Game of the World Tree - Chapter 886

886. Chapter 882: Besiege Wei to Save Zhao (ask for monthly ticket!)

The nobles looked at each other, and no one answered Joseph’s question.

Joseph’s face looked a little bad.

“Roland, didn’t you say before that Wagner would arrive in three days at most? Now the third day is almost over.”

He looked at the middle-aged noble on the side, with a look of dissatisfaction.

The middle-aged noble’s face was not very good either. He frowned and said in a deep voice:

“My Lord Duke, maybe they encountered some trouble on the road. You know, they have a lot of things to transport, and the weather in the Western Territory seems not very good these two days . We can wait a little longer…”

“Wait? Still waiting? The most precious thing for us now is time. To maintain such a large legion, the daily consumption is an astronomical figure!”

Joseph snorted, very dissatisfied.

War costs money.

Although many nobles have their own logistics for this holy war, as the leader of the entire legion, the Rosen family is definitely under the greatest pressure.

Every day of delay is a huge expense.

At this moment, a knight on a fast horse rushed over from the back of the team, shouting as he hurried:

“My Lord Duke! My Lord Duke!”

Hearing the call, Joseph looked up and soon recognized that it was the knight he had personally sent out the day before to pick up the Wagner family.

Joseph was delighted to recognize that it was the returning pick-up.

However, when he noticed the knight’s stern expression, his heart couldn’t help but tremble, and he had a bad premonition.

The knight dismounted and came to Joseph breathlessly, saying palely:

“My Lord Duke… It’s not good! Viscount Wagner’s army was attacked and has been… completely wiped out!”

“What did you say?!”

Joseph couldn’t help but change color.

The nobles around him also widened their eyes and showed stunned expressions.

They couldn’t help but be stunned.

The Wagner family is not a small family in the northern part of the empire. It is said that the number of people participating in this war exceeds 5,000, and their family has many gold-level professionals.

Such a force could walk sideways on the continent in peacetime. Even if the magic power of the whole world is revived now, it is definitely a powerful lord.

But such a force would be attacked without any sound, and even annihilated? !

No…

Even if the army was annihilated, it has been two days, and there is not even one person who escaped to report the news?

Do we have to wait for the scouts sent here to find out the news?

The more the nobles thought about it, the more absurd it seemed, and the more horrified they felt…

“Really… It’s true… I saw it in the hilly forest… I saw the remains of the baggage, the whole road was stained black with blood, and I saw the broken flag of the Wagner family…”

“The battlefield is very chaotic, stretching for several kilometers. I’m afraid they encountered an ambush…”

“No survivors were found, and no traces of the fleeing army were found. Only some elves’ footprints were found in the forest…” “I’m afraid… I’m afraid Viscount Wagner has been annihilated.”

The knight said panting.

After these words came out, Joseph’s expression became even uglier, and the nobles around him were stunned and shocked.

“Elves… elves? No… how could elves appear behind us? They can devour an army of 5,000 people? Are you sure?”

Joseph came back to his senses and asked in disbelief.

The knight nodded and said dryly:

“My Lord Duke, it’s the elves. There are almost no corpses on the battlefield. This situation can only be done by the legendary fierce and brutal elves who like to ‘destroy corpses and wipe out traces’!”

“My Lord Duke, the elves must have sent an army to go around behind us and attack them!”

Joseph was silent.

His expression changed several times, and finally he stomped a large stone under him and cursed with gritted teeth:

“This group of damn, cunning elves!”

“But… how did the elves know Wagner’s movements?”

The middle-aged noble couldn’t help asking.

The knight was speechless, and the nobles looked at each other.

No one could answer his question.

“What else could it be? There must be a lowly person who reported it!”

Joseph sneered.

His eyes were very gloomy, and he gritted his teeth and said:

“The nails of the Church of Life have not been completely pulled out. Those cunning guys are still lingering around. Who knows when they passed the news out. And from the results, they may have known it when Wagner first set out from the territory!”

So early?

The nobles heard it and showed horror expressions.

You know, Wagner’s territory is at least fifteen days away from here, and if the elves knew the news fifteen days ago…

hiss…

the nobles were moved.

