Chapter XII

The brutal and brutal siege began three days later, and in the face of the strong defenses of the city of Serys, the Newingman cavalry launched wave after wave of attacks, but could not break the stalemate. The resistance of the Fabre army was surprisingly stubborn. On the first day of the siege, nearly 3,000 people were killed or wounded, and the Fabre army defending the city also suffered heavy casualties, with casualties on both sides being close to one to one. Even so, in the second day's battle, the Fabre army was quite stubborn enough to resist the attack of the Newman army, showing no signs of weakness, much to Ferdinand's surprise.

The siege of the city lasted three days, and both sides paid a heavy price. Ferdinand's cavalry was reduced by a quarter, and Fabre's army paid the price of nearly 5,000 casualties. According to Ferdinand's estimates, the number of defenders of the city should be less than 5,000 at this moment, and there is no way to fully defend the city, so he decided to launch a general attack on the fourth day, attacking the city from four directions, south, south, west, and west, to find out the weak links of the opponent's defense, and capture the city in one fell swoop.

On the fourth day, the battle was fierce, with both sides fighting simultaneously in all four directions, and Ferdinand's siege soldiers poured like a tidal wave to the walls of Serres, testing Fabre's defenses again and again. During this day, Newingman's soldiers rushed to the walls of Seres countless times, but each time they were driven down by the other side, and the soldiers on both sides fought with their lives for every inch of the battlefield.

The officers and men of both sides have already seen that this is a strategic decisive battle, and the losing side will be crippled and thus lose the initiative in future wars. For this reason, whether it was Ferdinand, who was besieging the city, or Side and Cambrai, who were defending the city, they put all their forces into this battle, and neither side retained any strength, and they all did their best to defend their own interests.

Since there is a battle, there will always be one side that will win, and the other side will have to accept the bitter consequences of defeat. This time it was Ferdinand who failed, Ferdinand, who had the reputation of "Flower of Empire".

The battle lasted for a day and a night, and tens of thousands of corpses were left on and under the walls, and the entire city of Seris was almost a city of death in the day, and every stone on which it was built was stained with blood. Under the city wall is a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, and on the city wall is a corpse everywhere.

No one counted how many enemies they had killed that day, just as no one could count how many of their comrades had fallen beside them. Many of the civilians who had disposed of the corpses the next day stood on the towers and could not tell which was the corpse and which was the living. Many of the warriors were lying in a pile of corpses covered in blood due to fatigue, and no one cared about the difference between life and death. After the test of this battle, Sergeant Fabre who survived had no regard for death. At this point, in the western part of the continent, another army with considerable combat effectiveness appeared, the army of the Kingdom of Fabre.

Through this offensive and defensive battle, the Fabre army, which was originally weak in terms of combat quality, withstood the test of blood and fire, and made a qualitative leap in both morale and military prestige. On the other hand, Ferdinand's cavalry, which had been complacent, and the army known as "invincible" in the western part of the continent was less than half of its strength left, although many of the remaining military horses temporarily solved the problem of military food shortage, but the defeat under the city of Serus left an indelible shadow on the hearts of every soldier, and the morale of the army suffered a considerable blow. Although it still has a strong military strength of more than 10,000 people, it will not be able to launch a powerful attack on the city of Thrys in the short term.

The defeat of Ferdinand's cavalry in the "Siege of Serres" can be said to be a sign that Li Yuxuan has fulfilled his strategic intentions, and the current Ferdinand's cavalry troops are no longer able to avoid the fate of total annihilation if they are no longer supported by other Newman troops.

Hyde City, the hall of the castle guard.

Teucer and Collins were studying the development of the entire battlefield on the map, while Li Yuxuan was practicing internal skills in his room at the moment. Since Wa'er tried the "Five Elements Life Continuation Method" for Li Yuxuan with her own life, Li Yuxuan felt that the "Divine Dragon Heart Formula" in his body began to converge into his meridians little by little, flowing away on his own limbs and hundreds of remains, without any sense of condensation.

Just as Li Yuxuan entered his meditation, a scout rushed into the hall of the city guard and reported the news of Yankel's army advancing towards Hyde City to Teucer.

As soon as they heard that the enemy's siege force had reached more than 30,000 troops, Teucer and Corinth were at a loss for a moment, and their minds were blank, let alone how to retreat from the enemy.

After a moment's pause, Teucer first woke up from the shock, and when he saw that the scout was still in the hall and had not left, he waved him away, pulled the stunned Collins to the backyard, and hurried to Li Yuxuan's residence. In Teucer's heart, only his own teacher could deal with Yankel, who was known as the "first general" of the Newman Empire.

When the two of them entered the courtyard where Li Yuxuan's residence was located, Li Yuxuan, who had been in meditation, immediately noticed the movements of the two of them, and judged the identities of the two of them from the footsteps of the two. In the current Hyde City, I am afraid that there is no martial arts master like Teucer and Collins, and two such masters appear at the same time, who would it be if it wasn't Teucer and Collins?

"Did something happen?"

As soon as the two of them arrived outside Li Yuxuan's room, Li Yuxuan's inquiry came from inside, making the two of them secretly admire his martial arts.

Teucer pushed the door open, and Collins followed, closing the door as he walked in.

"Teacher, Yankel is heading towards Hyde City with 25,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry, and it's probably only a day and a half away from Hyde City now!" Teucer said with a panicked expression.

"You can rest assured, Yankel's target is not Hyde City, but the main force of the kingdom besieged in the Solang Valley. Li Yuxuan said in a calm tone.

"What?" Collins looked confused, obviously not understanding the meaning of Li Yuxuan's words.

"Who Yankel will deal with now, whether it is Hyde City or the main army of the besieged kingdom, these are not things that we can control. Li Yuxuan's tone did not change in any way because of Collins's question, and he still looked calm and comfortable.

"Of course it's not up to us, we don't have more than 30,000 troops!" Collins muttered.

"It's not Yankel either. Li Yuxuan's words surprised both Teucer and Collins, who were present.

"It's not Yankel, who is it, it can't be Ferdinand, who is known as the 'Flower of the Empire', right?" Collins was impatient with Li Yuxuan's half-talking.

"It's Kemp, your father, the king of the kingdom of Fabre. Li Yuxuan saw Collins' face slightly flushed with excitement, and he couldn't help but show a hint of teasing on his face.

"It's Father!" Teucer exclaimed, his eyes fixed on Li Yuxuan, who was still sitting on the bed, hoping that the teacher would give him a satisfactory explanation.

"Yes. Yankel is now dividing his troops to advance towards Hyde City, the purpose of which is to break through the siege of your father's kingdom army, so that he can come to an ambush halfway and annihilate the main force of Fabre's army in one fell swoop. By that time, regardless of the victory or defeat of Ferdinand's cavalry, he still had the initiative in the entire Fabre battle. Of course, there is another possibility, that is, if your father does not seize this opportunity to break out, then Yankel will turn the original false shot into a real killer move and attack Hyde City. Once Hyde City falls into the hands of Yankel again, the current main force of the kingdom's army of about 40,000 will only be trapped in the Solang Valley, Ferdinand's logistical supply lines and retreats will also be opened, and the entire battle situation will be completely inclined to the side of Newman, and the Kingdom of Fabre will be able to retreat from the historical stage of the continent. ”

Although Li Yuxuan's tone was flat throughout the analysis, the two of them still felt a strong aura of killing.