"Wait quietly...... Just waiting......"

The old duke turned around and stared into the distance again, his deep voice, he didn't know whether he was talking to the girl, or talking to himself, F6, after a while, he didn't turn around, just turned his back to the young people behind him, and said in a deep voice: "Are you really going to wait here and do nothing?"

"I've done all the things my teachers told me to do, and I've done enough, and even more. The girl's voice was full of smiles, at this moment, her smile like this, such a calm and calm smile, but it seemed to be a little cruel and cold, only to hear her say slowly: "The teacher once told me a word." "What?"

"The teacher said: In this world, everyone has their own role, everyone has their own duty, do their own duty, do their own thing, don't do less, but don't do more, that's it. The girl shrugged her shoulders, and the corners of her mouth pulled out a little arc: "I'm just a weak woman, I can't carry it on my shoulders, I can't lift it in my hands, and now the city is in chaos, what else can I do? ”

The duke smiled and said in a low voice: "Don't do less, don't do more, just do your part...... Hmph, that guy always likes to say these nonsense, which is annoying, but the most annoying thing is that (8 bias These words, but they all make sense.) ”

He withered his hand and said, "Okay, you stay in my house, I promise, even if the city is overturned, the rebels will never come to my house to harass me." In my old man's life, there will always be some prestige. Those little guys, no matter how bold they are, are not good at making mistakes in front of me. ”

The girl nodded, she touched her face lightly, and then sighed: "Such a cold wind, blowing people's faces are wooden, Lord Duke, I will go down to rest."

She turned to leave, Via was on the side, and looked at the duke deeply, as if he wanted to say something, the old duke glanced at Via, and finally said, "If something really happens...... I'll try my best to save Adric's life and leave, but that guy's temperament, you should be better than me, I'm afraid that the real country will fall, and he won't survive. Via gritted his teeth: "Who cares about his life or death." ”

But even though she said that, there was still a flash of gratitude in her purple eyes, and then she also turned around and walked into the room with the girl. "Father!"

At this time, Luo Di finally spoke, his face was full of eagerness, looking at the old duke, clenching his fists: "Are we really not doing anything?......!"

"Enough. The duke shook his head, his voice was a little tired, he turned around and looked at his son, his face was majestic, but there was a hint of love in his eyes, and he whispered: "My old man knows these truths better than you. Be loyal to the country and keep the feast of the dead...... These things are not said with mouths, and when the moment comes, my old man knows what to do, but now, you have been honest at home, and I don't want to order you to be tied up and locked up in the cellar again. "But!!"

The old duke finally turned around and took two steps, his eyes pressed on Luo Di, and he said slowly, word by word: "You don't understand what I want to do! I don't expect you to understand it now! I just tell you, at this time, my old man has more important things to do than to fight the rebels! I continue to live, it is far more valuable than going into battle and killing a few rebels!))$ The harbor area has been completely occupied by the rebels.

The fleet of the Landisians, as well as the royal fleet of the Byzantine Empire that had been stationed in the harbor, had left the port urgently on the day of the break.

There were still some naval soldiers in the port area, and some of them did not have time to leave with the fleet, and resisted to the last SLO

When the rebels captured the harbor area, they were met with some resistance, especially in the arrow towers in the harbor, which were originally used against the enemy at sea, and the remnants of the defenders were confined to the arrow towers at the docks, and the rebels had to knock out the arrow tower strongholds one by one.

There were also a large number of supplies piled up in the warehouse at the docks, many of which were transported by the Landis people through the sea transportation line, and after getting such a large amount of goods!$, there was even a skirmish within the rebels, and several rebels almost fought over the ownership of these materials, and finally Hughes himself came to intervene to suppress the infighting.

After capturing most of the city of Osgilia, the generals, officers, soldiers, and almost every umbrella man within the rebel army made a small fortune and looted enough benefits. The pockets of these rebels were filled with looted money, and they didn't want to fight any longer. The army has lost its will to fight, and almost all that is on the mind of the people is how to get rich, how to enjoy the looted wealth.

