black wizard Zhu Peng

Therefore, these meager war supplies will be used up in a short time. Facing the siege, the survival of the bottom people in the city is still a huge problem.

Therefore, when distributing food in the past, it was like fighting a war. Most people tried their best to get ahead, but this time, they lined up neatly.

reason?

Because today's Djerber Fort is almost, if not rich, in the world.

Behind the officials in charge of distributing food are more than a dozen carriages and hill-like supplies. As long as they are registered Custer family farmers, they will be given a large bag of food and heavy money bags immediately. The expensive supplies will be doubled.

A dirty little girl aged eight or nine received double supplies. She struggled to carry the grain and the money bag back home, but she was already sweating after just a few steps, and stepped on a round stone. The whole person suddenly lost his center of gravity and smashed to the prismatic rock on the ground.

The grains and round dinars were scattered all over the ground, but little Ellie didn't feel any pain when she closed her eyes. After a while, she opened her eyes and saw a very beautiful big brother hugging her .

Looking into those blue eyes, little Aili's cheeks blushed rapidly, but her next reaction was to squat down and collect the coins and grains all over the floor. The girl thanked Zhu Peng in a low voice while paddling.

"...Your home is there, let me take it back for you."

If there are other people in the family, such a young child will definitely not be allowed to receive supplies to support the family's life alone. Although the security environment of Djerber Fort is good, it still lacks the corresponding cultural heritage after all, and has not been able to develop to the point of not picking up lost things on the road. , The point of not closing the door at night.

Zhu Peng's method of managing Jerber Fort was heavy codes in troubled times. Low-level soldiers patrolled day and night with hell dogs. Small crimes were caught in cells, and serious crimes were executed on the spot.

Adding to the increasing development of merchants and shipping in Jerber Fort, even the beggars in this castle could not starve to death, and the crime rate naturally plummeted.

Of course, this is also due to the poor quality back then, so now a little tricks have improved significantly.

For Xiao Aili, the heavy money and food is enough for Zhu Peng to carry it in one hand.

This little girl also guarded against Zhu Peng. She was holding a light but valuable purse and asked Zhu Peng to help with food... In Zhu Peng's view, this was a smart sign. The society in the Middle Ages of Western Europe was not gentle enough to be rich. To the point of being silly and sweet.

Ally's father, an archer in Vaegia, was killed by a "vampire" during the offensive and defensive battle of Fort Jerbera, where Lord Rod Custer showed his military talent for the first time. He died of illness a month ago, and now this little man lives alone with his young brothers and sisters.

"It's painful, right? I think you must hate the Custer family that took your father's life and indirectly caused your mother's death, right?" The man took up arms and became a warrior, putting his own life as a bet to verify his choice For such a warrior, Zhu Peng has a clear conscience for killing thousands of people with his sword, just like when he is beheaded by a stronger opponent one day in the future, he will not have any resentment.

Now that you are ready to kill, be ready to be killed. There is no reason in this world that you are the only one who kills and others cannot kill you.

A woman makes her own choice, spends her life with her husband, makes the choice, bears the consequences, the husband makes contributions, the wife is honored by the husband, and the husband dies in the battle. As a wife, there is nothing to complain about.Only children, they have not yet had the chance to make a choice, but they already have to bear the consequences.

"Hmm... Do you hate me? My family was originally a rich farmer in Mazan Village, because someone in the family was a soldier, and my grandfather planted his own land in the village. At that time, my family was the top family in the village. But our village is the top family. In a disaster year, the family also ate the last meal without the next meal. In one disaster year, the mother gave birth to a little brother, because the mother who didn’t eat had no milk, and the little brother starved to death.” Said, Allie bowed her head, Tears fell from the corners of her eyes.

"My little brother is very cute. He is small and soft. He can spit bubbles and play with me with my finger in his mouth. After the little brother died, grandpa took his back to the woods. He told Elle He went to hunt wild rabbits, and when he came back, he would cook meat for Ellie, but in the past, grandpa always brought a bow and arrow when he went hunting, but that time grandpa went to the woods with nothing, and even changed into the most ragged clothes."

"Later, the elders in the village said that the old lord went to live in another castle, and we replaced the young lord, and then there were continuous wars and deaths. At that time, many soldiers in the village were crying every night. , including my family... many people said that the little lord didn't understand anything, and at that time some people even said that they wanted to run away, but later... life got better and better."

