Warlord: King of All Clans

The black-haired dog-headed man who had just made such a depressing remark was immediately hit hard on the head by one of his own men with a stick.

"Woof woof woof! The mistress won't let you say that!"

The tribesmen under his command also had good intentions, because the last black-haired dog-headed man leader who said so had been sent to the dedication mine by Fraser.

The black-haired dog-headed man who was hitting the stick was a graduate of the River Bend Militia. He had received "higher education" and was very dislikeful of his unsophisticated chief.

The wooden stick in his hand was the whip of the Black Hair Clan. It was used to beat the tyrants and corrupt officials, and it made the group of dogs behave themselves.

The black-haired dog-headed man leader was very angry after being hit by his own men, but there was nothing he could do.

If he is the current chief of the black-haired kobolds, then the kobold who knocked him out with a club is the prophet of the clan, with authority second only to his.

Moreover, the other party had studied at the River Bay Military Academy, had been beaten by Leo, had heard Olivia's nagging, and was a direct descendant of the River Bay Mistress and the Great Demon God.

You know, the great Gnoll King Fisa can barely fight against the Great Demon, but if he falls into the hands of the Riverbend Mistress, he is just a cub who will be beaten at any minute!

On the enemy tower of the city wall, the Extraordinary Knight Wood, the Savage Hunter Magnar, the Kobold Nain, the Infantry Chief Ivan, and the Mage Morse who had just arrived, all looked down at the approaching troll army.

Looking at the densely packed troll warriors below, even the Extraordinary Knight Wood felt a little tingling on his scalp.

He is protected by the Scarlet Armor and can almost ignore the attacks of ordinary trolls. Only a few troll chieftains who have been promoted to the extraordinary level can cause harm to him.

But once thousands of trolls attacked the city wall, even the powerful Wind Knight could only retreat at best. If he was a step slower, he might be drowned by the sea of ​​people.

On the contrary, Ivan, whose weapons and equipment were far inferior to his, said carelessly: "It's a good thing you came. We haven't fought for a long time. Our armor is almost rusty. It's a good time to test the fruits of our labor this year."

After hanging out with Leo for a long time, Ivan started to use some words that ordinary people could not understand.

The Gravel Fort was built on a mountain pass. Due to insufficient construction capacity and a small population, it temporarily only occupied the southern half of the pass.

Its northern wall is located at the highest and narrowest point in the middle of the mountain pass, with a total length of less than 500 meters.

During this year, the population of Gravel Castle grew to two thousand people, all of whom were skilled laborers. There were also five or six small villages along the Gravel Road, with a total population of over a thousand.

Among these 3,000 well-trained workers, a 200-man construction team was responsible for the construction of defense facilities from start to finish.

In just one year, they used nearby stones, cement, and logs to raise the north wall from four meters to ten meters.

Two enemy towers were also built on the left and right sides of the city gate.

Behind the city wall is the Lord's Stone Fort of Gravel Castle. Although it is not large, it can accommodate 300 people for long-term defense.

The city walls, stone forts and plank roads on the cliffs on both sides of the mountain pass constitute the defense line of the northern city wall.

This is definitely a strong fortress in the wilderness. The foreign tribes that migrated to the Gravel Hills before almost all turned around and left when they saw the walls of Gravel Hill for the first time, and never thought of attacking.

Only the troll warrior Taz, whose confidence was inflated, coveted it.

Although the Gravel Fort is small, covering less than one square kilometer, it is large enough to accommodate a tribe of tens of thousands of people. In the eyes of the aliens in the wilderness, it is a large fortress.

Taz's troll clan has fallen so far behind that they have even lost their wall-building technology. A legion of more than 10,000 people can only live in the ruins of a city-state built hundreds of years ago, which is very inconsistent with his current status and position.

So the first thing Taz thought about when he saw this fortress was how to occupy it and make it the foundation for his rise.

If he could capture Stonecrush Fort and gain a city, he would be the undisputed King of the Trolls!

After several months of secret observation, Taz knew that there were not many defenders in Gravel Fort, with the number not exceeding one thousand at any time, and more than half of them were leather armored soldiers.

The human race's leather armored soldiers can only deal with gnolls and goblins, and their chances of winning a one-on-one fight against gnolls are not high.

Once his troll warriors charge onto the city wall, one can defeat at least five!

Looking at the city wall in the distance, Taz raised his battle axe and shouted: "Charge! Kill all the weak humans! The trolls are invincible!"

Thousands of trolls roared and charged directly towards the city wall. "Trolls are invincible!"

Outside the north city wall is a downward slope. Although the slope is gentle, it is more difficult to charge than the plain terrain, and the trolls are not approaching very quickly.

And because the stone mountains on both sides converge, the distance becomes narrower as you get closer to the city wall, and the trolls become more and more crowded.

This is the terrain advantage of the pass. There are only 500 meters of city walls in total. Even if thousands of troops come to attack, only a few hundred people can defeat them.

Watching the trolls rushing up the mountain pass and swarming over, Ivan was very confused, "They're rushing up now? Without even a ladder?"

Wood had seen the trolls' siege tactics before, and said in a deep voice, "You'll know soon."

Seeing the troll rushing into the thousand-meter range and Wood still not moving, Ivan had to remind him, "It's time to fire."

Wood suddenly realized what was happening and hurriedly said to the messenger beside him: "Fire!"

A soldier beside him shouted and waved the command flag in his hand towards the people below.

The five cannons on the city wall roared in unison!

Amid the tremendous roar, the entire city wall began to shake, and the inferior cement used to smooth the wall surface was shaken off and fell off.

Unlike the thirty portable cannons owned by Strong, the five bronze cannons at Gravel Fort were the latest type of city defense cannons. Although they were still of the early artillery style, they were more powerful and had a longer range.

However, they weigh more than 1,500 kilograms, which is ten times that of field artillery. With the current transportation capacity and transportation, they can hardly be used in field operations.

Moreover, due to the weakness of Hewan's basic science, these five cannons were relatively primitive and had too many problems. The only qualified data was that they did not explode.

If we have to make an analogy, they can barely reach the level of the general cannons of the Ming Dynasty.

But as a city defense cannon, in this era of the world, it is comparable to a mid-level mage!

The huge barrel is large enough to hold five kilograms of lead bullets and launch them one kilometer away.

Five kilograms of lead shotgun shells have a dispersion range of hundreds of square meters. One salvo is enough to defeat an infantry battalion of a thousand men.

The gunners of Hewan called the small cannon in Strong's hand "Centurion" and the new cannon "Thousand-Man Captain".

This was the result of the Riverbend Forge's efforts this winter, but it also used up all of its copper ingot reserves.

As soon as the army assembled, Leo had the craftsmen transport it to the Rubblestone Fort and place it on the city wall.

The gunner, who is responsible for firing the shells, is an apprentice craftsman who specializes in artillery.

They are not only participants in artillery casting, but also participants in artillery testing, and they themselves possess certain military qualities.

Leo organized him into the first artillery of Hewan. He became a city defense artilleryman during wartime and an artillery apprentice in his spare time.

As for the cannon maker who changed his profession from a bell maker, he was considered a top talent in Isenbol, and Leo was reluctant to bring him to the battlefield.

Five shotgun shells were fired, stirring up a large area of ​​flesh and blood in the sea of ​​trolls, and immediately clearing out five open spaces.

Hundreds of trolls were torn to pieces in an instant, and their death released fear into the hearts of their companions.