Chapter 107: Generosity from the King
These Vikia archers who have been tested on the continent of Calradia for a long time, experienced countless battles, and even killed many people before being promoted to the fourth level, and the third-level Rhodok skilled crossbowmen and mercenary crossbowmen all know very well that eliminating the enemy's manpower is the key to winning the next victory!
Therefore, these crossbowmen had no intention of holding back at all. Instead, they were more serious and accurate when shooting those spiritual creatures that had their backs turned to them and were trying to escape quickly.
'Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!'
All that could be heard was the continuous whistling sounds of feather arrows and crossbow bolts tearing through the air.
One after another, spiritual creatures came over with turtle shells on their heads.
Just after flipping the turtle shell into the trench, he had barely taken two steps when his body suddenly stopped and his whole steps began to stagger. With the piercing pain, he could only run two more steps if he was lucky.
Those who were unlucky would just fall to the ground with their heads down, twitching as they tried to reach out and crawl forward.
But another shrill scream sounded in my ears.
At this moment, the huge force that suddenly appeared on the back, chest, neck, or back of the head made their breathing suddenly stop. Within ten seconds, they lay there completely motionless.
Completely turned into a corpse!
On their bodies, whether it was their vests, necks, or backs of their heads, there was a steel crossbow bolt or a conical arrow nailed to their bodies.
What was pierced was either the heart, the skull, or the spine.
It's definitely an injury that's meant to be fatal!
The murderer.
On the city wall, there are 100 expressionless Vikian archers, 50 skilled Rhodok crossbowmen and 50 mercenary crossbowmen!
How could they come to the city wall where they were stationed, throw down these turtle shells, and run away?
Do you really think that these elite archers and crossbowmen from the continent of Calradia have no dignity?
However, even though these archers were working so hard to shoot the vassal troops.
However, the number of servants recruited by these pig-headed men was too large, with a total of more than 2000 people. Even though Shen Mu had so many archers on the city wall venting their anger, they were left with dozens of corpses.
It’s still a bit... a drop in the bucket!
Deep in the green belt of the community 500 meters away, more and more furniture were looted by the pig-headed people or servant races in the community and then placed on the open space.
Then several servant races armed with hammers or axes smashed the pots and pans.
There were also nimble Blue Star manpower who used ropes to randomly tie these pieces of furniture together, forming a shield-like protection, increasing the defensive effect.
Then let the lower-level servant races carry it up, hide underneath, and continue to move towards the trench to fill it and pile up the slope towards the city wall.
It can be said that every time there are twenty or thirty turtle shells slowly walking out from there.
Even if four or five of them were blown up by crossbows along the way.
But the remaining twenty or ten turtle shells, as long as they reach the other side of the trench, can fill the trench to a depth or width of one or two meters.
As time went by, the moat outside the west gate was actually filled with turtle shells.
Even outside the trench, there were hundreds of corpses of the spirit world's servants.
However, the trench, which had been filled up and was about 6 meters wide, had been piled up to a height of nearly 1 meter on the city wall, which already represented the success of the tactics of the spiritual world servant army, and they had begun to enter the stage of directly attacking the city wall!
"Keep shooting!"
Bandak had put away the heavy crossbow in his hand and instead pulled out the mace from his waist. Wearing a leather round shield in his left hand, he walked quickly on the walls on both sides of the city gate, loudly encouraging the crossbowmen who were standing behind the baffles, pulling the triggers or pulling the bowstrings and shooting out.
Something is wrong.
He had to ensure that he could observe the movements of the entire city wall to arrange when it was appropriate for these archers to retreat and when to transfer.
And when is the right time to let the veteran thugs of the Lake Rat Gang who are still on standby on the stairs inside the city wall come up!
The city wall here is only 6 meters high and 3 meters wide.
And the range is more than half a meter because a baffle is installed at a slightly tilted angle.
Another half meter is the archers' range of movement.
