Chapter 23： King's Capital Restoration Battle 1

Shining Castle is the capital of the Kingdom of Aldo, named after the huge crystal stone on Mount Rabson near the city. The previous kings of the Rodney Dynasty moved their capital several times, and finally settled here in the fifth term. Since then, it has gradually become the political and economic center of the entire kingdom. After the careful management of the subsequent eleven generations of kings, the king's capital at this time has a population of more than 100,000, and it is already one of the best big cities in the known world.

In the spring of the 1990th year of the holy calendar, the eastern territory of the kingdom was harassed by the highland barbarians. Her Royal Highness Catherine personally led the army to suppress it. Ernes raised the rebel banner and began a swift march north. But worse things followed. Sir Haas, the commander of the city guard who stayed in the royal capital, betrayed the royal family and launched a rebellion in response to Giles in the south.

It was already noon at this time, and the fields on both sides of the King's Avenue leading to the capital were still busy. The farmers did not want to rest, but the rebellion of the city guards a few days ago caused chaos around the capital for a while. They didn't dare to go out, which delayed a lot of farm work. Now that they are a little more stable, in order not to miss the farming time, many people work from dawn to dusk.

"Chi Chi Chi..."

Many birds flew from the north in a panic. When people looked up, they saw an army at the end of the road. Some people became nervous, and they did not breathe a sigh of relief until they saw the flags flying in the team.

As groups of soldiers passed by, smoke and dust billowed on the road, a large number of people and countless flags merged into a colorful river, zigzagging towards the direction of the capital.

"Drive—" A group of people dressed as knights rode their horses past groups of walking soldiers, and rushed towards the front of the group. The leader was a female knight, with a head of shiny golden hair that moved with the wind, like a golden Flames danced in the air.

When they were about to reach the front of the team, the knights noticed that someone was galloping towards them on horseback, and pulled the reins one after another to slow down the horse.

The visitor quickly arrived in front of the knights. Facing the leading female knight, he put his right hand on his chest and nodded slightly: "Your Royal Highness."

Catherine waved her hand to signal him to be excused, and asked, "What's going on ahead?"

"The vanguard has already joined the King Qin army in Oren Town, and the temporary headquarters has been set up, waiting for you to go there."

"Okay, everyone, hurry up, let's go there quickly."

"Yes!" The people behind took orders one after another, while urging their horses to gallop away after Princess Catherine.

About half an hour later, Catherine and her party came to the government affairs hall of Oren Town, which was the temporary headquarters. Just as she dismounted, a female general appeared at the door. She walked down the steps and knelt on one knee, "His Royal Highness" .

The female general has black hair and black eyes, and she is wearing a black armor, which contrasts sharply with the princess's white armor.

Catherine immediately stretched out her hands to pull her up, then hugged her tightly, and said with relief: "Ofina, thank you, Lord of Light, for arranging you to accompany me in such a critical time."

"Your Highness, I swore to follow you forever." There was a trace of tenderness on the female general's icy face.

"Thank you, Ofina..."

"Your Highness, don't kill your subjects anymore. Lords from all over the world are still waiting for your summons."

"Well, okay. I saw a lot of people along the way, and I did not choose the wrong person when I sent you to call Qin Wangjun." Catherine praised and held Ofina's hand tightly, and the two walked into the government affairs office together. hall.

Seeing the princess came, all the people inside who were discussing fiercely stood up to greet her.

Catherine walked to the main seat in the hall and sat down, motioning for everyone to sit down. Ofina sat down on her right, and the rest of the people who followed the princess also looked for seats to sit down.

The princess looked around the hall and nodded with satisfaction.

"After the change of the royal capital, my father's health was slightly unwell, and he ordered me to take charge of state affairs temporarily. This is an order signed by His Majesty himself."

The princess unfolded a roll of paper, and an attendant immediately took it with both hands, and handed it to everyone in the hall to circulate in turn. The decree was indeed signed by His Majesty the King.

