Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords.

Chapter 241: Attack the city! Attack the city!
When all the officers and soldiers in the North learned that the castle had only 50,000 defenders and a handful of spellcasters, they raised their glasses to celebrate.

The people of the South are not worth mentioning, and the capture of Blackstone Castle is just around the corner.

Although it was unclear where Damon and the main force had gone, all the top brass concluded that something had definitely happened to the other side, which was beneficial to the North.

"Then can we return to Koren soon?" Zat was sharpening his battle axe with his butt sticking up. When he was almost done, he plucked a hair from Hogg and broke it into two pieces in an instant. Then he stood up with satisfaction and said, "Boss, we fled Koren in a hurry. It was really embarrassing. This time we must go back and show our respect to those old brothers."

"You idiot, what do you mean by escape?! We call that a strategic retreat! It's an extremely sophisticated tactic."

It was clearly a leisurely retreat, but this idiot described it as the escape of a coward. This really made the lord, who had a spotless life, very angry. He was afraid that the scholars who compiled history would record a masterpiece in the history books called "The Escape and Rise of Livy the Great".

He was given the nickname Li Paopao, and his name went down in history.

Leiden's eyes flashed, he felt that he had learned something new, and he sighed in his heart that human language is so profound and profound. With a little polish, it is completely two different concepts.

"In fact, it's not that easy." Levi stomped his feet, and the sad wind instantly subsided. He jumped down and came to the campfire and poked it with branches.

“How are the baked sweet potatoes?”

"Sir, this is ready." Leighton handed over a roasted sweet potato.

Levi sat down on a wooden stake, peeling some fragrant roasted sweet potatoes, while preparing to talk to the rough men of Gaoyabao about siege knowledge.

"Attacking a city is not something that can be accomplished by one's own strength. Before that, one must first build siege ladders, siege vehicles, catapults, etc."

For the past week, the Northern Army had been almost entirely focused on building siege equipment, which had only just been completed.

"There are only two ways to enter the city. One is to attack the city gate, and the other is to climb the city wall."

"No matter which one you choose, you will be strongly blocked by the enemy when you approach the city wall. Crossbows, stones, and arrows will all be fired at you. When you finally reach the city wall, do you think you are safe?"

At this point, Levi gave a meaningful smile and continued, "Then pour the boiling hot manure over your head. It will definitely make you so sick that you won't be able to eat for a few days."

After saying that, he bit off half of the sweet potato in one bite, chewed it a few times, and swallowed it.

Zat took a big bite of the sweet potato thoughtfully, and was instantly burned and grimaced.

Looking at Levi who had no expression on his face, he felt that his boss’ mouth was made of iron.

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

"Although we have more ice and snow wizards on our side, it is still difficult to break through the city wall with magic. This means that we have no choice but to attack the city by force." Levi clapped his hands and raised the telescope to check the top of the wall again.

The spellcasters' magic is powerful, but the walls of Blackrock Castle are not as powerful as those of the second-in-command walls in the wilderness. This weathered wall is definitely designed with spellcasters' attacks in mind, and it is thick enough to withstand a heavy bombardment.

Not to mention that the opponent's spellcasters and crossbows are not just for show, and they will not sit idly by and watch the enemy bombard the city walls indiscriminately.

Blackrock Castle is not a border town like Kalia. Metallic crossbows are flickering on the city walls, and it is roughly estimated that there are dozens of them.

"Levi, you guys are really free. You still have the mood to roast sweet potatoes here at this time," Leah's voice came from behind. She admired the broad-mindedness of the people in Gaoya Castle.

Obviously everyone else was worried or excited to death, but the people in front of me acted like they were here for a picnic, with no emotion at all.

Then she said in a serious tone: "We are about to attack the city."

"Just attack the city, it's not our turn anyway." Levi remained in his original position without moving.

Gaoyabao was also assigned some tasks, but it was only responsible for patrolling a small area. Mengweit, who came to support, was also assigned to the same brigade as Gaoyabao.

The apparent excuse was that Gaoyabao had already made considerable contributions and the soldiers were tired, so they should have a good rest and be allowed to take turns.

