Chapter 617 Mine outside the city
At the same time, after rushing out of the city gate from the other end and escaping for a distance, Long Zhantian looked back with lingering fear and could still see some faint outlines in the distance. In the border city, there was also a wave of turmoil in my heart.
"Centaur, are those mercenaries involved?!"
The appearance of the centaur did surprise him, but it was far less than the instantaneous blowing up of their watchtower on the wall before. The three-bow bed crossbow and the city gate will have a huge impact on him.
It wasn’t until I successfully escaped that I began to think about this matter.
"General, what should we do now?"
On the way out, the garrison responsible for guarding other city gates also came out to join him.
Although it has not been counted yet, he estimates that he has about five hundred in his hands now.
With this small force, it is obviously impossible to fight back. He does not even dare to stay here for a while.
“Travel all night long! Let’s reach the next city as soon as possible!”
There are centaur cavalry on the opposite side. The centaur clan not only has strong hunting ability, but also has night vision ability after dark, and can fight at night.
At this point in time, Long Zhantian did not dare to stop.
Early the next morning, a report was sent from the interrogation office. They had actually learned a lot of the information in it from Shang Xijun, and now they were checking it.
When asked about the military strength, they were very clear about the military strength in this city, but the question of how many total troops there were in the country was obviously beyond their understanding, and these small soldiers couldn't tell at all.
However, there is still valuable information here.
"It is said that there is a mine called Lead-Zinc Mine twenty kilometers away from the South City Gate."
Obviously, these two unfamiliar words are a bit strange to Liu Dahe who came to report. It’s a mouthful.
Zhou Xu didn't do much research on ores, and Wang Dong and the others didn't know much about it. Of course he knew about the two metal elements lead and zinc, but that was it. What role could they play? What does it look like? Zhou Xu was not particularly clear in his heart.
[The other party can clearly tell that it is a lead-zinc mine. Could it be that there are talents here who can identify ores? 】
When he thought of this, Zhou Xu's heart beat slightly faster.
Compared to this mine, he obviously valued this talent more. Thinking of this, Zhou Xu quickly asked Liu Dahe to ask about this matter.
At the same time, there is obviously a need to send a team to confirm the mine.
As a result, something embarrassing happened. Zhou Xu found that after they settled in the city and took over the garrison of the four walls and the patrol work in the city, he had no people left to mobilize...
“Forget it, I’ll go there myself.”
As he spoke, Zhou Xu handed over the duties here to Shi Lei and walked directly outside, led by Silk The elf knights immediately followed after seeing this.
In the previous battle, due to the extremely smooth fight, the elf knights headed by Silk did not use their abilities. The physical strength they had consumed during this night's rest was almost restored, and they were in good condition now.
In this state, even if a force comes out to intercept them, Silk and the others are still capable of escorting their king to escape intact.
Therefore, Shi Lei was not worried at all about the safety of their king.
Twenty kilometers is not a long journey, and a normal ride only takes thirty or forty minutes. If they drive quickly, they will probably arrive in less than half an hour. 【Eagle Eye! 】
Before they were completely close, the moment the mine appeared in their field of vision, as the captain of the Guards, Hilke directly turned on his 'Eagle Eye' to observe it.
There is a gravel road here. When the war horses run, they will directly raise a lot of sand and dust. They can't hide even if they want to. The other side has obviously discovered them.
Through the blessing of 'Eagle Eye', Silk can clearly see that the other party is pulling up the gate of the mine as quickly as possible, and has set up a resistance horse nearby, and there are a group of people behind it. Soldiers armed with spears stood ready.
At the same time, all the archers were in position, and some archers even climbed directly onto the arrow tower.
"Your Majesty, there are no more than thirty spearmen on the opposite side, and there are more than ten or twenty archers."
A mine in such a location must have been discovered later, otherwise it would have been impossible not to take this mine into consideration when building the city.
Under this premise, considering the distance between the mine and the city, it is purely normal to have some garrison deployed here just in case.
"Are you going to rush in directly?"
Silk and the others didn't pay attention to those archers and horsemen at all. As long as they turned on the 'air flow barrier', they could rush in. Just a matter of time.
“No rush, keep a safe distance first and check the situation.”
While Zhou Xu was speaking, an arrow flew from afar and was inserted about ten meters away.
Different from yesterday, yesterday they used three-bow crossbows to instantly blow up the watchtower and city gate on the opposite side. Later, while blowing up the resisting horses, they also killed a large number of people blocking the city gate passage. soldiers guarding the city.
Not to mention the soldiers on the opposite side, even Long Zhantian, the general who defended the city, was frightened for a time, causing the soldiers to attack more than a beat slower.
In this era, the effective range of bows and arrows is only about one or two hundred meters, and this is basically the burst range of the Centaur cavalry's charge speed.
At this distance, even if the opponent's attack is slower, it will be enough for the Centaur cavalry to burst in front of them in one breath!
At this moment, the arrow from the opposite side was clearly aimed at stopping them.
Then the gate of the mine opposite opened a crack, and a soldier ran out on horseback and came up to shout.
"Where do you cavalry come from? Don't you know this is the mine of our Chinese Empire?! Get out of here!!"
The battle situation was chaotic yesterday, and the soldiers were busy running for their lives. , who still has the leisure to think about running to the mine 20 kilometers away from the site to report the news?
This directly resulted in the mine not knowing what was happening at the border.
So after hearing this, Zhou Xu also grinned, and then winked at Silk, gesturing for Silk to step forward and shout...
"I am Great Zhou Lieutenant Silk, your The border city fell yesterday! Those who know how to do it should quickly abandon their weapons and open the door to surrender. You can still save your life, but you will die if you fight hard."
The words in these are the same as those of Silke yesterday! I learned it while listening to Zhou Xu speak, and now I can say that I have learned and sold it now.
As soon as these words were shouted, the expression of the soldier who came out to shout suddenly changed.
"You alone can break through our Chinese border? Do you think I will believe your lies?!"
"Whether you believe it or not, go back and tell your commander, we will give you ten minutes. If you don't open the door and surrender after ten minutes, don't blame us for being rude!"
(End of Chapter)