There are two gates on the south side of the outer city, one is two huge wooden gates for daily use, and the next wooden gate is built with an iron gate, which is raised and lowered by a noose and a fixed pulley for wartime defense. The Iron Gate let out a cry of pain, each of which was accompanied by the pits and deformations made by the battering ram. The shouting outside the door shook the sky, and depending on the situation, the wooden door had been smashed, and the iron gate could not support it for long.

Franz came down from the city walls with a detachment, bringing as many corpses as he could from the vicinity and piling them up behind the iron gates. Simon cast a spell on the ground beneath the corpses, creating a thick wall of earth that was thick and wide enough to hold the corpses.

Franz gasped, resting with the tip of his sword on the ground. His whole body was sore, his eyelids were heavy, and if he could, he could have fallen asleep on the ground. However, the shouts of killing outside the city made his nerves tense from time to time, and when he saw the enemy coming down the city wall, he couldn't help but fight again and meet him.

An enemy screams and rushes up, and Franz swings his one-handed sword to block the attack, smashing the opponent with iron gloves. Before he could breathe, another enemy rushed from the left front, he roared, and fought with the opponent for three rounds, the one-handed sword kept colliding, making a piercing metal sound, suddenly, he stepped out of his left foot, but there was a stinging pain in his knee, but this second made his movements dull, and when the enemy's one-handed sword stabbed again, he swung his sword empty. He subconsciously used his left hand to block the sword, but saw the enemy hissing and fell to the ground.

"Lieutenant, how are you?" Simon pulled his sword from the enemy's corpse, his face covered in blood and his robes torn to shreds, "Why haven't our reinforcements arrived yet? ”

"Hold on a little longer, it's almost dawn. Franz gritted his teeth and stood up with the tip of his sword propped up on the ground, the east was already white, the shouts of killing outside the outer city gate were still shaking the sky, but the inner city gate was not opened.

"it!" a kid from the capital garrison roared, tears shining in his eyes, "There are no reinforcements at all, right?"

"No, there will be. When he said this, the eyes of the three surrounding capital garrisons were full of suspicion, and soon, the suspicion turned into anger and despair.

"No! we've been fooled!" a slightly older garrison clenched his one-handed sword, "unless someone knows the prophet, even the nearest province of Taks will take at least a week to march." Lieutenant, tell me, where are the reinforcements coming from?"

Franz pursed his lips, he felt a chill down his spine, and he carefully pondered the next sentence, but he didn't dare to think for a long time, and the silence seemed to these people to mean that the veteran had guessed correctly.

"His Majesty the Emperor and his ministers will find a way, we just need to do our own thing. Franz avoided everyone's attention.

"Yes, what about His Majesty the Emperor?" another man with short yellow hair asked, "If he were a man, he should lead the capital garrison into battle, not hide in the king's city." ”

"A 12-year-old man!" the veteran shrugged, "It's sad, if Emperor August is here......"

"Fuck it! No matter how old he is, he's the emperor, he should stand up!" the man with short yellow hair spat on the ground, "Lao Tzu is gone!" After saying that, he turned to leave.

"Come back!" shouted Franz, "Emperor Caesar and the Imperial Council ......" Simon waved his hand, and the earthen wall stood in front of the short-haired yellow-haired man.

The yellow-haired man turned his head viciously and cursed, "The enemy has a man who plays with fire, and burns so many of us to death, but you can only build walls of earth, you are like a boy playing with mud! ”

"If you leave, you are a deserter, and I will ...... you according to military discipline"

"Fuck your military discipline, I'm from the capital garrison, not from the Imperial Army. The yellow-haired man pointed his sword at Franz, "I'm going back to the inner city, those noble lords must have taken refuge in the Suluz River by boat, and I'm going too." ”

"He is right, His Majesty the Emperor and the Imperial Council should not hide at the back door of the city wall. The veteran shook his head, "It's disappointing." ”

Morale is running out, and their psyche is about to collapse. Franz didn't have the strength or the desire to argue anymore, and he saw three men from the capital garrison walking towards the inner gates. The inner gates were still closed, and he guessed that even if they broke their hands, the golden robes guarding the inner city would not open the last line of defense.

As long as they don't open the gates and surrender. He saw the banner of CSKA erected above the city walls, but soon the flag was torn down, and it was clear that the garrison of the capital there was still holding out.

If it had been known that there were no reinforcements, the capital garrison would have collapsed long ago. He suddenly realized that General Mach said that there were reinforcements, perhaps to avoid defeat without a fight.

"I'm running out of mana. Simon gasped, his swordsmanship was not bad, but the lack of chain mail protected him made him rely more on the movement of his feet to dodge the opponent's attacks.

Franz came to his senses, and he rushed forward, slashing his sword into his enemy's shoulder with both hands, kicking him down and freeing Simon.

