Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords

"It's me."

Fugero's eyes were filled with dense blood streaks, and his shoulder-length green short hair was a mess, like a chicken coop. His long military career had also given him a messy beard.

This once high-spirited commander of the Thorns Legion, at this moment, looked like a beggar who had been wandering the streets for days and nights without sleep, and might die suddenly in the next moment.

This miserable appearance frightened Sophia, who thought it was caused by her dissatisfaction just now, and shrank her neck to hide behind the Lord.

Fugero knew this girl with dragon blood and glanced at her before finding a small stool to sit down on his own. There were a few potatoes simmering by the stove, and he didn't hesitate to grab one and eat it.

As a legion commander, who was even granted the title of baron for his military exploits in solving the Minotaur issue to the north, his southward journey was actually just a formality. After all, there were only so many military merits, and he couldn't take them all, so he had to give the younger generation a chance for promotion.

Therefore, the Thorns Legion he led had basically been engaged in logistics activities.

However, after being plotted against twice by that Marquis of Klose, the Thorns Legion was also required to join the siege.

A full 100,000 troops surrounded Black Stone Fortress in all directions, with cavalry patrolling around in teams of ten steps apart, heavily guarded, not even letting a groundhog escape.

All the craftsmen and blacksmiths were busily building catapults.

Hundreds of catapults continuously bombarded the inside of Black Stone Fortress. The remaining ice mages also spared no effort in bombarding the city walls.

As a supervisor, he hadn't closed his eyes for two days and two nights.

However, the effect was also gratifying. The indestructible Black Stone Fortress was now beginning to teeter, and after professional analysis by the craftsmen, the city would be breached tomorrow.

The established goal of a full-scale attack three days later had finally not gone wrong.

"By the way, where is the Saintess of the Holy Light Church?" Fugero noticed that all the bigwigs of High Cliff Fortress were present in the tent, except for the centaur leader whose physique was too huge, but the Saintess Fatir was nowhere to be seen.

"Those paladins keep clamoring to see the Saintess. Fatir finds it annoying, so she simply stays in her residence to meditate." Li Wei waved his hand. In fact, he wasn't telling the truth. This Saintess was always thinking about how to bewitch him into becoming the leader of the Holy Light Church's paladins. He found it annoying, so he let Leah deal with her.

"Anyone would find it annoying to face these paladins, who keep talking about holy light, justice, and honor." Fugero noticed that there was also a dish of red spices next to the stove. He dipped a potato in it and took a bite. "Oh, what is this seasoning? I've never seen it before."

"I made this myself with chili peppers." Li Wei glanced at the legion commander. This guy was clearly here for something, but he kept beating around the bush and wouldn't get down to business. He was calm and not in a hurry at all. "I can give you some if you want."

Seeing that the Lion Hunter Knight wasn't taking the bait, Fugero scratched his chicken coop-like hair with his hands before finally making up his mind: "Li Wei, I'll be straight with you."

He stared straight into the Lord's eyes: "Tomorrow, the High Cliff Fortress team will be responsible for attacking the western city wall!"

"What did you say?" The Lord raised his voice sharply, then looked at the legion commander in front of him with a sneer: "You guys asked me to retreat to the third line before, and now you want me to go to the front line to fight? How can you take all the good things for yourselves?"

Fugero scratched his head and sighed.

To be honest, everyone knew why they were ostracizing this Lion Hunter Knight. One of the reasons was that they were afraid that he would steal the spotlight again.

But now they had to ask him to participate in the siege again. If Frulina hadn't ordered it, he wouldn't have come at all.

This kind of thing was completely unfair and wouldn't be justified anywhere.

"Duchess Frulina named High Cliff Fortress." Now that things had come to this, he could only continue shamelessly: "The Madam believes that the Lion Hunter Knight, who single-handedly turned the tide in the Yu Wind Tribe, will surely create miracles now."

"We've been smashing their city for two days and two nights in a row. They must be physically and mentally exhausted, and the front wall is about to collapse. The main force will attack from here, and you're just going to attract some attention."

Although the number of people in High Cliff Fortress was small, these elite soldiers were obvious to all. Therefore, in order to avoid any more mistakes, they decided after discussion that the Lion Hunter Knight would be responsible for one side of the city wall.

Attracting the opponent's attention to reduce the pressure on the main force.

"Doesn't Frulina also have the Holy Light Knights? Letting this group of light bulbs(大灯泡: light bulbs, meaning those who shine with holy light) attract attention is definitely better than me. It's definitely eye-catching!"

