When a fire broke out in the city, Catherine and Adele were alerted immediately.
As soon as day broke, the two of them rushed from the Governor's Palace to the headquarters under the city wall, where they took command.
The city's defense force was too complex, including city guards, garrison soldiers, militiamen, volunteer citizens, etc., as well as the Imperial Guard, the mages of Maple Leaf Danlin, and the priests of the temple.
All told, these people come from four or five different systems, so command and coordination are a big problem. The mages can't figure out where their head is now.
The priests' immediate boss, Hilmelia, fell down from exhaustion again and never recovered. None of Hilmelia's deputies obeyed any of them. In normal times, Hilmelia was so clever.
His position of power is stable, but now he is in trouble.
According to the official system of the empire, after General Larry went south, Ignatz became the city defense commander of Nidel City, but there are still many people who don't know who he is, especially the mages, who always like to play freely in battles.
Don't even bother him.
Several crises occurred in the city. After the orcs rushed onto the city wall, the system's chaotic system and slow command were fully exposed.
Seeing that the current situation was not working out, Catherine and Adele had to move their offices to the front line and directly command the overall situation.
The mages all know that Catherine pays her salary as the boss's concubine. It is difficult to find a concubine like Lorraine who pays thousands of gold coins a year. For the sake of their positions, these mages are also obedient.
Moreover, Catherine and Adele are well-known in Maple Leaf Danlin, and the mages still feel like "one of their own".
It's even easier to deal with the priests. Just use coercion and inducement, and they will become obedient immediately.
When two pillars of smoke first appeared in the city, Catherine and Adele received reports from their subordinates. By the time they saw it, fires had already been lit in four or five places in the city.
Catherine and Adele had bad intentions, and it looked like someone had deliberately set the fire.
The soldiers guarding the city wall also saw the flames in the city. Most of their homes were in Nidel City, especially those citizens who volunteered to fight.
When I saw the fire, I immediately became panicked and clamored to go back and take a look.
Ignatz rushed to Catherine in a few steps and asked Catherine anxiously: "What should I do? Do you want to send someone to put out the fire?"
Before Catherine could give the order, the cheers of the orcs came from outside the city.
Vechin and Tolek have been waiting anxiously for three days outside the city of Nadel. Every day, he has to ask Deipole "when will the people in the city take action."
The original plan was disrupted, and Deipole knew nothing about the plans of the lurking people in the city, so he could only rely on the steps discussed in advance.
Vechin and Tolek sent all their warriors to the battlefield every day to storm the city walls of Nedel, creating opportunities for the people lurking in the city.
But the pirates who were hired with a lot of money were destroyed by the Nedel people on the first day of the battle. The huge boulder that rolled and smashed into the crowd left an unforgettable impression on them.
From then on, no matter what Vechin and Torek said, they were unwilling to go to the battlefield again.
And Deipole also did not agree with the black magicians going to the front again. She lost two groups of spellcasters in succession, and now she only has a few black magicians left. The blame from above is enough for her.
These few remaining people must be saved.
When a fire broke out in the city of Nadel, Vechin and Tolek immediately saw the black smoke column rising into the sky. He rushed into Deipole's tent, pulled her and ran outside, pointed at the smoke in the city, and said hurriedly:
"Are they sending a signal?"
Deipole couldn't be sure for a moment. He shook his head and said: "There are too few fire points, so we can't be sure it was them."
The two of them could only stand on the high slope and look into the city.
After a while, several more puffs of smoke rose, apparently from different parts of the city.
Vechin and Torek raised their fists and shouted: "It's them! It's them, they can't be wrong."
At this time, Deipole was also sure that the attack was launched by men lurking in the city. After being in suspense for several days, he could finally rest assured that the people in the city were okay and they took action.
Deipole felt that all the annoyance in his chest dissipated with his breathing, and the worries lingering in his mind disappeared, and he immediately felt refreshed.
Deipole smiled and punched Vicen and Torek, saying: "What are you waiting for? Attack, victory will be today."
