vstars Chapter 275 Do you still want to be a robber?
Chapter 275 Do you still want to be a robber?
Wow!
There was a sound of glass breaking in the office of the Andrew Chamber of Commerce in Mont-de-Marsan. After smashing the instruments of the King's Hall that he had used for many years into pieces, the angry Andrew shouted at the butler with a head like an ordinary red date:
"Are you sure this is true? How dare they seal off my Chamber of Commerce!"
"It's true. In addition to the local branch president sending a request for help, the Bernas City Council also sent someone to inform us."
"This is the crux of the problem. I give them so much money every year. What does their city council do for a living?" Andrew cursed while slamming the table.
"Their explanation is that the power to collect taxes has been transferred to John, and the branch president who resisted the tax should be punished. Secondly, John used some unknown means to transfer two large warships from the Navy Headquarters. They are afraid that if a conflict really breaks out, the Navy's closure of the port will directly affect their most important port trade."
"What a bunch of losers!" Andrew looked at the group of people he had paid to support, but they were actually indifferent when it came to their own interests. He immediately punched the desk, and then a sharp pain went straight from his fist to his brain, and Andrew was so painful that he couldn't even shout.
Seeing that his master was still doing something stupid, the butler ordered people to clean up the broken glass on the ground and bring medicine to treat the abrasions, then helped Andrew to a chair.
"Master, how about we admit our mistakes to Governor John? It seems that he has no intention of dealing with us. I think we should send someone to show goodwill to Governor John right away. He came here to fight the Lana people in the south. We should provide him with money and weapons and equipment. After the war, we can ask Governor John to mention the Andrew Chamber of Commerce in front of the king. Maybe we can win the favor of His Majesty the King and obtain business licenses for other royal territories and military orders from the east to fight against Yoda..."
"Butler, don't you understand now? That John wants to swallow up the Andrew Chamber of Commerce bit by bit. After this time, branches in other places will soon be seized and sealed off for various reasons, and then only the headquarters in Mont-de-Marsan will be left!" However, Andrew did not listen to the butler's advice, but instead expressed his own opinions.
In his eyes, only those who listen to him are his allies and vassals, and those who do not listen to him are either stronger than him in the local area or are strangers, and those who dare to attack him are enemies. Andrew cannot sleep well unless he fights to the death.
"Butler, send someone to Wendam to find those nobles and ministers I have made friends with. No matter how much it costs, when the king summons you, immediately impeach John!"
"Also, tell the bandits in the suburbs that I will reward them handsomely if they can capture the village controlled by John's army or the Simon Chamber of Commerce's caravan."
After saying this, Andrew seemed to feel that what he had done was not enough, so he continued to order:
"I remember that I once cooperated with several assassin societies. Find them to assassinate me..."
Before he finished speaking, the butler immediately stepped forward to cover Andrew’s mouth, and then hurriedly said:
"Sir, please think twice. If a commoner kills a noble, it is a capital crime regardless of the other party's rank!"
Andrew pushed the butler's hand away and said:
"I'm not stupid. Who said I wanted to kill John? I meant those local lackeys who work for him. Isn't it enough to just kill them?"
Jacques, who was 20 miles away from Mont-de-Marsan, suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck. He turned around but saw nothing.
"Captain, what's wrong with you? Are there bandits ambushing behind us?"
"It's nothing, the cold wind is blowing into my neck." Jacques touched the back of his neck and tightened the fur scarf around his neck, then followed his hands down to the hillside.
"This is the last bandit camp, and it's also the most difficult to attack in this area. Look at this stone wall, it looks like it can't be built in a few years."
"Make sure there are no tunnel entrances around here."
"We searched for several times but couldn't find him. Even if he was there, the cavalry would find him as soon as he showed his head."
Looking at the castle-like bandit camp in front of him, Jacques even saw some catapults and crossbows on the towers. If they attacked by force, there would be countless casualties.
"Okay, then follow the steps and persuade them to surrender first."
Soon, several members of the wartime patrol team walked to a place a hundred meters away from the camp and set up their shields. A member at the back used a loudspeaker to shout at the camp:
"Everyone in the camp, you have been surrounded. If you resist stubbornly, you will die. Think about your wives and children, think about your parents, open the city gate and leave a way for yourself to survive!"
However, after shouting for a long time, no one in the camp responded. Jacques observed the robbers on the camp wall through a telescope. He saw people crowded on the wall, and they seemed to be talking about something, but Jacques could not hear it at all.
"Captain, no one on the other side is responding. The city gates are not open, and no arrows are being fired at us."
"Then there is no other way. The second step is to ask the army to come over and fire."
From the beginning, Jacques had no intention of engaging in a siege war with the bandits. If he had done so, his few hundred men would not have been able to survive until here. The reason why he was safe and sound now was that most of the siege tasks were carried out by the White Wolf Knights appointed by John to command the army.
Soon, the White Wolf Knight in silver-white armor arrived with his men on horseback. After hearing the current battle situation, the White Wolf Knight immediately ordered:
"Artillery, fire at the east city gate, towers and other buildings. After destroying the targets, bombard the city walls to open a gap for the infantry behind to enter."
A few minutes later, accompanied by more than a dozen roars, Jacques saw the towers in the distance collapse one after another, raising clouds of white dust. Before he could use the telescope to observe the situation in the camp, the second round of artillery fire started again, this time damaging the walls on both sides of the city gate.
After two bombardments, there was no longer any defense in the eastern part of the bandit camp. Seeing this, the White Wolf Knight immediately went down the hillside and began to order the army to advance.
At this time, some bandits were trying to escape from the ruins, but they were immediately killed by the crossbowmen and musketeers who had loaded their weapons. The remaining bandits dropped their weapons and knelt on the ground after seeing the fully armed soldiers marching towards them.
In less than half an hour, the bandit camp that had just troubled Jacques was breached. After interrogation, it was found that the bandit leader was killed by the collapsed tower due to artillery bombardment, some of the remaining small leaders were killed by crossbows and muskets, and the rest immediately chose to surrender.
"Master, please be kind. I have old people and young children to take care of. Please..."
"Why are you talking so much? Get out of the way and take him away!"
Jacques soon led his team into the fortress. Looking at the complete buildings inside and the stone brick fortress in the center, he felt that even if the regular army from the battle between Midlan and Yoda was called in, it would take two or three days to surround the fortress without artillery and only with catapults.
"Captain, look here, there are some old, weak, women and children, probably the family members of the bandits."
At this moment, a member of the wartime patrol shouted to Jacques, and when Jacques went there, he saw more than a dozen people in a cellar, all of them were old people, women and children.
"What else can we do? Go ask those robbers to claim it. If they don't have it, take them to find the body." Jacques said nonchalantly.
Looking at Jacques and his companions going away, the robbers' children began to whisper to each other. One of them whispered to a mature boy:
"Gorkas, your father wasn't beaten to death by them, was he?"
"Go away, what nonsense are you talking about? My dad is the best at hiding in this bandit camp. Even if your dad dies, my dad won't die."
Gorkas said as he looked at the soldiers who were collecting the bodies nearby, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart:
"It seems I can't be a robber anymore. It's too dangerous."