"Chapter 384: Enemies from the Underground"
The city of Femmer was not a military fortress, its population was small, and it was largely immune to war. From the time the city was built, it was not built with a large number of siege forces in mind. Moreover, in order to facilitate the journey, a number of gates were set up on the low city walls, and they were all simple wooden gates, which were completely vulnerable to siege weapons such as crashes. The city is located 70 kilometers from the capital city of Mantas, making it a must-stop for the south. No one ever thought of fighting a major war here, not even Sakturi the Great (who had been dead for more than a decade when the city of Femir was founded).
The south is known to be unstable, but with the strongest White Oak fortress in the south of Subic, no one thinks that the kingdom's troops need to meet the enemy here. According to the original construction idea, if the White Oak Fortress had not been in trouble, then the city defense here would not have much significance. And once the White Oak Fortress is lost, the kingdom can also carry out a phased defense in the center. And there is no natural barrier here, and if so many defensive points cannot stop the enemy's attack, then the militarization of the city is of little use.
This was the thinking of the upper echelons of Subic back then, when Subic was strong and prosperous, all the big power players were considered, and what they thought about was naturally the military strength of those superpowers. If you can block it, it will be good, but if you can't stop it, then you will have a decisive battle in the capital, and building fortifications here will not only have no effect, but will also waste materials and gold. In other words, the high-level officials and builders of the kingdom at that time never thought that Wang Guohui would become what he is today.
The newly formed Sky Fleet was wiped out in an instant, the old General Seon Horner was ill, the rebels in the south were approaching, and the capital was in danger. However, at this juncture, the Sakturi Fortress to the north went awry, and the collective rebellion of the local nobles caused the Griffin Empire to take advantage of the situation and storm the Sakturi Fort with the local lord army. Fortunately, Sakturi the Great had already taken this into account, and the fortress could be defended on all sides, so although the battle was very fierce, they still did not take the strongest fortress in Subic. And after they retreated, reinforcements and supplies entered the castle again.
The changes in the north also led to the lack of defenders of the royal capital, and in this case, the odds of victory were not great in the battle of defending the royal capital. So the royal family of Subico emptied their pockets and mobilized a lot of resources to invest in Femir's military construction.
Thanks to the efforts of magicians loyal to the royal family and the kingdom, Femir's walls doubled in height in a week, reaching more than ten meters in height. The city defense facilities have also been built in large quantities, and a large number of magicians have entered it with important magic weapons, and three regular legions have also been urgently transferred here. In a week, a medium-sized city with little defenses turned into an impregnable wall.
The vanguard of the southern rebels soon reached the city and attacked as before. The large number of skeleton troops stacked into ladders as before, but unlike before, they did not rush into the city this time, but kept throwing bomb-carrying skeletons at the walls, causing almost the same explosion effect as the flying quirky ones.
Unlike before, the equipment of these skeleton soldiers has improved significantly, before they had nothing but bones on their bodies, but now they have collectively put on leather armor, and use some deceptive methods and unexpected attacks under the command of some powerful skeletons. This made the officers of the kingdom feel very tricky, once these cannon fodder troops had enough wisdom and improved equipment, the pressure on the city defense would be more than double that of before.
The rest of the troops were not much different from before, they were still fierce and strong, and the plank gate did not survive even a minute under their attack. If it weren't for the newly installed iron gate in the back, I'm afraid the town would have been lost.
Fortunately, the other party's protection against magic has not improved much, and with the full cooperation of a large number of magicians, a large number of skeleton troops have been lost under the city walls, and even a slope has been formed for the troops behind to continue the siege.
The soldiers of the city fought desperately and bloodily, and both sides threw a large number of corpses and bones by the city walls, and the blood stained the ground red, and the white bones covered the wilderness. Perhaps because the large army had not arrived, and the offensive attrition was too great and it was not suitable, that army began to repair until the arrival of another southern army the next day.
The cavalry who rushed out of the city were targets in front of muskets and cannons, and several attempts to leave the city paid a great price. Considering that Femir's defense was primarily aimed at delaying time to settle the rebellion in the north, there was no such recklessness. However, this was only for the defenders inside the city, and the Freedom Alliance forces outside the city wanted them to go out and die.
In the next two days, the artillery fire gradually intensified, and more and more soldiers fell at the head of the city, and the opponent relied on long-range fire weapons alone, which caused huge pressure on the city's defenses.
However, it was obvious that the act of attacking the enemy's position outside the city would not work, and the opponent's air force began to gather, and it was estimated that a violent clash would soon occur, after which the flames of war would burn and the city would fall. The commander was at a loss at this time, and at this time, under the streets of Femir, new changes were also being prepared.
The magicians in the city were all drinking the few holy waters at this time, and they were very bitter when they looked at the soldiers who were carried down from the city. But at this time, they also felt a violent fluctuation of magical energy, as if the entire city was enveloped in it at that moment. They didn't know what it was, but they could feel that it was nothing like the magic they had used before. They immediately approached the commander and told him about it. But before they could finish speaking, the ground began to roll, and in the streets and alleys, among the flower beds and fields, the dirt was pushed away by white arms, and the skeleton warriors wearing sturdy chain mail and with soul fire flashing in their eyes broke through the ground, and disasters began to erupt in the city.
The attack came so suddenly that by the time the city patrols spotted them, skeletons were already all over the streets. Thousands of skeletal warriors, wielding long axes, charged the defenders of the city and advanced in the direction of the gates. And in front of the huge number of skeleton warriors whose strength can fight with low-level warriors, the patrols in the city can only be crushed.
Although they were scattered when they appeared, the skeletons gathered thousands of people in the streets. Some Subic soldiers, who had not been dead for a long time, also crawled out of their graves, looking for weapons to use. They weren't rotting, but the soul-burning pupils had revealed their identities.
The form soon became uncontrollable.