Imperial Crown

The quality of the Sigh Wall defenders is not bad, and they are much stronger than the army of the Nord Province.

With the support of the Principality of Eivor, Wanda has also invested a lot in the army. The heavy armored soldiers in the defenders are excellent in equipment, personal quality and tactical literacy.

Even though they were wiped out by the Wind King in the early stage, even though the high-end combat power was killed, they were still able to barely withstand the attack of the Eagle Army on the city wall.

However, all this changed with the appearance of Wanda's head.

The news of Wanda's death spread among the defenders, and panic began to spread like an epidemic.

When the first heavy armored soldier turned around and fled, defeat was inevitable.

Facing the fleeing defenders, the supervisory team was still loyal to their duties at first.

But the weapons in their hands were not so lethal when facing the iron cans with full helmets and full armor.

Especially when running at full speed, after several red clothes holding knives were trampled into meat patties, most of them also dropped their weapons and joined the ranks of escape.

On the Sighing Wall, the Black Eagle Army rushed into the city like a flood.

A few soldiers who resisted stubbornly were like reefs, but they were soon submerged by the waves.

Some others dropped their weapons and squatted in the corners with their heads in their arms.

Eric led his men to the tower. The guards were all Wanda's confidants. Now most of them went crazy after seeing their commanders killed in battle.

But madness and courage could not make up for the gap in strength.

Corpses were thrown out of the tower one after another, and the resistance was quickly eliminated.

Hualing...

The sound of chains rang out, and the three iron gates on the wide city gate slowly rose one by one.

The Sighing Wall has been built for 400 years.

As the gateway to the Principality of Eivor, the Sighing Wall used 100,000 serfs, took 8 years, and consumed millions of gold coins when it was built.

In the following time, the Sighing Wall has experienced 4 continental wars and dozens of regional conflicts, but it has always stood here.

Countless bones and corpses were piled up under the city.

Countless commanders of the Keynes Empire left unwilling sighs outside this city wall.

It is the iron wall that the Principality of Eivor is proud of.

Now, this sacred virgin that has not been violated for 400 years has completely opened its door under the spearhead of Raven!

The subsequent Eagle Army poured into the city.

The Sighing Wall is not just a city wall, but also a fortress and a city.

The siege of this era is not over after the city wall is conquered.

Even if the commander has died in the battle, there are still knights who are willing to resist and organize the rout army, ready to get some advantage from the Eagle Army.

The intricate streets and the carefully built castles are enough for the defenders to resist step by step and drag the attackers into a deeper quagmire.

But the battle did not develop in the direction expected by the remaining defenders.

The attacking Eagle Army seemed to be more familiar with the layout of the city than they were.

The heavily armored soldiers advanced steadily, the lightly armed infantry interspersed and harassed, and the crossbowmen climbed onto the rooftops, pouring enchanted crossbow arrows on the resisting defenders.

The wind king in the sky was the nightmare of every defender.

Even without using innate magic, the wind king was a terrifying monster.

They swooped down with the sound of wind, and the breath made people unstable.

The sharp claws hooked through the shoulders and heads of the defenders, lifted them up high, and then threw them down from a high altitude with a wailing, cursing or screaming.

Being smashed into a meat pie on the spot was the most merciful way to die.

Some of them would fall on their own family members and die together; some would be penetrated by scattered weapons and then torn into several pieces under the impact.

The worst were those who fell on haystacks and firewood piles.

The impact force was partially absorbed, but not completely absorbed, and they could neither die nor move.

It seems that because of their bad reputation, many children around 10 years old would rush up to them every time, punching, kicking, spitting and throwing stones at them.

They were already suffering even more.

They resisted step by step, but they were defeated step by step.

The main roads in the city were quickly cleared, and the city lord's mansion quickly fell under the attack of the wind king.

That night, Raven moved in.

At midnight, the sound of fighting basically stopped.

The next morning, Raven sat on the high-backed chair that belonged to Wanda and ate breakfast.

"My Lord, great joy, great joy!" A young clerk pushed the door and walked in.

This young man who looked a little noisy and kept saying "My Lord" was named Hu Xia.

