Chapter 336: Hole cards

"In short, we don't have any money now. We used all the funds accumulated over the years. We must end this war as soon as possible. Otherwise, the longer the delay, the less chance of our success."
　　 Akmeser can still clearly remember the helplessness and embarrassment when Grand Duke Buck, the current patriarch of the Kingsley family and the king of the Carter army, said this to him.
　　Who would have thought that the Kingsley family, who is famous for its wealth, would face a financial crisis one day.
Believe it or not, the facts are placed in front of Ackermesser, which can make the arrogant Duke Buck underpinned, indicating that the financial crisis of the Kingsley family has reached a very serious degree, far exceeding the dignity of Duke Buck. , Akmesser even suspected that the Kingsley family's fiscal deficit was a bit more serious than the Grand Duke Barker said, and the pressure on the other party was greater than he thought.
　　 At least Akmeser’s enemies are now in the open, he only needs to consider how to defeat the opponent.
　　 The enemies faced by Grand Duke Buck lie in the dark, and no one knows what methods they will use.
　　 Now that the Cartel army can take time out of the military, the private unions organized by the mine slaves have become extremely active.
Fortunately, Akmeser was decisive enough to deal with the situation after the retreat of the slave rebel army retreats, and clarified the factors of instability, killing those who can kill, and slashing those who can slash. Now the evil name is still there, those rebel forces, I couldn't organize for a while, and didn't dare to show up easily.
　　 No matter how you look at it, this battle must be quickly resolved.
　　 No matter how great the Yongye army leader's ability is, it is impossible to change God's will, at least not now.
　　 Whether they like it or not.
　　 The first full-scale snowfall in the Swamp of Despair is here.
　　 And it is three days at once.
　　 At the beginning, it was pattering, it was only sleet, and it melted on the ground.
　　 The next day it turned into sparse snow, the kind that barely covered the ground.
　　 On the third day, it turned into heavy snow, and after only half a day, the inside and outside of Brothers Harbor was covered with a layer of snow that was one foot thick.
　　 Those crocodile clan elders couldn't help cursing bad luck.
　　 Using their words, this is definitely a heavy snowfall in the Swamp of Despair. Even if it snows, it can cover the ground, which is very remarkable.
　　 80% is the abnormal weather caused by the weather changes in the Swamp of Despair over the past few years. The Kingsley family is lucky.
　　 It’s not cold when it snows, but it’s cold when it melts.
　　 The snow stopped and the sun came out, when the real cold came.
　　 However, Akmesser did not wait for the coldest moment to arrive. After confirming that a thin layer of ice had formed on the Danube, the Kingsley family launched a full-scale attack.
　　 A full-line offensive in the true sense, the long line of brothers' defensive line in Hong Kong, are all their figures. In the vast white snow, they are like a flood.
　　 When the heavy snow was not stopping, the Yongye army leaders all mobilized, sternly, waiting for the Kingsley family's full-scale attack.
　　 It was the siege equipment of both sides that started the attack first.
　　 "All large trebuchets are ready, put on the black powder barrel, and put it!"
　　 "All large trebuchets are ready, put on the black powder barrel, and put it!"
　　 "All large trebuchets are ready, put on the black powder barrel, and put it!"
　　 The orders on the wall of the brothers port are uniform.
　　 Countless special ammunition rose into the air.
　　 The goal is very clear.
　　 The mound where the Kingsley family installed siege equipment.
　　 Boom! boom! boom!
　　 The thick smoke billows, accompanied by the loud noise of landslides.
　　 "What's going on? How come it's snowing and thundering?"
"It's not the thunder, it's the attack of the Yongye army leader. The true is on top, how can manpower achieve this level? This is the roar of the true god. The true is angry. The Yongye army receives the blessing of the true god. There is no way to fight this battle. , Let's find a way to escape!"
　　 "Shut up, you are disturbing the military's mind, and those who talk nonsense, drag them out and kill them."
　　 "The Andeans are out-and-out savages. The Holy See doesn't even bother sending missionaries. Even if the true descends, it is still on our side."
　　 "Not the wrath of the true god, what was it just now?"
　　 "How do I know what it is? It must not be the true God who is angry!"
　　 "No, the mound where we installed the siege equipment collapsed, and most of the siege equipment was damaged."
　　 "Damn it, without the cover of long-range siege equipment, how to siege?"
