Your Majesty, the Spectacle Has Missed the Country!

Yousef was right.

The army outside the city did begin to attack.

Following Reitz's order, this giant city that had stood in the middle of the empire for hundreds of years finally withstood the baptism of war for the first time.

Under the control of the soldiers, the trebuchets roared loudly, and the heavy stone bullets drew a perfect parabola in the sky, and then fell quickly with the force of thunder, turning the houses in the city into ruins. .

Although the soldiers under Rez had experienced wars again and again, they only relied on their past experience to throw stones.

so……

Compared with the Idar soldiers who have specially studied mathematics and are specially equipped with telescopes to observe the enemy's situation, they are still far behind.

All they can do is throw the stone bullets with a trebuchet, but where they hit and what they hit depends entirely on God's will.

As for hitting wherever you point, it's even more impossible.

Only veterans with sufficient experience can lock a rough range based on their own intuition and judgment, and then operate the trebuchet to repeat the previous steps again and again.

While the trebuchet throws stone bullets one by one,

On the east, west, south, and north sides of the imperial capital of Saint Lawrence, soldiers were already ready to attack the giant city in front of them under the command of their respective generals.

This siege was led by Imperial Marshal Teodoro Lawton, and the second prince Reitz personally supervised the battle. He vowed to conquer this giant fortress like a copper wall and an iron wall in the shortest possible time.

Following the order from Imperial Marshal Teodoro Lawton, countless soldiers carried or pushed countless powerful siege weapons and slowly advanced towards the nearby city of St. Lawrence.

Ladders, flying bridges, battering rams...

Taking advantage of the time when the encirclement was formed, the soldiers under Reitz built countless siege equipment early on.

And at this moment,

They finally came in handy.

The scene of tens of thousands of soldiers attacking the city together was undoubtedly extremely shocking.

As far as the eye could see, everything was covered in darkness, which brought great visual impact to the defenders.

War drums rumbled and war flags fluttered in the wind.

The siege tactics were formulated by Marshal Teodoro.

No one likes to attack by force. Siege without attacking is the most common strategy, because forcefully attacking a city means that the attacking army will pay extremely heavy casualties and cause extremely painful losses.

But……

Rez had no choice at this time.

The shortened war time can only be made up for by the lives of soldiers.

Under the decision of Marshal Teodoro, the siege was divided into two parts.

In the process of rushing from the main formation to the city wall, the first row was all cannon fodder.

Their role is only to consume arrows and the physical strength of the defenders, dismantle the resisting horses, and promote the ordnance used in the siege.

For example, battering ram, ladder...

But in the process of rushing from the foot of the city wall to the top of the city wall, the first row was filled with elites.

All of them are battle-hardened veterans with extremely rich combat experience, all in order to scale the city wall in one fell swoop and open up the situation for the following armies.

These veterans have the heaviest mission on their shoulders, because once the initial attack suffers too much setback, the morale of the army will undoubtedly suffer a huge blow!

…

On top of the city wall.

Royal Guards Commander Yan Padilla looked at the soldiers coming like a black tide not far away, and couldn't help but frowned tightly.

Four directions, four fronts.

The pressure he was under was really great.

Although the imperial capital of St. Lawrence had a towering city wall and was built by Pitzman into a giant fortress with ample food and grass, the number of defenders was limited after all.

The tragic defeat on the central plains caused heavy losses to the most elite Imperial Guards Division in Pitzman's hands. Compared with the past when the garrison was the largest, the number of defenders in St. Lawrence City is now tens of thousands less!

So much so that even though he forcibly recruited countless young civilians to climb the city wall, Yan Padilla still dared not say that he was a winner.

"Fire the arrow!"

Looking at the soldiers who were coming in droves, Yan Padilla finally gave the order.

Of course he knew that the people at the front were just cannon fodder used to consume arrows, and most of them were temporarily captured strong men, but Yan Padilla had no other choice.

Immediately,

The defenders behind the battlements bent their bows and set arrows.

Thousands of arrows fired!

Dense arrows shot through the air, leaving the cannon fodder with corpses on the ground.

But even so...

The civilian soldiers who were charging towards Saint Lawrence did not dare to retreat at all, or even stop at all.

Because standing behind them was a team of supervisors holding sharp blades.

Once they show the slightest hint of cowardice, the members of the supervising team will not hesitate to kill themselves on the spot, and even their families, relatives and friends will be implicated.

Therefore, they had to recall the appearance of their family while staring at the blood-red eyes and charging towards the city wall not far away.

There is still a slim chance of charging forward to survive until the end.

But once he retreats, what awaits him and his family is undoubtedly a certain death situation.

"Damn it! These damn guys!"

Yan Padilla stared at the battle situation under the city wall. Although the attack of thousands of arrows caused the attacking army to leave countless corpses, the distance between them and the city wall was shortening all the time.

"Delay as much as possible, don't let them get close to the city wall..."

Yan Padilla knew very well in his heart that once the troops under the city wall were allowed to successfully climb onto the city wall, it would be difficult for the newly recruited civilian soldiers around him to compete with those battle-hardened veterans.

But……

Under the stimulation of the war team and the generous reward promised by Rez, as long as someone fell, the soldiers behind him would immediately take over that person's position and continue to charge forward carrying the ladder.

The dense rain of arrows showed no mercy, and countless soldiers fell.

But with that crazy momentum of advancing one after another, the distance between them and the city wall is constantly shrinking.

"Pang——"

finally,

With a unique sound, the last thing Yan Padilla expected to see happened - the first ladder was erected at the top of the city.

But this is the first day of the siege!

"Keep it! You must keep it!"

Looking at those trembling civilian soldiers, Yan Padilla roared!

