Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Great War (13)
As mentioned before, the City of Armor has not always been called this name. At the time of the annual inspection of peace, the City of Armor was a famous commercial and tourist city. It has a large amount of wealth and abundant food reserves. This also laid the groundwork for the Denomah Empire to become the forefront of the resistance to the apostles.
However, the City of Armor itself is not a city suitable for defense. The terrain around the Armored City was very flat, and even the valley where the Lady of Light Sigh and the Tiger King and the tens of thousands of Denoma Empire soldiers were ambushed at this time was only twenty or thirty meters at its highest point. If it weren't for the fact that the valley was a cliff, Sir Scar wouldn't have put the ambush here in the first place. It's really not a good place to be ambushed.
In addition, the distance between that canyon and the armored city is also very close. On a clear day, even those with slightly better eyesight in the Denomah Empire could see this canyon, which was only about two thousand meters away from the northwest corner of the Armored City.
However, this canyon is still the most favorable terrain around the entire armored city. As long as they hold on both sides of the canyon, the apostles who come from the east will be 100% trapped in the canyon. Of course, you can also choose to avoid this canyon. But it takes two or three times as long as usual.
In the entire armored city, except for this canyon, there is no place suitable for defense around. The city of armor itself was not originally a city of barriers, but a city of commerce and trade. Fortunately, after the outbreak of the war with the Apostles, the lord of the city of armor gathered almost all the magicians in the city, and with the joint efforts of the civilians, the city of armor was transformed into a strong fortress with two strong walls and a moat.
It's ridiculous to say that although he is the duke of the Denorma Empire, and he is also a duke who does not rely on his family power and simply relies on his military exploits to become a nobleman, Sir Scar has never been to the City of Armor. Of course, this is not because Lord Scar has never heard of the City of Armor, on the contrary, before the outbreak of the war, the City of Armor was a large trading city known as the Dnomar Empire. If it weren't for the fact that it wasn't by the sea, the City of Armor would have become the economic center of the Denoma Empire.
And now, Sir Scar is standing outside the west gate of the City of Armor, looking at the dilapidated but still holding on to the wall, Sir Scar is full of emotion. "I'm Sir Scar. "On top of the city walls, there are soldiers of the Denoma Empire. But strangely enough, they did not dare to open the gates. I don't know why?, "I'm Duke Scar of the Empire!" Sir Scar deliberately said this, and his tone was deliberately very fond of it.
This sentence shocked the defenders of the armored city on the city wall. But in the end, you look at me, and I look at you, but they still don't open the gates.
This made Sir Scar feel angry. What the hell is going on with this city of armor? Is it impossible that they don't know who they are? That is impossible, Lord Scarred, a myth to many of the soldiers of the Denomah Empire. And it's also an inspirational myth. If it were normal times, as soon as he appeared in any city in the Denoma Empire, he would definitely be hugging each other, causing a grand scene of thousands of empty alleys. Although Sir Scar has never been to the City of Armor, that doesn't mean that the people of the City of Armor don't know Lord Scar. What's more, even the guards guarding the City of Armor are hardly natives of the City of Armor.
In this case, there is only one reason why they did not open the gates. That is, there were people within the walls who did not agree to open the city gates. Moreover, this person still occupies a pivotal position in the current armored city. Could it be the lord of the City of Armor? No, absolutely not. The lord of the City of Armor would never make such a decision. Moreover, when the Armored City and the Fortress City and another Watchful City formed the Fortress Defense, which maintained the last line of defense of the Denomar Empire, Sir Scar had seen the lord of the Armored City with his own eyes. And the city lord still has a lot of respect for himself.
If the city lord at this time was still him, then it would be impossible for such a situation to occur.
"Who is your lord now?" Ser Scar had never felt so angry. The task given to him by Barrier I itself was to rescue the City of Armor. But I didn't expect that now after a long journey and the loss of thousands of elite warriors of the Dnoma Empire, the city lord of this armored city didn't even think about opening the city gate, let alone let the defenders of the armored city attack the apostles with them. "I'm Duke Scar, hurry up and open the city gates, hurry up!"
However, no matter how angry Sir Scar was, the defenders of the Armored City looked around one by one, but still did not open the gates. One thing is different, though, this time, a middle-aged woman stands on the city wall.
"Sir, I'm Liao Ningzhu, a magician from the Armor City Self-Rescue Association. The middle-aged woman cleared her throat and continued, "Of course we know who you are, Sir. But forgive us for our sins, we cannot open the gates now. ”
"Why? What is the Armored City Self-Rescue Association?
"I'm sorry, sir. Since the Apostles besieged our Armored City, the Armored City has killed three city lords in battle. As of now, there are no nobles in the City of Armor who are suitable to become city lords. Therefore, together with the warrior representative Cyborg and the noble representative Lady Warsaw, I formed the current Armored City Self-Rescue Association. ”
"Since you are the Big Three of the Self-Salvation Society, why don't you open the gates of the city? Our army is now outside the city and in the northwest corner. We urgently need you to join us, inside and out, to defeat those apostles!"
However, the female magician named Liao Ningzhu just snorted coldly and said lightly, "I'm sorry, Sir, we still can't open the city gate now." ”
"What?" Sir Scar pointed at Liao Ningzhu and shouted angrily, "Since you know my identity, why don't you open the city gate?"
