It snowed last night.Against the backdrop of the dark night sky, snowflakes fell without warning, and they fell in the wind like snow-white elves fluttering in the air.The next day, the border town was like a white quilt, and it switched to winter snow mode in one night.Clive has issued an emergency recruitment order in the square, and a group of men has been called in to clear the snow from the streets on a daily basis.At the very least, the dirt road leading to the northern wall should be clear.Woo woo - a low horn sound can be heard from the north, indicating that the scouts have found a large number of undead monsters, and they need to gather all their troops to deal with them.Everything came so suddenly, and the first offensive since the beginning of winter was coming.Owen hurried out of the castle, the guards already ready for horses.Taking the reins, he turned and mounted his horse, leading Mapel and a few guards to gallop towards the northern wall.The snow in the aisles of the city walls has long been cleared, and it seems that the militia has been organizing snow clearing work long ago.When he climbed the city wall, he saw that the militia, the knights, and the lizardmen were all in place according to the rehearsal plan, and Owen nodded with satisfaction.There were no mistakes due to panic, which means that the previous training was very effective.The militiamen clenched their spears, and the lizardmen held spears, all standing on the wall.The knight drew the strings of his crossbow and was ready to shoot at any moment.Incidentally, the lizardman is wearing appropriately modified winter clothing provided by Owen, with its tail fully exposed.They were already wearing a few unseemly hides, and Owen feared that this would not be able to stop the cold north wind.If there is a situation of freezing, it will affect the performance of the battle.As for the leather armor, Owen didn't provide it, and the scales on the lizard man were already a good layer of protection.In addition, there were nine members of the shooting team, armed with muskets loaded with lead bullets, ready to be called at any time.The five barrels drilled by the steam boring machine were made into muskets and delivered without incident.Looking a little west-north, Owen saw a dense cluster of black dots emerging from the snow in the distance, frantically surging towards the city walls.According to a rough estimate, there are hundreds of undead monsters, most of them undead soldiers.However, there are also individual differences between the undead.Some of them are bare skeleton shelves, just like the ones I encountered before; Some of them still have foul-smelling carrion on their bodies, and they are completely running around as a corpse that has not yet completely decomposed.Compared to the undead who only have skeletons left, the undead who are still in the state of rotting corpses will be stronger in terms of strength and more agile in action.The rest are undead monsters in the form of monster corpses, mainly wolves, dogs, and foxes.
[It looks a bit like Resident Evil.] 】Winster sighed.What is Resident Evil?
Shaking his head, Owen ignored Winster and walked straight to Viscount Jarvis."
How?
It should be no problem to deal with an undead monster of this size, right?
”This was the first time that Owen had dealt with a large group of undead monsters in winter, so he wanted to ask the most experienced person present."
Surely."
Viscount Jarvis didn't look back, his eyes kept looking ahead.He had a musket in his hand that Owen had given him, which was an extra one, because the shooting team was one less."
This is not too large, I have encountered more undead monsters than this before."
And on a larger scale?
Owen frowned slightly, this undead monster was really difficult to deal with."
It's a little creepy to look at."
Lu Sha on the other side said with a heavy face.The weapon he held in his hand was a normal spear, not the usual great axe.The great axe was indeed incredibly powerful in individual combat, but if it was swung on the city wall, it would slash at a teammate if it was not careful."
While you're still cowering in the forest, we've been battling this terrifying undead monster every winter."
The one who spoke was Mapel.Listening to her tone, it seemed a little smug and at the same time slightly mocking."
What are you talking about?!"
Rusha glared at Mapel and retorted angrily, "Before the wall was built, our ancestors were already fighting those monsters in the forest. ”"Shut up!
It's engagement time!
”Viscount Jarvis scolded.The two immediately stopped arguing and turned their heads to look ahead.Owen closed his open mouth as well.He also wanted to stop the two, but was preempted by Viscount Jarvis.Guided by the obstacles set up on the road, the group of undead monsters in the distance gradually gathered in the middle of the city wall, and it turned out to be a large group of rotting corpse undead soldiers rushing to the front."
Throw stones!"
Viscount Jarvis ordered.The herald hurriedly passed on the order.After a while, four trebuchets set up on the city wall threw huge stones in turn, and flew towards the middle of the front.The non-use of explosives packs should be considered by Viscount Jarvis himself, and there is no need to waste them.Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
The stone falls into the middle of the group of undead monsters.The effect was not ideal, each boulder only hit less than five undead monsters, and after some were knocked down, they quickly stood up and continued to rush forward.The next round of throwing takes a lot of preparation time.As soon as the enemy came into firing range, Viscount Jarvis immediately shouted: "Free fire!"
”After giving the order, he himself raised the musket in his hand and aimed at the undead soldiers in front of him.Bang bang bang!
Whoosh!
Muskets and crossbows were fired indiscriminately, and the undead soldiers in the front row fell one after another, slightly slowing down the progress of the group of undead monsters.The undead soldier who had not been completely killed fell and was unable to get up because he was stomped under his feet by the undead monsters that surged up from behind.After the shooting, Viscount Jarvis and the firing team hurriedly reloaded the muskets, while the knights wound their bows and crossbows.Seeing the undead monster getting closer and closer to the city wall, Kadir swallowed.He was nervous, his palms sweating wildly.Feeling that the place where he grabbed the gun was a little slippery, Kadir quickly wiped the sweat with his clothes, and then picked up the spear again, and assumed a stabbing ready position."
Don't be nervous, take a deep breath as the knight just said."
Blue on the side whispered.Kadir did so, inhaling and exhaling, but the little heart was still beating rapidly, and it didn't seem to have any effect.Sneaking a look at Blue, he noticed that the guy's hands were trembling slightly.Good guy, aren't you just as nervous!
Of course, Kadir didn't mean to laugh at Blue.Before that, no one in the militia had ever climbed the city wall, at most they had done manual work such as carrying grain and grass and delivering equipment.It is estimated that many people can't imagine that they will stand on the city wall to defend themselves against the enemy together.In the first battle, it is inevitable that you will be nervous.Over the past few days, Kadir has witnessed scattered undead monsters being shot by knights with bows and crossbows.He thought that this would be considered more courageous, but when he really wanted to fight in person, he found that he was afraid.In this way, watching someone kill an enemy is completely different from doing it yourself.