The three thousand frightened Salts could no longer be called warriors. The fact that the army of 10,000 men had not been out of the city for more than a month, and only 3,000 were left alive was a surprise to everyone. Neither Maro's man, who provoked all this, nor Azela, who had just been crowned, could believe such an outcome.

Ten days earlier they had just received the news of the fall of Lobito and celebrated, and the next moment the army of the Council City had retreated, which was not a common sense thing. The defeated Legion was full of strange Coalition weapons, the kind that would roar and then collapse the walls, but these were only his justifications in Azela's ears. Eleven thousand, even against the same number of enemies, would not have been defeated so quickly in the state of defending the city.

But no matter how much Azela didn't believe it, the facts were already in front of her. Only 3,000 of the 10,000 men returned to the Parliament City, and Elam's coalition forces were approaching the city. Azela now has no time to deal with the so-called strange weapons of the coalition forces, and he is busy stabilizing the situation in the city, mobilizing supplies, and mobilizing the people in the city to participate in the defense of the city.

With the addition of the 3,000 Salts, who could no longer be called warriors, there were now only 7,000 defenders in the city. Although the city of Parliament is well garrisoned, if Elam's coalition forces use siege tactics and cut off food and water from the city, then the city will not be able to hold out for long, and it will only be possible to win if the army is reassembled.

"That weapon is actually there. Maro's man came to Azela's office, looked at the dispatch list full of numbers, and said to Azela, who seemed to be several years old, sitting in it, "My men have also reported to me about the existence of weapons, and your legion commander is not lying about his failure. ”

"What about that?" Azera looked at the data in his hand from the various grain depots in the city without raising his head, and said in a somewhat depressed voice: "If there is no existence of that weapon, it can only mean that my legion commander is incompetent." And if that weapon exists, it means that the city of Parliament is even more dangerous. Either way, it's terrible news for me. ”

"It's not like things are out of the blue, maybe my men can destroy that weapon. Maro's man said, "And there are also the Chosen Warriors of the Temple of War in the city, and with their help, there is still a chance to win this war." Train more warriors from the city, and as long as you hold out for a month, you will have the power to fight back. I have sent people to the cities to the west to ask for help, and they will organize an army to come and support them. ”

"That's enough! Azela raised her head, looked at the man in front of her with a gloomy face, and said almost through gritted teeth: "Don't act like you're helping me, although I was deceived by you at the beginning and chose this path, but it doesn't mean that I never knew what you did." ”

"I'm really helping you. The man smiled and said, "You know what I did, didn't I? I helped you persuade the city to rebel in the west, and helped you distract Elam, provoke Ankud and Arica to form a coalition army at once, and help you find out the opponents in the city, so that the council city has a stable environment." You see there's nothing I'm not thinking about for you, so how can you say ......"

"Think about me?" said Azera interrupting the man, his face full of anger under the cold expression, "You didn't think about anyone but to make Elam more chaotic! Don't think I really don't know what you're doing! You came to Elam to make it easier for the Salts to kill each other and for your emperor to take this place more easily in the future!"

Azela wasn't really a fool, because a fool wouldn't sit in the Speaker's seat, no matter how powerful his family was in the city. In the beginning, Azela made a mistake because of impulsiveness and the temptation of fame and fortune, and embarked on a path from which there was no turning back.

But after Azela's coronation, he understood Maro's purpose. Maro, who had the upper hand in the battle against Carthage, had set his sights on the land where his ancestors had failed several times. In order to prove his greatness, the Emperor Caesar of Maro, after destroying Carthage, would surely send an army to attack Elamite in order to accomplish what his ancestors had not done.

The man in front of him was Caesar, the man sent to weaken the power of the Salts, and now the Elamite civil war has caused tens of thousands of deaths and the economy has been greatly affected. This is a big blow to Elam, after this civil unrest, once Maro attacks, then it will not be so easy for the Sarts to resist Marlo's attack.

