Chapter 3 Bad news! Those who are emperors are ruthless!
The heavy snow continues, and the killings on the city walls, accompanied by blood, are going on every moment.
"Boom!"
"Ka! Boom! Bang!" Along with a loud noise, the thick city gate was finally knocked open by the orcs. The soldiers standing behind the city gate were knocked away by the huge impact.
After breaking open the city gate, the orc warriors carrying the giant log immediately put down the log, picked up the weapons on their backs, and rushed towards the city gate passage.
"For the tribe!" The orcs waved their weapons and rushed towards the human soldiers in the city gate.
"shoot!"
Along with the sound of bowstrings, more than a hundred archers shot their arrows.
"Puff, puff, puff!" The orcs in the front row were hit by arrows and fell to the ground, while more orcs were rushing into the city without any care.
"Pick up the spear! Get ready! Stab!" Bhopal waved the sword in his hand, commanding the soldiers in the city to use the spear to defend against the orcs' attack.
"Ah! Kill!" Along with the sound of slashing, the two armies collided fiercely.
An orc soldier swung the iron ax in his hand and violently smashed the head of a human soldier. He was then stabbed hard by several spears. With the blood and flesh drawn out, the orc slowly fell down.
In this way, in the life-and-death struggle, more and more bodies were piled up on the ground. A stalemate formed in the city gate passage for a while!
Grom waved the giant ax in his hand and cut a soldier into two pieces. More and more orcs climbed onto the city wall, while the number of humans on the side decreased sharply. The orcs had almost completely controlled these few hundred people.
The city wall was 3 meters long. Grom led the orcs on the wall and rushed towards the human soldiers who were still resisting below the city.
The sky darkened unconsciously, but under the reflection of the snow, it did not affect the sightlines of the warring parties.
Bhopal struggled to pull out the sword in his hand from the orc corpse, panting heavily, and looked around. There were not many soldiers left under him. In just ten minutes, the number of soldiers who died in the city gate passage reached
He walked more than 300 meters and raised the ground by several meters! Looking at the orcs that were still rushing towards him, Bhopal smiled bitterly. He laughed that those green-skinned monsters really looked up to him and used the skills that only humans used in the past.
He came to flood this crumbling town in a naval battle, and also laughed at those stupid nobles. If they hadn't obstructed them in every possible way, how could there be less than two thousand soldiers here! He knew that his last moment had arrived, but he couldn't do it so quickly!
The people in the city haven't been able to leave yet!
As early as when the orcs hit the city gate, he ordered the people to flee, but just a few hours were not enough! He still wanted to persist. Like him, the soldiers also persisted, not for anything else, just to make their own
Relatives can or leave!
In this way, with the determination to die, the human army showed unimaginable tenacity! Every stronghold was shed with their blood! Every street left the corpses of their struggle!
The orcs pushed forward with difficulty. Grom looked at the human soldier who fell at his feet. He had lost his left hand, but he didn't care! He waved it weakly with his remaining hand. When the ax struck him, he
He smiled, completely ignoring the whirring axe, and resolutely stabbed Grom with the sword in his hand. Unfortunately, Grom was blocked by the armor he was wearing, and he was split into two halves by the axe.
Mu admires the soldier in front of him, he is a real warrior! But Grom cannot stop, his life is not his own, but the entire orc tribe's!
The fighting lasted until late at night, with only 40% of the city's residents running out, and tens of thousands of civilians still unable to escape. These unarmed civilians were slaughtered by the orcs. When Grom arrived at the granary, he saw that the raging fire had already
Burning. At the door of the warehouse, Bhopal was holding a sword in one hand and a torch in the other. He was covered in blood and was smiling crazily.
Grom looked at the human in front of him with a gloomy expression. He was the only one alive. He was the only human alive in the city!
The entire Karst City, the two thousand defenders, and the more than 30,000 civilians who could not escape, are all dead! Now, only the human who set the granary on fire is left.
"Hahahahahahaha, cough cough. cough cough. You green-skinned monsters, don't even think of getting a grain of food! I, Bhopal Cantelo, will be waiting for you underground with all the dead civilian soldiers in the city! Hahahahahaha
!Waiting for you! Soon...soon..." Before he could finish speaking, the city lord stood in the wind and snow and breathed his last breath. He did what he said when the city is alive and the people are alive.
The promise of death!
Grom took a deep look at the dead hero standing there, and ordered the orc soldiers to put out the fire and grab the food. In addition, he buried the human outside the city. The hero, even if he died, must be respected!
After the fire in Karst City was extinguished, nearly 80% of the food and grass were burned. However, the orcs sent out to search the homes of residents in the city found a large amount of food prepared by civilians for the winter. Together, it was enough for the orc army behind them!
