Chapter 293: In the City of Clear Water
The number of cavalry teams was beyond the expectations of everyone in Bishui City. When the entire team appeared in the sight of various officials, horse hooves thundered on the plains. A large army of black people came over like dark clouds.
Depending on the scale, there are at least six or seven thousand people.
The flags in the army include fiery red maple leaf flag, blue stag flag, and silver-gray roaring brown bear flag, which shows that the team is composed of the army of three noble lords.
The stag represents the Marquis of Nugley in the eastern part of the Principality, and the brown bear is the mark of the Earl Langrees, the owner of Oak County in the south of the three counties of the Red Maple Province.
For Bishui City, which currently has less than 15,000 soldiers, these six thousand warriors are really a huge force, especially the Maple Leaf Earl who is already the strongest man in the Principality, who is here in person. This is a peerless figure who can knock the sword of the Full Moon Sword Saint away. Once he comes, with Paladin Joseph Martin, Morovogen is no longer a threat.
The officials of Bishui City, who were in a heavy mood just now, had sincere smiles on their faces because of the ambush of the Knights of the Glory, and they added a lot of confidence to defend Bishui City.
The Lord of Bishui City Flino breathed a sigh of relief and said to the Paladin beside him: "If the demon Morovogen dares to come again, he will probably be back."
Joseph nodded slightly: "Indeed, I feel much more relieved if Earl Maple Leaf can come."
His eyes were staring at the cavalry team coming, and in his eyes, the cavalry in front of him was divided into two obvious parts.
Some of the cavalry were wearing excellent chain mail, while the officers were knights' plate armor. Everyone was as powerful as a tiger and was extremely powerful. These cavalry had maple leaf emblem on them. There were three thousand people, and they should be all soldiers of the Maple Leaf Earl.
The other three thousand people were not good. They were wearing ordinary nailed leather armor, and they did not have the ingenious aura on their bodies, but instead had a little ruffian.
Such warriors are more than enough to help defend the city walls, but if they want to fight head-on with their opponents on the plains, they will probably collapse before the fight starts. The emblems on these soldiers are naturally the Bucks and Brown Bears.
An earl had three thousand elite warriors, which actually violated the laws of the Principality, but Joseph was not surprised.
The Church of the Lord of Glory is independent of secular struggles. It never participates in disputes among the nobles. The most intense way to express its suggestions is support and protests. The Knights of Glory never serve any nobles. Their power is not worth mentioning compared to the true lords, such as the Grand Duke of Lehman. Their daily tasks are simply to clear the power of darkness.
Because of this, the nobles were not on guard against the Glorious Church, and the church naturally had a more thorough understanding of the situation on the mainland.
Joseph knew about the relationship between Earl Maple Leaf and Fix Island. He also knew about the fleet going south to rescue the orcs. He also knew that Earl Maple Leaf defeated Morovogen in the fleet again. Joseph was also very clear about the fact that Earl Maple Leaf secretly accumulated strength.
In peaceful times, this is of course a big bad thing. It will only bring war and disputes. But when this undead legion riots the continent, any power is precious. As long as the Maple Leaf Earl does not act against the enemy, the church will remain silent and even silently support the earl. For example, when the fleet goes south, the holy water and holy crystals are all from the hands of the church.
So now that the appearance of Maple Leaf in Bishui City brings far more inspiration to Joseph than others, because he knows the power of this Count best and deeply understands how powerful his aid is.
Just as he was thinking, the cavalry team had already arrived near. Some stopped neatly, while the other seemed in a mess. People shouted and neighed, and it took a while before they stopped.
A warrior wearing exquisite dark green war armor stepped forward. The horse was as strong as a dragon, and the knight's temperament on the horse's back was as deep as abyss. It was Earl Maple Leaf himself. He saluted Joseph Martin first: "Your Highness."
Joseph also bowed his chest and said, "Earl."
Luo Lin nodded to the officials of Bishui City again, said hello, and then said: "This time, the 1,800 soldiers of Marquis Nugli and the 1,200 soldiers of Count Langlis are all under my command. City Lord, my soldiers are rushing day and night, and needing rest energy, so I have to make arrangements."
As for the two lords, of course, they were all drunk and sweet people. They were good at getting on women and went to the battlefield. They didn't even have the qualifications to be transformed into undead.
Flino agreed with joy: "Of course, of course."
As for the problem of the excessive number of soldiers of Maple Leaf Earl, everyone present chose to ignore this point. The more soldiers they were eager to support, the better.
Bishui City does not have to worry about food and grass. All the nobles and lords are well aware of the importance of the defense line of Bishui City. The fall of Baiyun City is really a burning fire. If you want to keep something, you will really have to keep it until the grave leaves. So they all support each of them, and they really took out their old capital. With less than 100,000 people in Bishui City, it will be fine to eat for three years.
The city gate was wide open, and Luo Lin brought more than 6,000 soldiers into the city. Along the way, he saw the faces of ordinary people in the city with panic. These people were originally going to escape, but now they should have been forced to stay. Most of them were craftsmen and strong men. Because the fortifications of the city walls required the strength of these people, and the soldiers needed to keep their strength and fought with people to death, it was impossible for them to do these rough work.
There are also many soldiers on the street, including regular soldiers, mercenaries, and more on the city walls in the distance. The distance here is far, and a person on the city wall looks like an ant. They are strengthening the city walls there and preparing various defensive equipment.
