The ground outside the city was burning with flames, caused by rockets hitting the ground with oil or flammable cloth and woodwork on the corpses. Soldiers holding shields kept straddling the corpses and other obstacles in the low mountains. They rushed to the position of the ladder, and most of them died on the way. Only a few lucky soldiers or soldiers who were more agile and quick to react were able to climb the city wall smoothly.

But the climb to the city wall is just the beginning. The soldiers defending the city have long been waiting for them. Most of the siege army soldiers were stabbed to death by the soldiers prepared in advance when they climbed the city wall. They fell directly off the city wall. Under the leadership of Merlysus, the morale of the black people was very high. With the cooperation and training during this period of time, it was difficult for the siege party to only rely on the ladder to cause too much damage to the city wall. Great threat, the soldiers killed even less than half the number of defenders killed by the archers and catapults on the ground.

High-intensity cold weapon hand-to-hand combat is very exhausting. The defenders on the city wall have been rotated into the second echelon at this time. The only one who has not been replaced is Meryss, who is still fighting hard. He has not been in the previous battles. The figure, although Ronan sent him an equally important task, but for a soldier dedicated to the battlefield, it is still a bit uncomfortable.

This time Ronan entrusted him with the task of such a distance, fully expressing his trust in him, and Merysus naturally had to show the corresponding performance in return.

"Ha!" Waving his shield, he slapped an enemy against the wall, and then pierced his chest with a spear. After pulling out the spear, he swept across the shield of a soldier who had just climbed to the edge of the city wall. , slammed it back and let out a scream and fell down.

"We are here to stop them! We are here to kill them! Brothers, let them see our strength! Let them know that we are no longer slaves to be slaughtered!" The army piercing ruthlessly raised the spear tip and threw it out loudly.

"Huh!!!" The other black people responded with loud cries immediately, and at the same time, the weapons wielded in their hands became more powerful, making it even more difficult for the hard-fought enemy.

More than an hour has passed, and the Leon army's continuous attack has not even been able to stand on the city wall and seize a place.

Seeing that morale had dropped to freezing point, Leon knew that continuing to attack could easily cause the morale of the troops to collapse, so he had to order the soldiers to withdraw.

The Leon troops who were fighting on the city wall immediately turned over and started to climb down the ladder after hearing the order to retreat, but it was so difficult to get up, how could the defenders let them go as soon as they said it? After the fierce pursuit, only a few soldiers who climbed the city withdrew back to the team under the high-intensity cover of the catapult.

"Order to retreat, Your Highness, we have no chance. We will return to the eastern part of the kingdom. We will cultivate our students and regain our strength. Soon we will be able to send troops to crusade the rebels next time!" , Barbosa's consideration is actually the best choice now, but Leon is difficult to make a decision.

"The southwest is more fertile than the east, the land is more fertile, and the population is larger. After we finish training, Roderick is not so easy to deal with now. If nothing else, the advantage of the number of our troops will definitely not be maintained. , it will only be more difficult to deal with, and if we miss the opportunity that he is not as strong as us now, I am afraid it will be difficult to win in the future." Leon said with a sigh.

"But Your Royal Highness, if this force is broken here and we die here, then there will be nothing. Gaoling will become the world of Rodrit and Mayweather. Back to the east, we can still save the royal family of Gaoling. Bloodline, there will always be a chance to regain the throne, even if we fail, there will still be your descendants!

Retreat, Your Highness! We must leave fire for the Gaoling royal family! "Barbossa continued to persuade.

"Alas!" Leon closed his eyes, sighed deeply, and nodded with difficulty. Barbossa's face was overjoyed, and then he quickly turned his horse's head to arrange the retreat.

Leon withdrew, which was what Ronan had expected, but it was earlier than he expected, so he had no chance to form a siege with the other troops that were coming to attack the Leon army, Ronan had to let him. The troops who had arrived went back to their positions, passing by Jackson and Ravenlake, who were still harassing at the frontier behind enemy lines.

As for blocking Leon's army, Ronan gave up after thinking about it. After all, he and Magna's troops were by his side now. To use these soldiers to block Leon's remaining army of about 20,000 people would be tantamount to using a man's arm as a chariot. can't be stopped.

"Alright, just after the series of battles, we also need to take a breather. The territory has been conquered, but there is no time to take care of it. Now it's just a mess, and the remaining and surrendered southwest nobles also need to be reorganized. The division of power in the southwest of Gaoling is bound to be rewritten!" Luo Nan said with a slight smile~lightnovelpub.net~ A month later, the situation in Gaoling has basically stabilized, Luo Nan occupies the southwest, and is still replacing the injured On the grounds of Cassiano’s regency, Mayweather has already established himself in the North, saying that King Gaoling, the deceased Leonard, has agreed with him to establish a duchy, and is no longer attached to Gaoling, it is an independent country.

However, his country is adjacent to the desert in the north, the vast mountains in the west, Ronan in the south, and the Eastern Aristocratic Alliance currently under the leadership of Leon in the east, which means that his northern principality is currently isolated from the world. Ronan Leon's current diplomatic relations make it impossible to have any exchanges other than swords. Fortunately, the North has been self-sufficient for decades, and has its own economic and living system. It used to be similar to self-reliance. , but there is no official announcement to leave Gaoling.

After Leon returned to the east, he hadn't been able to breathe for a long time before he became nervous again because of the eagle's change at the border. Fortunately, the eagle hadn't directly tore up the agreement and launched an attack, otherwise Leon might have to suffer from the east and west. The attack on both sides directly became the second person after Leonard to withdraw from Gao Ling to compete for the stage, and once he withdraws, he can directly announce that Gao Ling has changed his surname.

On the throne in the palace of Starfall City, Ronan is sitting there with his eyes closed and resting. This month has been very busy for him. As soon as the war stopped, all kinds of sundries and messes are about to drive him crazy. , He only now knows why the ancient emperors were short-lived. In addition to excessive indulgence, overwork in dealing with various government affairs is definitely one of the reasons.

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