What did you do with the dice?

Haha, 50 points, so cool.

Coupled with those bombardments that could be called the "wall cleaning master", he felt even better.

Rusalka: (Haha, I knew it. If Viscount Consenat has these things at home, why doesn't the Marquis have them? Come on, fire at me!)

Sani Tieta breathed a sigh of relief. With this powerful weapon, he didn't have to retreat at least for the time being.

Chapter 95: Mingyue City Defense (6)

Even after seeing the movements of the wolf cavalry, those sophisticated egoists had no intention of sending anyone to die.

In addition, the Marquis issued an order to use magic cannons to support the north city wall, which made those people even more reluctant to let their men enter the bombardment area where no distinction was made between friend and foe.

But at least they also knew that they had to work or make an effort, so they sent people to hand over some consumables and military equipment to Custer.

The crying child gets the milk. If you have no money, after the battle, you can go to the bigwigs above and complain about your poverty. They will definitely give you some money in consideration of your military achievements. But if you die, it will be all over. Since Rusalka's side is the wall with the greatest pressure, just give him the most powerful firepower and that's it.

While waiting for Caster to arrive, thanks to the support of magic cannons and the bravery of the Esdi knights, the wolf cavalry did not take control of the city wall immediately. Both sides fought for a full hour. When Caster arrived, Sanita ordered Rusalka to retreat.

"Knights who still have strength will follow me and provide cover from the rear. The rest who are injured or exhausted, immediately withdraw from the city wall area! Reserve troops, move up to stop the enemy, quickly!"

Custer led the support troops to rush up immediately to provide cover. Although those recruits and militiamen could not fight against the wolf cavalry, they could at least form groups of three or five to help carry away the wounded or exhausted soldiers.

After almost retreating from the city wall, Rusalka moved down in an instant with a phantom step, while Sanita turned around and released a fireball that blew up a staircase, turning the two wolf riders in the range into a burning fireball.

In this way, although the wolf cavalry occupied the city wall, they did not gain any benefits.

When the friendly forces have retreated, the magic cannons will be in a free-fire phase against the city walls.

If they wanted to jump off the city wall to attack the city gate mechanism, they would have to face the support troops who had already deployed a defensive formation on the flat ground.

Custer brought nearly a hundred crossbow carts, thirty bladed chariots, hundreds of paralysis trap rune plates, and even some explosive crystals, and then arranged them all in a row under his command. Although the traps had not been set yet, it didn't matter. After forming a wide firepower network, the wolf cavalry rushing down from the top of the city were blown to pieces by the excessive firepower as soon as they showed their heads.

Countless crossbow arrows were nailed to the inner city wall in vain. At this time, wasteful behavior is no longer shameful. They are blatantly planning to use money to exchange for your life. Now ask you if you want to exchange it.

Now it was the Wolf Cavalry Corps' turn to be caught in a dilemma. They would definitely not be able to defend the city wall. After all, as long as the magic cannon was not damaged by accidents and had enough magic power to charge it, it could bombard this side around the clock. As long as the fox witches did not go to the front line, these pure warriors had no countermeasures against the magic cannon, so the city wall was meaningless to them at this stage.

If they rushed forward, they would not be able to gain any advantage over the weapons that had gathered in almost half of the city and had already set up their supports and deployed in battle formations. There were no rat cannon fodder to resist the firepower, and the hobbits were afraid of the enemy's mages and did not dare to come and destroy these weapons with stones. If they went down alone in the flesh, they would only die in vain.

The most important thing is that the enemy commander and generals are still alive, and the cunning wizard had hidden himself from the beginning. Our side could not find the enemy at all and could not carry out the decapitation plan at all. Therefore, there was no sign that the enemy's morale had suffered a major blow.

Things have come to this point, and even if he is reluctant, the wolf cavalry commander can only grit his teeth and blow the retreat horn.

The wolf riders were unwilling to give up, but they could only force their wolves, which were drooling and chewing the corpse, to turn around and climb down the city wall.

They came quickly and left just as quickly, like a gust of black gale sweeping across the battlefield, and then suddenly left, leaving behind a pile of mutilated corpses and the ruins of broken city walls still emitting smoke after being bombarded by magic cannons.

Sanita canceled his invisibility and appeared next to Rusalka: (The Aiel Empire's offensive is fierce, but it's not perfectly coordinated by a hive mind. If I were in command, I would have the Wolf Riders rush up and then have the Hobbits disperse in small groups. Then, I would drop bombs in a step-by-step manner, using minimal casualties to probe my approximate position. After that, I would have the Wolf Riders disperse the guards around me and send the Filins to assassinate me, forcing me to retreat.