The Altes, who have already spent almost all their strength, will not have enough soldiers and supplies to fight the war. Elam, who was in dire need of recuperation, might be defeated by Maro, whose morale was high because of his victory over Carthage, and he would be forced to become a province of the Maro Empire.

"Isn't that a good thing?" Seeing that his intentions had been debunked, Marlo's man did not pretend to smile and said, "To be a part of the great empire, under the rule of the greatest emperor in history, I believe that a place like Elam can also prosper." And if you lose Marlo's help now, the only thing that awaits you is a guillotine. You'll have to go all the way down to the Empire's orders, and then you'll be Lord of Elam when the Emperor arrives. ”

Azela didn't say anything when he heard the man, and as the man said, he had no way out. If he doesn't hold Marlo's thighs tightly, then all that awaits him is death. Azela sighed and continued to organize and dispatch supplies in the city to hold out as long as possible.

Marlo's man smiled and walked out of the office, to arrange the things he needed to focus on. He was as interested in the new weapon that the Elan coalition was using this time, as was the others who knew about it, and if he could get the blueprints for such a weapon, then his status in the shadows would also be improved, and he was tired of being sent everywhere like this.

At this time, the coalition forces staying in Lobito were also completing their rearmament and began to advance towards the council city after being reinforced, and they also saw the strange supply of Thunder Bluff. The cartloads of iron poured from Thunder Cliff were the food for this monster army.

Compared to other legions, which drove cattle and sheep to supply, these square iron buckets were easier to carry and seemed to last longer. After seeing this method, the other legion commanders also used the excuse of discussing the siege plan to come to the monster's camp to see how the iron irrigation was used.

After a few days of traveling, the Elama coalition finally saw the towering walls of the Parliament City and the soldiers of the Parliament City who were nervously guarding them.

Sieges usually take a long time, and if it weren't for Lobito's walls, they wouldn't have ended so quickly if they hadn't been destroyed by the artillery of Thunder Bluff a few days ago.

So as agreed, the coalition forces were stationed south of the city of Parliament, and camped for the arrival of Ankud's 4,000 soldiers. And with the arrival of these 4,000 soldiers were the tools prepared by Ankud for the construction of siege equipment, as well as the craftsmen who built the siege equipment.

Caught between two rivers, the city of Parliament is only flat to the south, which provides conditions for a siege. This is not good for the besieging side, as the narrowness of the attack surface allows the Council City to concentrate its forces on a single wall. The 30-meter-high walls of the Parliament City, as well as various facilities to defend the city, make the city only once in history to be captured. It would take a lot of lives to take the city and stain the walls of the city red.

"Can artillery blast through the walls of the Council City?" On a hillside not far from the monster camp, Emily stayed behind Mo Yan and looked at the walls of the Council City in the distance and asked, "If the soldiers are forced to attack the city, a lot of people will die in vain." ”

"It's too thick. Mo Yan carefully observed the walls of the Council City, and could only shake his head and said, "Even if we have enough shells, it will take a long time to blast through such a wall. It is not enough to blow open the gates and enter directly from there, the narrow passage behind the gates of the Parliament City will make the warriors in it a live target for crossbow arrows on the walls. ”

"Can you only climb the walls?" said Emily, a little unbearably, "How many people will die?"

"If all goes well, there won't be anything left of the Coalition after taking the Council City. Mo Yan thought for a moment and made a rough assessment and said, "Of course, this is the way to use a strong attack, but in fact, as long as the coalition forces can surround the council city for a few months, they can be forced to go out of the city for a decisive battle." Then when the time comes, we will have the advantage in numbers, and we will be sure to beat them completely. ”

"That's just a matter of waiting. Emily continued to look at the walls of the Parliament City, the city she was proud of, and said, "If you take the Parliament City, then it's over, isn't it?"

"Yes. Mo Yan laughed and jokingly said: "In that case, the price of food can also be reduced, and I will be able to eat at one time." ”

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