Imperial Crown

Judela came because he knew that the coalition of horse thieves and pirates had really arrived.

If Eagle City is breached, he, who is right next to the Eagle Leader, will not be able to survive.

So although he was jealous of Raven's achievements on the battlefield, he still mobilized his elite "Iron Forge Legion" and rushed to Eagle City for support.

But on the battlefield, there was no time to explain so much.

"There are too many horse thieves. The people behind have almost evacuated. Let's also withdraw to Eagle City." Judra spoke very quickly:

"Can you still move?"

Julia nodded, dropped the broken weapon, and carried the unconscious Thor on her shoulders.

Judra frowned.

Thor's injuries were too serious, his limbs were all twisted and deformed; his face was pale, and he could tell he had lost too much blood.

This kind of injury has no treatment value on the battlefield.

Judra said: "Leave him alone, he can't be saved. Taking him with you will only slow us down."

"He is the son of Knight Eric." Julia said.

Julia wants to save Thor, not because of his identity, but Julia knows that those reasons are not important to Judra, only this can persuade her.

Sure enough, Judra looked solemn: "Come here and take this gentleman back properly!"

Leading the 200 Ironforge Legion, Judra fought and retreated, protecting Julia and Thor back to Eagle City.

But the strange thing is that no matter how Nancy urged, Judra refused to stay in the main castle of Eagle City. Instead, she lived with her soldiers at the garrison point inside the city wall.

"That's weird, what's going on?" Nancy was confused.

"Yeah, it's weird." Denise nodded in agreement.

As the news spread, not only Judra, but also the nobles of Xuefeng County came to support.

Viscount Broca, Baron Wessassin, Baron Zeyi, Baron Kate, and Lady Doreen arrived one after another.

Even Baron Sereva, who had always been at odds with Raven, came.

But except for the nobles of Xuefeng County, most of the nobles of the five northwest counties also chose to sit on the sidelines.

Over the years, Raven has risen like a meteor, blinding many people.

This time he launched a war against the Principality of Eivor, with three battles and three victories. He fought a series of classic battles, which made his light shine brighter and brighter, and he clearly had the appearance of a famous general in the world.

Seeing that the momentum of the Griffith family is about to be unstoppable.

Nobles are always like this.

When your status is low, they look down on you; when you blend in among them, they will look at you, praise and criticize you, and then gradually accept you.

But if you want to climb up, you have to endure all kinds of endless malice.

The nobles had quite the same idea.

On the battlefield, Lei Wen only used our soldiers to transport food and grass. In terms of logistics, your wife Nancy maintained it well. Now there is a fire in your backyard and we have no soldiers and do not go to help. It is not a mistake, right?

And some people will go one step further on this basis - if I don't go to aid Eagle City, others won't even think about going.

Just like little peeling.

Now, he is wrapped in a fur cloak and sitting in his castle.

Opposite him was an old man with a somewhat pale face.

It was the middle of winter, but he was wearing a heavy armor, just like an old knight walking out of a story.

"Viscount John, at your age, you should have more rest." Little Peeling poured a glass of wine for John:

"Why go all the way for Raven?"

Viscount John didn't touch the wine glasses, he just picked up a piece of steak with his fork and chewed it quietly, and finally said:

"Raven is a good young man. He is currently fighting for the empire. As an old man, I can't go to the front to support him. I have to help him stabilize the rear."

"Moreover, if Eagle City is destroyed and those horse thieves and pirates are allowed to escape, the entire Nord province will suffer."

Little Peeling still refused to give up. He lowered his head, his hair covering his dead white eye, as if his red right eye filled with blood stared at John:

"The news has spread, 30,000 horse thieves, 20,000 pirates - and more than 100,000 people they have kidnapped."

"Raven has taken away all the troops in Eagle City. The defensive force is too weak. Even if you add 2,000 soldiers, we will not be able to resist it anyway."

"There is no discipline for pirates or horse thieves."

"Therefore, it is better to wait for the Eagle City to be broken. These thieves will naturally disperse. Then you can send out troops to defeat them one by one!"

Viscount John was chewing a piece of beef with tendons. When he heard Little Peel's words, he slowly stopped his mouth movements. After he finished speaking, he simply spat it onto the plate.

"Gunther, do you know why you will never be as good as Raven?"

Little Peeling's cheek twitched, not only because he didn't like others calling him by his real name, but also because Viscount John touched his sore spot.

If it had been any other viscount, Xiao Peipi would have sternly retorted.

But John is not only a viscount, but also his elder - Little Skin's mother, who is John's cousin.

