Chapter 325

If the Kingsley family wants to control the entire Swamp of Despair, they must take it down.

Hearsay and talk on paper are not true observations.

In the past, Ake Messer had already realized the importance of Brother Port based on intelligence alone, but it was far less intuitive than this moment.

It has been equated with the Kingsley family winning the Swamp of Despair.

If the Kingsley family can't win Brother Port, it's empty talk if they want to eat the Swamp of Despair.

The Yong Ye Army Leader and the Crocodile Clan will drag the Kingsley family to death by virtue of their water maneuvering advantage.

Not long ago, they had tasted this kind of power, that kind of continuous harassment tactics, it didn't take too long, one or two months, they could completely collapse them.

While being shocked, Ake Messer felt lucky again.

Fortunately, they were decisive in the invasion of the Swamp of Despair. If it was three or five years later, until Brother Port was fully completed, they would basically have nothing to do.

With three parts as support, it is by no means three times as difficult to take Brother Port, but ten times as difficult.

Those giant trebuchets that are one piece higher than the city wall will probably line up both sides of the river, and will blow the shit out of all the invading enemies.

What Ake Messer paid the most attention to was the main target of this trip, the giant trebuchet placed by the leader of the Eternal Night Army along the coast.

Rather, they should be called trebuchets.

Unlike the kind of straight-throwing trebuchet, the trebuchet uses the principle of leverage to throw huge stones out.

It's not that Ake Messer has never seen a trebuchet.

However, such a huge trebuchet and so many trebuchets are still rare in my life.

How huge is this trebuchet?

The city wall of Brothers Port is not too short, without adding various archery towers, it is no less than five or six meters by visual inspection.

Those trebuchets are nearly a third taller, and they are shocking from a distance, let alone up close.

These trebuchets, like towers, can't be operated without dozens of people, and they can't be moved. They can only be used for fixed-point defense.

Needless to say its power, it shouldn't be too easy for it to throw a huge boulder weighing hundreds of kilograms.

Because of their existence, even Stubbs, who was perverse and rebellious, did not dare to sail the battleship into the waters within one kilometer of Brother Port.

Who knows how far the projectile distance of this thing is?

If one or two warships were sunk by accident, he would have nowhere to cry.

And this kind of tower trebuchet, there are a hundred of them in Brother Port, all along the banks of the river, criss-crossing, not only blocking the Donau River and Basu River, but also aiming at the direction of the city wall of Brother Port.

If Ake Messer wants to attack the city, he must withstand their firepower.

Before breaking the city, Ake Messer had nothing to do with them.

Because before dismantling this thing, the warships of the Commons family will never approach the one-kilometer waters of Brother Port, let alone dismantle them through water attacks.

After looking at those catapults and sighing for a while, Akmeser turned his attention to the main obstacle of their siege this time - the city wall.

The part of Brothers Port that has been built is surrounded by water on all sides. They mainly built a city wall, which will also be the main target of Akemesser and the others.

The city wall is six to seven kilometers long, and its height is five or six meters. Judging from their thick foundations, this is far from its design height, but the war is imminent. The Yongye army leader predicted that they would attack Brother Port, so The temporary female wall was built hastily. The upper half and the lower half have completely different colors of the city wall, which is the best evidence.

However, in view of the fact that it has only been two short years since Brother Port broke ground, it is already impressive to be able to achieve this level, and it is unknown how much manpower and material resources have been used.

If Ake Messer knew that the Brothers Port is just one project site of the Yongye Army Command, there are no less than five such large-scale projects in the Yongye Army Command, and the speed is not worse than here. What does it look like.

After all, a territory like the Yongye Army Leader that can frequently mobilize manpower and material resources and the enthusiasm of the people to build is the first example in the entire Arshan.

Even for those grand duke families, it is not that simple to mobilize the people. It involves not only financial resources, but also experience and enthusiasm.

How could their coercive drive mobilize the construction enthusiasm of the people?

Driven by profit is the most correct choice.

Profit-driven From a short-term point of view, it is a loss for a territory, after all, it digs an extra piece of finance from itself.

But in the long run, this is not the case. This is a certain degree of hiding wealth from the people, and it just transfers the money in the hands of the territory to the people of the territory.

If you think of a way to earn back from them, it is nothing more than basic necessities of life. They are desperately making money, isn't it just to make their lives better?

After one turn, the money will be transferred back to the territory.

The territory has gained infrastructure and prosperity, and the people of the territory have lived a better life.

It's a win-win situation.

As for the excess wealth, of course it was created by the active work of the citizens under the stimulus of money.

