Chapter 119 Four Days of Departure

Three days later, Lorist brought more than a thousand family armed forces to attack Kitano Town.

The group of people rode less than an hour and walked for more than three hours before reaching Kitano Town. Lorist could only shake his head and smile bitterly.

As expected before sending troops, Kitano Town was ready to fight. The city walls were full of swords and guns, and the heads were full of people. It seemed that the four major families in Kitano Town were also ready to turn against each other. From time to time, several people from the garrison pointed at the people on Lorist's side and shouted loudly.

Lorist sent Pat to the city gate to issue an ultimatum, requiring the four major families and garrisons in Kitano Town to put down their weapons, open the city gate and surrender. Lorist can be seen to forgive the rebellious behavior of the four major families in terms of the affiliation between Kitano Town and the Norton family in the past century. As long as the regulations and regulations are implemented now, Lorist promises not to punish a person.

As a result, Pat was shot back by a random arrow before he even arrived at the city gate. The mount was shot into the target. Pat was quick to see the opportunity and ran back without any injuries.

Lorist and everyone were furious, which meant that the people in Kitano Town did not take the Norton family seriously at all, and were reluctant to even talk, and directly used arrows to greet the messenger. There was no more rebellious behavior than this.

Resisting his anger, Lorist rejected his subordinates' suggestion to attack the city immediately, and asked them to command their troops to camp and make rice.

Kitano Town has only two city gates, one in front and one behind. Logically speaking, Lorist should set up two camps to block both city gates. However, Lorist led only one thousand men, and it seemed too weak to divide them into two parts. Lorist then joined forces to set up camp at the front gate, and sent a team of cavalry to monitor the back gate, and only guarded the garrisons of Kitano Town sneaked out of the back gate and sneak attacked the camp.

If the garrisons of Kitano Town really came to attack the camp, Lorist would still be unsuccessful. He was looking forward to using field battles to defeat all the enemies that were attacked in one place. Not only would it be a blow to Kitano Town and greatly reduced their morale, but it would also reduce their defense forces and make the siege smoother. Unfortunately, the garrisons of Kitano Town deserved the reputation of being a turtle. They were watching the siege on the walls, busy Anzha camp, without any sign of leaving the city to attack.

After all the trivial matters were arranged, it was already dark. Lorist checked the arrangements of the patrol and the secret whistle, and also rested early, and prepared for tomorrow's siege and fight. The first day of the expedition passed like this.

On the second day of the expedition, after breakfast early in the morning, Lorist led his men and horses to set up troops under Kitano Town. The morning plan was to lead a team of soldiers who could ride horses and shoot archers around Kitano Town for a few rounds, find out the weaknesses of defense, wait for the opportunity to launch a strong attack, Lorist led his men to occupy a city wall or a city gate, from point to surface, and wait for the follow-ups to come immediately before slowly expanding their advantages, and finally take over Kitano Town.

Josk led his men around Kitano Town for two laps, and only four soldiers were hanging in color. He was very lucky. After returning, Josk reported: "No, I came to the front of the city wall and found that the original moat had been deepened and widened. If I didn't fill the moat, I couldn't rush under the city wall. In addition, I shot an arrow from the front and back gates and found that it was blocked by things. They seemed to be determined to defend and had never thought about attacking. We could only make a decision on the city wall. After running two laps just now, there should be about a hundred bows and arrows shot down from the city wall, all hunting bows, and there were different types, which pose little threat to us."

Lorist was very annoyed. When he went to Kitano Town last time, he noticed the moat in front of the city wall. It was just a shallow ditch. Unexpectedly, he found that the moat had been deepened and widened this time. According to Josk, it was less than one meter away from the city wall, more than two meters deep and about three meters wide. Due to the terrain, it was not until the front to see it. It was impossible to find it when standing here.

Lorist personally rode around Kitano Town, and it was strange that the soil dug out of the moat had gone anywhere, but the moat was really as Josk said, and it would be impossible to attack the city wall without filling it in first.

While ordering Reddy to go back to Fenglin Villa, he asked Sper to transport a batch of straw bags and shovel tools for soil loading. At the same time, Lorist asked his soldiers to log wood, make large wooden rafts for shielding and box trucks for filling the earth.

