Chapter 658 The Secret Passage
".What a mighty soldier!""
At looked at these guards who had some connection with the Wells family, and couldn't help but sigh.
"Of course, they were all soldiers under your father's name, and I brought them out from Wellsburg." Rocky said with a bit of pride in his tone. "Wellsburg has always advocated force. Being able to become a soldier under the name of Baron Wellsburg is an honor for anyone!"
Lodge is right. When Wood Wells and the previous generations of barons were in Wellsburg, they always attached great importance to the personal combat skills of soldiers. The soldiers coming out of Wellsburg can usually fight one against three and are extremely brave.
"Sir Lodge, you are the leading cavalryman of Wellsburg. You were also responsible for the training of new recruits in Wellsburg. If you can use the methods of training the soldiers of Wellsburg to train the recruits I recruited, then this recruit team will definitely become the Wells Army." The most powerful one in the group~"
"Your Majesty, since I am a knight in your name, I shall be loyal to you. Rocky is waiting for your orders."
"Very good~" Art was very satisfied with this.
"Let's go back to the house and talk. I just want to ask you something~"
"Okay, Lord Earl."
As soon as he entered the mansion, Art led a few people and walked straight to the Lord's Hall, and ordered people to keep an eye on the door and not allow anyone to come in and disturb him.
A moment later, there was no one else in the Lord's Hall of Art's residence except Art, Angus, Ron and Rocky.
The door is held by two guards from the Earl's Guard. Lodge's four bodyguards were placed in a hut alone and were not allowed to move around without Lodge's orders.
After a few people sat down, Art asked Ron to fill a large glass of Wells beer for them as usual.
"Sir Rocky, please use it slowly." Ron carefully placed the wine glass in front of Rocky. But Art's mysterious behavior made him feel that this matter was not trivial, and he just looked at the young earl sitting quietly on the big leather chair at the top.
Looking at Rocky's awkward look, Art broke the silence.
“Sir Rocky, do you know why I haven’t attacked Sauron Castle?” Art kept tapping his fingers on the table and looked at Rocky.
Listening to what Art said, Rocky seemed to understand what Art meant. So he leaned forward slightly, clasped his hands, and said to Art: "As the most important barrier in the northern part of Lombardy, Soronborg's walls are unmatched by ordinary cities in terms of height and thickness. For hundreds of years, no one has ever broken through from the outside. Passing Sauron Castle. Moreover, since Ward Burley captured Sauron Castle, the city wall has been repaired and reinforced several times, making it more difficult to attack the city. "
After speaking, Rocky took a sip from the beer in his hand.
When you take one sip into your throat, it is extremely refreshing, and the mellow aroma of the beer is so memorable that Rocky couldn't help but exclaim: "Good wine!"
Matt smiled slightly and said: "No one who has drunk this wine has said that it is not good."
Hence "May I ask your lord, where is this wine produced? What is its name? Why does it taste so mellow?" Rocky couldn't help but ask a series of questions.
"This is the Welsh beer produced in my territory. Currently, due to insufficient production, it is not sold everywhere." Art said and couldn't help but pick up the glass and take a sip.
"Welsh beer? What a name!"
"Hahaha..."
Everyone laughed loudly.
Afterwards, Art stood up, walked slowly to Rocky, put a hand on Rocky's shoulder, and asked: "Sir Rocky, if I want to attack Sauron Castle, do you have any good suggestions?"
Rocky looked at Art, smiled slightly, and then asked, "I'm afraid that's not what the Earl meant, right?"
Art also knew in his heart that if he attacked Soronborg, even though he had a lot of iron eggs in his hand, he would definitely pay a certain price. Sauronburg is the last line of defense for the Lombards, and the opponent will definitely not give up easily. A forceful attack would inevitably lead to desperate resistance from the Lombard soldiers, which would only increase our own casualties. But if he can cooperate internally and externally, Art can quickly capture Sauronburg at the minimum cost and target Milan.
After thinking for a moment, Art expressed his thoughts.
"You have been doing business here for many years, so you must have a wide range of contacts. If there is someone in Sauronburg to help us break the city, it will be much easier to capture Sauronburg -..."
After saying that, Art kept staring at Rocky, expecting to get the answer he wanted from him.
After hearing this, the corners of Rocky's mouth gradually rose ~ Puff!
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Seeing how rude the guy in front of him was, Angus, who was sitting next to him, suddenly stood up and became furious. He clenched his fists and planned to rush towards Rocky.
At this, Art stretched out his hand to stop Angus and motioned him to sit back down.
Then, Art looked at the middle-aged knight in front of him with white stubble in his hair, patted the knight's shoulder, and sighed softly.
Just as Art turned around, Rocky grabbed his arm, stood up, and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, this is exactly why I came here. I have been waiting for this moment for so many years!"
