Planetary Museum

"Let's start, move less." The search and rescue team gave an order.

Wu Xiaoqing picked up the binoculars, stared at the other side of the river, and watched every move of the sentinels on the city wall.

Under the light of the torches, the faces of the patrolling soldiers on the city wall could still be seen clearly.

The looks of the sentries looked relaxed, and two of them were still talking about today's dinner and tomorrow's lunch.They probably won't realize that they won't have a chance to eat tomorrow's lunch again. The stone-built city wall under their feet gives them too much sense of security, making them lose their due vigilance.

In other words, it still only maintains the alert during the Cold Weapons War.

Until now, they probably don't know how the city wall was breached. The camp that was captured before was made of wood, and all traces of the blasting could be wiped out with a single fire.Therefore, no proper precautions have been taken here. Indeed, the defensive combination of the moat and the city wall can indeed be regarded as impenetrable in this era.

But in the face of explosives that have surpassed several eras, the city wall has become a joke.

The soldiers who were ordered to install the explosives began to take off their clothes by the water's edge. It was summer, with the moon and stars in the sky, and it was not difficult to swim across a river.

As for the soldiers on the city wall, most of the only attention they have is around the suspension bridge, and they don't even realize that they are in other directions.

Who would have thought that a soldier carrying a few kilograms of gadgets along the city wall could lift the entire city gate to the sky.

Fifteen minutes later, the soldiers who went to perform the task had already placed the explosives. They hid on the side of the stairs beside the moat, carefully hid their bodies, and then raised their hands in the direction of Wu Xiaoqing as a signal.

Wu Xiaoqing turned around and signaled all the soldiers to lower their bodies and stop standing and watching the excitement.After everyone was ready, two words appeared in the glasses: "Detonation."

Wu Xiaoqing pressed the button on his hand.

The wireless signal was accurately transmitted to the detonator, just like a thunderbolt from the gods, with a loud noise, the entire gate of the castle was suddenly filled with dust.

In the face of the huge explosion power, the stones and metals were as soft and fragile as smoke and dust. They were twisted and torn into countless fragments, which splashed in all directions, and all the defenders who came into contact were either killed or injured.

After a short reaction, several soldiers who sneaked across rushed to the suspension bridge and cut the rope.As soon as the wooden boards of the suspension bridge were put down, hundreds of people from Wu Xiaoqing's side were holding swords and rushed towards the castle with rapid steps.

Wu Xiaoqing was the same as last time, walking at the end of the team.

Screams, clashes of swords, pleadings and screams began to appear in front of them soon.

Wu Xiaoqing was no longer as bewildered as he was when he first came into contact with the battlefield yesterday, but he still felt a little uncomfortable.

It is undeniable that those who are screaming died because of Wu Xiaoqing, but as the search and rescue team has always emphasized today, yesterday, the day before yesterday, and dozens of days before:

If they don't die now, in a month or so, like everyone else, they will too. ——and dragged the people Wu Xiaoqing could have saved to die together.

Only by constantly reminding himself of this, can Wu Xiaoqing feel more comfortable.

The ropes of the suspension bridge had been completely cut off, and the winch was completely shattered by the explosion, which made Wu Xiaoqing, who originally wanted to close the suspension bridge, have no choice but to give up.

Wu Xiaoqing asked more than 20 soldiers who were responsible for breaking the rear and protecting him to protect the suspension bridge, and then followed the charge route of the troops in front to check the battle situation.

Most of the enemies didn't know exactly what happened at this time. They were just woken up by the unfamiliar loud noise and got up to check the situation, but when they went out, they saw the shining sword and became ghosts under the sword.There are also a small number of people who reacted quickly and started calling out to their comrades, wearing armor, picking up knives, spears, or even stones and other items that can be used as weapons, trying their best to buy more time for their comrades.

It is easy to lose discipline and command in medieval night battles, which Wu Xiaoqing had already fully experienced in last night's battle.

In the default war command of this era, the commander only needs to, and in fact can only judge, two timings, whether to fight or retreat.And once the battle becomes anxious, the commander will have no way to adjust orders or tactics in a timely manner in the following process.

Therefore, even a surprise attack with an overall advantage will often result in many uncontrollable casualties.

This was the case last night. More than a dozen people died in the battle to destroy the outpost. Two of them disobeyed the command and were too close to the blasting point. They were stabbed by the wooden thorns produced by the explosives and died on the spot. Battle casualties, they rushed too fast and the people behind did not keep up.The last four died because of internal strife over the spoils...

Wu Xiaoqing originally thought that, as the commander, the knight leader would sum up the gains and losses of the battle after the battle, so that everyone could improve their tactics—who knew that the next day, everyone would be bragging about their bravery in battle, Counting the property they robbed, there is also the admiration for Wu Xiaoqing, the envoy.

As for the experience and lessons mentioned by Wu Xiaoqing, summarizing the failures—where did the failures come from?

Breaking through a city guarded by more than 100 people, and only losing twelve people, is it considered a failure?

So what were the battles they fought before?To die?

