Chapter 54 The Emperor's Hardship and Life and Death
The majestic Fort Wick is now full of gunsmoke and slaughter.
Mitarion's offensive lasted from midday to evening, and everyone was stunned when lightning struck the location of the Heater the Great, the top of Wickburg. The intense white light stirred up by the falling thunder passed, but the Emperor of Hissai still stood unharmed on the top terrace. Beside him was a group of magicians in magic robes, led by the second prince, Rosyth. These magicians formed a circle around Emperor Xisai, each magician facing outward, their hands held flat, palms facing outward, and the five-colored Dao rhyme slowly flowed out and converged from their palms, forming a golden transparent dome. The aftermath of the heavenly thunder is like countless poisonous snakes, still swimming around this cover, but it is difficult to invade in the slightest.
Still expressionless, the Emperor drew his sword again and shouted a few shouts at the Belém army, whose soldiers responded to their emperor with a mountain shout. Then, with a more courageous attitude, he pounced on the Mitarion army.
As night fell, the houses in Fort Wick that had been set fire by Mitarion's trebuchets were "crackling", but the battle on the walls was gradually coming to an end, most of the Mitarion's troops had been driven down the walls, and most of the siege ladders had been destroyed, and it seemed that Belém was about to win.
At this moment, a dazzling blue light rose again in the tent of the Chinese army of the Mitarion army, this time there were two blue lights, which went straight into the clouds, and a burst of light rolled in the dark clouds, as if some kind of violent monster was awakened and was struggling to come out of the clouds.
Immediately, the mighty thunder lit up the entire night sky, the clouds were like the furious sea, the stones projected by the trebuchets were uneven, the intertwined nets of arrows, the terrified Belén soldiers and the angry Mytarion soldiers were all clearly illuminated by the thunder at this moment.
The thunder was like a dragon, and it pounced on Fort Wick with its teeth and claws, leaving a bright trail in the sky it passed. A huge roar shook everyone in Fort Wick, and in the thunder, the shield formed by the two princes and the magicians seemed to be crumbling, and after the lightning struck on the shield, it turned into countless tiny thunderbolts, splashing down on the entire Wickburg, and immediately dozens of hundreds of soldiers were struck by the lightning fire, among them were both Belen's soldiers and Mitarion's soldiers. The power of the thunder fire was so domineering that the soldiers who were hit didn't even have time to wail before they were burned to charcoal. Others looked around for a place to hide, and for a moment the whole of Fort Wick was in chaos.
But the thunder light did not stop, and the second and third thunder lights followed one after another. The second bolt of lightning suddenly jumped in the air in a folded line, and then slashed vertically above the shield, splashing thousands of starlight electric lights, and a spiderweb-like crack appeared at the top of the shield. The third Heavenly Thunder was formed by the convergence of two Heavenly Thunders, which was more than twice as thick as the previous Heavenly Thunder. This heavenly thunder is coming so fast, the thunder light stirred up by the second heavenly thunder has not yet dissipated, and this heavenly thunder has already smashed the shield.
The sound of the golden silk shattering was faintly heard in everyone's ears, and the cracks on the shield quickly expanded, and finally scattered all over the ground in the thunder in the sky. The magicians fell to the ground one after another, most of them bleeding and convulsing.
Just before everyone came to their senses, the fourth heavenly thunder struck again. Although this Heavenly Thunder was not as powerful as the previous Heavenly Thunders, it was still enough to scorch Emperor Xisai into charcoal.
Time seemed to slow down at this moment, the dazzling heavenly thunder swallowed the poison of lightning, and stabbed at the Emperor Xisai the Great, and the Emperor Xisai had his eyes wide open, and could only watch the thunder light rush to his body blankly, and at this critical moment, the figure of the second prince Rosyth appeared in front of the Emperor Xisai faster than the lightning, he slammed the staff in his hand to the ground, and the blue light of the Phantom Sky Yaojin on the staff burst out, and a transparent wall of ice crystals appeared in front of him instantly, he actually wanted to protect his father by himself.
