Red Heights, Iroburg.

While Soth and Twilight are making their own preparations, the atmosphere in Iroburg is solemn.

"Hey, Captain! You don't feel that there is something wrong with the atmosphere these days, and you are recruiting again! On the wall of the main gate of Iroburg, a young soldier wearing a Darius military uniform and armor took off his helmet and kept wiping the beads of sweat from his forehead and asked. He and his team were on patrol in Iroburg today, and even though he was young, he could still feel that the atmosphere in Iroburg was very wrong.

"Hmph, it's a shame that you feel it! I heard from the people above that an enemy appeared, didn't you see that the cavalry sent out by the commander the day before yesterday quickly ran back again? Don't think about it, just be honest and patrol, and hope that the Light will bless us from going to war again! The bearded captain in his thirties, who was walking in the front row, heard the young man in the line guess and scolded. The captain is a veteran, a veteran who fought with the orcs five years ago, he knows the cruelty of war, how many of his comrades who joined the army with him and defended their homeland fell on the battlefield and never got up again.

"Captain, is there a war coming soon?" A hint of excitement flashed across the young soldier's face.

Looking at the fearless appearance of the ignorant people under his subordinates, the veteran stepped forward and slapped him: "Recruit egg, do you know how many people die in a war?" Damn, I still want to apply for retirement in a few years so that I can go home and plant flowers, raise horses, and have a few days of leisure!"

Saying that, the human veteran touched the huge scar on his waist through the armor, and his expression was a little trance-like, this hideous scar was a memorial left to him by an orc before he died, but he almost cut him off at that time. Even now, every time it is windy and rainy, this ugly and terrifying scar still aches faintly. But compared to those comrades-in-arms veterans back then, they were a team of ten people, and he was the only one who survived a war, and now on weekdays, veterans not only have to bear their own families, but also the families of their former comrades-in-arms, if they can, veterans don't want to experience any more wars!

Just as the veteran was distracted, a sharp-eyed soldier behind him pointed into the distance and exclaimed, "Captain, what do you think is that?"

Hearing the soldier's words, the veteran raised his head and looked into the distance, only to see a black and oppressive figure gradually appear from the horizon, and with the appearance of this figure, several tattered military flags also slowly rose from a hillside.

Seeing this scene, the veteran's face changed, and he immediately shouted: "Quick, blow the horn."

After receiving the instructions of the veteran, the soldiers beside him woke up as if from a dream, and the two soldiers blew the horn to be hung together.

"Woo woo"

The long sound of the horn spread throughout Iroburg, and the sentry on the tower immediately observed the unknown army in the distance, and then sounded the alarm bell on the tower.

"Bell! Clang! Clang! Bell!"

As soon as the alarm bell rang, it meant that the war was coming, and immediately all the soldiers of Iroburg hurriedly prepared. Dio also stepped on the walls.

Capello. Originally part of the Royal First Legion, Dio was one of the lieutenants of Dreyus, a ninth-order paladin who was ordered to stay in the Red Heights to garrison Iroburg after the end of the Human-Beast War in the Red Heights.

Just two days ago he had received a summons from several injured scouts that the city of Stan was besieged by a group of monsters and that the lord had asked Capello to do so. Dio sent troops to the rescue.

When he got the news, Capello inquired about the number of the other party in detail, and then immediately sent his cavalry troops to Stan City to investigate the situation, but after close contact with those undead disasters, the cavalry troops withdrew, mainly because there were too many monsters.

And Capello. Dio sent out scouts after receiving a return from the cavalry he had sent, but he was surprised by the fact that the monsters were growing in number, and the scouts had gone to the towns and villages around Stan City, but there was nothing but two or three mindless walking corpses scattered around.

All signs sue sù Capello. Dio, these civilians have also become those monsters, and Capello made a wise decision that day, he forcibly moved all the villagers of the two surrounding towns that had not yet been conquered to Iroburg.

For Capello. Although many civilians were puzzled by Dio's decision, they still went to Iroburg as instructed, just because of Capello. Dior's usual behavior is very popular with these commoners, and as for the petty nobles, Capello. Dio didn't force it, Iroburg they could come if they wanted, and he didn't force him to come if they didn't come.

At this time, the black oppressive troops in the distance were getting closer and closer, and the surging wave of undead made all the soldiers on Iroburg who saw this scene feel a sense of subpower.

There are thousands of soldiers, covering half of the area, and tens of thousands of soldiers, grounded in the sky! There are 100,000 soldiers, and that's really boundless.

