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The city of Starros, where fierce battles are underway,

Clusters of flying arrows continued to shuttle between the two sides, arcs of death, like locusts across the sky, shooting into the ranks of soldiers on both sides.

From time to time, soldiers on both sides can be seen, and in order to compete for the initiative, they have fallen one after another in the intensive suppressive counter-shooting.

"Attack" With the hoarse shouts of the soldiers of the two armies, several black lines collided in front of the city wall of Staros, and the earth-shattering sound of fighting resounded in the sky, and the bright red blood infected the earth with a piece of blood red.

The spears of the siege infantry pierced into the enemy's body, pulled out with blood, and held thick and tall heavy shields, and pushed forward in a neat military formation, like a shrinking triangle, constantly squeezing the southern aristocratic army behind the city wall from three directions, resisting with spears,

The arrow hit the shield in the hands of the heavy infantry, making a crisp sound and was bounced away, and many soldiers in the back row were shot by the arrows falling from their heads, letting out a terrible scream, and bent down from the formation in pain

Seeing a thousand-strong squad in front of him slowly retreating from the front, a heavy infantry squadron leader who was half-crouching on the ground covered with dirt and blood, blocking his whole body with a huge shield in his hand, shouted to his subordinates who stood up and half-squatted in the same posture while pulling out the heavy spear stuck in the ground from the ground

"The third team is ready to be the first to rush to the wall, and I will promote him to captain"

"Victory, victory" The whole platoon of heavy infantry stood up and let out a fierce roar, just at the moment when the words fell,

A piercing whistling sound swept overhead, almost obscuring the shouts of the soldiers, and a round catapult pierced into the queue behind like a meteor, crushing a bloody path on the bodies of several soldiers.

The unmoved face of the captain of the heavy infantry did not fluctuate in the slightest, but with his bloodshot and cold eyes, he stared at the city wall in front of him, as if he did not realize that just now, several lives had been taken away in a tragic way.

This is the Northern Army besieging Staros City, the Salon Legion that has experienced many major battles, death has long been meaningless for these experienced veterans, grabbing glory and wealth, and climbing to the position of the first legion of the Falcon Dynasty from the new is what the Northern Army desires the most

Since the first war in the west, the Western Army has come from behind and has become the boss of the various legions, and the Northern Army has been fighting with the Western Army, not to mention that in this battle, the two sides have made a bet of nearly one million, which is about 500,000, a bright gold coin, if it is evenly distributed to each soldier, it is close to a year's income,

At the beginning of this gamble, the entire Northern Army was completely motivated, and after conquering the originally intended goal, it advanced to the east non-stop.

The sound of a trombone representing the attack came from the direction of the main formation, and the hoplite captain shouted "Stand up and attack," the sound of metal armor rubbing against each other, and countless spears raised. The polished steel shield glows red in the light of the fire, like a sparkling river.

"One, two, three" With a burst of agitated neat shouts came from under the siege truck, the huge siegers slowly leaned on the passage in the creaking, and the soldiers below held their shields and squirmed like a swarm of ants, making the defenders' scalps numb,

In a burst of neat footsteps, tens of thousands of hoplites lined up in a phalanx, following the slogan, followed the tall siege tower like a giant, and slowly pushed forward in the direction of the city wall.

"Shoot, never let them come over"

Scattered clusters of arrows from the city's turrets were useless to the Falcon army holding siege shields, and became more of a target for falcon sniper crossbowmen. Archers are constantly falling from the towers

200 meters away from the city, with a shout, dozens of temporarily assembled small catapults, soldiers were busy loading crude oil projectiles into the catapult frame of the catapult.

More than a dozen shirtless and strong catapult riders pulled the winch with both hands. The sound of agitation, as the squad leader's arm waved,

"Whew, whew, whew" Hundreds of crude oil projectiles the size of wine bottles fell on the walls of the fortress like scattered flowers of the heavenly maidens. Only a violent rumbling sound was heard, and the city wall, which was already full of smoke, was instantly enveloped by a wall of fire spreading at a speed visible to the naked eye. The bright yellow flames soared more than ten meters high like a volcanic eruption,...,

In the base camp of the Southern Noble Army, dozens of angry Southern nobles were gathering in front of the door of the commander-in-chief Tazar's room to make noise.

"Marquis Eddy, the commander-in-chief has gone to the front line to supervise the battle, please go back first" A guard knight stopped the nobles' hands as they wanted to push open the gate,

"Who are you fooling, from noon until now, I have been waiting outside, not to mention going to supervise the battle, even a mosquito named Tazar has not seen it, if this coward is not in this room, I will cut off my head and hang it on the door" The leader was a bald old nobleman, who glared at the guard knight viciously

The old nobleman's name was Riddy, a border lord in the southern region of Sagos, who had participated in many wars against the Nords because of his proximity to the border, and it was said that his knight's saber inlaid with blue bosler gems was the sword of a Nord captain.

