Chapter 498 Decisive battle!
The next morning, the sunlight spread its corners from the horizon, and a whimpering horn sounded outside the City of Glory.
The seventy thousand troops of the church began to assemble, and today is the day when the Principality of Gene and the Church fight to the decisive battle.
Although it is impossible to determine whether Zell successfully used the teleportation reel to kill Gevis, Longfellow is not ready to wait any longer.
The church has completely prevailed now. Even if Gevis is alive and he takes action to restrain him, the final result will still be the destruction of the Principality of Gene.
"Prepare to start the attack!"
After the army gathered at the moment, Longfellow looked at more than 30 golden knights and four or five magicians behind him.
In order to help him complete the mission of ruling the island, the temple did not hesitate to draw a large number of thirty golden knights, which is the backbone of most of the new temple in the Holy Continent.
These thirty golden knights were a powerful force for the Duchy of Gene at this time, because the golden knights of the two major primitives were almost dead, and there were only two golden peak knights left.
"yes!"
With Longfellow's order, the thirty golden knights and five magicians respectfully took the order and rushed towards the front of the battlefield.
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On the walls of the City of Glory, the army of the Duchy of Gene has also been assembled.
"Gust, do you think we can hold on?"
The Count of the Stanney family swallowed his saliva with difficulty when he saw the dark church army at the end of the horizon.
"I don't know whether it can be defended or not, but if the church wants to attack the city of glory, we must make them pay a heavy price!"
At this moment, they were standing only with four of them, the four counts and several commanders, so Gust was not worried that his words would hurt morale!
They are already a battle of their backs, so they have no choice.
When Gevis disappeared last night, they immediately discussed the solution to the problem.
First block the news of Gervis' disappearance to avoid causing unstable morale.
At the same time, they also sent people whom they trusted to start searching for Gevis' whereabouts.
Unfortunately, Gevis' disappearance was exactly the same as that of the old Earl Jones. They searched the entire City of Glory but still did not find Gevis.
What made them even more confused during this period was that when they were searching, they found that Bernard was actually in the blacksmith shop.
And dozens of blacksmiths and hundreds of apprentices can testify that Bernard did not leave the blacksmith shop for even a second tonight, because he rushed to make artillery overnight with the assistance of several apprentices tonight.
In this way, the real Bernard cleared the suspicion and everyone realized that there was something wrong with the "Bernard" who appeared in Gervis's study.
But even though I knew that there was something wrong with that person, it still did not help finding Gevis, because the identity of that person was unable to be found.
The search continues, but the war will not stop because of Gervis' disappearance.
But without the existence of Gevis, the "highest combat power", if the church's Pope Longfellow took action, then no one among them could be, so the earls had a vague premonition in their hearts.
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Just as several counts were talking, there were soon shouts of killing outside the City of Glory.
The first siege teams of the church began to attack.
The number of people in this wave reached 10,000, and they were all soldiers from the original two major priests.
Behind this 10,000 team is the Church Paladins as the supervising team. Although they only have more than 2,000 people now, they can still completely crush the ordinary army.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Before the siege soldiers reached the city wall, more than a dozen large trenchers behind started first, shooting out huge stones at the top of the city of glory.
"Tell me the order! Order the First Artillery Team to destroy those catapults!"
"The second team continues to stand by. Once the enemy's siege car is approaching a hundred meters, priority will be given to destroying the siege car!"
Gevis was not here, and the matter of commanding the artillery was handed over to the Lord of the North.
Originally, it was most suitable to leave such a thing to Alice. After all, those who use artillery are all Gervis's direct legion.
However, because Gervis's disappearance had a great blow to Alice, the Lord of the North did not let Alice come to the city wall to command.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
With the order of the Lord of the North, the First Artillery Team, a total of five small steel cannons, roared, and projectiles were shot out, shooting towards the trenchers hundreds of meters away.
However, it was the first stone projectile shooting after all, and this round did not destroy any trenchers. Fortunately, it can be seen from the landing point of the shell that the deviation was not very large, only a dozen or twenty meters away.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Reloading, the roar of the artillery sounded again, and this time, under the gaze of everyone, a shell hit the church's trencher.
"good!"
The Lord of the North couldn't help but praise him when he saw the scene in the distance!
In the past, in such siege battles, the catapults were the biggest threat to the defending side of the city, but with artillery, at least they did not have to worry about the threat of the catapults.
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With the rumbling of artillery, the first batch of infantry in 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 center of two mountains, and there is no big river flowing around, so there is no moat at all.
The wooden stakes and trenches below are the first line of defense to block the siege team.
However, for the large siege team, clearing these obstacles is just a trivial matter, and even if you ruin more soldiers, the church will not feel distressed.
Soon these siege soldiers crossed the obstacles outside the city and came to the bottom of the city wall.
At this moment, a truly fierce offensive and defensive battle officially broke out.
"Mustrator, longbowman shoot!"
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The soldiers of the Principality on the city wall began to vent their arrow feathers, ammunition, rolling stones, and wood towards the enemy below.
The siege soldiers under the city were not afraid of death, so they carried the simple siege ladder against the city wall and began to climb.
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"It's almost done! Pass my order and let them start attacking with all their might!"
Seeing that the first batch of cannon fodder had pushed down the obstacles and began to attack the city, Longfellow felt that the time was ripe and he was ready to take down the City of Glory in one fell swoop.
"Yes, Master!"
Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo!
As the trumpet of the order sounded again, the 50,000 troops who were still waiting on the spot also started to move, and led by dozens of golden knights to the city of glory.
This wave is the key to this battle, and hundreds of large siege cars were used alone.
The church also made sufficient preparations for the offensive this time, although the catapult was not made much due to the cumbersome craftsmanship.
However, large siege cars as high as the city walls have made a full number.
As long as one-fifth of such large siege vehicles are smoothly approaching the city wall, it can allow a large number of soldiers to climb the city like steps, safe and fast.
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"The Second Artillery Team, destroy their siege cars for me!"
Looking at the dark enemy troops behind us swept over like a flood.
Both the Lord of the North, Hayden and others showed a solemn look!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
With the order from the Lord of the North, the five artillery pieces of the second team on the city wall also roared.
However, even with powerful weapons like artillery, it is still a drop in the bucket when facing a large number of siege cars.
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"Report! Sir, the western section of the city wall was taken over by enemy siege vehicles. Hundreds of enemies have already climbed onto the city wall, and the reserve army has already gone to support!"
"Report! Sir, a large number of golden knights appeared in the eastern section of the city wall, and we could hardly resist it!"
"Report! Sir, orcs appeared in the city! There are not many, but they are spread all over the city, causing great chaos in the city!"
As the war continued, half an hour later, bad news was reported to several counts one by one.
"No need to worry about the orcs in the city! You guard the city walls for me!"
Hayden said calmly.
The Lord of the North is the command of long-range weapons such as artillery, while Hayden is responsible for commanding the overall war.
They could still deal with it when the enemy was short, but when the church pushed all its troops into full force, the city of glory immediately became in danger.
Especially the numerous golden knights in the church are a devastating blow to the soldiers guarding the city!
"Yes! Sir!"
The messenger responded quickly, then turned around and left quickly.
"Lord of the North, stay here just in case!"
"The other earls, commanders, come with me, and we will block the golden knights!"
Chapter completed!