Chapter 826: Filling the River
"Luka, what's going on?"
Lakar, who had been sitting in the rear, saw the deputy commander running back in a rage and immediately started asking.
"Commander-in-chief, it was that bastard Killer God. It was his people who occupied our Sheng'en City!"
Luka came up to Lakar and explained with a look of resentment on his face.
"What, that bastard Killer God?"
When the people present heard Luka's answer, they were immediately surprised, and then they were filled with anger.
"Commander Rakar, what should we do now?"
If they are ordinary natives, they can choose whether to attack the city or not depending on the situation.
But if you want to kill a god, that would be a bit difficult.
No one knows what secret this God of Death has that could have caused even Commander Kito to go there without returning. It is impossible to say that they are not afraid of him.
More importantly, this God of Death is currently an ally of the Sky City. Unless they have no other choice, their subordinates need to ask Batman for permission before dealing with him.
"Is the killer in the city?"
Lakar pondered for a moment and asked Luka.
"Commander-in-chief, it's too dark. I can't see the face of the figure on the city wall clearly, but the attack just now was the intermediate magic Spear of the Fierce Hell. Even the intermediate magician is here. I think the God of Death must be in the city as well!"
In their impression, magicians are still rare and noble, and the presence of a magician means that this team is definitely not a group of ordinary soldiers.
Gervis does not have many subordinates, so it is easy to guess that these are Gervis' elite troops, and he himself is naturally in charge here.
"so……"
"Send out the Rainbow Bird now to report the situation here to the Duke. We will camp here tonight and see how many people there are in Sheng'en City tomorrow morning!"
After listening to this, Lakar made a decision immediately.
As one of the three leaders of the Golden Shield Family, he naturally knew how much Batman hated the God of Death.
This time, the Holy Grace City was occupied by the God of Death again, and he certainly couldn't go back in disgrace.
He even had an idea that if he could kill this God of Death, his status in the Golden Shield Family would be further improved.
However, there are definitely risks in killing the God of Death, so he still needs to inform Batman first.
"Okay, Commander-in-Chief!"
Luka and another deputy commander also guessed what Lakar was thinking and immediately agreed.
Especially Luka, who was still frightened by the spear that caught him off guard just now, and he hated the people in the city even more.
In this way, the Golden Shield Family's army of ten thousand people settled down outside the City of Holy Grace.
…
"It looks like these guys are not planning to leave!"
When Gervis saw the Golden Shield Family's army setting up camp in the distance, his eyes turned cold.
If these guys stay, they will be a big threat to him whether they attack or not.
"Ike!"
"Your Majesty, I am here!"
"Now take the soldiers in charge of logistics to the city to tear down some dilapidated houses and transport the stones to the city wall!"
"Also, place the artillery on the city walls!"
Although it is still uncertain whether the Golden Shield Family will attack the city, necessary preparations still need to be made.
The natives of Sheng'en City really only left behind a complete city, with nothing else except houses.
Therefore, these rolling stones and the like must be prepared by Gervis and others themselves.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Ike responded and immediately walked down the city wall with his guards.
"Father, open the city gate carefully later. Have the captains of the Sea Clan lead the Sea Clan soldiers to the moat. Be careful not to let the enemy notice you! Then wait for my order and act!"
After Ik left, Gvir gave further instructions to Gandalf.
"Okay, Gervis! Father will do it now!"
Gandalf nodded solemnly, and then walked down the wall.
"Bud, just stand guard at your usual intensity tonight! Let the soldiers rest in peace!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
After giving all the instructions, Gervis looked at the camp outside the city and slowly walked down the city wall.
There are several swift dragon birds patrolling in the sky, so Gervis can rest assured.
And judging by the way the Golden Shield Family has set up camp, they will definitely not attack tonight.
They have come from a long distance and are now setting up camp. If those soldiers still have the energy to attack the city, they would be sending food to waste.
When he arrived at the foot of the city wall, Gervis did not return to the temple, but found a cleaner house beside the city wall and rested there!
…
"Commander-in-Chief Rakar! News has been sent from the Duke."