"A year ago, our family was a rich farmer in Mazan Village, the best family, but when the disaster came, my younger brother would starve to death, and my grandfather would go to the forest to die in the most ragged clothes. A year later, our family It is the most dilapidated family here, but my mother was very relieved when she left... She said that even a beggar in Djerbo Castle will not die of starvation, and my brother and I will not starve to death, and we will definitely live better." When I was a child When Ai Li raised her head, Zhu Peng saw a smile on the girl's cheeks full of tears. Suffering itself is not terrible, what is terrible is suffering without any hope for the future.

Aili's mother, she is happy because she sees the hope that her children will live a better and happier life than their generation.

"Brother Rhodes... When you went to Mazan Village, I secretly watched you. No matter who comes to destroy our happiness, you will definitely lead us to defeat them, right?"

"...Of course, cute little Aili, I swear to you that I will be invincible." Bowing down, Zhu Peng gently kissed the back of the girl's hand, and then made a promise to her.

When Ai Li dragged her purse and rice bag into her humble and dilapidated house, there was faint cheers from a group of boys and girls inside... If you want to be rich, you should have fewer children and grow more trees, and feed the bears when you have children.

……

All living beings eat five grains and form a bond with the earth.

If you want to jump out of the Three Realms, not in the Five Elements, and achieve alchemy, celestial beings, or arhats, you have to do subtraction and seek emptiness. First, you have to repay the karma you have borne. Not good, but you still want to ask Dengxian?

When he was in the wizarding world, Zhu Peng participated in the bloody battle in Jinling, devoted his loyalty to the country, righteousness to his friends, filial piety to his elders, and all karma, which laid the foundation for his own breakthrough.

But in this world, Zhu Peng has the source energy equivalent to the fifth-level divine power to assist cheating, repeatedly washes his body, and in a very short period of time, he has cultivated the peak body of Yijin and washing the marrow, but he has been unable to break through. The alchemy immortal realm of the breakthrough of the upper life level.

(It turns out that different ages and identities have different entry points for breaking through the alchemy realm. As a lord, I have formed a relationship with this Jerber Fort, and I have formed karma with the leaders of this land, but I am at a loss I don’t know, if you break through according to the experience and methods of the previous life, how can you really achieve a breakthrough? The body and the spirit interact, it’s not that your spiritual cultivation level has a breakthrough, and the physical body can obtain a corresponding breakthrough. The changes in the body itself, identity The difference in status... All power comes from the soul? Oh, not necessarily, it is difficult for ghosts and spirits to become holy after a thousand kalpas, and to cultivate both life and soul to return to the truth.)

In the dead of night, Zhu Peng stood on the balcony.

Leaning forward, with his hands pressed against the railing and looking down at Djerber Fort, he closed his eyes slightly, savoring the incongruity between his spirit and body.

Since he came into the world, Zhu Peng originally thought that he had perfectly mastered the physical body of Rod Castor, and no one in this world could even see that he was someone else's body that passed through Duoshe.

However, the chance with Xiao Aili today allows Zhu Peng to calm down more and appreciate the slight incongruity... These are things that Zhu Peng has been unable to break through for a long time. Intangible and qualitative barriers.

Muscles swelled, qi and blood surged, and the intense red glow of the Blood Killing Technique rolled over his body and the barrier of the natural defensive force field began to operate at the same time. Zhu Peng's station was like a night.

Five days later, the Kingdom of Nord mobilized [-] troops to besiege Fort Jelebo, and this number has far exceeded the original estimate. Normally, with the current situation in the world, the Kingdom of Nord can spend [-] It would be good if the army came to besiege Djerber Fort.

After all, many Nord lords are still infested with monsters in their own territories, and they don't know what King Ragnar of Sagos promised.

And at this moment in Djerber Castle, John Watson, Yatiman, James, Momocha, Nabal, and a group of retainers were waiting outside the door of the lord's room, while Lier dressed Zhu Peng. Afterwards, the door opened and Zhu Peng walked out, and the five retainers bowed deeply to the lord whom they were loyal to.

Scanning the treasures he collected after he came to this world, Zhu Peng smiled, and then he turned around and walked out of the castle gate, the fiery cloak fluttering, accompanied by the whisper of the lord of the Custer family : "Follow me... crush them."

