Chapter 574 Stability 60

The flames of war truly engulfed this majestic coastal city.

The Kingdom of Bolen has actually experienced quite a few wars.

The sufferings of war are not uncommon.

But that is for the entire Kingdom of Bolen.

Whether it was the attacks of the undead on the first and second lines of defense, or the earlier participation in the magic gold mine war between the two major alliances of the Southern Kingdom.

Or maybe it was an attack from Rand in the north.

This is an extremely painful loss for the Kingdom of Bolun.

But for Rand, there is not much real feeling in the Kingdom of Bolen, especially for ordinary citizens and knights near the royal city.

The problem is that the top leaders of the Kingdom of Bolen have been unwilling to admit their defeat in the war against Rand, and no matter which of the previous battles, they would never publicize it internally.

The last time, they even reached an agreement with Rand and deceived the country, making the middle and lower classes and the lower classes in the country think that they had defeated Rand, forcing Rand to spend a huge price to help the Kingdom of Bollen rebuild its territory.

Therefore, for many people in the Kingdom of Bollen, especially those living near the royal city, they do not have much sense of the reality of Rand's army at the gates for the time being.

All they knew was that their superiors suddenly told them to retreat into the city. All I know is that the city has been put under martial law, and there are full-armed and serious soldiers walking on the road.

They could understand that the capital of the Kingdom of Bolen had been surrounded by armies from other countries.

But in a short period of time, they could not deduce what changes would occur in their lives due to the news that the kingdom's capital was surrounded.

But soon the army under Rand's command would tell them what would happen.

Burning boulders flew into the city from outside.

If it brushed against a few buildings, it would smash the brick or stone buildings into pieces.

The boulder did not stop after crashing through the building, rolling to the ground and causing countless fragments on the stone road.

The ground was plowed into dents and the burning flames scorched the stone slabs on the road.

And if there happen to be residents or soldiers on the road at this time.

Then it would be obvious that it would be crushed into charred pieces of meat by the fast-rolling boulders.

Not all boulders could be thrown into the city.

Some will be shattered by the magic of the Royal Mage Corps of the Kingdom of Borun on their predetermined trajectory.

There will even be the strongest people who will use their giant swords to smash the boulders.

However, there will also be many people who try to stop the boulder without knowing their own limitations, but end up being crushed into meat paste.

It is quite difficult for an individual to defeat this kind of siege equipment.

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A few more days passed.

More cruel things happened.

When the city residents go out.

You could often see wounded people being carried down from the city walls, being carried into the city for treatment or to... mass graves.

Occasionally, when you are unlucky, you can see the specific injuries of the wounded being carried on the stretcher.

Some of the wounded had their legs chopped off.

It makes the whole person look shorter, and the adult warriors look like dwarfs who cannot grow taller.

Some were more seriously injured.

The belly was ripped open and intestines mixed with fat flowed out.

And Allen, the apprentice knight of the Kingdom of Bolen, is one of them by chance.

As an apprentice knight with noble status, Allen could barely be considered at the bottom of the aristocratic system.

Allen had no fiefdom, and if he could not go on to become a formal knight, his noble status could no longer be passed on to the next generation.

Like many young apprentice knights, Allen longed for merit and glory.

In the Kingdom of Borun, there are generally two ways for apprentice knights to become official knights.

Join the Royal Navy of the Kingdom of Borun and become a sea warrior to seize wealth for the Kingdom of Borun.

They have to fight storms and sea monsters, islands and illegal merchants.

The other way is to join the Borun Kingdom's army and fight against the Borun Kingdom's ground enemies.

If you can gain the appreciation of a baron on either of these two paths, you will even have the opportunity to become the baron's knight and own a fiefdom.

There is a huge difference between a knight with a fief and a knight without a fief.

As for being appreciated by more powerful nobles, for them, that was only something they could dream of.

These days, Alan has been eager to be recruited to guard the city wall. This is obviously an opportunity to be easily appreciated.

As for Rand's cunning and ferocity, Allen had heard about it many times, but the apprentice knights were never afraid of a challenge.

But when he saw the wounded wailing and crying.

Seeing the warriors who were once full of vigor and majesty, their eyes were lifeless, as if they were dead - maybe they were really dead.

