Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords.

Chapter 243 A complete defeat

Participating in the first wave of attacks were conscripted militias organized by various nobles, with the intention of first depleting the opponent's city defense capabilities.

This is not cruelty, but a necessary trade-off. If some people must serve as consumables, then preserving one's own core troops first is the natural choice.

So even though the Southern Border Guards on the city wall were suppressed by their own spellcasters for a time and dared not show up, they were still able to fight on equal terms in a strange way.

This resulted in an embarrassing situation where even if someone was lucky enough to have a sword and shield, they could only last a few dozen times before being beaten back again.

But this situation is about to end.

"Brother-in-law, look over there!" Mil put his hands on his eyes to form a canopy and shouted excitedly.

"Wow, we're finally ready to get down to business!"

Levi threw away the melon seed shells, took out the telescope attached to his waist, and looked through the lens with relish.

In the lens, a few thousand steps away from the city wall, teams of fully armed warriors were marching in neat steps.

The lord even saw a group of heavily armored warriors who were more than two swords tall. They were wearing extremely fine and heavy Thordel plate armor, which even covered their faces tightly. Only a pair of deep and cold eyes shone through the narrow gaps in the visor, which was breathtaking.

They look like moving sculptures.

"It's the Mastiff tribe!" Leah saw the golden tails hanging down from the buttocks of these armored guards. "This is another warrior group of Aunt Florina. They are only slightly less famous than the Panta warriors."

"These warriors are pretty good!"

An emotion called jealousy was ruthlessly gnawing at the lord's heart, and the sourness in his tone could corrode the hard Orichalcum steel into slag.

The group of Pandamen who had mastered Qi and were highly skilled in martial arts had already made the Lord jealous and unable to sleep for nights, and now a Mastiff man had appeared.

Just by looking at their aura, you can tell that these warriors are not just for show; they are definitely the best among the best.

The huge leg bone of an unknown beast carried on his shoulders is even more daunting.

"It seems that the Duchess has lost her patience and is ready to let the Mastiff go up to test the waters first."

Montvert expressed the thoughts of everyone on the field.

If a group of ordinary soldiers are simply allowed to fight, their morale will be exhausted sooner or later. Therefore, at the right time, the core troops will naturally be sent up to continue to withstand the pressure.

But to be honest, the resistance of the other side's guards was not as fierce as imagined, and even the conscripted militia could defeat them.

If we had more elite troops, we might be able to accomplish this goal in one go.

"This so-called famous general of the southern border, Cross, is nothing more than that. He is just an ordinary soldier who can attack the city wall. How will he deal with the absolute strength that will follow?"

Levi shook his head.

Although he was ostracized by the northern nobles and officers, he had plenty of necessary intelligence, so he knew that the person guarding the city was an old marquis named Cross, a legendary general who graduated from a military academy.

The various battles they had participated in were even more loud and terrifying. The most famous one was probably when they repelled the attack of 10,000 Lizardmen with only 800 people.

At that time, all the officers in the north were cautious about this, fearing that the other side would come up with some unconventional tactics.

So they are all advancing step by step, but until now, Levi has only seen that the opponent's city defense arrangement is indeed sophisticated. But if we really talk about famous generals, with this kind of gold content, he, Lord Li, can at least be considered a famous general.

“Levi, arrogance is the greatest vice. Although I don’t know what this Marquis Cross is thinking, his reputation is definitely not in vain.”

Montvit looked serious and tried to correct the Lion Hunting Knight's bad idea.

He had come into contact with the Marquis and was deeply impressed by some of his military ideas. He was definitely not a man who was seeking fame.

The lord was about to speak when a burst of exclamations interrupted him and he looked in the direction they were looking.

"I'm sorry!"

What came into his sight made Levi unable to help but swear, and he also understood something instantly.

They were just a bunch of ordinary little dirt slopes. Because they were away from the main battlefield, there wasn't even a human figure on them. The only thing worth noting was that the dirt slopes were very close to the ice warlock who was floating in the sky and casting spells.

How close is it? It’s so close that the lord can shoot it with his eyes closed.

