Tales of the Reincarnated Lord Chapter 332: Here comes Second Highness

Chapter 332 Second Highness is coming

On the two banks of the lower Miduobuluo River, there are dense camps, and tents arranged in a square array are continuous. There is no limit to the horizon. The hundred-mile-long river surface of the formerly calm and wide Miduobuluo River is gestating war. Mars, once Northern Land is ready, war will break out. However, from the perspective of Madras Dukedom, with tight and deep defensive fronts and facilities, the army that Northern Land came to attack will only break the blood, even if the blood is red, this river is helpless to the solid defense line here. .

On October 32, it was cloudy and windy with a little rain.

Lorist rode a binoculars and looked at the opposite bank. After a while, he turned his head and asked Shaheen Hennard Baron: "Are you ready?"

"Of course, all the flat boats and the thick planks for the pontoon bridge have been prepared. This section of the river is more than 300 meters wide, and the first 100 meters across the bank are landing-resistant horses, trenches, and shorts for blocking. The wall, one hundred meters offshore, is the arrow tower and the surrounding wall. The arrow tower is octagonal, with a total of five floors and fifteen meters in height. Each of the top three floors has two defensive ballistas. Several ships I dispatched before The fish boat was shot across the centerline and was shot in the river by the **** on the other side. "Hennard said with gritted teeth.

"You can now issue an order to build a pontoon, and you can immediately retaliate against the scumbag on the other side." Lorist said with a smile.

Hennard waved his hands, and several Imperial Guards behind them raised their horns. A loud "wow" echoed on both sides of the strait. A group of soldier(s) and craftsmen rushed out of the camp, and a freight carriage full of wood was relaxed. Waterfront. On the waterfront, already has a group of craftsmen and soldier(s) who will arrange a row of flat boat racks and start laying wooden boards on it.

Lorist once again raised their binoculars to look at the other side. The other side also showed the same banner. A team of soldier(s) of Madras Dukedom wore different styles of iron armor and leather armor and ran to their defensive positions. Everyone knew that the war broke out.

The so-called flat boat is a large ferry with a bottom but no structure above it. A flat slab is laid on top of the cabin. The whole boat is bare, and it can only move slowly by using struts and paddles. Nearly a hundred flat-boats were lined up along the river bank. Later, the craftsmen and soldier(s) kept paving a thick wooden board, and then fixed it with large nails and thick iron chains. . Near noon, a long row of nearly 300 meters long and more than seven meters wide slipways appeared on the river bank.

? Lorist was a little puzzled: "Hennard, you should be able to set up this slipway in advance, and it is a waste of time to start building now."

Hennard smiled proudly: "The reason for not setting up earlier is to deceive those silly birds on the other side. Locke You see, they always thought that the attack method I was going to take was to let soldier(s) hit the shore after boarding the boat. I was at I have n’t been idle on the other side of the flat boat building here. I ’ve been making rejection horses. Did n’t you see that rejection horses were placed in the river? Now I ’m dumbfounded. I ’ve kept them busy for a month. , They did not expect that we would slowly pile in with the slipway, and then use thunderbolt catapult to smash their defense facilities and positions to landing. "

After lunch, this huge slipway already is more than 40 meters offshore. Now the busy craftsmen on the river are building a pontoon leading to the slipway. By increasing the length of the pontoon, this huge and slowly The heavy slipway was pushed towards the river.

"It is estimated that you have to push 30 meters forward to let Orville Keith command Thunderbolt Catapult Battalion to board the ship's platform." Hennard said after looking at the length of the pontoon.

Lorist said: "Be careful of the rocket attack on the other side. Your slipway is made of wood and connected together. If the opposite side focuses the rocket attack, it will become a fire if it is hit."

Hennard said: "It's okay, I calculated, and then move 30 meters away from the other side of the arrow tower is 320 meters, the longest range of their defending ballista is only 300 meters, we are exactly at They can see where they can't shoot. The best range of our thunderbolt catapult is 350 to more than 400 meters, which is exactly in our range of throwing stones. In addition, I will soldier(s) people splash river water on the platform. It ’s not that easy to catch fire. "

Count Kenmays yawned boringly next to him: "How much more time will it take to throw a stone?"

Hennard thought about it and answered, "It should take about two hours."

"Okay." Count Kenmays said very simply: "Then I'll go back to big tent for a while and call me when I throw a stone. I drink too much at noon, and now I feel my head is faint."

