Chapter 421: How to siege a city without a siege ladder? (Part 2)
boom!
In an instant, there was a sudden explosion in front of the city wall.
Wow!
Along with the explosion, one of the suspension bridge chains that had been jumped straight was immediately broken.
"Is this a missed shot?" Keelin, who was hiding in the arrow tower, was a little surprised when he saw this scene.
"No, Master Keeling, they are planning to use extraordinary archers to shoot off all the chains!" The vassals of the Carlo family immediately reacted and their expressions changed slightly.
He finally understood why the enemy yanked the suspension bridge, just to straighten the chain, making it easier for the extraordinary archer to break the chain of the suspension bridge.
"Garp, what should we do now?" Keelin was not stupid, and he immediately reacted after hearing this.
"Master Keelin, there is no way. Not to mention that the enemy now has a trebuchet to attack the city wall. If we dare to send long archers out of the tower, we will be shot to death by the opponent's extraordinary archers in the first time. We can add fighting spirit to the arrows.
A top shooter, this is definitely a unique marksman!" Garp explained.
However, seeing the anxious look on Kilin's face, he continued to comfort him: "But don't worry, Master Kilin, even if the suspension bridge is lowered by the enemy, they will definitely not be able to attack it without a siege ladder!"
"Moreover, our city gate is impenetrable and is covered with iron sheets. Even the crossbow arrows cannot penetrate it!"
After hearing this, Keelin finally felt relieved and his complexion returned to normal.
While the two people were talking in the tower above, Vivian had fired four arrows in a row, and the arrows accurately hit the suspension bridge chain.
Boom!
With a loud rumbling sound, smoke and dust suddenly filled the outside of the gate of Carlo Castle, and the five or six meter long suspension bridge lost the pull of the chain and crashed to the ground.
"I was really pulled down!" Looking at this scene, Ryan and others in the distance murmured.
Although relying on Vivian, an extraordinary shooter, Nalant was able to lower the suspension bridge, which also gave them a severe slap in the face who were originally dismissive.
"Although the suspension bridge has been pulled down, there is still the castle gate!"
"The castle gate is different from the suspension bridge. It is carefully built by craftsmen and covered with iron sheets. Even iron arrows may not be able to penetrate it, let alone pull it open!"
Unwilling to be slapped in the face, Ryan and others began to predict again. It was obvious that they were still unconvinced by Nalant.
However, Nalant was not in a hurry. He would definitely press the three people's faces to the ground and rub them today.
"Sir, the suspension bridge has been lowered, shall we start the next step?" Soon, Quik in front rode his war horse back to ask for instructions.
"Well, let's get started! Finish this castle quickly, we have to move on to the next castle!"
"Yes, sir!"
After receiving the order, Quick immediately dismounted and took out a clay pot from the carriage on the side.
This clay pot is not small, bigger than three watermelons.
There is only a small hole four to five centimeters in diameter above the bulging body.
After Quick took out the clay pot, he carefully took out a sack from the wooden box on the side, and then slowly filled the clay pot with the black powder in the sack.
When the pottery pot was almost filled with black powder, he placed a layer of linen cloth on top of the black powder, and then began to fill it with the yellow mud that had been prepared earlier.
Of course, before installing the yellow mud, Quick also placed a hollow thin iron pipe in the middle for the purpose of inserting the lead wire later.
That's right, the core step in Nalant's siege without ladders is black powder.
Although his black powder is very primitive, as long as the dosage is increased, it can still produce full power.
The best proof was when I was guarding the bridge on the river bank a few days ago.
Before this expedition, Narant's "paper talks" were all planned around black powder.
This clay pot can hold at least forty kilograms of black powder.
Of course, in order to facilitate the sealing of yellow mud, the actual amount of powder charge will be reduced.
However, in Nalant's view, this should be enough.
He only needs to blow a hole in the city gate to allow the guards to enter the castle, and does not need to blow down the city wall or gate.
As for whether such a small amount of black powder can really cause damage to the strong city wall gate?
Narant is quite confident about this.
According to the information on the past life Internet, the amount of powder fired by ancient muskets was basically about 12 grams.
Imagine that twelve grams of gunpowder can produce so much energy.
What if it were replaced by thirty or forty kilograms of gunpowder?