"Yes, sir."

"Your will is our mission."

The five vassals bowed again, and the griffin had brought back a letter written by King Yarogerke, the lord of Zhiwadin Vaegia, in which he endowed Rod Castor with the justice of the foreign counterattack, and in the letter The behavior of the Nord Kingdom is defined as aggression.

Don't underestimate the significance of this statement. King Yarogerke's move is tantamount to using the prestige of his own royal family to support Derber Fort when it is at a disadvantage and maintain a minimum morale.

Chapter 47 The War Begins

If it is ten, it will be surrounded, if it is five, it will be attacked, if it is doubled, it will be divided;

The upper troops attacked the plot, the second attacked the Jiaotong, the second attacked the soldiers, and the lower attacked the city.

The two classic military theories of Sun Tzu's Art of War are actually applicable to the ancient Chinese battlefield, and they are practical but not applicable to the Calradia continent, because the ancient Chinese war is to recruit people into soldiers, and the Calradia continent is a full-time warrior system, so It would be too much to ask for ten to encircle and five to attack.

In this continent, if you lead an elite army of 200 people, you dare to attack a city defended by [-] low-level soldiers, and most of them can really win. Now the Nord Kingdom leads [-] elite fighters of the fourth and fifth levels, at least ten big lords According to common sense, it is close to foolproof.

Enemy General: Earl Falsever;

攻城兵种：诺德皇家侍卫250、诺德资深士兵500、诺德勇士300、诺德弓箭手300、诺德弓箭手250、雇佣骑兵120、杂兵280，合计2000。

Your own general: Rod Custer;

守城兵种：精锐神圣骑士8、恐怖骑士20、维吉亚骑士80，精锐皇家狮鹫50、地狱牧师13、精锐大剑士25，精锐维吉亚神射手100、精锐维吉亚弓箭手80、维吉亚游击射手50、维吉亚轻步兵50，精锐四级重装步兵80，地狱犬120、大天使7，合计人类523，合计非人类160。

(It's a pity that the Nord coalition forces came too fast, I can't build the Hell Volcano building, otherwise I recruit a group of fire monsters, and the fission attack suppresses the following guys to fight.)

Count Falsefer, the commander of the coalition forces of the Nord Kingdom, is obviously not a person who likes to talk nonsense. He just rode his horse and casually said a few words to persuade him to surrender, chatted with Zhu Peng casually, and then took the reins back to the battle. , launched a full-scale attack.

At the beginning of the game, there were eight siege towers and four catapults bombarded and pushed over. They were not built by logging under Djerber Castle, but twelve siege equipment pushed from the Nord Kingdom. Being able to carry heavy siege machinery so quickly, Zhu Peng had no choice but to improve his awareness of the efficiency of the Nord Kingdom.

The army is strong and fully prepared, and the commander of the coalition, Earl Falseful, is even more talented. The three hundred and four-level Nord warriors are regarded as elite infantry. He directly used them as cannon fodder, pushing twelve siege machines to approach Djerber Fort.

Calradia's mechanics are average, and the range and power of the catapults are not enough. With the support of the high range of the arrow tower, the Nord knights quickly entered the range of the Derber Fort's camp. After the optimal killing distance, with a wave of Zhu Peng's arms, [-] elite Vaegir marksmen in the arrow towers on both sides controlled the strings and shot a dense rain of arrows. The arrows fell into the Nord army like an extremely beautiful sunset.

The sixth-level archer troops shot and killed the fourth-level Nord warriors without worrying about logistics, and as the distance narrowed, the archers on the top of the city also began to shoot down with their bows.

For this war, Zhu Peng used all his honor to sanctify the troops, and the [-] elite Vigir archers among them were originally only fourth-level soldiers, but after being sanctified by Zhu Peng, they were forcibly raised to fifth-level.

This is actually not cost-effective. How difficult it is for a fifth-level soldier to be promoted to sixth-level. In contrast, it is much easier for a fourth-level soldier to be promoted to fifth-level. In a sense, Zhu Peng's move is simply eager for quick success...but it doesn't matter , the more than 2000 Nord elite fighters below will not die after this battle, and the archers still alive in Djerber Castle must be top archers.