"I'm more worried about the enemy magician. Simon looked up at the east, it was getting brighter, "It's best that he's dead." ”

"You're doing well enough. Franz comforted. He saw one of the capital garrisons fall to the ground, and he rushed up to block the deadly swing for him, pulling him to his feet. He saw the young man's frightened and grateful gaze.

He was stunned by the young man's gaze. It reminded him of the crusade against the Black Rain Brotherhood three years ago. He kept fighting, his comrades around him kept falling, but the Black Rain flag was still on the hillside, he was convinced that General Mach was coming, and when he was wounded in his left knee, reinforcements appeared on the hillside and broke the flag of the Brotherhood.

The pain in his left knee was getting worse and worse, constantly stimulating him to remember what had happened before. He savored each of his bitter battles. Reinforcements are like the first sun after night, as long as you survive the darkness, there will be sunshine. Reinforcements are like hope, supporting everyone to keep fighting tonight.

Franz slapped himself in the face to keep his head up. As a commander, the soldiers must be given the courage to fight.

"Good job! Reinforcements are coming, hold on!" Franz shouted. The panic in the young man's eyes quickly dissipated, and he turned to meet the next enemy.

He frowned and looked up at the earthen wall. If both the iron gate and the earthen wall are smashed, a dense mass of corpses will fall from above, blocking the avenue, and enemies will be shocked by the piles of corpses when they pour into the gates. That's all I can do, delay as long as I can.

We're all going to die anyway, so what's the point of lying?" he smiled wryly and comforted himself. It is far better to die with hope than to live with despair.

Kane slammed his oak shield into the face of one of the capital guards, once and twice, until the other man breathed.

"Oh my God, look there!" Barry glared in horror and pointed ahead.

The iron gate was close at hand, but behind the iron gate was erected a wall as thick as a city wall, not so much an earthen wall as a huge platform where corpses were piled up, and the corpses on it were so dense that it was impossible to distinguish between friend and foe.

"Hahahaha! Simon, he must be nearby!" Blanca's eyes widened, rubbing his hands together, like a child discovering a new toy, screaming and jumping with excitement.

Lunatic. Kane gave Blanca a cold look. He saw figures and torches flocking above the walls, and a banner of Army CSKA was erected on the walls.

"It's our reinforcements!Follow me and open the gates!" Kane roared, as if his whole body was filled with strength again, and his heart was about to jump out of his chest. The gates are so close that I will be the first to open them!

As he cut down one of the capital guards, he heard Barry's screams and turned his head to see an enemy like a mountain holding a sword in both hands, severing Barry's right hand at the elbow. Barry's screams quickly turned into screams and crying.

"Barry!" Kane raised his oak shield and struck a powerful blow that made a dull noise as the oak shield splashed sawdust. Kane slashed sideways, and the other man arched himself and took a step back, dodging. However, Kane didn't give him a chance to breathe, he slammed his shield into the opponent's jaw, the opponent covered his face with the iron armor of his left hand, and turned his wrist to attack Kane's left foot from the bottom to the top.

The shouting outside the door was like a majestic movement, and the hammer smashed the iron door into serious deformation, but it still lacked a breakthrough to end the siege war, so that the movement could not be stopped. Kane was getting more and more anxious, and he could tell from his opponent's every move that he was tired of, but he couldn't take advantage of every transition between attack and defence.

"Who are you?" said the other man suddenly, taking a step back and adjusting his breathing.

"You don't have to know. Kane replied, taking a step back and raising his shield a head taller, he needed to be on guard against slashes from above.

"Traitor, you're also in it for the money?" the other person's voice seemed familiar.

Kane's heart skipped a beat. That's what the people of the capital garrison think of us?

"I'm not treasonous!" Kane slashed at him.

"Facing the sword at Thunder Castle, dare you say that you are not treasonous?" the opponent swung an iron fist in his left hand, and Kane caught it with his shield.

"I just want to live better!" Kane slashed his sword across the other's chest, the sword brushed against the other's chain mail, and Kane's mind flashed through the gold coins that had been sent to the door. He's shy, he needs money, but he craves more.

"The insatiable are never satisfied. The other party's tone was full of disgust, "It's a pity that you are so good." ”

"I'm insatiable, no matter how hard I try, I'm always a major general, and those aristocratic young men can't even ride horses, but they on our heads. Do you think this world is normal?" Kane asked rhetorically, "The military salary is only a little all year round, and if you don't want to find any other way, how can you live?" Is Sebastian right to install his own people in the military headquarters by investigating corruption?"

"Sharp-toothed birds. The other party made a feint, Kane subconsciously raised his shield, but the other party stretched out a kick and tripped him. He suddenly remembered that he had seen a person use this trick during an army drill.

The other party slashed at him, and he raised his sword to block. The other party shouted, "No matter what you say, it should not be a reason to raise your sword and aim it at His Majesty the Emperor. Just let me scavenge ......"

"Franz?!" Kane called out the name in surprise.

(End of chapter)