rise of empire total war

Chapter 383 Exploding the City Gate
"Good day, His Excellency Grand Duke Felicias, may God bless you and your principality."

Under the walls of Rostas City, Richard, who was fully clothed, rode his horse and stood within the range of the defenders' bows and arrows. He looked up at the people on the walls with a calm expression, not afraid that the defenders would take the opportunity to shoot cold arrows.

No wonder he is not worried about this problem. The full-body plate armor he is wearing now is the armor with the highest defense in the cold weapon era. Only close-range musket bullets can penetrate the protection of the plate armor and hurt the people inside. However, Rostas City The defenders are only equipped with bows and crossbows, and the arrows they shoot will be bounced off immediately when they hit the armor, leaving only a small white spot.

"Good day, Your Majesty King Richard, thank you for letting go of the past and coming to support me when I was in danger. I believe that under the governance of your wise brain, your country will become stronger and stronger."

Hearing this, Richard smiled slightly. After he had some polite conversation with Felicias, he directly brought the topic to the issue of entering the city. In his plan, only entering the city can he directly launch a coup d'état and take the Duchy of Lasik rule over.

"Your Excellency Grand Duke Felicias," Richard said, "Our army has traveled a long way. The soldiers are very tired and lack enough food and grass, so I hope to allow my soldiers to enter the city of Rostas for repairs."

"This..." Hearing Richard's request, Felicias was a little hesitant. He looked at the mighty figure of Winster's soldier, and compared it with his own soldier. He was a little worried. Far stronger than his own side, if the Winsters plot something wrong, he might not even have the strength to resist.

Thinking of this, cold sweat broke out from behind his back, and he hastily rejected the possibility of letting Winster's army enter the city. He organized his words, put a hypocritical smile on his face, and said, "I'm sorry, Your Majesty Richard , now the gates of Rostas City are sealed with stones and cannot be cleaned up in a short time, so your army can only be stationed outside the city for a while."

Richard was a little displeased when he received the refusal answer, his face darkened, and he said: "Our army responded to your call and came all the way to support, but received such treatment, Grand Duke Felicias, I think I am behind you!" The soldiers will not agree."

This is a blatant threat. As soon as Richard finished speaking, the faces of everyone on the city wall changed drastically. This is just coming out of the wolf's den and entering the tiger's den. Just now, the Winsters scare away the rebels, and now they are being replaced again. The vicious Winsters are on their way. If they really annoy this group of uncles, it will be useless even if they sign a mutual defense agreement against them, let alone they have publicly announced their withdrawal from the agreement.

For a moment, everyone's eyes turned to Grand Duke Felicias, hoping that he could appease the anger of the Winsters. No one wanted to fight the almost mythical Winster army, because it was a suicide attempt.

"Cough..." Grand Duke Felicias, who gathered everyone's hopes, was silent for a while, and then said: "Dear Your Majesty Richard, I am very grateful that your army can come to support, but the city gate is indeed closed. Death, gratitude cannot be cleared in a short time, no matter how anxious we are, it is useless, so I still hope you can understand."

"Excuse me? I will, but my soldiers won't." Richard snorted coldly and continued: "The soldiers under my command are all veterans of many battles. They are arrogant and rebellious, even if it is me It's a bit difficult to control, if you don't give a satisfactory answer, it's hard for me to guarantee that they won't do anything excessive."

"But..." After Richard finished speaking, he changed the topic and continued: "If it is just because the city gate is sealed, we will be happy to clean it up on your behalf."

Felicias is a little funny. This Richard is really extremely arrogant. The noble rebels have been attacking the city for days and can't get through the sealed city gate. They just arrived here less than half an hour and wanted to open the city gate directly. , is simply whimsical.As for the sneer in his heart, Felicias still had a grateful expression on his face, and he said: "It would be great if your army can really help our army open the city gate."

With Felicias' permission, Richard smiled and didn't say much. Although Felicias didn't show it, he could still feel the disdain in his heart.He rode his horse back directly to the army formation, recruited the artisans accompanying the army, and gave them some instructions. After more than ten minutes, under the mocking eyes of Felicias, several artisans commanded the soldiers to carry a few small packages to the city. They glanced at the guarding soldiers standing at the top of the city, and then at the dilapidated city gate that exposed the blocked stones behind, and then stuffed the packages in their hands all over the city gate.

Felicias didn't know what they were doing, but the sarcasm in his eyes gradually dissipated, and he suddenly had an ominous premonition, because he remembered the rumored mysterious weapon that Winster's army was good at using. This mysterious weapon could It easily collapses the strong city wall, and no tall and strong city wall can resist it.

At first, he treated these rumors with a dubious attitude, but now, looking at the actions of the Winsters, he is more inclined to believe these rumors, without any reason or basis.

"Light the fuse!"

At this moment, the shouts of the Winsters sounded from under the city wall. Since their communication was carried out in German, none of the defenders on the city wall understood them. They watched blankly as the people below lit them with torches The fire rope laid on the ground, watching the Mars getting closer and closer to the city gate below along the rope, after a few tens of seconds, I only felt the violent vibration of the ground below, and the surrounding space was filled with deafening noise like thunder, Their eardrums were almost torn, and the violent vibration caused the Lasiks who were caught off guard to fall to the ground. They screamed in horror, as if the end was coming.

"God's punishment! This is God's punishment!"

"No! Mother Earth, I have done nothing wrong, please bless me!"

"..."

After the explosion, the Lashik people who fell on the ground prayed to the gods they believed in. How could this kind of movement be caused by humans? There is only one possibility, and that is divine punishment!That is Tianwei!
Felicias also sat down on the ground in the same embarrassment as his soldiers. His face was pale, and his ears were full of unbearable buzzing—this is a normal performance after suddenly hearing a loud noise that exceeds the range of the eardrums. But in his opinion, this is the witchcraft used by the Winsters, and together with the explosion just now, it is also a manifestation of the witchcraft used by the Winsters!
Regardless of the reaction of the Lasik people, after the smoke caused by the explosion at the city gate dissipated, the pile of stones that originally sealed the city gate had been blown open, and the only obstacle to Winster's army entering the city was gone!

(End of this chapter)