Chapter 560, Siege Strategy

Mu Xilong was extremely hot in July, the scorching sun illuminated the land, the strong wind blew past the city of Mu Xilong, and the air was full of fiery breath. Under the high temperature, the troops stationed here also felt very, very nervous. Irritated, the wood elves withdrew to the nearby forest to escape the summer heat, and the dwarves set up camp in a shady area, drinking and bragging together shirtless, and gambling by the way.

As for the human camp, it was built not far from Mousilon Castle. The tents formed a magnificent landscape. The human soldiers were sweating profusely on duty, patrolling back and forth, and the knights gathered together in twos and threes. , discussing the recent battle and the plight of the war.

The big tent belonging to Ryan is naturally very spacious. The lake god witch Morgiana kept her word. She led the lake god prophets to make a bigger and more luxurious tent for Ryan, and did not charge Ryan for money. Now Ryan I live in a 5x7 tent.

The big tent is divided into an outer room and an inner room. With Teresa's help, floor-standing air conditioners driven by magic were installed. Ryan also thought it was too hot outside, so he also snuggled in the tent to blow on the air conditioner and drink cold drinks.

After a week of onslaught in vain, the weather was hot and the army was exhausted, so Ryan had to order a rest. He sent scouts to re-examine the terrain and landforms near Mousilon, temporarily standing still and waiting for news.

In the inner room, the air conditioner was blowing cold air. Ryan leaned back on the chair leisurely and tasted the iced orange juice. It is not advisable. At this time, there is no gain other than the loss of the army by storming. In such a hot season, the soldiers are prone to dehydration and fatigue after fighting for about three hours. This army has been fighting with Ryan for several months. Now, Ryan also felt that he should not be too reluctant.

"Phew~ I like this~" Veronica was wearing a set of white sand coral ice cirrus cloud low-cut and hip-covering skirt. Since there were no outsiders in the room, this suit was quite bold. The skirt was 20 centimeters short to the knee. A pair of delicate long legs were rarely worn without stockings, and red nail polish dangled in front of Ryan's eyes on a pair of beautiful nails. The sweet-looking Witch Garland with a blush on her face was holding a glass of Iced sour plum juice, blowing on the air conditioner, leaning on the reclining lounge chair, enjoying the leisure time in the afternoon, Veronica's bright almond eyes turned left and right, and her long black and brown shawl hair was as smooth as silk : "Honey, still can't think of a way?"

"No." Ryan leaned on the chair a little bored, enjoying the cold air of the air conditioner: "This army has been tired after fighting for a long time, and now there is only Mu Xilong, the hard nut to crack, slowly Come on, the weather is too hot recently, let's take a rest for two days."

"Hmm~" Veronica drank the juice lazily, stretched out her little foot and kicked Ryan lightly: "My suggestion is to end this war as soon as possible, and end the war as soon as possible. The impact of a large number of serfs will be alleviated, our food reserves will also begin to decrease, and... Sister Surya is about to give birth, right? As a father, it is best to end the war before the child is born."

Ryan nodded with a smile.

The Duke knew in his heart that Veronica was actually nearly ten years older than Suria, but the witch was always called Mrs. Suria or Sister Suria. No, smart witches always know how to avoid minefields, and judging from these three suggestions alone, Veronica's induction is very concise and accurate, whether as a lord, as a coach or as a husband,

Ryan wants to conquer Mousilon Castle as soon as possible.

"Indeed, I have stored enough food before, but I can't hold back these tens of thousands of people eating horse chews all day long." Ryan also knew the problem, he leaned on the chair and closed his eyes: "But there is no clue at present, Percy Your Excellency Mond even suggested that several of us Holy Grail Grand Knights raid the city together, but this sounds unrealistic."

"Why?" Veronica asked curiously.

"Do you think that the Pegasus knights in the kingdom haven't tried it for so many years?" Ryan shook his head helplessly: "The sky above Mu Xilong is protected by undead magic, and if we want to land over a city wall tens of meters high, it is simply impossible. Turning into several giant living targets, we can face the attack of undead magic directly, but our mounts can’t, and Karard and Bohemond are riding pure-blood elf horses, only I ride a griffin, and Francois rides a pure-blooded elf horse. Blood Pegasus."

