Lord of Rot

Chapter 283 Siege Battle

I didn't know how many guards there were before, but now I don't need to spend any more time to find out.

It turns out that Baron Ross's plan was to directly encircle the castle without attacking it. A lonely castle built on a cliff would collapse on its own over time.

But during this period of fighting, we found that the other party seemed to be very rich in supplies.

A protracted war is definitely not going to work, and more and more soldiers have recently reported seeing strange and terrifying scenes. In order to prevent the cohesion of the legion from weakening, Baron Ross can only seize the time to break the city.

It just so happened that Li Qi came, and there was someone to discuss.

Forget about the other minor nobles, they didn't even have a few militia members. They were all mercenaries hired by selling pots and pans, as well as farmers carrying pitchforks.

"Lord Li Qi" Baron Ross looked at Li Qi: "Iron Wall Fort is easy to defend but difficult to attack. What do you think?"

Li Qi said: "I will lead people to attack."

Even if you come here, you have no chance to fish, and it is very important who wins this siege battle.

"Strong attack?" Ross didn't expect Li Qi's idea to be so wild.

It is said that Baron Porcupine is a reckless man, but taking the lead in the charge can no longer be considered reckless, it must be that he has no brains.

Although there are only a hundred people on the city wall, those people have crossbows and an angry bed in their hands, otherwise it is impossible for more than 2,000 people to attack it.

He thought Li Qi didn't understand what he just said, so he said again: "Sir Li Qi, the wall of Iron Wall Fort is 36 feet high, and it is very dangerous to attack by ladder."

"We can make a battering ram," Baron Ross said. It would be much easier to break through the city gate than climb over the city wall.

Of course you can make a battering ram.

But there is another problem. The Iron Wall Castle has no roads, and the rocks are rugged. Running and walking in armor is not a small problem, and the battering ram cannot be pushed up at all.

And Li Qi just took a look from afar. The gate of the Iron Wall Castle is stronger than that of ordinary castles. To break the gate with a battering ram is to use a pile of human lives.

Li Qi said with certainty: "I will lead people to kill on the city wall, and then open the city gate."

"Now that Lord Li Qi has decided..." Taylor Ross decided not to dissuade him. If Li Qi accidentally died on the city wall, he would write a letter to the Duke.

Anyone can be the lord of Iron Valley. Anyway, he just wants to complete the mission.

The other nobles were eager for Li Qi to lead his team to charge and kill them, so as to save them from consuming their own strength.

As for Li Qi killing the city wall? More than 2000 of them couldn't kill them, so why could Li Qi kill them?

Li Qi took the hardwood shield handed over by the retinue, tied the shield to his left arm with leather, and ordered: "Laixi, you will be at the front to resist the ladder later, and the others will follow behind to hold the ladder, and follow closely. Team.”

This is where Lacey's extraordinary ability to reduce weight must be used.

The walls of the Iron Wall Fort are 12 meters high, and the long ladder cannot be moved without five or six people, and it cannot move quickly due to its weight.

But as long as Lacey can bear the weight and there are one or two people behind holding the ladder, he can move forward quickly without affecting his speed.

Lacey nodded heavily: "Yes, sir!"

"Quick Blade!" Li Qi looked at Kuai Blade. Although he was not an extraordinary person, he was very experienced in fighting: "No shooting is allowed in this battle. Everyone switched to cold weapons. After Lacey and I grabbed the city wall, the others People follow closely behind, remembering to guard the ladder first.”

Muskets are only useful when the enemy and ourselves are clearly distinguishable. If you use muskets in siege warfare, you are likely to hit your companions.

Quick Blade replied: "Yes!"

Everything was ready, and all the soldiers put on shields, one-handed swords, and one-handed axes, and a shield wall protected their heads and front bodies.

Under the sun, the team whose armor shimmered with metallic silver, holding up shields painted with porcupines, advanced silently and orderly.

Whoosh!

An arrow drew an arc and struck in front of Li Qi, the arrow trembling slightly.

Li Qi looked up at the wall of the Iron Wall Fort. The soldiers guarding the city were not anxious when they saw that an arrow failed to hit. They lowered their heads and stepped on their crossbows, slowly cocking the string.

Using high to defeat low, the opponent took advantage of the terrain.

Li Qi grabbed a javelin, took a deep breath, mustered up his strength, and pulled his arm back, fully unfolding it like a big bow.

