Soon, the four people who were currently in charge of the work gathered in the conference room, and on the way here, Rickett and Sophia also knew what had happened, and they were also full of anxiety.

"Is there a mistake in Farrak's attack? Like Charlotte, Rickett was a little incredulous.

Freddy, who was in charge of intelligence, was the first to know about this, and he snorted coldly: "I just got the news that the other side has sent 3,000 troops, fully armed, and will arrive in Headington in half a day." Do you think they're here for a picnic?"

As soon as these words came out, Rickett had nothing to say. No one doubted the authenticity of Freddy's information, and if it weren't for him, they wouldn't have noticed it until the other party had killed him.

At least, there is still plenty of time to respond.

It's just that everyone doesn't understand why Farak is attacking Headington.

"Andrew, is this crazy?" said the straight-tempered Charlotte, "We have never had a grudge against Farak, why would he do such a stupid thing?"

"No grudges?" Freddie sneered, not changing his usual meanness, "Has Mayor Forgotten where the goblins we used to build the seawall, renovate the town, and build the Giant's Mark Fortress came from?" ”

Charlotte was speechless.

What he was referring to was that Raymond had enough labor for Headington and at the same time took pity on those goblins, so he forcibly moved the goblin tribe of Farak City to the range of Headington.

And Farak relies on these cheap goblins to maintain crystal mining. After the goblins were snatched away, Farak's mining industry came to a near standstill and had to reactivate human miners, resulting in reduced production and a significant increase in costs. The losses were extremely heavy.

It was precisely because of this incident that Farak hated Headington to the core, and the relationship between the two sides broke down completely.

"Even so. Sophia muttered, "Don't Andrew know the consequences of attacking us?"

Freddie nodded: "Your Highness is right, this is the only thing I don't understand." Andrew is not a fool, he is well aware of the difference in strength between him and us, even if he succeeds for a while. Retaliation after the fact is not something they can afford. ”

"So, I really can't understand what he's doing it for. ”

"And—" Freddie's voice sank, "and something strange. It is also unusual that a single city of Farak can muster 3,000 heavily armed soldiers. ”

Although Farak is wealthy, it is only a remote town with limited financial and material resources and population. But now an army of 3,000 people suddenly appeared in it, which is really very strange.

Sophia said, "Don't you have a clue?"

Freddie shook his head: "After the goblin incident, Farak completely cut off contact with us. The few spies I planted were also infiltrated as merchants of the Ravuit Federation, and they had no access to higher-level intelligence. ”

As he spoke, he sneered: "Interesting, I didn't take this neighbor in my eyes at all, but now there is such a big storm, I really want to know what they want to do." ”

This time the incident was not only sudden, but also strange everywhere. One thing is for sure, though. Andrew must have been planning for a long time, otherwise he wouldn't have chosen to strike at the emptiest time of Headington.

However. Now is not the time to find out why, the first priority is how to defend against the enemy.

"How many troops does Headington currently have?" asked Sophia.

Charlotte and Rickett looked at each other in embarrassment, and the latter said, "Your Highness, in order to deal with the attack of the Dirk Kingdom, Lord Raymond has taken all the men who can be drawn. At present, Hydington has only 200 guards. ”

"So little?" Despite her mental preparations, Sophia never imagined that the situation would be so bad.

Headington now has only 200 low-combat garrisons to maintain law and order. Even with her 100 guards, it is only 300 people, and there are no generals who can lead troops, how to deal with those 3,000 enemy troops.

"Mobilize men from the Mark of the Giants or the eastern regions," Sophia said with a glimmer of hope.

Freddie dismissed her thoughts without hesitation: "The enemy will arrive in half a day, and those two places are too far away." It's impossible to be in time. However, when I got the news, I had already sent a fast horse to inform Lord Raymond. Even then, Freddie was expressionless, as if nothing had happened to him.

"What then?" Charlotte said blankly.

Freddy said indifferently: "The only way now is to ask His Highness to leave the city immediately and flee to the Giant's Seal." ”

"What about the others?" asked Sophia.

Freddie shook his head: "No, your safety is the most important thing." Other than that, any loss is acceptable. ”

"So, you want me to leave my subjects behind and escape alone?" Sophia said word by word, looking at Freddy.

