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It would be naive to think that this castle is easy to conquer.

The terrain of the entire castle is completely higher than the town, and the town is easy to conquer, but how to attack the castle?When you rush up, you have to face the arrow rain and climb the fortress, and you may even be set on fire by the enemy and die together.

Therefore, Huo Teng had to park under the castle, build a siege camp, and prepare more Huo Teng artillery vehicles.

ransom?Compensation territory?

Of course, we talked while we were fighting.

Huo Teng, who was looking for servants everywhere, failed to hide the news after all.

……

When the Earl of Millhouse suffered a disastrous defeat and the entire army was wiped out until he was arrested, and the master of the enemy army had already entered the city of Millhouse, the Earl of Weimar County, the most powerful Arendser Weimar, could not sit still. Living.

Ahrendser Weimar, the largest landowner in Weimar County.People have lived on this land for generations, and even their surnames have been changed to place names.

For him, although the Earl of Millhouse is an earl, he has certain feudal obligations to him, and he is regarded as a half-subject.

It is not a problem for the Northumborg family to fight by themselves, but if Schmallen is defeated and the territory is deprived by Conosha, what about the feudal obligations of the earldom?Conossa is definitely not happy to accept it.

This is cutting Arun Desai's flesh.

Moreover, Millhouse Territory is closely adjacent to Göttingen Territory.What if, in a few decades, the Northumborg family declared that the two were originally a family and directly relied on Alen Desai's power?

Even if it only assumes the feudal obligations of Millhouse, many contradictions will still arise.

After the Norman Conquest, although William was King of England, he was still Duke of Normandy.He is an independent king in England, but in Normandy he also owes his allegiance to the king of France.This is nonsense for modern people, but it is quite normal for medieval people.

Of course, during the period of William the Conqueror, the King of France was not unattainable. The Duchy of Normandy often considered itself independent and ignored the court of the King of France at all.It's a pity that the power of the French king became stronger and stronger, which led to the serious intensification of the conflict between Britain and France.

Therefore, combining two factors, Arendser decided to intervene in the war in the northwest.

Naturally, Arendsee first invited Magde, the bishop of Weimar.

"We are all people in a civilized society. Now Conosha's palace minister, Huo Teng, has led the army to attack the city of Millhouse. How should I stop Gottingen County from infringing on our legitimate rights?" Arend Se's words were subtle.

Bishop Magde understood in seconds.

To speak of a civilized society is to expect a peaceful settlement by sending envoys first.And when Huo Teng was mentioned as the palace minister, there was actually something in his words.

In the Merovingian dynasty before the Carolingian dynasty, due to the incompetence of the kings, their hips were gradually stretched, and one king concurrently held the throne of many kingdoms, so the one who held power gradually became the local palace.From the agent to the shareholder's palace, the Carolingian dynasty was created.

So when it comes to the palace minister, the meaning here is obvious. Arendser believes that a strong person like Huo Teng will definitely replace Conosha and turn the customer into the main.

Bishop Magde twisted his beard. In fact, he didn't really want to intervene in this senseless war, but because of another conflict, he needed the count's help.

That was the tug-of-war over the election of the priest of the court of Lorraine.

The reformists who support church reform and purify the corrupt environment, and the old-fashioned factions who support the nobles to control the church, usurp their estates, and freely marry and inherit, are currently fighting in the Principality.Bishop Magde, obviously a supporter of the old school.

If you can get the support of Arun Desai, the chances of winning will be a little bit better.

"So, I understand. I will immediately send an envoy to Huo Teng's army to persuade the young monks to give up their arrogance."

As he said that, Bishop Magde suddenly had a good idea.

How about bringing in Huo Teng and Conosha to support the old school?

Chapter 45 The dung road can also break the city

Today, Horten's reputation is not only in Göttingen County.

When he commanded the army to annihilate the entire army that Schmallen fought, not only Weimar County, but also several nearby counties heard of his name.After all, these days, although resources are tight, wars do not happen every year.Like Huo Teng, a court minister who has risen since the civil war and is not afraid of foreign wars, in the small principality of Lorraine, it seems that there is no general in Shu, and is praised by many people.

In Weimar County, however, since Bishop Magde vigorously promoted conservative pastors to attack reformist pastors, such flattery became a bit more siding.

The sectarian struggle within Christianity is also very intense.More than one pope died under brutal torture.For example, a few decades ago, there was a pope named John XV. He had a bad relationship with the German Roman emperor in the north, and at one point even tried to oust the emperor by supporting and opposing the duke.However, when the emperor led his army to the south, captured the city of Rome, and continued to sweep through Central Italy, he had no choice but to escape in a hurry and was arrested.

