A Realistic Mount & Blade Game

‘ Rumble !’

Then, a torrent of floodwaters rushed towards the Diesel Company, which resembled a dam, with a thunderous roar.

When those pig-headed men and other robber subhuman races realized that this flood was not a flood…

But a group of human heavy cavalry charging over, it was already too late!

“Charge!”

Shen Mu charged at the front, and the 10 Holy Tree Knights and 50 Holy Tree Cavalry on both sides immediately spread out to the left and right.

In a short period of time, they formed a wedge formation like a sharp arrow while the warhorses were running.

This is the best and most effective classic charge formation for cavalry to break through the enemy's slender formation by focusing on a single point during the charge!

“For the Holy White Oak!”

“For the Holy Tree Knights!”

The Holy Tree Knights and Holy Tree Cavalry shouted together, their lances completely tightened in their hands.

Looking at the distorted faces and desperate, panicked eyes in front of them, they followed their comrades in front and extended their lances forward.

At the moment of passing by, they naturally aimed the spearhead at the enemy.

‘Puff!’

The terrifying power erupted from the sharp spearhead under the blessing of inertia, directly and easily piercing through the fat and bones of the pig-headed man, and even the internal organs were pierced in an instant, stirring the muscles and skin into a ball.

Even more so, in an instant, the sharp wedge formation led by Shen Mu broke the long snake formation in the middle.

The charge formation of 61 cavalrymen lined up.

Directly caused nearly 300 pig-headed men within their charging range to fall down wailing. In the area of nearly 100 meters within the entire long snake formation, there were less than 50 people who could stand!

These Holy Tree Knights and Holy Tree Cavalry can enter the charging state in a short period of time.

This is related to the fact that the armor they wear is slightly lighter.

It is even more related to the fact that they have been honing their horsemanship and practicing charging skills countless times in the Holy Tree Knights!

Especially this kind of tactic where everyone arranges a cavalry wedge formation to carry out a surprise attack on the enemy.

It’s extremely skillful!

Enter the charging state in a short period of time, and then tear apart the enemy's formation.

Let the subsequent infantry follow up.

Originally, it was a classic tactic in the Mount \u0026 Blade: Warband Pendor world where the Holy Tree Knights were located.

But now, it is not the infantry units of the Holy Tree Knights who are following up.

But the Swadian kingdom cavalry in black chain mail, arranged in two rows from the opposite community, following Shen Mu's bugle call!

“For Swadia!”

“Charge!”

Fatis rode forward, surrounded by 10 Swadian Knights and 35 Swadian Heavy Cavalry with their horses' heads aligned in a line.

They lined up neatly, restraining their speed and keeping the warhorses under their crotches running evenly.

Behind them, another 35 Swadian Heavy Cavalry were in the second row, spaced about 20 meters apart, also restraining the speed of the warhorses under their crotches, jogging slowly and gradually increasing the speed of the charge.

Compared to the cavalry charge of the Holy Tree Knights, which resembles a wedge-shaped sharp arrow that tears apart the enemy's formation by focusing on a single point.

These Swadian cavalry, who go from a trot to a gallop, and then start to accelerate into a charging state…

Are like a super huge sledgehammer!

Or a steel wall!

‘Rumble rumble rumble——’

They formed two rows of standard, more than 3-meter-high low walls, and began to approach those pig-headed men who had already had their formation torn apart, cut off in the middle, and stunned by the sudden cavalry charge, at an increasingly faster speed.

The target was the tail of the pig-headed men's long snake formation that Shen Mu led the Holy Tree Knights to cut off in the middle.

Those pig-headed men who were at a loss in the desert terrain, still standing there blankly, watching the rampant cavalry rush and kill their 300 or so usual companions who were severely injured or killed, and their hearts began to waver, wanting to retreat!

‘Rumble!’

Then came the overwhelming power, the cavalry wall charge that was even more terrifying than the wedge formation charge of the Holy Tree Knights, instantly passing through the tail of that group of pig-headed men.

It really was like a giant hammer, sweeping away everything that dared to appear in front of them!

Completely collapsing these pig-headed men who were already panicked and had blank minds!

