Chapter 959
The eighth day of the Eboden offensive and defensive battle—As the Elf fleet’s purpose of capturing the castle was completely exposed, the battle between the offensive and the defenders finally entered the most intense state.
Only one night’s rest, an army of forty thousand elves approached the city wall of Eboden again; almost at the same time, another small fleet bypassed the port and docked on another smaller beach not far away. Log in immediately.
Call it a "small fleet", and it is only relatively speaking-three thousand elite warriors set up temporary siege camps and fortifications along the river bank, surrounded and launched a fierce attack on the castle.
For the first time, the defenders of Eboden "really" felt the pressure brought by the enemy's full-line attack.
From the ring fortress to the ancient fort on the opposite bank of the Gem River, all the alarm bells on the entire Eboden defense line are ringing almost like "drumming and passing flowers"; there are constantly defense lines and strongholds under the desperate attack of the elves warriors The fire broke out and almost everyone was in a hurry.
The fragile city wall of Eboden is like a leaking iron net, and the few fortifications are easily filled back by the enemy with the advantage of troops.
And once the part is lost with more enemies and fewer enemies, in a one-to-one situation, Eboden's defenders can only be a one-sided slaughter against the elves!
Faced with the enemy’s full-line offensive, Loren could only take a small part of Byrne Knight and Hunter Fiend as a "fire captain", running back and forth on the city wall defense line, trying to block the enemy’s pace.
The sound of mournful scream kept returning home over the harbor, and the broken bodies fell from the city wall one by one-rubble, broken corpses, destroyed curtain walls and ballistas, rolled up with the explosion The smoke and dust fell together and piled up in the trenches on the inner and outer sides.
At this step of the battle, if the defenders of Eboden can insist on not being defeated by guarding their homes, then the mercenaries are purely out of fear.
Although the number is very small, the enemy has already landed on the other side of the river; without reinforcements, retreat is equivalent to courting death.
Perseverance is death, and escape is death; mercenaries clutching and sending them bags of gold coins and silver coins, watching the enemies swarming up under the city wall, they can only cry. Howling with tears, he rushed forward, cursing in his heart why he was so obsessed with his heart that he didn't run away before the elf came.
But now it's too late to say anything.
At night, the elves who failed to completely conquer the city wall chose to retreat again; the Eboden defenders, who just breathed a sigh of relief, hadn’t waited for a bite of hot meal, and took the opportunity to sleep before taking turns. , He was ordered to return to his post and garrison immediately.
In the face of such an "unfavorable" commander, the defenders-or mainly mercenaries-unsurprisingly rioted.
Then they personally experienced the "treatment" that only the elite of the elves could enjoy before.
The twelve leaders were directly blown into coke by Loren Torino's "Torino Fire"; then he carried the "Dawn" sword and killed these defeated soldiers with one enemy and one hundred until they collapsed. .
The mercenaries who surrendered on their knees were separated. A dozen Legion soldiers who were sent to the castle to help defend with less guilt, and the rest were hanged on the city wall, warn others from following bad examples.
So, no one dared to resist the orders of the Duke of Byrne for the time being.
Until late at night, the defenders of Eboden finally knew why the Duke of Byrne was so "unfriendly".
Because of the Azores, it's here again-and it happens to be the time of the original change of guard, just like it was planned!
The reason why I can guess is also very simple: because the "beam of light" emitted to the city wall like a "watch" after the Elf fleet retreated was not just to watch the fireworks, but to From the reaction on the city wall and the strength of the ice shield, we can calculate the exact time for the changing of guards.
In eight days, they finally figured it out!
Immediately, the army of forty thousand elves came again under the concealment of the dark night.
Forty thousand troops, no more, no less, just enough to allow the enemy's main army to alternate once, and its strength is still twice that of the defending army, and it just fills the entire front of the Eboden coast!
The battle at night is more difficult than during the day-there is no time to rest, and the defenders who have just complained about a riot, face the fierce offensive of the elves even if the fortifications are not ready .
This time is not only Loren leading people to "fight the fire", but to go into battle in person to suppress the momentum of the enemy's offensive; finally, thousands of women and children in Eboden City were forced to serve as auxiliary soldiers. Three thousand patrols were replaced by the city wall to fill the gap.