In order to prove his majesty, the emperor even announced that he would cut off the pope's five sense organs, that is, the eyes, nose, ears, mouth and tongue, and cut him off cruelly while he was still alive, and exiled him to the northern border, where he died more than a year later.

And here, the emperor is not just a secular power.Because the emperor's coronation comes from the Pope's certification, the emperor should be a saint with divinity and be admired by Christians.Therefore, the status of Western emperors is more like a symbol of the unity of politics and religion.

Of course, what I'm talking about here is the authentic Roman emperor, like the Xibei products selected by the German region, even I don't think it's orthodox enough.

In short, Horten was surprised when the nearby monastery and church began to try to make contact with him.They sent envoys from the labor force to bring wine and some herbs made by the monastery.Although the main appeal is not to allow the army to harass the monastery and local civilians, the intention of cooperation cannot be seen.

Huo Teng naturally ate the sugar coating and threw away the shells.

But there are also people under restraint, not to go too far when robbing or cutting people's wheat.

You have to save some for others, come back next time, won't you?

……

The next day, Huo Teng set up the Huo Teng gun carriage under the castle and began the first experimental shooting.

Huo Teng likes the architectural structure of Fort Millhouse very much.He even started planning to build a similar castle in Liberty City, so that Liberty City could become a complex building while protecting his own bazaar trade.

Therefore, this bombardment also specially selected weak places to attack in order to improve their own buildings.

But what Horten didn't expect was that although the builders of Fort Millhouse couldn't say it, they had already used a lot of architectural knowledge, such as rounded corners that are easy to withstand force and not easy to collapse, such as watchtowers and gear-shaped parapets, etc. .This made Huo Teng's shelling only barely effective.The stones thrown by the trebuchet hit more than ten rounds, but only hurt a few defenders.

Although it is a wooden building, there are earth walls in it, and because of the deep foundation, Huo Teng couldn't do anything to it for a while.

This was the dilemma between most knightly civil wars in the Middle Ages.

He couldn't knock open the turtle shell on the opposite side.

The offensive spear and the defensive shield, this pair of enemies for thousands of years, can be said to be chasing each other and surpassing each other in Western Europe in the Middle Ages.

Before the advent of gunpowder, defensive shields were always very effective.

Huo Teng can't make gunpowder on the spot, can he?

what else can we do?

Huo Teng brainstormed with the whole army to find a suitable plan.

Robber Knight Henrik, after seeing the project, thought that he was shameless in the first place, and this time he simply gave up the lower limit for the sake of the territory.

He secretly found Huo Teng, saying that he had a way to break through Fort Millhouse.

"What can you do?" Huo Teng expressed doubts.Since he started asking for opinions, he has received all kinds of whimsical and magical ideas, and some even suggested flying in.

Henryk looked around timidly, and whispered: "This method is very useful, but... you have to make up your mind."

Huo Teng dubiously followed the robber knight to the small river.

Across the moat, beneath the walls of Fort Millhouse lies a black... filth.It's as if someone poured the dung bucket every day, pouring black here.

"That's the location of the toilet on the city wall. Since Millhouse City didn't plan for a toilet on the wall at the beginning, the temporary toilet was built without anti-thief facilities. If you are willing to climb up the dung path..." Henryk said He scratched his hair embarrassingly.

This method is really a bit heavy-handed.

But it seems to be quite effective.

Huo Teng knew that due to the special location on the city wall in the Middle Ages, there were no toilets, and there would be no space to build toilets.Soldiers are all settled on the spot.

What he didn't know was that in order to solve the problem of going to the toilet, people began to set up special potholes on the city walls.This pothole, in the era of stone castles, also extended into a long and narrow dung road. Specialists studied how to break through the castle from here.But that was already in the 13th and 14th centuries, three or four hundred years later.At this time, people have not yet taken the dung road to heart.

In the era when there was no composting, only rural farmers took the manure back to the fields.

"Since you have the determination, why don't you come here. You can do one thing and do two things." Huo Teng was worried that no one else would be able to take over, so he simply arranged for Henrik to be the vanguard of the dung road.

"Me? Huh?" Henrik was shocked.

How could a majestic knight do such a lowly thing?

But Huo Teng stretched out his finger: "Build a village fief for you."

"But I..."

Huo Teng raised the price: "Only for one person."

The temptation of huge benefits broke Henrik's defense line of honor.