Alan seemed to be somewhat aware of the huge gap between war and ordinary competitions.

Alan wanted to retreat, but his conscription order was already posted at the door.

All trainee knights knew very well the consequences of refusing to be drafted: they would be directly treated as deserters and executed.

Originally, conscription was an opportunity that the trainee knights had to fight for, but now... Alan glanced at his fellow trainee knight who was also conscripted. This trainee knight had not seen the miserable condition of the wounded who had just been carried over, and was still a little nervous and excited.

"Our chance has finally come." The apprentice knight said to Allen excitedly.

And Alan had no choice but to swallow.

Fortunately, Alan was not a completely weak person and he quickly recovered from the tragic scene of the injured.

"Next we have to test our weapons and luck." Alan whispered.

Apprentice knights are trained war reserves. For them, it doesn't take much time from being drafted to officially fighting.

Head to the reserve battalion formation under the city.

Get to know your superiors, receive supplies, accept instructions from your superiors, and understand the content of the operations.

After a short training of two or three days, you can go up to the city wall.

In fact, there is no training at all, and without these procedures, it is fine to just push them onto the city walls to fight.

But it's not that urgent yet.

Of course, these recruited trainee knights spent the night in the barracks.

Even at night, they could hear shouting and screaming outside the city walls. However, according to the cursory military education they had received, night was not suitable for fighting because many people could not see anything at night.

In the military camp, there was the stench of companions around me who had not taken a shower for months.

You can hear the occasional fart and lip smacking, but of course the loudest sound is the snoring.

However, those apprentice knights who were able to fall asleep were all careless people, and more apprentice knights could not sleep like Alan.

The military camp was close to the city wall.

At this distance, one can clearly feel the battle on the city wall through the vibrations of the ground.

You can even hear the screams as swords pierce flesh, the whistling of the wind as people are pushed off the city wall, and the thuds as they fall to the ground.

At a not-too-distant distance, countless deaths were constantly occurring.

The night of tossing and turning passed quickly.

Sleepless nights are often long, but this night was surprisingly short for many apprentice knights.

A speech from the superior, a reiteration of basic combat knowledge, a brief training, and a fairly delicious meal.

Two days passed like this.

Under the somewhat complicated gaze of their superiors, they arrived at the top of the city wall.

The royal capital of the Kingdom of Borun is a city that is so majestic that it is unimaginable.

Neither waves nor swords have ever broken down the walls of this city.

By stepping on the solid ground of the city wall, you can see the scenery on the opposite side from this towering city wall.

Looking from a high place, what you can see is the beautiful scenery near the capital of the Kingdom of Bolun, with lush green fields and orderly villages.

But now.

It is a sea of ​​flags and armor.

Ladders made of iron and wood were constantly being carried over.

Battering rams kept aiming at the bronze gate of King Bolun's city.

Countless knights, mercenaries, and professional soldiers approached the city walls under the cover of chariots and tower cars.

The apprentice knight could not see the specific appearance of the enemies outside the city, but he could feel their cold eyes.

It was only autumn now, but Alan felt a bit of chill.

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"Apprentice! Hold the flag steady!" The centurion's roar came with the smell of rust. Only then did Alan realize that his palm was pierced by the wooden thorns of the flagpole and was bloody. His job was to be the flag bearer.

At this time, the catapults under the city wall had tightened the tendons, and dozens of shirtless siege soldiers were piling tar-wrapped sacks onto the catapult baskets. He suddenly recalled the other knight promotion ceremonies he had seen when he was a squire - the armor worth more than a dozen gold coins was shining brightly, but at this moment, his crudely made neck guard could not even protect against stray arrows.

As the first burning boulder of the day tore through the sky, Alan could see the swallowtail flag flying in the enemy's formation. Those young men who were also trainee knights were adjusting the crossbow, and the copper-inlaid crossbow arms flickered like poisonous snakes in the firelight.

Soon, after getting close enough, the enemy archers, who were advancing under the rain of arrows from their own side, raised their crossbows and longbows and aimed at the defenders on the city wall.

Thousands of arrows were fired at once.

Alan had never seen a thousand arrows fired at once.