Under the blows of 180 fifth- and sixth-level archers, they were beaten and did not fight back. When the twelve siege machines were pushed to the right position, half of the three hundred Nord warriors had died, but the eight siege towers and bridges The planks were also placed on the head of the city of Jerber Fort, led by eight Nord nobles, and led by the Nuohuang guards who were the first soldiers in the world a year ago, launched a charge against the city.

The prestige of the Earl of Falsefer as the commander of the coalition army is really terrible. The first wave of offensive actually persuaded eight Nord nobles to be their pioneers, and there was a tendency to attack Fort Djerber in a wave.

If he really did it, even if one or two nobles were killed in battle, it would be worthwhile, no matter how great the loss of the Nord coalition forces would be.

Heavily built, covered in heavy armor, and armed with big axes, Nuo Huang's guards wrapped up their respective lords and rushed to the battlefield. Under the threat of nearly two hundred top Vaegir archers, these nobles were still very careful and did not risk themselves. Even if these nobles are not limit breakers, they are at least the top fighters (level [-]) in the Calradia continent, and their equipment is much better than ordinary fighters. Fengrui, it is indeed difficult for ordinary city defenders to resist the sharpness.

"Prepare for a ballista strike."

"Master, are you revealing that secret weapon just now?" The five retainers of the Custer family, Nabar is the leader of the infantry, and at this moment is patrolling the city defense with old John Watson, and James is The most protected military doctor in the field, he will not appear on the frontal battlefield, but the role he plays can almost double the combat power of soldiers and stabilize the morale of the army.

Yatiman and Momocha stood behind Zhu Peng on both sides to fill in the gaps for the lord's command, but in fact only Yatiman performed this duty seriously, and Momocha never had any doubts about the lord's command. Whatever Zhu Peng asked him to do, Momocha would do.His purpose of standing behind Zhu Peng was not so much as a staff officer, but rather to obey the command nearby and pull up the elite royal griffin regiment to attack at any time.

However, Momocha was born as a horse thief, and Yatiman was born as a university student. It can only be said that the two of them have different personalities, but they are generally loyal to the Custer family.

"The enemy is strong and we are weak. If you don't suppress their momentum at the beginning of the game, it won't be easy to fight... Momocha, your griffin group is also ready to stand by." Looking at the remaining Nord warriors pushing their luck in the distance Looking at the rolling stone, Zhu Peng frowned slightly.

In this world, even a nobleman as strong as the Earl of Falseful rarely has the experience of controlling a thousand-man army at the same time. There was an error in the coordination of lunges until the nobles and elite soldiers of Nord were shot unilaterally. After a while, a large number of Nord archers came forward and fired back at the enemy on the city defense.But the effect... Nord archers are similar to Vaegir infantry, not to mention that they are the weakest in the entire Calradia continent, but they are almost the same.

Originally, the strength was not enough, and the reverse arrows with the disadvantaged terrain did not have much lethality. Originally, the elite Nord infantry charged the siege tower bridge without much damage. Once the archers on the other side came out, the number of battle damage on the Nord side increased instantly. up.

Chapter 48 Djerber Fort, City of Angels, Splendid Night

The outcome of a war, the distance between life and death, is almost the simplest and most direct way to measure right from wrong.Violence may not solve all problems in this world, but it can at least solve what creates them.

"Zizzizizi..."

Accompanied by the sound of electric current surging like flowing water, between the two arrow towers, an astonishingly long and thick steel gun barrel aimed at the siege tower below. After absorbing enough energy, the original dark gun body emerged Mottled and chaotic inscription symbols appeared, accompanied by the flickering and cracking of inlaid gemstones, and a steel stone ball wrapped in a large amount of plasma was jetted out. The guardian cannon of Jerber Fort, the moment it appeared, brought terror and destructive power to the world. The world was shocked by the infinite.

This shell did not target anyone, but blasted one of Nord's eight siege towers to pieces in one shot, and the densely packed elite soldiers and nobles standing on the siege tower bridge seemed to be dumping down in an instant. dropped from a height of nearly five stories.

Below Derber Fort is a deep moat built by Yatiman. There are no piranhas in it. The only scary thing is that it is deep and steep enough for Nord warriors in heavy armor to fall into such a river. It sank to the bottom with a bang.

Since ancient times, water and fire have been ruthless, and that secluded deep pool devours all life in an understatement like a hidden giant beast.