Capello. Dio also saw the target clearly, looking at the undead who roared forward, even after a hundred battles, he felt his heart beat violently.

Hundreds of thousands of undead natural disasters converged into an endless gray wave. Led by several tattered blue battle flags, it swept down the low mountain beams and rolled forward. After the undead troops in front entered the bed crossbow range of Iroburg, the undead scourge behind was still endlessly rising.

At this time Capello. Dio licked his chapped lips, even if he had experienced the most powerful period of orcs, he was filled with strange bitterness in his heart at this moment, just because there were too many monsters in front of him.

Touching the warhammer at his waist filled with the power of the Holy Light, Capello. Dio shouted: "Gather all the troops to the city walls, and let the city gates be blocked for me."

Outside the range of Iroburg's bed crossbow, Dreyus looked at the busy scene of Iroburg and did not rush to order an attack, but took off his helmet and drove the skeleton war horse to slowly step forward, and looking at Dreyus, who was walking alone, Iruiburg did not order an attack.

"Jean Capello. Dio came out to answer. Fifty meters from Iroburg, Dreus said coldly.

"You? You are His Royal Highness the Great Prince!" Capello. Dio looked at the gray-haired, gray-covered Dreyus with a look of disbelief.

Looking at Capello lying on the wall with wide-eyed eyes. Dior, Dreyus showed a cold smile: "Capello, long time no see, you are very surprised by my appearance!" Now I command you, in your capacity as the Great Prince, to open the gates. ”

As an old subordinate of Dreyus, after hearing Dreyus's words, Capello . Dio instinctively agreed, but then he realized that something was wrong, once Dreyus was full of vitality and fighting spirit, but now he didn't feel a trace of life in Dreyus.

At this time, Capello couldn't help but think of the letter sent to him by his comrades-in-arms in the royal city some time ago, which said that His Majesty Danas V had admitted that Prince Dreyus had been killed in the Northlands, and sent Prince Tegresa to the Northlands to quell the rebellion. Dio became cautious, and only listened to him say loudly: "Your Royal Highness, His Majesty the King has already announced your death, how do you prove your identity, and what do you want to do when you bring those monsters behind you to Iroburg?"

Listen to Capello. Dior's words, Dreyus said in a cold tone: "Why, Capello, don't you dare to disobey my words, don't forget who pushed you to the position of commander of Iroburg."

As soon as I heard this, Capello. Dio was even more sure that the person in front of him was no longer his Royal Highness the Great Prince, because His Royal Highness would never say such a thing.

Glancing at the subordinates around him who were obviously a little flustered because of Dreyus's appearance, Capello suddenly shouted: "Who are you, you are not Prince Dreyus at all, Prince Dreyus has already died in the Northland."

Capello's words suddenly made the soldiers around him steady, and they still believed in the words of their commander more than the monster troops below.

"Well, Capello, I have given you a chance to surrender, and I will let you know the fate of betraying me, and soon I will break the gates of Iroburg and slaughter all the people inside! And you, Capello ... You will become my subordinate again in a different capacity, and you will be used by me! Dreyus said, drawing his bladeless greatsword and swinging it downward. shouted loudly:

"Scourge Legion, forward!"

"Break down the gates. Not a single inch of grass is left! ”

Suddenly, hundreds of thousands of walking corpses, under the mobilization of Dreyus, roared and surged wildly, heading straight for Iroburg in front! These crazy undead disasters converged into a terrifying torrent that seemed to flatten everything in the world, as if the entire Iroburg would be wiped out by them in the next moment!

"Bed crossbow ready, aim at those big guys and shoot me!" Capello. Dio immediately aimed the bed crossbow at the abomination and bone warriors in the undead scourge.

As the Undead Scourge came into range, the giant crossbows were shot out, piercing the bodies of the Abomination and Bone Warriors, but this loss was really nothing for the dense undead Scourge.

Soon the undead scourge rushed to the walls of Iroburg, and at this moment, on the walls of Iroburg, many of the Darius soldiers who were the defenders were nervous and didn't know what to do, and the tense atmosphere before the war was in the hearts of every soldier, making them nervous but also bloody!

"I'm ready for the rolling stones and sasswoods! Fast! Fast! ”

"Boys! Don't be nervous, the Light is above! Let's all move! Don't panic! ”

"Shooters, get your arrows ready! I'll shoot at the heads of those monsters for a while! ”

"Dynamite barrels, get them all for me!"

