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Chapter 290: Siege
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"Damn, those orcs are too fast. We estimate that when we broke camp and set off, they had already received the news of Kamikaze City... Otherwise, how could they gather more than 600,000 troops to chase us in such a short time?" Seeing Sterling retreating safely into the city, Kurt hurriedly ran forward to welcome Sterling to the city wall, while also muttering to himself.
"Yes, based on their number and gathering speed, plus the time they needed to get here, I can be sure that the orcs got the news as soon as we walked out of the barracks, and then they mobilized their troops as quickly as possible and marched here to stop us. If this is a coincidence, it is too coincidental..." Sterling climbed up the city wall, brushed off the dust on his body, and answered Kurt's words with a heavy face.
"Sir, do you think it's not a coincidence? Could it be that Ya..."
"Now that we don't have the evidence, don't talk nonsense! But from now on, you have to search the whole city for me, and then monitor the entire Kamikaze City for me, and don't let him sneak out of the city..." Sterling interrupted Kurt impatiently, and almost cursed in his heart. After seeing that the magicians of the Kingdom of Yan on the city wall had no reaction, he was slightly relieved. At this time and place, without the magicians of the Kingdom of Yan, and without the magicians operating the magic cannon, Sterling really didn't know how to fight this battle.
"Yes!" Hearing Sterling's reminder, Kurt suddenly woke up. Thinking about the combat power of 30,000 magicians combined with the magic cannon, Kurt was scared and broke into a cold sweat.
'Old Fox' For Sterling's words, the woman in black generously gave Sterling the title of an old fox. To be honest, after reading the working principle of the magic cannon, the woman in black was very interested in the magic cannon and was thinking about how to let the Kasdek Empire also have such a powerful magic weapon.
However, after thinking about what Marshal Sterling said when she first saw the magic cannon, the woman in black immediately fell silent. The size of the front and back is consistent, the straightness is almost zero, and the gap between each magic cannonball and the barrel is so small that only a thin piece of paper can be inserted. These technical requirements basically blocked the woman in black's hope of imitating the magic cannon. At the same time, she was also amazed at the strength of the Kingdom of Yan in the field of metal manufacturing. . . . . .
But soon, the black-clothed woman thought of me, and the Xia craftsmen in the Kastark Empire, who were gloomy when faced with those exquisitely crafted longbows and super-trebuchets with complex and varied shapes, and the things made by those craftsmen afterwards. Those longbows were either not elastic or the steel pieces were very easy to break. And those trebuchets, although those craftsmen successfully developed those trebuchets, in terms of work efficiency, weight, and even service life, could not be compared with those captured equipment.
Were these things the work of one person? The woman in black could not make a judgment for a long time. She could not even tell whether she should make a judgment.
"What are you laughing at!" Just when the woman in black was feeling upset, the smile on Sterling's face made her even more angry.
"I am laughing at your new emperor who is full of fat. He can spend so much money to bribe the deputy commander of the Royal Guards, and he can also split up all the main corps under the Minister of Military Affairs. He even used money to send Duke Shalo to the Eastern Province to survive.
But he is unwilling to spend money to bribe the most powerful and capable officers in your Kastark Empire. This makes me doubt how long he can stay on the throne of emperor
If I were Queen Yaen, and if I discovered this problem, I can guarantee that I would try to win him over until I tied him to the chariot of the Yaen Kingdom."
"Sir, you are so wise. I just learned from the news in the country that Shen Xiang was named Duke by Queen Yan a month ago, and then became a royal consort, and was promoted to Prince..." After hearing Sterling's words, Kurt, who had just returned to the city wall, immediately dropped a bombshell on the two people who were trying to show off their abilities.
Helplessly, Sterling and the woman in black looked at each other. In each other's eyes, they read each other's determination, which was to completely destroy this guy who might be detrimental to their country if conditions permitted.
"Sir, they have surrounded us..." Seeing that Sterling and the woman in black did not show any reaction, Kurt could not help but remind Sterling of the situation outside the city.
"Well! Let's encircle them! Anyway, we knew this would be the result before we moved in here. By the way, Kurt, you divide the troops into four echelons and rotate them on time every day. Now it depends on who has better patience... Of course, if those orcs want to die, then let them do it..." Thinking of his current responsibilities, Sterling immediately ordered Kurt to deploy the defense, and at the same time he moved towards the city wall.
At this time, with the failure of the 50,000 orcs to pursue the rear guard of the Mokast Empire, a large number of orcs have already besieged the entire Kamikaze City, but after all, Sterling's troops arrived several hours earlier than the orcs. Therefore, the entire city has long been controlled by the East Continent Coalition, and all tentative sieges have been hit head-on by humans without exception.
"Sir, this city is really solid. I think it will be difficult for the orcs to climb up just that slope... If the orcs launch a large-scale offensive in the future, we won't even need to clean up the bodies. The corpses may just roll down the hill..." Several officers who were observing the battle on the city wall saw that some orc warriors who were unable to attack from the front of the city gate tried to attack the city wall from the slopes on both sides of the city gate, but without exception, they were shot like a hornet's nest by the crossbows on the city wall while climbing the slope with difficulty.
"Haha, now we have a lot of supplies and a strong city. As long as we don't make any mistakes, we don't have to worry about the orcs breaking through the city within half a year. In another two months, it will be winter here. I want to see how long those orcs can hold out without cold-resistant supplies and food. Maybe we can go for a stroll outside the city at that time..." He squinted at the orc troops outside the city, and evaluated the supplies in the hands of the orcs, and then gave his subordinates a conclusion that would boost their courage. But what Sterling didn't say was that when the orcs finally launched a frenzy attack at all costs, this Kamikaze City would still be difficult to preserve. . . . . . . (To be continued)