Blood Dragon

When Peilan walked up to the top of the city, the winter sun shone on her body, making her look extraordinarily warm.But he couldn't feel the warmth of the sun at all in his heart.Since the Greenskins sieged the city, the problems in the city have calmed down, and the Greenskins have not done much in the past few days. They are busy building rafts there to cross the Oran River, forming a true opposition to Oren City. surrounded by.Within the foreseeable range, the defenders had ten days to prepare for the battle.But even so, the heavy pressure of the war made him feel physically and mentally exhausted.

I don't know who said "ideal is beautiful, reality is cruel", this sentence is very reasonable, because what happened before Pei Lan's eyes has verified this philosophical statement.

"Who can tell why... why this section of the city wall is like this?!!" He asked this question in a calm tone, but the anger in his voice even surpassed the loud roar.

"My lord, the original plan here is... the city gate..." Several responsible officials stood in front of him, and the leader was trembling all over.A fool also understands that discovering such a serious problem only now is almost equivalent to stabbing someone in the back.

"My lord, according to the original construction plan, this is the city gate!" The other one who was more courageous finally plucked up the courage to answer. "So the city wall doesn't have to be so thick. Otherwise, demolition would be a big problem... You can look at the design diagram..."

Perrin felt an urge to vent his depression by shouting to the sky.There is such a weak part in the city wall of Oren? !And by the time he found out, it was already too late.

As those people said, it was planned to open a city gate here, but it was temporarily shelved due to various reasons.Since it is reserved as the gate of the city, of course there is no need to emphasize any quality issues in this section of the city wall, as long as it does not affect the appearance from the outside.

The city gate has never been built, so this place has always been a remote corner of the city.No one pays attention to these things.What is it worth noting?Who would have thought that one day, someone would raise troops to attack this beautiful, glorious, holy and holy city?And who would have imagined that war would be the only option, without negotiations and political deals?

Even the former head of the Komo didn't care about this small detail.

But Ke Mo has a full [-] troops, and the Holy Knights as the backbone, with a lot of capital.Even if this section of the city wall is broken, he is still sure to drive the rushing enemies out of the city.But Perrin did not have such good conditions.

Although the height of this section of the city wall is the same as that of the side, in terms of thickness, it is as thin as a piece of paper.Only two people can walk on the city wall.

In the past, when building castles and city walls, height and hardness were the first elements, and "thickness" was only the third element.In modern times, the widespread use of cannon and magic has completely changed this.Especially cannons.In front of the powerful siege firepower of cannons, the thickness of the city wall began to become more and more important, and the importance even surpassed the traditional "height" and became the first element.When funds and time are limited, the builders of the city wall would rather make the city wall shorter than build it thick enough.

But the thickness of this section of the city wall is even less than that of some small castles.In other words, as long as the green leather sets up a siege weapon, there is a [-]% certainty that this section of the city wall can be destroyed immediately.

"Has there been no response from our messenger for help?" Perrin calmed down, the matter has come to this point, so he can only admit it first.He turned to another question.All the messengers were sent before the greenskins arrived, and there were messengers wherever possible reinforcements could be sent.But such a long time has passed, everything is like a mud cow falling into the sea, and no news has come back.

"I'm sorry, my lord. Although the messenger has been away for a long time, it's surprising... I haven't received any reply. I'm worried..." The following half of the sentence was spoken in a very soft voice. "It's the fault of the Sham people..."

Damn it!Indeed, it seems that the Scarlet Duke and the people of Sham have reached a tacit agreement, and Sham does have the motivation to do this--it is not a day or two for those people to covet the independence of the city of Oren.The greenskins can't stay forever, they'll leave, and Sham will take advantage of the momentum to regain control of the city.Although Oren City will probably be turned into ruins by then, as long as the foundation here is there, it is only a matter of time before it becomes a prosperous and important town again.

In the distance, goblins can be seen pulling a catapult.Perrin knew that the greenskins were running out of slings.

A few days later, Perrin came to the interior of the Great Temple, the residence of Archbishop Karl.Many people in the church know that this mansion is just a decoration, the archbishop is away most of the time, and there is only one veteran here performing meaningless guard work.But now that the city is under siege, Karl stays in this mansion every day.

When Perrin walked into the room, Karl was playing with an oddly shaped gadget.For a while, it was hard to tell what this thing was for. It was like a huge hollow drill with a handle for easy holding.This "big drill bit" is wrapped with wires of various colors, which looks very weird.

The archbishop's eyes were bloodshot, and his expression was languid from exhaustion.It can be seen that he has been playing with this thing that Perrin can't understand day and night.And the book written in weird characters that Perrin had seen before was thrown on the ground aside.

It was several minutes after Perrin came in that Karl put the strange tool on the ground aside and turned to business.

"How's it going?" Carl asked in a weary voice.