So he could only continue to listen to Viscount John.

"For many things, it depends on whether you should do it, not whether you can do it."

Viscount John said slowly:

"Raven wanted to share the empire's worries, so he led troops to invade the Principality of Eivor. This was what he should do."

"And as a member of the empire, at this time, protecting his family and territory is what I should do."

"It's like this again!" Xiao Peipi stood up angrily: "You still have this old-fashioned theory. You always do what you should do and you always think about others."

"My mother lived a restless life because of your consideration for others!"

"Now it's happening again!"

"He Raven is so important in your heart, is it worth it for you to carry this old bone to death!?"

Hearing Xiao Peipi mention his cousin, Viscount John flashed a hint of shame on his face, and then sighed:

"You still don't understand."

"I went to Eagle City not because of Raven."

"If your territory were threatened by this, I would still come to your aid."

Little Pipi sneered and was about to utter a sarcastic comment, but when he saw Viscount John's serious and upright expression, he swallowed all the sarcastic words.

"...I understand. Since you want to go, then you can go."

Little Peipi raised his head and poured a sip of wine down his throat:

"I just want my uncle to know that he failed to stop you, so he might start talking about me again."

"Then let's hide it from him for a while." Viscount John showed a sly smile:

"I'll set off early tomorrow morning."

…

Outside Eagle City.

The defense line was breached and the war progressed to the stage of attacking and defending the city wall.

At this time, we can see the benefits of Raven's original insistence on placing Eagle City in the middle of the river.

It was just winter. Although the river was frozen, the ice was not thick. Let alone siege equipment, the middle of the river could not withstand the trampling of a few more people.

So the pirates and horse thieves had to start building pontoon bridges - which hit the backs of the city's defenders!

Nowadays, there is a serious shortage of soldiers guarding the city, and the workers who were originally scattered in the factories have become the best soldiers.

Although they have not received military training, they are well-organized, have a clear division of labor, and have sufficient strength. Now that it is not time for hand-to-hand combat, they will be able to defend the city and be a master!

Especially those gray dwarves.

Even though they are not tall, they are naturally muscular, not to mention that they deal with steel and flames all day long.

Now, Bowell, the only gray dwarf without a beard, has become the defense commander of a section of the city wall.

His short, stocky body, which only reached the chest of an adult man, walked up and down the city wall, bursting out with a sharp and powerful voice:

"You guys, don't be stunned, hurry up and load the bed crossbow!"

"Trebuchet at the back, don't be idle, throw the stone for me as soon as the stone is set up——

What? Not calibrated? Never mind it!

Who told you that you must hit the pontoon bridge, even if it hits the ice! "

Not to mention, in this freezing weather, Bowell's voice really aroused the enthusiasm of the defenders.

After loading the bed crossbow, he hit the wooden pin with a hammer, and the thick crossbow arrows flew out with a whoosh.

From a distance of dozens of meters, the shot missed the target at all, passing directly through the bodies of three horse thieves who were rushing from the pontoon to the city wall, and then smashed the pontoon with a bang and cracked the ice.

There was blood.

The pontoon broke off and swayed on the slippery ice. The horse thief who was still standing on the pontoon felt like he was on a roller coaster, screaming in shock as he struggled to maintain his balance.

Before he could stand firm, the trebuchets in the city began to show their power!

The number is not large, only 13 units.

The cold weather in winter greatly affects the belt toughness of the trebuchet.

But again, can’t you throw it from a distance of tens of meters?

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Whoosh whoosh——

The boulder was thrown high, drawing beautiful parabolas, and then fell down after reaching the top!

Boom boom boom! ! !

The ice surface was broken by boulders, splashing out thick and cold water mixed with ice slag.

Amidst the crackling sound, the ice surface cracked.

"Ah! Ah~~~~"

"vomit……"

“Help, help—don’t pull me!”

The pontoon swayed violently as the floating ice and waves hit it. The horse thieves who could only barely stand on top fell over and fell into the water one by one, screaming.

Horse thieves are not pirates.

Wearing heavy armor, they were like lumps of iron. After sinking into the water, they could only spit out large clusters of bubbles, and then drowned in the cold and heavy river water.

It can bring rich nutrition to the fish in this barren season.

However, there was more than one pontoon bridge, and not all those involved in the attack were horse thieves.

What other elite pirates are there—the lizardmen!

They lowered their limbs and ran like beasts on the ice, dodging the crossbows thrown from the city wall. Then they rushed under the city wall, grabbed the gaps between the wall bricks with their sharp claws, and leaped towards the city wall!

