Justes' eyes widened, and he didn't speak for a moment.

The eyes of the two lion knights widened, and they probably wanted to swear, but they finally held back.

"Don't look at me like that, Lord Doge...... You see, you are in my hands, and if the Governor of Livius continues to attack the city, then I will definitely have to kill you...... Right? ”

The knife began to gesture in front of Justus's eyes again.

"However, if you cooperate with me and find a way to get Livius to fall into my hands, then everyone can continue to live, how wonderful......"

The lord's tone was really a little compassionate.

Justes closed his eyes and frowned, looking undecided.

"Think about it, Lord Doge, if you were dead, but Livius was still alive...... So what will he do? Guess he will take over your luxury villa, spend your dinars, sleep with your woman, beat your baby......"

The lord touched a pear from Justes' table, peeled it slowly with a knife, and then poked a piece with the tip of the knife and handed it to Justus's mouth.

Glancing at the sharp knife, Justus shuddered.

"Okay! I'll cooperate with you...... But you have to promise to let me go when the war is over! ”

Justus gritted his teeth and agreed.

But just as Leon hid the knife back in his sleeve and was about to have Justus take him with him for a 'meeting with Livius', the drums of war sounded, and the all-out offensive of the Bacchus Empire had begun.

"Your Excellency! Captain Livius, please attack! ”

There was a voice outside the tent.

Justus looked at Leon, sighed and said loudly, "All of you go to the outside of the camp and wait for my order!" ”

Leon nodded, pleased with Justes' reaction.

Justes is not lying, he is really not a manager.

Because, except for his men, the Bacchus Empire has already been dispatched.

The offensive was very fierce, and the shouts of killing shook the sky.

The castle was surrounded by countless crossbowmen, scattered around White Hart Castle, trying to suppress the defenders with their crossbows.

Although the archers in the city had a geographical advantage, the Bacchus Empire had a large number of crossbowmen, and the two sides turned into a war of attrition, which was actually very bad for Whitestag, even if they created a one-to-three battle loss ratio.

After all, the military strength of the Bacchus Empire is more than ten times that of White Deer Castle.

More than a dozen siege ladders have been set up on the outer wall of White Deer Fort, and the hoplites have begun to attach the wall to attack the city.

These siege ladders were only made in one day, not real siege ladders, there were no pedestals, and there were no advanced lifting pulleys - the terrain of Bailu Fort was dangerous, and the surrounding area was either a hillside or a forest, and it was difficult to transport large equipment.

However, although it is only a dozen or so simple ladders with hooks, it still works.

The heavy siege ladder can actually be hooked to the city wall, and the defenders of the city can only send people to block the ladder with spears and thorns, and rely on the arrow emplacements on the side to defend.

The defensive equipment of White Deer Fort seemed to be quite adequate, and from time to time rolling logs were thrown, smashing down the enemies on the ladder one after another.

But even then, it is difficult to take care of all places due to the large disparity in numbers.

The Bacchus Empire's successive offensives did not stop at all, and soon there were heavily armored warriors on the first wall, and the soldiers defending the city began to suffer a large number of casualties.

If it goes on like this, it will only take about a day, and White Deer Fort will fall.

We've got to kidnap Levius too!

But the problem is that while Justes was willing to cooperate, they couldn't find Levius in time.

For the governor of Livius went to the city to supervise the war......

Leon had already retrieved his weapons and equipment, and led his twenty or so men to stand on the hillside on the side of White Hart Fort, surrounding Justus in the middle.

It looked like Governor Justus had brought a group of bodyguards, and no one noticed that the Governor had been coerced.

Justes pointed to a blue and yellow Pegasus flag under Fort White Deer: "That's Levius, but now it's ......."

Levius was directing the siege, dressed in black plate chain mail, standing in the middle of a large group of Imperial infantry.

It was impossible to forcibly kidnap the ticket, and Leon only wanted to take hostages and not to rush to death.

It was up to Justus to introduce "Reinier" to Levius in order to get a reasonable approach to Levius.

But the problem is, Justes can't just go out into the field and say, "I'll introduce you to a good brother," right?

It's out of place.

Unless the fighting ceases temporarily, it will be difficult to carry out kidnappings. And it's not suitable to wander around on the battlefield, if you are shot to death by the defenders of White Deer Fort, it will be too cost-effective......

But the troops of the Bacchus Empire, under the command of Livius, attacked more and more fiercely, and the battle did not stop for a moment from morning to afternoon.