Freddie didn't even blink an eye and nodded, "That's right." ”

"No, those refugees fled here because of me. Sophia said angrily, "I will never leave them." ”

She said firmly: "I know that I can't do anything, but at least I will live and die with Headington as Princess Gaspard!"

Sophia's fearlessness and determination greatly lifted Charlotte and Rickett, but Freddie on the side looked unimpressed.

He snorted coldly in an imperceptible voice: "Stupid, as a superior, you should know your own value more than be rash." But he didn't let anyone hear that.

"Well, this will at least greatly increase the princess's prestige, which is a good thing in the long run. Anyway, when it's really dangerous, I have a way to get the princess away safely. ”

In his heart, Freddie weighed it like this. Afterwards, he also said respectfully: "Your Highness's courage is really admirable. In this way, the morale of the army and civilians of Headington will certainly be greatly boosted. ”

Unbeknownst to him, Freddy had already calculated Sophia like a bargaining chip, and Rickett was annoyed: "Damn, it would be nice to keep some more soldiers in the city..."

Speaking of this, he seemed to remember something, and raised his head suddenly: "Wait, Lowell Chamber of Commerce." ”

Freddie and the others were stunned at first. Then I immediately understood what Rickett meant.

"Let's go, go see Mr. Sol at once!" Sophia stood up immediately.

Half an hour later, the station of the Lowell Chamber of Commerce.

"What, there's an enemy coming!?" Thor exclaimed.

"Yes, that's the information we just got. Rickett nodded, then briefly explained the matter.

After that, he said, "Lord Raymond has taken all the troops. There are currently only 200 garrisons in Headington. Therefore, we hope to use the strength of the Lowville Chamber of Commerce to fight the enemy together. ”

"How many enemies are there?" asked Reed.

Freddie said briefly: "3,000 people, fully armed, will be there in half a day." ”

Boom!

Thor sat back in his chair and cried and said, "I knew that the Dao would be like this, I knew that the Dao would be like this, why am I always so unlucky? Isn't there a time for peace?"

Ignoring him, Jessica said calmly: "Although I don't know what the other party's purpose is." But if Headington is breached, we will also be implicated in the rebellion, and it seems that we will have to participate in the battle. ”

As she spoke, she turned her head slightly: "Cress?"

Understanding what she meant, Kress said: "There are still more than 400 people in the garrison, but many of them have not recovered from injuries on Manas Island, and there are only about 300 people who can play. ”

The garrison led by Lowell was strong in combat. But historically, the number has been sparse. When he escaped from Loville, he lost a part. On Manas Island, another part was lost, and now there are only about 400 people left, many of whom are wounded.

As a result, the combined strength of both sides is only about 600 men, which is only one-fifth of the enemy's strength.

Probably the only consolation is that they still have super-effective generals like Kress and Lesta. However, it does not make up for the huge disparity in numbers.

At this time, he saw the tall Lista flick his arm and said to Kress, "Kress, since the first time the territory was attacked by a necromancer, how many times have we fought such a battle with a disparity in strength?"

Kress shrugged, "Who knows?" ”

"That's right. Lista grinned, "So it's just one more time." ”

said. He pulled out the giant axe on his back and roared, "Uh-oh, let those guys see the power of our Lowell garrison!"

Now, I can only fight to the death.

In the afternoon, Farak's army reached the city of Headington.

Because Headington had been attacked several times before, although he did not reach the city at the last time, for safety, Raymond still organized people to repair the city defense facilities.

But after all, it was only a small coastal city with no danger to defend, and the low walls could not resist the attack of the army. At this moment, on the walls of Headington, 600 defenders confronted the enemy forces outside the city.

Farak's army was lined up outside the city, and although it was not very neat, the soldiers were extremely well equipped, far more than a small town in the middle of nowhere.

What's more, 3,000 men, although not much, was enough to put a strong pressure on the poor 600 defenders on the city walls.

"Isn't it, you have such a strong neighbor next to you, and you don't take precautions?" Thor said in astonishment.

Charlotte shook her head: "I don't know where Farak got so many people. ”

At this time, the enemy forces had an action.

It seems that he has long known that Haydington is empty, and Andrew is determined to win this time. Although they came from afar, the enemy had no intention of building a camp first, and directly sent troops to rush to this side, apparently intending to settle the battle in one go.

