Chapter 149: Second Siege of the White City
The Black Hand Clan rushed out of the depths of the underground of the Heavenly Land and quickly surrounded the White City, and the Human Emperor, who deliberately slowed down the pace of gathering, was unexpectedly unavailable in the White City at this time, although this time he was facing the goblin goblins whose combat strength seemed to be weaker, but the number of troops in the White City was far less than the last siege of the White City.
The only military force that the entire White City could handle at this time was only the Brother Knights of 5,000 people.
This brother knight is somewhat similar to Napoleon's Meritorious Legion, referring to the descendants of those grandparents who have meritorious deeds, of course, newly decorated knights or new knights will also join it, and the meritorious system of this team ensures their combat effectiveness, and directly serves the environment of the Emperor, so that they themselves have the greatest loyalty to the Emperor.
They are the Emperor's Praetorian Guard, and the former commander of this unit is the Frank family.
Because of their high loyalty, the Brother Knights have always received the highest level of attention from the Human Emperor, and this emphasis is reflected in the equipment of the Brother Knights, the weapons and equipment specially purchased from the elves make them look extremely gorgeous, and the golden yellow costumes rich in the elven style make them look luxurious and mysterious.
They wear chain mail inside, and the elf soft plate armor is covered outside, the helmet is a Terran-style barrel giant helmet, and there is a Han feather floating on the top of the giant helmet, the equipment looks quite heavy, and it can be regarded as the elves specially forged weapons and equipment for the human race, at this time, on the city wall of Baicheng, five thousand brother knights are scattered throughout the periphery, and they are alone with at least ten armed citizens, when these armed citizens stand with the most powerful brother knights in White City, this difference in combat effectiveness can be seen just from the equipment.
On one side is a knight with gorgeous equipment, a golden kite-shaped shield accompanied by a war spear, the tip of the spear exudes the same golden light, the figure under the giant helmet is extremely tall and mighty, and they even wear a purple cloak behind their backs, under the gold purple, it is supreme luxury.
On the other hand, a group of thickly dressed armed citizens with uniformly issued shabby spears and nothing left, some of them wealthy citizens may have an iron sword at their waists, but others, most of them, are just holding an iron wooden stick to comfort themselves.
In the front time when the black hand clan surrounded the white city, De Cres had already issued an order to speed up the assembly in the name of the human emperor, although the number of noble alliances on the periphery was huge, and the overall combat effectiveness was definitely much stronger than the black hand who only brought out 100,000 people, but it was scattered and scattered all over the place, and it was not concentrated together at all, so even if the speed was accelerated now, the nobles who arrived at the periphery first were just waiting and watching, it was impossible at all, and they did not dare to attack.
So, this battle, which no one expected, began with the black hand barely waiting.
The first to speak was the goblin thrower.
Why is it called a thrower and not a trebuchet, because the goblin thrower is a goblin strapped to a simple kite and pushing a barrel full of fire oil behind him.
This flame weapon with an 'advanced guidance' system can be regarded as a goblin black technology.
These goblins had fanatical expressions, and they didn't know how the black hand made them forget their fear, but the guards on the white city were only shocked, they felt that since the appearance of this black hand clan in such a short time, they were actually shocked countless times, these missiles controlled by the goblins hit the fixed-point defense facilities and densely populated areas with a precision that was enough to call it sad in the eyes of the people of Middle-earth, although the huge flames that erupted could not destroy the tower in the first place, but the flames that broke out spread quickly along the fire oil, making the entire city wall a world of flames。
"Kill!"
And the army of goblin goblins at the bottom, under the cover of fire and oil bombs, charged!
"What did you say? White City is under siege?!"
In the military room of Fort Clarrum, Lelouch and his group of generals stood around a huge sand table with shocked expressions.
Lelouch looked at the White City knight in front of him in disbelief, this knight was dusty at this time, and his face was full of anxiety:
"Yes, it's the goblin goblins hiding in the lows of the Godsend, who have laid siege to the White City!"