The officers on the city walls kept running and shouting, but fortunately, half of the soldiers in Iroburg were veterans of the human-beast war.

"When the fight starts, the weapon must be held steadily, do not close your eyes, and fight steadily. It depends on cooperation..."

"Don't be a hero! Individual force is of little use on the battlefield. ”

This is the experience that those veterans are teaching to some recruits, these bits and pieces of combat experience are extremely valuable, they are all exchanged for blood and lives by countless soldiers, don't underestimate these inconspicuous chatter, maybe one of them will save the lives of these recruits in the battle!

Now. Looking at the undead catastrophe that had rushed to the city, Capello, as the commander. Dio stood behind the battlements of the city wall, holding the war hammer in his right hand and staring at the surging wave of undead outside the city wall with a solemn face.

But even if you're worried, Capello. Dio didn't show the slightest expression on his face, and there was no fluctuation on Furui Wubo's face, as the supreme commander of the legion, he had to set an example in the face of a strong enemy! Because only if you are firm enough can you reassure the soldiers under your command, and only if you are brave and fearless can you set an example for the boys. In the face of endless undead natural disasters, they have no way out!

"Rolling stones and skulls will be thrown down for me, and all the arrows will be replaced with rockets." Capello. Dio shouted orders, after all, it was a battle-hardened general, and he soon discovered that these undead were afraid of fire.

As the herald conveyed Capello's order, the fire arrows were quickly replaced, and then under the command of their respective officers, the fire arrows turned into red streamers and flew into the group of undead below, and soon small clusters of fire began to appear in the group of undead, but they were quickly trampled by the dense undead.

"Fire oil ready!"

Seeing that the undead natural disaster had set up the simple siege ladder, at this time barrels of fire oil were poured on the head, and the undead who had little intelligence at first did not feel anything, but when the explosive barrels and fire arrows were shot down on these fire oils, pieces of flames burst into flames, and spread to the surroundings with unstoppable power, and because the undead natural disasters were too dense, many dry undead behind the guide also burned.

Looking at the fire in front of him, Dreyus snorted secretly, but ordered the Scourge soldiers in front of him to distance themselves from the undead who were on fire, if he had an air force, why bother so much.

After a while, when the fire gradually went out, Dreyus ordered his undead to continue the siege, but soon another wave of fire oil was poured down, so that the undead had to stop the attack again, but this time Dreyus directly ordered his troops to surround the entire Iroburg, he wanted to attack from all sides, Dreyus wanted to see how much fire oil was enough in Iroburg for them to use.

The Scourge Legion's attack on all sides suddenly made the defenders of Iroburg a little stretched, but Iroburg did not say that it was broken, you must know that Dreyus relied on Iroburg to block the orc coalition for more than a month.

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Just as Dreyus led more than 100,000 newborn undead Scourge to forcibly attack Iroburg, at the outskirts of Sostantin, the Solth City Guards also fought against the Scourge of Tyglisa.

Compared to the scorching battle of Iroburg, the battle here is much more painful, along the gap split by Teglisa, 6000 death knights broke through the temporary defense line of the city guards of Soth City with a charge, and then the time for slaughter came, in the face of the murderous undead natural disaster, the middle-aged officer named Chashur who had sworn to Siman before was directly frightened, threw down the military flag and ran towards the direction of Soth City with the guards. The direct consequence of the middle-aged officer's run like this was the overall collapse of the 20,000 guard troops.

On the other side, Twilight in Soth City, after learning that Simman had only sent 20,000 men to fend off the undead scourge, asked Emilio to send Dreadnoughts around and began to inform the civilians to let them in and leave Sostantin.

Twilight was already sure that Simman was going to sacrifice the inhabitants of the surrounding towns, and the 20,000 soldiers were also burial goods, so that the council could not say anything about his death in the future.

Shortly after the Dreadnoughts sent out to spread the news, Chashur, a middle-aged officer who had escaped, also returned, and Sinsain had to take Twilight to the castle lord in Simman again. The brass hammer and others were also called.

"You don't know how ferocious those undead are, our soldiers are no match for them"

Twilight scoffed at Chashur spitting about the brutality of the undead Scourge and said, "Aren't you talking about this to cover up your cowardice and escape?"

"What did you say?" Upon Twilight's ridicule, Chaschuel, a middle-aged officer, suddenly resembles a cat whose tail has been stepped on.

