Mathias failed to wait for news from the sentinel. Three days later, he received terrible bad news. Two villages were reduced to ashes under the attack of the fire demon.
In fact, they destroyed these two villages as early as the second day after the Fire Demons crossed the Fierce Waves River. During the time when the news was being transmitted, the Fire Demons were wreaking havoc in the southern part of the kingdom.
In war, no matter how severely damaged the land occupied by the enemy is, it can always be slowly repaired over time.
But the land occupied by the fire demon has lost the possibility of repair, because it has become a scorched earth.
Mathias immediately gathered his troops and fought against the fire demon with all his strength. In the face of the raging flames, artillery had limited effect, and incendiary bombs would add fuel to the fire. In the end, he had to rely on the traditional tactics of the White Tower people - water glue.
Water glue is a special product of the White Tower Kingdom. There are a large number of water glue pools in the mountains east of the capital. This kind of stuff is a bit like snot, very viscous and difficult to evaporate. It can quickly cover the burning objects and make them burn.
The substance is isolated from oxygen, thus stopping burning.
The White Tower people naturally don't understand such a complicated principle, but they know that this is a weapon to deal with the fire demon. As long as the water glue is sprayed on the fire demon's body, the fire demon's fire can be extinguished in a dozen breaths.
Two thousand soldiers set out carrying tens of thousands of pounds of water glue. But when they faced the fire demon army, they realized how fragile the ancient tactics were. Against single-digit fire demons, the power of water glue was unquestionable, but
Facing hundreds of fire demons, the situation of the battle is even worse than a drop in the bucket.
After a moment of fighting, the water glue was exhausted, and 70% of the soldiers were killed in the flames. The soldiers who managed to escape told Mathias the news that the fire demon would arrive at the Red Cotton City in the south of the royal capital within two days.
Red Cotton City produces expensive red cotton. Although the price is slightly lower than silk, the output is much higher. It is one of the economic pillars of the White Tower Country.
What we have to consider now is not economic issues. The Red Cotton City is the guard city of the capital. Once it falls, the royal capital will also be in danger.
Everyone knows the truth, but in front of the fire demon army, the powerful White Tower Kingdom can't find a way to fight.
The tall and solid city walls cannot stop the flames, and sophisticated weapons are of little use. The brave soldiers can only add fuel to the fire demon. The only thing left is the wide and deep moat of the Red Cotton City.
After all, the moat is a pool of stagnant water. The fire can dry it out in less than a day. What should we do after that?
This is a crisis that the White Tower Kingdom has never encountered before. Since the fire demons came to the Origino continent, they have never crossed the Hanlang River, and there is no history of real confrontation with the fire demons on this continent.
There seems to be no suspense about the outcome of the war, but as the head of state, Matthias must fulfill his duties. The night before the fire demon arrived, he arrived at the Red Cotton City first, and he must personally command the battle.
The arrival of the head of state greatly boosted the morale of the army, but all he could do was ask the soldiers to prepare a large amount of water glue on the top of the city, and then use clay to seal the gaps in the city gate. How useful would this be?
Matthias even suspected that these preparations were in vain.
The Fire Demon arrived at the foot of the Red Cotton City in the early morning of the next day. Looking at the endless sea of fire, Mathias, who was originally prepared to abandon the city, suddenly changed his mind. He decided to fight the Fire Demon, not a tentative contact battle.
, but a decisive battle to the death.
This was not motivated by emotion, Mathias did see hope of winning.
First he saw the enemy's scattered military formation. The fire demon warriors wrapped in flames were like monkeys on fire, jumping up and down excitedly on the ground. If ordinary weapons couldn't kill them, sophisticated cavalry could kill them with one charge.
their lives.
Moreover, Matthias also noticed an unusually burly fire demon. It is said that he is the leader of the fire demon Gavara. Although he does not know what kind of monarch he is, he is a very bad commander.
He kept trying to get the warriors to form a formation, but the lazy fire demon didn't pay attention to his orders at all, and kept playing even when he spoke. Gavara was unable to effectively command his army, and his own
Literacy is also very bad.
He stood in the center of the team, and in order to highlight his unique identity, he had a group of fire demon warriors crowd around him.
When fighting on the ground, these people can protect Gavala's safety, but in a siege battle, if Gavala is attacked from the air, he will not even have a chance to escape. The soldiers surrounding him completely block his path.
way out.
No matter how powerful the Fire Demon is, Matthias is confident of defeating the undisciplined army and incompetent commanders.
Moreover, he has been favored by God. Dark clouds are gathering in the sky, and Khmer Rouge City is likely to experience a heavy rain.
This battle is worth a gamble. The first target chosen by Matthias is Gavara, the Lord of Fire Demons, and his location is just within the range of the trebuchet.
Gavara is indeed a very bad commander. It is not his fault. He has been trapped at the southernmost point of the continent. He is not familiar with human weapons. He has forgotten most of the battlefield after being away from the battlefield for a long time.
rule.
They successfully destroyed two cities and more than a dozen villages before, mainly because the garrison there was frightened by them. Humans do not understand fire demons, and fire demons do not understand humans. When they are strangers to each other, their thinking is relatively different.
The simple fire demon took advantage.
Fear is the most terrifying ghost on the battlefield. It can drain the morale and courage of an army in an instant.
Just like the commander of this battle, General Nobbs, he was the son of a senator and a leader in both civil and military affairs. He was appreciated by Matthias before he was forty years old, and he could have accomplished a lot.
But his performance today is really terrible. He is draining the soldiers of their faith and courage.
Before the battle started, Nobbs kept crying. Matthias asked him to aim the trebuchet at Gavara. Nobbs was crying so much that he couldn't even utter the order.
"Don't be afraid, young general," Matthias pointed to the enemies below the city, "their army is so scattered, we can easily defeat them."
"They, they don't need any military formation at all," Nobbs sobbed, "Führer, sir, will I, all of us, die here?"
"How could it be," Matthias smiled kindly, "Look into the distance, keep looking at the sky, take a deep breath, you will see the smile of the goddess of victory, yes, that's it, look at the sky, take a deep breath
Take a breath and inhale a little fuller.”
Nobbs looked up at the sky and took a deep breath. He felt a little calmer.
But when he wanted to breathe out, Mathias cut his neck with a dagger.
Nobbs covered the bleeding wound and looked at Matthias with a horrified expression. He fell off the wall during the violent struggle.
Matthias wiped the blood on his dagger and turned back to Joruus: "I need a real general."