The next morning, before the sun rose, the Golden Shield Family Legion's camp outside the city received a message from the rear early in the morning.
"Send it in!"
Lakar did not take off his armor when he went to bed last night. After hearing the news outside the tent, he immediately gave orders.
Then the deputy commander named Kalu immediately walked in! "Luka, why are you here so early today!"
When Lakar saw that the letter was actually sent by Luka, he asked in surprise.
"Haha, Commander-in-Chief, I went to bed early last night, so I got up early today!"
Luka smiled and explained as he handed over the letter.
In fact, the reason why he got up so early was that he couldn't wait to observe how many soldiers and horses were in Sheng'en City.
The revenge for the spear fight last night made this Black Flag top knight roll over in disgrace, and he will always remember it in his heart.
So when the letter was delivered, he happened to come across it, so he sent it directly to see if Duke Batman would let them capture the city.
"oh!"
Lakar didn't say much. He nodded, took the letter and immediately opened it to read.
Although Luka stretched his neck, looking forward to the contents of the letter, he did not dare to move forward at this time.
After a while, Lakar finally finished reading the contents of the letter.
"How is it? Commander-in-Chief, does the Duke have any orders?"
Luka asked Lakar eagerly with anticipation in his eyes.
"See for yourself!"
Seeing Luka's expression, Lakar fortunately handed the letter to him directly.
Luka took it and couldn't wait to check it out.
As he looked at it, Luka's eyes became brighter and brighter, and a look of joy appeared on his face.
"The Duke is coming in person!"
After reading the entire letter, Luka excitedly said to Lakar.
"Yes! The Duke has been thinking about this God of Death for a long time. We were too far away to cause trouble to him some time ago. After all, it would be troublesome if we ran into those guys from Sky City!"
"But this time, the God of Killing is obviously alone. This is a good opportunity to get rid of him!"
Lacar said calmly.
"Luka, you've read the letter, so go make the preparations now!"
"The Duke set out immediately after receiving the letter. He should arrive in an hour or two. We should start to consume the troops of the God of Death now. When the Duke arrives, we can take over Sheng'en City in one fell swoop!"
Lakar then gave instructions to Luka.
"Okay, Commander Rakar, I'll make the arrangements now. We can start the attack in half an hour!"
This was exactly what Luka wanted, so he agreed immediately and quickly walked out of the tent.
When Batman learned that Gervis had captured their Holy Grace City alone, he was both angry and excited.
He saw this as a good opportunity to get rid of Gervis, so he immediately came in person with more elite troops.
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"Your Majesty!"
At this time, Gervis didn't know that Batman had come all the way here. He was still sleeping in the house and was finally awakened by the knock on the door.
"What's going on, Ike? Has the enemy started to attack?"
Awakened by a knock on the door, Gervis opened his eyes and looked out the window at the sky, which was just beginning to brighten.
Since Ike woke him up so early, Gervis thought it must be an emergency.
"Your Majesty, the Golden Shield family outside the city has sent more than 3,000 troops to fill the moat!"
Ike stood at the door and immediately reported the matter to Gervis.
"oh?"
When Gervis heard this, he immediately stood up from the bed and opened the door.
Just in case, Gervis did not take off his armor last night.
After leaving the room, Gervis immediately took Ik to the city wall.
When he looked outside the city, he saw thousands of people outside the city holding tools and pulling horse-drawn carts to dump mud, sand and wood into the moat.
Of course, the moat is more than 50 meters wide, and they are not planning to fill it up completely. Instead, they will be divided into three groups to build three roads to cross the river.
Most of these 3,000 men are titled knights, and the weakest of them are silver knights, so they can fill the river very quickly. I believe that in less than half an hour, the three roads will be filled to the city wall.
"Gevis, should we ask the sea tribe soldiers to interrupt them and fill the river?"
When Gandalf saw Gervis coming, he immediately came up and asked Gervis.
"No need, father. Even if we let the sea tribe stop us now, we will not be able to resist them once all the troops behind us come forward!"
Gervis looked at the scene outside the city, thought for a moment and then rejected the idea.
After a pause, Gervis turned to Gandalf and spoke again.
