Chapter 432

This time Duke Debos dispatched a hundred thousand troops to attack Mulan City, and this was not even counting the tens of thousands of naval fleets.

Another 50,000 troops landed on the Bichao Peninsula by sea. The Bloody Baron's fleet was only responsible for transporting troops and blocking the sea. The commander of the 50,000 troops was someone else.

Earl Duke, a retainer of the Russo family, and the uncle of Duke Debors.

This is a veteran, now in his sixties.

Just as Earl Austin expected, Earl Duke did not want to compete with him for the power of destroying the city.

It is said that his 50,000-strong army came across the sea, and the speed was much faster. It should have landed near Mulan City two or three days ago.

But he didn't. Instead, he sailed slowly at sea. Even after reaching the vicinity of the Bichao Peninsula, he did not land, but continued to patrol on the boat.

Before that, Earl Duke was still at the same level as Earl Austin, and he was older and more senior.

But it is different now. The Russo family is different. Once the Third Empire of Xiron is officially established and Sauron the Great takes the throne, Austin will become the second duke of the Russo family.

In the future, the son of the Duke of Debos will even be given the new surname of Russosillon and will become the prince of the Empire.

Then Earl Duke must keep a low profile, and must not steal the limelight of Earl Austin.

Moreover, the credit for destroying Mulan City is completely trivial, and more of a victory in the symbolic sense. For example, completely destroying the stronghold of the Orientals, or completely extinguishing the resurgence of the Witch Empire.

Now that Earl Duke has been cruising the sea for several days, his army of fifty thousand has become impatient.

"Has Austin's army arrived yet?" asked the Earl of Duke.

"Not yet, please rest assured at that time, we have several ships that always go south side by side with Earl Austin's army. Once Earl Austin's army arrives, they will report immediately."

Earl Duke frowned and said nothing.

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After another half day, Earl Duke asked again, "Has the army of Earl Austin arrived yet?"

He is a veteran, and according to his calculations, the Austin army should have arrived.

"Not yet."

Earl Duke came to the map and carefully studied the terrain.

"No wait." Earl Duke said: "The army will land immediately and wait on the ground for Earl Austin's army."

Moderating the Earl of Austin was only a political consideration, but victory came first.

"Yes, Your Excellency."

The fleet went to a beach on a Bichao peninsula to prepare for the official landing.

"No, land in another place." Earl Duke said.

"Your Excellency, only this beach is the most suitable for landing. The waves in other places are too large, which is very unfavorable for landing." The general said.

Earl Duke said: "Which place is the most suitable for landing?"

"This area." The general pointed to a corner of the map and said: "The tide in this place is relatively fierce, and the distance from Mulan City is relatively far. After landing, you will have to march for dozens of miles."

Earl Duke said: "Then land from the most difficult place here."

The generals under his command couldn't help but wonder, why did he do this?

Earl Duke said: "The most difficult place to land is the least ambush."

Subordinate generals stunned? This group of Orientals has a total of 2,000 troops, so is there still an ambush? Isn't it too funny?

But Duke Duke is the supreme leader of this army, and no one can disobey his orders.

An hour later.

Earl Duke's army of 50,000 landed on the most turbulent beach in the southern part of the Bichao Peninsula, losing a dozen boats and hundreds of casualties. His generals were silent, but in their hearts there was a lot of blame.

What they didn't know, however, was that Duke's decision saved even more troops.

Lan Feng, the leader of the Eastern Knights, also buried a lot of explosives/powders at the other two landing sites. Once Duke Duke's army landed at those two sites, he would suffer greater casualties.

Why not just bury dynamite/powder everywhere? The amount needed for that is too great, and the explosives/drugs in Mulan City are very precious.

Duke Duke's natural prudence allowed the army to avoid a huge casualty.

However, probably no one will know this, unable to verify Duke's wise decision.

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After the 50,000-strong army of Earl Duke landed, he immediately dispatched a large number of scouts to explore the southern tip of the Bichao Peninsula.

And his main army chose a place that is most easily defended and difficult to attack to build a defense line and a large camp, and let the fleet on the sea be ready to respond at all times.

This move made him even more embarrassed.

This Duke Earl is too careful. If they are facing the same army of 100,000 people, it is reasonable, but they are facing an alien army of 2,000 people, and there is a rough and ugly army. small town.

But if you don't understand, you don't understand, everyone must abide by it, and no one dares to disobey.

Earl Duke used his soldiers cautiously, but it did not mean that he was merciful. If he dared to disobey his orders, he would definitely cut off that person's head without hesitation.

