Chapter Seventy-Two: The Breaking of the City
At this time, under Brook City, a decisive battle was begining. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Rush!" Knights roared under the city, driving the surrounding warriors away.
Behind these knights, countless militiamen with a rudimentary spear were shivering, and they were constantly driven forward by the knights.
Even a knight who has practiced vindictiveness is very powerless in this kind of siege warfare known as the flesh grinding wheel. Therefore, the right way to drive away ordinary warriors and even to recruit ordinary people to come forward is to do so.
Although these people are weak, untrained in their professions, and even have extremely rudimentary equipment, they are easy to obtain and inexpensive, and they will not hesitate to die in battle.
Moreover, most of these militiamen were actually requisitioned from some lords' territories who followed the enemy, so they didn't feel sorry for the death, and used them as cannon fodder to their heart's content.
At this time, under the fierce attack of the eldest prince, the second prince's army in the field was defeated one by one, and finally had to retreat in the city of Brooke, hoping to resist with the support of the city wall.
And the eldest prince also brazenly attacked the city, and as the soldiers died on the battlefield one by one, the offensive not only did not ease in the slightest, but became more rapid.
For a person like him, he can drive others forward to die without the slightest hesitation, this ruthlessness is not only the reason why he has such prestige in the army, but also one of the reasons why the nobles in the territory desperately resist him.
Because with his strength, if he succeeds to the throne, then all the nobles in the territory will be unlucky, and sooner or later they will be suppressed one by one, and even ruthlessly slaughter the family.
And his style since he started the army also proves a point.
As far as he is concerned, those who follow the other will prosper and those who rebel against him will perish, and all the nobles who resist him all the way will be slaughtered, the people will be driven to attack the city, and the nobles will be slaughtered as a whole to prevent future troubles.
At the beginning, this approach not only frightened the hostile nobles, but also frightened the nobles on their own side. Therefore, apart from the military forces, only a few minor lords supported him.
But with the Grand Prince killing all the way, this situation was reversed.
One by one, the lords who feared its slaughter submitted to it, fearing the consequences of being defeated by it.
And for these lords, the eldest prince's methods are also very simple, and he is pushed to the battlefield one by one as cannon fodder.
At this time, on the city wall, Kzer looked at the turbulent battlefield below, his face pale.
Beside him, a knight suddenly knelt down: "My lord, please retreat to the inner city immediately!"
This knight's face was resolute, and under the turbulent fluctuations of the fighting qi on his body, an incomparably rich bloody aura spread around him, and it was none other than Gedil, the chief knight of Kzeel.
However, for this incomparably rich bloody aura, Kzel turned a deaf ear, and just said with a blue face: "Since being defeated by the other party, we have retreated again and again. Now that the other party is driving cannon fodder to attack the city, even if it retreats to the inner city, I'm afraid it will be useless. ”
"Different!" said Gdir loudly, "unlike the outer city walls, the inner city is small and not easy to deploy an army, and only a few men are needed to defend it. Our knights can take turns guarding the inner city. ”
"Moreover, in the inner city, with the support of the nobles, the food reserves are enough for us to eat for several months, enough for us to wait for the major lords outside to come to the rescue. ”
Hearing this, Kzel couldn't help but hesitate.
He looked under the city walls, where militiamen with rudimentary spears were driven forward by the knights of the Grand Prince, staining the earth with blood and the corpses scattered everywhere. It's scary.
And around, the knights looked weaker and weaker under the impact of the continuous cannon fodder, and the light of the fighting spirit became smaller and smaller, and they were about to be unable to hold on.
Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but sigh and said, "Gedil, I'll lead the nobles in the city to retreat, and before that, this place will be handed over to you." ”
"Hold on to the walls until we evacuate completely!"
"Yes!" replied Gedir loudly, with determination in his eyes.
Under the city, the eldest prince saw the knights on the city wall who looked a little tired, and said, "It seems that it is about to be breached." ”
He looks a bit rough, far less polished than the Kezel, but he also has his own style, and looks quite manly.
He looked to be about thirty years old, and at this time there was a sinister aura between his eyebrows, and he was also a little excited and tired, looking at the bloody scene on the city wall, he didn't care at all.
"Of course. In front of him, Corris, who was originally in command on the front line, walked over: "Your Excellency, you have driven the lords of these lords to attack the city for several days in a row, and such a rapid attack, even if the knights above are tired. ”
"However, if you do this, my lord, will you offend these lords too harshly. ”
After a while, he said the same thing again, looking at the iron-faced noble lords behind him, a little hesitant.
