Chapter 26: Starting a War (8)
From Monfore, stationed by the Duke of Aquitaine to the fortress of the Duke of Normandy, which is now besieged, a long road belongs to the control of the Duke of Normandy. After a long way inside the Duke of Normandy, Ella easily moved from the front of the enemy troops who were besieging the fortress to their left rear.
Instead of letting the large army stay close, she sent a dozen groups of farmers, two to three people in each group, to set up traps directly behind the enemy in groups of three.
With such a large number of soldiers, there will not be many traps that can be dug. But the advantage of this is that Ella's actions will be more difficult to detect by the enemy. After all, no scouts will pay attention to the mere two farmers far away from the battlefield. In their opinion, that is just a few ordinary people doing farm work.
As for the size of the trap, it is not a problem. When the entire Duke of Aquitaine has super recovery ability, even if Ella digs all the traps on the road, the army will most likely pass without injury. The effect Ella wants to achieve is not to kill the enemy, but to deter the enemy. The number of traps can be small, but the enemy must die after being caught in the trap. Ravi's poison is to be used in such a knife point. She wants to use these traps to emphasize to the opponent over and over again - "I can kill you."
After a few days like this, Ella calculated the days and Hestein should have been attacking Paris.
As she calculated, on this day, the defenders of Paris saw in horror that more than a dozen large ships appeared on the channel of the Seine.
These large ships slowly entered the Seine River in the early morning, before the night had dissipated. There was no light source on the river. The soldiers on duty could not see the situation of these ships and thought they were only a group of merchant ships. It was not until dawn that they discovered that the iconic flag of the pirate kingdom was hanging on these merchant ships - the red blood crow.
The whole of Paris was crazy. They had heard that the Pirate Kingdom had been looting coastal areas for some years, and the places they passed were devastated. But they never thought that one day, Paris would become their target!
There were only a few hundred regular troops stationed in Paris, and the rest were the rebels led by Luka. After the incident, Luka hurriedly rushed to the city wall with the officers stationed in Paris.
"Is it confirmed that it is the army of the Pirate Kingdom? Is it possible it is a merchant ship?" Luka asked the officer as he walked.
"It is unlikely that most of the merchant ships traded by the pirate kingdom and our country are from Sweden. But the flag on the ship is now the blood-colored crow. This is not the King of Sweden, but the flag of the current pirate king - the pirate king who is called the 'King of Beasts'!"
"Hasn't the Pirate King been subdued by the Duke of Aquitaine? Why are he now appearing on the Seine and coming to attack Paris? Are you sure he is the Pirate King?"
"Very sure! Many people in the army have seen the Pirate King while besieging the Bastille. When the enemy ship passed by the city, many people have seen the Pirate King sitting on the deck!"
"Is it possible that it is a bluff? I heard that the Pirate King didn't bring many people when he came to Almani this time. Maybe there weren't many soldiers on the ship?"
"But those boats are very well-drafted! The boats are full, full!"
As they spoke, the two had climbed to the city wall. They saw the enemy ships marching back and forth on the Seine River with their mighty power, and each ship was equipped with a catapult on the deck. When one of the ships passed by the city, Luka could see at a glance that the deck was sitting on the deck, who had defeated him, and was fully armed!
"It's all your duke!" Luka said angrily, "Okay, I'm going to provoke the Pirate Kingdom. Now, after regaining an Anglia, the Pirate King came directly to Paris with his troops!"
"This...what should I do now?"
"What else can we do? Paris is the capital of the Federation of Almany. No matter what, we cannot lose it. Even if we try our best, we will defend Paris!"
——They didn't know that Hestein's armor was now wrapped in bandages. He was seriously injured by a pig and could hardly move. Now sitting on the boat, most of his purpose was to bask in the sun.
These ships were left by Ella in the Movara mud. The original purpose was to transport pigs. Of course, the ship was indeed full of pigs. The sailors on the ship were temporarily hired by Ella from Flanders. Apart from the conspicuous blood-colored crow flag and the trencher temporarily taken from the Movara mud and put them on the deck, these were completely twenty merchant ships carrying pigs.
Hestein held the instructions for using the treadmill written by Ella to him. He looked at it several times, but he couldn't figure out which side to go up and down. So he handed the letter to Ella who sent him to cooperate with him: "Come and read it to me."
Sivaton took the instructions and read as follows:
"The newest Scipio III catapult is now equipped with the ship, which is characterized by low recoil and is suitable for use on board. The so-called catapult is to use the principle of leverage... The principle of leverage was discovered by Archimedes, a great scholar of the great Seven Hills Empire. The principle is the same as my crowbar, involving the power arm and the resistance arm..."
"Skip these." Hestein said impatiently, "How to use it directly."
Sivaton turned the instructions a few pages and found the corresponding content:
"First, you need to make corrections... load stone bullets... counterweights... and then launch..."
According to Sivaton's instructions, the sailors on the boat were not very skillful in operating it and it took a lot of time to load the first stone bomb.
"A single shot will be refreshed and forget all worries. Persistence to hit the walls of Paris every day can also prolong life...
"Stop thinking." Hestein interrupted Sivaton impatiently, "Start directly!"
"Boom", the whole ship shaking violently, and Hestein directly overturned to the ground.
"Well, there seems to be a note at the end," Sivadon struggled to get up and read the instructions to Hestein. "Although the recoil is low, it is for my flying Zelan. You are only on an ordinary transport ship now, and there will inevitably be violent shaking after use. Hestein, you have to work harder and try not to overturn the ship..."
"Fuck you!"
Hestein cursed. He was seriously injured and took a long time to get up.
Everyone on the boat stopped what they were doing and looked at him.
"What are you doing when you stop?" Hestein yelled, "throw the stone onto the city wall again! If you go out, the boat will overturn. At worst, you can climb onto another boat!"
So, another "boom" shot, and the mast was broken by the stone thrown by the catapult.
"There are instructions behind!" Sivadon hurriedly turned the paper on his hand back, "When using a catapult, there is a chance that he will break his mast. But it doesn't matter, the mast is removable, and there are spare masts at the bottom of the cabin to replace. However, it is recommended that the mast be removed first and then use the catapult..."
"She put this paragraph at the forefront!"
Chapter completed!