Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords.

Chapter 253 Siege
It took the military craftsmen about three days to build equipment suitable for Cologne's tall walls.

The Northern Legion has not been idle these days. First, it sent out a negotiation officer to persuade the enemy to surrender.

After all, Damon is now trapped in the Bone Fortress and cannot get out. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that Colen can basically not be defended.

Unfortunately, no matter how hard the interlocutor talked, the other party remained unmoved and was finally scared away by a few arrows and ran back.

In this way, the big men in the North didn't care whether persuading surrender was useful or not. They had nothing to do anyway, so they sent people to the city every day to state the gap in strength between the two sides, and use threats, inducements, etc.

The main goal is to first shake the morale of the little soldiers and make them lose their fighting spirit.

However, there is one thing worth mentioning. In addition to capturing Cross's group of nobles in Blackstone Castle, the six earth priests were also arrested.

In exchange, as long as the priests of the Church of the Earth in Cologne do not participate in the city defense, they will release these priests afterwards.

The other party may have considered that the fall of Cologne was already a fact and they could not offend the North too much. In addition, the six priests were very valuable, so they agreed to this condition.

The current situation is that the opponent has lost the assistance of spellcasters, but the Northern Legion still has half of its ice and snow warlocks who can cast spells at will without worrying about being blocked by the opponent's priests.

Three days is not a short time, but it passes in the blink of an eye.

It was an early morning. The sky was already a hint of egg-red and a little cold. The military camp looked like a crawling beast in the mist.

A deep and melodious horn sounded across a distance of thousands of steps, penetrating the Northern Border camp and reaching the ears of the guards of Cologne City.

Unfortunately, this time it was not the order to eat.

The sleeping behemoth suddenly woke up, and dense groups of soldiers walked out of the tents. With the clanging of weapons and armor, they gathered under the city of Cologne and finally formed a neat queue.

Military flags were flying, men were neighing and horses were whinnying. The huge, newly-improved siege equipment was ready for battle. The giant thunder lizard was covered with hemp ropes as thick as its wrists.

This giant beast has a shoulder height of more than three blades and weighs nearly ten thousand pounds. Its body is covered with scales that are as densely packed as armor plates, and it has an extremely sharp horn on its head.

But unlike their ferocious and terrifying appearance, they are mild-tempered and completely herbivorous animals. Although they move slowly, they have sufficient endurance and great strength.

It is generally used as a draft animal in the military to pull heavy logistical objects.

The soldiers under each different flag looked solemn, patiently waiting for the horn to launch the attack.

The Gaoyabao team was assigned to the west wall and was fully responsible for the siege.

Therefore, although the general clarion call for the attack has been sounded, the lord still has to decide how to fight.

The city of Coron is very large, and you can't see the situation of the main force from here at all. You can only hear some subtle noises occasionally.

Levi stood above Beifeng's head, took out a telescope, and the situation on the top of Cologne City was displayed in the telescope.

Koren is worthy of being the capital of a region. The city walls are built with huge granite stones. They are so thick that even if a spellcaster bombards them for ten days and ten nights, it would be difficult to smash a hole in the wall.

Compared to it, Blackrock Castle is just like a small country town; the two are not on the same level at all.

The guards on the wall obviously saw him, the uninvited guest. Although there was a little panic on their faces, they then gathered more soldiers to climb the wall for defense under the orders of the officers. Seeing so many companions around him, he felt much calmer.

Then they started pointing fingers at the giant Beifeng. I don't know what they were discussing. Unfortunately, Levi had never learned lip reading, so he could only look at it in the dark.

"Why isn't anyone slacking off?"

The lord smacked his lips with some regret.

Originally, he had purposely made Beifeng gigantic, planning for the majestic three-headed dog with more than ten blades to make a grand appearance. With his reputation as a lion hunter knight, these small soldiers who earned only a few coppers a month would be so scared that they would wet their pants and run away.

Then they could take this section of the city wall without bloodshed, and when scholars write his biography in the future, they would say that his domineering spirit began with this siege.

But they did not tremble in fear or bow down. Instead, the other side looked at them leisurely. A few soldiers who seemed to want to make achievements were even trying their best to turn the crossbows on the city wall and kept gesticulating, as if they wanted to shoot an arrow.

Unlike Blackstone Castle, Koren had more than twenty crossbows installed on this section of the city wall alone. In addition, there were giant crossbows installed on the corner towers of the city wall. The crossbows were completely black and were about four or five times larger than the ordinary crossbows.