However, the eldest prince only sneered at his words: "Corris, do you think that if I succeed and I succeed to the throne, these lords will obey me?"
"No, it won't!"
He looked a little excited, but also a little ruthless: "Because in their eyes, I am just a lowly son born of a slave, and a disgrace to the noble bloodline." They may give in to me because I'm strong, but they will never be truly loyal to me. ”
"In that case, why should I be polite to them! As long as we are strong enough, even if the people in their territory die, what dare we say?"
Seeing the eldest prince say this, Corris was silent at first, and then said: "Prince, according to the current form, the second prince's side can no longer hold on, and it is time to break through here." ”
The eldest prince nodded: "Send another round of cannon fodder, wait until this group of people are dead, and then send our knights to fight for breaking through the city wall before tonight!"
As the order was issued, under the face of a large number of lords Tie Qing, another batch of cannon fodder was requisitioned and sent to the battlefield.
These militias come from a variety of sources, ranging from old people in their fifties and sixties to young people who have not yet reached adulthood. But they all trembled, and were driven forward with a spear in their hands.
A few people saw the bloody battlefield in front of them, trembling and reluctant to step forward, for this part of the people, the knight who was supervising the battle in the rear was very direct, and directly cut it down with his sword, causing a scream.
Under this bloody persecution, these cannon fodder were driven forward, holding the only spear in their hands and fighting to kill.
With the addition of this batch of cannon fodder, on the city wall, many knights led by Corris suddenly felt pressured.
Truth be told, the rabble with rudimentary weapons in front of them was too insignificant for the skilled knights to even break through their armor protections.
But this pressure does not come from the enemy in front of you, but more from the depression and the gradual disappearance of the energy in the body.
After all, even if you kill a pig, you will be tired of killing for several days in a row, let alone on such an oppressive battlefield.
But that soon came to an end.
After this batch of cannon fodder died, with an order, Corris personally led a group of knights to rush forward.
Suddenly, the pressure on the city wall increased greatly, and the tired warriors were suppressed under the rapid offensive of the other party, and for a while, the defense line seemed to be crumbling, and they could only rely on the city wall to maneuver with the other party.
This stalemate began to slowly change as more and more knights poured up under the city walls, shifting towards the side of the eldest prince.
At this time, on the city wall, Gedil roared, and the fighting energy on his body was surging wildly, and he hacked a knight in front of him to death with a sword.
He was covered in blood, he looked mighty, and when he saw the difficult situation ahead, he wanted to come to his aid.
However, at this moment, a glimmer of light swept swiftly, and a sense of danger hit his heart, making him subconsciously move his body.
I saw a sword light slash by, and behind him, a warrior was split in half, and blood flowed all over the ground.
He looked up slightly, and saw a tall knight in armor rushing towards him, but it was Corris.
In another moment, the two suddenly intersected, and the two fighting spirits fought wildly, knocking a big hole in the city wall.
And with the collision, Gdir frantically retreated, looking at Corris, whose expression had not changed at all in front of him, with a solemn face.
"Gdir, surrender, you're no match for me!" Corris said slowly as he looked at Gdir with some appreciation in his eyes.
At this time, the two belonged to the two camps, and they were both their respective commanders, and their identities were equal. But Gdir was clearly no match for Corris, not to mention that he was already exhausted from fighting for so many days at the moment.
In the face of the other party's persuasion, Gedil did not reply, but the long sword in his hand suddenly slashed down, and two brilliant rays flew out, turning into a cross and attacking forward, directly giving the other party an answer with action.
Seeing this, Coris sighed slightly, and the fighting spirit on his body exploded fiercely, directly suppressing the other party.
The two fought on the city wall, and under the confrontation between the two earth knights, they left traces in the same place, and as long as ordinary people bumped into each other, they would immediately end up either dead or injured.
Eventually, with a single sword cut down by Corris, Gdir was sent flying and landed in the distance.
He choked on blood, and the armor on his body was shattered and covered with dense scars.
"No, I can't hold on!" he said with difficulty, sensing the weakness of his body, and then left under the protection of the knight beside him.
Suddenly, Corris rushed over in a rage, but was temporarily blocked by someone and failed to rush over.
After a while, as Gedil led the people to evacuate, as the sound of fighting gradually faded, the outside city wall was completely occupied.