Chapter 410 A wise choice!
Then Ike and Laurie passed on Gervis' order, and Gervis' siege operation officially began.
Because of the number of people, Gervis didn't plan to make the aisle too wide this time. It only needed to be one or two meters wide to facilitate two or three people walking side by side.
Otherwise, with only fifty slaves, they would not be able to fill the moat to the other side even if they filled the moat by tomorrow.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
As the catapults started, the castle in front was constantly attacked by stones. And because it was daytime this time, the landing points of the stones were more accurate and the scene was more thrilling.
After only two rounds of missiles, Gervis saw a tower of Bernburg not far away collapse directly, and the three or four guards on it were buried by the rocks.
With Gervis's catapult, a strategic weapon, constantly throwing catapults, the siege proceeded slowly and steadily. During this time, Gervis sat in a soft chair and watched the progress of the siege.
There was no need for Gervis to give any orders. Ik and others were all performing their own duties. While they were attacking the city, there were twenty longbowmen on guard outside.
Gervis's small cannon has also been put into use, and it is loaded with shotgun shells. If someone wants to launch a sneak attack on his team from behind, they will definitely be in trouble.
Bang bang bang!
Boom!
Finally, as the sun was setting, a loud noise was heard from Bernburg in the distance. Gervis looked in the direction of the sound and saw that a section of the front wall of Bernburg was collapsing, stirring up a cloud of dust.
"Ike, bring me my full body armor! Tell the longsword soldiers and longbow soldiers! Prepare to attack the city!"
After waiting for several hours, this moment finally came. Although it was expected, Gervis still felt it was troublesome.
"Yes, sir!"
Soon, with the help of Ik and others, Gervis put on his full body armor.
The slave spearmen under the city wall also filled the collapsed section of the wall with soil.
The collapsed wall of Bernburg this time was much more serious than that of Kalundborg. There was a gap more than four meters wide, and the remaining height of the wall was less than five meters.
Gervis estimated that this was because during the day, the catapults could concentrate their attack on one place.
"Everyone, follow me! Those who surrender will not be killed, but those who dare to resist will be killed without mercy!"
This time they are all Gervis's own subordinates, and they are all ordinary soldiers, so Gervis does not want any casualties, and he does not intend to hold back against those who defend themselves.
Soon, Gervis brought fifty or sixty people to the wall of Bernburg and prepared to climb the city.
The defenders on top of the city wall were still resisting, shooting arrows at them.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The 14 members of Lowry's team, armed with long muskets, began to cover Gervis and others in their siege of the city, continuously shooting at the defenders who showed their heads and drew their bows and arrows.
As sporadic gunshots rang out, one or two screams could be heard from the city wall from time to time. Some guards even fell directly from the top of the castle after being shot by muskets.
On Gervis's side, after the siege ladder was set up, Gervis was the first to climb up the city wall.
It's no wonder that Gervis always leads the charge. He is also quite helpless. Gervis doesn't have a titled knight under his command, and the Phoenix in the castle is wearing full body armor, obviously a bronze knight. If he allows his men to rush forward first, there will definitely be considerable casualties.
"Put down your weapons, surrender and you will not be killed! Anyone who dares to resist will be killed without mercy!"
Gervis jumped into the vestibule first and rushed towards the guards who were coming from a distance.
There was no suspense about what happened next. It only took Gerves a minute or two to capture the Bernburg.
Through this siege, Gervis discovered a problem. These noble descendants, knowing that he was stronger than them, still led the way to stop him and others.
Gervis didn't know whether they were fearless or knew they could buy their lives with a ransom. In any case, doing so was in line with Gervis's wishes. If he directly captured these noble descendants as hostages, the guards would stop obediently because they could not bear such a responsibility.
When Ik and others completely controlled all the defenders, it also meant that Gervis had hundreds of gold coins in his account.
"What? Eight hundred gold coins? Viscount Gervis, why don't you just go and rob them!"
“I’m just robbing now!”
Ike and others took a tour of the castle. The situation in Bernburg was exactly the same as that in Kalundborg. All the valuables had been sent to Maiye City.
So Gervis didn't bother beating around the bush and directly offered the same price as Babette.
Phoenix felt that Gervis was asking for too much, but Gervis's answer made Phoenix's face turn red instantly, but he was speechless.
Babette, who was still tied up on the side, also had a gloating smile on her face at this moment. This is exactly what it means to share happiness with others rather than enjoy it alone.
The castle steward of Bernburg is obviously not as good as the steward Gabi of Kalundborg.
Gabi saw that Gervis and the others were able to remain calm, but the steward of Bernburg was a little timid.
But this is normal. After all, not everyone is not afraid of death. In this situation, it is not shameful even if you are scared to death.
