The raging fire in the civilian area of Iron Fist Castle completely separated Adela's army from the army of the Emilio family on the mountain. The civilians who have lived at the foot of the mountain for generations watched helplessly as their homes were burned in the fire. They are full of hatred and fear. Although they hate the Saranar family's army for destroying their lives, they are also afraid that once the Iron Fist Castle is lost, they and their families will become their slaves and live a life worse than death. ,
Vivian, who returned to the mountain with the help of Ryan, keenly seized this opportunity. With her constant efforts, thousands of people who fled to the mountain slowly accepted their new lord. Many young people took the initiative Stand up and ask to join the army to drive the invaders from the mountains from their homes,
It was precisely because of the fire at the bottom of the mountain that Adela's attack channel was blocked, which gave Vivian enough time to boost morale. Otherwise, if Adela attacked directly, the mountain might collapse at once. When Captain Mitge was chasing Vivian, he ordered the house to be set on fire. He originally intended to demoralize the enemy, but unexpectedly gave the enemy a chance to breathe. This can be considered a self-defeating move.
The fire burned for a whole day and night before slowly weakening. The fire originally started burning from the front of the Iron Fist Castle, so when all the wooden houses on the front were burned out, the fire naturally weakened, but in other directions , the fire is still getting more and more intense, the momentum is alarming,
There are about 10,000 people living in the civilian area at the foot of Iron Fist Castle. Thanks to the efforts of Vivian and others, thousands of people living near the up and down mountain passages of Iron Fist Castle have successfully escaped to the mountain. However, the children on the side and back The people were not so lucky. They either perished in the flames or escaped by luck and fled to other places with their children.
Adela's army was small in number, so she did not pay attention to those who fled. Adela's action was clearly a military adventure. If the Iron Fist Castle could be captured, the rule of the Emilio family would be overthrown. , then the people of the entire Emilio family will naturally have nowhere to escape, but if the attack fails, even if they capture thousands of slaves, they will not be able to successfully bring them back to their territory. Not to mention anything else, just this food The consumption is enough to give Adela a headache,
Therefore, Adela's ultimate goal was to capture the Iron Fist Castle. Therefore, at noon the next day, Adela's army cleared an attack channel in the ruins and pressed the army to the foot of the Iron Fist Castle. It also made the entire Iron Fist Castle battle enter the second stage.
In the past day and night, Vivian on the mountain kept boosting morale, and Adela at the bottom of the mountain was not idle either. She waited for her follow-up troops at dawn the next day, which only had 300 troops. The human follow-up force was specially arranged by Vera just in case. They brought sufficient supplies to Adela, whether it was soldiers or food. At the same time, this follow-up force also included a small baggage camp, which brought the formation of Materials for riprap trucks,
Throughout the morning, Adela's reinforcements set up three trebuchets for her. Although it was a plain and it was difficult to obtain stone bullets, as long as the wood stained with kerosene was tied tightly, it could still cause terrible consequences. , a few stone bullets may not be able to destroy a solid city wall, but the raging fire is enough to destroy the enemy's will to resist.
Therefore, when Adela's army pushed the trebuchet slowly forward at the bottom of the mountain, there was a sudden commotion among the soldiers and civilians on the mountain. They had just witnessed their homes being destroyed by the war, but they never thought that they were temporarily sheltered. The castle is also facing the same situation. Is it possible that even this castle that has never been conquered will follow in that tragic footsteps
When Adela's battle flag was raised high, this desire has completely turned into fear, and everyone's hearts were cold. Many timid people cried out of fright on the spot. Vivian stayed up all night The boosted morale showed signs of collapse, and she herself shouted out loud: "Crazy, this woman is completely crazy."
Ryan, standing next to Vivian, asked in a strange tone: "It's just a battle flag, how can it have such a big impact."
Weiwei calmed down and whispered in Ryan's ear: "That is no longer just a simple battle flag, it has another meaning, which means a bloody ending."
After hearing this, Ryan turned his attention to the Adela battle flag at the foot of the mountain. This battle flag kept fluttering in the wind. It had the emblem of the Saranar family embroidered on it. There was a shield in the middle. This was probably It shows that the Saranal family was the retinue of His Majesty Fernando. As for the other patterns surrounding this shield, Ryan just barely knew that the blooming rose in the most prominent position represented the general who led the army, Adela, and Other Ryan didn't understand what this meant, but what confused Ryan the most was that the entire flag was smeared with large amounts of blood.
"That blood..." Ryan asked softly,
Vivian turned her head to Ryan and said with a wry smile: "Once the siege team raises this kind of blood-smeared battle flag, it means that after capturing the entire city, they will definitely massacre it, and absolutely no one will be left alive."
Ryan was stunned. She didn't expect Adela to do such a cruel thing. There are thousands of lives on this mountain. Has she completely lost her humanity
"I think it's probably because of Vera's body." Vivian smiled bitterly: "When I was trapped in the sea of fire, those idiots actually hung Vera's body in the most conspicuous position on the top of the mountain. They Maybe they want to stop Adela's attack, but this doesn't tell Adela clearly that there is no one on this mountain you have to worry about, you can attack at will, I even wonder if they are spies from other families."
"As soon as the bloody rose battle flag comes out, we have no way out." Vivian said again: "Death in battle, or dying miserably after defeat, there is no third option."
"Then..." Just as Ryan opened his mouth to ask where Vera's body was now, Vivian immediately replied: "When I found out, it was already yesterday evening. I ordered people to bury him properly. It’s not that I’m afraid of Adela’s revenge, it’s that I don’t want to take it out on a dead body, but I didn’t expect that Adela would become so crazy after receiving the news that her brother had died in battle.”
"Beep." A long horn sound came from the bottom of the mountain, which was the signal for the attack to begin, so Ryan and Vivian immediately stopped talking and stared at the bottom of the mountain with all their attention.
At this time, Adela's three trebuchets had entered the shooting range. The soldier pushing the trebuchet fixed the trebuchet and began to stir the winch to pull the ejection rod downward. This type of trebuchet is the simplest type. , their performance is far inferior to what Ryan saw in the Thunder God Fortress, but it is still no problem to project two or three hundred meters, at least it is beyond the range of the archers on the mountain.