Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Last Thought
The one-eyed bandit group was worthy of the once-famous bandit group, looking from the city wall into the one-purpose camp, although the distance was not far, but it could not detect the action of the one-purpose at all. However, it seems that the crime-ridden bandit group like the one-eyed bandits did not take the small wasteland in their eyes, and since the one-eyed scouts found the fugitives twice, they did not seem to take this matter to heart, and the frequency of the scouts in the next two days was less than one day.
Today is the third day of the black flag erection, and the lord lord, accompanied by everyone, climbed the already low walls of the wasteland in the morning. Although it is late spring, the northern land is still whistling with cold winds.
"I have to say that although it is a bandit regiment, the one-eyed military discipline is really comparable to that of a strong soldier."
When Father Geralt said this, his eyes swept over the proud captain of the guard and the commanders of the mercenary regiment, and several strong men were a little ashamed of him.
In the past few days, the vanity of the warriors who have been loved by the people has been satisfied as never before, and the security situation is inevitably a little lamentable after being complimented and drinking while being complimented.
The warriors who have already regarded themselves as city heroes, in these few days, just compensating Liz for the table and chair money is not a small amount, fortunately, the lord of the lord spoke out in a timely manner, and all the losses of the merchants were borne, otherwise this alone, several regiment leaders may have to advance a lot of military merit.
After observing for a while, the crowd found that there was not only no sign of any soldiers and horses gathering in the opposite camp, but even the figures walking around were very rare, and the lord lord could not help but be a little suspicious.
"Gentlemen, it seems that the One-Eyed One-Eyed Man has no intention of besieging the city, but do they actually want to spend time with us?" Lord Lord inquired about his combat staff.
"My lord, although the one-eyed fierce Wei Hehehe, but the cavalry is not good at attacking the city after all, I think the one-eyed may be out of this consideration so that the soldiers do not move." Captain Werner took the lead.
"My Lord, I agree with Colonel Werner, for although we are small in number, it is no problem to deal with three times the enemy army if we defend the city. Moreover, we have sufficient grain and grass, and this place is not far from the northern provincial capital, and it is beneficial for us to continue the stalemate. Commander Charto of the Griffin Mercenary Corps agreed.
"Two gentlemen, I admit that what you have said is very reasonable, but the territory cannot bear the consequences of cutting off the trade route for a long time. If the merchants knew that there were bandits wreaking havoc in the territory, I am afraid that the newly revived business in the Wasteland would once again face bankruptcy. Besides, we can't be sure if there will be reinforcements, and we have to prepare for the worst. Lord Lord expressed his worries, but Li Bing did not dare to say that he understood the military, although the meaning of the words revealed his unwillingness to stick to it, but it was not easy to act in the face of professional advice.
"Lord, if you want to say, let's kill out and fight a wave, maybe Brother Berval's medicine has worked, maybe at this time, the one-purpose bastards will not be able to get up." The little giant is intimate and speaks for his adults. Richard and Berval are both extraordinarily acquainted, one shy will not refuse, and after two days, Mr. Pastor has been rubbed by Richard's head and called brother. As for why it is rubbing your head, it is not difficult to refer to your height to get the answer.
Lord Lord looked at the priest, "Berval, will your medicine achieve this effect?" ”
The priest was already shy, and when he heard the lord's inquiry, how could he praise his own medicine, and after thinking about it, he decided to be modest, "My lord, this medicine will indeed cause diarrhea after taking it, but I can't guarantee whether it can achieve the effect of not getting up." ”
"My lord, I think it is still necessary to test it, we can send a cavalry squad to raid, if the one-eyed reaction is quick, we will hold out for help, and if the one-eyed is vulnerable, we will take advantage of the full army to attack." The teacher gave his own advice, took into account the faces of both the territorial military and the mercenary corps, integrity and pertinence, and received unanimous praise.
Everyone gathered their eyes on the Lord Lord, after all, Li Bing had never seen blood, and the decision to send troops to rush to kill was easy to think about, and when it came time to issue orders, he still had a lot of concerns.
To tell the truth, he did not want to see his people bleed unless he had to, and since he was only trying to test it, why did he have to send soldiers.
