At dawn, the army set up camp.
This crusade army bypassed the city of Shubia and turned into the Angry Horn Forest. The forest has a road for walking. It's just that the spacious avenue where two carriages usually drive side by side, suddenly squeezed into such an army today, it seems quite crowded. Allen rode on the horse, let the horse trot, and followed the team. He reminisces about the scene of cutting off seven or eight straw people with a single knife yesterday evening. This is a rare experience. If he carefully scrutinizes and practices it, he will soon add a brand new knife technique to his ten moves.
Allen had even thought of a name for that formula, and it was called "Thousand Army". A single slash can destroy thousands of troops, that is the state of sword intent that he pursues.
The sound of cattle neighing and horse neighing broke his thinking, Allen looked up, and in front of the army, there was a group of people coming towards him. They are the citizens who escaped from Mirahan. Yesterday Woodrick mentioned that after the imperial capital issued an appeal against Mason, people from the three cities under the control of the Sword Lord in Mirahan continued to escape. Although Ma Sen is a strong man of the Ten Saints, his opponent is a giant like Tangliou after all, so people are not very optimistic about him.
Now this wave is the fourth wave of refugees that Allen and the others encountered, and people keep showing up. Among them were old men with empty eyes, barefoot girls, women with babies in their arms, wounded people sitting on carts, and men with frowning faces. When they saw the crusading army, people's expressions were terrified, for fear that the emperor would confer the crime of sitting on the ground. This is not unheard of in the history of the empire, and not all kings are so broad-minded. Fortunately, Tangleo is not a stingy king, so the crusade army and the refugees passed by, but they lived in peace.
"The unlucky ones in war are always the people." Belle Kay didn't smoke his pipe today, it is said that there is not much fog grass left, so it is no wonder that this old smoker wants to "save food and money". He is chewing tobacco leaves in his mouth to relieve his addiction temporarily. As for the image, of course he has nothing to do with Gao Daguanghui. Belle Kay didn't care about this, otherwise he wouldn't always look like a wanderer.
"So you're a pacifist?" Allen blinked.
Belle Kai spit out the chewed tobacco leaves on the ground, and when the horse's hoof stepped on it, it was already mixed with the soil. He laughed, the smell of tobacco leaves in the air, Belle Kay shook his head and said: "Alan, whatever
Believe it or not. This era has nothing to do with peace, and history has been telling us that there is no eternal peace. Of course, there will be no endless wars. War, peace, war again. Just like the four seasons, we are always reincarnated, and we never get tired of it. "
"There must be desire, and the war will never disappear, but will only be suspended." Belle Kai clamped his horse's belly, left Alan and left.
Allen shook his head: "No matter what kind of life there is desire, because it is nature, so war is everywhere. This is true of Balegon, and so is the universe."
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Allen saw Miraham.
This city is just like what he saw on the sand table. It is separated from the Wrathhorn Forest by a barren plain, sandwiched between two mountains, and becomes the gate of the Lonely Mountain Ice Field. The crusading army had to open this gate before they could enter the Fortress of Flame.
Otherwise everything is empty talk.
Groups of refugees can still be seen here scrambling to escape, especially after seeing the Crusade Army, their pace has accelerated a lot. While the army was camping, Woodrick, Julian, Allen and others rode their horses to Miraham. Allen saw the towering gray and white city wall. The colors of the upper and lower walls of the city wall were different, with the top being light and the bottom being deep. Obviously, the light-colored part of the city wall was temporarily raised recently. They raised the height of Mirahan's wall from the original six meters to the current ten meters.
The outlines of many equipment can be seen on the city wall. As far as Allen knows, there are giant ballistas, artillery, and trebuchets. Coupled with the shooting holes behind the city wall, arrow stacks, and densely packed defenders lined up, the city has been armed to the teeth. The city gate was locked tightly, and there was an additional iron bar. Coolies were still digging trenches in front of the gate, and the enemy soldiers spread some strings of sharp spurs in front of the trenches in front of Allen and the others.
Woodrick narrowed his eyes and made a gesture. Behind them, a soldier came out and shouted up the wall of Miraham: "In the name of the king, the defenders of Miraham, you are now asked to surrender unconditionally. Open the gates and give up resistance, you You will get a fair trial opportunity in Oliska. Otherwise, it will be regarded as a betrayal of the empire, and you will be given the punishment you deserve for being a traitor. Your family and future generations will suffer the humiliation of the traitor. I hope you will do Make the right judgment."
shout this soldier
, paused, and repeated.
On the city wall, there was a little excitement among the soldiers. Although they are fighters of the Cerberus Legion, Earl Jerry's private army. But just because Jerio wanted to rebel, it didn't mean that these soldiers were willing to follow suit. Especially seeing the mighty lineup of the crusading army, I was even more frightened. Now that I hear these words of persuasion to surrender, it would be a lie to say that I am not moved. Suddenly at this moment, a fierce power appeared on the top of the city, and the soldiers were so suppressed that they dared not take a breath.
Because that is the breath of Earl Jerry.
Still covering himself in the thick armor like a fortress, Jerio stepped up to the top of the wall. He handed the giant sword to one soldier, but took the iron bow from another. When he drew the bow and shot, a feathered arrow seemed to ignore the distance, and it was shot from Jerio's hand, and it was already nailed to the throat of the soldier under the city. The soldiers were trying to persuade them to surrender, and their voices stopped immediately. The corpse with the feathered arrow plopped to the ground with a plop, stirring up wisps of dust.
Woodrick frowned.
Jerio put down his iron bow and shouted violently: "Tangleo's dog, I'll give you a chance. Go back now, you can still drink with the woman in your arms and enjoy the feeling of the sun shining on your body. Otherwise, Mirahan will be yours. grave, you can only go to hell to regret your decision!"
Julian snorted, wanting to say something. Seeing that Woodrick said nothing, he thought about it and decided to keep silent. Woodrick glanced briefly at Jerio in the city, then turned around, and returned to the camp with the others. On the way, he whispered: "That idiot Jerio, just give up the last chance like this."
At dawn the next day, the desolate trumpets sounded in the sky above Miraham. Jerio dragged his giant sword to the city wall, and a soldier brought an iron seat and placed it in the middle of the guard wall. Jerio sat down on the iron seat and put the giant sword aside. He had a sneer on his face, and today he was going to sit here and watch how the crusading army broke through the city. In the sound of the horn, all the equipment was undergoing the final inspection, and the soldiers entered their positions one after another under the order of the officer, and all the gears of the fortress of Mirahan began to turn.
At this moment, the horn of attack came from the direction of the crusading army, and Jerio felt excited for no reason.
"Come on," he said.
(end of this chapter)