After reporting the amount of gold coins, Gervis directly instructed the castle steward how to conduct the transaction.
And just like Gabi, they told the people in the castle along the way that as long as they handed over the hostages, the castle would remain intact.
By the time the castle steward of Bernburg and two servants rushed to Maiye City to report the news, it had already become completely dark, so Gervis simply rested in the castle for the night.
The next morning, Gervis continued his journey.
The servants of Bernburg were still imprisoned in the dungeon by Gervis, and he also planted a rose flag above the castle and left 10 serfs as temporary garrisons, waiting for the follow-up large army.
After another half day, Gervis arrived at the last castle on his route, which was still a baron's castle.
When Gervis brought Babette and Phoenix, two bickering couple, to the place called Aubrey Castle, an unexpected scene happened to him.
"Excuse me, are you Viscount Gervis of the Jones family?"
"Yes, you know me?"
At this moment, there was a young man on the city wall. He was not wearing armor, but only a gorgeous silk gown.
"I heard about their experiences from Butler Kalundborg and Butler Bernborg. It was from them that I learned your name."
The young man on the castle replied in a slightly respectful tone.
"Lord Gervis, as long as I am willing to leave the city as your hostage, will you really give up attacking Aubrey Castle?"
"Of course. As for the ransom, you should have heard about it, right? It costs 800 gold coins. You should know the two people next to me. They also need 800 gold coins to redeem them."
Seeing the young man on the city wall being so sensible, Gervis was of course happy. There was no benefit for him to capture the castle, so why not take the hostages and then go to Maiye City to happily exchange them for gold coins.
"Okay, Viscount Gervis, I hope you can do what you say!"
The young man on the city wall no longer hesitated and began to order people to prepare to lower the hanging basket from the castle.
"Do you two know this guy? Don't lie to me, or his losses will be blamed on you!"
Seeing that the young man was so cooperative, Gervis was very satisfied, but he still went to Babette and Phoenix to confirm it, so as to avoid being deceived by the people in the castle with a fake offspring.
Hearing Gervis' question, Babette and Phoenix couldn't help but roll their eyes. They had never seen someone as unchivalrous as Gervis.
"I know him, his name is Urik, the eldest son of Baron Aubrey!"
Gervis ignored the two men's aggrieved expressions. After confirming the identity of the young man, Gervis began to pay attention to the man's actions.
The basket on the castle was slowly lowered, but this time it was not Ulrich who came down, but a servant. After the servant arrived under the city wall, Ulrich took the basket to the bottom of the city wall.
At this time, there was a small wooden boat under the city wall. It was not known whether it was prepared in advance by Urik and others. The two of them took the small wooden boat and slowly came to the other side of the moat.
"Hello, Viscount Gervis!"
"Hello, Urik! You made a wise choice!"
Gervis laughed, but what Kuaurik said was not wrong. After all, facing Gervis' fifty catapults, it was impossible for such a baronial castle to be defended.
By that time, the castle walls will collapse, and it will take a lot of manpower and material resources to repair and rebuild them.
Next, Gervis took a flag of the Jones family and asked the servant to take it back to the castle and raise it, to prevent the Jones family from coming and continuing to attack the city in a few days without knowing the situation.
In addition, Gervis also asked the steward of the castle to go to Maiye City to report the news and ask Baron Aubrey to prepare the ransom.
At this point, all the castles along the way of the Jones family have been taken over by Gervis, and the ransom alone can earn 2,400 gold coins. When the main force returns, it is estimated that many serfs can be captured.
"This kind of business is so easy to do. Should I try to make some money from other earl families?"
Gervis suddenly had this idea.
The other families had a large number of people, and many of them marched on foot, so they could not match the marching speed of Gervis's 'carriage-based infantry'.
So Gervis estimated that they were probably still dealing with the first castle, and he felt that he could take this opportunity to quickly go to their route and reap the harvest.
Anyway, I only need to persuade them to surrender. If they really don't surrender, I can just leave. But as long as one castle surrenders, I can make a net profit of 800 gold coins.
From Urik's mouth, Gervis knew why he chose to surrender so readily.
It turned out that when Gabi talked about the situation in Kalundborg, Urik didn't take it seriously. He even thought that Gabi was too timid to help the enemy convey these words that were obviously meant to persuade them to surrender.
But when Bernburg's steward said the same thing, Ulrich had to take it seriously.
So they quickly sent people to check the two castles. They were shocked when they saw the result. They found that only small sections of the walls of the two castles had been blown down and they were all breached.
After receiving such news, Urik no longer had any hope of luck.
The outcome will be the same, so why not save the castle and the lives of his subordinates?
So he made a wise choice, which led to the scene just now.
I wasn't at home at noon, so I posted this chapter early!
(End of this chapter)
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