A group of sentries came back two days ago and reported that they had discovered the large army of Yaxia, and expected to arrive at Liv Fort tomorrow morning to afternoon. The reason for the journey of one day was that they could not judge the schedule of the Yaxia Legion. If they were rushing overnight, it might be earlier, but if they walked slowly, it might not arrive until tomorrow evening.

Now Geudon's troops in Livburg are less than 7,000. Although they are defending the city, they are still a bit overwhelming. In fact, the terrain of Livburg is good. Although it is not built on the steep terrain of the cliff, it is also considered a highland compared to the nearby terrain. The first wall of the castle is on the hillside, and the back mountain is steeper than the main entrance. It can usually be climbed up more easily, but it is unlikely to attack from that direction when siegeing the city.

It was really wrong to choose the Yaxia people to choose this place to build fortifications. There is a river flowing from the depths of Liv's woodland to Swan Lake in the south. If there is enough manpower and money, you can build an outer wall at the foot of the castle, and then dig a moat outside to lead the living water of the river to the south into the castle moat. This is probably what the Liv's fortifications look like after the completion of Liv's defensive fortifications.

After completion, as long as the number of catapults in the castle is sufficient, it can use a higher terrain to attack the enemy's siege equipment. After the moat, the castle will be immune to the siege towers used by soldiers to climb the city. As for the well railings used in ancient wars in the past, they can only be hit with the catapults. However, the siege towers in the Western Continent seem to be the same as the siege gate, which can be used for soldiers to climb the city, and the siege gate can also be fired against the soldiers guarding the city.

This is probably related to their fortification structure. In ancient wars in the past, there were moats outside almost all the city walls, while the castles and fortresses in the western continent may not have moats. This is not a question of which is more advanced, but the roles were different from the beginning. The ancient city walls in China were generally urban fortifications, and cities would definitely choose to be next to rivers at the beginning of their establishment. The castles in the western continent were more like the Great Wall in China, and existed as strongholds fortifications. For example, if there was no unified system in China in ancient China, it did not form a unified system in ancient China.

If hundreds of princes of all sizes fought in the collapse of the Gulana Empire, the Great Wall would become like a castle, with a slightly larger fortification appearing at a distance. As the stronghold and castle of the local princes and lords is the product of separatist rule. It is fortunate that a country in the era of cold weapons war did not have a large number of large fortifications like castles. As for moats, the castle would choose a place with water, but more importantly, choose the most steepest terrain near the defensive area.

Although the terrain of Livburg is not steep, it is quite good compared to the endless plain forests nearby and the pastures around Swan Lake. Just dig a moat and it will be perfect. Living water will attract land from the river. If you want to fill the pit, send someone to cut off the drainage and fill it slowly. The drainage is also within the attack range of Livburg siege equipment. Such Livburg is not as good as the castle of the Rock Fort, even the castle of the Luoye City.

As for now... holding the battlements of the castle's walls with hands. The scene of the perfect city defense fortification of Livburg slowly disappeared from the front of his eyes. Back to reality, the gaps that were originally smashed by the Geduan army themselves have just been repaired. It looks like the pots that the Galese pot repairers have repaired. No matter how you look at it, the trenchers must have greeted him after the Yaxia people began to attack the city. The steps of breaking the gate and climbing the city are saved. The city hammer and siege tower are not built, and the terrain siege tower of Livburg cannot be pushed up. Once the castle is again

The gap was opened, and Grand Duke Yaxia pulled a bunch of people into it. The moat was still because there was no moat. Once the city wall was broken, it could only be topped by his own soldiers. If there was a moat, the city wall could at least be broken and killed in large quantities during the enemy's filling the river. It was too late to dig now. Although the drainage was only a few hundred meters away, if you really wanted to dig the land, it would take at least several months to make the river divert and circle the small hill where Liv Fort was located. It would not include building a stone foundation for the riverbed.

