Before dawn on the third day, the camp of the Guangfu Army was crowded with people and was very noisy. According to Flender's orders, the army must reach the city of Thorne before dawn and launch a surprise attack before the defending army can react.

"Let's go!"

With an order, the siege troops of the Liberation Army walked out of the army camp one after another, all the way to the east gate of Thorne City......

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"The team behind hurry up!"

Almost at the same time, the Welsh Legion also set out from the south of the city of Thorne, and marched mightily all the way to the south gate.

According to Flender's order, when both armies had arrived at their designated positions, they simultaneously attacked the defending army.

"Hey, Hans, do you think we can take Thorne in one fell swoop?"

Burry, who was walking in the march, asked Hans, who was on horseback and walking on his left.

"It's not easy for me. The city of Thorne is not only strong, but most of the defending troops inside are veterans who have fought with the Liberation Army, and their combat strength is not weak. Hans lowered his head and whispered to Burry.

"What are you afraid of, those mongrels are just as soft eggs in my eyes as those in Kodor, look at how I cut off their heads one by one!" As he spoke, Burry spat on the wildflowers on the side of the road, with a look of contempt on his face.

"You kid should be careful this time, don't always rush forward alone, it's not a soft egg to fight us this time."

"Don't worry~" After saying that, Burry quickly followed the team in front, and Hans, who was walking behind, shook his head and sighed lightly.

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At this time, standing on the walls of the city of Saône and looking to the east, a curving golden edge had appeared on the top of a low hill in the distance. But outside the city was still gray. The early morning fog shrouded the surrounding wheat fields and meadows, and there were hardly any people in sight for a distance of about 100 paces.

"Shhhh

A soldier in light armor, with a short sword at his waist and a helmet worn crookedly, was walking all the way from the southern corner to the east gate, humming a little song from time to time, and his face was full of spring. I think it was another night that I sneaked out last night and worked the woman's bed in a mill in the city~

"Ouch!"

As soon as he walked to the middle of the city gate, a sudden burst of urine attacked, and the soldiers defending the city hurriedly covered their lower bodies. After looking around the left, he saw that the guys in charge of the sentry were squatting and napping in the corner, and the soldiers defending the city smiled, and climbed to the east wall with their hands and feet. In an instant, I saw a cloudy liquid mixed with the smell of inferior beer pouring down from the sixty-foot-high city wall......

Suddenly, a breeze blew from the east, and I saw that the strength of the trickle weakened, and it floated towards the cowhide combat boots of the soldiers defending the city~

"Yikes!"

The defenders of the city let out a low scream and quickly moved the giant object in their lower body. Watching the sunrise slowly rise in the distance, a smile appeared on the faces of the soldiers defending the city, intoxicated by the beautiful scenery in front of them.

After emptying the turbid fluid in their abdomen, the defenders shook their bodies and felt a burst of relief. Just as he crouched down and was about to jump off the wall, he suddenly noticed several dark shadows moving slowly in the hazy fog not far outside the city. Thinking that he had drunk too much last night, he wiped his eyes and looked out again, only to see that dozens of black-clothed men with long swords had already touched the distance less than a hundred steps from the moat......

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! The soldiers defending the city hurriedly jumped off the city wall and shouted loudly, so frightened that the soldiers who were napping in the corner of the wall suddenly got up, and hurriedly looked out of the city in a panic. In an instant, I saw several sharp arrows flying and piercing the heads of two soldiers on the spot~

Clang......

Clang......

Clang......

As a bell rang at dawn, a siege began......

"Quick! Immediately put the wooden bridge over the moat. ”

Then, under the cover of shields, I saw several groups of people manipulating their equipment to slowly push several simple wooden bridges towards the moat.

"Quick, they're going to cross the river. Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows! ”

A garrison officer commanded the crossbowmen on the city walls, suppressing the enemy's advance with bows and arrows.

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A moment earlier, when the bell rang in the city of Thorne, the defenders stationed beneath the walls hurried up the walls with their weapons in hand.

At this time, I saw that the rebels under the city had already crossed the trap outside the city and came towards the city gate. The officers present immediately organized their men to defend themselves, and panicked and fired arrows at the defenders outside the city, trying to stop their advance. I saw the rebels approaching the moat step by step under the cover of the shield~

Seeing that the enemy was menacing, the officer in charge of defending the city ordered someone to immediately inform Bernard while organizing the soldiers to defend it.

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Back to the frontal battlefield. At this time, the Liberation Army had already built a wooden bridge over the moat. With the order of the front-line commander, the soldiers carrying long ladders and pushing siege rams approached the city gate step by step under the cover of shields.

"Prepare for the stone!"

Seeing that the enemy was approaching the city gate, the soldiers defending the city had already raised the rocks and rolling logs, ready to smash at the rebels below the city.

"Fifty steps~"

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"Forty steps~"

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"Twenty steps~"

"Put!"

Immediately afterwards, the soldiers on the city wall raised the stones in their hands and smashed the rebels below, only to see a few unlucky guys suddenly smashed their heads and bleeding, kneeling on the ground and covering their wounds and screaming. The arrows on the city walls also flew intensively towards the rebels, shooting three or four on the spot.

