Kim Gates' work ability far exceeded Aranza's expectations, at least his grasp of details was impeccable. When the list of unsworn loyalists was handed over to Aranza's desk, the shrewd fat man had already secretly
Someone was sent to survey the terrain of the only city on the list. The airship team landed at the location arranged by Kim Gates. It was not far or close to Sophie City. The opponent's ballistae would not hit here, and
Our long-range attack methods cannot threaten the other party, and it is a relatively "safe" distance.
Of course, the most noteworthy thing is that this was the family home of the current lord of Sophie City, Armenian Langdon, and it was now a flat ruin. After Armenian took Sophie City back, she did not repair it.
There was no need to repair it, because the blood of the Langdon family was the only one left flowing in her body.
Kim Gates was fully responsible for the command of this battle. After the airship team landed, the first task was to set up camp. Fatty chose the more traditional transport boat sanitation mode. Transport airships are rarely equipped with weapons and are not suitable for air combat, but they also have their own advantages.
It has a unique use. Airships land one after another, surrounding a wall. A gate is opened between the walls, and a few soldiers are posted there to stand guard. This completes the peripheral facilities of the camp. Often in order to pursue a higher payload capacity.
In terms of weight, the internal structure of the transport boat is much stronger than that of the air combat airship, and its defensive performance is also improved.
When the first tent was built and the last tent was completed, the Norland army encountered no obstruction. There was no movement on the walls of Sophie City, and not even regular patrols could be seen.
Sophie City gave up a good time for a sneak attack. Generally speaking, the soldiers would be a little uncomfortable after a long journey on the airship. It is the most perfect time to attack the enemy. However, Kim Gates did not expect it.
Sophie City's attack greatly disappointed him. Maybe Yameiyani was vigilant enough, or maybe Yameiyani was stupid enough. In any case, Fatty's hundreds of magicians who were ambushing in the airship failed to wait for their target and had to withdraw.
Rest inside the camp.
It wasn't until that night that the light of clusters of torches suddenly lit up on the walls of Sophie City broke into everyone's sight.
Aranza was just wandering around the camp out of boredom. When he noticed the light suddenly appearing beside him, he immediately turned his gaze towards it and was stunned.
In the center of the city wall opposite is a girl with long fiery red hair.
Aranza's mind was temporarily dazed, but she soon regained her composure. If his guess was correct, the girl opposite was Yameyani Langdon. Her hair color and face shape were very similar to Jie Xi, so much so that
In the darkness, a blurry outline made Aranza feel strangely familiar. But the facial features of the two people were always different. When the sight gradually became clear under the weak light of the torch, Aranza felt disappointed, and then
But he felt relieved because his eyes just caught the traveler who had just walked out of the barracks.
Aranza waved to the travelers and the remaining members of the Thorn Mercenary Group who came out of the barracks immediately, and then took the lead towards a high platform in the center of the camp, where Kim Gates had been paying attention to the situation on the other side. At this time, more information
He stared intently at the city wall opposite. The magician beside him had cast the advanced Eagle Eye technique several times on him, and his pale face was obviously a little overwhelmed.
Aranza closed her hands to support the wooden fence and looked outside the camp again. The surrounding terrain was flat. No matter whether it was the Noland Army camp or Sophie City, there were no mountains or woods to rely on. There was a main road next to the camp.
, leading directly to the gate of Sophie City, but at this time the gate of Sophie City was closed tightly, the suspension bridge was retracted, leaving only a moat reflecting the sparkling fire on the top of the city.
This terrain directly eliminated most of the possibilities of taking advantage of the situation, and troop strength and strategy became the key to the battle situation.
The young man's gaze did not retract, but continued to move upward. He only stayed for a moment on Yameiyani's not-so-bad-looking face, then turned to one side and carefully observed the expressions of the Sophie City defenders -
—There was no anger or timidity on their faces.
"Well, what are you going to do?"
Aranza narrowed her eyes slightly and asked Kim Gates beside her without looking back.
"This is a group of well-trained soldiers, but... such a wide city wall only shows so many people. Either Yameyani only has so many soldiers at her disposal, or she is deliberately showing weakness to us.
." The fat man answered cautiously, thought for a while, and continued, "But if you want to show weakness, it would be more effective to bring in some timid recruits, so I prefer the former. Uh... Of course, I still have to make a conclusion now.
It’s too early, maybe I can go over and warn their lord one last time.”
Aranza nodded and said, "Well, if you plan to go there, I will let Carew protect you."
Hearing this, Jin Gates was stunned for a moment, and said a little flattered: "Master Captain... just need a few knights to protect me. The strong men of the Holy Domain really think too highly of me..."
"fine."
