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However, when Apo shouted "Follow me!", the Little Sassini citizen militia rekindled the flame of fighting.

"Open the armory and have the citizen soldiers replenish their weapons and armor as quickly as possible."

Awa began to command the citizen militia officers calmly, just as he had led the troops to war three years ago, except that he now looked very old.

"Yes."

A team officer took the order and left.

"Notify the ship owners docked at the pier and ask them to sail all their ships away from the port." Apo said again.

"Yes."

"Let the rowers and sailors board the warships, and have all the warships enter the dock and wait!"

"Yes!"

……

One by one, the officers took the order and left.

Apo paused for a moment, then turned to an elder and said, "Evacuate as many residents of the inner city as possible to the surrounding mountain city. For those who cannot evacuate...let them flee south to Sasini on their own and take as many livestock as possible with them."

The elder was stunned when he heard this, and said hesitantly: "You want to..."

"That's right, I plan to abandon the outer city and the inner city and only defend the mountain city." Apo nodded.

"Why are you doing this?" The elder couldn't help but question in his tone, because giving up the outer city and the inner city in one go was equivalent to giving up 80% of Little Sassini.

In the past, Awa, the commander who was used to having the final say, would not bother to explain his strategic and tactical considerations to others. However, after experiencing so much hardship and pain, Awa has changed a lot. He patiently explained the reasons for his decision.

"The Council of Elders probably noticed that the Ambratu people dispatched their troops too quickly this time. It has only been five days since the citizens of Ambratu were burned to death. It takes time for the news to be transmitted, time for discussions, time for the appointment of generals, and time for the conscription of soldiers... So, the Ambratu people decided to dispatch their troops almost as soon as they received the news, and then they began to issue conscription orders to the citizen soldiers on the same day. What are they trying to do in such a hurry? The only reason I can think of is that the Ambratu people want to launch a surprise attack and catch us off guard."

"However, a large section of the coastline on the south side of Lanwan is under our control. The Ambratu army will definitely be discovered by our ships as they move along the coastline. Our ships will not only be able to discover them, but also harass them along the way and slow down their advance. In this way, their surprise attack is completely meaningless."

"We understand this, and the Ambratu people must understand this too, but they still chose to launch a surprise attack. If this is not because the Ambratu commander is too stupid, then it can only be because they will take a route that cannot be discovered by our ships."

"A way that is not visible to ships?"

The elders of Little Sassini also fell into deep thought.

Apo turned his attention to Mount Bion behind the city of Little Sassini.

The elder noticed Apo's expression and said in disbelief, "Come over the mountain?"

There are two mountains between Ambratu and Little Sassini, one is Mashou Mountain near Ambratu, and the other is Bion Mountain behind Little Sassini. Although these two mountains are not world-class peaks, they have rugged terrain and many steep cliffs that go straight up and down, making it very difficult for large troops to march.

Then the elder's face changed - difficult to go does not mean impossible to go. If the Ambratu people really came over the mountain, the inner city would be difficult to defend. Because the walls of the inner city are low, and the Ambratu people came over the mountain, and they used their high ground to attack the low ground. How could the weak little Sasini people stop them?

"How should we deal with this?" the elder said nervously.

"We don't have enough troops, and the inner city is definitely undefendable. The task of evacuating the people will be entrusted to the Council of Elders. While evacuating the people, please place as much firewood and oil as possible in the inner city." Apo said calmly, "We must sacrifice the inner city in exchange for a chance to...completely eliminate Ambratu."

The elder nodded and immediately went to carry out Awa's orders.

"Sandro, Dean." Apo called out two names.

Two old militiamen who looked equally weathered stood up. Three years ago, they had been captured along with Apo and released together. Because they defended Apo at the Citizens' Assembly, they were also expelled from Little Sassini together.

"I have two life-threatening missions to assign to you." Apo said seriously.

The two veteran militiamen looked at each other and actually laughed.

"General, that's not what you said three years ago," laughed the old citizen militiaman known as Sandro.