He is old, even in the regular Southern Army, he can be regarded as a veteran with a grand reputation, at this moment, under his eyes full of anger, the guard knight felt as if he had been pricked by a needle, and a few younger guard knights subconsciously avoided his gaze

"Tazar, you coward, coward"

Taking advantage of the distraction of the guard knight, a young nobleman behind the old man unceremoniously pushed away the guard in front of him and kicked open the closed door in front of him, but all they saw was an empty bedroom

"Tazar ran, Tazar ran" The nobles looked at Yiqiē in disbelief, and then they realized that the guards and knights who had stopped them just now had also run to nothing

"Tap. The crisp sound of horses' hooves rang out from down the hillside.

"Battle report, front-line battle report" A herald of the Falcon Dynasty rode a war horse and rushed into the Falcon Army's main formation, and nearby, a main battle flag regiment of the Central Army was passing through

The chain mail on the soldiers' bodies rattled in the night, the heavy spears in their hands glittered in the night, and the silver moonlight shone on the herald who shouted and passed through the ranks of his own formation.

His passionate shouts drew the sideways glances of the Central Army soldiers marching along the road, and a Vicia squadron leader, who was urging forward, turned around and shouted to the herald who was speeding by

"Tusol, why are you running so fast, have you picked up something good?" the herald grabbed his horse and raised his battle report to him, and the horse's front hooves jumped up, shouting indistinctly in an irrepressible excited voice

"The Second Banner Regiment that has defeated our army and defeated Lord Ensant has forced down Fort Vandishon, and Lord Crollissat's army is advancing in the direction of Starros, capturing countless people along the way."

"Damn, those guys in the west are taking the lead again"

Hearing the brilliant results of the Western Army, the squadron leader of the Central Army suddenly turned red, he turned around with a disgruntled face, waved to the soldiers who were on the road, pointed to the fiery sky in the distance and shouted, "Speed up, let others take advantage of the cheapness, our Central Army can't just drink soup and not eat meat to beat Staros, everyone has enough wine and good meat."

The fat man's war horse stopped on the high post behind him, and his eyes looked at the battlefield in the distance, one after another, reflecting half of the sky red, and everyone's pupils flickering and dimming. In the light of the fire in the distance, the military formations that hit the city wall were like black spots, and the deafening sound of fighting faintly came with the wind, arousing a blood boiling in people's hearts.

On the vast plain behind him, in addition to the two hoplite regiments that were marching towards Staros, 3,000 guards cavalry also advanced rapidly in the direction of the flaming fire in the distance.

The last 13,000 heavily armed elites of the Central Army will be used as the last straw to crush the southern aristocratic army, supporting the Northern Army of Salon, which is storming Staros 3 miles away from here, Staros is worthy of being the last line of defense in Saasgerburg, the base camp of the Southern aristocratic army, and the 16,000 most elite noble troops of the 80,000 aristocratic army are stationed here, which is the army that the leader of the noble army, Tazar, relies on the most.

Although the advance speed of the Salon Legion is not slow, because it is the heavy infantry legion of the main battle, and Staros is also the farthest and strongest fortress among the six cities,

Therefore, the fierce battle continued until dusk in the afternoon, when the fat man received a report that the Salonian army broke through the outer defenses of Staros and attacked the core city of Staros,...,

"There are too many arrow towers of the enemy, attacking the city wall"

The guard took the battle report that had just been delivered, and hurried over, and the fat man turned around, waved his hand at the guard, and said, "Don't look at it, tell Sù Salon, I'll give him another 13,000 men, no matter what the price, tomorrow morning when the sun rises, I will see the Falcon battle flag fluttering at the head of Staros, otherwise, he won't come to see me."

"It's Your Majesty" the guard nodded and left,

The central general Hu Keqili walked up from behind and said with a puzzled expression, "Your Majesty, our army has taken down five fortresses in such a hurry, why didn't the Paravon Kyoto side react at all,

If it was a surprise attack at the beginning of the attack, it has been a fierce battle for a day, and even if it is kept secret, the Paraven side should know about it, but there is no news to indicate that

The Palauvon side has plans to rescue the south, so are they just watching the fall of the six cities that are dependent on the barrier?"

"Hehe, if you want to get something, you must have the second prince who sacrificed Paravon, and he has always been very decisive about this" For Hu Keqili's doubts, a sneer appeared on the corner of the fat man's mouth, and he shook his head slightly

"Everyone is a smart person, what is it to fight against Doroke, who to deceive We have gathered so many troops in Amira, to say that we can deceive the southern aristocratic army that is closed to news, I believe it, but to say that we can deceive the ears and eyes of Paravon in the Amira region, it is absolutely impossible,

More than 100,000 troops are assembled, and the grain and grass materials are measured in tons.

