Lorist drew his sword and rushed forward, the sword light flashed, and the yelling defensive player fell silent for a moment, the whole body spun around in place, and after a circle and a half, it was divided into two parts. The sword cut obliquely from his left shoulder to his right rib, blood spurted out and splashed everywhere.
The guards, who were lying on the ground in a daze and hadn't woken up from their sleep, just opened their eyes when they saw a shining chain of horses passing by before their eyes, and then their whole bodies became stiff and weak, and they couldn't make a sound even if they wanted to scream , and soon eternal darkness descends...
Lorist came out of the city gate covered in blood, and was about to raise his head to summon the guards on the city wall to come down to open the city gate, when he heard a panicked cry from behind: "Enemy attack! Come, come! , come quickly! Uh..."
The sound stopped abruptly, and Lorist turned around to look, only to see a guard in iron armor fell to the ground with a long arrow stuck in his mouth at the doorway of two rows of houses made of ascites tens of meters away from the city gate. On the snow in front of the door, his hands and feet were still twitching. Obviously, Jost from the top of the city shot down the shouting guy with an arrow.
It's a pity that this guy's yelling has alarmed all the guards in the two rows of stone houses. Doors were opened one after another, and guards rushed out with full armor and weapons. Although Jost at the top of the city kept shooting arrows, he shot down the defenders who rushed forward one by one to the ground. But the defenders who rushed out from behind learned the lesson of those unlucky ghosts in front. They rushed out of the stone house with iron shields one by one, and quickly gathered in groups, killing Lorist at the gate of the city.
The guards on the city wall were already rushing down, and Jost was still shooting arrows from the top of the city. Lorist pointed to the city gate, signaling the guards on the lower city to open the gate, while he strode forward to meet him. Those defenders who rushed fiercely.
The Royal City of Federica began to stir, and the alarm bells tore through the tranquility before dawn. The sound of fighting came from the city wall in the distance, the sound of screams and the clash of swords and shields, accompanied by the whining of warning horns, echoed over the dark city of King Federica. Clusters of flames began to ignite brightly, reflecting the gloomy sky red...
"Kill!" Lorist charged into the crowd of the defense team like a mad tiger and began to chop and kill. To deal with these defenders with low levels of grudge, Lorist didn't use his Blood Killing Domain at all. He could handle it with ease only by relying on his sword skills and his own reaction ability.
Heads fell to the ground where the sword passed, and after Lorist's figure flashed, one by one of the defenders screamed and fell to the ground clutching their wounds. But they brandished long swords and spears, but they couldn't pose any threat to Lorist, and they couldn't even catch up with Lorist's flashing figure. The crowd was in chaos, and the people on the periphery couldn't even find out where the enemy was. When they saw Lorist, they saw the shining sword light at the same time. it's dark…
One blow hit the left chest, two blows decapitated, and three hits pierced the throat. The left and right defenders fell to the ground with blood spattering, but the defender in front of him remained motionless as if struck by lightning. Pulling out the long sword from his throat, he kicked him to the ground, and suddenly found that his eyes were empty, and he had already killed the crowd.
But no one continued to rush over. Lorist looked back, only to find that his back was covered with corpses. The corpses of nearly a hundred defenders fell in disorder on the snowy ground. The snow on this street was dyed black and red, and the smell of blood was disgusting.
There were still more than 20 defenders standing, but they were trembling. No one could have imagined that a single enemy had caused such a large number of casualties to them. They looked at Lorist with terrified eyes, and their entire bodies trembled. Trembling, the scene suddenly became silent, and fell into a strange silence...
With a sound of "bang", the large iron shield in the hands of a defender holding a large iron shield fell to the ground, making an extremely loud sound, which woke everyone present at once. It was just beyond Lorist's expectation that the rest of the guards didn't rush up in anger to avenge their dead comrades. Instead, they turned around and fled as soon as they threw their weapons away, shouting as they ran, "Demon, that's a demon..."
In the blink of an eye, all the surviving guards fled into the alleys on both sides of the street and escaped completely, leaving only their discarded weapons and shields on the ground. Lorist touched his nose a little annoyed, thinking, am I so scary? You call me a devil...
