Carry the Ring of Elden with you

Chapter 76: Stonewell is marching into a

"Boom--"

The towering ladder chariot was slowly pushed forward, and it was filled with soldiers who were ready to go. It left deep black marks on the white snow, which were then gradually filled into light white with new snowflakes.

As the extremely penetrating red flare exploded in the sky, the Allied forces around Pulin City except the south gate began to march together.

The soldiers and generals at all levels guarding Pulin City naturally saw the flares exploding in the sky. The soldiers began to subconsciously grab their weapons and look outside the city wall, while the generals responded by belittling the enemy. Encourage your own soldiers.

"What are you afraid of? Our scouts discovered the enemy's tactic of surrounding three and one missing. Do you know what this means?" A general on the west city wall used this method. His words attracted people. The soldiers' attention made these nervous soldiers prick up their ears.

The general was about 30 years old, relatively young, and a fat man who was well fed.After he saw that everyone's attention was focused on him, he smiled contemptuously and said loudly: "It shows that the enemy's commander is an incompetent moron! His soldiers are following a group of idiots! I ask you, if you are allowed to stay at night Can we keep quiet during the march?"

"Yes!" the soldiers shouted in unison.

"Then tell me, are these enemies, who were discovered by our scouts just as they were marching, a bunch of chickens and dogs that will break into pieces at a touch?"

"Yes!"

"Then let me ask you, we already know that the enemy is a group of troops assembled here and there, and General Lu Si'en has strengthened our defensive strength on the west city wall. Then why are you nervous?" The general laughed and scolded: "Are you pretending on purpose? Show it to me so that when the beating is over, you can ask me for an extra pair of pants to replace the pants you were scared to pee on?"

"Hahaha."

The general saw that the original nervousness of the soldiers had been relieved for the most part, and felt that it was almost done. The expression on his face said seriously: "Okay, stop laughing. Although the enemy is a country chicken and a dog, we have to be serious. . The ten people who kill the most enemies will be rewarded heavily by General Lu Si'en."

"General, what exactly is the reward?" A more courageous soldier next to him asked with his head in the air.

The fat general kicked him lightly: "It's definitely no worse than rubbing your own stick at night. Okay, everyone, be serious! Observer, observe the distance between the enemy and the city wall!"

Initially, the soldiers around him couldn't help but smile after hearing the fat general's words, but after hearing the formal order, they immediately put away their playful smiles.

"Yes!"

At the same time, the figures of the French Holy Empire Allied Forces finally appeared in the sight of the Pulin City soldiers from the light wind and snow.

It's just that these armies from different countries are mixed together. Although the formations look distinct, in fact, the countries are not familiar with each other's cooperation and are marching like this.

The fat general on the west wall naturally noticed this scene, and a trace of disdain flashed in his heart, and his evaluation of this Allied army as a "country chicken and a dog" became even firmer.

The countries attacking the west gate include Austin and Gunther. The soldiers of Gunther still look thin in armor, and their shivering appearance in the cold wind makes people doubt whether these soldiers can complete the siege. action.

The highland man from the Austin Kingdom wore a thick white snow coat and leather armor, and walked past the Gunther soldiers in high spirits.They couldn't help but show a trace of ridicule when they looked at the latter's frail appearance, and even thought that these soldiers of the Gunther Kingdom could not win the first victory in the siege from them.

However, neither the arrogant soldiers of the Austin Kingdom nor the trembling soldiers of the Gunther Kingdom noticed the small stones piled up in a haphazard manner on their marching road.

"Prepare the catapults!" The generals of the Austin Empire rode on their horses and shouted with their swords raised, and seven or eight catapults for siege were immediately pushed forward.After the soldiers adjusted the angle, the tight rope of the catapult was severely cut off, and irregular stones rose into the air and hit the wall of Pulin City, bringing up heavy dust.

Occasionally, one or two lucky stones crossed the towering city wall, but they failed to cause any effective damage at all.

Roland observed with a telescope from behind the battlefield and shook his head slightly.These seven or eight trebuchets did not concentrate their attack on one point at all. The stones were scattered and hit the city wall, which only caused the thick wall to itch.

"Don't panic! Hide your body behind the battlements!" The fat general squatted behind a battlement and shouted loudly to the surrounding soldiers.

Just as the leading highland human warriors from the Austin Kingdom walked past the pile of small stones, the sharp-eyed observer on the west wall of Pulin City immediately shouted to the fat general: "1000 meters!"

The fat general nodded and immediately shouted to the soldiers in the city who were ready to control the trebuchet: "1000 meters!"

