Four thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine chapters defending the city
As for a practitioner in the first level, even if the Northern Hungarian army below can't do anything to him, he can't influence the situation on such a large battlefield.
The key problem lies in the fact that there are more than 200,000 Northern Hungarian troops under the city.
"The entire population of Northern Hungary is by no means over ten million. Northern Hungary has also lost a lot of its population during the years of war, including the non-combatant population. And now those gathered under the city are all the elites of Northern Hungary!"
Henry Zhang also felt unprecedented pressure.
"It seems that the Northern Hungarian Kingdom is determined to capture Tianshuang City this time."
Tie Zhen stood on the observation tower built in the city, looking at the Northern Hungarian army coming like a tide, and said calmly.
"Seeing as their number has exceeded 300,000, so many people come to seize a Tianshuang City?"
Ye Chen said strangely.
It's strange that the Northern Hungarian Kingdom sent so many troops and horses at once, but for the border of the Han Empire, it was completely possible to defend Tianshuang City while sending troops from other directions to invade the Northern Hungarian Kingdom.
"The reason why we are so bold may be because of the relationship with the Cabinet Council."
"My soldiers and horses can only block the Cabinet Council's army, but at the same time Tianshuang City will hardly receive support from other aspects. Be prepared for a long battle."
Tie Zhen said in a deep voice.
"Long time?
It should be a long-term battle preparation."
Ye Chen murmured.
At this time, the sound of rumbling war drums came from outside the city. The Northern Hungarians came after a long journey and gathered under the city without stopping and began to attack the city directly.
And this is the strength of the Northern Hungarian Kingdom. As far as ordinary people are concerned, even the most ordinary warriors of the Northern Hungarian Kingdom have far stronger combat effectiveness than those of the Zhaohan Empire.
The ordinary warriors of the Northern Hungarian Kingdom are equivalent to the elites of the Zhaohan Empire. With the same size of troops on both sides, there is no prerequisite for advanced practitioners to join the battle. The Zhaohan Empire is definitely not the opponent of the Northern Hungarian Kingdom.
As the rumble of war drums sounded, the Northern Hungarian warriors gathered under the city let out a deafening roar in unison.
This roar, which could pierce people's eardrums, fell into the city, causing many soldiers to feel a great sense of oppression.
The battle has begun! The defenders of the city, following Zhang Xuan’s order, countless arrows drilled down.
These arrows are not ordinary things, they are all special armor-piercing arrows, and many of them are spirit-possessed arrows, specially made to break the strength of practitioners.
Under the rain of arrows, rows of Northern Hungarian warriors were shot down, but the effective impact of these bows and arrows on those Northern Hungarian warriors who were not afraid of death was very limited.
Soon the siege tower was erected on the top of the Tianshuang City wall, and the siege ram that was four or five feet high below was pushed by a hundred Northern Hungarian soldiers and approached the city gate.
Whoosh!
At this time, hundreds of black shadows flew out of the city. These were the unique flying eagle knights of the Border Legion.
These flying eagles and the knights on them are equipped with the best weapons and armor, and the knights on their backs are also warriors.
The Flying Eagle Knights constantly collided left and right in the Northern Hungarian formation below, intending to disrupt the Northern Hungarian formation.
This attack had some effect and frightened some of the vassal warriors of Northern Hungary.
However, as the crossbow arrows fired by warriors from the Northern Hungarian Kingdom dropped the Eagle Knights one after another, and seeing the continuous casualties, Zhang Xuan could only recall the Eagle Knights.
"Let Feng Xing's practitioners prepare to fight."
At this time, Tie Zhen ordered that the warriors affiliated with the city lord's palace boarded the city wall to serve as the first line of defense to guard the city wall.
In the past, the ability to defend the city against the Northern Hungarian army's siege depended on the number of practitioners!
"kill!"
At this time, the Northern Hungarian warriors had already rushed up the city wall. Even if they faced warriors who were far more powerful than them, these warriors showed no fear.
"Ye Chen, the combat effectiveness of this group of Northern Hungarian warriors is not much better than the ones we encountered in Sendai City, but something is not right about these Northern Hungarian warriors now."
The voice of order sounded.
"Did they have talismans implanted in their bodies, causing them to become more ferocious?"
Ye Chen spoke out.
"No, the runes you mentioned are very costly to practitioners. Instead of implanting runes for 300,000 people, it would be better for practitioners to come directly to fight."
Order shook his head.
"What's going on?"
Ye Chen asked.
"You should be able to sense the spiritual energy surging outside the city, right?"
Order said.
Ye Chen knew what the order was talking about. From the beginning, as the Northern Hungarian army pressed on the border, there was a spiritual movement outside the city.
"I can sense it, but because the distance is too far and my cultivation level is too low, I can't tell whether the strange movement of spiritual energy is caused by the practitioner or some treasure."
After Ye Chen carefully felt it for a moment, he expressed his guess.
"Well, so do I. Let Feng Xing give it a try."
Order said hurriedly.
Ye Chen flew up and flew towards the city wall to Feng Xing's side.
The latter knew the reason why Ye Chen came here, and before Ye Chen could ask, Feng Xing said: "It's a certain kind of magic. Although there is no strong person in the spiritual realm guarding the opponent, it does not rule out that there is a strong person in the spiritual realm operating nearby.
Even if I rush over, I can't break the defensive magic for a while."
Feng Xing had long sensed that something was wrong. If he had the confidence, he would have flown out and destroyed the treasure that could make Northern Hungarian warriors fearless of death.
"Ye Chen, the other side doesn't regard the Northern Hungarian soldiers as human beings at all. In order to capture Tianshuang City, they even paid huge casualties, but we can't afford it."
Fengxing frowned.
"You want to run?"
Ye Chen's eyes flashed coldly.
"Needless to say, the opponent must be guarded by a strong person in the spiritual realm. Don't hesitate here. Use your energy quickly. I'm afraid that the strong person in the opponent's spiritual realm will suddenly feel that we will not be able to defend the city even if we fight to the death.
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Feng Xing said urgently.
This is not a question of whether he wants to run away or not. Once the opponent's strong spiritual realm suddenly appears, they will flood into the city and kill all the important people in the city. Without the command hierarchy, Tianshuang City Defense will be nothing more than a pile of sand.
"Relax your mind and don't think about surviving!"
Ye Chen did not directly answer Feng Xing, but only warned the latter again.
This is when the battle ahead is getting serious. Facing the fierce Northern Hungarian warriors who are not afraid of death, even if the warriors are standing on the front line, they cannot resist the continuous retreat.
Henry Zhang could only send up the warriors of the Border Legion who were staying behind, plus the Flying Eagle Knights directly up, so that the city wall could be defended.
In terms of the number of casualties, the casualties in the Northern Hungarian Kingdom were much higher than those in the Zhaohan Empire.
The fighting has only lasted half an hour, and already tens of thousands of people on the Northern Hungarian side have died in the siege battle.
Thousands of people died in the battle in Tianshuang City, and more than a dozen first-level warriors were injured or killed.
But as time goes by, Tianshuang City's casualties continue to expand.
Especially for the first level warrior, after all the energy is used up, the warrior's strength will be greatly reduced.
They were in the middle of a battle again, with Northern Hungarian warriors everywhere, and there was no way to retreat. Many warriors were exhausted to death after their energy was exhausted.