Chapter 317: Imperial Capital Defense
Mei Chuan never thought that he would have to go to the battlefield and kill people in person.
Mei Chuan is a small nobleman born in the imperial capital, and the title of a baron is simply not able to bubble in the imperial capital.
And Mei Chuan also knows this, and their family wealth is not much, so from a very early start, Baron Mei Chuan went down to the grassroots level, not to mention business, and even personally contributed to lead a group of people to plant a fruit forest in the suburbs.
Baron Umegawa originally thought that his life might pass in such a mess, but he didn't expect that with the contact with a deacon named the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, his fruit was not only sold for a good price, but he also made a huge profit by acting as an agent for one of the exquisite goods of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce - salt.
Baron Umegawa thought of winning glory for his family after becoming rich, so after handing over the business to his eldest son, he was already 40 years old and donated more than 100,000 gold coins to join a grand duke in the imperial capital.
The Grand Duke did not disappoint Baron Umegawa, and after Baron Umegawa showed enough loyalty, the Grand Duke made him the post of Gate Inspector of the Southwest Gate.
The door inspector is responsible for accepting the goods entering the city and extracting taxes, which belongs to the imperial capital, which is not a small fat difference, even if it doesn't care about anything, seven or eight thousand gold coins can be recorded every year.
This kind of beauty difference can be regarded as the grand duke's one-time reward for Baron Meichuan to donate so many gold coins, and there is the idea that he can profit from it to make up for his family.
But he didn't expect that after Baron Meichuan had been in contact with the people of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce for a long time, he actually had the sternness of the Chamber of Commerce, not only personally inspecting the goods coming and going at the city gate, but also cleaning up the monitoring list of previous years, and drawing a new statistical table according to the report of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce.
This is a big deal, enough to alarm the dukes.
For thousands of years, this Baron Meichuan was the first person to sort out the mess of general taxes at the city gate!
But the great nobles didn't like this Baron Umegawa because of this, that is, the Grand Duke that Baron Umegawa had taken refuge in, and they didn't dare to be interested in what Baron Umegawa did.
It's not that the Grand Duke doesn't like capable people, what he doesn't like is Baron Umegawa, who doesn't know how to be with the light, according to the words he quietly leaked at a banquet: "Baron Umegawa acts like this, who wants to be the door inspector next year?"
This is a matter for the Grand Duke and the Grand Dukes and the Grand Aristocrats to consider, they actually don't care whether the noble bureaucrats below are clean officials or not, whether they are corrupt or not, in their eyes, as long as they can do things according to the charter and be obedient, then it will be fine, and the rest is secondary, and such as Baron Umegawa's behavior, although it is beneficial to the country and increases the revenue of the treasury, but in the eyes of the Grand Dukes, it can only give Baron Umegawa a middle and lower comment: "Baron Umegawa is really too radical......"
Radical aristocrats are not good aristocrats, and radical changes will make the big nobles fearful.
Baron Umegawa's dream of going further failed to come true, which made him a little disappointed, but fortunately the Grand Duke also found out that he seemed to have some ability, but he was too impulsive, so he found a reason to transfer him to the new army barracks.
Relying on his aristocratic background, Baron Umegawa's promotion was much faster and smoother than Guan Suo and other Chosen Ones.
It's just that providence makes people, and when Baron Umegawa met Guan Suo again, because of the war crisis brought about by the spokesperson of the goddess of magic, the two of them were already at the same level.
Because Baron Umegawa had been honed at the bottom and had a lot of dealings with the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce at the same time, he didn't see people from his background, so he quickly accepted Guan Suo and repeatedly showed favor to him.
Out of concern about the spokesperson of the goddess of magic, and also in response to Baron Umegawa's overtures, Guan Suo gave priority to Baron Umegawa to contact the Kosmos Cult, and the Kosmos Cult made a big arms business this time, and naturally there were several brands of chambers of commerce in it, including the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce.
Baron Umegawa is also out of his old book this time, he scattered all his family wealth and vowed to defend the imperial capital, plus the 1 million gold coins and a large number of magic crystals allocated by the noble council, Baron Umegawa's 20,000 new army, although it is not like Guan Suo's army has experienced actual combat, but it is better equipped than Guan Suo's army.
Of course, this good is only on the surface, the data is good, in fact, under the command of Guan Suo today, which of those Chosen Ones is not armed to the teeth, and at the same time, those elite Guan Suo's henchmen are also equipped with silver-level equipment and weapons.
Some of the pro-soldiers with spiritual talents have also obtained a large number of magic props purchased by Guan Suo, which can be used for surprise attacks at any time.
Among Baron Umegawa's subordinates, the best is the magic guide cannons provided by the Magisters of the Imperial Capital, these magic cannons similar to earth cannons have been improved by countless mages over the decades, and their size has changed from the original grinding disc size to the size of a small mountain.
While the size increases, there are naturally benefits, that is, the power has also increased a lot, and some of the best magic cannons can even kill Sage-level powerhouses in seconds, of course, the premise is that they can hit.