To be a robber knight is shameful enough.What is there to be afraid of now drilling the dung road?

As long as you find a way to block the news, few people should know that they crawled through the dung road.

Henrik, who agreed to come down, searched for young people who dared to work hard, assembled a special team of dung roads, and after a few days of training, he initially mastered climbing skills.

On the other side, seeing that Fort Millhouse is as stable as a mountain, Schmallen's attitude gradually became arrogant.

Not only did he refuse the redemption price of two thousand gold coins, but he even began to dream about his dream of being rescued by his relatives after a comeback and reconquering Göttingen.

Huo Teng, who was anxious, urged Henrik to go out again and again.

Four days later, at night, Henrik brought his apprentices to the mouth of the dung road.

In order to prevent the enemy from climbing here in the future, the excrement road will be extremely narrow and difficult to walk.But at the moment, the dung road is just a simple through passage.

Henrik is not fat, so he got into the dirty and smelly feces relatively easily.

The apprentices covered their mouths one by one and followed behind.

That night, the gate of Fort Millhouse opened mysteriously, allowing Huo Teng to easily break into it.

Occupy Fort Millhouse!

Chapter 46 Upgrades and New Systems

late at night.

Huo Teng stood at the gate of Millhouse Castle where the gate was gradually rising, and he couldn't help but think a lot.

This was the first castle built by Huo Teng under his command.Although it was achieved by digging 'dung roads' and drilling small roads, the experimental trebuchet he designed himself did not play much role in the siege, but it did not affect his rise in the hearts of many knights and militiamen.

He can only lead everyone to victory in the field, but he is an ordinary general.After all, in field battles, most generals don't really understand why they win.

The one who can lead everyone down the castle is a good commander.The medieval castle defense system has always been very online.

No one knew that Huo Teng had just captured a robber knight and sneaked into Millhouse's gate through the dung road.

In fact, even though there are hundreds of people besieging a castle like this, only a few dozen people are needed to defend it firmly.This is also the reason why Henryk's sneak attack on the dung road can be successful, there are too few people.

"Huo Commander, here is a letter from the Bishop of Weimar. His servants are staying in the barracks. I hope you can see them."

At this moment, a knight who stayed behind rode over and reported to Huo Teng.

"At such a critical moment, I won't see anyone!" Huo Teng firmly ordered the army to move forward and break into the castle.

The bishop of Weimar County was still delivering the letter at a critical moment. Huo Teng felt that with his reputation, he definitely did not come to surrender.Maybe it's because they think they can quell the war by writing letters.It's ridiculous, a letter wants Huo Teng to give up the hundreds of gold coins he spent, is it appropriate?

This pile of gold coins was enough for Huo Teng to support a dozen knights for a year.

Don't let Huo Teng let go easily if you don't reap double benefits from the enemy.

The knight took a picture of Huo Teng's arrogance to break through the castle in a few days, but he was also trembling, and turned his head without daring to refute a word.

"Wait, come back. I'll show you the letter first."

Suddenly, Huo Teng seemed to understand something.

The knight didn't dare to say much, and put his faith in it with both hands.

Huo Teng took it apart, looked at it with a torch, and thought that it was indeed so.

This bishop named Magde is also a rebellious young man!

Normally, socializing in the Middle Ages did not take place at night.It means shady meanness.The bishop sent a letter overnight. If it was nonsense pleading for peace, why not during the day?Isn't the day more above board?

So after thinking about it, there is only one possibility, that Bishop Magde has a dark heart.

The same is true.

Although Bishop Magde wrote a whole page of nonsense to discourage war, on the back of the paper, there was another meaning written.

Bishop Magde asked Horten if he could make a decision on behalf of Countess Conosha.This is a bold question, because the right to make decisions is very important. If Huo Teng can make decisions instead of the countess, it means that Huo Teng has actually controlled the power of Göttingen.

The second meaning of this question is very interesting.

What does Bishop Magde want to do?

If a secular knight was here, he would probably be scratching his head, thinking that Bishop Magde wanted to propose to Ms. Conossa.

But Huo Teng grew up in the church system. He is literate, knowledgeable, and has experienced various struggles in the church.So Huo Teng naturally thought of the ongoing dispute between reformers and conservatives.

To be honest, Huo Teng felt that Bishop Magde didn't need to be particularly worried.Because although the reformers have a loud voice, their strength is nothing compared to the conservatives.Historically, the reformers have also fought continuously for hundreds of years. Only after the death of several reformist popes and countless reformers did the church's aristocratic corruption be gradually curbed.