Reggie agreed to take Angel in. Ragru nodded happily and whispered to his daughter: "Serve the lord well."
He turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Reggie.
"Where are you going, my advisor?"
"I... don't think I should stay here any longer." Raglu was very embarrassed. Although his heart was bleeding, he wanted to dedicate his daughter to Reggie, completely dedicate him to Reggie.
"Take your daughter and leave with her. She shouldn't stay in a strange man's room so late." Reggie looked at Ragrue with a smile.
When Ragru heard this, he looked panicked and said: "Sir, you have just agreed..."
"I will protect her well and take good care of you. The premise is that you are loyal enough to me. Go to bed early and continue on your journey tomorrow."
Reggie is not a gentleman and will occasionally take advantage of others' situations, but he will not use force to obtain a woman's body. He has no shortage of women and is unwilling to do so.
At dawn the next day, Reggie led the army to leave Red Clay City. After passing through this extremely dangerous pass, the future suddenly became clear. The roads extend in all directions, and Reggie can reach any surrounding city.
But this also means that surrounding cities may sneak attack on him at any time.
Reggie divided the soldiers into three teams. Iron Skull was responsible for exploring the route, and Jiawen was responsible for cutting off the rear. He was responsible for escorting the artillery in the middle. Near noon, Jiawen encountered his first sneak attack. The number of enemy troops was not large, and soon
They were repulsed by Jarvan. Chris recognized their weapons, swords made of gray iron. This group of enemies came from Gray Iron Castle.
"Gray Iron Castle is not close to here. They can't possibly send only such a small number of people." Chris suggested slowing down the marching speed. The enemy might appear at any time. Reggie followed his advice and slowed down the marching speed by half.
, originally they could reach Huarong City before dark, but tonight they had to camp halfway.
After setting up the camp, Chris was still worried. He arranged for five teams of sentries to patrol around the camp. The sound of the sentry's horse hooves kept Reggie awake all night, but he never complained. War is like this, and there is no room for a moment.
comfortable.
On the second day, the soldiers still moved forward slowly according to Chris's request, but Ragru couldn't help but complained to Reggie.
"It makes no sense at all. Gray Iron Castle has completed its mission, and they will not come again."
"Complete the mission?" Reggie didn't understand what he meant. "What kind of mission is this? Are you going to say hello in front of me and then leave?"
"Then what else do you want them to do? Fight to the death with you?" Raglu sighed, "Our kingdom only knows how to take and never give. We don't have many soldiers to begin with.
Even if all the soldiers die, the king will not make any compensation. When our territory needs to be defended, who will come to help us?"
These words reminded Reggie of his previous experience. When the Bayers came to the city, the king did not give any help to Broken Snow City. It seems that this kind of thing did not just happen to Reggie, but behind the incident, there was also
There is a powerful undercurrent hidden inside, belonging to the medieval undercurrent.
"It seems that the Kingdom of Lane has also been eroded by the Middle Ages." Reggie sighed.
"What is the Middle Ages?" Ragru looked at Reggie in surprise.
"Uh...it's an ancient curse." Reggie smiled and dismissed the topic.
Compared with the interests of the kingdom, the lords care more about their own gains and losses. They are no longer willing to fight for the kingdom, and gradually get rid of the shackles of the kingdom, and gradually form a separatist force that dominates one side. When this trend evolved into a melee between princes, the Middle Ages
Dark clouds will completely envelope this continent.
Of course, this is not entirely the fault of the lords. The kingdom ignores the survival of the lords. The lords naturally do not care about the safety of the kingdom. The fundamental reason for the changes of the times comes from the pinnacle of power. No matter in the past or present, this
These are all unchanging iron laws.
The army did not arrive at Huarong City until dusk. They encountered several surprise attacks on the way. The situation was much the same as before, and it was nothing more than perfunctory.
But Huarong City was fully prepared for battle. The densely packed trebuchets on the city top made people's scalp explode, and a twenty-foot-wide trench was dug under the city.
Winston stood on top of the city and nervously observed the enemy's movements. He made precise calculations and found that the trench was just within the range of the trebuchet. This meant that the enemy could either stand on the opposite side of the trench and be helpless, or they could rush towards it.
