Section 115 The Great War (6)
A small two-storey building at the intersection of the outer city of Fort Eluk, near the entrance gate to the inner city, was the headquarters of the city security office before the coup d'Γ©tat of the Chamber of Commerce, and now it is the forward command post of the city defenders.
The fall of the Northwest City didn't make it look chaotic.
The former Grand Lord of the Fort El Luk, Kove Rambo, and the leader of the El Luk Territory of the Chamber of Commerce, Fipot Bob, sat facing each other, and the sergeant majors around them reported the battle ahead.
"Command should retreat to the inner city. Fipert-Bob suddenly interjected in the midst of the crowd's discussion.
"Don't worry, the Imperial army can't fight here. Cove-Rambo smiled confidently.
Fipott-Bob didn't know how to lead troops into battle, but the faint shouts of killing in his ears made him uneasy, he felt that it was dangerous to stay here, and in the face of the typical 'aristocratic disease' of Cove-Rambo, he immediately changed his way of saying: "The soldiers are worried about your safety, and you are here to make it difficult for the troops to let go." β
"Fipott is right, my lord, your command post should be moved to the inner city. The captain of the Knight Guard, Tra Rensko, was also persuading, "Your safety will be the guarantee of victory in this war." β
"Well, okay. "Cove-Rambo didn't say no more.
Captain Terra Rensco and Fibot Bob looked at each other with a sigh of relief.
Soon, the captain of the guard, Tra Rensko, gave the order to the various departments of the command post,
In a few words from Cove and Fipot, the entire command post was already in action. By the time the two of them reached the door, the Imperial army had already attacked the street only two blocks away, and the earth-shattering shouts of killing made it feel like the enemy was nearby.
Cove looked at the smoke in the sky and whispered to Fipott next to him, "Can the elven army really arrive in three days?"
Fei Pot refused the horses brought by the guards, he and Kowei walked towards the gate of the nearby inner city on foot, his eyes looked at the battlefield not far away from time to time, but with his eyesight, he could only see the waving battle flags at most, when he heard Kove's question, he thought about it and said: "Don't worry, as long as we can attract the main force of the imperial army, with the strength of the elven army of 50,000, we will definitely be able to defeat the sixth legion within three days, and arrive at the city of Fort Elok on time." β
"Any war is full of surprises, and I don't doubt the strength of the elves, but we have to be just in case. Covey's voice became quieter and quieter, "You should find a way to get out of Fort Elok and take some of us with you..."
"It doesn't make any sense, my friend. Fipot looked left and right and shook his head, "We who lost Fort Aruk have no value at all, and the elves won't even look at us at that time. β
After hearing this, Coway and Fipert looked at each other for two seconds, and his heart was secretly stable, in fact, he didn't want Fipot to leave with his people at all, because then he would definitely die, and what he said just now was just his temptation.
Fippert could more or less understand what Covey meant, but he wasn't upset.
After a few seconds of silence, Fipott continued: "The elves don't want El Luk Fort to fall into the hands of the Empire, and they are not prepared for a brutal siege battle, so if they want to maintain the advantage of the battlefield, they must reach the city of El Ruk as soon as possible. He let out a cloudy breath, "Elves are in a hurry now than we are. β
Covey nodded noncommittally and didn't speak again.
Then, the two fell silent one after another.
About twenty minutes later, the two entered the inner city.
At this moment, the inner city of Fort Iruk is no longer as glamorous and solemn as it was before the war, and the streets that were originally clean are in disarray, with countless people setting up makeshift tents on both sides of the streets, and the smell of urine, feces, sweat, and some indescribable putrid smell permeates the entire inner city.
Here, most of the original nobles have long since left, some have returned to their rural domains, and some have migrated to the villages and towns in the east of Iruk near the Kumar fortress to escape the war before the war.
"We need to assign another group of mages to clean up, otherwise it will be easy to cause diseases. Covey whispered to the herald beside him as he responded to the people nodding to him on the side of the street.
Fipodt glanced silently at Corvey and looked into the distance at the newly built incineratorium, where the fire had not stopped since yesterday, and the corpses of countless warriors had been thrown into it like livestock.
A few minutes later, the towering stone buildings blocked the fire, and Fei Pote and his party arrived in the original market area of the inner city, where countless makeshift stoves were now braving the heat, and most of the iron supplies in the city were melted, forged, and turned into murderous weapons.
In the middle of the square outside the market area, more than a dozen castle officials in gray robes were giving exciting speeches, and the words of these officials trained by the Chamber of Commerce were very attractive, at least the young people were interested in their speeches. Nearby, the long queue of registration at the enlistment office is the best proof of this.
...
More than ten minutes later,
Corvey and Fipert arrive in the main hall of the castle, which has now been converted into a war command post.
