black wizard Zhu Peng

On this day in Djerber Fort, the blood flowing and the cloud of death covered the entire land.

Flocks of pitch-black crows hovered in the air, looking down at the filthy and smelly battlefield, and they seemed eager to land and enjoy the gluttonous feast.

The fierce fighting was still going on. The personal bravery, the cooperation of the army, and the sweet scent of blood filled the air, which inexplicably made the blood in Zhu Peng's body boil.

The darkness is coming, bringing war, killing, and endless death. I just feel that this originally weak body is gradually becoming more powerful. Although there is still no change in personal attributes, Zhu Peng somehow knows that his actual strength Got stronger.

Compared with the real devil, Nabar, the pirate king who is standing on the front line of bloody fighting with his battle ax at this moment, looks more like a veritable devil in the eyes of all living beings!

His right hand wields a heavy ax like a helicopter propeller, and his left hand wears an iron glove. From time to time, he swings a heavy punch and knocks the enemy in front of him down the narrow siege bridge.

Viscous bright red plasma spreads all over his body along the gaps in the armor. This man seems to have endless energy on the battlefield. The more he fights, the more excited and ferocious he becomes:

Nabal (bad class elite template)

Species: Human male

Identity: Pirate King

Constitution: 28

Power: 26

Agility: 18

Spirit: 16

Will: 12

Intelligence: 8

Charisma: 8

Strategic Attack: 5

Strategic Defense: 2

Total Attributes: 116

Tactical Level: Level 45

Strategic Level: Level 22

Various resistances: unknown

Talent: Blood Rage (the more kills, the higher the temporary blood limit will rise, and the blood volume will double at the peak, increasing your actual combat power.)

Specialty: Level 2 Resistance (The troop has an additional increase in resistance of +5% per strategic level. It is similar to the temporary blood limit of the blood rage talent, but does not increase combat power.)

"Master Rhodes, as a pirate, Nabar's strength is simply appalling. I suspect that he has already reached the level of the Nord royal guard... After this battle, do you really want to let him go? And you have to fight with him." He does business and opens up channels to sell dirty things? Young master, I also know that this can indeed bring in a lot of money, but as long as we get involved in this, we will be unable to escape, and will be firmly tied to these pirates. "

Wearing a thick leather armor, carrying a heavy javelin and throwing axe, Old John stood guard beside Zhu Peng, and did not join the battlefield immediately.

He and the six professional warriors behind Zhu Peng will be the last mobile force of the castle, and at the same time, the only force to check for leaks and make up for gaps.

Zhu Peng stood on the top of the city, his blood-red cloak rattling violently as the strong wind blew.

Accompanied by his instructions, the rising planks of the arrow towers on both sides "click, click", blocking the almost pervasive and precise reverse arrow of the Vaegir marksman below.

Of course, in this way, the shooters in Jerber Fort would also be unable to shoot and kill enemy shooters.

However, the arrow towers on both sides of the castle extension are slightly higher than the wall and parallel to the siege tower bridge. This is the most exciting and sinister design of the fortification arrow tower. Attack the enemy infantry on the defensive tower bridge, and unless a strong infantry unit equipped with throwing axes or javelins, other infantry units will not be able to counter this mid-air flanking attack.

Unless their shooter units also went up to the tower bridge to fight back against the shooters on both sides, but that was impossible. The tower bridge was so narrow that any siege infantry who couldn't stand would fall down, so how could there be room for the shooters.

But if the infantry were withdrawn and the archers were sent up to clear the field, the infantry on the defending side would not be blind, and they would definitely charge up to attack the archers.Vaegir archers usually only have a short body dagger on their bodies, how could they cut through infantry units.

However, even in such a disadvantageous location, when the ordinary infantry was replaced and Vaegia's fifth-level infantry, the Vaegia Guard, came on the field, he still told Zhu Peng what elites are and why Vaegia, the land of snow, was able to survive the war. The continent of Calradia is firmly established.

When these warriors with big axes and wearing thick leather armor were bathed in the rain of arrows on both sides, when they roared and pounced slowly, even the unstoppable Nabar could not bear it. Exploding, although Nabar was insisting, the pirates following him on both sides felt that it was difficult to support him.

These bloody Vaegir guards were really too fierce. They swung their long battle axes and their muscles collided and squeezed. Once they were really attacked by them, they could basically declare that the city of Derbera Castle was broken.

