Chapter 44 Defending the City

The sky was gradually dawning, and the pale blue sky was studded with a few remnant stars, and the earth was hazy, like a light veil shrouded in silver-gray

Dawn, like a sharp sword, splits the silent night and ushers in the rising sun.

Eastern Plaguelands, the county town of Talon. Time passed slowly, and the chaotic town of Talong County had quickly calmed down, and the morning sun was lined up in the sky, and it was noon at this moment.

The sun shone brightly into the city, and there were few people on the streets, and there was no movement of people.

For a long time, the sound of footsteps was heard in the empty streets.

A group of heavily armed soldiers, armed with weapons, patrolled the guard.

In front of the City Lord's Mansion, but at this moment, there was a large army gathered, not as calm as the rest of the city, Ulysses was dressed in armor, standing in front, looking at the City Lord's Mansion in front of him.

There was a solemn look in his eyes, and the city lord's mansion in front of him was a castle.

The length and width are 300 meters each, the southwest corner is set up to look at the tower, build a closed arrow tower, 20 meters on the first floor, in the castle, all the buildings are covered with stone chips, and the wall itself is also very wide and thick, more than 3 meters thick.

The composite form of the inner fortress and the additional arrow tower, with a trench dug at the bottom of the city walls, encircling the entire castle, and the gates being a solid palisade, unusually strong.

"What a tortoise shell," Ulysses sighed for a long time.

The castle in front of you is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if there is enough food and enough soldiers, it will not be a problem to defend it for a year or two.

"How are the guards inside this city lord's mansion?" Attacking, Ulysses's eyes flickered, but he didn't make up his mind.

"Lord of Talon County for the last year. The guards of the Castle Lord's Mansion have been strengthened. From the original two hundred. It was expanded to five hundred, and after the chaos occurred, many more people fled into the city lord's mansion, most of them knights, "with red scarves on their heads, and the stalker stood beside Ulysses, deliberately staggering a step to show respect." He bowed his head and said.

"How many knights are there in Talon County?" Ulysses frowned.

This is not good news, although the First Legion of the Round Table is elite, they are still inferior to the knights.

The knight has already begun to move towards the aristocratic class, although he is only the lowest level, and already has certain privileges.

Whether they are equipped or trained, they are not comparable to ordinary people.

Knights, coupled with the servants who specialize in combat, this is the main composition of the army of Talonshire.

"The lord of Daronshire is a baron. Originally, there were ten knights who were canonized, at the beginning of the year. He began to canonize on a large scale, increasing the number of knights to twenty-five, and then the number of knights who had taken refuge in the rebellion of the undead was thirty-four," the man in the red turban knew all about this information, and after Ulysses asked, he only thought about it a little, and immediately replied. 、

Ulysses nodded, pleased with his answer.

This look is to put a lot of effort into Dalong County, and to understand it deeply, this is a person with real skills, otherwise he would not be responsible for the intelligence of Dalong County.

"Bardock!" Ulysses shouted.

"In!" A man hurried over, this man was not young, he was in his fifties, the years had left a heavy mark on his face, his hair was already silvery, but his body was still strong, and his steps were heavy, and he strode in front of Ulysses.

"Have all the captives been counted?" Ulysses asked.

"Time is too short, the approximate numbers have been counted, the resistance in the barracks is weak, and everyone but a few extreme recalcitrant ones have been wiped out," he replied, his voice very flat, without any fluctuations.

Ulysses glanced at it dissatisfied, what is the approximate number counted, and the final answer was even more ingenious, directly avoiding his question, avoiding the truth is false, such an answer, how can he be satisfied, glanced at the city lord's mansion in front of him, this point was ignored by him, and asked directly; "Have you counted the captured knights and the knights who died in battle?"

"Three people were captured, and five were killed in battle," he replied quickly, ordinary soldiers didn't care, but these quasi-nobles who already had the title of knight and began to bury themselves in the aristocratic class, this was the object of attention.

Eight people, and then there are not in the city, then in this city lord's mansion, there are almost twenty knights, one person counts three servants, then it is sixty, all counted together, this is nearly a hundred.

There are also guards who were originally five hundred, no, these five hundred numbers are not accurate, the City Lord's Mansion has always been heavily guarded, and the detection of the outside world, the information obtained, is definitely not accurate, there will be a difference.

The difference between the front and back is between one hundred and two hundred, and if you calculate it in a miscellaneous way, the defensive strength in this city lord's mansion is nearly a thousand.

Thousands, Ulysses' bright eyes, began to dim.

