When we arrived at the gate of the camp, Narant came to greet us three times.
"The guards were ignorant before. I hope you and His Majesty the King will not be angry!"
"Well, Narant, you are a very good guard, loyal to your duty!" Bernard would not be angry, but smiled and stepped forward to pat Narant on the shoulder.
The king on the side also nodded. This was the first time he had been stopped outside the camp of other vassals.
However, he didn't care about this. Instead, he looked at the young Sir Nalant a few times. It was really rare to train a guard who adhered to military discipline so closely.
"Yes, Lord Earl!" Nalant nodded.
"Well, Narant, I heard that the casualties of our Tulip family this morning were very small, and this was all the result of your twenty girls, but Count Lakoff doesn't believe it. You take us to have a look, let's
Count Lakoff is also enlightened!" Bernard immediately explained his purpose.
"Yes, Lord Earl!" Nalant actually guessed this possibility, and immediately everyone headed towards the side of the camp.
Although some of the slightly injured guards Narant had already sent them back.
However, there are still many seriously injured people who still stay in the camp. This is also to allow the rescue team to learn post-care and to improve the survival rate of these seriously injured people as much as possible.
Anyway, what he paid was just some herbs, and Nalant was not stingy either.
This was also the reason why the nobles were so grateful to him. In their minds, Nalant was now a rare and generous noble.
"Your Majesty, Earl, Your Majesty, this is where the wounded will be placed!" Soon, Nalant led the king and a group of Earls to the outside of the rescue team's camp.
The camp was very simple, just a few wooden stakes erected in an open space, and then covered with a tarpaulin to keep out the sun and rain.
Below are wooden planks, with forty or fifty wounded people lying on the wooden planks at the moment.
Upon seeing this, several earls walked towards the camp one after another without being led by Nalant.
At this moment, many girls from the rescue team were helping the wounded to clean their wounds again.
The king and several earls came directly to one of the wounded.
The wounded man was hit by two arrows in his thigh and one in his shoulder. He was really unlucky.
Normally, with such an injury, he would have died on the battlefield long ago.
But now this man is still awake, but his face is slightly pale.
But when the king and the other earls saw the wound where the dressing had been changed, they were stunned.
"What...what happened to this wound??"
"Haha, Your Majesty, this is Nalant's original creation, suturing the wound with needle and thread!" Bernard said with a smile.
The girls' suturing skills are now much better than Nalant's, and the wounds are sutured extremely smoothly.
And after simple cleaning, there is no blood stain on it now.
However, for the earls except Bernard, this is extremely strange.
Usually when someone is hit by an arrow, they dig it out with the arrow, and then use a soldering iron to heat it. If it doesn't work the first time, then try it again. This is the process of stopping the bleeding.
Not to mention the secondary injuries caused by burns, even post-care also increases the difficulty.
After a pause, Bernard continued: "Actually, the arrow wound is not obvious when stitched with needles and threads. If it is a cut injury with a sword, the hemostatic effect is the best! Even if the wound is longer, it can be healed first.
The bleeding stopped immediately.”
In fact, Bernard himself knew little about it, but it was enough for him to control Lakoff to death.
Even his excellent doctors would never do this.
"This is really good!" Many things are actually easy to understand. As the earls and kings who have experienced battles in the battlefield, when they see this small wound, they can naturally think of the miraculous effect of suturing technology on cuts and wounds caused by swords.
"Sir Narant!" Thinking of this, the king suddenly called out to Narant.
"Your Majesty the King!" Narante took two steps forward.
"Can you teach your wound suturing skills to my doctors?" The king said directly, "Of course, I won't let you teach them for free. I will pay you a hundred gold coins to let my doctors learn your first aid skills!"
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"Yes, His Majesty the King!" Of course Nalant had no reason to refuse. Anyway, a hundred gold coins were as easy as picking them up.
"Very good, I will send some doctors over later!" The king nodded with satisfaction.
Next, the king and the earls did not stay any longer. Although the other earls also wanted to learn this technique, they were not in a hurry and would discuss it with Bernard later.
Not long after the king and the earls left, the river filling operation continued in the afternoon.
The Northern Principality symbolically launched some trebuchets, the frequency was lower than in the morning, probably to save stone bullets, but the arrows on the city wall were still there.
Many nobles also care about this every day.
In this way, the river filling operation continued day by day, and the process was surprisingly smooth. The defenders in Maple Leaf City seemed to be scared out of their wits, and had no idea of taking the initiative or carrying out night attacks to cause damage.
