The small town of Shibao is saturated with a capacity of 10,000 people. Using various available spaces to squeeze people in, only 17,800 people can be squeezed in.
The Golden Lions of the Brave, the private army of Baron Denis, the local troops of Mogared, the mercenaries of the Titan Mercenary Group and the White Owl Knights, as well as the regular army and militia that were crippled and reorganized by Duke Ivan, the general
The military strength has reached more than 60,000 people, and the small stone castle cannot accommodate so many people.
After discussion, it was decided that the Baron's son Allen, his wife, and Ronis would stay at the stone castle to take charge of the defense. Also staying behind were all the infantry of the Titan mercenary group, whose leaders were Cambo and Boris. The rest of the people stayed together.
Leave the stone castle and evacuate all the old, weak, women and children to the center of the continent.
Duke Ivan in the marching team was very depressed. The loss in population after this beast wave was immeasurable. There were ten houses in the territory and nine empty houses. Although he was still the only Duke in the country, his strength was the third in the empire.
The two earls are indistinguishable.
After the large army left the stone fort, they fled away and disappeared, as if they had abandoned the stone fort, leaving the stone fort alone to welcome the arrival of the storm...
There are four "big" tribes under the command of the Lion King Krodos, the lizard people who live by the water, the ferocious and cunning werewolves, the extremely powerful tauren, the fertile pig people, plus various small tribes, and their military strength has been
It reached as many as 160,000.
Sixteen thousand strong green orcs surrounded the stone castle on three levels inside and outside. At night, standing on the battlements and looking down, the lit torches stretched like a river of stars to the deep sky.
Ronis was inspecting the city wall when he suddenly noticed that Allen was not leaving behind him. He turned around and saw Allen stopped and shivering in the dim firelight.
"Don't be scared!" Ronis pointed at the dark city and said: "If there is darkness in front of you, don't be afraid, it's because there is light behind you!"
After hearing this, Allen looked back stiffly and said blankly: "Teacher, there is no light..."
Ronis sighed. Although Allen is not smart, he is definitely not stupid. The stupidity he is showing now is completely intimidated by the momentum of the orcs. Recalling that not long ago, 30,000 orcs surrounded thousands of defenders in the city, day and night.
Even after the attack, the city did not fall (?). Now the city is still the same city, but there are more orcs outside the city, and correspondingly there are more defenders inside the city!
The stone castle is a small city, and the circular city is only so large. This is not a good thing in peacetime. A small city means that there are few things that can be accommodated. The Marquis of the East has laughed at the Duke family's petty mentality more than once. It has been passed down for hundreds of years.
As long as the Duke's family is willing to spend thirty years of tax revenue, they can choose a new location to build a magnificent castle, right?
But hundreds of years have passed, and the stone castle is still this stone castle. At most, it has been renovated, repaired, and repaired. You can smell a musty smell when you stand in the ancient city. There are still those black ones hidden in the corners, which are life-threatening.
The annoying, creepy "Black Flash" who runs extremely fast and can even fly!
It is this small city that makes the Marquis of the East feel ashamed. It has withstood the attacks of orcs again and again for hundreds of years. A small city has its advantages. Although there are as many as 160,000 orcs, due to the small circumference of the stone castle,
The range of contact with the enemy is small. Although there are many enemies, they cannot participate in the siege at the same time.
The stone castle has been heightened and reinforced by successive dukes, and it also has cellars for storing grains. It can be said that as long as you are properly prepared, you have nothing to fear.
"There are no orcs in the north of Stone Castle City." Stone Castle City has delayed the invasion of orcs time and time again, protecting the peace of the human world for hundreds of years.
"We can hold it."
Ronis comforted Allen and said: "As long as you follow your father's example and patrol the city with me every day, calm the hearts of the soldiers and maintain their morale, if you keep holding on, we will win."
"Yes, yes..." Allen responded absently, glanced at the endless orc camp and shuddered again.
"We are dead..." Alan thought.
He returned to Fiona's room at night and hugged Fiona tightly on the bed. Fiona could feel his trembling and could only hug him to comfort her...
The next day, a fierce battle to defend the city began.
The Beast King Krodos asked the four major tribes to attack from the four directions of the stone castle. They captured the stone castle and did not have to hand over anything they looted.
"Warriors! That is the source of evil that has hindered us and trapped us for thousands of years! Go and capture it! Kill all the two-legged sheep inside, empty out the contents, and let the glory return to our God of War!!
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""Ouch——!!""
"Come on! Let's go and do it!"
The whole day was spent fighting, and the day ended. Allen, whose face was stained with blood, turned pale, and returned to Fiona in despair to receive Fiona's spiritual comfort.
On the second day, the unified beast tribe showed unprecedented strength.
The nearly extinct Elephant Men appeared in the siege team. They are second only to the legendary monster Behemoth in size. The city wall was quickly damaged under their fierce attack.
"Perhaps we can break the city without specifically attacking the city gate."
Allen spent the day in fear, and at night he buried his head between Fiona's breasts and shivered, and began to suffer from insomnia.
On the third day, the damage in many places in Stone Castle City became more serious, and Allen fell into an abnormal mental state. He sat alone in Fiona's room all night, refusing to have too much physical contact with her.
, when dawn came on the fourth day, the circles under his eyes became thick and dark.
Allen didn't even know how the fourth day ended. His bodyguard Dong Dong protected him from harm, but he couldn't recall anything that happened. When he finally remembered something, it felt like it happened yesterday and the day before.
Time flies by like a flash, night comes again, and the devastated Allen returns to Fiona's room again.
Fiona took the initiative to comfort him, and after a semi-forced talk, Allen finally fell asleep...
On the fifth day, the white city walls were faintly tinged with the color of blood. Allen forced himself to maintain consciousness. He felt at ease after returning to Fiona at night.
With the herringbones held together, Allen felt that he was only half of a human being, and the other half was his beloved Fiona. Only when he and Fiona were together did he feel alive.
On the sixth and seventh days, Allen was already a little numb and kept repeating the same things he repeated yesterday.
On the eighth day, the south gate of the stone castle was seriously damaged in the last siege. Thirty thousand orcs from Da Luhou poured into the city through the south gate. If the Xing army had not arrived in time, the stone castle would have fallen. This time, Qiang Qiang
The elephant men directly smashed through the south gate, and the orcs entered the city with crazy cries of joy.
Allen fell to the ground.
"It's over...it's really over this time..."
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At the human tent forty miles away, Ivan could not suppress his anger and said: "You are late! Three days later than you promised!"
Hogle, the empire's chief knight in military uniform, was quite calm.
"How can the Duke not know that delays in marching and fighting are unavoidable? We came to the rescue on the king's orders, but instead of expressing gratitude, you complained. What's the point?"
Ivan said angrily: "If you told me that you couldn't come within a week, I would never let my son guard the stone castle. He is the only son of my family. If he and his wife die, I will inherit the duke's blood that has been passed down for hundreds of years."
It’s cut off.”
No matter how angry Ivan was, Hogel made a sarcastic remark: "Your Duke's family has so many bloodlines, how can you cut off the inheritance? Choose an outstanding descendant from them to adopt your name, and he will inherit it.
A title is enough."
"Are you talking human words!?" The Duke cursed in anger.
"Your Excellency, please calm down." Xing Jun hurried over to calm the two of them, and said with certainty: "Nothing will happen to the stone castle. After all, there is someone who is not inferior to me and Tang Xian guarding the city."
Xing Jun said this, but he had another thought in his heart: Yang Fei, Yang Fei, let’s see if you don’t die this time!