Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords

Originally, Li Wei was leading the Orc barbarians to destroy the defending army attempting to block their path at an extremely fast speed, heading towards the inner castle.

However, from some point onwards, those defending soldiers no longer fearlessly charged at them when they saw them, but instead dropped their weapons and ran into the intricate alleys.

He suddenly stopped, and the group of large individuals behind him, due to rushing too fast and fiercely, couldn't stop in time and instantly squeezed together.

"Boss, what's wrong?" Zha Te looked at his dented chest armor and then at the Lord's unchanged head in front of him, feeling extremely sorry.

He didn't expect that the armor, which had withstood countless attacks, hadn't suffered much damage, but this collision directly dented it.

"I feel like something is not quite right?"

Li Wei narrowed his eyes, looking at the Southern Territory soldiers who had disappeared into the alleys.

Just a moment ago, they were resisting desperately, but now they seemed to have given up struggling, resigned to letting them proceed to the inner castle.

"Could it be that they were scared sh**less by our military might?" Zha Te carried his battle axe, flexing his bicep with one hand, grinning.

"Maybe."

Li Wei was somewhat clueless and completely unable to figure out why the other side would suddenly give up. Admittedly, no one could directly block the charging team led by him as the spearhead as they had been killing all the way.

No matter how many people came, in the end, they could only turn into the broken limbs, minced meat, and blood on the road.

Perhaps the other side was indeed demoralized by the slaughter. Li Wei could only make such a guess to explain it.

He couldn't help but suspect that the old guy Kloss knew that Black Rock Fortress, this isolated city, couldn't be defended at all, so he took the opportunity to run away, and the soldiers who lost their commander also directly collapsed.

But that didn't make sense either. The furious Flynna had already ordered people to surround Black Rock Fortress, and patrol teams were also dispatched, controlling an area of at least twenty miles, with such strictness that it was unlikely that the opponent could escape even by digging a hole from the ground.

Li Wei somewhat regretted not bringing Layton up. Although the other party's martial arts were only good enough to beat up the Orc children of High Cliff Fortress, his brain was indeed useful.

Now he was caught in a dilemma, wanting to continue to advance fiercely, but also afraid of falling into the trap of the old general Kloss, but just staring blankly and doing nothing.

If the other side had indeed collapsed, it would make him look very stupid.

"Damn it, why think so much." Li Wei slapped his head. His goal from the beginning was not to capture the other party's group of commanders and destroy their active forces.

The strategic goal of the High Cliff Fortress team was completely to break into the inner castle and search for treasures!

The Northern Territory officers themselves would take care of eliminating active forces.

After figuring it out, the Lord no longer obsessed over what traps the other party might have.

After all, no matter what tactics are used, the premise is to guess the opponent's strategic goals and use this to set up traps.

He took out a simple map from the system inventory and looked at it carefully.

When the Ice Sorcerers scouted Black Rock Fortress , they naturally drew the city defense map for everyone to view and understand roughly.

Although only important figures could have a map individually, because the Lord had also brought Layton, this Earth Goblin drew an identical one upon returning.

Soon, Li Wei identified a location and immediately led the barbarians to change direction and rush to this place.

……

In the narrow room, both the wooden table and chairs were very old, revealing the wood's base color. There were not many decorations here, only the firelight from the fireplace added a bit of color.

This servant's residence in the castle now gathered all the nobles of Black Rock Fortress and served as a temporary meeting room.

"What's your name?" Kloss looked at the trembling young man in front of him. Years of labor had filled the young man's face with sorrow.

"Ram, my lord, my name is Ram." Fearing that the important figure in front of him hadn't heard, he repeated it again, saying everything due to being too afraid: "I am a manure shoveling apprentice, and I am responsible for transporting the horse manure from the castle to the outside through the Illy Bridge every day."

Soon he saw the nobles around him glaring at him and realized that he had said the wrong thing, stuttering and hurriedly explaining: "Please... please forgive me for presenting such a lowly word in front of you."

"Alright Ram, there's no need to apologize for this. On the contrary, we deserve to feel sorry for suddenly coming to your residence." Kloss shook his head and patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "Good young man, I suggest you can now go and throw a few potatoes into the fireplace. This old man hasn't had lunch yet until now."

