The Stone Fortress built against huge rocks stands in the center of the Will family's territory. Under the sunlight, the white walls of the Stone Fort reflect sparkling light, making it look somewhat majestic.
But everyone knows that the majesty of the Will family in this territory of Boulder Castle is gone. In the battle by the Xiaoling River, almost all the members of the Will family from Viscount Will on down were killed, and only two members of the side branch were killed.
The would-be knight led a dozen of his own soldiers, gathered more than a hundred defeated peasant soldiers, and hid in the Stone Castle.
Even if the Hunter family does not come to seize the Stone Castle, no one will inherit the century-old foundation of the Will family in the Stone Castle. There are no knights in their family to inherit the title. It will either be taken back or transferred to the title after the kingdom verifies.
"Send the order from Lord Richard to leave the city and surrender to avoid death."
A Hunter family cavalry was cautiously shouting under the boulder fortress.
At this time, the silence in the Stone Fortress was terrifying. Everyone had anxiety and uneasiness written on almost everyone's face. The dull atmosphere made sensitive young children cry incessantly, which made people even more upset.
"Are we going to surrender?"
At this time, in the Stone Castle, the only three remaining quasi-knights of the Will family gathered together to discuss matters.
Two quasi-knights who were lucky enough to escape back to Stone Castle alive and one quasi-knight who stayed behind.
"There is no man in the Will family who can surrender. Stop saying such spineless words as surrender."
"You also escaped from the battlefield."
There was a heavy "bang" sound on the table.
"Yes, I escaped from the battlefield, but I never thought about surrendering, and I don't plan to run away again this time!"
"I don't agree to surrender either. The Hunter family has no reason to let those of us named Will go."
Another would-be knight who had been silent also spoke.
"well"
With a sigh, Stone Castle has made its final decision.
Soon, a sharp arrow was shot from the height of the Stone Fort towards the shouting cavalry.
The arrow was slightly missed, and the cavalryman who shouted quickly turned his horse's head and left. The attitude of Stone Castle was obvious, there was still a battle to be fought.
Richard arranged for the soldiers of the Hunter family to set up camp and wait for the production of siege equipment. There was no shortage of wood in the North, and the entire camp became busy under the command of the craftsmen.
Excluding the soldiers who escorted the injured back to Ironwood City for treatment, there were more than 1,500 Hunter soldiers gathered under the Stone Fort at this time. However, there were only 150 defenders in the Stone Fort at full strength, and they were still a group of defeated soldiers with low morale.
.
Even the cautious Richard didn't think there was any suspense in the battle at this time. At this time, he only needed to surround the defenders of the Rock Castle to prevent them from sneak attacks. After the siege equipment was completed, the last stubborn resisters could be cleared away.
…
"Dong, dong, dong dong"
After several days and nights of hard work, the siege equipment was completed. With the sound of dull drums, three tall wells were pushed close to the high wall of the Stone Fortress from three different directions by the peasants and soldiers.
The boulder castle is 20 meters high and built according to the terrain. After hundreds of years of management by the Will family, it can definitely be regarded as a strong city that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
It's a pity that no matter how strong the fortress is, it still needs people to protect it. If there is still one knight, a dozen quasi-knights, and hundreds of peasant soldiers stationed in the Stone Castle at this time, Richard will never be willing to storm such a castle.
This is also one of the reasons why Richard led the Will family to take the initiative. Richard wanted to capture this huge stone castle. Otherwise, with the efficient mobilization speed of the Hunter family, he would be able to attack before the Will family's farmers and soldiers were assembled.
You led the troops to the foot of the huge stone fort, and then looked at the city and sighed.
The wells are getting closer and closer to the wall of the Stone Fortress. Burning arrows are fired from the stone castle in an attempt to burn the wells. Unfortunately, all the wells have been treated with fire protection, and not a single spark can ignite them.
The archers on the well railing also began to fire arrows at the defenders on the castle. The Rock Castle was obviously on the defensive side, but was actually suppressed by the Hunter family's archers.
