Amandina clasped her hands in front of her chest and watched as more and more people walked into the forest. Ever since the Month of Frost, even though there was still some time before Erouine's first snowfall, the temperature at night was already very low. Everyone exhaled a thin layer of white air in the cold air, forming a cloud over the lumber mill. The soldiers behind the parapet rubbed their hands together to resist the cold. Under the cold night sky, there was a hint of tension and tension.
Almost all of the mercenaries were on the wooden walls, and there was no backup. Even though Jutta and Cornelius were against it, Brando personally told her that there was no need for it, and that was the truth for her.
"What if something unexpected happens? This is putting everyone in danger! "
Amandina didn't know why, but she suddenly had a naughty thought when she answered the female commander's angry question. If Brando lied to her, she would become a spirit after she died and would haunt him.
This sudden thought gave her a big fright. Even her cheeks flushed red, and she felt a little hot. She exhaled and shook her head seriously to drive this thought out of her mind.
Jutta looked at the noble girl who seemed to be in a daze and blushed. She shook her head and gave her an answer: "This is the lord's order." She could not help but throw away the good impression she had for Amandina.
Jutta could not help but turn around and leave after hearing such an irresponsible answer. She looked at her subordinates in annoyance and scolded them in her heart before she left. If it was in the past, she would have said it in front of Amandina and not behind her back.
In fact, even she herself did not realize that they had been influenced by Brendel for a long time. She did not oppose the idea of sending all of her troops in one go.
Since it was the young man's order, then he must have his reasons.
Cornelius also stopped objecting with the same thought. But when he turned around, he saw a smile on the tall Firebrand Mercenary's tanned face. The silver-haired middle-aged man was stunned.
"You already knew?" When he asked, he instinctively became alert.
Raban seemed to have seen through the old fox's thoughts. He rubbed his nose carelessly and laughed: "That little girl is calmer than you and me. Do you think she's someone who would randomly give orders? The only one who can order her around is the young Overlord … "
"You're quite observant." Cornelius snorted.
"Same to you." Raban's thoughts flashed through his mind, but he did not say it out loud. There was an experienced mercenary beside him who would estimate the number of Subterrane Dwellers in the forest every once in a while. He listened of the mercenary's voice and did not say a word.
Soon, there were thousands of Subterrane Dwellers. Their restlessness in the forest caused everyone to be on guard.
The stars in the night sky were constantly changing, but time had finally passed the first two hours after midnight. Amandina was at a disadvantage as she struggled with fatigue and the Roman's strange questions. But just as she was about to yawn, she heard a series of strange sounds.
It was the sound of the surrounding mercenaries raising their crossbows.
Amandina immediately shuddered. She raised her head and saw that the Subterrane Dwellers were finally moving. They walked out of the forest in rows, and there were two Bugbears who raised their huge wooden shields to protect them.
"Do you have any siege weapons?"
The mercenaries asked each other from the top of the walls.
"No!"
"I don't see any!"
The scout's voice immediately came from the tower. Almost everyone breathed a sigh of relief. "My lord guessed it again." Amandina stood behind the parapet and thought to herself with a calm expression.
The Subterrane Dwellers began to speed up when they were about 150 yards away. From the wooden walls, it looked like they were jogging, but the huge wooden shields that formed the surface of the sea were already moving.
100 yards.
50 yards.
At this moment, Jutta, Raban, and Cornelius simultaneously gave the order to fire. Hundreds of crossbows were released at the same time, and the sound of the crossbow bolts made everyone's ears go numb. Everyone saw the dense crossbow bolts forming a translucent white line that swept forward like a blade.
The blade swept across the advancing formation of the Subterrane Dwellers. The three rows of Subterrane Dwellers at the front paused, and the Subterrane Dwellers and Earth Spirit Bugbears tumbled to the ground. An obvious gap immediately appeared in their formation.
But everyone knew that only the heavens knew the true destructive power of the crossbow bolts against the Subterrane Dwellers. They did not have the time to load the second crossbow bolt, and the Subterrane Dwellers behind them rushed forward to fill up the gap in front.
In just a few moments, the Subterrane Dwellers had already killed their way to the wooden walls outside the sawmill.
The wooden wall was made up of four layers of logs, and the space between each layer was filled with mud. For a lumberyard, the three commanders thought that the Subterrane Dwellers were simply wasting their raw materials by building such a fortification. However, when the Bugbears raised their wooden shields and rammed into the wall, they began to regret this thought.
The heavy Subterrane Dwellers took huge steps forward, and the weight of the wooden shields in their hands caused the wooden walls to creak. Some of the logs even began to tilt backwards. One had to know that the logs had been driven deep into the ground for nearly a third of their length.
