Act 16 The Battle for the Lumber Camp (3)

The cavemen in the lumberyard soon discovered a group of adventurers on the other side of the river beach - a team led by a warrior, a combination of two crossbowmen and a wizard, a very common configuration in both the Eruin and Cruz areas. ——The appearance of this group of humans was undoubtedly an irritation to the creatures of Qiaogandigen, which had a strong sense of territoriality, so sharp whistles and the sound of the wooden door creaking and opening soon sounded in the camp. The underground creatures As soon as they came out, about two groups of more than thirty cavemen waded towards the river beach.

They divided into two groups and tried to double-team. The adventurer obviously noticed the movement here. The crossbowman fired two arrows and missed one. The other one hit but had no effect. The crossbow arrow hit a caveman in the chest. It was huge. The impact caused it to take a step back and splash in the river - but that was all. The caveman shook his head, then raised his spear and followed the group.

"The skin is really thick," Kerenthia, who was hiding in the bushes, frowned: "The rumors are indeed true. It's hard for us to deal with this kind of thing even if it's not a thousand, but a hundred."

"The speed is still fast, it's almost three hundred feet from the other side of the river to this side, and it only takes them a few seconds." Yuta replied, "This speed is really scary, faster than the best cavalry!"

"Faster than the best cavalry?" The tall leader of the Firelands Chapter smiled casually, "That's because you have never seen an outstanding cavalry, Miss Juta."

The red-haired female mercenary leader choked and immediately turned back to glare at this guy.

But Brando nodded. The caveman's speed was roughly as fast as the second-line cavalry. Slower than the best war horses. But most of Warnd's truly outstanding cavalry do not use war horses as mounts. For example, Eruin's strongest air cavalry patrol cavalry - this name describes the way these knights cross the battlefield, calmly and indifferently - is actually saying The Flying Dragon Cavalry Regiment is established in each legion of Eruin and is often the elite among the air cavalry.

"Stop arguing," Kerenthia interrupted the conversation between Fern and the female group leader, "Look, there are at least more than two hundred cavemen in that lumberyard. Such a huge number, no matter what, alone The mercenaries under our command can't bear it -" the middle-aged man shook his head as he spoke, his silver hair shining in the sunlight between the woods: "Lord, do you have any countermeasures?"

His eyes were cast on Brando intentionally or unintentionally.

Antitina snorted softly on the side, she could clearly see what this guy was planning. Indeed, relying on the strength of Brando and Akane, even a frontal breakthrough will not be difficult. Two golds can basically deal with a hundred black irons without any problem. With the help of many mercenaries and three captains, the logging camp can be stormed in two hours at most.

But if these guys lead you by the nose every step of the way, then what prestige does the lord have? What's more, she looked at Brando's calm and confident look,

I knew that the young man I had been following must have had a plan.

Therefore, the noble daughter replied coldly: "Cavemen are not good at attacking cities. Sir Ron of Bashor once went deep underground to deal with these creatures, and clearly described the habits of these creatures in his book. The cavemen's Their abilities are most limited in this kind of riverbank area, and even their best method of digging tunnels has been lost. No matter how thick their skin is or how fast they run, as long as we take down the logging camp and switch from offense to defense, they will There’s just no way.”

Fern looked back at Brando and replied with some surprise: "Is there such a thing? The lord chose this place as the starting point for the attack. Did you also consider this?"

Although Brando remained calm on the surface after hearing this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch, and he secretly thought that this really didn't happen.

It is actually a common phenomenon for logging sites to be located close to the river. Firstly, it is to facilitate transportation downstream, and secondly, a waterwheel can be built to allow water power to drive the sawmill. After all, magic power is still a rarity in these remote areas. stuff.

But he didn't do much research on places like Tonigel. He knew that there were four logging camps near Fir City. As for the state of these logging camps, only ghosts knew.

"There are countermeasures," Brando nodded. "It depends on how many troops our bait can attract." The young man turned back and smiled at these nominal subordinates, "But everyone can relax, this is The battle is not as difficult as you think, just think of it as a warm-up for the mercenaries to get used to each other."

warm up?

Not only the three big group leaders present, but also the leaders of many small mercenary groups were stunned. More than 300 mercenaries faced more than 200 cavemen. This was a warm-up. No matter how you looked at it, it was a close and hard-fought battle.

"Just wait and see." Brando calmed down and looked at the river beach. The battle on the river beach had just begun. When the 'adventurers' noticed the caveman's intention, they began to retreat towards the forest. Their speed was very fast, but it was still not as good as the caveman's natural advantage. Soon he was caught up at the edge of the forest.

However, the wizard in the team immediately tapped the ground with his staff and recited a spell loudly. With a 'crash' sound, the pebbles and soil under their feet rose up from the ground and lifted the four of them up. The soil rose to form a tower of almost two meters. The high, three-meter-square castle—complete with parapets and crenellations, and the city body made of hard earth and stone—protected the four people in the center.