Many Nord warriors took off their armor against the rain of arrows and jumped into the river to find their lords. The Vaegir marksmen who originally aimed down to kill a large number of Nord archers adjusted their targets again. On the soldiers who took off their armor on the battlefield.

In the end, Zhu Peng gave the order to raise the arrow tower to seal the baffle, so that the archers could no longer shoot down, and could only shoot parallel to the Nuohuang guards on the siege tower bridge at a closer distance.

This is of course not because Zhu Peng really abides by noble etiquette on the battlefield, but because he has enough confidence in the depth of the moat dug by the supervisor of Yatiman. It was difficult to find their fallen lord from the corpses at the bottom of the river. In this case, if Zhu Peng continued to let the sharpshooter troops pour out their kills, the Nords, who could not bear the loss, might not be able to fish.

Now on the surface, Zhu Pengming observed the etiquette of the nobles on the battlefield, but in fact, he made it hard for the commander of the Nord coalition army, Earl Falseve, and he had to waste his troops meaninglessly to retrieve the body of the Nord nobleman, because he He died on the battlefield because of him. If you want to see a person, if you want to see a dead body, this is the minimum confession.

The roar of the giant cannon guarding Djerber Castle almost killed and wounded nearly a hundred people in one blow, and it took a lot of manpower to search for the corpses in the moat, but it also aroused more Nord warriors on the siege tower bridge With the bestial fighting spirit, he is brave when he is trapped in the dead, and he is called a fierce soldier.

Even though there were a total of 150 Vaegir archers on both sides of the arrow towers and on the top of the city, the powerful Nord infantry finally rushed to the top of the city.

Those who greeted them at the seven tower bridge ports were the elite fourth-level heavy infantry.

This extreme infantry unit comes from Laila's heavy infantry construction blueprint. It was originally a three-level reinforced defensive side unit. After being sanctified by Zhu Peng's consumption of honor points, it became an even more extreme four-level reinforced fortress type. The arms are somewhat similar to the infantry armor used by the Song people to counter the Hu Qi charge. The extremely heavy steel armor wraps around the soldiers, making them almost lose the ability to move freely.

Due to the lack of mobility, various directions of use are limited, but when used to defend the city, especially with the powerful killing efficiency of the Vaegir Archer Corps to defend the city, the effect is close to that of the top five or even six infantry units.

Elite heavy infantry: Extremely deformed super-heavy infantry, wearing the highest upper limit of defensive armor consisting of 1825 armor leaves, with a total weight of [-] catties. Such heavy infantry hold long spears and giant axes to form a square formation After that, even in the face of a heavy cavalry charge, you can still stand still.

The weakness is that there is almost no mobility. After being pushed down, it is almost impossible to stand up again with your own strength. The frontal resistance is stronger than that of the fifth-level infantry. response.

Features: Fortress mode, erect a heavy tower shield, after erecting the shield, the attack power is reduced by 50.00%, and the defense power is increased by 50.00%.

With a tower shield in his left hand and a pure steel battle ax in his right hand, including the armor on his body, the equipment on his whole body weighs more than a hundred catties. It is obviously a fourth-level unit, and the cost of weapons is almost more expensive than that of a fifth-level unit, but they are not as good as Zhu Peng. The talent on the defensive side is the most suitable, especially five days ago, Zhu Peng and the girl named Xiao Aili, after a chance encounter...successfully promoted to the fairyland of Daoist Dan.

Zhu Peng/Rod Custer (BOSS template)

Species: Human male

Status: Viscount of the Kingdom of Vaegia, Demon Slayer, Lord of Jerber Castle

Tactical Level: Level 26

Strategic Level: Level 29

Exclusive Talent: Fortress of Empire, Hero Tactics, Strategy Level, each time the average level is raised, the defense of the self and the troops brought by it is increased by 5%; the defense priority of the self and the troops brought by it is increased, and the fatal damage has a small chance of turning into a severe damage. There is a small chance that the damage will be turned into moderate damage, and there is a small chance that moderate damage will be turned into light injury; the morale of the units brought is not easy to drop.

Specialty: Leadership Level 3 (Morale +30)

After achieving alchemy and immortality, human beings on earth were reborn and broke their physical and spiritual limits. In Zenda World, because it is not an extreme empty magic environment like the earth, some human beings who are favored by luck here have innate special abilities.

