Iron Power And Sorcerer

Iron Power And Sorcerer Chapter 95

2021-08-01

Chapter 95 Siege
When the sentinels on the city wall of Tacheng see the Golden on the horizon in the morning light He couldn't believe his eyes when he flew the Lion flag.

The Tanirians obviously didn't expect the enemy to come so quickly. The Red Sulphur port had just fallen, and the Veneta, who were still resting, marched for 30 kilometers overnight. The rural areas of the control area will rush straight in.

Now, most of the food requisition team sent by Captain Kidd has not returned, and Saint Mark Legion has already arrived at the city of Tacheng.

Layton did not rush to attack the city, but after isolating the inside and outside of the tower city, he divided his forces and began to clear the small unit of the Federation behind him.

After several small-scale encounters, Kidd's rationing team was completely defeated. The remnants of the army will be scattered as birds and beasts, but most of them are captured in the fields by farmers armed with agricultural implements as weapons.

The soldiers of the federation were horrified to discover that those farmers who were timid and cowardly and asked for anything, now had the courage to resist.

The peasants had deep grievances, and the daring ones directly slaughtered the soldiers of the Federation and buried them silently. The timid ones tied up the captured Union soldiers and gave them to the Veneta.

Antonio knew everything was going well for the San Marco Legion when he saw the sporadic captives being escorted to the port of Red Sulphur by the island's farmers. The farmers took the bounty and went home happily.

On the Leyton side, San Marco Legion quickly compressed the Tanilians' activity space into the tower city wall.

However, the defenders did not surrender obediently, nor did they send anyone to contact San Marco Legion, and the battlefield presented a strange silence. Seeing this situation, Layton still used the old method - sending someone to persuade him to surrender.

The local squire of Red Iwo Island, who was forced to send a letter of persuasion to the defenders to surrender, just walked to the city gate, and was shot dead by random arrows without saying a word.

In this way the defenders expressed their determination - they would never surrender. Therefore, he simply killed the messenger before the messenger opened his mouth, so as not to be shaken by the words of persuasion to surrender.

Layton was furious, but only incompetent and furious. If Commander Veneta sent troops to attack in a rage, it would be really good for Captain Kidd.

It was wishful thinking to expect the defenders to surrender, and Layton ordered to build a fortress outside the tower city, and the battle became a stalemate.

——cut——

"Give me some fat...Aiya, don't take this kind of bone, get more fat." A short soldier with a wok stood in front of the chopping board and said, chuckled.

Behind him, there was a long line of soldiers waiting for the meat.

This is a corner of the barracks, where the weathered Fire Mountain Cliff soil is muddy with blood flowing everywhere, pa ta pa ta on it.

"It's all fat, who doesn't eat fat?" The person in charge of dividing the meat snapped back angrily. His hands moved quickly, and he cut two big chunks of fat from the pig's skin. Throwing it into the pot of the short soldier: "I'll give you a piece of meat with bones, and make up two pieces of fat for you. Go away, there are still people waiting behind you, so don't delay."

The short soldier holding the iron pot walked away contentedly, and the next soldier holding the iron pot stepped forward: "Give me two pieces of fat too..."

Legion of the ancient empire He is extremely good at building fortifications and roads. Most of the "roads" in All Roads are built by the army. Those hard-surfaced roads have become the key to the prosperity of the ancient empire, and there are still remnants of them.

The military system of the republics is said to be inherited from the ancients. Although the name of "Legion" is actually used by the ancient reorganization, it has also learned the advantages of the ancient imperial army's good at civil work. .

On the third day after the arrival of the Legion of San Marco in the tower city, the Legion of the Great Veneta and the Legion of San Marco joined forces to build the fortress.

The soil is too thin to excavate? The Veneta people take the vines and branches from the jungle and weave them into baskets, which are filled with soil as the base of the walls. Tacheng is backed by mountains on both sides, and the attack surface is narrow. However, this also saves the Veneta a lot of trouble, and the narrow attack surface means that the attack surface is also narrow.

Two Legions quickly built a two-meter-high earth wall around the outer perimeter of the tower, completely isolating the inside and outside of the tower—but there were no trenches, because the Black Tortoise rock was too laborious to dig.

For soldiers who do a lot of heavy physical work every day, bread alone can't feed them, they need meat and salt.

The place Winters is now is literally a slaughterhouse, with the soldiers in the front dividing the meat and the pigs in the back. These places that are prone to breeding diseases are located in the corners of the camp and are strictly separated from the residence.

Winters watched with interest as the butchers worked: slaughtering pigs, burning the hair with wheat straw, disemboweling the guts, and using a sharp knife to break the whole pig into chunks of pork.

The processed pork was carried to the chopping board and handed to another butcher to cut, weigh and distribute to the soldiers.

