The third day of the battle for the siege of the city of Kranevi was on December 27, 1217 in the continental calendar.

For the past two days, the northern walls have attacked the coalition forces, consuming the military supplies of the defenders in the city while filling the moat beneath the city.

In two days, the moat under the walls was mostly filled.

The brutal war for the city is about to begin...

A day earlier, the chief of Napus in the city, in accordance with the advice of the staff group, had withdrawn all the troops of the eastern defense line to the vicinity of the city of Lacnivi, and reduced his forces to hold the city defense.

However, the staff's ideal plan to raid the coalition camp outside the northern city wall did not succeed, because the army of Shikan-Silver Axe was like maggots gnawing at the back of the retreating troops, so that they did not dare to raid the flank of the northern coalition army at all, and fell into the embarrassing situation of flanking the front and rear.

The assault on the walls was noticeably weaker since this morning.

Yesterday afternoon, after Napus concentrated his army in the city's defense area, instead of strengthening his own defenses as he had imagined, he instead attracted the onslaught of Shikan-Silveraxe on the eastern and southern walls, which indirectly led to the depletion of the few supplies in the city of Lacnivi.

Today's siege battle had just begun, and Lieutenant General Ratlier's staff and Shikan-Silveraxe's staff immediately suggested intensifying the attack, but neither of them rejected the suggestion without thinking.

Three o'clock in the afternoon,

The offensive and defensive battles under the northern city walls were still going on in an orderly manner as in the past two days.

On the command platform of the rear camp, the goblin commander Lieutenant General Latlier sat in front of their commander's table, listening to the battle reports from the front line while analyzing the battle reports with the staff officers, looking a little busy.

At the head of the table, the Orc Clan's Rekutu and Sankunk, as well as the Commander of the Balu Kingdom and the Human Mercenaries, seemed bored, chatting as they had done for the past two days. That's right, they were just chatting, and they were chatting casually, and the relaxed look on their faces seemed as if they were now not on the battlefield, but at the banquet.

However, they had a reason to do so, because the war was going very well and victory was only a matter of time.

But Ratlier couldn't be so casual, and since taking over as commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, he has behaved more like a human politician than a goblin. Because he always has a serious face, and the occasional smile is just formulaic and perfunctory.

However, in general, the atmosphere at the top of the coalition forces has been deliberately maintained by everyone, and a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere has been maintained. In this relaxed atmosphere, Latrell's lieutenant walked briskly to the podium as usual, whispering in Latreel's ear as usual.

When the adjutant finished his report, Latlel did not wave his lieutenant away as usual. He jumped up from his seat suddenly, the ecstasy in his eyes could not be concealed, and the serious expression on his face disappeared because of the joy in his eyes.

Ratlelle's unusual performance caused everyone else on the podium to subconsciously end the conversation.

"Guys, Napus is finished. Ratlelle's voice was shrill and shrill as he looked excited, "I can't wait to cut off the neatly combed pigtails on Napus's chest—" he looked at the adjutant, "Move all of our crossbows out of the warehouse, and distribute all the explosives and magic equipment to me!"

The adjutant walked away quickly under the amazed gaze of everyone, and Ratreel looked at the two orc chiefs again, "Let your men move faster, I will fill the entire moat before it gets dark today!"

"It's my pleasure!"

"It's long overdue!"

The two orc patriarchs did not hesitate to take the order, although the moat had only been half-filled in the past two days, but it was because of the order given by Ratreel in the name of the commander-in-chief. Before that, everyone thought he was cautious, but now it seems that there is something else going on.

"Check the equipment of the soldiers, we will launch a general offensive tonight!"

The others, although they did not know what caused Ratrell to change their minds, were happy to accept such an order, as it was a suggestion they had made before.

The military order was quickly conveyed,

While the heralds in the coalition camp were running back and forth, in the camp outside the eastern defense line of the city, Shikan-Silveraxe was listening to the information brought by Feiduo in his Chinese command tent.

"The Dwarves publicly announced their alliance with the Kingdom of Kruria a day ago and joined our common trade circle, and now their army is advancing towards the western part of Lacnivi City, as required by the Alliance. The information in Feiduo's hand was very detailed, but he said it very concisely, and after saying that, he looked at Shikan-Silveraxe, "That idiot of Napus has played himself to death!"