"Attention, everyone is ready to fight!" At this time, Kress, who was the commander-in-chief of the defenders, shouted.

The defenders on the city walls immediately assumed a defensive posture, but except for Lowell's garrison and Sophia's 100 guards, the rest of the 200 garrisons looked a little flustered. In this way, the combat effectiveness of the defenders will be reduced again.

Can they deal with the 3,000 ferocious enemy troops? Everyone has no bottom in their hearts.

Led by two master archers, Dylan and Ada, the defenders' archers took the lead in attacking the enemy. However, due to the small number of people, it did not cause much success.

Soon, the enemy troops, carrying ladders, rushed to the bottom of the city. Those were not siege ladders, they were just ordinary ladders. Because the low walls of Headington were not needed at all.

With the ladder on the top of the wall, the enemy began to climb up, and the defenders of Headington rushed to the top of the wall to stop the enemy attack, and the siege began.

"Drink, ahhhh

With a shout, Lista swung his axe and easily cut off the three enemy soldiers who had climbed up, and then kicked their ladder off the wall.

The ladder fell backwards with the enemy soldiers on it, but the walls were too low to do much damage. The enemy soldiers below held up the ladder. Keep climbing.

Lista was anxious and angry, and was about to cut the ladder with his axe, when the enemy soldiers who had climbed up from other places had already rushed towards him. Lista had no choice but to turn around and deal with it.

Such a scene is being played out in various parts of the castle wall.

Although the Lowell garrison is strong in combat, it is often possible for a few garrison members to effectively control an area. But the walls of Headington were so low that enemy soldiers could easily climb them, some of them with the help of their companions.

So much so that the defenders had no defensive advantage at all. In the face of an endless stream of enemies, you can only fall into a bitter battle.

Far away. In the main formation of the Farak army, Andrew was also nervously watching the battle under the city of Headington.

Beside him, in addition to his most trusted steward, Buda, there was a strange man.

The man was tall and imposing, sitting upright on horseback and straight like a javelin. Although he wears casual clothes, he has a unique momentum.

At this moment, he frowned and observed the battle situation, and said in a deep voice: "Lord Andrew, send another team." ”

He seemed to be quite afraid of this man. Andrew didn't dare to have any objections: "Got it. "The man, apparently, was more like a commander.

Andrew gave the order, and saw a force leave the battle and rush towards the wall. However, if you look closely, you can find that the soldiers of this army are obviously different from the others, they are all tall, their eyes are sharp, and their bodies have a murderous aura that cannot be concealed.

At this time, Buda on the side watched the actions of the two, with a sad look in his eyes.

Since the goblins were taken away by Raymond, the city of Farak has suffered great losses. Andrew was so angry that he severed ties with Hydington, and continued to recruit mercenaries and unemployed hooligans in preparation for revenge.

However, as Headington's power grew stronger and larger, it was far from being able to cope with it, and just as Andrew was about to die, the appearance of this man changed everything.

After a secret conversation with the man, Andrew rekindled his anger for revenge. At the same time, caravans of unknown origin began to arrive in Farak City one after another.

These caravans were huge, all with escorts ranging from a few dozen to a hundred, and they were stationed in the city after entering the city, and they did not buy anything, but sold Andrew a lot of weapons and armor.

Then, the caravans vanished, and their convoy became Farak's soldiers. So in a short period of time, Andrew organized a huge army, many of whom Buda had never seen before.

Buda had advised Andrew not to be blinded by a little grudge, but Andrew seemed to have an iron heart. So taking advantage of the empty strength of Headington, the Farak army poured out of the nest and attacked Headington.

By this time, things were out of Andrew's control.

Thinking of this, the loyal Buda couldn't help but sigh, may the God King Tyren bless us Farak.

At this time, the man next to Andrew seemed to be aware of it, and turned his head to look at him violently, and his sharp gaze seemed to pierce Buda's body.

Buda was startled, and hurriedly lowered his head, his heart beating rapidly.

After staring at Buda for a moment, the man turned his head and saw him gesturing with imperceptible movements. A few inconspicuous people in the Farak army retreated into the crowd and quietly disappeared without anyone noticing.

By this time, the group of soldiers had rushed to the bottom of the city, and they quickly climbed the city wall. Join the battle. As they entered the war, the tide of battle immediately changed.

