Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords

The usually gloomy wilderness was blessed with a rare clear day, the dark clouds parted, and the starry river shone brightly.

Bathed in moonlight, Maisha smiled, "My lord, the Bolero is actually quite simple. I can teach you, and with your intelligence, you'll definitely learn it."

She couldn't quite explain her current state. It might be a sudden impulse, or perhaps the constant setbacks she faced in the church.

After experiencing this feeling of freedom, she wanted to unleash her true nature.

But overall, this feeling was truly wonderful.

Since she had already said so much, refusing now would make her seem incapable.

The lord adjusted his attire and stepped forward to take Maisha's warm little hand.

Maisha showed a rare hint of shyness, but she also grasped the lord's hand in return.

"Maisha, I'm in your care then." The lord smiled, his handsome features impeccable.

Just as the two were about to begin their dance, a sudden change occurred!

A whooshing sound came from the sky, like a large object breaking through the air.

"Get down!"

The sharp-eared and sharp-eyed lord was startled and instinctively pushed Maisha to the ground.

Whoosh!

A huge rock grazed their heads and slammed heavily into the ground behind them, creating a deafening roar and collapsing a row of tents.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

The barbarian guard on watch at Highcliff Fortress roared at the top of his lungs.

"My lord, what's happening?"

Maisha asked, startled, looking at Li Wei's face so close to hers.

Li Wei pulled her up from the ground and looked at the trench plowed into the open space behind them, his face terribly grim.

Without a doubt, they had been hit by a catapult.

Fortunately, the boulder, half the size of a person, had flown through the gap between them without hitting anyone directly, only collapsing a bunch of tents. A poor goat-man auxiliary soldier had his foot pinned by the remaining force and was groaning softly in pain.

In fact, given his current physique, it was hard to say what would happen if he were hit by the boulder, but everyone would instinctively try to avoid such a thing.

"This is just unbelievable. When did a bunch of wilderness natives get their hands on high-end stuff like catapults?!"

The lord was furious and filled with disbelief.

A group of wilderness natives who couldn't even get enough to eat and had to use goblins or kobolds as military rations, he simply didn't believe they could build a catapult themselves.

This thing looked simple, but in reality, its structure was very complex, and the weight ratio alone was a problem for outsiders.

"Damn it, that scared me to death."

Zat cursed as he got up from the snow, quickly spitting the snow and mud out of his mouth.

As soon as he saw the boulder land, he rolled to the side like a donkey, practically eating his fill of mud.

As if a hornet's nest had been poked, whooshing sounds continued to come from the sky after the first stone landed.

Countless boulders crashed down, startling people from their sleep. Accompanied by continuous screams, many people never woke up from their dreams.

Fortunately, the Highcliff Fortress camp was located in the rear, and those with some military knowledge generally wouldn't attack the rear, which was only occupied by cooks and auxiliary soldiers, unless they were trying to sneak in.

So, a large number of stones fell on the main force of the Thorns Legion.

This particular stone was obviously launched by someone with poor aim.

But that wasn't quite right either. You could say its accuracy was bad, but it just so happened to be aimed right at the lord's face.

"Maisha, war has come."

Li Wei patted Maisha's shoulder, smiled, and comforted her, "Don't think too much about it. They are just a bunch of wilderness bums. They'll be useless after these two attacks. You and Master Fugin should find a place to hide first."

Turning around, the lord's face darkened, and he roared, "All warriors of Highcliff Fortress, get dressed quickly! I want to see you standing here within two hundred heartbeats!"

"Panda, you guys go find Fojero quickly."

"It would be a real shame if he was unlucky enough to die at the hands of these bums."

Then, Li Wei looked at the solemn-faced panda people.

He said that, but Li Wei wasn't too worried.

Both Skye and Fojero had profound fighting spirit cultivation, so dealing with the catapults shouldn't be too difficult for them.

Moreover, the lord didn't believe for a second that these two didn't have a few life-saving magic items.