"Father, let's use the longbows to deal with them first! We can't stop them from filling the river, we can only consume their troops first!"
"Okay, Gervis!"
Gandalf knew that his youngest son was now as capable as he was in commanding a battle.
Moreover, among Gervis' subordinates now there are magicians, sea creatures and swift dragon birds. These types of troops are completely different from the wars he experienced in Eurasia, so there is nothing much to say.
"Ike, tell the soldiers to fire their muskets and cannons at the crowd!"
"As for the others, stay put!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
As Gervis passed down his orders, everyone on the city wall immediately took action.
"Longbowmen! Target the enemy 80 meters outside the city, shoot!"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! "Musketeers! Target the enemy outside the city, shoot!"
Bang, bang, bang! "Artillery, aim at the enemy gathering place 80 meters outside the city, aim at the target and prepare in 30 seconds!"
"put!"
Boom boom boom! Suddenly, the sound of gunfire and cannons rang out on the city wall, and the red wall rumbled.
Ever since there were hundreds of magicians who could cast fireballs, Gervis had begun to dislike long-range weapons such as longbows and muskets.
However, under the attack of more than one hundred longbows, dozens of muskets and ten cannons, the Golden Shield family team outside the city still felt that they were under a storm of attacks.
“Ahhhh!”
Caught off guard, there were sudden cries of grief and pain from the team that was struggling to fill the river.
Among Gervis' three long-range weapons, the most lethal one is of course the artillery.
At a distance of about a hundred meters, the shells shot into the crowd like deadly iron balls, directly piercing through several Silver Knights.
After hitting the ground, it even had some force left to bounce back up, killing several more soldiers from the Golden Shield Family.
As for the longbows, they posed the least threat to those outside the city, because there were only hundreds of them, and the Silver Knights could still barely dodge them as long as they were careful.
Even if they are unlucky, as long as they are not hit in vital parts, the most they will suffer is injuries. Because they are titled knights, they don't even have to worry about infection.
"Hold on, don't retreat!"
At least seventy or eighty of their comrades were killed by those ten artillery pieces. Seeing their bloody and miserable appearance, some soldiers couldn't help but have the idea of retreating.
But the next moment he was stopped by several captains in charge of supervising the battle. Those captains drew out their shining swords and threatened everyone.
Boom boom boom! Puff puff puff! "Ah!"
Just as these captains who were supervising the battle finished their words, the artillery on the city wall had completed its second reloading and fired again.
One of the captains was also unlucky. Just as he was threatening the retreating soldiers with a sword, a cloud of blood mist suddenly appeared on his chest. It turned out that he was hit directly by a cannonball.
His whole body was carried flying in an instant, leaving a fist-sized hole in his chest.
“Run!”
I don't know which soldier saw this scene, but he was so scared that he trembled, and immediately let out a roar, and then led all the soldiers who were filling the river to flee to the rear.
"asshole!"
Lakar and others could naturally see clearly what was happening near the moat. When they saw that the team was defeated in such a short time, their faces immediately darkened.
Fortunately, the Duke is not here now, otherwise, he might doubt their ability to lead troops when he sees them.
"Luka, take 500 men with you and have them continue to fill the river. If anyone dares to retreat, they will be killed on the spot!"
The order to fill the river was given by Batman himself, and Rakar would definitely not let those soldiers retreat.
Moreover, those thousands of soldiers were not his direct subordinates. They were just miscellaneous soldiers originally used to guard Sheng'en City. He would not feel bad about using them as cannon fodder now! "Okay, Commander-in-Chief!"
After hearing the order, Luka responded and immediately led 500 of his men towards the defeated soldiers.
Just two minutes later, Luka and his men killed more than 30 fleeing soldiers who were running in the front, and immediately drove these defeated soldiers back to the moat and continued to fill the river! "They are back again! It seems that they are determined to capture Sheng'en City!"
Gervis stood on the city wall and watched Luka kill his companions and force the soldiers to return.
He has already seen the determination of the Golden Shield Family!
However, he was not particularly worried at this time. There were only 10,000 people in the Golden Shield Family. If they really came to attack the city, he would not have any problems as the defender.
(End of this chapter)
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