Warlord: King of All Clans

The five legions surrounded Clemens, and the legion commanders gathered under Grant's tent to discuss the siege.

Leo saw many old friends here, including Hermann, Locke, Count Hard Beowulf, and Grand Knight Barro, the deputy leader of the Knights of the Wind.

The Grand Duke of the North was worried about his second son Grant, so he not only gave him a hundred Wind Knights as his trump cards, but also asked the Great Knight Barlow to follow him to prevent him from being assassinated.

In addition, there is the long-heard-of Count Fabti Kurolov, who is the most famous figure in the North in recent years and also the most troublesome vassal of the Northern Grand Duke.

Of course, in those days, the northern earls, as vassals of the Grand Duke, had long since disobeyed orders and even stopped fulfilling their obligation to pay tribute.

In the previous alliance agreement, the three earls divided the three branch cities of the Beboos family, and the city of Clemens belonged to the Grand Duke of the North.

So during the siege of Clemens, everyone looked at Grant, the second son of the Grand Duke, and no one was willing to volunteer.

Looking at the twelve-meter-high city wall in the distance, Grant also had a headache.

The three-story high wall can kill a legion soldier by throwing a stone ball on it. The rune array drawn on it can also effectively resist the attack of the counterweight trebuchet.

As the Earl's main city, Clemens's walls were piled high with defensive weapons, and the food and fodder stored in the city's granaries was enough to feed the defenders for two or three years.

It was Grant's naval fleet that blocked the Anzeno River in advance, preventing them from continuing to transport food and fodder by river.

If the naval fleet of the Beboos family still existed and could enter and exit the port of Clemens to transport troops and food, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to take it even if we besieged it for three years.

With the logistical capabilities of the Northern Legion, it is simply impossible for them to march thousands of miles away and besiege the city for three years.

Especially Foreloff and Beowulf, who are located in the cold northern region, may have to rush back to their territory before the snow falls this year.

Otherwise, heavy snow would block the mountains and roads, and their two legions would have to beg for food from their allies to survive.

Looking at the steep city wall in the distance, Grant could only helplessly ask: "My Lords, do you have any good strategies for attacking the city?"

The carefree Hard Beowulf said directly: "What good strategy can we have to attack such a mighty city? Just surround them, build siege equipment for a month, fill up the moat, destroy the walls to wear down their morale, and then attack the city in rotation, wear them down bit by bit."

Among the others, Leo and Hermann were still young and had no experience in large-scale siege warfare, so they could only speak less and listen more.

Count Farbuti Kurolov, who was as big as a giant, grinned and said, "We have five times more soldiers than the enemy, and three times more extraordinary combat power. Why don't we repair the siege equipment and attack from all sides at once? In less than three days, we can take the city."

His words immediately made everyone label him as a "brainless reckless man".

If the five major legions launched a full-scale siege, it would indeed be possible to defeat the enemy in three days, but the price would be that more than half of their own men would be killed or wounded.

Everyone has eaten. You can come here to help, but it’s okay to come and die.

Although it was not stated explicitly, everyone knew that if each legion lost a thousand or eight hundred men, it would be considered worthy of the alliance. The rest would depend on Grant himself.

Hard Beowulf was the number one admirer of the Duke of the North. He was particularly disgusted with Earl Fabti who often broke the rules. Hearing this, he sneered: "You have a point, but I have a better idea. Tomorrow you will be the first to test the enemy's strength. Maybe you can take down Clemens alone."

Grant had no better idea, so he could only say, "Let's follow Uncle Harder's method and take it step by step."

On the city wall of Clemens, Earl Fred Beboos and his brother Godwin stood side by side, looking at the continuous legion camps below, both with heavy expressions.

Like Anthurst, Claymouth was a port city, bordered by the Anzenau River to the east and south, and protected by moated canals large enough for shipping to the north and west.

Unfortunately, the Beboos naval fleet was destroyed. Grant's naval fleet and Rio's armed merchant ships were wandering around the Anzeno River to blockade it, and the remaining land forces surrounded the other two city walls.

There are five fully-strength legions, totaling 30,000 men, and they are all elite combat soldiers, with no unarmored auxiliary soldiers filling the numbers.

If the auxiliary corps, fleet rowers, and logistics laborers behind were all counted, the history books would also have a sentence "an army of 100,000 besieged Clemens."

As the besieged party, even if the Beboos family was destroyed, their name would still go down in history.

After all, in the nearly 100 years of civil war among the human race in the North, there had never been such a large-scale siege battle.

Although the North was in chaos in the past, it was always the big earls annexing the small earls, or two earls joining forces to bully the third earl.

Looking at the enemy outside the city, Godwin said in a deep voice: "Fabti, Hader, and Barro are all level eight warriors. Any one of them can hold me back. There are many other high-level level seven warriors. This time, our Beboos family may really be ruined."

Count Fred Beboos consoled him, "Although the enemy is strong this time, I can still hold out as long as the Grand Duke of the North does not show up."

"They are outnumbered, and I am not without a backup plan."

"At worst, we will lose both sides."

Godwin is Earl Fred's younger brother. They grew up together and he knows many secrets that only the Earl's family heads knew throughout the generations. Upon hearing this, he immediately thought of his childhood nightmare and was shocked.

He originally wanted to say that if he really couldn't bear it anymore, he might as well surrender early and come before the Grand Duke of the North. Even if he couldn't keep the title of Earl, the family line could still continue.

Now, hearing what my brother said, I felt a chill down my spine. "Brother, you don't want to..."

Fred raised his hand and said, "I don't want to do this until the last minute. We, Beboos, have survived for thousands of years, and we were not bullied."

What follows is a boring life in the siege.

In accordance with the agreement, Leo's legion cooperated with Grant's legion to block the three gates of the west wall and built siege equipment day and night.

The high-ranking warriors in the major legions began to repeat what happened to Frovald.

Over Clemens there was often hail one day and thunderstorm the next, and sometimes the wind was strong enough to blow off the roof.

However, the high-level warriors stationed in the city of Clemens had the blessing of fighting at home. Although their numbers were smaller, they were able to barely dissolve the enemy's high-level spells.

The water outside the port of Clemens would sometimes suddenly and inexplicably rise, forcing the naval fleet to retreat several miles.

The transport ship of the Beboos family took the opportunity to go out, but was intercepted by the navy fleet and rushed back in time.

Among the several siege legions, the troops that first built counterweight trebuchets began to throw huge stones to bombard the city walls, consuming the magic power of the city wall's defensive magic circle.

The catapults and enchanted crossbows on the city walls also responded. Although their smaller size resulted in a shorter range, their high-altitude shooting had an attack distance that was exactly the same as the large catapults of the attackers.

Assassins also sneaked into Leo's camp, trying to attack him, the "weakest" count.

But before the clever Freya and Asa, who was proficient in shadow insight, could warn them, the ogre scouts running around in the military camp had already started barking, causing the assassination attempt to end in vain.

A month later, the siege equipment was completed and the legion commanders gathered again.