Earl Duke did more than that. He not only ordered the army to build his own camp, but also built another camp of tens of thousands of people, so that it would be convenient for Earl Austin's army to enter immediately upon arrival.

The generals under him are even more dissatisfied. Your Excellency Earl Duke, although you are an old official of the Russo family, you are also highly respected. Is it necessary to please Austin Russo like this? He was only thirty-nine years old, almost the same age as your son.

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The Valley City Pass in the north of Mulan City.

Earl Austin stood up again and looked at the blasted valley. The ground, which was hundreds of meters in length and width, was densely packed with pits, and it was almost impossible to pass.

He returned to the main force of his army, and all ten thousand siege troops died, leaving forty thousand!

"The army retreats two kilometers."

Following his order, the 40,000-strong army retreated to camp.

The Duke of Austin convened a meeting.

"The area in the valley has been blasted with countless large pits, which are inconvenient to pass. If you want to continue to attack that city wall, you must first level these large pits."

"So I think it is necessary to order the Bloody Baron's fleet to go north, transport our army to bypass this wall, and land directly to the south."

"On both sides of the enemy's city wall are steep mountain peaks. Although it is not conducive to the passage of large-scale troops, it is possible to send small-scale troops through the mountain peaks to go behind the enemy's city wall."

Earl Austin has been silent, allowing his subordinates to discuss.

The generals discussed for a long time, said almost all the plans, and then looked at the Earl of Austin.

"Next is my order, the unquestionable order."

"First, it is absolutely impossible for the fleet to go north to pick us up south. We must conquer the 3,000-meter city wall of the Orientals, otherwise it will still become our nightmare. If we let such a small city wall in our nightmare It would be so sad to wake us up.”

"Second, my army of 10,000 died tragically. As their commander, I have the responsibility to avenge them. It is true that there are no words of revenge on the battlefield, but what happened today is a massacre. If all the people on the gate are killed, then the souls of the ten thousand warriors who died will linger in my mind. I will never rest in peace."

"Third, the enemy has buried the terrifying wrath of the gods in that area, but they have already exploded, and it is impossible to bury them again. Tonight, a large army will be dispatched to fill these large pits, which must be completed before dawn. ."

"Fourth, when it was almost dawn, two thousand people were sent to march along the cliffs and peaks on both sides, detour to the back of the enemy's city wall, and attacked at critical moments."

After these orders, the generals were very puzzled.

Is this necessary? After all, there were only five hundred enemies on the front wall.

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That night, 5,000 people under Earl Austin turned into sappers, filling in the big holes blasted during the day with dirt and boulders to facilitate the passage of tomorrow's army.

At dawn, 2,000 elite warriors took off their heavy armor and went into battle lightly, climbing along the cliffs and peaks on both sides, trying to circle behind the Chunhuaguan city wall to attack and kill.

Before dawn the next day!

These large pits in front of the 3,000-meter wall of Chunhua Pass have all been filled up.

The Earl of Austin once again stood aloft, commanding the entire battle.

"The army is attacking the city!"

"Kill all the Orientals on the city wall!"

As he gave the order, the horn sounded again.

"Uuuuuu..."

The elite warriors under his command once again charged to attack the city.

It's just different from yesterday. Yesterday was an army of 10,000 people, charging in a neat and orderly manner. And today there are 3,000 people, charging scattered.

"Kill them all!"

"Go forward, go forward."

The three thousand charged through the dead zone that had exploded yesterday.

Even though the pits were filled up, the stumps of the severed arms could still be seen everywhere, blood everywhere, and black-red internal organs.

At this time, these 3,000 people were almost holding their breaths, and they kept praying to the gods, never to explode again, never to.

Sure enough, you can bury explosives/drugs on the ground once, but you can't bury them a second time.

The 3,000 people successfully rushed through the dead zone that had been exploded, and quickly rushed under the city wall.

It worked!

As long as you rush under the city wall, you will succeed.

There were only less than 500 enemies, and on average each had to defend the city walls of six or seven meters, and there were no boulders guarding the city.

Three thousand people can easily break through this fragile city wall.

Kill all the Orientals, kill them all!

The eyes of these three thousand people became red, and their hearts were filled with deep hatred and murderous aura.

Charge, charge!

Getting closer to the city wall.

Three hundred meters, two hundred meters, one hundred meters, fifty meters!

Soon, these oriental people will be killed soon, and their heads and limbs must be cut off, so that even if they go to hell, they will not be able to stitch together their complete selves.

Kill, kill, kill!

Earl Austin was a little surprised. Why did this group of oriental people not shoot arrows to fight back at this distance?

However, at this time, nearly 500 defenders on the wall of Chunhuaguan pulled out an iron lump.

what is this? Original grenade.