Shikan-Silveraxe couldn't help but smile when he heard this, and couldn't wait to take the information, but he only glanced at the written information and put it on a simple wooden table, "The dwarves have finally made the right choice, and I hope they can always be right." ”

"Yes, Novat may look stupid, but he's smarter than anyone else... More than 300 years ago, he could choose a human race with almost no advantage, and thus rose rapidly. Two years ago, they decisively abandoned the Cliff family led by Cullen, and then killed the Ice Maple Clan. Fei Duo said slowly, "These choices are not just by luck. ”

Shikan-Silver Axe raised an eyebrow, "But a neighbor who is too smart is not a good thing." He let out a sigh of relief, "Hopefully Novat will be able to hide his cleverness." ”

"What Nouvat is best at is not using his cleverness, but hiding his cleverness, which is terrifying, but..."

Shikan-Silveraxe took over, "As long as we keep ourselves strong, Novat will always hide his cleverness, but if we are no longer strong one day, it will be time for us to hide. ”

"Yes, that's the reality. Feiduo lowered his head and looked up at the tall Shikan-Silver Axe, "Lacnivi City is no longer relevant to us, the problem now is after the war... Now in our territory, plus the army assembled by the dwarves, there are more than 100,000 people!"

"I've been thinking about this a long time," said Shikan-Silveraxe, nodding his head, "and I was even wondering if I would delay the general assault on Lacnivi City. ”

"It's better not to..."

"Yes, just think about it, I'm not that stupid yet. Shikan-Silveraxe smiled noncommittally.

Then, after nearly two minutes of silence, the young chief said, "When I asked Pedy Reagan for help, I had no idea that he would gather such a large army... I originally thought that there would only be a small number of goblin mercenaries and Togolese to harass the supplies that Napus was hoarding in the north to relieve the pressure on our eastern battlefield, but now the war on the northern walls is about to become the main battlefield!"

Feiduo chuckled under his breath and said, "I think... Pedy Reagan is trying to show us that even without our soldiers, his circle of allies can assemble a large army, an army that can upend our clan... On top of that, it took him less than twenty days to assemble this army!"

"Pedy Reagan isn't just warning us, he's warning the elves, warning everyone who has illusions about his nascent kingdom!" Shikan-Silveraxe let out a sigh, "I hate to admit it, but now we have to rely on the League Circle to survive. ”

"It's hard to explain, but it's a very meaningful thing for our entire tribe. "Pedy Reagan wants to use us to strengthen his position in order to control trade between the Eastern and Western Continents, but we are not relying on him to increase our strength... I believe that with the unified orc tribes and the resources of the Alliance Circle, our strength will soon be able to catch up with the Krurian Kingdom of Pedy Reagan. ”

"I have that same faith. Shikan-Silveraxe's deep voice was filled with confidence, "But first, we have to reclaim the Clan!"

"Yes... Perhaps with the help of the Union Circle. Feiduo shrugged, "It's going to make us owe a lot of money, but it's all negotiable." ”

Shikan Silver Axe nodded, looked at the map and was silent for a long time, and then said, "What do you think of the summit convened by Pedy Reagan this time?"

Fei Duo subconsciously wanted to say something after hearing this, but the words came to his lips and did not come out, he pretended to think and looked at Shikan-Silver Axe cautiously after a few seconds of silence, and asked rhetorically, "What do you think he wants to do?"

"He asked me to go in person..."Shikan-Silveraxe's voice carried a kind of anticipation, "and he will go in person himself, you say..."The anticipation on his face suddenly disappeared without a trace, replaced by a mysterious smile, "Will he let me call him His Majesty and swear allegiance to him?"

He made a joke that sounded like a joke.

When Fei Duo heard this joke, the dry skin on his face immediately piled up and looked very embarrassed. He had reason to be embarrassed, because it was not an easy question for him to answer. So, he was silent for a few seconds before saying, "Pedy Reagan is very smart, and it's not the cleverness of Nuvat and others, he has real intelligence, and I don't believe he will do such a thing." ”

Shikan-Silver Axe was stunned at first, then raised his head and laughed "haha", and when he laughed enough, he commented in a tone that seemed to be a bystander: "He is very young, twenty years old... I have studied humans, especially their nobility, who are very impulsive at this age. A good education from an early age can make them look like a real nobleman one day, but it is also possible that one day they will become like again... Stupid as Napus. ”

"It's very vivid..."Fei Duo commented: "Everyone will be swayed by their own emotions, anger, jealousy, fear, etc., will influence people's decisions about various things... I remember that in the legend of the Tower of Dawn, His Highness Patved suffered a lot when he first arrived at the Orc Clan, and was even captured and humiliated by our people, but he was not angry because of this, and the later Tower of Dawn was born. ”

"You compare Peddy Reagan to His Highness Patved?"