In other territories, once the people in the territory heard that there would be a large infrastructure project in the territory or the lord wanted to build a castle, most of them wailed. Those strong laborers could hide, hide, or run.

Doing these dangerous labor jobs, not only do you have no money to take, but even if you are a little careless, you will risk your own life.

In the Yongye military leader, it is said that whenever there is an infrastructure project, energetic leaders will flock to it. This is a good opportunity for them to earn extra money.

The various benefits and benefits of the Yongye Army Commander are nothing to say, as long as you are willing to work hard, after half a year, the whole family's situation will improve.

If the performance is good and enough good records are left, the military leaders will give priority to all aspects, and there will be various unexpected hidden benefits, such as support for some emerging industries, expansion of employee recruitment when some factories expand, and education for future generations. , will have a certain priority and initiative.

To be selected as a model worker for the entire army would have the opportunity to be received and consoled by the supreme ruler of the army. If they could have a meal at the same table with them, it would be enough for them to show off for a lifetime.

Of course, Ake Messer didn't know that behind this high-speed construction, it involved the foundation of a territory.

Most of the time, the problem of financial resources is what comes to mind. After all, the construction of private castles of many lords and nobles is slow because of insufficient financial resources.

We ran out of money during construction, so we had to suspend work for several months, or even a few years to raise money, and continue building when we had money.

It is naturally commonplace to build a family castle for decades or even hundreds of years.

Ake Messer didn't struggle with this issue for long, because from the beginning to the end, he was not a builder, but an out-and-out destroyer. Finding ways to break through this newly built city is what he needs to think about right now. .

However, observing the surrounding situation carefully, Ake Messer's face turned darker.

The leader of the Eternal Night Army has achieved the ultimate in city defense.

Not only is the city wall criss-crossed, once the city is attacked, it will be attacked from many sides. Some of the ones that can be prepared in advance are almost ready.

Let me talk about the moat first.

The moats of most cities are mostly small canals.

But this one in Brother Port is different.

That is a moat in the true sense. It has been dug to a width of 20 meters and diverted from the Donau River to the Basu River.

Because of the man-made drop, not only the running water, but also the rapid flow of water.

As for the depth, the ships sailing freely on it are the best proof.

The first hurdle in front of them now is not the city wall, but the moat and the warships on it.

Even if he didn't observe them closely, according to Ake Messer's understanding of them, the wandering in the moat must be the war crocodiles raised by the crocodile tribe.

There are city gates, not one, but three.

But that was a trap laid out in the open. Although the city tower hadn't been erected yet, the surrounding arrow towers had already been completed.

Under the protection of the arrow towers, they are like three concave demon mouths, waiting to devour the lives of countless people.

The difficulty of crossing this moat alone made the scalp of the battle-tested Akemeser feel numb. There is no good way to think of it. At that time, he can only use human life to fill it.

Let's talk about the surrounding environment.

The Swamp of Despair itself does not produce tall trees. In order to prevent the Kingsley family from building siege equipment, the leader of the Yongye army directly bulldozed all the trees and mounds within a radius of five or six kilometers.

If they want to make siege equipment, they must search for trees from dozens of kilometers away.

Pile up the soil to form a mound, and don't even think about shooting at them. The surrounding soil is relatively soft and semi-sandy, and the viscosity is too poor.

The entire Kingsley family's combat conference room was gloomy, and no one spoke for a long time.

This is already the third day of their siege, not only the army is already in place, but follow-up supplies are also in place one after another, but until now, they have not been able to work out a good siege plan.

"The surrounding situation, how is the investigation? Are there any swamp crocodiles who can be driven?" In the end, it was Akemesser who broke the silence first.

No commander likes attacking a city with ants.

A commander with a little brain knows that attacking the city with ants is a bad idea, and he will never use it unless it is a last resort.

But now, the Kingsley family seems to have only this move.

negotiation.

It is impossible, there is no way to reconcile the conflicts between them and the Yongye army leader and the crocodile tribe.

Could it be that they are still expected to surrender?

Or are they the Kingsley family exiting the Swamp of Despair?

However, out of luck, Akmeser sent an envoy at the first moment of the siege.

The result can be imagined, before the envoy got close to the city wall, he was shot into a sieve by random arrows.

What kind of war between the two countries, do not cut to make.

That is when the two parties can still negotiate.

When they are completely opposite and the contradiction is irreconcilable, cut it first and then talk about it. This is also a way to express your attitude.

On this point, the attitude of Yongye Army Leader is very clear.

However, in the eyes of Ake Messer, this has the taste of the hearts of the Ancrocodile tribe, showing his determination to his allies.

This may be an opportunity, the cooperation between the Yong Ye army leader and the crocodile tribe is not as close as it appears.

