Gervais returned to his tent, wiped his face casually, and lay down on the small bed wearing leather armor.

Just when Gervais was lying drowsy, Alice, who had just returned from the king, woke him up.

"What, a fief the size of a barony as a reward?"

Gervais had already guessed that the king summoned Alice and others because of the small steel cannon, so there was no surprise...

On the contrary, Gervais was moved when he heard that the king actually spent a lot of money and gave out a fief the size of a barony as a reward.

The fiefdoms in this world are permanent, which means that as long as the Principality of Zeon still exists, these fiefdoms can be passed down from generation to generation, and the king's fiefdoms are all fat and they can't easily part with the meat.

The king really spent a lot of money this time in order to capture Baiyan City as soon as possible. This opportunity is really rare.

"Yes, Gervais, the king promised in public that as long as you can solve the trebuchets on the north and east walls, the fiefdom will be your choice!"

"So, Gervais, do we need to agree?"

Alice nodded seriously and looked at Gervais, waiting for his reply.

Alice did not tell Gervais that the Jones family could actually get involved in this territory, but she did not intend to get involved in this territory, so there was no need to tell Gervais.

Now for Alice, Gervais was more important in her heart than this rich barony.

Although Alice looks cold and looks like an inviolable goddess, such people are often the most emotional. Under that cold appearance, she has the most innocent side of an aristocratic lady.

"Of course I agree! Whoever doesn't agree to such a benefit would be stupid!"

Gervais slapped the table. Anyway, the king said that all he needed to do was to stop the trebuchets on the city wall from posing a threat to the siege team. Gervais felt that this should not be difficult and it would be a good deal.

Although half of his gunpowder stock has been consumed, the defenders of Baiyan City must have seen the sharpness of his small steel cannon. By then, he will only need to fire a few cannons, and they will probably need to be busy dismantling the trebuchet.

In this world, the manufacturing cost of a trebuchet is as high as that of an intercontinental missile in the previous life. Without huge investment and skilled craftsmen, it would never be possible to make it.

Otherwise, great count families like Alice would not only have single-digit large trebuchets.

After making the decision to agree to the king's request, Gervais immediately took the small steel cannon to the northern city wall.

More than 500 meters away from the northern city wall, under the gaze of everyone, the small steel cannon once again opened the eyes of these nobles, big and small, who had never seen the world.

With the firing of the small steel cannon, the biggest threat to the siege team was eliminated.

Gervais fired three shots in a row, and the defenders on the city wall began to hurriedly dismantle the trebuchets, and then moved all the disassembled trebuchets to the bottom of the city wall like the west city wall.

"Your Majesty, the trebuchet on the north wall has been dismantled, let's go to the east wall now!"

Gervais was commanding and controlling the small steel cannon in the front, but Alice was standing beside the king with a group of earls in the rear.

"Haha! Alice, Viscount Gervais is really an outstanding young hero. This little steel cannon has opened my eyes! As a member of the Jean family, even in the previous dynasty, I am not interested in such a weapon.

Unheard of.”

"Now that the trebuchet here has been solved, you can go to the east quickly!"

Seeing that Gervais's small steel cannon really forced the White Rock City defenders to dismantle the trebuchet, the king also laughed happily.

He also knew that Alice actually meant to remind him in her words, so he continued: "As for the reward fiefdom, I will never break my promise. After the Southern Expedition, you can choose this baron by yourself!"

Although these trebuchets were only dismantled rather than completely destroyed, the effect was similar.

This small trebuchet is used on the city wall, so fixing and installation is a very cumbersome matter. If you want to reinstall such a large number of trebuchets, it will take at least half a day.

In this half-day, if the White Rock City defenders are planning to use trebuchets again, then the king will have enough time for Gervais to continue to bombard them with small steel cannons.

So the king now fulfilled the reward he promised without any hesitation.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After getting confirmation from the king again, Alice felt relieved.

Now, in full view of the public, there is really no possibility for the king to break his promise!

Then Gervais and Alice brought small steel cannons to the east wall. Here Gervais only fired a cannon, and the defenders on the wall quickly dismantled all the trebuchets.

…

Time passed and it was already the fourth day of the attack on Baiyan City.

In the past three days, the battle in White Rock City has become more and more intense, and both the soldiers of the Principality of Zeon and the defenders on the city wall have become red-blooded.

Even the moat at the foot of the city wall has been dyed red with blood.

In the past three days, the Principality of Zeon sacrificed the lives of 3,000 soldiers.

As for the defenders of Baiyan City, judging from the siege team's report on their battle achievements, they already suffered thousands of casualties.

As the defender of the city, the White Rock City defenders occupied a favorable location and suffered much less casualties than the Principality of Jean. This is a matter of course.

However, as time goes by, this geographical advantage has gradually disappeared, because the number of defenders in Baiyan City is too small.

