The 25,000 soldiers of the First Column, dressed in heavy steel armor, immediately held a one-man high steel shield in front of them with their right arms, and with a steel-tipped spear four or five meters long in their left wrists, they stepped on the bridge deck of the Bulada cable-stayed bridge in unison and began to march towards the main gate of Klein City.

A siege vehicle dragged by the engineer cavalry beast and with a huge battering ram on it was tightly guarded and protected in the center by the heavy armor soldiers of the first column.

Puff—— puff—— at this moment, from the windows on the walls of Klein City, the black hole vents of flamethrowers stretched out one after another, and the vanguard light armor soldiers of the first and second columns of the Qinwang Army under the city spewed orange-red raging flames.

Bang bang... Bang Bang Bang ... Almost at the same time, there was a roar of gunfire from all sorts of magic bullet launchers. Countless magic warheads dragging purple-red tail flames, like locusts flying all over the sky, were mixed in the falling goose feather snow, and splashed on the officers and soldiers of King Qin who were climbing the walls below the city.

"Uhh————————h I saw that hundreds of officers and soldiers of the first and second columns were suddenly shot down by the magic bullet on the city wall, or burned into a fireball by the flamethrower. The officers who were supervising the formation in the rear shouted that they should not take a step back.

Boom!!—— followed by another loud bang. I saw a huge fuchsia fireball on the Brada Bridge, and the position of the siege vehicle in the center of the bridge deck rose into the air like a mushroom. The siege vehicle, along with the giant battering ram loaded on it, was suddenly blown up to the point that there was no slag left.

A large hole was also blown open in the deck of the bridge. Hundreds of heavily armored shield-raising pikemen of the first column of the Qinwang Army were suddenly blown into the air and flew into the air, falling to pieces on the icy lake under the bridge.

"It's a spell mine! Be careful with the ground, don't get hit!" Seeing this, the commander of the first column reminded loudly in the rear.

"Retreat! No, lie down on the spot! It's a magic howitzer! It's not a mine!" Riding on the shore of the lake at the entrance of the Potala Bridge, Firid, holding up white binoculars with night vision, staring at the night sky, the cannonball that has been fired in an arc from the top of Klein Castle, and retorting to the commander of the first column, shouting a warning.

Boom—— followed by another loud bang! The fuchsia fire flickered again on the bridge deck of the Brada Bridge. Poof—— a large stream of yellow-brown gas suddenly diffused, enveloping and engulfing the tens of thousands of soldiers of the first column of the Qinwang Army who were marching neatly on this bridge.

"Uh—— I'm so uncomfortable—— cough cough..." "I can't open my eyes—— cough...", "My face is so itchy—— "I just want to cry!" The heavily armored and shield-raising spearmen in the smoke immediately felt that their eyes and nostrils were greatly stimulated, and they began to cough and shout loudly.

"The first column immediately retreated and returned to the battalion for medical treatment. Fire support troops, three thousand mages immediately released a strong wind to blow away this poisonous gas. With a sniff that was more sensitive than a dog, he knew that the enemy had fired a poison gas bomb that released mustard gas, and hurriedly and loudly ordered the first column and three thousand mages.

"It's so uncomfortable—— itchy!itchy!" "No, it hurts! it hurts! It's starting to itch and hurt all over my body!" "My face is starting to swell everywhere——" "Cough, cough." I can't do it, I can't breathe anymore..."...

Soon, according to the degree of poisoning, Qin Wangjun, the first column of the recruit, showed itching all over his body, his skin began to fester, his whole body was swollen, and he even fell to the ground with a swollen throat and never woke up.

At the same time, the three thousand Qin Wang Jun mages wearing white down jackets and robes collectively raised their staffs, releasing gusts of wind one after another. Hoo-—— hoo-hoo——... The gale soon dispersed, and the yellow-brown poisonous gas permeated the Brada Bridge. Nearly 10,000 Qin Wang soldiers fled in the desert with the support of their companions, leaving behind thousands of corpses.

"Do you want to make up another shot?" asked the nearby commander at the head of Klein City, a gunner in a black cotton robe, operating a mortar with a caliber of 240 mm.

"Chief Hawke's order is that there is no need to kill more and to minimize the consumption of ammunition. Wearing a black leather robe, it was the commander of Hawke's mages who heard this and replied loudly. As a result, there was no additional attack.