The battle continued into the early morning, and after paying the loss of 3,000 people, the elves were finally repelled by force-but whether it was the city wall or the castle on the other side of the river, they were already on. the verge of collapse.
It was dawn, and the exhausted defenders ushered in the sunrise, as well as the horn of the Azores elves that sounded along with the sunrise.
After the army completely evacuated at night, the battleship and small boats loaded with another forty thousand troops once again launched a fierce attack on the coast of Eboden.
By the tenth day of the offensive and defensive battle, the entire Eboden is already a sorrow.
The defenders of Eboden finally understood the plan of the elves, and finally understood why they were just "taste and stop" feints every time, retreating before the casualties increased.
Because there is no need to fight anymore, such a high-intensity uninterrupted attack only needs to continue for two or three days, and without them, the extremely exhausted defender can collapse on its own!
The weak and weak Eboden garrison cannot cause any harm to the retreating elven army-because as long as they are out of the protection of the city wall, what awaits them is a massacre!
Tormented by severe cold, disease, exhaustion, and tight nerves...not to mention fighting, they even lost their motivation to live-the number of people killed in battle is several times higher than before. expand.
Facing the defense on the verge of collapse, the always prudent Rage Castle count Eckert, and the rest of the Eboden Freedom Council (although almost all the families on the side of the wizard tower are left), finally Agreed to Loren's plan to go out of the city to fight.
So in the early morning of the same day, when the elven army was retreating calmly, the city gate of Eboden suddenly opened, and the army of 1,000 Byrne Knights plus 2,000 mercenaries composed of light cavalry went to the beach. Suddenly charged in the direction.
The purpose is not to kill, but to burn down the enemy’s boats and rafts to transport soldiers!
At the moment of the raid, the unprepared army of elves was immediately torn up and all split up and in pieces, unable to organize an effective defense; three thousand cavalry immediately rushed to the beach, using fire oil cans And igniting agent, even anything that can be ignited, set fire on the beach full of ships.
The enemy's reaction was also very rapid-in less than a quarter of an hour, the elite of the back line was quickly rectified, and the cavalry began to be targeted to block and encircle the cavalry.
Although Loren immediately led the retreat, he was still caught up; the galloping horse got stuck in the beach, the fully armed Byrne Knight was dragged off the horse by the enemy, and the mercenary who panicked and escaped died tragically by an arrow. In the rain...
The plan was successful. A large number of small boats were burned. Even if the elves used sea water to extinguish some of them, they were damaged by more than one-half. En Knight also lost one third, and the mercenaries suffered more than half of the casualties.
In any case, it was finally time for the Eboden defenders to get a break; the elven fleet, whose morale was damaged, did not attack again in the following day.
Looking at the wounded Duke of Byrne, Eboden from the parliament to the civilians, no longer dared to question his decision and judgment.
Or when it comes to this desperate moment, Loren is already their only hope, and you have to listen if you don't listen.
But Eboden is indeed on the verge of collapse-the elves only need to visit the door again to make this deadwood gate fall.
Twelfth days-the defenders who won a day's rest did not waste it, but devoted most of their energy to rebuilding the fortifications; the elven fleet that had lost half of its boats did everything possible to replenish it. But the military looks obviously not as strong as before.
The only "unexpected surprise" was that a very small army of elves attacked the city wall near the south; even though it was small and was beaten back, Loren ordered the news to be blocked. The propaganda is to send troops to search for supplies.
The current Eboden is completely supported by the belief in fighting against the water and defending his homeland; once he learns that the enemy has begun to have an army landing, copy himself from the backpack, his morale will be directly destroyed!
On the thirteenth day, the Legion commander of the castle finally got in a hurry and asked Loren Torino for support.
Lonely guarding the castle, Legion soldiers are not only exhausted and heavy casualties, but also face three to four times as many enemies-the arrogant Legion commander can ask for help, which is enough to prove that the situation is in crisis. The castle will fall at any time.