Moreover, all these pig-headed men were stirred into their charging meat grinder, into their sharp lances, under the horseshoes that trampled over, and on the chests of the warhorses, also wrapped in iron armor, that crashed over with surging inertia!

Stirring these pig-headed men in and then smashing them to pieces!

The seemingly simple cavalry wall charge with spears hidden countless fatal dangers!

If the wedge formation is the standard cavalry formation for tearing apart the enemy's formation, easily tearing apart the enemy's formation.

Then the cavalry wall charge with spears, which in essence requires both men and horses to be covered in heavy armor, is a terrifying tactic that can cause a huge impact even on the enemy's spear phalanx, and it is about smashing any enemy formation alive!

This may originate from two different schools of cavalry charge.

Strictly speaking, it is the classical cavalry school that uses surprise attacks and raids by regular cavalry, and habitually charges the flanks or backs of enemy formations by taking advantage of battlefield mobility.

It emphasizes tearing apart the enemy's formation, and then engaging in melee combat with the enemy within the enemy's formation.

In this process, the infantry or reinforcements that follow up are used to completely defeat the enemy.

And then win the victory.

For example, during the Crusades, the cavalry of the Byzantine and Arabs were accustomed to and best at using cavalry, and the combination of infantry and cavalry was the way to fight.

For those Crusaders from Western Europe, it was simply difficult to match.

However, when the Crusader noble knights and cavalrymen were all concentrated and used this tactic of cavalry wall charge with spears to charge the enemy.

Then it was often the time when the Byzantine and Arab troops would be defeated in a short period of time.

Because compared to the classical cavalry charge.

This cavalry wall charge with spears is a charge revolution that uses elite knights as the main force, and uses the most cavalry-like method to rush up, but it just leads to the cavalry combat style!

A very successful change in charging tactics!

The result is just like now.

Shen Mu led the Holy Tree Knights to cut off the enemy in the middle.

Fatis led the Swadian cavalry to completely collapse the pig-headed men in the rear in the desert terrain with two waves of charges, front and back.

Just outside the rammed earth walls of the orc tribe.

Right under the noses of these orc tribes.

Completed the charge.

Defeated the marching formation of those pig-headed men and auxiliary troops.

Then each turned their horses' heads and gathered again on the left and right.

Unanimously, the charging target was once again locked on the pig-headed men in front, who had already entered the main road of Balihe Street, but were now panicked because of the sudden surprise attack.

“Ugh——”

The long bugle call appeared again.

Shen Mu once again blew the encouraging bugle in his left hand.

Although the horn had already been blown before, the morale and courage gained during its duration would not stack again.

However, this horn also represented a signal.

It instantly made Fatis, hundreds of meters away, understand Shen Mu's intention.

He gathered the Swadian knights around him and immediately took action, leading the charge forward once more, lances couched!

"For Swadia! For honor! Charge!"

Fatis shouted.

Even though many knights and heavy cavalrymen had turned their lances into kebab skewers after the previous charge, they had no choice but to abandon them on the battlefield.

But now, they held their knightly swords and hand-and-a-half swords, those slender, sturdy blades adept at thrusting and slashing, high above their heads, pointing diagonally forward, using them as if they were new lances.

The brightly gleaming longswords, shimmering with a chilling light, were for a time even more terrifying than lances.

They caused the pig-men, whose courage had been shattered by the first wave of the charge, and their auxiliary troops to scatter in disarray, fleeing in panic towards the complex environments of the surrounding residential areas!

Which is to say.

These pig-men and their auxiliary troops completely ceded the initiative on the battlefield to Fatis's Swadian knights.

They surrendered victory to Shen Mu!

"Do not pursue! We are leaving here!" But Shen Mu did not linger in the fight.

Or rather, after directly landing a successful blow, gaining a huge advantage, and inflicting at least 500 casualties on this army of over 2,000 beastmen, he chose to leave immediately.

"Understood!" Fatis originally wanted to use his knightly sword to dismount and pursue the fleeing soldiers.

But upon hearing Shen Mu's order after he rode over, he immediately chose to obey.

He turned his horse around, leading the Swadian knights and heavy cavalry to follow Shen Mu and the members of the Holy Tree Knight Order.