The soldiers who heard the exact distance nodded to each other, adjusted the angle of the trebuchet, and then launched the burning stone projectiles together.

Different from the easy-to-pull trebuchets used in the Austin Kingdom, the heavy trebuchets used in Pulin City were the first to be used. The stones thrown out were as big as half a carriage.

The initial positions of the Austin Kingdom and the Gunther Kingdom encountered a severe counterattack by the trebuchets from Pling City.

Under the accurate distance estimation of the observers in Pling City, heavy stones fell into the formation of the Highlander soldiers, causing a bloody mess.There was even a ladder truck carrying soldiers that was unfortunately hit by a huge stone thrown by a trebuchet, bringing with it blood mist and stumps.The ladder truck lost its central structure and slowly collapsed amidst the shouts of the surviving soldiers inside, kicking up white flying snow and black mud on the ground.

However, this could not stop the Allied forces from advancing, and this loss was not worth mentioning given the huge number of Allied forces.

"500 meters!" The observer tried hard to identify the stone barrier on the snow. After the Allied forces crossed a small stone barrier again, he accurately reported the distance between the Allied forces and the city wall.

The fat general followed the same pattern as before and shouted to the soldiers on the small trebuchets: "500 meters!!"

Then heavy and small trebuchets launched a counterattack against the Allied forces.

Although the stone pellets projected by the small trebuchet are not as large as those of the heavy trebuchet, which is only about the size of a pumpkin, it is better because of its faster firing frequency.Even if these pumpkin-sized stone pellets did not directly hit the soldiers of the Austin Kingdom and the Gunther Kingdom, the splash damage caused by cracking in the snow caused many soldiers of the Allied Forces to directly lose their combat ability.

When the observer observed that the Allied troops had crossed the last stone barrier, he just shouted to the fat general: "200 meters!" when he was shot by an archer standing on a ladder truck that was gradually advancing and was a little higher than the city wall. Shot through the throat.

Upon seeing this, the fat general immediately hid behind the bunker of the city wall and shouted loudly: "The enemy is 200 meters away!!! Load up the crossbow!"

"Whoosh whoosh!" The ambushed archers and long crossbowmen came out of the bunker together. The sudden rain of arrows took away many Gunther soldiers who raised their one-handed bucklers and carried the siege ladder. , even the iron baffle on the front of the ladder truck was full of arrows.

However, these archers and crossbowmen exposed from behind the bunker also became the targets of the archers on the ladder truck. For a while, the long-range strike forces of both sides fell into an anxious relationship.

The fat general passed through the gap in the battlements and watched the ladder truck and the Allied forces outside the city wall getting closer and closer. He shouted again: "Prepare the fire oil and cupping pots!!"

The indescribable smell of kerosene filled the city walls as the soldiers were transported.The outer layer of the kerosene jar swayed as the soldiers ran. Occasionally, dark black kerosene dripped onto the city wall, and was later trampled into a mass of ink dots by the soldiers' footsteps.

At this moment, Austin's ladder trucks approached the west city wall one after another. The baffle suddenly fell down, and the barbs embedded into the solid wall with a "snap" sound.The brave highland warriors from the snowy north of the Austin Kingdom waved their shields and swords and stepped over the barrier to jump onto the city wall.

"Clang, clang, clang!" Then these highland men in snow-colored coats were hit by the kerosene cans and were covered in a dark, sticky liquid. The kerosene gradually spread to the entire baffle.

The fat general drew his sword and stabbed it into the chest of a highland warrior who had jumped into the city wall. He pushed the body off the city wall and shouted loudly: "Fire!"

"Hoo——!" A torch was thrown on a highland warrior covered in pitch-black fire oil, immediately turning him into a pyromaniac, and then his companions around him were infected by the fire and turned into more. The flames and the kerosene on the baffle also burned, temporarily turning the bridge connecting the ladder truck to the city wall into a sea of ​​​​fire.

"Ahhh!" The highland warriors, whose bodies were burning with flames, let out a heart-rending roar, waving their twisted limbs and falling from the tall ladder truck, hitting the ground.If these warriors did not fall to death immediately, Pyro would roll on the ground a few times before dying wailing.

The miserable way of death of these soldiers did not make any impression on the Allied Forces who were already numb to life and death. At this time, Gunther soldiers carrying long ladders came to the bottom of the city wall, and the bows and arrows shot downwards by the opponent pushed the long ladders one after another. Set up next to the city wall, they raised their shields above their heads and began their death climb.

Beside each long ladder, there were many short archers from the Gunther Kingdom who raised their heads and shot sharp arrows at the defenders who came out to throw stones or shoot arrows. Many soldiers from Pling City were shot in the face and fell down. Come.