He was born in a merchant family in Mon'en City. He is now 21 years old. He entered Griffith Comprehensive College 3 years ago. When he was in college, he had a nickname called "Golden Flash".

Because he wore 4 pure gold rings on his left hand.

If he had not performed well in school, this somewhat neurotic and jumpy guy would not have become Raven's clerk.

"This is my last warning. Don't call me 'my Lord'. I'm not an old man from hundreds of years ago." Raven looked up and glanced at him:

"Tell me, what's the matter."

In front of Raven, Hu Xia was more restrained, but he still stood on tiptoe when speaking, and his whole body swayed slightly, as if he couldn't stand:

"It's like this, my... uh, Lord Baron."

"Just now, the last organized resistance force was also destroyed!"

As he spoke, he began to dance unconsciously, but fortunately, his language organization ability was good, and he restored the matter clearly.

Not all the defenders were loyal and unyielding.

Some guys surrendered on the spot, and there were also many who rebelled on the spot.

And the Eagle Army didn't waste it. Eric directly asked those rebels to take up arms and deal with his original comrades.

The effect is extremely significant. Anyway, according to Hu Xia, those guys who turned against the enemy and came over to join him worked extremely hard, and they didn't care at all even if they killed all their cronies.

"There are two barons who betrayed them on the spot. They have been brought here. Do you want to meet them?"

"But I don't recommend you meet them at the same time."

"They're going to fight in front of you for the right to lick your boots first!"

"The story is told well." Raven said with a smile: "But are you ready for what I want?"

"Of course, Lord Baron, I have been busy all night just for this moment!" Hu Xia nodded immediately, took out a document from his arms and placed it respectfully in front of Lei Wen:

"In this battle, we lost a total of 6 people, all of whom were shot by crossbows during the siege stage; 22 were seriously injured and 107 were lightly injured. Thanks to your angel's gift and the clearing oil, now The seriously injured are basically out of danger!”

"The enemy's roster has also been found. Two full regiments with a total of 11,074 people were annihilated by our army. 2,955 of them were annihilated and 4,227 were captured. The rest either escaped or were temporarily hiding in the city, which is no longer enough to constitute a Effective threat!"

Having said this, he was a little excited and wanted to open his arms, but suppressed it and rubbed his hands on his chest:

"Epic victory, my lord!!"

"I can't even imagine how this war will be recorded in history books."

"Speaking of this, I think you need a professional team of historians to write down your glorious achievements from now on!"

A battle loss of 1:500 is a number only found in myths.

And every member of the army that can deal with such battle losses will become an enduring legend among the bards.

A wise and courageous leader, a brave and domineering general, and a clever think tank!

Hu Xia has already begun to imagine what position he will occupy in this history book.

Unlike Hu Xia, Lei Wen was not very satisfied with the result.

Originally, this siege could not have killed anyone.

But the battlefield is always full of surprises.

If there is only a flying brigade, the half-hour charge will cause the airborne troops to suffer heavy losses, so the charge must be launched in advance so that they can replenish manpower and seize the city wall immediately after the airborne landing.

Raven built the trebuchets so that they would attract the attention of the bed crossbows.

But who would have thought that the bed crossbow could also misfire?

As for bringing historians with the army, Lei Wen didn't have much interest.

Although he was not sure how much real information these so-called historians had, Raven did not want to reveal the details of his army to outsiders.

Seeing that Lei Wen did not express his position, the fire in Hu Xia's heart was slightly extinguished and he continued:

"Uh, also, I've already found out what you ordered me to do yesterday."

After breaking through the city yesterday, Lei Wen found that the number of children, especially boys, in the city was unusually large, so he asked Hu Xia to find out what was going on.

"The total number of those children is no less than 5,000, and most of them are... uh, wandering child molesters."

"However, unlike ordinary child molesters, their fathers are basically the defenders here."

This news made Raven couldn't help but be surprised.

Hu Xia's expression was also a bit heavy. Although he was born in Meng'en City and had seen many tricks, this was the first time he had seen this:

"The thing is like this..."

