Roy just looked at Belmode's answer with an expressionless face, and the latter smiled bitterly: "Okay, how can you get along for a few days, you can't die without help, right?" ”

"It's like you've never done anything like that."

"That's a woman, a woman!" Belmode exclaimed, "How is that the same. ”

"How different. Of course, if you want to talk about functionality, it's really different. ”

Belmode shook his head and said, "Roy, you're so boring. ”

"Life is inherently a boring thing, except for killing enemies on the field, it is difficult to have something in this world that makes me happy." After saying that, he ignored Belmode, and Roy went straight to arrange the defense.

Soon after, Edward ascended the wall. Looking down from the heightened guard, in the wasteland five hundred meters away from Sur City, Storm City's army was resting. Edward swept back and forth over the enemy's position, and whispered, "It's a thousand-strong army, and Storm City is really a big deal. ”

Roy snorted, "There are more people." ”

"Don't underestimate their goodness, no matter how you say it, our lack of troops is an unavoidable shortcoming." Edward smiled slightly and said, "I'm not good at leading troops to fight, so I'll leave the matter of fighting to you." ”

Roy and Bloy have taken very similar routes, but Roy has always been from the military, and in the area of command and strategy, he is not Bloy's strength. The Highlanders had no opinion on Edward's decision. He only asked Roy to allocate some more combat work, and after arriving in Sur City, except for training new soldiers, the life of the highlanders was really boring. His Forbidden Hammer has been red for a long time.

"It looks like a lot has changed."

On the battlefield of Storm City, a tall knight sat on a blazing brown horse, wearing a light armor with gorgeous patterns, and a crimson cloak that was blown by the wind like a blazing flame. Rifles and swords were carried on horseback, both spears and swords were decorated with elegant and intricate patterns. The knight lifted up his eyes to the city of Sur and said, "The walls of this city have been raised, right?" ”

"Yes, Lord Mogu. When I came here a few months ago, the wall wasn't that high. Reg rode up behind the knight and said.

"Regg, I heard that your men chased down a woman?"

Reg lowered his head and said, "This is a dereliction of duty on the part of his subordinates. ”

"Forget it, it's just a woman." The knight touched his chin and said, "Go and bring our gifts, let us meet the city lord of Sur City first, at least we have to salute first and then soldier, so as not to lose the courtesy." ”

"Yes." Reg said respectfully.

The man in front of him is the leader of the Knights of the Thunder, Sir Maud's brother Mogu, and the commander in charge of the attack on Sur this time. Naturally, Reg obeyed him, and a moment later, Mogu galloped towards Sur with Reg and a cavalry squad.

Seeing this team, Roy gestured to the soldiers not to attack for the time being.

When Mogu came to the city, he looked up and said, "Go and call your lord out." ”

Hearing this, Edward walked forward, appeared on the wall and said, "Here I am, Your Excellency?" ”

"I'm Mogu, the leader of the Knights of the Thunder, good morning, Mr. Edward." Mogu smiled, he didn't mention Edward's knighthood at all, and he looked very rude.

Edward didn't do anything, waiting for his next steps.

"Presumably, Mr. Edward already knew our statement. Guicheng did not ask for the reason, and executed one of our knights without authorization. In the spirit of peace and friendship, Lord Maude will withdraw our troops as soon as the city of Sur compensates us in accordance with the declaration. Whether it is war or peace depends on Mr. Edward alone, so please consider it carefully. ”

Edward laughed and said, "You demand compensation of 100,000 gold coins from our city, and the conditions of handing over the technology of Kross's loom and a group of textile workers. I don't think anyone can accept it as long as they are normal, so why would your Excellency put this high hat on my head? If Storm City really wants to settle this matter in a more peaceful way, I have a mention, I wonder if Your Excellency would like to hear it? ”

"Tell me about it." Moguhaha laughed.

"It's simple. I, the lord of the city, will fight with Your Excellency alone, and if I lose, the compensation will be doubled. If Your Excellency is defeated, you only need to send troops to leave, what does Commander Mogu think? Edward's words used some kind of ability, so that the voice was not necessarily very loud, but it floated out leisurely. It echoes like an echo of a valley across the wilderness, so that everyone on both sides can hear it clearly.

Mogu's face pulled down, and he narrowed his eyes. Edward was just a weak-crowned young man, but he actually offered this kind of condition. Mo Gu snorted and said, "War is child's play, how can it be decided by you and me fighting a battle." Mr. Edward has no intention of conciliating, so don't blame us for being ruthless. ”

"Sir Maud said that if Sur City is not ready to pay with money, let them pay with their lives, and these people are interest!" Mogu stretched out his hand.

