Changge Fortress is located on a tributary of the Chishui River. The entire city is divided into two by the river. Most of the residents live on the west bank, while the east bank is compact farmland.
Unlike other big cities that set up farmland on the outskirts, the towering city walls of the fortress envelop the residential area and part of the farmland, not so much to defend against evil beasts, but to prevent similar attacks. Even if the city is surrounded by layers of enemies, the fortress will not be cut off from supplies.
Because of this, the outer wall of Changge Fortress formed a fracture where the river entered the city, and several arm-thick blocking cables were suspended between the two sections of the city wall. will slide into the river.
However, the western interior was rarely attacked by a fleet, so several iron cables were almost never used, and this time was no exception. Roland's fleet was galloping all the way, and by the end of the day, he could see the outline of the fortress wall. The beacon still wafts above the city, adding a bit of ink to the gradually darkening sky.
"The enemy is mainly concentrated in the area of the lord's castle. There are still a small number of militiamen fighting with the guards at the front of the city on the north gate city wall, but it seems that they can't hold on for long." Lightning has already investigated the battle situation in the city clearly and detailed to the prince. Hui reported, "The number of people besieging the castle is about 200 people. The first floor has been missed. The opponent does have a weapon similar to a musket, but it is completely different from the one we use."
"Is Peiro all right?" Roland is most concerned about the safety of the agent.
"He's okay, just a little frightened, but..."
"But what?"
"His family suffered," Lightning curled his lips, "probably Lord Peiro received news in advance and recruited his father into the castle, but the rest of the relatives who stayed in the territory... including the countess, were regarded as persecuted by those nobles. The hostages he surrendered were executed one by one." The little girl paused, "I found a chance to fly into the castle to meet him and tell him the news that you will be here soon. He only made a request to me."
Roland nodded, "You said."
"eye for eye."
There is an unwritten rule among nobles, that is, they seldom kill those who hold titles. As the relatives of Earl Honeysuckle, most of them have titles of knights. But now the Four Great Families dare to completely tear their faces apart. Apart from the hatred for Honeysuckle to rely on Roland to earn a lot of benefits, the other point is probably the intention of the forces behind it.
Roland can now basically confirm that the person standing behind the other party should be the new king, Timothy Wimbledon. Assisting the church in killing nobles and helping the king execute traitors are completely different in nature. He looked in the direction of the fortress and said coldly, "Pass my order, the whole army will go straight into the city and occupy the wharf!"
Aite heard footsteps resounding under the city wall.
He raised his flintlock gun numbly and aimed it at the dark hole under his feet—this was the only way to climb to the top of the wall from the inside of the city wall. After the enemy seized the city gate, he launched several waves of attacks, but he was unable to take down the northern section of the city wall.
The battle has continued from noon yesterday until now. He never imagined that he could endure in the icy cold wind for such a long time. It was only when he saw the teammates who came to support him fall into a pool of blood, his mind would never again be. Can't think about other things.
"They're here again?" A long spear stretched out beside him. Aite glanced sideways and found that the person who came was his team leader, Tong Shan.
"I heard movement," he replied feebly, "but it's getting so dark now that I can't see how many people there are."
"They also don't know how many of us there are," Tongshan comforted.
"Then... how much more?"
Tongshan hesitated, "Five, just now the crow took his last breath."
"Most of us won't survive tonight," Art said bitterly. From the initial fear and panic, to the current numbness, he finally understood the meaning of the instructor's sentence "Only after experiencing real battles can you mature quickly." However, this did not bring any change to the predicament. The three teams gathered together now only have the last five people. Even if the enemy did not attack the city, they would be frozen to death by the lack of food and cold-proof materials. "Is there any use in surrendering now?"
"Surrender?" Tongshan snorted, "You didn't hear how they shouted? Destroy the rebels! Even if you surrender, there is only one way to go. It's better to kill a few more of them here."
Aite knew that the captain was right. Many of the soldiers of the Second Army who came to support yesterday had their heads chopped off after being caught—they were not nobles, so naturally they had no value in exchange for ransom. It's just... He's not willing to die here.
The instructor described to him the beauty of Border Town, and promised that as long as the month of demons ended, the soldiers who performed well in the Second Army would be promoted to the First Army, and they would also get a free new house. There's plenty of food, well water that flows automatically when you open a valve, and heaters that keep the room hot without the need for ignition...
He wants to survive and go to Border Town to see the magical things the instructor said.
"Come here!" Tong Shan suddenly shouted and pulled the trigger. With the fire from the muzzle, Aite saw the enemy whose outline was illuminated in the dark - six or seven people were slowly crawling up with their shields up, and he could even see the terrified face of the other party.
Although the captain's shot missed the target, it had already pointed him in the direction.
He aimed at the fleeting figure and fired.
The bullet hit the wooden shield, making a muffled sound, and one person screamed suddenly, followed by the sound of heavy objects rolling down the stairs. Seeing their whereabouts exposed, the rest rushed towards the exit desperately.
Copper Mountain was still reloading, his frozen hands slowing him down. Aite retracted his body and felt a chill in his heart when he touched the gunpowder bag at his waist. The bag was empty, and he had used up all the gunpowder.
According to the usual training, the bayonet should be used at this time.
He gritted his teeth and pulled out the bayonet. It took him a while to fix the casing on the gun. Before he could level the spear, the enemy running at the front had already rushed out of the hole.
Tongshan Guo cut off the attack and knocked it to the ground, but the second enemy who followed closely stabbed the long sword into the captain's chest with his backhand.
Aite's mind was blank, and he handed out the long spear subconsciously according to the training, but it stuck on the opponent's shield. The enemy kicked him to the ground, and the gun took off his hands.
Are you going to die here
He looked up in despair, only to find that a shadow suddenly appeared in the sky.
In a snowy night, it should be difficult to distinguish such a dark thing, but this shadow is too close to him, like a falling night, is rapidly falling towards him.
As the outline became clearer, Aite couldn't help but widen his eyes, it turned out to be a huge monster!
He swore that only in nightmares would he see such a terrifying monster. It had a huge mouth, a head bigger than a calf, and its broad wings could almost cover the entire wall.
The giant beast smashed directly in front of Aite, crushing the enemy who climbed out of the pit into meat patties!
"Ow---arrogant---!"
It made a deafening roar!