Chapter 244: Crypt

Chapter 244 Crypt
"This... isn't this a chariot?" Roddy narrowed his eyes, as if looking at the king.
At this moment Roddy, the King, and Master Sith were standing in a small school ground in the palace under the crypt.
This circular school field presents a concave arc, like an ancient style arena, and the three are standing on a stone platform several meters high.
Just now, a stone gate next to the schoolyard slowly opened, and a Sauron chariot drove out from it. The chariot looked exactly like Roddy had seen in the last war. Two tall guard horses are covered in thin armor, dragging a two-wheeled wagon made of iron and wood. On both sides of the wagon, long sharp-edged steel knives are inserted on the wheels of the wagon. When the wheels are rolling, that The steel knife spins quickly, enough to kill an approaching enemy. The three soldiers on the carriage, one driving, one holding a shield, and the other holding a long battle axe.
"Your Lord Roddy must have seen the power of a chariot?" The king smiled slightly, seemingly quite proud.
Roddy glanced at the king and said in a low voice: "This kind of chariot has outstanding advantages, but its shortcomings are also very obvious! In the open plains, it may be able to perform for a while, but it is not absolutely invincible! If it is well-trained The infantry of China, as long as the method is used properly to defeat this flashy convoy, there is no suspense at all!"
"Oh?" The king smiled leisurely.
Roddy sighed: "First of all, the speed of the charge! A carriage and three full armored soldiers, as well as their weapons and shields, plus the thin armor on the horses... this weight is for horses. Say, it’s a big burden. So the speed of the tank’s charge is not even as high as that of a heavy cavalry! If I were the commander-in-chief, as long as a lightly armed archer, it’s not hard to fight against the battle convoy, and retreat. , Use the advantage of speed to open up the distance to avoid hand-to-hand combat! At the same time use bows and arrows to kill the opponent..."
The king said lightly: "That's different! Your country’s Thor's whip spreads all over the world, so it’s natural to be proud of the cavalry! It’s just that my battle convoy is used to deal with the dwarves! The dwarves are born with short stature and short lower limbs. Cavalry. And they are in the inner sea and lack horses! Even if they have the money to buy war horses, they cannot be raised in large numbers on the islands... So your assumption is not true for the dwarves!"
Roddy frowned and continued: "Even if the dwarves don't have outstanding cavalry, even if they are infantry, as long as they master the appropriate methods, it will not be difficult to defeat this kind of battle convoy."
The king seemed to have an unfathomable smile, just looking at Roddy.
Roddy pondered for a moment, and whispered: "If I command the troops and hold on to the wall to resist this kind of chariot, it is naturally not good! As long as you give me a fast-trained elite infantry, you can also defeat the chariot!" Slowly said: "The power of the chariot depends on the sprint of the horses! As long as there is a team of excellent archers behind, one round of volley, shooting horses but not people! A chariot only needs one of the two horses pulling the cart. If the horse is shot, the injured horse cannot run. During the high-speed running, the chariot will definitely overturn, and then the car will crash and kill!" Roddy paused and continued: "In the charging formation, Even if you loosen the queue of the tanks, as long as the front tanks and horses are hit and the front tanks lose their mobility, then the back tanks will also be blocked! The entire queue will immediately collapse. That's it!" At this point, Roddy sighed: "I don't have to let the soldiers go to death in vain. The archers from far away shoot horses. After the horses are killed, the infantry rushes up and loses the ability to move the chariot. I can only wait to get slaughtered."
The king smiled slightly: "Then, Roddy, you might as well give it a try!"
He clapped his hands, and a guardian knight walked out of the door behind him and handed a bow and arrow.
The king took a step and waved his hand at the chariot below. The soldier yelled and waved his whip, and the chariot quickly galloped up in this schoolyard.
Roddy looked at the bow and arrow handed to him, seemingly startled. I heard the king whisper: "You might as well give it a try and shoot a cart with a bow and arrow!"
Since the king asked him to shoot, Roddy did not hesitate to shoot an arrow with his bow, and one arrow shot towards the horse! His archery skills are quite good, and the strength and accuracy of this arrow have reached a certain level. Although he did not use fighting spirit, the arrow went out and the sound of "shoo" broke through the air, and it had already hit the horse. Back! The sharp arrow broke through the armor of the horse and stuck it crookedly on the horse's back!
What surprised Roddy was that the horse that was shot didn't scream at all, and it was still trying hard to dash forward, not caring about the arrow wound on his body! !
"You can keep shooting!" A strange light flashed in the king's eyes.
Roddy took a deep breath and drew four sharp swords from the quiver. Then he moved like the wind, "shoo, hoo, hoo," and the four arrows were shot in succession, every arrow was accurate. The horse that hit! !
The war horse just opened its mouth and let out a long hiss. It still didn't fall down. It didn't even stagger under its feet. It still charged forward like flying hooves! !
"Damn it!" Roddy was surprised. Seeing the king cast a mocking look, Roddy quickly drew a sharp arrow again!
