lizard lord

Chapter 177 Cover
That night, the ruins of the Greybeard Kingdom.

The hobgoblins attacked fiercely at that time, and after breaking through the city, in order to prevent the dwarves from retaking the city, they caused irreparable damage to the city wall.

In the current Greybeard Kingdom, the city gates are wide open, there are many damages and gaps along the city walls, and a large number of towers have been demolished-the number of hobgoblins stationed here is only three to five hundred, and they cannot rely on the city walls to hold on, so they simply gave up. The city wall, in turn stationed in a community within the city wall.

The styles of the dwarven communities are different, some are similar to the Hakka tulou in the previous life, and some are similar to the northern compound in the previous life. In short, the defense problem was considered at the beginning of the design, and the defense is not bad.

In the case of Greybeard, the form of compound is more common. After all, dwarves have a strong family concept, and older contributors have a high status. The compound has primary and secondary divisions, which is more suitable for dwarf families. idea.

The hobgoblins are now stationed in one of the compound, and the defense is lax, not vigilant.

On the outer wall of the Greybeard Fortress, three or five hobgoblins were sitting around the campfire, enjoying the food, and joking with their comrades from time to time. Tang Zhao slowly climbed up the uneven city wall.

Slowly approaching these unaware hobgoblins in the silence, Tang Zhao controlled his body size to about three meters, lowered his body, and then jumped out, precisely biting the neck of one of the hobgoblins, cutting open his trachea, Then, unabated, he pounced on another hobgoblin who was still in a state of shock and hadn't recovered.
Not long after, several hobgoblins on the city wall became corpses.

Under the city wall, a large number of dwarves and lizardmen warriors were waiting. Tang Zhao glanced at the city, and then communicated with them with spiritual energy.

[Continue to move, surround the courtyard, and launch a surprise attack as planned when you are ready. 】

The soldiers who received the order continued to move, pouring into the city from various gaps in the city wall, and then approached the courtyard where the hobgoblins were stationed.

There are also a few hidden sentries arranged by hobgoblins on the road, but their details have been figured out by the dwarf survivors before, and it is not difficult to deal with them on the premise of knowing the specific location.

The soldiers came near the compound and assembled in several main attack directions. Under the order of Bourne, they officially launched the attack.

Hobgoblins are not nocturnal creatures. They are resting during this period of time, and only a few people on duty are still on duty. These few people can't stop the dwarves and lizardmen warriors pouring in from all directions.

The main attack direction of the soldiers is several halls. After all, this is a regular army of hobgoblins, and there are still many behavior habits of the regular army, such as the habit of resting together. The floors of several halls are covered with hobgoblin marching bedding. , this habit will do more good than harm in the long run, but now it is a fatal flaw for these people.

The incident happened suddenly, and before they had time to react, many heavily armed dwarf warriors with bloodshot eyes and furious bristles crowded into the hall.If the two sides were fully prepared to attack each other in an open area, the dwarves might have suffered a lot of casualties, but now it was almost a massacre, and hobgoblins with bare hands or only equipped with daggers could not deal with heavy infantry at all.
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I have to say that the design of the dwarf community is very exquisite. Not only is there a courtyard wall on the outside, but the interior is divided into countless small courtyards. Each courtyard has its own city walls and thick gates, as well as a large number of high points to provide The shooting position, combined to effectively resist the invaders, is now causing the soldiers of the coalition forces a bit of a headache.

The scattered hobgoblins and the surviving hobgoblins spontaneously gathered in the same courtyard, relying on the terrain to resist. Although the dwarves said that they were red-eyed, they still had the basic ability to judge and did not attack rashly, which would only increase their own casualties .

At this time, it would be much more convenient to have a cannon, directly blasting out a few openings in the courtyard wall with limited thickness and height, and then rushing in through the openings.

Sass claimed to be able to make artillery, but now they are still working hard on guns, and there is no sign of artillery.It is a bit whimsical to explode a half-meter-thick stone wall with black powder explosion alone, so there is only one way to change it.

The three trolls were brought out by Tang Zhao just to do this.

The three of them worked together to lift a battering ram covered with iron and knocked on the gate of the courtyard one after another.