One of the original Twelve Holy Grail Knights, Agilgar, the first Duke of Palaion, died in battle on the peaks of Palaion more than 80 years after Arthur's death. He rode a pegasus and a biped wyvern Fighting, he successfully killed the wyvern, and the wyvern also seriously injured his Pegasus before he died. A first-generation holy grail knight fell from a height of several thousand meters and fell to his death.

The two chatted for a while, and Ryan could see that the witch was enjoying this afternoon. Since the lake goddess Morgiana stayed in Kurona to treat Raun, the main spellcaster in the series of battles to regain Musilon was Vero Nika and Teresa's coven of witches.

By the way, Olaine, the king of the forest, also left. Olaen left Alaros to continue commanding the army, and Hagen, Duke of Gisoleoch, and Boderick, Duke of Boldro, both left.

On the contrary, Templar Alfred led a mixed team of paladins and ascetics to support Ryan. Alfred said that I would also like to contribute to the recovery of Musilon and the elimination of the undead.

There was a noise outside the tent, and both Ryan and Veronica turned their attention to the door of the inner room.

"Wow! The two of you are drinking juice and chatting leisurely here, and I'm going to run back and forth to install air conditioners for them." The tall figure of the female sorceress appeared from the inner door. When she saw Ryan and Veronica Feeling very uncomfortable while chatting leisurely and tasting cold drinks, Teresa put her hands on her hips: "Give me one too!"

"Here we come." Ryan stood up, took the bottle of juice from the table with a smile, added ice cubes to the mug and poured Teresa a full glass: "Thank you!"

The sorceress is wearing a set of white patterned slim-fit forged flower shirt with black tight trousers. She has the temperament of a strong woman. She reached out to take the cup from Ryan's hand, drank the juice directly, and grew a Tone: "Huh, it's so hot, I don't want to move anymore."

"Then I allow you to rest until night." Ryan said with a smile, "This is the promise of Duke Musillon himself!"

"Hmph~ I can rest if I want to. Why do I need your permission!" Teresa put her hands on her hips and gave Ryan a hygienic eye. She sat on the big soft bed quite naturally and kicked off the leather boots on her feet: " It’s really frustrating to be outside in this weather.”

"This is Musilon, Trovik~" Veronica teased, "The Duke is right in front of you, you are so arrogant on the Duke's land, be careful to be punished, even if you are Ryan's female courtier, They will also be severely 'punished'!"

"If he wants to punish, he will punish. What does it have to do with you?" Teresa almost instantly thought of what Ryan's "punishment" would be, because she was often "punished" recently, and the sorceress quickly retorted: "This has nothing to do with you." Nevermind, Veronica!"

"Oh~ forget it, I'm too lazy to argue with you in this kind of weather." Veronica took a sip of the juice: "What news does our little princess bring us?"

"Well, Teresa, is there any news from the scouts?" Ryan also nodded, he was concerned about this issue.

"Wood elves are indeed powerful." Teresa nodded, and she spoke out all she had seen and heard quite proudly: "Alaros took the rangers and Wildwood Rangers along the Gresmo During Ruihe's investigation, they opened up the roots of the oak tree of time, and actually found a hidden underground river, which leads directly to the city wall of Mu Xilong, where the undead built an underground canal."

"The dark canal..." Ryan's eyes lit up, and he thought about the problem carefully.

"That's right, the dark canal." The sorceress was very proud of this harvest, and she said softly: "The water in the dark canal is so fast that mortals basically can't pass through it, but I have a suggestion, Ryan, I can create ice floods by freezing the river water , poured back into the culvert, and flooded Mu Xilong!"

"Ling Xun?" Ryan's relaxed expression gradually became serious.

"Ling Xun? Trovik is out of his mind." Veronica immediately stood up after hearing the news. She put on her high heels and paced around the room. Witch Garland thought for five minutes and immediately said, "No, We shouldn't create ice floods, we should let Trovik freeze the underground river to temporarily open the channel, and then transport the explosive gunpowder I made into the underground ditch!"

"Using gunpowder to blow up the city wall?" Ryan thought about it carefully, and he stood up: "Well, Teresa, you have a good rest first, and in the evening, I will call everyone to a meeting to discuss what to do!"

"Okay." The sorceress was indeed very tired, and she wanted to close her eyes and rest for a while.

"Get up, Trovik." Unexpectedly, when Veronica came to the bed, Witch Garland's face was a little red: "Get up!"

