Standing on the high watchtower of the Holy Acropolis, the adjutant said to Cumberland who had just come up: "My lord, look."

Cumberland took out the binoculars around his waist and looked at the slowly advancing enemy for a while, with a smile on his face: "Are you fighting with wheels?"

The adjutant nodded and said: "Yes, the enemy is planning to attack in three batches by virtue of its military strength. This time it should be the twelve kingdoms in the Central Diocese. door."

"Tell the troops stationed at the East Gate to conduct a low-limit counterattack with bows and arrows and slings. Soldiers of different species will not be dispatched temporarily and the use of explosives is not allowed."

The adjutant glanced at Cumberland: "My lord, even if the enemy is a tentative attack, such a counterattack is too weak..."

The latter snorted: "Go and pass the order!"

Watching the adjutant walk down the observation tower, Cumberland put his hands on the stakes and looked at the battlefield calmly.

Soon, the secular kingdom coalition forces in the Central Diocese entered the shooting circle at the east gate of the Holy Acropolis after carefully avoiding horses and traps.

The frightened coalition soldier, after moving forward for a while, was suddenly surprised to find that the attack from the top of his head did not seem to be as strong as imagined.

After assessing the battlefield situation, the commander of the Secular Kingdom in the Central Diocese gave an order to approach the city wall carefully.

With a loose formation and a shield advancing, the Secular Kingdom Army in the Central Diocese finally approached the city wall. Only then did they realize that the attack of the defenders had strengthened a bit, but it was still not as terrible as expected.

When the siege ladder was erected and the coalition soldiers climbed up the ladder, only a few meters away from the top of the city, the attack from the head intensified again, and the coalition's casualties suddenly increased.

At this time, the coalition commander of the Secular Kingdom in the Central Diocese immediately issued the order to retreat.

The first morning of the war ended in a hurry.

The first tentative attack by the church coalition forces actually achieved results that they themselves had never expected.

The troops in charge of the offensive actually passed the shooting circle of the city and almost boarded the city wall with little casualties.

At a military meeting during lunch, a dozen or so commanders of the church coalition army gathered together. After intense discussions, it was finally decided to be careful. For ten years, the famous Cumberland.

On the afternoon of the first day of the war, the tactics of wheel warfare continued.

The second batch of offensive troops became the sixteen kingdoms of the Eastern Diocese.

From two o'clock in the afternoon until the sun sets, the battle is no different from the result in the morning.

The second batch of coalition forces also passed the shooting circle of the city after paying very little casualties and used the siege ladder to climb the city wall. It's just that this time their results were even better than in the morning. A light infantry squad actually resisted the attack and climbed to the top of the city. Although it only persisted for a few dozen seconds, it was driven down again. But this stage of success has greatly boosted the morale of the entire coalition.

After the end of the day of fighting, the two sides counted the number of dead and wounded. About 400 people were killed and wounded by the church coalition forces, and about 160 people were killed and wounded by the guards of the Holy Guard.

In the evening, Cumberland was sitting next to the brazier on the city wall, eating roasted oatmeal from his subordinates, drinking sweet water from the well, touching his chin and looking into the distance.

Mary stood beside him, listening to the sound of the night wind, and whispered: "From the direction of the enemy camp, there seems to be singing and cheers."

Cumberland said indifferently: "Of course. After paying such a small casualty, being able to achieve such a big result, replacing it with any unit, will celebrate it."

Mary looked around: "Are you sure it's okay now? The soldiers of the Holy Acropolis are talking about today's battle. Some people say that this castle will not last long in front of the army."

Cumberland ate the granola in his hands three times, and said to Mary: "If your majesty sees today's battle here, I guess he will understand what I want to do."

The latter frowned and said, "I am not your majesty, but you can explain it to me."

Cumberland shook his head: "It's too troublesome to explain the battle. Let's put it this way, until tomorrow, the enemy will abandon the tactics of wheel warfare and launch a full-scale general offensive."

"Total total attack? Are you sure?"

