Instead of looking for a place to hide, Earl Ian left the East Gate, but wandered between the other three gates to convince the inhabitants who wanted to flee and to calm the mood of the soldiers defending the city.

He spoke impassionedly of how righteous he was and how evil his enemies were, boasting of the defenders as representatives of great force and belittlement of the combined forces of the counties of Meredith and Duke Duncan.

He pointed to the siege team outside the city and said, "They are just a rabble, a group of hillbillies who have never seen the world, and their weapons and equipment are all the same. ”

A rabble, a hillbilly, a goof?

Looking at the well-groomed and well-equipped crusade army, the defenders could not connect these three words with the enemy.

No matter what, what should come will come back after all, and you will know if it is true or false.

Renard stood on the high lookout and looked at Earl Ian on the city wall, his brow furrowed.

He asked Ray Dawang next to him, "Can you capture him alive?"

Ray Dawang was silent for a long time, then shook his head: "Unlikely, I just felt the dark power that makes my heart palpitate in the city, and that feeling is the same when I faced the Earth Walking Dragon alone when I was young. ”

He looked at Lei Ye and said, "Count Ian must have a hidden power that has not been used. ”

Hearing this, Renard suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, could this crusade be a mistake?

At this moment, Rorsson suddenly appeared beside the two, and his expression was serious: "I have been exploring the city for a long time, and I vaguely feel that Count Ian should be backed by a huge force behind him. ”

He looked at Renard and said apologetically, "I'm sorry I couldn't find any clues about this force, but I'm sure my feelings are right." ”

Lei Ye and Lei Dawang looked at each other, there was not much surprise on their faces, but their brows were furrowed, as if they were thinking about something.

After a long silence, Lei Ye suddenly ordered: "Let Arka return to Heidi City and call Inquisitor Vivien and her subordinates, I have reason to suspect that Count Ian has colluded with the demon." ”

Robertson, the herald behind him, immediately took the order to leave, his movements were not like words, and he had obviously long adapted to the content of his work.

On the walls of the city of Ignaz, the morale of the defenders was not very high.

Middleton looked at the Lord Earl he had been waiting for for many years, and looked at that somewhat unfamiliar face, and it took him a long time to muster up the courage to ask, "Lord Earl, are we really going to be enemies of the County of Meredith?"

Although he rarely left Ignaz City, he heard from elsewhere that the county of Meredith was very strong, as evidenced by the armies outside.

When Earl Ian heard this, his falcon-like gaze immediately fell on Middleton, and the other party subconsciously avoided it, and he sneered and asked, "You mean, I should compromise with this group of villains who have no declaration of war?"

Middleton knew he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly shook his head, "That's not what I meant. ”

Earl Ian didn't wait for him to continue, and nodded directly: "It's good if it's not." ”

Then he asked, "How many soldiers are there to defend the city now, and how many young men have been recruited?"

The officer of the Xicheng garrison sighed slightly when he heard this, knowing that this cruel war was inevitable, so he replied honestly: "We have 4,897 regular troops, and about 20,000 young men are recruited. ”

Earl Ian nodded with satisfaction: "Good!

Although his expression was satisfied, there was no joy in his voice or eyes.

Earl Ian declared: "Soldiers, warriors, take up arms and prepare to fight now for the sake of our homeland not being overrun by the hateful enemy, and for the sake of your good life in the future." ”

Although he was boosting morale, his tone was very indifferent, without the slightest expression of emotion, like a primary school student who was forced by a teacher to memorize a text.

Strangely, however, the soldiers who heard his voice were faintly excited.

Even Middleton, who was opposed to the war, immediately ran and mobilized the defenders on the city walls, and the western walls of Ignaz were in a state of hustle.

On the other hand, the morale of the southern and northern cities is still low.

The officers had to suppress the panic in their hearts, and at the same time encourage their subordinates' will to fight: "All cheer up, we are defending our homeland, we have to do this."

The invaders drove out of this beautiful land. ”

However, despite their clever words, the soldiers still could not muster up the courage to face the army outside.

The enemy has a huge number of 10,000 people, but there are only more than 1,000 people on their side, and the equipment of both sides is much worse, even if they have a strong city to defend, how long can they hold it?

Thinking of the cruel scene, they could not help but shudder, and they did not know how many innocent people would die at the hands of the enemy or their own people.

While the soldiers were in a trance, Earl Ian floated up and said the same thing in the same tone.

Immediately afterward, the soldiers on the city wall began to prepare for battle as if they had been beaten with blood.

In the city lord's mansion of Ignaz City, the three black-robed men looked at the wilderness on the outskirts from afar, looking at the neat line of crusading army, and the laughter never stopped.

"Let that bastard enjoy the great gift we have for him!" "Yes, it's time for him to pay back some interest!" "I'm afraid he won't understand that what he's about to do is falling into our trap. ”

"That bastard has done us a great favor, and he has to bear the blood debt, and we can reap the rewards. "When we harvest the soul here and sacrifice it to the Holy Demon God, we will tell him the truth. ”

The three of them discussed with each other word by word, and from time to time let out a strange laugh.

It was ten o'clock in the morning, and after more than two hours of preparation, the army of the Count of Meredith could launch a general attack on Ignaz City at any time, and Ignaz City was also fully prepared for defense.

Both the enemy and the enemy draw their bows and arrows, and look at death as if they were at home.

Just as the tension was reaching its peak, the outskirts of the city suddenly heard the sound of trumpets and the breathtaking sound of war drums.

The sound of the trumpets was low and long, with a chilling aura of slaughter, and the sound of war drums was rapid and heavy, as if beating on the hearts of the people.

As two voices rang out, there was a sudden rumbling of cannons in the distance.

Immediately afterward, shells rained down on the city, and the rumbling explosions instantly shattered the morale of the defenders.

Although the actual lethality of these shells was very low, and many of them did not even fall on the city, the defenders were still terrified.