In fact, even a goblin could understand that since Highcliff Castle had been too prominent, the top leaders of the Northern Group would definitely not let them continue to be prominent, so they began to take most of the credit for the military achievements.

But to be honest, Levi was happy to be free and had no intention of showing off. Siege was different from field battle. It was a battle that was bound to result in heavy casualties. There were only a little over a thousand fools in Gaoya Fort, and he simply could not accept the casualties in a siege.

Thinking back to when he was playing the Mount & Blade game, he felt very sad when a high-level soldier died. He was a powerful lord who owned several big cities, but he only had one or two hundred civilians wandering around the map with him.

As for the high-level soldiers? They are all kept in the city as treasures.

In reality, it has nothing to do with collecting addiction and Tuntunshu's mentality. He just thinks it is not worth it to use high-level soldiers to attack the city.

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

It seems that she is the real cause of this war, but she is actually the one with the lowest status and cannot say a word.

They were even more powerless to deal with the Northern Army's behavior of ostracizing their own vassals.

"It's okay. When you succeed to the throne in the future, just kill these northerners to vent my anger." Levi seemed to have imagined that when Leia ascended the Duke's throne, he would guard her side with a holy sword in hand and wearing bright golden plate armor, acting as the Duke's hand.

If anyone dared to speak rudely, he would chop them to death with his sword.

"Yeah." Leah waved her little fist, as if to cheer herself up.

……

It took the soldiers two days to collect wood, and the army carpenters and blacksmiths spent another five days to forge the weapons.

This week became the last peaceful days in and around Blackstone Castle.

One side avoided fighting and strictly defended Blackrock Castle, while the other side was busy building siege weapons with great fanfare, forming a brief tacit understanding.

Of course, the Northern Army also secretly kept a close eye on Blackstone Castle, hoping that the enemy would leave the city and attack the logistics camp at night, but the enemy seemed to have accepted its fate and did not make any move, which disappointed many people.

This tranquility was not broken until today, when the sun had just shone on the earth and the soldiers had just finished breakfast and warmed up.

It was also the only church in Blackrock Castle, and two clear and melodious bells were heard at that moment.

The air was still filled with mist, and a little snow still hung on the grass that had just sprouted. The tall siege vehicles and ladders began to move slowly forward like giant beasts breaking through the morning mist.

The army camp that had been crawling in deep sleep finally woke up, and at least tens of thousands of soldiers poured out of the camp. The sound of their orderly footsteps made the earth tremble slightly, and the sound of armor colliding was crisp and pleasant.

They formed a neat formation and headed towards the surrounded Blackrock Fort.

"Infantry raise shields to cover! Archers follow the siege vehicles and suppress them!" The officers shouted at the top of their lungs. At this moment, the soldiers had completely formed a huge war machine that needed human control. Their minds were blank, and they could only move forward! Keep moving forward!
There was no way to hide the movement of the army, but fortunately both sides had been prepared for a long time, and the defenders of Blackrock Castle also began to defend in an orderly manner.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

A low and desolate horn sounded, echoing throughout the sky over a distance of thousands of steps and reaching everyone's ears.

This marked the beginning of this great war.

The first to come to the fore were the noble ice and snow wizards. After many days, they finally walked out of their warm tents.

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

The Thunder Lizard Beast, which was three blades high at the shoulder and weighed several thousand pounds, was tied up with hemp ropes and was dragging several tall, daunting catapults.

As the soldiers waved their whips, these beasts, which had great endurance and strength and were used to pull heavy logistical objects, began to move forward slowly with a grunt.

Creak, creak, creak~
With the strenuous pulling of more than a dozen beasts, these huge creatures finally began to move forward slowly, going up the ice crystal slope little by little, and finally stopping steadily on an ice platform that was harder than imagined.

This height is almost level with the walls of Blackrock Castle, which allows the catapults to throw at a much greater distance without being hit by the enemy's catapults.

This group of ice magicians really have a way. Just by spending a little magic power to build an ice crystal platform, they can increase the attack range of their own catapults.