Afterwards, split the Hobbits into two groups. One group will drop bombs to destroy the equipment on the ground, while the other will fly to the central clock tower to disrupt the magic cannon's firing. Finally, all the elite troops will be in. The northwest gate will probably fall.)

Rusalka felt that what he said made sense, but one cannot judge everything from a God's perspective and a five-star future as a baseline. At least for now, their wolf cavalry troops did not cooperate very well with other troops, which was a good thing for them.

Accompanied by the continuous sound of retreat horns, the enemies on other sides of the city walls gradually retreated, and the second wave of the El Empire's offensive ended here.

"Count the dead, treat the wounded, and quickly respond. Logistics troops, quickly bring construction materials to fill the holes in the city wall, drag away the bodies, and clear the roads. Where are the reserves? Count the number of people and prepare to fill the gaps in the defense line!"

One after another, the orders from the Sani Tower were passed down, which made Sarolt, who had no longer cared about his image and sat on the side gasping for breath, look at him with a new respect. He knew that mages were the best war machines, but his thinking was limited to the fact that mages were very useful subordinates. He never thought that there were mages with the talent to be army commanders.

Just like the Marquis Banner next door, he has a high level of magical attainments, but the actual command of the army is still done by the commander of the city defense army. The existence of Marquis Banner can only rely on his subjective initiative and magical skills to play a greater role on the battlefield, but he cannot make the army play its best role with him.

As for Rusalka, her status as one of the five great knight commanders has now been solidified in his mind. After a 14-hour battle from day to night, Rusalka even had the energy to run around and help move things.

Nicia, who was bandaging Sarolt's wound, called out several times but got no response from Sarolt. Her worries about him gradually disappeared and she became a little unhappy: Is he thinking about another woman?

At that moment, Sarolt gazed at Rusalka's back, lost in thought: Is this guy's stamina limitless? Is the gap between him and me too great? Or was there something wrong with my fighting just now? Yes, there was definitely something wrong with my fighting. I shouldn't have been so reckless in consuming the power of Holy Light from the beginning. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been defeated by those two wolf riders. I even got scratched on the face by two claws. If it weren't for the subordinates who risked their lives to save me, I might have been seriously injured.

Sarolt felt even more heartbroken when he thought about how the young man had chosen to die together by hugging the wolf in order to save him, and then jumped off the city wall together.

The casualties in this battle were extremely tragic. Including the support soldiers who came from both sides, a total of 724 soldiers were killed. Rusalka only brought 4000 people. The 1000 people on the city wall were divided 55-50 between Esdi and his own side. Even Esdi's side lost 279 people.

His own army was almost wiped out. Apart from the well-trained light infantry, only eight people survived those who climbed up the city wall to make up the numbers. When Rusalka fought to the back, he gradually realized the cruel fact that there were no longer any of his own people around him.

It is estimated that only about 140 of the enemy's wolf cavalry were killed. As for the ratmen, including those on other city walls, the number is estimated to be a little more than half. Nearly 10,000 people were killed that day, of course, a large number of them died suddenly after going berserk.

In terms of the casualty ratio, it is indeed very good, but if you calculate carefully, can those ratmen that even the El Empire itself does not care about really be counted in the casualty ratio?

Moreover, after this battle, the equipment on the city wall could no longer be used. The wolf cavalry did not forget to destroy these things before retreating. When they attack again next time, they can only use some basic throwing objects and small city defense equipment.

They didn't dare to move crossbow carts and the like up there on a large scale, only a little bit. After all, everyone had seen the threat of the ratmen. If the city wall was lost for the second time, it would be no joke if these things that could turn around were captured by the enemy.

Rusalka looked at the wounded soldiers lying on the ground, their arms and legs broken and their voices wailing. She turned to Sanitieta and said, "If this continues, my army will be wiped out. I stayed here to gain experience, but this isn't the way to do it. You see the situation now. After all, this is the Marquis's city, not my home. We shouldn't be the ones contributing the most. If I sacrifice all my troops here, how can I face anyone when I return?"

Sanita nodded, but was helpless. (After the war, I certainly have plenty of reasons to ask the Marquis to give us adequate compensation, but the problem is that we've already promised to hold this place. Now we can only... no, we must hold this place. They've already provided the necessary support, and nominally they're not standing idly by, but they just don't want to spare any manpower, so they've naturally prepared a thousand excuses to shirk responsibility.)

