Warlord: King of All Clans

In ancient times, it would take more than a day to capture a city.

Many of the corner flags came here with the intention of looting, but they never expected that they would have to attack the city once they arrived, and they were all unhappy.

Some corner flags that joined the battle halfway began to speak in a sarcastic tone, accusing Edward of insufficient preparation before the battle and poor reconnaissance of the enemy.

They had no hope of attacking a fortified city, and some corner flags began to suggest that they should negotiate and extort money and then return.

If all else fails, you can initiate a knight duel and defeat the enemy in a fair fight.

In the entire legion, only Edward had an in-depth understanding of the River Bend Territory and roughly knew their population and town size.

But before the battle, how could Edward directly tell the corner flags that they had to attack the river bend?

If these words were spoken, I'm afraid half of the legion would be dispersed on the spot.

These small country lords may take advantage of the situation to rob, but if they are asked to attack the city, they might as well go home and farm.

In the North, it is not easy for a knight family to train dozens of professional soldiers.

This is almost the only asset they rely on for survival, so how could they bear to easily consume it in a siege battle with heavy casualties?

It wasn't a call for war from the Earl. Although the Knights of Square Banners had command over the legion, they were not their direct lords, so they could just find an excuse not to go.

But now we're already under the enemy's city wall. It's hard to turn back now.

Not only will you not be able to make back your investment, but you will also be branded as someone who failed without a fight.

Edward used all his persuasion, fully expressing the strength of our army and the weakness of the enemy refugees, to appease the dissatisfied corner flags.

To be honest, Knight Edward is still very confident that he will win this war.

A legion of two thousand men was not considered small in Isenpol.

Not to mention a territory like Hewan that has only been developed for a year, even the Fangqi family that has been operating for a hundred years would be swept away in one fell swoop if their relatives and allies failed to provide support.

Although his legion was of mixed composition, the Northern Lords' Army had remained like this for hundreds of years and was not a standing army of a few large fortresses.

Moreover, more than half of the soldiers in this legion are actually armored, and the unarmored militia also have a certain combat capability, not to mention the more than 50 cavalry units composed of knights and knight squires.

Compared with the refugees, almost all of them are elite.

According to Edward's reasonable estimation, even with the full support of the Petukhov Banner Family, the River Bend Territory successfully fed thousands of refugees and built a fortress.

There is also no possibility of having the spare capacity to purchase large quantities of weapons and equipment.

There must not be many full-time soldiers in Hewan. As long as this core combat force is defeated, the remaining refugees will be a group of sheep to be driven at will.

The southern wall of the Gravel Fort is not only tall but also spacious. After the internal slope was filled, the wall became a square.

At this time, the square was full of people, like a large group of tourists, using the terrain to overlook the Gladstone Legion camp stationed outside the city.

Lord Solovy, Mayor Ivan, Lord Vichi of Castle, King of the Kobolds Fisa, Chief of the Ogres Krog, Great Hunter of the Wild Folk Magna and other local tyrants, as well as little Karami like Leo, Freya and Romon were all present.

If Ulian had not been unable to walk and Riverbend needed him to stay in charge, he would probably have come to Gravel Fort to join the battle.

After all, in this era, a siege of two thousand men against one thousand men is already a large-scale war, and is no longer the village fights of the past.

Any lord or general who has the ability to lead troops and pursues progress hopes to learn and absorb experience.

Nain, the de facto government official of Stonebreak Castle and the little dog-headed man, stood on a small wooden barrel, peeking out on tiptoe and barking angrily.

"Woof woof woof! A bunch of idiots!"

After learning of the marching route of Gladstone's Legion, he quickly ordered the laborers to cut out a clearing in the forest and level the land by a creek one kilometer southeast of Gravel Fort, waiting for the other side to station there.

This place is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with excellent conditions, making it an ideal legionary base.

Nain thought happily that when the enemy was defeated, he would get a high-quality logging camp for free, and the production and construction progress would be directly increased by 1%.

But the enemy did not appreciate it and ruthlessly ignored the flat land. They continued to advance and set up camp in the cassava plantation outside the Gravel Fort.

Nairn expressed great anger that not only his hopes were dashed, but his farmland was also trampled upon.

But he had no choice, after all, he was just a humble and weak kobold.

Nain looked back at the half-built counterweight trebuchet and couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

This large counterweight catapult can throw stones weighing more than one hundred pounds five hundred meters away, enough to give Gladstone's legion a surprise.

Unfortunately, there are too few craftsmen in Riverbend. This counterweight trebuchet has just been successfully tested in Riverbend Peninsula, and now only the materials for making three have been collected in Gravel Castle. It has not yet been completed and no projection experiments have been carried out.

It will definitely be useless in this battle.

However, the dozen or so stone crossbows next to them are different. This type of small torque catapult has a shorter range and smaller power, but it has the advantage of a simple structure, easy disassembly, and can even be used in field battles.

Moreover, the stone crossbows of the Gravel Fort had already been put into use and debugged, and could almost throw projectiles to the predetermined locations according to the data recorded during the exercise.

When Ivan led his troops to support the Gravel Fort, he also brought several stone crossbows and crossbow cannons from the Hekou Town.

Counterweight catapults, stone crossbows, and ballistae are all weapons of war that the empire's standing army already has, and Ulian also knows a little about them.

After discussing with Leo, they came up with a rough blueprint and gave it to Fraser to study.

With the cooperation of the Hewan craftsmen, Fraser quickly made a model of the stone crossbow and produced the real thing within half a month.

Fesa's explosive slingshot with a fear aura was eliminated and replaced with a stone crossbow with higher accuracy.

A group of people were watching the construction of the enemy army, commenting on it and offering ideas.

Feisa, with her green and glowing hair, staggered over, carrying a round red pottery jar on her head.

As a female kobold who lacks exercise and combat experience, Fesa is not very strong. With a 20-pound clay pot on her head, she staggers when she walks.

As Feisa approached the crowd, she shouted, "New style, request to fight!"

A group of people suddenly scattered, hiding behind Freya and Kroger, and shouted in unison: "Go away! Go away!"

Fraser walked away with her new invention, feeling aggrieved.

This is the kerosene bomb that Leo asked her to develop. It is not as easy to explode as a gunpowder barrel, but once it is smashed and burned, there will be a raging fire within a radius of ten meters.

The leaders had obviously seen this before and were filled with fear.

All day long, Gladstone's Legion was busy building camp.

Seeing them constantly trampling on the cassava plantation and directly using the logs piled nearby to build a rough, ugly and extremely substandard legion camp, Leo was so angry that he was fuming.

He wished he could send out all his elite troops and kill these idiots directly.

But when I thought about the goals I set, I endured it.

At this time, Feisha squeezed into the crowd again with a kerosene bomb on her head, "New style, explosive, request to fight!"

Everyone shouted: "Get out! Get out!"