A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

The third day of Tozes Defense Battle.

The war has entered a state of intense heat. As soon as the dawn dawned, the sounds of fighting and roaring on the city walls never stopped.

The pirates have obviously noticed that the time has dragged on for too long, and if the delay continues, there may be changes.The pirate leader, Basha, has already become ruthless, and he must swallow the city of Tozes up to his mouth.

Therefore, before attacking the city today, he severely reprimanded all the pirates, and then stopped saving his strength, allowing tens of thousands of pirates to attack.

On this day, the ferocity and viciousness of the pirates were undoubtedly revealed.

Some people can even rush up against the boiling water, even if they are scalded to pieces, they can climb up the wall ferociously and chop people down with a knife.

The person whose body was set on fire also rushed up, hugged the other party, and died together with the other party.

As soon as the viciousness of the pirates broke out, they immediately suppressed the momentum of the defenders.

After all, the slaves who assisted in the defense of the city were not regular soldiers.

As soon as they saw the pirates rushing up with hideous faces, many people began to tremble with hands and feet and became unstable.

The soldiers defending the city were almost out of breath by the fierce pirates.

Casualties began to mount.

Corpses were dragged down from the city wall.

One by one, the wounded were carried off the city wall.

The originally blue-gray city wall was now stained with blood, and the blood was splattered everywhere, dyed on the blue bricks, and dried into black and red.

At first glance, the city wall covered in black and red blood spots looked extremely strange and terrifying.

This tragic battle situation made many slaves who were not mentally able to bear it fearful, and they began to shrink back, unwilling to persist in resistance, and even a few slaves had already secretly escaped from the city wall.

And as soon as they retreated, the pirates forced in even more, and the more ferocious they were, the more casualties there were.

And the more casualties, the more frightening.

As a result, a vicious circle was created. The defense line on the city wall began to have loopholes, and then there were more and more rout points, and they became bigger and bigger.

More and more pirates began to climb up the wall, and their momentum increased greatly.

The soldiers of Tozes and the persistent slaves are still gritting their teeth and resisting.

They have no way out.

The townspeople of Tozeth, their relatives and friends are behind them.

So, they are still struggling.

However, the arrows were almost exhausted, and the blades of the overworn spears and swords gradually began to dull and curl.

The wear and tear of weapons is much more than imagined, much faster, and there is no time to replace them.

The wood is almost exhausted, the boiling water has no time to boil, and there is not much oil left.

The battle situation gradually became critical.

At this moment, there was a bang, a loud bang, and a huge stone whizzed over and smashed heavily on the city wall.

With a click, the blue bricks shattered, and a corner of the city wall was smashed into a gap.

In an instant, several pirates rushed in from that gap.

Seeing this scene from the beacon tower on the city wall in the distance, Seston was shocked.

He was just about to order people to block him, but before he could speak, a strong figure rushed up and hacked to death the pirates who turned up.

The tall body of the middle-aged slave who led the slave gladiator team was firmly blocked in the gap, and he was the only one who could not open it, and he chopped down the pirates who turned up one by one.

While he was blocking the gap, a dozen or so slaves nearby rushed up, lifted stones and planks, and blocked the gap.

Just as Seth breathed a sigh of relief, several boulders flew over in the air.

There was a rumbling sound, and they hit the city wall one after another, and smashed several huge gaps in the city wall in an instant.

Countless pirates climbed up the gap and rushed to the city wall, cutting down the slaves who wanted to go up to block the gap, and guarding the gap so that their companions behind them could climb up.

At this moment, like a flood breaking a bank, wave after wave of pirates surged from the gap.

The gap continued to widen, and the flood became more and more raging. The soldiers near the gap were forced to retreat steadily.

Like a festering wound, the rotten area expanded rapidly, eroding the city wall.

At the same time, on the coast of the outer city outside the city wall, the three huge trebuchets that took the pirates two days to complete were still rumbling and rumbling to throw stones towards the city wall.

One after another, it hit the corner or the wall with a bang, and countless pits and cracks began to appear on the wall.

Seeing that more and more cracks were opened in the city wall, countless pirates poured in through the gaps.