Rusalka was feeling depressed, almost ready to throw in the towel: (Our teammates watched us fight hard, while we just sat on the sidelines and watched? So what if we're still defending the hammer? I'm just giving up. This city's been breached, so let's see who goes down first. It definitely won't be me.)

Sanita shook his head. "Then your reputation will be ruined. You should have understood along the way that it's truly more important than life. Without credibility, the trust required for cooperation will increase significantly. Once you betray your trust and become vilified, it will be almost impossible to cooperate with these forces for mutual benefit. Fighting alone will not end well."

Rusalka sighed: (So we can only risk our lives to defend someone else's city? Why?)

Sani Tieta: (The road to advancement is bound to involve stepping on a field of unwilling corpses, and the shortcut of war is the most cruel vortex. Once caught in it, no one can escape unscathed. If you ask why, it's because the moment we return home, everything in this world will become a thing of the past.)

Sanitta was used to it. After all, every time Rushaka had a great kill, he would start to reflect deeply, turn on the online depression mode, and insist on talking to himself about useless things like life, philosophy, and the idea that everything is false and everything is allowed.

If you leave him there alone, after a while, he will perk up again and start shouting for Tata to open every day.

Sanita calls it Sage Time (Rusalka Limited Battle Edition), which is a periodic and stable cycle.

However, Phoenix was not active in this battle. During the evening shift change and rest, they met up with Phoenix because they were going to have dinner together. After asking, they found out that Phoenix had actually been with the team responsible for logistics support.

Although Rusalka thought this was fine, the logistics troops were the lowest risk place, and since she had already sent Custer there, she didn't mind stuffing one more Phoenix in there. However, Phoenix always rushed to the front line to kill people, and sometimes she didn't listen to Rusalka's command at all. Today, Rusalka didn't intend to care about her, but she obediently ran to the logistics area to slack off, which surprised both of them for a while.

Sanitita: (Is she also like you, focusing on rebellion?)

Rusalka: (What do you mean by the same as me? Your word choice is wrong. It's called the husband sings and the wife follows. There's a saying that goes, if you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, you follow the dog. She's imitating me.)

Sunita: (She is indeed not a human, and you are also a real dog.)

Phoenix understood the confusion in the eyes of the two people in front of her, so she took the initiative to explain, "I'm waiting for the enemy to fall into my trap."

Rusalka: (No, sister, what do you mean by walking into a trap? Do you think we're standing on the city wall just to enjoy the scenery? Isn't the purpose of defending the city wall to prevent the enemy from entering the city? When you say walking into a trap, it means the enemy has already walked right into the face of the logistics troops. Does that mean I've already been trapped?)

Sanitta frowned. (But Phoenix's worries were not without reason. The assassins of the Filin tribe were destined not to fight on the front lines, but to find ways to sneak into the city and assassinate. She herself was an assassin of the Filin tribe, so she must understand her peers better.)

Rusalka: (No, brother, how could they sneak in? Could they really jump off the mountain? Even an Earth cat would be smashed to pieces if it fell from such a height. There's no way the other El Empire has a wizard who can cast Feather Fall. We don't even know if Feather Fall exists in this world.

Well, even if a mage casts Feather Fall to make them come down, firstly, Feather Fall only lasts for 100 seconds, so how could they reach the ground? Secondly, they're coming down so openly and slowly one after another. Surely the people in the city can't all be blind?)

Sanitta thought what Rusalka said was quite right: (Then just think of Phoenix as slacking off. Do you want to take her to the city wall?)

Rusalka: (No, it’s fine this way.)

Sani Tieta: (Then what are you trying to achieve by talking for so long? You've said so much, there must be a reason or a purpose, right?)

Rusalka: (I had no particular purpose; I just raised the question out of habit.)

Sanita: (What a stinking argumentative person.)

Chapter 96: Mingyue City Defense (7)

After the first offensive ended, the El Empire seemed to have some internal accidents. The next day, instead of continuing the offensive while the city defenses were weak, they forced the city to rest for another day.

But even after one more day, the number of soldiers on Rusalka's side did not increase.

It was not until the early morning of the third day that the bugle call representing the order to attack sounded from afar.

This time, the enemy simply did not conceal their intention to attack. They sent 8,000 ratman cannon fodder to harass the other two gates in a feint attack, then sent about 2,000 ratman cannon fodder to take the lead, and then concentrated the wolf cavalry to continue to attack the north gate defense line.