Some use iron shells, while others simply use wooden shells, and some are even wrapped in silk. Each primitive grenade is filled with about 300 grams of explosives/drugs, as well as hundreds of shrapnel.

Each original grenade weighs about two kilograms, which is obviously too heavy for a modern army, but it is moderate for these warriors under Shen Lang, who can throw them 30 to 40 meters away.

"What is this?" Count Austin suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.

But Zhang Chunhua on the city wall seemed to be even more nervous.

The two generals shouted orders in awe.

"preparation!"

Five hundred defenders held the primitive grenades high.

"ignition!"

With an order, five hundred people lit fire neatly.

Time passed by minute by minute, and Zhang Chunhua was so nervous that he could barely breathe.

This primitive grenade is very dangerous. Whether it is for the enemy or for one's own people, it will explode in the hand if it is not careful, and the consequences will be disastrous.

The leads of each primitive grenade are the same length, so everyone moves neatly.

If you throw it too early, the enemy may throw it back. If it's too late, it'll blow up.

"cast!"

The two generals gave an order suddenly.

The five hundred defenders on the city wall threw neatly.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

These 500 primitive grenades blazed through the air, drawing arcs in the air, and smashed down towards Earl Austin's siege army.

Earl Austin shouted almost instinctively: "Get down, get down!"

Some of his three thousand siege army continued to charge forward, while others immediately obeyed the order and immediately fell to the ground.

"Boom boom boom..."

Another series of amazing explosions.

It's not as earth-shattering as yesterday, but it also perforates the eardrum, which is deafening.

Another horrific massacre.

In an instant, it was as if a gust of wind blew through, and countless soldiers who were charging were blown away directly.

Once again, the broken arm and the stump flew around.

Once again, like a scarecrow, he was suddenly thrown several meters away, and blood spurted in the air.

And today's situation is even more terrifying. There are shrapnel in these primitive grenades.

This is the magnified version of the rainstorm pear blossom, and countless shrapnel are really shooting like a rainstorm.

The power is like rain hitting the beach with thousands of pits. Once the soldiers of Earl Austin's warriors are hit by shrapnel, their whole body is instantly riddled with holes.

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A few minutes later, the dust settled again.

Earl Austin thought that the 3,000 people who attacked the city this time were once again wiped out, but he did not expect some people to climb up one after another on the ground.

These original grenades are very powerful. Once they explode, soldiers within a dozen meters will be killed or disabled.

But manpower is limited, and it cannot be thrown too far to form a carpet bombing. Moreover, the explosives/drugs in Mulan City have not yet reached this level.

Count Austin attacked the city with 3,000 people. This wave of grenade attacks killed and wounded more than half of them.

This result is already amazing, but it's still not enough!

The more than 1,000 people who survived on the battlefield climbed up blankly.

They are not dead, but many are deaf, and their eyes are black and nauseous.

Typical concussion.

After a long while, they all looked at the Earl of Austin, should we continue to siege the city?

And at the same time!

"Boom boom boom..."

There was another explosion, but it came from the mountains.

The explosion was silent, not to kill the enemy, but to sound the alarm.

The defenders of Chunhua Pass were worried that the enemy would secretly march from the mountains on both sides to detour to the back, so they buried a large area of ​​mercury on the mountain.

This kind of thing is very sensitive and will explode if stepped on.

This is to remind Zhang Chunhua that there are enemies trying to detour from the mountains on both sides to attack from behind.

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At this time, Earl Austin has two options.

The army was ordered to continue to charge, one after another, until the three thousand-meter city wall was conquered.

There is a temporary stop to attack.

"Pause the attack, pause the attack!"

With the order of Earl Austin, more than a thousand surviving people quickly retreated.

The second attack on Chunhua Pass failed.

But the Earl of Austin did not appear very depressed, but rather relaxed.

Shen Lang's army is very strong, and there are many strange methods.

But basically that's the end of it. Now the only trump card of the five hundred defenders on the city wall is this kind of iron lump that will explode.

This weapon is very powerful, but it also has obvious shortcomings.

First of all, it is impossible to throw it too far by manpower, and secondly, this thing is too dangerous, and it will blow itself up at any time.

It is not difficult to restrain this explosive iron bump.

"Your Excellency priest, how many catapults, how much Vulcan's Wrath, and how many flying rockets do we have left?"

The Vulcan priest was already a little suspicious of life at this time.

Obviously we believe in Vulcan, but why is the wrath of the enemy Vulcan more advanced and powerful than ours?

