In the year 1220 of the continental calendar, the second year of the new kingdom calendar, July 15.

After the morning sunset, the sky is clear, and the Kingdom Wizard Team has specially monitored that there will be no rain in the next five days.

In the early hours of this morning, inside the garrison fortress outside the city of Suk, King Pedi-Pedi summoned his generals for a three-hour battle meeting.

An hour before dawn, the various camps received orders that they must complete their pre-battle preparations within an hour.

At the same time, the Logistics Service began to distribute unlimited ammunition rations and magic crystals, as well as sufficient quantities of dry food.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the artillery bombardment began on time as usual.

Units of the Fifth Army, as well as two musket regiments, began to assemble ...

The defenders of Suker City didn't take this seriously, and they continued to complete the shift change as if nothing had happened under the protection of the magic shield.

Half an hour later,

A cannonball exploded and spread a kind of flame attached to the magic shield to attract onlookers from the defenders, but they didn't pay much attention to it, as the same thing had happened so often in the past half month or so.

But after more than ten minutes, the defending officers and soldiers suddenly found that the magic shield was covered with this flame almost everywhere.

Karene Sibo, who had just woken up from the private lounge of the command post of the city wall watchtower, had no time to inquire about today's battle situation, and the commander of the mage unit ran into the command room in a panic.

"Magical energy is suddenly depleting very quickly today..."The mage troop commander's voice was overly nervously sharp, "We need more mages. ”

"Most of the magicians in Suker City are your subordinates, and the others who are not your subordinates are in prison. Karen-Sibo responded to the mage commander's request with extreme indifference.

"You..."

"Beep"

The shrill sound of a magic whistle interrupted the conversation between the two.

"What's going on?" Karen-Sibo's eyelids jumped, and she yelled at the outside. "It seems to be coming from the direction of the mage troops. A staff officer outside answered her question in a loud voice, but no one could answer specifically.

Karen-Sibo was not satisfied with this answer, and she pushed the mage unit commander out of the war room who was blocking her path, and quickly made her way through the corridors to the city walls.

The unbearable heat slammed over Karen-Sibo's head, and the fiery red sky caught all her eyes. She looked at the shield that was half covered in flames above her head, and her face changed slightly, "What's going on?"

"These are no ordinary flames, they carry magical energy, their burning will accelerate the consumption of the shield's magical energy, and this magical energy also has a very strange corrosive effect!" "The commander of the mage unit was also sweating profusely.

"How long do you think our shields will last?" asked Karen-Sibo, earnestly.

"Maybe..."

"Tell the truth!"

"It could shatter at any moment!"

"I should send you to the gallows!"

Karen-Sibo's face turned ugly, and she shouted to the herald not far away, "Go and gather our soldiers, the Kru are about to attack the city!" As the herald left with the order, she looked at her lieutenant again, "Go and tell the chief that we need more magicians here." ”

"Boom" As soon as her words landed, a violent explosion came from the tower not far away, and the scattered debris "crackled" on the ground nearby.

"No need to go to the magicians, let them rest a little more and prepare for the war ahead, now... Let the soldiers assemble ... Prepare for battle. Karen-Sibo stepped forward to look at the army that the Kingdom of Cruria was already ready to go, and shouted to the herald beside herald, "Prepare heavy crossbows and catapults..."

"Boom"

Another cannonball exploded next to Karen-Sibo, and while a paladin held up the shield's defense, Karen-Sibo walked towards the wider main wall, "Archers, our archers, let them all climb the wall." ”

In front of the array of kingdom troops,

Carrying his hammer and wearing a simple heavy armor, Pedi stared indifferently at the city burning in flames in front of him, and when the magic shield of the opposite wall shattered, his originally calm face suddenly became hot, "Advance!" he shouted at the top of his voice.

Countless flags began to dance, the heralds shouted loudly one after another, and the long trumpets echoed.

The two musketeer corps, as well as the Kru Corps of the Fifth Army, began to advance in the direction of the city walls under the cover of siege tower wagons.