As a result, Narant went step by step these days, still responsible for cover work, and dispatched a medical team to rescue the wounded.
Since the first morning, the other nobles have never looked down upon Nalant's rescue team.
They even followed suit and sent a team of dozens of people to rescue the wounded.
Of course, the king and the three earls bought their technology from Nalant.
The two counts Lakoff and Baartmann did not have the courage to come to buy technology.
However, they think it is just a wound sutured, and needles and threads are enough.
In this regard, Narant could only sneer. Although they had sutured, they didn't even know how to use boiled cloth to bandage or keep the wound clean, so the cure rate could only be pitifully low.
Especially because the arrow injury is a penetrating injury, more attention needs to be paid to this aspect, which can greatly reduce the mortality rate in the later period.
Time flashed to four days later. After tens of thousands of people mobilized in the previous few days, eleven fifty-meter-wide attack channels were finally filled in outside Maple Leaf City.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Among them, the front wall of Maple Leaf City has seven passages, and the left and right walls have two passages each.
In order to capture this first big city as soon as possible, the king prepared to attack on three sides with all his strength.
In the early morning of this day, Nalant and other vassals were summoned again.
"Today, His Majesty the King issued a formal order to attack the city. We, the earls, will conduct the main attack together with the King from the front!"
"As for the side, it's up to a few of your vassals to cooperate with the feint attack! Do you have any objections?"
Bernard simply waited for the vassals to arrive and immediately got to the point.
The vassals listened to the arrangement and naturally had no objections.
Immediately, in order to encourage everyone, Bernard once again mentioned the king's last order.
That is, except for the Earl's Castle, all the interests in Maple Leaf City are divided among several Earl families.
Among them, the person with the greatest contribution can account for 25%, and other families can account for 15%.
Bernard also mentioned the additional reward of Tulip Collar, that is, whoever can be the first to break into the city can choose a certain amount of loot from him, the value of which should not exceed three hundred gold coins.
This is an additional reward and is not included in other loot allocations.
Upon hearing such a promise, all the vassals felt as if they were in a state of excitement and began to rush to the battlefield as planned.
Nalant was also assigned to the side attack today. Only his father's vassals who were stronger than the Silver Knight were qualified to join the Earl and others in the main attack.
Narant had no objection to this. This was his first time participating in a siege, and he was worried whether it would be too tragic. If his men suffered too many losses, the gains would outweigh the losses.
In his eyes, his two hundred men were worth much more than three hundred gold coins.
"Narant, which family do you think can be the first to invade Maple Leaf City this time?" Boris also belongs to the feint attack team. His face is quite relaxed at this moment. The siege has not started yet, but he is concerned about winning first.
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"No one can be sure about this, but I'm afraid the siege will not end in one day!" Nalant replied.
"I think so. Narant, take a look at those siege vehicles. More than twenty of them were dispatched at one time, and we even got two here. In this situation, I guess His Majesty is really prepared to win in one battle.
Plan!" Boris was very sure.
"More importantly, our principality has never planned to attack the Earl's city in recent years. This time is a rare opportunity. Such a large city and the wealth in it will definitely drive everyone crazy, especially the first one to break into the city.
family!"
Boris said it with certainty.
Nalant seems to have some truth. On the way here, the nobles were all imagining the wealth in the city, as if the wealth was already at their fingertips!
Then he looked towards the battlefield on his side and the battlefield of the king and others, and indeed saw that all the siege vehicles were pushed to the front of the team.
These siege engines are the siege equipment built these days.
The height of the siege vehicle is the same as the city wall, and the overall shape is square, resembling an oversized chimney.
It is made entirely of wood, and the surface of the wooden shell is specially covered with thick cowhide as fire protection.
And inside this siege vehicle is the staircase, which is similar to the staircase in the building in the previous life.
When the time comes, the siege vehicle will be pushed to the edge of the city wall, and the guards will be able to climb up from the inside with the help of the siege vehicle's shell protection.
When you climb to the top, there is a platform. When the front baffle can be lowered, it can be placed directly on the city wall.
When the baffle was lowered, a wooden bridge was formed, through which soldiers could continuously rush to the top of the city.
This siege vehicle is safer and faster than the one without protection.
In four days, the Agate Principality had only built more than 20 aircraft. Now that they are all displayed, it is estimated that the king really has the intention to complete his victory in one battle!