Everyone has no objection to Catherine's taking over the country. Her Royal Highness has long been famous for her skills. She is capable of literature at the age of five and martial arts at the age of ten. The king handled all kinds of affairs, and the ministers praised him. Even at the age of fifteen, she formed her own knight order, and led troops to the highlands many times to drive away the barbarians, big and small, who harassed the kingdom. No wonder she was asked to lead the troops this time.

Catherine said loudly: "National crisis recognizes loyal ministers. You can understand righteousness, abide by ancient oaths, and help the royal family in emergencies. Father will be very pleased."

"Your Highness, the Harden family will follow the royal family to the death..."

"God bears witness that the Derry family is always loyal to the royal family..."

"I, the Edley family, would like to be the vanguard of His Royal Highness to defeat the rebel Giles!"

"Giles' betrayal of His Majesty the King is a crime that cannot be punished, and the Lord of Light will punish him."

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After a group of Qinwang nobles from other places expressed their loyalty to the royal family, the meeting entered a substantive stage: discussing how to recover Jingyao Castle.

"Your Highness, the main force of Giles was blocked by the Duke of Dodge, and he was temporarily unable to help the rebels in the capital. The city guards were only 5,000 strong, and we have more than 40,000 horses. We don't have to wait for the king's army to arrive later. Tomorrow We will gather all our forces and regain the capital in one go."

"These five thousand people are the elite guarding the royal capital. They are not farmers recruited temporarily. It is better to be cautious."

"Are you looking down on us foreign troops?"

"I absolutely have no such intention."

"My information shows that Hals has threatened at least 20,000 young men to guard the city for him."

"Lord Mo Lin is over-concerned, and the mob is nothing to worry about. When the time comes, they will scatter when they see the banner of the royal family."

"They only need to know how to operate the defensive equipment. The capital city is not the dirt fence that can be broken in the countryside. It is difficult to conquer without an advantage of more than 10 times the force."

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After an afternoon of discussion, the meeting decided that the Duke of Walker would point out that 15,000 people would pretend to attack the Jingyao North Gate, and Princess Catherine would lead the main force of 25,000 people to attack the Jingyao East Gate.

The next day, the offensive at the North City Gate began first.

The king's army first came out with catapults and archers. Due to the problem of accuracy, the catapults mainly acted as a psychological deterrent. It was the archers who really put a huge pressure on the defenders. Teams of archers threw dense arrows on the city wall. rain of arrows. UU reading

The rebels lacked archers, and there were occasional counterattacks. Most of the people could only rely on the walls and shields to resist the attack of the rain of arrows.

With the cover of catapults and archers, a large number of royalist soldiers pushed large equipment such as siege engines and battering hammers and moved slowly towards the city wall.

From time to time, people were shot and fell to the ground on the city wall. The real soldiers of the city guards were relatively calm, holding up their shields to protect their bodies tightly, but those militiamen who were forcibly recruited could not be so calm, especially when there were people around When hit by an arrow.

A militiaman finally couldn't take it anymore. People on the left and right were killed and one was injured. He guessed that the next arrow would be stuck in his body, so he left his defensive position before the next wave of arrows rained, and quietly went to the Dengcheng Ma Road. Move over there.

"Get out of this damned place quickly." The militiaman had only one thought in his mind.

He was about to be happy when he saw that there was no one guarding the horse crossing, but then a sharp pain hit his chest and back. When he looked down, a **** spear point appeared on his chest. Before he could figure out what happened, his consciousness gradually blurred, and he fell forward on the city wall.

The city guard officer at the back pulled out his spear with red eyes, and shouted hysterically at the others: "This is what happens to deserters who leave their posts without permission, shoot and kill!"

at this time…

"Bump!" There was a huge collision sound, it was the sound of the siege engine hitting the city wall.

"Kill—" a large number of royalist soldiers shouted, rushing up the ladder on the car.

"Get ready! Swords and shields move forward." The rebels are also ready.

"Woo—" Both the offensive and defensive sides blew their horns at the same time, announcing the official start of the offensive and defensive battle in the capital.