Chapter 336: Hole Card

"In a word, we have no money now, and what we have used before is the base accumulated over the years. We must end this war as soon as possible, otherwise, the longer it takes, the less chance we will succeed."

Ake Messer can still clearly remember the helplessness and embarrassment when the current Patriarch of the Kingsley Family and the leader of the Karth Army, Grand Duke Buck, said this to him.

Who would have thought that the Kingsley family, famous for their wealth and wealth, would face a financial crisis one day.

Believe it or not, the facts are in front of Ax Messer, and the fact that the proud Duke Buck can stand up for him shows that the financial crisis of the Kingsley family has reached a very serious level, far exceeding the dignity of Duke Buck. , Ake Messer even suspected that the Kingsley family's financial deficit was a bit more serious than what Duke Buck said, and the pressure on the other side was greater than he imagined.

At least Axmesser's enemies are now clearly visible, and he only needs to think about how to defeat them.

The enemies that Duke Buck faced were lurking in the dark, and no one knew what methods they would use.

Now that Carter's army has a lot of time to spare, the private trade unions spontaneously organized by the mine slaves have become extremely active again.

Fortunately, Ake Messer was decisive enough to deal with the situation after the retreat of the remnants of the slave rebel army, and sorted out the factors of instability. Those who can be killed can be killed, and those who can be chopped down are still famous. Those rebel forces, I can't organize it for a while, and I don't dare to show up easily.

No matter how you look at it, this battle must be settled quickly.

No matter how great the Yong Ye army leader's ability is, it is impossible to change God's will, at least not now.

Whether they want to or not.

The first full-scale snowfall in the Swamp of Despair has arrived.

And it's three days at a time.

At the beginning, it was just sleet and rain, and it melted on the ground.

The next day it started to turn into sparse light snow, the kind that barely covered the ground.

On the third day, it turned into heavy snow. After only half a day, the inside and outside of Brother Harbor were covered with a layer of heavy snow one foot thick.

The elders of the crocodile tribe couldn't help but curse bad luck.

In their words, this is definitely a heavy snow that has never happened in the Swamp of Despair in a hundred years. Even if it snowed before, it would be very remarkable if it could cover the ground.

Most likely it was caused by the abnormal weather in the Swamp of Despair in the past few years, so the Kingsley family was lucky.

It's not cold when it snows, it's cold when it melts.

The snow stopped and the sun came out, which is when the real cold comes.

However, Akemesser did not wait for the coldest moment. After confirming that the Danube was covered with a thin layer of ice, the Kingsley family launched a full-scale attack.

In the true sense of the full-line attack, the long defense line of the brother port city is full of their figures. In the white snow, they are like a flood.

When the heavy snow was falling non-stop, the Yong Ye military leaders were all mobilized, readying their troops, waiting for the Kingsley family's full-scale attack.

It was the siege equipment of both sides that started the attack first.

"All large trebuchets are ready, put on the black powder kegs, and let them go!"

"All large trebuchets are ready, put on the black powder kegs, and let them go!"

"All large trebuchets are ready, put on the black powder kegs, and let them go!"

The orders on the city wall of Brother Port are uniform.

Countless special ammunition rose into the air.

The goal is very clear.

The mound where the Kingsley family installed their siege engines.

boom! boom! boom!

The billowing smoke was accompanied by the loud noise of landslides and ground cracks.

"What's going on? Why is it snowing and thundering?"

"It's not thunder, it's the attack of the leader of the Yongye army. The true god is above, how can manpower do this? This is the roar of the true god. The true god is angry. The leader of the Yongye army is blessed by the true god. There is no way to fight this battle." , let's find a way to escape!"

"Shut up, you are disturbing the morale of the army. If you talk nonsense again, you will be dragged out and beheaded."

"The Andis people are out-and-out savages. The Holy See doesn't even bother to send missionaries. Even if the true god descends, he will stand by our side."

"It's not the wrath of the true god, what was it just now?"

"How do I know what it is? It must not be the anger of the true god!"

"No, the mound where we installed the siege equipment has collapsed, and most of the siege equipment has been destroyed."

"Damn, without the cover of long-range siege equipment, how to attack the city?"

