Mount & Blade: Wind of War

Boom!

The hot and blazing fireballs bombarded the solid rock walls. Even if they were carefully polished and reinforced, the damage and cracks would inevitably spread, not to mention the fear brought by the blazing high-temperature fire.

Fire magic is always the darling of the battlefield, and its ability to cause secondary spread damage is completely unmatched by other magic systems.

In the wilderness, the magic of the centaur shamans can never be said to be finely controlled, but it is simple, rough and effective, which is enough.

On the city are the guards of the mountain fortress, and under the city are the centaur army formations, but when the centaur shamans cast spells, the fireballs that seem like heavy artillery, but they suppress everyone against the trend and make them unable to raise their heads.

Boom.

Boom, crash, large pieces of rubble disintegrate.

"Fatis, do you think we can still see the master alive?"

To this day, human slaves have been assigned simple weapons to serve as a defense force when the enemy casts spells and sieges the city. This is a veritable cannon fodder force.

If possible, the harpies would not hesitate to use the blood of human slaves to burn out the blazing flames on the top of the city, but it was a pity that this was difficult to do.

"Haha, Raymond, do you regret taking this mission?" Fatis held the sword in one hand, and Raymond was separated by a similar battlement. In this situation, even he might die in battle, but this man was talking and laughing as usual. It was precisely because of this strong psychological quality that he could often make the most correct decision at the critical moment of life and death.

"What am I afraid of? My grandfather is respected and the mayor of Redwood Town. My sister is staying with Lord Rhodes. I came out to seek a future. I am afraid of being poor, afraid to the point of death that I can't make a name for myself, but I am not afraid of death!"

At this time, Raymond suddenly rushed out and shot downward, and shot a charging sheep-headed man directly with a powerful arrow.

These goat-headed people have human bodies, goat heads and hooves, and are good at using iron pickaxes. Goat-headed warriors can completely match the gnoll guards, and their combat power is even better. They are allies of the centaurs in the forest and also participated in this siege.

The reason why Raymond defended the city so hard is that behind all the human slaves who were given weapons, there were gnolls and lizardmen supervisors from the mountain fortress watching.

Those who fight hard will get some preferential treatment, and those who don't fight hard will be your enemies, even if it's just to survive, most human slaves have to fight desperately to help defend the city.

It's not that no one has thought about counterattacking, but there is still a considerable guard force in the mountain fortress, and there is no way to survive if they counterattack. At least in the eyes of Fatis and Raymond, now is not the right time.

After this period of lurking, the two have roughly determined:

There are about 800 harpies and about 2,000 gnolls and lizardmen in the mountain fortress. Originally, they had developed for more than 200 years with sufficient materials, and there should not be only these numbers, but the harpy witch has the concept of saving resources and elite groups, so she drove out all the harpies, gnolls, and lizardmen with poor quality, leaving them to open up territories outside or fend for themselves.

In addition to the main body of about 3,000 people, there are about 1,000 vassal races, and then there are human slaves who are the main production unit of the mountain fortress.

After nearly two months of siege, whether it is the harpies or the vassal races such as gnolls and lizardmen, all suffered heavy losses, otherwise, it would not be the turn of human slaves to help defend the city.

Fatis and Raymond could not see the account book for the number of human slaves, and they were not even sure if there was one, but they estimated that there were about 8,000 to 12,000 people, otherwise they could not support so many foreign races in the mountain fortress.

"Hiss!"

"Roar!"

Behind them, there was a sudden high-pitched roar like a beast, and the lizardmen and jackals suddenly howled to the sky.

This made Fatis and Raymond, who were fighting hard on the top of the city to save their lives, hide in a relatively safe position and subconsciously turn their heads back.

After this period of time, they could probably distinguish the roars of the beasts around them to express their emotions.

Fatis and Raymond turned around and saw the highest point of the Mountain Fortress, in the eagle's nest, surrounded by the flying harpies, and surrounded by a group of about twenty red-winged harpies, a harpy with huge wings as deep red as gems, which was beautiful and noble in the eyes of the aliens, slowly flew out:

Harpy witch Magna, even from the perspective of humans, this is also a beautiful creature, of course, it may be more terrifying.

"It's over, we have suffered in vain for the past two months." Seeing the appearance of the harpy witch, Raymond put down the bow in his hand in despair, and muttered to himself subconsciously.

