The Crusader stood on his battlement. Below, his knights were saddled. His crossbowmen had fresh bolts. His trebuchet was loaded with burning stone. He could crush Zhao’s army in the open field. He could burn the oasis to deny it. Or…
For one terrible hour, Castellan’s keep was breached. stronghold crusader 2 vs warlords
The sultan had played them for fools.
“Enough,” Castellan growled. “Assemble the .” The Crusader stood on his battlement
Castellan’s scout saw the movement. “My lord! The Warlord flees!” His trebuchet was loaded with burning stone
Zhao, however, had anticipated. His read the ground’s tremor. Before the tunnel reached the wall, he ordered his Drunken Monk unit to pour boiling rice wine down iron pipes sunk into the earth. The steam scalded the Tunnelers blind. Two died screaming. The rest crawled back to Castellan’s lines, faces blistered. Day Seven: The Oasis Beckons Now both lords were bleeding. Castellan had lost his quarry speed. Zhao had lost his eastern rice paddy. The oasis lay between them—a crescent of blue water and a broken slave market. Whoever seized it by blood moon (three nights hence) would claim the sultan’s prize: a shipment of Greek Fire for the Crusader or Thunder Crash Bombs for the Warlord.
“Next time,” he said, “we burn the sultan’s palace instead.”