If the Kingsley family wants to control the entire Swamp of Despair, they must capture this place.

Hearsay and talking on paper are ultimately not as good as actual observation.

In the past, Akmesser had already realized the importance of Brother Port based on intelligence alone, but it was far from being as intuitive as this moment.

It has been equated with the Kingsley family taking over the Swamp of Despair.

If the Kingsley family cannot capture the Brotherhood and wants to capture the Swamp of Despair, it will be an empty talk.

The leader of the Yongye Army and the Crocodile Tribe will use their water mobility advantage to drag the Kingsley family to death.

Not long ago, they had tasted the power of this kind of continuous harassment tactics. It didn't take too long, just a month or two, to completely collapse them.

While being shocked, Akmeser felt lucky again in his heart.

Fortunately, they were decisive in the invasion of the Swamp of Despair. If it had been delayed another three to five years, when Brother Port was fully completed, they would basically have nothing to worry about.

With three parties as the backing, it is not three times more difficult to capture Brother Port, but ten times more difficult.

Those giant trebuchets, which are even taller than the city walls, will probably line up both sides of the river and will knock all invading enemies to pieces.

What attracted the most attention to Akmeyser was the main target of this trip, the giant trebuchet placed along the coast by the Eternal Night Army.

Rather, they should be called trebuchets.

Unlike the trebuchet that throws directly, the trebuchet uses the principle of leverage to throw huge stones.

It's not like Akmesser has never seen a trebuchet.

But such huge and numerous trebuchets are the only ones we have ever seen.

How huge is this trebuchet?

The city wall of Brother Port is not too short. It is not less than five or six meters by visual inspection without adding various arrow towers.

Those trebuchets are nearly a third taller, and they are shocking when viewed from a distance, let alone up close.

These trebuchets, which are similar to towers, cannot be operated without dozens of people, and there is no way to move them. They can only be used for fixed-point defense.

Needless to say, it's powerful. It shouldn't be too easy for it to throw boulders weighing hundreds of kilograms.

Because of their existence, even the unruly Steubin did not dare to sail the warship into the waters within one kilometer of Brother Port.

Who knows how far this thing can be thrown?

If one or two battleships were sunk by accident, he would have no place to cry.

There are hundreds of these tower trebuchets in Brother Port, and they are placed along both sides of the river, criss-crossing them. Not only do they block the Donau and Bazhu rivers, but many of them are also aimed at the direction of the city wall of Brother Port.

If Akmeshar wants to attack the city, he must withstand their firepower.

Before breaking the city, Akmesser had no idea about them.

Because before this thing is dismantled, the warships of the Commons family will never come close to the waters within one kilometer of Brother Port, let alone dismantle them through water attacks.

After looking at the trebuchets and sighing for a while, Akmesser turned his attention to the main obstacle to their siege this time - the city wall.

This part of the Brotherhood Port that has been built is surrounded by water. They mainly built a city wall, which will also be the main target of Akmesse and his team.

This city wall is visually estimated to be six or seven kilometers long, with a height of five or six meters. Judging from their thick foundation, this is far from its design height, but because the war is imminent. The leader of the Yongye Army predicts that they will attack Brother Port, so

A temporary parapet wall was built in a hurry. The completely different colors of the upper and lower half of the city wall are the best evidence.

However, considering that it has only been two short years since the construction of Brother Port, it has been able to achieve this level, which has attracted people's attention. It is unknown how much manpower and material resources have been used.

If Akmeser knew that Brother Port was just a project site of the Yongye Army. In the Yongye Army, there were no less than five such large-scale projects, and the speed was no worse than here. He didn't know it would be shocking.

What does it look like?

After all, a territory like the Yongye Military Territory that can frequently mobilize manpower and material resources and the enthusiasm of its citizens for construction is the first of its kind in the entire Ashan.

Even for those grand ducal families, it is not that simple to mobilize their subjects. It involves not only financial resources, but also experience and enthusiasm.

How can their compulsive drive mobilize the enthusiasm of the people in the area for construction?

Profit driven is the most correct choice.

From the perspective of profit-driven, it is very bad for a territory. After all, it takes an extra piece of finance from itself.

But in the long run, this is not the case. This is a way of hiding wealth from the people, and it just transfers the money from the territory to the people.

If you think of a way to earn back from them, it's nothing more than food, clothing, housing and transportation. Isn't it that they are working hard to make money just to make their lives better?