Unfortunately, the view is endless and even a weed can be clearly seen above, so no one cares whether there will be soldiers here to threaten the casting group, unless the other party can deploy soldiers here out of thin air.

But at this moment, the ground was like Moses parting the Red Sea. A huge earthen platform rose from the ground in an instant, with more than a dozen crossbows shining with cold light placed on it. Soldiers wearing the same armor as the Blackrock Castle Guards released their triggers and looked at the ice and snow warlocks with cold eyes, as if they were looking at a group of dead people.

Obviously, this famous general Cross did not do nothing. The opponent had already made arrangements from nowhere, and the target was obvious, which was the enemy's spellcaster.

The opponent's position was only four or five hundred steps away from the casting group, and the casting group was huddled together like little chicks, so the accuracy in the first round was frighteningly high.

Swish swish!
Dozens of crossbow arrows made of special metal were pointed straight at the ice warlock.

The clear sound of the strings made everyone's heart tremble.

Even the ice and snow magicians couldn't help but show horror on their faces. Some of them were barely at the level of high-level magicians, and the floating magic was exactly the opponent's magic.

They hurriedly used magic to move, preparing to avoid the attacks of the crossbow arrows.

However, the crossbow arrow fired from such a close distance was so fast that it was simply a pipe dream to dodge it!

The ice warlock, who originally had the upper hand, was now facing a life-and-death crisis.

Faced with the incredibly powerful crossbow arrows, the warlocks' ice and snow shields were only slightly stronger than eggshells. They shattered the moment the crossbow arrows stopped.

In an instant, the sky was like dumplings falling, with limp corpses like sacks falling one after another. The crossbow arrows carrying huge potential energy crushed their internal organs in their chests, revealing holes as big as bowls.

"Oh my God!" Leah looked at the scene in horror, her cherry mouth opened wide enough to fit a strawberry.

The surviving ice sorcerers were all frightened and ran to the ground quickly, hiding behind the steel shields that the soldiers had quickly erected.

Unfortunately, the other party obviously knew that this sneak attack was only a one-time deal, and the platform quickly disappeared into thin air and hid underground.

This made the ice and snow magicians feel relieved. Levi looked at this scene and felt very distressed - even though these spellcasters had nothing to do with him, Lord Li.

The magician has another nickname - "Mage", a real big boss unit. There are only about seventeen or eighteen warlocks in the entire northern territory who have moved south together, which shows how precious they are.

The Lion Hunter Knight, whose name was so loud that it was frightening, now had only four spellcasters under his command, and they were drow priests he had captured alive, and they were not even regular magicians. Sam and Orak were both shamans with a second-hand skill, and a reckless shaman who had fully activated the self-blessing.

Now, the loss of these ice mages is enough to equal an entire High Cliff Castle spellcasting team. It is no exaggeration to say that the loss is heavy.

Levi could almost imagine Florina's rage.

The fact was just as he expected. In front of the Northern Legion camp, there was a temporary wooden tower, which was also a watchtower for the nobles to observe the battlefield.

It can be said that they witnessed with their own eyes the miserable plight of the ice and snow magicians, like pugs falling into the water. They were all shocked at first, and then they were furious.

Florina, who had a smile on her face, was now expressionless and silent.

"My lord, the despicable dwarves from the southern border attacked us. They must have come here through a tunnel dug underground. Let me take people to make them pay with blood!" An aristocrat slashed the wooden fence next to him with a sword.

"These damned southerners only know how to use such despicable means. I will capture them and tie their limbs with horses to make them regret this!"

"Your Excellency the Duke, please let us go!"

All the nobles roared with red faces and thick necks. At this moment, they felt that this was a great humiliation and they must return it a hundredfold to feel relieved.

Two hundred thousand elite soldiers surrounded an isolated city, but the most important spellcasting group in the rear was stolen by the enemy. For all the nobles, this was a dark history that would be recorded in the history books.

How can they not be annoyed?

"Tess, Winter, go and bring people to capture them. I want all the soldiers and spellcasters involved in this tactic to experience the skinning of the North!" After a long silence, Florina finally spoke. Although her tone was still calm, the content of her voice was chilling.