The armament of our army is completely a siege force, if it is against the Doroks, it should only be necessary to send cavalry, there is a need for so many infantry regiments"

The fat man's voice paused, staring at the direction of the flaming sky in the distance, and continued, "But the Paraven side is completely deaf and dumb with these, on the one hand, persuading the crusaders to unite against the Doroks, and on the other hand, they are also very generous in agreeing to our request to borrow the way, and during this time, they and we are acting,

Don't say a reminder, not even a little news has been revealed to the Southern Noble Army, what does this mean, the Paraven side has long been sacrificed by the Southern Noble Army and intends to kill people with a knife, not only we will"

"No, this is not a way to cut yourself off, what's the difference between cutting off your own arms and cutting off your own arms?"

Hukochili's eyes widened, and he said in disbelief, "Hasn't the Paravon side always supported each other with the southern aristocratic army? If the southern army collapses, Paravon will have to face the crusading army from the front alone, such a situation, can't the cunning second prince see it?"

"No, it's just that I saw it very clearly, that's why the second prince who did this has always been very decisive in this regard" The fat man held the horsewhip in his hand and sighed slightly with a gloomy face

"The army of the southern aristocracy is a plate of scattered sand, from beginning to end, the Paravon side has never looked down on the southern aristocracy, some can only use, the government is always a combination of interests, once it is found that each other from friends to threats, that is to put the place of death and then quickly decisive,

The second prince tolerated the southern aristocratic army because he urgently needed a strong backup, but now that he has established himself, the ambitions of the southern nobles have been revealed.

Moreover, the southern aristocracy has its own system, outsiders cannot enter the core at all, and it is completely out of his control, rather than waiting until it grows stronger and finally becomes a threat to Parabun Kyoto, it is better to borrow our hands to get rid of the future troubles forever"

As if to confirm the fat man's suspicions, an emergency meeting was taking place in a courtyard in Paravon with beautiful white marble walls

"So...... The six southern cities are all finished?"

The soft and cold voice of the second prince Harusques, who was leaning on the seat, made the whole hall feel cool, and the fingers of the armrests tapped the sound of tata in the silent hall,

Opposite him stood the generals of the Paravon army, there was silence below, everyone did not dare to speak, no one knew what His Royal Highness the Second Prince was planning, it stands to reason that the six southern cities are the rear of Paravon, if they are not saved, they will fall into the situation of being attacked on their backs, but there is an unlucky ghost in front, just because he asked, "Your Highness, when will we go to the rescue?"

was directly sent to the Ninth Banner Regiment by His Royal Highness the Second Prince, which is a famous cannon fodder regiment, most of which are composed of prisoners, thieves and thieves held in Paravon Prison,...,

"Isn't that Tazar a very capable person? Why didn't you hold on for a day? It seems that your previous expectations were a little wrong," Finding that no one answered below, the second prince Harauskes snorted with some dissatisfaction,

"Solangtai, it seems that your previous plan needs to be changed, if the Falcon army captures the six cities, but does not go south to fight the Nords, won't we really be attacked from the backs"

Harusquez looked around with his eyes, and finally focused on a middle-aged man standing in the center on his left.

"Your Highness, don't worry about this at all" The middle-aged man stood up from the queue and replied respectfully, "Although the Vikyans attacked fiercely, they took six cities in one day, it is impossible to say that there are no losses, the army is such a thing, it is inevitable to rest after a fierce battle, and it is impossible for the Southern Nords to sit back and watch such an opportunity slip through their hands"

The middle-aged man's voice stopped, raised his head and continued, "Only by defeating the Falcon can you really master the south of Ruierdian, the Nords are not stupid, they know very well who the real opponent is,

Salton is a master of defense, and he will definitely take advantage of this short time to recuperate, before the Falcon Legion completes preparations to go south, arrange heavy troops and a line of the six southern cities, and form a situation with us in the north and south, when the time comes, even if the Falcon Legion has any attempts on us, we will definitely not dare to move."

"Oh, so we can continue our plan to kill the falcon?" Hearing the analysis of the middle-aged man, Harlaus showed a sneer on his face, the six southern cities were originally a trap for the falcon, he believed that both himself and the southern Nords had a tacit understanding of this point, and even the Vikia Falcon knew it

"Of course, in fact, it's just the beginning," the middle-aged man replied to the second prince in a loud voice, his appearance was really not handsome and gave people a sense of stability. Although he is about thirty years old, he is bald, and his skin is not the fair skin of the aristocracy, but a little light black of the commoners.

This is definitely unusual among the nobles of Ruierdian, but a pair of slender eyes, which makes people feel that this is a very slippery person, and this appearance also leaves a deep impression. Then it makes people feel energetic and energetic,

"As long as the Falcon Army occupies the Six Cities, the whole situation will change, the army is dispatched, the rear is empty, from the moment he occupies the Six Cities in the South, for the Vekia Falcon, it is all dancing with a sharp knife wound, he can't afford to lose, and he can't afford to lose this battle, so as long as we have enough patience and put on a blank posture, we can be invincible Maybe we will soon reverse the situation in the entire Rui Erdian and avenge the three northern counties. ”...... ，