"My lord, then we will leave first." Panda punched his chest and made a promise, "If you need us at a critical moment, we will definitely come to help you."

After saying that, Panda led the Panda Warriors away quickly.

"Mill, take twenty orc guards to protect Master Fugin and the others. Be sure to ensure their safety."

Li Wei instructed Mill, who was already wearing his armor.

"Yes, my lord." Remembering to use his title when working, Mill replied.

"My lord, I sincerely thank you." Master Fugin respectfully bowed.

Unlike the rumors of spellcasters being physically weak, he was still in good shape despite being in his sixties or seventies, and his body was still better than that of a young man.

But that was only compared to ordinary people. Compared to the bear-like warriors on the scene, they were as weak as chicks.

Moreover, their opponents were well-known strong combat races in the wilderness.

If they were caught in close combat, their only end would be to meet the goddess.

"No need. Prioritizing the protection of spellcasters is what every commander with any common sense would do. The situation is terribly chaotic right now. You don't need to go out yet. It's not too late to come out after Fojero stabilizes the situation."

Li Wei replied while putting on his armor with the help of two orc barbarians.

Due to the urgency of time, he didn't bother to slowly put on three layers of armor, but only put on a layer of armor.

"My lord, please be careful," Maisha said worriedly.

In fact, according to the rumors, this lord was invincible and had superb martial arts skills, but only when she was in this situation could she feel the horror of war.

If the boulder had fallen on them just now, without the protection of ice crystals, she and this lord would definitely have become a pile of minced meat.

Li Wei held his helmet and glanced at the seven priests of the Ice and Snow Church.

As the elder and the person with the highest status, Fugin was still calm despite a hint of panic in his eyes.

But the other priests, who were probably only in their twenties, performed very poorly.

Each of them looked panicked, and their bodies were shaking uncontrollably.

They were clearly flowers in a garden, experiencing war for the first time, and not even as tough as Maisha, the only woman.

But Li Wei also understood. After all, war was something that could kill people, and a lot of them at that.

The kind of thing where you witness the lives you cherish falling like wheat in pieces was definitely not something that someone experiencing it for the first time could bear.

"Don't worry, if these bums don't lose a big chunk of meat tonight, they can forget about leaving!" The lord said fiercely.

He was about to capture Maisha, but a bunch of bums disturbed his good deeds, and now the lord was very angry.

He led the orderly ranks of Highcliff Fortress guards towards the position of the Thorns Legion.

There was already a faint sound of fighting.

As for the catapults, they had stopped for a while.

Carrying the banner of Highcliff Fortress, teams of soldiers, although panicked, still pretended to be calm as they passed by.

Because the orc guards of Highcliff Fortress were so distinctive, they were easily recognized as friendly forces, so no one who didn't have eyes stopped them.

There were even wounded soldiers lying on the ground groaning, being rescued by military doctors.

When he arrived outside the brightly lit conference room, the lord glanced at it, rolled into a mud pit next to him, and smeared two handfuls of mud on his face.

Zat's eyes darted around, and he quickly followed suit.

Although he didn't know what his boss wanted to do, his boss was as cunning as a lich, so it was definitely right to learn from him.

Waving his hand to signal the Highcliff Fortress people to stay outside, the lord brewed for a moment, and then angrily kicked open the wooden door.

Bang!

With a loud noise.

The wooden door, which was already crudely made and only intended to block the wind and snow, collapsed to the ground under the lord's destruction, revealing the bewildered crowd inside.

The lord swept his eyes and saw Fojero at the head, frowning tightly.

He rushed up angrily and grabbed his collar with lightning speed, lifting him up.

"Duke, what are you doing?"

Skye was shocked and quickly stepped forward to grab the lord's wrist, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't shake it even a bit.

"Baron Li Wei, what do you want to do to the legion commander?!"

"Lord Li, let's talk it over. Put the legion commander down quickly."

"Baron Li Wei, don't do anything stupid!"