At this moment, the fox priestesses did not go to the front line to cast spells, but sat in front of a large pot filled with amber liquid, with their palms pressed against the edge of the pot.

The ceiling still displayed images from the city walls. The leading six-tailed fox priestess looked at the defenders, who appeared to have received no reinforcements or manpower, and chuckled softly. "I remember a very powerful human wizard once saying this: The most useful lesson learned from human history is that humans never learn from history. After we capture the north wall, we will send out the Tiger Guards. Let them witness the progress of our El Empire at the cost of their lives."

She paused and whispered, "Now, it's time to put 'it' to use."

The fox witch's guess was not wrong. Even though Sanitita tried hard to request support from the Marquis and other small nobles, Marquis Banner did not immediately send troops to respond. He only gave him a verbal promise, telling him that if the north city wall really could not be defended, he would lead his troops to reinforce.

What this means is that they can provide them with weapons and equipment, but they are unwilling to provide them with manpower. They will only come to take over the northwest section of the city wall when they and the elite troops of the El Empire are both exhausted.

Even though he had expected this, Rusalka was still furious after hearing the news. If he hadn't been afraid that the city would really fall, he would have taken his sword and chopped off the head of that dog marquis on the spot.

There was no other way. Since desertion was no longer an option, Rusalka could only stand on the city wall and watch the enemy approach. Gnashing his teeth, he flung his binoculars aside: (Damn it, bastards! They talk about a joint front, but they're selling me out just to preserve their strength! If the El Empire wasn't truly more formidable, I'd show them the martial virtues of an Esdi Paladin!)

On the first day, Theresa had evil ambitions. If she entered the kingdom, it would ruin my plans for the Pearl Tear Territory and the Millennium Kingdom would be destroyed.

The next day, the temporary cooperation with Esdi was nothing more than a feigned political strategy. So what if they were given a city?

On the third day, oh these damn nobles, they have no idea that I am saving them from danger.

On the fourth day, the great Saint Theresa was welcomed to ascend her throne of Sneidi.

I can't stand it anymore. I want to be a mountain shrew. No, I want to be Theresa Lily's dog. You bunch of scumbag nobles, I'm going to scatter you! Saint, I will definitely make your golden dream come true!

Sanita also put down the telescope: (You remember her full name.)

Rusalka: (How could I forget my little wife's name? Hehe. Oh no, are we kidding now? There are over a thousand wolf cavalrymen there. Can we hold them? If all of Esdi's paladins are wiped out, how am I going to explain this to Theresa?)

Sanita: (They will win! They are the challengers.)

Rusalka: (Your two sentences are really annoying. Why don't we all just disperse? According to the rules of the Kingdom Sandbox, retreating means losing half the battle. It's not shameful.)

Rusalka also asked the soldiers for their opinions and let them decide whether to stay or go. Only a very small number of people chose to leave, while the vast majority of soldiers were willing to follow his orders.

Sarolt, who was under the order from Theresa to "protect Rusalka", could only shrug his shoulders and indicate that they could not leave alone.

But these could not eliminate Rusalka's war-weariness. The only reason why he still stayed here was that Komodo, who had left during the day, unexpectedly led most of his 500 people to the north gate for support at night.

He only left a few sentries to guard the place to prevent enemies like the Filin tribe from climbing over the wall and stealing the house.

Commodo, who had returned, patted Rusalka on the shoulder and said, "How could I let Great Knight Rusalka fight alone? Don't worry, I can't guarantee anything else, but I can be sure of one thing: I will be the last to retreat, and my mercenary group will be the last to leave."

There are thousands of reasons to give up, but the reason for him to persevere is so simple. Just because of Komodo's words, Rusalka gritted his teeth and held on!

Even though they had already fought with the enemy, the soldiers couldn't help but feel nervous when they saw the rat warriors rushing towards them. Even with the inspiring song of the Iron Tower of Sani, it was still difficult to eliminate the fear brought to people's hearts by the crazy offensive posture of the day before.

However, the moment they came into contact with the enemy, the soldiers could clearly feel the enemy's weakness. Even if they were driven berserk, they were still not half of their strength from the day before. Both their speed and strength were very weak. Even ordinary militiamen could easily pierce the enemy's heart with the short spear in their hands and nail it to the spear head.

Rusalka: (Didn't they attack in batches? Why is this batch so weak?)

Sanita: (Hungry. After a long period of supply cuts, the Aiel Empire's military rations are running low. These ratmen have clearly been starving for a day.)

