Chapter 12: Goblin Attack (2)

Of course, Lelouch is willing to ask for help, but this is not realistic at all, not to mention that this group of goblins must have received instructions from the orcs, and it is difficult for other human towns to send reinforcements, and even if there are really reinforcements, Lelouch will also keep behind closed doors, but what about the crops outside the city? Now that summer is about to begin, if it is replanted, there will only be one harvest at most this year, which is completely unacceptable for Lelouxiu, who relies heavily on agriculture.

So don't say ask for help, Lelouch can't even defend the city, Libert understands, Lelouch also understands, so none of them have any expectations for help.

"Okay, I know, give the order, distribute the equipment, except for the main combat strength of 2,500 people, arm everyone as much as possible, and tell everyone that tomorrow we will go out of the city to fight, Kennon, you take the rest of the people to defend the city, and send people for help. ”

Leluxiu's words surprised Kennon, and he was about to speak, but Lelouch waved his hand: "Okay, no need to say more, I believe you also understand why I did this, go down and execute!"

Kenon was helpless, and after bowing solemnly to Lelouch, he went out to prepare to go, looking at Kenon who was leaving, Liebert also said:

"I'm in charge of the evacuation of the wooden fort, although the time is only half a day, but the transfer of personnel should be no problem, but the materials in the wooden fort may be cheaper than those goblins"

"It's okay, it's just a day's amount, and we can afford this loss at the moment."

Liebert nodded as well and turned to leave.

At this time, outside the castle, a burst of alarm bells came, the castle, which originally seemed to be peaceful, boiled in an instant, the blacksmith dropped his rice bowl, opened the hot iron furnace, threw off his arms to repair the weapons, a team of urgently mobilized militia, lined up to receive spears, each team of soldiers received weapons, immediately mobilized to the school yard to assemble, through the busy streets, more dressed differently, weapons in their hands, faces were also covered with panicked middle-aged men, under the leadership of the militia captain stepped on the city wall.

The women were busy preparing food for their husbands or sons, the thick linen cloth was wrapped in layers of body, the children were lying in the arms of their grandparents at a loss, looking at everything in front of them blankly, and the old man could only hold the child in his arms in his arms except to wipe his tears.

Outside the city gate, five cavalrymen galloped away on the only five war horses in Limburg, asking for help from the nearest castle, but the nearest one, it would take two days, two attendants walked into the room, and on the plate in their hands, there was a neat set of stainless steel armor and war swords, as the lord of the city, this set of armor was the only privilege that Lelouch gave himself.

...

Jack stood blankly on the school field, surrounded by dense comrades, everyone was standing in their seats in full armor, outside the camp gate there were constantly militiamen with spears in their hands entering the school field, barely keeping the phalanx in their own formations, the officers kept walking around in front of the team, thinking about the team, and asking the soldiers to be quiet, and the oldest group of fifty soldiers had been led by a knight, leading two hundred militiamen out of the camp and going to the wooden fort to transfer the crowd.

Looking at his comrades who were leaving the school yard quickly, leaving nothing at the door except for the footprints and dust they had left when they left, Jack swallowed his dry saliva and continued to hold on to his position.

When Lelouch entered the school grounds, several of the camp's chief officers surrounded him and kept reporting on the situation on the school grounds:

"At present, the standing force has been assembled, and all 500 people have arrived."

"Captain Li has already led people to the wooden fort to transfer the crowd, and they have taken two hundred and fifty people with them."

"The situation of the militia is fairly stable, 1,100 people have been assembled so far"

Lelouch stopped:

"How long will it take for the rest of the people to complete their assembly?"

"Estimated to be two hours"

"How's the armament?"

"Everyone has received their weapons according to their own standards, but most of us are spearmen, and in terms of combat..."

In the face of the worries of his subordinates, Lelouch had no way to answer, no way, after all, time was still too short, even if Lelouch tried his best, he could only ensure that each soldier had an excellent war spear, at least, a high-quality war spear.

Lu Luxiu didn't say much, walked up to the platform quickly, looking at the troops that were constantly gathering below, almost every soldier's face was full of panic, and a restlessness permeated the barracks.

"Pass my order, let the soldiers disband and rest at once, and at the same time have my attendants come and explain the current situation to the soldiers, remember, and tell them that if they fail, then all will be slaughtered by the goblins, their houses will be burned, their farmlands will be destroyed, their wives and children will be slaughtered, all of them will become slaves, and they will lose everything in front of them, everything!

Lelouch did not let the soldiers continue to stand in the school field, but asked the soldiers to disband immediately, the training of the soldiers is still too short, just to get the news of the enemy, they have become impetuous, if they continue to be placed here, I don't know what it will become.

And the battle won't happen until tomorrow, so there's no need to waste your energy here today.