Aranza interrupted Kim Gates, but her eyes focused on the opposite side again, and said seriously: "You are the only one who is assisting me at the moment. Although Grandpa Follett is also helping me, his heart is still loyal to the Lane family. So.
, I don’t want any accident to happen to you.”
Aranza was right. Although there were many powerful warriors gathered around him, warriors were often not as effective as wise men in many aspects. So after hearing Aranza's words, Elita, Hancock and others could only shrug.
He shrugged his shoulders and didn't say much. The only exception was Savannah, who wanted to say something with a red face.
Of course, Aranza would not ignore the anomaly coming from Prairie's soul point. At that moment, she pulled Prairie's beard as a joke and said with a smile: "Well, if you are smarter, I will send Karu to protect you next time.
Ha ha!"
At this time, Kim Gates had already sent people to prepare two horses and galloped towards the opposite side with Carew.
The two figures were roughly the same size, except that one was fat and the other was strong. Before they could reach Sophie, they had already reached the city.
Kim Gates reined in his horse and stopped in front of the moat, looking upward: "Your Excellency, are you the Lord of Armenia Langdon?"
"I am."
The red-haired figure on the city wall replied coldly. Yameyani leaned against the city wall, the coldness on her face not concealed at all. Her eyes were condescending, looking at Kim Gates, and said in a arrogant and frivolous voice: "
Huh?! Are you the self-proclaimed Duke Kim Gates?!"
The fat man ignored Yameiyani's attitude and smiled: "Exactly."
An answer that contained no hint of hostility made Yameyani suddenly shiver, so in order to cover up her inner emotions, she immediately cursed: "Huh! How dare you come here!"
"I don't understand what you mean."
The fat man looked polite and polite. It seemed that he did not regard Yameyani as a city lord at all, but as a woman who could be teased. The fat man spread his hands under the city wall and said, "Because your Excellency did not ask me
I have sworn allegiance, so I am just imitating history and sending troops to attack here. Please forgive me."
"Crunt?! Haha!"
Yameyani raised her eyebrows, her fiery red hair flying in the sudden wind like her anger: "What qualifications do you have to attack me?! You country fool, you have no qualifications to be a duke! Oh!
!No, you don’t even have the capital to become a noble! Look at your inferior bloodline and your filthy body! You don’t even have the qualifications for us to swear allegiance to you!”
Good aristocratic etiquette allowed her to restrain the urge to swear, but she was unable to express her anger vividly, so that to the ears of Kim Gates, there was nothing he could care about in Yameyani's words. So the fat man still pretended
He put on a harmless expression and said: "Do you mean that you really don't want to swear allegiance to me?"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Yameyani let out a disdainful laugh. She suddenly leaned down, poked out a slightly ferocious face, and gritted her teeth at Kim Gates: "You killed my people, now, I'm going to kill you!"
Following her words, there were sounds of bows that broke the silence. Hundreds of arrows were fired from both sides of the city wall almost at the same time, and they rushed towards Kim Gates in dense numbers!
"Damn it!"
The fat man finally couldn't help but curse. He didn't expect that a woman who kept saying "noble" would be the first to use dirty tricks on him.
At this moment, next to Kim Gates, another silent figure suddenly let out a low gasp!
It is not difficult for Kalu to withstand the rain of arrows. In the past, when he and Aranza attacked the city, they had to face the heavy rain of arrows. This is the most common method used by city defenders, and it is also the most effective method. However, some experienced
In the eyes of the strong warriors, the effect is not obvious.
Just when Yameyani was imagining the scene of the fat man being tied up like a hedgehog, the big man suddenly pulled the horse rope and moved the horse's position in front of Kim Gates. Then, Carew's fist pulled out a sharp punch.
With a single wave of the wind, dozens of arrows were knocked down! The powerful right fist did not stop there and dragged the wind pressure back again, blocking the remaining arrows astonishingly.
"No! This is impossible!"
Yameyani's roar sounded from the city wall. She opened her eyes wide, but the facts were ruthlessly placed in front of her.
Kalu's body was hidden under his cloak, and the night colored his hood. When he raised his head and looked upward, there was only a pair of shining green eyes in the impenetrable darkness.
Yameyani's curse words suddenly stuck in her throat. She swallowed unconsciously and could only take a step back nervously. She is a woman who will do whatever it takes to achieve her goals. This is also the reason why she can take back Sophie City.
Meiani thought she could use the same method to deal with Kim Gates, but she found that the opponent was so powerful that he no longer cared about her little tricks.
At this time, the war horse under Karu's crotch returned to its original position, and the figure of Kim Gates appeared in Yameiyani's eyes again.
However, that rough, fat face no longer looked as plain as before, but instead looked gloomy.