Imperial Crown

Bang!

Joz's knee hit the ground hard, and the bricks and stones shattered.

"Who is it...!?"

It was a huge force born from the earth, which firmly imprinted him on the city wall and made him unable to move!

Where did the magician come from! ?

Could it be that Raven has come back?

Joz was in doubt and looked around. He could no longer care about Link. He stopped the half-activated combat skills and deployed his fighting spirit to protect himself firmly!

Suddenly, the extremely heavy suction disappeared, and Joz's figure became extremely light.

He immediately condensed his fighting spirit with his legs and jumped high from the city wall, wanting to see who was dealing with him.

"Chop the ass!"

Accompanied by a few strange syllables, an invisible big hand suddenly appeared in front of Joz, and then slapped it hard-

Swoosh

Joz blocked the long sword in front of him, but the whole person still drew a gray track in the air, was slapped under the city wall, and suddenly embedded in the ground.

"Ahem!!"

Joz stood up from the ground with a cough, patted the dust on his body, and glared at the Sighing Wall!

With the fighting spirit protecting him, he was not injured by the fall from such a height, but he didn't have the ability to jump back by himself.

And he realized later that the magic that knocked him down had no lethality. If he had been more decisive and cut off the palm directly, he would not have been thrown down at all!

Looking at the Sighing Wall, Joz roared unwillingly:

"Ah!!!!"

On the wall, Link, who had escaped death, looked around and shouted:

"Who is helping?"

"It's me." A young voice sounded.

Link looked back and saw a knight wearing a full set of second-level enchanted misty iron armor striding towards him.

He held two long swords in his hands, and his body was burning with brilliant fighting spirit. He was advancing on the city wall, followed by a group of fully armored knights wearing green robes. Each of them had a different kind of fighting spirit burning on their weapons.

They were also engraved with the fang emblem of the Slater family.

"Viscount Hyde?!" Link was surprised and happy: "Why are you here?"

"So, the one who just took action was Master Jon?"

"Master, I can't afford it. Compared with Baron Raven, I'm far behind." Jon, leaning on a staff, emerged from the crowd: "But it's still possible to drive away a transcendent."

A third-level magic gravity spell and a third-level magic Pilaf high-five, the connection was indeed clever, but no one was there to support it.

"We got lost, so we came to take a look." Hyde made up a nonsense that no one would reply to: "What do you want us to do? You give the order."

"Ah?" Link was stunned.

Hyde is a viscount, and he has always been good friends with Baron Raven. He just saved Link's life and saved the precarious Sighing Wall.

Now, he has such an easy-going attitude, which makes Link a little uncomfortable.

"Stop talking nonsense. You are more familiar with the battle situation here. We are new here, and it is the first time for us to experience such a large-scale war. We have no experience. Of course, you will command."

Hyde said quickly and clearly: "This time I brought 2,000 private soldiers, 1,000 heavy armored infantry and cavalry, 1,000 crossbowmen, and 12 extraordinary "Typhon's Fang". Arrange them quickly."

Link was about to speak when a sharp sound came.

His expression tightened, and Link suddenly threw his long sword into the air, just in front of a feather arrow that broke through the air.

Bang——

The two collided and exploded into debris all over the sky.

"Drow archers?" Jon looked at the platform, his eyes slightly tense: "The Principality of Eivor has really invested a lot of money."

"Don't stand there, give the order quickly!" Hyde urged: "If you feel embarrassed, wait for your baron to come back, say a few good words to me and share some credit, which is better than anything else!"

Link no longer hesitated and immediately began to deploy troops: "Okay, then please ask Typhon's Fang to form a group of two, each group with 50 heavy armor elites, to push down the siege vehicles currently on the city wall; the rest of the heavy armor elites, clear the city wall."

"Please note that those wolf-faced soldiers are not like living people. They can only die by smashing and cutting off their heads. Our tactics are to throw them down as much as possible and don't entangle them."

"Viscount Hyde, please act with me and check for gaps."

"Master Jon, can you get rid of those arrow towers?"

Jon nodded: "It's very simple."

"Then I'll leave it to you." Link said.

Hyde shouted loudly: "We have heard what Knight Link said, hurry up and move!!!"

"Yes!"

The arrival of this batch of reinforcements is like a cup of water in the desert and a pot of charcoal in the cold weather for the defenders who are already on the verge of their limit.

1,000 heavily armored soldiers, led by Typhon's Fang, dispersed and rushed to the top of the city.

As expected of the private soldiers of the Earl's family, there are many veterans who have experienced the battle of the Death Hand Cult, and their quality can be said to be quite excellent.