"The attack on the main gate of the first column failed! The second and third columns all retreated!" Seeing that the first column was greatly stunned, the morale of the first column was severely damaged; the surprise attack of the second and third columns also became a tactic of adding fuel, and how many people who rushed to the foot of the city wall were killed by the fire of the enemy city wall, so they had to loudly announce their retreat.

The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th columns all gave up the attack and withdrew to the Qinwang military camp. As soon as the enemy saw King Qin's army leaving the city wall and retreating to the lake, they did not continue to fire.

"The spirit of holy water, the source of all things. The spirit of the sacred tree, the body of all things. Please get rid of this chemical poison and toxin..."As soon as nearly 10,000 poisoned and injured soldiers of the Qin Wang Army and the first column returned to the barracks, they received poison exorcism treatment from 3,000 mages in their tents.

As a result, although the number of casualties was less than 5,000 and the total casualties of King Qin's army were less than 5,000 in the middle of the night, they suffered a major defeat for the first time at the beginning of the battle, and their morale was seriously damaged. Still, that's exactly what Firid expected.

The 50,000 troops left behind under the command of Lofe were very "competitive"; almost overnight, they dug up the earth, poured ice and snow on the firewood with a kettle rack, and built a three- or four-meter-high ice wall, blocking the camp outside the camp on the side facing the Rhine.

"What? Suriname's Icewolf troops suddenly disappeared into the war zone?"

After returning to the camp, Firid immediately took out a shiny transparent token made of Orimhagen Mithril and also inlaid with five precious petal gems of yellow, green, blue, red and brown from the silver and white armor, and received an urgent secret message from the secret base of the Surinamese guerrillas.

"According to reliable internal intelligence, the Icewolf forces are about to arrive in Klein in the Camp in a few days, so be prepared. Voices came from inside the Mithril token again.

"I'll do whatever it takes to hold them back. You immediately set about organizing a counterattack, and you can't let the rear of the worship have a moment of peace. Fried instructed, then hung up the communication, and thought, "It seems that the matter has come to this point, and it really can't be withdrawn." ”

At dawn the next day, all the officers and men of the first column had completed their detoxification treatment and recovered their health.

"The current losses of our army are not serious. Everyone must grit their teeth and hold on for a while, and when the weather is good, or as soon as reinforcements come, they will retreat. Fried once again gathered all the members of King Qin's army together in the barracks, stood on the three- or four-meter-high ice wall built overnight, and spoke loudly.

"General. If you want to withdraw, withdraw early. "Since the losses of our army are not serious, why not continue to attack the city?" The soldiers in the audience immediately divided into two factions and expressed two views.

"First, the road is really difficult to retreat now. The enemy army also has heavy cavalry units. If you are not careful, you may be wiped out by the pursuing army. 2. The firepower of Klein Castle last night was not unheard of, and it was difficult to break through the city if it continued to attack, and it would almost only increase casualties.

Therefore, there is only the option of waiting for reinforcements to improve the weather, or for reinforcements to arrive. Firid told the whole army the reason for his decision.

"Then may I ask the general, if the snow does not stop, what if the reinforcements do not come?" a junior officer in the front row dared to stand out of the queue and asked the commander loudly.

"Then when the time comes, I can only withdraw hard. Firid said sincerely.

"Your Excellency, is there only one way to retreat? we still have so many people, mages and trebuchets. The castle in the middle of the enemy's lake can only accommodate tens of thousands of people at most, right? With the remaining nearly 200,000 troops of our army, if we continue to attack it for a few days, we may not be able to break the city?"

It turned out that the officer was an active main battle faction, and loudly asked questions and demanded Fried. It can be seen that Hawke's strategy of killing as little as possible has indeed worked.

"Good. Then it's still the same as last time. Those who did not want to fight returned to the camp. Those who want to fight stay. Those who remained, the highest-ranking corps commander was responsible for himself, commanding his brothers to attack the city, and capturing Klein, rewarding the besieging troops according to their merits.

How about the complete decentralization of General Ben and the fact that he no longer commands any siege battles?" said Fried, telling the junior officers and all the people on the scene.

As a result, many soldiers chose to leave without hesitation. The rest of the soldiers chose to stay silently. There were no more verbal kidnappings of subordinates and comrades-in-arms. As a result, half left, leaving one and a half hundred thousand officers and soldiers.

