Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords

When all the officers and soldiers of the Northern Territory learned that this castle had only 50,000 defenders and a few spellcasters, they were all celebrating with drinks.

The Southern Territory people were insignificant, and capturing Black Rock Fortress was just around the corner.

Although it was unclear where Damon and the main force had gone, all the higher-ups determined that something must have happened to the other side, which was beneficial to the Northern Territory.

"So, will we be able to return to Cullen soon?" Zart was squatting aside, grinding his battle axe. After grinding it to his satisfaction, he plucked a hair from Hogg and placed it on the axe, and it immediately broke into two pieces. Only then did he stand up contentedly: "Boss, we fled Cullen in a hurry back then, which was really embarrassing. This time, when we fight back, we must take a trip to those old brothers."

"You blockhead, what do you mean by fleeing?! We call that a strategic retreat! It's an extremely profound tactic."

Clearly, it was an unhurried retreat, but this blockhead described it as a small-time escape, which really made the lord, whose life was without blemish, furious. He was afraid that those history-compiling scholars would record in the history books a giant work called 'The History of Li Wei the Great's Rise from Running Away'.

And give him the title of 'Li the Runner', leaving his name in history forever.

Leighton's eyes flashed, feeling that he had learned another trick, and he sighed in his heart that human language is really broad and profound. With a little embellishment, it becomes a completely different concept.

"In fact, it's not that easy." Li Wei stomped his foot, and Sorrowwind instantly shrank, jumping down and coming to the bonfire to poke at it with a branch.

"How are the sweet potatoes roasting?"

"Lord, this one is ready." Leighton handed over a sweet potato that was oozing oil.

Li Wei sat down on a wooden stake, peeling the fragrant roasted sweet potato while preparing to lecture the reckless men of Highcliff Fortress on siege knowledge.

"Siege warfare cannot be accomplished by personal bravery alone. Before that, you have to build siege ladders, siege vehicles, catapults, and so on."

For the past week, the Northern Territory army had been building siege equipment, and only now had they barely completed it.

"There are only two ways to enter the city: one is to capture the city gate, and the other is to climb the city wall."

"And no matter which one it is, you will suffer strong resistance from the other side when you approach the city wall. Ballistae, stones, and arrows will all be aimed at you. When you finally reach the city, do you think you're safe?"

Speaking of this, Li Wei left a meaningful smile before continuing: "Next, boiling hot feces will be poured over your head, which will definitely make you sick and unable to eat for a few days."

After speaking, he bit off most of the sweet potato, chewed it a few times, and swallowed it.

Zart also thoughtfully took a big bite of the sweet potato, but was instantly burned and bared his teeth.

Looking at Li Wei, who had no expression, he only felt that his boss's mouth was made of iron.

"I'd rather be cut by a knife than be covered in boiled shit." Zart shook his head, shuddering at the mere thought of the scene.

"Although we have more ice and snow mages on our side, it is also difficult to break through the city wall with magic, which means we can only attack the city head-on." Li Wei clapped his hands and raised his telescope again to check the top of the wall.

The spellcasters' magic is certainly powerful, but the city wall of Black Rock Fortress is not like the city walls of those second-rate forces in the wilderness. This weathered city wall has definitely taken into account the problem of spellcaster attacks, and the city wall is thick enough to withstand a round of bombardment.

Not to mention that the other side's spellcasters and ballistae are not decorations, and they will not sit idly by and watch the enemy bombard the city wall at will.

Black Rock Fortress is not a border town like Kalia. The city wall flickers with metallic ballistae, and there are roughly estimated to be dozens of them.

"Li Wei, you guys are really in the mood. You're still in the mood to roast sweet potatoes at this time." Lia's voice came from behind. She admired the big hearts of the Highcliff Fortress group.

Clearly, everyone else was worried or excited to death, but the people in front of her were just like they were on an outing, and they couldn't feel a trace of emotional fluctuations.

Then she said in a solemn tone: "The siege is about to begin."

"Siege if you want, it's not our turn anyway." Li Wei remained motionless in his original position.

Highcliff Fortress was also assigned a part of the task, but only responsible for patrolling a small area. Montvert, who came to support, was also assigned to the same large team as Highcliff Fortress.

The explanation on the surface is that Highcliff Fortress had already contributed a lot before, and the soldiers were tired and should take a good rest, and let them take turns.