"Yes, you said at that time that there was a 100% chance of survival. It seems that this time it will be much safer." The old militiaman named Dean also laughed.

Apo was also amused by the two's jokes, and then he said: "Anyway, your mission is very important..."

At this time, an army was advancing in Ma Shou Mountain.

If the elders of the Lesser Sassini were here, they would find that although the army's journey was difficult, it was not as difficult as they imagined.

Antanas looked back at the team, then at the black palm-shaped ornament on his waist, and couldn't help feeling excited again.

This palm-shaped ornament is called "White-headed Ape Claw" and is a crudely made man-made miracle item. White-headed apes are a specialty species of the Kingdom of Lesare. They live on rock walls all their lives and can move freely on almost 90-degree vertical rock walls as if they were walking on flat ground. The miracle ability of "White-headed Ape Claw" is just like its name, which can give the wearer stronger mobility in the mountains and forests. The nobles of Lesare let slaves wear it to pick rare medicinal herbs on the cliffs.

Crossing two mountains and attacking Little Sasini by surprise, Antanas had been planning this since he was first elected as an elder, but he had never found the opportunity. However, Antanas was not discouraged, and he had been secretly ordering and accumulating "White-headed Ape Claws" from the Kingdom of Lesare.

It was not until three years ago, when news came that the elite militia of the Little Sasseni had been annihilated, that Antanas realized his chance was coming.

Now, what he had been planning for more than ten years has finally been implemented. How could Antanas not be excited?

The only regret may be that even after more than ten years of planning, Antanas only stockpiled more than 4,000 "White-headed Ape Claws", and the number of citizen soldiers who went on the expedition this time reached more than 7,000, so it was not possible for each person to have one.

However, Antanas did not care about so much. In his opinion, as long as 1,300 extraordinary people suddenly appeared behind the defenseless Little Sasini City, it meant that the battle had been successful. Therefore, he kept urging the citizen soldiers and mercenaries to speed up their march. From time to time, citizen soldiers who were not wearing the "White-headed Ape Claw" at the back of the team would miss a step and fall off the cliff, making heartbreaking cries.

The atmosphere in the marching team became increasingly depressing.

In fact, Antanas could not be entirely blamed for the deaths of these people. If the citizen soldiers had not dragged their feet in assembling, wasting almost a whole day, Antanas would not have had to be so anxious. The main marching time today would have been during the day, and the rugged mountain roads would have been much safer during the day.

After a day and night of forced march, Ambratu's army finally arrived at the north of Mount Bion in the afternoon of the second day.

Panting, Antanas looked to the southwest of the foot of the mountain, where he could overlook the inner city of Little Sasinene. After a night of hard journey, the Ambulatu militiamen, who had suffered physical and mental torture, also showed excited and happy smiles.

"Charge! Kill all the little Sassenians!" Antanas drew his sword and his old face turned red.

The Ambratu militia and mercenaries rushed down the mountain, shouting victory and revenge.

The Ambratu arrived faster than Apo expected, and the inner city of Little Sasini could not be evacuated. The short inner city walls were completely unable to stop the extraordinary people rushing down from the mountain. They took advantage of the terrain and jumped directly into the city, and then began to slaughter.

The conflict between the two city-states over the past two hundred years made them not care about morality and humanity at all. The citizen soldiers of Ambratu killed almost anyone they saw, whether they were old or children, men or women. Even babies in swaddling clothes were strung together. The butchers' twisted faces and bloody spears became the final memory of these young and short lives in this world.

"close the door!"

On the siege wall, an elder gritted his teeth and gave an order.

"Elder, many people haven't come in yet! Please wait a little longer!" a young citizen pleaded.

"It's too late." The elder closed his eyes, shook his head, and said, "If we don't close the door, the Ambratu people will come and kill us."

The thick door was closed and the heavy bolt dropped.

The people on the walls of Weishan City could only watch in pain as their compatriots in the inner city were slaughtered wantonly.