The knight's words made Lelouch relax a little, and Frank took a half-step directly, and the cloak behind him danced slightly and said:
"Then we don't need to send someone to rescue, it's just a goblin goblin, isn't there at least a coalition of more than 200,000 nobles behind it?"
Frank's expression was anxious, and there was nothing he could do, at this time, Fort Horn and Kakar had already fought in the dark, this kind of stalemate was not a good battle for both the enemy and us, and now every day Fort Horn and Kakar would stop fighting for an hour on time to carry the corpses, otherwise this would not only greatly hinder the attack, but also make the defense slightly difficult.
What? You say, why don't you just take a ramp out of the corpse? Maybe you can find a similar spot and try to run on it.
Therefore, the urgent need for Fort Horn at the moment is to come to the support of the White City behind him, and whether it is to strengthen the defense or accumulate strength to launch a counterattack after the arrival of the noble coalition army, it is a good direction for Fort Clarifolia, at least at that time, Fort Clarion has the initiative.
Frank's words drew a wry smile from the knight, and there was a hint of sarcasm in the wry smile:
"My lord, not every nobleman has the mercy and glory of the Son of God!"
The knight's words were very tactful, but they still made everyone present completely speechless.
You're afraid of strong orcs, I'll put up with it!
You're afraid of orcs, and I'll put up with it!
You are even afraid of goblin goblin now, which has made the Horn Fort people present completely refresh their perception of the noble alliance, well, in fact, there is also a factor that they don't understand the black hand clan in it, and when the human race faces the loose goblin goblins, the number of people is not big and they still dare to fight.
It's just that thanks to the small abacus of the human emperor, the aristocratic coalition at this time did not gather together at the first time, and the number of coalition troops outside Baicheng was not even 60,000.
Lelouch's eyes looked out of the room in silence, his eyes kept beating, not knowing what he was thinking.
Frank and Libert are waiting for Lelouch's arrangement, and the meaning of the White City is very clear, no matter who you are, no matter what you are doing, come and save yourself immediately! Speaking of which, Lelouch and the White City are still at hostility, but they are only united because of Mordor's Third Legion, but now this situation has given Lelouch an extremely difficult choice question.
To go or not to go?
Wang Zifeng frowned slightly, and he said more cautiously:
"My lord, we only have thousands of mobile forces in our hands, and even if we send them over, they won't be decisive in the battle, so I don't think so."
Wang Zifeng's meaning was also the meaning of the people in Hornfort present, it was not that they didn't want to save it, but they really couldn't save it, and the pressure of the Third Legion was almost overwhelming.
Lelouch didn't respond to Wang Zifeng, but still closed his eyes and was silent, his fingers rhythmically tapped the saber on his waist, and in the entire hall, the only one who had hope for Leluxiu to help Baicheng might be the only knight who came to Baicheng, after all, his family was still in Baicheng at this time.
The hall fell silent, so quiet that one could clearly hear the faint sound of Lelouch's index finger hitting the hilt of his sword, a slow and rhythmic sound that everyone was waiting for Lelouch to make his final decision.
Open your eyes!
Bang!
"I'll go!"
Wang Zifeng's eyes were full of disbelief:
"Do you know what that means, my lord?"
Libert also stood up for the first time:
"My lord, you can't go, it's different now, what if you go to White City and Decres detains you?"
This is a very obvious question, but Lelouch has a firm look in his eyes:
"I won't say if I don't deduct or not, if I don't go, who else can take the lead in leading the coalition soldiers?"
Lu Lu Xiu's words made Wang Zifeng understand Lu Lu Xiu's plan in an instant, and Lu Lu Xiu saw it very clearly, the aristocratic alliance did not have the strength to defeat the other party, but did not have the courage and fighting spirit to defeat the other party, and at the moment, in the entire heaven-sent land, except for Lu Lu Xiu, there seems to be no second existence that can arouse fighting spirit in the hearts of civilian soldiers.
Although Wang Zifeng understood, he still wanted to persuade again, but Lu Luxiu turned his head and looked at Wang Zifeng with a smile:
"Zifeng, do you think I can believe the church's propaganda?"
