Chapter 159 Fortress Attack and Defense 1
Seeing Samar's hesitation, wizard Scott secretly despised him.
Really, such a coward can actually become the commander-in-chief of a party. I really don’t know what Grand Duke Giles thinks.
Scott thought that with his magic, he could easily capture the fortress.
He stood up slowly, bowed lightly to Samar, who was sitting at the head, and then looked around at the officers present.
"Lord Samar, and all the generals, please allow me to formally introduce to you the magic I am good at - enchantment."
"My magic can be applied to weapons, armor and other equipment. Temporary or permanent enhancement effect, taking defensive armor as an example, for a piece of light leather armor, I can increase its defensive ability to the strength of a piece of scale armor or chain mail, and for a piece of light chain armor, I can Its defensive capabilities are enhanced to the strength of plate armor."
"I believe everyone has seen the performance of the scouts a few days ago. Five of them fought against seven of the enemy, but they achieved an overwhelming victory. Except for one person on the other side who ran away, four people were killed and two were captured alive, while only three of us suffered minor injuries."
An officer shouted: "Yes, that is indeed too much. It's incredible, your magic is really amazing."
Scott gave him a satisfied look.
"I can enchant swords, turning ordinary iron swords into steel swords, and turning crudely made weapons into as powerful as those made by dwarf masters."
The officers present all exclaimed in amazement. They discussed with each other the significance of enchantment for combat. ,
Samar asked: "How many people can you enchant? Is there no limit at all?"
Scott said proudly: "General, with me and my The abilities of several subordinates, if we cast them together, can add effects to 500 soldiers wearing ordinary leather armor, raising their defense to the level of plate armor. Moreover, as long as the soldiers wear leather boots and leather gloves, they can Gain the effect of a full set of armor."
Samar asked again: "Is this gain permanent?"
Scott's voice suddenly became much quieter: "Uh... no, the effect can last for about five hours, but if the enchantment is performed during the production process, a semi-permanent effect can be achieved."
< br>Samar shook his head: "If we make it now, we will be too late."
"General!"
Scott's voice became louder again: "Four or five hours It's completely enough. Think about it, if 500 soldiers equipped with plate armor are used as fist troops and are concentrated to capture a certain point on the city wall, and the follow-up troops quickly follow up, we can quickly take advantage of them. "Down to Thorn Fortress"
"Well..."
Samar hesitated, 500 soldiers equipped with this plate armor? This is indeed a considerable force. You must know that in the past hundred years, the entire Aldo Kingdom may not have produced more than 300 sets of plate armor. Most of the plate armors are passed down from father to son, and from son to grandson. It was passed down as a family heirloom by knights or nobles.
Seeing that Samar seemed a little moved, Scott continued: "General! My enchantment has another benefit. The enchanted equipment still maintains its original weight, an enchanted leather armor It’s still the weight of leather armor, not as heavy as plate armor.”
“Okay!”
The last words finally attracted Samar, who is as perverted as plate armor. The defense was as easy as wearing leather armor, which made Samar want to try it in person.
He turned to an officer beside him and ordered: "Within three days, select 500 strong soldiers, and after five days we will launch an attack."
The officer immediately stood up and responded:
"Yes, sir."
Scott showed a satisfied smile: "The general is wise!"
If with his assistance After capturing the Thorn Fortress, his status within the organization will rise to another level.
Thinking of this, Scott felt secretly happy.
...
Five days later, the big warning bell in the Thorn Fortress kept ringing, and the rebels were finally about to attack.
In the past few days, rebel scouts have entered the warning area of the fortress more frequently to investigate the situation, and Lester caught several of them when he was patrolling in person. But none of them found the situation mentioned by the injured scout.
The enemy's increasingly frequent reconnaissance made everyone in the Thorn Fortress nervous, even though they knew that this day would come sooner or later.
On November 15th, the scouts reported quickly that a large number of rebel troops entered the warning area and headed straight towards the fortress.
Duke Dodge immediately ordered the alarm bell to sound, and the entire army prepared for battle. The fortress immediately entered a busy state.
The Duke personally led Klein and Lester up the city wall. , directing the battle on the spot.
It didn’t take long before they saw the flag of the rebels.
“Since we were attacked at night last time, they have never had so many people come here at once!”
"It seems that this time it is coming for real."
"It's really hateful. If it hadn't been for the plague last year, I wouldn't have been able to gather a mere few thousand troops as a duke."< br>
The three of them were discussing in a low voice. Although the atmosphere was extremely tense, everyone's eyes were firm and showed no fear at all.
Duke Dodge pulled out his sword and raised it high in the air. This ancestral sword shone in the sunlight.
"Everyone! For the kingdom!"
Klein and Lester also drew their swords and raised them high in the air, colliding with the Duke's sword.
"For His Majesty the King! For His Royal Highness the Princess!"
The three of them shouted out their determination to kill the enemy: "Swear to the death to destroy the rebels!"
......
Not far south of the fortress, the rebels have formed an attack formation.
In order to launch this attack, Samar brought a total of 10,000 soldiers.
In order to keep an eye on the Thorn Fortress, Giles allocated a lot of troops here. Although the previous plan was not to attack the fortress, he still had to guard against the Northern Kingdom's army moving south.
Although Jingyao's granary was burned, no one can guarantee whether the royal family still has food stored elsewhere, so the defensive force in this direction is still indispensable.
Six siege engines stand tall and look very new from their appearance. They were built by the rebels in five days.
When the attack begins, soldiers will brave the bows and arrows fired from the fortress, push them to the edge of the city wall, and then put the ladders from the cars on the wall, and the siege soldiers will risk their lives to climb on Ladder, break into the city wall, and start a battle with the defenders.
Under a siege vehicle, wizard Scott stood tall and proud, as if he had already won.
"I have finally waited for this moment!"
"History will remember this moment! Because this will be the starting point for my Lord Scott to take off!"
You can see on the fortress Seeing many figures, the defenders reacted quickly and were already in position. It seemed that they had been training for a long time for this moment.
But the wizard did not take them seriously.
"And you will all become my sacrifices! Become the sacrifices of the Secret Law Society!"
(End of this chapter)