That's very badass

Chapter 119
His Majesty Sabote has summoned all the nobles in the kingdom to come. Although the kingdom's military strength has expanded unprecedentedly, most of them are under-trained recruits. In order to prevent other countries from obstructing it, he has adjusted the army in the kingdom. .

They were able to carry out this plan because of their large iron ore production and blacksmiths.

As early as a few months ago, His Majesty Sha Botai had begun to implement a new plan, that is to mobilize all the elite soldiers in the country, and at the same time transfer most of the recruits to the border for defense.

Although they sealed off the border and carried out large-scale hostile propaganda in the country, it is of course impossible to hide such a large-scale army transfer from everyone, because anyone who is not blind can see the transfer of the army.

Fortunately, their true intentions were hidden. The enemy only saw the performance of their mobilization of the army, and did not know that they were changing the defense of the army, because more soldiers were left at the border, and they were still fully armored.

This action gave them a feeling that the army was overwhelming, and they mistakenly thought that the Kingdom of Hastings was about to declare war on them.

This made them nervous and ready to call the nobles to consciousness, because this kind of thing has happened before.

It's just that after this large-scale transfer, they didn't do anything except daily training.

The frequency of border frictions is still the same as before, and all actions on the surface do not seem to want to go to war, which makes them a little confused.

Then came the news that the Kingdom of Rhodes declared war on it, which made them understand it belatedly.

It turned out that the Kingdom of Hastings was guarding against them, and they immediately became happy, and they were ready to take a bite.

But they soon discovered Huadian, that is, the former Rhodes Kingdom was still facing the threat of orcs, and such news made them feel a little unreasonable.

And smelled an unusual smell, there must be some unknown secret in it.

Then they received a message from the spies that His Majesty Quesnel was summoning the kingdom's army and preparing to rush to the border. Only then did they realize that they had been deceived by the Rhodes Kingdom's message.

The so-called threat from the orcs is nothing more than their covert behavior.

But they were quickly troubled by another piece of information, that is why the Kingdom of Rhodes dared to declare war on the Kingdom of Hastings alone.

This is also where they are puzzled, they don't know what the Rhodes Kingdom has to rely on to make such a move.

They really can't think of what they have to rely on, so they can only reverse these things, if all this is a conspiracy of the Kingdom of Hastings, or a guide.

Thinking of this, they couldn't help feeling chills in their hearts.

After they received the letter from the Kingdom of Rhodes, they felt that this possibility was very high. They quickly convened a meeting of the nobles in the kingdom, and proposed to send troops to contain the Kingdom of Hastings.

It's just that they have been restrained by most of the troops on the border because of the resumption of the pioneering work. Many nobles took this as a message to start a war against the alien race, and they began to send troops on a large scale to harass the alien race.

At the same time to capture the race of elves and dwarves, because of the large-scale influx of slaves into the market, even the price has begun to show a downward trend. The situation on the border is no longer within their control. There is already a big war going on.

Under such circumstances, facing the pressure from the people, the elves and dwarves began to increase their troops to the border, intending to show a strong military force so that all the races would restrain themselves.

It's just that from the human point of view, the alien race is preparing for a large-scale invasion, and they have also begun to increase their troops to the border, and the alien race has the same idea. With the continuous increase of troops on both sides, the breath of war has shrouded the two kingdoms. on the head.

Facing the Hastings Kingdom's move to increase troops on the border, they did not have enough troops to threaten them, and it was in the interests of the kingdom's nobles to sit back and watch the tigers fight and reap the benefits of the fishermen.

Therefore, the nobles did not completely reject the king's request, but prepared to deploy some troops to the border and waited for an opportunity.

The junction of the Kingdom of Hastings and the Kingdom of Rhodes.

His Majesty Shabotai came to the border with 60 elite troops assembled, and his war horses had already crossed the border between the two countries and set foot on the land of Rhodes Kingdom.

He squinted his eyes and looked at the land in front of him, and the raging ambition was reflected in his eye sockets. His temperament also had the majesty and fortitude of a monarch, just like a strong lion.

This place has become his land, and the entire human world will eventually become his territory.

It's just that the news he learned is not good news, because the current Marquis Lite is still sticking to the border of Rhodes Kingdom.

And the number of his army has reached a staggering 30 people.

All this gave him the idea of ​​hacking these bloody border nobles to death, but he couldn't do that because he still needed their troops.

It's just that after delaying such a good opportunity, they also have to pay a certain price for it.

The time has come to October, because it is close to the central region, the weather here is still a little hot, and all the noble troops gathered under the banner of His Majesty Sabertay.

And in front of them is the first problem they continue to solve, that is, Lite City, which has gathered the nobles in the southern part of the Rhodes Kingdom, and has a full 30 troops among them.

Originally according to His Majesty Sha Botai's plan, this place has already been occupied at this time.

After eating a quarter of the entire Rhodes Kingdom's troops, they will accumulate the advantage of the first step, and at the same time, they will face the Rhodes Kingdom's army on the plain with a great victory.

If the border nobles are dispatching troops and immediately surround the city of Lite, then they can encircle and fight for reinforcements, and cannibalize the entire southern army step by step.

Instead of letting the enemy gather all the troops and replenish enough food, grass and equipment as it is now.

The time left for them is at most one month, and the shortest is fifteen days. This is the information they got from the report of the scouts.

In other words, they would use a million troops to break through a fortified city guarded by 30 soldiers within half a month.

If His Majesty Sha Botai hadn't mobilized most of the elite in the kingdom, they could go home directly at this time.

The atmosphere in the entire king's tent was extremely stressful, and the border nobles felt this pressure even more strongly, because King Shabotai's eyes kept sweeping over them.