"Wow!" The defenders of Pulin City poured barrels of hot oil down the city wall, and then torches ignited the long ladder climbed by Gunther soldiers, turning it into a restricted area for life. .

However, the number of soldiers attacking the city was too great. Soon the fire oil used to defend the city was almost exhausted, but the number of long ladders remained unabated. Some soldiers from the Hungry Gunther Kingdom even smelled that their comrades were being cooked by the fire. The corpse exuded a disgusting smell of meat, leaving saliva on it.

Then the soldiers of the Gunther Kingdom climbed the long ladder with bloodshot eyes and worked harder. Their general said that as long as they captured Pulin City, they could loot the things in the city.That's why these soldiers who were freezing and not eating enough food fought so hard.

"Oh, these bastards can still have so much energy to fight, and they even come to me and complain that they don't have enough to wear or have enough to eat. It's really ridiculous." The general of Gunther Kingdom sat comfortably in his camp. On the high platform, he said sarcastically while drinking the freshly warmed wine.No, he is more like a fat nobleman than a general who leads troops to fight.

He shook the wine glass and said to himself: "It seems that their rations can be deducted a little more. These deducted rations can be sold to their families at high prices. Haha, they want to enjoy it for free from me." To get food? No way."

At this time, the flames burning on the baffle of the ladder truck gradually extinguished, and the highland warriors of Austin Country stepped onto the baffle again.

"Kill! For the Empire! For Austin!"

This time, without the flames to stop them, they roared and roared, and jumped directly onto the corridor of the city wall. They used their strong physical fitness to forcefully break out of a safe zone, allowing more highland warriors to come to the city wall. .

The fat general stabbed a Gunther soldier who climbed up the long ladder to death with a sword. Then he looked up and saw a highland warrior wielding a broadsword and cutting off two Pulin City defenders. For a brief moment, He was stunned for a moment, and it wasn't until he felt a chill coming from his head that he came to his senses. With his backhand, he tightened the sword in his hand around the heart of a Gunther soldier who took advantage of his daze to launch a sneak attack.

The fat general retreated in a cold sweat, panting heavily, and other soldiers guarding the city immediately filled his vacancy, allowing him time to observe the situation on the city wall.

He found that the soldiers from the Gunther Kingdom were fine. They were weak and seemed to have not had enough to eat. Although there were many soldiers, they could cope with them.The focus is on the area where the highland warriors are located. The soldiers in Pulin City are really physically unable to engage in close combat with these highland men.

This is also the reason why many nobles choose to protect the highlanders as personal guards, because except for those terrifying orcs, these taller highland men are indeed much better at fighting than the plains humans.

"Let the mages come over and deal with these highlanders! Let's use the crossbows to destroy these ladder trucks!" The fat general shouted to a guard beside him. The guard nodded and walked down the city wall to find the mage who was resting with his eyes closed.

As the mages climbed onto the city wall, colorful magical lights shone in the corridors of the city wall.The highland warriors of the Austin Kingdom had no resistance at all and were immediately killed by the spell and were completely routed.

At this time, the fat general and his personal guards came to the ballista on the city wall. With the help of the soldiers nearby, they adjusted the angle of the ballista to aim at the ladder chariots connected to the city wall.The crossbow arrows they were going to launch this time were a little different. The specially-made arrows had barbs on them, and the arrows were connected to thick and long hemp ropes. The hemp ropes were wrapped around a delicate device and connected to more than a dozen tons of suspended rocks at the other end. .

"Bang——" The specially-made crossbow arrow shot into the top side deck of the ladder truck from the side, and the barb on the crossbow arrow faithfully played its role.

Then the fat general and his soldiers smashed open the delicate device, and the suspended stone pulled the hemp rope and sank. After the distance reached the limit, the hemp rope stretched tightly, and then this force moved along the hemp rope. The rope was delivered to the ladder truck which was caught by the barb of the crossbow.

The side of the ladder truck suddenly felt force, making a heart-breaking squeaking sound. It was dragged by the falling stones and tilted slowly at first. The highland soldiers above noticed something was wrong and started to jump off the ladder truck that was no longer balanced.

"Boom! Boom—!"

In the end, one ladder truck after another collapsed under the capture of gravity, causing a chain reaction that destroyed many long ladders in Gunther Kingdom, and raised large amounts of ice, snow and mud outside the west city wall.

The defenders on Pulin City cooperated with the mages to clear out the remaining allies, and raised their weapons high and cheered in victory.

The fat general also smiled with satisfaction, but before he could say anything celebratory, he heard a distinctive horn sound.