At this moment, they suddenly felt that the empire seemed to be full of the eyes of the Church of Life.

At the same time, they were somewhat fortunate that they set out early and caught up with the main force, otherwise…maybe they would end up like Wagner.

“My Lord Duke, this won’t work. If there is an elf army with a number enough to destroy an army of 5,000 people wandering behind us, then it will be very unfavorable for our next battle. Our reinforcements and our logistics will be under great pressure…”

the middle-aged noble said in a deep voice.

“I know.”

Joseph said with a grim expression.

He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice:

“The number of elves should not be too large, otherwise, they would not choose to attack Wagner in the form of an ambush.”

Then, he instructed the nobles:

“Notify them to build outposts and fortifications along the way in the western territory, and send more people to protect our logistics line. In addition, notify the people behind them not to take the road to the west, and try to go from the east.”

“My Lord Duke, then do we still attack the city of Augs?”

A noble couldn’t help asking.

“Fight! Of course we have to fight! Ogus City is the gateway to Maple Moon Free Territory and an important node connecting the empire. If we capture this place, we can radiate this area. Even if the elves want to make some moves, they will be constrained by us!”

“At the same time, Ogus City has a trade route connecting the central part of the empire, and our logistical pressure will be greatly relieved.”

Joseph said.

“But… we don’t have magic crystal cannons now.”

The noble who spoke was worried.

Joseph’s expression became even gloomier.

Ogus City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the divine defense barrier has been lit up. If there is no magic crystal cannon, there will probably be considerable casualties if it is forcibly attacked.

However, if they don’t fight, the army can’t continue to move south, because the Life Church can use Ogus City as a base to harass them continuously.

In short, this city must be captured!

Joseph took a look at the walls of Augsburg City and gritted his teeth:

“We must fight even if there are no weapons! We must attack by force! We must take it down even if we force it! I don’t believe that a city with only more than 30,000 defenders at most cannot be conquered by our army of hundreds of thousands! I don’t believe that without heavy siege tools, we can’t break the city!”

“Notify the whole army to cut down trees on the spot and assemble simple siege vehicles, siege towers and light catapults!”

With Joseph’s order, the army surrounding Augsburg City immediately took action.

The soldiers cut down the trees outside the city and began to assemble simple siege equipment.

Building siege props on the spot is a traditional skill of the noble army, but most noble families can only make some simple ones, and if they want more complicated heavy equipment, they must prepare materials in advance.

Light siege equipment is naturally not comparable to heavy equipment, but when there is really no other way, they can only meet it.

Fortunately, the nearly 700,000 troops gave Joseph the confidence to attack. Although the light siege equipment would definitely lead to excessive casualties, what they lacked the least this time was manpower.

That’s right, Joseph was already planning to pile up the heads.

…

The actions of hundreds of thousands of troops were naturally seen by the defenders in Augsburg.

At the Forzer Fortress in Augsburg.

Arthur, the commander of the garrison of Maple Moon Free Territory, looked at the enemy troops moving outside the city and frowned.

“They have started to build siege equipment. I’m afraid they will start to attack the city soon.”

He said in a deep voice.

After speaking, he looked at an elf warrior with shining armor standing beside him and asked respectfully:

“Sir All-Star Ah Dai, are you sure that the siege troops of the Rosen family can no longer participate in the battle?”

The player named All-Star Ah Dai was the player commander arranged by the All-Star Guild in Augsburg. This time, he led 10,000 players to participate in the defense of the entire city.

However, there is no teleportation array leading to the Forest of Elves in Ogus City, so once they die in battle, the players will not be able to replenish their combat power.

In addition to the players, Ogus City also has a human garrison of Fengyue Free Territory, about 20,000 people.

Added together, there are a total of 30,000 garrison troops.

The garrison commander Arthur was worried.

However, All-Star Ah Dai just smiled slightly:

“Don’t worry, Mr. Arthur, they will never appear on the battlefield.”

Hearing his words, Arthur’s heart moved slightly, and the other garrisons around him cast curious eyes.