It has been 4 or 5 hours since the siege began. Most of the Eivor soldiers who attacked the city are exhausted and rely on a breath of support.

Now facing the new force that has just joined and is still in full helmet and armor, there is almost no resistance.

Although the soldiers of the Wolf Faced Legion were tireless and extremely powerful, and they also caused some casualties and troubles, too few of them reached the city, and they were slowly pushed back.

Amidst the loud noise, ladders were pushed down one after another, and siege vehicles slid down the high slope under the city wall because their fulcrums were cut off.

The shooting towers a hundred meters away also collapsed under Jon's magic.

Jon is a magician of both earth and water elements. A rainfall spell can destroy the arrows and bowstrings of the archers on the shooting tower; and then only a few earth stab magic can shake the foundation of the temporary shooting tower.

When the setting sun appeared on the horizon, accompanied by the long sound of the horn, Eivor's army once again left a pile of corpses and withdrew to the camp.

A burst of cheers erupted from the city walls, and the cheers quickly turned into loud cries.

Most of the cries came from the remnants of the Xuefeng County Legion.

Hyde understands this feeling.

He walked on the city wall after the war. Under the setting sun, as far as he could see, there was no pure land on the entire city wall.

Some of the stumps, corpses, blood, and internal organs had begun to smell after being exposed to the sun for a day, and some had been burnt by fire, giving off a smell of burnt meat.

It took all of his self-control to prevent Hyde from vomiting on the spot.

In contrast, the feeling of fighting against the Order of the Hand of Death was much better - at least the bones would not rot.

As for the defenders who were still alive, basically everyone was lucky. Missing ears and fingers were considered ordinary, and a blind eye was not considered a serious injury.

"Is the damage serious?" Hyde asked.

"... During the day today, there are a total of 3,372 defenders who can still go up to the city, including 409 from the Eagle Army and 2,963 from the Xuefeng County Army."

Link lifted his visor, and dead skin had burst on his dry lips: "I just did a rough count, and there are 2,259 people still alive today, including 311 from the Eagle Army and 1,928 from the Xuefeng County Legion."

Even though it had no direct stake in him, Hyde's heart still sank.

This loss is really tragic.

At the same time, I was also glad that I arrived in time.

With this kind of battle damage, if I hadn't been able to come today, I'm afraid the high wall would have fallen back into the hands of the Principality of Eivor.

Such huge losses do not mean that the defenders and troops are incompetent.

Hyde looked beyond the city walls.

Under the city wall, some of the remains of ladders and siege engines were still burning, and the corpses of Eivor's army were piled on top of each other like a carpet of flesh and blood.

Today, Eivor's army may have suffered more than 2,000 losses, most of which occurred before Hyde and the others arrived.

"Viscount Hyde, thank you for your assistance, but even with your reinforcements, I'm afraid this wall of sighs cannot be defended." Link said:

"So, I hope you'd better evacuate as soon as possible."

Hyde frowned: "Do you think we, the Slater family, are greedy for life and afraid of death?"

"Now that I'm here, I haven't thought about retreating."

"Sighing whether the high wall is in hand is related to the future of the Nord province and the situation of the imperial war. Even if the 2,000 people under my command are all here, it is nothing."

Link licked his lips: "Viscount Hyde, sighing that the Wall will not return to the hands of the Eivors."

"What do you mean?" Hyde asked.

Link pointed to his feet: "We buried 2,000 barrels of kerosene in the city."

"The reason why we have been resisting until now is that we don't want the Eivor people to feel that they have won too easily and become suspicious."

"It was originally planned that when we could no longer defend it, we would withdraw and leave some dead soldiers behind, waiting for Eivor's army to come in. When the time comes..."

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"Bang!"

A chill snaked its way up Hyde's heart, making him shiver.

Sigh High Wall is a stone fortress, but its internal buildings are still mainly made of wood.

Once 2,000 barrels of kerosene explode here at the same time...

He seemed to be able to see that scene - the fire engulfed the entire fortress, which could not be extinguished or escaped.

All Eivor troops entering the city will be turned into bacon in the oven.

After experiencing such a fierce fire, I am afraid that even the steel will melt. Without three to five years of repairs, I am afraid that the high wall will no longer be put into use.

"Is this what Raven means?"

Link shook his head: "No, this is a back-up plan that Howell and I discussed."

"That's why we forcibly evacuated the residents in the city in advance. In addition to not wanting to involve too many people, we also prepared to leave more food and grass as fuel."

Hyde was speechless for a moment.

Not only is Raven ruthless, but all of his men are also deep-thinking guys who don't regard their own lives as their own, nor do they regard the lives of others as their own.

But only in this way can this tactical purpose be achieved.

