In addition to Solomon, there were other people who were also busy recruiting troops during this time.
It took Gwen of the Figuerola family nearly a month to gather 8,000 people.
The main reason is that the families in the Western Region really have few warriors anymore, and Ge Wen is unwilling to let Yin Leiya intervene, fearing that the latter will take away the credit and limelight.
He would rather go to a vassal who was further away to borrow someone, which would waste a lot of time on the way back and forth.
Of course, Herodotus would not be idle. It is said that he did his old trick again and raised a new army in the Scaled City.
And this time, it is said that he has received the support of many nobles, but those nobles are all notorious guys without exception.
Among them, the two traitors Hugo and Yin Erkander are the most eye-catching. The latter is now called the regicide by the people in the West.
In addition, there is Blanco from the Arias family. According to the Blood Moon Society, Blanco should be the real head of the Arias family.
However, in that fateful election, Yin Leya and Shuangxiujiao used despicable means to snatch away his position as head of the family.
But now that the Blood Moon Society and Herodotus are making the decision for him, Blanco has confidently spoken out that he will regain the position of head of the family from his sister.
Let the people living in the green fields return to the embrace of the Silver Moon Goddess.
Although the nobles who heard this thought that the child was probably out of his mind, with Yin Leya's current prestige, no matter how she became the head of the family in the first place, it was obviously impossible for her to lose to her brother again.
However, seeing so many nobles suddenly starting to support the Blood Moon Society, the morale of the civilians in the city, especially the new army formed by Herodotus, was greatly boosted.
Ge Wen no longer wanted to wait any longer to see Herodotus, the clown, continue to show off his power.
Therefore, although he did not raise an army of tens of thousands as expected, and most of them were just militiamen, Gwen still decided to lead the army to the outside of the Scaled City.
In Ge Wen's opinion, there is no reason why he can't do what the female lord can do.
And compared with the dwarf army in the Dragon Crest Mountains, those guys from the Blood Moon Society are just a bunch of rabble.
Herodotus was good at deceiving people, but he had never proven that he had any military talents. He would only choose to escape every time he faced a tough battle, and this time was probably no exception.
Moreover, the name of the Figuerola family is known to everyone in the Western Territory.
As long as the Blood Moon Society's despicable methods of poisoning and assassination can be guarded against, there won't be much suspense in this battle. Even the so-called army in the city may be surrounded by the Figuerola family's army when they hear that it has been surrounded by them.
I was so scared that I surrendered.
Gwen's strong self-confidence made Quintus, who was accompanying him, a little confused about what to say.
He wanted to remind Gavin that Herodotus and the Blood Moon Society were no longer what they used to be, and with the lessons learned from the massacre of 20,000 people before, the new army in the city would definitely fight until the last moment.
In addition, Hugo and Blanco, forget about them, they are indeed not very good among the nobles, but Yin Erkander is a solid general.
If he sincerely joins the Blood Moon Society, then the next battle may not be easy to fight.
However, Gwen did not listen to Quintus's advice at all. As soon as he arrived at the city, he could not wait to start arranging the first wave of attacks.
The walls of the scaled city are strong, and Ge Wen plans to attack with his entire army early tomorrow morning, launching an attack from all directions. However, the army here is just a sheep attack. What really decides the battle is a vanguard group of 300 people.
As long as the next city wall can be captured, the soldiers behind can be transported up continuously until the city gate is completely captured.
Ge Wen and a dozen vassals finalized the details of tomorrow's action and then looked up and saw Quintus still standing silently aside.
"High Priest Quintus, didn't you say you would contact people in the city? What happened?"
Quintus cheered up after hearing this, "I did contact a few priests, and they told me that although the Blood Moon Society controls the Scaled City, there are still people who are secretly resisting Herodotus."
"Really?" Ge Wen became interested, "How many people are there and what can they do for us?"
"There are probably one or two hundred of them. Many of them had to join Herodotus's new army in order to survive." Quintus replied.
"As long as they can stand firmly with us in this battle and show their worth, I can pardon them after the war," Ge Wen said. "If they perform well, additional rewards are not negotiable."
"They also have the will to do this, but..."
"Just what?"
"It's just that Herodotus has always been very good at demagogueing people. I'm worried that they have been instigated by Herodotus to rebel. This is Herodotus's trick." Quintus said frankly.
Ge Wen disagreed, "What can Herodotus give them? Let's see who will join the Blood Moon Society. A traitor from the Western Region, and a kid who failed in the family struggle and has been wandering for several years. These are all
He is a desperate loser, why would anyone else want to serve Herodotus?"
Quintus had to admit that what Gwen said made sense. The high priest of the Silver Moon Church continued, "They are willing to secretly open a city gate for us when a war breaks out."
"Oh? Which city gate is it?"
"The little door on the south."
Ge Wen nodded, "Then tomorrow I will arrange for a thousand people to wait at the south gate. If the door opens there, I can send people to rush in. If it doesn't open, it doesn't matter. I just need to seize a city wall according to the plan.
The Scaled City is now within our grasp."
Quintus came from a peasant family and had little military experience. Just listening to Gwen's words, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with him.
So early the next morning, Ge Wen launched an attack on the Scaled City as planned.
The army surged down the city like a tide, and the militiamen braved the rain of arrows from the city and began to set up ladders and climbed to the top of the city.
Ge Wen wore armor and rode a horse to personally supervise the battle on the front line. However, the battle situation did not go smoothly.
The tenacity of the defenders was a bit beyond Ge Wen's expectations. The guys on the wall were obviously not real warriors, but they fought with all their might, even if the enemy's swords were almost on their necks.
People retreat.
There were also civilians who had no armor and stomachs, and they were also helping to pick up stones and throw them at the city. It was only after Gwen captured a few prisoners that he found out that it was because before the war started, Herodotus performed miracles in front of the believers.
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Let a stone float on the water.
This is considered to be the oracle of Bisiya, which indicates that the Blood Moon Society will be victorious in the upcoming war.
This chapter has been completed!