They continued to increase the speed of their warhorses, galloping along the wide main road towards the town of Deherim from whence they came.

The thunderous sound of horseshoes striking the ground quickly faded away.

The edge of the desert was left with a chaotic scene of corpses and a large number of pig-men and their auxiliary troops recovering from the surprise attack.

As well as those Diesel Corporation employees who had emerged from their state of fear and were becoming increasingly enraged by the scene before them.

This was the first time since the Diesel Corporation had possessed the beastman tribe that they had been so miserably targeted and ambushed.

It was the first time they had suffered such a great loss!

Even the last time, a year and a half ago, when they fought against the wood elves in the City Wetland Garden, they had not lost 500 native pig-men in a single battle.

Now, they had just left the protection of the tribe's city walls.

Or rather, they had just come out of the tribe.

And they had encountered such carnage.

How could this not enrage the official employees of the Diesel Corporation?!

Of course.

This was also why Shen Mu requested that they quickly disengage from the battlefield and leave the area after completing the charge.

He had only caught the opponent off guard; it was a result of the surprise attack.

It was not the true strength of his own small force.

A mere 132 cavalrymen.

Even if they were all fully armed and armored, both men and horses.

And their charge was incredibly powerful.

The absolute disadvantage in numbers was still there.

Shen Mu didn't want to take risks.

If those pig-men recovered, formed ranks one by one from the complex residential areas where charging was impossible, and counterattacked.

Plus, being so close to the Diesel Corporation's tribe, new troops could reinforce them at any time.

Caught in a pincer attack.

Losing mobility, losing charging space, losing the opportunity to disengage from the battlefield.

Then, the fate of these heavy cavalrymen, whose numbers were severely insufficient, surrounded and trapped here, would be obvious.

Once the cavalry lost their tactical space and had no infantry to support them.

After being caught in a prolonged melee, the disadvantage would become extremely apparent.

For Shen Mu, even losing a single cavalryman would be extremely painful.

It was better to leave immediately after landing a successful blow.

Eat a piece of fat and run.

It was safer to gradually eat away at the enemy's forces by taking advantage of the ample tactical space reserved!

Moreover, the dialogue box had already popped up in front of Shen Mu.

【Ding! Congratulations! You and your troops have won this battle with absolute courage and superb tactics!】

【Ding! After post-war system evaluation, your victory is rated as a 'thorough' victory!】

【You have obtained—Silver Treasure Chest × 1.】

【Ding! Because of your proper arrangements, you made the choice to take the initiative to attack, and successfully carried out a cavalry charge feast within the enemy's sphere of influence, severely frustrating the enemy's arrogance.】

【You have obtained—】

【① +1 skill upgrade point: You can choose a skill to upgrade.】

【② 1000 denars. This is a reward from money.】

【③ Silver-level treasure chest for city defense. It contains a series of arrangements for city defense battles. Compared to ordinary silver-level treasure chests, this type of silver-level treasure chest for city defense is more valuable.】

【Hint: Your skill points are more suitable for 'Power Strike (Lv1 Warrior skill)' due to cost-effectiveness.】

The dialogue box appeared in front of Shen Mu, all rewards for completing this temporary mission and winning this battle.

However, as the Holy Tree Destrier beneath him galloped quickly, the spire of the Rhodok castle and the outline of Deherim's city walls came into view ahead.

They had returned to their territory.

"Open the city gate!"

On the west city gate, the Lake Rat Gang Destroyers shouted, reopening the city gate and lowering the drawbridge again.

As the heavy plank of the drawbridge slammed down on the opposite side of the moat once more.

A passage wide enough for 3 heavy cavalrymen or 5 fully armed infantrymen to walk side by side appeared here.

'Rumble'

Then Shen Mu took the lead and entered the town.

Behind him were Fatis and the knights and cavalrymen, each entering in an orderly fashion, entering the city gate.

"The Holy Tree Cavalry and the Swadian Heavy Cavalry will return to the military camp area to rest."

Fatis tightened the reins at the city gate, stopping the Swadian warhorse beneath him, and made arrangements for the knights and cavalrymen: "All Holy Tree Knights, Swadian Knights, follow Lord Shen Mu back to the noble residence!"