I finally got to see it today.

Unfortunately, they were the ones being attacked.

In theory, there would be a great advantage on the city wall.

Shooting from high to low will be significant, increasing the range and shooting power.

Our own shooters have also been shooting at the enemies outside the city.

Many enemies were also hit by arrows from the city walls and fell to the ground wailing.

But Alan just felt that the enemy's momentum was stronger, much stronger than his own.

It was so strong that it seemed to be able to crush the wall beneath his feet that could withstand everything.

The city walls blocked most of the shooting coming from below the city.

Only a few scattered arrows penetrated the gaps in the city wall and hit the defenders on the wall. But many arrows simply flew over the city wall and into the city behind.

The crossbows on the city walls also successfully destroyed several siege weapons below the city.

The city walls do have great advantages.

There didn't seem to be too many casualties in the first wave of attacks. Even if arrows hit them, they might not be able to penetrate their armor, even though the armor of these apprentice knights was actually of very poor quality.

Soon, soldiers from the Frost Moon Kingdom arrived at the top of the city wall via ladders or tower cranes.

When these soldiers came face to face with them, they didn't look that well-trained.

At least to the trainee knight Allen, the fighting skills of many soldiers were stupid and ridiculous.

Not to mention the gorgeous sword skills and exquisite martial arts.

But Alan did not dare to underestimate the Frost Moon Kingdom soldiers and knights who rushed up the city wall.

Because those who can rush up the city wall like this are obviously extremely brave.

For the soldiers who sporadically rushed up the city wall, the probability of death was very high when facing the well-prepared defenders of the Kingdom of Borun.

Just as Alan expected.

Most of the soldiers who rushed up the city wall were stabbed off the towering wall by their spears.

But there were still a few who were able to avoid the spears and wield their swords or axes to chop down the defenders who rushed up, making it difficult to push them back for a while.

Then more enemies rushed up from ladders or building vehicles.

Alan even discovered that there were real knights rushing up the city wall.

Alan dreams of becoming a real knight, who often possesses martial arts skills far superior to those of an apprentice knight and rich combat experience.

Their armor was also more difficult to be cut by inferior iron weapons.

Alan could even see that some knights were aiming at him, the flag bearer.

Fortunately, compared with the enemy troops rushing up the city wall, the defenders had more people.

By evening the first battle was over.

Allen discovered that the enemy did not attack every night.

At least tonight, it seems that the enemy has no intention of continuing the attack.

Alan breathed a sigh of relief, maybe he could get a good sleep tonight.

Alan came to the military camp under the city wall.

The commander distributed the first batch of military pay to the new recruits to reward their bravery in the first day of combat.

In fact, the recruits were not brave. Many of them were frightened by the cruelty of the battlefield and were executed by the supervision team on their way to escape.

However, neither their superiors nor the recruits tacitly mentioned this matter.

The first batch of military pay was distributed quickly.

The officers would not allow the new recruits to leave the barracks, but agreed to let them report and then arrange special personnel to help these soldiers go to the city to purchase some items or handle some matters.

Soon, the spies in King Bolen's city.

I paid attention to some of the people who were doing the work.

Moreover, the new recruits who have just participated in the war will not be allowed to enter the city immediately.

But in fact, many soldiers who have participated in the war for a period of time are allowed to rest.

The spies recorded these changes in their reports.

Soon Rand outside the city got the news.

Rand sat in a gorgeous velvet chair. In front of him was a long desk, on which was a strategic deployment map near the Royal City of Bolen.

Cross your fingers and smile.

Clearly the war had begun to affect the city.

According to the spy's information.

The price of food in the capital of the Kingdom of Bolen has begun to rise visibly.

And more people were found trying to sneak across the border at the port.

Many citizens or soldiers who attempted to sneak across the border would be caught by port inspectors and executed or otherwise punished.

And doing so will also change the atmosphere in the city.

Rand has made his judgment.

The stability of the royal city of the Kingdom of Borun is now estimated to be 60.

It's time to take the next step.

Rand stood up from his chair.

The last rays of the sun shone on Rand.

Rand's shadow covered the Royal City of Bolen on the strategic deployment map.

Like a big devil.

(End of this chapter)