It's useless to stand on this city wall to sigh. It's important to find more people to guard the city. Let Jacques gather all the young and strong men from Yaxia village who have sworn allegiance. They are not herders in the Principality of Yaxia, but Yaxia people from the Yaxia tribe in the Marquis of Gotton. After all, there are four or five hundred young and strong young people who take out their hunting bows. I'll send them the hunting bows that have not been fought before. It doesn't matter if I put them on a wall inside and shoot arrows outside. These semi-herdsmen, hunters will never tell me that they can't shoot arrows. As for the archery technique, there is no need to consider. There is no need to consider where to guard the city. There is any accurate head, and you can nail something if you have an arrow to the crowd of enemies.

"Family - dear friends..." When I shouted the first sentence at Yaxia Qingshen, I always felt awkward when I shouted. That tone was similar to those of the returning group in the revolutionary movies I watched in my previous life. "As long as you give me who is..."

Wrong, shouting wrong, getting into the show too quickly. I stopped quickly, swung my right hand and waved it in front of my mouth. It turned out that I was born to be a "reactionary". After a quick cough, I shouted again: "You--" first pointed at the young and strong people and shouted loudly. "... It was the first group of people in this territory. I just became your lord more than ten days ago, and you also swear to be loyal to me. Since then, you have been Geden people..." As he said, he slowly walked down the steps and said as he walked: "Maybe there are still people among you who think they are Yaxia, but you think about it yourself. After Yaxia's army occupied this land

Will they let you go hundreds of people who betrayed Lord Yaxia and promised my loyalty to me? No... all the villagers, including your relatives... will be slaughtered." After saying that, he glanced at the old and young Axia people around these young and strong. These Axia people were holding the idea of ​​loyalty to whoever occupied this place no matter how the nobles fought. Maybe there were villagers who hated Gedun like the Axia people who attacked the camp. In fact, if the Gedun army failed to defend the city, it would not be necessary to kill them when they met a better-tempered Lord Yaxia. But there was no need to tell them, after all, there was very few such situations, and I asked them to help me work hard.

"Now..." they whispered again: "I call on you as my soldiers to fight to protect my first people in this land. Yes, the first people in my land are your own relatives. Protect them and protect me at the same time. For when I take root in this land, you will no longer be regarded as the Axia people who can be slaughtered by others, but the Gorton Livburgh people, and you fight for me, and I will protect your relatives. As your lord, I swear here that your men will be for me

I will protect all your tribesmen in Livburg from discrimination and injustice, and live your life like all the Gortons."

I don’t know if it was my own eloquence or other reasons. After I finished speaking, there was no response scene of these villagers responding, but continued to whisper. Although these villagers were brave, they were not fools, and they were also very practical. It is one thing to call them to fight, and whether they worked hard when fighting was another.

There was no choice but to point to a villager and ask, "Tell me your doubts, to be honest, you will not be punished. I swear."

The villager was called by me and looked around at his fellow villagers around him, then he plucked up his courage and said, "Master, I'm worried... You know, it's not that I'm afraid of death, I'm not afraid of death for my wife and children. I just worry that if I die, they will be bullied. I either doubt you, or... You know, although you say that we are now Geden, we are still different from them..." After saying that, the villager glanced at the surrounding Geden Legion soldiers.

It's still a matter of race. Although this villagers said they believed me, they were just a polite statement. They didn't think so in their hearts. It was not easy for these villagers to help me wholeheartedly, and it would take some time. Once they were sincerely loyal to me, I could reward them all the ranches on the north side of Swan Lake, tame war horses for me, and draw the young and strong people among them to form cavalry units according to my wishes. These semi-herdsmen are more suitable for rangers than the Gortons. With scales, bows, arrows and melee weapons, they can immediately become troops. If I have time to train more, I can also form a unit like the Grand Duke of Asia.

He stared at the villager for a while, closed his eyes and nodded. Then he pointed to his face. "Look at me..." and then turned to the villagers around him. "Look at me..." After saying that, he turned back to the steps. "How do you look at me...? I don't even look like a Western mainlander at all. Even the Sara people look like me, ah?...haha..."