The remaining 2 meters is the channel needed for passing and moving, as well as transporting supplies and replenishing arrows.
In addition, there must be a certain distance to prevent oneself from falling off the wall.
Then the distance for action is quite narrow.
Most of these fourth-level Lake Rat Gang veteran thugs, as well as those fifth-level Lake Rat Gang saboteurs, were waiting at the bottom of the stairs.
Just a greeting.
Then these unruly members of the Lake Rat Gang would immediately rush to the city wall and use their shields and javelins to let those enemies who dared to attack the city wall know that when defending the city, the members of the Lake Rat Gang family are just as powerful!
That's right, members of the Lake Rat Gang are in complex environments, especially when defending a city, and facing enemies attacking city walls or key points.
The role it can play is quite huge!
The javelin itself is a close-range throwing weapon with a short range but extremely strong power.
When facing throwing weapons such as javelins or throwing axes at close range, ordinary heavy crossbows or sniper crossbows are inferior in terms of power and the impact on enemy morale or armor and shields.
Of course, the attribute of throwing weapons is that they are high-powered damaging weapons thrown at close range.
There are fundamental differences between bows and crossbows, which are long-range rapid-fire weapons and long-range precision weapons.
But at this moment.
Once the city wall changes, these Lake Rat Gang members will rush up and use harpoons or hooked javelins to target the spirit world servants who can only climb the ramps made of furniture and are unable to take effective defensive actions. That will be their chance to show off their abilities!
At close range, with no way to dodge, this is when the Lake Rat Gang members come into play!
And in order to prevent special circumstances from happening.
Shen Mu also arranged in advance the 50 Swadian soldiers who were wearing full-body sleeveless plate armor, heavy chain armor inside, flat-top helmets, and holding spears, to line up below and be ready for battle.
As long as the defense line on the city wall is intact, problems may occur due to the speed and force of the enemy's attack.
Then those who went up were not Swadian light infantry.
But these are the Swadian sergeants who are specially used to hold the line. They are serious, reliable, and absolutely professional heavy-armored line-holding infantry!
In a sense, Shen Mu also used these Swadian soldiers to prepare for the worst.
Worst-case scenario regarding the western wall.
"And I can use my reward from 'Catapult Squad Support'."
Shen Mu narrowed his eyes slightly.
Looking at the twenty or thirty turtle shells coming over again, he slowly exhaled a breath, but his thoughts did not communicate with the Mount and Blade system in his mind.
This reward is one of his trump cards.
Shen Mu looked at the turtle shells in front of him that were still coming towards him but were obviously being repelled by him wave after wave. He was still confident that he could hold on.
After all, the two light crossbows beside him and the two siege crossbows on the big square tower were still showing their power, blasting the turtle shells one by one and exposing the spiritual creatures below, which were shot to death on the spot by the crossbowmen on the city wall.
What’s more, the city gate under Shen Mu’s feet was just 200 meters away.
There were already dense crowds, with corpses of the spirit world's servant army lying in large numbers.
With just a cursory glance, and a vague estimate, one could probably tell that the dead, whether they were gnolls, earth elves, bear goblins, lizardmen, etc., these desert bandit races, had a total of more than 1000 bodies.
For the spiritual world servant army that originally had more than 2000 people, more than half of them have now been lost.
Even if it fills up the trench.
Also on the city wall, there was a ramp that was 3 meters high, 6 meters wide, and about 7 meters long. It was bumpy and full of furniture edges and corners, and it was rugged and difficult to walk on. It looked like one could rush up and fight by stepping on this ramp.
The losses were heavy, with more than half of the troops killed in action, and nearly four-fifths of the vassal troops suffered casualties.
There is really no way to continue attacking!
"Brother Caidong! We really can't let our brothers continue to attack! The casualties are too heavy!"
"Yes! Brother Caidong! Please talk to the CEOs of the diesel companies behind us! If our brothers are allowed to charge forward again...they will turn against us!"