Because he clearly knew what kind of psychological status the harpy witch meant to the aliens in the Mountain Fortress. Just with her, the harpies, lizardmen, gnolls and even all the vassal races in the Mountain Fortress would be united, which is why the Centaur tribe dared to attack the city after the harpy witch was severely damaged.

Whether this wasteland leader still exists and can participate in the war will have a decisive impact on the course of this war.

"No! Instead, I think it's your chance."

Looking at the harpy witch slowly flying up in the sky, Fatis on the top of the city subconsciously narrowed his eyes, but the pupils in his eyes were enlarged.

At this moment, when facing the harpy witch Magna, the first feeling that emerged in Fatis's heart was: weakness!

"Your joke is not funny at all. When the harpy witch can still fight, letting you get involved is simply framing you!"

Raymond looked at Fatis in astonishment, thinking that the other party was crazy.

"Raymond, you have to remember that we are only responsible for transmitting information. As for whether to do it and how to do it, it is up to Lord Rodhart to decide."

The harpy witch Magna, who had been resting for more than a month, appeared again above the mountain fortress, which boosted the morale of the guards in the mountain fortress, and also made the centaurs who saw this scene feel a sense of fear from the bottom of their hearts.

However, things have come to this point, and the two sides have forged an irreconcilable blood feud.

The Centaurs and their tribal coalition had already lost so many people and paid so much price that they could not stop.

However, the next three days were three consecutive days of thick fog that covered the sky and the sun. The sudden fog was so thick that it was almost invisible.

In the middle of the night of the third day when the thick fog was pervasive, a unit of a thousand-man unit of the Mountain Castle, with nearly a hundred (eighty-nine) gnoll guards as the spearhead, suddenly appeared behind the Centaurs and completed a backstab.

They set fire to the camp and burned the food and grass, causing great chaos in the tribal coalition. At the same time, the Mountain Fortress actually took the initiative to open the gate of the town that the Centaurs had been unable to capture for a long time. After that, almost all the troops came out, led by the harpy witch Magna holding a gorgeous spear.

This was a battle for the Mountain Fortress.

The harpy witch Magna defeated the Centaurs with extremely inferior forces with her own courage and courage.

This was an overwhelming victory without any suspense!

Even in the military history of mankind, it can be regarded as an extremely brilliant and colorful stroke.

"She is worthy of being called a witch. She actually has the ability to interfere with the celestial phenomena for a short time? In that situation where the enemy and the enemy cannot be distinguished and the superiors and subordinates cannot communicate effectively, the advantage in numbers is indeed greatly suppressed. On the contrary, the combat effectiveness of the wolf guards is really exaggerated."

In the vicinity of this battle, there was obviously a thick fog covering the hills on the side, but the black-haired noble boy riding a packhorse, holding a brass telescope in both hands, could clearly see the battle situation.

On both sides of the noble boy, there was a pair of young men and women who looked somewhat similar.

The girl was of course Kress, and the one with a whip mark on his cheek was Raymond who had risked escaping from the mountain fortress.

Out of trust in Fatis, and the fact that the lord had said before he left that this mission was mainly for Fatis, Raymond chose to believe the other party's judgment, risked his life to escape, and informed Rhodes, who was training and accumulating strength in the Silent Hills, of the news that a decisive battle was about to take place in the Mountain Fortress.

For ordinary slaves, it is very difficult and almost impossible to escape from the Mountain Fortress, but for Fatis and Raymond, who are highly skilled and well prepared before entering, and even have someone secretly cooperating, this is not impossible.

Of course, this is also quite dangerous in wartime. If you are caught by the guards by accident, you will be tortured to death.

Before escaping, Raymond was also mentally prepared to commit suicide if he was discovered.

"Raymond, thank you for your hard work. If we can really capture the city this time, you can choose the best fiefdom here."

"Lord Rhodes, my hard work is nothing, but the harpy witch has now recovered her combat power. Do we still need to continue the plan to capture the city? Isn't it too risky?"

"It is unlikely that she has fully recovered now."

"If the full force of the Nashir Holy Sword can be so easily withstood, it will not be the top artifact of the elves. The harpy has some ancient extraordinary heritage, but it is still far behind the elves."

