The night is like a curtain, obscuring the sun's rays. The battle for the outer city continues. The air was filled with the smell of blood, burnt proteins, and the smoky smell of burning hay. The sound of killing, wailing, screaming, and roaring is endless.

A group of Barrett rebels walked down the narrow alley, sword in hand, their faces full of unease, carefully examining every window of the alley. Suddenly, a figure flashed from the window on the second floor of a house.

"Raise your shield! Shoot your arrows carefully!" the rebel subconsciously raised his shield above his head. However, they were greeted by a liquid that cut their heads and covered their faces.

"I've had enough! first the arrows, now the ...... It's oil!Run!" Before the rebels could finish speaking, torches were thrown from the roof. In an instant, the flames turned into a raging fire, and the rebels who were ignited cried out, some fled in all directions, and the more they ran, the bigger the fire on their bodies, and some rolled on the ground, trying to extinguish the fire, and the arrow hit them.

"Enough, don't waste arrows. Franz reached out to stop the red robe that had just been drawn with a bow, and he looked coldly at the rebels surrounded by flames.

"Sir, where are we going next?" the six red-robed men present looked at Franz, gasping for breath, some with uneasy faces and some looking excited. The smell of burnt proteins, the cries downstairs, and the temperature of the flames made Franz feel like hell as he stood in the building.

"Don't be afraid, boys. Franz did his best to comfort them, "You did a good job, think that they have a fire mage who burned your brother, and we do it not too much." Two days ago, some of the rebels may have had a drink with him, and he said this half comforting the red robe, half comforting himself.

He walked around the room, looking around the windows. He was unfamiliar with the outer city, and he, like the rebels, was unfamiliar with the terrain here.

"Listen, scavenger, Simon, it's a risky move. You may think I'm old foolish, but I don't think so. "I don't know how much CSKA Barrett can buy, five thousand, six thousand, or even more, but he knows that the garrison in the capital is only two thousand." ”

The Queen Mother said that Winston had sent crows to the provincial garrisons and sent urgent letters. Simon chimed in, his purple robes paling his complexion.

"Far water can't save near fire. General Maher touched his beard, "I estimate that Barrett is also in a hurry, he is afraid that the rescue from the major provinces will come, so he will not plan to fight a protracted siege war, his siege momentum will be fierce." ”

"He doesn't intend to fight a protracted siege, so how about we defend the city and force him to entrench himself in the great plain outside the city?" Franz pointed to the city walls, "The walls that Sebastian supervised the repair were strong enough, and the craftsmen said they were mixed with granite. ”

"Is the city wall strong enough and the hearts of the people unbreakable?" General Mach glanced at the red robe on the city wall and asked rhetorically, "The capital garrison has almost zero experience in defending the city, if Barrett attacks the gates of the three outer cities with all his might, not to mention that we can't afford to consume the number of people, what if there is a garrison to open the city and surrender?"

Franz overlooks the city walls. The garrison of the capital was well armed, but the general was right, most of the time they faced nobles, poor people, and merchants.

"Bring their vanguard into the outer city, then close the gates and raise the drawbridge, artificially reducing the number of enemies entering the city. In the outer city, the superiority of the enemy's cavalry could not be brought into play. General Mach helplessly patted Franz on the shoulder and sighed: "Boy, I did this to improve the morale and combat experience of the garrison in the capital. It was also a warning to Barrett that if he entered the outer city, he would face hell. ”

"I'm more worried about the enemies who didn't enter the city," Franz sighed deeply, "and the gates were breached while we were fighting in the streets......"

"Hold out for 24 hours, boy, the Queen Mother and I will try to get reinforcements. As General Mach left, he patted Franz on the shoulder.

When the black cloth of the sky is dotted with starlight, the fire of the ground even overshadows the starlight.

Franz looked up at the sky, 24 hours, waiting for the sun to rise tomorrow, hoping that the Queen Mother and General Mach would arrive with reinforcements.

"Let's go to the south for reinforcements, don't let them open the gates!" Franz gritted his teeth and said to the six red-robed men, "At least I don't want to see new enemies until I've eliminated the enemies in the outer city." ”

Franz led six red-robed men through the central street of the outer city.

On the street, horses with their front hooves cut off lay on the ground, dying. The corpses lying on the ground, some had their stomachs pierced by spears, some had their ears bitten off, and some had been hit by several arrows.

"Barrett's rebels deserve hell!" a red-robed man said viciously, waving his short sword, "I'm going to make them pay for it with blood!"

As he spoke, three rebel riders rushed forward, brandishing short swords, and rode forward. One rider's sword slashed into the shoulder of one of the red robes, and one of the riders knocked the other into the air.