Levi knew that this was a dragon-hunting crossbow. Every important city had at least four or five of them. However, because Debe had enjoyed peace for a long time and had not encountered such terrible incidents as dragons looting the city, it was difficult to say whether this was a fake or genuine product.

After all, the maintenance of the dragon hunting crossbow alone is a huge military expense.

But no matter what, the lord was still somewhat afraid. He was not afraid that he would get hurt. With his speed, as long as he was not restricted, these crossbows would not be able to aim at him. What he was afraid of was that the barbarians under his command would be hit by an arrow.

Even dragons can't withstand this thing, and the barbarians are useless even if they wear three layers of heavy armor, let alone five layers.

"These are not the Southern Border City Defense Soldiers, they should be mercenaries." Mengweit was sharp-eyed and noticed the red snake flag that the other party was holding. "The flag is a noble item that proves the noble status. Only nobles can own it. Even if the mercenaries hold a flag, they must use a black background with blue stripes. And there are great restrictions. The representative objects that can be used are only a few animals."

"Most mercenaries are just guys who work for money. Although their equipment is much worse than that of regular troops, they are more ferocious than regular troops, so they won't be scared away directly."

The lord immediately observed the equipment and spirit of these soldiers, and found that they were almost the same as what Montvit had said.

Their equipment is basically all leather armor and nose helmets, and only a few can add chain mail. The most important thing is that their faces are all casual, lacking the solemnity of the regular army.

He shared his observations with Leighton, Montvit and the nobles under his command, but no one recognized the mercenary group under this flag.

"Where did Colen get this second-rate stuff from?"

In the end, the lord made a direct conclusion.

Debe has many mercenary groups that are extremely powerful and comparable to the regular army, such as the Eagle Group, which has about 5,000 members, all of whom are cavalry. It is rumored that the group leader is not only an excellent swordsman, but also handsome.

It's an ace mercenary.

But all the aces have one characteristic, that is, they are famous. Even Montvit and the locals under him don't know that there is such a mercenary group in the southern border. In the eyes of the lord, they are either second-rate or nothing.

"Leaving aside the city walls, if we leave them in the wild, my cavalry squad can kill them with just one charge and make them cry for their parents."

Of course, the lord also knew that abandoning the city walls was just hooliganism. If the enemy dared to abandon the city walls and fight him in the field, they were either Debe's top ace army or fools whose brains were eaten by goblins.

He just used this sentence to show that their side was stronger. Mengweit had 10,000 soldiers under his command, of which 5,000 were elite. The most impressive one was a thousand-man armored wolf guard, although they were only about 1.8 meters tall, they could not compare with the elite troops in the North who had an average height of two meters.

But these men from Wolf Island have proved that strength is not entirely determined by body size. Their strong muscles are enough for them to lift a strong man with one hand as easily as drinking water.

Wearing heavy armor, they dare not say that they can fight one-on-one with the Panta Warriors, but they can definitely fight on equal terms with Florina's group of mastiff guards.

As for Gaoya Castle, there is no need to mention it. Just looking at the muscular men and sophisticated equipment there, even the most arrogant and ignorant fool would fawn on them.

Otherwise, he would be afraid that the huge weapon would rush into his body.

This kind of configuration is definitely not something a second-rate mercenary group can resist even if they are on the siege side.

"What are your arrangements, sir? Do you want to climb or do I?" With the idea that he was not the only one who had the final say, Levi looked at Montvit, who was already fully equipped with swords and armor.

"I'll take charge of the city wall." Montvert was a traditional nobleman who valued some of the eight virtues of chivalry, such as promises and honesty, so he spoke out what he was thinking: "I came here to help Miss Leah, but I haven't done anything until now. This is unacceptable.

The nobles under my command have also longed for military merit."

It has been almost a month since I joined the Northern Legion. Not only did I miss the town of Kalia, but I finally got a siege mission at Blackrock Castle.

Just when the nobles of Wolf Island rolled up their sleeves and prepared for a big fight, they didn't expect that someone would lead his guards to capture the city wall as easily as cutting melons and vegetables, and then went straight to the inner castle to capture the enemy's leader.

In the end, the entire Wolf Island was only responsible for cleaning the city walls and became a complete supporting role.

Seeing that Cologne was the last battlefield to gain merit, the barons, knights and officers under his command became extremely anxious and expressed their determination to complete the climbing job.