The real battle begins!

The shouts of the warriors and the heat wave of the army's advance made Pedi forget about other complicated thoughts. Now, he had only one thought in mind, and he wanted to conquer the city and spread his rule throughout the Sukh Plain. Of course, if possible ... He also wanted to find Penny to talk to her.

"Watch out for the Rolling Stones!"

As the army advanced some distance, the shrill magic whistle was followed by the shouting of the observer, followed by a burst of breaking through the air.

The crossfire of the "Bang Bang Bang" magic energy musket shot formed a large net and exploded over the army, and most of the incoming rolling stones were blown up, and when the rubble fell, countless huge protective shields were propped up in the military formation to protect the soldiers.

Pedi subconsciously glanced up at the blasting sky above his head, "Don't get distracted, look ahead, advance!" The front-line officers roared and constantly whipped the curious soldiers, making Pedi decisively withdraw his gaze and focus on the wall ahead.

Soon, the army advanced to the range of the bows and arrows marked by the defenders of the city wall, and the rain of arrows rose from the city wall in the roar of the officers of both sides, and after cutting an arc, it landed accurately on the heads of the Kingdom army, but it was bounced off by the shield held up by the mobile shield device in the Kingdom army's military formation!

After a slight pause, another round of arrows rose and fell, but it was still useless...

This was followed by the third and fourth rounds of arrows...

All four rounds of arrows missed!

Karen-Sibo on the command platform of the city wall had an ugly face that made people afraid to approach, she really didn't understand when the kingdom's army began, and the magicians were so worthless?

So much so that you don't even need a shield to put on a magic shield directly!

Just when Karen-Sibo was puzzled, the soldiers of the kingdom's army under the city walls with muskets stopped advancing. Looking at the shaking banner and the reloading of the musketeers, Karen-Sibo, who had commanded the Battle of Tyre, immediately changed his face.

"Concealment!" Karen-Sibo grabbed the nearest shield and opened the magic shield on it.

After the continuous sound of musket fire, the battlement rocks were shot with countless bullet holes, and many soldiers who did not have time to dodge were directly hit, and the screams continued while blood was splashed.

"Boom"

"Boom"

Deadly shells exploded on the walls, turning countless areas into flames, and debris flew as seemingly impregnable arrow towers began to collapse.

Karene Sibo looked at everything in front of her and finally understood why the mouth of the Rohnes Canyon fortress had fallen so quickly in the first place.

"General...," shouted a uniformed staff officer at the command at the top of the staircase of the command platform.

"What's the matter?" Karene Sibo wasn't in a very good mood.

"A secret order from the Chief. ”

When Karene Sibo heard this, a heartfelt respect immediately appeared on her face, and she stepped forward very solemnly to take the secret order from the staff officer.

Two minutes later, the order to abandon the defensive line of the city wall was transmitted to the ministries.

...

Victory came sooner than Pedi had imagined, and within three hours of the battle for the eastern wall of Sukh, his army had taken control of the entire eastern wall. The power of the artillery was once again on display in front of everyone, and before the battle between the two sides had begun in this battle of attack and defense of the wall, the eastern wall collapsed by nearly a third under the bombardment of artillery.

At this moment, the Musketeer Corps was engaged in street battles with the defenders in the city, and the Fifth Army was advancing towards the southern walls of Sukh City as planned.

"In the future, these things will be completely useless. ”

On the battlefield of the eastern wall, Anse Zora looked at the broken wall, pointing to the siege tower carts, rushing carts, and countless ladders that had been thrown to the ground not far away.

"After the artillery appeared, there was no need for the city walls to exist, let alone these things!" Goblin Commander Kanai said with pride in his face blackened by smoke and a huge leather bag stuffed with explosives around his waist, after all, the cannon was researched by a goblin.

"The city wall is not only used to defend against artillery, but if there are more efficient means of protection, the wall will still have its function, such as..."Anse Zora pointed to the shield device on his wrist, "Changing the material of the wall to make it stronger and equipping it with our latest shield device, the cannon will not be able to break it in a short time." ”

"That's fighting consumption, whoever has the money can win the war!" Kanai subconsciously replied.

