Chapter 821 Holy Leaf City
This time, the number of people in the team that Gervis planned to take away was unprecedented, with more than 6,000 people.
Among them, there are 2,000 direct guards, including the 1,000 most elite soldiers led by Gandalf.
And the thousand men recruited and trained later led by Audrey.
In addition, there are 3,000 indigenous sea tribes brought by Gervis from Saint Bridge Castle.
Although the overall strength of his subordinates still cannot be compared with other holy cities, overall this is the largest number of troops in all of Gervis's expeditions.
In addition to these five thousand people, the rest are air force, magician team, medical team, and logistics team.
"Well then! Gervis, you must be careful! Sister Caroline and I will be waiting for you to come back!"
When Lolita heard that her thousand sea creatures were so important, she no longer insisted on taking Gervis along.
Then, like Caroline, she said that she would wait for him in St. Ann's City.
"Don't worry! With such a beautiful wife like you around, I will definitely come back soon!"
As the saying goes, beauty fades with age. Now that Gervis has a beautiful wife at home, he is no longer the lonely single man he used to be. Naturally, he will cherish his life more and care more about his family.
After saying that, Gervis pulled his hands out of the two men's arms and stroked their cheeks.
"Okay! It's about time!"
Pop! Pop! "Grevith, we're waiting for you!"
The two knew that they couldn't delay Gervis's work, so they kissed him on the cheeks, one on each side, and then stepped aside! After the two girls stepped back, the maid Anna handed Gervis' helmet over obediently.
Gervis took a deep breath, held the sword at his waist with his left hand, held the helmet with his right hand, and walked towards the temple gate.
"Greetings, His Majesty!"
"Greetings, His Majesty!"
When Gervis strode straight to the gate of the temple, deafening greetings immediately rang out in the square outside the temple.
At this time, colorful flags were flying in the square in front of the temple, and thousands of soldiers were lined up in neat rows.
The soldiers were dressed in uniform, all wearing black armor.
This black armor was processed by the dwarves at the request of Gveist. The black armor not only condenses a more powerful aura, but also increases concealment.
Nowadays, all the other holy cities in the Holy Continent are equipped with silver armor that gleams like silver. This silver armor can be easily exposed if you march at night.
"Get up!"
Faced with this loud greeting and watching the thousands of soldiers moving in unison, Gervis felt a sense of pride in his heart, and with a smile on his face he asked everyone to stand up.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
All the soldiers immediately stood up and stood in a neat line again, waiting for Gervis's instructions.
"Today, I will lead you to the battle. Under my leadership, Stormwind will surely rise, and Eurasia will surely prosper!"
"And you will be my sharpest sword! When I defeat all the enemies, that will be your time of glory!"
"Rise! Rise!"
"Rise! Rise!"
When Gervis's brief words fell, the soldiers below immediately punched their chest armor and shouted loudly!
"Very good! For the rise of Stormwind City, for triumph! Go for it!"
At this time, Ik beside Gervis quickly handed over a silver cup, which was filled with Hellfire Wine!
"Dry!"
The soldiers below also picked up the wooden bowls that had been prepared long ago from their feet.
These wooden bowls are not filled with Hellfire Wine, but Dwarven Fire Wine.
The next moment, thousands of people in the square raised their bowls and drank the Dwarven Firewine in one gulp!
Clang! "Now, let's go!"
Gervis was very satisfied with the morale of the soldiers and immediately raised his swords and gave an order to all the soldiers in the square.
This kind of drinking before going to war is naturally not found in the Western world, but it was specially arranged by Gervis to increase the sense of ceremony.
It now seems that the effect is very good, at least it has greatly boosted the morale of the expedition.
Then the soldiers immediately took action.
The first to set off was Gervis's team of Warcraft, led by Gandalf as the vanguard.
Then came the rest of the direct guards and three thousand indigenous sea tribe soldiers.
When the indigenous sea soldiers left the square, there were only 350 magic teams and 130 medical teams left.
Seeing that most of his subordinates had left, Gervis sheathed his sword and looked behind. At this time, Caroline and Lolita were hiding inside the door and staring at him.
Gervis didn't say anything else, just nodded at the two of them and then walked down the stairs.
After going down the stairs, Gervis rode his giant crocodile brother directly towards the city gate.
"Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty!"
As Gervis walked forward, people from all over Eurasia on the street bowed down and greeted him.
Gervais nodded with a smile.
A few minutes later, they passed through the city gate and arrived outside the city of St. Ann.
At this time, Gervis took a last look at St. Ann's City, then walked towards the front of the team without looking back.
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Tap! Tap! On a wide dirt road lined with green trees, a team of soldiers dressed entirely in black armor was marching quickly.
The team moved in unison, and there was no noisy conversation within the team as they marched.
Gervis and his group had been away from St. Ann for three days.
Before setting off, he sent people to the front line to conduct reconnaissance. The indigenous hinterland was three hundred miles away from the nearest city of Saint Ann.
This city is not big. Preliminary estimates show that it has 30,000 to 40,000 indigenous people, which is slightly smaller than the city of St. Ann.
Of course, with Gervis's current military strength, he is actually still the weaker side compared to others.
However, Gervis had a squadron of magicians and siege weapons obtained from the sea people.
So now Gervis is full of confidence in capturing such a small town.
Crash!
As Gervis and others were moving forward, a swift dragon bird fell from the sky, which was responsible for reconnaissance ahead.
"Your Majesty, the indigenous city is ten miles ahead! The city gates are currently closed, and there are indigenous soldiers on duty on the city walls!"
"No other traces of enemy troops were found around the city!"
As soon as the guard responsible for spying on military intelligence landed, he reported the situation to Gervis!
"Very good! Keep exploring!"
Gervis nodded. It would only take them more than half an hour to get there, a distance of ten miles!
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The guard responded, then quickly jumped onto the Swift Dragon Bird and flew straight into the sky again.
"Ike!"
After the guard left, Gervis shouted to Ik who was riding a warhorse behind him.
"I'm here!"
"Let everyone rest and eat lunch right now. We will set off in twenty minutes! When we reach the native city, we will start attacking it!"
Gervis gave orders to Ike.
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
Ike immediately agreed, and then gave instructions to Alex and several other guards.
"Pass on His Majesty's order. Rest and eat here, and set off in twenty minutes! Once we reach the native city, we will immediately attack it!"
"yes!"
Following Ik's message, Alex and the others immediately rode their horses and started running towards the rear of the team.
This time, Gervis's team of 6,000 people stretched for more than two miles on the road.
Therefore, the current method of passing messages, apart from the use of horns, is for the personal guards to act as messengers and run around to tell people.
As Acrylic and others rode their horses to the rear to convey Gervis' orders, the entire team gradually stopped, and the soldiers came to the shade of the trees on both sides of the road in an orderly manner and began to make fires and eat.
About twenty minutes later, the team completed the rest on time, and with a command from Gervis, the soldiers started their journey again.
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Ding ding ding! Half an hour later, alarm bells rang in the indigenous city of Shengye, and teams of divine servant guards began to climb the city walls with weapons in hand.
"Priest Jenny!"
"Priest Jenny!"
Jenny, the priestess of Shengye City, also came to the city wall after hearing the alarm bell. The servants of God guards on both sides of the wall saluted respectfully when they saw her!
"Gallah! What's the situation? Did this team come from St. Ann's?"
Jenny went directly to the commander of the three thousand divine servant guards in Shengye City and asked.
"Yes, Priest Jenny, this group of invaders is coming from the south!"
The commander named Galah answered immediately!
"This time the number of people is much greater than what Priest Dilia said. Last time when Priest Dilia was defeated, she said that the group of invaders was only more than 500 people!"
Jenny felt worried as she looked at the troops outside the city, which were twice as many as her own.
The last time the priestess Dilia of Saint Ann City evacuated, she had already informed them of the information of the invaders.
They have not dared to relax for a moment in the past few months, and today the enemy finally arrived, but the number of the enemy is a little more than expected.
"Don't worry, Priest Jenny. These invaders may seem numerous, but I have observed that they are not very strong. There are only a thousand Golden Knights!"
"We have already transferred support from the main temple. Although there are only 3,000 of them, they are 3,000 golden knights!"
Gallagher was not worried about the enemies outside the city. Instead, he began to comfort Jenny.
"And Priest Dilia also said last time that the leader of this group of invaders is stronger, and he has strange means to lure monsters!"