The attack on the palace has not made much progress, and it has not even been able to break the gate of the first to the palace castle.

Hughes and Salvador went to Hagia Sophia to meet with the leaders of the church, but alas, the church still showed enough cunning and wall-to-wall nature that the rebels did not get any promise of hope from the church.

Hughes understood that the Church would take a stand unless his own people cut off the emperor's head with their own hands, and the Byzantine Empire was completely dead. Until then, those goddamn sticks can stay out of it.

However, he could not make the slightest gesture of persecution against the church, even in the course of the war, the emperor did not dare to persecute the church. Because everyone knows that this church has one of the most terrifying forces on the continent: magicians!

No one is going to Rajak the Church, and once the Church announces that the magicians are in the war, no one can afford the consequences.

Hughes only tentatively made his request: he wanted to issue a proclamation in the name of the Pope to depose the Byzantine Emperor from the throne and declare the Emperor's status illegitimate. But when this request was refused, he had to give up his efforts, and even had to order a part of the people to maintain order around the church to prevent the rebels in the city from harassing the church by robbing and robbing the red eyes. At this time, no one wants to offend the church. On the other hand, unable to effectively command the rebels to participate in the attack on the palace, Hughes had to retreat to the next best. He could only do his best to ask the rebels to divide as much of their forces as possible to consolidate the garrison in the harbor area.

After the capture of the harbor area, after paying a certain price and clearing the remnants of the defenders, the rebels immediately occupied the arrow towers along the coast, and stationed troops according to Hughes's request, and carried a large number of bows and crossbows and other equipment from the dock warehouses to replenish the fortifications along the coast. For this reason, Hughes had to make some concessions, he gave up his share of the large amount of supplies in the harbor terminal warehouse, to satisfy the greed of the other rebels, and in exchange, the defense of the harbor area finally reassured Hughes a little.

After realizing that he might have made a big mistake and missed the opportunity, Hughes immediately realized his situation: if he couldn't get the palace done as soon as possible and set the big picture, then the Landis would definitely fight back from the sea. The Landis need to reap the benefits of going to war, so they will definitely send reinforcements, that's almost a certainty!

No matter what, he must complete the capture of the palace before the Landis landing! As long as his blade cuts off the head of the emperor, then the situation is completely settled! Those Landis have to give up participating in the war, and they can sit down and slowly negotiate with the Landis about the conditions for retreating. Just when the time came to the fourth day of the breach, Hughes finally waited for news from the sea.

The fourth day of the breach...... The Arc de Triomphe is still in bloody battles. This time is already a day more than the three days that Adrick promised when he was boosting morale.

However, the soldiers of the Arc de Triomphe are still fighting bloodily, and the tight guardian camp, and the walls on both sides of the city gate are still resisting the rebels rushing on both sides.

The assault on the Arc de Triomphe was still carried out by El Salvador's army, who was well aware of his situation, he had not conserved his strength like the other rebels, and after four days of bloody fighting, both sides had fought to the point of exhaustion. Salvador even sent his own guards to pounce on the Arc de Triomphe again and again.

Adrick dragged his wounded body into battle to boost morale. He fought again and again, and at the same time used countless shouts to boost morale, although three days have passed, but the morale of his command has not collapsed. In particular, the rebels were beaten out of a street by using a counterattack, and the rebel leader Salvador was almost killed in the chaos by the counterattacking humiliation team because he was on the front line in person, and his position was too high, which greatly boosted the morale of the defenders.

The Arc de Triomphe was still firmly in the hands of the defenders, and Salvatore had really done his best, and he could not imagine how such a small group of defenders could still have such a stubborn determination to resist after the entire city had fallen.

The streets were full of corpses, days of bloody fighting, both sides had no respite at all, the corpses could only be left on the battlefield of the streets, the rebels, the defenders, all mixed together, and in some places, the traces of the fire were still clear. The rebels tried to attack with fire, but a heavy snowfall at night caused the plan to fail.