There are 10 magic cannons of Baron Meichuan, all of which were carried by him onto the spacious walls of the imperial capital, and outside these cannons, almost all of Baron Meichuan's elites have been put over, responsible for protecting these main forces of war, among them, a large part of the equipment of the heavy shield infantry is actually from the shield infantry series and knight series of the Kosmos God Cult.
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The war was approaching, and Baron Umegawa sat at the head of the city, his eyes red with blood, silently looking ahead.
At this moment, Baron Umegawa very much hoped that he could lead his subordinates to rush outside the city, and then make a great contribution in front of the nobles and His Majesty the Emperor.
However, the impossibly large floating castle in front of him, as well as those strangely shaped elemental creatures and metal dolls, suddenly extinguished Baron Umegawa's ambitions, and made Baron Umegawa aware of the shivering and inhaling sounds of the New Army soldiers behind him.
"Training, it seems that I am not as good as Guan Suo. ”
Baron Umegawa looked at the Guansuo Legion not far from his position, Guansuo's legion looked inferior to his own equipment, but Baron Umegawa could feel the spirit of not admitting defeat from the focused mental power in the eyes of every soldier of the Guansuo Legion, this anger was something that Baron Umegawa hadn't seen in the soldiers of the imperial capital for a long time.
"After this battle, if I don't die, I must ask for advice. Baron Umegawa secretly made up his mind in his heart, pulled out his command knife, took a deep breath, and waited for the quiet end of the stormy future.
Outside the Imperial Capital, the spokesperson of the goddess of magic stood at the top of the spire of the Floating City, silently watching the dying struggle of the glorious imperial capital, he shook his head slightly, and then waved his hand: "The legendary powerhouse is dealt with by me and the spokesperson of the sun god, and the other mages are going to assist the ground forces." ”
"Remember, don't kill indiscriminately, I need supplies from the humans here for my fourth random summon. ”
"Yes, Your Highness. ”
After the mages saluted respectfully, they cast spells one by one and appeared in the sky above the elemental creatures, and then with the command of these mages, the elemental creatures and metal giants who were not afraid of life and death charged in unison and rushed towards the walls of the imperial capital!
On the walls of the imperial capital, archers and magicians did not dare to show weakness, and hurriedly launched a counterattack.
The absolute large-scale war scene suddenly appeared outside the imperial capital!
And in the sky above the imperial capital, the spokesperson of the sun god appeared, and together with the floating city, he confronted the 10 legendary powerhouses of the imperial capital, making them unable to support the ground battlefield for a while.
It is conceivable that when the imperial capital is lost, these 10 legends will only have 2 old legends of the royal family left, and at that moment, the two royal legends may not even have the opportunity to escape.
"Kill, kill, kill!"
In front of the Guansuo Army, the Chosen ones stood at the head of the city, wielding various weapons and fighting fiercely with the enemies who had climbed the city walls.
Approximately 3 meters tall and with a 4-meter-long tail, the Water Elemental Warriors have two arms, are able to cast water spells, and carry round shields and scimitars.
However, when they meet with the Guansuo army, they will be severely damaged by the purification of the priests and the dispersal of the shamans, and by the time they climb the city walls, they are already weak, and a single blow of the Chosen One can disperse these water elements.
As for the metal dolls, it's a little more troublesome, but they are not magic immunity after all, in the negative state of the elven fire, the metal puppet warriors who are taken care of are either covered with arrows all over their bodies and fall, or after climbing the city wall, they directly enjoy VIP treatment, and the ballistas who are locked up fly out of the city wall after penetrating their bodies.
The ballistas used by Guan Suo are just ordinary imperial war machines, and the moon wheel Guan Suo has also used 20 planes, in order to ambush those mages and fight the real vitality of these magic goddess spokesmen, Guan Suo has not used them.
On the side of Baron Umegawa, Alexander soon had to transport the catapults and mortars sold to him by the Kosmos to the city for a counterattack.
At the same time, Baron Umegawa also sent out 100 heavily armored swordsmen equipped with silver-level suits.
Most of these heavily armored swordsmen are level 5-6 combat power, and as a baron, it is impossible to have it without the support of the Grand Duke, and Baron Meichuan's silver-level suit has greatly strengthened the armament of this precious army, giving them the courage to fight with elemental creatures and metal dolls.
The heavily armored swordsmen wielded their two-handed giant swords, easily dividing the water element and the fire element in half or more, while the warlocks and magicians who followed them immediately used frost or burning as instructed to carry out a truly clean action for the elemental bodies beside the road cleared by the heavy swordsmen, which made the heavy armor swordsmen breathe a sigh of relief.
"Thunder!"
In the sky, the mages sensed that the army's progress was slow, and after hesitating, they had to bite the bullet.
It's just that they fought hard, but they still didn't have much advantage in the future, and their spells were largely offset by those armors, which made some mages obviously aware that they were being targeted by a certain god's spokesperson.
"It should be the spokesman of the gods hiding in the imperial capital!"
"Hmph, if you occupy the imperial capital, you won't believe that he won't come out, seeing that he has equipped those natives with so much equipment, could it be that this guy is the spokesperson of the alchemy god?"
"Hurry up and make a special move, otherwise Your Highness will be angry. ”
"Well, yes, yes, we have to hurry up!"
"Come out, Demon Wings!".