understood, for what was at this moment, Midi had the army line up a defensive formation.

That was to prevent his dog from jumping off the wall in a hurry, and rushing out of the city with 1,500 people to fight to the death.

Everything, the prudence, the calculations, the experience, the advantage of defending the city, the abundance of time, everything, was shattered by the attack just now. The first to despair was Lenster Joseph himself, who stood at the head of the city, rather than the city walls, which had not yet collapsed.

At the same time, on the high ground, the red-haired girl standing in the center of the huge magic array was obviously a little dissatisfied.

"Sure enough, the first shot was a little bit off. Fina pouted.

Originally, she was not very good at showing this kind of girlish coquettishness, however, in front of Midi, Fina was always very defenseless, so it was easy to show this cuteness that matched her age.

"It doesn't matter, what we have is time. Midi replied with a smile.