Above his eyebrows, the raised forehead of his clothes made him look like a group of fierce lions. At the top of the bridge of his nose, there was a deep crease, even when he was expressionless, the crease was It wouldn't go away, and it gave his face a haunting rage.

"Tell me, what are your plans in this situation?"

Following King Shabotai's opening, the eyes of the entire big tent looked in one direction.

It was the seat of the border nobles, who were crowded out by other nobles and could only gather together in the corner.

However, at this time, they don't have any effective ideas. They can only look at their noses with their eyes, and their noses with their hearts, and think like they are distracted.

It's just that King Shabotai didn't have that much patience, "Don't you have a plan like a genius? And I heard that this plan was proposed by Earl Bakar.

And you are afraid that other people will not cooperate, so you use the raven to send a message so that others can cooperate?
Well, you stupid people cooperated, but Marquis Lite didn't accept your tricks at all, and just treated you as a bunch of idiots.

Do you still have me as the king and the interests of the kingdom in your hearts?

Do you know that because of your unauthorized actions, the kingdom is in a very passive situation?
If it weren't for you sitting here now, I suspect that you are already preparing to treason!

Now, tell me what to do, my 'wise' Count Bacal. "

His Majesty Sha Botai's tone became higher and higher, and his stern words became more and more serious, until finally he even uttered sarcasm.

Obviously, he was already very angry at this time, and the word treason came out of his mouth.

As he glanced around, "And you idiots? When did it happen? I still look like this. What the hell did I do to end up with you guys?"

Following His Majesty's cursing, the other nobles stopped thinking about the joke and all showed serious expressions. They knew that they had gone too far, but at this juncture they still looked like they were joking.

Count Bakar immediately stepped out. He had reached the most dangerous situation. If he did not express his position as soon as possible, he might even be charged with treason.

"Your Majesty, these are all my faults. I am willing to take our army as the vanguard and take the lead in attacking the city until there are no soldiers left."

If it weren't for the inappropriate occasion at this time, Earl Bakar had already slapped himself twice at this time.

It's all about my short-sightedness, but I tried to encourage everyone to enclose the land together, so as to achieve the goal of not punishing the public.

It is precisely because of this approach that he is directly named by His Majesty now. He knows that this must be a good thing done by other border nobles, but now is not the time to make trouble, and they are all grasshoppers on the same rope now .

If this military operation fails due to their decision-making, not only will all the land they occupied be returned, but they will face the most severe punishment.

As the leader, he will be deprived of his title by the king, and his land will be divided among other nobles.

As for being invaded, none of the nobles present had such worries, because they were the Kingdom of Hastings that stood proudly between the three kingdoms. When it came to defensive warfare, they were not afraid of anyone.

After hearing Earl Bakar's words, the remaining border nobles also expressed their willingness to be pioneers.
Looking down from a high altitude, you will find that the entire city has been completely surrounded, and the surrounding tents even exceed the limit of vision. In the inner circle close to the city, there are a lot of equipment parts scattered on the ground.

After several days of rapid march, they did not directly plan to attack the city, but let the soldiers rest to restore their best condition.

Under the command of the craftsmen, the peasants are building the trebuchet, an ancient and effective device that is used to suppress the defenders in the city.

Because trebuchets are easy to damage, they are also cutting down more trees and transporting more boulders to the front line to build more trebuchets, or to repair some less damaged trebuchets .

But you can never count on their accuracy, but you can make up for this by deploying a large number of trebuchets.

The huge boulders that were thrown flying came with a huge whistling sound. You never know whether your position is safe before he lands. Whether you run or not, you have to face the choice of death.

If you're lucky, you'll die unscathed or painlessly.

If you are unlucky, you can only look at your own bloody body.

And at this time, it is too late for others to hide, and no one will come to save you. You can only be slowly swallowed by the darkness amidst the painful wailing, and die in despair and suffering.

The Kingdom of Hastings did not choose to use loose stones with a wider strike area, but chose thick and huge stones. They expected to be the first to pull out the enemy's defensive buildings, such as arrow towers and crenels on the city wall.

With it, a relatively equal combat environment can be obtained, and when everyone has no bunkers, lives are exchanged for lives.

The hit rate of the trebuchet is not low, about one-fifth. Of course, this is an average number. There is no metaphysical problem that the first four stones fail to hit, but the fifth stone hits 100%.

As for the use of trebuchets to smash down the city wall, it is not unheard of. It is a very rare thing. Either the city wall has been in disrepair for a long time, or many stones have fallen on a weak 'node'.

You expect to smash down the walls, it is more realistic to expect the enemy to surrender.

Even if the hit rate of the trebuchet is not low, it is still a difficult goal to bombard a small area for a long time.

The Kingdom of Hastings does not have so much time to waste here. They must quickly conquer this city to gain an advantage in military strength and cripple the army of the Kingdom of Rhodes before other kingdoms can gather their forces. Force them to cede land and even surrender.

Then switch to projecting smaller gravel to kill and injure the personnel guarding the city wall in large numbers. After the defenders on the city wall dare not stand, they can use archers to suppress the defenders without any cover during this vacuum period.

At the same time, it can cover the siege of infantry ants, and at the same time, it can be equipped with siege ladders and gate hammers to increase the enemy's defensive pressure, in order to obtain an opportunity to climb the city in chaos, and this opportunity often requires the lives of many people to obtain it. .

They quickly completed the assembly of the trebuchet and began to slowly push it forward. Under the order of the thrower, they stopped at a position 500 meters away from the city wall.

And under the observation of the thrower, he constantly adjusted the shooting distance and shooting angle of the trebuchet.

(End of this chapter)