"Understood!" The knights and cavalrymen responded in unison.

Then they separated and went to their respective destinations to rest.

The Holy Tree Cavalry and the Swadian Heavy Cavalry returned to the military camp area, where many tents had already been set up, and there was also the Lake Rat Gang training camp, where they could lie down and rest after removing their armor, allowing them to recover their spent energy.

As for their warhorses, the assigned Swadian light infantrymen were responsible for removing their armor, watering them, and feeding them fodder.

They didn't need to worry about anything.

Including at the noble residence.

The knights who had also returned with Shen Mu as his personal guards also handed over their warhorses to the Swadian light infantrymen who served as attendants at the noble residence.

They would also remove their armor, fetch clean water and fodder, and allow the warhorses to replenish their energy and nutrition.

Now, within the town and castle, everyone knew what they should do and what their job was.

The division of labor was extremely clear!

Especially after Manid came, he arranged the most numerous Swadian light infantrymen, now numbering 390, in an orderly manner.

And on the city walls and towers, there were Rhodok skilled crossbowmen holding war crossbows, and Vaegir archers holding nomadic bows, standing guard.

Teams of Swadian light infantrymen and Lake Rat Gang Destroyers were also patrolling back and forth.

Because it was a city defense battle, the infantrymen and archers were more nervous at this time.

For the cavalrymen who had just returned, as long as the city walls had not been breached, then for them, it was best to recover their strength as soon as possible, wait for the call of orders, and then put on their armor and ride their warhorses to charge into battle.

……

Noble residence, conference hall.

Shen Mu sat at the head of the long table.

"Lord, please have some honey milk." A Swadian light infantryman brought a drink.

"Mm." Shen Mu took it. The milky white milk in the glass had a hint of warmth, but it was not hot. It had obviously been boiled in advance and cooled to the current temperature, just about the same as body temperature.

So Shen Mu drank it all in one gulp. As the rich, fragrant milkiness mixed with the sweetness of honey entered his throat, he nodded in satisfaction and praised, "A very good drink. You've done well."

Shen Mu was truly satisfied with the warm honey milk.

Especially after returning from a fierce battle, galloping all the way on horseback, his whole body was hot from the exercise and he had consumed a lot of energy. A cup of warm milk with honey could quickly replenish the lost moisture and sugar.

It could help the body recover faster.

Moreover, compared to ice-cold drinks that bring a refreshing sensation, Shen Mu knew the disadvantages of drinking cold drinks after strenuous exercise.

If it wasn't handled well, it could really lead to big problems.

This also showed that these Swadian light infantrymen, who had been tested in battle for a long time, were very clear about the taboos of post-war care.

"Thank you for your praise."

The Swadian light infantryman holding the ceramic pot immediately smiled and poured another cup for Shen Mu.

Then, seeing the three generals walking over from the main entrance of the residence, he brought two more glasses, put them down, and poured in milk with honey. Finally, he placed the entire ceramic pot on the table and respectfully took his leave.

Now was the time for Shen Mu, this legendary figure, to communicate with the three commanders currently in the town.

As an attendant, he knew very well that now was not the time for him to stay here.

"Lord Shen Mu."

"Lord Shen Mu."

"Lord Shen Mu."

Bandak and Fatis were in front, with Manid half a step behind. At this time, they came to Shen Mu, respectfully bowed, and placed their hands on their chests in salute.

"Yes, sit down and talk," Shen Mu said, sipping his milk, while gesturing for them to sit down.

"Thank you," the three said again, then sat down on either side of the long table.

Fatis sat down on the right, with Bandak next to him.

Manid sat down on the left.

It was a clear separation between the military and internal affairs generals.

This was also an unspoken rule.

Shen Mu had no objections to this, after all, military and internal affairs were inherently separate.

In the game, because these recruited generals all needed to go to the battlefield, the distinction was not very clear.

But now that it had become a real world, making the distinction clearer would make it easier to arrange things in the future.

For example, now.

"How are the town's defenses arranged?" Shen Mu asked.