"What are you doing again, Veronica?" the sorceress asked strangely.

"You're pressing my things!" Veronica signaled Teresa to get up, and Witch Garland reached out and took out a pair of flesh-colored stockings from under the quilt, then sat down and put them on slowly: "Damn, these stockings are very expensive Yes, I almost broke your seat."

"???" Teresa's face suddenly turned red: "You..."

"Hey, dear Teresa, have a good rest." Ryan patted the sorceress' shoulder lightly, and kissed her on the mouth: "Let's have a meeting to discuss what to do tonight."

"Ok."

……… I am the dividing line for discussing what to do………

That night, in the camp, all the Holy Grail knights including Ryan and others, his two female courtiers, Belegar-Iron Hammer, the king of Eight Peaks Mountain, Alaros, the lord of Tasien Woodland, and those who arrived with reinforcements The Templar Alfred gathered to discuss a new military situation.

"Thanks to the help of His Excellency Alaros and his rangers, we have detected a culvert under the wall of Musilon." Ryan sat in the middle, and he said in a deep voice: "Therefore, for this culvert, we now have two a plan."

"First of all, Ms. Teresa Trovik can create an ice flood by freezing the upper reaches of the Grace Murray River. After the ice flood squeezes enough river water, it can flow into the city of Mousilon through the river's backflow, which can wipe out the entire city. The castle is submerged in water."

"That is the plan to flood Musillon?" Francois nodded, and the father-in-law thought about it carefully for a while, and decided not to make a statement for the time being: "Then what about the second plan?"

"The second plan was proposed by Ms. Veronica Bernadotte. We can transport a large amount of gunpowder and put the gunpowder into the underground canal to detonate. Teresa will help us open the channel by freezing the underground canal. After accumulating enough After being injected with the gunpowder of the fire magic element, detonate the gunpowder and blow up the city wall." Ryan continued: "Apart from these two plans, do you have any other opinions?"

"Then blow it up!" Bohemond was the first to express his opinion, and he said loudly: "Blow down the city wall! The knights rushed in! I don't believe that the undead can do anything!"

"Yeah." Ryan said he understood, and he turned his attention to Bellegar, who is best at siege, and he hoped to hear more from him: "Brother Bellegar, what do you think?"

"Oh~" Bellega stretched out his hand and caressed his white beard, he thought for a while, and then said: "Listen to me, Brother Lane, flooding has the benefits of flooding, and frying has benefits of frying, listen to me Speak slowly."

"If floods are created and Mu Xilong is flooded, the advantage is that the entire city will be flooded. Over time, the undead army will suffer a huge blow, and we can conquer the castle without losing too many troops. As for the disadvantages , That is the method of flooding. First, it takes a long time. We need to be prepared to besiege Mu Xilong for a long time. The second is that the undead are not too afraid of flooding. Maybe most of the people we drowned are civilians. "

"If you choose to use gunpowder to blow up the city wall, the advantage is that the effect is quick and the time is short. We can fight the undead immediately. The disadvantage is that it can't help us weaken the strength of the undead and reduce their number during the siege. With the city wall opened, we still have to go through a tough battle."

"The decision is up to you, Brother Lane." Bellegar made a conclusion at the end.

Everyone fell into silence, and Ryan also carefully considered the pros and cons.

"I suggest using explosives." Francois spoke, and the father-in-law shook his head: "We can't wait any longer, Ryan, let's make a quick decision. Our food reserves have been greatly reduced. If the water is flooded, we will be under siege for a long time. , I don’t know how long it will take if this goes on, the soldiers are already tired from fighting for a long time, so let’s settle the battle as soon as possible.”

"Well, and there are still many living people in the castle." Ryan nodded, he thought about it carefully and felt that Francois' words made sense: "The flooding time is too long, which is not in line with our goal of ending the war as soon as possible, and The food is getting less and less, and we can't drag it on any longer."

After speaking, Ryan stood up: "I decided to use gunpowder to blow up the city wall!"

"Obey!" Everyone responded loudly, and Bellegar immediately began to formulate a siege plan, considering how much gunpowder would be needed, how long to freeze the ditch, how to hide from the vampire's detection, and when would be the best time to attack.

At this time, a heavily armed figure came out from the crowd. He was blond and blue-eyed, and his face was full of sunshine and enthusiasm.

"Duke Lane, leave the matter of detonating the gunpowder to me!"