"This time, as long as we strictly guard the city and don't leave the city on our own like Saint Ann City did, these invaders will never come back!"
"Then I'll leave it to you, Commander Galaher. If you defeat this invader, I will definitely ask for credit for you from the main temple!"
Seeing Gallagher's confidence, Jenny felt much more relaxed and began to encourage Gallagher.
"Yes, Priest Jenny!"
When Gallagher heard Jenny's words, he immediately became excited, and then looked at the group of more than 6,000 invaders outside the city.
"Come on! We will not underestimate the enemy like Saint Ann City did. No matter how you cunning invaders flatter us, we will not leave the city!"
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While Gallagher was excitedly waiting for Gerves to come forward and provoke him, Gerves began to deploy his troops.
Except for the logistics team and the medical team, the rest of the soldiers have already deployed their troops, waiting for Gervis's order to start the siege! And Gervis will naturally not go forward to provoke or scold anyone this time.
The last time was because he was short of troops, and there were thousands of elite soldiers from the Golden Shield Family chasing him, so he had to resort to this desperate measure to lure the Holy Ann City's God's Servant Guard out of the city.
This time, Gervis came with so many men, and he was ready for a fair siege.
Seeing that the soldiers were almost lined up, Gervis nodded to the messenger beside him.
When the messenger saw Gervis' signal, he immediately ran to the front of the big corner and put his mouth close to it.
Woo woo!
As the messenger puffed up his cheeks and blew the horn hard, the melodious sound immediately spread throughout the city of Shengye.
"Everyone listen up, aim at the enemy city's crossbow, one minute, get ready to shoot!"
Ike, with a team of fifty men, had already arrived five hundred meters away from Shengye City. When he heard the horn, he immediately began to urge the soldiers to adjust the angle of the artillery.
"Eh? Aren't you going to provoke me?"
Gallagher felt a little strange when he heard the horn sound outside the city and the invaders who were constantly doing something a few hundred meters away.
This is somewhat different from what Dilia said at the beginning, that the invaders were cunning.
"However, it would be better if you choose to attack directly to save time. If I can defeat you this time, the merits I get should be enough for me to be transferred back to the main temple to continue my training!"
Gallagher thought to himself, then turned his head and looked at his subordinates beside him.
"Can the crossbow reach the dozens of invaders in the front now?"
Gallagher felt uncomfortable watching the fifty people struggling there, thinking it was a provocation to him, so he wanted to use the crossbow to teach them a lesson! Unfortunately, Gervis had already verified that the distance of 500 meters was beyond the reach of the crossbows on the walls of such a small town.
"Commander, those invaders are at least 450 meters away from the city wall. Our crossbows can't reach them unless they move forward another 100 meters!"
"Alright! Then wait until they start attacking!"
Gallagher was a little disappointed and could only continue to wait patiently.
However, he didn't know that the dozens of crossbows on his city wall might no longer exist in a while.
Woo woo!
One minute was up and a short horn sounded again from outside the city wall.
"fire!"
As the horn sounded, Gallagher faintly heard shouts coming from outside the city.
Boom boom boom! Just when he didn't know what the word "fire" meant, a huge explosion suddenly came from outside the city.
The explosion caught Gallagher off guard and made him shiver.
"Damn it, what is this..."
Bang, bang, bang! Ahhh! Gallagher was frightened and wanted to curse, but the next moment, the muffled sound and screams in his ears interrupted his thoughts.
Suddenly, brick and wood fragments flew all over the city wall, accompanied by screams, and several divine servant guards were beaten to a bloody mess by something in an instant.
"What is this black ball? Oh no, it's a crossbow...!"
Looking at the scene on the city wall, especially the five or six broken crossbows on the city wall, Gallaher's face changed drastically, and he was undoubtedly heartbroken!
But what made him sad was still to come! Just over thirty seconds later, there was another loud explosion outside the city.
Boom boom boom! Bang bang bang! With the second round of bombardment, seven or eight crossbows on the city wall were lost again, directly destroying two-thirds of the crossbows on this section of the city wall.
Woo woo woo! As the crossbows were almost destroyed, louder horn sounds came from outside the city.
This is Gervis giving the order to start the attack!
(End of this chapter)
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