At the same time, the lizardmen nimbly climbed onto the roofs of the surrounding courtyards, patiently waiting for the moment when the gate was broken open, and launched an attack from the roof down.

No dwarves or lizardmen could be heard speaking on the field, only the hobgoblins on the other side of the gate were shouting loudly, the content was probably "Hold against the city gate!" "Don't let go, prepare your weapon!" In command and calling the shots.

Maintaining a body size of about three meters, which is suitable for climbing, Tang Zhao easily climbed up the wall, glanced around calmly, and waited for the best time to attack.

This courtyard is just an ordinary courtyard, not a special place that has been reinforced. The gate of the courtyard is strong, but it cannot withstand the continuous knocking of a serious siege hammer.Not long after, the gate of the courtyard was smashed open, the ogre retreated silently, and the impatient dwarf warriors immediately joined them and entered through the narrow courtyard gate.

Seeing that the time had come, Tang Zhao immediately suppressed the hobgoblin warriors near the courtyard gate with psychic power, making their movements and thinking sluggish. The dwarves had the opportunity to approach them, and waved their sharp and heavy battle axes to smash the enemy's skulls .

The courtyard was very crowded, and it was not suitable for using all kinds of throwing weapons. In addition, the dwarves were short in stature, and the hobgoblins standing behind the hobgoblins in the front row couldn't aim at all, so they could only watch anxiously.

At this moment, the lizardman warriors waiting for the opportunity on the surrounding roofs also started to act. From the top of the roof, they threw javelins at the hobgoblins on the ground. After three rounds of javelin throwing, they took out their warhammers, jumped off the roof, and started fighting Hobgoblins engage in hand-to-hand combat.

There are not many hobgoblins in the courtyard. There are about a hundred people, facing more dwarves and lizardmen who are not inferior to them in combat quality and are more prepared, they can only try their best to make some small splashes. powerless.

After the siege ended, many dwarf warriors were still looking for the remaining hobgoblins with red eyes. Fortunately, Bourne reacted quickly. The task was given to the relatively calm lizard people.

The Vulture Riders landed on the city wall, waiting for the situation to change. After seeing the dwarves coming out of the city, they immediately took off and headed to where the dwarf survivors were.

This is Tang Zhao's plan. Anyway, he will take the survivors far away in the end, so there is no need to let the convoy run a long distance into the deep mountains, and let the survivors go to the Gray Beard Kingdom, which will save effort .At the same time, there are also a large number of secret rooms and secret doors in the Greybeard Kingdom, which hide many precious materials, which are also of great help to the development of Karak Solma. The benefits are not for nothing. Tang Zhao does not want to Cheap hobgoblins.

The Vulture Rider has never been idle, and repeatedly delivered food and medicine to the survivor camp during the day. The problem that plagued the dwarf survivors was mainly because they were hidden in the mountains and could not see a bit of the future, not how bad the status quo was. They Most of them are only suffering from malnutrition for the time being, but they can still barely make it back to the Gray Beard Kingdom.

For those special personnel who are difficult to move, the Vulture Rider will fly them directly to the vicinity of the Gray Beard Kingdom, and then the Peak Druid will provide simple treatment. This work has been going on, and it has been completed before they launch an attack Mostly.
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The main force of the dwarf survivors finally joined forces with Tang Zhao and others in victory. They did not choose to leave immediately, but rested in the Graybeard Fortress for two or three days to let the survivors adjust their state. Their mental and physical states are relatively Too bad, it's not easy for them to go all the way, the carriage is not enough for everyone, and they have to carry those precious supplies from the Gray Bearded Kingdom.

Although the Greybeard Kingdom is only a medium-sized dwarf city, every mature dwarf city has a history of thousands of years. In other words, it has a profound heritage and a lot of good things.

A convoy of their size can only take away some really high-value things: inheritances of various dwarven families, a large number of gold coins, high-quality dwarven steel, weapons and equipment, and some special items, such as the Great Book of Hate of the Greybeard Kingdom and legacy rune weapons.

This symbolizes a kind of inheritance, which is of great significance to the dwarves, at least it can bring them back some hope.

