Chapter 156： Battle of the Fortress

Seeing Samar's hesitation, Wizard Scott secretly despised him.

Really, such a coward can actually become the commander-in-chief of one party. I really don't know what Archduke Giles thinks.

Scott thought that with his own magic, he could easily capture the fortress.

He stood up slowly, bowed lightly to Samar who was seated at the head, and then looked around at the officers present.

"Master Samar, and all the generals, please allow me to formally introduce to you the spell that I am good at—enchanting."

"This kind of magic of mine can apply temporary or permanent enhancement effects to weapons, armor and other equipment. Taking defensive armor as an example, a light leather armor, I can increase its defensive ability to a piece of scale armor Or the strength of chain armor, and a light chain armor, I can increase its defensive ability to the strength of plate armor."

"I believe that 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 running away, four of them were killed and two were captured alive. And only three of our side suffered insignificant minor injuries."

An officer shouted: "Yes, that is indeed incredible, your magic is really superb."

Scott shot him a satisfied look.

"I can enchant swords, turning ordinary iron swords into steel swords, and making crudely crafted weapons as powerful as those made by dwarves."

The officers present all exclaimed in amazement, discussing the significance of enchantment for battle. ,

Samar asked: "How many people can you enchant? Is there no xiànzhì at all?"

Scott said triumphantly: "My lord, with the abilities of me and my subordinates, if we cast spells together, we can add effects to 500 soldiers wearing ordinary leather armor, raising their defense to the level of plate armor." , Moreover, as long as soldiers wear leather boots and leather gloves, they can obtain the effect of a whole set of armor."

Samar asked again: "Is this buff permanent?"

Scott's voice suddenly became much quieter: "Uh... no, the effect can last for about five hours, but if it is enchanted during the production process, a semi-permanent effect can be achieved."

Samar shook his head: "If we make it now, we will be too late."

"Master General!"

Scott's voice became louder again: "Four or five hours is enough. Think about it, if 500 soldiers equipped with plate armor are used as a fist force and they are concentrated to capture a certain point on the city wall, the follow-up troops will quickly Follow up, with the advantage of numbers, we will soon be able to win the Thorn Fortress."

"Well…"

Samar hesitated, 500 soldiers equipped with this plate armor? This is indeed a considerable force. You must know that the entire Aldo Kingdom may not have produced more than 300 sets of plate armor in the past 100 years. Most of the plate armors are handed down from father to son. It was handed down as a family heirloom by knights or nobles.

Seeing that Samar seemed a little moved, Scott continued: "My lord! My enchantment has another benefit. The enchanted equipment still maintains its original weight, and an enchanted leather armor is still the weight of the leather armor. , not as heavy as plate armor."

"it is good!"

The last sentence finally attracted Samar, who has a biàntài defense like a plate armor, but is as easy as wearing a leather armor, which made Samar want to try it himself.

He turned to an officer beside him and ordered: "Within three days, select 500 strong soldiers, and we will send an attack after five days."

The officer immediately stood up and responded:

"Yes, my lord."

Scott showed a satisfied smile: "Your Excellency is wise!"

If the Thorn Fortress is captured with his assistance, his status within the organization will rise to another level.

Thinking of this, Scott was secretly happy.

…

Five days later, the alarm bell in the Thorn Fortress rang continuously, indicating that the rebels were finally about to attack.

In the past few days, the scouts of the rebel army entered the fort's security area more and more frequently to investigate the situation, and Lester even caught several of them when he was patrolling himself.

But they didn't find the situation that the injured scout said.

The enemy's more frequent investigations made everyone in the Thorn Fortress nervous, although they knew that this day would come sooner or later.

On November 15th, the scouts returned quickly, and a large number of rebel troops entered the security area and rushed straight to the fortress.

Duke Dodge immediately ordered to ring the alarm bell, and the whole army was ready for battle, and the fortress immediately entered a busy state.

The Duke personally led Klein and Leicester up the city wall and directed the battle on the spot.

It didn't take long for them to see the banner of the rebels.

"Since we were attacked by us at night last time, they have never come here with so many people at once!"

"It looks like it's going to be real this time."

"It's really hateful. If it wasn't for the plague last year, I wouldn't be able to gather a mere few thousand troops even if I'm a dignified duke."

The three of them were discussing in low voices. Although the atmosphere was extremely tense, everyone's eyes were extremely firm and showed no fear at all.

Duke Dodge pulled out his sword and held it high in the air This ancestral sword shone brightly under the sunlight.

"Everyone! For the kingdom!"

Klein and Lester also pulled out their swords and held them high in the air, touching the Duke's sword.

"For Your Majesty the King! For Your Highness the Princess!"

The three shouted their determination to kill the enemy together: "Swear to the death to destroy the rebels!"

…

Not far to the south of the fortress, the rebels had already formed an offensive 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 King of the North's army going south.

Although Jingyao's granary was burned, no one can guarantee whether the royal family still has food in other places, so the defensive force in this direction is still indispensable.

There were six siege vehicles standing tall, and they looked very new from the outside. They were built by the rebels in five days.

When the attack begins, soldiers will brave the bows and arrows shot from the fortress, push them to the edge of the city wall, and then put the ladder on the car on the wall. , and started a battle with the defenders.

Under a siege vehicle, the wizard Scott stood vigorously. He looked complacent, as if he had already won the victory.

"We've finally waited for this moment!"

"History will remember this moment! Because this will be the starting point for me, Mr. Scott, to take off!"

A lot of people could be seen above the fortress. The defenders reacted quickly and were already in their positions. It seemed that they had trained for this moment for a long time.

But the wizard didn't take them seriously.

"And all of you will become my sacrifices! Become sacrifices to the secret law!"