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Chapter 245 City Breakdown and Massacre (4k [-]-in-[-])

In the city of Marton River, the strengthening of the city wall continued, and the people of Verdusan were really quiet for a few days, as Duke Andev said.

However, such silence inevitably aroused the Duke's anxiety.

Duke Anderf was worried that the enemy would take this opportunity to replenish their forces and dig up the boulders used by the trebuchets.

For this reason, the defenders had to recruit residents of Marton River City to join the army.

However, the Camilians were originally outsiders, and the city had only changed hands for a month, so how could they recruit enough people in the city?
Duke Andev couldn't help but have a splitting headache.

Correspondingly, Duke Andev discovered that the army under Roren was expanding.

It was hard not to arouse the curiosity of Duke Anderf.

And when Duke Anderf asked, Lauren's answer was brief and unreserved.

"As a pagan, I promise them the land, the church, and my future conversion."

Lauren said so.

Duke Andev couldn't help being amazed by this, and then he learned from Lauren that most of his expanded army came from the Earl of Mairn.

Those knights or sergeants who did not want to be loyal to the pagans in the original earl's territory, after learning that Lauren was going to convert, they went down the donkey, organized attendants and guards, and came to the city of Maton River.

And Luo Lun is also in Marton River City. As the lord of Marton River City, he will exempt Marton River City from taxes for the next five years in exchange for the support of the citizens in the city.

Beyond that, there are all sorts of promises and covenants.There is no doubt that Lauren is overdrawing the city's interests in exchange for the expansion of the army.

Even Duke Andover couldn't help sighing that Lauren was more like a shrewd southerner at this time.

Despite this, the situation in Marton River City is still very serious.

On another Sunday, the city of Marton River was spent amidst the ringing of church bells, priests organized mass everywhere, and people surrounded the roads of the church with water.

Burning incense, chanting sutras, candlelight, paying homage.
Lauren witnessed this, and when he thought of his enemy doing the same thing today, he felt a great shock.

The third prince told his wife about this, he often did this, especially when his wife's delivery date was approaching, and he needed something to divide his attention.

And when he mentioned this matter to Master Ma Safei, the latter didn't catch a cold. Rather, Master Ma Safei seemed to be thinking of something important and was busy dealing with it.

Lauren heard that Master Masafei was buying gold and gems in the city these days.

And the bloody siege was the day after Sunday.

In the wilderness beyond the stone bridge, the tall Verdusan flag was revealed on the horizon.

Whether it is the Leidon people or the people from the south, when they saw the flag that was revealed first, they all recalled the shaking of the huge stone thrown by the trebuchet, and they couldn't help feeling panic.

Duke Andev saw menacing trebuchets, followed by the Verdusan army.

Then, among the large and small southern flags, Duke Andev suddenly saw a strange flag erected. The pattern on the flag was not the family crest of the southern sword, but a blood-colored giant's claw. .

And Lauren, who was standing next to Duke Andev, saw the flag, and the third prince's face showed horror.

"The flag of the Shaqipo! The Shaqipo are coming?! They are the reinforcements of the Verdusan?!"

"Shaqipo people?!" Duke Andev, as a duke in the interior of Camilian, did not know much about the situation of the northern tribes.

"A ferocious kingdom in the northern land. They drink blood and even eat people."

Lauren gasped, and his blood became cold, like a griffin shrinking its eagle eyes when facing a powerful beast.

As the Shaqipo people's flag swayed in the wind, goose bumps appeared on the third prince's body.

The Leidun people and the Shaqipo people are blood feuds!
The trebuchet appeared rumbled in the distance of the city wall, and the thick hemp ropes were pulled down, and the huge boulders loaded up were shockingly huge.

Duke Andev took advantage of a few days of repairs to rush to make a trebuchet, but compared to the two counterweight trebuchets made by the dwarf craftsmen of the Verdusan, no matter in terms of range or loading, or It is much inferior.

The shining spear points on the city wall reflected the turbulent river, and the boulders loaded by the catapults rushed towards them.

Lauren felt a violent shaking under his feet, like an earthquake. For some reason, he suddenly felt flustered and felt that the shaking was stronger than before.

As long as a corner of their city wall is knocked down, it is inevitable to fall into street fighting with the superior Verdusan people.

Boulders roared one after another, like a heavy hammer hitting a wooden board.