The remaining things are still hidden in the secret room, and the hobgoblins will not be able to find them all for a while, so there is no rush, transporting the survivors back is still the top priority, after all, people are the most important thing.

The people in extremely poor condition were treated, and some of them recovered to a relatively normal level. The rest could only be carried by horse-drawn carriage. Even Tang Zhao was covered with supplies to make room for the wounded.

[Have you asked clearly?Are there any other survivors? 】

"Judging from their answers, at least there were some at the beginning. Some people chose to go east or further north after breaking through. The goal is to find the coastal hilly dwarves, or the northernmost dwarves in the world. This road is very dangerous."

Bourne didn't finish his sentence, but Tang Zhao already understood the meaning.

"Dwarves are stubborn, and they will never stop until they reach their goal. Don't expect them to stop near the Greybeard Kingdom, waiting for us to find them. Either they died on the way, or they have reached their destination by now. Oran Some people have contact with the hill dwarves, you can ask them to ask later. As for now, let’s go first, the food is not enough for too long, we have to return to Karak Solmar before the food runs out.”

No one wanted to stay in this sad place for too long, Bourne agreed to leave, and the rest of the matter would be easy.

A group of people set off immediately and headed in the direction of Karak Solma.
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A few days later, under the city of Karak Solmar, a team of converging dragons was slowly entering the city. The team had successfully returned to the settlement, and the rest would be some resettlement and reconstruction work.

With Bourne worrying about his own clan, Tang Zhao didn't have to worry too much about it.He first went to Lilith to see what had happened around her in the past few days.

He is ready to find a good time to evolve, but the premise is to sort out the things around him clearly, otherwise there will be problems after he faints for a month or so.

The animal skins and the cubs of the griffin were successfully sent to the city of Luford, and there was a special person there to send them to the capital, so they don't need to worry about it. Tang Zhao and others have nothing to do with the rest.

In addition, the affairs of the beholder, Princess Julia, and the chamber of commerce were linked together by Andrea.

The beginning of the matter was that after several manor owners discovered that the dryads could help restore production, they moved their minds in this regard and wanted to hire dryads and goblins to help.Lilith also thought about this for a while, and then agreed. After all, they can make money, but also accumulate contacts and reputation. They are also willing to do this kind of thing, so why not do it.

In Luford City, the big businessmen and the city owners have the final say. When they leave the city, the voice of these big landlords will rise in a straight line. After all, this is an ancient society, the urbanization rate is very low, and the power of the traditional feudal aristocracy has not weakened much. Signs are still the foundation of a dynasty, and their strength cannot be underestimated. Having more friends like this will not be harmful to future development.

It was Andrea who was in charge of handing over and handling the details. At the same time, she was also responsible for promoting the coinage deal reached between Beholder and Tang Zhao. She was keenly aware that now was a good opportunity.

These feudal nobles also fulfilled their missions as feudal military nobles during the war. They either personally organized their subordinates to participate in the war, or someone in the family participated in the war as an officer in the front-line legion, or donated a lot of materials and gold and silver. Most of them contributed to the war, and they would naturally be rewarded by the royal family and won a lot of marquis gold coins.

If you want to spend these marquis gold coins, you must exchange them. The exchange rate proposed by Andrea is very attractive, which is half higher than the current common rate. These landlords do not see any reason to refuse.

In this way, Andrea pulled a lot of orders, and the circle of feudal aristocrats was not big, so this kind of news spread quickly, and there was an endless stream of people looking for her to exchange gold coins.

She didn't want to be the first bird to be beaten to death, so she pulled two layers of cover-one was the birth recovery service of the dryads, and the other was Princess Julia.

In the name of the resumption of production, the currency exchange is carried out, which can avoid attracting attention to the greatest extent.

At the same time, Andrea was still vaguely hinting that her business had something to do with Princess Julia who came to Luford a while ago.

Anyway, Julia has indeed stayed in Karak Solma for a long time. This is an open secret. Who knows what agreement was reached with Tang Zhao and the others? The nobles can only guess.

In this way, the beholder is responsible for contacting the merchants in the city, while Andrea is using the druid route to contact the feudal nobles outside the city. They all have a bright future.

(End of this chapter)