Chapter 118 Crisis
snow city
At this time, Piaoxue City has long lost the prosperity of the No. 1 city in the Northland. The gate of the city, which was full of merchants and pedestrians, was empty at this time.
The ten-thousand-jin heavy iron gate was closed tightly. The last time the city gate was closed in broad daylight in Piaoxue City can be traced back to the time of the first Marquis of the Northland.
After more than a week of marching, the main force of the ogres led by Grugesh finally arrived at the foot of Piaoxue City. The castles of the lords along the road were almost ignored by the ogre army.
In addition to some bad positions, the castles that happened to be stuck in the uncomfortable position of the ogre army were easily removed. Anyway, as long as the Snow City is broken, these castles can be taken in retrospect.
If you stand on the top of the snowy city and look down, the number of ogre troops will not decrease but increase. Although the Jingbei Army led by Marquis Wade resisted extremely tenaciously at Fort Hull,
It caused heavy losses to the attacking ogres,
But Grugesh, with the power of great victory, once again gathered a large number of scattered ogre tribes,
Although the quality is not as good as before, but in terms of quantity, it is definitely more terrifying than before.
Grugesh continued to increase his direct lineage to around 20,000, but after he captured Helburg, the number of small and medium tribes willing to follow him increased exponentially, and there were even larger numbers of kobold vassals.
Fortunately, these dog-headed people have a small amount of food, otherwise, even if the army of ogres is not picky about food, they will have to encounter a food crisis.
Although the ogre tribe is relatively primitive, it is only primitive in terms of institutional culture. As an intelligent race, the ogre's brains are not stupid, especially the leaders of various tribes, their hearts are no less small than human nobles.
Originally, Grugesh only got the allegiance of a small number of ogres by virtue of the status of the two-headed ogre in the ogre legend.
More ogres are still in a dubious attitude and keep a respectful distance. They respond to his call when it is profitable, and ignore it when it is not profitable.
Only a small part of the ogre tribes that were originally loose and even attacked each other were integrated into Grugesh's hands.
It wasn't until Grugesh relied on the support of four large ogre tribes and clever layout to defeat the main force of the Jingbei Army in one fell swoop, that more ogre tribes went to seek refuge.
This is the first expansion of Grugesh's power, and after the capture of Helburg, Grugesh's power began to increase by leaps and bounds.
The ogre can see that following Grugesh can win, grab things, use better iron tools, and live a better life,
The number of followers of Gruges will naturally increase, and as time and information ferment, more ogre tribes who are watching in the wilderness will join Gruges,
Almost single-handedly, Grugesh was nearly done integrating the loose wild ogres.
ogre camp,
Grugesh was standing on a watchtower in the camp, looking at the Snowy City in the distance.
For the ogres' attack, Snow City was more prepared than he had imagined.
Snowfall City is dozens of times larger than Hell Castle, so naturally more soldiers are needed to guard the city.
If you look carefully, you can see that the soldiers on the top of the city are not panicked at all, all the equipment for defending the city is complete, and you can vaguely see a lot of fires burning on the top of the city, and you don't have to guess what is burning in the iron pot on it. also know.
The opponent this time may not be easier to deal with than Marquis Wade.
It is Grugesh's plan to break through Snowfall City and completely destroy the Northland before returning to the wilderness to completely rectify all the ogre tribes.
Whether it is to completely wipe out human beings or occupy the Northland, it seems that it is very difficult to do it now.
Originally, I had this idea, not because Grugesh was not smart enough, but because I was limited by what I saw, I only knew the Jingbei Army, but I didn't know how big the gap between the ogres and the entire Golden Dragon Kingdom was,
During the process of advancing eastward, Grugesh's understanding of the Golden Dragon Kingdom became deeper and deeper. In fact, he felt a little regretful under the constant victories, and even felt that he was being used by the orcs.
If the Golden Dragon Kingdom really got into a panic and recklessly dispatched two dragon knights, it would definitely be hard for the ogre to resist now.
However, there was no turning back when he opened the bow. He had already reached this point, so he couldn't stop it just by saying stop. Even if he wanted to retreat to the wilderness, his group of unfed tribes might not necessarily agree.
"Take down Snow City, grab enough supplies and slaves, and return to the wilderness."
Gruges made up his mind.
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snow city
At this time, under the management of Lint, although the city of Piaoxue was in panic because of the arrival of the ogre, the order was still good.
This is also thanks to Thor's timely support of food and supplies after he took control of the river valley. If there is not enough food in Piaoxue City to starve, no matter how powerful Ren Linte is, it will be difficult to ensure the stability of the city.
"Master Lin Te, the city wall is dangerous. I am here. You should go back to the mansion first."
"It's okay, the ogre will have to wait a few days before attacking."
Lint waved his hand and didn't care,
At such a long distance, it is impossible for the ogre to bring the large siege equipment used in Herburg together.
It can only be rebuilt after arriving at Piaoxue City, and Lint had already started preparations when Helburg was besieged.
There is no usable wood within ten miles of Piaoxue City, and the ogre deserves to go farther to collect materials. It will take a long time to come and go.
Not to mention that Piaoxuecheng is different from Hellburg, as Piaoxuecheng is located at the confluence of the big and small Linghe rivers, it will naturally make use of its geographical advantages,
Surrounding Piaoxue City is a moat seven to eight feet wide. It will take some time to fill in the moat for a passage. Now Lint is safe standing on the city wall.
"Master Lint, a letter from Lord Saul."
Lint took the letter and smiled slightly after reading the contents.
"Master Lint, what did Lord Saul say?"
"Master Sol has led reinforcements out of Zhenbei Pass, let us stick to Piaoxue City and not abandon the city."
"Here, will Sir Saul's reinforcements be useful?"
Sander knew the composition of Sol's army, so he naturally had doubts about the role of reinforcements.
"Of course there is!"
Lint's words are certain.
"Announce to the whole city that Master Sol, the Dragon Knight of Zhenguo, has led an army of 100,000 from the northern pass of the town to reinforce the Northland. Be sure to hold on until Lord Sol's reinforcements arrive."
"Yes, Master Lint."
Surrounded by ogres, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the situation in Piaoxue City is not optimistic, and any information that can boost morale is worth publicizing.
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Compared with Sol, who has received a lot of attention, the coalition forces led by Richard have approached Snow City very low-key at this time.
Set up a camp tens of miles north of Piaoxue City...