More than 10,000 defenders are stationed at the High Wall of Sighs. Although it is also a city, it is still a military fortress after all, and the entertainment activities are lackluster.

There are 360 ​​days in a year, 360 days in a year.

This resulted in the birth of a large number of children.

No one is sure who the children's father is, and their mother was more likely to raise girls than boys.

Therefore, many of the boys will be taken away by local sensual places, and they will be trained from a young age. When they are 5 or 6 years old, they will start to receive customers. When they are over 10 years old, they will gradually grow up and be kicked out to fend for themselves.

That's where those kids on the streets come from.

The corner of Raven's mouth twitched violently for a few times, and he felt a little compassion: "In this way, we will send people to organize and take in these children first. When the logistics force arrives, let them follow the logistics force to Men'en City."

"Send a letter at the same time and ask people from Meng'en City to take over and gradually transfer it to the Eagle Territory."

The high wall of sigh will become the bridgehead for Raven to continue to attack, and it is impossible to leave any unstable factors here.

"Lord Baron, your kindness will be remembered by future generations." Hu Xia bowed respectfully.

This is not false flattery, but genuine approval.

It is true that these children have a pitiful background, but according to Hu Xia's understanding, most nobles would at best ignore them.

Isn't this the case even for Wanda, the original guard here?

Only Raven would consider their life and death.

And although the journey was quite long, as soon as they arrived at Eagle City and entered the orphanage, they were settled.

"As for what to do with those prisoners..." Raven tapped his fingers on the table:

"I'll tell you, and you'll remember it."

Hu Xia immediately took out a notebook.

At first, I didn't think anything was wrong. As Raven's words became clearer, Hu Xia's face became more and more stiff:

"My lord, forgive me for being blunt, this order is really..."

Raven glared at Hu Xia:

"If the punishment is unknown, then the power is unpredictable."

"You are my clerk, not my staff. I don't need advice, I just need you to do your duty."

"Execute the order!"

Hu Xia was immediately silent: "Yes, my lord!"

...

Three days passed in a flash.

Wanda's deputy Linden woke up slowly in the prison.

After all, he was a third-level strongman. Although his sternum was broken by Eric at that time, he was saved by the angel's gift, that is, the canned Beacon, and the cleaning of the wound with fire-clearing oil.

He wore magic-sealing steel shackles on both hands, locking the fighting spirit in his body, but he still leaned against the dirty wall arrogantly and cursed Eric:

"Let your master give up that idea. Even if Lord Wanda dies, I will never surrender to a mere baron like him."

"Even if he comes to lick my ass, I won't do it!"

Eric didn't care about the impotent rage of an old dog. He signaled the soldiers next to him to open the prison door, walked forward, grabbed his arm and dragged him out.

"Why, you finally thought of executing me?" Linden laughed:

"Haha, well done! Well done!"

"Let my death and my blood become the fire of resistance. Then the entire Sighing Wall will be burning with the flames of resistance against you Nord pigs!"

Eric pinched him with his already small eyes:

"Don't dream. This time I came here to show you something."

As he said that, he pulled Linden out with force.

Outside the prison was the prisoner-of-war camp, where groups of prisoners were being escorted out like Linden. Their palms were tied with ropes, and some had maggots. They couldn't resist.

What made Linden's eyes ache was that the thumbs of each of their hands had been cut off.

"Despicable, shameless, cruel!!!" Linden shouted, "How could Raven do such a thing!?"

"Isn't he afraid of being punished by the Lord of Light!?"

Linden didn't know how many prisoners there were, but it seemed that the total number was no less than 3,000.

Having their thumbs cut off meant that they had become useless people from then on.

Not to mention picking up weapons again, they couldn't even do farm work!

If these people were not handled properly, it would cause major public security chaos and shake the morale of the army.

And if they were to be fed, there would be thousands of hungry mouths, eating tens of millions of pounds of food every year, but almost no output.

This was a naked conspiracy, an open conspiracy that could not be cracked.

Linden didn't know where Raven had learned such vicious and skillful means.

He was organizing his words and thinking about how to curse Raven, when he suddenly heard a noisy quarrel.