"You can think about it, winter is approaching, the enemy definitely hopes to end this war as soon as possible, but the solid walls of the Holy Acropolis forced them to choose the most stable wheel war. But with today's results, this group of people Surely they would think that the defenders of the Holy Guard were nothing more than this, maybe they would think that the Knights of Mursi and the Holy Guard were at odds, which caused the poor defense today."

Cumberland took a sip of water: "So, if I were the commander of the coalition forces, I would take advantage of my morale to launch a general offensive in one go, and completely take down the Holy Acropolis."

Mary asked suspiciously: "Why do I listen to you, as if I really want to see the enemy's total attack? Shouldn't we take advantage of Jiancheng to delay the battle until winter. Isn't it better for us?"

"Winning a war does not mean victory. You also need to look at the meaning of this war under the entire current situation." Cumberland touched his beard and said: "Your Majesty is launching a religious reform. The main target is the church, not the secular kingdoms. The real meaning of this battle is to kill the vital forces of the church’s direct army and to provoke the contradiction between the secular kingdom and the church to the greatest extent."

Mary asked incredulously: "Can this be done in a battle?"

Cumberland smiled and nodded: "You will know tomorrow."

Battle of the Holy Acropolis, the second day.

Cumberland and Mary ascended to the head of the city and looked at the enemy camp on the opposite side.

As Cumberland said last night, the allied church forces were dispatched, and the tens of thousands of troops were divided into three phalanxes and marched slowly towards the Holy Acropolis.

The enemy troops all over the mountains and the neat drum horns and pace made Mary's face a little pale. She whispered: "The enemy really launched a general attack."

Compared to the queen, Cumberland rubbed his hands in excitement: "Look carefully, who is the main force of the enemy's total attack this time?"

Hearing Cumberland's words, Mary settled down and stared at the battlefield.

The position of the enemy's three group phalanx is completely different from the first day.

The troops directly under the church—the Knights of the Stigmata, the Knights of the Baptist Order, and the Order of Believers rushed forward, and the two phalanxes of the Secular Kingdom lag behind.

Mary covered her mouth and said in surprise: "This is...?"

Cumberland put on his helmet and laughed and said: "When launching a general offensive, commanders usually put the strongest army at the forefront of the formation to break through the enemy's defenses as quickly as possible; and yesterday, two The phalanx of the secular kingdoms each launched an offensive. Therefore, I concluded that today’s main offensive force will definitely be the responsibility of the church’s direct troops."

Mary recalled what Cumberland said yesterday, and suddenly realized: "Could it be that the reason you did that yesterday was just to..."

Cumberland drew out his weapon, strode to the front, and said in a deep voice, "Yes, it was to draw out these wild dogs hiding behind the rabbit!"

Cumberland, who walked on the podium, shouted at the adjutant: "Tell the wolf cubs underneath that after watching the show for a day yesterday, I can relieve my fire today! The Knights of the West, all are dispatched!"

The adjutant straightened his body, saluted, turned around, rolled up his sleeves, and yelled: "Commander ordered! Alien heavy infantry group! Sniper successor group! Elemental successor group! And explosive throwing team! All! Go up the city wall!"

Cumberland inserted the long sword on the wooden plank in front of him, and looked coldly at the enemy on the battlefield. The honeycomb on the keel armor vibrated violently, sending out infrasound waves that human ears could not hear, and instantly spread across the entire city wall.

Soon, one after another honeycomb parasites on the battlefield began to vibrate, and one command after another was communicated layer by layer.

Looking back at the enemy here, after the church coalition entered the holy Acropolis shooting circle, and found that the enemy's counterattack was as weak as yesterday, the negligent coalition commander issued an order for the assault of the entire army.

More than four thousand people from the church's direct troops gave up the shield and walked slowly, but adopted a dense charge formation and swarmed towards the walls of the Holy Acropolis.

Soon, the counterattack that was originally like a gentle wind and drizzle suddenly turned into a stormy sea.