Rod Custer was originally a hero template character. After Zhu Peng understood the responsibilities of the lord, he was reborn and broke his upper limit. He was directly transformed into a boss template. The original defensive talent was transformed into a personal exclusive talent "Imperial Barrier".

Originally, it was only to increase the defense power of oneself and subordinates by nearly 150%. Now, when the equipment effects are superimposed, it directly increases the physical defense power of oneself and subordinates by nearly [-]%... and gradually increases with the improvement of tactical and strategic levels. .

This effect alone is very terrifying, at least in groups of five elite heavy infantry under Zhu Peng's command, if a tower shield is erected on the top of the city, it will be too hard to fight.

The seven aristocratic warriors who led them to the top of the city waved their big axes loudly, hitting the heavy tower shield with sparks, but they couldn't beat the fourth-level soldiers in the "double fortress" superposition mode. They fought back, but they were not able to successfully ascend the city as sharp fighters, and Nuohuang's guards following on the siege tower bridge behind had no choice but to fight against the rain of arrows coming from the arrow towers on both sides and the city wall, without any power to fight back.

And this is not the scariest thing, the scariest thing is that the expensive guardian cannon began to slowly adjust the muzzle again with the twisting of the gears.

At the time when I just got acquainted with Yatiman, Zhu Peng wanted to build expensive ballista towers in addition to the arrow towers on both sides before the first offensive and defensive battle of Jerber Fort, but he couldn’t because of the cost of more than 1 dinars. Don't give up for the time being. Later, Djerber Fort developed more and more prosperous. At that time, the more than 1 dinars became a joke, and Yatiman, the first engineer in the mainland, became a retainer of the Custer family.

Under these conditions, building Ballista and Ballista Tower can no longer be a low-end version, but a super-high-end version that has been learned all his life.

Everything from the Ballista Tower to the Guardian Cannon itself was supervised by the old man with all his painstaking efforts. The initial investment alone was no less than [-] dinars. Go bankrupt.

If it weren't for the huge trade income from the monopoly of maritime transportation, and Zhu Peng successively robbed the wach, the two wealthy nobles, Leyland and Riva Chezemagali, would not be able to afford this statue with the financial resources of Fort Derper. Money-swallowing behemoth, but when the guardian cannon of Jerber Fort is built, its terrifying power, which is close to killing hundreds of people with one cannon, really makes people feel that it is worth the price, although in the eyes of Zhu Peng, who is a traverser It's nothing, but its power has indeed stood at the pinnacle of Calradia's current civilization system.

boom! !

The steel stone ball wrapped in electric current was shot out rapidly along the gun barrel covered with hand-made spiral patterns, and suddenly pierced another siege tower directly. The huge inertial force pushed the siege tower backwards, countless Noble Emperor The guard was thrown into the sky in an instant, whether it fell into the extremely deep moat or the ground, it seemed to be the same result.

"I am Baron Gilles of the Nord Kingdom. I surrender. Please give me the basic courtesy of a nobleman." Baron Gilles is undoubtedly a brave warrior. He was the first of all Nord nobles to break through and climb the city frontally. However, it also attracted the Jerber Fort cannon to adjust the barrel and give him a shot.

The siege tower was directly blasted through, and the siege tower bridge was naturally gone. Baron Giles, whose retreat was cut off, glanced back at the huge height difference, and then at the soldiers approaching in front of him. He decisively dropped his hand. The ax in the middle raised his hands and took off his helmet at the same time, becoming the first Nord nobleman to surrender in this war.

Nobles have immunity on the battlefield, and no one can guarantee that they will never fail, so it is only natural to be merciful to the nobles of the enemy country. Those who die directly on the battlefield are not counted. If they are not directly killed, usually nobles Captives are not abused and can be maintained with considerable decency.

Under the deterrence of the guardian cannons of Djerber Fort, the nobles on the remaining six siege tower bridges began to retreat. Every meaningless siege would bring a large number of casualties to their own side, but even Earl Falseful It is impossible to force these nobles to continue their "meaningless" deaths and injuries.

In fact, the Djerber Fort Guardian Cannon can only withstand two shots in a short period of time, and then it must be overhauled before firing again, otherwise the internal twisted and deformed barrel may hit the shell in Jerbera. Fort's own city defense.