"My Lord Duke, as you wish!"

The two earls smiled, turned around and led their soldiers to the location where the other party appeared.

It must have taken a long time for the other party to dig such a long underground passage. Similarly, it is not easy to destroy it. If they are fast enough, they can catch up with the other party before they enter Blackrock Castle.

After all, transporting those sophisticated crossbows back would slow down the process.

Tess directly ordered a thousand elite soldiers under his command to rush over. As expected, the cave entrance had not collapsed, and even the crossbows were still placed in a disorderly manner on the ground.

"Look, these southern dwarves left these crossbows and ran away."

Tess was smiling, but cold.

As the first person to attack the town of Kalia, instead of getting the credit, he became a clown to set off someone else.

Now, his chance to avenge his previous humiliation has come. If he can attack Blackrock Castle through the tunnel, his military achievements will definitely improve instantly and become extremely dazzling.

"Tess, could the enemy be lying in ambush underground? After all, they have spellcasters." Earl Winter was in charge of the catapult before, but he just happened to be rotated down. Unexpectedly, he immediately encountered an opportunity to gain military merit, so he directly brought his troll guards over.

When Count Winter said this, Tess instantly remembered what happened in Kalia Town, where he suffered a loss from the spellcaster. He nodded and said, "It's possible. Let the soldiers go in and take a look first. If there's no problem, we'll go down later."

His chest still ached slightly, so he prepared to be on the safe side, although it seemed to him that the other party had obviously fled in a panic, otherwise he would not have left these crossbows here.

You know, more than a dozen crossbows are definitely a huge force for defending a city, and generally speaking they will not be easily abandoned.

Levi is a soldier who is always proud of the fact that his name is pronounced the same as that of the Lion Hunting Knight.

He didn't understand why Earl Tess and other northern bigwigs wanted to exclude the Lion Hunter Knight.

Frankly speaking, he felt that the other party was admirable both in what he did and in his own abilities.

However, everyone excluded him. Even if he admired him, he had to pretend to spit on him and say that the other party was an untameable dog, so as to avoid being excluded or even hated by the monarch.

Back to the point, he admired the Lion Hunting Knight and naturally longed to become a big shot like him.

So when faced with the achievement that was so close at hand, he rushed to the front without hesitation. As long as he could pass through this underground passage and attack Blackstone Castle, he might become a Knight Levi!
But at this moment, he regretted the decision he had made.

Originally there was only a passage with messy footprints on the ground, but now there is something more.

It was a candle that was about to burn out, and it was even possible that the wax in the base would be used up in the next second.

Gudong~
Candles, which were usually very common, now made the northern soldiers in the front row suffer from the saliva swallowing disease.

Because there was a sticky green liquid flowing on the ground, emitting a fluorescent green light. It looked very beautiful, but everyone couldn't help but feel that this liquid was "evil"!
"What are you humans doing? It's just some sticky liquid and candles. You are so cowardly and incompetent." A troll warrior pushed forward from behind, his disdain clearly visible.

"You damned pig! I really want to chop you to pieces!" A white-bearded knight yelled angrily, "Wildfire! This is wildfire! Once it ignites, we will all die here."

"I have seen a ghost. How could I see something made by an alchemist here?"

The usually modest and polite knight was now like a shrew, cursing all kinds of dirty words in anger to hide his inner despair.

Once this alchemist's fuel is ignited, there is no possibility of extinguishing it, and it will not stop until the last moment.

Levi, who was at the front, didn't even have the mood to care about what was happening behind him. If it caught fire, he would definitely be the first to be burned to death.

There is no way to turn around and run now, the candle is almost burned out, and once it is exposed to wildfire, it will explode violently.

The only hope is to extinguish it.

He leaned forward slowly, his lips trembling with fear. Although it was cold, his back was already wet.

The soldiers and knights around him didn't even dare to breathe, for fear of disturbing the enemy and causing them to fail.

He took a deep breath and slowly stretched out his hand to put it out. The flame was dancing constantly. His movements were very slight, but the next second the flame tilted...

He smiled grimly.

Boom boom boom!
(End of this chapter)