A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

The third day of the Battle of Tozes.

The war has entered a white-hot state. As soon as day breaks, the sounds of fighting and roaring on the city walls never stop.

The pirates have obviously noticed that the time has dragged on for too long, and if it drags on any longer, there may be changes. The pirate leader Basha has become ruthless and must swallow the piece of Tozes City that comes to his lips.

Therefore, before today's attack on the city, he severely scolded all the pirates, and then no longer conserved his strength, allowing tens of thousands of pirates to attack.

On this day, the ferocity and cruelty of the pirates were undoubtedly revealed.

Some people can even rush up against the boiling water. Even if they are burned to pieces, they can still climb up the wall and chop the person over with a knife.

The one whose body was set on fire also rushed forward, hugged the other person, and died together with the other person.

As soon as the pirates' ferocity broke out, they immediately suppressed the momentum of the defenders.

After all, the slaves who helped defend the city were not regular soldiers.

As soon as they saw the pirates rushing up with ferocious faces, many people began to tremble in their hands and feet and became unsteady on their feet.

The soldiers guarding the city were almost choked by the ferocious pirates.

Casualties began to mount.

Corpses were dragged down from the city walls.

One after another, the wounded were carried off the city wall.

The originally blue-gray city wall was now stained with blood, with blood stains everywhere, stained on the blue bricks, and dried into black and red.

At first glance, the city wall covered with black and red blood spots looked extremely strange and terrifying.

This tragic battle situation made many slaves who were not mentally strong enough to begin to fear. They began to retreat and were unwilling to resist any longer. Several slaves even secretly escaped from the city wall.

As soon as they retreated, the pirates forced in even more fiercely, causing more casualties.

The more casualties there are, the more frightening it becomes.

This created a vicious cycle, and holes began to appear in the defense line on the city wall, and then there were more and more failure points, and they became bigger and bigger.

More and more pirates began to climb up the wall, and their momentum increased.

The soldiers of Tozes and the slaves who held on were still gritting their teeth and persisting, resisting.

They have no way out.

The citizens of Tozes, their relatives and friends are all behind them.

So, they are still holding on.

However, the arrows were almost exhausted, and the over-worn spears and blades gradually began to dull.

The weapons were worn out much more quickly than expected, and there was no time to replace them.

The wood was almost exhausted, there was no time to boil the boiling water, and there was not much oil left.

At this moment, there was a bang, a loud noise, and a huge stone roared over and hit the city wall heavily.

With a click, the green bricks shattered, and a gap was opened in a corner of the city wall.

In an instant, several pirates rushed in from that gap.

Seth was shocked when he saw this scene from the beacon tower on the distant city wall.

He was about to instruct people to block them, but before he could speak, a strong figure rushed forward and slashed the pirates who had risen up to death with a knife.

The tall body of this mature slave, who was leading a team of slave gladiators, blocked the gap tightly. He was able to cut down the upturned pirates one by one with his sword.

While he was blocking the gap, a dozen slaves nearby rushed forward, lifted up stones and planks, and blocked the gap.

Seth just breathed a sigh of relief when several more boulders flew over from the air.

There was a rumbling sound, and they hit the city wall one after another, and in an instant they smashed several huge gaps in the city wall.

Countless pirates climbed up the gap and rushed to the city wall, cutting down the slaves who wanted to block the gap, and guarding the gap so that their companions behind could climb up.

At this moment, it was like a flood bursting a dam, with waves of pirates rushing in from the gap.

The gap continued to expand, the flood became more and more violent, and the soldiers near the gap were forced to retreat.

Like a festering wound, the rotten area expanded rapidly, eroding the city wall.

At the same time, on the coast outside the city wall belonging to the outer city, the three huge trebuchets that the pirates spent two days building were still rumbling and hurling stones at the city wall.

One after another, it hit the corner or the wall, and countless pits and cracks began to appear on the wall.

As more and more cracks were opened in the city wall, countless pirates poured in through the gaps.

It's like a flood rushing out of a levee full of loopholes. I'm afraid it won't be long before the flood completely collapses the levee——

At this moment when Seth was anxious, suddenly, a figure wearing silver-white armor rushed towards a gap.