Bowell has been waiting for them for a long time:

"Poirot, take your men!"

"Coming!"

The bearded Poirot rushed out of the troop transport corridor with a clay pot in his hand. He used a torch to light the cotton thread extending from the clay pot. Then he came to the edge of the city wall and took a look at the lizard man climbing the wall. Smash it down!

"Eat something warm!"

This is a large jar of clear fire oil - that is, alcohol.

The lizard man nimbly changed his direction on the city wall and dodged, but not completely. There was still a splash of clear fire oil stuck to his body.

Then the flames spread like a blooming lotus!

Heavy armor and scales can resist swords and crossbows, but they are helpless against fire.

The lizardman opened his bloody mouth in the real sense, howled and fell from the city wall, then turned around and desperately plunged into the river.

The flames began to burn on the ice.

The flames did not only explode in this place, and there was more than one lizardman who made a similar choice, but the ending was not very good.

As we all know, lizards are cold-blooded animals.

Although the lizardmen claim to have dragon blood, they are not much different from lizards in terms of physical characteristics.

So when they entered the water, the blood flow quickly slowed down, and they would lose consciousness before swimming too far, and sink to the bottom of the water like those horse thieves.

It has to be said that it is a wonderful irony that the lizardmen who can swim freely in the sea sank in the ditch.

Of course, there are still lizardmen who can avoid the burning flames and thrown stones and climb up the city wall.

With a body of about two meters in height, his body was more than half as wide as an adult male human, and he was holding a large sword as tall as a person in his mouth. As soon as he stepped onto the city wall, he instantly scared away the surrounding defenders.

Bowell looked at the guy who was nearly three times his height, swallowed his saliva, and screamed loudly:

"Hey, big fool, I advise you to roll down now, otherwise you will die!"

The head of the lizard man is very similar to that of a crocodile, with a long mouth and circles of bone scales on his brow. Hearing Bowell's words, he narrowed his eyes and grinned:

"I haven't tasted a dwarf like you yet!"

As he spoke, he was already waving the big sword and slashing at Bowell's head.

Bowell stood there as if he had been appointed, and sighed:

"Why are you doing this again!"

The next moment, a gray dwarf who was about the same height as Bowell, but with a stronger physique and a thick beard, rushed out from behind him.

The lizard man was stunned.

Am I seeing double?

Then he saw that the gray dwarf who rushed out was holding a weapon that was too big even for a lizard man.

It was not a sword, but more like a knife with a single blade, but there would never be a knife without any arc!

It was really hard to name!

Being able to swing such a huge weapon with that small body was indeed worthy of praise - but a dwarf actually wanted to compete with the lizard man in strength, which was really laughable!

"Go to me -"

Before the word "die" came out, the giant sword in the lizard man's hand broke cleanly under the sharp blade.

The blade sank into his armor again, cut off the scales, cut in from the left shoulder, and then slipped out from the right hip.

The upper body of the lizard man fell to the ground, looking at the gray dwarf in disbelief.

"Am I dreaming?"

Then his eyes rolled up and he died completely.

His lower body was still standing upright, and the cut surface was so smooth that it looked like cut meat jelly.

It was not until the upper body of the lizardman fell to the ground that it was shaken. There were two puffs on the cut surface, first blood gushed out, and then the cut internal organs arched out like earthworms.

"I told you not to mess with me!" Bowell kicked the lower body of the lizardman with one foot, and then retreated carefully for fear of splashing blood.

Turning his head to look at his old friend, Bowell asked, "How are you, are you okay?"

The gray dwarf who killed the lizardman, that is, Sohei who was running all the way on the road to becoming a forging master, shook his head and carefully leaned the huge strange long sword against the city wall.

This is the weapon he carefully forged, and it has not been enchanted.

Heaviness and sharpness are often two different bifurcation points in the process of forging weapons.

Heavy weapons do not need sharp blades, and sharp weapons do not need too much weight.

But this knife combines the above two points, which can be said to be a real monster among weapons.

After wiping the edge of the blade with his fingers, he felt no burrs and nodded with satisfaction:

"Not bad."

"But the sample is still too small, I need to test it more."

However, at least today, there is no such opportunity.

The sky gradually became gloomy, and the bandits and pirates withdrew without any results.

At the same time, in the camp of the pirates and bandits, the leaders of the two families, "Blood Eye" Monngar and "Pirate Captain" Joshua, were gathered together.

"Joshua, I think you owe me an explanation."

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