Chapter 1020, I Have a Dream
When Harlan Sanders, the chief political commissar of the Ashes Legion, led the fresh troops of the two legions to the south city wall, the Skaven had already been killed and retreated. Fulgrim personally led the Phoenix Guard to block the gap. The super-soldiers transformed by the Human Incubation Pool have shown their strength, and no skaven can escape from their hands.
"Lev! Take your men to the east wall to strengthen the defense immediately!" Fulgrim's body was already covered with rainwater and the flesh and blood of the Skaven. He yelled at the chief political commissar of the Legion of Ashes: "Quick! Leave it to us!"
"Yes!" Harlan Sanders didn't think much, and he immediately led the soldiers towards the golden gate.
At this time, the situation at the Golden Gate is already very bad, and the battle situation is becoming more and more critical every minute.
The original ferocious artillery fire only left scattered sparks. Countless Chaos warriors boarded the tower and fought fiercely with the defenders. Human soldiers fought against Chaos evil with endless courage, but most of them ended up with nothing. Under the swords and axes of these powerful enemies, it turned into pieces of flesh and blood all over the sky.
The Chaos Warriors were ecstatic and roaring, their voices were like the music of hell, the evil torrent of black heavy armor was constantly advancing, and the chaotic drums sounded on the golden gate one after another, each time it meant that there was a section of the city wall fall.
Every order made the defenders more desperate.
"The first regiment of the Fifth Army has all died in battle!"
"Throw all the reserves of the third regiment!"
"We need support!"
"The Sixth Army has no reserves!"
"We're out of bullets!"
"You still have swords without bullets!"
"For the Legion Commander, for the Legion of Ashes!!!"
Wave after wave of defenders swarmed up, fighting bloody battles with the Chaos warriors rushing up the tower.
At half past six in the morning, a large army of Chaos ascended the tower and threw the defenders from the tower.
At 7:15, the defenders fought back, and the Chaos army was forced to withdraw from the tower.
At 8:35, the Chaos army made a comeback. They once captured the Golden Gate and tried to open the gate.
At 8:50, General Pedro of the Phoenix Guard gathered all the reserves, including hundreds of musketeers who had run out of bullets, and took back the Golden Gate with a desperate charge!
When Harlan Sanders arrived with a new force, the situation was already extremely bad.
"How long can we last?" the General Political Commissar shouted at Pedro.
"Half an hour at most!" Pedro said bloodied all over his body, "Harlan, bring your men to block it!"
"How long do you need us to hold on?"
"Hold on as long as you can!"
"Okay! Soldiers, for the Legion Commander, for Costantinier!"
Cries of battle for Erson, for Charlemagne, for the Lady, for Myrmidia, and for Fulgrim rang throughout the city, and the newly arrived troops advanced in neat ranks, trying to drive the enemy off the walls.
However, the number of the World Destroyer's army is too large. According to Harlan Sanders' estimate, the opponent has invested at least 45,000 people to attack the Golden Gate! And the defenders have less than 10,000 people!
As the Chaos Warriors and the Dark Elf Shadow Warriors entered the battle, the two legions of Harlan Sanders began to lose their hold.
Few defenders could match these mighty Chosen Warriors, or the superb warriors who spent hundreds of years honing their war skills. They were killed in droves, and their limbs and arms were strewn all over the narrow city walls.
A Dark Elf Kane Assassin, Maurice Curved Blade, climbed onto the city wall. He skillfully danced among the swords and shields and halberds of the human defenders. The standard equipment forged from workshops and blacksmiths was like Torn apart like branches.
Harlan Sanders clenched the long sword and firecrackers in both hands, panting heavily, observing everything.
The lines are getting thinner.
As the enemy drew nearer, Sanders saw the Chosen of Chaos tear the poor mortal from the shield wall with his bare hands, he saw the dark elves' ballistas blasting the defenders into the sky, he saw the Cain assassins danced among the halberdiers, their throats slit with every movement.
He and the last of his troops were surrounded.
The soldiers were fleeing, and Harlan Sanders tried to stop them, but he soon discovered that this was wishful thinking. Most of these soldiers were conscripts and militiamen, and they were able to persist for more than a day before they began to rout. Well done, Sanders couldn't bear to reprimand them, he just reloaded his firecracker silently.
Memories kept flashing in my mind.
The former chief minister of the Kislev court named Lev Davidovich was born in a wealthy Boyer noble family in the city of Kislev. When he was young, he entered the Esun Church to study. Never sneered at things like gods.
There has never been any savior, and we don't rely on gods. If we want to revive the decadent and defeated Ice and Snow Kingdom, we can only rely on ourselves!
For this reason, the son of the nobleman made various strange talks more than once and was exiled. However, in the end, the red tsar Boris recognized his views and hired him as the chief minister of the tsar's court. Lev got a chance to show his talents. Together with the Red Tsar Boris, he rebuilt Kislev's army and canceled the backward system of "Centurion", "Thousand Commander" and "Ten Thousand Commander" and replaced and rebuilt the national army with the imperial military rank system. Compiled and replaced with advanced equipment, that was the pinnacle of his personal reputation.
