Chapter 496: Decisive Battle!
The next morning, just as the sun began to peek above the horizon, the sound of horns rang out outside the City of Glory.
The church's 70,000-strong army began to assemble. Today is the day of the decisive battle between the Principality of Zeon and the church.
Although there was no way to confirm whether Zel had successfully used the teleportation scroll to kill Gervis, Longfellow was not prepared to wait any longer.
Now the church has completely gained the upper hand. Even if Gervis is alive and I take action to restrain him, the final result will still be the destruction of the Principality of Zeon.
"Prepare to attack!"
When the army in front had assembled, Longfellow looked at the more than thirty golden knights and four or five magicians behind him.
This time, in order to help him complete the task of ruling the island, the Temple had mobilized a large number of thirty golden knights, who were the backbone of the New Temple in most of the Holy Continent.
These thirty golden knights were a powerful force for the Principality of Zeon at that time, because the golden knights of the two principalities had almost all died, and there were only two peak golden knights left.
"yes!"
Following Longfellow's order, the thirty golden knights and five magicians obeyed the order respectfully and rushed towards the front of the battlefield.
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On the walls of the City of Glory, the army of the Principality of Zeon has also assembled.
"Gust, do you think we can hold on?"
The Earl of the Stanley family swallowed hard when he saw the dark army of the church at the end of the horizon.
"I don't know whether we can defend it or not, but if the church wants to attack the City of Glory, we must make them pay a heavy price!"
At the moment, there were only four earls and several commanders standing there, so Gust was not worried that his words would dampen morale!
This is a fight with their backs against the wall, so they have no choice.
When Gervis disappeared last night, they immediately discussed what to do.
First, block the news of Gervis' disappearance to avoid causing instability in the military morale.
At the same time, they also sent out people they trusted to search the entire city for Gervis' whereabouts.
Unfortunately, Gervis' disappearance was exactly the same as that of old Earl Jones. They searched the entire City of Glory but still could not find Gervis.
What made them even more confused was that during their search, they discovered that Bernard was actually in the blacksmith shop.
And there are dozens of blacksmiths and hundreds of apprentices who can testify that Bernard did not leave the blacksmith shop for even a second tonight, because he was rushing to make cannons overnight with the assistance of several apprentices.
In this way, the real Bernard was cleared of suspicion, and everyone realized that there was something wrong with the 'Bernard' who appeared in Gervis' study.
But even if we knew that the man was suspicious, it still didn't help in finding Gervis because there was no way to find out the man's identity.
The search continues, but the war will not stop because of Gervis' disappearance.
However, without Gervis, the "highest combat force", if the church's Pope Longfellow took action himself, no one among them would be able to stop him, so several earls had a vague premonition of defeat.
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Just as the earls were talking, shouts of killing were heard outside the City of Glory.
The church's first siege team began its attack.
The number of people in this wave reached 10,000, all of whom were soldiers from the two principalities.
Behind this army of ten thousand people is the church's Paladin Order as the supervisory team. Although they now have only more than two thousand people, they can still completely crush ordinary troops.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Before the attacking soldiers reached the city wall, a dozen large catapults in the rear were started up, launching huge stones towards the wall of the City of Glory.
"Pass my order! Order the first artillery squad to destroy those trebuchets!"
"Team Two, stay on standby. Once the enemy's siege vehicle gets within a hundred meters, destroy it first!"
In Gervis's absence, command of the artillery fell to the Lord of the North.
Originally, it would be most appropriate to leave such a task to Alice, after all, the legions directly under Gervis were the ones using artillery.
However, because the disappearance of Gervis was too much of a blow to Alice, the Lord of the North did not allow Alice to come to the city wall to command.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Following the order of the Lord of the North, the five small steel cannons of the First Artillery Squad roared, and projectiles were shot out one after another, shooting towards the catapults several hundred meters away.
However, it was the first round of stone shooting after all, and no catapult was destroyed in this round. Fortunately, from the landing point of the shells, it can be seen that the deviation is not very large, only a dozen or twenty meters away.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
After reloading, the roar of the artillery sounded again, and this time a cannonball hit the church's catapult in front of everyone's eyes.
"good!"
When the Lord of the North saw the scene in the distance, he couldn't help but praise out loud!
In previous siege battles like this, catapults were the biggest threat to the defenders, but with artillery, at least they didn't have to worry about the threat of catapults.
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Amid the roar of artillery, the first batch of infantry of the church had arrived near the City of Glory and began to clear the wooden stakes along the way and fill the trenches.
The City of Glory is located in the middle of two mountains. There is no large river flowing nearby, so there is no moat at all.
The wooden stakes and trenches below are the first line of defense to block the siege troops.
However, for the large siege team, clearing these obstacles was just a trivial matter, and the church would not feel sorry even if a few more soldiers were killed.
Soon the siege soldiers crossed the obstacles outside the city and arrived under the city wall.
At this moment, the truly brutal offensive and defensive battle officially broke out.
"Musketeers, longbowmen, shoot!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The Principality soldiers on the city wall began to fire arrows, ammunition, boulders and wood at the enemies below.
The siege soldiers below the city were also fearless. They carried the simple siege ladder against the city wall and began to climb.
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"Almost! Pass my order and have them start an all-out attack!"
Seeing that the first batch of cannon fodder had flattened the obstacles and started to attack the city, Longfellow felt that the time was ripe and he was ready to take the City of Glory in one fell swoop.
"Yes, Master!"
Woo! Woo! Woo!
As the horn of command sounded again, the 50,000 troops of the church who were still waiting on the spot also started to move, and led by dozens of golden knights, they charged towards the City of Glory.
This wave was the key to this battle, with hundreds of large siege vehicles alone being deployed.
The church was fully prepared for the attack this time, although not many catapults were produced due to the complicated process.
However, there were sufficient numbers of large siege vehicles as tall as the city walls.
As long as one-fifth of these large siege vehicles can successfully approach the city wall, they can act like steps to allow a large number of soldiers to climb up the city wall safely and quickly.
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"Artillery Squadron 2, quickly destroy their siege vehicles!"
Looking at the dark mass of enemy troops behind us, they were sweeping in like a raging flood.
Both the Lord of the North and Hayden and others all showed solemn expressions!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
As the Lord of the North gave his order, the five cannons of the second squad on the city wall roared.
However, even with powerful weapons like artillery, it is still a drop in the bucket when facing the large number of siege vehicles.
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"Report! Sir, the western section of the city wall has been boarded by enemy siege vehicles. Hundreds of enemies have already climbed onto the wall. The reserve corps has gone to support them!"
"Report! Sir, a large number of golden knights have appeared on the eastern section of the city wall. We can no longer resist them!"
"Report! Sir, orcs have appeared in the city! There aren't many of them, but they are everywhere in the city, causing great chaos!"
As the war continued, half an hour later, bad news was reported to several earls one by one.
"Don't worry about the orcs in the city for now! Guard the city walls!"
Hayden said in a calm tone.
The Lord of the North is the commander of long-range weapons such as artillery, while Hayden is responsible for commanding the overall war.
They were able to deal with the enemy when the number of troops was small, but when the church pushed all its forces forward at once, the City of Glory was immediately in danger.
Especially the large number of golden knights of the church were a devastating blow to the soldiers defending the city!
"Yes! Sir!"
The messenger responded quickly, then turned and left quickly.
"Lord of the North, you stay here just in case!"
"The rest of the earls and commanders, follow me, we are going to stop those golden knights!"
"Alright! Kill one of them to get back at the cost! If they want to capture the City of Glory, they must pay the price!"
Thanks to "Charming and Bastard" for the tip!!!
(End of this chapter)
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