Rocky slowly raised his head to look at Art, with tears in his eyes.
"Sir Lodge, you~" Art knew that he had got the answer,
"Brother Ron, please do me a favor."
After saying that, Rocky took out a large piece of parchment from his arms, and Ron and he laid out a map of the defenses of Sauron Castle on the table.
"This is—." Looking at the map in front of him, Art was stunned.
"Your Majesty, this is the current deployment of troops in various parts of Sauronburg." Rocky said, pointing to the map on the table.
Yate bent over and carefully looked at the place names marked on the map and the deployment of troops in various places. It can be seen from the picture that the Lombards placed their main forces at the north gate, which bore the brunt of the attack. The defense at the south gate was relatively weak and was mainly controlled by young peasant soldiers.
· Thanks to the height of Solonborg's city walls, people outside trying to climb up the walls via the city ladder are almost seeking death.
Previously, the wall of Sauron Castle was about thirty feet high. After the tragic death of the former steward of the Wells family in the castle, Walder Burley ordered people to raise the wall, so that the height of the city wall increased by half to forty-five feet. Standing under the tower and looking up, it looks like a giant standing in front of you. The city walls are ten feet thick everywhere, and a trebuchet hitting them can only scratch a little bit of the wall, but cannot cause devastating damage to the city at all.
You need to pass through the three-story fort gate to enter and exit the fort. In addition to the suspension bridge on the outermost layer that can pull up the covered door, there is also an iron gate with a winch on the middle layer that can move up and down, and two giant hinged oak doors on the innermost layer. However, in order to resist the northern army, the defenders of Solonborg had already sealed the north gate with giant stones, leaving only the south gate for people, horses and supplies to enter and exit.
There are two garrison camps on each side of the south gate, with a total of 800 Lombard soldiers. Sauron Castle and these two camps are in mutual support.
In order to protect Solonborg, the defenders stocked enough food and supplies for two years in the fort. In addition, the warehouses were filled with weapons, armor, crossbows and arrows used to defend the city, and there were countless kerosene and stones used to defend the enemy.
In addition to the soldiers guarding the city, the residents inside were also trapped in the fort and were called around as laborers.
After a while, Art looked up at Rocky and said: "The situation inside is similar to what the task force found out before the city was closed. But our people were kicked out because of strangers, so we have no one to respond to them."
"No, we have someone to respond to us!" Rocky denied Art.
"Here~" Rocky pointed to a residential house on the map close to the city wall, "There is a tavern that I bought a few years ago. The people inside are all subordinates who have followed me loyally for many years. I can get news from them about anything that happens in Sauron Castle~"
Art finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.
Ron on the side also became interested at this time and asked: "Sir Rocky, with just the few people you have arranged in the city, how can you open the city gate and let us in?"
"Yes, there are many defenders in Sauron Castle, so the defense must be tight. Even the stone in the doorway cannot be moved by just a few people. Could it be that you let us fly in like birds~" Angus said mockingly.
"Who said we must enter through the city gate?" Lodge glanced at Angus who was standing aside, and then said to Art: "Please look, your lord, there is a dense forest here about one mile west of the free market." Lodge pointed his finger from the direction of the free market. Rowing straight towards the dense forest, "There is a passage below~"
"A passage?"
"A passage?"
"A passage?"
The three of them said in unison.
"Yes, passage!" Rocky clicked his chin, feeling very proud.
“This, Sir Rocky~” Art was speechless for a moment, thinking he heard wrongly.
Immediately, Rocky slowly told several people about the ins and outs of this passage.
"As early as a few years ago, I started to send people to secretly build this passage. I believe the earl also knows that Sauron Castle has never been attacked from the outside for hundreds of years, and every time the castle changes hands, it is mostly due to internal divisions. My original intention of building this passage was to wait for the return of the Wells family. In addition, That bastard Walder Burley levies a heavy tax on merchants entering and exiting Sauron Castle. With this passage, he can't even take a copper coin from me."
"Sir, great, with this passage, we can sneak in at night and strangle all the Lombards inside!" Ron said excitedly.
“Yes, sir, in this way, we can not only reduce the casualties of the soldiers, but also pull out this nail in one fell swoop, so that the old Duke of Lombardy will never have peace again!” Angus also echoed.
At looked at the secret passage on the map that extended from Sauron Castle to the dense forest outside the city, thinking about how to send the raiding soldiers in through this passage without anyone noticing.
After a while, Art asked: "How many people can pass through this passage at one time?"
"Back to your lord, the passage is barely big enough for one person to pass!" Rocky replied.
"A distance of one mile can only be passed by one person. There are thousands of defenders in Sauron Castle~" Art kept reciting this string of numbers in his mouth.