Feiduo shook his head and smiled under his breath, "No, you misunderstood me, I just wanted to say that if Pedy Reagan doesn't have His Highness Patved's tolerance, then we can treat His Highness Patved as He did when he first arrived in our clan." ”

"Oh... An interesting idea. Shikan-Silveraxe commented.

"Whew..."The curtain of the tent was suddenly lifted, and the blue shield, which was wet from the snow, walked in from the outside, interrupting Feiduo's words to continue.

Lan Dun saluted casually and said, "Great Chief, the coalition forces in the north have sent a military report, it is Ratlier's adjutant, and he said that he wants to deliver the military report to you. ”

"This is the end of our conversation. Shikan-Silver Axe first said casually to Fei Duo, then looked at Lan Dun and said, "Let him in." ”

"Yes, Great Chief. ”

...

On the 27th, the sunset on the western continent seemed to come very slowly,

At least, that's what Napus in Lacnivi City thinks.

In recent days, every morning at dawn, he had been hoping that it would get dark sooner, because the enemy's besieging forces would not cease until nightfall.

Today's snow is unusually heavy, and the white snowflakes seem to be able to seal the sky over the entire city, so cold that people don't want to do anything else.

The sunset had finally fallen, and the huge siege troops had retreated like a tide to their respective camps with the sound of gold, as they had done for the past two days.

On the northern wall, an orc commander in steel armor looked at the retreating army, exhaled a breath of white air, and then withdrew his gaze, "Hmm... It's finally time to take a good rest. He muttered to himself, then shouted to the nearby orc warriors, "Brothers, don't sit still... This damn winter, as soon as you sit down, you will be frozen, today's war is over, prepare and wait for the change of defense of the reserves. ”

He said as he walked around the city walls, and the adjutant reported today's losses in his ear. Occasionally, he would stop and climb the walls to poke his head out, and then the faint glow of the fire would look at the moat below.

The situation with the moat was not promising, the orc officers walked a long way, and almost every section of the moat under the walls was filled!

"I'm afraid there will be a bloody battle tomorrow. He thought to himself.

By the time he had finished patrolling his defenses, the reserve troops that had replaced him had already ascended the walls. Hunger and sleepiness swept over the officer, and he hurried back to the stationing of the troops with great speed.

Inside the station, the vigorous bonfire has gone out, the broth has completely cooled, and the dough made from sand beans is a staple of the day, and it is available in limited quantities. Cursing and bickering rang out from time to time during meals, and both soldiers and officers complained about the dwindling food supply.

But the protests were ineffective, and they could only endure it in silence. And they don't have any extra strength to waste here, because everyone must know that tomorrow a bad battle awaits them.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the soldiers, who had been fighting for a day, fell into a dream in trepidation ...

Outside the station, the cold wind was still biting, and the heavy snow did not look like it was going to stop.

In such a ghost weather, time slowly slips away... Soon, it was one o'clock in the morning.

On the city walls, the bonfires that were once exuberant were becoming weaker. Beyond the dense fog, however, the coalition camp was brightly lit, with columns of fully armed goblin mercenaries, barbarian warriors in full gear, priests of orc tribes, berserkers and shield soldiers, human knights and magicians lined up in different phalanxes.

Ratreel, who was on the command platform in front of the military formation, was full of red light, he resisted the excitement in his heart, looked at the two orc patriarchs and said: "Your people have strong night vision, so your troops will launch a sneak attack on the city wall first. ”

"No problem. ”

"It's the little things. ”

While the two reassured, Ratlel glanced around and said, "Then, let's go according to the plan." ”

There were no inspiring war drums, no trumpets that would make you want to fight at the first hearing, and the huge army extinguished its torches at the orders of the officers of the various divisions, and slowly followed the orc troops at the front towards the walls that were faintly visible in the thick fog.

An hour later, at two o'clock in the morning,

In the midst of a terrible siren, the final battle of Kranevi City began!

In the snow, which was originally silent and pitch black, it became brightly lit in the blink of an eye. The earth-shattering shouts of the 100,000 army at the same time seemed to be able to lift the tumbling wind and snow, making the whole earth tremble and groan!

The defensive line on the walls of Kranevi City fell in just half an hour, and the orc warriors defending it were crushed to pieces in a matter of moments under the massive offensive of the coalition forces.

Napus, who had managed to fall asleep, was awakened by the earth-shattering shouts of slaughter, and his guards and loyal generals broke through the west gate of the city with their few troops.

Two hours later,

The city of Lacnivi was captured, and the coalition forces and the main force of the Rock-Silveraxe met in the city.

After daybreak, the dwarves who had come from the west offered the Napus captured alive for the Stone Cane-Silver Axe!