The sky and the earth seemed to be trembling. This unconventional explosion caused the siege soldiers of the Kingsley family to turn their backs on their backs. They couldn't help but stop and looked at each other. This kind of attack shook even the mound. If it collapsed, what would happen if it fell on a person?

Just thinking about it makes people shudder, and fear permeates their hearts.

"The one who attacked our food line earlier was indeed the leader of the Yongye army." This was Duke Buck's first reaction after hearing the familiar voice.

He will never forget this kind of loud noise. If it weren't for the ancient artifact Golden Armor, he would have been blown to pieces, and all his plans and dreams would have been in vain.

"These guys actually kept a hand." This was Akemeser's first reaction.

For the sake of safety, when Akemesser set up the mound of siege equipment, he retreated tens of meters beyond the maximum range shown by the leader of the Yongye Army to prevent fraud.

In the end, he still underestimated the cunning and forbearance of the Yong Ye army leader.

I would rather bear the indiscriminate bombing of the Kingsley family for half a month, and a few sections of the city wall were smashed to the point of danger, and I will not say anything until they launch a full-scale attack, and then launch a fatal attack on their siege equipment.

The Kingsley family was not given time to react at all, and the general of the Eternal Night Army returned the bombing atmosphere they had suffered during this period to the Kingsley family intact.

In less than an hour, 80% of the Kingsley family's siege equipment was destroyed, and the mound platform they had spent time and effort piling up was also blown away by four or five meters.

Even if the Kingsley family had spare siege equipment, there was no way to use it in a short time.

The offensive and defensive situation at this moment has once again become the same as before.

The Kingsley family's long-range firepower was almost zero, and they had to rush towards the city wall against the indiscriminate bombardment of the Yong Ye army leader.

The only good news is that due to the relatively slow water flow, the moat of Brothers Port has been frozen solid, and the fleet led by the Yongye Army can't get in, and they lack a line of defense that needs to be overcome.

"Report to the Marshal, our catapults have been destroyed and we can no longer provide remote support."

"Rush to repair overnight, set up protective barriers, and transport new siege equipment up."

"Report to the Marshal, the enemy's long-range firepower is too strong, and the soldiers in front suffered heavy casualties, so they cannot rush forward."

"Rush again."

Ake Messer's face was cold and hard, and he didn't intend to stop the siege at all.

If you want to take advantage of the time, you must race against time.

Who knows when the next severe cold will come after this heavy snow?

What if after these few days, the rest is warm winter?

The Kingsley family doesn't have time to stay here for another year.

What is being fought now is these few days of kung fu, and the casualties are no longer considered.

The soldiers of the Kingsley family were like the tide, wave after wave, shooting towards Brother Hong Kong.

Boulders and arrows flew all over the sky.

Shouting and screaming became one piece.

Blood and corpses were everywhere.

One kilometer outside the city wall of Brother Port has become a hell on earth.

In the beginning, the Kingsley family's siege team couldn't even touch the city wall of Brothers Harbor, and then they got closer. Until now, there were brave soldiers who touched the top of the city along the ladder, and had to use Defending melee troops.

It wasn't that the soldiers of the Kingsley family suddenly became stronger, but that the soldiers of the Yongye army leader and the crocodile tribe's allied army had already rotated once. They were exhausted, and the frequency of firing their bows was obviously not as high as before.

Many soldiers, even with the help of bows and arrows, still collapsed bloody because they pulled the strings too frequently.

Even the bowstrings of the city defense equipment known for their stability and reliability have been changed several times.

In other words, they are now killing and killing.

But imagine how frequent the Kingsley family's attacks are, and how terrifying the number of corpses piled up under the city head is.

The Kingsley family is now using wheel tactics to maximize their numerical advantage.

"kill!"

After a short rest, the Kingsley family's army came up again in a mighty manner.

Not only did more siege equipment be used this time, but also a large number of armored soldiers were mixed among the cannon fodder, and the regular army of the Kingsley family was dispatched.

"It's time." Di Kelong nodded lightly at Xiao En.

Xiao En nodded knowingly, and said to the messenger: "Notify the generals, activate the first defense plan."

As the order was passed, the beacon was raised.