"Everything has been arranged," Bandak immediately stood up and replied seriously, "Archers and crossbowmen have been deployed, and the two city gate directions have been heavily guarded by Lake Rat Gang members who can throw javelins. In critical moments, there are also Swadian light infantry who can provide support at any time."

"Yes, very good," Shen Mu nodded. He believed in Bandak's defensive deployment skills.

The Rhodoks' level of defensive warfare could be said to be never lacking!

"Lord Shen Mu, according to conventional practice, I have also made the worst-case scenario plan," Bandak said, his tone slightly paused, and he looked at Shen Mu as he spoke, his tone even more subtle.

After all, many generals or high-ranking nobles did not like this so-called worst-case scenario plan.

Even though it should be arranged in advance.

"Speak," Shen Mu understood why Bandak's tone paused, and waved his hand, saying, "It doesn't matter. We should always make the worst-case scenario plan and then formulate corresponding contingency plans. That's very good."

"Thank you for your understanding and open-mindedness, Lord Shen Mu," Bandak breathed a sigh of relief.

He swallowed lightly, then said, "If the town falls, we can all retreat into the castle and continue to resist the enemy by using the castle's high terrain, walls, and dense towers."

"Yes, continue," Shen Mu nodded, realizing that Bandak had more to say.

"But in this process, I hope that Sir Fatis can lead the cavalry unit out of the town, even out of the battlefield of this siege."

Bandak said, also looking at Fatis.

"Why?" Shen Mu frowned.

"Because a cavalry unit wandering outside can launch a charge against the enemy at any time, which will inevitably contain a portion of the enemy to defend against Sir Fatis's possible cavalry charges at any opportunity."

Bandak explained, "Moreover, before the enemy attacks the city walls, as long as they haven't blocked the two city gates, we can let Sir Fatis lead the cavalry out at any time, and then look for opportunities to attack the enemy."

"Yes, Lord Shen Mu, Mr. Bandak and I have discussed it before," Fatis also stood up at this time, respectfully reporting, "I think it's possible."

This was the consensus reached by the two military generals when discussing defensive operations.

It was basically a common practice on the continent of Calradia.

"Yes, then let's do it that way," Shen Mu nodded, directly approving the two's suggestion.

After all, on the real battlefield, Shen Mu still chose to believe in these two experienced generals who had been instilled with real battlefield experience by the Mount \u0026 Blade system.

Shen Mu never concealed the fact that he was not good at commanding battles.

Before the transmigration, he was just a programmer who talked about strategy on paper.

For things like battle.

It should be left to professionals.

Even though in his mind, he had the various experiences of the Holy Tree Knights in the Holy Tree Knights, which were also loaded when the Mount \u0026 Blade system was loading his character template.

Including the experience of commanding battles.

But the main consciousness was still the programmer from Shen Mu's previous life, not this Holy Tree Knight.

So, the fake is fake.

At crucial times, there must be someone real who can stand up.

After Shen Mu approved the two's suggestion, Bandak and Fatis respectfully bowed their heads again before gratefully sitting down.

This feeling of respect was something the two had never felt during their wandering on Calradia.

At this time, Shen Mu also looked at Manid, his internal affairs general.

"Lord, during this time today, I have arranged for those Vaegir recruits to move all the supplies from the town warehouse to the warehouse in the castle area."

Manid immediately stood up, and after bowing with his hand on his chest, he seriously reported:

"And I have already arranged in advance the vacant areas in those military buildings within the castle area. If the worst-case scenario plan is really implemented, then all the soldiers can be assigned to their own bunks, and there is no need to worry about food and drink."

"Yes, very good," Shen Mu nodded in satisfaction.

"Also, Lord," Manid said hesitantly at this time, "There is also the issue of water, I think this is a big problem."

"Hmm?" Shen Mu frowned.

"Our current water source is entirely supplied by the Crescent Spring pond. If we are besieged in the castle area for a long time and cannot enter the town area, then our stored drinking water in the castle area will be seriously insufficient."

Manid directly opened his mouth and explained this extremely serious problem clearly.

"… Hiss," and as soon as Manid's voice fell, the expressions of Bandak and Fatis changed slightly, and they both sucked in a breath of cold air.

