Chapter 83: The Great War (17)
Why is this happening? This is obviously completely different from what the envoy said, at this time, where is the envoy? Liao Ningzhu looked around blankly, but he looked around with a little expectation, but he never saw the envoy.
Why is this the case? The envoy had obviously told her that if she was in danger, the envoy would immediately sense Liao Ningzhu's danger and come to her rescue as soon as possible. But now, why is it that he is dying, but he still hasn't seen the messenger appear? Could it be that the envoy's assurances are a complete deception? No, it shouldn't be.
However, the bloody facts are so cruel in front of Liao Ningzhu's eyes. At her most dangerous moment now, Liao Ningzhu has already been pulled to the city by the guards. Originally, Sir Scar's proposal was to lock Liao Ningzhu up first, wait until the apostles outside the city were driven away, and then hold a trial for Liao Ningzhu's actions.
But now, Sir Scar doesn't seem to have that much time. Because, not long ago, the steel tower received an inevitable report. A wave of apostolic armies, numbering about a thousand, was attacking the southern gates. Moreover, what is more serious is that although the number of this wave of apostolic armies is relatively small, it makes the inevitable defenders of the city complain. It's as if they have a good commander in command.
It's really frustrating! I really don't want to, but what does it turn out to be. At this juncture, the battle in the northwest canyon is the most important. But inevitably, once it is broken by the apostle who came out of nowhere, then the entire armored city will be completely finished.
The City of Armor is a standard boxy city. Whether it was a commercial city in the past or a fortress city transformed from the forefront of the entire Dnomah Empire against the Apostles, the City of Armor has always maintained this layout. Among them, the east is mainly a gathering place for civilians, the west is a mercantile trading area, the north is the location of military camps and administrative institutions, and the south is a rich area. And if the southern wall is breached, then the wealthy area south of the inner city will be directly exposed to the threat of the apostles. If there is no way to defend the inner city, the consequences will be unimaginable.
What to do, what to do now?In the northwest, Lady Sigh and the Tiger King must still be waiting for the defenders of the City of Armor to come out of the city and join them in a two-sided attack on the Apostle. And the situation in the south, the south side is even more worrying for Sir Scar. Isn't it the unreliable Shen Lin who is guarding the south? Although he has sent a lot of excellent officers to assist Shen Lin, if Shen Lin is stubborn, then no matter how many excellent officers come to assist, it will be useless!
"Let's go to the south first!" Sir Scar shook his head and said to the army that had been in the process not long ago, "You guys, join Shen Lin's 10,000 horses from outside the city as fast as possible. I'll go to the south with the steel tower to check on the situation! Remember, your first task is not to annihilate the apostles, but to ensure the safety of Shen Lin and your comrades!"
"To the South?" Sir Scar's order startled the cronie, "But, my lord, Lady Sigh is still waiting for news from us." ”
"There's no way! The lady can still hold on, and even win a big battle. But the South is miserable. I was a little worried that the little girl wouldn't be able to defend herself. If she collapses there, it will be a mortal threat to both the City of Armor and the soldiers who are resting outside the city!"
Since the scars are so resolute, the cronies are embarrassed to say more. Having to return to the outside of the city, the soldiers who were still able to fight in the army that were resting began to march south. And Sir Scar, as for another of his cronies, commanded, "By the way, you must hurry to the canyon and tell the lady and the tiger king exactly what we are facing." He told them that when the south was settled, I would immediately lead the elite troops to support. ”
So far, this seems to be the best way to go.
Now there are not too many troops in the city. Because the other sides of the place will also be attacked by the apostles, the defenders who can really mobilize the steel tower are actually only the 10,000 men in the south. Moreover, the number of these 10,000 or so people, not every one of them is a soldier with combat experience. It is simply impossible to use such a force and personnel quality to divide the troops into two routes. The only way to go to the weakest place to put out the fire, and wait until the victory is over, and then go to the other side, that is, the direction of the Lady and the Tiger King in the northwest, is the most correct choice. Moreover, when Ms. Sigh knows the details of this, she will understand the decision made by Sir Scarlet.
Such a decisive proposal was supported and implemented in just a few minutes. No one would argue with Sir Scar's decision. They knew that the safety of the south was related to the battle situation of the entire armored city. Moreover, although the number of apostles in the south is relatively small, it cannot be concluded that the south is only a feint, and it is even possible that only the apostles in the south are the most elite among all the fronts of the entire armored city. Generally speaking, the smaller the number of an army, the more elite the army. This is not without reason.
Liao Ningzhu, who caused the turmoil in the City of Armor, was quickly taken down and imprisoned. Now is not the time to interrogate this human traitor. And because the Warsaw lady was not good at fighting, and she was also a highly respected figure in the armored city, she stayed behind to maintain the stability of the armored city. As for the Steel Tower, the supreme military governor of this armored city, then there is no doubt that he will go to support with Sir Scar.
It's just that unlike Sir Scar, because of the need to prepare the army, the steel tower has to be supported from the inner city to the outer city in the south. And Sir Scar, both in terms of quality and command ability, is much taller than the steel tower, so he rushed from the city wall to the outer wall in the south with hundreds of guards from the armored city to support him.