The heavenly thunder struck the ice wall, the ice wall was shattered in the thunder, countless ice crystals splashed in all directions, the staff in the hand of Prince Rosyth broke into several pieces, and he himself flew up more than a foot high, past the Emperor Hissai, and fell far into the middle of the top terrace. Emperor Hisai could only stare blankly at his falling figure, reaching out in vain, unable to speak.
The terrace was high up, and the Heather the Great had been standing on the outermost part of the terrace, and everything that had happened was clearly seen by both sides of the battlefield. Belém's soldiers were stunned by the scene, and many even forgot that they were still on the battlefield, instead turning their heads to stare blankly at the terrace.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, several restored ladders leaned against the city wall again, and a large number of soldiers rushed to the city wall at once, and grabbed a few open spaces for subsequent soldiers to climb the city wall. Soldiers from both sides once again began to scuffle on the walls.
Mitarion obviously strengthened the intensity of this wave of attacks, there were many warriors and magicians mixed in the soldiers, Belen's soldiers were against these Mitarion's elites, they couldn't resist at all, the three princes were still struggling to assault, but there were not many elite knights around him, they could only barely hold the situation, and in the long run, it looked like the first wall of Fort Wick was about to be breached.
Just as the two sides were in the middle of the scuffle, the majestic voice of the Emperor Heater echoed over Fort Wick again. I saw that he was angry, the long sword in his left hand was shining coldly, and his right hand was supporting the second prince Roseth, who was almost completely leaning on his father, hanging his head and not seeing his face clearly. The robes on his body were in tatters, and blood continued to drip down the placket of the robes, and even from the first city wall, he could see that he was trembling all over.
Although Chenguang and the others could not understand what Emperor Xisai said, they could understand his will even if they used the soles of their feet. His mortally wounded son was beside him, and his people were fighting in front of him, and in front of him were the enemies of tigers and wolves surging like an ocean.
The city was broken, the country was broken, the family was broken, and thousands of people were wiped out.
Together with his children and people, this emperor will fight to defend his homeland. His figure is Belen's spiritual power, which is enough to withstand thousands of troops.
With the summoning of the Emperor of Hissai, the soldiers of Belen began to fight back, and a team of elite knights also rushed down from the top platform, these were originally the personal guards of the Emperor of Hisser, and they must have been the reinforcements that the Emperor of Hirén saw that the front line was tight, especially the warriors and magicians of Mitarion, and the soldiers of Belém were almost unable to resist.
Xu Xun looked at the battle situation around him, shook his head and sighed. At this time, the whole battle situation was still in a stalemate, the original first city wall of Belen defenders about 4,000 people, archers accounted for about half, there are hundreds of soldiers operating trebuchets, the rest is basically the majority of light armor soldiers holding long swords, after half a day of fierce fighting, the light armor soldiers have been killed more than half, the rest are mostly wounded, archers are even more difficult to play in close combat, have all retreated to the two walls of the city wall, just block the enemy under the wall.
On the other hand, the first wave of nearly 20,000 people came to attack the city, and the second wave was also nearly 20,000, but the losses were very great, and thousands of soldiers fell under the walls of the first wave of attacks. The ensuing attack on Mitarion was entirely brutal with the tactics of a sea of people. Thousands of soldiers relied on ladders to climb the city wall, but at the same time, thousands of soldiers fell under bows and arrows and falling rocks before they climbed the city wall, and since the beginning of the war, the loss of the Mitarion army has been at least four or five thousand, and for every soldier who fell in Belém, at least three or more Mitarion soldiers were buried with him.
