The little prince had already said this, and the captain of the royal guard had nothing to say.

If His Majesty the Old King were still around, I am afraid he would have made the same choice.

A person with Lucian's blood in his bones will never turn his back on the people and flee.

"Good! Since His Highness has chosen to stay and live and die with the Holy City, all the royal guards are sworn to protect His Highness! The captain of the convoy drew his sword and swore an oath.

Joshua has matured a lot after a series of events, and at this moment the sound of artillery fire is still stirring in the inland sea, and the human navy is making a final resistance.

"The royal guards obeyed the order, first organized a large number of men to move the crowd, gathered all those who could hold weapons, and set up trenches in the holy city. Our goal is to stick around for three days! Joshua had a clear mind and quickly arranged for the royal guard to devote himself to the task of evacuating civilians.

There are hundreds of thousands of civilians in Quds Al-Sharif, and it takes at least two hours to evacuate them all. Now that the protective array of the Floating City has been opened, there are still the remaining personnel of the major forces, which add up to a good combat force. Joshua even had an iron heart, and in more difficult moments, he could even take the initiative to blow up the holy city to create obstacles and delay the enemy's attack.

"When I first came over, I found that all the forces had already moved, and we will now go to the front line to have a look." Fuman firmly believed that Shen Fei would rush back with thousands of troops and horses, and then these apostles would all be finished.

As soon as Fuman's front foot moved, Joshua suddenly grabbed Fuman, and his face was full of sincerity: "Senior brother, can I ask you for a favor this time?" ”

"Senior brother is polite, just say it directly."

"I want you to be the commander-in-chief of this Holy City Guardian Battle, Senior Brother!"

Fuman's first reaction when he heard it was to refuse, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "I can't do it, I don't know anything about the art of war, if there is a little mistake in command, the whole city will be buried with me." ”

Fuman did not dare to take on such an important responsibility.

If you want to talk about holy light, magic, the way of a warrior monk, or investment skills, Fuman can say it all. But the art of war, I'm sorry Fuman really hasn't been touched.

Joshua interrupted Fuman's defense: "But you're lucky! Now the people who stay in the city, there is no general who can lead the troops to fight, and there is no commander who arranges the troops. Although you don't have any military leadership skills, your luck can definitely impress everyone. ”

Fuman was speechless, as if persuaded by Joshua.

Even some of the Royal Guards around Joshua couldn't help but nod.

When it comes to the ability to command, it must be the generalissimo first. But when it comes to the luck of Fuman, there is no one else in the entire empire.

Joshua continued to hit the railroad while it was hot: "And there are many forces in the city, but there is only one person who can connect these strengths. ”

Fukuman knew that this person was himself.

Zen Son, Holy Son, Ninefold Dharma God Talent, God of Investment, these identities are hard to take out individually, and focusing on one person will only make everyone feel that he is the son of destiny.

Joshua said all about this, and Fuman had to reluctantly agree. "But let me say it first, if the Holy City is really destroyed, it doesn't matter to me, I did my best."

Joshua nodded repeatedly: "If we really can't hold it at that time, we will find a way to blow up the holy city, block the apostles' way, and delay a little longer." ”

Fuman gasped for Joshua's crazy thoughts, don't look at this junior brother's age, but he has a lot of ideas. They are all ready to bomb the Holy City, and they are ruthless!

Fu Man became the supreme commander of the defense of the Holy City, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "Now that the navy can hold out for a while, the top priority is to transfer and resettle the masses first, and at the same time transform the Holy City to form three major war zones with civilian areas, rich areas and royal areas, and build layers of progressive fortifications."

Our final hole card is the Floating City, and we will find a way to requisition all the magic crystals in the city to power the Mage Tower. The Mana Crystal not only powers the shield, but also leads the rest of the people away from the Holy City at the last moment.

Of course, whether you can escape or not is another story. ”

Fuman glanced at the dense battleships on the sea, and thought to himself that these guns were not vegetarians. With the remaining magic crystal "fuel" and Edward's "piloting skills", I am afraid that the speed will not be too fast, and it will be easily set on fire by the Apostle Armada.

Fuman was so well organized that Joshua was full of praise when he heard it, and immediately sent the Royal Janissaries into preparation.

"Senior brother, your arrangement is very good, is there anything else I can do?"