"We are all temporary workers! Although we also want to become regular employees of Diesel Company! But if all the followers we have are defeated! Then it will be all over!"
"Brother Caidong! We brothers are begging you here! If you lose all your capital, you won't even be qualified to work in the temporary fleet! We usually just eat and drink for free in the diesel company, there's no need to risk our lives!"
Just over there on the green belt, the captains of those temporary convoys, along with their good teammates, now had helpless expressions on their faces.
Especially when looking at Zhang Caidong in front of them, who still had an expressionless face, they all felt like crying but had no tears left.
I originally thought that if I rushed forward with the turtle shells, threw away the turtle shells, and then filled up the trenches, there would be no problem and I would be safe if I retreated.
But who would have thought that there would be so many archers on the walls of the human race, and their archery skills were so fierce and accurate.
Plus there's the ballista.
They were defeated directly!
Even if they could grit their teeth, lift the furniture and rush over to fill the trench, there were a number of ramps built on the city walls that could be used to directly attack the walls.
But now.
All the members of the temporary caravan had only two or three spiritual followers left.
If you try again.
I'm afraid that all the followers in the spiritual world will have to be killed, and they will have to let them carry the furniture themselves, go to the other side of the city wall, and try their best to throw the things on the ramp to continue to increase the height and pave the way for those pig-headed people!
"Yeah, I know." Zhang Caidong spoke expressionlessly at this time.
Looking at the captains of the temporary convoy in front of him, all of whom had extremely sad faces, a hint of sarcasm emerged in his eyes.
His tone was still very calm as he said, "If we charge again and raise the slope of the city wall to more than 4 meters, I will notify Brother Fu Jian and then we will have all of us withdraw and it will be time for them to go up."
"Charge again..." The captains of these temporary convoys were in a very difficult situation at this time.
"That's right, go ahead." Zhang Caidong looked at them one by one, with some determination in his tone:
"This was originally the task that Brother Fu Jian gave me. I'm not afraid to tell you that his original task was to consume most of your followers in the spirit world, so as to avoid any backlash to the diesel company in the future. But now I've suppressed it and only let those unfamiliar temporary workers work hard. Most of the followers of you captains in the spirit world have been retained and not sent to the battlefield to die!"
The faces of the captains of the dozen or so temporary convoys suddenly looked a little ugly.
This is the truth.
The elite followers of the spiritual world in their hands were indeed not sent to the front line, holding up turtle shells to pave the way.
Those who went there were those who were recruited by the diesel company and forced to join the temporary fleet. Some of them looked down on these captains of the temporary fleet and were some of the troublemakers.
The main thing is that Zhang Caidong now actually said that the diesel company deliberately sent them to die.
This is of course the truth.
They also understand.
So now the captains of these temporary convoys did not say much. In the end, they looked at each other and saw the dejection in each other's eyes.
The situation is weaker than people.
Compared with the diesel company, they are now the weak ones, and can only be treated as fish on the chopping board, with no room for resistance.
Thinking of this, the captains of these temporary convoys made up their minds.
"rush!"
They turned around and left, and went to arrange their temporary workers, summon their spiritual creatures, and once again raised the turtle shells and rushed forward.
Then, wave after wave of spiritual creatures came to die, and fell in front of the city wall one after another.
"Almost." Zhang Caidong then revealed a sarcastic smile and turned to walk towards Fu Jian.
Wait until all the temporary workers in the temporary fleet are used up.
He began to recruit the captains of these temporary convoys into his own hands.
Waiting to re-form a new temporary fleet.
By the time.
Isn’t it Zhang Caidong who has the final say?
This means that he is secretly controlling the rights of the diesel company's temporary fleet outside the company, which means that Zhang Caidong is taking advantage of the power of others and can have his own military power!
By then, he will definitely not be a small-time figure who can only rely on the power of others to bully others!
"Diesel Company, I must get to a higher position!" Ambition flickered in Zhang Caidong's eyes.