After hearing Earl Austin's answer, she replied bitterly: "Yesterday there was a big explosion, we still have a dozen trebuchets that have not had time to recover, and now there are only thirteen trebuchets left. There are not many rockets, There are less than a hundred cars left."

Earl Austin said: "Enough, these things are enough to restrain the enemy. All we need is time, and our catapults throw the wrath of Vulcan at the enemy, whether they are accurate or not, whether they can kill the enemy or not. But At least in this kind of explosion, the enemy will not dare to throw that kind of iron lumps that will explode. It can buy us precious time. As long as a quarter of an hour, our army can rush to the city wall, and then the battle will be over. It's over, we can easily kill all the enemies."

It has to be said that the Earl of Austin is an excellent commander.

The secret weapon of grenades is absolutely unfamiliar to him, but he can still make accurate judgments.

He was on the right track, once the trebuchets were throwing fire/pills at the city walls on a massive scale, it exploded everywhere. Not to mention the Shen Lang defenders on the city wall throwing grenades, they didn't even dare to take them out.

Because every grenade has mercury fulminate on it, this thing is too sensitive and could explode at any time.

Therefore, as long as the trebuchet was used to suppress the firepower on the city wall, the trump card of Shen Lang's army was completely extinguished.

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Two hours later!

Thirteen trebuchets were pushed out again, 330 meters away from the city wall of Chunhuaguan.

Fifty rocket vehicles were pushed to a distance of 400 meters from the city wall.

This distance was also carefully calculated by Earl Austin, and it was considered a very safe distance.

"preparation!"

"emission!"

"Whoosh whoosh..."

Earl Austin's thirteen trebuchets began to show their power, and threw the fire/powder bag violently.

After a while, the rocket launch vehicle of the Vulcan religion also began to perform an amazing scene.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

Hundreds of rockets shot out wildly, streaked through the air with long tail flames, and shot towards the 3,000-meter city wall of Chunhua Pass.

Count Austin stood at a high place, and once again saw the Oriental defenders on the wall of Chunhua Pass lying down again.

Sure enough, they never dared to take out that iron ball that would explode, and his tactics succeeded.

"Boom boom boom..."

The Vulcan fire/powder bag exploded again under the city walls.

The thick smoke of black fire/medicine instantly enveloped the entire city wall, and countless rockets shot wildly towards the city wall, regardless of whether they hit or not, in short, it was suppressed by firepower.

"The army charges!"

"Take this city wall and kill all the Orientals on it."

Earl Austin gave an order, and his army of ten thousand rushed out like a tide, rushing towards the city wall of Chunhuaguan.

"Boom boom boom..."

The trebuchet casts the second round, and the fire/powder bag explodes again under and under the city wall.

Crazy fire suppression.

Ten thousand troops charged frantically.

Make sure that Shen Lang's army will never dare to throw grenades again.

The 10,000-strong army is getting closer and closer to the city wall, three hundred meters, two hundred meters, thirty meters.

"Stop throwing, stop firing!"

Earl Austin ordered to stop the fire suppression. At this time, even if the defenders on the city wall took out grenades, it was too late.

It worked! He has already taken down the 3,000-meter city wall.

Although the army has not yet climbed the wall, the Earl of Austin has seen the result.

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After a quarter of an hour, the smoke cleared.

The army of Earl Austin officially occupied Chunhua Pass, but the five hundred defenders on the city wall have disappeared.

In the thick smoke, they fully retreated and returned to Mulan City.

When Earl Austin launched the trebuchet to suppress the firepower of the city wall, Zhang Chunhua and several generals already knew that this city gate could not be defended.

Although he suffered a big loss, Earl Austin made the most correct tactics.

Count Austin Russo stood on the wall of Chunhua Pass, looking at his army from the enemy's point of view.

It is unimaginable that a mere 3,000-meter city wall actually brought him nearly 12,000 casualties.

His 50,000 army had only 38,000 left.

This is undoubtedly an extremely painful lesson, but he is not discouraged, at least he knows the strength of the enemy.

Know thyself, ever-victorious.

"The army is advancing and attacking the Empress City of Shen Lang, an Oriental."

Following his order, 38,000 troops passed through this gate and marched mightily towards Mulan City.

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After a few hours.

The 38,000 troops of the Earl of Austin approached the city.

Another hour later, Earl Duke's army of fifty thousand came to join Earl Austin.

An army of nearly 90,000 completely surrounded Mulan City.

Earl Duke did not ask what happened, nor did he question Earl Austin's lateness and astonishing casualties, but just stepped forward and hugged him.

Earl Austin said: "Lord Duke, the enemy is more powerful than we imagined. They have strange and powerful secret weapons, but this is the end of it."

