Valon: Even a supporting character can change his fate.

"Damn undead, how dare you deceive me."

Not long after the general offensive began, Thorn realized that he had been fooled, but the attack had already begun and the soldiers could not be withdrawn at this time, otherwise it would deal a heavy blow to morale.

What Thorn hoped most was that these elite soldiers of the kingdom could withstand the pressure and take the city in one fell swoop. Unfortunately, the facts proved that his hope was gone.

Under the fierce rain of arrows from the skeleton archers and the attack from the front and back by the skeleton warriors, the overwhelmed soldiers had no chance of capturing the city walls and could only fight their way out first and then make their plans.

Even though they were beaten badly this time, in fact, except for the adjutant and a dozen soldiers who were hacked to death when they first climbed onto the city wall, the rest of the casualties were not serious.

Except for four or five unlucky guys who were shot in the eyes, or who were too close to the moat and were attacked from behind by the skeleton warriors who rushed out, most of the others were only slightly injured under the protection of their armor.

The military doctor immediately started to treat these people, but when the doctor was applying ointment to a soldier who was shot in the shoulder, the soldier suddenly screamed violently and pushed the doctor away with horror on his face.

"You...you applied something on me...ah..."

The soldier yelled and frantically rubbed the ointment he had just applied to the wound.

The military doctor was also shocked by this scene, and thought that he had taken the wrong medicine because of his haste. However, he checked again and again and found that what he had applied to him was the most common and most commonly used hemostatic ointment, right?

Upon seeing this, Thorn also went forward to check. He first looked at the ointment the military doctor had brought, and after making sure there was no problem, he went to check on the soldier.

But when he saw the wound on the soldier's shoulder, he couldn't help but gasp.

No wonder the soldier screamed so miserably. At this time, the wound on his shoulder had already burst, and the purple and black wound was obviously a symptom of poisoning.

But the question is, there were other soldiers who were shot by arrows, but why didn't they...

As Thorne was thinking about this, several soldiers with minor injuries who were applying ointment on themselves screamed.

After checking the situation, it was found that the wounds of these people had also burst open and turned purple-black due to poisoning.

In this case, Thorne had to suspect that there was something wrong with the ointment. However, the problem was that after examination by a military doctor, it was found that this ointment was the same ointment used daily and there was nothing wrong with it.

The source of all this can be traced back to when the soldiers first arrived in a town controlled by the undead, and the problem was the food they ate at that time.

These foods are all contaminated with some kind of chronic toxin. This toxin is very special and will not show any special symptoms under normal circumstances, but once the individual is injured, the toxicity will become apparent.

Not only will this poison gradually eat away at the body of the poisoned individual, but using medicine will not do any good to the body. Instead, the original therapeutic medicine will react with the toxins in the body, turning the original chronic poison into a horrifically deadly poison.

Although Thorn and others didn't know what exactly had happened, after seeing the soldiers' condition, they knew that no matter how serious their injuries were, they could not use medicine. At most, they could rinse them with clean water and then bandage them with gauze.

However, these soldiers could not bear this. As the elite troops of the kingdom, each of them had a regular supply of potions.

Every time they got injured, they used potions to recover as quickly as possible. It had almost become path-dependent. Now they were suddenly not allowed to use potions to recover. I can’t tell you how uncomfortable they were.

After waiting for the injured soldiers to be bandaged, Thorn organized several more sieges, but unfortunately they all ended in failure.

The experienced adjutant next to them saw everything clearly after the failure of the second siege. He knew that with their people, they would definitely not be able to take the town in front of them without the help of large siege equipment.

Thorne was obviously too angry at the time, and he ignored his adjutant's advice. However, after several failed sieges, even if Thorne was unwilling, he had already faced the reality.

Unfortunately, Thorne realized it too late. When he wanted to lead his men to retreat and seek help, he found that their retreat had already been cut off. A large number of fully armed skeleton soldiers not only blocked their way, but also built a large number of fortifications in front of them.

With their current military strength, the probability of success is still very high if they charge head-on, but in doing so, suffering a certain degree of losses is inevitable.

They had already lost some of their troops during the siege, and if they lost some more now, I'm afraid there won't be many people left in his elite force. This is something Thorn cannot accept.

Thorn was not stupid. He knew very well that if he failed to conquer the undead, he might be scolded when he returned. However, as a member of the royal family, he would not be punished, except that it would be a bit embarrassing.

If I lose this elite kingdom army trained by the royal family, it will be a question whether I can keep my head after I return.

Just when Thorne was at a loss as to what to do, the adjutant next to him stood up and gave Thorne an idea.

This adjutant was a veteran of many battles. After analyzing the current situation, he also believed that breaking out by force was not a wise choice.

His idea was to select the five soldiers who were in the best condition and not injured from these soldiers and lead them to break out.

The rest of the people don't need to bear too much pressure. They just need to launch a feint attack when they break out, attract the attention of the undead as much as possible, and create opportunities for the six of them.

After they break out, they will split into two groups. One group will report what happened here to the royal capital and ask the royal capital to send more elite troops, while the other group will go to the nearest noble fiefdom to seek help from them.

"No!"

It's not that Thorn thinks this method is not feasible. Even in Thorn's opinion, this method is the best solution at the moment. However, the reason why Thorn refused is because the adjutant said that he would seek help from the nobles, which Thorn could not accept.

"But General, if we don't find the nobles nearby, it will take even longer for the army from the capital to arrive. Your safety..."

"My safety is not important!"

Before the other party could finish, Thorn interrupted him and said, "The royal family's reputation is more important."

Seeing that the other party insisted again and again, the adjutant had nothing more to say and could only obey the order.

At noon the next day, when the sun was at its strongest, the soldiers led by Thorn launched a surprise attack on the undead.

Everything went as they had planned. A large number of undead were successfully restrained. Although the adjutant and the five people he led encountered some resistance, they finally managed to break out of the siege.