But the reality is that Loren himself can’t deploy any manpower now-casualties continue to expand, and the city wall defense line is also precarious. He has recruited five thousand workshop workers in the city, equipped with armor and weapons. The shield filled the void left by the casualties.
But these "soldiers" are just a plethora of people. They are useless except morale. They can't even do basic phalanx and offensive and defensive battles. They fought with all their enthusiasm, almost using their corpses. Block the way for the enemy to attack.
All Loren can do is give the final order to the castle, let them see the situation clearly, realize that the enemy is retreating, and immediately withdraw the whole army from the fortress.
The fall of the castle has entered the countdown.
By the fourteenth day, the Legion commander, who still did not receive any support, could only take the remaining two or three Hundred Men Squad to evacuate from the castle, and at the same time destroyed the gate so that the enemy could not Pursue yourself.
But just as Loren expected-after the battle went to this step and paid a very heavy loss, the enemy probably didn't want to take this fortress anymore.
No way, the plan can’t keep up with the changes; I have killed the chief Eugen of the court and captured the chief deputy alive. The elite warrior of the court and the court has suffered heavy casualties in this castle, which has greatly exceeded the enemy’s Acceptable range.
Sure enough, as the army besieging the castle retreated, countless beams of light descended from the castle like a rain of fire.
The flames and roar of explosions are like hell!
The sparks of the explosion continued to rise above the castle, the billowing smoke and dazzling light, and the wailing of the city wall and towers continued to be heard, one after another; in the smoke and dust, it has been I can't see the shadow of the castle at all.
On the fifteenth day of the offensive and defensive battle, the castle fell!
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Boom————————! ! ! !
A huge roar came from the direction of Eboden Port, and even the Elf flagship far away from the coast could clearly feel the irresistible vibration.
The heavy sea-blocking chain is like a giant dragon of steel. After a whine, it sinks into the seabed, blowing up large waves in front of the coast; the rolled-up water curtain slaps heavily on the shore and also slaps. On the deck of the battleship, several battleships of the forward were even hit by the waves and fluttered backwards.
If the entire elven fleet hadn't been anchored, the collision of the battleship alone could cost a fifth of the fleet!
At the other end, the high tower on the ring-shaped fortress that was linked by the chain also fell apart-half of the tower with the top was completely fragmented and turned into countless boulders and rubble falling from the sky, and the elven army under the tower had no time to dodge , Together with dust and rubble in the rumbling sound, turned into dust.
skeleton doesn't exist.
"It's down! It's down! It's finally successful!"
The hearty and sunny voice of the big boy and child sounded on the deck of the elf flagship, cheering excitedly the elf little Prince Raising the monocular telescope in his hand, dancing in front of the rudder: "Fifteen days, I finally took down this nasty chain!"
"Congratulations, Your Royal Highness Rodria!"
In front of the deck, headed by the chief wizard Anson Zade of the Regalia, a group of elves immediately fell one-knee kneels and complimented them uniformly: "Eboden City is already in your Royal Highness's bag! "
"What's in the bag, hehehehe..." With a meaningful smile, Little Prince exhaled a little.
It’s not even close.
Loren · Torino… That Duke of Byrne would not let himself take it so easily. He dared to give up the castle on the other side of the river, which means there are backs and reinforcements.
Just as I expected...
Would you like to wait any longer, maybe he can give himself more surprises?
Little Prince, who was just happy with the victory, suddenly fell into a huge hesitation.
At this moment, a icy sea breeze suddenly brushed his cheek from behind, and the cold touch seemed to be mixed with some condensed ice particles, or maybe it was just because the sea breeze was too strong. Because it was too cold, it became extremely blunt.
It’s getting cold...If you continue to procrastinate, it will be bad for you.
Forget it, anyway, if he doesn't even have the ability to support the arrival of reinforcements, it means that he is not worthy of his expectations...if you die, die.
Well, it was time to avenge Eugen and his lieutenant.
The hesitation flashed from the corner of his mouth, and the little Prince who became elated again clapped his hands and bounced around on the deck without any image:
"Target Eboden Port City wall, the whole army is dispatched-let Loren Torino pay the price for the death of Chief Eugen!"
"For the glory of Xiong Yingwang——!!!"
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