Early in the morning, after a day's rest, the coalition forces officially began to prepare for the defense, and the soldiers assisted the soldiers of Savincro in building a defense.

On the city wall and behind the city wall, there were busy people coming and going, carrying wood and tools, and the soldiers laboriously moved all these things out of the warehouse and transported them to the city wall, and the refugees who were allowed to enter the castle the night before also joined the work, and most of these refugees who managed to escape were young and strong, although they were already hungry and skinny, but they still worked very hard, and some of the people who had participated in militia training also received a weapon and joined the city defense force.

At such a time, it is haode to be able to add any liliang, although I am afraid that the only role of these people is cannon fodder.

A short sword, or a logging axe, and at most a shield, even if it is very haode. As for the armor or something, if it is really hit by the orcs, is there any armor that is not the same?

For this battle, Theodore brought twenty ballistas with him - all of them large ballistae with a range of 500 meters, which were more accurate than ordinary gravity trebuchets and could be used to strike with precision (in comparison, of course) to take out special units of the enemy, such as banners or siege weapons.

However, there were no archers in Severcro, and there were only two catapults, partly because it was not easy to train archers and took a long time. In addition, the emperor does not trust these lords very much, or simply keeps an eye out for any possible turmoil in them, and restricts them in every way: the requirements for the number of troops, the extremely high tax rate, including the division of territories, make them almost the same size (of course, there will be some differences), and the relatively rich north has been being drained by the south to feed the imperial subjects in the south, so that they can enjoy a low-tax but rich life under the emperor's rule, regardless of the northern lords" Desperate".

So after seeing the five hundred archers and twenty ballistas brought by Theodore, Best did not hesitate to hand over all the long-range troops of the coalition army to him to command, including one hundred of Severcro, and one hundred and twenty highlander archers brought by Brenus, these warriors from the far north are the most haode hunters, and ordinary single bows can have a range of two hundred meters in their hands, and they are full of power.

In fact, even the Roman compound bow can only have considerable power at 200 meters, and if it really shoots 300 meters, the shirtless robbers and bandits who bullied Colster (does anyone remember him) have to be put down to 250 meters to deal with the rough-skinned orcs.

Twenty ballistae were evenly mounted on the watchtowers behind the first city wall, and behind the gates on three sides, two original ones and one gravity trebuchet were set up, which was not accurate, and it was normal for the deviation from the target to be more than ten or twenty meters. But it is very deterrent, and if you describe it, if you are hit head-on, it is the same as being hit by a Dongfeng truck falling from the sky.

Severcro has his back to the Broken Mountain, so it is impossible for an enemy to attack from behind, but there are three gates on the front, which are connected to form a fan, and the enemy can only attack from here, but they can attack any of them.

The number of gates is a sign of a city's prosperity, and Severcro communicates the north and south of the empire, and although the north is barren, there are still many business opportunities, and one gate is not enough. In that 5,000-year-old country, south of the Grand Canal, the city named "Yangzhou" even has 32 city gates!

But in times of war, the more city gates, the more holes in the city defenses, even the hardest city gates, it is impossible to compare with the strong city walls, and once the city gates are broken, no matter how thick the city walls are, they are useless.

The architects of the East designed too many things in order to strengthen the city defense - urn city, military routes, and all kinds of traps, while the West tried their best to build castles in places that others could not reach, which was related to the geographical environment and the characteristics of the times, but the starting point was the same - to artificially create geographical advantages.

So, Old Best consulted on the position of their respective defenses according to the coalition forces that came - Theodore and his army were in charge of the central gate, Duke Brenus was in charge of the east gate, and the other lords were in charge of the west gate, and Salald and Best led the rest of the army and knights as a reserve army to fight the fire.

The desire of the lords to protect themselves was too obvious, and it was obvious that the weak ones did not want to be called by Theodore or Brenus and become an appendage, so they simply gathered together as a whole, advancing and retreating together. Theodore was also happy to see this, and he didn't want a group of disobedient troops under his command to appear, which would affect the overall morale and formation, but the fact that Malbert was among these people also reassured him a lot that at least one of the more authoritative lords could bind them together, so that no one would suddenly escape.

Theodore stood on the wall, and from time to time soldiers would pass behind him and nod a little at him—a bold and brave raid, and it was aimed at the orcs, enough to make them feel a little admiration for the young leader.

"The walls here are not enough to organize too many archers over a distance, so we have to use them flexibly, placing them on the towers and near a few gates, and then arranging them according to the direction of the enemy's attack. Leosis stood next to Theodore and pointed to several checkpoints on the city wall and explained to him: "If the location is right and the perfect fit, we can demoralize the enemy before they get close to the wall!"

"Those...... I mean the Highlanders, are they still cooperative?"

"No problem, although they are a little unruly, they still obey the military orders. Leosis nodded, "These people are very skilled, one-on-one, it is very difficult for us archers to win!"

"However, just a group of marksmen cannot win against a well-trained army!"

"Try to make them obedient, but don't go too far, or Brenus won't be able to explain there!" Theodore leaned over the city wall and looked into the distance, where several knights were marking the ground according to the measured spacing, so that it would be convenient for the long-range troops to shoot in wartime, and there would be no need to estimate the distance.