It sounded easy, but Li Wei didn't even bother to lift his eyelids.

The more important reason was that he wasn't Frulina's dog that she could call upon at will. At this moment, he naturally had to be tough and express his attitude.

"They will also join the main force." Fugero looked at Li Wei: "Lady Frulina has high hopes for you, so she promised that whoever is the first to attack the castle will get one-tenth of the wealth inside."

"Cough, when is the siege?" Li Wei picked up a cup of tea and tried to show that he wasn't just after the money, secretly thinking about whether to search for gold or antiques, or those noble ladies first after entering the castle...

This condition seemed like a completely empty promise, but it depended on who it was for. As the famous Lion Hunter Knight, this condition was completely within his grasp.

One-tenth seemed like a small amount, but you had to know that Black Stone Fortress wasn't a border town like Kalia. One-tenth of the wealth was unimaginable.

Not to mention that if he, Lord Li, was the first to attack the castle, would he honestly only search for one-tenth?

Once it was put into the system space, as long as he wasn't caught red-handed, who would dare to accuse him of corruption with the Sword of Damocles hanging over their head?

"Tomorrow morning, when the first horn sounds."

...

Three days ago.

In these times when Deber was in a state of panic due to the war between the two dukes.

Farmers carefully drove their ox carts, fearing that they would encounter soldiers robbing them. Prostitutes tried their best to please the adults, in order to gather information. Mercenaries in taverns bragged, talking about how the days of earning commissions had arrived when the war was in full swing.

And three Golden Lion Knights who set out from White Bone Fortress bypassed Colon and finally arrived at Gunda City.

Facing the farmers and merchants queuing up to enter the city at the gate, they didn't stop at all, still letting the Haka Golden Lions under their butts gallop.

"Get out of the way!" They said in a cold tone.

The farmers wearing black felt hats knew that these were big shots they couldn't afford to offend. Even if they were killed, they could only blame themselves for being unlucky, so they quickly hid on both sides of the road, and the merchants also quickly made way.

"Brother..."

The silver-armored halberdier guarding the gate wanted to step forward and ask what was in the boxes on their backs, but after just glancing at the identity牌(identity牌: identity牌) thrown over, he quickly made way.

Finally, he exchanged a glance with his companion and sighed: "I don't know what big event has happened again. These days are getting harder and harder. I just married a wife, and I hope the war doesn't spread here."

In the end, the three knights crossed many checkpoints and entered the palace. Not long after, hundreds of gryphon knights soared into the sky from the Cloud Mist Cave Tower and flew south.

Causing the citizens of Gunda City to talk about it, all discussing what had happened.

...

A day passed in the blink of an eye. The Lord only had time to notify his group of reckless men that they would also be participating in the siege tomorrow. Just preparing for the siege had already made it late, and then, with a blink of an eye, it was tomorrow.

When the first desolate horn sounded.

Military flags stood in great numbers, and the heavy sound of swords clashing was endless. The Northern Territory army was lined up again outside Black Stone Fortress, with solemn military appearance, quietly waiting for the horn of attack.

The Wolf Island warriors, as reinforcements, took the initiative to join the siege. The Lord thought about it and agreed.

The average height of these Wolf Island soldiers was only about one and a half a unit of measurement, and the hundreds of orc barbarians in High Cliff Fortress with an average height of two and a half a unit of measurement were mixed in, like a group of adults joining a group of children, which was very eye-catching.

Not only their size, but their equipment was also very sophisticated, with chainmail, leather armor, and a final layer of heavy iron armor inside. Even a strong bow at close range probably couldn't penetrate it. The exaggeratedly sized battle axes in their hands were shining with cold light, and they all wore horned face-covering helmets.

They stood together, chatting casually because the battle hadn't started yet, and bursting into laughter from time to time, forming a stark contrast with the Wolf Island soldiers next to them who were so nervous that they couldn't speak.

Jackal scouts were responsible for patrolling the periphery, and the centaur's body structure was destined to be incompatible with siege warfare, so the Lord only brought orc warriors to participate.

"Li Wei, your subordinates are really unique." Montvert exclaimed.

The Earl of Wolf Island decided to participate in the siege with the Baron of High Cliff Fortress. He changed into the blue plate armor he wore when he came, and held a wolf helmet in his arms.

"Sir, this is called the unique composure and confidence of battle-hardened veterans."