As soon as Corvey was seated, his lieutenant told him that the vanguard of the Imperial army had advanced under the inner city gates, and that the command post he had just been in was under fire!
"There are still nearly six thousand of our soldiers on the north and east walls, and they should be withdrawn to the inner city as soon as possible. "Fipott had been thinking about the six thousand robes from the beginning.
But Covey shook his head, "We need these six thousand soldiers to attract the Eighth Legion and the Provisional Fifteenth Legion for us, and they can help us delay for at least a day." β
Fei Pote frowned, "We don't need their help, we should activate the magic traps in the city now!" These soldiers are the warriors gathered by the Chamber of Commerce Alliance, and moreover, they are the last armed force of the Chamber of Commerce Alliance.
Covey's eyes were firm, and a bloodthirsty ruthlessness appeared on his face, and he whispered in a voice that only he and Fipott could hear: "With their help, we can make the three legions of the empire lose at least three legions in an instant!"
As he spoke, the lord patted you on the shoulder, "This is war, my friend. β
Fipott frowned, he didn't like people patting him on the shoulder like that.
After saying this, Covey ignored Fipert and joined the discussion among the sergeant majors, who stood still in silence for a few minutes before exiting the command post.
...
Under the inner gates of Fort Eluk, the defenders of the castle were defeated by the attack of the Imperial army, and the cold gates of the city walls were closed, and the soldiers on the walls had no intention of opening the gates to let the robes of the city in.
The defeated soldiers quickly understood their situation, and despair and madness began to play out when several soldiers who were about to surrender dropped their weapons and were dismembered in an instant. (The officers on the front lines of the Empire, in the face of the Red Eye, have long forgotten the advice of their veterans and have cornered their enemies.) οΌ
The most primitive slaughter soon took place under the city walls, and the desperate warriors, fueled by the repeated spurs of blood and despair, began to stop retreating and brandished whatever weapons they could use to fight.
At this moment, these warriors were like wild dogs that had risen up to resist after being closed in a corner, and began their last resistance in a heart-rending roar and roar.
In just ten minutes, the city gate almost turned into a pool of blood!
The sticky blood, countless severed limbs, and mountains of corpses made the officers and soldiers of the Tenth Corps of the Ninth Army Corps, which was responsible for attacking the northwest city, subconsciously retreat.
"Burned the bodies. The officer of the city wall gave an order to the nearby soldiers, "These corpses will make you sick. β
"Sir, if I do this, the Goddess will send me to hell. Some soldiers subconsciously retorted.
The officer replied: "The goddess will forgive us, and if she does not forgive, then she is not a goddess." β
But no one wants to do such a thing.
The officer did not force the soldiers, he personally poured the tar and set the pile on fire.
In the silent roar of the fire,
The 10th Corps of the Ninth Army of the Empire was regrouped, and heavy siege facilities were delivered to the front line.
The Commander of the Ninth Legion, Sir Kim, ignored the advice of the other two Legion Commanders to unite the enemy forces on the eastern and northern walls, and wanted to take the credit for the capture of Fort Eluk alone.
However, just as the soldiers of the 9th Legion had cleared the obstacles under the city walls and were preparing to officially attack the city, the enemy troops that were originally on the eastern and northern city walls suddenly withdrew and raided the flank of the 10th Corps!
The armies of Viscount Breez and Viscount Stuven were close behind the enemy's six thousand soldiers, but the soldiers of these two legions seemed to have deliberately slowed down, at least a block away from the rear flank of these six thousand soldiers.
A distraught Sir Kim had no choice but to mobilize his 19th Regiment to rescue the 10th Regiment from the northwest flank of the main street of Iruk.
For a moment, the ruins of the entire outer city of Fort Iruk were in chaos.
A real farce is officially unfolded!
When the news reached Fort Elook, both Covey Rambo and Fipott Bob almost burst into laughter.
When Prince Sinda heard the news, a map of operations was shattered in his anger, and the impulsive prince did not follow the advice of the staff committee, and directly demoted the three regiment commanders who were fighting on the front line to the rank of major general, and publicly issued instructions to the three generals.
Subsequently, Prince Sinda summoned the three generals to his side, despite the fact that the front line was being fought.
"What you have done today is a disgrace to the nobles, you are a bunch of piglets who can stand and walk!" the young prince, who was not under the control of the Marquis of Buck, vented his anger to the fullest, and used what his father had taught him to teach the three generals.
"How many people did you use to encircle the garrison of less than 6,000 people?" Prince Sinda was furious at the thought of these three wanton squandering of hard-won military spending, "Do you know the military materials consumed by mobilizing 40,000 people to fight? Do you know what the imperial price has been paid to raise these supplies?"
The roaring Prince Sinda didn't realize that he was actually the one who caused all this!
"You..."
"Boom"
Suddenly, a loud bang interrupted Prince Sinda's roar. (https:)
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