Asked out doubts in his heart, but did not get an answer from his young master, Old John held two throwing weapons and led six professional warriors behind him to block him.

Old John, Nabar, and even Viscount William are actually "limit breakers".

That is to say, people who have broken through the limit of the ability of the arms. This was originally the exclusive occupational privilege of the nobles in the Calradia continent who were well-nourished and trained in martial arts since childhood. However, among the huge number of civilian fighters, there are always one or two people every few years. Successfully promoted to Limit Breaker.

Like Viscount William Custer, he concurrently works as a fifth-level Vaegirian guard, a fifth-level Vaegir marksman, and a fifth-level Vaegirian knight. His attributes are superimposed and his strength is terrifying. Ability to independently kill fifteen Swadian heavy cavalry in a row, almost rewriting the outcome of a battle with one person.

Accurate in archery, fast, accurate, and ruthless, surpassing ordinary Vaegir sharpshooters. At the same time, he is the most outstanding Vaegir knight leader, leading cavalry to charge the battle and often taking the lead.

This is a real limit-breaker. In contrast, Nabar has not yet fully formed, and Old John is already old. He did not break through to become a limit-breaker in his prime. Going one step further, he is a pseudo-limit breaker.However, this kind of "false" is very difficult when facing the limit breaker in the prime of life, but there is no problem when facing ordinary fighters, and still has an overwhelming advantage.

The vigorous old man leaped over the top of the city with both throwing weapons. First, he threw a few powerful heavy javelins and nailed two Vaegir guards on the spot, and then led six fifth-level guards behind him. The professional samurai blocked the gap exposed by the pirates' retreat.

Annina's siege team had 30 fifth-level Vaegir infantry guards, and the fourth-level Vaegir infantry in the reserve had more than forty people even after being killed or injured.

Although there are two limit breakers on the Derber Fort side, there are only six newly hired professional warriors and heavy armored swordsmen. The strength of the troops can be described as an absolute disadvantage, but they have a geographical advantage in defending the city.

All the infantry rushing over from the siege tower bridge have to bear the continuous rain of fire and arrows on both sides. Not to mention, the board bridge on which the tower bridge is built on the top of the city is only so narrow that it can accommodate at most two vigilantes at the same time. The Gia guards charged, and they had to face the epee slashing of Old John and the six professional warriors behind him, and the casualties increased sharply for a while.

Especially the soldiers in front were blocked on the top of the city and couldn't rush up. The soldiers on the tower bridge had to bear the rain of arrows from the arrow towers on both sides. As time went on, more and more elite and powerful vigilantes The Gila guard fell under the arrows of the third-level Vaegir guerrilla archer without fighting back.

The eight hired crossbowmen hired by Zhu Peng from the tavern had killed two of their companions in the previous battle, and their crossbow bolts were almost empty.

Because there is no crossbowman establishment in the Vigia military system, the crossbow bolts stored in Jerber Fort are all high-end products used by nobles, and the logistics officials are not sure whether to distribute these high-end crossbow bolts.

"Of course it is sent up. Has the quartermaster's head been eaten by worms? Using some high-end crossbow bolts to exchange the lives of the enemy's fifth-level troops, this business is profitable."

Standing at the head of the city, Zhu Peng's tall and straight figure is as tough as a big gun standing there.

The position he deliberately chose to stand was ingenious enough that all the fighters of Fort Jelebo could see the lord who was already on the front line. Although the big red flame cloak was extremely conspicuous and aroused hatred, it also increased the number of defending troops. cohesion and morale.

However, the city wall in front of Zhu Peng has already been filled with dense arrows, and the surface of the wall can hardly be seen. The bursting arrows that shot through the city wall couldn't help Zhu Peng who was hiding behind the corner of the city wall.

The only dangerous thing is that sometimes, as the commander of the army, it is necessary to overlook the battlefield situation and make temporary deployments. At this time, the arrows under the city will almost shoot over, because the enemy's elite archers below can't attack Archers with arrow towers erected with thick planks can only attack soldiers who are moving on the top of the city.

Even the soldiers at the siege entrance were difficult to shoot because of the obstruction of their own soldiers. Zhu Peng, who was wearing a cloak of flames as the city lord, naturally became the focus of their firepower, followed by the forty soldiers who had just The Vigia light infantry promoted by the youth army, although they could not directly participate in this war, they were the main logistics personnel, constantly transporting arrows for the arrow towers on both sides, and transporting the wounded back. If you show your head in the gap of the city, you will be shot in the head by an arrow from the elite archer below.