"Disperse!" Franz shouted. He took a few steps back, his hands gripping the hilt of his sword, parrying the third rider's slash. The rider turned his horse's head, continued to aim at him, and sprinted.

Franz flashed sideways, jumped high, pulled the other man off his horse, and the two fell to the ground and got up at the same time. He picked up his sword and parried the attack.

The rider sneered, and he slashed again, the sword making a screeching metallic sound.

Franz could see that Lieutenant General Eugen's men were training well. He flicked off the opponent's sword, yelled, and scolded, "Why be a rebel?"

"I'm scared. The rider said lightly, "Barrett promised to give us more money." ”

"No honor, what's the difference between you and a mercenary?" Franz's sword slashed through the opponent's leather armor, and the opponent's wrist twisted and stabbed the sword, and he quickly dodged it.

"How much is honor worth? It is said that Sebastian's next target is the military department. The rider swung his sword and slashed diagonally from the upper left, "Think of Eugen, we don't get any more money to support our family, and he also trains us devils." Barrett was indeed corrupt, but he knew how to sympathize with the soldiers, and the soldiers were unhappy in his camp singing every night. ”

"It's really black and white upside down. Franz scoffed, "When the enemy comes, Barrett is going to stun them with money?"

Barrett said that if Eugen and Albert Mach were to take the throne, a large number of people would be like Ludwig and move their heads. The rider raised his sword and parried Franz's attack.

"Barrett has a set, money and threats work well for you. Franz dodged the rider's slash sideways and sneered, "Without Eugen's training, you would have survived today?"

"I can live a better life without Eugen!" the rider gasped and slashed with his sword.

Franz spotted the flaw and plunged his sword into the other man's throat. He pushed away the wide-eyed rider and sighed.

On the other side, the two red-robed men combined to slash their swords into the back of the horse's body, and the horse neighed, lifted and back, kicking one of the red-robed ones away. The rider tumbled to the ground, facing the red-robed sword. Franz pierced the rider's chest from behind.

"My lord, we have lost three more people. The red robe wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

"I'm not blind. Franz looked at the three red-robed men who followed him, panting like a cow, he was exhausted, but his nerves were tense and he did not feel sleepy, "I hope the enemy has suffered more losses than us." We went to the castle tower in the south and went to have a look, but there was no movement outside all afternoon, which made me feel strange. ”

A red-robed man screamed, clutched his bleeding neck, gurgled in his throat, and fell down with a bang. Kane shook off the blood from his sword, his chest heaved violently, panting, and he looked around to see more than 20 people around him.

It had been more than ten hours since I entered the outer city, and the shouts of killing around me had become sparse. Kane knew that at this time, both friend and foe had reached the limit of physical and mental strength. Fighting in the dark of night with extremely low visibility was very disadvantageous for the Kane Army, who were unfamiliar with the terrain. He chose to rest.

They passed through narrow alleys where charred corpses remained, and they passed an arrow tower where the corpses of red-robed men were piled up at the door. The losses on both sides were significant. He realized.

"We rested in this tower, piled up their corpses, and blocked the door. Kane commanded, "The archers take turns on the towers, and the melee ones take turns resting. Wait until dawn and we'll make plans. ”

"What are your plans?" Blanca had long since lost his pre-battle spirit, and throughout the afternoon, he had fought with magic and swords, and now he was running out of mental energy, and his eyelids were fighting as he spoke.

Kane closed his eyes and tried to think. He analyzed: "The people who were lured into the inner city included almost all the riders, as well as some archers and infantry. Those troops outside the city, they should wait for reinforcements from Lieutenant General Barrett. We'll just have to stay up until dawn, and according to my calculations, reinforcements will arrive early tomorrow morning. ”

"Then save your strength and come together from the inside and outside. Blanca yawned, and he sneered, "I need to go to bed early, after all, I haven't seen Simon all day today." ”

"Why do you care so much about him?" Kane wondered.

"He got better grades than me and robbed my woman. Blanca's eyes suddenly flashed with anger, "Since I was a child, he has been my opponent. ”

Kane scoffed. Young. He didn't say anything, he fell asleep.

He didn't know how long he had been asleep, but he heard a dull sound in the distance, and a rushing bell. The bell rang so quickly that it was distracting.

"It's the south!" said the infantryman, pointing into the distance, "Look, there are so many torches on the southern wall, O Seven Gods, do they still have so many of them?"

"No," Kane excited, his eyesight always outstanding, "it's reinforcements attacking the city!"

(End of chapter)