Unknown Knight

Chapter 384 A new era

Every progress in human history heralds the rise of some people and the decline or even elimination of some people.

Just like the new king Belgaru in Zhivadin City today, the humiliating death of King Yarogerk in Castle Roma gave him a chance of pie in the sky. He could completely control Zhivadin City with more than 2,000 troops in his hands, and then rely on the financial resources and unbreakable city defense of this royal city to create a dynasty of his own.

However, this pie in the sky had not even warmed up in his hands, let alone been eaten, before he inevitably faced the fate of being eliminated.

No matter how hard the new king tried to figure out, he could not understand that what eliminated him was not the 5,000 soldiers outside the city who were eyeing him covetously, nor was it Aix's military skills that seemed miraculous to people, but the ten catapults lined up outside the city.

To be precise, it is a small component installed on these ten catapults, namely the Wangshan developed by the Technical Research Institute (in fact, Aix drew a rough drawing for reference).

This era was an era of feudal castles with high walls. Every feudal lord was desperately trying to make his castle taller and thicker, and in this seemingly rigid but very effective way, he painstakingly managed his own rule.

At this time, when people go to attack a castle, they often suffer heavy losses because of the high walls. Sometimes, even if they grit their teeth and fight hard to take it down, after calculating afterwards, they find that the loss outweighs the gain and it is better not to fight. It is this main reason that the entire continent has been in a state of division for a long time.

However, with the application of this small component, the Wangshan, the era of feudal castles began to end. In previous sieges, people used catapults just for cover and deterrence, and their actual effect was not very great, mainly because the accuracy of this thing was very touching. Not to mention hitting the target, even if it could hit something after launching it, it was considered luck.

However, the catapult equipped with a mountain watch is different. It can lock the attack within a certain range. The Territory Design Institute has also made strict requirements on the size and material selection of the catapult in accordance with Aix's requirements, basically reaching a unified quantitative standard. When combined with round stone bombs or fierce fire oil tanks of the same specifications as the territory, the accuracy can be further improved, and finally the attack range can be locked within a diameter of 20 meters.

This is already a very terrifying accuracy. This accuracy greatly increases the role of the catapult. It can not only increase the effect of killing and deterring the enemy, but can also be used to destroy the enemy's city defenses.

In the past, Aix had used catapults only to attack people and equipment on the city walls, or to use fire oil tanks to destroy buildings in the city. But this time, he decided to try to use the catapult to directly destroy the enemy's city walls.

After repeated consideration, Aix finally decided to use a catapult to attack a city wall on the east side of the north gate. According to intelligence, this city wall has a certain defensive function because there is a natural moat about 15 meters wide outside. Therefore, when the city wall was built, the thickness of the wall here was built relatively thin, which was just right for training.

When the ten catapults were ready, Sir James, who was in charge of the catapults, gave an order and ten stone bombs specially made for the territory were fired. After a series of loud "booms", the ten stone bombs left ten sunken craters on the attacked side of the city wall.

Through the monocular telescope, Axe saw that each crater was surrounded by fine cracks. Although the wall seemed to be a long way from collapse, Axe was still very satisfied with the effect of the attack. He waved to James who was looking over here, signaling him to continue the attack.

After several rounds, by adjusting the shooting angle and direction, the stone bullets fired by the catapult gradually concentrated in an area with a diameter of 20 meters.

At this time, the effect of the attack gradually became apparent. Cracks about an inch wide began to appear on the city walls in this area. From time to time, whole bricks fell, and gravel and dust continued to fall. The strong shock caused by the attack made it impossible for the soldiers on this part of the city wall to stand steadily, and they retreated to both sides.

The attack lasted for a whole day until it was completely dark, and there was no sign of the city wall collapsing. During this period, other troops of Aix were not idle either, especially the cavalry. They took the initiative to attack and successively defeated five or six reinforcement teams with no less than a hundred people near the city of Zhivadin.

The next day, the catapults continued to attack, but after only attacking for the whole morning, it was almost noon, and the city wall still showed no signs of collapse. Seeing that the specially made stone bombs in the territory were almost used up, Aix couldn't help but feel anxious, so he called Sir James and told him to try firing a few incendiary oil tanks to see if the thermal expansion of high temperature could accelerate the cracking of the city wall.

Unexpectedly, he hit the target by accident. After firing several incendiary oil tanks in succession, a raging fire broke out on the part of the city wall that was under concentrated attack. After burning for a while, Aix could even feel with his naked eyes that the city wall seemed to be deformed. He hurriedly asked Sir James to continue attacking the burning area with stone bombs.

After firing more than a dozen stone bullets in succession, there was a loud "boom" and the attacked section of the city wall finally collapsed as everyone expected.

With the loud "boom", the stone in Aix's heart finally fell to the ground. He looked eagerly at the huge gap that was still filled with smoke, and his brain began to daydream.

This time, his decision to use catapults to attack the city was largely a spur-of-the-moment decision. The reason for doing so was mainly because Aix felt that the war that had started this time was a bit big, and he didn't know how long the subsequent war would last, nor did he know whether enemies from other countries would intervene. So, the less casualties in the early stages of the war could be avoided, the better.

There are about two thousand soldiers in the city of Rivadin. If the young and strong men who are temporarily recruited are included, there are at least three thousand people defending the city. If Aix sets up ladders to attack the city as he did in the past, it will inevitably cause a large number of casualties. It is estimated that a thousand casualties are too few. This will not only be detrimental to the subsequent situation, but will also bring a huge financial burden to the territory. The pension Aix has received has always been very generous.

So after careful consideration, Aix decided to give the catapult a try. Unexpectedly, he actually broke the city. You know, as a royal city, Rivadin is one of the strongest cities on this continent. If he can use the catapult to break down the city wall here today, then other cities and castles should not be a problem.

With the current manufacturing capabilities of the territory, it would be easy to make thirty or forty such catapults and stone projectiles specifically for these catapults with some effort. Wouldn't that mean that the defenses of all the fortresses on this continent had basically lost their meaning, making it like walking on flat ground for Aix?

This made Aix more and more excited. He never thought that his bold attempt might have the potential to end this era of separatism. His eyes were shining, as if he saw a new era coming.