However, Lorist was too lazy to chase after these lost dogs. The most urgent task was to open the city gate first and let the troops from outside the city enter the city. It's just that he just took two steps back when a guard came out of the city gate and told Lorist some not-so-good news: "Your Highness, the city gate is frozen and we can't open it. Also, the city gate is frozen. The door is made of iron, not an ordinary wooden door covered with iron... "
The corpses of twenty or so defenders in the city gate had been dragged outside and thrown together. Lorist looked dumbfounded at the two three-meter-high iron gates. The general city gates are made of wood, and then covered with a layer of iron or copper. Is the Vicia Chamber of Commerce showing off how much money it has? These two large iron gates were actually cast with black iron, and on the top, middle and bottom of the iron gates, there was an iron door bolt that was 20 to 30 centimeters wide and 7 or 8 centimeters thick.
It should be the principle of thermal expansion and contraction. These three iron door bolts are inserted into the protruding holes of the two iron doors and are almost frozen together with the iron doors. There was the slightest vibration with the three iron door bolts.
"Is the Vicia Chamber of Commerce sick? Are you planning to lock yourself in the city by building these two big iron gates?" Lorist said angrily, and then he understood that the main reason is that the gates are not open in winter, or that they are not open. This is the North City Gate. If there is any urgent matter, I will not enter and exit through this north city gate, but this time I am a bit unlucky, so I just chose this north city gate.
It's not that the North City Gate can't be opened, but it will take some time to open the North City Gate. For example, first make a big fire to bake the two big iron gates for a long time, and then push out the three big iron bolts Add some oil, then it will be very convenient to open and close the door in the future. The problem is that what Lorist lacks now is time. He doesn't have the spare time to spend half a day warming up the gate before opening it. The Flying Tiger Legion outside are rushing into the city to attack the barracks...
"Can you cut off the three iron bolts with a sword?" Lorist asked the guard beside him.
"No, Your Highness, come and see this." The guard pointed to the iron latch in the middle of the door and said.
Lorist saw that the middle part of the iron door bolt had been cut into pieces. These were the marks left by the guards who drew their swords and tried to cut off the iron door bolt. It's just that this iron door bolt is made of unknown material, it is extremely hard. The deepest sword mark was only one centimeter deep. Looking at the width of twenty or thirty centimeters and the thickness of seven or eight centimeters, Lorist understood that it would not be so easy and short-term to cut off the three iron bolts.
"Then can we dig a big hole for these two iron doors?" Lorist asked unwillingly. Since there will be no way to take the three iron gate bolts for a while, let's open a hole in the iron gate to let the soldiers outside come in first.
"Your Highness, it doesn't work. We tried it. The iron gate is a bit thick, and it can't be pierced even with all our strength. I don't know what material the iron gate and the iron bolt are made of. They are so hard..." The guard pointed at the iron gate. A sword mark on his face answered.
It was only then that Lorist discovered that there were several sword marks on the lower end of the iron gate on the left, and the deepest one was a needle-like hole in the iron gate, through which the soldiers of the Flying Tiger Legion gathered outside the city could be vaguely seen. Tiger Ross also arrived, but there were only three rope ladders to go up to the city, and there were black crows outside the city.
Through the sword marks, Lorist found that the thickness of the two iron doors was seven to eight centimeters, which was about the same as the thickness of the three iron door bolts. Lorist felt that this would be very difficult. He estimated that he should be able to cut off the three iron bolts, but it might take a long time. It takes at least four or five blows to break an iron door bolt, and you need to mobilize your whole body and mind, and you need time to regain your energy after one blow. But for me now, the most scarce thing is time, and if I wasted energy trying to cut off the three iron gate bolts, then I would have nothing to fight back when the great sword master in the city attacked.
There was a long horn sound of "Woooooooooo" in the distance, this is the expedition number. Lorist's face suddenly became serious. Sure enough, Jost's alarm sounded from the top of the city: "Your Highness, Your Highness, the gate of the Western Barracks has opened, and a large group of people is rushing towards us. The estimated arrival time is about ten minutes away..."
Now even if I tried my best to cut off the three iron door bolts, I couldn't do anything, I didn't have that time. As for digging a big hole in the iron gate, don't even think about it, it will take more time than cutting the iron gate bolt. Lorist smiled wryly. The siege of the city has not been smooth since the enemy discovered it. Who would have thought that the Vicia Chamber of Commerce would replace the two city gates with such hard iron gates, without even a fighting spirit and sword light? It worked so well that it stopped the soldiers outside who were about to enter the city.
