The Knight's Sword increases the morale of the entire army by 5 points and increases the attack and movement speed by 10%, which is a pretty good flag.
Even, such attributes are not at the forefront among excellent flags.
But if you include the increase of the knight's sword on the knight's troops, the effect is terrifying, almost no less than a holy weapon, or even a divine weapon.
With 20 points of knight morale, 20% attack and movement speed bonus, and 25 points of attack and defense life support, this flag was instantly promoted to the top ranks.
Xu Lai had captured the king's flag of the stronghold camp. Relatively speaking, the attributes of the Knight's Sword and the attributes of the Behemoth King's Flag were not much different.
Especially the terrifying effect of King Behemoth's neglect of defense and its restraint effect on defense techniques are really too strong.
If the flag Aini owns is the King Behemoth flag, then there is absolutely no way Reina and Aini can win a head-on battle, and they can only rely on the guerrilla warfare of the horse archers to consume them.
But the increase of Behemoth King's Banner on Xu Lai is definitely not as effective as the Knight's Sword.
Xu Lai's main force, whether it is his own troops or the Qingfeng Legion, are undoubtedly knights.
So the bonus this flag can bring to him is extremely terrifying.
On the contrary, it is the Ani tribe, because there are not many knights at all, and some are just a ragtag group. They are not obedient and their level is still low.
No matter how powerful the effect of the knight's sword is, at most it is equivalent to improving the knight by one or two levels.
And Count Aini's own specialization ability is really different from Reina's. This flag only makes up for the gap slightly, and it cannot change that his own knight is far weaker than Xu Lai's knight. Troop reality.
Besides, there are also knights like the Fearless Knights in Xu Laina who have terrifying halo effects.
Xu Lai directly absorbed the King Behemoth flag to Tahan.
Equivalent to Xu Lai's knight troop, it comes with a flag of King Behemoth and additionally enjoys the effects of two flags of King of the Sea.
However, although Xu Lai captured this flag, he could not use it immediately.
Tahan captured it completely, and the flag was not damaged, but what was depicted on the flag was the ancestor of the Aini family.
The fact that people were able to obtain such a flag in the first place was obviously because of their great contribution to the first generation of the Supreme King.
Embroidered on the flag is an extremely heroic-looking knight, holding a shield in one hand and an unsheathed sword in the other. Countless charging knights can be vaguely seen behind him.
If this is all, Xu Lai doesn't care. As long as Aini can't speak anymore, who will know that this person is the ancestor of his family.
However, this flag also has the signature and seal of the Aini family, including their family's coat of arms.
Xu Lai will definitely use this flag, but before using it, he must find a tailor of at least a senior level to modify the flag.
If you destroy the properties of this precious flag in order to modify the flag surface, the gain will outweigh the losses, so you must find a tailor with a high-level or above.
But before modification, this flag has another use.
"Let's go, take it with you and follow me for a walk."
Xu Lai's trip was a bit far. He not only went around the main roads in the city and the garrison points of the city guards, I also made a special trip to the military academy I had visited before.
These places are all places where Aini has troops stationed.
Although the people here have surrendered to Xu Lai, they may just be forced by the situation and may not really surrender to Xu Lai.
It may be okay during the day, but at night, maybe they will plot some small actions.
Xu Lai was short of manpower, so it was impossible to find someone to watch them.
What's more, even if you look at them, if they want to make small moves, you have no way to stop them.
They are local snakes, and there are countless more people than them, so it is not easy to make small moves.
It is said that only a thousand days can make a thief, but a thousand days can’t prevent a thief.
Xu Lai didn't want to guard against thieves for a thousand days, so he could only eliminate these people's hopes from the root.
"The human race has defected, the orc puppets, and the former empire count Aini have been defeated by the grassland coalition.
Now, there is the captured Aini family flag as evidence.
If there are still victims Those who are stubborn and half-hearted are all guilty of Aini. The confiscation of their homes and the extermination of their clans are waiting for you.” While shouting, I must pass these few words to everyone.
More than twenty big men took turns shouting. When they reached the bottom of the castle, they couldn't stand it anymore, and their voices were almost hoarse.
Xu Lai thoughtfully let them rest, and then asked them to find Joseph and replace them with a new group of people.
The noise caused by Xu Lai was not small. Not only the people in the city heard it, but the people in the castle had also heard it.
Guard Connors even called Aini to confirm the matter.
Of course Aini would not admit his defeat, otherwise if he told the other party, not only would he be defeated, but he would also abandon all his troops and flee back to another castle?