On the third day of the expedition, today's plan was to fill the moat on the left side of the city gate for dozens of meters. Lorist was preparing to attack from this position. Josk commanded a squadron of family soldiers to carry dozens of large wooden rafts for arrows and advance to a place less than fifty meters away from the city wall to erect the wooden rafts, and then ordered a small team of long archers to rely on the cover of the wooden rafts to shoot arrows on the city wall to suppress the archers on the city wall.

The longbows in this team were all simple versions of longbows. These longbows used for practice were made of a tight-textured yew. The craftsmanship was extremely simple. A yew tree with a bowl of mouth could be made. It could be used as longbows cut out the shape of the longbow and then dried. This simple version of longbows grew one foot longer than a formal longbow. The threat range was only about 70 meters, which was about thirty meters worse than a formal longbow. Moreover, it was not as good as the precision and strength. Generally, a hundred and eighty arrows had to change the strings to check whether the longbow was deformed. It was a good choice for training bows. Now it was used to attack the guards on the city walls to drive the ducks on the shelves.

Formal longbows use a wood that is tougher than yew. After cutting, this wood must be left to dry for a period of time, soaked in a special oil for three months, and then slowly dried in the shade. During the soaking and drying, it must be shaped, then skeletoned, trimmed, fixed, and polished. Finally, it must be painted several times, wrapped in leather sheaths on the bow body, etc. A formal longbow takes one and a half to two years to make. Such a longbow can even pose a threat to the golden knights within a direct shooting distance of 100 meters.

The shape of the box car is also very simple. To be precise, it is just a few wooden rows of wooden sheds, and then it is equipped with four wheels. The roof is covered with a thick layer of wet soil to prevent it from being burned by rockets. The soldiers pushed the box car into the edge of the moat in the box car, and then they could throw the grass full of soil from behind into the trench.

Everything went smoothly in the morning. Under the suppression of the Longbowman Squad and Josk's magic arrows, the garrison on the city wall could not even raise its head, and could only occasionally shoot arrows from the serrated shooting port on the city wall. Needless to say, the accurate head could not pose any threat to the attackers below, and even the number of casualties was more than that of the attackers. The trench was filled in less than half and should be filled in the afternoon.

Lorist let go of most of his heart. Judging from the strength of the defense on the city wall, it was not difficult to siege this time, and he might win with a small casualty.

Unexpectedly, just after lunch, wooden rafts were erected on the walls of Kitano Town. The garrison above also relied on the cover of the wooden raft to launch a counterattack against the longbowmen and soldiers filling the trench. When the rockets did not work, they threw pots filled with tinsel oil from the walls, and eventually burned the box car...

Qiaosk showed his might and shot several large wooden rafts on the city wall in a row. Unfortunately, he shot and destroyed one, and more wooden rafts stood up on the top of the city.

"Six longbowmen died, twenty-one injured, and more than half of their longbows were transformed and useless. Fortunately, we have prepared more than 100 more this time, and there are still replacements. Eight family soldiers who filled the trenches were burned to death, and twenty-six were rescued. Will we continue to build a box car next?" Sedekamp reported to Lorist the number of casualties who failed to fill the trenches today.

"Send a squadron of family soldiers to log wood, and let Kitano Town people see us continuing to build box cars, making them think that we can only attack again tomorrow, and reduce their vigilance. We are ready to go to the evening. Once the moon in the sky is covered by clouds, we will take the opportunity to approach the moat with straw bags and fill the moat overnight." Lorist ordered.

Lorist's arrangement was beyond the expectations of Kitano Town's garrison. When they found out the movement under the city wall, most of the moat had been filled. Looking at the alarmed garrison on the city wall and the torches that could not be stopped, Lorist smiled: "Let's go back, it's almost okay. When siege tomorrow, I will fill it with a few straw bags of soil. I hope we can achieve success in the city in one fell swoop tomorrow and fight to triumph."

On the fourth day of the expedition, it was a good weather and the sky was clear.

The entire army of Lorist was dispatched, and seven squads of family soldiers carried seven long ladders to charge towards the walls of Kitano Town.

Lorist led Pat and Reddy to approach the city wall after the charge soldiers. As long as there was a long ladder leaning against the city wall, Lorist believed that he could rush up to the city wall and kill all directions and occupy a position on the city wall. As long as the subsequent troops followed, the victory would be a matter of the length of time.