The half-centennial old man blinked.

Looking at the other party's kind smile, Ram relaxed a lot, nodded and hurriedly ran to the kitchen to find potatoes.

"My lord, it's just a servant, not even a freeman..."

A noble looked at the disappearing figure and didn't understand why he was being so polite. Even directly ordering the other party was completely fine.

"Ciss, don't underestimate anyone, and always be humble." Kloss pointed to himself, earnestly: "Especially be kind to the people around you."

Ciss didn't want to delve deeper into this topic and instead asked: "My lord, will that knight really do as we have arranged?"

"Ciss, if you face the enemy's inexplicable abandonment of resistance, what would you do?"

Kloss came to the fireplace and sat on a small stool, stretching out his cold hands to warm himself like an ordinary old man.

Ciss came to the old man's side and didn't answer, because he knew that this lord wasn't really asking him.

"First, you will feel confused and worried about what the other party's intentions are, and hesitate to move forward, fearing that you will fall into the next trap."

"Second, you think this is completely the other party's bluff and recklessly attack the main gate of the inner castle, taking the fruit of victory."

"And this is the choice." Kloss took off his already hot gloves and placed them on his lap, revealing a proud smile on his face: "If the other party hesitates to move forward, then our goal of delaying time can be achieved. If they choose to attack the main gate and capture the castle's main building, they will suffer the consequences."

"In other words, no matter what the other party chooses, our strategic goals will be achieved." Kloss's face was serious, pointing to his head: "As a qualified commander, the first thing to do is to think, think from the enemy's perspective, guess the other party's purpose, and summarize the strategic goals you want to achieve, and make appropriate arrangements for this."

The nobles immediately showed an expression of sudden realization.

When they received the upcoming support, they collectively acted like they had gone mad, dancing with joy, but when a small team of the other party broke through the city wall at an astonishing speed and headed towards the inner castle, everyone turned and panicked again.

Fearing that they would become prisoners of the enemy before they could hold out until support arrived, everything would be too late.

But this old general calmly made arrangements and moved the meeting room from the safer castle main building to this servant area near the city wall.

At that time, everyone didn't understand, but now they all understood.

This was using the main gate as bait, and no matter what the other party chose, the initiative would be in their hands.

"My lord, what if the other party chooses to attack the inner castle from here?"

Ciss asked subconsciously.

"Ciss, I am very happy that you have such concerns." Kloss smiled and then patiently explained why he ultimately chose here: "This is the servant area. The stables, pigsties, and sheepfolds are all here. There are no valuables or important figures here, only a group of pitiful people who are afraid of being vented with anger."

The old man with gray hair drew a line in the air: "The result is that this worthless place has a natural pit that is seven or eight blades wide, with only a drawbridge that can accommodate a carriage passing through to the city."

"At this distance, the power of Dou Qi will be weakened to the point where it cannot cut off the iron chains, only a caster can do it."

"Therefore, unless the other party can fly or has a caster, they simply cannot lower the drawbridge."

"And coincidentally, the information shows that the other party does not possess either of these two conditions."

"No commander would abandon the main gate, which may have already lost its resistance, to come here."

"Perhaps the other party has gone crazy and wants to make a futile effort, it's hard to say." The old man even had the leisure to make a joke.

Everyone immediately felt admiration. Thinking from the other's perspective, if they were the attackers.

Unless absolutely necessary, they would never choose to face the drawbridge and daunting pit, which were no different from the city wall.

"Everyone." Kloss suddenly increased his volume, trying to speak in a voice that everyone present could hear: "The other party has indeed broken into the city, but our support is also coming soon. Although it is not clear what kind of support it is, a turning point that can change the current situation is definitely worth waiting for, so there is no need to worry about it, just wait and see!"

Ram, who had just walked in with the potatoes, didn't know what the old man was talking about, but the emotions contained in it were enough to make people's blood boil.

……

Li Wei led the Orc barbarians, advancing left and right, bypassing a pile of buildings, and finally came to a deep ditch. The city wall was clearly not far away, but at this moment it was like a natural barrier, making people daunted.

"Boss, how do we get in?"

Zha Te scratched his helmet, looking helpless.

Even if there were a hundred fully armed soldiers in front of him, he would rush in without hesitation.