They looked at each other and also realized this huge problem that they had not noticed in ordinary times.

Water shortage!

Or rather, the castle area, this place that could be called the final defense position, was seriously short of water!

Now, within the castle area, there was only some fresh water stored in the kitchen of the castle's main building, which was used as a reserve when making food.

Then there was the stable in the castle area, because warhorses might be led over at any time, and some fresh water was also stored there.

There was completely not much fresh water left!

Even when they came, they saw Manid letting those Vaegir recruits carry large and small jars of water into the castle area.

The two of them did not connect the matter of fresh water resources at all.

Now that the situation was explained.

They were really terrified!

The water that could be easily drawn from the Crescent Spring pond in the town area at ordinary times, once they retreated to the castle area, it would be equivalent to completely losing the water source, and even the daily drinking water could not be solved.

If the enemy besieged them for a long time, just waiting for them to use up all the fresh water.

Just waiting like this, watching like this.

I'm afraid that in the end, in order not to die of thirst, they would really have no choice but to surrender!

Even if they couldn't surrender, they would eventually lose their fighting power due to lack of water. When the enemy started attacking, what could they do then?

"This is indeed a very serious problem, well done, Manid," Shen Mu thought about it and felt a chill down his spine.

Even the action of taking a sip of honey milk paused.

“Regarding this battle, I have arranged for enough drinking water for everyone and all the warhorses, close to 3 days' worth.”

Marnid then added, “As long as the battle lasts no more than 3 days, we will have enough drinking water to ensure the maintenance of our combat power.”

“Mm.” Shen Mu nodded in relief. “Three days should be enough.”

In this era filled with the rules of the undead, although the night is extremely dangerous, a fatal time period for anyone, any Blue Star human, and any spirit realm creature, where carelessness can lead to death,

it is actually a relatively good thing for the side being attacked.

As long as the battle can be dragged into the night.

Then, when darkness descends, gray fog spreads, and the rules of the undead fill the entire world.

Daring to camp for a long time in the wilderness, with a large number of troops, in the darkness, will attract the agitation of the rules of the undead.

At that time, more and stronger undead monsters will descend from the darkness and gray fog.

Even, according to legends, entire systems of undead legions will descend, launching attacks on those spirit realm troops who dare to provoke the rules of the undead!

Moreover, within the rules of the undead, as long as there is no flame or light source to dispel the darkness and gray fog.

Then, endless, boundless, seemingly never-ending undead monsters will launch attacks on them!

In this case, the attacking side will not only have to face the counterattacks from the city walls at night,

but also resist the attacks of undead monsters.

Extremely troublesome!

That's why Shen Mu believes that having a water source that can last for 3 days is enough.

So many troops gathered here, especially a spirit realm creature-composed force that can cause a violent reaction from the rules of the undead, Shen Mu doesn't believe that the opponent can besiege him here for a long time.

“However, after this is over, I still need to upgrade the town's walls.”

Shen Mu sighed inwardly.

Upgrading is simple.

It's just that he doesn't know where the denars spent on upgrading the city walls will come from.

“In my previous life, I worried about where the money would come from, but now I still need to worry about the issue of money.”

Shen Mu felt a little gloomy, couldn't help but pinch his brow, and waved to the three generals in front of him: “Go back and get busy, check the troops thoroughly, and pay attention to the details.”

“Understood.” Bunduk, Firentis, and Marnid immediately stood up, bowed, and turned to leave.

This simple pre-battle meeting can be considered over.

There's no point in continuing to chat.

The enemy is already on the way.

Now, all they can do is carefully check all the troops again to make sure there are no mistakes anywhere.

Then, they can welcome the enemies from the Diesel Company!

Shen Mu was also waiting for the opponent's arrival.

Thinking that the pig-men of the Diesel Company were actually advancing towards him in a long snake formation, without even doing any reconnaissance work, his eyes became increasingly mocking:

“At this level, they seem to be even worse than me.”

At least Shen Mu knew how to reconnoiter.

However, thinking about it, when Shen Mu went out to reconnoiter, he didn't see any siege weapons from those pig-men of the Diesel Company.

This made Shen Mu even more puzzled.

“Could it be that those Diesel Company guys still think my castle is in the apartment?”