Another hard throw!

The air was blown away by the sound he made with a wave of his hand, and there was a "pop" sound.

The soldier who was lowering his head to wind up saw the flying javelin from the corner of his eye and was startled. He even dropped the crossbow in his hand and fell to the ground.

After all, the javelin could not fly such a long distance. After reaching the highest point, it fell in a parabola. It stuck on the wall with a "clang", and because it was not strong enough, it fell freely to the ground.

"Huh" the soldier breathed a sigh of relief.

"What kind of monster is that, standing under the city wall so far away, pointing a javelin at us!" For a moment just now, he really thought he was going to die.

When he looked at the team under the city wall, he no longer dared to show his head, so he could only peek out with his head hidden.

But it didn't matter. He was shocked again: "What kind of team is this?"

The previous siege team was packed with speed, especially the soldiers who had to protect the anti-cloud ladder. The speed was almost the same as walking slowly.

Looking at the group of people underground, they were all running wildly, moving fast and orderly, like a giant silver-armored python.

The young man leading the group, the nobleman who had nearly exploded with a javelin just now, was running on the mountain road, but he seemed to be flying off the ground.

……

Li Qi was not surprised that the javelin failed to achieve success. If he could really stand under the distant city wall and shoot at the soldiers on the wall, why would he bother to attack the city? He could serve as a humanoid fort and shoot down all the hundreds of people on it.

We have entered the opponent's shooting range, but the opponent is still outside the shooting range. The longer we stay under the city wall, the more dangerous it becomes.

He shouted: "Speed ​​up!"

The sound of breathing and footsteps would drown out Li Qi's orders, but the whistle of the sharp blade would immediately convey his meaning.

Li Qi's shot also woke up the soldiers who were sparsely defending the city and entered the state to launch a counterattack.

That javelin seemed to have ignited a black powder bomb, and the Iron Wall Fort's counterattack suddenly became fierce.

Swish, swish, arrows rained down, occasionally mixed with a crossbow, but because the speed was too fast, the crossbow always shot far away from the porcupine team.

The shield tied to Li Qi's arm was raised high, making a "dong dong dong" knocking sound. The falling bow and arrows carried great power, making his arm tremble slightly.

However, in a short time, Li Qi found at least fourteen or five arrows on the Lacey shield behind him, and his body was also pierced by many arrows, like a hedgehog.

Fortunately, the extraordinary ones were blocking the front line. If they had been ordinary soldiers, they would have been unable to move even an inch.

The team finally reached the wall.

The cloud ladder was erected, and several people held the ladder and wanted to raise it to attack the city.

boom!

There was a loud bang.

The two soldiers behind Li Qi were knocked away by a crossbow, and they fell to the ground unknown whether they were alive or dead. The two men who were crooked bumped into a few more people, and the team fell into brief chaos.

"Dudu——!"

Kuai Blade blew the whistle, and the chaotic team quickly found its own rhythm.

The ladder continues to rise.

The crossbow bed on the city wall was still pulling the string slowly.

"We must rush forward to deal with the crossbow bed!"

Li Qi didn't want to be shot by that thing either.

As the ladder was completely erected, Li Qi held the shield in front of him with his left hand, grabbed the ladder with his right hand, and jumped up quickly with a vertical jump.

People climbed like a cheetah, and the ladder had just been stabilized, but Li Qi had already climbed to half the height of the ladder in three or two steps.

The militiamen on the city wall were also frightened by Li Qi.

In the blink of an eye, the distance is closed, and in the blink of an eye, he is in front of you!

Almost all the arrows focused on his body, almost knocking Li Qi down. He paused for a moment, took a deep breath, held his breath, and climbed up, but the climbing speed was much slower. .

"Ok?"

The militiaman who was almost hit by Li Qi's javelin was holding a crossbow. He expected Li Qi to appear and was about to shoot Li Qi's head off with a crossbow, but it was quiet in front of him.

Just when he felt weird.

A shield suddenly raised.

He fired the crossbow bolt quickly.

Duh!

As expected, the crossbow bolt hit the shield and became another thorn on the painted porcupine.

The hand holding a one-handed sword quickly stretched out from behind the shield.

With a pop, the sword penetrated the socket of his left eye and penetrated his head.

Li Qi jumped with his shield in hand, and finally jumped onto the city wall!