The sound of the horn sounded like the cry of an eagle or the roar of a ferocious wolf, followed by the roar of an increasingly louder storm, which gradually overshadowed the cheers of victory in Pling City.

Finally, the ferocious storm blew away the dark clouds that had been lingering in the sky, driving away the snowflakes that had been falling, allowing the bright rays of the sun that had not been seen for several days to shine on the dark red and bright silver armor of this army. The banner embroidered with the golden tree emblem was erected high, and it also fell on the golden sword in the hand of the mountain demon knight who had awakened from hibernation.

The fat general vaguely heard the legions coming in the storm shouting:

——Stonewell, move forward!go ahead!go ahead!

Chapter 77: Stonewell in March [-]

Roland had been observing the siege situation through the telescope in his hand without saying a word, observing the distribution of the enemy's defensive forces on the west wall.

It wasn't until the mage troops were mobilized to the city wall to clean up the highland warriors from the Austin Kingdom that Roland turned to Edgar beside him and ordered his soldiers to wake up the mountain monsters that had been sleeping in the huge wooden boxes for several days. Knights.

One after another, the Troll Knights woke up from their slumber wearing armor tailor-made by the dwarves. Their broad soles sank slightly on the snow, and they let out terrifying roars.

All the surrounding allies raised their heads and looked at the scene of these mountain monsters standing in line under the command of the Homeless Knights holding golden giant swords with shocked expressions. They were speechless for a moment.

After being shocked, the eyes of the general sent by the Austin Kingdom were full of envy and jealousy.He looked at these mountain monsters who seemed to be very resistant and capable of fighting, and wished that these behemoths were Austin's soldiers.

The fat noble of Gunther Kingdom reacted and cursed unhappily: "Damn it, you actually hid so many giant beasts? You made me lose so many soldiers in vain. No, I will ask you after the battle is over." Come to Roland to ask for the cost of losing soldiers!"

Roland did not care about the attitude of his allies. Instead, he ordered the horns to continue blowing and said to Edgar, who was already ready to go. "Edgar, our purpose remains unchanged. The friendly forces have not been completely defeated yet." , we began to attack. Let them attract the attention of some of the city's defenders, and we took the opportunity to cover Jonson Bloodhoof's tauren troops to smash the iron gate on the glacier."

"Don't worry about the attack of the enemy mages. Since the enemy mages have exposed their position, I will let Yaqir deal with them." Roland said.

In the past few days, in addition to killing all the scouts sent to rescue by Pulin City, Yaqir also went around to check whether the Charles Empire had sent dragon knights to Pulin City to help defend the city.

Of course, the results of the investigation were negative. There was no way that the giant dragons could be locked up in a large, dark, opaque wooden box like the mountain monsters, and given the status of the giant dragons in the hearts of the soldiers of the Charles Empire, it was impossible for them to suffer such a heavy blow. Wronged.

If it weren't for the fact that Aqil had to eat so much every day that he couldn't hide it in a big wooden box, Roland would have stuffed Aqil and those mountain monsters into an extra large wooden box disguised as a siege equipment. It was not released until around Pulin City.

Another most important reason is that Feilong eats a lot of food and metabolizes it quickly. If Yakir is locked in an extra large wooden box, just how to deal with the excrement pulled out will be a headache.

When Yakir observed Pulin City from high altitude, he found no signs of dragon activity in the city. Therefore, after learning this information, Roland felt relieved and sent Yakir to wreak havoc on the city wall later.

If something unexpected happens, all 30 homeless knights brought by Roland this time are another insurance policy.

"Yes, Lord Roland." Edgar cupped his fists and bowed slightly to Roland.

Then Roland stood in front of the 29 homeless knights who had already formed up and the 2000 exiled soldiers behind them. He took a deep breath and started his pre-war encouragement.

Although he understood that even without his own encouragement, these hundreds of battle elites under the Storm King would not be much afraid of the battle that was about to begin.Perhaps in their eyes, this siege cannot be compared with the battlefield that took place in the border area.But as a leader, Roland must stand up at this time and let these soldiers know that he is watching them.

Roland looked at the homeless knights and popular soldiers who had been summoned to this strange land from the border area far away from their hometown. The faces of the warriors who once belonged to the Storm King were wrapped in helmets, and he could not see the expressions of these soldiers clearly.

He wanted to spit out some clichés from his Adam's apple, such as God bless the golden tree and wish you good luck in martial arts, but found that the words in these words were too pale, and Roland himself felt that he could not make these soldiers rise up.

