The night was sleepless, and the next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, the battle report sounded, and the beacon tower within a radius of 100 miles rose almost simultaneously.

Looking through the smoke of gunpowder, the nearby villages and towns were burned to the ground, as if they had just experienced the baptism of war.

With the war raging and homes destroyed, a large number of refugees, without food, water and shelter, were forced to pile up outside the moat of Petersburg, waiting for the rescue of the main castle.

The hundreds of small towns in the vicinity, all the way to the Mitchell Line, were technically under the jurisdiction of Petersburg.

Gladstone is reluctant to sit idly by when it comes to refugees in his territory.

"Arrange the refugees in the wasteland east of the city, build simple shelters, and distribute food and fresh water. ”

Gladstone stared into the distance, and could see the rising smoke through several mountains, "What the hell is going on?" ”

"Back to the city lord, the news I just got from the surviving knights is that at about midnight, Satan, the leader of the Li tribe, led an army of 50,000 orcs to forcibly cross the Mitchell defense line and attacked more than 40 towns, including Laika Town, according to preliminary statistics, the knights and civilians suffered more than 10,000 casualties.

Due to the suddenness of the incident, many of the garrison knights were slaughtered by the orcs before they could react, but fortunately, after the other towns got the battle situation, they built fortifications on the spot to prevent further invasion by the orcs, which did not cause more serious losses. ”

"Li?"

Gladstone clenched his fists and slammed into the city wall, "Ten years ago, King Monty personally drove the Golden Knights, with the help of dozens of high-level magicians, repeatedly defeated the Li army, forced the orcs to surrender to the kingdom, and divided the Mitchell military demarcation line in place, and the orcs were forever stopped in the desolate wilderness, and agreed that they would not step on the defense line for generations. ”

"Satan, the new leader of the Li tribe, expressed his dissatisfaction with the occupation of the fertile coastal land by the Monti Kingdom and was unwilling to be enslaved, and they had already begun to train soldiers for a long time, and their rebellious intentions had long been apparent. ”

When Princess Leah was thrown into the orc lair by Carroll's design, and Chen Feng went to the rescue, he heard that Satan planned to use the princess as bait to forcibly break through the Mitchell defense line and recapture the coastal plain.

"Little Brother Chen Feng, do you know that the Mitchell military demarcation line is not just a fictitious line of defense, even if there is no knight order stationed in normal times, the Li clan does not dare to cross the line by half a step, because this line of defense is cursed by magicians, normal humans crossing the line have no effect, but when the orcs cross the line of defense, they will rot and die in pain. ”

In the kingdom of Monti, the king and the princes of the four main cities controlled almost all of the military power in the country, while the temple had only a few hundred high-ranking magicians and four or five thousand Templars.

Looking at the number of knights alone, the royal family unilaterally crushed the pope, but the fact is that the royal power has always willingly obeyed the divine power.

The fundamental reason for this is that the defense line against the orc race is all built and maintained by the hundreds of high-level magicians in the Holy Temple.

This is the backbone of the resistance to the Pants Industry Clan and the Li Clan, which can maintain the peace and tranquility of the Monty Kingdom for nearly a hundred years and not be disturbed by orcs.

You know, a hundred years ago, when there were no temples and magicians, the fierce orcs lived in the coastal plains, while the emaciated humans could only survive in the desolate interior.

"But the orcs did cross the Mitchell line, what does that mean?" Chen Feng knew that Gladstone had something to say.

"Shows that theocracy is in decline......"

As Gladstone spoke, a large number of Li orcs poured into Petersburg like locusts, wantonly slaughtering civilians who had not yet entered the city.

The other three main gates of Petersburg were also surrounded by orcs.

But strangely, after forcing a large number of refugees into Petersburg, they chose to besiege only the siege.

In just half a day, there were 100,000 Li troops gathered outside the city, several times more than the defenders inside the city, and this number is still rising.

"Close the gates, raise the drawbridge, and send a letter of help to Monty's main city, the Star City, and the Sunflame Tower, and ask them to rush to their aid, and try to form a situation with my Silver Knights outside the city. ”

Petersburg originally had 50,000 silver-armored knights, but due to military exercises, half of them were temporarily transferred, and at present, there are only half of the defenders in the city, and it may be difficult to resist in the face of several times the enemy.

The orcs crossed Mitchell's military demarcation line in violation of the law, which was a serious violation of theocracy.

The foreign war has begun, and the knights of the major cities are obliged to join forces to wipe out the invading orcs in order to demonstrate the inviolability of divine power.

Especially at this moment of life and death, Astrological City and the Sun Flame Tower should put aside their past personal enmity and join forces with Petersburg to fight the enemy.

However, two days after the letter for help was sent, there was no response, and the two neighboring main cities did not seem to have any intention of sending troops to support.

The reason is simple, these two main cities need to garrison troops to defend the pant industry in the east, and they can't help the current war between Petersburg and the Li people.

"Bastard, Carol and Alexander, these two short-eyed guys, once Petersburg falls, it will be equivalent to opening the northern gate of the Monty Kingdom directly to the orcs. ”

There were more than 100,000 refugees in the city out of thin air, and the granary in stock soon bottomed out, and they could only survive by drinking gruel.

"City Lord, I just received the news that the City Lord of Beta on Whale Fall Island is leading four thousand knights to help in the starry night. General Decca ran to the castle tower and handed the battle report to Gladstone.

"Of the five main cities, the strength of Whale Island is the weakest, all of them are women, four thousand knights, probably all of their belongings. ”

Gladstone took the battle report and couldn't help but sigh: "I can't imagine that at this critical moment, a group of men who have experienced a hundred battles are not as good as other girls who can take care of the overall situation." ”

"Write back to the Lord of Beta and ask her to make peace with the Silver Knights outside the city, and all the Knights will be under her control. ”

After dealing with the reinforcements, Gladstone quietly took Chen Feng into an underground darkroom and opened the stone cover, which was a well-repaired underground passage.

"You want me to go out and carry grain?"

At the moment, Petersburg was most short of food and grass, a large number of refugees and knights were vying for food, and the city was running out of food.

"This tunnel is only allowed to pass by one person, and if the situation is bad, I want you to take Leah out of the tunnel, and the entrance leads to the sea, where there are boats to pick you up. ”

Gladstone is also a fierce general who crawled out of the pile of dead people, and he is not afraid of fighting to the death, but he is afraid that Princess Leah will suffer after the defeat, so he prepares for the worst in advance, and once the city is broken, he will use his last strength to cover Chen Feng to take Leah away from Petersburg.

"Well, I see, no matter which way the war goes, I'll keep Princess Leah safe. ”

Chen Feng nodded in agreement, he understood Gladstone's good intentions, and he would do what he wanted.