Otherwise, he would be easily captured by some inhuman lion hunting knight again.

"Okay, then I'll take care of the city gate." The lord agreed immediately. After all, Montwitt was his colleague, and since he had eaten the meat, he should at least give him some soup.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with doing a favor.

Moreover, the walls of Cologne today are not as good as those of Blackstone Castle, and the difficulty has increased by more than one level.

Seeing that the leaders had already discussed matters, the beast trainer whipped the soft belly of the Thunder Lizard Beast. The giant beasts whimpered and began to move their pillar-like limbs with a grunt.

The huge ladders and siege vehicles began to move slowly and creakingly, leaving only two deep wheel marks behind them.

The mercenaries on the city wall quickly shot out a dense rain of arrows, but when they hit the hard scales of the Thunder Lizard Beast, they just made a clanging sound and posed no threat at all.

Unless these mercenaries can shoot arrows from underground, there is no way to deal with these thunder lizards.

They obviously realized this and began to shout loudly for people to operate the crossbow.

Only this kind of big guy can deal with the Thunder Lizard Beast, whose defense is even stronger than that of the Iron Armor.

A series of teeth-grinding sounds of stringing the bow were heard, and more than a dozen huge crossbow arrows were instantly fired. In an instant, a thunder lizard beast let out a wail, and its huge body collapsed with a loud bang, stirring up a cloud of dust.

The first shot used for calibration knocked down a target, which was pretty good, but they didn't have time to be happy.

Dozens of stone balls weighing hundreds of pounds, burning with blazing flames, flew into the sky and fell head-on from the sky.

The opponent was obviously also the first to attack, so although it looked powerful, the stone ball only caused a slight shake when it hit the city wall below.

"Hahaha, these guys from the North must have gotten tired of playing with women. Let me shoot them hard."

The one commanding the dozen or so crossbows on the city wall was a scarred burly man named Kerry. He was one of the captains of the Red Viper Mercenary Group's thousand-man team and had killed countless women and children. But thinking about how he was almost scared to death by a few stones just now, he became even more ferocious after escaping the disaster.

Unfortunately, his fierce expression only lasted for a few pulse beats before it shattered, leaving only a face full of desperate mumbling.

"God!"

After the stone ball was broken, it was followed by dense crossbow arrows. This was not the end yet. "Exploding Earth Element Meteorite", "Fire Element Fireball", "Wind Element Circular Blade", and other colorful spells came in large quantities.

These magic spells are something that ordinary people would seldom see in their lifetime, but this time Kerry was able to feast his eyes on them all.

They follow their own trajectories, fly towards their targets, and then explode with a loud bang.

Kerry never understood until his death that he just commanded the crossbow to shoot a beast to death, but it was like stirring up a hornet's nest and everything came to him.

Half of the dozen or so crossbows were destroyed at once. The mercenaries who were lucky enough to escape did not dare to take the risk of operating the crossbows again.

The lord, holding a telescope, was watching with great interest. As this was the final battle, there was no need for his High Cliff Castle spellcasting team to hide.

The four drow priests were chanting magic safely under the protection of the centaurs.

Since the goal this time is to destroy the opponent's long-range attack means, not to smash the city walls, there is no need to use shape magic to create the huge consumption of meteorites like last time.

The lord only told these drow beauties to use whatever was useful, but he didn't expect that this colorful scene would be created, which is more exciting than watching fireworks.

The giants also grunted as they carried stone balls to the catapults. Finally, Leiden directed the craftsmen to pour kerosene on them, light them, and then throw them out to hit the top of the city wall of Cologne.

The crossbows were not idle either. They loaded arrows one by one and shot at the positions where there were the most soldiers on the city wall.

From the very beginning, when Colen had no priests to resist the drow priest spells, the opponent's long-range attack methods were destined to be suppressed.

Unfortunately, after just a few rounds of spellcasting, the drow elves' faces turned pale and they had to stop casting spells.

After all, there is no free lunch in the world, and there is no free magic. While magic is powerful, it also brings huge consumption.

This made the lord very distressed, and he immediately sent Heather and the other female drow elves to a luxurious velvet-covered carriage so that they could have a quiet enough environment to meditate and restore their magic power.

As for Sam?

This shaman, who only knew two of the most basic spells, was sent by him to work hard to cast the Stoneskin spell on the people of Montvit.

(End of this chapter)