Li Wei was wearing a set of golden plate armor engraved with exquisite patterns, with a golden cloak hanging behind him, fluttering in the wind, and holding a door-wide broadsword in his hand, looking like a saint.

This was the armor he had Mir specially make for him, specially reserved for showing off in big scenes. Attacking a small town like Kalia before wasn't enough for him to put on this outfit.

It wasn't until today, because he was going to attack Black Stone Fortress in front of hundreds of thousands of people, that he wore it out.

To be honest, he should ask Fatir for advertising fees. His outfit was a blatant advertisement for the Holy Light Church, especially since he also practiced the "Holy Word Bible".

Thinking so, he decided that after this battle, he must ask Fatir for some benefits.

"Sir, don't rush too fast later. Wait for that group of big moths to attract the opponent's main force before we go up."

Before the start of the battle, Li Wei prepared to communicate with the Earl of Wolf Island first.

Although he was prepared to be the first to attack the castle, it didn't mean that he wanted to be the first to climb the city wall. If he dared to do so, the Black Stone Fortress guards would feel the pressure and would probably immediately add a large number of troops here to defend.

Only when the main force attracted most of the people and had no time to take care of him would it be his time to perform.

Montvert didn't understand the big moths in Li Wei's mouth at first, but later he understood and couldn't help but laugh.

The paladins wore golden, bloated armor with a pair of golden wings on it. Although using big moths to describe them was indeed quite appropriate.

But if these paladins knew that they were being regarded as big moths by others, they would probably be mad.

He nodded.

Although he didn't like those twists and turns, it didn't mean that he didn't understand flexibility.

This kind of behavior was also a kind of tactic.

After all, they were just supporting, so there was no need to rush and fight hard, causing unnecessary casualties.

After all preparations were completed, seven or eight ceremonial soldiers wearing ceremonial dress and feather hats stood on the platform at the rear of the team and raised huge bull horns.

Woo woo woo!

The dull and loud horn sounded throughout the entire battlefield. Dense masses of soldiers began to move and launched a full-scale general attack on Black Stone Fortress after two days and two nights of bombardment!

The arrows shot down from the city wall were not dense and their power was mediocre. They landed on the barbarians' armor and only made a ding-dang sound, finally leaving a white mark.

Even after only one round, they were suppressed by the Feder archers in the rear and didn't dare to show their heads, and the guards called out to see the undead while hiding behind the wall.

They occupied the high ground and shot from above, but instead they didn't shoot as far and accurately as the opponent's archers.

They wanted to fight back, but the arrows crossed a hundred steps and finally stuck in the ground in front of the opponent. Occasionally, a few arrows managed to hit, but they had no power and couldn't even penetrate the light armor on the opponent's body.

As a result, as soon as they showed their heads, the opponent's arrows would come straight at them, with terrifying accuracy and even more terrifying power.

The Lord followed the huge siege vehicle unhurriedly.

This kind of siege vehicle weighed at least ten thousand pounds and consisted of four wheels and a platform that was dozens of a unit of measurement long.

As long as the distance was reached, the iron-clad wooden platform could be placed on the city wall, and it couldn't be shaken by manpower at all. Soldiers could also run directly onto the city wall along this platform.

The advantage was that it avoided the opponent's tactic of pouring excrement on their heads, but the disadvantage was that its mobility was much weaker than the single ladders hanging on the city wall.

Driven by dozens of burly old northerners, it was still as slow as a turtle.

"Boss, aren't we going to help?" Zart was carrying two battle axes, following the Lord, watching the old people pushing the siege vehicle with all their might. If they joined in, the speed could be increased at least several times.

"Help my ass!" Li Wei replied, and then listened carefully to the movement on the right.

That was the main gate of Black Stone Fortress and the location of the main force. There was no sound of fighting yet, so why were they in a hurry?

Moreover, according to Fugero, theoretically speaking, the city wall had been smashed by catapults for so long, it should be about to be broken. But until now, although the sound of boulders hitting the city wall was still endless, there was no sound of the city wall collapsing at all.

But before long, the sound of fierce fighting came over.

The paladins roared and climbed the wall. Their well-equipped plate armor and the protection of the holy light gave them unparalleled defensive power. Arrows couldn't cause them any trouble at all. They easily climbed the city wall, creating enough space for those who came later.

"Siege!"

The Lord roared and no longer hesitated, taking the lead and running up the ladder.