It's like a flood rushing out of a levee full of loopholes. I'm afraid it won't take long before the flood will completely break down the levee——

At this moment when Seth was burning with anxiety, suddenly, a figure in silver-white armor rushed to a gap.

The long sword swung.

With one blow, a pirate was split in half from neck to waist.

The body that had been split in half fell to the ground, and the internal organs fell to the ground in pieces.

The extremely tragic scene made the fierce pirates pause for a moment, raised their heads, and looked at the person rushing over.

Her long, pure golden hair was tied in a bunch behind her, hanging down on the silver-white armor.

The one-eyed knight holds a long sword with a dignified expression, and his eyes are sharp like a blade looking forward.

There was a second pause.

He rushed towards the pirates who were dozens of times larger than himself.

Wherever he went, there was a bloodbath, and the long sword cut in the air was full of blood splatter marks.

The knight of the scorching sun, his bravery is praised by the world.

Here, no one is his single enemy.

It took only a moment, and under the awe-inspiring gaze of the shocked soldiers and slaves around him, Kaihos had already wiped out dozens of pirates in front of the gap with his sword. Red corpse.

Standing at the gap, he pierced the two pirates who were about to turn up with his sword, and then kicked the two corpses down, then turned his head and shouted: "Block this place!"

The people who were startled by Kayhos's terrifying force value woke up, and immediately rushed forward, quickly blocking the gap.

Not only here, but also in several other gaps, there were a dozen guards who were also wearing armor and rushed up, killing the pirates who came up.

Those knights guarded the gap, allowing others to take the opportunity to plug the gap.

The boulders in the sky are still being thrown.

Seeing that the gap in front of him had been blocked, Kyhos jumped onto the gravel that blocked the gap.

Throwing the big sword down, he raised his hand and took off the strong bow on his back.

The knight of the scorching sun stood on the high stone pile of the city wall, his golden hair shining in the sun.

The strong bow in his hand has been drawn.

The bow was drawn by him like a full moon.

The tip of the rocket soaked in grease burned in the air, and then, with a buzzing sound, it shot out quickly.

Under the unbelievable eyes of the pirates in the distance, the rocket crossed a long arc, like a gust of wind, and hit the catapult on the coast heavily.

The oil wrapped on the underside of the arrowhead was splashed on the wood, and the fire burned up all at once.

Even Basha, who was on the pirate ship, couldn't believe the scene in front of him.

Just because he didn't want to be shot with a rocket, he deliberately placed the catapult out of the range of the bow and arrow.

He never imagined that someone could shoot such a long distance.

Believe it or not, there was a whizzing sound in the air, and rockets shot one after another, and soon all three catapults that the pirates had managed to build were all set ablaze.

Because it is under the scorching sun and it is made of wood, it burns quickly when it is lit, and the fire is so fierce that it is too late to water it.

A group of pirates jumped around anxiously, but they had no choice but to watch the three catapults turn into ashes.

"it is good!"

Seth yelled out excitedly.

As expected of the prestigious Rider of the Sun!

Seth hurried over and met Kyhoes who jumped down from the rock pile.

Kyhoes dropped his bow and picked up his sword again.

The blond knight was covered in blood at the moment, less than half of his silver-white armor was stained red, and the long sword in his hand was dripping blood continuously.

"Master Kehoes, thanks to you, otherwise..."

If Kehoe hadn't arrived in time with all the knights to block those gaps, Seth couldn't imagine what would happen next.

I'm afraid it's not far from the city break.

"Your Highness asked me to help."

Kehoes replied.

Then, the knight raised his hand and poked his side with his thumb casually.

"Also, I met them on the way here, so I brought them along."

As soon as Seth turned his head, he saw a dozen Tozeth townspeople walking up the city wall and walking towards him.

He subconsciously frowned.

He recognized that these were the more influential citizens of the city.

What are they doing here?Any dissatisfaction?Is it because of the slave thing?

He thought a little irritably, he was exhausted from resisting the pirates, could these people just hide at home and not come out to bother him?

Just when Seth was restless, those people had already greeted him.

"Master Seth, we brought weapons such as bows and arrows and long swords."

one said.

