Throne of Vientiane Civilization

At the same time, after rushing out of the city gate from the other end and escaping for a certain distance, Long Zhantian looked back with lingering fear at the border city where some outlines could still be vaguely seen in the distance, and a turmoil arose in his heart.

"Centaur, are those mercenaries involved?!"

The appearance of the centaur did surprise him, but it was far less impactful than the three-bow crossbow that instantly destroyed their watchtower and city gate.

It wasn't until I successfully escaped that I started to think about this matter.

"General, what should we do now?"

On the way out, the garrisons responsible for guarding other city gates also came out to join him.

Although it hasn't been counted yet, he estimates that he has about five hundred in his hands now.

With this small force, it was obviously impossible to fight back. He didn't even dare to stay here for a while.

"Travel all night long! Let's reach the next city as soon as possible!"

There are centaur cavalry on the opposite side. The centaur clan not only has strong hunting ability, but also has night vision ability after dark, and can fight at night.

At this point in time, Long Zhantian didn't dare to stop.

Early the next morning, a report was sent from the interrogation office. They had actually learned a lot of the information in it from Shang Xijun, and now they were checking it.

When asked about the strength of the troops, they were very clear about the strength of the troops in the city, but the question of the total strength of the country was obviously beyond their understanding, and these small soldiers could not tell at all.

However, there is still valuable information here.

"Twenty kilometers away from the South City Gate, there is a mine called the Lead-Zinc Mine."

Obviously, these two unfamiliar words were a bit difficult for Liu Dahe, who came to report.

Zhou Xu didn't do much research on ores, and Wang Dong and the others didn't know much about it. Of course he knew the two metal elements, lead and zinc, but that was all. What role could they play? What does it look like? Zhou Xu was not particularly clear in his heart.

[The other party can clearly tell that it is a lead-zinc mine. Could it be that there are talents here who can identify ores? 】

When he thought of this, Zhou Xu's heart beat slightly faster.

Compared to this mine, he obviously valued this talent more. Thinking of this, Zhou Xu quickly asked Liu Dahe to ask about this matter.

At the same time, there is obviously a need to send a team to confirm the mine.

As a result, something embarrassing happened. Zhou Xu found that after they settled in the city and took over the garrison of the four walls and the patrol work in the city, he had no people left to mobilize...

"Forget it, I'll go there myself."

While speaking, Zhou Xu handed over the duties here to Shi Lei and walked directly outside. The elf knights headed by Silk immediately followed after seeing this.

In the previous battle, due to the extremely smooth fight, the elf knights headed by Silk did not use their abilities. The physical strength they had consumed during this night's rest was almost restored, and they were in good condition now.

In this state, even if a force came out to intercept them, Hilke and the others would still be able to escort their king to escape unscathed.

Therefore, Shi Lei was not worried at all about the safety of their king.

Twenty kilometers is not a long journey, and it only takes thirty or forty minutes by normal riding. If they drive fast all the way, they will probably arrive in less than half an hour.

【Eagle Eye! 】

Before they were completely close, the moment the mine appeared in their field of vision, as the captain of the Guards, Hilke directly turned on his 'Eagle Eye' to observe it.

There is a gravel road here. When the war horses run, they will immediately raise a lot of sand and dust. They can't hide even if they want to. They have obviously been spotted on the other side.

Through the blessing of 'Eagle Eye', Silk could clearly see that the other party was raising the gate of the mine as quickly as possible and setting up a resistance horse nearby. There was also a group of soldiers holding spears waiting behind them. .

At the same time, all the archers were in position, and some archers even climbed directly onto the arrow tower.

"Your Majesty, there are no more than thirty spearmen on the opposite side, and there are more than ten or twenty archers."

A mine in such a location must have been discovered later, otherwise it would have been impossible not to take this mine into consideration when building the city.

Under this premise, considering the distance between the mine and the city, it is completely normal to have some garrison deployed here just in case.

"Do you want to rush in directly?"

Hilke and the others didn't pay attention to those archers and horsemen at all. As long as they turned on the 'air flow barrier', it was only a matter of time to rush in.

"No rush, keep a safe distance first and check the situation."

While Zhou Xu was speaking, an arrow flew from afar and was inserted about ten meters away.

Different from yesterday, yesterday they used three-bow crossbows to instantly blow up the watchtower and city gate on the opposite side. Later, while blowing up the resisting horses, they also killed a large number of defenders blocking the city gate passage.

Not to mention the soldiers on the opposite side, even Long Zhantian, the general who defended the city, was frightened for a time, causing the soldiers to attack more than a beat slower.

In this era, the effective range of bows and arrows was only about one or two hundred meters, and this was basically the explosive range of the Centaur cavalry's charging speed.

At this distance, even if the opponent's attack is slower, it will be enough for the centaur cavalry to burst in front of them in one breath!

At this moment, the arrow from the opposite side was clearly aimed at stopping them.

Then I saw the gate of the mine opposite opened a crack, and a soldier ran out on horseback and came up to shout.

"Where do you cavalry come from? Don't you know this is the mine of our Chinese Empire?! Get out of here!!"

Yesterday, the battle situation was chaotic, and the garrison soldiers were busy running for their lives. Who had the time to think about running to the mine 20 kilometers away to report the news?

This directly resulted in the mine not knowing what was happening at the border.

So after hearing this, Zhou Xu also grinned, and then winked at Hilke, gesturing for Hilke to step forward and shout...

"I am Lieutenant Silk of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Your border city fell yesterday! Those of you who know the truth should quickly abandon your weapons and open the door to surrender. You can still save a small life. If you resist stubbornly, you will die!"

These few words and phrases were learned by Hilke when he listened to Zhou Xu speak yesterday, and now he can be considered as someone who has learned and sold them now.

As soon as these words were shouted, the expressions of the soldiers who came out to shout suddenly changed.

"You alone can break through our Chinese border? Do you think I will believe your lies?!"

"Whether you believe it or not, go back and tell your commander, we will give you ten minutes. After ten minutes, if you don't open the door and surrender, don't blame us for being rude!"