Chapter eight hundred and forty seventh kiss of victory
Abagong's original intention was that if his master was defeated, he could retreat to the Dragon Hills, but he didn't expect that all these supplies would be put to use.
Of course, to bring out the effectiveness of these simple weapons, ogres are also indispensable. Although they are stupid, they are very powerful, and the operation of the projection vehicle is not complicated. After being whipped with a whip and trained thousands of times,
They finally learned all the procedures.
As early as when Downton was adventuring in the underground world, Rosicky had already selected some natives and conducted intensive training, not to deal with other dukes, but to have a strong army available when he fights back to the Snowman Empire in the future.
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"Faster!"
Thiessen urged.
Hey yo! Hey yo!
The ogre shouted a slogan, shirtless, and worked hard.
There are a total of one hundred catapults arranged on the position. The stand of each catapult is ten meters high, and the projection arm is twenty meters long, which makes their range reach a terrifying 1,500 yards.
The range of the catapult is increased. In order to ensure that it does not disintegrate, the strength of the frame must be increased, which must require more wood. Some key parts must be riveted with alloy steel, and the weight will naturally increase. If it is replaced by humans to operate this kind of people
Man, if you don't have more than thirty people, you can't even finish it.
As we all know, the more people involved in a project, the more difficult it is to manage, coordinate, and cause chaos. But with the Ogre, only seven people can complete it. The extra three are backup personnel, and they are also
Responsible for towing the projection vehicle to achieve rapid transfer and position deployment.
In recent days, Downton has caused a lot of trouble to the Northern Army with its projection vehicles. If the opponent's soldiers had not been too many and the casualty ratio was not obvious, those guys would have been beaten to the point of crying.
Four ogres stood on both sides of the catapult. They stirred the winch and lowered the projection arm that completed an attack. The leather rope made of the hamstrings of the hero-level monsters made a crunching sound as it continued to tighten.
When the projection arm was completely lowered, the ogre captain immediately moved the bamboo shoots and fixed it. At the same time, an ogre moved a log bomb that had been soaked in kerosene from the cargo box next to it and placed it in the groove at the top of the projection arm.
, and the other held a torch and poked it up. As long as he got close to it, it would ignite.
"Car No. 1, launch!"
After the captain finished shouting, he picked up the gavel and hit the machine board hard.
jump!
The stuck bamboo shoots bounced away, and the unfettered projection arm quickly bounced up, directly ejecting the burning log bomb. It then landed in Fore Town and exploded with a cloud of sparks.
The cavalry regiment surrounded the catapult position, but was unable to achieve any success. Outside the town, three thousand-man infantry troops gathered and began to charge with shields.
A regiment of archers was also urgently mobilized and launched towards the position.
Arrows are like locusts, covering the sky and the earth.
"Master, do you want to take action?"
Thiessen asked for a battle. He was now the commander of three thousand ogre natives. He couldn't wait to become a general.
"hold on!"
Downton refused.
“It’s past the average time!”
Xia Luo took out her arms and took a look. Normally, the mage group would have appeared and launched a counterattack.
"Master, there are signs of cavalry mobilization on both sides of the position!"
A dark ranger appeared and whispered.
"Tsk. The commander-in-chief of the other side wants to take advantage of my greed to expand the results of the battle while the mage group is away, and carry out encirclement and annihilation operations!"
Downton sneered, "Stop attacking and retreat!"
As Jackson repeated the order, after the shooting was completed, the ogres immediately pulled out the iron rod holding the catapult from the ground, then dragged it and began to evacuate in an orderly manner.
"This design is really good. Just adding two wheels to the catapult makes it much easier to move."
Homer lamented that for thousands of years, people's impression of catapults was that they were used to attack or defend cities. They had never thought of using them in field battles because they were too inconvenient.
When Downton proposed this small change, Rosicky and Barty, who had the highest military literacy, looked at him, dumbfounded, and did not speak for a long time.
Even a great scholar like Homer was resigned to being defeated.
Of course, Downton would not tell them that the field cannons he had seen in his dreams had such a design. In fact, the Westerners did not expect this improvement, which had a lot to do with the way of combat.
In dreams, large equipment such as catapults are powerful offensive and defensive weapons, and they play a large proportion in wars. However, in the Western Continent, their role is weakened. The mage group is a powerful weapon for siege, and there are also siege weapons.