For improving the morale of soldiers, Lelouch also has a lot of methods, why the soldiers of later generations will have a high will to fight, that is, because soldiers know why they fight, and they also know the fate of defeat for their homeland, so they can often bear up to 70% of the battle damage, which is completely unimaginable in ancient times, Lelouch does not expect his soldiers to be able to have such a high will to fight now, but can bear at least 20% of the casualties, plus he personally leads the team, the battle damage bearing capacity should be able to reach 30 to 40%. .

Watching the soldiers return to the camp in their respective ranks, Lelouch continued:

"Give me the best of these meals before the battle, give them as much meat as they want, and I don't want to keep anyone's physical strength at the peak."

After watching the logistics officer take the order to leave, Lelouch turned and walked towards the outside of the camp

"Let's go and see the layout of the city walls!"

At this moment, Lu Lu Xiu was wearing a silver-white steel armor, a cloak, a sharp sword at his waist, and his gestures exuded a decisive aura, and the two old knights who had been following Lu Lu Xiu glanced at each other, revealing a different kind of relief.

Lelouch took a few retinues and twenty of the earliest standing soldiers, and walked towards the city wall, although the city wall has not been repaired for almost a hundred years, but it still exudes strong defensive power, and Lelouch does not believe that the goblins can still fight with catapults!

The road was full of busy people, all preparing for battle, cartloads of stones were carried up the city walls, pots of gold juice (boiling dung water) were boiling hot, a few hunters armed with simple bows and arrows in their hands, and women made arrows from various materials in the back.

Lelouch has received a salute from everyone along the way, and at the most critical moment, Lelouch did not give up on them, but stayed to face the enemy together, and the news that Lelouch would take people out of the city tomorrow to meet the enemy to protect everyone's property has been transmitted, and everyone has repaid the highest respect to Lelouch

Walking on the city wall, the crowd rested against the wall battlements, a small number of soldiers looked vigilantly outside the city, it was dinner time, the soldiers' families carried large barrels and small barrels to the city wall to deliver food, the family leaned together from time to time and whispered, the whole city wall seemed to have no other sound except whispering and chewing, calculating the time, there were about two hours before Libert would bring people back, and at this time, presumably the goblin army was already close to the wooden fort, and Liebert's team had already gone out.

Looking at the darkening plains outside the city, the northwind jungle in the distance is like a dark beast, spreading its hideous fangs, wanting to devour all enemies who dare to offend them.

Lelouch clenched his fists and slammed them against the battlements with a muffled sound

"Time, I need time!"

Looking into the distance, Lelouch let out an unwilling sigh.

"My lord, let's eat!"

Although Lelouch had eaten dinner, he also felt hungry under this action, and thought it was the food brought by the servant, but when he turned around, it was a little girl, and behind him, there was an elderly couple.

The little girl held an ordinary bowl of cabbage soup and dried meat in both hands, as one of the most productive ingredients, this kind of food is the most common among ordinary residents in Limburg, and the food is not exquisite, but Lelouch squatted down gently, took the soup bowl and dried meat in the little girl's hand, and took a sip of soup with a smile:

"Well, it's delicious, is this soup made by you, little sister?"

The little girl didn't expect to be praised by Lelouch:

"It's not Lisa, it's Lisa's mom... But Lisa also helped!"

As if afraid that Lelouch would think that she was lazy, the little girl added another sentence, Lelouch smiled even happier when she heard this, and the parents behind him also looked at Lelouxiu with a little uneasiness, after all, Lelouch is a nobleman, and he is a city lord who can deprive them of everything with a word.

"Lord of the Castle..."

"Don't call me an adult, call me... Forehead... Just call me Brother City Lord!"

The little girl laughed again:

"So, Brother City Lord, are we going to die? Just like Lisa's brothers and sisters who were sent out before?"

Lelouch's smile stiffened on his face, the girl's words made everyone around her flutter for a moment, and then extremely panicked, the girl's parents quickly knelt down and begged Lelouch to understand the girl's rudeness, and Lelouch's attendants and guards were yelling rudeness, for them, Lelouch was their "god", in their opinion, "god" would not fail, and they would not allow anyone to insult their idol.

Lelouch didn't yell, but waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and looked at the girl with both eyes:

"Lisa, I vouch for my life and glory, Lisa will not be like your brothers and sisters, Lisa will live happily in the future, I promise, no one will die, the one who dies will only be our enemy!"

Lelouch stood up, pulled out his sword and pointed out the city with a sonorous sound, a gust of wind blew in his face, the cloak was waving in the wind, Lelouxiu was upright because of his training to face the darkness in the distance, and the long sword pointed far away, this scene was seen by everyone on the city wall, and Lelouch seemed to exude a different kind of charm at this time.

"I promise!"