The outer city of Thundercastle. Book Fun House (?. shu quu。 The moat in the fastest update sun is sparkling, and the walls are erected with the Imperial Crown Stag Banner and the Royal Lightning Condor Banner. The garrison stood scattered on the city walls, watching the dust rise in the distance.

"Oh, the empty command tower, the commander's head has moved. Jack Guillen glanced at Franz and continued to sarcastically say, "There is no commander on the command tower, and the dung diggers are in charge." ”

Franz smiled coldly at the sarcasm of the captain of the capital garrison.

He has long been accustomed to the cynicism of others. Franz had earlier been a small soldier digging sewers, and he was strong enough to do the work of two people. General Albert Maher took a fancy to him and cultivated and promoted him step by step. In battle, he often did the dirtiest and most tiring work, such as fighting the vanguard, breaking off and covering the retreat. During the battle, his nose was broken three times, which made his already protruding cheekbones look even more terrifying, so that everyone no longer dared to call him "dung digger" and instead called him "scavenger". But from people's bones, they still remember that he was a dung digger.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant Franz has participated in both siege and siege battles. Sgt. Simon Freeman could not hold his breath, and he retorted, "I am afraid that in terms of actual combat experience, he is better suited than you to command this operation." ”

Jack Guillen blushed, he rolled his eyes, and changed the topic: "There are three gates in the outer city, and outside each gate, there is a moat, and inside the gate, there are many arrow towers. We raised the drawbridge and fought a battle to defend the city. My garrison is familiar with the outer city, and we can hold it. ”

"We didn't have time to prepare for the defense of the city. Whether it's weapons, food, or the training of the capital garrison. Franz was unceremonious about the problem.

Jack Gillen walked on the top of the flat command tower, the wind was strong on the top of the tower, and his red robe flew behind him: "The Suruz Canal will bring supplies, and when the armies of other provinces come to support, the rebels will be scattered." It's as simple as that. ”

"If the 2,000-strong garrison of the capital is dispersed to guard the three gates at the same time, the military strength will be dispersed. The other side may be a force of 6,000 people, and the three city gates are attacked at the same time, do you think it can be defended?" Simon shook his head, he tightened the belt of his robes, "Before the reinforcements arrived, our main force was exhausted on the city walls. ”

Jack Guillen sneered: "I really can't figure out why the Emperor and the Imperial Council would hand over the command to Albert Mach, and General Mach's battle plan is no different from surrendering." They must be blind, you are the traitors!"

"Then you go to the Imperial Council to expose us. Simon smiled and lifted his chin, "But it seems like you're running out of time." Look, outside the city to the south, where there is a lot of black oppression, are our rebels?"

Franz tightened the scabbard, gritted his teeth and said: "I'm afraid yes, Your Excellency Captain, it's death both horizontally and vertically, it's better to fight." ”

The horses of the cavalry neighed, and the sound of horses' hooves was like rolling thunder. Kane Klein looked at Fort Thunder in front of him in confusion. The gates of Thunder Fort were wide open, and there were only a few people on the city walls, some yawning, some strolling on the city walls, and there was no sign of the battle at all.

"What's going on?" Blanca asked, holding his pergola in his hand, looking out of the city, "Supposedly they should close the gates and prepare for the defense of the city." ”

"Unless there's a reason: Mach and they haven't arrived at Thundercastle yet, or Thundercastle doesn't believe them at all. Kane looked up at the flag, then looked back at the cavalry, and said, "Let's rush in under the banner of the Imperial Central Army!"

"Hey!" Blanca urged forward, "what about your battle plan?"

"Boy, we only have ladders to storm the city, but in that case, the losses will be great. And now, the gates of the city are wide open, and there is no chance to be lost!" Kane pointed to the north, "Cavalry, rush in, and rush directly to the king's city!"

Kane rode the whip, but he soon gave up on the sprint. The buildings of the outer city vary in height and width, and the roads of varying widths divide the outer city into areas of varying sizes. 600 cavalry simply could not concentrate on a full charge.

"Disperse!" shouted Kane, to the heralds, "let the cavalry divide into small groups and assemble at the entrance to the inner city!" at the end he added, "Let the infantry and archers follow." ”

He chose to take Eagle Avenue, a road that could only accommodate five horses side by side, and his cavalry was about 50 people, and when he entered the road crossing, two riders collided together.

"Damn it!" he cursed, "just like you did in training!"

"It's amazing, I thought you only cared about money, for training, coping. Blanca grabbed the reins and let the riders pass first, sarcastically.

Kane glared at Blanca fiercely and emphasized: "Lieutenant General Eugen trains soldiers like a devil, and I am at least a major general under his command, why do you think Lieutenant General Barrett chose me to be the vanguard?"