And Shen Lin in the southwest corner never thought that the apostles would launch such a fierce attack on them at this time. After being assigned to hold his position in the south, Shen Lin, with the cooperation of those high-ranking officers of the Denoma Empire, could be regarded as guarding this line of defense without the slightest mistake. However, experience made Shen Lin soon have a trace of slackness. Thinking about it, after all, Shen Lin had already begun to prepare for those apostles. But after a long time, he did not see the shadow of an apostle in his own defense. Although those high-ranking officers of the Denomah Empire still suggested that Shen Lin should not carry anything, Shen Lin was still a little relaxed.
Itself, the 10,000-strong defender Shen Lin formed three major lines of defense according to the proposal of those officers of the Denoma Empire. There were 2,000 men in the first line of defense, and they were the first of the entire line of defense to come into contact with the apostles. So it's basically some pure melee classes. At a distance of about 100 meters, there is the second line of defense. These lines consisted of light infantry and crossbowmen. But on its flanks there was a whole thousand cavalry troops. When the apostles stormed the defensive line, as long as the apostles' camp loosened a little, these cavalry would rush into the apostles' formation like the tide. Among them, the second line of defense has the most soldiers of all three. It reached about six thousand.
And in the last row, there are the most elite soldiers of the Denoma Empire. The total number of them is probably about 2,000 people, but they are the most experienced in combat among the 10,000 people. And all the magicians are concentrated on this third row of defenses. The entire third line of defense can also be seen as a collection of several small lines of defense. They have their own division of labor, but they cooperate with each other. It was the most powerful part of the 10,000-strong Denoma Empire soldiers commanded by Shen Lin.
If these three lines of defense were all in full swing, even the apostles would not have taken them so easily. But as it happened, by the time the apostles stormed the defensive line, all three lines of defense were already starting to crumble. However, the reason for the crumbling defense line was, of course, not because of an external attack, but because of the information received.
And this news came from the northern defense line.
"What? You said the Tiger King was defeated?" If it weren't for the fact that the herald in front of him knew him, Shen Lin really didn't think he was the apostle's lackey. "How is that possible? Tiger King, how can it fail?"
"According to the information we have, the Apostle did not attack our frontal battlefield from the north and south lines as we expected, but transferred all the main forces to the north, and with the help of the high-ranking Apostles, Lord Tiger has suffered a defeat! However, Lord Tiger has already placed all the soldiers under him in a canyon less than ten kilometers away from the frontal battlefield, so that they can be used to ambush those apostles who are chasing after him. ”
"Isn't there nothing left on our side, and since all the main forces of the apostles have already gone to the north, there is no point in us staying here?"
As soon as Shen Lin said this, a few officers, you look at me, and I will look at you. I don't know how to answer. After a stalemate for a while, an officer said, "This, Lord Shen Lin, I think it's better for us to stick here." ”
"Why are you staying here? Knowing that this place will not be attacked, we should hurry up and support your colleagues!"
"Colleague???" The officers of the Denoma Empire looked at each other, completely ununderstanding what Shen Lin meant.
Shen Lin's old face turned red, and he remembered that there was no word 'colleague' in this era, after all, this was still a popular term hundreds of thousands of years ago, and by now, it is estimated that it has been lost for a long time. "Ahem, I mean, we stayed here and it didn't do anything. It is better to hurry back to the battlefield and join our people in killing the apostles. That's all that matters. ”
"But... My lord, although the situation in the north is very serious, there is not enough evidence that all the attempted troops are concentrated on the battlefield in the north. If we have any slackness and let the hidden apostolic armies take advantage of it, then how are we going to deal with it? Once we fail, we, we can't take on that much responsibility. ”
"Ah, what are you afraid of? Shen Lin was a little anxious, she was too worried about the Tiger King and the Lady of Light Sigh. Fear that their lives will be threatened. "Your fears are completely unfounded. Think about it, that's the Tiger King, but even if it's the Tiger King, they all failed, which means that the apostles in the north must be the main force of all the apostles, even if we have apostles on our side, there won't be too many, we only need to leave a part to hold the defensive line, and those apostles are still helpless against us. But we can help them. What do you say?"
The officers of the Denoma Empire really didn't know what to say anymore. Although they have a lot of combat experience, they are the right-hand men of Sir Scar. But they were not the ones who talked about this army of 10,000 people, but only assisted Shen Lin, a very young undead.
But they didn't dare to put up any fights, first of all, Shen Lin was the companion of the lady who sighed lightly, and they were all undead. Being able to be with Ms. Sigh, and being the same clan as Ms. Sigh, then it means that Shen Lin is definitely not ordinary. Moreover, although Shen Lin looks very young, at the age of a human being, Shen Lin is probably only thirty years old. But you should never judge the age of an undead spirit by their appearance. It is possible that from the outside, an undead may only be a few years old, but it is not impossible that he is actually an old monster who has lived for thousands of years. And such things are still real. Therefore, it is even more important not to be careless.
However, it is because of this that these officers made mistakes in judgment. They thought that Shen Lin, like Ms. Sigh, was an extremely good undead soldier, but they didn't know that Shen Lin had just changed from a human to an undead not long ago. As for combat experience, let alone commanding tens of thousands of troops, even if you go out to fight with people, this is the first time in the world. And now, because of the misjudgment of the officers, this defense line composed of 10,000 Denoma Imperial soldiers is about to suffer a big loss. And now everything is nothing more than the calm before the storm.
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