Not far ahead, there were many half-grown children, punching and kicking the captives, and those farther away were throwing stones, hitting the captives with blood on their heads.

Some children even untied their belts and urinated on them.

Linden lowered his head with a guilty conscience. He knew the origins of these children, and there were even familiar faces among them.

The usual condescending attitude was probably going to be returned today.

"Take a detour, take a detour quickly!" Linden whispered, with a hint of panic in his voice: "I am the Viscount of the Duchy, and I should not be insulted like this!"

Eric didn't mean to take a detour.

He led Linden forward all the way, and Linden couldn't help but close his eyes.

But to Linden's surprise, the expected flying stones did not come, and even the abuse stopped.

He opened his eyes and saw the children saluted Eric in a funny but respectful way, with respect in their eyes.

"The Baron has given them three days of food." Eric explained: "At most the day after tomorrow, when the logistics troops arrive, they will be transferred to the Eagle Territory with the logistics troops."

A chill hit Linden's heart.

He knew the number of these children in the city. If Raven trained them all, they would become the most terrible enemy of the Principality of Eivor in three to five years!

"Fake benevolence, fake righteousness, fake mercy!" Linden shouted with his neck stiff:

"Don't believe them, the Nords are all devils! They want to trick you away and then kill you all!"

But all he responded to was laughter.

"Shut up, old potato!" A child jumped out: "I've lived here for 10 years. I can tell who is a good person and who is a devil at a glance!"

"You have to thank Lord Raven. If he hadn't saved you, we would have stuck you on the flagpole, poked you in from the bottom, and then strung you out from the top!"

Linden was speechless.

They ruled the Wall of Sighs for hundreds of years, but they didn't have the same effect as Raven did in three days.

Give food to the untouchables.

Raven's means of attacking the Wall of Sighs were so vicious!

"This is your purpose, right? To humiliate me and attack me!" When they gradually walked to the north of the city and could no longer see the children, Linden stood up again:

"But you can't beat me!"

"I've seen everything I should see. Tell me, what else is waiting for me next?"

Eric glanced at him contemptuously:

"Have you seen it? The things you really want to see haven't arrived yet."

Linden looked down on him and continued to walk forward with his neck stiff.

Until I walked out of the city gate, a stench came over me.

His mouth couldn't help but open, his eye sockets were rounded, and his pupils almost shrank to the size of a needle tip.

His body was shaking so much that even the wound on his chest burst open.

Linden saw a cross nailed on an open space in the north of the city.

Wanda's headless body was nailed to the cross.

And behind this cross, there are countless heads piled up.

Regardless of high or low, high or low, the heads of all the Death Guards are here.

Most of them have begun to rot, and they are piled up together like a hill or a tall tower.

The face of the head is still as ferocious and frightening as it was in life. Just taking a look at it, it seems that you can hear screams and cries.

The empty eyes, pale teeth, and rotten skin even gave Linden the hallucination, as if his body was also rotting and festering.

Death appeared in front of Linden in such a concrete way for the first time.

Eric's voice rang in his ears: "This is what I want you to see."

"My Lord Baron calls this -

Beijing view. "

Outside the capital, many prisoners gathered. They were as shocked and frightened as Linden.

Some people howled loudly and ran away, some knelt down and cried bitterly, and some rushed forward to snatch the heads of their loved ones.

In the last case, their heads would also be cut off and thrown up by the soldiers guarding Jingguan.

Like a piece of trash.

Gululu, a head was shaken and rolled down, and its empty eyes happened to meet Linden's gaze.

锔

Eric pulled out the sword from his waist:

"Don't be afraid, you will be one of them soon."

Linden's legs trembled violently, and a thought came to his mind:

“So I’m also afraid of death??”

Having his head cut off and left to be exposed to the elements, eaten by insects and rats, without any dignity or decency.

He couldn't bear this outcome.

"surrender!!"

"I'm willing to surrender!!!!"

Eric didn't seem surprised by this result. He put the long sword into Linden's hand and pointed at Wanda's body with his chin.

"No, let's do it."

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