Game of the World Tree Chapter 882: My hometown was taken away
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Raindrops of arrows flew up and down the city wall, and deafening shouts of death filled the entire battlefield.
The roar of the magic crystal cannon came one after another, and every time it would explode a brilliant firework and a series of screams among the swarming Sunlight Army under the city wall.
The trebuchets continuously hurled boulders towards the towering city wall, bombarding the uncertain magical defensive barrier, making the originally flickering defensive barrier even more shaky.
Under the city wall, a series of ladders and siege towers were pushed to the wall by the imperial soldiers, and ant-like soldiers had already begun to climb up the ladders and siege towers…
A fierce battle has broken out on the city wall. The guards and elf players of the Maple Moon Free Territory roared and fought with the imperial soldiers who climbed onto the city wall. A fierce tug-of-war started at the city wall.
The gray city wall has been dyed dark red by a steady stream of blood.
This is Augus City, the gateway to the north of the Maple Moon Free Territory.
Five days have passed since Joseph ordered the siege. During these five days, the Northern Army launched a strong attack on Augus City day and night, putting great pressure on the defenders.
In five days, the defenders of Augus City have suffered heavy casualties in the continuous battle-like assaults of the 700,000-strong army. More than 6,000 of the 20,000 defenders have been killed. The injured were countless.
Of the 10,000 players who helped defend the city, more than 3,000 also died and returned to the Elf Forest, unable to fight again.
There is no way, there are too many troops on the empire’s side, and there are many experienced veterans among them.
Although the entire army no longer had heavy siege troops, the temporarily assembled siege towers and light trebuchets also posed a great threat to the defenders.
What’s even worse is that the continuous fighting has made the defenders of Augus City more and more exhausted.
Even among energetic players, many are exhausted after long periods of high-intensity battles.
Commander Arthur has recruited new volunteers from the city.
There are many civilians who have signed up enthusiastically. In order to protect their homeland, everyone’s enthusiasm is quite high.
However, this is just a drop in the bucket.
Because most of the new volunteers are civilians without extraordinary strength.
When facing this professional coalition composed of noble private soldiers, they had no power to fight back.
Although Augus City can barely hold on now, everyone can see that the situation of Maple Moon Free Leader is not optimistic.
“Your Excellency Dumb, how long until our reinforcements arrive?”
On the tower of the city wall, Arthur braved the dense rain of arrows and cut down an imperial soldier who was trying to climb up the city wall from the ladder, and asked breathlessly.
Beside him, All-Star Dui, who was in charge of the player’s city defense, also lost the calmness of the previous few days. His body was covered in blood and he looked quite embarrassed.
“Come on, if we keep insisting, the other side will get into trouble.”
All-Star Dumb said.
What else does Arthur want to say.
But looking at the **** fighting of the elf warriors and the fatigue in their eyes, he finally swallowed his words.
Grinning his teeth, he shouted to the Maple Moon Leader soldiers around him:
“If you keep holding on, our reinforcements will support us soon!”
The pressure on the Augers City side is increasing.
On the other hand, as the imperial army attacking the city, the pressure is no less than that of the Maple Moon Free Leaders.
Looking at the city that had still not been captured after several days of storming, Joseph’s expression became increasingly ugly.
He never expected that a small city of Augs would be so tenacious and difficult to chew.
Yes, the defenders of Augus City did suffer heavy losses.
But as the attacking party, as the party that forcibly attacked the city, the empire suffered more losses.
In just a few days, more than 50,000 soldiers of the Northern Army died in the siege. If it were not for the pressure from the big nobles, some soldiers, and even some small nobles who participated in the war, might have to die. The mutiny collapsed.
The originally high morale has been continuously weakened by the repeated attacks. The resentment caused by the high casualties has gradually spread among the army, shaking the cohesion of the entire northern army.
Joseph knew very well that if he could not capture the city in a short time, I am afraid that the hearts and morale he had finally gathered would be scattered.
This is the drawback of the noble coalition.
In the final analysis, everyone is just gathering together for the rich rewards of the Great Holy War. In fact, they all have their own agendas, and the degree of unity is not very high to begin with.