In fact, even a goblin could understand that Highcliff Fortress had been in the limelight too much before, and the Northern Territory group's high-level officials would definitely not let them continue to be in the limelight, so they began to take over the attribution of most of the battle achievements.

But to be honest, Li Wei was also happy to be idle, and had no intention of being in the limelight at all. Siege warfare is different from field battles. This is a battle destined to be a heavy casualty. Highcliff Fortress has only a little over a thousand blockheads, and he simply cannot accept the casualties of siege warfare.

Back then, when he played the Mount \u0026 Blade game, he felt very distressed when a high-level soldier died. He was clearly a powerful lord with several large cities, but he only took one or two hundred civilians and wandered around the map.

As for high-level soldiers? They were all placed in the city as treasures.

In reality, it has nothing to do with collection addiction and hoarding mentality. Taking high-level soldiers to siege the city is purely because he thinks it's not worth it.

"It's all my fault." Lia sighed.

Seemingly, she is the real cause of this war, but she is the one with the lowest status and can't say a word.

She is even powerless to do anything about the Northern Territory army's behavior of排挤自家封臣。

"It's okay, when you inherit the throne in the future, kill the arrogance of this group of northerners to vent my anger." Li Wei seemed to have imagined Lia ascending the throne of the Duchess, holding the holy sword and wearing bright golden plate armor to protect her, acting as the Hand of the Duchess.

If anyone dares to speak rudely, he will chop them down with a sword.

"Mmm." Lia waved her small fist, seemingly cheering herself up.

……

The soldiers spent two days collecting wood, and the accompanying carpenters and blacksmiths spent another five days building military equipment.

This week became the last peaceful days inside and outside Black Rock Fortress.

One side avoided battle and strictly defended Black Rock Fortress, while the other side was busy building siege equipment in a loud and imposing manner, forming a brief tacit understanding.

Of course, the Northern Territory army was also secretly paying close attention to Black Rock Fortress, hoping that the other side would attack the logistics camp at night, but the other side was as motionless as if they had resigned to their fate, which disappointed many people.

This tranquility was suddenly broken today, when the sun had just shone on the earth, and the soldiers had just finished breakfast and warmed up.

It was also the node when two clear and melodious bell sounds came from the only church in Black Rock Fortress.

The air was still filled with mist, and there was still some snow hanging on the newly sprouted grass.

One by one, the tall siege vehicles and ladders, like giant beasts breaking through the morning mist, began to move slowly.

The dormant military camp finally woke up. A dense mass of soldiers, at least ten thousand, poured out of the camp. The neat footsteps shook the ground slightly, and the collision of armor was clear and pleasant.

They lined up in neat formations and advanced towards the besieged Black Rock Fortress.

"Infantry, raise your shields to cover! Archers, follow the siege vehicles to suppress!" The officers roared at the top of their lungs. At this moment, the soldiers were completely composed of a huge war machine that needed to be controlled manually.

Their brains were blank, only advance! Keep advancing!

The mobilization of the army could not be hidden at all. Fortunately, both sides had been preparing for a long time, and the defenders of Black Rock Fortress also began to defend in an orderly manner.

"Woo woo woo!"

The low and desolate horn sounded, crossing thousands of steps and resounding throughout the sky, conveying to everyone's ears.

It opened the curtain for this great battle.

The first to emerge were those noble ice and snow mages. After many days, they finally walked out of the warm camp.

As the chanting ended, a dozen huge ice crystal platforms, seven or eight blades high and crystal clear, rose out of thin air.

Thunder lizards with a shoulder height of three blades and a weight of several thousand pounds were tied with ropes, dragging several dauntingly tall catapults.

As the soldiers waved their whips, these endurance-filled, powerful beasts of burden, which were used to pull logistical heavy objects, began to grunt and slowly move forward.

Creak creak~

With the hard pulling of more than a dozen beasts of burden, these behemoths finally began to move slowly, inch by inch towards the ice crystal slope, and finally stopped steadily on the ice platform that was harder than imagined.

This height was almost level with the city wall of Black Rock Fortress, which greatly improved the throwing distance of these catapults, without suffering the attack of the other side's catapults.

This group of ice and snow mages really have a set. Just spending a little magic to build an ice crystal platform can increase the striking distance of their own catapults.

