Chapter 617: Mine outside the city
At the same time, after rushing out of the city gate from the other end and escaping for a distance, Long Zhantian looked back with lingering fear at the border city in the distance, where he could still vaguely see some outlines, and his heart was also filled with a storm.
"Centaurs, are those mercenaries involved?!"
The appearance of the Centaurs did surprise him, but it was far less shocking than the three-bow crossbows that had instantly blew up their watchtowers on the wall and the city gate.
It was only after I successfully escaped that I began to think about this matter.
"General, what do we do now?"
On the way of escape, the garrisons responsible for guarding other city gates also came out to join him.
Although he hasn't counted them yet, he estimates that he has about five hundred in his hands now.
It was obviously impossible to fight back with such a small number of troops, and he didn't even dare to stay here for a while.
"Let's travel overnight! We need to reach the next city as soon as possible!"
There are Centaur cavalry on the opposite side. The Centaurs are not only strong in pursuit and killing capabilities, but also have night vision capabilities after dark, and can fight at night.
At this point in time, Long Zhantian didn't dare to stop.
The next morning, the interrogation department sent a report. They had actually already learned a lot of the information from Shang Xijun, and now they were verifying it.
When asked about the military strength, they were very clear about the military strength in this city, but the question of how many troops there were in the country was obviously beyond their understanding, and these soldiers could not tell at all.
However, there is still some valuable information here.
"It is said that there is a mine called Lead-Zinc Mine 20 kilometers away from the South City Gate."
Obviously, these two unfamiliar words were a bit difficult for Liu Dahe who came to report.
Zhou Xu didn't know much about minerals, and Wang Dong and his team didn't know much about them either. Of course, he knew about the two metal elements lead and zinc, but that was all. What role could they play? What did they look like? Zhou Xu didn't know much about them.
[The other party was able to clearly say that it was a lead-zinc mine. Could it be that there are people here who are capable of identifying ores? ]
When he thought of this, Zhou Xu's heartbeat quickened slightly.
Compared to this mineral vein, he obviously valued this talent more. Thinking of this, Zhou Xu quickly asked Liu Dahe to find out the truth about this matter.
At the same time, it is obviously necessary to send a team to confirm the mineral vein.
As a result, something embarrassing happened. Zhou Xu found that after they settled in the city and took over the garrison of the four city walls and the patrol work in the city, he had no more people to mobilize...
"Forget it, I'll go there myself."
As he spoke, Zhou Xu handed over the task of sitting here to Shi Lei and walked directly outside. Seeing this, the elf knights led by Silk immediately followed.
In the previous battle, because it went so smoothly, the elven knights led by Silk did not use their own abilities. The physical strength they consumed was almost recovered during this night's rest, and they are in perfect condition now.
In this state, even if a troop came out to intercept them, Silk and his men would be able to escort their king away safely.
Therefore, Shi Lei was not worried at all about the safety of their king.
Twenty kilometers is not far, and it only takes thirty to forty minutes to ride normally. If they ride at full speed, they estimate that they can arrive in less than half an hour.
【Eagle Eye! 】
Before they got close enough, the moment the mine appeared in their field of vision, Silk, the captain of the Royal Guard, immediately turned on his "Eagle Eye" to observe it.
This side is a gravel road. When the war horses run, they will directly raise a lot of dust. They can't hide even if they want to. It is obvious that the other side has discovered them.
With the help of "Eagle Eye", Silk could clearly see that the other party was pulling up the gate of the mine as quickly as possible and setting up barricades nearby, with a group of soldiers holding spears waiting behind them.
At the same time, all the archers were in position, and some even climbed directly onto the arrow tower.
"My lord, there are no more than thirty spearmen on the opposite side, and there are more than ten or twenty archers."
A mine in a location like this must have been discovered later, otherwise it would have been impossible not to take the mine into consideration when building the city.
Under this premise, considering the distance between the mine and the city, it is normal to deploy some garrisons here just in case.
"Do you want to rush in directly?"
As for those archers and chevaux de frise, Silk and his men didn't take them seriously at all. As long as they activated the 'air barrier', it would only take a moment for them to rush in.
"No rush, keep a safe distance and see what happens."
While Zhou Xu was speaking, an arrow flew from afar and stuck about ten meters away.
Unlike yesterday, they used a three-bow crossbow to instantly blow up the opposite watchtower and city gate. Then, while blowing up the chevaux de frise, they also killed a large number of soldiers guarding the city who were blocking the city gate passage.
Not to mention the soldiers on the opposite side, even Long Zhantian, the general defending the city, was frightened for a while, causing the soldiers' attacks to be more than a beat slower.
In this era, the effective range of bows and arrows is only about one or two hundred meters, which is basically the burst range of the Centaur cavalry's charge speed.
At this distance, even if the opponent's attack was a beat slower, it would be enough for the Centaur Cavalry to burst out and rush in front of them in one breath! At this moment, the arrow from the opposite side was clearly meant to stop them.
After that, I saw the gate of the mine opposite opened a crack, and a soldier ran out on horseback and shouted.
"Where are you cavalrymen from? Don't you know that this is our Chinese Empire's mine?! Get out of here now!!"
Yesterday, the battle was chaotic and the garrison soldiers were busy escaping. Who would have the time to run to the mine 20 kilometers away to report the news? This directly led to the mine not knowing what happened at the border at all.
Therefore, Zhou Xu grinned upon hearing this, and then winked at Silk, signaling Silk to come forward and speak...
"I am Lieutenant Silk of the Great Zhou. Your border city fell yesterday! If you are smart, throw away your weapons and surrender. You can still save your life. If you resist stubbornly, you will die!"
Some of these words and phrases were learned by Silk from Zhou Xu's speech yesterday, and now he can put them into practice.
As soon as these words were spoken, the soldier who was shouting from the opposite side suddenly changed his expression.
"You guys are capable of breaking through China's border? Do you think I will believe your lies?!"
"Whether you believe it or not, go back and tell your superiors that we will give you ten minutes. If you don't open the door and surrender after ten minutes, don't blame us for being rude!"
(End of this chapter)
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