Lorist looked around and found that there were less than 200 guards. Although the city wall was still going up and down, there were 200 guards divided into two teams to support Reddy, El and Hughes at the two ends of the city wall. The great swordsman had gone, and there were less than five or six left. In the past half an hour, there were less than 600 guards on the city wall. The speed was too slow, and Lorist was a little discouraged.
Lorist signaled to Jost on the city wall, asking him to tell the tiger Ross, Malek, Dolles and others outside the city to find another way to climb the city wall, as the city gate could not be opened for the time being. At the same time, the soldiers going up to the city should not rush down to the city to support themselves, first find a way to unload the steel crossbows placed on the sleds below the city and transport them to the city wall to arrange them to help them defend against the incoming enemy's attack.
Also, Lorist assigned two guards to send orders to Reddy, El, and Hughes Great Swordsman respectively, telling them not to rush to attack the towers guarded by the enemy on the city wall, but to guard the towers already occupied by themselves first. Then it can be seized by the enemy. The changes in the battle situation were unexpected, and it was no longer possible to proceed according to the original plan. But now that the city wall to the north has been occupied, even if the city gate cannot be opened, the family's armed forces can still go up to the city continuously. Lorist has great confidence to defeat the enemy and win the final victory.
"Warrich, you take a team to search the two rows of stone houses to see if there is any fish that slipped through the net, and then collect some combustibles and pile them under the iron gates. First, warm up the two big iron gates. Trying to find a way to get those three iron bolts off." Lorist ordered.
Warrich is the eldest son of Viscount Edith, the acting governor of Winston Province, and he is currently at the peak of the silver three stars. Lorist estimated that he would be promoted to the gold rank within two to three years. When he and his younger brother Seggs joined the guard camp, they performed very well and were promoted from the captain to the position of deputy commander. And his younger brother Seggs later transferred to the Chasseurs and was also a battalion commander.
"Yes, Your Highness." Worich led nearly a hundred people and rushed towards the two rows of city defense barracks not far away.
Lorist told the rest of the guards that the enemy would come soon, so he took this opportunity to search for some sundries in the surrounding area, pile them up on the street and build a simple barricade to block and divide the enemy's group charge. The guards moved quickly, and in a short time they piled up some miscellaneous debris on the street. In order not to be overwhelmed by the enemy, they found some cold water to pour on it. The weather is very cold, and I believe it will freeze in a while. A barricade was formed to provide long-range defense.
Well, the situation is completely reversed, now it is Lorist who has to defend against the enemy's attack. The sky was about to dawn, and it had been about an hour since the upper city of Lorist, and it had been nearly half an hour since the enemy discovered that there was an enemy attack. This period of time is enough to find out which direction the incoming enemy is from. Lorist had to admire the well-trained armed forces of the Vicia Chamber of Commerce for responding in such a quick time and dispatching reinforcements. It seems that a fierce battle is inevitable.
A dark crowd turned around the corner of the street in the distance, and the cold light of weapons flashed vaguely. Although the sky was dark, Lorist could vaguely see that the crowd in the distance was all in black helmets and armor. Except for the front rows holding rectangular black shields half a person's height, all the people behind were holding shields four to five meters high. Long black spear.
"Heavy Armored Spearmen!" Lorist's eyes narrowed. It seemed that the Vicia Chamber of Commerce had sent its elite Chamber of Commerce Legion over to seize the northern city gate and city wall in one fell swoop.
Wallich withdrew back with the guards who went to search the stone house, holding various wooden shelves, linen bedding and some small wooden furniture, and two of the guards dragged two wooden bed boards. They quickly ran to the door opening and piled up the things in their hands under the two large iron doors. Wallich threw a kerosene can in his hand on top of the pile of things, and a guard next to him threw the torch in his hand on it, and the fire blazed up.
"Warrich! You lead the guards to line up behind the barricades to protect the fire under the city gate from being extinguished, and don't come up to support me. This is an order! I will naturally withdraw when I can't hold on. Do you understand? "Lorist ordered loudly.
"Yes, as ordered! Your Highness, I understand." Wallich replied.
Lorist crossed the barricade, strode forward, and walked 50 meters in front of the barricade, drew his sword in charge, and faced the black crowd coming from a distance alone.
The heavy armored spearmen were getting closer and closer, and their footsteps were getting louder and more regular. However, the speed of the heavy armored spearmen was also getting slower and slower. When they were thirty or forty meters away from Lorist, the front row raised their hands. The soldier with the shield finally stopped and remained silent, imposing an indescribable pressure on Lorist and the guards behind him.
The war is about to start...
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