However, Mitarion could have accepted this situation, as they were ten times larger than the Belém defenders, and as the Belém defenders continued to be consumed, the losses of the Mitarion's army would become smaller and smaller. Moreover, Mitarion initially relied mostly on ladders to climb the city wall, and as the defense of the first wall became weaker and weaker, the first wave of soldiers who climbed the city wall also began to climb the wall one after another, and the pressure on the defenders of Belém was increasing, which was why Xu Xun shook his head.
At this time, it was already night, the sky was completely dark, and the Mitarion army took advantage of the night to continue to flock to the city walls, while the defenders of Belen were somewhat unfavorable, in the night, the flames of Fort Wick were lit to illuminate the situation of the defenders, and the archers of Belém could not see the Mitarion army clearly, and it was even more difficult to perform.
Belen's elite knights arrived from the top and immediately turned the tide of battle. These knights were all dressed in heavy silver armor, holding spears in one hand and shields in the other, and their horses were also wrapped in heavy armor. These horses are a lot taller than ordinary horses, all of them have four hooves with wind, and their hair is shiny, and they are extremely miraculous, and they are the best horses in a thousand miles at a glance.
There are about more than 100 knights in this team, and they form a diamond-shaped formation, with all the left side of the formation holding spears in their left hands, and those on the right side of the formation holding spears in their right hands, in order to maximize their combat power.
This diamond-shaped battle array swept across the city wall more than a mile long, and in an instant, most of the Mitarion army that had climbed the city wall was wiped out, and he himself was almost unscathed. The Mitarion army did not dare to get close at all, and the long-range attacks of the mages and bows and arrows did not work at all, the bows and arrows would be bounced away, and the magic would have no effect. The heavy silver armor on their bodies was obviously specially treated, and Chenguang felt that their armor was somewhat similar to the sophisticated equipment he had seen in the lower layers a few days ago, and that it must have been the work of a dwarven craftsman.
The elite knights of Belém joined the battle, and the tide of the battle changed almost instantly, the battle lines opened by the Mitarion army on the city walls collapsed, and the morale of the Belém soldiers was even higher, and they were about to drive the Mitarion army off the city wall, at this time, a low drum beat sounded in the camp of the Mitarion army, and in the rumbling drums, a black cloud rose from the Mitarion army and swept towards Fort Wick.
When this black cloud came closer, people realized that it was a black cloud, but a patch of black crows. Each of these crows was half the size of a man, and their bodies were dark and shiny, with black claws like curved hooks, long beaks like bayonets, and only a pair of red eyes that glowed intimidatingly in the night.
These crows pounced on the Belém soldiers in droves, specifically attacking their faces, eyes, ears, and noses. One by one, the soldiers of Belém were pulled out of their eyes and ears tore out by these crows, and fell to the ground wailing, before being stabbed by the Mytarion soldiers who climbed the walls.
Chenguang and the others have been wandering in the battlefield, they have tried to hurt as few lives as possible, and they have only given a thunderous blow to the key enemy in some key locations, but at this moment, in the face of these black crows, they can only protect themselves, and there is not much they can do.
Seeing that the Mitarion's army began to swarm the city wall again, the voice of the Emperor of Hisai sounded again, and a moment later, another group of Belén troops came from the second wall to reinforce them, including dozens of magicians wearing magic robes and holding magic staffs, several of them had some tattered robes, and they were the magicians who had protected the Emperor Hisai on the top terrace before.
Under the protection of the Guardian Knights, these magicians began to cast all kinds of magic, fire, ice, wind, lightning, and the power of the five elements flashed and jumped on the walls of Wickburg, like a brilliant note, burning and tearing apart the crows.
Although the crows struggled to pounce on the magicians, it was a pity that these magicians were also arranged in a certain formation, and they took turns casting spells, and the power of the five elements complemented each other, and the crows could not get close at all, or became roast birds, or became ice cubes, or their feathers were blown apart, and they became vultures.
As the number of crows dwindled, the Mitarion's army quickly reclaimed the remaining crows, and the two sides returned to parity, still clinging to the first wall.