Knowing that Zeus once sealed the Titans in Hell City, the first thought of many nobles was to escape.
But Hell City has been able to stand in this world for thousands of years because it is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and the only exit is the advantage of the Hell Wall.
There was no way out at this point even if I wanted to run.
While the dozen or so nobles looked ashen, they couldn't help but think of simply surrendering to the barbarians.
Strauss glanced at everyone silently, still not understanding what these nobles were thinking.
He squinted his eyes and smiled, "Once the Titans are released, Devon Hill and the gods and armies under his command will have a reason to intervene in human affairs.
No matter where you flee by then, we don’t know whether the armies of the gods will hunt you down.
But even if the Holy Knights pursue you to the end of the world, or even the underworld, they will definitely capture you and impose divine punishment."
"us,,".
All the nobles were so frightened by these words that they broke into cold sweat, and then they heard Strauss continue,
"We have the Wall of Hell, nearly 3,000 soldiers, and we can mobilize at least 20,000 young men in the city to defend the city.
As long as we persist for more than a month, the food carried by the barbarians will definitely not be able to last for that time.
In this way, not only will you not have to die, but you will also be the ones who have made meritorious service to Devon Hill. Moreover," Strauss looked at the soldiers staring at him around him,
He suddenly raised his voice and said, "You probably don't know that His Majesty has only inherited the God Realm for three months, and he needs to expand the Hall of Heroes for the heroes who died in battle for him.
Therefore, I hope that I can die in battle and go to the God Realm to serve the great King of Olympus Gods, His Majesty William Devonshire.
From a mortal to a heroic spirit that will live forever with Olympus, let the heroic deeds we are about to perform forever be praised by future generations."
After speaking, Strauss was covered in holy light, raised his hands high, and roared, "Let's fight to the death together and then go to the Hall of Valor."
"To the Hall of Valor".
Ten earth-born paladins released the holy light, pulled out the long swords from their waists, knelt on one knee, held the hilts of the swords with both hands, and put their foreheads on the backs of their hands.
He shouted, "For His Majesty Devonshire, win or die."
The 90 knights from Olympus behind the ten paladins pulled out their weapons one after another, knelt on one knee, blood rushed to their foreheads, and shouted,
"For His Majesty Devonshire, win or die."
A total of one hundred dazzling armors instantly made people feel the strong momentum and fighting spirit, easily making the blood of the surrounding soldiers surge.
Among the more than 800 soldiers, many immediately imitated the Paladins and knelt down on one knee, shouting, "Victory or death in battle."
After shouting a few words to calm everyone down, as the angry shouts became louder and louder, everyone knelt down.
Roaring voluntarily or boldly, "For His Majesty Devonshire, for His Majesty Devonshire".
"call out,,,".
A huge sound of breaking through the air came from the sky, after the dazzling light dissipated.
I saw three unicorns that were larger than war horses, with gold-rimmed unicorns on their heads, and snow-white bodies. Facing the rays of the sun, they stood upright and made a loud honking sound.
After dozens of seconds, the unicorns owned by William and his wife disappeared and returned to Mount Olympus.
The soldiers who knew that this was William's response suddenly burst into loud cheers,
Outside the wall of hell, William deliberately blocked the light, and the barbarians who didn't know what was going on behind the wall frowned.
I couldn't help but think that this war was not easy to fight.
After this miracle, the forces in Hell City, whether nobles or soldiers, all regarded Strauss and the Paladins as their backbone from the bottom of their hearts.
The military power was easily handed over to the hands of the Holy Knights, and Strauss was not polite and ordered the nobles to mobilize the two thousand soldiers in the city.
Then people were asked to build a wooden platform of about two meters near the city gate.
Soldiers with swords, shields and long contradictions formed four battle formations of 500 people, taking turns to guard the city gate opening, one third of the city gate and the city gate opening, which was dozens of meters away.
And let the remaining 800 soldiers who are good at archery be divided into four groups, three groups go up to the city wall, and the most powerful group of 200 people stand on a two-meter high platform and shoot the barbarians to share the defensive pressure for the shield battle.
As for the paladins, they all stayed near the city gate to act as a supervising team. They could attack at any time and use holy light to treat injured warriors.
Fortunately, the barbarian king did not plan to attack today, but planned to wait for 50,000 infantry to use their numbers to break through the resistance of the city-state soldiers.
After waiting for three days, the barbarian army arrived at the Hell Wall two days ago. After repairing it for a day, they marched neatly from the camp two kilometers away to the city wall two hundred meters away.
These three days also gave the Greeks behind the wall time to practice coordination and select five hundred soldiers who were willing to be the first line and who were not afraid of death to lead the battle.
And distribute weapons to 10,000 young men, serve as logistics and supplement soldiers, and stay in the one kilometer open space between the Hell Wall and Hell City.
While building the royal fortifications in batches, they also learned simple fighting techniques amidst the roars of the centurions.
And what makes Strauss and the nobles happy is that in the past half month, they have been able to collect nearly 200 people, soldiers serving in various villages and towns, and 400 arrows from the refugees they received.
A good hunter.
Now, together with the 100 Holy Knights, there are 3,500 defensive soldiers.
It's a pity that the barbarians didn't give Hell City much preparation and training time.
"beep,,,".
On the morning of the third day, less than two hours after the sun rose, the sound of huge horns could be heard throughout the countryside.
A thousand archery teams composed of Hell City archers and hunters stood on the 20-meter-high city wall, arranging their longbows and arrows.
Although these archers were nervous, they didn't have much fear.
After the barbarians arrived yesterday, they were not seen carrying siege weapons. This gave everyone great confidence in defending the city.
Some people even joked that they hoped the city had enough arrows in reserve, otherwise the advantage of being able to shoot down barbarians from a high position would be wasted.
Seeing this, Strauss just smiled and said to the trainee paladin, the city lord Palau and the three nobles responsible for commanding the archers around him,
"Are you sure the giant stone gate can be lowered immediately?"
Palau nodded, "Half an hour ago, I went to the agency room inside the city wall and confirmed it again."
"That's good," Strauss said with a smile, "Let the five hundred soldiers in the first line see blood first. If the 200 archers with the strongest archery skills in the city can kill several times, or even ten times,
number of barbarians,
Maybe the barbarians would be frightened by the huge casualties and have to retreat to repair.
This will allow the soldiers in the second, third, and fourth formations to take turns resisting and training. When the resistance is insufficient, they can put down the boulder trap, which will give us at least three days to repair, replenish troops, and reorganize."
"That's true." When Palau and the three nobles heard this, smiles suddenly appeared on their faces.
"If we continue fighting like this, it shouldn't be difficult not to mention a month, but ten days and a half."
Strauss nodded, and then sighed, "It's a pity that the weather is a bit hot now, and the corpses must be buried during the truce to avoid the plague."
"beep,,,".
As they were talking, a horn sounded, and an army of about five thousand barbarians was seen marching towards the city gate in neat formation.