As the commander, Antanas remained somewhat conscious during the massacre, and it didn't take long for him to discover that his men offered almost no resistance in the inner city.

Antanas did not see that while the Ambratu were slaughtering wantonly, a small Sasini fleet consisting of more than a dozen warships had already sailed out of the port by the sea. But he also knew that such a massacre was too time-consuming and meaningless, so he turned his attention to the siege city.

"Gather and capture the siege city." Antanas ordered again.

The Ambratu citizen militia quickly assembled, and their success in capturing the inner city of Little Sassigny boosted their morale, and they no longer procrastinated in their actions.

However, seeing that the Ambratu citizen militia was preparing to attack the city, a large number of rockets were fired from Mount Bion like raindrops. The rockets fell into the inner city and quickly ignited the poor people's huts that had almost no fire protection measures.

Last night, the little Sassenians transported a lot of fodder and wool into the inner city. The sparks in the inner city spread quickly and turned into a raging fire.

The siege city was built on Mount Bion, with only one gate located in front of the city, and only one road leading to the gate, which faced the inner city below. The fire in the inner city blocked the road to the siege city, interrupting the siege attempt of the Ambratu citizen militia.

Antanas tried to get the citizen soldiers and mercenaries to put out the fire - at least to clear a path for attack, but there were too many flammable materials in the city, and their efforts were like a drop in the bucket. Before long, the entire inner city of Little Sasinene turned into a huge torch.

The citizen militia and mercenaries of Ambrato were forced to withdraw from the city of Minor Sassigny.

Antanas looked at the wall of fire rising up in front of him with an ugly face. He didn't understand what those little Sasini people were thinking? Could the short delay of the fire change their fate of destruction?

Over Lan Bay.

Knight Jack Moore, who was assigned a scout mission, rode the giant eagle and flew across the center line of Lan Bay again.

He yawned, feeling that this trip would be fruitless again. However, just as Jackmore was about to return, he suddenly noticed a fleet of twenty-oared warships appearing on the sea, pointing firmly in one direction and sailing at a fast speed.

"Is that the fleet from Little Sasini? The destination... is Ambratu!"

Jack Moore was quite surprised and immediately turned the Giant Eagle around and returned to the Viscount Lanwan's territory to report to Charlotte.

PS: Thanks to World Khan and vento, the errors in the previous article have been corrected.

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Volume 59: Chapter 51 Chapter Xia Shi Rescue

Viscount Castle of Lanwan.

The warm lights flickered gently, and the faintly sweet incense decorated the girl's boudoir.

Renee, who had just finished a bath, was sitting by the bed folding clothes. The little maid, who was planning to go to bed later, was only wearing a thin, loose, light pink nightgown. The nightgown was sleeveless and tied with only a silk suspender behind her neck.

Suddenly, Renee felt a moist and warm touch through her nightgown, like a cat licking her lower back. Renee's muscles tensed up reflexively, then she remembered that there was only a certain young lady in the room, so she relaxed reluctantly.

This touch gradually moved up along Renee's back from her waist, and finally licked her neck. The suspender behind Renee's neck was also pulled open by someone's teeth.

Renee quickly pressed down her slipping nightgown with her hands: "Miss, what are you doing?"

"In heat?" Charlotte rested her chin on Renee's delicate shoulder, and pressed her warm body against Renee's back, rubbing against her from time to time.

"Miss," Renee laughed angrily, flicked Charlotte on the forehead, and said angrily, "How can anyone say that about themselves?"

Charlotte wrinkled her nose, not caring about Renee's finger snapping, blowing gently on Renee's ear and asking in a sweet voice, "Want to play with us?"

"No, I'm going to sleep, Miss, you can have fun by yourself, I'll change your sheets tomorrow morning."

"If I play next to you, you'll get greedy."

"I won't be greedy, don't worry, miss."

Renee smiled and tried to push her eldest daughter away, but Charlotte held the little maid's waist and refused to let go, looking like she had to have the best of her tonight.