Reg threw one of the sacs out, and the sac fell to the ground, and several heads rolled out of it, which were several of Kira's companions.

Belmode's pupils shrank slightly, and Edward sneered, "Since Storm City doesn't even spare irrelevant people, why should Sir Maud pretend to be a friendly person. If you want war, then I will give you war. ”

"Good, I hope you don't regret it." Mogu patted his horse and returned to camp with the knight squad.

It wasn't long before some special weapons of war were pushed out of position. Looking at those war weapons, Roy narrowed his eyes and said, "Hey, those are artillery, right?" ”

Belmode nodded, "I thought these things could only be seen in books, but I didn't expect to have the opportunity to see them with my own eyes now." However, it is not surprising that there are flintlock guns, and artillery is a weapon of war. ”

"Quick, get the Blazing Cannons ready, and aim for me at the walls of Sur, and I'll blast down their walls along with Faith." Mogu shouted, directing the five battalion guns to set up the artillery position.

The Bylegon Empire spared no effort in the study of firearms, which was born out of the last wish of the Founding Emperor, who wanted to replace the limited number of knights and magicians with ordinary weapons of war, so that the Byregon Empire could become more powerful militarily. Based on this desire, successive emperors have invested a lot of human and financial resources in the development of firearms.

The flintlock/gun and the Flame Cannons were basically obsolete firearms in the main army of the Empire, and even the lords of the important provinces in the hinterland of the Empire had long since stopped using these firearms to equip their armies. However, on the borders of the Empire, fire/guns and barracks were still in service. In Storm City, for example, the camp guns used by the army are equipment purchased from arms dealers.

In Storm City, there is also a higher level of furious flame repeaters. However, with Storm City's financial resources, it is only enough to support the daily maintenance of the two repeating guns.

The shape of the camp gun is to assemble the main parts of the gun body, the bracket and the wheels that are easy to move. This is the heavy firepower of the Empire's original field armament, forged from wrought iron and with a multi-layered composite cannon structure engraved with rifling capable of firing solid iron bullets weighing up to 100 pounds.

This kind of artillery, which is already an antique in the eyes of Edward, Roy and others from the higher civilization dimension, still has a lot of deterrent power in this world. Especially in a city like Suhr, which does not even have artillery, its threat is intuitive.

Even if a storm-attacking fighter like Roy and Bloy could intercept a cannonball in the air, there were only two people like this after all. The two of them can't hold the entire range of the wall.

"It's a bit of a hassle." Roy added: "But it's not impossible to solve. ”

This kind of single-shot artillery is powerful, but the firing interval is a fatal wound, otherwise the second-generation Fury Flame Repeater will not be developed. In addition, the opponent's battalion artillery was only five guns, and the number was limited, which made the firepower correspondingly reduced. Of course, if left unchecked, the wall of Sur will not withstand several rounds of bombardment. Storm City didn't have to knock down the entire wall, as long as it created enough gaps to allow the opposing infantry and knights to pour into the city.

That's not what Roy would like to see.

The Great Han immediately devised a countermeasure, and while the cannons of Storm City were being reloaded, a group of cavalry rushed out from behind the gates of Sur City. At the head was Roy, who launched a surprise attack with a squadron of knights. Seeing this, Mogu decided to give Sur City a dismount.

"The artillerymen obey the order and blow that cavalry to slag for me!" Mogu gestured in Roy's direction.

Seeing that the muzzle of the camp cannon turned to him, Roy immediately gestured. The cavalry, which had been in a dense formation, immediately dispersed, forming a loose formation, and minimizing the chance of artillery bombardment. Mogu snorted, still giving the order for an artillery bombardment. In the wilderness, a rumbling cannon rang out. In the flickering firelight, shells burst through the air, exploding in flames in Roy's cavalry squadron.

While the attention of both sides was almost focused on the battlefield, Bloy and his Flame Warriors flanked the battlefield and appeared on the left flank of Storm City. Having discovered them, a detachment of cavalry on the left flank broke away from their positions and met them at Bloy. In Mogu's opinion, this was nothing more than a surprise attack on the city of Sur. No matter how elite this team is, with less than twenty people horizontally and vertically, a cavalry squadron of fifty people is enough to eat.

But he didn't know that the individual combat power of the Flame Warriors had already pointed directly at the Empire's ace army "Lion Elegy", which was a super legion with a tenth-level level for every soldier!

The cavalry didn't think much of it, and met it all the way. The captain of the team raised his hand and waved down when the distance between the two sides came into range: "Shoot!" ”

The cavalryman held his horse's belly between his legs, raised his rifle flat, and fired a round of fire at Bloy's side. R1058