"You feel proud?" Blanca snorted, "Lieutenant General Barrett keeps his team and uses Lieutenant General Eugen's team as cannon fodder, yes, you're cannon fodder." ”

"Shut up!" The sense of honor hidden deep in his heart was suddenly activated, and Kane remembered the days and nights of the devil's training, "His team can't be taken at all! Mine is an elite unit!" "I am the vanguard, I occupy the king's city, whether it is the royal or Barrett army, the advance or retreat depends on me." I'm the key guy.

Thinking about it like this, he suddenly felt that the fate of the entire empire was in the palm of his hand. His heart was pounding, and pride overflowed from his heart, enveloping his whole body. His whole body was excited, and he kicked the spurs and urged the horse forward.

Suddenly, the riders in front screamed, their horses' front hooves crooked, and they fell to their knees, and some of the riders were thrown out, some of them crushed under their horses. The rider behind them grabbed the reins and made a mess.

"What's going on?" Kane snapped.

As soon as he finished speaking, figures suddenly appeared in the tall houses on both sides of the road, and those red-robed men stood in front of the windows, shooting arrows at Kane's team.

Kane saw several riders being shot by bows and arrows and fell down, he raised his shield to block the flying bows and arrows: "Break through!"

Horses and riders in front of them made it impossible for horses to pass. He had to change the order, instead of bypassing those houses and forcing his way through.

"Why did you break through?" Blanca waved his hand, and a red-robed man in the house screamed, on fire, and fell from the window, "We shouldn't have exposed their backs. ”

"The window is so big, as long as we break through the blind spot, we don't have to deal with those guys who let the cold arrows go. Kane replied, looking at the dozen or so riders around him, "Our goal is to defend the city, so there's no need to waste time here." ”

Blanca smiled grimly and mocked, "I dare say we were in the trap from the very beginning. ”

"Damn it! look!" a rider pointed ahead. To the north of the outer city was the gate through the inner city, which was now tightly closed.

"Major General Kane!" said a herald on horseback, with an arrow in his shoulder, despondently, "we have been ambushed to the east...... The enemy set up ropes and tripped our riders. Then a group of red robes rushed out, and we fought with them. ”

"Your Excellency, Major General, no!" another herald hurried, his body stained with blood, "to the west, to the west, a large number of red-robed men have appeared, and we have lost more than 50 riders. ”

"What about the infantry, what about the archers?!" Kane pulled the reins and turned his horse's head, "The capital garrison is a group of security forces against the poor, what are you afraid of them for?"

At this time, there was a shout of killing from the southern entrance to the city, accompanied by a rumbling sound, and the drawbridge was slowly rising.

"Oh no! they're raising the drawbridge!" one of the riders reminded, "and without the drawbridge, our army won't be able to cross the moat!"

His riders, some of whom were surrounded by several red robes, were cut off their horses, and some were shot with bows and arrows, continued to fight. Blanca waved his hands and opened his bow left and right, creating a wall of fire, blocking the red robes that rushed out of the alley, and setting fire to the clothes of the two red robes.

"It's really unexpected that the old thing chose the battlefield in the outer city, do you have any plans?" Blanca drew his short sword and blocked the swing of a red-robed man, and with a wave of his left hand, the red-robed man's body burned, and he plunged his sword into the opponent's abdomen.

"Occupy the southern entrance to the city, and wait for my infantry and archers to be in place. We held the entrance to the city and waited for reinforcements from General Barrett. He tore over a red robe and cleared a way to break through.

"I thought you'd say, just kill into the king's city. There was not much sarcasm in Blanca's words, and he was busy using fire magic against the red-robed men.

Kane looked around. Shouts of slaughter surrounded his ears, and in all directions there were cursing curses, roars, the rattling of bows and arrows, the neighing of horses, and the wails of wounded soldiers. He didn't know how many people followed him into the outer city, and he didn't know how many red robes were left in the outer city, and how many red robes were waiting for him inside.

"You, lead the team to support the east, you, go and gather more nearby men, and we will occupy the southern entrance to the city first!" Kane quickly ordered, pointing to a few riders. His heart tingled, he had been tricked, he was used by General Albert Maher, locked up in the outer city, and cut off reinforcements.

"Old thing! he wants to shut down the door and fight the dogs in the outer city! keep up, I'm going to make him regret letting us in!" Kane's horse slammed into a red robe, and he turned his horse's head to block a spear with his sword, his shield blocking the dagger that attacked him. His centaur stood up, kicked a red-robed man with his front hooves, and stomped heavily on the poor fellow. (To be continued.) )