Although his archery is not as good as Dak, it has been painstakingly trained. This time he is aiming at the horse's head! A "shoo" arrow passed and hit the target. The horse couldn't stand it anymore, and finally staggered a few steps before crashing down!
As one horse fell, the other horse couldn’t pull the chariot anymore. The chariot that was swiftly stumbling down, the wheels turned up half way. Fortunately, the soldiers who carried the chariot were already prepared. No real rollover!
"How?" Although Roddy finally shot the horse down with the last arrow, the king did not feel any frustration and looked at Roddy with a smile.
Roddy did not have the slightest joy of victory on his face, he lowered his head to think for a moment, sighed, and said solemnly: "I lost!"
His last arrow hit the horse's head! And in the high-speed running of horses, it is difficult to find out how many of them can be accurately shot by an arrow. Most archers and soldiers have absolutely no such skills!
Ordinary archers can hit the horse body at most... but watching the five arrows in the horse body continue to fly...
"This kind of horse is weird!" Roddy said in a deep voice: "If an ordinary army meets this kind of convoy, I am afraid that the archer has not shot the horse, and the chariot has already rushed in front of him."
The king nodded and glanced at Sith. A faint smile appeared on Sith’s face:
This horse is different from ordinary war horses! Our magician has formulated a strange medicine, which has been mixed in the horse’s feed for a long time. This kind of horse can't feel the pain at all! They have a strong ability to fight and can keep running even with seven or eight arrows in their body! The only disadvantage is that this specially trained horse can only last for two years at most Life! We have tried many times!"
Roddy closed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and said: "Such a special horse is really powerful, maybe only this horse can maximize the power of the chariot... It's just that even if the archer can't break the team. , There is still another way!"
Roddy opened his eyes, looked at the schoolyard below, waved his hand, and said loudly: "If there is a team of high-spirited heavy-armored infantry! Put in a dense battle! At the same time, the soldiers in the front row have the determination and faith to die! The heavy armored infantry shield wall is in the forefront, and the soldiers behind the shield use three or four meters of special spears! The battle convoy may be able to break through the front row of the shield wall, but even if the horses are not afraid of bows and arrows, they are always not. Immortal! The spear can kill a lot of horses! As long as you fight the death and injury of the soldiers in the front row, the charge of the convoy can also be blocked!" He slowly said: "As long as the chariot in front of the convoy is blocked Now, the chariots behind are crowded behind, can they still fly? Without the charging chariot, it's just a bunch of useless rotten wood!"
"Well-trained, high morale, soldiers have the belief and determination to die..." the king muttered to himself, and suddenly looked at Roddy with a smile: "There may be an army like this in your country... but , Is there such an army in Roland mainland?"
Roddy's speech is blocked... He has personally seen the strength of the Roland Continental Alliance on the battlefield of Thunder City and the Pamir Plain in the northwest of the empire.
To be honest, in addition to the elite "Holy Knights" and the Royal Knights of the Sauron Kingdom, which are barely considered good, the armies of the Roland Kingdom really cannot achieve "training" in Roddy's eyes. Good quality and high morale", let alone "soldiers have the belief and determination to die"!
The king looked at the reaction on Roddy’s face with satisfaction, and said slowly: "That’s right! If our combat convoy encounters your country’s elite infantry and cavalry, or cannot win, it will run rampant in Roland. For a while, it is enough." He then smiled: "I know very well that if this battle team encounters the Holy Knights, it will definitely not win. But my purpose is not to deal with the Holy Knights! My imaginary enemy , The armies of the dwarves!"
"Oh?" Roddy frowned. He had never seen the dwarves and knew nothing about their army.
The king smiled: "I can at least guarantee that the army of the dwarves may barely achieve ‘well-trained and high morale’ but it’s absolutely impossible to do what you said ‘have a mortal faith and determination’!!!"
Roddy's eyes lit up: "Why?"
The king said lightly: "Because they are too rich!"
Looking at the chariot below, the king seemed to be fascinated, and continued in his mouth: "The dwarves have earned considerable wealth through the iron and wood trade for hundreds of years! The dwarves of hundreds of years ago may be very strong and can Dare to fight against the coalition forces in Roland. But now, their guts have been replaced by heavy wallets! A rich man would not dare to fight with others!" The king seemed to smile: "The dwarven army is well equipped , The soldier’s salary is almost the highest on the Roland Continent! But an army armed with money can’t truly have a strong combat power! Lord Roddy, you should understand what I said. "
The king suddenly smiled, took Roddy's hand, and said lightly: "Okay, I've finished reading here, I will show you something else."
The two went out through the door behind them hand in hand, still without any entourage, only the Sith following behind. The three re-entered the palace.
After passing several arches, the three stood in front of two huge stone gates that were closed tightly.
There was silence around the palace, and there was no human voice at all—everyone here seemed to appear silently. If there were no orders from the king, it seemed that everyone would be invisible.
"Where is this place?" Roddy looked at the stone gate in front of him. The relief carved on the door forms a peculiarly shaped long sword, and there is indeed an olive leaf next to the long sword.
Seeing Roddy's surprise, the king laughed and said: "This relief is a symbol of the Shaka royal family. It means: the ultimate purpose of the sword is to bring peace!"