"It's all made up together. If it's not enough, we'll go back and continue to make it up."

Seth was stunned for a moment, walked to the edge of the city wall and looked down, only to see that the bottom of the city wall was crowded with people.

Horses neighed from time to time, and hundreds of carriages were parked below. The carriages were full of supplies, and many of them were piled with sharp weapons such as arrows, spears, machetes, and long swords.

After thinking about it, he understood that every family in Tozes would have such a small amount of weapons in their homes to prevent thieves and robbers, and some rich merchants with guards had even more weapons reserves.

Someone continued: "I heard that there is not enough oil and wood here, so everyone donated what they had at home."

Some citizens even directly dismantled all the wooden doors of their homes, chopped them into firewood and sent them over.

"Your Excellency, I am a member of the City Physician's Union. All of us have come. With so many casualties, I guess there must be insufficient manpower to treat the wounded here, so we came to help."

"Yes, and the blacksmiths, carpenters, and coppersmiths in the city are all here. Please give us the broken weapons to repair."

Seth glanced across the dark crowd below, and was taken aback for a moment.

"Why are there so many women?" He said to the representatives of the citizens, "Let them go back quickly, it's not safe here."

"They wanted to come by themselves. They said they were also a member of Tozes City."

"Yes, Lord Seth, some of them are not weaker than men, and they can do what men can do. Even if they are not strong enough, they can take care of the wounded under the city wall, deliver water and food to everyone, and wash bandages some type of."

"That's right, my lord, sharpening knives, boiling water, moving stones, and transporting the wounded can all be done by us! As long as it is something we can do, everyone will try our best to do it!"

"We can't just wait at home."

"Anyway, pirates will die if they come in, we would rather fight together!"

Seth stood on the city wall with his head lowered, his eyes swept over the countless Tozes citizens below the city wall.

No one yelled, everyone stood there silently, looking up at him with their eyes open.

Many people held weapons in their hands, and some even held axes for chopping wood and hoes for farming.

It's not that these citizens are not afraid, some even trembled with fear, and had tears in their eyes, but everyone stayed here firmly.

Because behind them is their homeland, their relatives, their children, and they have nowhere to go.

The so-called unity of purpose is probably the case.

Looking at the expectant and resolute eyes of the crowd, Seth suddenly felt a little burning in the corners of his eyes, and an indescribable feeling welled up from the bottom of his heart.

He turned his head away and took a deep breath.

"I see," he said.

The battlefield has no time for him to waste, he said quickly.

"You immediately go down and organize the manpower, and send up the arrows and the like."

"Go and boil water, and oil, and bring to a boil."

He said it bluntly.

"I will arrange for slaves to send down those blunt and broken weapons, and you will arrange for people to repair them as soon as possible."

"You can collect as much supplies as you can, get more, and hurry up."

Seth's unceremonious words made those people look happy, and they immediately ran down the city wall, returned to the citizens, and began to organize and arrange people to do different things by virtue of their prestige.

The crowd surged, and under the leadership of the leader, they dispersed and started their work with all their energy.

With the help of the powerful force of the Cayhos knights, as well as the help of the entire city of Tozes, the balance of victory that had almost collapsed eased up little by little, and the stalemate with the pirates barely continued.

…………

Human nature is complicated.

Garlan stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, staring at the city wall fighting like a line of blood from afar.

There are greedy people and there are righteous people.

There are corrupt souls, and there are noble existences.

There are archons and officials who choose to leave their responsibilities behind and flee.

There are also soldiers who choose to stay and stick to it.

Moreover, human nature is not immutable.

That choice is often a matter of thought.

Just like those citizens who almost destroyed the city of Tozes one night ago, they are doing their best at this moment, contributing all their strength to protect the city.

The boy watched the scene quietly.

On the city wall, no matter who they are, whether they are soldiers, slaves, merchants, or craftsmen.

Be it a man or a woman.

All people of different identities, skin colors, and genders gathered together at this moment, forming an invisible solid wall.

Fear, conspiracy, selfishness, scheming... At this moment, everything is no longer important.

At this moment, there is no such thing as high or low, high or low.

All have but one desire in common.

Hold Tozes.

Hold your own home.