"Shield cover, ready to hit the door!" Even though rocks and logs continued to fall from the walls, the officers in charge of the siege never took a step back. Immediately upon hearing the order, the soldier holding the shield pressed his shield tightly against the perimeter of the battering ram to fend off the falling stones.

On the other side, the soldiers in charge of ascending the city were also slowly erecting the long ladder. With the sound of the long ladder smashing against the city wall, the soldiers below who had already sharpened their knives climbed up the ladder with their shields and arrows~

"Sir, they're coming up!" Seeing that the rebels had stabilized the long ladder and that people were constantly climbing up, a soldier made an urgent report. Then he raised the stone and threw it at the enemy, who had just climbed a third of the way, only to see the stone fly down and hit the shoulders of the shield-raising soldier. The man grinned in pain, and with a slip of his feet, rolled down the ladder, taking the fellows who followed him with him.

The officer defending the city looked at the rebels who were rolling down, and said loudly: "Yes, just smash it for me, smash it to death this group of mongrels!" After that, he also raised the stone in his hand and threw it down the city~

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The south gate of the city of Saône. According to Flender's orders, when the Liberation Army began to attack the East Gate, the Wells Army also attacked the South Gate at the same time.

According to Yat's deployment, after the wooden bridge was erected on the moat, the troops who broke the city immediately rushed over with siege equipment under the cover of shields. A crossbow team of more than a hundred men followed, responsible for suppressing the enemy on the city walls and covering the troops in front of them to attack the city.

At first, before the soldiers on the city wall could react, the soldiers of the Wells Legion once captured it, and seeing that they were about to succeed, enemy reinforcements suddenly appeared on the city wall in large numbers. The soldiers who were desperately climbing up were smashed down by the enemy's rocks and logs, and suffered heavy casualties. The soldiers in charge of the battering ram were burned to death and wounded by the fire oil poured by the enemy......

Yate, who was watching the situation on the front line from behind, saw that the best time to attack the city had been missed, so he ordered the soldiers around him to blow the order to retreat, and ordered the soldiers on the front line to cover the retreat, planning to take a short rest and recuperate before attacking the city again.

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At the east gate of the city of Thorne, the men and horses of the Liberation Army threw themselves desperately under the city walls at this time, and the corpses of their own people and the wounded soldiers who were wailing in pain were everywhere. The defenders on the city walls were suddenly as excited as if they had been beaten, and they kept lifting stones and rolling logs and throwing them down. For a moment earlier, the officers defending the city had just received an order to kill one of the enemy soldiers, and the reward was five hundred pfennies. Hearing the news, the soldiers defending the city were frightened and slightly excited, and began to reap the heads worth five hundred pfennig under the city walls with some recklessness.

Early this morning, while Bernard was still asleep in the bed of a plump woman, he was awakened by a knock at the door of the herald. The old fellow thought that it was his own business and was discovered by the skinny woman in the house, so he quickly crawled out of the bed, got dressed, and ran out of the door.

When the herald reported to him the news that the rebels at the East Gate had begun to attack the city, Bernard's eyes changed from panic to panic. The last thing he wanted to see happened.

Immediately, Bernard gathered some of the garrison officers and ordered them to resist the attack of the Liberation Army according to their previous deployment. In addition, in order to increase the enthusiasm of the soldiers to defend against the enemy, it was decided to give a reward of 500 pfennig to the soldiers who killed one of the enemy soldiers. This trick Bernard tried and tested repeatedly. He knew in his heart that a very effective way to make others work for him was to buy people's hearts with tinkling money. As long as you give the right price, they will be willing to sell their souls even if they are asked to sell their souls. Whoever has the money has a say.

Judging by the reaction of the soldiers on the front line so far, Bernard's decision is clearly the right one. As long as he can hold the city of Thorne and win this battle for the successor, there will be a steady stream of gold coins in his pocket in the future. The only thing he has to do now is to use the money in his hands rationally and let every copper plate play its due value.

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"Order, let the soldiers on the front line cover the retreat!"

"Yes, Lord Marquis." With that, the herald ran forward.

Outside the tent of the front-line command camp of the Liberation Army, seeing that the best opportunity to attack the city had been lost, Flender finally ordered a retreat after losing a lot of men and horses. After preparing to rest and recuperate, adjust the deployment and attack the city of Thorne again.

Seeing that the besieging forces had withdrawn, Flender ordered the wounded soldiers to be treated immediately, and sent someone to send the seriously wounded back to the rear camp for treatment.

Looking at the city of Thorne, which was still standing in front of him, Flender had mixed feelings. If it is really a strong attack on the city of Thorne, the outcome is unpredictable. Seeing that the siege on his side was unfavorable, Flender immediately remembered the Wells Legion outside the South Gate.

"Send someone to see what the situation is outside the South City Gate at once. Also, call Lord Art to me, I have something important to discuss. ”

"Yes, Lord Marquis."