Forty pounds is equivalent to twenty kilograms, and each kilogram is 1000 grams!
…
Soon, Quaker finished filling the jar with yellow mud, and then carefully used a wooden stick to completely compact the mouth of the jar.
After everything was done, he took a five- to six-meter-long lead and inserted it into the thin iron pipe he had reserved earlier.
The hollow interior of this iron pipe fits the size of the lead exactly.
"Sir, my subordinates have completed the 'Wrath of Glory'! Do you want to go and place it immediately?" Quick wiped the sweat from his forehead and reported to Nalant.
No wonder he was so nervous. On the bridge that day, a grenade with a diameter of only ten centimeters could blow away the Bronze Knight and his armor. If the big thing in his hand exploded, he would probably not be able to find any of his scumbags.
"Go ahead, remember to light the ignition and run quickly!" Nalant was also a little frightened and quickly waved to Quick.
"Yes, sir!"
Soon, Quik carried the clay pot and headed towards the castle gate ahead.
"Your Excellency Nalant, what is the Wrath of Glory?"
When Quirk loaded the gunpowder, he hid from Lane and others, so the three of them didn't know what was inside.
However, when Quick reported, he and Nalant's fear of the clay pot was clearly visible to them.
They were curious as to why a small clay pot could make two people so afraid.
"The Wrath of Glory is the wrath of the God of Glory!" Nalant turned his head with a smile upon hearing this, and seeing the confused expressions of the three of them, he continued, "In layman's terms, it is the power of divine punishment of the God of Glory!
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"I forgot to tell you one thing. In fact, I am the spokesperson of the God of Glory in the world. The God of Glory has bestowed a lot of His power on me. The clay pot contains the power of divine punishment of the God of Glory! I am ready
Use him to open the gate to Baron Carlo's castle!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Ryan and others' faces darkened, feeling that Nalant took them as fools.
He immediately said angrily: "Your Excellency Nalant, although we are prisoners, our dignity as nobles cannot be trampled on!"
Not to mention the spokesperson of the God of Glory, how can the power of divine punishment be contained in a clay pot?
As long as their brains are not broken, Ryan and others think this is impossible.
"Sir Ryan, I didn't lie to you. You will know later!" Nalant smiled and was still not prepared to say anything. He would wait to see if the three of them wet their pants.
While they were talking, Quick had already arrived under the city gate with the clay pot in his arms.
The defenders above also saw him approaching the city wall with several barbarians, and they immediately became unable to sit still.
Several guards from Carlo Castle risked being hit by trebuchets and came to the wall, hoping to throw a few stones at Quick and others.
As a result, before they could show up, four or five of them were shot down by Vivian's precise arrows.
Suddenly, several guards were so frightened that they rolled around and ran back to the arrow tower. They could only hide in the arrow tower and fire cold arrows.
It's a pity that this cold arrow has no use against the barbarian's iron shield.
Under the protection of the iron shield, Quick placed the clay pot next to the gate, then pulled the lead and began to retreat.
When the fuse was straightened, Quick took out the fire starter and placed it on the fuse!
Bah ba ba ba!
The fuse was directly ignited, and the next moment Quick stood up suddenly, and then roared with a look of shock on his face: "It's lit! Run! Everyone run!"
"Run quickly!"
Immediately, both Quick and the barbarians beside him, as well as Vivian and others behind them, all ran towards more than 100 meters away.
"Garp, what is that clay pot? Are these people from the Agate Principality sick?" Shang Shang, who was hiding in the arrow tower, was originally worried that Quirk and others would start breaking down the door.
It can be seen that when they dropped the clay pot and ran away, my mind was filled with doubts.
"Master Keelin, I don't know what they are doing, but there seems to be smoke coming from the front of the clay pot!"
"Garp, what should we do now?"
"Master Keelin, we can only wait and see what these people from the Agate Principality want to do!" Garp also didn't pay attention because he had no idea what the enemy's purpose was.
"Okay!" Keelin had no choice but to take the initiative and walked to the shooting hole of the tower, staring closely at the clay pot in front of him.
As time went by, the smoking lead became shorter and shorter, from five to six meters at the beginning, it finally burned down to only the length of a finger.
"What exactly is it?" Keelin waited curiously.
Boom!
And while Keelin was waiting quietly, the answer was finally revealed.