Especially in this still cold season, the melting speed of these ice crystal platforms is absolutely unimaginably low, enough to support them until the end of the war without having to continue consuming magic power to maintain them.

As a dozen trolls shouted slogans, their veins bulged and they stirred the turntable. The crane arm was continuously pulled down by the iron chain, and the counterweight was raised high at the same time.

"Let these southerners see how powerful we are!"

The one who commanded these catapults was a count named Winter, and these troll warriors were the alien team he formed.

Because of his great strength, he was assigned to stir the turntable of the catapult.

"Let go!" he roared.

The mechanism was triggered, and with a "clattering" sound of metal friction, the iron chain flew out instantly and the counterweight fell down instantly.

The stones took off and flew towards the city wall in the blink of an eye. After a moment, there was a series of dull sounds. Most of the stones did not even hit the city wall. They either flew far away or plowed trenches on the ground a few steps away from the city wall. Only a few stones hit the city wall directly, causing gravel to fly everywhere.

However, this was just a test shot, and the craftsmen immediately began to calibrate it, 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!
There was a loud explosion, and the city walls seemed to tremble slightly.

But those who understand know that this is just an illusion caused by the shocking visual impact.

The stone ball broke into pieces and flew in all directions. The power of these pieces of stone was comparable to that of a crossbow. A few unlucky guys were hit and immediately lay on the ground and began to wail in pain.

If the catapults were used continuously for a day and a night, the walls of Blackrock Castle would definitely not be able to withstand it. Unfortunately, the spellcasters stationed in Blackrock Castle were not dead.

When the third round of catapults was launched, the opponent's colorful shaping magic began to be used in large quantities without paying any money, and it collided violently with the stone balls in mid-air.

Along with the surge of elements, the stone balls exploded into pieces in mid-air, and the clothes were rustling in the strong wind.

The ice and snow magicians naturally would not stand by and watch the other spellcasters try to stop them, so they used intercepting magic one by one - ice spikes, wind blades, water arrows, and started to attack Blackrock Castle.

The magic of both sides finally met in mid-air, and then exploded and perished together. Brilliant elements of various colors filled the sky, like a grand fireworks display.

But the number of the enemy spellcasters was pitifully small after all, and they were soon overwhelmed by the ice warlocks.

After running out of magic power, they were finally unable to withstand the repeated bombardment of the ice and snow wizards and could only allow the catapults to attack the city walls.

The ice wizards cast several more rounds of spells at the city walls, and quickly drank the magic potions provided by the Duke of the North, taking the time to restore their magic power.

There is no such thing as a free lunch, and naturally there is no such thing as free magic. Often, powerful magic means an astonishing consumption of magic power.

It is easy to cast magic, but magic power cannot be restored so quickly. Even if Florina uses magic crystal ore to make magic potion, it still takes time to digest. These ice and snow magicians will not be able to function within at least ten minutes.

The soldiers from the North who climbed the city walls were all armed with shields and axes, which made them very suitable for climbing ladders and fighting on the city walls.

Taking advantage of the opponent's spellcaster's exhaustion of magic power, the soldiers quickened their pace.

As a result, as soon as he approached the city wall, countless stones fell from above his head. The stones, which were bigger than his head, fell vertically, and their potential energy reached a terrifying level.

After one round, many unlucky guys were killed.

Looking at their comrades falling around them, these Northern soldiers could almost hear their own beating hearts, but they could no longer retreat.

They climbed up the ladders roaring and attacked the city walls.

To be honest, they climbed halfway with ease, which was smoother than they had imagined.

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

When they looked up, they saw burning manure. The hot manure water flowed into their bodies through the gaps in their armor, and in an instant they rolled off the ladder wailing.

Some soldiers holding shields hid their bodies behind their backs for fear of being treated in the same way, but the stench in the air was enough to make them feel sick.

This taste really challenges people's psychological limits.

“It’s so tragic!”

The lord looked through the telescope in amazement.

Although these siege soldiers are well-equipped, they can only be regarded as ordinary soldiers. Their role is to consume the enemy's defense supplies and physical strength.

After all, the Northern officers didn't think they could capture Blackstone Castle in the first round.

(End of this chapter)