Vechin and Torek nodded repeatedly and said, "Ah... good."
Then he hugged Deipole, spun her around a few times, put her down, held her shoulders, looked at her charming face, and said seriously: "Tomorrow, you will be my bride."
Deipole just smiled faintly and said calmly: "Go quickly and seize the opportunity."
Vechin and Torek ran down the slope, shouting as they ran: "Attack, attack, the people in the city have launched."
Seeing that the long-awaited opportunity finally appeared, the warriors of the Duerqi tribe cheered. Years of preparation, months of fighting, and fierce battles in these three or four days were all for the majestic and wealthy building in front of them.
City.
Today this goal is most likely to be achieved.
The orcs quickly ran out of the camp and lined up in front of the fireworks-filled city of Nedel. The soldiers pushed the heavy ladders and shouted slogans as they moved forward.
Vechin and Torek put on their gorgeous black armors, holding huge battle axes in their hands, and quickly walked to the front of the orc team.
Climbing the ladder, he turned around and faced more than 10,000 Dulqi warriors in black leather armor. He shouted loudly: "Soldiers, my brothers, we are from the Gobi to Xingxing Lake, and from Xingxing Lake to Nai'an."
, traveled thousands of miles all the way to get to this rich and gorgeous city in front of him.
This is the starting point for our new life as Durchi people, the place where we will dominate the world and rebuild the glory of the orcs.
Now, we have the long-awaited opportunity, the great god Ston has brought this city to us, can we miss this opportunity?"
The warriors of the Duerqi tribe stared with blood-red eyes, raised their weapons and shouted at the top of their lungs: "No~!"
Vechin and Tolek then shouted: "Today, right here, will be the last battle of our journey of thousands of miles. If we win, we Dulchi people will no longer have to endure hunger and drought from now on. We will have
There will be endless food to eat, endless good houses to drink, we will have slaves, craftsmen, and human women."
The Dulci warriors began to become crazy. Their minds were burning and their muscles seemed to swell, as if they were becoming more powerful.
Vechin and Torek have described a glorious future to their warriors countless times and encouraged them to fight desperately, but the Durchi warriors have never been as impatient as they are now, because victory has never been so far away from them as it is today.
So close.
Vechin and Torek pointed at Nadel City and shouted: "I will divide all the wealth in the city equally among all the people. The family of the warrior who dies in battle will receive three times the reward."
Duerqi's warriors breathed out hot air from their noses. After all, no one is a fool. Honor, future, power and so on. These are all fake and deceptive. They all mean to make you sacrifice your life.
of.
Everyone comes out to fight and fight hard, not just to grab money, things, and women, but for these real things.
The soldiers went to the country and left their homes, worked hard and fought against others, shed blood and sweat, and finally managed to seize the territory and enclosed some things, but they were all taken away by the officials. It didn't take two battles, even if there was a group of people on the opposite side.
Mianyang, they would be too lazy to fight. This example can be found all over the world in ancient and modern times.
Listening to the clan leader's promise to win the pay-off woman, these Dulci warriors waved their weapons impatiently and couldn't wait to rush forward.
Seeing that the soldiers below were all excited, Vechin and Torek raised their battle axes with both hands and shouted: "Attack~!"
"Aw...aow..." the Durchi people shouted fervently, pushing the ladder and rushing towards the city wall of Nedel.
Seeing all the enemies charging forward without reservation, Ignatz showed a nervous expression. The current situation was one of internal and external troubles, with enemies on both sides. If the situation was handled improperly or even slightly negligently, the city of Nidel would not be safe.
Ignatz looked at the two girls who were frowning and thinking, and asked carefully: "Your Highness, the enemy is coming, what should we do?"
Catherine glanced at the smoke floating around the city and said calmly: "The whole army is defending the city, and the enemy will launch the strongest attack. These in the city are just to disrupt our layout, don't worry about them. I will send someone to deal with it."
After hearing Catherine's decision, Ignatz said loudly: "Yes, Your Highness."