Kress was alone in his grip on a section of the wall. Within the range of his defense, the walls were strewn with the corpses of the enemy, all of whom were critical swords, killing with a crisp blow. to later. No one dares to climb the walls from here anymore.

Just as Kress was about to go elsewhere to help, a group of enemy soldiers suddenly climbed up and rushed towards him.

Unexpectedly, someone would dare to attack here, and Kress swung his sword to meet the enemy, but he soon noticed the difference. These enemy soldiers were obviously superior to those before them, and they were not afraid of death, although they still could not threaten themselves, but they were definitely very tricky for their own defenders.

Really. Listening to the exclamations of the soldiers guarding the city, there were constantly screams of injuries, and the entire city wall was immediately in chaos.

Fortunately for the others, the Beddington guards were no match for these soldiers at all, and the area they defended was immediately thrown into chaos.

"Steady, steady!" Lista strode across the walls with his tomahawk in hand. All the enemy soldiers who stood in his way were cut in two.

As he passed, the soldiers of Headington, who had been shaken by the hearts of the army. They were inspired to regain their strength and fight the enemy.

Dylan, Pochi, Yada and other stalwarts on the defender's side also began to fight back. Thanks to their actions, the enemy's offensive was finally brought under control.

Merely. Headington's garrison suffered heavy casualties, and the already overstretched defenders became more and more inadequate, and the holes in the defense began to increase.

"Cress, it's not good. Lesta, covered in blood, strode up to Kress: "There are a lot of great guys in these people. We're afraid we won't last long. ”

Kress nodded: "The enemy this time is not simple, and it is by no means the rabble that I expected before. If you don't think of a way, it's really dangerous. ”

The battle was fierce here, and on the roof of a house behind the city walls, Thor and the others were also keeping an eye on the battle.

Thor set up a pergola and observed the battle on the other side of the city wall: "The defense of this town is really poor, it is all the same as the original Loville." ”

"Strange, where did Andrew find so many powerful soldiers?" Seeing the performance of the enemy army, Rickett said strangely, which was also a question in everyone's mind.

"Oh no, it's not good. Thor's son, Ron, was also in the crowd and said, "I don't think Uncle Cress, they'll last long." ”

"My lord, it's time for me to make a move. Hitchis snapped, "It's like the last blow he gave to those necromancers." ”

"Ahh As soon as they remembered the terrible scene back then, Saul and the others couldn't help but shudder all over their bodies.

At this time, everyone's attention was on the side of the city wall, but no one noticed that several agile figures were quietly approaching this side using the cover of the house.

"Your Royal Highness, the situation is really critical right now, and you are still—" Charlotte said to Sophia.

Knowing what she wanted to say, Sophia said resolutely: "No need to say it again." As I said, I will never abandon my people. ”

Charlotte glanced at Rikit for help, and Rikit was about to speak, when suddenly a change of heart suddenly occurred.

Without warning, a figure leaped out from behind Rickett, the blade in his hand flickering and stabbing Rickett's neck.

It came so suddenly that everyone didn't have time to react. Rickett even kept the expression he had just spoken, unaware that he had one foot in the arms of death.

At the last moment, Jessica, who was next to Rickett, reached out and swiped it on her waist like lightning, drew her slender sword and stabbed at the figure.

Rickett felt a sharp wind blow in his ears, followed by a crackling sound, as if some metal had collided together. He didn't understand what was going on, but in the eyes of others, it was Jessica who stabbed out with a sword, and in his haste, the assassin hurriedly parried with a dagger, and then took advantage of the situation to flip backwards.

"There's an assassin, don't let him run!" Charlotte hurriedly shouted.

However, while everyone's attention was being attracted, two more Assassins climbed out from under the eaves and rushed towards Charlotte and Freddie.

At this time, the other party's purpose was already obvious, and their target was Freddy, Rickett and Charlotte, three important people in Headington!

These three people are in charge of the internal affairs and intelligence work of Raymond's side, and if they are killed, although it will not have immediate and serious consequences, it will seriously weaken Raymond's strength, and the influence in the long run is immeasurable.

Whoever arranged the assassination, it is certain that he accurately captured the weakness of Raymond's side.

However, things clearly did not go so well. (To be continued......)