"Intuitive evaluation. Anse-Zora was stunned at first, "Maybe in the future, war will become simpler and purer." ”

"Fighting purely for money?"

"War has always been a fight for money, but in the future it will be more direct, without hypocritical diplomacy..."

"There will be no more wars in the future!" Pedi interrupted their conversation.

Anse-Zora and Kanai's conversation came to an abrupt end, and they looked at the king's warning gaze, and immediately realized how stupid their words were, and bowed down to apologize for the faux pas.

Pedi didn't dwell on the matter, and although he didn't like the conversation between the two, they were not wrong. He could hope that his kingdom would last forever, but he had no confidence in witnessing the fall of the empire.

"Our opponents are smart and decisive. Pedi looked at the soldiers who had built fortifications near the city walls, "Urban street fighting is more beneficial for the local soldiers who are familiar with the various lanes outside Suk City, and the local residents will become their spies. ”

"It's going to be a quick fix. Anse Zora grimaced, "Our soldiers, armed with muskets and magical shields, are actually more advantageous for street fighting. ”

"But fighting inside the city of Suke, we need more help. Pedi pointed to Wolfma, "Announce to the entire city of Suk that the Kingdom of Kruria will recognize the titles of nobility from the Imperial period, but only if they owe allegiance to me." ”

"Also," Pedi looked at Kanai, "send the Fifth Army to advance into the city, and bring back the musketeers to attack the walls to the south." ”

"The city will soon become part of the kingdom... I promise. Kanai grinned, he liked the thrill of capturing the city more than the battle of the walls, especially since this was the city of Suke.

Anse Zora looked at Kanai who was leaving, and said, "Why use the Fifth Army's? The citizens of Suke City are not friendly to orcs, Baru, and goblins, and this will be your sister's means of attacking you. ”

Pedi looked into the distance at the city of buildings and said, "I just want the people of Suk City to know that I have come to conquer. ”

Anse Zora frowned, he couldn't understand the sentence because he was just a general who led his troops into battle.

"Woz Pedro's information needs to be taken seriously, and the mages have indeed detected fluctuations in the city's evil powers. Anse Zora changed the subject, "Our troops can't advance too quickly, it's better to control the entire outer city before attacking the inner city walls, but at the same time... We have to speed up the attack, otherwise something unexpected will happen. ”

"We will be faced with a contradictory choice because we have limited forces. Anse Zora looked at the battle-torn city, "Do we use the limited forces we have at our disposal to attack the inner city, or wait until we control the entire outer city and eliminate the possibility of the city being infected by evil energy, and then attack the inner city." ”

"Or... Flatten the city directly with our artillery!"

"What do you think I should choose?" asked Pedy casually, he didn't seem to care about the choice.

"It's your choice, Your Majesty. ”

"It would be a very bad thing if the city were to be infected with evil energy on a large scale and become a paradise for the Legion of the Dead. Pedi said softly, "If I were a general, I would definitely choose to end this war as soon as possible and capture the inner city at all costs, but... I wore a crown on my head. ”

"So, you choose to stabilize the situation in the outer city and then advance to the inner city?"

"No, I think we can do two things at the same time. Pedi grinned, "Once our army has taken control of Central Avenue, the lords of the city will quickly gather under my royal banner, and they can help me control the outer city and clear the evil powers." ”

"Hum..."

The sound of the horn sounded as the two men talked, and it was sounded by the Fifth Army, which had received the order.

Soon, the two musketeer regiments in front of the Suker defenders were quickly replaced, and the Balu army death squads began to frantically attack the barricades set up by the Suk defenders at various street intersections.

Because the Fifth Army had a clear order from the king, their attack was much more fierce than that of the previous musket regiments. Commander Kanai even removed all the explosives from the stockpiles of the army group, and the order he conveyed to the ministries was: advance the inner city walls in one day at any cost!

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