"Isn't it? 20,000 troops, they were defeated before they even lasted half an hour, and you still have the face to come back as a commander, if I would have fought to the death over there. Twilight unabashedly reveals her disdain.

"I'm here to come back and inform the Grand Duke." Chashur blushed and quibbled.

"That's a good reason, everyone can use this excuse to excuse their cowardice in the future, I have to say that although I don't like Kunovelo, you are inferior to him." Twilight shook her head with disdain on her face.

"Okay, I'm here to study how to deal with the undead disaster, not to quarrel." At this time, Xin Man's face was a little unhappy, no matter how he said that Chashur was also promoted by him, although he was also angry at Chashuer's incompetence, but others sarcastically mocked him, and he was a little suspicious of slapping himself in the face.

"What countermeasures can there be now, take advantage of the fact that the undead disaster has not yet arrived, quickly open the city gate and let the civilians in, and quickly ask for help from the royal city." Twilight said unceremoniously that if he had retained respect for the fact that Simman was the Grand Duke and an old man, then now Twilight only dislikes and looks down on Simman, and some old people are not worthy of the respect of young people.

Hearing Twilight's unceremonious words, Grand Duke Xinman's face sank at the time, but he still couldn't resist the seizure: "I have already asked for help from the royal city, it is estimated that His Majesty's reinforcements are almost there, as for those civilians, let them leave the Sostantin woodland as much as possible."

"What? Is it too late to let those civilians go? Does the Grand Duke want to sit back and watch the death of countless civilians?" Twilight asks three questions in a row, and the momentum she has exercised as Lord Prito unconsciously radiates.

"How can you speak, the Grand Duke's decision is not the turn of a hairy boy to point fingers." Chashur, a middle-aged officer, jumped out again and screamed.

At this time, Xin Man also said with a calm face: "I didn't want to give up those civilians, but this is also for the sake of the people in the city."

"Why didn't you give up on those civilians and inform them in advance, could it be that with your experience for so many years, you really believe that only 20,000 people can stop the army of the undead led by Teglisa, are you afraid that if you give notice in advance, those civilians will rush into Soth City in one go, causing you to be in a dilemma?" Twilight's question was extremely aggressive, and his words directly hit Xinman's pain point, only to see Xinman no longer hold back and say angrily:

"It's not your turn to talk about the affairs of Soth City, I really don't know how New Sain educated you, I don't know how to be humble, you get out of here." Simman roared angrily, and his gray beard stood up.

Laughing disdainfully, Twilight looks at her teacher, New Sain, who nods lightly at Twilight, and when she sees this, Twilight turns and strides out, Sinman is angry at his words, but how can Twilight not be angry, a bunch of pig teammates.

Seeing Twilight leave, New Sein sat on a chair and said with a calm face, "Grand Duke Sinman, Chassure's ability is obviously no longer suitable to dominate the defense of Soth City, and now I will take over the defense of Soth City."

There are some things that New Sain understands better than Twilight, and although New Sain is angry, he has to endure it for the sake of the kingdom.

New Sain's words suddenly made Chashuer, who had just sat down, stand up again, and said angrily: "Why, don't forget that you are already an idle man who has been deprived of his military position by His Majesty the King."

"Grand Duke, the dwarves only obey the commands of those they believe in, what is the name of this general, my Mog. The brass hammer did not believe it. "Mog. The Bronze Hammer was on the side of New Sain for the first time, and for the dwarves they also looked down on cowards.

Simman waved his hand to stop his subordinates from speaking again, he glanced at New Sain and said, "Okay, no problem, now all the troops in the entire city of Soth are at your disposal, I just need to worry about the city of Soth."

Shaking his head, New Sain said: "There is no problem with the situation in Essos City to temporarily block the undead calamity, but if there are no reinforcements coming, at most two months, when the energy of the magic array is exhausted, we will all become food for the undead calamity."

This sentence suddenly made the faces of several generals, including Xinman, change, this is fighting with the determination to die. The bronze hammer also had a bitter face, because if the city of Soth was broken, then the 50,000 dwarves in it would be buried together, and the efforts of the dwarves who had always wanted to restore their glory for many years would be ruined.

At this time, Xin Man sighed and waved his hand: "Just do your job well, and then it's up to your majesty."

Seeing this, New Sain nodded, and then began to discuss the deployment of Soth City with the other officers. (To be continued......)

PS: About this matter of deliberately letting his subordinates be infamous in order not to bear the infamy. It happened in Chinese history, and the most classic is Sima Yi.