Chapter 297: The Siege
It was already night when I came out of the palace, and the weather had become a little cooler, and from time to time leaves were falling.
There are still many people on the streets, refugees who have taken refuge in the royal capital, and they also have nowhere to go at night.
"It's winter soon, and I don't know if the royal capital has enough food for these refugees?" Song Zheng couldn't help but have another worry in his heart.
The social productivity of this world is not very developed, and the production efficiency of food is very low, and now the grain production of the whole Lordaeron has long been destroyed by the destruction of the grain production area around the hills of Hillsbrad in the south, then the new reclamation area in the east of Talon County, and then the destruction of the farms near Andorhar.
Now these refugees have fled to the royal capital in a hurry, and I am afraid that they have not carried too much food, and once the cold winter comes, I don't know how many people will freeze and starve to death.
"Alas, it's a pity that the magic of this world can't make bread......" Song Zheng sighed in his heart, Luo Ning seemed to have been studying the food creation technique before, but that guy seemed to have failed.
The next day, Song Zheng had already received the news that Alfred Abidis had been appointed commander of the defense forces north of the city, and it was clear that his suggestion from the previous night had some effect.
However, there is no news related to Phyllis Fao, and it is unknown if Kalia will be able to find the mysterious Shadow Priest.
To Song Zheng's surprise, Alfred Abidis actually came to look for him, hoping that he could participate in the defense of the city.
"This ...... I'm sorry, but I'll have to rush back to Andorjar after I've replenished some supplies, the situation there is already critical, and the Prince of Arthas wants to know the news from the capital. Song Zheng said apologetically.
"Oh, I forgot that you have to go back to Andorhar, Lord Baron, ahu...... I don't know what happened to Bridget, but if it's dangerous over there, I'll ask the Baron to help take care of it. Alfred Abidis sighed slightly.
"Don't worry, General, I'll take care of Bridget." Song Zheng nodded hurriedly, this matter does not need to be paid by Alfred Abydisto, he will also try his best to do it.
Although there was chaos in the city at the moment, with Song Zheng's current status and status, it was not difficult to procure some supplies, and he quickly prepared enough food and water.
However, when he was about to leave the city, he found a group of soldiers desperately closing the city gates.
"Oh no, the undead are coming! The undead are coming to attack the city! ”
The terrible sound of sirens echoed throughout the king, further exacerbating the chaos in the city.
Song Zheng's face also changed greatly, and he didn't care about going out of the city, so he immediately rushed to the city.
A large amount of smoke and dust could be seen on the horizon in the distance, a long black line was approaching the royal capital from afar, and some refugees were running frantically, trying to hide inside the city, but the city gates were closed, and no matter how hard those people tried to beg outside the city, no one opened the door again.
Eventually, as the undead approached, the refugees had to flee east along the city walls, hoping to escape along Lake Lordamere.
A large number of troops also began to pour into the walls, and began to hastily set up defenses, but the pale faces of the soldiers showed that they had a great fear of the undead.
Song Zheng could only sigh at this, the appearance of the undead army was hideous, and ordinary people would indeed be frightened when they saw it, and most of the veterans of Lordaeron had already died in Daronshire and Andohal, and Garissus had buried the last elite of the kingdom, and most of the people who were now responsible for defending the city in the city were recruits.
"I don't know if these guys can hold it." Song Zheng couldn't help but feel a little worried as he watched those recruits hurriedly carry all kinds of materials to defend the city.
The undead forces in the distance were getting closer and closer, and what had looked like a long line before now looked like a long wall.
"Look at this posture, it is actually preparing to directly surround the royal capital of Lordaeron, how many people have these undead killed during this period of time......" Song Zheng felt a chill in his heart, with the development speed of the undead natural disaster, it is likely that a new army of millions has been put together!
Yesterday, he had learned from Princess Kalia that there were about 120,000 defenders in the city, but less than 20,000 of them had been on the battlefield, and more importantly, there was a lack of generals...... Most of the paladins who are the elite of the kingdom follow Arthas to guard Andorjar, and there are only a handful of masters who remain in the royal capital.
Song Zheng was about to go downstairs, but found a large group of soldiers flocking up the city wall with some generals, but the middle one was not wearing armor, but wearing a white dress.
"Kalia...... She really climbed the city wall......" Song Zheng immediately recognized the identity of the woman in white, he suggested that Princess Kalia go to the city wall in person last night to boost morale, and now it seems that she is really not afraid of danger and climbed the city wall herself.
"This Lordaeron royal family also has a lot of talent." Song Zheng nodded slightly, Arthas and Kalia are both very good talents, but unfortunately the war broke out too quickly, and it didn't seem to give them enough opportunities to grow, and King Terenus Minahir's body was still in trouble at this time.
Kalia also seemed to notice Song Zheng, and her eyes immediately looked at him, and then beckoned to him, apparently signaling him to come over.
Song Zheng could only helplessly step forward to meet the large group of generals and nobles, some of whom he knew, but most of them he didn't know.
Alfred Abydis was among them, but judging from his position, the paladin general didn't seem to fit in very well, but Nagasiris was chatting with a group of nobles.
"I've seen Her Royal Highness the Princess." Song Zheng saluted Kalia, and although the young princess looked calm, it was clear from her slightly trembling fingers that she was actually very nervous.
Especially now that the undead outside the city have been getting closer and closer, standing on this city wall, you can even see the tall body of the abomination.
"There are too many undead here...... most of the generals and nobles couldn't help but gasp after seeing the situation outside the city.
Song Zheng has long been accustomed to this, he has participated in the defense of the city many times, and he has long been accustomed to seeing the dense sea of undead.
"We ...... Can you hold it......" Kalia, who was already nervous, had already turned pale after seeing the situation outside the city.
"Yes, Prince Arthas, they've been guarding for months against more undead forces than this." Song Zheng said softly.
"Alsace...... Yes, we should be able to hold it too. For some reason, after hearing Arthas's name, Kalia seemed to calm down a lot.