Waggron on the other side had already stood up with a sword outside Mayne Castle. The troops he brought bypassed the main force of Mayne and reached the gates of Mayne City as if they were in no one's land.
"We must capture Mayne as soon as possible. We don't know if our troops can hold up on the frontal battlefield... so we must win here quickly!" Riding on his horse, Waggron pointed his riding whip at Mayne, which had few defensive soldiers.
En city wall.
"We brought 300 cavalry and only 100 infantry. We can only rely on artillery to attack the city." Wageron's adjutant Corea said with some worry: "I don't know how much damage the cannon we brought has done to the city wall.
Strong or not."
"Order the soldiers to bury pots and make rice! The artillery is ready to attack! After an hour's rest, the attack will begin immediately!" Wagron pulled the reins of the horse and withdrew to his cavalry array without looking back.
"Send someone to persuade them to surrender! If they are willing to hand over Mayne Castle, give them a chance to survive!" After returning to the array, Waggron added another order.
Kolya randomly selected two soldiers and asked them to carry the flag of Seris to the city of Mayne to persuade them to surrender.
The two soldiers came to the gate of the castle tremblingly, holding the king's flag and shouted loudly to the Mayne soldiers on the wall: "Soldiers of Mayne, listen! You have no way out! Put down your weapons and surrender!"
"Hahaha!" On the high city wall, Mayne's guards held their weapons and pointed at the Seris cavalry below the city. Their mocking voices could be clearly heard even below the city.
"Soldiers of Mayne! You have no choice! Put down your weapons and surrender! This is your last chance!" Listening to the ridicule, the two cavalrymen themselves felt blushing. They had to muster up their courage again and shouted loudly.
shouted towards the city wall.
"Whoosh!" A feather arrow hit the hoof of the Seris cavalry, and the soldiers on the city wall gave their warning: "Go back! If you shout again, we will release the arrow!"
The two Serris cavalrymen looked at each other and immediately turned their horses and ran away. Behind them, the laughter of the Mayne defenders became even more unscrupulous.
After hearing the report from his subordinates, Wageron sneered and continued to watch the artillerymen arrange their artillery positions one kilometer away in silence.
These 90 mm caliber cannons are not advanced weapons and equipment in themselves, but in this world, they are definitely a killer weapon.
Combined with the grenade triggering the fuse, it has very strong lethality against general defensive targets.
"Wait a minute, those idiots won't be able to laugh anymore." Beside Wageron, his adjutant Corea looked in the direction of the city wall, curled his lips and vented his anger.
"Two ammunition bases, grenades... After the attack, send someone to persuade them to surrender!" Wageron said coldly: "Let the artillery shells do the talking, it will be more effective than us talking."
"Haha, you're right." Adjutant Corea grinned when he heard Wageron's words: "What did the Lord of the City mean by that? Cannon range... range..."
"Within the range of the cannon, Eilandhir is the truth!" Wagron pulled the reins: "Let the soldiers be ready! Launch an attack within ten minutes!"
"Yes! Yes! Within the range of the cannon! Ailan Hill is the truth!" Kolya nodded, rode his horse and followed Wageron: "Get ready to fight! Get ready to fight!"
"Boom!" A minute later, a 90mm-caliber field gun roared, and a shell hit the building behind the city wall, and the explosion blew away half of the tower.
The second shell directly tore off the flagpole of Mayne City, blew away the Mayne flag above, and also blew up a corner of an arrow tower behind the flag.
The laughter stopped suddenly. All Mayne's soldiers looked at the explosion on the distant building in horror. For a moment, they didn't know what to say.
In myths and legends, this world is a world where dragons exist. The dragon knights of the Magic Empire can easily cross the city walls and destroy the castle with powerful force.
There was no giant dragon in front of us at this moment, but the thick city wall was trembling with the sound of explosions. God knows what magic the other party used to make such an incredible thing happen.
"The other side has a magician!" A soldier screamed hysterically. Not far from him, the black smoke from the explosion was dispersing, and the broken limbs and broken arms around him reminded him of how terrible the explosion just now was.
"Quick! Quick! Hang the white flag!" The officer in charge of guarding the city was so frightened that he even stammered. He pointed to the crenellations in the distance and ordered loudly: "Look for white sheets! Quick! We surrender!"
Disobedience to magicians is not a wise choice, because those powerful magicians are more proud and noble beings than kings. If they are really angry, it would be extremely easy to burn a few mortals to death with magic.
Now, for the people in Mayne City, surrendering as soon as possible is the best option to save their lives. Although they don't know how Siris invited the magician, the explosion in front of them really makes them unable to resist.
Come on.
