C49 Take over the Mine

The fire burned for seven days and seven nights, countless thousand-year-old trees on Xigang Mountain. All of them were burned to ashes. At least within a hundred years, this place would be a barren mountain. The thick smoke not only wreaked havoc on the entire mountain, it also continued to sweep toward the borders of Venice.

Atlas waited peacefully in the camp for seven days. By the afternoon of the eighth day, the fire was basically extinguished. Occasionally, there were still a few places that had yet to be burned down, but it was already meaningless. Atlas led his three generals and his main force all the way into the valley.

They had already walked the same path several times, but this time, they had different feelings. One was the joy of victory, and Ashlow really didn't go back on his word. He did not use any of his troops to win the battle. Second, it was speculation and uneasiness. Looking at the originally lush and lush forest along the way, it was now filled with smoke and coal. Everyone's heart shivered. "Fortunately, Ashlow is your son. If he was the commander of the enemy... The bearded Cinnu said quietly to Stuya, "Stuya is your son. If he was the commander of the enemy, we would have been played to death!

After a while, they arrived at the entrance of the fortress and looked at the big cracks on the ground. Stuya was filled with emotion. "I went through so many hardships to attack the city, but many people died. It didn't work at all. But my son did a little trick and didn't even sacrifice a soldier's life. He won so easily?" Touching his beard that had grown out, Stuya really wondered if he was old.

" Novi, bring your men and go in to take a look. If there were any survivors, it would be 'kacha'. Then, open the door. If there is anything you can't deal with... Yes. " As he spoke, Qingtian gestured with his hand around his neck. "Understood, Young Lord." After saying that, Novi led his subordinates towards the city wall. The four hundred men seemed weightless as they all climbed onto the city wall. They jumped in.

With Stuya's strength, he could clearly see that these four hundred men were not soldiers at all. They were all swordman, and there were actually more than a dozen Grand Swordsman. There were even three or four people that even he couldn't see through. Their strength was clearly on par with his. "How did this kid make these people listen to him so much? What a monster."

Everyone waited anxiously for a long time. At this time, with a creak, the door opened. A thick smoke rushed out. "Why is the smoke inside so thick? I really don't know how Novi and the others searched inside. It's so big, it's amazing. I wouldn't have gone in even if I had to die. " " Report to Young Lord, there are no survivors inside. " Novi's words were very concise. "Alright, there are no more soldiers in the fortress now. Let's go in and accept this place! Let's go. " With a wave of his hand, tens of thousands of people marched into the fortress.

After entering, Qingtian really wanted to give Novi a good beating, but looking at how serious he was, he really couldn't do it. There really weren't any more Menes soldiers inside the stronghold, and there were no survivors either. It was simply a human purgatory! The corpses of the Menes soldiers were scattered all over the place. Every one of them died an ugly death: most of them had their necks clutched, some had their mouths wide open. Their eyeballs were popping out of their sockets. Everyone had died from being poisoned to death. Qingtian suppressed the urge to vomit and pretended to be calm. "So scary!" Catherine, who was beside him, could not help but grab Qingtian's arm. Although she was a powerful mage, she was still a girl. Seeing such a scene was still very terrifying. "Don't be afraid. Menes owes us. They have already paid us back." Qingtian comforted her.

Qingtian didn't sigh too much. He turned around and shouted, "Adjutant!" "Yes, Lord Count." A capable middle-aged man ran over. "Find someone to move the corpses, calculate the number of enemies killed, and then find the tunnel dug by the enemy. Remember, wherever there are more dead people, there will be tunnels. Go. " After saying that, he turned around and said to Stuya and the other two," My three generals, the rest of the matters will be arranged by you. They are all experienced and efficient. I want to walk around here with Her Royal Highness. " As he spoke, he and Catherine went to visit the stronghold.

It could not be denied that this Third Princess from Menes was really very talented. The entire stronghold was very big, but there was not such a large open space. It could be said that this stronghold was built on the back of the mountain, and the place that was exposed was not very big. Instead, there was a lot of empty space in front of the stronghold. "Looks like this little girl already has an idea, she left behind all the graves of Art's army" And most of the space in the fortress was dug out at the foot of the mountain. "What a big cave. I was wondering how so many soldiers could escape from a meteor. So they were hiding in the cave. "

"The design of the entire arrow tower and the catapult is also very novel. It's different from the usual equipment on the continent. However, Atlas still smelled a familiar scent, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it before. All the outer city walls were made of stone. "It should have been built with stones that were dug out. There's also a wooden fence on the inside. It should have been built at the beginning of the construction. A soldier's tunnel was dug out on the ground! This is a very advanced idea."

He found soldiers to bring over a ballista and calmly discovered that the ballistae in Menes were actually much more advanced than those used by the various countries on the continent. First of all, there weren't that many extra things, and they were much lighter. This was very conducive to transporting. Secondly, the design of the string had to be more flexible. This way, the attack range and damage would become stronger. However, no matter how one looked at it, Atlas looked like a very popular model in ancient China's wartime period. Although it was still different, it was already quite close. "Could it be that the military equipment in Menes has already developed to such an extent?" Qingtian was becoming more and more interested in this talented girl.

After a long time, the adjutant who was collecting the corpses came to report to Qingtian. "Reporting to the count, the enemy corpses have been completed. In total... In total " "Don't stutter, speak!" The adjutant quickly lowered his head and shouted, "A total of 301,325 people." "Oh?" Qingtian also sucked in a breath of cold air. "Oh my god! A single legion only has 20,000 people, yet they were actually killed by Yours Truly here! Seems like my guess was correct!" "Bring me to the tunnel!" As he spoke, he followed the adjutant to a very far part of the cave.

Reaching the depths of the cave, Atlas finally saw the tunnel. It was still very spacious when he walked in, but he didn't walk more than a few dozen meters. He could only allow one person to go in and out. As expected, the other party only cared about reinforcing the fortress in such a short period of time. How could he have time to dig a tunnel? It was already very good that he could make it like this. At this moment, the adjutant beside him said, "Lord Count, we were the slowest here when we were counting. This was because this tunnel was filled with people. It was a few hundred meters away from the mountain. There were all dead people inside, and they were all stuck together. They could only pull them out one by one. Moreover, they found a group of dead Menes soldiers in the open space outside the tunnel.

Hmph! This time, I'll let you taste the taste of being suffocated to death. "Divide yourselves and leave some people behind to continue cleaning up. Send three units of cavalry to chase after the Menes army!"