Black powder kegs were thrown from the top of the city one by one, but instead of hitting people, they were thrown directly into the moat.

Accompanied by a loud bang.

Water splashes.

The ice layer of the moat, which had been stepped on countless times, was shattered and turned into a man-eating monster. The Kingsley soldiers who were running on it were directly swallowed by it.

Fortunately for those without armor, they can still climb up after struggling.

If one is wearing armor, the thicker the armor on the body, the lower the chance of climbing up.

In this kind of weather, once you stay inside for too long, there will only be one person, who will freeze to death.

The most terrible thing is that those ice layers that were blasted were not so completely broken, and quickly recondensed, making it more difficult for them to climb up.

The Yongye army leader had already calculated in advance that the Kingsley family would take advantage of the frozen moat to launch an attack across the board, so how could they not have prepared earlier?

The first defense plan of Yong Ye's army was obviously more than just blasting the river.

Then barrels of black fire oil were poured from the top of the city, and torches were thrown down one by one.

It turned the ten meters below the city wall into a sea of ​​flames.

Regardless of whether it was the siege tower that the Kingsley family pushed up with great difficulty, or the car crash, or the bodies of both sides, they all became fuel for the flames at this moment, burning creakingly.

Even if Akemesser is not happy, in this case, he can only stop the attack and wait for the fire to be extinguished and the moat to freeze again.

The Yongye army leader took the opportunity to rest against the clock.

The number of allied forces between the Yong Ye army leader and the Crocodile tribe is not large, including one pack, it has exceeded 100,000.

However, the city walls of Unable to Hold Brothers Port are large, and the area that needs to be defended is large. At least 30,000 people must be on the walls for each rotation.

War is not an ordinary job, and it can also perform three shifts.

Defensive soldiers will enter a period of exhaustion after supporting on it for two or three hours, and must be rotated. Only in this way can they recover as soon as possible, and their state can always be kept above the normal line.

This is due to the fact that they have an absolute advantage in long-distance combat. When there are fewer melee combats, if a large number of fighters fight hand-to-hand, they will be more likely to be exhausted, have more frequent rotations, and are less likely to recover.

The Kingsley family was not much better, taking turns to attack, which not only exhausted their siege troops, but also caused heavy casualties.

In less than a day, more than 20,000 siege troops fell forever, unable to get up again.

Fortunately, the siege battle was different from the previous bloody battle at Wuyin Lake and beach landing. Although the Kingsley family was in an offensive position at that time, the situation was too urgent for them to attack with all their strength. That part, race against time.

But this time, from beginning to end, they used cannon fodder, whether it was the expelled crocodile tribe, mercenaries, slaves or miners.

Among the last wave of siege troops, those armored soldiers were not the most elite heavy armored infantry of the Kingsley family, but mercenaries and simply armed miners.

There is only one purpose, and that is to drag down Yong Ye's army leader and prepare for a full-scale attack.

The rest time left by the Kingsley family for the Yongye army leader was not long. In just three or four hours, the fire under the city wall was slightly extinguished, the moat was frozen again, and the siege army once again came up mightily.

It really is spinning continuously, twenty-five hours a day without stopping.

Don't drag Yong Ye's army leader to fatigue, and vow not to give up.

After three days and three nights of fighting.

Both the defender and the attacker are exhausted.

The arrows became very sparse, and only the defense equipment was showing off occasionally.

This time, it's not just a matter of fatigue of the archers, but also a lack of supply of arrows.

In just three days and three nights, the number of arrows of various types shot by the leaders of Yongye Army has exceeded five million. If they are stacked together, they can be piled up into several mountains.

The outside of the city wall is full of arrows, like a low bush.

The Yong Ye army leader has no way to count the number of casualties of the Kingsley family. There are already several layers of corpses outside.

Both natural and man-made.

These stacked corpses are as frozen as stones, and they are natural shelters. The large trebuchets will definitely not be able to prevent them, but there is no problem in preventing those scattered stones and arrows.

Besides, the boulders thrown by those large trebuchets must be unstoppable, even if it is against the shield of a car.

If they are directly hit by them, it can only be said that they are possessed by the mildew god, and they will definitely die.

"Whether the city is broken or not, it is at this moment."