But now what was in front of him was a deep ditch, and the consequence of rushing over would only be breaking his limbs.

This was the back door of the inner castle, which was only opened when there was a need in the past. A drawbridge connected the two sides, and on the other side was a city wall that was seven or eight blades high, with a slightly narrow passage.

There were clearly soldiers on duty here, and they were slightly nervous due to the arrival of the enemy, but when they saw that the other party was helpless, they relaxed again.

Several daring individuals even poked their heads out and shot a few arrows sporadically, but they paid a painful price for this. The barbarians had been unimpeded along the way, but at this moment they were stopped by a deep pit, and they felt anger in their hearts because of this.

This behavior of the enemy was tantamount to provocation and ridicule. Several javelins with full strength flew out like lightning, directly shooting down those archers on the wall to the ground, scaring the remaining soldiers from daring to show their heads again.

"The road is right under our feet!"

Li Wei said words that Zha Te didn't understand, holding the fine steel javelin in his hand, squinting his eyes and looking at the drawbridge opposite.

This was a classic drawbridge design. The drawbridge, weighing several thousand pounds, was connected to the winch in the city wall through two small holes by two arm-thick iron chains. At this moment, a small section of the two iron chains connecting the drawbridge remained outside.

If Fu Jieluo were here, he could only stare blankly, either wasting time building ladders or relying on a caster to use magic to cut off the iron chains and let the drawbridge crash down.

Unfortunately, after suffering losses, those noble mages were hiding in the rear. How could they come to this kind of remote corner?

But he was not Fu Jieluo.

After just a glance, he made a decision, weighed the javelin twice, pulled his shoulder to the side, waist, arm, leg, the whole body twisted into a rope, and then threw it violently.

Whoosh!

"Why can't this iron chain break by itself?"

Zha Te was muttering in his heart, but as soon as he finished speaking, one of the iron chains of the drawbridge broke instantly, and the "crack" sound of metal breaking followed.

He rubbed his eyes with a pair of big green hands in disbelief, and excitement surged into his heart. He had just been thinking about why this iron chain didn't break by itself, and the result was that it broke as soon as he thought about it.

Unfortunately, as the Lord threw another javelin, he realized that the iron chain did not break because he had obtained some awesome magic that would make it break whenever he wanted it to, but because of the boss beside him.

He couldn't help but feel discouraged.

Boom!

Losing the restraint of the iron chain, the drawbridge fell down in response.

Li Wei just clapped his hands at this. The fine steel javelin thrown with his current strength can be said to be no different from a heavy artillery. It was easy for him to shoot off two iron chains that were only as thick as wrists at a distance of seven or eight blades.

This drawbridge was made of solid materials. Even if it fell down suddenly, it did not break directly, but only bounced a little and safely connected to the front of the High Cliff Fortress team.

"Brothers, grab your weapons."

The Lord shouted loudly, carrying the greatsword and rushing over.

The barbarians smiled coldly and lined up to rush onto the drawbridge, rushing towards the passage.

Those dwarves hiding on the wall and shooting at them would receive their anger.

Without the obstruction of the city wall, the barbarians were like lions rushing into a flock of sheep. The only thing these Southern Territory soldiers could do was to stretch their necks and be slaughtered.

There were also several hundred soldiers stationed here, and even said to be the elite guards of Black Rock Fortress, almost all wearing excellent armor, and their martial skills were several streets ahead of those soldiers on the city wall.

Unfortunately, they were facing a group of strong combat races that had been upgraded several times.

In just a moment, this section of the city wall was controlled by the High Cliff Fortress team.

After taking down the city wall, Li Wei led people to rush towards the castle's main building again, but as he rushed, he suddenly stopped, his eyes fixed on a stone house in the open space not far away.

This house was very simple, built of rough stones. At a glance, you could tell that it was the area where the servants in the castle lived, inconspicuous.

But at this moment, several gorgeously dressed nobles were running out in a panic, adding a different kind of value to it.

"Did I catch a big fish?"

The Lord was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed.

"Quick, quick, don't let these Southern Territory generals run away, catch them alive for me."

He took the lead, rushing in the front, the smile on his face could not be concealed, like an old farmer in the field watching the wheat bend over because the ears of wheat were heavy.