"Don't be so pessimistic." A calm voice sounded.

Link immediately turned around: "Master Jon!"

"Uncle Jon!" Hyde showed a smile: "You said that, do you have some new discoveries?"

Jon nodded: "Sigh, the high wall is a defense line built by Eivor with all the strength of the country. How can it be so easily broken?"

"If the opponent comes to attack the city again tomorrow, then Link, you can let your people take a break first and let our people take over."

Link had some doubts in his heart, but did not refute.

In any case, Hyde's rescue greatly eased the tension of the situation; and if the remaining Xuefeng County Legion could be allowed to rest for a few days, then they, who had been tempered by actual combat, would be able to exert a stronger combat effectiveness.

If not, then it won’t be too late to transfer them when the time comes.

That night, after confirming the safety of the Sighing Wall, the hippogryph returned with Howell.

Although Howell was hit by Jozi, firstly Jozi did not exert all his strength, and secondly, the second-level magic talisman also played a lot of role.

A coma was unavoidable, but the injury was stabilized.

As for the Eivor coalition, that is, Faraday and Palmer, although their offensive was frustrated today, they were not injured. The light infantry suffered the most losses.

The next day, the attack was launched as usual.

However, after the sun rose and the trebuchets began bombarding, the two nobles were not so optimistic.

Marquis Faraday’s fat face turned into a pig’s liver:

"Damn it, why is this magic circle so useful?!"

The trebuchets roared over the position, but they had lost the power of the previous days.

Because the magic circle that sighed at the high wall finally had someone to preside over it, and it began to operate.

An invisible barrier envelops the wall of sighs.

The huge boulders flying in the sky will be intercepted by invisible forces tens of meters outside the city wall, become weak, fall to the ground, and then roll down the slope, becoming an obstacle to the siege troops. .

The high range advantage that could be obtained by building a shooting tower has also disappeared, and no arrows can fly to the city wall at all.

In this way, the crossbowmen of the defenders can pour down crossbows without any scruples. Starting from 80 meters, every step forward will drop a large number of corpses.

Although siege engines and ladders can still be transported in, without long-range support, even if they get close, they will soon be pushed down and then burned.

Among the crosses, one may not be able to reach the top of the city!

There were more and more corpses piled up under the city.

Sighing that the defenders on the high wall won't clean up, Eivor's army is incapable of cleaning up, and now that it's midsummer, corruption is inevitable.

The smell is simply more disgusting than a garbage dump. Except for the specially trained wolf-faced legionnaires, ordinary Eivor soldiers will turn pale when they get close to them, and many of them will vomit on the spot. , it takes a while to get used to it.

And once you lose your footing and fall into a pile of corpses, it will be miserable, even more uncomfortable than being showered with hot feces in your pocket.

"Eh——"

Sighing In front of the high wall, Earl Palmer let out a long sigh.

This fortress, which was supposed to be Eivor's patron goddess, is now being graced by its enemies.

Instead, it has become a flesh and blood mill where Eivor people continue to die!

The original plan to take down the Wall of Sighs within 3 days came to nothing.

The sun was setting in the west again, and under the setting sun, the red on the sighing high wall could no longer be distinguished from the sunlight or the blood of the Eivor people.

"We can't hold back anymore." The plump Faraday took the initiative to suggest to Count Palmer: "From now on, the trebuchet will work day and night to consume as much as possible the magic crystal reserves of the magic circle in the high wall of Sigh."

"After tomorrow, your elite and mine will launch a joint attack."

"Otherwise, when Raven comes back, we will be attacked from both sides and it will be even more difficult to fight."

Earl Palmer rubbed the age spots on the back of his hands, as if to crush and melt them, but his tone remained calm: "No, the trebuchet can continue to operate, but your army cannot move and continue to recharge."

"They just activated the protective array. The number of defenders in the city has not changed much. If they can't climb the city wall, there is no point in having more people. There is no need to waste energy and morale."

"Raven is the point."

"Be prepared and have enough energy. When Raven arrives, eat him in one go!"

Faraday nodded. He was also worried about the strength of his men. If he could not use it up, it would be best not to use it up. Anyway, he had already mentioned the idea.

"Starting tomorrow, I will change my tactics and change my siege method." Palmer added:

"But... my wolf-faced army has suffered a lot of losses in the past few days. You have to help me make up for it."

"Aren't they just serfs? How many do you want?"

"1,000 serfs, preferably young and strong."

Faraday nodded generously, his fat cheeks swaying: "No problem!"

That night, 1,000 serfs came from Faraday's camp to the main camp.

Never came out again.

The next day, the fifth day after the siege began, thousands of serfs were rushed to the front line.

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