"Crossbowman troops do not participate in the first battle, serve as reserves, stay in the camp, ready at all times. Theodore turned and patted Leosis on the shoulder, "We're going to surprise these brutes!"

"Understood!" Leosis nodded, gave Theodore a military salute, and then turned away from the walls to set up his defenses.

Theodore smiled, leaned against the city wall, and quietly watched the sun in the distance slowly rise to the center, the warm feeling made him feel extremely relaxed, comfortable and comfortable.

Perhaps, this is also a busy time?

"What are you doing, Lord Julian?" said Old Best as he walked up the stairs from the back, with a smile on his face, "There is no comfort in the castle, no blankets, no wine, no food, and no women. ”

"But this is the only place where you can defend against the orcs, Severcro!" Diodore turned and smiled calmly, "The scenery here is truly magnificent, and I'm sure I won't get tired of seeing it a hundred times!"

"A thousand times you'll get tired of it, haha!" Old Best hahadaxiao, who was very ungraceful, made people feel more kind, casually threw Theodore a flask, and took one from the side, sat down on the stairs, and drank it in small sips.

"My brother and I were born here, and of course, he has been dead for years. We sat on the city wall every day, looking at the main peak of Severcro in the distance, wondering how tall this guy really was, and whether he was really in hell as the old people said. Looking at the caravans coming and going under the city, Severcro at that time was much richer than it is now, spices, handicrafts, and instruments in the south, and furs, livestock, and grain in the north. You can see anything you want in the market at Severcrowe, as long as you have a few in your pocket!" Old Best recalled sadly, sipping a glass of wine and a gentle breeze blowing his withered hair, "Of course, Severcro is no longer what it used to be, orc. That's the bastard!"

"I wish I could know more, about the orcs. Theodore whispered, slowly walked to the edge of the stairs, and sat down beside Old Best: "Maybe you know. ”

"Hah! You're asking the right question. Old Best nodded, and his tone was extremely confident: "Then I'll talk to you." ”

"I want to know, these guys, what the hell is Weishenme going north. He asked calmly, "The land in the south is more fertile than in the north, and there are only about a million orcs, so there is no reason why they need to find new territories." ”

"Because the territory, to be precise, is the territory of the tribe. Old Best said: "The orcs have a strong sense of territory, and as far as we know, they seem to care very much about the division of territory. There is no doubt that the stronger tribes will be able to occupy more and more places, while the weaker ones will have the second, some remote, not so fertile land, and thirdly, they will have to figure it out on their own. ”

"So far, we have fought against some orcs without a tribe, they call this 'wanderer', they will not be accepted by any race, and no tribe will fund these orcs, so we can only wander, or one day, unite more wanderers to establish their own tribe, which can be regarded as a way out. ”

"I don't understand!" Theodore sensed something, "If this race is so xenophobic, how will the Weishenme Empire be destroyed by them?"

"It's normal, as we're doing now, that when faced with another race, any race will be united or remain semblance of unity. Old Best said in a deep voice: "To put it simply, the leader of a very powerful tribe may temporarily gain the recognition of other tribes and become the so-called 'Great Chief', so that they can be united for a period of time and unite until the time comes to divide the interests. ”

"And this time we are dealing with a new tribe formed by many wanderers, looking for their own territory. Best smiled bitterly: "It's ironic, even if it is a group of homeless wild species, we must go all out, otherwise we will be in danger of extinction!"

"Nope. Theodore shook his head and looked at him: "No matter who the enemy is, how many there are, where they are, as long as they dare to threaten us, we should do everything we can, at all costs!"

Best looked at Theodore in some surprise, touched his chin, and laughed indescribably: "I heard Brenus talk about you, he praised you a lot, it seems that it is not all praise, you do have some special places!"

"Huh. Theodore smiled: "In our hometown, I mean the one that used to be, it was a place where spring was all year round, there was a city called 'Sparta', where the people were trying to be a glorious warrior, and they were terrified by their neighbors, and many tried to defeat them, but they all failed, and the people there have always spread a slogan for them to persist and fight!"

"What slogan?"

"The Spartans don't ask how many enemies there are, only where they are!"

"......" Best was silent for a moment, perhaps not knowing what to say, and was speechless for a while, so he had to say casually: "This is a strong nation!"

"Hehe, yes. ”

"So, this time you also plan to fight like the Spartans you are talking about?" Bester looked at Theodore with a smile: "Don't ask how many enemies there are, just where are they?"

"That's how we should all fight!"

"What's that-?!"

A soldier suddenly pointed to a small black dot in the distance and said loudly.

"What?!"

The two men quickly stood up and ran to the edge of the city wall, looking into the distance, and on the horizon, a black dot that kept jumping was flickering.

"They're coming. Theodore whispered.

"That's just one thing. Best wondered, "There's only one." ”

"No, it's them. Theodore repeated calmly: "Here they are." ”

Before Theodore could finish speaking, countless terrible, wild cries came from the horizon, like the cry of hell, which was terrifying!

"Roar―――――――――― roar ――――――――――――!!!!!!!"

(The big scene is coming, please recommend and collect it a lot!)