The Lord looked at Mr. Magician, "If you are tempted, can you please cast a few spells?" ”
The mage who always looked higher than the top blushed, "Lord, from here to the one-purpose camp is more than a kilometer, my casting distance is unattainable in any case, please forgive me for this." ”
Lord Lord thought for a moment and stopped asking the mage to ride out of the city, "Grandpa Geralt, do we have a trebuchet?" ”
"My lord, we have two small trebuchets, but the range of the trebuchet is not as far as one kilometer, and it can be two or three hundred meters at most." If pushed forward to launch, it may be rushed forward by cavalry in a round of throwing. When the one-eyed man in turn uses a trebuchet to attack the city, we will not be able to afford to lose. ”
"Don't worry, send a cavalry team, drag the trebuchet with horses, and tell our men to withdraw the map immediately if the one-purpose man rushes out, and safety comes first." As for the trebuchet, you can first pour fire oil on the surface, and it is a big deal to burn a fire. ”
"Okay, sir, I'll arrange this, but I'll make it clear to you that our trebuchet can only throw projectiles that don't weigh less than five pounds, and that weight is limited in damage unless it's hit on the body."
The Lord Lord was surprised, "Then what is the use of this thing?" ”
"My lord, when defending the city, you can throw scattered bombs, and there will always be a few stones hitting the head of the unlucky egg." The serious answer of the teaching father made Li Bing unable to tell whether he was joking or not.
"Okay, well, it's better to have than nothing." Li Bing waved his hand helplessly to prepare, thought about it and whispered to Jason, "Jason, you take that thing with you, go with you, just use that."
The secretary leaned back slightly, and turned to leave. Li Bing suddenly tugged at his sleeve and instructed, "We must be careful, safety comes first."
Looking at the solemn expression of his own adult, Mr. Secretary said one more sentence for the first time in the world, "Please rest assured, lord, I will continue to serve you in the days to come." ”
Looking at the back of his own close-knit person leaving, the lord lord had mixed tastes for a while, and the feeling of sending his child to the battlefield was very bad, and Li Bing already felt that his nose was a little sour.
Not long after, a cavalry squad of thirty-seven men left the city, four of them on horseback with two trebuchets that did not yet look as big as the city gates, and the other thirty-six horsemen guarded Mr. Secretary against the southeasterly wind of the late spring.
East wind hunting, horseshoe treading. Iron-clad silver knife, falcon frost spear.
This group of cavalry advanced to the point where the one-eyed one-eyed was only five or six hundred meters away, only to see a dozen or so riding knights scattered in the opposite camp, looking at a look of weakness, how could they not think of it with the fearful one-eyed one-eyed.
"It seems that Mr. Berval's potion did work, leaving two men to watch the others and me dismount to prepare the trebuchet." After advancing more than a hundred meters, Jason gave the order as the leader.
The small trebuchet was not very troublesome to fiddle with, the gunners on this side were ready, the one-eyed side had only come out of the camp with a hundred or so people lined up, and the knights on the horse were crooked one by one, and the mounts under them were listless.
"No stone bullets, use this." Listen to my instructions, I say put and put. Jason stopped the soldier loading the stone bomb, carefully took two things from the bag he carried and placed them in the catapult basket, and then quickly lit two short ropes. After a two-second pause, Jason yelled, "Release! ”
After two beeps, two things with sparks flew towards the one-purpose camp.
"Line up, you pigs." The one-purpose prestige has made you lose it all! A one-man captain was trying his best to restrain his subordinates, but his voice was low and could only be heard by a few people around him.
Milton had long heard that the Wasteland Lords were now very rich, and the salt and soap made the lords here earn more than 100,000 gold coins in a short period of time, and the rich merchants gathered here all over the country wanted to use the big price to obtain the right to operate the wasteland goods.
As a one-man, he has been fantasizing about going into the city and robbing property and beautiful women since he learned that the target of this operation is the Wasteland Lord. But somehow, the day after he arrived here he began to have diarrhea, and the constant diarrhea made his legs weak.
There were many people with diarrhea like him, and at first the bandits could go farther to excrete, but with the severity of the disease, some of the sphincters were no longer controlled, and many tents were filled with a disgusting stench.
At this time, One-Eyed Qiang already knew that he was probably being calculated, but when he and several leaders discussed trying to retreat, he suddenly found that their horses had also begun to swing constantly. In the endless wasteland, it is impossible to escape the pursuit of the cavalry when the people and horses are poisoned, and the one-eyed strong chooses the only way now - bluffing, pressing the soldiers so that the enemy cannot find out his own details.
I have to say that although the one-eyed strong is fierce, but the brain is not stupid, after discovering the abnormality, he ordered everyone to eat only dry food with them, and put an end to cooking and drinking water. Although he did not know how to be poisoned inexplicably until he died, his caution still made the second poisoning purpose of the lord lord unsuccessful.
Of course, these were all known to the Lord Lords during the interrogation of the captives after the war.
At present, the Milton squad leader can only complain that his life is not good, and it is just when he is on duty that someone from the other side sneaks in. Here he was still restraining his subordinates, and he felt a sharp pain in his head.
What a bad luck! It was his last thought before he was knocked unconscious.