632 Routine

The sound of horseshoes came to his ears, and the bishop standing on the city wall heard the sound of the hinges rubbing when the city gate was closed, and also heard the rattling sound of the iron chain being turned. But I kept praying: "It must be closed... must be closed..."

"Bang!"

The huge city gate wrapped in brass made a dull sound when it was closed, but this sound was like the sound of nature to the ears of the city defense army, and there were even cheers from many soldiers around.

At the same moment, the roaring sound of horseshoes also rushed to the front of the city gate. The dozen or so knights in the lead did not slow down, and the lances in their hands suddenly shone with light. The bolted door jerks!

"Bah bah bah..."

The fighting spirit of more than a dozen advanced knights converged together, and the movement was so loud that the soldiers above the city wall felt the vibration from the soles of their feet. However, the quality and defensive power of this gate are not something that the knights can shake, so they hung an iron gate. The bolted gate firmly resisted the opponent's attack!

"Holy Light above..."

The bishop on the city wall was almost paralyzed on the ground. He felt as if his legs were numb at this moment. After taking a few steps and looking down, he saw that the troops rushing to the city wall one after another were carrying simple siege tactics. Ladders, ready to attack the city after the formation!

"Quickly ask for support! Report the news to the inner city!"

The crisis that the city gate was almost broken spread throughout the temple city, but after the alarm bells rang continuously, the cardinals in the inner city didn't realize what was going on for a while, didn't they say they were going to negotiate? What does it mean to ring a bell?

Fortunately, the "Rose Cross" did not really neglect its defense because it hadn't fought for a long time. After the alarm bell sounded, the remaining troops in the outer city immediately reinforced the city wall, and at the same time, the city quickly began to recruit auxiliary troops to help transport defensive materials. With this operation, the short board immediately appeared...

"Not enough temple guards!?"

There was an exclamation in the group of cardinals, but then they immediately realized that it was the decision they had just made that made the last remaining temple guards in the city go out of the city to participate in the "rescue".

Before they could express their views on this, news of the emergency on the outer city wall came one after another... The "Viper Cross", which originally accompanied Earl Mirno, had a team of more than 2,000 people. Because of the purpose of coming here, they used simple ladders to put tremendous pressure on the not-so-high city walls of the temple as soon as they came up.

the most important reason,

It is because the soldiers defending the city wall at this time are too weak. It stands to reason that this kind of defensive task should be handed over to the fully armed temple guards, but now they are a group of patrols with uneven armor and little military training. The effect of the soldiers defending against the defense can be imagined. If it weren't for the remaining one hundred temple guards who gritted their teeth to support them, the city wall would have been taken down by the opponent in one face-to-face!

"Immediately signal to the surrounding parishes and ask for support!"

"No matter what, the city wall must not be lost at this time!"

The College of Cardinals and the Pope are highly consistent in their thoughts at this time. The "Holy Temple" is the core city of the "Rostic Cross". If it is broken so easily, it would be a shame. There have been such behaviors where one side attacks the other side's lair... because no matter whether it succeeds or not, the price paid is unbearable for the respective sects.

"Why did they do that?"

The Pope was still holding his breath at this time, and immediately thought about the reason why the other party was so impulsive, and naturally, he thought of the artifact "Viper's Kiss" that he had suppressed so hard...

"Is this so important to them?"

The aura of the artifact is powerful and difficult to suppress. Even as the Pope, he also felt the vast power of this artifact. It is not that he has tried to control the other party, but in limited attempts, he was almost bitten by the scepter. Therefore, he did not underestimate the attraction of the "Viper's Kiss" to the enemy, so while ordering to strengthen the guard force, he named the names of eight cardinals and ordered: "The city wall is not manned enough, you bring all the available ones around you Power to support!"

The eight cardinals who were named are the most powerful in the entire group of cardinals. Their joining also means that at least 20 bishops and 50 guards will step into the battlefield. This will naturally alleviate the casualties and losses on the battlefield .

At this time, although the eight cardinals were old, they did not hesitate in the war against the heretics, and they turned around and left after receiving orders.

"Half of the inner city guards on duty will be transferred to support the outer city wall! The guards will transfer 150 people to the reserve team for rotation!"

This is the final troop increase plan that was discussed. There are a total of 12 guards in the inner city, and now only about 80 people are left after half of them are deployed. As for the guards of the Holy See who are far stronger than ordinary temple guards, there are only about 80 people left.

In other words, the current defensive strength of the inner city is less than half of what it was before.

After reaching this conclusion, the Pope frowned, and suddenly felt that today's battle was too strange, as if every step was beyond judgment, let alone control...

"Viper Cross" really intends to attack the city like this?

Hearing the numbers reported by the soldiers, the Pope knew that the number of people attacked by the other side was less than 2,000, which is really not that many for a siege battle. But on my side, I can only gather six or seven hundred defensive forces on the city wall. Whether I can defend it depends on whether the support of the Cardinals is not in place.

After all, the characters who can enter the College of Cardinals are all priests who have advanced to level 25 or above, and many of them are above level 30. In terms of strength, no one is vegetarian. When it comes time to put all the old bones on top, the Pope himself will never hesitate.

The "Holy Temple" is the face of the "Rose Cross", and it must not be lost under any circumstances!

*****

In the city, the rushing army and bishops roared from the streets to the outer city wall. The alarm bells rang again and again. Pedestrians who had been walking on the streets also ran back home in panic. The original market was almost empty now. There are only chicken feathers and vegetable leaves left on the ground, but the tavern that provides accommodation for traveling merchants is still bustling. At this time, traveling merchants from all over the world are discussing the situation outside the city, and most of them don't understand what happened , but they are not worried that the city will be captured.

After all, the "Holy Temple" has not been breached or looted so far. For businessmen who don't understand city defense, what they need to worry about right now is whether their business will be affected.

However, when they were chatting, the other three caravan members who had lived together in the tavern were surprisingly silent. At first they just thought these people were "cowardly" and "ignorant", but when several teams came from the street After running and rushing towards the outer city, this group of people suddenly stood up with a "crash" and rushed out of the house collectively!

"Eh? You..."

Someone was curious and wanted to ask something, but then he closed his mouth in horror because he saw that those people pulled out the shining weapons and armor one by one from the carriage parked in the backyard, quickly armed them and rushed out!