The officers, big and small, were taken aback and quickly got up to persuade him. Some even held their sword hilts and asked sternly.

But no matter how much they shouted, no one dared to leave their position.

After all, everyone had witnessed Lord Li's strength. If they really angered him, in this small space, their end wouldn't be much better than those minotaurs, so they only dared to condemn him verbally.

"Skye, if you stop me again, I'll beat you up too!"

Glaring at Skye, who thankfully withdrew his hand, Li Wei looked at Fojero with a gloomy face and said in a deep voice, "Fojero, I need an explanation!"

Before Fojero could answer, the lord continued to scold angrily.

"Do you want to know what just happened?"

"A boulder the size of a person, weighing nearly a thousand pounds, whizzed past my head, if it weren't for the fact that I reacted quickly and jumped into a mud pit, you would only see a pile of minced meat!"

"I almost thought I was going to meet the goddess!"

"That's right, if I hadn't reacted quickly, wouldn't a big rock have smashed me into pieces?"

Zat, with a dusty face, echoed with a look of relief.

After Zat finished speaking, Li Wei continued, "A group of wilderness natives can actually have catapults? I've never seen anything like this in my life."

"The equipment is also ridiculously sophisticated, and the purpose is clearly not to go south."

"I was wondering before, why did Frulina suddenly disappear at this time and take away a cavalry team."

"Fojero, what are you hiding from me?! What is the purpose of this wilderness coalition? Where did Frulina go?!"

"Do you know how many people I lost tonight? Do you know how I escaped from the goddess just now?" The lord questioned sternly:

"If you don't give me an explanation today..."

"Don't blame us for not caring about our friendship!" Zat said fiercely, taking up the conversation.

Looking at Lord Li with a dusty face, who had obviously just experienced a life-and-death situation.

Fojero just smiled wryly.

"My lord, I didn't expect this wilderness coalition to have catapults."

"Before this happened, if someone told me that these natives had catapults, I would definitely have punished him for disrupting military morale!"

"But now..."

Fojero looked at the lord's slightly red eyes, and after a moment of silence, he said, "My lord, I will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation after tonight!"

His tone was sincere, and his face was serious.

"Hmph, it better be."

Li Wei snorted and put him back on the ground.

Then he sat down in a chair next to him and poured tea from the teapot on the table.

This made Fojero smile wryly even more. This lord was really... really a wonderful person.

He had clearly just escaped from the hands of death, but he still had the mind to drink tea?

A boulder as tall as a person, and it flew past his head.

Just thinking about this scene made Fojero feel a chill in his heart.

Although he had a high level of fighting spirit, he couldn't stop this kind of unexpected catapult attack at night.

Even if he could block this attack with the Thorns Protection, he would only be able to survive, and he would inevitably have to lie in bed for half a month afterwards.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and began to take their seats.

Unless absolutely necessary, they really didn't want to become enemies with this lord, regardless of anything else, it was purely a reminder from their body's instincts.

"How's the situation?"

Li Wei asked.

The fact that these officers, big and small, were still here for a meeting proved that the situation was not as critical as he had imagined.

"They launched attacks on the west and north sides. I have already sent soldiers and Panda Warriors to resist. The situation is gradually under control."

Fojero said in a deep voice, "My men have learned that they have deployed three catapults on a high slope four hundred steps to the north, and they are still continuing to transport stones to them."

"Because they have deployed a large number of guards at the bottom, they were just discussing who should lead the team to eliminate this threat."

In fact, Fojero had also considered using catapults to counterattack. They also had small catapults, but later found that the distance was a bit far, and the other side occupied a high point, so it was basically impossible to hit them, and they gave up this idea.

"A large number? How many troops have they deployed?" The lord asked.

"About four hundred pig-headed people."

Bang!

The lord slammed the table.

The loud noise startled everyone.

"Damn it, you dare call four hundred a large number?" Li Wei stood up, saying fiercely, "No need to discuss it, I'll go take care of this bunch of bastards!"