A heavy snowfall gave Adric's men some respite, at least the rebels' plans for a fire attack failed. And the heavy snow made the defenders, who had been without water for two days, finally get some water.

The soldiers hurried to boil the concentrated ice and snow in a large cauldron, and then carefully put this limited amount of water into the hands of each soldier.

"Hold on!!We have held on until now!From now on, every hour, the Landis may be killed from the sea!We are almost waiting for the dawn!!For the Empire!!!

Adric raised his knife and shouted, in this way, he doesn't know how many times he has said it in the past few days, but now, no matter how hard he tries, his voice can't be as full as a few days ago, his breath is a little weak, yesterday when he was fighting fiercely, he was stabbed in the chest, although most of the strength was blocked by the armor, but the opponent who slashed him was a rebel general, the strength of the fighting spirit still caused damage to his body, Adric suspected that his chest ribs might be broken, but he could only force it up, he was now the only sustenance of the whole army, and he must not show a little decline！

Maybe the next moment, the Landis will arrive.

Almost everyone is turning this thought in their hearts, although some people have begun to doubt and begin to waver in their hearts, but at this moment S1, they have no choice but to believe in this thought!

On the fourth day, the defenders of the Arc de Triomphe, inspired by General Adric, repelled eleven charges from the rebels, and fought until sunset on the 7th, when the rebels finally retreated a little.

In the barracks, there was no one who could stand, the rebels had just retreated, almost everyone sat directly on the ground, whether it was the general or the soldiers, they were all gasping for breath, only the doctors who came up from behind, nervously running back and forth under the wailing and shouting of the wounded soldiers, seizing the rare time to rescue the wounded soldiers.

After four days of fierce fighting, there were originally nearly 8,000 defenders, and there were less than 3,000 left. Adric knew in his heart that with the remaining strength in his hands, it was absolutely impossible to hold out until tomorrow's sunset. Maybe...... Today, it's those of you who will see the sunset for the last time in your life.

There were less than 3,000 defenders, all wounded, all exhausted, most of them had not closed their eyes for three days, fatigue, wounded soldiers, hunger and thirst, and the fear of death were tormenting their will.

Some soldiers were so tired that they vomited blood, and the archers could no longer hold their bows, and some of the archers had their fingers cut to pieces by the bowstrings, and some couldn't even lift their arms. The last day is ...... Maybe.

When the sun was setting, everyone, including Adric, couldn't help but look to the west, watching the sun slowly set, and the afterglow of the remnant sun disappeared little by little at the end of the sky. ”

An officer limped to Adric's side, his armor no longer recognizable, his shoulder slashed open, his flesh blurred, and only three fingers left on one hand, wrapped in gauze.

The officer stood beside Adric, and then bent down deeply: "It is my greatest honor to be able to fight side by side with you!" With the first one, one by one the officers walked and gathered around Adric, each

They all saluted Adric, and then silently looked at their commander. Adric took a deep breath, and at this time, he realized that he could no longer say anything to boost morale, and everyone knew that they had reached the point of exhaustion. At this time, it would be ridiculous to talk about those generous words that boost morale. "Thank you!"

The general also solemnly returned the salute, and then Adric took a deep breath: "I don't have anything else to say...... I am so proud of you, each and every one of you! You are true soldiers and heroes of the Empire! I cannot make any other promises to you, I can only say ...... I will fight with you...... When the last moment comes, I will die with you!

No one spoke, everyone looked at Adrick quietly, and there was no wavering in everyone's eyes.

Adric burst into tears, and then he took a deep breath: "Blow the trumpet, blow the triumphant horn, let the palace hear us, let them know that we are still fighting! we will continue to fight!"

The soldiers who blew the trumpets were already exhausted, but at this moment, under Adric's orders, several officers stepped out of the crowd, took the horns, stood in a row, and blew the horns!

The mighty and majestic Imperial Triumphant Victory Trophies sounded, and at this sunset, with the last rays of the sunset, echoed over this ancient city, and the generous tone seemed to carry a kind of tragedy that cannot be described in words! Adric gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "They will definitely take advantage of the night to raid." Guys, this may be our last battle......! For the Empire!" "For the Empire!" all the officers straightened up.