Fuman originally wanted to say that you are the greatest help if you live well. But when the words came to his lips, he looked at Joshua's expectant eyes, and thought of his mature and responsible conversation before, so he finally held back and changed his words:

"We need a lot of people right now to help us build fortifications, and we need combat troops. Relying only on the remaining personnel of the major forces in the Holy City, we will not be able to hold out for a day.

With your identity and appeal, you can definitely convince some young and middle-aged people to join the team to defend the city, and this difficult task will be handed over to you, find a way to persuade more men to stay and defend, buy time for the retreat of the people in the rear, and buy time for the return of Owen Dale's troops. ”

Joshua didn't expect Fuman to really arrange a task for him, which was still a very difficult task, and his eyes lit up and he immediately received the order: "Okay, I'll do it!" ”

Joshua didn't have the slightest fight, and immediately walked out of the palace and began to mobilize the people, looking for all the people who could fight.

Fuman thought for a moment, glanced at the remaining royal guards, and said, "That's right, you guys will stay and build the defense line of the royal district, and I'll go find the excess magic crystals." ”

As the owner of the Floating City's Ninefold Dharma God Talent, Fu Man also took "private lessons" under Jordan for more than half a month, and he had a detailed understanding of both the Floating City and the knowledge of spells. Even as the person who "inherited" Jordan's mantle, he also controlled all the property of Floating City.

If you want to run the protection circle, it is extremely mana-intensive.

There are nearly 1,000 Apostle Invincible Armada, and when they arrive at the port of Joshua, a round of artillery salvo fires, and the entire protective array can be described as "thousands of trees and pear blossoms", and the loss is about a piece of superb magic crystal.

There aren't many such magic crystals in Floating City. But the artillery ammunition on the Apostle's fleet is definitely much more than the magic crystal.

The first thing Fuman did was to go to the Imperial Bank and find the butler of Countess Mary.

There aren't many places in the Holy City that have magic crystals, but as far as Fuman knows, the most are the Countess's Court and the Imperial Bank.

"Old butler, I now need all the magic crystals from the Imperial Bank and the Countess's Court to defend the city, and I can buy them with gold coins of the equivalent market value." Fuman did not directly expropriate, after all, these things were the countess's private property, and he was more accustomed to buying them with money.

The old butler bowed slightly and said, "Before setting out on the expedition, the countess has already entrusted me with full authority for the operation of the Imperial Bank and the mansion, so I can naturally call the shots." Although the Mana Crystal is the Earl's personal property, I now have the right to dispose of it, and I can grant your request to purchase all the Mana Crystals. ”

The old butler ordered someone to bring the quotation and quantity list, and finally summed it up and glanced at the end and said: "All the magic crystals of the Countess's Court and the Imperial Bank are totaling 2,355 pieces, worth twenty-one million gold coins, and I will erase the fraction of more than five thousand for you." ”

Mana crystals are expensive, and even some high-level mages with all their net worth can't afford to buy a piece of the best magic crystal.

"Okay, no problem, I'll write a check right now, and we'll deliver the goods. I need you to transport all the magic crystals to the Floating City and hand them over to Vice Dean Edward. ”

Fuman had just taken out his pen and was about to fill out the check, when the old butler reached out and stopped him.

The old butler said with a smile on his face: "Considering the current apostle attack and the collapse of prices, there are no citizens in the holy city who can trade now, if the apostle breaks through the holy city, all the property of the earl's palace will be in vain, so the value of these magic crystals will also change accordingly." In order to minimize the loss of the Earl's Court, we have decided to sell these magic crystals for 2,355 gold coins. ”

Fuman was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect the old housekeeper to finally make such a decision.

2355 gold coins, which is equivalent to buying all the magic crystals at the price of 1 gold coin each.

What made Fu Man even more unbelievable was that Countess Mary's private property was several times more than that of the entire Floating City Mage Academy. This also made Fuman more confident that as long as they had enough magic crystals, they would not only be able to defend, but even ...... And you can counterattack!

Joshua helped evacuate the crowds in the Holy City, and he also had to communicate and do ideological work.

Twenty minutes later, Joshua's mouth was dry, and five civilian volunteers were finally brought in.

Joshua crouched on the stone steps and drank a bottle of water, gasping for breath.

