516, summer, Atlas Mountains.

In the evening, the team entered the Dorseo area and encountered a tribe with hundreds of families.

They also spotted the team and stepped forward to ask questions, but in local language.

Yamazaki asked Ariwalkum to answer and told them that the goal of Yamazaki and his party was the city of Dorseo. Those who resisted will become slaves, and those who surrender will become free people.

During the conversation, the tribe's warriors gathered.

Eighty bears rushed forward, braving the rain of arrows and rushing to the vicinity of their line, roaring loudly.

The distance was too close, and the horses couldn't bear the bear's breath, so they ran away in all directions. The opponent's formation was suddenly in chaos, and it could be said that they were completely defeated.

Aliwalkum conveyed it according to Yamazaki's wishes.

"We will not attack you. Just take your people, cattle, sheep and livestock and leave. We will come back after we leave."

After the tribe left, they had no fixed place to live, as long as the people were there and the animals were there.

Yamazaki wanted to borrow their tent for one night, and also wanted their clay pots and oil for siege purposes.

The reason for letting them go is to let the news out, attract the troops from Dorseo City, fight a field battle, eliminate some of their forces, and make the attack on the city easier.

Of course, it doesn't matter if they don't come out...

In the evening, Ali Workum and other officers gathered together to discuss whether they really wanted to participate in tomorrow's battle.

"If we don't participate, can we escape?"

"Yes, we are going into battle lightly without armor."

"They are guarding us. They haven't even given us crossbows."

"Even if we want to kidnap them, I don't think we can get past those bears guarding the main camp tent."

"It seems I can only participate. I hope I won't run into anyone I know."

"To be honest, I would like to kill a few acquaintances."

"Ha, me too."

"Then will we win?"

"Have you seen their powerful crossbows? They are almost invincible in field battles."

"And those bears, I don't think those gates can withstand their claws, I mean those metal claws."

"Yeah, I even think that if there were more of these powerful crossbows, they might be able to sweep across the entire continent, just like the Roman Empire."

"Then let's participate and establish our first meritorious service."

"I think it's okay."

"Then join."

Finally, everyone decided to participate.

In fact, they already want to participate, but they still need to convince themselves, and following the herd is a good reason...

On the other side, the city of Dorseo.

When the news of an attack reached the city, it immediately caused an uproar. But when they learned that the group was only composed of less than 3,000 people, it immediately aroused laughter.

So, a legion of regular troops, plus a legion of mobile troops, set out overnight to teach the arrogant fools a lesson and give them a night attack...

In a temporary camp.

Yamasaki saw the actions of Dorseo's army through an owl, and asked Fro to gather the team, distribute crossbows and crossbow bolts, and then also go for a night attack.

Yamazaki could see the opponent's movements clearly through the owl. Without using torches, Yamazaki let the others take the reins and led the cavalry around to the flank to launch a night attack. Naturally, he also brought the people on the horse to the battlefield.

The sound of the horse's hooves wrapped in cloth did not spread very far, and the Dorsai European troops who were on their way with torches did not notice it.

Only when they got close to one arrow's distance did Dorsai's army realize the problem.

"The sound of horse hooves, enemy attack!"

"Fire forward at an elevated angle!"

"Boom! Whoosh!"

Amidst the vibration of the two thousand metal crossbow strings, two thousand crossbow arrows flew out.

When winding, you hold the handle and rotate it with the rotating shaft, just like using the reel on a fishing rod, so it is very easy.

Only alloy crossbows and alloy crossbow bolts can make crossbows and crossbow bolts miniaturized and powerful.

The chaos caused by this wave of crossbow arrows made the Dorsai army somewhat confused, but their morale was still there.

"They're in the east, Rocket."

Some of the Dorsai troops fired scattered rockets for illumination, but when the rockets landed they did not find Yamazaki and the others.

Yamasaki made a visual inspection and saw that there was still about fifty meters left. At the same time, he waved his hand and asked Fro to order another attack.

"shooting!"

"Boom! Whoosh!"

The second round of crossbow Yayu appeared, but it was a bit messy because some people were slow to string it.

"Hand up the shield!"

"charge!"

"retreat!"

Since no one was found, the command of Dorseo's army was somewhat confused.

The second wave of crossbow arrows rained down, making the scene even more chaotic.

Some people carried out the charge order, and some people carried out the retreat order.

"shooting!"

"Shield up! Rocket!"

The charging Dorseo army advanced under a hail of crossbow arrows. When the rockets fell, they finally saw the army led by Yamazaki.

"Back off! Shoot!"

"Keep spreading out and raise your shield!"

The charging Dorseo troops continued to disperse under the rain of crossbow bolts, trying to use space to reduce casualties.

"retreat!"

The Gron family's army withdrew and turned to attack the Dorseo army that had just retreated and regrouped.

"Raise your shield and disperse."

Hearing the sound of crossbow strings, the assembled troops dispersed again.

However, I still ate three rounds of crossbow arrows.

"retreat!"

The Gron family's army withdrew again, resting away from the battlefield, waiting for Dorseo's army to regroup before attacking again, and then retreating again.

This time, the Dorsey troops did not dare to assemble on a large scale. They divided themselves into small groups to rescue the wounded and led them to retreat from the opposite direction.

Yamazaki did not pursue him, so they had to rest and prepare for the siege after dawn...

Early morning, Dorseo City.

The defeated army who fled back to the city made the city's top management lose their sleep. They looked at the small but strong alloy crossbow arrows and made the decision to prepare for full war. They woke up the whole city with war drums and built city defenses.

When the sky turned white, Yamasaki led his troops to the city and blew the war horn in the city.

After the horn sound passed, Yamazaki asked everyone to speak together and tell the people in the city his decision.

All those who resist will become slaves, and all those who do not resist can become civilians. Under the governance of the Gron family, all civilians whose property is less than ten gold coins are exempt from paying all taxes forever.

Guaranteed in the name of God and the honor of the Gron family.

Those words made the people of Dorseo City confused.

The slaves looked at each other, and the civilians talked about who the higher-ups looked like a traitor.

At this time, the siege began.

There were no catapults, but there were golden eagles for throwing oil cans. Eight small oil cans descended from the sky one after another, sprinkling a large amount of oil on the city wall, and burned on their own, bringing with them some smoke.

That's because Yamazaki mixed some phosphorus into the oil to prevent it from getting too close to the fire.

It didn't have much oil, but it also destroyed eight defensive crossbows and two catapults on both sides of the city gate, disrupting a section of the city wall. This was the desired effect.

There are no siege engines, but there are siege bears.

When there was a gap in the city defense, the two strongest bears took the opportunity to rush out and went straight to the city gate.

"Shoot! Shoot!"

The city defense crossbows were temporarily useless, but the archers were still there, but those arrows couldn't stop the two bears at all.
To be continued...