But Acmesser couldn't figure out how to take advantage of this for a while.

After all, the crocodile tribe fell to the leader of the Yongye army, and their Kingsley family had an unshirkable responsibility. Before they were driven out, even if there was a conflict, as long as the crocodile tribe's elder council did not collectively mess up, most of them would hold back.

The unique topography of Brothers Port made them lose the possibility of strategic detours.

As for the food road led by the Yongye army, it is behind him.

If the city is not taken down, the fleet of the Commons family will not be able to make it through.

They chose Brother Port as the primary attack target because only by taking it can the overall situation be revitalized.

After a long siege of the city, it is unknown whether the leader of the Yongye army can die, but the Kingsley family will definitely not last long.

It is much more convenient for people to transport supplies and food by water than for them to cross half the Swamp of Despair.

Now that they are sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, the Kingsley family must find a way to break through as soon as possible.

Many other strategies and tactics need to be based on the enemy's stupid moves. Judging from the current situation, the enemy that the Kingsley family faces this time is not only not stupid, but also shrewd and terrifying.

From the confrontation to the present, not only did the Kingsley family not take advantage of the slightest advantage, they also suffered a lot of losses inside and out.

Since there is a high probability that the ants will eventually attack the city, Ake Messer naturally started preparations very early.

Drive and gather the crocodile tribe as much as possible, and let them become cannon fodder for the Kingsley family's ants to attack the city.

This has nothing to do with good or evil, but a relatively conventional siege method. If the lives of a hundred crocodile tribesmen can be exchanged for the life of a Kingsley family soldier, it is worth it.

When defending the city, didn't many lords drive their leaders to the top of the city to help defend the city.

It's all the same reason, this is the most frightening aspect of military disasters, if you are not careful, you will become cheap consumables in the hands of others.

"The surrounding area is 50 kilometers. All the investigations have been completed. In those large towns, most people go to the empty buildings. Occasionally, there are people who are old and unable to move. The rest are savages who are not under the rule of the Elder Council of the Crocodiles. Women, children and old people Including the young ones, there are no more than five thousand." The deputy general in charge of this task reported back.

"Fifteen thousand people?" Ake Messer frowned into a ball of knots.

This bit of cannon fodder is not enough for several tentative consumptions.

As if he knew that his mission was not well completed, the deputy general explained: "The crocodile people here were the first batch to move to the Yongye army, and many of them had already moved away half a year ago. Before dispatching troops, the people led by the Yongye army made a big publicity about beating them again, we are going to fight them soon, and most of the remaining ones who can move have gone to the opposite side of the Basu River, and now the Basu River is still there Under the control of the opponent, there is no way to go to the other side to arrest people, and it is already the limit to be able to gather these in such a short time."

"Increase the scope of the search. If 50 kilometers is not enough, it will be 100 kilometers. If 100 kilometers is not enough, it will be 150 kilometers. I still don't believe it. They have already moved all the crocodile tribes to the Yongye army. Is it okay?" Ake Messer gritted his teeth and said.

If there is no way to collect enough cannon fodder, there is no way to even attack the city with attached ants.

Ake Messer has a maximum limit for the casualties of this attack on Brother Port. Once this limit is exceeded, it will directly affect the entire layout of the Kingsley family in the Swamp of Despair.

A few days ago, when they were rushing to the beach, they had already been consumed by a wave, and the number of casualties tolerable had become smaller.

The general was shocked and said: "Marshal, absolutely not, the larger the scope of the investigation, the more dispersed our troops will be, and the more vulnerable we will be attacked. In the past few days, there have been small groups of the other party's troops who have been attacking us. It was only because we were afraid of our strength that we didn't launch an attack."

"Bastard!" Rao, who was always calm, couldn't help cursing angrily at this moment.

This is the toughest opponent he has ever encountered. He has done a great job in all aspects, killing all the factors that are unfavorable to their defense of the city, so that they have no loopholes to exploit.

The other generals of the Kingsley family kept their eyes on their noses and their hearts, as if they hadn't heard anything. No one wanted to touch Ake Messer at this time.

Fortunately, Akemesser's self-regulation ability is very strong. After taking a few deep breaths, he adjusted his emotions and said: "Keep the detection range within 100 kilometers. If the terrain is too complicated, especially for wading, try to Avoid, as well as the West Bank, I will not spare any piece of land to search, as long as the height is higher than the rut, and can move, I will drive them all."

Thanks to Momeng Ruixin, and the reward of 100 coins for not letting the English name be given, and thanks to a little pig in the garden for the reward of 500 coins! thanks thanks!