There was a burst of laughter among the crowd, and this was the effect... When the purpose was achieved, it immediately shouted again: "Soldiers--" As soon as the words were finished, the surrounding Gordon soldiers immediately cheered up, held the weapons in their hands, and made a neat sound. The villagers immediately panicked, probably thinking that I was going to order them to be killed.

"Tell them...I am the lord of which country..." he panicked and continued to shout loudly without paying attention to them.

"Godun--" The soldiers' answers were neat and deafening. This was often called out when they were training.

"Then tell them who I am."

"Myrd", "Men Viscount", "Godun's Knights", this time's answers are far from being neatly last time, and there are all kinds of answers in a sparse manner, but it doesn't matter, it has achieved the effect I want.

After the soldiers answered, they turned back to look at the villagers. "You see now that the difference is only appearance. As long as your courage can be recognized, then they can also be respected. This has nothing to do with the difference in appearance between you. Remember my words. Perhaps someone among you will become knights through your own efforts in the future. As long as your courage and morality have been recognized by me, then this words will become reality."

"I... are your lord, the master here, and all those who are loyal to me will be rewarded. I promise you: In the future, my sons and grandchildren will still be able to protect your descendants when they inherit this land, and can still give you such promises and make it a reality, because I will teach them this way. Their bodies are flowing with the same blood as me, with a different appearance. Protect this family and let this family protect you. I hope you can tell your descendants like this too..." At the end of his speech, his tone began to slowly calm down. By the end of his speech, the surroundings were already silent.

After a while, a villager in the crowd took his pointed hat off his head, put it on his chest, bowed respectfully to me, and then more and more villagers around began to take off their hats and pay tribute to me.

Looking at the young and strong villagers below, they finally got them done in the first step. It seems that the key is whether they are equally qualified to gain status if they fight, and their descendants. There will probably be more trouble in the future. After the arrival of Ge Dun's immigration, there will be conflicts, bumps and trivial matters, and I will have a headache at that time.

The original Asians who had already cooperated in the Liv region had to go a long way, not to mention those who were not cooperative in other ethnic groups. The father-in-law's method of genocide in one region was indeed easier, but... now my struggle was rewarded. "Sell" his son and grandson to these villagers in exchange for their loyal service to my family. This was learned from Edward I, the king of the British in the past in Western Europe. After the British king, who had the "long legs" and "Hammer of Scotland", had a fierce custom and rebellious situation. So he "selled" his son to the Welsh people, and from then on, his loyalty to Wales. It seems that if he conquered somewhere in the future, but there were constant rebellions in the local area, I had to let my wife L'Oreal go and have a baby (Note 1).

We don’t have the title of king, nor are we father-in-law. We can’t afford the title of a certain prince, but we will always have a chance in the future and we will make up for it at that time. Ge Dun has never been so close to the crown as we are now. We will always have the opportunity to see that day after the level before us.

Note

When Edward I conquered Wales with war, when discussing the issue of Wales' rule, the unyielding Welsh people put forward four conditions, namely, the Welsh rulers they allegiance must be: one, born in Wales; two, born in aristocratic; three, not speaking English and French; four, morally pure and flawless.

The intention of the Welsh nobles was of course to choose a Welsh as their king. Unexpectedly, Edward I agreed to it. Afterwards, he took the British queen to Wales, and their only son, Edward, was born in Kanafon Castle in Wales. Edward I summoned the tribal leaders of Wales and said to them: "This is my son, born in Wales, and he will not speak English or French, and he has never wronged anyone, and he is absolutely pure and flawless in morality. He is your Prince of Wales."

The Welsh people were stunned and had nothing to say, so they had to accept this new ruler. Since then, successive British princes have been named Prince of Wales. Wales has since been incorporated into Britain and become part of Britain.
Chapter completed!