One hundred meters, eighty meters, sixty meters, and when they were about to reach the front of the city wall, suddenly the wooden rafts on the top of the city were laid down neatly, revealing rows of archers and crossbow archers who were waiting to be fired...

"Let me go!" With the order at the top of the city, the rain of arrows poured down, and the soldiers who charged forward were like waves hitting the reefs, and were instantly shattered...

Family soldiers fell down in the rain of arrows, and Lorist's eyes were ripped apart and he hurriedly shouted: "Retreat, retreat quickly..."

The green longbow in Josk's hand made a thunderous sound of thunder, and green lightning flew towards the city head, and the archers and crossbows shooting arrows downwards fell down on the city wall. There was a panic on the city wall, and the archers lined up dodges, and four black crossbows behind them were revealed.

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang" four loud noises, four huge crossbow arrows rushed straight towards Josk like flying...

When Josk saw four crossbows on the city, he felt that it was not good. He didn't care about riding a horse and rolling down from the horse's back. With a "sweep", a huge crossbow arrow brushed Josk's back and took away a large piece of armor and underwear, leaving a deep blood mark on Josk's back. Blood burst out, and in a blink of an eye, it dyed Josk like a bloody man.

Josk's mount had been divided into several pieces by three crossbow arrows, and the ground was covered in blood.

Josk rolled two times on the ground, jumped up, endured the pain behind him, and opened the green longbow in his hand again. A flash of light, and a long green arrow hit a black crossbow on the top of the city. The crossbow burst, smashing the few garrison soldiers who were busy squeezing the strings next to him to their heads and blood. The operation of the other three crossbows of the city hurriedly pushed the crossbow off the top of the city.

After Josk shot this arrow, he paused. Lorist rushed over and carried him on his back and rushed straight towards the camp.

With a "bang", Lorist punched the long table made of logs separated in half, leaving a deep fist mark on the table.

It was so hateful and so annoying. No one expected that the garrison in Kitano Town was so old and treacherous. Two days ago, they used their hunting bows to counterattack. They sat down and watched Lorist's siegemen fill the moat, making Lorist think that Kitano Town did not have much power to defend and counterattack in a long distance. It was not until today when Lorist was preparing to capture Kitano Town in one fell swoop, and it suddenly exerted force, caught Lorist off guard, causing major casualties.

There were a few pieces of animal sack paper on the long table, which was the list of casualties counted by Sedekamp. In just a quarter of an hour, nearly 300 casualties, of which 83 were killed in battle and more than 200 were injured. Even Reddy was shot on his shoulder when he went up to rescue. If it weren't for the family soldiers who charged in front of him, the number of casualties would have to double.

Josk was fine. His back was scratched by a crossbow arrow. It was okay to apply medicine, but he showed off his might and shot an arrow to destroy a crossbow of the city guarding car. The last arrow wounded the bloodline on his back, causing the wound to burst. It would be impossible to recover if he had not had more than ten days of rest.

"Sir, the morale in the military camp is very low now, and we will not be able to continue to attack the city tomorrow. Today we are really surprised. How could Kitano Castle have so many crossbows? There are even four crossbows guarding the city?" Pat said.

"Maybe I know where these crossbows came from." Pachiko lowered his head and said, "Four years ago, the eldest young master brought his family cavalry to fight for the second prince. At that time, there were about a hundred people from the Kitano Town garrisons who followed the eldest young master. They were responsible for escorting logistics supplies for the eldest young master and the family cavalry. After each battle, they were cleaning the battlefield. When I was just captured by the eldest young master, I had also cleaned the battlefield with these garrisons. At that time, I found that these garrisons paid great attention to collecting weapons and equipment, and even those that were damaged were put together. I knew they handed over all the iron armor and money, but I didn't expect that they would hide longbows, crossbows, and even long-range weapons such as the guard car and crossbow..."

"I've been thinking hard and I started to rebel four years ago. No wonder I've been taking the family seriously in recent years. Do they think that with these long-range crossbows, I have to remove this cancer." Lorist said gritting his teeth.

"But we can't get close to the city wall!" said Pat.

"A night attack, just let me go up and you can take down Kitano Town!" Lorist said, looking at Kitano Town in the distance.
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