So that when the war was at its most intense, Zhu Peng had to show his face from time to time to attract the firepower of enemy archers, and then the logistics light infantry could complete the work of transporting arrows and transporting wounded soldiers relatively smoothly.

With blood and death crazily tempered, Zhu Peng's strategic level is improving, and the entire Jerber Fort army is also making rapid progress. Guided by the little source power in himself, Zhu Peng can vaguely feel it like an illusion. To the gaze of the source of the entire world of Zen... It is so huge, so old and weak that when human beings relentlessly fight and the blood and fire of war burn, the source of Zen's world satisfies and absorbs all of this Souls of death and sublimation in war.

That kind of posture is like an addict taking his last puff of poisonous smoke. If you take this puff, you will be dying. If you don’t take this puff, you will feel so painful that you will die soon... No, it’s the weakness and pain that makes life worse than death. It's hard to bear.

(It’s no wonder that the wars in the entire Calradia continent have been spreading for hundreds of years. It turns out that the origin of this world has been so weak that it needs blood sacrifices to replenish its strength. The more war-crazed, the more favored will be by the will of the plane. Bring blood, killing, and death, and the luck will be better... This kind of world has been deformed by the wizard world. After merging with the planes of the necromancer and the foresight department, it should be full of new vitality Bar.)

With the continuous blood sacrifices, Zhu Peng continued to dispatch troops to control the situation, his strategic level continued to increase, his leadership and defense skills were improved, and his strategic offense and defense were also opened.

Although at present, the effect of increasing the defense power of the soldiers under his command by more than ten percent is not too obvious, but as the war time continues to prolong, the effects of Zhu Peng's defensive talents and specialties are becoming more and more obvious, and finally , with more than half of the fifth-level Vaegir guards under her command, Anina's spiritual defense completely collapsed when she entered the battlefield for the first time. She ordered the withdrawal of troops and ended the first siege battle on the first day... Actually, It was the closest she came to victory.

War is often a contest of willpower between the two commanders. It is like hammering a nail. If the nail is not hammered, then the hammer will be hammered down again. You must not hit the left and right. That way you can't penetrate anywhere, and you can't nail anywhere.

After the first siege battle, 88 archers were killed and 26 were injured. With the dual defensive advantages of condescending and arrow towers, they were shot and injured so many people. , there are many people who say that the Vaegir sharpshooters are not as good as Rhodok's sharpshooters.

The reason is that Rhodok's sharpshooters are equipped with heavy armor, and they are not inferior to most infantry of the same level in melee combat. They are not weak and even have the upper hand, because although the attack frequency of the Vaegir sharpshooters is high, their leather armor defense is too weak. Under the premise of the same number, they can only be killed if they shoot against the Rhodoks sharpshooters. .

A commander who would say this has undoubtedly only fought a tailwind battle with the upper hand, crushing and defeating his opponent by crushing a turtle to death with a boulder when his own army is stronger than his opponent.

Therefore, they are completely unaware of the strategic significance of the high-frequency covering parabolic strike of the Vaegir Marksman on a battlefield where multiple arms are coordinated. Complete multi-level crossfire strikes like the Vaegirian Archer Unit.

It’s true that Rhodok’s heavy armor marksman is very cost-effective, but in the hands of a truly brilliant commander, the Vaegir archer unit is always more valuable than the crossbowman unit, because all large and medium-sized battles are multi-armed operations. .Of course, once in a while, some wealthy veteran nobles would lead knights rushing all over the world, but no country could afford to form an entire army of knights.

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Old John walked off the battlefield covered in blood. Two of the six professional warriors behind him fell down, one dead and one injured. Zhu Peng personally walked over and helped the panting old man off the city wall. Baal didn't even look at it. The insult made the Pirate King's eyes turn red.

However, he could only vent his grievances on the pirates who had just retreated beside him. Rod Castor expressed his meaning very clearly... So you still plan to build a pirate kingdom?

After a great battle, two mercenary crossbowmen, nine Vaegirian guerrilla shooters, and 25 guerrilla shooters were killed in Fort Derbera. [-] pirates fell, [-] dead and [-] wounded, and [-] professional warriors. One dead and one injured, the Calradian people are very strong. The soldiers who survived the injury here can often recover in the following days of recuperation, but this battle is not hopeful.

