Chapter 51: The City Wants to Be Destroyed
The dawn of dawn sounded the clarion call for war. The cold city woke up from its slumber and ushered in a blood-colored morning.
After several waves of attacks, the orcs still could not gain a foothold on the walled city, and after occasionally breaking through a section of the wall, a young female general, covered in silver light, wielded a long sword, led a team of soldiers to send the orc soldiers who climbed the wall to hell.
The two races have turned the devastated cold city into a meat grinder, mercilessly harvesting life after life. Only blood can arouse the primitive animalistic nature of man, hatred, and something else may be possible, but it is by no means as direct as blood.
The red-eyed soldiers could no longer tell which one was a human and which one was an orc, just like a beast fished out of blood, tearing and biting each other.
Life and death no longer mean anything at this moment, a knife just cut off someone's head, and a gun suddenly pierced his chest.
Liehu looked at the scene in front of him leisurely, and was very satisfied. War must be dead, and these waves of attacking orc soldiers are just cannon fodder. He killed, and he remained behind. When the Cold City was exhausted, it was the time when the Cold City fell.
The two-hour tearing apart, apart from leaving a large number of corpses, did not have much impact on the battle situation. However, there was a faint feeling in Rollin's heart that something was wrong. Naya came to him at this time. Naya, like Rollin, had not slept for a few days in the city, her eyes were red and her face was haggard. What sustains them is only unyielding faith and loyalty to the country.
"Princess, they seem to be deliberately draining our fortifications. Rollin looked at the orcs who kept coming up and said anxiously.
"Well, I found out too. However, knowing their intentions, we still have to use them, otherwise, how can we keep them?" Naya laughed miserably.
"If this continues, we can hold on for half a day at most. "If there are enough war supplies, why did it come to such a point. A deep sense of guilt rose in Rollin's heart.
The lack of war readiness materials in the cold city was caused by the quartermasters under Luo Lin. Most of these materials were sold under different names. In this regard, Rollin has always turned a blind eye, and in the absence of war for a long time, he does not want to blame others for this. He looked forward to the day when he could leave the cold city, but he didn't expect that the war would come suddenly.
"They consumed us, and they must have prepared for the attack that followed. General Rollin, I order you, as a princess, that if you lead your men to break through and harass the orc army along the way when the city is broken, you must buy time for the emperor's ** team to prepare. Naya pondered for a moment and said to Rollin.
"No, princess, I'll stay, you lead people to break through!" Luo Lin said with tears in his eyes.
"The defense of Hancheng is weak, and the last general will not be able to exonerate his guilt, and he should die in battle to atone for his sins!"
"General, now is not the time to hold accountable, this is my order. Naya snapped, turning and running towards the wall.
Looking at the princess covered in blood, Luo Lin gritted his teeth and threw himself towards the city wall.
"Put the turret up and push it forward. ”
After yesterday's attack, Hu Lie knew that the arrows of the defenders of the cold city had run out, and in today's attack, a large number of stones were consumed by the defenders. The few catapults at the head of the city seem to have become decorations, occasionally throwing a few stones, but they do not pose any threat.
"It's time. Hu Lie smiled and watched as the arrow towers were erected and slowly pushed towards the walls of the cold city.
More than ten arrow towers approached the city wall, and the rain of arrows in the sky sprinkled on the defenders on the city wall. Suddenly, many people were hit by arrows and fell from the wall. On the city wall, there were bursts of screams.
"Protect the princess!" Rollin yelled as he commanded the warriors to retreat.
Naya slashed an orc soldier under her sword when she heard the sound of arrows breaking through the air behind her. Then, with a muffled grunt, a body fell limply on her back.
Naya hurriedly turned around to support the person behind her, and a young face appeared in front of her. It was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old Imperial recruit who bravely stood behind her when the arrows struck. The body had been pierced by arrows, and crimson arrows had entered the vest and emerged from the chest.
"Princess, you are so beautiful!"
The soldier struggled to utter his last words and fell to the ground.
Dozens of soldiers pounced and surrounded Naya tightly.
"Get back to your place, I don't need your protection!" Naya yelled.
No one heeded her orders. After a rain of arrows, several more soldiers fell beside her. The orc archers, who seemed to have spotted the anomaly as well, began to concentrate on shooting at Naya's location.
Naya flew up and jumped up, facing the dense arrows, her whole body suddenly rushed to fight, and she swung it hard, forming a light curtain and protecting the soldiers behind her.
"Princess, don't!" roared the young soldiers angrily.
"Won't the princess be able to protect her soldiers?" said Naya in the face of death, her mood became extraordinarily calm, and she said loudly.
"We protect you, not only because you are our princess, but also because you are a beautiful girl! Leave a beautiful picture for the motherland, princess, which will inspire countless soldiers to fight for it!
A soldier said with a sigh of relief.
"Motherland, please don't forget me!"
With a shout, he rushed out of the protection of the sword light, attracting a burst of orcs, and in an instant, he was hit by several arrows and fell in a pool of blood.
"Motherland, please don't forget me!"
Following his footsteps, one by one, young soldiers shouted and rushed out of the sword light, using their example as a target, attracting the enemy's arrows, and calmly walked towards death.
"Don't!"
Watching the soldiers fall one by one, Naya was heartbroken and cried bitterly.
Rollin quickly organized a group of archers to escort Naya and brought the two catapults over. He then ordered all the soldiers on the city wall to retreat into the arrow tower, and wait for the enemy to rush up the city wall before engaging in hand-to-hand combat. The defensive advantage of the city wall was completely disintegrated by the orc's arrow tower in a moment.
Looking at the ruined city walls, looking at the soldiers lying on the ground, and thinking of the young faces who were willing to die to protect themselves, Naya's heart rose with a ray of sadness and enlightenment.
Death is scary, but it has the benefit of shortening the distance between people. People are always alienated by "life" and approached by "death". Once, she was a princess who was high, but now, in their eyes, she is just a girl who needs to be protected. Naya suddenly felt that she liked it very much.
"Soldiers, you will live forever! Don't go far, wait for your princess!"
Naya feels that the lives of soldiers on the battlefield are like flowers.
Frail.
But live forever in the spring.
Short.
But always fragrant and charming.
death
But let him wither at the most beautiful time,
Beauty will last forever.
Because only death is close to eternity.
"General Rollin, remember to carry out my orders. When you can't do anything, I want you to keep more soldiers alive. ”
Naya suddenly felt a sense of relief, and said lightly to Rollin.
"Hmm. Rollin nodded calmly.
He had decided that when the city was broken, he would stun the princess and send her out of the cold city safely.
"Once, I was a cowardly man, and today, I will wash away the shame of this body with blood!"
This is his thoughts, and this is what every soldier thinks.
Dying on the battlefield is the glory of a man.
The "Flower of Fire Cloud" will bloom forever, which is the wish of every hot-blooded man in the empire.
At this time, a soldier hurriedly ran up the city wall, and said out of breath:
"General, there is a mercenary leader asking to see you!"
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