So the stage fell into a brief silence, whether it was the three homeless knights White, Fazhuang and Arthur who were summoned first, the city lord Edgar who was summoned along with Moren City, or the exiled soldiers. , all of them looked at Roland with firm eyes under their helmet-covered faces, and did not make any noise because of Roland's sudden silence.

Hometown... Hometown... A flash of inspiration flashed in Roland's mind. He suddenly raised his head and said to the silent knights and soldiers Lanxess: "I know that you carry the origin of your name, whether you are a lost knight or a knight. The exiled soldiers all represent a derogatory term even in the borderland. It is precisely because your former king lost in the battle with War King Godfrey that you were given the title of "the golden dynasty of the borderland" These titles, no matter how much merit you achieve, you cannot escape from this title.”

Yes, even Oleg, who is famous for the wings of the Storm King in the game, hunts countless traitors and even returns as a hero after accepting the invitation of the Blessed King. He is still called the "Homeless Knight" instead of the "Blessed King". Titles like "Prince Fu's right-hand man".

"But I am different. I believe that after you are summoned to this world, you will be able to feel that the new golden tree I planted is different from the golden tree at the junction that likes to exclude all external forces."

Although the homeless knights and exiled soldiers were not sure why Roland suddenly mentioned these things, they all nodded because they did feel that they were treated differently than they were at the border.

"What you, who were like living corpses after the ring was broken, don't know is that I had a sincere friendship with the descendants of the Storm King." Roland revealed this information, and this team that had been keeping quiet finally came into being. There was some commotion, and even the homeless knights couldn't help but breathe quickly.

"I have been thinking that it is very inappropriate to continue to call you 'homeless knights' or 'exiled soldiers' in this new world." Roland shrugged: "If you really want to say that, whoever comes here is not What about losing your hometown? Oh, of course, maybe some of you who were born in Moren City are lucky enough to return to your hometown on this land."

Some of the exiled soldiers who were in similar situations to what Roland said smiled knowingly.

"Having said so much, what I want to say is: if we successfully occupy the city of Pulin in front of us and help the allies who are about to retreat, I will be able to destroy the hometown of most of you, the once magnificent capital of the Storm King. Stonewell has been summoned from the Junction. Even if we move quickly, the descendants of the Storm King I mentioned earlier can also be summoned, so that you can get rid of the derogatory title under the leadership of the new Storm King. , regain your own glory."

As soon as Roland finished speaking, the army in front of him became quieter and quieter, but instead Roland could feel the high-spirited fighting spirit from these knights and soldiers that seemed to break through the sky.

Homeless Knight White took a deep breath, suppressed some excitement in his heart, and forced himself to calmly ask: "Lord Roland, can I ask the name of your friend who claims to be a descendant of the Storm King?"

This really couldn't be blamed on him for not believing what Roland said, because there had been no news about the descendants of the Storm King for more than a thousand years, and the sudden lack of one made it difficult for him to doubt whether they were fake.

The other homeless knights also subconsciously looked at Roland, eager to get a definite answer.

Roland nodded: "Her name is 'Neferi Lu'. She once challenged [Golden King] Greg with me in Stonewell City, and fought with me against [War King] Godfrey in front of the golden tree. Her powerful Her strength tells me without a doubt that she is the descendant of the Storm King."

"Of course, her name and strength alone cannot make you believe that she is a descendant of the Storm King." Roland paused, saw White nodding, and continued with a sly smile: "But if we say that the ashes of the ancient King of Storm Eagle responded to her Where’s the call?”

White's voice was trembling: "The ashes of the ancient King Storm Eagle responded to your friend..."

Then he looked at each other with the lost knights beside him, then looked at Roland and saluted respectfully: "Yes, your friend is the descendant of the Storm King that we have been searching for. The name and appearance may be It will change with reproduction, but the Storm Eagle will never mistake the blood of the Storm King."

"So, fight hard, soldiers of the Storm King! Let Stonewell stand firm on the Salid Road again!" Roland shouted loudly: "This battle is not for anything else, but for ourselves! I You are allowed to march in the name of Stonewell! Edgar, lead the army to attack!"

"Yes!" Edgar responded. The homeless knight turned around and roared from within his body: "Stonewell, march on!"

"Woo--Woo--↑!" The messenger blew a horn that was different from the one used when the Golden Dynasty attacked.

This is the horn that the Storm King's army once blew when they attacked, just like the whimpering sound of a raging storm.

It was true that a storm was generated around this army. The storm combat skills displayed by the Homeless Knights were like the patron saint of this army, blowing away the wind and snow drifting towards them and driving away the dark clouds above their heads. Revealing the bright sunshine above the clouds.