A tense atmosphere of war is imminent over the city on the banks of the Blue Water Lake.
Soon, the soldiers of Rollin were taken to a temporary camp. The camp was very simple, but fortunately, they had enough food and drink, and it was not the time to be picky. Everyone rushed over from afar and were really tired. After eating some food, they all retreated into the camp to rest.
Luo Lin refused the invitation from the Lord of Bishui City and found an independent tent in this camp. He had to stay with his soldiers at all times. In case of a battle, he had to let his soldiers know his existence as soon as possible.
Because no matter how well these soldiers trained, they had never seen much blood. After all, they were still fresh and tender.
As for Angela, she is now wearing battle armor, hiding among the warriors, but no one noticed her. She thought about it and then settled in the camp. Of course, she has special care and a separate tent of her own.
The next few days were quite calm. In addition to the movements of the scouts constantly bringing back the undead on the eastern plain, there were scattered warriors coming from all over the place to join the army, with about fifty or sixty people a day.
Luo Lin was not idle these days. He exchanged and talked with the lords who came to support him, and finally established the leadership of this defensive battle, that is, the military commander-in-chief of Bishui City. All the lords followed his arrangements.
This is a matter of course. First, he brought the most soldiers, more than 6,000, accounting for more than 25% of the total number of defenders. Second, his soldiers were the most elite, and his own military power was also convinced by everyone.
Until the fifth day, the scout brought back a message that the undead had already left Baiyun City. The number was dense and uncalculable. They were divided into two groups. They came to Bishui City, with at least 100,000 people, and another one was heading towards the lakeside fortress on the south bank of Bishui Lake. The number was difficult to estimate, but it was definitely no less than 50,000 people. These did not include the undead who deliberately hid their traces.
One hundred thousand undead. Without mentioning combat power, just this number makes people frightened. A layer of shadow was instantly covered with shadows on the sky above the Bishui City.
When he heard this news, Luo Lin was in a temporary command room with a lord on the wall of Bishui City. He surrounded seven or eight lords. These lords came to participate in the war, and naturally they also had corresponding force, and each of them served as temporary branch commanders.
After circulating the documents brought by scouts one by one, and when all the lords understood the situation, Luo Lin said, "What do you think?"
Marquis Mullen De Charlesham, the lord of the city of Molten Steel, stood up. He was a great knight, an elite warrior of level 37, with fiery red hair and beard, and black battle armor. He was tall and mighty: "The undead coming to us are at least 100,000 low-level undeads, and there are only less than 20,000 truly powerful high-level undeads. Although there are not as many undeads as we do, there are enough high-level undeads. It is obvious that the undeads are preparing to break through the lakeside fortress!"
As for the Swan Castle, the undead will definitely not walk here, because the Swan Castle is built on the bridge. If you are too anxious, the fortress commander will definitely blow up the bridge.
Some people may have questions about why the undead did not dive through the bottom of the lake, and they did not breathe. In fact, the human race had a solution to this point. They pulled multiple fishing nets at the bottom of the lake and arranged a breath monitoring magic array, so that the undead would notice it when they passed by.
To detect the undead is only the first step, and the second step is to pour holy water into the lake. The power of holy power is very unique. It spreads very quickly when it is in the water and has a particularly good effect.
As long as the human race does this, the undead under the water will probably stay at the bottom of the lake forever.
This method is a valuable legacy of the battle between light and dark thousands of years ago.
What Mulun said makes sense, and the strategy of the undead is consistent with common sense. Bishui City has many soldiers and high food, so it is difficult to capture it. The lakeside fortress is much better. The army besieged Bishui City, forcing it to be closed. Then the other side attacks the lakeside fortress. As long as you break through, there will be a flat horse behind it. Then, and then cooperate with Davik Fortress inside and outside. It is only a matter of time before the Lehman Principality becomes the undead kingdom.
"The situation is obvious. We must support the lakeside fortress. I suggest that we transfer 10,000 troops to the fortress by boat. The remaining 10,000 people here can completely defend the city of Bishui." The person who spoke was Viscount Crodren, the lord of Ximu City.
Luo Lin listened quietly and said that in reality, he had a relatively risky plan, which was to leave the city, directly defeat the undead legion, and then rushed south to support the fortress.
There are indeed many dead souls in the siege of the city, but his nemesis of the undead was about to be transported. With that thing, he then took his three thousand cavalry as his vanguard, followed by seven thousand cavalry in the city, charging all the way, and killing the undead commander was not difficult.
He was about to speak out about this idea when suddenly a soldier came to report: "The Great Knight Zachro led a 10,000 elite army to support him, and he has arrived outside the city."
As soon as the news came out, all the lords present were overjoyed, and Luo Lin felt a little relieved, but then he thought of a question.
Zachro brings 20,000 elite soldiers to come, so he will be the commander of Bishui City. At that time, he and his army will be in an extremely embarrassing situation, because no matter what, his three thousand cavalry violated the laws of Grand Duke Lehman and were suspected of treason, and Zachro is the most loyal to Grand Duke Lehman.
These thoughts swept across Rollin's mind in an instant, and then he made a decision: "No matter what, look at Zachro's attitude first." (To be continued)
Chapter completed!