Even he himself doesn't know how many troops he still has, but even if he adds up the defenders of all the remaining territories, he can probably gather up to 20,000 to 30,000 troops.
Twenty to thirty thousand troops are not enough to defend the existing city, let alone counterattack Conaston.
Even if we immediately recruit soldiers and hire mercenaries, it will take at least a month or two to gather 70,000 to 80,000 troops.
This does not include the reorganization time. If it were included, it would take at least 3 months.
Besides, don’t we need to prepare siege equipment for siege?
In order to attack the city of Martell, a large number of siege equipment had been lost, and a batch that was urgently produced was still on the way.
Aini contacted his logistics manager, but after a long time, there was still no news.
In this case, there is probably something wrong, and it is very likely that the whole army will be annihilated like his own army.
This means that Aini still needs to reorganize the logistics force and rebuild the siege equipment.
The key is that now that the most important and largest Conaston has been lost, Aini has lost most of its soldiers and financial resources.
If no external forces intervene, the most optimistic estimate is that he seized the time to recruit a group of soldiers and relied on these soldiers to guard the only two remaining cities.
As for counterattack? Even if it is far away.
So he can't tell the other party this.
Because once Connors and the others are told, as long as they don’t want to die, they will definitely stop working for Aini.
If they refuse to sacrifice their lives, then the wealth, wife and daughter he left behind in Kaunaston Castle will become someone else's.
So, Aini severely reprimanded Connors in the Magic Stone.
Aini told Connors that the opponent was holding a false flag, and he himself was still attacking Martell.
Ani told Connors to let him hold on for a while and he would immediately gather soldiers to return for reinforcements.
As long as he can hold on until he comes back for reinforcements, then Connors will be Aini's number one hero. When he returns to Conaston, he will definitely make him a viscount.
Viscount, is already the biggest benefit that Aini can promise. If you go further, do you still want to give up your earl to the other party?
Even if he is willing to give in, his so-called concession has no legal effect and will not be recognized by anyone.
The most important thing is that Connors won't believe it either.
Otherwise, Ani doesn’t care whether it is effective or not, as long as it can make Connors work hard, he can agree to go out.
The empire is so broken. Even when it was announced that he had colluded with the orcs, no one cared about it. Who would care about whether it was effective or not.
Connors was very tempted by the viscount Aini promised, so when Xu Lai and the others appeared, he was not moved at all.
He even mobilized archer troops and took advantage of the city wall to shoot arrows at Xu Lai and the others.
Now that the banner of the Knight's Sword is here in Xu, the knights under his command have added many attributes. Even if you just stand still and let the opponent shoot, unless it is an armor-piercing arrow, it will not bring less health.
The mount on the crotch is a bit unable to withstand such a rain of arrows.
These mounts are covered with vests, and the higher the level of the mounts, the thicker and heavier the vests are.
But after all, the vest cannot cover everything, and it has to expose the eyes, horse legs and other parts.
Xu Lai wanted to persuade him to surrender with good intentions, but he was shot all over his face, and his mood suddenly became bad.
"Listen to the city defenders. You must surrender before the sun rises tomorrow morning.
Otherwise, I will launch an attack on the city immediately after the sun rises.
At that time, I will kill all those who still have weapons in their hands, leaving no one behind!"
Those who have weapons in their hands are soldiers, not civilians.
Since he is a soldier, he must have the consciousness to die in battle. Xu Lai will kill them without any psychological burden.
However, there are still nearly 20,000 soldiers in the castle after all.
Even if it is difficult to recruit soldiers to surrender, there are at least 7 or 8 thousand soldiers left. If they can be absorbed, Xu Lai will be able to feel much more at ease.
We didn’t attack the city before because we didn’t have enough manpower.
Now that there is a large amount of manpower added, Xu Lai does not need to wait any longer.
After leaving enough psychological pressure on the soldiers and officers in the castle, Xu Lai ordered people to open all the blacksmith shops in the city.
By the way, remove all the catapults, ballistas and other equipment used to defend the city on the outer city wall.
In the grassland city, Xu Lai believes that there is no need to retain the city wall. Even if there is, a castle that can accommodate thousands of people is enough.
His Qingfeng City was built as his hometown, which is different from Conaston.
Although Qingfeng City's commercial capabilities have improved, it still cannot compare with the core cities on the grassland that have existed for hundreds of years like Conaston.
Founder Xu Lai also owns Qingfeng City, and he also plans to build Qingfeng City into a super giant city like Emerald City.
Simply, he just wants to demolish the walls of Qingfeng City.