Roddy sighed: "This sentence makes some sense."
The king sternly said: "This stone gate existed at the beginning of the construction of this place! Behind this gate are some files and records left over by the Shaka royal family. Only members of the royal family can enter here! Even Sith has never I have been in! I can tell you that behind this stone gate is the history of the rise and fall of the ancient Shaka Empire!!!"
Roddy's heart was throbbing... the rise and fall of the Shaka Empire?
Is it the historical truth that has been obliterated?
The king nodded, his expression serious, he looked at Roddy solemnly, and said solemnly: "Originally, according to the ancient royal rules, outsiders could not enter here! But now the situation is different! The temple is struggling, Roland mainland The most dangerous juncture has been reached! If the Kingdom of Sauron fails, then the last fire of the Shaka Empire will be completely extinguished! So, today, I want to invite Lord Roddy to join me to take a look at the history the truth'!!"
Roddy clearly felt that Sith next to him seemed to have a slight discoloration on his face, but the king shook his head gently at him, a sharp look flashed in his eyes.
"Then, Lord Roddy, you are welcome to be the first guest in the forbidden area of ​​the Shaka royal family in a thousand years!" After speaking, the king made a please gesture.
Roddy took a deep breath, with a feeling of expectation, stretched out his hand to push the two doors in front of him...
At this moment, just when Roddy pushed open the hidden "door of historical truth" in a panic, on the ground a hundred meters above, at the gate of the royal capital, a light carriage was slowing down. Slowly enter the city.
After the soldiers who defended the city checked the other party's customs clearance procedures, they collected a certain amount of tax in accordance with the general standards of the Sauron Kingdom, and the carriage successfully entered the royal capital.
Along the wide street, the direction of the carriage was heading towards the palace.
At this moment, it was broad daylight, and there were a lot of pedestrians on the streets of the royal capital. The carriage was driving on the most prosperous street, but the windows seemed to be opened. A sweet voice with a bit of coquettishness came out from the carriage in a low voice.
The owner of this voice seemed to sigh: "Unexpectedly, this place is more prosperous than last time. This King Sauron is not an ordinary person. Coming this way, it seems that the Sauron family is very popular."
There seemed to be a slightly rough voice in the car, whispering: "Why can't I see the difference?"
The coquettish voice seemed to smile slightly, and whispered: "You have never been to Roland Continent, so naturally you don't understand." She seemed to sigh: "Now on Roland Continent, the war between the temple and the kingdom is about to start. , The tax we paid for entering the city gate just now was much higher than when I came last time. Obviously the kingdom is already raising tax rates and preparing to accumulate wealth and prepare for war! Under such circumstances, you can feel that there is a pre-war What kind of haze? After the increased tax rate, have we heard any dissatisfaction with the royal family along the way? In this case, King Sauron can still be so popular, but this method is not It's easy."
The carriage gradually crossed the long street and approached the palace. But he turned a fork in the road and went to an independent palace next to the palace.
Before the carriage arrived at the gate of the palace, a group of soldiers from the Royal Knights had already greeted him. The leader of the army drank the carriage with dignity, then he knocked on the window of the carriage and talked a few words with the people inside. The officer immediately changed his respectful expression, and the person leading him took the lead and ran all the way to the gate of the palace with the carriage.
After a while, the palace gate opened, and His Royal Highness Yavin, the Crown Prince of the Sauron Kingdom, strode out in a shiny knight armor. There is still sweat on his forehead, and his face is flushed after vigorous exercise. Next to him are a few officers in military uniforms, all with sweat on their faces. Obviously they had been practicing martial arts together just now.
The attendant had bowed and opened the carriage door, and then a piece of snow-white calf came out of the carriage door, and then a proud figure flashed out from behind the carriage door. The woman wore a curly hair, and she wore a strip that completely highlighted her pride The tight-fitting dress of the human figure, especially the skirt of the hem seems to be much shorter than the ordinary dress, half revealing her pair of slender and round thighs! She stepped out of the carriage and walked towards the crown prince with a small smile. Every step she took, between the hem of the skirt, she faintly revealed a faint spring light.
"Miss Nedis." The crown prince didn't seem to have much reaction to her charm, still maintaining a friendly smile: "I can't expect a distinguished guest like you to visit me today."
Nedith smiled lightly, but her eyes fluttered slightly, but almost all the souls of the men present were hooked away. She pursed her mouth and smiled, and then whispered: "Your Majesty, I will go ahead this time. Come, but I brought you some good gifts. I got some good wines in the southern continent. This time I came to Sauron, except for some business matters. I brought these gifts to visit you on a special trip."
At this time, another person walked out of the carriage! This man has a burly figure, a shaved beard, a pair of electric eyes, and a simple dress. It is Duck!
However, this time he didn't carry the signature longbow behind him.
Nidis smiled slightly: "His Royal Highness, I also brought you a distinguished guest... This is my good friend, Mr. Dark! I know that my Majesty is obsessed with martial arts, this Mr. Dark is an archery The master!"