Just when the first ladder was erected on the city wall...

The first wave of elite soldiers following the cannon fodder had already rushed over and began to climb up the city wall using ladders.

Falling stones, hard wood...

Under the threat that the enemy might board the city at any time, the soldiers guarding the city seemed to have overcome the fear in their hearts and used their axes and swords to slash at the soldiers who wanted to board the city, smashing the stones and wood into pieces. One pushed down the city wall.

Both sides were paying casualties, and the attacking side had suffered casualties several times higher than those of the defenders.

But……

Although his heart was bleeding all the time, Rez couldn't stop.

that's all,

one day……

Two days...

Three days...

After three consecutive days of unsuccessful siege,

The army under Reitz finally reached the top of St. Lawrence on the morning of the fourth day!

Reitz sent battle-hardened veterans, while the defenders were heavily armed Royal Guards and temporarily organized civilian soldiers.

but……

To be honest, although the name of the Royal Guards sounds ridiculous, they have never been on the battlefield before.

Marshal Teodoro, who commanded the siege, also keenly discovered the gap in the southern city wall, and immediately pressed on more elite troops, intending to capture St. Lawrence in one fell swoop. The south wall!

…

When Christopher followed his team and was urgently sent to the southern city wall, there was already chaos there.

The city wall was in chaos. The attacking army and the defending army fought fiercely. Blood flowed profusely, corpses piled up, and the scarlet blood almost dyed the battlements red.

As an honest civilian, had Christopher ever seen such a tragic scene?

The only thing he could do was to stand there blankly with the saber in his hand, his legs shaking uncontrollably.

but……

Behind Christopher, defenders kept coming, so even though he was extremely frightened, he was still pushed forward by the soldiers... forward...

When he came to his senses, those vicious siege soldiers were only three to five meters away from him!

His legs were trembling, and he was frightened.

But when he truly faced the danger between life and death, unparalleled power seemed to burst out of his body, and sudden courage ignited in his heart!

At this moment, Christopher only had one thought in his mind, and that was...

He wants to go home!

He doesn't care if he can kill someone, as long as he can live!

Because he still has a wife and son, and they are still waiting for his safe return in the city!

The soldiers in front of him fell one after another, and they fell heavily to the ground. The blood pouring out from their wounds dyed the battlements red, making the bricks and stones under Christopher's feet feel particularly sticky.

finally……

When the last soldier standing in front of Christopher suddenly turned into a headless corpse, he had to face the enemies whose armor was stained with blood!

He didn't even have time to look at the other party's appearance before the gleaming sharp blade struck at him.

"clang--"

This is the sound made by the head-on collision of swords.

Between life and death, the survival instinct in Christopher's mind made him suddenly raise the saber in his hand to block the oncoming chop.

at this moment,

All distracting thoughts were gone from his mind, and there was only one thought in his mind - he wanted to live! He wants to kill the enemy in front of him!

This civilian, who had never even killed a chicken before because of his poor family, clenched the saber in his hand and swung it hatefully at the enemy in front of him.

In that man's stunned eyes...

There was only a puff sound, and the saber in his hand pierced the enemy's abdominal cavity.

he,

Christopher!

A commoner who has been extraordinarily responsible for generations,

Finally at this moment...

For survival,

Killed!

He struggled to pull out the saber that had penetrated the enemy's body.

The originally cold blade was now soaked in warm blood.

Drops of blood were dripping along the tip of the knife and onto the wall at Christopher's feet.

but……

This is just the first one,

In front of him, countless enemies were running towards him.

He chopped hard and waved the weapon in his hand with all his strength. The timidity in his eyes had long since faded.

Either the enemy dies or you die!

The belief of returning home supported him and killed the enemies rushing towards him one after another.

but……

After all, he was just a civilian who had never set foot on the battlefield before.

Just between the lightning and flint,

Christopher suddenly felt a throbbing pain in his abdomen, just as he had killed the soldier before, and at this time, he was also hit by the enemy's sword.

He only felt the weapon twisting violently in his abdominal cavity, and his whole body was immediately surrounded by a heartbreaking pain.

At this moment,

His eyes became blurred and his hands and feet became weak.

He seemed to feel that as soon as his right hand was loosened, the sharp blade that he had just held in his hand suddenly fell to the ground.

The saber was drawn,

Christopher fell heavily to the ground just like the soldiers who had died in the previous battle.

He felt someone stepping on him, weighing him down so much that he couldn't breathe. He felt blood gurgling out of the wound in his abdomen, and felt that his life was slowly passing away.

The shouts of death in his ears seemed to have gone away from him.

At a certain moment, he seemed to hear his wife's call and remembered his promise to his son...

finally……

Christopher's vision went dark. Another civilian died on the wall of St. Lawrence.

…

Marshal Teodoro's plan succeeded.

After suffering the casualties of more than 2,000 elite soldiers, the soldiers under Reitz finally occupied the southern wall of St. Lawrence on the afternoon of the fourth day of the army's siege.

The wide and heavy city gate finally collapsed under the repeated impacts of the siege engines.

This last fortress belonging to Pitzman finally revealed a huge gap at this moment. Under the order of Marshal Teodoro, countless soldiers poured into the city like a tide.

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But at this moment, anyone can see that the defeat of the defenders is irreversible!

And the huge boulder that had been weighing on Reitz's heart finally fell down at the moment the city gate was breached.

There were corpses everywhere under the city wall, and countless civilians who were forcibly recruited were buried forever on this battlefield.

Reitz looked at the imperial capital not far away with a complicated mood.

For the crazy attack on the city in the past few days, Reitz paid more than 40,000 casualties!

but……

It's all worth it!

"This war..."

"It's time to end!"