Ake Messer appeared in front of the formation riding a war horse. The difference was that this time he was wearing a golden armor.

The ancient artifact of the Kingsley family - the golden armor, is dispatched.

A group of Kingsley soldiers with only ten thousand people, dressed in simple leather armor, rushed towards Brother Port like galloping horses.

Although the armor on the tens of thousands of people who rushed out suddenly was simple, it was obviously not cannon fodder like mercenaries or miners.

Not only the problem of mental outlook, but also the indomitable momentum and the high-speed running physical fitness are not what ordinary cannon fodder can possess.

This is definitely an elite army composed of retinue knights and knights.

"Damn it!"

Even before this, the Yongye soldiers and the Crocodile soldiers had been vaccinated and mentally prepared, but when they saw the situation in front of them, they were still dumbfounded and almost forgot to attack.

The situation in front of me is a bit like the reappearance of Sean's aerial bombing of Duke Buck, but from one person to an entire army.

These charging Kingsley soldiers were covered with a layer of light yellow energy armor visible to the naked eye.

This light yellow energy armor is 80% similar to the golden armor, but it is very thin, like a golden bell, covering the body of each of their soldiers.

Arrows falling on their bodies will be bounced off by this layer of energy armor.

More precisely, like unloading, sliding away from them.

However, compared with the energy shield that Duke Buck could face the black powder cluster bombs directly, the ones on these soldiers were not a little bit worse.

Not to mention the frontal impact of black powder, even the shotguns of ordinary trebuchets cannot be avoided. At best, it can reduce part of the impact.

Those that can be fatal become serious injuries, and those that can be seriously injured become moderate to low injuries.

To use a game term to describe it, proper damage reduction.

If you put aside the shock, you will find it through careful observation.

These light yellow energy armors are not so enchanting.

If you are hit by one arrow, you can bounce it away. If you are unlucky and get hit by four or five arrows at the same time, you will be seriously injured or die.

And according to the law of energy conservation, they should all consume the magical energy of the Golden Armor. The more the number of hit them, the faster the energy consumption of the Golden Armor will be.

When the energy of the golden armor is exhausted, it will also be the moment when the energy shield disappears.

Xiao En, who suddenly had such an understanding in his heart, said in a deep voice, "Full firepower!"

With the drums shaking the sky, the leader of the Yongye army no longer has anything to hide at this moment.

Arrows overwhelming.

A siege crossbow that shoots wildly.

Large and small trebuchets, including the reversible roller catapult, were all turned around.

Not to mention the rolling wood and rocks, everything that could be smashed was smashed down, including the black fire oil that has been cherished so much. Soon a billowing fire ignited under the city wall, and thick smoke billowed up.

Accompanied by loud bangs, the ice surface of the moat was blasted away again.

Even so, it still couldn't stop these Kingsley family soldiers from attacking.

They are real dead men.

In their eyes, there is only one goal, and that is to take Brother Port. Life and death are no longer important to them.

The ladders were the only siege tools they carried, and they never forgot to carry them during the high-speed charge.

These ladders are not only a tool for climbing the city wall, but also a tool for crossing the moat.

Once a few ladders are laid there, they will rush over at high speed.

Fighting against the city wall, they are like apes, and they can rush to the top of the city in only three to five seconds.

In a real sense, they rushed to the top of the city with raging flames, and jumped out screaming and grinning. Many of them were still burning with raging flames, like a demon in a fire.

Obviously, in the process of rushing through the sea of ​​flames, they were contaminated with black fire oil, attached to the energy shield, and burned together.

However, the partition effect of this energy shield can only prevent the kerosene from being directly sprinkled on them, and the heat insulation effect is not so strong.

Their ferocious appearance is not completely pretended, but roasted by heat.

The moment they jumped on the wall, the smell of burnt protein became stronger, and it was estimated that it was almost half-ripe.

At this time, they still haven't forgotten their goal, that will is absolutely earth-shattering, and their aura is very terrifying.

If they were facing an ordinary defending team, they might have already smashed the opponent to pieces with this momentum.

But this time their opponent is the Yong Ye Army Leader, and the main army of the Yong Ye Army Leader is not inferior to them in terms of willpower.