When the smoking fuse reached the loess of the clay pot, he felt his eyes suddenly flash and be covered by a dazzling red light.
Along with the red light, there was also a wave of air visible to the naked eye sweeping towards him.
Although Keelin didn't understand why the fine air would form ripples like lake water, it really did happen.
The ripples started to spread from the first city gate, like a bulging bubble, and expanded before his eyes in the blink of an eye.
Boom!
Buzz!
Immediately, Keelin felt his head blur and his whole body became light and airy.
He... seemed to be flying...
And at the moment of flying, he heard an unprecedented explosion in his ears that could not be described in words, and he could no longer hear any other sounds.
Some of it was just the strange and sharp sound that appeared in my mind.
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The castle at the previous moment was two hundred meters away.
When Quick and others ran back like hares, the three Lanes looked at their heads filled with questions.
Is this really a battlefield?
Why do I think these people are here to be funny?
The three of them looked at each other, and they all felt that they and the others were really ashamed that they had been captured by a group of lunatics.
After these Agate Principality guards ran back, they covered their ears with their hands one by one. Even Narant, who was not only sinister and shameless, but also treated himself and others as fools, also covered his ears.
After seeing this, they were even more certain that the people of the Agate Principality had different brains from those of the Northern Principality.
I guess my brain has been damaged by staying in the mountains in the south for a long time!
The three of them thought so superiorly.
Boom!
And just when they were still immersed in the sense of superiority worrying about gains and losses, suddenly, there was a earth-shaking explosion in front of them.
That sound, even the thunder on a stormy night, was not even one-tenth as loud as it was.
"ah!"
Caught off guard, Ryan, Duke and Karen suddenly trembled and then squatted on the ground.
Wow!
This was not over yet. Just when they were squatting and had no time to think clearly about what happened, an extremely strong wind suddenly blew from the front.
The strong wind mixed with sand and gravel particles kept hitting their faces, causing pain to the faces of the three of them.
The next moment, the three of them had to raise their arms to protect their heads, so that the pain was relieved.
Ahem!
After a long moment, the three of them opened their eyes in confusion.
"What...what's going on?"
The three of them looked at each other, saw the dust on each other's bodies, and then looked pale in the direction of the explosion.
And when they saw clearly the scene two hundred meters away, they immediately became stunned.
At the castle gate more than two hundred meters away, there was a large plume of gunpowder smoke rising in the air that had not yet been blown away.
And at the gate of the city wall that has gradually been revealed, the surroundings are now scorched and black.
The city gate that was originally covered with iron sheets was broken into pieces and scattered inside the door opening, and large gaps were blown out of the wall holes around the city gate.
In addition, with the eyesight of extraordinary knights, they could also see a large deep pit on the ground.
"Really...is it really the power of divine punishment?"
The three people earlier felt that Narant had treated them as fools.
But at this moment, they already believed it.
Apart from the power of gods, what else can cause such a huge damage effect and produce such a earth-shaking explosion?
Is it the Golden Knight?
I’m afraid that won’t work either!
Of course, they had never seen the Golden Knight take action, but they felt that the Golden Knight would certainly not be able to produce such a shocking effect.
"Holy darling! This power is too great, it seems like too much medicine has been used!" At the same time, the instigator Narant was also stunned for a while.
While patting the dust off his body, he looked in front of him and complained.
He originally planned to blow up the city gate to create a gap for people to enter, but now he actually directly blew the two city gates into half.
What's more, they seemed to be standing too close.
The shock wave from the previous explosion carried mud and sand and turned them into disgrace.
"I hope I didn't shock the meat ticket to death." Nalant muttered, and then looked at Quick and others: "What are you still waiting for? Rush in and occupy this castle for me!"
"Yes...yes, sir!" Quick and others finally woke up from a dream.
"Your Majesty has your order, everyone, charge!"
"kill!"
Immediately, Quick and Raymond rushed directly towards Carlo Castle with the Storm Riders and guards.
Their charge went smoothly this time. They couldn't even see the shadow of the enemy on the city wall, let alone attack!
"Three noble young masters, would you like to go in and have a look together?" Upon seeing this, Nalant was also ready to head towards the castle.
When he turned around and saw three noble young men squatting on the ground like pheasants, he playfully extended an invitation.