In this way, it is okay to fight with the wind. If it encounters a tough opponent, Joseph does not think that this huge army can really explode with the fighting power it deserves.
“Ogos City is famous for being easy to defend and difficult to attack. Historically, the elves used airships to successfully attack the city from the air. However, we do not have airship technology, and the aerial gryphon troops are not suitable for attacking. A city with a magical defensive barrier…so it will naturally be a little more difficult to attack.”
Beside Joseph, the middle-aged nobleman Roland sighed.
The young Duke’s expression became even more ugly.
As he spoke, the middle-aged noble glanced at his own army besieging the city, and continued to shake his head:
“It’s just that this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that during the past few days of siege, everyone has realized how difficult this city is. Now many nobles have begun to choose to preserve their strength. ”
“Only the little nobles were forced out and forced to go…”
“But their strength is not strong to begin with. If we fight like this, we will only delay it longer.”
“Your Excellency, the Duke, we must ask the great nobles to send their elites. Only the elites of the great nobles can destroy this city in a short time!”
The middle-aged noble said seriously.
After listening to his words, Joseph nodded slightly, his eyes twinkling.
His eyes wandered among the nobles behind him, and many of the nobles who looked at him subconsciously lowered their heads.
And Joseph’s eyes finally stopped when he saw one of them:
“Count Meath, it is said that you brought 70,000 people to this holy war. However, I don’t seem to have seen your army going to war in the past few days.”
The expression of the thin Earl Meath changed instantly.
His eyes flickered, and he was about to open his mouth to defend, but was quickly blocked by Joseph’s next sentence:
“Your Excellency, if I remember correctly, Augus City was originally part of the Western Territory. As the former lord of the Western Territory, and you want to take back this land, shouldn’t you set an example? Or are you planning to give up on taking back the nearby territory?”
“No! Your Majesty the Duke, Augus City has been part of the Western Territory since ancient times! It is the legal territory of our Meath family!”
Earl Meath subconsciously argued.
“Then set an example. There are many nobles from the Western Territory participating in the war this time. In the next round of attack, your great nobles from the Western Territory will take the lead.”
Joseph said.
After speaking, he took a deep look at the pale Earl of Meath:
“Stop thinking about preserving your strength. Otherwise, even if we finally capture this place, I will report it to the parliament and ask the parliament to take back your ownership!”
Earl Meath looked struggling.
After a while, he finally sighed in frustration:
“I understand, Your Majesty the Duke.”
“Then prepare quickly. The next round of large-scale assault will begin in one hour.”
Joseph said with satisfaction.
After saying that, the young Duke left, leaving only Earl Meath with a changed expression.
“Lord Earl, we…do we really want to be the main force in the next attack?”
A big noble from the Western Territory asked.
“We have no choice but to do it. Duke Rosen has said so. Even if we don’t want to do it, we can’t do it.”
Earl Meath sighed.
He looked at the hesitant vassal nobles around him, sneered again and said:
“Okay, don’t be upset. After spending the past few days, the power of Augus City has been weakened a lot. Although the losses may be higher in a forced attack, it won’t be as difficult as it was at the beginning.”
After speaking, he took a deep look at the vassal nobles:
“Don’t hide it. I know you guys have secretly brought better siege equipment. You have to take it out soon. Otherwise, when the war is over, I will report it to the parliament and deprive it. His title!”
……
“Huh, I’ve known for a long time that these selfish idiots have always been hiding their elites and don’t want to make any effort at all!”
Half an hour later, looking at the three siege magic crystal cannons launched by the private soldiers of the Western Territory nobles headed by Count Meath, Joseph snorted angrily and cursed.
“No! It’s a heavy magic crystal cannon!”
On the city wall, Commander Arthur’s expression changed slightly when he saw the huge siege cannon launched by the empire.
The magical defense barrier of Augus City is already crumbling.
If it is hit by heavy magic crystal cannons a few times, it is likely to completely collapse.
At that time, ordinary city walls alone may no longer be able to withstand this heavy cannon, which is a bit more destructive than the golden magister, and its city-breaking power is comparable to legendary magic…
The defenders felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy, and outside the camp, more than 150,000 elite elite nobles from the Western Territory slowly gathered together, preparing to launch a strong attack on Augus City.