War beast.
Only third-rate countries with no money or technical reserves use catapults. For example, the nine empires use huge siege engines with fully mechanical mechanisms and magical power. Even second-rate countries also keep a large number of war beasts in captivity.
They are tall and can be directly attached to the city wall. The task of the soldiers is to step on them and rush into the city.
Because of the existence of magic and mana, the siege battle in the Western Continent is a different situation, and the tactics used are completely different.
"Didn't catch up?"
Looking at the burning town of Fore, with burnt corpses strewn on the streets and a pungent stench permeating the air, Commander Kevin's face turned livid.
"The other side is very cunning and does not engage in direct combat at all!"
The commander of the Third Corps was extremely angry. In the previous attack, he had lost two thousand-man troops.
"These damn rats, send the order, speed up the march, and leave the Western Region as soon as possible!"
Kevin cursed and could only give up his plan to cause trouble for them. The main city was urging them urgently, otherwise he could have set up a dragnet to surround and kill the enemy.
"Sir, they are not pursuing!" Dark Ranger knelt down on one knee and reported the situation, "The vanguard of the Northern Army has entered the pine forest section!"
"I know, keep monitoring!"
Downton looked at the map, marked several sections with a pen, then took out his pocket watch and began to calculate the time until the entire opponent's army entered the pine forest section.
"Thyssen, Barty, Arnold, Quasimodo, from now on, you will lead the teams separately, with twenty catapults as a unit, increase the frequency of attacks, and change places every ten rounds of projection. Be sure to let
The enemy's nerves are always on edge!"
"As you command!"
The four confidants stood at attention, saluted, and turned to leave.
"Sir, what about me?"
Jackson pointed to his nose and looked at Downton expectantly.
"Go prepare food and hot water for the soldiers!"
Downton responded casually. Now that the war was at a critical point, he had no time to care about the mood of a ghoul.
"That's Abagon's mission!"
Jackson muttered.
"roll!"
Downton yelled, and Jackson quickly shrank his neck and avoided it.
There were 150,000 troops in the northern border. They marched on the road, covering a distance of more than ten kilometers. When they encountered Downton's harassment tactics of shooting and changing places, they were tortured to the point of crying.
It is not easy to defend such a long team. In terms of individual strength, it cannot defeat Downton's regiment. Moreover, before the cavalry can be organized to launch a charge, those damn natives have already disappeared. Even if they catch up, they will not be able to defeat them.
Not much of a chance of winning.
The cavalry restrains the infantry, but look at what types of troops Downton has. Taurens and bugbears are not of the highest quality. The rest are ogres, abominations, dwarves, and even Krupp giants. These are all capable of being used alone.
A powerful race that punches and explodes war horses.
When more than a dozen cavalry surrounded a Krupp and fought, and were finally blown to pieces by a huge war hammer wielding a huge war hammer, the cavalry's momentum of encirclement and killing was greatly reduced, and they began to act perfunctorily. As long as
The enemy retreats and will not pursue them with all their strength.
Commander Kevin ordered to speed up the march, but gave the soldiers a wrong signal, thinking that they could not cope with the opponent's harassment, so some faint tension appeared.
In the afternoon of the next day, the Death Knight Cavalry Regiment and the Dark Ranger Ranger Regiment arrived together.
"Seize the time to eat and rest. At dusk, launch a general attack!"
Seeing Drizzt leading most of the cavalry back on time, Downton finally breathed a sigh of relief and then issued the final order.
"Hey? General attack? What's going on?"
Jackson was confused and looked left and right. He found that no one was paying attention to him at all.
"Are you talking? Aren't you following the master to besiege the main city of the Western Territory? Why did you come back? What will I do with the master? Is there any danger?"
Jackson grabbed Drizzt by the collar and asked with a ferocious expression.
"Don't you understand yet? The master is here!"
Drizzt slapped Jackson's hand away, wondering why he hadn't guessed Downton's identity yet.
"ah?"
Jackson was startled and looked at the black-armored commander.
"Shut up, if you have any questions, wait until this battle is over!"
At the moment of the war, Downton would be lying if he said he wasn't nervous, but in order to maintain his majesty and give his subordinates confidence, he had to show that he had the pearls of wisdom at his fingertips.
"It turns out that the raid on the main city of the Southern Territory was fake. Your real target is the army invading the Western Territory. But even if we tie up our hands and let us kill an army of 150,000 people, we won't be able to kill them all until dawn!"