The Veneta Legion's establishment, a Ten Men Squad has eight soldiers sharing a wok and a large tent. Pork is distributed in units of Ten Men Squads, so soldiers carry iron pots to get the meat.

The butcher in charge of dividing the meat worked extremely quickly. The whole pig's leg was shaved into bones in the blink of an eye, and the six butchers who killed the pigs in the back couldn't provide him with the meat. speed.

“I could watch all day here,” said Winters and Andre next to him.

Andre said, "Me too."

The two warrant officers are not doing nothing to hang out here. Just like dividing wine, fights are most likely to occur, so Winters and Andre are responsible for supervising the process of dividing the meat. There were two officers, and the soldiers did not dare to make trouble.

Winters is no longer the acting Hundred-Men Commander, and he, Bard, and Andre are now being transferred to Legion's logistics office for rotations.

Within less than a day of rotation, Winters and Andre were almost overwhelmed by the tedious and tedious paperwork, so the two of them worked together to ask Ying to be responsible for the dirty work that no one wanted to do— —To supervise the meat separation in the bloody, filthy and muddy slaughterhouse.

Bud is like a fish back in water in the pile of files and documents. The writing skills he developed in the monastery copying scriptures in his early years came in great use in the logistics department. The logistics director finally found one. Officers who are good at shorthand and quick arithmetic are awarded Supreme Treasure.

As for why the three warrant officers were transferred to the logistics department, it started from the second day when the third Legion arrived at the Red Sulphur Port.

On the second day of the Legion stationed in Red Sulphur Port, another supply fleet from Seablue City arrived at Red Sulphur Port.

In addition to the replenishment of soldiers and ammunition and provisions for the third Legion, this supply fleet also came with a member of the thirteen-member military council, as well as a member who was officially appointed to command the third legion. An officer of the Hundred Men Squad.

However, the Hundred-Men Commander, who was theoretically the first Hundred Men Squad, was surprised to find that the First Hundred Men Squad actually no longer existed - after two bloody battles, the first Hundred Men Squad's original 150 soldiers were reduced to five, plus three apprentice officers.

Not only did the first Hundred Men Squad not exist, but even his superiors did not exist - the chief battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Conter, was not killed, but was sent back to Veneta homeland due to his injuries .

The new Hundred-Men Commander is saddened to discover that until the next wave of reinforcements arrives, he is a bare-bones officer without a single soldier.

The first Hundred Men Squad is gone, and there is no point in continuing to train in the first Hundred Men Squad. And Winters didn't want to fight anymore, he felt that it was not worth it to fight hard for the ambitions of people like Contell.

At Winters' request, Antonio transferred him, Bud and Andre to the logistics office for rotation as a trainee. By the way, he also transferred the remaining soldiers from the first Hundred Men Squad to the logistics. Hearing everywhere. Help Winters fulfill his promise: after tonight, you don't have to go to death.
And under Antonio's arrangement, the Hurds have already boarded the sailboat to leave Red Iwo. They would first go to Seablue City, then be escorted to the Republic of Palatu, and finally return to their homeland.

So Winters, Bud, and Andre are all relaxed now, waiting for their awards.

It was an unquestionable feat for them to destroy the two sea-barriers and artillery forts. If the three people are not apprentice officers, the credit for destroying the artillery is enough for their three people to be promoted to Level 1 immediately.

However, the three of them are not even full officers now, which is embarrassing. Can't the warrant officer mention the second lieutenant? What about when they are officially awarded the title? The award is not to mention Level 1, is it possible that to award the rank of second lieutenant again?
In the end, the high-level officers in the third Legion came up with the following solution: suppress the awards first, and wait for the three warrant officers to be formally appointed next year before awarding them, so that the procedures can be straightened out.

This means that the three warrant officers will be able to immediately mention the rank of lieutenant without having to struggle through their seniority when they become full officers next year.

In Bud's opinion, it's a good thing to be able to stay out of the limelight at the back office. It is enough to be hated by people who have made great achievements. It is wise to stay away from the front line and give the opportunity to make achievements to others.

Although Andre was a little reluctant to leave the front line of the battle, but thinking of the bloody battle in the cannon on the night of the full moon also made him a little scared, and he just wanted to rest.

As for Winters - he didn't think as much as Bud, nor did he miss the opportunity to fight on the front line like Andre, he just didn't want to die for the ambition of a few people or command soldiers to die. However, he couldn't change the direction of the world, so he could only avoid and pretend to be invisible.

The butcher on the edge of the chopping board knocked on the knife in his hand dissatisfiedly, because the meat on hand was all divided, and he urged the butcher in the back to quickly bring the meat up.

"I think you don't want one person to unravel a whole pig. Each person is only responsible for one link. For example, one person is only responsible for singeing, and the other is only responsible for removing internal organs. The slaughtering efficiency will be higher." Winters couldn't help but remind himself.