Just when Renee couldn't stand Charlotte's nagging anymore and finally softened her attitude and was about to compromise, suddenly, someone knocked on the bedroom door.

"What's the matter?" Charlotte asked impatiently.

Cecilia's voice came from outside the door: "The Giant Eagle's reconnaissance has found traces of the Little Sasini army."

"Little Sasseni?" Charlotte, whose mind was full of romantic thoughts, suddenly woke up.

Renee kindly got out of bed and helped Charlotte change her clothes.

Soon Charlotte saw old Jack in military uniform, and Jack Moore briefly recounted what he saw and heard over Lan Bay.

Charlotte originally wanted Old Jack to monitor the movements of Ambratu, but Old Jack did not see the Ambratu citizen militia, but discovered the fleet of Little Sassini.

"Seventeen twenty-oared ships," Charlotte made a rough estimate. "Even if there are only a hundred infantrymen on each ship, that's a total of 1,700 infantrymen."

"Can Ambratu withstand the attack of this surprise force?" Charlotte asked in a deep voice.

After thinking for a while, Old Jack shook his head and said, "It's hard to say. I didn't see any trace of the Ambratu Citizen Militia. If the Ambratu Citizen Militia can come back to support in time, the surprise attack of one or two thousand people can still be resisted. The Ambratu Citizen Militia undoubtedly has a great advantage in terms of manpower."

Charlotte shook her head and said, "Since the people of Little Sasini have come to attack, it means that the main force of the Ambratu citizen militia has arrived in Little Sasini, but they took a road that we are not familiar with."

"Then Ambratu is in danger," said Old Jack.

Charlotte frowned in thought, then gave the order: "Call the territory guards and prepare to send troops to rescue Ambratu."

"Yes!" Old Jack immediately went to pass the order.

On the south bank of Lan Bay, a fleet of seventeen warships had already docked at the coast of Ambratu, and fully armed heavy infantrymen were disembarking one after another.

The commander of this heavy infantry was none other than the veteran Sandro who had received Apo's order. As soon as the infantry had stepped off the boat and stood firm, and before they had time to catch their breath, Sandro gave the order to attack the city.

This infantry had a total of 2,000 soldiers, but there were only over 100 of them, which was why Apo said they had a narrow escape from death. Apo was not sure how much defense force was left in Ambratu, but as long as Antanas left 200 to 300 extraordinary people in Ambratu, they would be able to prevent this sneak attack from returning.

But Sandro did not hesitate at all. He led his army and took advantage of the cover of night to reach the city of Ambrato.

On nights with a single moon hanging high in the sky, fires lit up the sky over Ambratu.

Without warning, chaos suddenly broke out in the city.

"what happened?"

Harvey Sherwin, who was sleeping soundly with the boy lover in his arms, was awakened by the sudden shouting and screaming. He quickly threw off the quilt and rushed out of the room.

Harvey Sherwin is now a popular figure in Ambratu, and all the respectable Ambratu nobles want to have some relationship with this noble of the Orlan Empire. In order to maintain his "best friend" relationship with Harvey Sherwin, Martin Kramer had to make additional investments. He lent a house in Ambratu to Harvey Sherwin for an indefinite period of time, and bought a beautiful boy from the church's orphanage and gave it to Harvey Sherwin to improve his life.

As soon as Harvey Shervin walked out of the room, he saw Robin Mancini who was also running out in a panic.

In front of the dignitaries of Ambrato, Robin Mancini claimed to be Harvey Sherwin's bodyguard. When Harvey Sherwin moved into the new house, Robin Mancini naturally moved in with him.

"What happened?" Harvey Sherwin asked again.

"There is an enemy attack at night!" Robin Mancini said, pointing at the flames rising into the sky.

"Enemy? What enemy? How could there be an enemy?" Harvey Shelvin looked confused.

"What other enemies could there be?"

Robin Mancini felt speechless. Did this big brother shoot out his brains?