Facing the NPCs’ gaze, All-Star Ah Dai said,

“The guerrilla army we separated from the Forest of Elves has ambushed them halfway and wiped out all the siege troops. I think… After so many days, the army outside the city suddenly took action to prepare for the siege. They should have known this news and planned to attack by force.”

As soon as this was said, the human garrison of Ogus City, including Arthur, showed expressions of surprise.

But soon, their expressions became solemn again.

“Strong attack…”

Arthur frowned and couldn’t help but say:

“Mr. All-Star Ah Dai, there are too many troops in the empire, and there is no teleportation array in Ogus City. The energy of the divine defense barrier is not sufficient. If they force the attack, with our less than 30,000 defenders, it will be difficult to hold on until the reinforcements arrive…”

“We are not afraid of dying in battle, but if we lose Ogus City and Fort Folzer, then we will be the Maple Moon Free Territory and the sinners of the Church of Life…”

Commander Arthur’s expression was full of worry.

However, All-Star Ah Dai smiled slightly.

He glanced at the enemy outside the city, snorted, and said meaningfully:

“Mr. Arthur, don’t worry… It won’t be long before they will be in chaos.”

“Huh?”

Arthur was slightly stunned.

He couldn’t help but look at the other party, but found that the other party smiled but didn’t say anything, which was very mysterious.

…

Western Territory, Morning Star City.

This is the capital of the entire Western Territory, and it is also the residence of the big family that controls the Western Territory, the Miss Family.

After the great holy war against the Church of Life began, the current head of the Miss family, Earl Miss, also chose to join the war, joined the Northern Legion, and became a member of the army of Duke Joseph of Rosen.

As the owner of the Western Territory, the Miss family was rich and powerful, and also risked their capital in this holy war, recruiting nearly 70,000 conscripts.

Earl Miss even led the army to the war personally, vowing to recover the territories that once belonged to the Western Territory, such as the city of Augs, and to expand the territory in the Maple Moon Free Territory.

Of course, the price of mobilizing all the family assets is that the remaining troops in Morning Star City have become less abundant.

The entire Morning Star City can be said to be the emptiest time in history.

Outside Morning Star City, on the sentry tower responsible for vigilance.

The old soldier yawned lazily and played poker with his companions boredly.

This is the hinterland of the Western Territory, and there is no military threat at all even after the war broke out.

Although the lord requires that they must stand guard, everyone knows that this is just a routine requirement.

The weather is good today.

It rained two days ago, and the temperature in the entire Western Territory has risen a bit. The sun is hanging high in the sky, and there is already a hint of summer.

The afternoon sun always makes people lazy. The guards were playing cards and drowsy.

However, at this moment, a loud noise suddenly came from the south, mixed with some rumbling sounds, like a thousand horses galloping, waking them up from their lazy slumber…

“What’s the sound?”

“It seems to be a magic crystal cannon?”

“No… It seems to be something else…”

The guards looked at each other.

They stood up quickly and looked outside the sentry post, and then their eyes widened instantly.

I don’t know when, dense elves appeared outside Morning Star City. They were fully armed and riding various magical beasts. Looking over, they were a black mass, emerging from the forest outside the city and constantly gathering towards the city…

The exaggerated number made the guards stunned.

“Elves… Elves? Where did so many elves come from?”

The guards were speechless.

And the elves gathered more and more.

They were very scattered at first, and seemed to have come from all directions, but soon, they reorganized their formation outside the city, gradually becoming neat and solemn.

One after another, magic crystal cannons with black muzzles were pushed out by them, aiming directly at the not-so-strong city walls of Morningstar City.

The guards’ expressions changed drastically, and they quickly rang the alarm bells at the sentry posts, shouting in a shrill voice:

“Enemy attack! Enemy attack!”

…

Outside the city.

Demacia rode on a dragon-scale horse, looking at the familiar city in front of him with a smug look on his face.

The commander of the All-Star Guild next to him, the All-Star A-Can, known as President Can, had a slightly bright look in his eyes, as if thinking about something.

Demacia chuckled:

“Hehehe, President Can, did you see that?”

“This wave, this wave we call it siege Wei to save Zhao!”

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(End of this chapter)