Especially the Jinglan equipped with more than ten system archers. The archers produced by the system were even more terrifying under the reinforcement of Richard's primary offensive skills. The accurate and powerful arrows directly cleared a section of the city wall, no matter how the officers drove them away.
, and no soldiers were willing to stand on the section of the wall near the well.
After losing more than a dozen soldiers, three well ladders approached the Stone Fortress one after another. The peasants and soldiers who were following the wells carrying ladders rushed out from behind the wells with shouts, put the ladders on the city wall, and started.
Climbing, the first one to climb will be rewarded heavily. This group of farmers and soldiers selected to participate in the attack have already put their life and death at risk.
The top of the well was not idle either. Heavy wooden boards were smashed directly from the well to the city head, creating a passage to the giant stone castle for the elites in the belly of the well.
Ron was the first to rush out of the well. After a few days and nights of rest, his previous injuries were no longer serious. Ron, who rushed to the top of the city, directly ignited his fighting spirit and chopped off melons and vegetables to deal with the enemies who came to stop him.
Subsequent troops poured into the city in a steady stream.
The other two Jinglans also successfully attacked the city, because Viscount Sauter and Richard were personally stationed on the two Jinglans respectively.
Almost overwhelming, without giving the slightest chance, when the three knights jumped onto the city top at the same time, no peasant soldiers were willing to fight anymore. Except for the three quasi-knights of the Will family and the loyal bodyguards, they fought a hopeless battle.
resistance.
"choke"
As the last rebel died under Richard's sword, there was no longer any obstacle to the way into Stone Castle.
"Quil"
"exist"
"Investigate the identity of the people inside the Stone Fortress, maintain good discipline, and punish those who dare to take advantage of the chaos to loot and rape women on the spot."
"yes"
"Team 1 and 2 follow me."
Quill is one of the centurions of the city guard, and the only centurion who survived the Battle of Xiaolinghe. He is the fresh blood promoted and trained by Richard in recent years. He is a bit rigid, but he obeys Richard's words, which is useful.
It's easy. Of course, the people who worked under Richard have grown up with three feet of grass in their graves in recent years.
Richard knows very well that there will always be hot-headed people after such a killing experience. Some armies even use looting and killing after breaking the city as a means to boost morale. Richard does not need and does not bother to use this method.
To boost morale, strict military discipline is definitely the top priority.
"Let's go into the castle together."
Looking back at the battlefield, Richard called Viscount Sauter and the surrounding guards to go inside the castle.
The intensity of the whole battle was very low. Compared with the previous Xiaolinghe battle, it was like child's play. What was more rewarding was that Richard had gained more than 500 experience points through the system upgrade just now, and he was closer to the upgrade.
When Richard and others walked through the short streets of Stone Castle and arrived at the living area of the castle, Quill had already restrained the soldiers, and the remaining Will family women, children and maids in the castle were also gathered in the hall.
Richard glanced over and saw that most of them were women and children.
"Let's send the maids away first. As for the Will family members, bring them back to Ironwood City first."
Richard ordered.
Richard continued to wander around the Stone Castle, and Viscount Sauter followed Richard around with great interest.
In one fell swoop, they wiped out their old rivals, the Weir family, and turned the entire Stone Fortress into a trophy. These things that could only appear in Salter's dreams in the past still feel a bit unreal, and you always have to take a few more looks.
"Master."
Quill also followed out of the hall at this time.
"Um?"
"Do the women and children of the Will family want..."
Richard was silent for a moment. He understood what Quill meant. Cutting the weeds does not remove the roots, but the spring breeze will bring new growth.
Ron on the side opened his mouth, but finally didn't speak. He always felt a little bit unbearable.
"The direct line will be dealt with, and the other branches will be taken back for custody first."
Richard thought for a while and made a decision. Richard was not the Virgin. He could make the decision to kill prisoners if necessary, but he would not kill women and children unless necessary.
Forget it, it's still useful if you keep it. If you can get a group of women and children to take revenge with your leading management knowledge and golden fingers, then forget about it.