A rain of arrows, like locusts, shot down from the top of the city, blocking the sun's rays; the slings like hail were thrown out of the city, and the sound of cracking in the air made people feel scared. The church's direct troops in charge of the front line received a devastating blow due to the tight formation and lax defensive consciousness.

The fragile human body, in front of the metal arrow and the hard stone, is like a broken egg, dying out one after another.

The screams of soldiers and the neighing of war horses immediately spread throughout the battlefield. Nearly a thousand soldiers and soldiers of the church army were like autumn wheat, and fell down one after another.

In just one minute, the troop was reduced by nearly a quarter. The commander-in-chief of the coalition forces was frightened for a moment by this sudden attack, but soon he knew that he had no chance to retreat at this time, so he could only bite the bullet and continue to charge.

The commander of the coalition commanded his men to sound the sacred horn given by the Pope. The Knights of the Stigmata and the Knights of the Baptist raised the legion cross respectively, and the group of believers sang the hymn loudly under the leadership of the leader. Under the urging of religious consciousness, the remaining troops launched a nearly suicidal charge against the nearby city wall.

The siege ladder was erected, and the hooks were thrown onto the wall. The church troops began to climb the wall. Because they were in a shooting corner, they were about to climb up the wall.

But in the next scene, all coalition soldiers deeply realized what **** is.

Dozens of dynamite packets with white smoke were thrown down the city wall.

After a dazzling white light and a violent explosion, a blood-colored pit was left under the middle wall of the Holy Acropolis, with human body stumps and weapon fragments all over the wall.

The offensive of the coalition forces was once again interrupted, but after a short pause, the commander of the church coalition forces once again sounded the sacred horn.

Under the leadership of their respective battle group leaders, the church troops began to scatter and climb walls, and they used large shields to form a tortoise formation to protect the siege ladder.

Seeing this scene, Cumberland frowned and said, "The church knows about explosives after all."

The climbing church soldiers plugged their ears with cloth balls, ignored the explosive packs not far away, and began to crawl towards the city with all their strength.

A Sergeant Major of the Knights of the Stigmata climbed up the wall of the Holy Guard and looked at the heavy infantry of the Knights of Mossy in front of him. He raised his shield in front of him, and his spear pierced the opponent’s throat. .

The sound of a metal clash made the sergeant major stunned.

The skin of the heavy infantry's throat suddenly turned into silver metal, which firmly blocked the impact of the spear.

The master sergeant took a step back in shock, evading the flail of the heavy infantry in embarrassment, and then chose the opponent's thigh for the attack.

The sergeant's spear pierced with all its strength, and the tip of the spear pierced the metal of the thighs of the heavy infantrymen of the Musi Knights, and plunged into the muscles about five centimeters.

What stunned the church sergeant chief happened. After pulling out the spear hard, there was only a little blood on the opponent's thigh, and the wound healed instantly in a few seconds!

"My God!" The Sergeant Major, like an ice cellar, was completely stupid in place.

A crossbow bolt pierced his head from the gap in the helmet in the next second, sending his questions and sighs into eternal sleep.

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Another group of fanatical soldiers from the group of believers rushed up the city wall. Before they could stand firm, two large shield heavy infantry guards a female heir in light armor and slowly approached them.

The fanatic raised the weapon in his hand and rushed to the three of the Musi Knights.

I saw that element inheritor stretched his hands forward, and from the gap between the two large shields between his palms, a red flame sprayed out ten meters away.

The soldiers of the group of believers were instantly surrounded by the flame amidst the screams, and dozens of believers fell down the city wall in flames.

Cumberland paid attention to everything on the battlefield, watching the church's direct troops being suppressed by the Twilight Knights, gradually showing signs of collapse.

As for the phalanx of the secular kingdoms, after seeing intensive shooting, explosive bombardment, and alien warriors, they have completely lost their fighting spirit to attack and began to gradually withdraw towards the rear of the war.

"It's almost time." Cumberland twisted his neck, looked down at the three hundred alien knights in the gate, and shouted: "Open the gate! Get on the horse! Raise the gun! Get ready to charge!"