Upon receiving this intelligence, Rusalka immediately took out a megaphone and shouted, "Everyone, I'm sure you've noticed that the enemy has become very weak. That's right, they're running out of food. These weak guys are the best example. If we hold on a little longer, they'll starve to death!"

Well, they won't starve to death that quickly. Just because the cannon fodder has no food to eat doesn't mean the elite troops can't be fed. Even if the elite troops are to starve to death, at least not today.

But this does not prevent Rusalka's words from playing a great role in boosting morale in line with the current situation. The soldiers couldn't help but feel happy after hearing his words.

Words can soothe people's hearts and give them courage. Now the fear of these ratmen in the hearts of these soldiers is fading significantly. They will even habitually make automatic deductions and develop a confident mentality that "if the wolf cavalry is also hungry, then they are not invincible."

However, the attack route of the wolf cavalry today was very strange. In order to ensure the effectiveness of the feint attack, they were divided into three groups, with Rusalka's side having about 800 people, and the rest divided into two teams of 500 people attacking the other two gates.

There was nothing wrong with this decision itself. What was strange was their formation, just like the ratmen that were driven away yesterday, with a large empty road in the middle.

Everyone's doubts were soon answered. As the wolf cavalry approached the city, a huge black shadow stepped across the deserted path and rushed towards the city wall at a rapid speed.

It was a monster that was three meters tall. From its appearance, it looked like a golden lion with two broken horns on its head. He was wearing heavy steel plate armor and had two huge swords on his back. He looked as heavy as a small steel fortress, but he ran very fast.

Every step his iron boots took on the ground made a resounding sound like drumbeats, and those who were glanced at by his ominous golden vertical pupils couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts.

Not only that, he also had a pair of shackles around his neck that symbolized slavery, and a slave tattoo on his face, but now the parts of the shackles where the chains were supposed to be tied were all broken.

His goal was very clear. He ran straight towards the Sani Tower. Later, he even ignored the road that had been cleared in front of him. He roared and grabbed a wolf rider who was blocking the way with his huge palm, and threw him and his mount towards the Sani Tower.

Sarolt and Komodo would not stand idly by. In fact, several members of the Star Knights nearby were even faster. They quickly used the long swords enchanted with the flames of holy light and slashed the wolf rider in two with a golden vertical slash. However, the impact hit the sword and knocked the two men away. Fortunately, there was a battlement behind them instead of stairs, otherwise they would probably fall from behind.

Rushaka also encountered trouble. After he shouted a few orders, the wolf riders seemed to have recognized him as the commander. After a wolf rider who was knocked to the ground by him but did not die immediately threw something from his waist at him, the wolf riders who were originally dealing with other soldiers around him turned their heads and began to growl at Rushaka.

Upon seeing this, the wolf riders on their mounts instantly changed direction and charged towards Rusalka, howling.

Rusalka: (Damn, they're all coming towards me. I seem to have been marked by dyed jade. Luckily it's not poop jade, otherwise I would have really been jade.)

Sanitta: (Do you think this is a bad thing? But the enemy has a general unit charging towards me now, jumping onto the city wall. I have five Star Knights, Sarolt, Komodo, and a War Priest. Judging from their combat power, you shouldn't need to take action. Just focus on attracting their attention and kill as many Wolf Riders as possible.)

Since his brothers said so, Rusalka was happy to take on this pretty good job of bullying the weak.

Faced with four or five wolf riders surrounding him and the wolf under his crotch working together to bite and scratch him, Rusalka's body kept jingling and sparks flew, and then he turned around and killed them one by one with his sword.

Those wolf riders fearlessly created opportunities for their companions, but in fact, Rusalka hardly lost any blood. Occasionally, it was only because the wolf bit the vital point and penetrated the armor, causing the barrier to switch to the "piercing" damage type, so the scimitar only took away less than ten points of blood, and it would be healed to full in a short breath.

However, the barrier kept cutting back and forth, causing his health to drop a little bit at a time, and he had to distract himself to heal from time to time, which was very annoying, so he very considerately changed the priority target of attack from killing people to killing wolves - wolves were large in size, and when charging, they were a clumsy straight line, making them easy to kill.

For the sake of acting, he would even symbolically raise the shield to block one or two attacks, but in fact he didn't know what the shield was protecting. The wolf cavalrymen were quite skilled in martial arts, and the scimitars in their hands could flexibly bypass the bulky round shield and pass across his waist like flowing water.

Instead, he used his shield to knock several wolf riders leaning against the edge off the city wall, which seemed to be more effective than its blocking function.