The long sword was swung.

In one fell swoop, a pirate was split in half from his neck to his waist.

The body that was split in half fell to the ground, and his internal organs fell to the ground in pieces.

The extremely tragic scene made the fierce pirates pause for a moment, then raised their heads and looked at the man rushing over.

Her long pure golden hair was tied into a bunch behind her back, hanging down on her silver-white armor.

The one-eyed knight is holding a long sword, with a stern look on his face, and his eyes are as sharp as a blade as he looks forward.

A second's pause.

He killed the pirates who were dozens of times his size.

Wherever he went, there was blood and blood, and the long sword sliced ​​through the air with traces of blood splashing everywhere.

The knight of the scorching sun, his bravery is praised by people all over the world.

Here, no one is his enemy.

In just a moment, with the shocked soldiers and slaves watching in awe, Caijos had already swung his sword to kill dozens of pirates in front of the gap. Under his feet was a large area stained with blood. Red corpse.

He stood at the gap, stabbed the two pirates who were about to overturn with his sword, and kicked the two corpses down. Then he turned his head and shouted: "Block this place!"

The people who were shocked by Kayhos's terrifying force value woke up and immediately swarmed forward and quickly blocked the gap.

And not just here, at several other gaps, a dozen Guardsmen also wearing armor rushed forward and killed all the pirates who came up.

Those knights guarded the gap, allowing others to take the opportunity to block it.

The boulders in the sky are still being thrown.

Seeing that the gap in front of him had been blocked, Kehos jumped up onto the gravel blocking the gap.

Throwing the big sword down, he raised his hand and took down the strong bow on his back.

The Knight of the Burning Sun stood on the high pile of stones on the city wall, his blond hair shining in the sun.

The strong bow in his hand has been drawn.

The bow was stretched by him like the full moon.

The tip of the rocket soaked in grease burned in the air, and then shot out with a buzzing sound.

Under the disbelieving eyes of the pirates in the distance, the rocket spanned a long arc, like a strong wind, and struck heavily on the sling on the coast.

The oil wrapped on the underside of the arrowhead was poured on the wood, and a fierce fire started.

Even Basha, who was on the pirate ship, could not believe the scene before him.

Just because he didn't want to be shot by someone with a rocket, he deliberately placed the sling outside the range of the bow and arrow.

He never imagined that someone could shoot such a long distance.

Whether he believed it or not, there was a whooshing sound in the air, and rockets were fired one after another, and soon all three catapults that the pirates had finally built were ignited.

Because it was under the scorching sun and it was made of wood, it burned quickly once it was ignited. The fire was so intense that there was no time to water it.

A group of pirates were jumping anxiously nearby, but they had no choice but to watch the three trebuchets turn into ashes.

"good!"

Seth was so excited that he shouted out loud.

He is indeed the prestigious Knight of the Burning Sun!

Seth hurried over and met Kehos who jumped down from the pile of rocks.

Kehos put down his bow and picked up his sword again.

The blond knight was covered in blood at the moment, half of his silver-white armor was stained red, and the long sword in his hand was dripping with blood.

"Lord Kayhos, it's all thanks to you, otherwise..."

If Kaiho hadn't arrived in time with all the knights and blocked the gaps, Seth couldn't imagine what would happen next.

I'm afraid it's not far from the city.

"Your Highness asked me to help."

Kehos replied.

Then, the knight raised his hand and casually poked his side with his thumb.

"Also, I met them on the way here, so I brought them here by the way."

As soon as Seth turned his head, he saw a dozen Tozes citizens walking up the city wall and walking towards him.

He frowned subconsciously.

He recognized that these were the more influential citizens in the city.

What are they here for? Any dissatisfaction? Is it because of the slave thing?

He thought irritably that he was exhausted from resisting the pirates. Could these people just hide at home and not come out to bother him?

Just when Seth was feeling anxious, those people had already come forward.

"Lord Seth, we have brought weapons such as bows, arrows, and swords."

said one person.

"This is something we all put together. If it's not enough, we'll go back and continue to put it together."