However, under the influence of the magic power of the crushed first-level fire gems, many fighters, especially shooters, were promoted after this battle. After all, in the middle and late stages of the war, the shooter troops of Fort Jerber almost zeroed in on the enemy. Tilt the damage to your heart's content, shoot and kill a large number of powerful units that are two levels higher than your own, and then superimpose the effect of smashing the fire gems to greatly increase the experience gained. It is unreasonable not to be promoted.

So although the number of archers has decreased, as more than half of the archers have been promoted to the fourth-level Vigia archers, Zhu Peng calculated in his mind that his long-range attack advantage may not decrease but increase.

On the other hand, the loss of strength under Anina's command is really hurting. Her subordinates are already close to the top elite troops, and there is no strength to replenish them at this time. It is really one death and one less, especially today's battle Afterwards, Anina, who was furious, beheaded the pirates who fled in front of the team in public to restore morale, and the shrinkage of the troops became more and more serious.

The shooter troops that have not ascended the city are still easy to say, twelve fourth-level shooters were killed and injured, and five fifth-level shooters were killed or injured.

The infantry group suffered the most casualties. Most of the 12 Vaegir guards were killed and injured, and only 38 remained. Nearly half of the 150 fourth-rank Vaegir infantry were killed and injured, and only 83 remained... However, the strength of the troops was so compromised. Anina couldn't let go even more. When she left the city, [-] of the elite corps of [-] people were killed or injured, and more than half of them were lost. If she couldn't take Derber Fort again, this would be a dark history on her future resume.

Standing at the bottom of the city and looking up at Fort Derbera, I was full of ambition when I came here. How could I have imagined that I would have a bloody head in such an inconspicuous little place!

In Anina's eyes, crazily light green flames burned, and the fierceness overflowed.

On the top of Derber Castle, Zhu Peng pressed the blood-stained stone wall with one hand, and looked at the soldiers of Riva Cheze who were cutting wood all night below. Anina still didn't think about it. However, they lost face and lost face. The elite Vigia soldiers who had just been comforted couldn't get the slightest respite, so they had to drag their tired bodies to cut wood overnight to make siege tower bridges.

Chapter 24 Spy

Late at night, outside Djerber Fort.

Some of the Vaegir warriors in Rivacheze built the siege tower bridge overnight, and the other part slept peacefully. Anina was bullying that there was no cavalry formation with more than five men in Jerber Castle, and she was not afraid of being attacked at night.

However, she still kept her five cavalry at the construction site to watch the night. After all, she didn't need the cavalry to attack the city tomorrow. Anina felt that she was very careful with her arrangement.

She didn't expect that although there was indeed no organized cavalry in Djerber Castle, there were 22 Dalmatians.Uh... well, it's actually a Cerberus!

Wrapping the four hooves of the black horse with cotton cloth and holding a steel spear with an iron spine, Zhu Peng led the Cerberus dogs headed by the Crimson Demon Dog out of the castle in the dark, aiming at the construction site of the siege tower.

Although the three Vaegir cavalrymen and two Vaegir knights are quite powerful, being surrounded by 22 third-level hellhounds is also a death sentence, especially if there are elite mutants like the Crimson Demon Dog among them.

Under the moonlight, a dutiful and vigilant Vaegir knight noticed Zhu Peng. Looking at the iron spear pointed at by the young noble opposite him, this Vaegir knight did not issue a warning immediately, but slowly After himself, he took off his big axe.

The dignity of a samurai prevented him from calling for help when facing a dandy and depraved nobleman. Rod Castor's bad reputation was widely spread in Riva Cheze.

In a sense, this is the only legacy that Rod Castell personally left to Zhu Peng.

The two knights were facing each other, and the Vaegir knight swung his ax with both hands, and drew a sharp curve like a moon arc. At the same time, he let out a roar at the moment of charging, and the roar and ax pressure were raised to the extreme when the two sides confronted each other.

And Zhu Peng held down the tail of the long-rod iron spine gun with one hand, and pressed the gun handle under his ribs without letting go, and raised it flat with the strength of his waist and arms.

Many people misunderstand that ancient military generals mainly used their arms to fight when they held guns. In fact, they were not. Force Assault Assassination.

Those who are skilled in this skill, with a good gun and a fast horse, charge and kill in ancient battle formations, killing hundreds of people is like cutting grass, unstoppable.