After another two hours, the slipway already arrived at a suitable position, and the craftsmen finally stopped building the pontoon and had a rare rest time. Orville Keith instructed soldier(s) of Thunderbolt Catapult Battalion to unload the war horse in front of thunderbolt catapult, and then carefully pushed catapult onto the ship platform and divided it into two rows before and after, respectively fixed catapult on the ship platform, and then various stones and stone balls were carried to the ship platform On the squad.

It took about an hour to finish all the preparations. Count Kenmays didn't have to call yourself out of big tent.

"It's too tedious to prepare. Look at the day coming by," Count Kenmays said.

"It's okay" Hennard said: "It's okay to pick up the lights and fight at night, so we can smash it anyway. It's a trumpet, let Orville Keith Knight(s) start to throw stones."

The signaled Orville Keith quickly ordered the launch of 500 catapults on the ship's platform. Wherever the heavy rains of washbasin went, it was the real wall that fell down, and the arrow towers collapsed in the smoke and dust, and no arrow tower could support three rounds of stone rain. From the arrow towers that were not baptized by the rock rain, swarmed towards the rear. They don't want to be like the unlucky ones in the previous arrows towers. The collapsed arrow tower was buried under the rock rain attack

After the first and second rounds of bouldering were launched, except for the several arrow towers covered by the rock rain, the rest of the arrow towers launched huge bolt at the river platform at the same time, half of which were bolt. With firelight. It is a pity that all of the bolt were drilled into the river at a distance of tens of meters from the berth, and none of them could reach the berth. So in the next ten minutes, apart from a dozen defending ballistas, they tried again at a range, and the rest of the arrow towers could only watch the arrow towers that were smashed into ruins by the stones falling from the sky.

It can be said that each round of slinging has left a large gap in the riverfront defense position of Madras Dukedom. No defensive facilities can survive the heavy stone rain in the basin. When Orville Keith commanded the battalion to attack the remaining arrow towers, all the guards in the arrow towers gave up their duties and fled.

Without the threat of ballista on the arrow tower, the artisans started to build a pontoon and continued to push the slipway to the other side. The Orville Keith on the slipway also ordered catapult to launch fire oil tanks, with the goal being rows of wooden horses on the other side of the river. Soon the countless flames were ignited across the bank, and the weed bushes in the river bank and mountains were ignited by the wind of the river, spreading away.

Standing on the mound by the river, Lorist watched the thick smoke billowing from the other side, the flames soared into the sky, and exhaled softly: "The overall situation is set, and you can board the other side tomorrow. But be careful at night, Don't be jumped off the wall by the army dogs of Madras Dukedom, and come for a night attack or something. "

Hennard laughed: "Rest assured, we have been prepared for this, and we can guarantee that nothing can happen."

Madras Dukedom's army was not as powerful as Lorist's imagination. Until the next morning, the slipway was close to the shore. The artisans were busy building a simple wooden bridge to prepare for thunderbolt catapult to land and dispatched a team soldier(s) to level the land. An army of nearly 10,000 Madras Dukedom finally appeared in the distance, and they approached the riverside insignificantly, seemingly trying to drive the enemy ashore.

Just when Orville Keith ordered Thunderbolt Catapult Battalion to launch a round of stone balls towards enemies rushing into the distance, those enemies immediately collapsed, and soon turned away and disappeared.

"Locke, there is a magic weapon such as thunderbolt catapult, or we will directly sweep the entire Madras Dukedom, we don't have to wait until the next spring for a decisive battle." Hennard said with confidence.

Lorist shook his head: "Let ’s act according to the original plan, Hennard, the Madras Dukedom we want is not just a Territory, and the population is also a very important resource and wealth. If we go to smash Madras Dukedom now, Madras Grand Duke will definitely recruit the entire Dukedom The soldiers and us fight for a life or death, so even if we win, the Madras Dukedom we get will be dilapidated. Not only will it cost a lot of money and manpower, but it will also reap the hatred of the survivors.

If we want to turn Madras Dukedom into our family Territory, then we must reduce the damage to civilians. What we want to rectify is Aristocrat(s) of Dukedom. We started to build battalion defense after going ashore according to the original plan, turning us into a defender, letting Aristocrat(s) of Madras Dukedom become an attacker, and letting them upload a few counterattacks in the defense facilities of our camp. , And then negotiated with Madras Grand Duke, asking for the right of passage of the river surface and commercial trade to mislead them. The purpose of our war, this is why I let Count Kenmays come here. "

Hennard said with regret: "I know, I am in charge of landing operations, and Kenmays is in charge of negotiations. I really want to fight against them."