"Boom!" Just as people in Mayne City were crying for white sheets, the second round of shelling began. The shells fell like raindrops, and in an instant, several flame flowers bloomed near the city wall.
The crenels were blown to pieces by cannonballs, and the soldiers were blown into the sky by the cannonballs, falling to pieces under the city wall.
Amidst the thick black smoke, the gate of Mayne Castle slowly opened, and a white flag on the wall made of four sheets was twisted and swayed in the wind.
"I thought they were so tough..." Adjutant Kolya, who was waiting outside the range of the bow and arrow and ready to attack at any time, pulled the reins and cursed with contempt on his face.
"Hey! You bitch! Surrender early and I can save some artillery shells." Waggron stretched out his right hand and waved forward in the air. The cavalry behind him urged their horses forward and poured into Mayne Castle.
The Siris infantryman, who didn't even have armor, pressed the long sword on his waist, pushed away the embarrassed Mayne defenders, and walked up the stone steps of the city wall.
The black flag of Siris that had been prepared long ago was spread out and laid on the outer wall of Mayne Castle.
Waggron stood on the city wall, looking at the hundreds of Mayne defenders gathered together, but there was no joy of victory on his face.
"You lead 100 cavalry and return to Serris immediately along the road!" He was worried that there would be problems on the frontal battlefield commanded by Chris, so after capturing Mayne Castle, he immediately ordered his adjutant Coria to divide his troops for rescue.
He knew that Chris only had less than 500 soldiers in his hands, but he was facing Mayne's main force. If something went wrong on the frontal battlefield, his victory in capturing Mayne Castle would be greatly compromised.
Unfortunately, when Kolya gathered 100 cavalry and prepared to return to the front battlefield, the situation changed again.
"General! Another army has arrived outside the city! There are thousands of them!" An infantryman rushed to the city wall nervously and reported the latest situation to Waggron.
"What? Where did the army come from?" Wageron was stunned for a moment after hearing the report, and then immediately led people to the other direction of the castle.
Then, lying on the crenellations of the city wall, he saw phalanxes one after another, slowly unfolding right in front of Mayne Castle.
"Blue wave flag... Ferry City!" Looking at the opponent's flag, Waggron frowned: "Order everyone to prepare for battle! Let the artillery find a suitable position in the castle to deploy positions immediately! Prepare to fire and counterattack!
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"Raise the black iron flag of Siris! Tell those bastards in Ferry City that this is already our city! If they dare to mess around, don't blame us for being rude!" Wagg pulled out the long sword from his waist and
Long gritted his teeth and said angrily.
Under the city wall, the Lord of Ferry City, Berman, who led the soldiers of Ferry City to Mayne, was also in a confused state at this time.
He had previously rejected Mayne's plan to jointly attack Seris, in order to let the mantis catch the cicada and the oriole behind, and sneak attack on Mayne to reap the benefits.
Regardless of whether Ensel, the Lord of Mayne City, succeeds in attacking Seris, the victorious side will be exhausted: if Mayne wins, they will suffer heavy losses, and it is impossible to return to rescue Mayne Castle; if Seris wins, they will also be unable to move eastward, and will remain intact.
The ferry city competes for the fruits of victory.
As a result, he had calculated everything, but he never expected that Mayne City would fall into the hands of the Eilanhir family of Seris City in just a few days.
If Lord Berman knew the truth of the matter: Mayne City surrendered to Waggron without even holding on for two hours, he would probably die of anger in Mayne City.
Seeing the soldiers on the city wall unfurling a huge black iron flag and hanging it on the city wall, Lord Berman pressed the sword on his waist and couldn't resist his urge to storm Mayne Castle.
Unfortunately, he was worried that the preparations he had made were too obvious and would be discovered by the Mayne side, so he only gathered his troops and drove all the way in, without making preparations to attack the city. Wanting to attack the city was really not an impulsive thing.
There are no long ladders or catapults. As long as the tall city wall in front of you is guarded by 300 people, it is not an easy fortification that can be broken through. Rather than wasting precious soldiers here, it would be more appropriate to keep these soldiers for defensive warfare.
Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth twice and wanted to pull out his sword and order a strong attack, but twice he suppressed his impulse. He claimed to be unparalleled in strategizing, but he was not the impulsive type in his bones. He had always been
Make a plan before taking action, as was the case with this sneak attack on Mayne.
"Retreat!" Finally, he felt that there was no need to waste elite troops on the city wall, so he issued the order to retreat: "Take away all the civilians and food along the way! Go back to the ferry!"
Watching Berman, the lord of Ferry City leading his troops to retreat from the city, Waggron stood behind the crenellations holding a long sword. He still didn't know that these soldiers from Ferry City who left had looted and destroyed half of Mayne along the way.