"Better than expected." Perrin briefly introduced the situation.Since this period of time, the defenders have taken the initiative to attack many times and achieved great results.On the one hand, it disrupted the greenskin's siege preparations, and on the other hand, it also completely destroyed the catapults of the goblins.But likewise, the attacking troops also suffered greater losses.Especially yesterday, due to their eagerness for merit, the cavalry who attacked fell into the ambush of the green-skinned army when they were chasing a team of militias, and suffered a disastrous defeat, with thousands of casualties.

Although casualties on the scale of a thousand people can be regarded as a piece of cake, considering the scarcity of regular troops in the city of Oren, this loss is already very serious.The impromptu militias are good for defending the city, but they are useless in real crisis situations.

"They never had a chance to attack the city? Well... well done!" Carl didn't mind the failure at all. On the contrary, when he heard that the green skins had been counterattacked and never had a chance to attack the city, a look of excitement appeared on his face.

"About ten days... at most one more month... a miracle will happen!"

"But I'm worried that they will jump over the wall in a hurry." Perrin didn't show much joy. "According to the judgment of the magicians, there are at least seventy shamans who can cast spells among the greenskins! If they are desperate, they may try to break through the city wall with magic, and the magicians are not sure that they can stop it. We have a weak point The walls of the city, there is likely to be a hole opened by magic."

"How many magicians do we have?" Karl asked distractedly. "There should be quite a few in the city!"

"Not many. We have a total of fourteen high-level priests at our disposal, while there are less than ten low-level mages."

"I remember you said in your report that when Komo was defeated, most of the magicians survived. And we also sent letters to summon magicians from various academies. Why are there so few now?"

"But they are now being held by the Sham," Perrin replied.He knew "detain" wasn't the right word, but that was the way it was.According to the information from outside the city (although the traffic was cut off, the magic communication can still be carried out), after the defeat, the Sham people used various excuses and methods to obstruct them. As a result, none of the magicians could enter the city of Oren before the green skins completed the siege. "If I'm not mistaken, they have some kind of secret agreement with the Scarlet Duke! During the greenskin march, no city in Sham was attacked. This situation is very abnormal."

"Is that so..." A hint of ferocity flashed across the archbishop's face.When this trouble is over, he must take care of these damned Shams!Robbery by fire?To add insult to injury is?Is it a fisherman's success?wait!Only through this wave of crisis, he has plenty of means to deal with these stupid guys... using methods that your stupid brains will never understand...

"Don't worry, Grand Master." Karl's rationality pulled him back to reality from the urge of revenge in his heart. "The greenskins don't necessarily know the situation of that part of the city wall. I suggest you pay more attention to the problem of siege machinery. The only threats are battering rams and siege towers."

"I hope so too, but I'm more worried that the temporary militia...can't last long under the greenskin attack." Perrin replied.He is not sure now, are those temporarily organized citizens really capable of stopping the greenskins' offensive?Even an attack with a simple ladder?And the green skins also have spider cavalry that can easily climb over the city wall.Once the two are combined, it is likely that these improvised militias will flee without a fight.

"Don't worry about this question. In times of crisis, I still have a trick." Carl said confidently.He seemed to want to say something, but in the next moment, a strange look appeared on his face.

"Go down and do your work first." Carl waved his hand, signaling Perrin to leave.After Perrin left, he immediately turned around and walked into a secret room through a secret door.

On the table in the middle of the room, a mysterious instrument was shimmering, and an image had already appeared in the air above the instrument.It was the image of a woman.

"What's up, Elan!" Carl asked.

"Carl, you're too slow!" Yilan said. "Let me inform you of one thing. The long-distance teleportation device on the outskirts of Oren was destroyed. According to the records left before it was destroyed, it was a group of green skins... Karl, there is no problem with you? It seems that your army It was already destroyed by that Ashurfat."

"So what?" Looking at this damned woman, Carl felt a sting in his eyeballs.The teleportation device is set up on the outskirts of the city.The reason why it is not placed in the city is because the energy emitted by the device cannot be hidden, and it is easy to attract someone's attention

"I'm just concerned. Of course, it's too late even if I want to help. Without that device, I can't help you... By the way, you can't even handle this little thing?"

"Of course I can handle it!" Carl felt the veins on his forehead pop.What is this woman up to?Is it just to scold him specially?

"That's good." Yilan shrugged. "Waiting for your good news. By the way, the committee has made a final decision. Although the antimatter engine is a tasteless one, it still has some value as a backup material. The order given to you is that you must guard the engine and not Let it fall into Ashurfat's hands, let alone let it be damaged! If that thing is destroyed...then there is no need for you to exist."

The image disappeared in an instant, and Carl released all the curse words in his stomach from his mouth in the next second.why?hateful!

Just wait and see, Ashurfat!I'll let you see things that your backward IQ can't understand!

He hurried back to his room and continued to toss about the work in hand.No matter what, the assembly and testing of the induced radio wave transmitter must be completed as soon as possible!

As for defensive operations, he wasn't particularly worried.After all, he still has an ultimate weapon in his hand.