Under the city of Gelkala, King Graves, who is rarely seen in full armor, stood at the front of the team on a southern warhorse. His 3,700 soldiers and militiamen were fully armed and well-organized. Attrition, there are still hundreds of people unable to participate in the battle due to injuries, but the power possessed by a king who has exhausted his territory's military strength is still very strong.

The king rode a war horse to inspect his troops in front of the battle, and the standard-bearer beside him held up the mountain bear flag of Rhodoks, showing the authority of the king of Rhodoks to the soldiers of the whole army. With a serious expression, King Graves made a full circle around the army. Under the watchful eyes of all the soldiers and enemies on the city wall, he returned to the front position in the center of the army formation again. He rode on a horse and stood on a raised wooden platform. His warriors declare his will:

"People of the Rhodoks, do you remember our past? Do you remember that our ancestors struggled to survive under the slavery of the Swadians, and could only escape to the mountains to live a poor life? Do you remember , Our ancestors served the so-called "Varangia" as crossbowmen, wasting their lives in meaningless wars in exchange for the minimum freedom of the tribe? Do you still remember that our most Wise sages were caught and hanged by the tyrants and lords of the north, our lands were taken away, our rights were violated, our homes were occupied, our fellow men were enslaved, how long have we lived in the shadow of the northerners But the Rhodoks will not submit! We will fail, but we will not give up! We will rise from the mountains, we will take the farms, we will take the cities, we will drive the northern magnates from our lands, and let the Pope And the splendor of Orthodoxy blooms in the sky of Aaron! Under the leadership of St. Gruenwald we defeated the Swadian bandits, we stripped them of their armor, we cut off the hooves of their horses, we left them naked Hurry back and let the Rhodoks take back what was taken from us!"

"Long live Saint Gruenwald! Long live Orthodoxy! Long live Kings!"

The Rhodoks' soldiers shouted the names of the saints in their eyes, and cheered for their faith and monarch. This is their pride, and it belongs to the resistance and unyielding of the Rhodoks nation.

"Yes, it seems that you, like me, remember our past, and understand the price we paid for our independence and freedom. But, warriors of the Rhodoks, look at that banner," said At this point, Graves used to raise his sword and point to the black lion banner and peony banner at the head of Jerkala city. "Is that our banner? Is that the roaring black bear in the mountains? No! That is the banner of the invaders, a symbol of Swadian arrogance! They have taken our homeland in our absence by the worst means , Trampling our land, plundering our wealth, robbing our wives and children, should we sit idly by!"

"no no!"

The angry voice was surging like a tide, and King Graves was very satisfied with it. He raised his sword high and the volume reached the maximum.

"Today, we will avenge the shame that the Swadians have brought us all these years, and we will take back our land, our homeland, as our ancestors did! We will capture Von Byron and cut off his head , tell all invaders of Swadia that Rhodoks will never yield!"

"Unyielding! Unyielding! Unyielding!"

The barrels of the spears kept hitting the ground, and the huge Rhodok phalanx began to advance under the leadership of the king. They united under the banner of the mountain bear and charged towards the home city of most of them.

The heavy siege equipment was abandoned after the civil war, but they still prepared many siege ladders, ready to use the simplest way to climb to the top of the city.

"What are you waiting for? Stop them!"

Earl Crags, who was stationed in the city, was very calm in the face of the Rhodok soldiers rushing up with high morale. He just yelled, and the crossbowmen on the top of the city raised their crossbow arrows and started shooting.

More than 500 crossbowmen fired from the top of the city, and most of their arrows were blocked by the Rhodok broadshield, while the crossbowmen on the Rhodok side started to fight back under the city wall. Flying up and down, many of the crossbows used by the Rhodok crossbowmen on the top of the city and the crossbowmen below the city are from the same craftsman, and the shape of the crossbow bolts is exactly the same, so that both sides will shoot the crossbow bolts of the other side. Pick it up and shoot it back to save crossbow bolts.

Earl Crags understood Byron's sudden change of heart and wanted to defend the city, but he was not very happy. His knights and soldiers were exhausted, and the continuous wars caused them a lot of losses. Large sums of dinars filled the losses, and the new king called upon them again. He didn't want to stay here and continue the cruel and long battle with the Rhodoks around this city whose people's hearts are completely biased towards the other side, but Byron spent the whole night persuading him. He talked about the current situation and looked forward to the future. Perhaps, calculating how to get the most benefits, Earl Crags reluctantly agreed to make his voice hoarse, so that the troops of other lords would also stay in the city.

No way, the cavalry of Earl Crags and the troops supported by the Swadian lords are more than Byron's own army (most of them are Earl Crags's troops), and many soldiers were killed during the civil war. Without their support, he would not have been able to hold Jelkala without their support.

But fortunately, Earl Crags kept his word. When Byron led the main cavalry to attack the coalition forces, he sat firmly in the city and commanded the mobilization. Even if King Graves' army arrived, he did not panic at all. Even though many troops have been sent out, there are still many people left in Amira. There are still more than 2,000 troops in the city, and there are hundreds of heavy cavalry troops who can be transferred at any time~lightnovelpub.net~He It is clear that the reason why King Graves rushed to attack the city was to drive them back with the people in the city before other reinforcements arrived, but the king was seriously behind in intelligence, and he underestimated the number of troops brought by Byron. When they attacked the city, the resistance was extremely huge. Although the people in the city wanted to help their king, they were directly suppressed by a large number of Swadian light infantry and infantry. , They have no way to quickly capture this well-fortified city.

But King Graves has sent a letter, calling on the mountain lords who have been watching the theater to support their legitimate king, lest the Swadians completely take away the most fertile and rich land in central Rhodok, and he also promised not to Let them bear the cost of war alone.

Now his plan is to besiege the city while attacking the city. He knows very well that most of the supplies in the city have been shipped to the front line before. Byron's army is so fast that they must not bring much supplies. Waiting for the lords' reinforcements to arrive, they can surround the Swadians in the city until they starve to death.

Of course, he didn't want his people to starve, so he would suggest that the other party quit the city, return most of the property they took away, allow them to leave, and then clean up Rhodok's mess that is now extremely rotten.

King Graves had a good idea, but he didn't know that while he was finalizing his idea and launching an attack on the city wall, more than one army began to approach them.

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Looking at a lot of games in steam, I don't know which one to play, and there is a shortage of games in disguise.

Hey, I had to write a novel.

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