Fortification.

Everyone was surprised. Only the three-ring spell of protective phrases in law magic could achieve such an effect - although it was still far from the legendary realm of the magician who could shape the city out of thin air. But it can at least prove that the Law Wizard on the field is at least as strong as the Black Iron Peak.

Who is so extravagant?

Others turned around to see who was willing to send one of his three-ring law wizards to the front line as bait. But only Kerenthia caught a trace of the indifferent smile on Fern's face next to her.

"Fern, is that your man?" he asked in a low voice.

The Grand Master of the Firelands Chapter nodded nonchalantly. "Maferi is the best wizard in my group." He replied.

"You are so willing." Kerencia did not feel relieved after confirming her thoughts, but instead felt a sense of crisis. The silver-haired middle-aged man looked at the tall and silent Fern, and then at the silent Brando, and suddenly felt that his position was shaken.

At first, he fought side by side with the young lord for the longest time in that night's battle, thinking that he would have no problem making a first impression in front of Brando with his performance. Unexpectedly, this seemingly taciturn and honest veteran had unknowingly reached a tacit understanding with the young man.

Maybe some agreement was reached.

Kerenthia cursed secretly in her heart and gritted her teeth. But immediately his eyes were subconsciously attracted to the battle at the edge of the forest - when Maferi used the fortification technique and retreated behind the warriors and crossbowmen to rest, the middle-aged mage leaned his whole body on his cane and gasped. Qi, the previous three-ring spell obviously consumed a lot of his physical strength and energy.

But the effect is also obvious.

As Antitina said, cavemen are not good at sieges. The hind limbs of these underground creatures are strong and powerful, but the forelimbs are short and thin. They often do not rely on the strength of their upper limbs when attacking, because their forelimbs only use To use tools and grip a spear, the caveman uses the power of his hind limbs to sprint when attacking, relying on the conversion of potential energy to attack the enemy.

However, a wall caused them huge trouble. The two-meter-high city wall was not very high, but the cavemen found that once they jumped high and prepared to attack the humans, they were greeted by a gleaming sword edge— —And they have no way to dodge in mid-air.

After just one encounter, the caveman was hacked back in two. The short corpses flew back and landed on the river beach, rolling several times before stopping. Their companions got out of the way, and then slowed down in confusion.

By sending out sonic feedback, they have discovered that there is a towering earth and stone castle in front of them.

The cavemen looked at each other, but the 'Mulu' cavemen who caught up from behind immediately made a whistle-like sharp sound, causing them to spread out and attack from all sides.

"Too reluctant..." The red-haired female mercenary leader frowned. She knew that the four mercenaries acting as bait were all good players selected by Brando from them. The elite of strength. Even on flat ground, it can still survive the siege of thirty cavemen for a while, let alone with the advantage of the terrain.

But no matter what, it is still too reluctant to survive the siege of thirty cavemen until they can induce the opponent to send more support.

But what she didn't expect was that after the purple-red caveman warrior forced his companions to launch two rounds of attacks, he decisively used a sharp whistle to make all the cavemen retreat and prepare themselves around the earth and stone castle.

How is this going?

The four mercenaries were waiting in formation beside the parapet. The previous battle had already consumed a lot of their physical strength. As long as the cavemen worked harder, they might be able to capture this temporary fortress in one fell swoop. However, they did not expect that at this time they would Return.

You must know that the wizard Ma Feli has regained his breath, and he will be able to fight again after a while.

"The cavemen are unwilling to pay the price. Although we can attack by force at this time, it is impossible to attack when the geographical location and personal strength are not conducive to our own side without paying a lot of casualties." Brando felt that there were many people around him. The mercenary leader was surprised and explained.

Although these people are experienced in all kinds of battles, they have not necessarily dealt with these underground creatures in Qiaogandigen. In the brutally competitive underground, population and troops are precious resources that cannot be wasted casually.

This is also the reason why the average individual strength in the underground world is generally higher.

"That's it," Kerenthia glanced at Brando. As mercenaries, they may not look down on nobles and scholars of noble birth on the battlefield, but they can't help but be proud of being able to apply these secret knowledge to the battlefield. Have a look. "But I didn't expect that the cavemen's attack ability was so weak. Don't those underground creatures have the habit of building cities?"

Brando almost choked on this question. He thought that the guys under Qiao Gendigang were much better at building cities than humans. Because underground castles were first created to prevent the invasion of demons, those walls are so thick and strong that they can even put human fortress cities like Bragg to shame. As for the art of fortification, they came from the dwarves in the mountains, such as Fir City. That kind of city defense is simply not enough to compare with one.

"It's not that the cavemen don't have siege capabilities," he replied. "They are the first-level organization of Jorgendigon, and they usually operate together with the bugbears, another first-level organization."

"Bugbug?" Fern asked.

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