Such a thought appeared in Shen Mu's mind.

But thinking about it, it's not impossible.

After all, Shen Mu's growth rate, driven by the Mount \u0026 Blade rules, was developing too fast.

In the first week, it was just a stronghold in an apartment.

In the second week, it was the main castle building in the apartment.

By the third week, before the Black Tide arrived, it had become the main castle building and village built on the plain after flattening the area.

The Black Tide ended in the fourth week.

Now, in the fifth week.

Shen Mu had directly turned his sphere of influence into a Rhodok castle with a complete defense system and a small town.

This rate of change.

Is truly like riding a rocket!

“In that case, the opponent hasn't kept up with my pace of development at all, and still thinks my current territory is in the apartment, so they didn't consider siege weapons, and are still planning to solve me by attacking the apartment?”

Shen Mu shook his head.

Suddenly, he really wanted to know what the mood of those Diesel Company troops would be when they arrived.

After discovering that he had such a complete defense system composed of a castle and a town!

“System!” Thinking of this, Shen Mu's mood also broke free from the solemnity of facing the attack at the beginning, and became much more relaxed.

Then, communicating with the system: “Open the Silver-tier Treasure Chest and that City Defense-type Silver-tier Treasure Chest.”

Almost instantly, the outlines of two treasure chests appeared on Shen Mu's retina.

Still exquisite treasure chests wrapped in silver.

“Hmm?” Shen Mu glanced at one of them, the slightly larger silver treasure chest, looked at the patterns on it with many engineering construction types, and raised his eyebrows slightly: “Is this the City Defense-type Silver-tier Treasure Chest?”

He was also quite curious about this first-appearing, prefixed Silver-tier Treasure Chest.

‘Buzz!’

In an instant, the two silver treasure chests slowly opened, releasing a burst of light.

Then, they condensed on Shen Mu's retina, turning into dialogue boxes.

【Ding! Congratulations! You have opened the Silver-tier Treasure Chest… Silver-tier City Defense-type Treasure Chest.】

【You have obtained—】

【① Ordinary Silver-tier Treasure Chest: Support from a Heavy Trebuchet. Effect: A Heavy Trebuchet operating team knows that you are facing an enemy attack, so they are willing to serve you, throwing stones the size of human heads at the enemy's troops. (Lasts for the entire battle)】

【② City Defense-type Silver Treasure Chest: This contains a batch of wall panels seized from the Swadian Kingdom by the Khergit Khanate, knowing that you are currently facing a siege battle, so they are willing to send you these seized materials. (If you choose to accept, it will cause a protest from King Harlaus)】

“Wait?” Just looking at the contents of the dialogue box, Shen Mu's expression was a little complicated.

If the first, ordinary Silver-tier Treasure Chest, opened a Heavy Trebuchet operating team to support him, similar to the Rhodok Sharpshooter's shooting competition before, which was considered support for him.

Then the reward of a batch of wall panels that were opened in the second City Defense-type Treasure Chest was something he really didn't expect.

And what he didn't expect was the so-called protest from King Harlaus.

“But what's the use of this kind of protest?” Shen Mu's expression was a little complicated.

He is not on the Calradia continent.

And he wouldn't care about the so-called protest behavior of this Swadian king who had little influence on him.

“Receive all!” Shen Mu immediately communicated with the system with his thoughts.

‘Buzz!’

As the rules of the Mount \u0026 Blade system began to appear, two special cards instantly appeared in Shen Mu's mind.

One card showed the outline of a giant counterweight trebuchet, common in Mount \u0026 Blade's siege and defense battles, and a trebuchet operating team composed of 10 Swadian light infantry.

And what appeared on the second card was a continuous stretch of city walls with extra baffles placed on them.

But before Shen Mu could see the specific outlines of those baffles clearly, the dialogue box popped up again.

【Ding! Your actions have made King Harlaus extremely angry! And expressed strong condemnation for your behavior of seizing his property!】

【Ding! King Harlaus said that your relationship with him has deteriorated!】

“Ah?” Shen Mu looked at the contents of the dialogue box, a little speechless.

This Harlaus… is a bit of a joke?

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