The first sentence was said by Rhodes to Raymond, but the second sentence was his own whisper.

"But, what if?"

"Then let's just wait and see. With the Harpy Witch's violent personality, if she is in good condition, she can take advantage of the situation to chase for hundreds of miles, completely making it impossible for the Centaurs to rise again within a hundred years. But if her physical condition is not right, she will not chase for too far."

"But, sir, if the Harpy Witch is in bad condition, why doesn't she continue to heal her wounds? The Mountain Fortress is not undefendable."

Cress, who was standing beside Rhodes, asked in confusion. During this period, she also summed up a lot of military tactical knowledge and gradually became more willing to use her brain.

"On the one hand, this is a problem with her personality, and on the other hand, it is an inevitable choice. If I were in her position, I would also choose this: hold on!"

"Hold on?"

"Yes, now that we have held on and defeated the Centaur coalition, no one in this wasteland will doubt the power of the Mountain Fortress or the witches anymore. But if we allow them to surround the city walls like this, more and more races in the wasteland will feel that the power of the Mountain Fortress is no longer effective, and the witches are no longer effective. At that time, it will be even more troublesome."

If the people around him were his real people, Rhode only needed to explain: "One punch is better than a hundred punches." It would be enough.

However, the people around him at this moment were Raymond and Cress, who had not read many books. Rhode needed to train them, so he had to break some of his cognitions and tell them.

But this was not the fault of Raymond and Cress, but most people in this era had not read many books, and they could not have much knowledge.

After explaining, Rhode continued to ride his horse and watch the battle in the distance below. This battle was really too tragic.

Since the Centaurs were a coalition of multiple races, the foggy weather caused the armies of each race to be in chaos, so the numerical advantage could not be brought into play at all. There were also small tribes of gnolls and lizardmen in the coalition. Normally, they were fine, but at this time, they were directly crushed by the chaotic army.

The army of the mountain fortress would attack them, and the army of the Centaurs coalition would also attack them.

Among them, the most eye-catching and the most attractive to Rhode were the strongest Red Winged Harpy Guards and the Gnoll Guards under the witch.

It happened that Rhode had fought with these two armies, but it was not until this moment that he realized how terrifying these two armies were.

The Red Winged Harpy was surrounded by ferocious griffins. Often, with just a few rounds of spear attacks, it could cause huge damage and completely destroy the morale of an army. As for the rest, it was just chasing and killing.

This unit was very cunning. They deliberately avoided contact with the Centaur Archer Unit that restrained them, but chose to attack the allied races such as the Sheep-headed Man and the Minotaur. In the chaos, the elite Centaur Archer Unit could not chase them everywhere.

Therefore, it was simply a state where they killed people and no one else killed them, and the casualties were very small.

As for the Gnoll Guards, they were all savage and huge, wearing heavy armor, holding steel shields, and wielding enchanted flails. Although they were not as helpless as the Red Winged Harpy Unit, they were more terrifying.

Wherever they went, there was almost one-sided slaughter. Except for the Centaur Warriors holding heavy axes and cooperating with their own shamans to resist, the Gnoll Guards of the Wild Witch almost crushed and slaughtered wherever they went.

"This should be close to the combat power of the third-level troops."

"If the most potential charr archer troops in my hands are promoted to the sixth-level soldiers, the charr guardians, they should be able to compete with them in the forest environment. As for close combat, it is difficult to beat them under normal circumstances. Fortunately, they will lose at least half of their troops after this battle."

Level 3 is the first level. Most human troop promotion trees can only support the first level, and a few can support the second level. The charr clan strictly speaking belongs to a branch of mixed-blood orcs, so their archer troops can appear at level 6 and second level, but melee troops cannot:

Charr recruits level 1, charr hunters level 2, charr wild hunters level 3 (first level), charr leopard hunters level 4, forest children level 5, charr guardians level 6 (second level).

Charr recruits level 1, charr spearmen level 2, charr senior spearmen level 3 (first level), charr senior long swordmen level 4, charr guards level 5.

Although powerful level 3 soldiers are not necessarily inferior to level 4 soldiers, level 2 soldiers are often crushed by level 3 soldiers from all directions and angles. On the front battlefield, they can only rely on numbers to resist.

Magna, the harpy witch, did not choose to take advantage of the situation to hunt down and kill a large number of enemies.