Glancing at the First Legion of the Round Table behind him, the silver-white armor reflected the light in the sun, and the weapons in his hands emitted bursts of cold light.

Elite, they are all elite.

But if they want to break through this city lord's mansion, the number is a little smaller, there are already five hundred people who have gone to take charge of the security in the city, every household is not allowed to move, to prevent chaos, and there are thousands of people in the military camp to guard the prisoners.

The number of troops that can really be invested in attacking the City Lord's Mansion is more than 3,000.

According to the fortified city, the defense force of thousands of people, his own side has some strength, even if it can be captured, it is a defeat for both sides, and the losses are heavy, and his own army will be abolished.

However, this is a beautiful luxury, and this time he came without any siege equipment.

After thinking about it, Ulysses continued to ask; "How much food is accumulated in the City Lord's Mansion?"

The nobles of the world of Azeroth built their lairs stronger than the other, all of them were castles.

These castles do not have any comfort to live in, they are all saved for war, and if the defense is sufficient, and the food is sufficient, it will not be a problem for the lord of Nadalon to hold out for a few months.

"Plenty of food!"

"One-third of the grain in the county town of Dalong is in the city lord's mansion,"

"That's not good news," Ulysses said in a daze.

In Ulysses's opinion, no matter how you look at it, this lord of Dalong County is not an ordinary person, and he has been preparing early, planning to rely on the city lord's mansion to defend and block the enemy.

"Send someone to persuade those knights to surrender, and spread the news that the lords of Daronshire have colluded with Kelthugad, as long as they can make a contribution anyway, they can keep their knighthood," Ulysses muttered for a moment, choosing to surrender rather than attack.

The battle was not complete, which made Ulysses's face somewhat unhappy, looking at the city lord's mansion in front of him, he originally thought that there was a sneak attack in the night.

You can directly break through the barracks, and then take advantage of the situation to take the city lord's mansion as well.

But the real situation gave him a blow to the head, when the military camp was breached, and the troops were divided and went to the city lord's mansion. 、

The City Lord's Mansion has been waiting for a long time here, the gate is closed, and on the city wall, there are groups of guards, although there is some panic, but they are already on guard.

This Lord of Dalong County is not an ordinary person, and he has underestimated him a little.

In such a short period of time, he began to accept some people, and then resisted with manpower, the lord of Talon County was very good, if it weren't for Ulysses directly targeting the military camp, the military camp was captured, and it was rectified by the lord of Dalon County, and now Ulysses could not have controlled the city of Dalon so lightly, and only one city lord's mansion was missing.

There will definitely be a tough battle then.

Ulysses gave the order, and naturally someone stepped forward and shouted loudly.

Extraordinary power is to be better than the ordinary world, and the deep voice instantly resounded on the walls of the City Lord's Mansion.

The shouts are all carefully carved words, there is no profound tone, all of them are vernacular, simple, easy to understand, and you can understand it when you hear it.

It's a pity, looking at the top of the City Lord's Mansion, that Lord of Dalong County, is a talent, his reaction is very fast, and he organizes people to resist, but this time he is sure to die, although this battle has a slight twist and turn, but the general direction is still in the hands of Ulysses, and it is only a matter of time before this City Lord's Mansion is captured.

Sufficient food and grass, fortified cities, this is all based on one thing, that is, morale.

Without morale, in a fortified city, no matter how abundant food is, it will be easily captured.

For example, at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the Manchu Iron Cavalry swept through the south of the Yangtze River, and Nanjing, an important town in the south of the Yangtze River, surrendered without a fight, and was easily taken.

Otherwise, if there is the strength of Nanjing, if you want people, money, and money, and want to fight down, this is a protracted war.

For example, Xiangyang is not as good as Nanjing in terms of city defense, but as long as the morale is high and the people are united, there is no shortage of money and food, and it will not be broken for a few years.

"Don't listen to their nonsense, this is just an excuse, they don't declare war, they invade other people's territories, as long as we hold on for a while, see how they explain to other nobles, naturally someone will uphold justice," the lord of Dalong County heard the shout, his face was awe-inspiring, and his eyes flashed with strong fluctuations.

A loud roar came out of his mouth, and the shouting continued; "This is the remnants of their eradication of the kingdom of Lordaeron, you are all people of Lordaeron, if you surrender and fall into their hands, there will be absolutely no good end."

Ulysses stared, the people who were originally unsteady because of the shouting, after the lord of Talon County shouted, they were a lot more stable, on the surface, they couldn't see anything anymore, their eyes were cold, and they were very anxious, but the more so, the more damned such an enemy was. (To be continued......)