Especially in this still cold season, the melting speed of these ice crystal platforms is absolutely low to an unimaginable degree, enough to support until the end of this war, without having to continue to spend magic to maintain.

As a dozen ogres shouted slogans, veins bulging and stirring the turntable, the hanging arm was constantly pulled down by the iron chain, and the counterweight was raised high at the same time.

"Let this group of Southern Territory guys see how powerful we are!"

Commanding these catapults was a Earl named Winter. These ogre warriors were the alien squad he formed.

Because of their great strength, they were assigned to stir the catapult turntable.

"Release!" He roared.

The mechanism was triggered. With a burst of "whirring" metal friction, the iron chain flew out instantly, and the counterweight fell in an instant.

The stone flew up in the blink of an eye and was thrown towards the city wall. After a moment, a series of dull sounds rang out. Most of the stones did not even hit the city wall, either flying far away or plowing trenches on the ground a few steps away from the city wall. Only a few hit the city wall directly, smashing rubble and splashing.

But this was just a test shot. The craftsmen immediately began to calibrate, and the original stones were replaced with specially polished stone balls.

With the second round of release, dozens of stone balls fell towards the city wall from afar.

Rumble!

The violent explosion, the city wall seemed to be shaking slightly.

But everyone knew that this was just an illusion caused by the visual impact being too shocking.

The stone balls shattered into stones and flew in all directions. The power of these rubble was comparable to the strong shooting of a bed crossbow. Several unlucky people were unfortunately hit and immediately lay on the ground and began to howl in pain.

If the catapults continue to smash for a day and a night, the city wall of Black Rock Fortress will definitely not be able to withstand it, but unfortunately the spellcasters stationed in Black Rock Fortress are not dead.

When the third round of catapults was launched, the other side's colorful shaping magic began to be wholesale at no cost, and slammed into the stone balls in mid-air.

Along with the surge of elements, these stone balls exploded into pieces in mid-air, and the air waves and strong winds blew the clothes and hunted.

The ice and snow mages naturally would not sit idly by and watch the other side's spellcasters block them. One by one, interception magic - ice thorn technique, wind blade technique, and water arrow, began to greet Black Rock Fortress.

The magic of both sides finally met in mid-air, and then exploded and died together, and the gorgeous colors of elements spread across the sky, like a grand fireworks display.

However, the number of spellcasters on the other side was pitifully small after all, and they were quickly suppressed by the ice and snow mages and could not lift their heads.

Until the magic power was exhausted, they finally could not resist the ice and snow mages' round of bombardment, and could only let the catapults attack the city wall.

The ice and snow mages released several rounds of spells to hit the city wall, and also quickly drank the magic potions provided by the Duke of the North, and seized the time to restore magic power.

There is no free lunch in the world, and naturally there will be no free magic. Often, the powerful magic means that the magic power consumption is equally amazing.

Releasing magic is simple, but magic power cannot be restored so quickly. Even if Frulina used magic crystal mines to make magic potions, digestion still takes time. At least within ten minutes, these ice and snow mages cannot function.

The Northern Territory soldiers who climbed the city were all in a row, holding shields and battle axes, which were very suitable for climbing ladders and fighting in the city.

Taking advantage of the other side's spellcasters' magic power was exhausted, the soldiers quickened their pace.

As a result, just approaching the city wall, countless stones fell from the top of their heads. The stones, which were bigger than their heads, had reached a terrifying degree of potential energy after falling vertically.

In one round, many unlucky people were smashed to death.

Looking at the comrades who were constantly falling beside them, these Northern Territory soldiers could almost hear their own beating hearts, but at this time they could no longer retreat.

They roared and climbed up the ladder, attacking the city wall.

To be honest, they climbed halfway easily, smoothly beyond imagination.

As a result, at this moment, a rustling sound came from above.

Looking up, it was boiling hot feces. The boiling feces flowed into their bodies along the gaps in their armor, and in an instant they wailed and rolled off the ladder.

Some soldiers holding shields even hid their bodies firmly behind them, for fear of suffering the same treatment, but the stench in the air made people want to vomit.

This taste is really challenging the psychological limit of people.

"It's really tragic!"

The lord was amazed as he watched with his telescope.

Although the equipment of these siege soldiers is not bad, they can only be regarded as ordinary soldiers, and their role is to consume the other side's city defense materials and physical strength.

After all, the Northern Territory officers did not expect to capture Black Rock Fortress in the first round.