Hearing someone pointing fingers at his work, a butcher immediately pushed back: "My lord, my family has been a butcher for generations, I know how to kill pigs. ”

Seeing Winters hit a nail, Andre smirked and stabbed Winters in the back. Winters also smiled wryly and called the head. These butchers were invited from outside, not soldiers, and naturally did not understand the strict class order within the army.

"Okay, do whatever you want." Winters said helplessly: "But I have to correct you, I'm not a 'lord', and Veneta doesn't have a 'lord'. The whole bay of Cenas All the nobles have been overthrown and liquidated, and there is no more 'sir'."

"Okay, my lord."

Winters was choked and speechless, Andrei Then he burst into a violent laugh and beat his thighs with all his might.

......

After the duty, Winters did not go straight back to his tent like Andre did, but turned a corner and went to the armory.

A Legion is a small society, not only military, but also various craftsmen, such as blacksmiths.

These craftsmen are all military, and some are full-time craftsmen, such as blacksmiths and gunsmiths in the Ordnance Department, who repair ordnance.

Some other things belong to soldiers with specific skills. Because of their duties as carpenters, masons, etc., these soldiers do not need to participate in heavy manual labor, and their salary is higher than that of ordinary soldiers.

So people with a skill are more useful at all times, even in the military.

The gunsmith in the armory saw Winters approaching, and immediately took out a strange short gun from the cabinet and handed it to Winters with both hands respectfully: "Sir, I have changed the gun you want. ”

The exquisite reed gun that Antonio gave Winters was not ready for actual combat, and was dropped into the seabed of Red Sulphur Bay along with Winters' armor and saber.

After the Winters entire group was established, he hired a few people to go to sea to salvage it. However, this time he didn't have the same luck as before. A few diving masters touched it underwater for a day and found nothing.

The beautiful and luxurious reed gun was completely lost, and Winters felt a pain in the mere thought of it. When Antonio heard about it, he gave Winters the other of the pair of reed guns.

But Winters has a new idea, one that's more convenient than a reed gun.

I took the short gun. This short gun looks like an ordinary short gun. However, there is nothing on the side of the ignition hole, no matchlock lever, and no spring wheel mechanism.

It's bare, with only the fire hole and gunpowder slot.

That's the inspiration Winters got from fighting what appears to be a court mage.

Suspected because there is nothing to prove the identity of the person. Winters is convinced that the masked man who recited the Old Empire must have been a magician, possibly a legendary court wizard.

However, minutes later Antonio and Winters looked at each other in blank dismay in front of a charred corpse, only to find that the charred corpse said nothing.

There are no tokens, signs, or features, except for an iron mask that has not been burned.

In the Sovereign War, the Senas Alliance failed to kill, capture, or persuade any of the court mages to surrender. Even if Antonio believed that his nephew was not lying, he could not point to the corpse and say that this was the case. Court Mage.

Antonio can only tell Winters to keep quiet and send the corpse to the Magic Warfare Bureau for dissection. He will also use other channels to find out the identity of this anonymous magician.

Only in retrospect did Winters figure out how the man got the crucified cannon to function properly—he must have used some kind of powerful fire-like spell, separated by The barrel ignited the gunpowder in the barrel.

In this way, shells can be fired without the need for an open flame.

He tried it himself, and it was very difficult to ignite the gunpowder through the closed metal. It seems that it is difficult for the third hand to penetrate the metal, but it is not impossible, as long as there is enough magic power.

Thinking of this, an idea popped into Winters' mind—perhaps applying it to muskets. The gunpowder doesn't necessarily need to be lit through the barrel, just use magic instead of an open flame.

Therefore, there is this custom short gun, but the specific use effect still needs to be further tested by Winters.

After confirming that the gunsmith had made the short gun to his specifications, Winters placed a bag of Silver Coins on the gunsmith's desk.

"No no no, I don't dare to ask for this, I already have a salary." The gunsmith resigned in fear.

"Your salary is earned by you working for Legion. This gun is custom made by me in my personal name, not the same thing. This money is not only for your labor, but also for this gun. Keep the materials."

The gunsmith then took the purse and said embarrassingly: "Actually, it doesn't cost much, just saw off the ordinary barrel and make a lighter gun. I don't even know how you're going to use this gun..."

Winters smiled, "I'll use it."

He wrapped the gun in sackcloth and returned to his tent.

Outside the tent, a black and thin man was waiting for him. It was Gold, "Good Luck" Gold, a former pirate captain, a rower on death row, and the biggest contributor to Winters' escape on Red Iwo.

The Veneta Navy can release prisoner rowers and distribute weapons to them when the battle is critical. As long as the prisoner oarsmen took part in the battle and returned to their posts after the battle without escaping, when the war was over, the crime could be offset and the status of free men was restored.