The Earl of Meath was wearing full body armor and stood behind the army command.
Looking at the army in front of him, he took a deep breath and his eyes gradually became firmer.
However, at this moment, a **** and embarrassed noble knight suddenly rushed over from behind, running towards him while shouting in panic:
“Your Majesty, Your Majesty!”
Earl Meath slowly turned back, and then was slightly startled:
“Robert, why are you here?”
He recognized it. It was one of his bodyguard knights who stayed in Morningstar City.
“Lord Earl, no… it’s not good! Morningstar City has been attacked by the elves!”
The knight named Robert panted.
“What did you say?!”
Earl Meath’s eyes widened in disbelief.
“It’s true… it’s true… elves, a lot of elves suddenly appeared… they also brought a lot of magic crystal cannons… the city was destroyed in less than two hours…”
The knight said tremblingly, with a trace of fear still in his eyes.
Hearing this, Earl Meath was stunned.
“It’s gone, nothing is gone. The elves looted the entire Morningstar City and distributed all the treasuries of the lord’s mansion and all the nobles to the common people…”
The guard knight continued, his voice even filled with a hint of crying.
Hearing this, Earl Meath felt a surge of blood, which almost made him faint.
Morning Star City is the core capital of the Meath family.
The treasury of Morning Star City is basically the property accumulated by their entire family for hundreds of years.
It wasn’t until a moment later that he came to his senses and said through gritted teeth:
“These cunning and shameless elves!”
“Wait…not good!”
As if he had thought of something, Earl Meath’s expression changed drastically.
He quickly grabbed the clothes of the bodyguard knight and asked with red eyes:
“Where is the countess? Where are little Phyllis and Mia!”
“The Countess and the others were lucky. They went to a country castle for vacation just a week ago and escaped. They should have returned to the Russell Fortress in the rear now.”
The guard knight said.
Hearing this, Earl Meath breathed a sigh of relief.
Russell is the second largest city in the Western Territory and the main city of the Meath family. It is a city built around a fortress and is easier to defend than Morningstar City.
There is the last bit of wealth of the Meese family.
However, the next moment, following the words of the guard knight, his heart was in his throat again:
But… But the elves seem to have gotten the news, and they are said to have marched towards Russell Fortress! ”
At this moment, Earl Meath’s face turned completely pale.
His expression changed several times, he gritted his teeth, raised his sword and shouted:
“Pass my order, all troops pay attention, retreat, retreat! Let’s go back to the Western Territory! Go back to the Western Territory now! Go back to the Western Territory! Return to Russell Fortress!”
As soon as these words came out, the other western nobles looked at each other.
“No, you can’t do this, Lord Earl, we are ready to attack the city, we can no longer retreat now!”
“That’s right! It’s too late to rush back now. The most important thing we should do now is to capture Augus City and recover the losses as much as possible!”
The nobles in the Western Territory advised each other one after another.
The sunk costs of siege are already too great.
Although a forceful attack was not what they wanted, now that the bowstring was fully drawn, there was no turning back.
Now, except for a few people whose territory is relatively close to Earl Meath who are anxious, few of the rest, especially those who are far away, are willing to leave.
As for the elves?
Hey, it’s not them who are fighting, but their lord, or the lord’s lord.
Don’t worry, many nobles even gloated about their misfortune, almost writing the ridicule on their faces.
Before the war started, Earl Meath forced everyone to join the war, which made many nobles quite dissatisfied.
At this moment, many people feel a little happy that “the way of heaven is reincarnation, who will be spared by heaven”.
However, the next second, the guard knight brought more explosive news:
“My lords, not only Morningstar City, the elves seem to have obtained the territory map of all the nobles in the Western Territory. They dispersed their forces and went to many adults’ castles and towns! They also played the ‘Hit the nobles, Under the banner of dividing property! Several adults’ manors and castles have been demolished by them!”
The expressions on the faces of the nobles of the Western Territory, who had been secretly laughing at Earl Meath just now, suddenly froze.
Their eyes gradually became dull.