After a round, the money will be transferred back to the territory.

The territory gained infrastructure facilities and territory prosperity, and the people living in the territory lived a better life.

This is a win-win situation.

As for excess wealth, it is of course created by the active work of the citizens stimulated by money.

In other territories, once the citizens heard that there was going to be a big infrastructure project in the territory or that the lord wanted to build a castle, most of them cried out. Those strong laborers could hide, hide or run.

Not only do you get no money for doing these dangerous hard jobs, but you could also risk your life if you are not careful.

In Yongye Army Territory, I heard that wherever there is an infrastructure project, energetic citizens will flock to it. This is a good opportunity for them to make extra money.

The various benefits and benefits received by Yong Yejun are nothing to say. As long as you are willing to work hard, the entire family situation will change in half a year.

If you perform well and leave enough good records, military leaders will give priority to you, and there will be various unexpected hidden benefits, such as support for some emerging industries, employee expansion during some factory expansions, and education for future generations.

, will have certain priority and initiative.

Those who can be selected as a model worker in the entire military will have the opportunity to be received and expressed by the supreme ruler of the military. If they can have a meal at the same table with them, it will be enough for them to show off for a lifetime.

Of course, Akmeser didn't know that behind this high-speed construction, the foundation of a territory was involved.

More often, what comes to mind is the issue of financial resources. After all, the slow construction of private castles of many lords and nobles is due to lack of financial resources.

As we continue to build, we run out of money, and we have to stop work for months, or even years, to raise money, and continue building when we have money.

It is naturally common for it to take decades or even hundreds of years to build a family castle.

Akmeser did not struggle with this issue for long, because from the beginning to the end, he was not a builder, but an out-and-out destroyer. Finding ways to break through this newly built city was what he needed to think about now.

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However, after carefully observing the surrounding situation, Akmesser's face turned darker.

It can be said that the general of Yongye Army has achieved the ultimate in city defense.

Not only are the city walls criss-crossed, but once the city is attacked, it will be attacked from multiple sides. Some things that can be prepared in advance are almost ready.

Let’s talk about the moat first.

Most of the moats in most cities are just small canals.

But this one in Brother Port is different.

It was a moat in the true sense. It was dug twenty meters wide and diverted water from the Donau River to the Bazhu River.

Because of the artificially created gap, not only is the water running, but the water flow is also very fast.

As for the depth, the best proof is the ships sailing freely on it.

The first hurdle in front of them now is not the city wall, but the moat and the warships on it.

Even without close observation, according to Akmesser's understanding of them, those wandering in the moat must be war crocodiles kept in captivity by the crocodile tribe.

The city does have, not one, but three gates.

But that was a trap laid out in the open. Although the city tower had not yet been erected, the surrounding arrow towers had already been completed.

Under the protection of numerous arrow towers, they are like three concave devil's mouths, waiting to swallow countless lives.

Just the difficulty of crossing this moat made the battle-hardened Akmesser feel numb. There was no good way to think of, and he would have no choice but to sacrifice his life.

Let’s talk about the surrounding environment.

The Swamp of Despair itself does not produce tall trees. In order to prevent the Kingsley family from building siege equipment, the leader of the Yongye Army directly bulldozed all the trees and mounds within a radius of five to six kilometers.

If they wanted to build siege engines, they had to search for trees from dozens of kilometers away.

Don't even think about mounds of soil and shooting against them. The surrounding areas are semi-sand land with relatively soft soil and poor viscosity.

The entire Kingsley family war conference room was filled with gloom and gloom, and no one spoke for a long while.

This is already the third day of their siege. Not only the army has been in place, but follow-up supplies have also been put in place one after another. However, until now, they have not been able to develop a good siege plan.

"How is the investigation of the surrounding situation? Are there any Swamp Crocodile tribesmen that can be driven?" In the end, it was Akmeser who was the first to break the silence.

No commander likes to attack a city with ants.

Commanders with a little bit of brains all know that attacking a city with ants is a last resort and would never be used unless absolutely necessary.

But now it seems that the only thing facing the Kingsley family is this move.

negotiation.

It is simply impossible. There is no way to reconcile their conflicts with the Yongye Army Leader and the Crocodile Tribe.

Is it possible to still expect them to surrender?

Or will the Kingsley family withdraw from the Swamp of Despair?
To be continued...