Gold had recovered his status as a free man after the Battle of Lighthouse Harbor, and he was the crew member of the Golden Lion who handed Winters a bag of water.

And now, he came to say goodbye.

"Sir, I'm leaving this hellish place and take the nearest communication ship to Hailan City." Gold grinned, revealing a mouthful of gold teeth—the teeth that Leighton knocked out had all been replaced with gold ones, and he smiled and said, "You Veneta Navy, look at the letter of merit you wrote to me. Come on, set me free ahead of time. I'm here to say goodbye to you."

"Are you leaving now? Where are you going?" Winters was a little surprised, and hurriedly asked Gold to come into the camp to speak.

Gold didn't go in, but stood respectfully outside the tent and said, "I don't know, I don't know where I'm going, anyway, I'm a free man again, let's take a step by step."

"It's better to leave here, you don't have to participate in this war." Winters said with some emotion, he grabbed a note and wrote down an address and handed it to Gold: "Also Remember that fatty captain we found? It's the old acquaintance of you and me, who drove your good luck back to Ocean Blue and met a pirate again, and was sold to Red Pine Manor as a slave of that fatty? Remember him?"

Gold took the note, a little confused: "Well, it seems...probably remember..."

"I said I wanted to send you a boat, right?" Winters laughed and said, "That fatty owes me a big, big debt, so he sold me his Skull for cheap. It just so happened that my mother left me a small inheritance that I could afford. You Find him at this address. The Skua is yours now, Captain Gold...but don't be a pirate this time."

Gold startled, note in hand He almost didn't hold it firmly, he stood there not knowing what to do, his eyes were a little red.

"Don't say 'thank you' and don't cry, you deserve it." Winters got goosebumps and jokingly said: "But if you go to be a pirate again, If we meet me again, then we have to fight again."

"Lord, how do you think I am lucky?" Gold didn't answer, but asked an indifferent question.

"Uh..." This question really caught Winters, he thought for a while before answering: "In a way, your luck is really good... It's unfortunate to be with Layton and us, but even if you're the only one alive in a whole ship of pirates, it's a big luck..."

"Yes, I think so too. I I've always had good luck, so I'm Lucky Gold. But there's one guy who's had better luck than me, so when I bump into this guy, my luck doesn't work. Who do you think this guy is?"

"...you're not talking about me, are you?" Winters is somewhat of an unfathomable mystery.

"That's right, my lord, that's you. It took me a long time on the deck of the Golden Lion to figure out that luck is relative, and one person's luck may be another's misfortune. If I meet someone who is luckier than me, then my good luck turns into bad luck. You are the one who is luckier than me, so I will follow you on Red Iwo Island." Gold determined He said, "So if I bump into you again in the future, I'll just surrender."

After speaking, Gold nodded in greeting, turned and walked away gracefully.

Winters was stunned for a while, then returned to his tent and began to write a letter that he had not finished writing for two days.

The supply ship from Hailan City not only sent supplies, but also a letter from home—of course, it’s just a letter from an officer, soldiers don’t have this treatment.

In Elizabeth's envelope, Winters accidentally discovered another letter, Anna's letter.

He couldn't wait to open Anna's letter, which didn't say anything special: she and her younger sister had a big fight again, she wanted to learn sculpting but her mother refused, an old man in the family The servant has left, and Hailan is now trending a new fabric from the north...

These contents are nothing special, just Anna's daily chores, but I don't know why, when Winters read these contents But it seems like an eternity.

Although his hands were covered in blood, Winters had never been bothered by someone he had killed, not even once. Killing is killing in his sight, and there's a path to death for all who die at his hands.

But the soldiers of the first Hundred Men Squad, the soldiers who were nailed to the stakes, the soldiers who followed him in the jungle, the soldiers who fought in blood in the cramped corridors, Winters always Can recall their faces in dreams.

"The cathedral of San Marco is being renovated, and many painters and sculptors have been invited. When you come back, shall we go and see it together? Mr. Montagne, where are you now? What are you doing? What? Why don't you write to me? Write back to me, I know almost nothing about you, write back to me." At the end of the letter, Anna wrote.

Winters wanted to tell Anna everything about herself, telling her that when she was trapped on the red sulfur island, she was in deep fear all the time, but she still had to put on a confident appearance in front of everyone and tell her. Her own anger at seeing the humiliated remains, telling her her own anger at Contaire and those behind him, telling her about the ghosts who had broken into his dreams...

He thought about it Many, but not a word can be written.

Finally, he took up the pen and wrote: "I'm fine, eat well, sleep well, maybe I'm really lucky."

87 The serial number of the chapter is wrong, but I can't modify it anyway, it's very confusing.

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