Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Winter Siege (Part II)

When the trebuchet stopped firing, the siege troops that had been on standby began to appear in the sight of the defenders. The reason for the delay in appearing is that it is not clear about the magical attacks released in the city. Diodos roughly judged that the magicians in the city had no strength left to fight his troops, so he would be relieved to launch the order to attack the city.

The first wave rushed up from all over the city, led by sporadic Praetorian Guards. Although there was no more magic in the city that could threaten them, Diodos felt that he had to test the details of the other side first. The city defense troops recruited from other regions were the weakest combat strength under his command, so it was most appropriate for them to take the lead.

Spears, short swords, and very rudimentary armor and shields were the least available equipment for the city defense forces. These things couldn't even fend the city guards against the arrows that flew at them, but they moved forward without fear.

"Don't be afraid! Arman, the god of war, is protecting us!" a leader who appeared to be the leader of the city defense army raised his shield to cheer on those around him. In the days of conflict between the two countries, the fear that war would destroy everything led many to choose religion for the purpose of peace of mind.

The military is no exception, and most of the restless soldiers do not have the consciousness to serve the country. In the midst of hesitation, the belief in the god of war, which arose out of nowhere, became the choice of many soldiers. In Bavaria, there are even totems symbolizing the god of war in many places in the barracks.

In the mouth of the preacher, Arman, the god of war, can give sufficient protection to those who fight on the battlefield. Believers in the way of killing can bring more slaughter to the god of war, then the god of war will bless them with good luck on the battlefield.

Although many people choose to join the army in order to make ends meet, everyone hopes to survive after this continuous war. The fear of death has made more people choose the belief in the god of war.

Inspired by the leader, the surrounding city defenders also frantically waved the weapons in their hands. Many shields are even engraved with the mark of the god of war by their owners, to show that the god of war is protecting him.

But the archers who stayed on the walls also believed in the way of the god of war, and many of them made a greeting to the god of war with every arrow they carried on their backs before the battle. By the time the feathered arrows with the blessing of the god of war are placed on the bowstring, death has begun to befall some poor people.

More than 400 archers fired at almost the same time, and hundreds of feathered arrows fell in unison in the advancing Bavarian city defenses. The first round of firing cost the enemy more than eighty people. This was nothing for the city defense army, which numbered 1,000 men.

The advancing city defenders only needed three more rounds of fire to reach the crumbling walls, and the annoying archers would be no longer a problem. The continuous bombardment of trebuchets had smashed four gaps in the walls of Probez, which gave Orlov an inexplicable headache. He now had just over a thousand men on hand, and some others had been sent to defend other areas. He didn't expect the siege to be so difficult on the first day, but even if he could hold it today, the defensive environment would be even worse in the days to come.

After surviving the arrows flying overhead, the city defenders finally broke through to the city walls. The walls are just over three meters high, and they do not pose much difficulty in attacking and defending. Others only need to take a hand to send the murderous city defenders to the city walls.

After the third wave of arrows fired, the archers could not wait to jump off the wall, and the soldiers of the border regiment, who had been waiting below, climbed the wall to meet the enemy, urged by Orlov. Several detachments were on standby early in the morning at the breaches in the walls, ready to drive out the enemy who tried to enter.

The head-to-head confrontation is finally here. The number of people was basically equal, and the two sides fought bloody battles at the city walls. Amid the shouts of killing one after another, the soldiers of the two countries chanted the name of Arman, the god of war, in addition to the bloody slogan of long live their respective countries. The selfless fight drove each other into madness, and each of them became berserkers with blood-red eyes and violent muscles. They only have the heads, severed limbs, and blood of their enemies in their eyes, and only then can they please the god of war who is high above.

In the midst of the scuffle, Naxi also wielded the scythe in his hand, killing the enemies who tried to break through the defenses. The high-level combat skills trained in Ye Fran, coupled with the Demon Flow Attachment of the War Mage, made Naxi the most terrifying existence.

The city defense army, which did not have much combat experience, looked vulnerable in front of Naxi. One after another, they fell under Naxi's Shadow Moon Blade. In order to prevent the nearby attack from being crushed by Naxi alone, some of the Praetorian Guards gathered together in an attempt to kill Naxi and restore his morale, which was on the verge of collapse.

The shadow-colored scythes flying up and down were not afraid of the bright and dangling long sword that came at the same brush, and Naxi flicked his right arm. The shadow-colored scythe had already blocked three of the swords. When the deadly attack was temporarily gone, Naxi quickly withdrew the Shadow Moon Blade, and his left hand, which had accumulated magical power, gently pressed the scythe that Starwrong had evolved into. After a flash of light, Naxi had already attached a four-ring magic that completely strengthened the hardness of the weapon to the Star Mistake.

Although I don't know what Naxi is doing. But they did not hesitate to organize another siege. Under the cover of the surrounding city defense forces, the seven Praetorian Guards once again surrounded Naxi in a semi-encircled posture.

But unfortunately, there was no waiting for them to launch a threatening attack again. Because of the acceleration magic, Naxi had already struck first. The gray shadow blade flashed, directly cutting off the long swords of the two Praetorian Guards. While the others were still wondering why their weapons had been cut off, Naxi had already summoned the Grim Reaper.

In an unexpected dash, Naxi, who had marched in front of a Praetorian Guard, violently swung the Shadow Moon Blade upward, and the target was instantly sliced in half.

This horrific scene shocked the surrounding Bavarians, and the fear of death was awakened once again as reason slowly replaced the frenzy of faith. The city guards who had been besieging the gap in Naxi's defense fled under the block, and the rest of the Praetorian Guards also thought for a while before deciding to leave this murderous magician.

Like dominoes, the first to flee began to shake the siege of Bavaria. With the enemy not backing down, more and more people began to run back, and soon this negative effect spread to all the besieging forces.

The successive return of the city defenses, and the first siege that finally turned into a great rout, Diodos couldn't help but shake his head. After the first wave of the attack was driven back, he had no intention of organizing a second siege. First, time was running out, and second, the thick clouds covered the sky to indicate that a heavy snow was approaching.

Braving heavy snow to attack the city, Diodos could not imagine what might happen next, and now he had to suspend the siege.

As the sun set, melodious trumpets sounded in the distance, these signals for retreat. The Bavarian city defense army, which had little left, no longer pestered and scolded, retreated. It didn't take long for Probez, who had been fighting for a long time, to regain his composure. The eastern wall was covered with blood stains after the battle just now, as if it had been washed with blood.

Naxi, who had a lot of colors on his body, witnessed the retreat of the enemy, and his tired body and mind suddenly turned black at the moment of relaxation, and the whole person fell to the gap in the city wall. (To be continued......)