Bridges were laid in trenches, and then the bridges were blown to pieces with black powder, including the people.
According to conventional combat methods, such a defensive strategy could take away the lives of thousands of enemy soldiers, but what he faced today was no ordinary opponent.
The trench is four hundred feet away from the city. According to Reggie's calculations, this is the limit of the trebuchet's range.
However, the range of the artillery can reach more than 800 feet, so it is not difficult for Reggie to disintegrate such a defense.
"Will Charlemagne be here?" Chris was a little nervous.
"Are you worried that he will die here?" Reggie asked the artillerymen to get into formation.
"I'm a little worried, and I still have something to say to him."
"I'm also a little worried. I'm worried that he was blown to pieces and I couldn't find his body, so I couldn't be sure whether he was really dead."
Chris looked at Reggie helplessly: "Are you an angel or a devil?"
Reggie smiled and said: "No matter who I am, never be my enemy!"
After pretending to be almost perfect, Reggie raised the battle flag and gave the order to fire.
According to his expectation, the first round of artillery shells could defeat the thin walls of Huarong City.
But things were not what he expected.
After the first round of cannon fire, Reggie discovered that the trajectory of the cannonball was wrong. Not only the trajectory, but also the range also had big problems.
The cannonball landed on the ground just after crossing the ditch. After landing, the cannonball only raised a little dust. This power was not like the cannonballs from Shattering Snow City, but more like the low-quality black powder from Bayer Country.
Reggie asked the artillerymen to re-aim, and he personally inspected each shell.
There was no problem with the shells, and there was no problem with the soldiers' aiming angles. However, the effect of the second round of shelling was exactly the same as the first round. The shells barely flew over the trench, and the explosion effect after landing was still terrible.
What happened? Could it be that the factory produced a large amount of inferior gunpowder?
This is impossible, Calaf would not make such a low-level mistake. Reggie was puzzled, but Tyr quietly came to his side and whispered in his ear: "I smell something disgusting."
"It's Angel," Reggie said impatiently, "I told you, she is a witch."
"It's not the smell of her body, it's the smell of the wind. The wind blowing from Huadong City has the fishy smell of the wizard."
Wizard? Did the other party use witchcraft?
Yes, the other party did use witchcraft, because Alice and her wizard army are in the city.
Seeing that Reggie's artillery had no power at all, Winston was convinced that the witchcraft had worked, and he ordered the trebuchet to attack immediately.
The black powder on the trebuchet quickly flew towards Reggie's position in a nearly straight trajectory. At the same time, Reggie immediately gave the order to retreat.
After the black powder fell to the ground, it showed the same power as the artillery shells. Nearly a hundred soldiers were killed on the spot, and three artillery pieces were blown into scrap metal.
Fortunately, the reloading speed of the trebuchet was very slow, which gave Reggie a rare chance to breathe. He quickly led the soldiers back five hundred feet, barely escaping the range of the trebuchet.
The first round of attacks achieved perfect results. Winston immediately ordered the cavalry to attack. Jarvan asked the soldiers to use muskets to block the attack. As a result, the muskets and cannons had the same problem. The range, power and hit rate all became terrible.
On the contrary, the cavalry's crossbows became extremely fierce. Reggie's soldiers fell to the arrows one after another. Seeing that the enemy was about to cross the trench, Iron Skull led a group of orc soldiers and rushed towards them despite the rain of arrows.
They invaded the enemy's trenches and ignited the kerosene in the trenches.
This was originally a trap left by Winston for Reggie, but unexpectedly it stopped Winston's pursuit. Looking at the blazing flames, Winston was anxious and wanted to force the cavalry to cross the ditch, but Alice stopped him.
"Don't forget the limits of witchcraft. The wizards' physical strength is almost exhausted."
"But I can kill Reggie Victor right now!" Winston roared.
"Don't say such stupid things, you can't kill him! Without my witchcraft, you would have turned into ashes long ago."
Winston gritted his teeth and said, "Don't forget, the secret scroll of the Hades Wizard belongs to me!"
"I didn't say it wasn't yours," Alice showed a weird smile, "Go to His Majesty the King to ask for credit. Remember to count the enemy's corpses. Congratulations on your first victory."