In the middle of August, it was a scorching summer and the sun was scorching.

The walls were unobstructed, and after a whole summer, the masonry became hot. It's rare to blow a gust of wind, and it's fiery.

Sweat trickled down his forehead and nose and into his mouth, a little salty.

Donner stood on the rampart, motionless looking at the end of the road in the distance.

A year ago, he was an ordinary country boy on the island of Lante. At that time, Dorne was the end of the imagination of the island's boys, a prosperous place out of reach.

One afternoon, probably in the summer, he had heard Kelly talk about the city of Doane and its towering walls.

Now he was standing on the high of the city, keeping watch over it, and the walls were at his feet, and the city was behind him.

His back is slender, but straight, with a hint of stubbornness.

When almost everyone thinks that there is no suspense in the war, he is still trying, even if there is only a glimmer of hope, he must grasp it, it is such stubbornness.

Sarah looked at the young man in front of her quietly, she didn't remember what he said, even now, he just said lightly: You have to try. But I don't know why, as long as he is there, these young people will feel grounded and at ease.

This is probably a natural leader, Sarah thought.

"Hey, there's a change of guard. Sarah suddenly patted Donner on the shoulder.

"It's time? So soon, how are the people, is there still anyone making trouble?"

"Dean Dewys has persuaded them all to go back. These people are crazy, and they don't want to think about it, even if they are let out at this time, will they still be able to escape. Sarah replied.

"Fear always makes people lose their minds. Donner shook his head and smiled helplessly.

"I'm worried that the enemy hasn't done anything to us yet, and the madmen all over the city have drowned us first......"

"Then we'll keep our fears out of the walls. ”

"By the way, how many machines have you built, why don't you pull a few first?" asked Sarah.

"You still need to debug it before you can use it, hide it first, and wait for some more to come out, so as to surprise the enemy. Downer explained, "By the way, I have a surprise for you......"

"Well, before that, we have something to do. Sarah abruptly interrupted Donner, pointed to the end of the road in the distance and said, "Here we are." ”

......

The Third and Fourth Legions of the Thorn Empire encountered little decent resistance as they moved south. Therefore, General Klee decisively divided his troops and swept over with a siege, leaving a certain number of troops in each city on the way to maintain local order.

Therefore, the first army of Thorns to rush to the city of Dorne was only about 2,000 men.

They initially wanted to assemble a few hundred meters from the city walls, but after being shot by Donner's magic gun and killing several officers, they retreated a kilometer away.

At this time, almost all the combat forces in the city were gathered on the city wall, and the remnants of the teaching army led by Devis and the youth army led by Donner were only more than a hundred people together.

When the citizens of the city learned that the Thorns were approaching the city, some of them hid in their homes and did not dare to go out, while others flocked to the city walls and demanded that the gates be opened.

Piedro could only lead a part of the knights to fend off these agitated citizens.

"These are the only people! How can they hold on?"

"Yes, if you provoke them, they will slaughter the city!"

......

When the crowd was in a mess, suddenly from behind them, an old shout sounded:

"The Fermon Empire has not yet fallen!"

It was Merkel's father, the white-haired Mr. Cliff Buck, who was standing behind hundreds of troublemakers with an angry face on his face with a dozen old men who spoke.

"Cliff, open your eyes and see, the war is over, these people are being chased here like wild dogs, do you still expect them to hold the city of Dorne?" shouted a middle-aged man dressed as a nobleman.

"Yes, the Thorn Army has tens of thousands of men coming south, and the city of Dorne cannot be defended, and resistance will only anger the enemy. "Someone should make peace.

"Fart, you softass, do you think you will have mercy from your enemies by surrendering?, and no one knows what happened to Celtic?" exclaimed Mr. Cliff.

"What's wrong with the Duke of Celtic?" whispered from the crowd.

Old Mr. Cliff pointed to the same old man beside him and said, "Tell them, Dienx, what you saw in Pocona Province. ”

"The army of thorns killed all the Celts at the banquet, many people died in Pocona, and I, the Pierce family, only escaped three people...... "The old man was already in tears halfway through his words.

"The Duke of Celtic is dead?

"Why do we believe you ......?"

"If what you're saying is true, we can't resist anymore, they're going to kill us all. ”

"You fools......" Mr. Cliff scolded, his gray hair almost standing on end in his rage. He thought that the fate of the Duke of Celtic would make them sober, but he did not expect them to be so stubborn.

By this time, Donner had come down from the wall, and he mustered all his strength and shouted:

"Mr. Cliff, you need no more. Those who are willing to defend the city will stay and fight with us. If you want to surrender, we can open the gates of the city now and let you out. ”

When he said this, he paused and continued: "Everyone fights for their own lives, don't kidnap others. If you want to go, you can. Want us to surrender too...... You ask our military if they agree!"

As soon as Donner's words fell, more than a dozen knights up and down the city wall drew their swords one after another and shouted angrily.

All the people of the original Blue Knights and Mino, all of whom were official knights, returned from the battlefield with blood, and the momentum that erupted at this time was like a thousand troops.

The rioters suddenly fell silent.

"Okay, if you want to leave, I'll give you half an hour to prepare, and after half an hour, open the city gate and let you out. ”

Donner threw down the words, turned and went up the wall, ignoring the reactions of the men.

Dean Devis, Victor and the others saw Donner's madness for the first time, and it was only at this time that the harmless Donner in their hearts overlapped with Wesley's image of a warrior who annihilated five thousand enemies, destroyed passages, and burned grain and grass.

Sarah and the others returned the sword into the sheath, while suppressing the surging in their hearts and secretly exhaling for relief.

Half an hour later, the city gate slowly opened, and more than 200 people slowly walked out, and then the city gate slowly closed behind them.

More than a dozen people lay on their stomachs at the gates, desperately trying to prevent them from closing, while shouting in the direction of the Thorn Army: "Quick! The gates are open!

There was not a single movement from the enemy.

After killing the dozen or so people like chopping melons and vegetables, Sarah and the others calmly closed the city gate.

A few minutes later, more than two hundred people walked towards the Thorn Army with various possessions in their hands, and on the way, they were killed by a volley of bows and arrows from the other side.

"Wouldn't it be too cruel?" asked Mino.

"These people are more terrible than the enemy. Donner replied, "Well, it's time to give some confidence to those who stay." ”