Just when the last tune of the Triumph finally fell, the sound of the trumpet came to an abrupt end, and the echo was about to fade away......

Suddenly, in the distance, accompanied by the sound of the wind, there was a slight movement, which made the muscles of Adric's eyes suddenly flutter! With the sound of the wind, the distant voice, intermittently came, not clear, but fell on Adric's ears, and at this moment it seemed like thunder!!

"No...... Trumpet ...... It's the trumpet......" Adric muttered to himself, his voice trembled, and his eyes suddenly flashed, and he shouted: "It's the trumpet of the Landys! It's the trumpet of the Lanti!!s!"

The sound of the trumpet was faint, but soon, a roaring sound came from the south, like a muffled thunder, accompanied by gusts of wind. In the distance, in the south, also in the direction of the harbor...... I saw one by one the lights rising into the sky, rushing into the air, bursting into the air, and scattering "It's a signal from the sea! It's a signal from the Landy's rookie battleship."

Adric suddenly shook his body, only to feel as if the strength of his whole body, at this moment, but was evacuated, he stared at the southern sky with wide eyes, when the night had fallen, the fireworks of the signal were so clear in the sky! "It's coming! Finally...... At night, the earth was still white. The dense sound of horses' hooves already looked tired and somewhat chaotic.

When the horse team rushed into the city gate with the wind in his pocket, Char finally breathed a sigh of relief, as if he was afraid of the strength of the road, and finally dispersed at this moment.

When he rushed to the city, under the response of the cavalry who greeted him, Char almost turned over and fell off his horse, and when several cavalrymen from Denzel City came up to pick him up, Char was already cold all over his body, and the cold wind and ice and snow all the way made Char unable to continue to hold on. His body was numb, and he was almost carried into the garrison by the soldiers.

Although it was night, when Char came back and entered the city, the news came, and all the officers and generals in Denzel City urgently gathered in the garrison mansion.

Char didn't rest, he didn't even have time to hang his clothes, he didn't take a sip of water, and he was immediately carried into the conference hall of the garrison mansion.

Below the old mad dog Green, almost all the high-ranking generals of this small group under Char's command gathered here. Seeing Char's return, everyone was a little surprised, a little surprised, and Old Green was even more pale.

"I don't have anything else to explain. Char's lips were blue, and he refused a guard who was about to come up and put a blanket on him, and walked to the front himself, stood in front of the boss's table, and looked at everyone: "Now, everyone, listen to my orders!"

There was a commotion below, and everyone didn't expect that the coach who had been away for many days suddenly came back and immediately gave an order, and looking at his F6 anger and expression, it was unprecedentedly solemn and serious. "The whole army, enter the emergency preparations!" Char's voice was hoarse, although tired, but

"First Corps, immediately enter combat readiness, I will only give you two days to distribute the ordnance to every soldier! If you are insufficient, go to Cato of the Quartermaster Office to collect it! I know that the food reserves are insufficient, and from now on, we will enter the war period! All the food will be given priority to the supply army! I will not care what method you use, within two days, you will get all the food you can get! At least the reserves that can cope with the Thirty Annihilation War! The second corps, one flag regiment in Denzel City, one flag regiment in Mesta, and all the others are in reserve equipment and can be sent out as the second echelon at any time......! Don't disobey!""Piece of uproar!

Green was immediately furious, he seemed to be about to stare and ask something, but Char's fierce eyes glared over, Green saw Char's eyes were unprecedentedly serious and absolute, he subconsciously closed his mouth, took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and said in a deep voice: "What about the direction of our attack?"

"South! Manninger, Odin, Red Snow Army!" Char looked coldly at the people below: "I know you have doubts in your hearts! Keep these doubts, go prepare for the war first, and do what you should do! As for the explanation, you will get it! But not now! Remember your duty! Do what you should do, don't do less, don't do more!"