The first wall has been captured, and the defenders of Fort White Hart have retreated to the second inner wall.

The number of defenders was still too small, and many of the elite warriors were taken away by Godric, and since the Bacchus Empire sent the elite to force a foothold in a corner of the city wall, they had to be locked in hand-to-hand combat.

White Deer Fort naturally couldn't afford it, so they abandoned the first wall and went up to the second wall on the mountainside.

The archers on the walls were desperately shooting arrows, but the loss of an outer wall and the lack of space for defense meant that the archers' defenses would have a certain amount of dead ends.

At this time, the 'Imperial Gladiators' of the Bacchus Empire were dispatched, which was sent by Governor Livius.

They were real thugs, who had been criminals, slaves, or bankrupt civilians, but who had survived the life and death of the gladiatorial arena, and who survived were very fierce warriors.

The Empire trained them into armies, but did not provide them with good defensive equipment, and they were easily shot by ranged troops under the city.

Fighting in formation on the plains, it was also difficult for them to resist the mixed and neat formations.

However, once they are allowed to go up the city walls and enter hand-to-hand combat, these high-skilled, fierce, lightly armed thugs will become very terrifying.

Light-armed gladiators could even climb the city walls with their bare hands, and the small space at the head of the castle and nowhere to hide was the place where these gladiators could best display their combat effectiveness.

Taking advantage of the dead end of the White Hart Castle archers' shooting, the gladiators climbed the second wall of the White Hart Fort, and the defenders of the White Hart Fort began to retreat one after another.

In hand-to-hand combat where there was no way out, the Imperial gladiators were much stronger than the average infantry, even comparable to the great swordsmen of Mettenheim.

Fort White Deer looks like it's in jeopardy.

Leon frowned.

"Uh......h Woo......"

At the critical moment, the long horn sounded from the forest behind White Hart Castle, and it seemed that Risa Dilan was still reliable, and the lord breathed a sigh of relief.

Justes looked at Leon, "Horn summons the Rangers?" Will they be able to make it through the Noldor Forest?! ”

Li Ang pulled his cheeks and smiled: "In these years, anything can happen......

Yes, anything can happen on the battlefield.

The moment they heard the sound of the horn, the defenders of Fort White Hart began to counterattack like blood, and the troops of the Bacchus Empire hurriedly retreated from the city - both sides thought that there were reinforcements from Fort White Hart in the forest, and this horn sound was a sign of the trumpet's summoning rangers.

And the sound of the horn came from the forest behind White Hart Castle......

It would be terrifying to be able to see the reinforcements that appeared behind Fort White Hart through the Noldor Forest - either this is a strong army that even the Noldor Elves dare not provoke, or this 'reinforcement' is allied with the Noldor Elves!

Either way, the Bacchus Empire had to get its troops back down and prepare for battle.

The Imperial army fought and retreated, and the defenders of White Hart regained control of the outer walls in a matter of minutes.

The war seemed to have returned to the way it had begun in the morning, and only the corpses and blood on the ground could prove that there had been a day of intense fighting.

The Bacchus Empire has formed a neat military formation under the city, and has sent a large number of men to search the nearby forests in case of 'reinforcements' from Fort White Deer.

A quarter of an hour passed, and the battlefield gradually calmed down.

The horn kept sounding, but no troops came out of the forest......

This is the work that the lord has arranged for Risadillan before, just to deal with this kind of crisis situation - but this kind of fooling can only be deceived once, and it can only be done by Risardiran, the Noldor elf.

Because the trumpeter will be followed by the scouts of Bacchus's army, he can only flee into the depths of the forest—only Risadilan dares to hide in the depths of the forest.

At this time, the lords of the Bacchus Empire had already sent people to increase the range of scouts, and they had already realized that they had probably been fooled.

However, they didn't dare to enter the depths of the Noldor Forest - if they did provoke the Noldor elves to make a big move, then they didn't want to attack the city in peace.

After this back and forth, it was getting late, and it was no longer suitable to launch another large-scale attack.

The lords gathered their troops and returned to the camp, and in the large camp a mile away, they cursed the liar who was hiding in the forest.

Leon also returned to the governor's luxurious camp with Justus again.

"Why, Your Excellency, don't you need me to 'introduce' Levius for you?"

Justes was puzzled.

"I think Livius should be coming to Xingshi soon, just wait—your troops haven't been fighting all day...... I didn't even send a scout, and if I were the boss, I'd have to smoke you to death!" ”

"The Point Guard Is Here"