The sound of artillery resounded through the royal capital, and the generals woke up from their sleep, and after five days, the fear of war once again permeated everyone's hearts.

For the war outside the city, the people in the royal capital were divided into two situations.

The more devout believers prayed from the bottom of their hearts that the messengers of the Great Lord would cast out evil and return the kingdom of Hadrata to the Lord's arms, while the rest were in panic and confusion.

At the same time, in a courtyard of the palace, Lynn and others, who were discussing the counteroffensive plan, also received an urgent report from the attendants - the crusading army of the Holy See outside the city suddenly launched a large-scale attack, seeing that the elite of the posture was exhausted, and even the priesthood had been dispatched, and Sanchez, who was stationed, urgently asked them to send more men to support, otherwise the city gate was likely to fall.

"It's so fast, it looks like we haven't done it yet, they're already in a hurry!" Raphael said with a sneer.

"But it's only been five days, and since Edwell dares to do it, he must rely on it!" Adela frowned, guessing worriedly.

The previous crusading army was defeated and retreated, leaving behind more than 20,000 corpses, and he thought that the other party would need to rest for at least ten days and half a month before carrying out the second wave of offensive, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.

"I have received news that a reinforcement army of about 40,000 men has arrived under the royal capital and joined the crusading army, and I think they are probably planning to launch a general attack under the cover of night." Lynn muttered.

"In this way, the advantages of the new weapons we have are weakened...... "everyone present immediately realized the problem.

The range and power of muskets and artillery had always been the basis for their easy victory over the Imperial forces and their excess casualty ratio, but now that their field of view was restricted, the musketeers and artillerymen could not effectively hit the enemy from long distances.

And once they enter the white-knuckle battle, these temporary signs show that the musketeers who have only been trained for a few months are unlikely to be the elite opponents of the Holy See, and even have the possibility of being directly defeated.

Thinking of this, Raphael said eagerly. "In other words, the number of enemies outside the city may exceed 100,000, and we must immediately send reinforcements to Sanchez!"

Since Sánchez took the initiative to ask for support, it means that the situation is very urgent, and the plans they have made are far from enough to deal with the powerful offensive of the Holy See crusading army.

Lynn nodded, looked around the conference hall, and then asked the five great wizards, including Anthony and Adra, to lead two hundred official wizards to the city gate to support immediately.

In addition, 5,000 musketeers and 10,000 Janissaries were dispatched......

"Isn't that a little less? I remember that there were at least 7,000 musketeers in the royal capital. Adela asked, puzzled.

They trained about 30,000 musketeers, of whom 18,000 were responsible for defending the city, rotating three times a day to ensure that their combat effectiveness could be fully deployed into battle when necessary.

The remaining 5,000 people are used as a reserve force to support at any time, which is the manpower that Lynn is now deploying.

In addition to this, there are 7,000 men scattered throughout the royal capital, 4,000 men guarding the granaries, ammunition depots, and various key nodes, and there are still 3,000 men who can be called...... Even more extreme, it is possible to throw those who defend into the battlefield as well.

The number of enemies may be beyond imagination, and any force is very important now, and these people can be fully utilized.

"No, the troops guarding the royal capital can no longer be mobilized, they need to be responsible for maintaining stability in the city!" Lynn said categorically. "Inform them separately to let the airship take to the skies, take out those arsonous griffon knights, and then go to support the battle on the front line, that should be enough!"

Compared with Raphael and others, who experienced such a large-scale war for the first time, Lynn was still very calm in the face of such a crisis.

Although the crusading army of the Holy See was menacing, he knew that it would not be so easy to capture the royal city from the front!

The walls of the royal capital are eighteen meters high, reinforced by magic, and defended by hundreds of wizards, no matter how great the strength Edwell invests, he will inevitably hit his head and bleed.

On the contrary, it is within the royal capital, and in any case, it is necessary to reserve a part of the new force, otherwise once there is internal chaos, it is easy to cause a chain reaction, and the whole line will be defeated!

"Well, since you insist." Adela shook his head, and then didn't say anything more, and immediately got up with Anthony and gathered a group of wizards to rush to support, not daring to delay for a moment.

Raphael, who stayed behind, was a little worried that conducting air combat in the dark would not affect the performance of the airship, although each airship had already installed a laser emitter, but how to aim was a problem.

"It doesn't matter, it's the same day and night for them!" Lynn spoke, but did not explain in depth, and then called Elok and asked him to turn on the electrical device located in the Alchemy Research Institute.

Of course, he had also considered the possibility of night fighting, so in the two months since the capture of the royal capital, they had not done nothing, in fact, he had ordered people to build an electrical cycle covering the whole city, and installed the rudimentary electric lights that he had researched a few months ago in various places in the streets of the royal capital.

However, because the power reserve is not abundant, and it has to be supplied to a large power consumer such as the electromagnetic gun, it has never been turned on, and now that Edwell plans to launch a decisive battle, there is no need to save electricity!

Lynn pondered about what else was missing, and suddenly remembered something. "By the way, how many speakers? It's been a few days, haven't they arrived yet? ”

He remembered that before leaving the Wizard's Lands, Harrov had promised him that he would come to Hadratta when they had dealt with the Council.

After all, after the Holy See knew that the fall of the kingdom was related to the land of wizards, it was very likely that they would dispatch a legendary-level power, and it would be difficult for them to compete with them unless they attacked them in groups.

"I've heard that two Speakers have left the Wizarding Lands, but I don't know why they haven't arrived until now!" Raphael said hesitantly.

Delayed? Or is there something delayed at the moment?

Lynn thought to herself, it couldn't be that the Holy See sent another army to attack the Wizard's Land at the same time, right?

Even then, they should get some news......

But since Harrov and the others haven't arrived yet, then they will have to rely on themselves tonight!

(End of chapter)