The world seemed to be trembling about it. This kind of unconventional explosion made the Kingsley family’s siege soldiers, a group of people turned their backs on their horses, and they couldn’t help stopping. They looked at each other. This kind of attack shocked even the mounds. It collapsed, what would it look like if it fell on someone?
　　 Just thinking about it makes people shudder, and fear fills their hearts.
　　 "The one who attacked our food line before was indeed the leader of Yongye." This was Grand Duke Buck's first reaction after hearing the familiar sound.
　　 For this kind of loud noise, he will never forget it. If it weren't for the ancient artifact Golden Armor, he had been blown to pieces of meat, and all plans and dreams would be empty.
　　 "These guys even kept a hand." This was Akmeser's first reaction.
　　 For the sake of safety, when Akmesser set up the mound of the siege equipment, he retreated several tens of meters beyond the maximum range shown by the Yongye army leader to prevent fraud.
　　 In the end, he still underestimated the cunning and forbearance of Yongye Army Leader.
　　 would rather bear the indiscriminate bombing of the Kingsley family for half a month. Several sections of the city wall were smashed in a precarious manner, and they could not bear it, until they launched a full-line attack, and then launched a fatal attack on their siege equipment.
　　 The Kingsley family was not given time to react at all, and the leader of the Evernight Army returned the bombardment he had suffered during this time to the Kingsley family intact.
　　 In less than an hour, the Kingsley family’s siege equipment was destroyed by 80%, and the mound platform they had piled up with time and effort was also blown up by four or five meters.
　　 Even if the Kingsley family still has spare siege equipment, there is no way to use it in a short time.
　　 The offense and defense situation at this moment has once again become what it was at the beginning.
　　The long-range firepower of the Kingsley family is almost zero, and it must withstand the indiscriminate bombardment of the Yongye army leader in the direction of the city wall.
　　 The only good news is that due to the relatively slow water flow, the moat of the Brothers Port has frozen solid, and the fleet led by the Yongye Army cannot enter, and they lack a line of defense that needs to be overcome.
　　 "Report to the marshal that our trebuchet has been destroyed and we can no longer provide remote support."
　　 "Hurried repairs overnight, set up protective barriers, and transported new siege equipment."
　　 "Report to the marshal that the enemy's long-range firepower is too fierce, and the soldiers in front of him have suffered heavy casualties and cannot rush forward.
　　 "Recharge."
　　 Akmeser hardened his face and didn't mean to stop the siege.
　　 If you want to use the time, you must race against time.
　　Who knows when will the next severe cold be after this heavy snowfall?
　　 What if the rest is warm winter after these few days?
　　 The Kingsley family has no time to stay here for another year.
　　 What I have been fighting over the past few days is hard work. I can't take care of the casualties.
　　The Kingsley family soldiers are like the tide, one after another, shooting to Brother Port.
　　 Boulders and arrows are flying all over the sky.
　　 shouting and screaming in succession.
　　 Blood and corpses are everywhere.
　　 One kilometer outside the city wall of Brothers Port has become a on earth.
In the beginning, the Kingsley family’s siege team couldn’t even touch the walls of Brother’s Port, and then approached a little bit. Until now, there have been soldiers who are not afraid of death. They touched the top of the city along the ladder and had to use it. Close combat troops defending the city.
　　 It wasn't that the Kingsley family soldiers suddenly became stronger, but the soldiers of the Yongye Army and the Crocodile Clan's allied army have been rotated again, people are tired, and the frequency of bowing is obviously not as high as before.
　　 Many soldiers, even with the help of bows and arrows, are still because they are pulled too frequently.
　　 Even the bowstring ropes of the defense equipment, which is known for its stability and reliability, have been changed for several rounds.
　　 In other words, they are now exhausted from murder.
　　 But imagine how frequently the Kingsley family attacks, and how terrifying the number of corpses piled up under the city.
　　The Kingsley family now uses wheel tactics to maximize their number advantage.
"kill!"
　　 After a short rest, the Kingsley family army once again smashed up.
　　 Not only did more siege equipment be used this time, but also a large number of armored soldiers were mixed in the many cannon fodder, and the regular army of the Kingsley family was dispatched.
　　 "It's time." Dickron nodded lightly at Sean.
　　 Xiao En nodded clearly, and said to the messenger: "Notify the generals to start the first defense plan."
　　 As the order passed, the flames rose.