Many defenders struggled to keep their feet steady, and even fell down, relying on their shields to press on the ground and trying to support them.

Almost everyone has a bad feeling
The city wall under their feet seemed to have been severely damaged in the previous two defense battles.

The attacks were almost continuous, and the trebuchet flew down with the hand of Duke Ke'an, the commander of Verdusan, and flew out a huge boulder, giving the city wall a sudden blow.

Lauren stabilized his body and looked at the city wall. The bricks on the outer wall fell off one after another under the impact.

Duke Anderf looked over, he also saw this, and his back was horrified.

"The one on the left, the people on the left get off the wall!"

Following Duke Andev's loud shout, the defenders took advantage of the gap between the attack of the catapult and moved hurriedly.

Then two huge boulders arrived as scheduled.

Boom!

Just like the god in charge of the god of war swung down the heavy hammer, the roar broke the deafness, and the sand and dust flew up for a while, shaking the earth and shaking the mountains.
After all, a gap was smashed into the city wall of Marton River City.

Lauren quickly walked down to the top of the city. He waved the flag and shouted: "Heavy infantry, put up your shield and go up!"

As the city wall was broken through a gap, the Verdusan people marched up from the opposite side.

The cold and icy river rushed under the stone bridge, and the earth seemed to tremble with the advance of the Verdusan.

Facing the menacing Verdusan, the defenders stood tall with their spears, and the veterans who covered their faces with shields stared straight at the approaching Verdusan.

Dozens of heavy infantry leaned on the gap in the city wall, murmured words, prayed for the blessing of the Lord, and prayed for the Lord to curse their enemies. As the Verdusan people crossed the stone bridge, it was unknown who stabbed the spear first. Thus began the bloody battle.

The point of the spear fell to the ground along with the heads and intestines of the Verdusan people. Facing the broken city wall, the Verdusan people who had been frustrated in attacking the city several times saw that hope was ahead, and displayed bravery far superior to the previous ones.

The spears of the defenders stabbed forward one after another, pulled, stabbed, and they used the shield wall to resist the enemy's repeated collisions. Both sides were strangled pieces of meat on the battlefield.

The mutilated corpses of the Verdusan and the defenders fell on the ground one by one, overlapping each other, making it impossible to distinguish between you and me.

Facing the Verdusan people who were far more numerous than themselves, the defenders showed fatigue and fear on their faces. Coupled with the destruction of the city wall, their morale was greatly affected.

It didn't take long before the gap in the city wall could no longer be defended.

God saw that the city was broken.

Roren, Duke Andev, the Leydonites, the Camilians, the True Christians of Myrne, and a group of conscripted soldiers, the city that shed blood and guarded it was destroyed in this way.

In the eyes of God, everything went very quickly. He saw the defense line of the defenders on the gap collapse, and in a blink of an eye he saw the Verdusan people rushing into the city, while the defenders retreated step by step.

Lauren was in a panic. He went into battle himself and fought with the Leidon people and the true believers. However, despite this, he still couldn't resist the tide of the enemy's offensive.

After several days of siege without any progress, the Verdusan people had already accumulated a lot of resentment, and now they poured out on the defenders of Marton River City.

Some poorly disciplined defenders even broke into houses near the city wall, killing unarmed old and weak women and children.

The defenders retreated step by step. Duke Andev mounted the saddle and directed the crowd to retreat to the side of the high hillside in the city, which was in the direction of the mining field.

The god saw the blood-colored banner with the hand of a giant painted on it.

Not only Him above the sea of ​​clouds, but all the Raidun people on the land saw the flag, and those Shaqipo people riding horses or big wolves rushed into the city with blood, rushing to the Raidun people's position It's like hunting.

This group of cannibals is far more savage than the group of heretics like the Ledonites.

When the Shaqipo people charged, they even ignored the Fordusan peasant soldiers who were entangled with the Leydon people, and rushed to kill them on the road.

The Leidun people and the Shaqipo people faced each other, their eyes full of hatred.

The situation is particularly unfavorable for the former.

The defenders retreated step by step, which was extremely unsuitable for the brave and fierce Garda warriors, and the provocation of the Shaqipo people in the distance aroused the anger of the Garda warriors even more. Someone rushed out of the battle line and stepped forward to kill alone.

The results naturally speak for themselves.