In this battle, a total of 2,174 soldiers in Karst City, starting from the city lord, General Bhopal Cantelo, were all killed! The number of people massacred in the city totaled more than 31,000, and the number of people in the entire Karst City was
The land is soaked with their blood.
When the bad news reached the imperial capital, the eldest prince sat slumped on the throne, his face bloodless. All the ministers and nobles in the hall were also sweating coldly. They all knew what the failure of Karst City meant! That would be the loss of the entire Byvost Empire.
The north of the city has been cut off! Seven fortresses, including the Far North Fortress, will be cut off from food and grass! Even without waiting for the orcs to attack, it is hard to say whether they can survive this winter!
As the bad news spread, the entire empire fell into panic. The refugees in the north packed up their belongings and evacuated to the south, braving the wind and snow, to the safety of the imperial capital! For a time, the entire south bank of the Hengduan River was trembling with wind.
Dragon City.
Zhou Yunfei sat at the table with the report in his hand and remained silent for a long time. Although he had predicted in advance that Karst City would fall and the situation in the entire north would become extremely serious, when the facts came, Zhou Yunfei was still extremely sad. That was tens of thousands of people.
A life!
In fact, like Bhopal, he also thought about informing the empire in advance, but in the end he was swayed by Jia Xu's words.
At that time, Jia Xu found Zhou Yunfei who was about to send someone to report to the eldest prince.
"My lord, do you want to save Karst City?"
"Well, if we don't save him, I'm afraid I won't feel at ease!"
"My lord, please excuse my words, but if my lord saves those tens of thousands of people now, then the number of people who will die due to my lord's decision in the future will be a hundred times as many!"
"How is that possible! Me!" Zhou Yunfei looked at Jia Xu blankly. As smart as he was, he already knew what Jia Xu meant. Yes, if the orcs' actions are not allowed to muddy the water in the north, it will be a disaster for Dragon City's actions in the coming spring.
, earn a lot of fame. Then when war is declared against the empire in the future, more people will probably die.
Zhou Yunfei is not the kind of person who cares about everything. When it is time to be ruthless, he must be ruthless. When it is time to cut off, he must be cut off, otherwise he will suffer chaos!
However, the torment of conscience in the heart is indeed an indisputable fact.
"Alas, are all emperors ruthless?" Zhou Yunfei looked at the book in his hand with a wry smile, recalling the conversation with Jia Xu, and laughed at himself.
After a moment of silence, Zhou Yunfei ordered his guards to call Zhuge Liang.
After Zhuge Liang came in, Zhou Yunfei handed him the fold in his hand and said: "Mr. Zhuge, at this time the orcs' vanguard has occupied the karst city. Although I don't know how much food they have obtained, I think it is quite a lot. Can you make a guess?
, the orc’s next move?”
Zhuge Liang read the book in his hand, pondered for a while, and then answered: "My lord, according to Liang's speculation, the orc army may take two steps in the next step. First, assuming they obtain enough food, they will station troops in the karst city.
A small army goes south to plunder. When the spring comes next year, the Far North Fortress will be destroyed without attack. Secondly, if there is insufficient food and grass, the orcs should immediately go north and capture the Far North Fortress by force, and then go south to plunder enough food for the winter.
"
Zhou Yunfei heard Zhuge Liang's analysis, thought about it for a while, and suddenly realized it.
The Far North Fortress, this stronghold that is equally important to humans and orcs, will be the focus of competition in the future! Whoever occupies the Far North Fortress will have the initiative!
Once the orcs seize the Far North Fortress, they can advance and attack, and retreat to the north of Hengduan Mountain. And relying on the Far North Fortress, they can forcefully break the human blockade! From now on, it will probably be like losing Yan Yun Liuliu.
Like the Song Dynasty, the state opened its door to the north!
And if humans secure the Far North Fortress, it will be like driving a nail into the rear of the orcs! No matter what the orcs do in the future, humans can attack from the rear! And once humans block the newly emerged cross-section entrance,
Then, no one in the orc army can escape this time!
Therefore, whoever gets the Far North Fortress will win half the battle in advance!
Zhou Yunfei got up and walked back and forth in the house, while Zhuge Liang smiled and sipped his tea.
For a long time, Zhou Yunfei stood still and let out a long sigh.
"As Mr. said, the empire and the orcs must know that Dragon City cannot be moved in winter, so let's stick to the original plan." Zhou Yunfei just struggled in his heart. The defenders of the Far North Fortress, from the mouth of the dead old emperor, he
He learned their true identities. He truly admired these descendants of the imperial royal family who devoted themselves silently! However, for the sake of Dragon City and himself, he could not help them!