"No, of course that's not the case. Liao Ningzhu explained with a smile: "The purpose of the establishment of the Self-Help Association is to unite all the military and civilians in the City of Armor before defeating the Apostles. Both nobles and commoners are equal. All the supplies in the armored city are evenly distributed according to the needs. The soldiers, magicians, and their families who were directly involved in the war received slightly more supplies, and the fortified city received a little more. In the City of Armor, all the people have something to do, and they are not idle. So, we've done as much as possible. ”
"So, you mean that the City of Armor, under the leadership of your so-called Self-Salvation Society, has become a kingdom independent of the Dnomah Empire?"
"No, Sir, we've never thought of it that way. Liao Ningzhu stroked the bangs in front of her forehead, but immediately changed her words. "Of course, if that's what you think, then we can try it too. ”
What! This Liao Ningzhu's current mind is actually like this! At the critical juncture when the country is ruined and her family is ruined, she actually wants to rebel! She wants to expel all the forces of the Denoma Empire in the City of Armor, so that the City of Armor can become a kingdom that is inside the Denoma Empire but completely independent of the Denoma Empire? "You are plotting rebellion!"
"No, I'm not plotting rebellion, I'm forced by the situation. Liao Ningzhu opened his hands and said in an extremely charming tone to the soldiers of the Denoma Empire stationed in the City of Armor who were still a little shaken, as well as the Scar Sir outside the City of Armor: "The City of Armor itself is just a city of commercial trade, and before the disaster, this place was indisputable. However, because of your greed, the demons from other worlds have finally begun to punish you greedy criminals. By now, even the formerly pure armored city had to change its name to its current name, and it was forced to arm itself to resist the onslaught of those demons from another world. Before you came, did you know how long the City of Armor had been holding out? for three months!"
How could it be three months? Didn't he just receive the information not long ago? When Barrier I learned that the city of armor was besieged by the apostles, he immediately passed the news to the lady who happened to be in the Denoma Empire, and this expeditionary force was formed to rescue the city of armor. This was just something that happened less than half a month ago, so why did she say that it had happened for three months? Could it be that the information was wrong?
Liao Ningzhu was probably very satisfied with Sir Scar's expression now, but he did change his words, pointed at Sir Scar and said, "And at that time, the city of armor was not protected by such a strong city wall. But we have built these walls with the lives of countless warriors, and we have persevered until now!And the remaining survivors have finally despaired of the rescue from your Denomah Empire, and we have our Armored City Self-Salvation Society! And now, when we are about to bring those apostles down, you are proclaiming yourself the savior of the Armored City, how shameful your actions are! We have worked so hard to defend our homeland, but you hateful people are showing greedy faces and want to turn our homeland back into your front line of war! Our Armored City Self-Salvation Association does not agree! Every citizen of our Armored City does not agree!"
"You go and find out the background of this sorceress. Sir Scar whispered to one of his attendants, and when the attendant received the order, Sir Scar shook his head. It seems that this female magician named Liao Ningzhu is the source of the turmoil in the City of Armor. "Mage, even if our support is a little later than you expected, the apostles besieging the city of armor were not consumed by you, but were defeated by the armies of our Denomah Empire. To the west of yours is our frontal battlefield, and all the four thousand apostles besieging the west have been annihilated, while to the northwest we are holding near the ravine, and if the apostles from other directions try to pass there, they will be ambushed by us. But that's not enough, we need the defenders of the City of Armor to help us and join us in defeating the Apostles. ”
"Are you talking about the canyon to the north of us?" Liao Ningzhu sneered, "Sir, I don't think you've ever been to the City of Armor. The terrain around the City of Armor was flat, and the canyon was not high above the ground, making it impossible to besiege the Apostles. But our walls can! It is because of these walls that we have withstood the siege of these tens of thousands of apostles!"
"Yes, if what you say is true, then how many apostles have you killed in these three months? Why are there more than 10,000 apostles that we have seen in the past three months?"
Sir Scar's words made Liao Ningzhu unable to refute. Itself, for as long as three months, the City of Armor did not kill many apostles. Their greatest achievement in such a long time has been to hold the apostles against the outer walls of the City of Armor. "Even if we didn't kill many apostles, we also protected the safety of the armored city!
By this time, the previous squire had returned to Sir Scarred from behind. In addition, he also brought over more than 2,000 soldiers from the Dnoma Empire who had returned to the rear to rest. "Sir, the situation has been clarified. That female magician's name was Liao Ningzhu, and she had come to the City of Armor about eleven years ago by her own will. Since it is a trading city and its economy is very developed, it cannot be ruled out that she came here because of the generous treatment here. However, after coming here, her resume is still unstained, and she has recommended many magicians, many of whom are excellent. ”
So it seems that before, Liao Ningzhu did not have any intention of rebellion, but in the last few months, it seems to have undergone degeneration. "Got it, you make the soldiers all ready for battle level 3, and if we have to fight, we only need to subdue the sorceress. I believe that the defenders of the City of Armor do not want to fight their own people. We are all soldiers of the Denomah Empire. ”
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