Jackson suddenly realized that even the natives who swore allegiance could not believe it. Maybe there was a guy who was greedy for money and snitched. Even if not, he might be caught by the enemy's scouts and tortured. If the enemy knew that Downton was here,
You can directly guess his combat intentions.
Quasimodo covered Jackson's mouth and dragged it away.
Downton sat on the tree stump, looking at the clear sky through the branches and leaves in the forest, and the setting sun was setting.
"Don't worry, I believe you will succeed!"
Xia Luo came over and comforted her in a low voice.
"Um!"
Celes nodded vigorously, twisting her two slender white fingers together, wanting to comfort Downton at this critical moment, but she was too shy and timid to say a word.
"Can you give me a kiss of victory?"
Downton was silent for a long time, and then suddenly spoke. If this battle failed, everything he had accumulated would be lost. With his character, he would never survive, so he wanted to get a kiss from the wise wolf before fighting to the death.
"Um?"
Xia Luo was stunned.
"I'm sorry, I was presumptuous!"
Downton smiled to himself, stood up and left.
Looking at Downton passing by, Charlotte hesitated for a moment, then caught him, then stood on tiptoes and kissed him on the cheek.
"ah!"
Celes exclaimed, shyly covering her cheeks, but keeping her fingers open, she secretly observed them.
"This kiss has nothing to do with love, it is my wish for your victory!"
Charlotte let go of Downton, looked into his eyes, and explained in a low voice.
Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!
At some point, not only Quasimodo's direct descendants, but also ogres and barbarians gathered around. Seeing this scene, they all cheered loudly.
"My lords, fight bloody battles, then triumph, and drink the wine of victory!"
A smile emerged from the corners of Downton's lips, then he clenched his fists, raised them high, and roared angrily!
"bloody battle!"
"Triumph!"
The soldiers raised their arms and responded enthusiastically to the commander's cry!
Beyoncé was riding on the black panther, looking at Downton's sharpness, and suddenly felt a heartbeat. This kind of man is the one she likes.
Celes clasped her hands tightly and held them on her chest, looking at Downton with admiration.
"Bloody battle, triumph!"
Little Hutao rode on the back of the bone dragon, shouting at the top of her lungs, more fanatical than anyone else. As Downton's most loyal admirer, little Loli firmly believed that her elder brother would definitely defeat all enemies and win the victory.
fruit.
There are a group of birds flying in the forest, their momentum is burning in the sky!
"attack!"
Following Downton's order, the drow mounted their mounts, leaping through the forest like light civets or erratic ghosts.
The death knights were calm and concise, like a sharp steel knife unsheathed, arranging in neat formation and rushing to the battlefield.
When the Dwarves and Krupp heavy cavalry regiments attacked, the barbarian cavalry regiment, indigenous regiments, and foreign orc regiments were also under the command of the general, carrying tower shields and pulling catapults, and rushed to the blocking site.
Looking at this scene, the human corps with the smallest number suddenly felt that following Downton was a good choice. With such a military strength, what enemy could not be broken?
Buzz buzz!
The low sound of propellers churning the air rippled out. The human soldiers looked up and saw ten steam airships flying in a neat array across the sky. The orange sunset dyed them with dazzling colors. After that, there was a huge
Although they couldn't see the Ancient Spear, they knew that the battle flag representing the West was being mounted on the flagship to hunt in the wind, announcing the existence of the Duke of Downton!
After launching a feint offensive for several days, the prelude to the final battle finally began.
A group of sentinels heard the roar in the forest, and their expressions changed greatly.
"You go back and report, and the others and I will go see what's going on?"
To be selected as rangers, this team of sentinels are all elite, and naturally they are not afraid of death, but being brave does not mean that they can make up for the gap in strength.
"As you command!"
The named sentry turned his horse's head and swung his riding crop hard on the horse's butt. However, less than three meters away, a short arrow shot from the thorn and pierced his chest.
Temple.
Plop!
The sentry fell from his horse, with one foot still hanging on the stirrup. He was dragged far away by the galloping horse, and his skin and flesh were torn.
"Alert, prepare to fight!"
While the captain was shouting, the sentries also drew their weapons, but without even seeing the shadow of the enemy, they were killed by short arrows one after another. (To be continued...)