Just when Zhang Caidong went to report.
The top of the city gate tower.
A dialog box appeared in front of Shen Mu.
[Ding! You and your troops successfully defended the city wall and resisted the fierce attack of the first wave of vassal troops! ]
[You have received a reward - 5000 dinars. ]
[Tip: The battle has come to an end. You can take a break and prepare for a more intense battle. (During this process, you can upgrade your soldiers)]
The content in the dialog box is the reward after completing the first stage of the task.
The sound of metal coins colliding appeared in Shen Mu's ears.
Crisp and sweet.
This means that the attack by the vassal army has finally come to an end.
And right before his eyes, Shen Mu looked at the few remaining followers from the spirit world who were in the process of retreating, his face solemn.
Because right in front of him, on a section of the city wall on the north side of the city gate, all kinds of furniture and debris had been piled up to a height of more than 4 meters, and because of the various edges and corners, as well as the corpses of spiritual creatures that had died on it, it had reached a height of nearly 5 meters.
And the slope is quite gentle and smooth.
If someone climbs from the bottom, they can really reach the top of the city wall, then jump to the edge, grab the top of the city wall with both hands, climb up, stand on the 6-meter-high city wall, and then cross the 2-meter baffle, then they have successfully reached the top!
"Really? A stronger storm is coming." Shen Mu was not afraid of anything now, and even felt a little poetic.
This is his advantage.
The more critical the moment, the calmer you should be.
By the way, he glanced at the dialog box that popped up on his retina, especially the prompt, and his mind also communicated with the system at this time: "Upgrade the new recruits of Wikia!"
[Ding! We have detected that you have 200 'Vikia Recruits (Level 30)'. If you pay dinars per person, you will be allowed to upgrade them to 'Vikia Light Infantry (Level )'. 】
[If all upgrades are completed, 6000 dinars will be required. 】
[Tip: You currently only have 5000 dinars, and cannot complete the promotion of all 'Vekia Recruits'. ]
[Tip: King Yarogerk from the Kingdom of Vikia is pleased with your generous payment of 1000 dinars for the upgrade of the Vikians. Therefore, at this critical time, he is willing to return your 1000 dinars to help the "Vikia Recruits" serving under you complete the upgrade. ]
Right in front of Shen Mu, a new dialog box appeared.
However, the content that appeared at the bottom made Shen Mu slightly stunned: "Wait? King Yarogerk of the Kingdom of Vikia... returned 1000 dinars to me?"
Shen Mu had never expected this.
Previously, in the newly established village "New Rivadin", 1000 dinars were paid to upgrade the Vikia immigrants to Vikia recruits.
But this is the cost of upgrading, as well as the cost of going to the Kingdom of Vikia for special training.
What Shen Mu didn't expect was that the money could be returned to him at the most critical moment.
Just enough to fill the gap of 1000 dinars.
This will allow him to upgrade all 200 Wikia recruits into second-level Wikia light infantry!
'Om! '
Just as Shen Mu was deep in thought, a stream of data surged out from between his eyebrows and began to rush backwards.
And just when Shen Mu subconsciously turned his head to look, those Wikia recruits had been wrapped in white light, forming egg-like oval objects.
Then, after more than ten seconds, they transformed into Vikia light infantrymen wearing leather armor and holding two-handed axes, who looked very tough. They appeared behind the city wall, moving their shoulders, as if they were eager to try.
But at this time, Shen Mu's mind moved slightly, and he did not carefully observe these Vikia light infantry.
Instead, it communicated with the reward in my mind that I had received a long time ago——
Designate 200 low-level infantry to upgrade immediately!
Special bonus for this rules class!
Why Shen Mu is so concerned about leading these Wikia villagers and immigrants to upgrade.
Why let these Wikia recruits gain more experience.
Here’s why…
Once this reward is used, the second-level Vikia light infantry can be directly upgraded again to the third-level Vikia guerrilla archer using bows and arrows!
(End of this chapter)