Even if the serf auxiliary troops are included, the number of people in the entire Baiyan City is only about 7,000. These 7,000 people still need to be scattered on the four walls of the city. This situation, coupled with the day and night wheel warfare in the Principality of Zeon, is almost over.

To break the will of the defenders.

If these defenders were not the direct guards of King Hayden of the Principality of Alban and could be called the elite of the elite, it is very likely that White Rock City would have been defeated by this time.

But even so, Baiyan City is now in danger, and the soldiers defending the city are exhausted. Many of them have not slept peacefully for days and nights.

On the first and second days, there were still trebuchets that caused large-scale damage to the siege teams, but since the trebuchets disappeared, the offensive of the Principality of Zeon has become more fierce.

Nowadays, there are often many rounds of sieges, and the soldiers of the Principality of Zeon can climb the city wall and fight with the soldiers defending the city.

Although in the end these soldiers who attacked the city were driven back and could not really occupy the city wall, the occurrence of such a situation means that the day of breaking the city is approaching.

Nowadays, in the Principality of Zeon, families are still fighting each other to siege the city, and each time there are only a thousand siege teams.

But once the king of the Principality of Zeon stops the war and chooses to start a general attack, then White Rock City may not be able to defend it.

Slot was standing on the north wall of White Rock City and looking at the scene a mile away, where an siege team of thousands of people had assembled and was about to launch an attack on White Rock City.

Slott is the supreme commander of White Rock City. In addition to being the supreme commander of White Rock City, he is actually the brother of King Hayden of the Principality of Alban. He is a marquis with the strength of a golden peak knight.

Slott has been stationed in White Rock City for more than twenty years. Every autumn, he personally sits in White Rock City to prevent the Principality of Zeon from attacking White Rock City.

Originally, White Rock City and the Principality of Zeon had a very tacit understanding over the years, and there was no major friction between the two sides. There were only small groups of rangers fighting each other.

But this year, the Principality of Jean went out of its way, and to Slot's surprise, the Principality of Jean actually attacked White Rock City.

This made Slott understand that Lawrence's southern expedition this year may not be just plundering outside the Principality of Alban like in previous years. It is likely that he wants to capture the entire Principality of Alban in one fell swoop.

Faced with this situation, Baiyan City has become countless times more important than in previous years.

Because as long as White Rock City remains, or persists longer, Lawrence's plan this year will be shattered, and the Principality of Alban will be able to make more arrangements next year.

It's just that facing an enemy that is more than ten times more numerous than our own, it is very difficult to defend Baiyan City.

Although Slote had immediately sent people to spread the news about White Rock City back to the royal capital, he was very worried about whether he would be able to wait for support from the country.

Now I am afraid that Baiyan City can no longer sustain it for a few days, and even if I am a golden peak knight, I cannot achieve anything big.

Because the Principality of Jean not only has two peak golden knights, Lawrence and Gust, but also six ordinary golden knights.

With such a quantity of high-end force, it would be impossible for Slott to confront the opponent even if he wanted to.

The reason why the highest-level forces on both sides have not yet taken direct action is simply because it has not yet reached this point in time.

"I hope reinforcements can arrive in time!"

Slott muttered something silently in his mind.

At this time, the siege horn sounded again in the distance. Slott's face was calm, and the worry in his heart was not shown on his face.

Slot turned around and loudly ordered to the captains beside him: "Everyone returns to their posts! As long as we persist for two more days, our reinforcements will definitely arrive!"

"Yes! Sir!"

"In addition, pass my order! Kill an enemy lord and you will be rewarded with 2 gold coins! Kill an ordinary soldier and you will be rewarded with 5 silver coins!"

"Yes, sir!"

In an instant, when the captains or the soldiers in the distance heard the reward that Slott said, their spirits were immediately shaken, and their tired bodies became more energetic.

…

During these three days, fighting occurred all the time in the east and north of Baiyan City.

But the city wall to the west of Baiyan City has a completely different situation. Compared with the other two city walls, it can be considered peaceful and calm.

Especially the Earl's husband, Viscount Gervais, started eating and drinking right outside the camp gate.

Gervais lay comfortably on the lounge chair temporarily borrowed from Cord, enjoying the caress of the warm autumn sunshine.

When you're tired, Lilia, the odd-time maid, rubs your shoulders, when you're thirsty, you have delicious wine to quench your thirst, and when you're hungry, there's a lot of fresh game and river fish.

If it weren't for the blazing fire under the city wall in the distance, this place would really seem to be a good place for camping and enjoying autumn.

"Gervis, how can you still sit still? Many people in the camp are talking about you privately now!"

Fatty Pat drank half a glass of wine and immediately grabbed a river fish that was grilled until golden and started to eat. While eating, he talked to Gervais.

"Oh? What did they say about me?"

Gervais waved his hand towards Lilia behind him, indicating that she could pause the massage, then he reclined slightly and looked at fat Pat.

"I told you not to be angry!"
To be continued...