"Did you forget Second Prince? At the beginning, he led a 50,000 army to attack Madras Dukedom, but he lost his battle in the Kebo City battle. If we gather our Northern Land Four Great Families strength, we can indeed destroy Madras Dukedom, but then our losses will be very large. How can we cope with the hostile countries around the world. What I hope for this attack on Madras Dukedom is the least casualties at the least cost, whether it is us or Madras Dukedom, so that the victory won't hurt our strength , Can also effectively use the power of the destroyed Madras Dukedom to threaten the enemies around, so that they dare not fight our idea, do you understand? "Lorist cautioned.

Hennard nodded a little bit unconvinced.

"Hennard, you now have a misunderstanding. You think you are invincible when you master Thunderbolt Catapult Battalion. In fact, this thunderbolt catapult is not as powerful as you think. I have dozens of ways to break the threat of thunderbolt catapult to myself. Hussars are one thunderbolt catapult really deals with defensive facilities and castle fortresses. Its role in the field is not great, and it is not enough to deal with moving enemies. This is because catapult needs to determine in advance where the rocks will fall. Not only is it slow to launch, but it also throws rocks in the air. It takes a long time, as long as you operate agility, you can avoid the area being thrown.

This is what I said about the light cavalry's role in dealing with thunderbolt catapult. If you are willing to pay some casualties and let the light cavalry fight with the fire oil tank to hit the catapult position, it may burn catapult. Others, such as marching in the wild, during camping, sneak attacks and night attacks can pose a threat to thunderbolt catapult. Now Madras Dukedom's army is thunderbolt catapult for the first time, because they are so afraid because they don't understand. If the battle really goes on, you will naturally come up with ways to deal with catapult if you have more contacts. "

Lorist these words are very reasonable, Hennard thought and laughed: "I want to be bad, I listen to you, Locke, rest assured, I will not do it myself."

Lorist patted him on the shoulder, trying to say something good, but he heard the rapid sound of horseshoes. In the distance, several fast horses ran out of breath, and soon reached the mound. The three messengers wearing Norton Family Imperial Guard armor jumped off immediately and rushed towards Lorist and others.

At a distance of over a dozen steps, the messenger stopped. Els looked over and looked back. Reported: "Lord(s), they are from Imperial Guard camp. They came from the family and sent an urgent letter from Silowas Islands."

"Emergency letter from Silowas Islands? What happened again?" Lorist opened the letter and took a look, surprised. The envelope is signed by the Governor Hanks and Farrea Knight(s). The two are responsible for the administration and the military at the same time. It must be something serious.

Open the folded stationery and Lorist froze. The next Count Kenmays asked curiously, "What's wrong, what's wrong? May I know?"

Lorist shoved the letter to him: "You see for yourself."

Count Kenmays picked up his faith and said, "At 7 pm on October 24, Second Highness and others disguised themselves as fishermen driving an old fishing boat to Silowas Islands. They were accompanied by Norton Chris Ya Young Lady and four guards, of which One was Golden Rank and the three were Silver Rank. The Governor Hanks received them and his party. Farrea Knight(s) hoped that they could rest for a while on the island and wait for a reply from Northern Land, but Second Highness and Grisia Young Lady resolutely requested to leave immediately to Northern Land, to meet at Lord(s). There was no stopping but to stop On the morning of October 25th, they were boarded on a passenger ship to Northern Land, and the flying fish of Chenxi was sent to Lord(s) as a step ahead.

"Second Highness is alive? He is coming to Northern Land?" After reading this letter, Count Kenmays looked at Lorist a little blankly. This is really shocking news.

"You are not Aristocrat(s) of Andinak Kingdom, why Second Highness came to Northern Land?" Hennard asked strangely.

"Benzene! He is not Andinak Kingdom's King right now, but from the perspective of Aristocrat(s)'s inheritance law, he is still Lord(s) in the name of Norton Family. This time he must have returned to China by borrowing troops." Count Kenmays said with certainty.

Today is October 33, Second Highness They left Silowas Islands on October 25, and the passenger ship to Northern Land was seven days, so they said that already reached Northern Land. Although Farrea sent Chenxi's Flying Fish to send the letter one step ahead, it could arrive two days earlier, but it took him three more days to send the letter from the family Territory here, even if he rushed back now. already was late.

"I rushed back overnight, and I'll take care of both of you here, and act as planned. If anything changes there, I will immediately inform you." Lorist made a decision: "Els, order Everyone is ready, and we will go back to the family Territory in half an hour. "

"Yes, Lord(s)."

To be continued.

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