Then he turned around and ran back to his post, shouting: "Defend with all your strength, everyone go to the city."
Then there were loud shouts of killing coming from inside and outside the city wall.
Adele looked at the city worriedly and whispered: "How about we let Lorena take action?"
Catherine hesitated for a moment, then finally shook her head and said: "That is the last resort. As long as the matter has not gotten any worse, you cannot do this.
The enemy should be more anxious than us. As long as we withstand this crisis and prevent them from succeeding, the orcs will collapse immediately."
Adele said: "What about the people who set fire to the city? We can't ignore them."
General Philip said at this time: "Your Highness, Miss, I just observed that the fires in the city were gradually lit from three places. This means that there are at least three groups of people who set fire in the city, and they have been moving around. Maybe they
There are not many people there, and I am willing to lead a small team to eliminate them."
The battle on the city was fierce, and the orcs did not keep any reserves. They spread out along the entire city wall and swarmed towards Nedel's city wall like a plague of locusts.
Ignatz commanded the limited manpower to hesitate left and right, constantly mobilizing soldiers to run up and down the city wall.
Seeing that she couldn't find any manpower, Catherine bit her lip and nodded.
General Philip put on his sword and turned around to reorganize his troops.
Catherine and Adele looked at the fierce battle in front of them and looked back at the flames in the city. They clenched their hands and gritted their teeth to persist.
In the meantime, Belen sent someone to report to Catherine and Adele that the Venture Capital Company had captured some of the thugs, warning them that the enemy's target might be the city gate.
But before the people from the venture capital company left, Adele exclaimed: "Governor's Palace~!"
Catherine looked to the west, and saw a plume of thick smoke coming out of the tall spire of the Governor's Palace, which was unusually eye-catching at that height.
Catherine's pretty face suddenly turned pale, and she screamed: "Leo."
Then her body swayed and fell backward. Adele quickly hugged Catherine and cried anxiously. Tears fell heavily and she choked and said: "Nicole, Nicole."
Catherine shook her head, grabbed Adele's clothes and struggled to stand up, saying hurriedly: "Send a signal to Lorena, hurry up~!"
Adele nodded repeatedly with tears in her eyes, pushed Catherine on the chair and ran out. Catherine stood up again as soon as she supported the table, picked up the sword on the table and rushed out.
Then three orange-red fireballs rose into the sky at the same time, exploding high in the sky and bursting into brilliant sparks.
Catherine walked out of the headquarters and shouted to the officer next to her: "The Guards and mages will gather at the headquarters in five minutes. It's an urgent matter."
Then he shouted to the officer with a stern expression: "Go quickly."
The Imperial Guards who were fighting in the city quickly returned to the headquarters after receiving the order, followed by mages who also arrived intermittently.
Seeing more than two hundred guards and mages in front of them, Catherine and Adele no longer waited, got on their horses and shouted: "The Governor's Palace is in danger, follow me."
He galloped towards the Governor's Mansion with his horse and whip and the people galloping away.
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To the north of the city is the continuous mountainous area that extends to the eastern provinces. The vegetation here is lush and there are many wild animals. It is the home of the dwarves and elves of Naian.
Among them, the Mamos River originates in the deep mountains and surges all the way down the valley. The river course is winding and undulating, with rapids and rocks everywhere.
The Mamos River, which cannot benefit mankind, is naturally not in the sight of humans in Naian, and many people will even forget its existence.
Ten miles up the river is the quarry where Nadel City imprisoned prisoners. These Naian people who were sentenced to hard labor spent their days here quarrying rocks and transporting them to Nadel.
Lorraine and Leo have been here before and brought back extremely useful talents, the goblin Atom and Shajin.
Now, Lorena was lying comfortably on a soft chair, holding a glass of juice in one hand and controlling a stone with a staff in the other, letting the stone fly in the air out of boredom.
This quarry has changed greatly now. The place that used to be the prison camp and quarry area has been deserted, leaving behind a large number of wooden houses and craftsmen's sheds.
