DAY 122 WAR 4
A group of people left the temple and headed towards the street.
Due to the outbreak of the battle, the streets were not only empty, but even the big and small shops were closed tightly.
"Zhang Cheng, I heard what Alexia said, you said..." The Baron found an opportunity. At this time, the others were far apart. Zhang Cheng and him were closest. "Do you want me to be the lord here?"
"Earl," Zhang Cheng replied calmly. "You don't need to beat around the bush. If you have any questions, you can ask me directly."
This naked title made the Baron a little difficult to accept and a little embarrassing. In fact, he had no impression of Zhang Chengquan, so he still couldn't believe that this young man named Zhang Cheng was once an ordinary musketeer under his command.
These days, although muskets have become common weapons because of their own advantages, they are not valued because of their own shortcomings (and the influence of traditional concepts). Musketeers in the army are usually held by soldiers with the worst quality.
But we must admit that what Zhang Cheng showed was not the quality that a musketeer should have.
Although he does not have knight skills, Zhang Chengshen's sword skills are even above his daughter Alexia.
"I want to ask, what did you think of?"
"I read some books," Zhang Cheng replied calmly. "If the lord has no legal heir and can only be inherited by an irrelevant person, then the recognition of the church is the key factor. Isn't it?"
"Well, it's true in theory." said the Baron. He was at least at this age, even if he was not strong, at least he had good knowledge. "But... As far as I know, Lulian City is not completely unprepared. I have heard before that there is a magical weapon in the city that contains divine power and can be used to protect the city in times of crisis. Maybe the city lord or his family will activate this magical weapon in time."
"Ha... Earl, you've seen it." Zhang Cheng said in a calm and almost cold tone. "The Archbishop used it when he dealt with Connibar. Now the city has no guardian power."
"How could it be..." The Baron gasped. He understood a little now, and the dragon man undoubtedly noticed this, so the man would run a long distance. "But Earl Gellert of Lulian City has an heir, and his family is full of branches and leaves!"
"It's okay, the dragon man will help us prune."
"But, in my opinion, there will be some successors who will survive in the end, which is inevitable. No matter how powerful the Dragon Man is, this is inevitable."
"Just deny it." Zhang Cheng said coldly.
"What? Deny?" Baron was puzzled. "How to deny?"
"I'll tell you a story, Count. Once upon a time, there was an ancient country." Zhang Cheng said. "It was called 'Zhu Ming', and later it was conquered by the barbarians because of the corruption of the country itself. In order to show their magnanimity, this newly established barbarian dynasty announced that it would treat the heirs of the Zhuming Dynasty with magnanimity. Of course, this is just a statement, because everyone thinks that the heirs of the Zhuming Dynasty had died in the war. But later, a surviving heir was found, and he was recognized by the old ministers of Zhu Ming who belonged to the barbarians. What should you do about these barbarians? If they recognize the other party's identity, it would add unnecessary risks to their rule. If they refuse to fulfill their rash promises before, it would be equivalent to going back on their word and losing their trust. Guess what they did?"
"Has that heir been recognized by many old people? If so... I really don't know what to do. Both sides and left and right are wrong." The Baron thought for a while and replied.
"The group of barbarians did a clever job. They used the excuse of "caution" to send a group of envoys to confirm the identity of the other party. It is said that three group of envoys were sent... Of course, as long as they are willing, they can send a group of envoys. If the members of the group of envoys choose to recognize the identity of the other party's heir, they will be executed immediately and the whole family will be killed. The charges are not important, but they can be found in advance. After killing two groups of unsightly idiots, the third group of envoys became smart. They denied the legal identity of the heir. They believed that he was not that person at all, but just impersonated."
"Ah..." The Baron immediately understood.
"The barbarian rulers were happy to accept the opinions of the third group of messengers, who promoted the envoys and immediately executed the unlucky heir on the charge of "impostor". So everything was very happy. So you see, the count," said Zhang Cheng. "It's just a matter of skill."
"Don't say that this matter will not be exposed later. Even if it is exposed later, it is not the fault of the barbarian ruler, but the fault of the third group of messengers. Because the barbarian ruler himself does not know the heirs and does not know whether it is true or not." The Baron nodded. "It is indeed a very smart skill. I understand."
They had walked a long way on the street, and Zhang Cheng had spent this period of time in the city, so he had already known the location of some important shops. They came to the best and of course the most expensive clothing store in the city.
In front of the clothes shop, there were about a dozen unlucky guys who were shot and nailed to the ground.
These unlucky guys don't have armor and cannot be fully equipped with weapons. They are obviously civilians rather than soldiers.
These were probably rogue gangsters in the city, and they wanted to take advantage of the situation. Unfortunately, a group of dragon men should have flew past the sky here. Seeing them a little dangerous, they launched a wave of attacks.
There are many shots without hits. Comparing the shots with the shots without hits is almost one to one. In other words, these dragons have great skills in throwing shots in the air.
The door of the clothing store was closed and there was no movement inside. Obviously, after understanding that the Dragon Man siege, the shopkeeper here had already gone to run for life. But at least they knew how to lock the door before they escaped.
Zhang Cheng signaled the others to come forward and smash the door open. They carried a big axe for breaking the door - as long as it was a normal door, there was no reason not to open, it was just a matter of time.
Everyone was puzzled for a moment.
"What are you doing here?" Alexia asked. No one thought there was anything to do with the clothes store and their plans.
"I've come here to see it," said Zhang Cheng. He bought his own clothes at this store. "I still remember selling all kinds of clothes here, including robes of clergy."