It's a pity that the good times didn't last long. The Red Tsar Boris died in the troll kingdom at the end of the Great Cleansing Campaign. The new Queen Katarin mostly denied and stagnated attitude towards her father's reforms. Lev knew why. The Sisters of Witches and the traditional Boyer nobles began to counterattack.
Fortunately, Katarin was still thinking about it at the beginning. He was only expelled for the time being. When he arrived in Sartosa, he relied on the support of a group of pirates and served as their dog-headed military adviser. It's okay to mess around like this.
Until the arrival of Knight King Ryan, until he came to the new world, until he was appreciated by the commander of Fulgrim Legion, this aging old man finally won the opportunity to show his talent again. In the happiest years, he didn't care about being Fulgrim's tool, nor did he care about being used by Fulgrim to guide those soldiers with conservative and backward concepts. He just wanted to realize his wish by working for Fulgrim.
He has a dream.
He dreams that one day, human beings will be able to abandon past differences and contradictions and move toward prosperity together.
He dreamed that one day, the sons of Lord Boyer could receive an equal education with the sons of lowly serfs.
He dreamed that one day, the whole world of human beings could unite and say no to nobles and bureaucratic lords who were born noble.
He dreams that one day, the flowers of freedom, democracy, justice and justice will be able to bloom on the mountains!
However, today, the chief political commissar who changed his name to Harlan Sanders knows very well that his dream may not be realized.
He is too old and too tired.
He saw the imperial general Weidenfeller died in battle. This battle veteran from Reikland had his arm cut off by a Chaos God's Chosen, stepped on the ground, and was pierced downward by the Chaos Warrior with both hands raising his giant sword His chest trembled twice, Weidenfeller did not move.
He saw his close comrade-in-arms, Marshal Yegorov, whose head was embedded in fragments of armor from the explosion, and hot blood spurted out like a fountain. His decades-old comrade-in-arms was beheaded like this, and he died with regret.
He saw the generals who followed him to Lustria killed one by one.
Until the chosen warriors of Chaos came to him, they cut off his long sword with an axe. Harlan Sanders fired the last shot at the Chosen One, and it crashed on the Chosen One's helmet, leaving a white mark.
Legion Commander, I will entrust my dream to you.
On this morning, the chief political commissar of the Legion of Ashes and the former chief court minister of Kislev died at the Golden Gate.
Before Fulgen led the Phoenix Guards to come again, the Golden Gate had already fallen, and all the defenders were basically killed or injured. During the defensive battle of the Golden Gate, the Ash Legion lost more than 8,000 people.
The World Destroyer army paid as many as 12,000 casualties in order to break through the Golden Gate.
Now, Vaashna-Worldbreaker himself charged up on his black dragon mount, Midnight Shadow, and he waved his greatsword, beckoning the Chaos Chosen and the Dark Elf Slaanesh Marauders to come forward.
However, the gate of the Golden Gate is very hard, and a large number of siege weapons cannot blast the gate. Even the gate has collapsed severely, but the last few defenders resolutely cut off the rope, causing the gate to be completely destroyed. Sealed.
This immediately made Uncle Wa, the World Destroyer, feel very shameless. He ordered the black dragon under his seat to attack. Under the blessing of the power of chaos, the black dragon's whole body flashed with black light, and with a flick of its tail, the strong city gate finally It was blasted open, and a door collapsed.
Legions continued to attack one by one, until Fulgrim arrived with the Phoenix Guard.
Vashner knew how strong Fulgrim was, and the cunning dark elf warlord immediately let the black dragon rise into the sky. The first team of Chaos Chosen and Slaanesh Marauders who rushed in were instantly informed that Sanders, Wei Fulgrim, furious at the news of the deaths of Denfeller and Egorov, slaughtered them all, and the Primarch, the Emperor's Children, swore he would make the besiegers pay for it.
The counterattack of the Phoenix Guard and the Ashes Legion's first attack soon ran into obstacles. Several legions of Cold One Dread Knights and five Storm Rats advanced together. The army suffered heavy casualties.
It was still Julius' Chasseurs Legion that came out to face the Storm Rats and the large group of Cold One Dread Knights. The two sides fought fiercely at the gate of the city, so that Fulgrim's First Army could cover most of the wounded and retreat. Brother-in-law and Fulgan exchanged glances, and then his soldiers rushed into the Cold One fear knight brigade in one go, and speared several dark elves under the Cold One.
"It's!" The chasseurs swept past like a gust of wind and raging waves, leaving dead bodies everywhere.
Courageous, bathed in the fairy light of the lake, wielding the immortal sword, Julius won the respect of the Dark Elves and Chaos Warriors through a mad charge, and they recognized Julius as A venerable warrior, many dark elves even thought of capturing him alive.