Count Duke stood at a high place and looked down at the city of Mulan.

"Sure enough, it's an ugly city. There are squares and squares everywhere, and there is no room for imagination. If cities in this world are like this, how boring it would be." Earl Duke said with emotion.

sunset.

Mulan City does appear very vulgar, even fragile.

All the houses inside are small two-story buildings, square and square, as if they were copied and pasted.

And the city seemed too empty, with a wall of 7,500 meters in circumference, but the houses inside could not fill the space.

"Although it's ugly, it's too easy to replicate, too easy to spread. If you're not careful, such a city will spread across our western continent," said Earl Austin.

"Yellow peril?" Count Duke said: "I can't imagine what a disaster it would be if such cities spread across our land, perhaps it would mean the demise of art."

"So, we have to completely wipe out this city, burn all the people in it to ashes, and throw them into the sea, hoping that the ocean currents can bring their ashes back to the eastern world."

"There is an idiom in the East, fallen leaves return to their roots."

"Then let's help them return to their roots."

"When the sun rises tomorrow, we will officially attack the city and wipe out this ugly city completely."

"Okay, Earl Austin, according to your estimate, how many casualties will there be if we attack 2,000 enemy with 90,000 people?"

"Ten thousand, or a little more. But it's worth it to die, because we stopped their spread. This is a race war."

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Inside Mulan City.

Zhang Chunhua, Lan Feng, Black Pearl, and Yu Luolan are having a meeting.

"Our explosives/powders are very powerful, but we also underestimated the enemy. We may not be able to win this battle." Zhang Chunhua said.

Black Pearl said: "We still have six artillery pieces. Although there are not many explosives/powders left, they are not too few."

Zhang Chunhua said: "Our city wall is too long. It is too difficult for 2,000 people to defend the 7,500-meter city wall. We have too many enemies and are too brave."

Of course they are brave. Earl Austin didn't care much about this battle at first, thinking it was just killing flies, but now it has risen to the height of a race war, even if 10,000 people die, 20,000 people, Austin The Earl will also kill everyone in Mulan City, and will completely raze the city.

"We have too few artillery pieces, and our explosives/powders are not very reasonable." Zhang Chunhua said: "Our grenades are very strong, but they are too sensitive and not stable enough, and need to be modified."

Zhang Chunhua has the right to speak, because she is the only person present who has fought with the Earl of Austin.

Lan Feng, leader of the Eastern Warriors, said: "Fortunately, Your Majesty is not here. Even if we die, it doesn't matter."

Black Pearl slammed a punch and said, "It's just death, what's there to fear."

Lan Feng said: "Yes, the big deal is death. This is our Queen City. Even if the last person is killed in the battle, we will never back down!"

Then, Lan Feng said to Zhang Chunhua: "Master Zhang, you are the person your Majesty trusts the most. You should not fight tomorrow and stay in the city lord's mansion. Once the city is broken, you will detonate the city lord's mansion. Destroy all the secret weapons and never fall into the hands of the enemy."

Zhang Chunhua shrugged his shoulders and said, "Of course! But I must tell you one thing. Your Majesty has created many incredible miracles, and he has won even more difficult battles. You don't have to be so desperate, but keep hope. ."

General Lan Feng, the leader of the Eastern Warriors, smiled and said: "Of course, look for hope in despair. Prepare to die, but also wait for a miracle!"

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The next day, the sun rises!

The 2,000 defenders in Mulan City were all on the city wall. On average, one soldier had to defend the city wall of 3.5 meters.

Outside, the enemy's army of 90,000 was dark and boundless, like a black cloud.

In the face of this powerful army, Mulan City did seem too fragile, and the city walls seemed too thin.

Earl Austin said, "Count Duke?"

Earl Duke said: "Everything follows your will."

Still no rhetoric, Earl Austin suddenly pulled out his big sword and shouted loudly: "The army attacked the city, destroyed the Eastern Queen City, and killed everyone inside, leaving no one behind."

The Battle of Mulan City officially broke out!

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at the same time!

The ground in the northern part of the Bichao Peninsula began to tremble, as if an earthquake had occurred.

Countless birds and beasts were startled at first, and they couldn't help but look to the north, then the birds flew up one after another, and the small beasts fled one after another.

In a moment!

On the horizon from the north, a black spot, two, three...

Hundreds, thousands...

Shen Lang is back.

He led 8,000 Amazon female warriors and rode down on tall war horses.

Although there are only 8,000 people, they are the most powerful warriors in the Western world.

Never been conquered, the Amazon female warrior closest to the ancient human blood.

The eight thousand most powerful female knights swept south like a raging tide.

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