"Is it over? It's over, and His Excellency General is about to convey further instructions. "More than ten minutes later. Lofe acted as a spokesperson again, climbed the ice wall, and stood beside Firid to ask questions.

"Okay, please return to the barracks and call back all those who left. Those who choose to stay stand on the left side of the playground, and those who choose to return to camp stand on the right side of the playground. Seeing this, Firid thought for a moment and gave the order.

So, nearly 200,000 troops were busy for most of the day, and in the playground in front of the two swordsmen, half of the field stood on the left and right. If it weren't for the small number of enemy troops in Klein. An ice wall barrier was built in front of the Qinwang military camp. If the enemy took advantage of this opportunity to launch a surprise attack, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The 25,000 soldiers of the First Column, dressed in heavy steel armor, immediately held a one-man high steel shield in front of them with their right arms, and with a steel-tipped spear four or five meters long in their left wrists, they stepped on the bridge deck of the Bulada cable-stayed bridge in unison and began to march towards the main gate of Klein City.

A siege vehicle dragged by the engineer cavalry beast and with a huge battering ram on it was tightly guarded and protected in the center by the heavy armor soldiers of the first column.

Puff—— puff—— at this moment, from the windows on the walls of Klein City, the black hole vents of flamethrowers stretched out one after another, and the vanguard light armor soldiers of the first and second columns of the Qinwang Army under the city spewed orange-red raging flames.

Bang bang... Bang Bang Bang ... Almost at the same time, there was a roar of gunfire from all sorts of magic bullet launchers. Countless magic warheads dragging purple-red tail flames, like locusts flying all over the sky, were mixed in the falling goose feather snow, and splashed on the officers and soldiers of King Qin who were climbing the walls below the city.

"Uhh————————h I saw that hundreds of officers and soldiers of the first and second columns were suddenly shot down by the magic bullet on the city wall, or burned into a fireball by the flamethrower. The officers who were supervising the formation in the rear shouted that they should not take a step back.

Boom!!—— followed by another loud bang. I saw a huge fuchsia fireball on the Brada Bridge, and the position of the siege vehicle in the center of the bridge deck rose into the air like a mushroom. The siege vehicle, along with the giant battering ram loaded on it, was suddenly blown up to the point that there was no slag left.

A large hole was also blown open in the deck of the bridge. Hundreds of heavily armored shield-raising pikemen of the first column of the Qinwang Army were suddenly blown into the air and flew into the air, falling to pieces on the icy lake under the bridge.

"It's a spell mine! Be careful with the ground, don't get hit!" Seeing this, the commander of the first column reminded loudly in the rear.

"Retreat! No, lie down on the spot! It's a magic howitzer! It's not a mine!" Riding on the shore of the lake at the entrance of the Potala Bridge, Firid, holding up white binoculars with night vision, staring at the night sky, the cannonball that has been fired in an arc from the top of Klein Castle, and retorting to the commander of the first column, shouting a warning.

Boom—— followed by another loud bang! The fuchsia fire flickered again on the bridge deck of the Brada Bridge. Poof—— a large stream of yellow-brown gas suddenly diffused, enveloping and engulfing the tens of thousands of soldiers of the first column of the Qinwang Army who were marching neatly on this bridge.

"Uh—— I'm so uncomfortable—— cough cough..." "I can't open my eyes—— cough...", "My face is so itchy—— "I just want to cry!" The heavily armored and shield-raising spearmen in the smoke immediately felt that their eyes and nostrils were greatly stimulated, and they began to cough and shout loudly.

"The first column immediately retreated and returned to the battalion for medical treatment. Fire support troops, three thousand mages immediately released a strong wind to blow away this poisonous gas. With a sniff that was more sensitive than a dog, he knew that the enemy had fired a poison gas bomb that released mustard gas, and hurriedly and loudly ordered the first column and three thousand mages.

"It's so uncomfortable—— itchy!itchy!" "No, it hurts! it hurts! It's starting to itch and hurt all over my body!" "My face is starting to swell everywhere——" "Cough, cough." I can't do it, I can't breathe anymore..."...

Soon, according to the degree of poisoning, Qin Wangjun, the first column of the recruit, showed itching all over his body, his skin began to fester, his whole body was swollen, and he even fell to the ground with a swollen throat and never woke up.