Thinking of this, Nalant subconsciously raised his telescope and looked at the city wall.
Speaking of which, he felt vaguely strange these days, even though when they were filling in the river, the attacks in the city continued.
But in the next two days, he found that the attack frequency of the large trebuchet gradually became smaller.
Even the attack frequency of small trebuchets seems to be weakening.
Of course, because he was busy directing his subordinates to cover the river filling team in the past few days, Narant had no time to think about it in detail.
But at this moment, when he raised the telescope and looked carefully again, he suddenly discovered a shocking result.
"No way!"
"What's wrong Narant?"
"Boris, the small trebuchet on the city wall looks wrong!"
"It looks wrong? What's wrong with the small trebuchet? Isn't it covered with a tarpaulin and hasn't been lifted yet?" Boris replied subconsciously.
"No, Boris, see for yourself!" Nalant shook his head.
With that said, Nalant directly handed the telescope to Boris.
This guy was also curious about the telescope two days ago. He took it from Nalant and tried it. Now that he took it over, the telescope can be used normally.
"Hey, something really doesn't seem right!" Boris looked at it with a telescope for a moment and then said in confusion, "Narant, why does this trebuchet seem so much flatter from our side?"
"Boris, there are no trebuchets under most tarpaulins at all. You also have two in your own castle, and their appearance should be very clear!"
Although these days when the truce comes at night, the Northern Principality will cover the trebuchets with tarpaulins, but today Nalant found that it was different.
Viewed from the side, the shape does not look like the shape of a trebuchet, because it is not long enough and the outline of the throwing arm cannot be seen.
Of course, if this was from the front, it would definitely not be visible. Therefore, Nalant was also responsible for assisting the attack from the side today, and he discovered a clue after careful observation.
After a pause, Nalant continued to Boris: "Also, did you have the impression yesterday that the number of their large trebuchets fired has also decreased!"
Nalant frowned and thought about it for a moment. On the first day, the large trebuchets of the Northern Principality fired at least twenty or thirty yuan of projectiles.
Then it gradually decreased, until yesterday, it seemed that only five or six aircraft launched a wave of attacks.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! He originally thought that the defenders of Maple Leaf City were trying to save stone bullets, but now there are even fewer small trebuchets. This is probably not just to save money.
Ammunition.
"Narant, what do you think they are planning to do? Are they planning to give up resistance?" Boris couldn't figure it out.
"I'm afraid they are ready to abandon this city!" Nalant made a bold guess.
"This... why did they abandon the city? Besides, weren't there guards on the city wall?" Boris was immediately confused.
Nalant did not answer, but raised the telescope again.
Because there is more than two miles of land, it is still not easy to clearly see the expressions of the guards on the city wall.
At this moment, there were not many guards on the city wall, but they were all wearing Maple Leaf City guards' smocks and guarding the wall.
"etc!"
Suddenly, Nalant discovered a clue.
In order to see it better, he immediately ran forward at least.
"Hey, Narant!" Boris was about to stop him when he saw this, but Narant had already run out.
Nalant's actions immediately attracted the attention of the nobles on this side.
"What is that bastard going to do?" The eldest prince also noticed the situation. When he saw Nalant's figure, he immediately became angry.
He was assigned to this side battlefield as the commander today.
Of course, his command was only conveyed to the people on the side after receiving the order from the king's horn.
In addition, it serves as a supervisor to suppress the battle and ensure that these vassals and small nobles will not retreat in the face of battle.
But now Nalant ran forward without saying a word, and the eldest prince was naturally not happy.
"Catch him up and bring him here. If you don't give me a reasonable explanation, then send him to the king!"
Soon, ten Iron Guards cavalry responsible for protecting the eldest prince were sent out.
Nalant rode his war horse and approached the city wall 1,500 meters away, and continued to use his telescope to check the situation of the city wall.
"No weapons!" After looking at it, Nalant found the problem. All the soldiers of the Northern Principality on the city wall were empty-handed.
Tap! Tap!
At this moment, the Iron Guards cavalry sent by the eldest prince also arrived in front of him.
"Your Excellency, His Highness the Great Prince asked us to take you over to see him!"
"Okay!" Nalant was also preparing to report something.
Now that the war is imminent, he cannot leave the team and can only report to the eldest prince, the nominal commander.
Through these clues, he got a scary result, that is, Maple Leaf City is already empty!
As for why Maple Leaf City was empty and why the Northern Principality gave up on its own initiative, that was not what he was thinking about.