Everyone could hear the creaking of the wooden walls under their feet, and it was simply terrifying. In comparison, the Subterrane Dwellers who stepped on the wooden shields and used their powerful hind legs to leap up the walls were completely harmless.
The mercenaries did not hesitate to chase the uninvited guests down the wooden walls, but the Subterrane Dwellers' attack was not over yet. Soon, the mercenaries on the walls screamed:
"They're digging a tunnel!"
The Nightsong Tiger ordered Amandina to retreat a little, and the captain of the Mercenaries of Lopes placed his hands on the parapet wall and looked down. Under the cover of the wooden shields raised by the Bugbears, the Subterrane Dwellers were digging rapidly. Their speed was astonishing, and they lived up to their name as the Subterrane Dwellers.
However, there was no kerosene in the sawmill, and even stones were pitifully scarce. The mercenaries tried to throw logs down, but the logs were useless against the Bugbears.
Fortunately, they had a backup plan. A portion of the mercenaries immediately followed the original plan and retreated to the trenches that they dug in the afternoon.
The trenches were specially dug to deal with the Subterrane Dwellers' tunnels. According to Brando's instructions, each of the trenches was several meters deep. Thus, when the Subterrane Dwellers dug the first tunnel in half an hour, the ones at the front were immediately pushed to the bottom of the trench by the Subterrane Dwellers behind.
The Subterrane Dwellers were all dizzy from the fall. They subconsciously looked up to see what was going on, but what awaited them was the spears of the humans. Even though the Subterrane Dwellers had outstanding individual strength, when faced with more than ten spears, they could only end up being pierced like hedgehogs.
After losing dozens of men, the Subterrane Dwellers realized that this path was impassable. Thus, they had no choice but to retreat and use a more direct and violent method. The mercenaries on the walls quickly realized that the Subterrane Dwellers were using the Subterrane Dwellers.
The Subterrane Dwellers were building a human ladder!
It was an effective method, but the only flaw was that they had to abandon the Bugbears. The Bugbears squatted at the bottom of the human ladder and raised their wooden shields to form a platform for the Subterrane Dwellers to reach the outer walls of the wooden fort.
"Net!" Amandina raised her eyebrows and immediately shouted when she saw the situation.
Cornelius and Raban, who were by her side, immediately passed down the order. In an instant, the wooden walls outside the lumber mill were filled with the sound of orders. In the next moment, the mercenaries erected a large net made of wooden frames and extended it out of the walls. It was like a giant bat that covered the Subterrane Dwellers.
The net was made of simple oil ropes that were used to form the frame of the net. These ropes and the wooden frames that formed the net were made from local materials and could be found everywhere in the lumber mill. These simple nets might seem laughably crude in a battle between humans, but they were effective against the Subterrane Dwellers who were not proficient in sieges.
While the Subterrane Dwellers were climbing up the walls and dealing with the nets, the mercenaries were able to take advantage of the high ground and wait for the Subterrane Dwellers to exhaust themselves. The Subterrane Dwellers quickly suffered heavy losses.
Jutta and the other two could not help but click their tongues in amazement when they saw this scene. It was simple but effective. It was different from the tactics of the regular army. It did not seem like a method that a noble or a Knight would come up with, but it was more like an 'emergency plan' that the experienced mercenaries would come up with. However, this was the 'defensive strategy' that the young lord had instructed them to use. It made them feel a little surprised, but they did not know that the players in the game had invented many of these 'tricks'.
Relying on the simple nets, the mercenaries repelled the Subterrane Dwellers several times in a row. However, the battle had unavoidably reached a climax. The large net made of oil ropes was not unbreakable. As more and more Subterrane Dwellers broke through the net, the battle on the wooden walls finally began to draw blood.
For the first time, the humans suffered losses, and the number of casualties was rapidly increasing. In a direct battle, the Subterrane Dwellers' advantage in single combat was gradually revealed.
The mercenaries retreated step by step. As more and more Subterrane Dwellers surged up the walls, they realized that their previous advantage no longer existed. In fact, many of the defenders were chased away, and the Subterrane Dwellers from Jorgendy Ridge were about to break through the walls.
Even though they were not proficient in sieges, their advantage in numbers made up for their shortcomings.
Cornelius and Raban who were sweating profusely looked at Amandina. They knew that the only way to turn the situation around was with this noble girl. Of course, if she did not take action, then they would have to use their own methods to end the battle.
The two leaders made the same decision in their hearts at the same time.
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