　　 One by one black powder barrels were thrown down from the top of the city, but instead of smashing people, they were thrown directly into the moat.
　　 accompanied by a loud noise.
　　 Water splashed all over.
　　 I don't know how many feet the moat ice layer has been stepped on. The ice layer is shattered and turned into a man-eating monster. The Kingsley soldier running on it is directly swallowed by it.
　　 Fortunately, those who don’t have armor can climb up even if they struggle.
　　 If the armor is worn, the thicker the armor, the lower the chance of climbing.
　　In this kind of weather, once I stayed in there for too long, there is only one in the end, which is frozen to death.
　　 The most terrible thing is that the ice that was blown up was not so completely broken, and quickly regrouped, making it more difficult for them to climb up.
　　 The leader of Yongye has already calculated in advance that the Kingsley family will use the moat to freeze and launch a full-scale attack. How could it not be prepared early?
　　 The first defensive plan led by Yongye Army is obviously more than just blasting the river surface.
　　 Then barrels of black fire oil poured down from the top of the city, and a torch was thrown down.
　　 turned a dozen meters below the city wall into a sea of ​​fire.
　　 The pipe was the siege tower that the Kingsley family finally pushed up. It was a car crash, or the corpses of both sides. At this moment, it all became the combustion-supporting agent of the sea of ​​flames, burning squeaky.
　　 Even if Akmeser was not happy anymore, in this case, he could only stop the attack and wait for the fire to go out and the moat to freeze again.
　　 Yongye army leader seized the opportunity to race against time to rest.
　　 The number of allied forces between the Yongye leader and the Crocodile tribe is not a lot, and it has exceeded 100,000 in one pack.
　　 But the wall of the city that can't stand Brother Port is large, and the area to be defended is large. At least 30,000 people must be on the wall for each rotation.
　　 War is not an ordinary job, and three shifts can be performed.
　　 The defensive soldiers stay on it for two or three hours, and they will enter a period of exhaustion. They must be rotated. Only in this way can they recover as soon as possible and keep their state above the normal line.
　　 This is because they have an absolute advantage in long range. When there are fewer close combats, if a large number of short-term soldiers meet, it is more likely to be exhausted, more frequent rotations, and less easy to recover.
　　The Kingsley family is not much better, taking turns attacking, not only exhausted their siege troops, but also suffered heavy casualties.
　　 In less than a day, there were more than 20,000 siege troops. They would fall forever and never get up again.
Fortunately, the siege battle was different from the previous battles and beach landings. Although the Kingsley family was in an offensive position at that time, the situation was too urgent, and they could not help but use their best to attack. The upper hand was the most elite one. That part, race against time.
　　 And this time, from start to finish, cannon fodder was used, whether it was the driven crocodile tribe, mercenary, Yang or mine slave.
　　 In the last wave of siege troops that rushed up, the armored soldiers were not the most elite heavy-armored infantry of the Kingsley family, but mercenaries and simply armed miners.
　　 has only one purpose, and that is to wear down the Yongye army leader and prepare for a full-scale attack.
　　The rest time left by the Kingsley family to the leader of Yongye was not long. In only three or four hours, the fire under the city wall was slightly extinguished, the moat was frozen again, and the siege army squeezed forward once again.
　　 is really spinning, twenty-five hours a day without stopping.
　　 Do not drag the Yongyejun leader tired, and vow not to stop.
　　 Fight for three consecutive days and three nights.
　　 Both the defensive side and the offensive side are exhausted.
　　 The arrows became sparse and abnormal, only the defense equipment occasionally showed off.
　　 This time, it is not only the fatigue of the archers, but the lack of supplies of arrows.
　　 In just three days and three nights, the arrows of various types shot by the Yongye Army have exceeded five million. If they are stacked together, they can be piled into several mountains.
　　 The outside of the city wall is full of arrows, like a low bush.
　　 The leader of Yongye has no way to count the casualties of the Kingsley family. The corpses outside are stacked with corpses, and there are already several layers.
　　 is both natural and artificial.
　　 These stacked corpses, frozen like rocks, are natural shelters. Large trebuchets will definitely not be able to prevent them, but there is no problem with preventing loose rocks and arrows.
　　Besides, the boulders thrown by the large trebuchets are definitely unstoppable, even with a car shield.
　　 If they are directly hit by them, it can only be said that they are possessed by the mold god, and they will definitely die.
　　 "Whether the city is broken or not, right now."