Not to mention twelve, in a normal siege battle, even if 120 soldiers died on such a well-defended fortress, it would be considered very worthwhile.If this is the case today, even if 1000 or [-] people die in a castle with a moat, as long as they win in the end, the commander will be called a famous general in the world by everyone.

It is impossible for Wu Xiaoqing, a famous general in the world, to intervene in such detailed management work—even with the help of the search and rescue team—so Wu Xiaoqing can only give up improving on this issue.

The only thing Wu Xiaoqing can do is to follow behind the troops, more or less able to play a controlling role.Like now...

Several enemy soldiers were standing on the city wall, holding spears and shields in their hands, making a desperate resistance.Behind them were two archers who were nervously firing their bows, several shots brushed against Wu Xiaoqing's helmet and flew over.The resistance of these few people attracted the siege of more than a dozen people from the army of the Kingdom of Elis, and successfully delayed their offensive.They don't know exactly how many troops are in the castle, and they need to control the situation as soon as possible before these people react.

But the spears in these people's hands are obviously intimidating. In addition, they are all on the narrow city wall, and a dozen people around them can't use them. Find the flaw in the action and end the opponent.

In cold weapon combat, this process may be quite long, even long enough to exhaust the opponent's physical strength, and the two sides still haven't mustered up the courage to fight hand-to-hand.

Every soldier you command is a life that could have been saved.

For every extra soldier you keep, you save ten times more civilians.

With the tireless reminder of the search and rescue team flashing in front of his eyes, Wu Xiaoqing walked over directly, and then the search and rescue team yelled: "Get out of the way!"

The soldiers of our own side, who already had a preliminary tacit understanding, did not hear the struggle contained in the voice of the envoy, they immediately hid aside, Wu Xiaoqing pulled out his pistol, and shot these soldiers quickly.

The first city gate was quickly captured, and at this time the troops in the city also reacted. In front of the second city gate in the inner city, more than a dozen archers were ready.

More than 20 fastest Elis soldiers were holding their shields to cover the second installation of explosives by the blasters.

Although the people on the city wall didn't understand what they were doing, they could understand that it was definitely not good for the city wall.Someone was carrying something on the city wall and was about to move towards the blasting point. Judging by the cautious movements of the soldiers, it should be something like asphalt or boiling oil.

Judging by the combat standards of this era, the response of this part of the defense force can already be regarded as extremely fast.Most of the people are still in the tent at this moment, they are still in a daze.

On the way Wu Xiaoqing came here, he had already seen many soldiers who raised their hands and surrendered, and most of them belonged to this type.But compared to the battle plans specially planned by modern military professionals, they are too slow, and there are too many cumbersome and flaws in both reactions and tactical actions.

"Get down, get down!" The sound of the search and rescue team spread to the ears of every soldier near the city gate through the loudspeaker. After hearing this, the soldiers of the Kingdom of Elis left the blasting site immediately, and got down on the ground as instructed. The enemies on the city wall were still at a loss, and they didn't know why all the enemies who attacked the city retreated.

Just when they were about to go near the blasting point to check what the enemies had just done here, the second explosion happened.

The only resistance disappeared completely with the explosion, and there was no longer any terrain in the castle that could cover the defenders.At this moment, the thick city wall has become a cell to lock up the defenders. Many soldiers tried to escape in the dark, but in the end they were blocked by the soldiers guarding the city gate and became prisoners.

Wu Xiaoqing followed the troops directly into the core of the castle. The commander of the castle just woke up. When he saw Lance and Wu Xiaoqing, he was still shaking his head desperately, as if he didn't believe it was a fact at all.

"In the honor of a knight, I surrender my arms and demand a respectable surrender." The commander made his request with trembling lips.

Wu Xiaoqing did not speak, this part of the work is not his category.

Knight Commander Lance walked up to the commander and shook his head gently: "This is a holy war in the name of God, brother, the honor of mortals is worthless in front of the will of God. The price of believing in the wrong God, anyone Neither status nor reputation can be redeemed."

After Lance finished speaking, a soldier next to him immediately took out his dagger and stabbed the commander's throat directly through the gap in the armor.Blood spattered out, and Wu Xiaoqing's face was splashed a lot, every drop was like hot oil, making him feel scalding hot.

In Wu Xiaoqing's view, killing prisoners is completely unacceptable, but in this era, it is not only justified, but also has a real tactical need.

In ancient times, manpower was the most important resource in war. The vanguard under Wu Xiaoqing's command could not control so many captives. If these captives were not killed, after they left, they would undoubtedly be drawn into the army again and reappear soon. On the war zone.

Moreover, as people who have been exposed to explosions, these captives pose a greater threat to Wu Xiaoqing's army than other troops.Whether it is the search and rescue team or the opinions of experts on the earth, the necessary killing of prisoners is the key to the quick end of this war.

After that, the looting in the castle went on for more than three hours, and when it finally ended, they lit a big fire in the city as before.

When Wu Xiaoqing and the others left, the three sentries of the Kingdom of Louis who had been following them dared to approach the castle cautiously in the dark.

The three brothers saw clearly the entire siege process this time.

However, when they walked across the suspension bridge and saw the huge gap in the city gate, they all stayed where they were.