As the two riders clashed, Zhu Peng rode the horse faster and faster, and the barrel of the big gun in his arms trembled slightly. This kind of fine-tuning reached the tip of the gun, and the range became larger and larger, and it actually drew a series of circular arcs.

It's as if an invisible big hand is holding a gun as a pen, writing beautiful bird seal inscriptions in the void like a god.

The tip of the Iron Ridge Steel Spear was moving, and Zhu Peng's whole body lying on the horse was trembling slightly with his muscles and bones. At this moment, he didn't know whether it was the person driving the gun force or the gun force controlling him. .

In the ancient battlefield, two riders hedge against life and death for a moment. This experience is also precious to Zhu Peng.

At the moment of this type of charge, the spirit and will are unprecedentedly concentrated. In boxing and martial arts, the horse posture, snake shape, dragon shape, and even the eagle shape strike down in the air. All kinds of arc gestures also contain the strength of Tai Chi.

At this moment, Zhu Peng only felt that all the mysteries of martial arts were integrated into this moment of charge.

It was slow to say, but the Iron Ridge Steel Spear broke through the arc of the moon and slashed across the Vaegir knight's chest, the scarlet blood mist sprayed out, and the two riders passed by each other. All this happened in an instant.

The strong knight behind Zhu Peng had fallen from his horse and hit the ground, but his roar had spread throughout the camp, but...it was too late.

22 Cerberus dogs have already rushed into the construction site. They are gifted with the ability to breathe flames from their mouths. Several of them united to breathe out together, and the wood stored on the construction site quickly burned.

Now the main workers on the construction site are the archer troops, which is also understandable. After all, the Vaegir infantry will rush to attack the city tomorrow, and it is impossible to prevent them from getting enough rest at night. The role played in the siege is relatively weak.

However, the tragic Vaegir archer in close combat was attacked by a group of strong and fierce Cerberus at night. Regardless of whether it was a fourth-level or fifth-level archer, it was extremely disadvantageous in close combat.

Vaegir cavalry from other directions rushed to surround Zhu Peng, one of them was accidentally thrown under the horse by the Cerberus, and the other three were killed by Zhu Peng with guns one by one.

With the help of horses, Zhu Peng's lack of physical fitness at this time was made up to a certain extent. Under the moonlight, several horsemen entangled with spears and axes to slash and assassinate.

Zhu Peng held the iron-spine steel spear in both hands, and pierced through the opponent's vitals in the flickering shadows of the spear, watching the blood gushing out, and it can be said that he experienced it from a new angle while sweating all over his body. Follow the boxing and martial arts you have learned.

Although he had cultivated to the realm of alchemy and celestial beings in the main world, Zhu Peng really hadn't accumulated experience in fighting with cold weapons while galloping across horses and spears, and it was quite enjoyable to make up for it at this time.

"Let's go..." With a low growl, Zhu Peng pulled his horse's head and rushed back in the direction of Jerber Fort.

After hearing the order, the extraordinarily large and intelligent crimson dog raised its head and roared fiercely, and the pack of hell dogs immediately followed Zhu Peng back to Fort Jerper.

Why is it necessary to use cavalry as a highly mobile unit for night raids and camp stealing?

Because if you use infantry, once you go out of the city, it may be difficult to come back. The enemy will entangle you and fight under the castle wall. When the time comes, will the champion in Djerber Castle put down the drawbridge or not?

When Annina woke up from her deep sleep and came out of the tent wearing armor, she could only look at the back of Rhodes leading a group of big red dogs away. Four of the five cavalrymen died at this time, and the remaining knight was killed. The group of hell dogs bitten and became seriously injured. Fortunately, they survived, and Jifang was unable to catch up and stalk the other party.

More than [-] people were killed or injured by the shooter troops rushing to work overnight, and because a large amount of wood was burned, the progress of the construction of the city tower will undoubtedly be delayed.

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"Nonsense, it's just nonsense, as a lord, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to come back?"

Old John was overtired and suffered some injuries. He was still sleeping and resting in the castle late at night. At this moment, in the entire Jerber Castle, only Yatiman, as a half guest, was qualified to tell Zhu Peng what to do.

"Haha... rushing and galloping in battle, Mr. Artiman, don't you think it's beautiful to watch the enemy bleed under the moonlight?" Zhu Peng was also injured in the battle with three Vigia elite cavalry Yes, coupled with the extreme exhaustion at this moment, he almost fell off the horse with his head raised.