　　 Akmeser appeared in front of the formation riding a war horse. Unlike the past, this time he was wearing a golden armor.
　　The ancient artifact Golden Armor of the Kingsley family is dispatched.
　　 A group of Kingsley soldiers with only 10,000 people, dressed in simple leather armor, rushed towards Brother Port like a galloping horse.
　　 Although the armor on this 10,000-strong team that burst out suddenly is simple, it is obviously not cannon fodder such as mercenaries or mine slaves.
　　 Not only the mental outlook, the indomitable momentum and the high-speed physical fitness are not something ordinary cannon fodder can have.
　　 This is an elite army composed of rebel knights and knights.
　　 "Damn!"
　　 Even before that, Yongye soldiers and Crocodile soldiers had been vaccinated and mentally built. When they saw this situation, they were still stunned and almost forgot to attack.
　　 The situation before him is a bit like the reappearance of Sean's aerial bombardment of Archduke Buck, but from a person to an entire army.
　　 These charging Jinsili soldiers are covered with a layer of light yellow energy armor visible to the naked eye.
　　 This light yellow energy armor is 80% like a golden armor, but it is very thin, like a golden bell, covering the body of each of their soldiers.
　　 arrows falling on them will be bounced off by this layer of energy armor.
　　 To be more precise, it is like unloading force, slipping off them.
　　 But compared to the energy shield of the black powder cluster bomb that Grand Duke Buck can face, the soldiers on these soldiers are not even a bit behind.
　　 Not to mention the frontal impact of black powder, even the shotguns of ordinary trebuchets can’t avoid it, at best it can reduce a part of the impact.
　　 What can be fatal becomes severely injured, and what can be severely injured becomes moderate to low-grade injury.
　　 Use the term game terminology to describe, proper damage reduction.
　　 If you put aside the shock, you will find it if you look closely.
　　 These light yellow energy armors are not so enchanting.
　　 was hit by an arrow, and it could bounce off. If it was hit by four or five arrows at the same time, it would be difficult to escape serious injury or death.
　　 And in accordance with the law of conservation of energy, they should consume the magical energy of the golden armor. The more the number of hits on them, the more the magical energy consumption of the golden armor.
　　 When the energy of the golden armor is exhausted, it will also be the moment when the energy shield disappears.
　　 This kind of comprehensible Sean suddenly appeared in his heart, and he said solemnly: "Full firepower!"
　　 With the shaking of the sky, the leader of the Yongye Army no longer has any hidden.
　　 Overwhelming arrows.
　　 Crazy siege crossbow.
　　 All large and small trebuchets, including the roller trebuchets that can be turned, were turned around.
　　 Rolling wood and stone, not to mention, everything that could be smashed was smashed down, including the black kerosene oil that had been cherished so much, and soon a billowing fire was ignited under the city wall, and dense smoke floated.
　　 With a loud noise, the ice surface of the moat was exploded again.
　　 Even so, it still can't stop these Kingsley family soldiers from attacking.
　　 They are dead men in the true sense.
　　 In their eyes, there is only one goal, and that is to win Brother Port~EbookFREE.me~ life and death are irrelevant to them.
　　The ladder is the only siege tool they carry. In the high-speed charge, they never forget to lift them.
　　 These ladders are not only tools for climbing the city wall, but also tools for crossing the moat.
　　 Several ladders go there, and they will run at high speed.
　　 One frame on the city wall, they are like apes, they can rush to the top of the city in only three or five seconds.
　　 In the true sense, they rushed up to the city with blazing flames, and jumped out with grinning strange screams, and many of them were still burning with raging fire, just like an evil spirit in a famous fire.
　　 Obviously, in the process of rushing through the sea of ​​fire, they were stained with black fire oil, attached to the energy shield, and burned together.
　　 However, the partition effect of this energy shield can only prevent the fire oil from being sprayed directly on them, and the heat insulation effect is not so strong.
　　 Their hideous looks are not entirely pretended, they are grilled by heat.
　　 The moment they jumped on the city wall, the smell of burnt protein became stronger, and it was probably almost half mature.
　　 At this time, they still haven't forgotten their goal, that will definitely shake the world, and the momentum is very shocking.
　　 If they were facing an ordinary defender team, they might have broken the opponent with this momentum.
　　 But this time their opponent is the Yongye Army leader, the main force of the Yongye Army leader, and they are not inferior to them in terms of will.