Seth was startled for a moment, then walked to the edge of the city wall and looked down, only to see a crowd of people standing under the city wall.

The neighing of horses sounded from time to time, and hundreds of carriages were parked below. The carriages were piled with supplies, and many of them were piled with arrows, spears, machetes, swords and other sharp weapons.

After thinking about it, he realized that every household in Tozes would have a small number of weapons in their home to prevent thieves and robbers. Some wealthy businessmen with guards had even more weapons reserves in their homes.

Someone else continued: "I heard that there is not enough oil and wood here, so everyone donated what they had at home."

Some citizens even directly removed all the wooden doors in their homes and chopped them into firewood and sent them over.

"Sir, I am a member of the city's doctors' union. All of us are here. With so many casualties, I guess there must not be enough manpower to treat the wounded here, so we are here to help."

"Yes, the blacksmiths, carpenters, and coppersmiths in the city are here. Please leave the broken weapons to us to repair them."

Seth's eyes scanned the dark crowd below, and he was startled for a moment.

"Why are there so many women?" He said to the citizen representatives, "Let them go back quickly, it is not safe here."

"They came here on their own. They said they are also members of Tozes City."

"Yes, Lord Seth, some of them are no less powerful than men. They can do what men can do. Even if they are not strong enough, they can still take care of the wounded under the city wall, deliver water and food to everyone, and clean bandages. some type of."

"That's right, sir, we can all do things like sharpening knives, boiling water, moving rocks, and carrying wounded people! As long as it's something we can do, everyone will work hard to do it!"

"We can't just wait at home."

"Anyway, if the pirates come in, they will die. We would rather fight together!"

Seth stood on the city wall, lowered his head, and scanned the countless Tozes citizens below the city wall.

No one shouted, everyone stood there silently, looking up at him with their eyes open.

Many people had weapons in their hands, and some even held axes for chopping firewood and hoes for farming.

It's not that these citizens didn't feel scared, some were even trembling with fear and had tears in their eyes, but everyone stayed here firmly.

Because behind them are their homes, their relatives, and their children, they have no way to retreat.

That's probably what it means to unite as one.

Looking at the expectant and determined eyes of everyone, Seth suddenly felt that the corners of his eyes were slightly hot, and an indescribable feeling welled up from the bottom of his heart.

He turned his head and took a deep breath.

He said: "I know."

There was no time for him to waste on the battlefield, he said quickly.

"Go down immediately to organize people and bring up arrows and the like."

"Go and boil water and oil. Bring them all to a boil."

He said it without any politeness.

"I will arrange for slaves to send down those blunt and broken weapons, and you will arrange for people to repair them as soon as possible."

"You can gather as much supplies as you can. Get more, and be quick."

Seth's unceremonious words made those people look happy. They immediately ran down the city wall, returned to the citizens, and relied on their prestige to start organizing and arranging people to do different things.

The crowd surged up, dispersed under the leadership of the leader, and began to work vigorously.

With the help of the powerful force of the knights of Kehos and the help of the entire Tozes city citizens, the balance of victory that almost collapsed once again eased little by little, and the stalemate with the pirates continued reluctantly.

…………

Human nature is complex.

Garlan stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, gazing at the city wall that was like a bloody line from a distance.

There are greedy people and there are honest people.

There are corrupt souls and there are noble beings.

There were consuls and officials who chose to abandon their responsibilities and run away.

There are also soldiers who choose to stay and hold on.

Moreover, human nature is not static.

The choice is often just a matter of thought.

Just like the citizens who almost destroyed Tozes City one night ago, they are now doing their best to protect the city.

The young man watched that scene quietly.

On that city wall, no matter what status they were, whether they were soldiers, slaves, merchants, or craftsmen.

Be it a man or a woman.

People of all different identities, different skin colors, and different genders gathered together at this moment, forming an invisible solid wall.

Fear, conspiracy, selfishness, calculation... At this moment, everything is no longer important.

At this moment, there is no so-called distinction between high and low, noble and inferior.

All people have only one desire in common.

Defend Tozes.

Guard your home.

The author has something to say: Well... I will put down a chapter in half an hour.

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