"This speed is too slow, and when the Apostle's armada reaches the port, it can pull a dozen people."

The impact of this number on this battle situation is simply a drop in the barrel.

Joshua looked at the people below who organized the evacuation, because there was a conscription when he went to Irvinedale, and the news of the shortage of troops came from the front a few days ago, and the last time he recruited thousands of people to embark on the journey to Irvingdale. There are hardly many people in the Holy City who can go into battle now.

"Where the hell can I find a living force that can go to war......

Joshua sat on the stone steps in a daze.

The people of the major forces around him are busy, either transferring the masses, or reinforcing from the front, or building a defensive line.

"Quick, find a few apprentices from the Mage Academy, there are still a few people from the Holy City Prison who need to go over and strengthen the maintenance of the magic circle."

"When has this been? The apostles are all attacking, and if we can't hold it, we all have to die, who has time to care about those guys in prison! Joshua had passed back and forth, and by the time he turned back, he could no longer see the soldier who had just hurried by.

However, the episode just now reminded Joshua that there are hundreds of prisoners in the Holy City prison, and these people are bloodthirsty people who have murder cases, and if they can help defend the city, it will definitely be a big help! What's more, if the Holy City is lost, these people will inevitably die, so Joshua is confident that he can definitely convince them.

Joshua was alone in the most remote part of the civilian quarter, the barracks next to the prison were empty, and all the soldiers had joined the battle to defend the Holy City, except that the prison guards were still "doing their duty" to ensure the safety of the prison. Although they are desperately looking forward to fighting on the front line at this moment, it is all the more necessary to strengthen the management of prisons in this case, so as to avoid prison escapes and riots.

Regarding the little prince's visit to the prison at this time, the two persons in charge were confused.

But when Joshua said the reason for going to the Holy City Prison, the two responsible persons gasped and shook their hands back again and again: "Your Highness, this is absolutely impossible!" These prisoners in the prison are all extremely vicious people, if they are released, they will definitely not help to protect the Holy City together, and they will even fight against their own people! ”

"Yes, they are all prisoners who have annihilated humanity, they are all prisoners who have been heavily sentenced by the countess, each of them has several lives in their hands, and they have long since destroyed humanity, they have no bottom line and national consciousness at all!"

The two persons in charge were extremely sure, after all, it was not clear what kind of virtue they had when they got along with these prisoners every day.

After listening to the persuasion of the two responsible persons, Joshua's heart was already half cold.

The hundreds of prisoners in the prison are all extremely vicious people, who are not afraid of life and death, and their combat effectiveness is absolutely guaranteed. But they are also difficult to tame, and it is absolutely impossible for them to stand up for the empire and for the general good. After all, it was the laws of the empire that sent them to prison, to a barred cell for life.

Joshua thought for a moment, and his tone was firm: "I think it's time to come, maybe tomorrow there will be no Holy City, no Human Empire, even if any little bit of opportunity is small, I don't want to let go." Why don't you let me go to prison and have a good talk with the person in charge of the prisoners, and fight for it again! ”

The two leaders hesitated and glanced at each other.

"It's not impossible, but Your Highness, you must not reveal your identity. If these prisoners know the identity of your little prince, Your Highness, they are likely to take them hostage and take the opportunity to demand that they be released. Then the Holy City will be in complete chaos! ”

Joshua thought for a moment and said, "Then I will go in and lobby them as an elite disciple of the Warrior Monk Zen Academy, even if there are only a few dozen people who are willing to help, I think the ending will be good." ”

"Okay, we will also send someone to protect His Highness, you must be careful!"

Joshua changed into a warrior monk's uniform and, under the protection of a team of soldiers, entered the Holy City prison.

This place, he used to hear from his aunt.

The impression of the Holy City Prison also stays at the level of a group of extremely vicious and inhumane bandits.

When Joshua walked into the prison, he instantly attracted the attention of many prisoners.

After all, a half-grown teenager dressed in warrior monk costumes came in with dozens of prison guards, and such a scene was very unusual.

"Yo, rare guest? Actually an elite disciple of the Warrior Monk Monastery? ”

Joshua glanced at the prisoners in front of him, all of them had indeed murderous faces, and they didn't look like good people, even looking at him with a bit of ...... in their eyes Killing Intent!