After the city wall is demolished, it will be more convenient for the commercial development of the city.
Secondly, Xu Lai does not have that many troops, so it is enough to defend the core castle. The peripheral cities have no walls, so even if they are occupied, it will be easier for him to take them back.
Thirdly, the large amount of wood, stone and other resources obtained from demolishing the city wall can all be transported back.
Even if Qingfeng City is expanded, it can still be used as reserve ammunition for catapults.
Besides, Xu Lai also plans to build Mingyue City into a fortress-like city, and wants to rely on Mingyue City to defend Moriel's attack.
Moreover, demolishing the city wall of Conaston is a huge project.
Don’t say that the Heart of the Castle is not here with Xu Lai. Even if it is, he cannot rely on the Heart of the Castle to demolish the city wall alone.
Xu Lai also took advantage of this project to make his people legitimate managers of various positions, slowly eliminating the old municipal bureaucrats.
Of course, if someone performs well, Xu Lai will not be unable to stay.
In general, he doesn’t really care about what others call “loyalty”.
Loyalty has to pay a price. After all, loyalty cannot be eaten as food. People go to higher places and water flows to lower places. These are the laws of nature.
What he cares about is that after paying the full price, he still cannot get loyalty.
That kind of thing is called betrayal.
Of course, those are all things for later. Now Xu Lai still has to rely on the original bureaucracy.
As for demolishing the city wall, it is just an idea that Xu Lai has, and there is no way to implement it yet.
But Xu Lai dismantled the city defense equipment and placed the catapults, medium-sized or large ballistas and ballista carts one after another. The people on the castle could clearly see the behavior of the catapults.
Moreover, every time a catapult or ballista came, the officers and soldiers on the castle felt a little thump in their hearts.
There are no defensive catapults and ballistae in Kaunaston Fort.
But after all, Kaunaston Castle only occupies a corner of Kaunaston City, and its size is far from comparable to Kaunaston City.
Even part of the city wall of Conaston City is connected to Conaston Fort, but it suddenly rises more than ten meters at the edge of Conaston Fort, so it is not connected to each other.
The night is getting darker and darker, and there are more and more catapults.
The soldiers on the city wall felt increasingly heavy.
Not long ago, Xu Lai's harsh words when he left were not loud, but they were remembered in everyone's heart.
"You think, does that person named Xu mean what he says?"
"You ask me, how do I know, but I don't think the flag they raised is fake."
“Yes, yes, I have seen Count Ani’s flag before. When the orcs attacked the city some time ago, I happened to be guarding the city wall and saw it up close.
The two flags, even the coat of arms on them, are exactly the same.”
“So, Count Aini is really defeated?
But if even the earl is defeated, then why are we guarding this castle for him?
Are we still going to risk our lives here for that vampire-like count? "
After hearing this, the rest of the people were silent for a moment, and they all looked at each other unwillingly.
Unlike these soldiers, the officers were also talking about surrender.
< br>They are not like Connors, who was promised a viscount title by Aini, and their hearts have already wandered away
However, they, the officers, have to be at the front in the battle, but they don't get half of the benefits.
The most important thing is that they have all heard of Xu Lai's reputation more or less. Even if some people don't know it, it will be popularized soon.
They didn't know how much credibility Xu Lai had. At most, they only knew that the merchants in the past spoke highly of Qingfeng City.
But no matter how much credibility Xu Lai has, if they attack the city tomorrow and they fail to defend it, their wealth and life will probably be gone.
“I was just on duty in the castle, and the servants in the castle were all packing and packing things.”
"What do you mean when you say this?"
"Nothing, I just want to tell you that they are preparing a way out for themselves. Should we also prepare a way out for ourselves?"
< br>"How can we prepare our retreat? There are still 7 or 8 hours at most before dawn.
At dawn, their catapults smashed into the ground, and we retreated in a hurry. We didn't have many weapons. There is no ammunition left, how many more days can we hold on?”
“How many more days, have you forgotten how the city of Conaston was destroyed?
Those Seraphs flew towards the castle. Who dared to take action, and who could take action?
I think we should wash it off early so that it will be cleaner tomorrow. ”
Swish, swish, swish, just when the officers and soldiers were all whispering, suddenly many arrows flew to the top of the city.
It’s not that Xu Lai is lying, The attack was launched overnight.
These arrows had their arrowheads removed, so they would not hurt even if they were shot at someone.
And these arrows without arrows, without exception, all have a letter tied to them.
The content of the letter is not yet known, but the names on the letters are all from relatives outside the castle. (End of this chapter)