Everyone has moved to the top of the original quarry. The Imperial Guards were patrolling the area with their shining swords. The guards and prisoners gathered around the river, looking nervously at the middle of the river.
There is a dam of wood and stone structure standing in the river.
The dam built with thick logs and stones was leaking continuously at the moment, and the river water squeezed out from the gaps in the logs and sprayed into the distance.
The ropes and chains holding the dam were so tight at the moment that they looked as if they would snap in an instant.
The director of the quarry, who had been praised by Lorraine, was accompanying Lorena. Although the winter in Nadel was not cold, it was by no means warm, but the director of the quarry was sweating all over his body.
This is the trump card left by Lorraine, a foolproof method that claims to be able to save Nadel City.
The last time he came here to bring back goblin sand gold, Lorraine walked all the way along the Mamos River. From the perspective of a previous life, this river, which Neidel said was useless, was really blessed - if it were used
If you want to build a small hydropower station.
This section of Naider City happens to be the section from the mountains to the plains, and the river channel has a sufficient drop.
The entire river is made of solid rocks, and the river is not wide, making it a prime location for building small dams.
In Lorraine's previous life, she had seen several people who built power stations on small rivers. They invested three to four million and earned it back in one year. After that, it was all profits. No raw materials were invested. They only spent money on repairing the machines. The money earned was more than
They robbed quickly.
Lorraine thought at that time that hundreds of small hydropower stations could be built along the entire river. Wouldn't that be great?
Naturally, it is impossible to build a power station in this era. After having this idea, Lorraine discovered that as long as a small dam was built on the river, if it exploded, the entire surrounding area of Neidel City would be washed away.
Clean and tidy.
Lorraine once told Catherine and Adele about this idea. At that time, she joked that there were 100,000 troops in the north of Nidel City.
I don’t want to make it a prophecy, but this method has actually been used.
Although the director of the quarry is a bit tough on money, he is also a man of real ability. Otherwise, he would not have discovered Goblin Shajin's talent and given him such good treatment.
When Catherine sent the guards to convey Catherine's order to the factory director to build a simple dam upstream of the quarry, the big fat man was so surprised that his jaw almost flew off, and then he was overjoyed, knowing that his opportunity had come.
.
As soon as the dam was mentioned at that time, the factory director knew what its purpose was. If this matter was done well, he would be a meritorious official in protecting Nidel.
At that time, time was tight and the tasks were heavy. The factory director changed his past emphasis on cost-efficiency and quickly built this simple dam without hesitating the lives of prisoners.
Over the past few days, the dam has been continuously reinforced and reinforced, and the water storage capacity is getting higher and higher.
At this moment, the drop on both sides of the dam was nearly thirty feet, and the logs on the dam were stretched outwards, looking as if they were about to fall apart.
The factory director kept chanting at this moment: "I can't stand it anymore, I can't stand it anymore."
While hopping on her feet, she walked back and forth beside Lorena.
Luolina shouted dissatisfied: "Please be quiet."
The factory director said with a grimace: "Master Mage, let's release some water, otherwise the dam will collapse at any time."
Luo Linna said "Oh" and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if you collapse. I have never seen a profuse sweat in my whole life."
The factory director said with a cry: "You are so happy, I have to lose my head."
Luo Linna waved her hand and said: "Put it down, I guarantee you will be safe."
The factory director wanted to say something more, but at this moment the Imperial Guards above suddenly shouted: "Signal! The signal is coming.!"
Lorena threw the cup in her hand and jumped up from the chair nimbly. Without saying anything, she grabbed the staff and walked quickly to a high platform on the side of the dam.
Everyone in the quarry looked at Lorena in silence.
Several Imperial Guards controlled a boom, hanging a wooden barrel filled with exploding crystals, carefully placed it on the stone in the middle of the dam, and then quickly ran away.
Luolina raised her staff with a solemn expression, and a huge fireball flew towards the barrel.