Wang Zifeng: ""
Lelouch turned his head to look at the stunned Libert, and said quickly:
"Gather all the people who can ride horses in Hornfort at once, and it's up to you how many cavalry I can call!"
Lelouch's order made Libert nod slightly, and then Lelouch looked at Frank again:
"Frank, it looks like I'm going to trouble you to come with me to White City this time!"
Lelouch's resoluteness made the people present speechless, they almost uncontrollably chose to obey Lelouxiu, they looked at the determined young man in front of them, unconsciously the first person who followed him has been following him for five years, five years have changed a lot, and it has also made a teenager who has just left the White City a perfect leader with extraordinary charisma, he has successfully impressed everyone with his talents, he is firm, benevolent, decisive, At the moment of life and death, he will always rush to kill in front of the soldiers, and he relies on their assistance today, but their today is to him.
"Yes, my lord, I will be here until you come back!"
Wang Zifeng relaxed, although he was the latest to enter this team, he was the one with the highest status, in addition to the identity of his godson, he also had the talent that really overwhelmed everyone.
So after Wang Zifeng expressed his position, the others could only choose to comply with Lu Luxiu, and after Lu Lu Xiu saw that there was finally no one to object, he continued:
"During the time I left, Wang Zifeng was in charge of logistics and internal affairs, and Libert was in charge of front-line command!"
Lelouch said that he suddenly stretched out his hands, grabbed Libert with one hand, and Wang Zifeng with the other, and put their arms together, with an extremely sincere expression:
"I hope you'll give me a Horn Fortress like the one I have now when I return!"
As the knight of the White City left with an excited expression, in the face of the bloody battle of Fort Horn and the double blow of the siege of the White City, the heaven-sent land that had begun to despair finally came an exciting news:
"The Son of God will save Baicheng again!"
Lelouch for five consecutive years of layout let him have an influence in the people that even Lelouch himself could not believe, in addition to the church's unremitting publicity, but also the garrison of the good life driven, everyone will Lelouch as the savior, this trend to the people, the more intense, so this knight brought just a message, but to everyone who heard the news brought hope.
It's just that unlike other people's renewed hope, Lelouch has a sad face.
For leaving Fort Clarion, it is not just a matter of saying that he will leave, Fort Clarion can almost be said to be all of Lelouch's hard work, Lelouch can't wait to stay in his city all the time, let alone leave, and also take away almost all the mobile force, and secondly, this mobile force in front of Lelouxiu, in addition to the three thousand knights and quasi-knights trained by himself, there are also a thousand horseback militia, most of these horseback militia are caravan guards.
And they chose to join Lelouch with almost no hesitation after learning of Lelouch's call, and they were willing to follow Lelouch to fight, and even took it as a supreme honor.
With a total of 4,000 cavalry, the knights are already extremely large, and the picture of 4,000 people galloping on horses and galloping on the ground has the same beauty that people can't refuse.
It's just that compared with 100,000 people, 4,000 people are still a little less, and along the way, Lelouch has already understood the second factor why the alliance of the nobles of the White City does not dare to attack, that is, the strange strength of the goblin goblins, and even Lelouch found that the issue number of these goblin goblins is not even the banner of Mordor, but a black hand flag, which makes Lelouch feel even more strange.
Lelouch rode on the horse and walked in the front, Frank protected him tightly, and the knights of the guards beside him did not leave an inch, which was already much better than Lelouch who only arrived at Fort Horn five years ago, but at this moment Lelouch still felt confused about the front, after the battle of the Third Legion this time, where would he go, should he concentrate on preparing for the next time, the next time the Fourth and Fifth Legions, or expand the land inward? or
Lelouch looked into the distance, the setting sun pulled Lelouxiu's figure extraordinarily slender, his gaze seemed to pass through the endless land, where the vast plain shuttled rapidly, to the misty white city, through the bustling city, and finally, to the top of the white city in the palace of Augustus.
On the throne!