He looked back at the shabby and plain gray-black old robe on the drunkard priest. He could not scare people when he went out in such clothes. On the contrary, when he saw the Archbishop, even Zhang Cheng admitted that the Archbishop's clothes were very cool.
"You mean..." Alexia became even more puzzled. "Give that... priest..."
"That acting archbishop," Zhang Cheng corrected. "Give me a set of clothes that are desirable."
Someone had already stepped forward to cut the door. No matter how strong the door was, it was not as strong as the prison door in the prison. It didn't take much time, and the door was broken and a group of people walked in.
By the time they came out, the drunkard priest was already shining brightly. No one believed that he was an ordinary priest in his dress. If his temperament changed a little more, no one would doubt that he was an archbishop.
Then Zhang Cheng turned to another blacksmith shop on the street - he remembered that it was sold for armor.
Then the Baron also changed into the most beautiful (but not the most practical) set of armor.
After completing these two preparations, the group returned to the church temple.
Here Kim has already drawn his summoning array.
It is not an ordinary magic array, but a "big summoning magic array" he invented and modified by himself.
The summoning array actually varies greatly. A genuine summoning array requires a mix of various rare metals, gems, potions, etc. The highest-end ones even consume some jewelry every time they summon it. However, the requirements for temporary ones are very low. You only need to use some alchemy potions to draw the array and temporarily allow the magic to flow on it.
Of course, the performance of the two is incomparable. The former allows you to quickly connect with the objects you need to summon, while the latter... it is hard to say.
Unless you are contract creatures with good relationships with each other (for example, the kind that you will provide sacrifices according to fixed rules), generally don't expect to summon anything powerful.
The battle continues. The dragons have already gained an overwhelming advantage.
There is no specific details of the battle in the distance in the temple, but the battle arrangement of the dragon man can be roughly inferred from the position where the dragon man is hovering.
The biggest advantage of the Dragon Man is flying, so they were very clear from the beginning. They used the advantages of flying to kill and kill the human troops in the city to divide the forces of the humans in the city and could not support each other.
However, he deliberately instigated civilians and deserters to escape and did not pursue and kill them to reduce resistance.
The first main target is the city lord's mansion, with the goal of completing the beheading battle. Then there is the rich area in the city - most of the nobles live here. These nobles basically have some private soldiers, and may even be very elite.
The main battles are now in the wealthy areas. The dragons remove human resistance from mansions one by one. Although the speed is not fast, the pace is very solid and stable. Basically, they use their superior forces to fight annihilation wars.
Because the dragon man used the air superiority to divide, the human side could not support each other and could not retreat, so there was no suspense in the outcome of the battle.
If you force retreat or support, the loss will only be greater. Because the Dragon Man's gun is very weak to the building, but it is too fatal to the humans on the street. No matter what shield or armor it can't stop a gun thrown in the air.
In fact, if you calculate carefully, there are not many dragon people, which is just over 1,000 or 2,000. But because of the flight, it was simply a dark cloud, which made people frightened.
In short, the Dragon Man's tactics are very organized, and they are very clear about what they should do and how to do it. Anyone can see that if no extra power is added, then the human side will definitely lose.
"It's almost done," Zhang Cheng watched as the dark clouds made of dragon people were shifting direction... The suppression of the rich area was over. The fire was soaring over there, and the entire rich area's mansions were burning in the fire. With this flame, almost all the nobles in Lulian City were cleaned up.
The dragon man began to turn his attention to the military camp.
The military camp is not very far from the temple where Zhang Cheng is located at this moment, so it is easy to detect the dragon man's aerial movements.
In fact, from the beginning, a small group of troops suppressed the military camp. Faced with the enemy's air superiority, there was no good way for humans to fight back with weapons such as muskets and crossbows. Although they could also defeat a few dragon men, they were always suppressed and did not make much achievements.
Now that the number of dragon people is large, things become more dangerous.
Musketeers and crossbowmen suffered heavy losses. Before, they could hear the roar of muskets, but now the gunfire is becoming increasingly sparse.
Some dragons have already landed on the ground and are obviously rushing into buildings. It is only a matter of time before the humans are defeated.
Once the human garrison in the military camp is defeated, it will be the beginning of a battle royale.
With two legs, humans are definitely not able to run away from the dragon man. Although most of the residents in the city have fled from the city at this moment, most of them cannot escape the dragon man's next pursuit.
The total number of Zhang Cheng's group is only a dozen. If they want to attack the Dragon Man, they will only pay for themselves in vain. Instead, they will seize the horses in the military camp (the Dragon Man is likely to ignore the stables). Now is the opportunity.
"Let's start." Zhang Cheng said to everyone.
He did not move in place, and Baron Normdan followed the drunken priest named Penn and several others to the central hall of the temple. Here, the statue of the Supreme Father stood up, and He was described as an old man wearing armor, brave and determined, facing all living beings with a look of disdain.
The drunkard priest prays to the Supreme Father here and explains to Him the current situation: the dragon raids and the city is in danger. At this moment, only a hero like Baron Normdan can save the city. Moreover, the city is no longer a lord, so he requests to enthrone this hero as a local lord in the name of the Supreme Father.
The statue would not have any reaction: now all the human gods, including the Supreme Father, are in the state of descent, that is, the weakest. In this case, even the clergy are unable to control it. But perhaps this dragon raid has attracted high attention from the Supreme Father, because at this time, the surface of the statue suddenly glowed slightly, which scared the drunkard priests to not even be able to pray.
However, the statue of God is slightly shining, indicating that the Supreme Father has received this prayer.
Chapter completed!