Lauren stared at the Shaqipo people's flag, and the third prince's chest was full of blood-linked anger. However, at this moment, he had to suppress his anger, and cooperated with Duke Andev to direct them to retreat step by step.

There used to be a castle built on the side of the hillside in the Marton River City. Although it was abandoned, Duke Anderf had arranged some fortifications just in case. Only by retreating there could the defenders recover. cheers.

Although there is not much food and water stored there, the city wall has been broken, and the defenders must and can only retreat there if they want to continue to hold on.

Blood splattered on the battlefield, and there were always defenders who were unable to retreat in time, and became the dead souls of the Verdusan people. The corpses were piled up on the ground, like a city wall, and soon there was a stench, and everything seemed to be the end of the world Clue.

Duke Anderf had expected that the city wall would collapse, so he planned the route to retreat to the castle on the hillside early, but even so, the defenders still paid a great price before retreating to the castle, reluctantly A defense was organized.

God looked at that castle. It lacked water and food, and it was almost an isolated city.

The time He has spoken is at hand.

There was a loud resounding sound in Marton River City, Luke suddenly turned his head, and many distracting thoughts arose in his mind.

Then, Luke saw a deserter, who was running away, shouting, "The wall is down! The wall is down!"

A trace of tension suddenly appeared in Luke's heart, and he had a bad premonition.

The residents in the city spread the words of the deserters one after another, and in a short time, almost all the citizens in the city knew that the city was broken, and that the city of Maton River was going to return to its original owner, and fell into the hands of the Verdusan people again.

The citizens were not panicked by the destruction of the city, and few people fled because of it. Most of them were just a little nervous and hid in their houses with peace of mind.

"Issouri."

Luke frowned and chanted the old saying "Fate".

The young priest did not pry into the fate of the entire city, and with his current ability, he was far from being able to do so.

He could only try to spy on the fate of other residents, and barely judge the trajectory of Marton River City from it.

Then, Luke turned his head and looked at a resident who was rushing home.

He saw blood and carnage
Luke's breathing stopped for a moment. He couldn't be sure that the fate he saw was real. He hadn't yet mastered the old saying "fate", and could only see vague shadows from others.

Then, Luke got up and walked on the avenue, looking around at the pedestrians coming and going with his golden eyes.

As far as Luke saw, half of the pedestrians were caught in the fate of blood and massacre.

"God." The young priest felt terrified.

The Verdusan will slaughter and plunder the entire city of Matton River!

Although most of the residents here are Verdusan people, and almost all of them are true believers who also believe in the Lord!
It's hard for Luke to imagine what kind of disaster this city will suffer.

So, Luke acted, he hurried to the church, trying to make people alert to the coming danger, and rushed to tell everyone.

However, not many people believed the words of the young priest.

"Father from other places, are you crazy? It is the Verdusan people who took back the city, and we are also the Verdusan people."

"Father, you don't have to swear in the name of the Lord, it can't be true, it's just a few people at most."

"You don't have to be afraid, good priest, even if it's a massacre, it won't come to you. You are a priest, and those who kill priests will go to hell."

The residents of Marton River City didn't believe Luke's words. Even though he claimed to be the Blessed One, people still only half-believed.

What's more, he regarded Luke as a fake or a lunatic, and closed the doors and windows of his own house.

"Lord, I can't save these people."

Luke stood in the empty alley, looking sadly at the sky.

Could it be that after years of doing good deeds and thinking hard about theology, it is still not enough to save the world?

Luke felt an unspeakable sadness.

"God, Father."

At this time, an old voice sounded behind him.

Luke turned his head abruptly, and he saw an old man.

"It's you." Luke recognized the old man in front of him.

The one who donated acorn flour to the church.

The old man was a little flustered. He lowered his head and asked in a low voice, "Really, Father? Those people will slaughter and loot after they invade the city. There is a disaster waiting for us?"

"I pledge my faith."

Luke finally found someone who believed in him, and lost his voice:
"Come on, run away, those people are going to hell! Don't let them take your life"

"In that case, follow me to tell others, priest, let's go together" the old man believed Luke's words and persuaded.

Luke shook his head and said, "I will go with you to inform, but I won't leave. Those people haven't the guts to kill the priest. I have to go to the church and organize the monks to persuade others to escape."

(End of this chapter)