Afterwards, Fulgrim rejoined the battlefield after escorting the wounded, and the two joined forces to take back the Golden Gate again!
Vashner was extremely angry. He ordered the whole army to press up. The dense army of chaos and dark elves pressed up. Even a few war hydras had been released, but they were still repelled by Fulgrim and his Phoenix Guard. !
However, at this moment, Fulgan learned the most deadly news.
The southern city wall fell, and the commander in charge of guarding the southern city wall, the founder of Kislevcheka, Felix the Steel, was robbed by the Skaven when he personally commanded the defense and reorganized the army for reinforcements and counterattacks. Felix, who was fatally injured, ordered the Cheka to tie him to the horse with a rope and keep him still to inspire the morale of the army.
"It's!" Iron Felix covered the bleeding wound, and said coldly and mercilessly, "If you can't return to your hometown, then let me be buried here. This is the fate of soldiers."
"Yes!" The Chekas wept and put him back on their horses and tied him up with ropes.
Before he could finish doing this, a dimensional stone lightning cannon blasted Felix and several Chekas into pieces. This tough guy with strong bones didn't leave a single last word, so he died in battle like this.
The remaining defenders of the southern city wall were still resisting tenaciously. Obviously, both sides suffered heavy losses. However, Lord Skuk immediately ordered the entire front to press down. Under the collective attack of the Plague Monk troops, the southern city wall finally fell.
The Skaven's attack seemed to be unstoppable. Although he felt extremely painful about it, Fulgrim could only order a retreat, retreat to the forts and defense lines in the city, and prepare for street fighting.
How to retreat is an extremely profound military skill. Even a strong army like the Ashes Legion seemed at a loss when faced with the military pressure that the west city gate and the south city wall fell at the same time. Crashed, Fulgrim had to focus all his energy on reorganizing the army!
At this time, even worse news came. Although the Golden Horn Bastion was still standing, the army of undead pirates sailing on dry land had broken through the northern city wall!
All the third-line city walls fell!
Constantine is in disarray, and it looks like Fulgrim and his Legion of Ashes are doomed!
At this time, the Hive Lord and Nurgle Vanguard Officer Typhons, who was closely watching the battle situation, once again asked his genetic father Mortarion to lead the Death Shroud Squad and two Nurgle demon legions to join the battle!
Mortarion refused again, and the Primarch of the Death Guard spit green-yellow gas angrily: "I said, Typhus has no right to order me! I will not go into battle! I only understand my father and Fulgrim That guy, if the other party is prepared, who will deal with the newly emerged enemy?! I am fighting at least six Terra moon subspace travel distances from the Eye of Terror, who will guarantee my safety?"
Mortarion once again rejected Typhon's request to attack immediately, which made Typhon so angry that his lungs would explode. The demon prince cursed his genetic father on the spot as a purebred fool and brainless, if It's not that there are not many Nurgle demons under him to drive, he has already gone into battle in person!
Once again, the besieging army missed an excellent opportunity to completely defeat the city defense and trample the entire Constantinier under Mortarion's refusal!
Under Fulgen's personal rearguard and amazing combat power, although the defenders of the city had suffered more than half of the casualties, they immediately joined the street fighting. Se-Harkon's undead army is declared defeated!
And at this critical moment, the Golden Mage who was guarding the Golden Horn Bastion personally led the Yenicheri Army to attack! These Arabian elites wearing full-body plate armor, red burqas, cloak hats, and white scarves were unstoppable, especially the cavalry troops even smashed the left wing and back of the undead pirate army in one fell swoop, even Luther Haken himself The supreme lord of the fire element summoned by the golden mage was injured by a hammer and was almost killed in seconds. The undead pirate king had to ask Vashnah for reinforcements.
Vashner the Destroyer scolded the undead pirates for being useless, and had no choice but to send most of the Cold One fear knights and Slaanesh marauders to support Luthor Harken, barely killing the Yenicheri army. He retreated back to the Golden Horn Bastion.
Although Master Jin's plan failed to come true, this move bought time for the guards of Constantinier, and the defenses in the city were re-established. The plan was perfectly executed, and the defenders still had the strength to fight.
On the contrary, the number of besieging troops who could enter the city to fight was limited, and they soon discovered that the army could not spread out in the city.
The brutal street fighting began, which was an extremely bloody war of attrition.
In the afternoon, the downpour stopped, the sky began to clear up, and the sun was in the sky, dispelling the haze.
From the depths of the forest, there was a piercing and violent lizard roar, which echoed throughout Constantiniya!
"???" The besieging army was instantly shocked by the roar, and they subconsciously searched for the source of the roar.
The second roar pierced through the eardrums of the Chaos Warriors, the earth was trembling, the mountains were trembling, and the ancient power was exploding violently in the Lustria rainforest!
The huge figure of Tyrannosaurus-Quimoc walks out of the rainforest, and on it is the last guardian Kuga!
Reinforcements from the City of the Sun have arrived!