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Not long after, the soldiers of the Western Guard Corps climbed the outer wall of the castle and engaged the defenders in close combat.

The first wave of first climbers were all elite soldiers wearing heavy armor, and it was difficult to hurt their vital parts even with spears and bayonets.

After a fierce battle, blood and flesh flew everywhere, and even soldiers were thrown off the city wall from time to time.

People on both sides of the attack and defense kept falling down, and the scene was very bloody. Gradually, the city wall was stained with a touch of scarlet.

It must be said that among the soldiers defending the city, there were hundreds of people who were well-equipped, experienced in combat, and very capable.

They caused a lot of casualties to Simon's army.

However, he always looked calm, and the so-called kindness is not in charge of the army is not just talk.

Soldiers who have not experienced life and death battles can never become elite.

This battle lasted from morning to afternoon, and Aire finally led his army into the Nut Castle and basically won the battle.

This battle was the most tragic battle Simon had fought, with more than a thousand soldiers killed and more than two thousand wounded.

Among them, hundreds were disabled.

For a siege, the casualties do not seem to be great, thanks to the healing magic of the accompanying mages.

They are basically medium-level mages, and there are even two high-level mages.

They can cast healing auras or more effective large healing spells, and the wounded can be healed very well in the first place.

Otherwise, if this battle is fought hard, at least three or four thousand people will die. Although the siege equipment is excellent, there are still two thousand defenders after all.

The soldiers of Nut Castle are not straw bags, and their combat capabilities are not bad. They can barely be considered elite.

In order to train soldiers, Simon only sent a small number of elite soldiers to lead the way, and the hard battles were fought by those recruits who had been trained for three months to a year.

The result is not bad, and the overall performance is qualified.

The casualties of the siege are indeed too large, and it is best not to fight hard unless it is absolutely necessary.

However, Simon still has a bronze cannon in his storage column. When he really needs to attack the city, he can use this thing to blow open the door first.

That will be much easier and save many people.

By the evening, the battle in Nut Castle was completely over and all enemy soldiers were cleared.

Baron Gotley died in the square in front of the inner castle, and his wife and only lover committed suicide by taking poison.

In addition, he had a dozen confidants who took two sons and a daughter to the outside of the castle through the tunnel, hoping to escape.

But they were surrounded by the soldiers of the North Guard who were on guard outside.

The commander of this army, Hilde, waved his hand decisively without saying a word, and the soldiers rushed up and hacked and killed them all.

After the battle, Simon led the Courageous Guard into the Nut Castle for a patrol. There was a strong smell of blood inside, so they walked around and left the city.

The mages were very busy. In addition to treating the wounded, they also had to cast light or purification spells in places where there were many dead people.

To prevent the birth of too many undead.

It is not easy to build a castle. This will be the site of Nut Town in the future.

The army buried pots and cooked outside the city and spent the night.

The next day, Simon left a thousand soldiers and five honorary knights to garrison, and then continued on his way.

These knights were all people with names in the team column, so they were all very reliable.

In the following twenty days, Simon passed through three territories of direct barons and attacked them all the way.

Two of the barons did a good job of reconnaissance, set up checkpoints at the border, and the sentinels lit the smoke in time.

When Simon led his army to remove the outlying strongholds, both of them decisively abandoned the small castle and ran away with their elite soldiers and valuables.

Another one was also a stubborn person like Nut Castle, who held on and vowed to live and die with the castle.

This time Simon asked the North Guard Corps to go up and conquered it in just a few hours.

It was much easier to attack this castle, because the outer wall was only more than seven meters high, and the garrison was only more than a thousand people, which was not of the same order of magnitude as Nut Castle.

In this way, the two legions under Simon's command all received certain actual combat training, and basically saw blood.

On this day, Simon led his army to the Goat Territory, which is the last area leading to the Changxiang Territory.

"My Lord, the Griffin Knight has found a castle, which should be the residence of the Goat Baron.

But the location of the castle is very good, easy to defend and difficult to attack." Airey suddenly came to report.

"Let's go around and take a look first." Simon ordered.

"Yes!" Airey responded and left.

After half a day, Simon led his army to the foot of a hill according to the guidance of the scout cavalry.

After some observation, he couldn't help but marvel.

"Hey, this location is really good, it is indeed difficult to attack, but the place is a little small, I'm afraid it can't withstand a long siege."

Simon looked at the small castle on the hill and commented

The location of this castle is tricky, on the hill, with cliffs on three sides, and only a slope on the south is feasible.

And the Griffin Knight also found a spring pool in the castle, with a water surface of about 100 square meters.

Therefore, there is no shortage of water in the castle, and it is estimated that there is a lot of food, and it is probably not a big problem to support it for a year or two.

If they were to attack by force, they could only use the tactic of adding fuel to the fire, or use griffins to carry black gunpowder to bomb.

The former would require at least five or six thousand people, while the latter could flatten the castle, and the benefits would be greatly reduced.

Simon thought for a while, and finally decided to use the bronze cannon to bomb him.

After some operations, he quietly took out the bronze cannon and pushed it to the front of the formation.

More than a dozen loyal confidants in the team column immediately began the pre-launch operations.

They were all members of the Courage Guard. When they tested the power of the artillery before, they were also in charge of it.

After a while, the bronze cannon was filled with primers and put on a large lead ball, aiming at the castle gate on the hill.

Simon retreated more than ten meters and ordered: "Fire!"

The soldier immediately lit the fuse. After half a minute, there was a loud bang, and a tongue of fire more than one meter long spurted out of the muzzle, and the ground trembled slightly.

A dark round ball was shot out like a phantom.

A moment later, the oak door of the castle burst open with a bang, and the lead ball smashed directly into it.

"Keep firing!" Simon ordered when he saw this.

"Yes!" The soldiers immediately installed the primer again and put on the lead ball.

Boom... Boom...

For more than half an hour, more than a dozen shots were fired. The bronze barrel was added with a little magic material, so the probability of exploding was not high.

All the lead ball shells hit the outer wall of the castle, and finally a small section of it collapsed.

And another cannon hit the city gate again, and several clouds of blood mist burst out. It was obvious that the soldiers in the castle were organizing defense and were hit by the lead ball.

"My Lord Earl! The soldiers in the castle are already in chaos."

The griffin knight who was scouting in the air and throwing kerosene jars down landed and reported.

"Attack!" Simon heard the words, drew his sword and pointed to the sky, and ordered.

"Kill!!"

"Kill!" More than 2,000 soldiers rushed up like a tide.

The defenders at the intact city wall quickly responded and shot arrows, but the siege soldiers were holding shields and could not cause too much damage.

In addition, there were two griffin knights throwing kerosene jars overhead, distracting them.

Not long after, the siege soldiers attacked the castle from the damaged city gate and city wall in one go, and the battle ended in more than an hour.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Goat Baron knelt down and surrendered, so the battle was not completed and more than 500 enemy soldiers were captured.