Lord Gaven rode his warhorse, overseeing the battle as his warriors climbed the ladders towards the city walls, each wave holding up their shields against the barrage.
However, most n barely approached the battlents before being speared off by the defenders above or struck by rocks and sent plumting from the sky with ghastly screams.
Even if one or two brave souls managed to reach the top, they could seldom withstand for long before being driven back down again.
Moreover, within a brief period, nurous vassals ca to him, lanting the heavy casualties among their troops, claiming they needed to withdraw and regroup before continuing the fight.
Their requests were, unsurprisingly, rejected by Lord Gaven, but he also noticed that the casualties among his forces were indeed getting severe.
Despite facing rely a band of untrained civilians, many without even armor to their na, they had sohow held off the military’s siege, with not a single wall of Duolin City breached thus far.
This was far from Lord Gaven’s expectation that the royal forces would arrive, and the rabble would collapse without a fight.
Lord Gaven even suspected whether his vassals were each too concerned with their losses to truly exert themselves.
But now was not the ti for reckoning; Gaven turned and asked Quintus beside him, "What about our inside contacts in the city, why haven’t they made a move?"
Quintus replied, "They will light the beacon to notify us once they control the city gates, but Lord Gaven, should we perhaps reconsider..."
The High Priest hadn’t finished speaking when Lord Gaven’s expression shifted with excitent as, indeed, the beacon rose from the southern gate of Duolin City.
"Tell Otto to ready his n for the assault, and once they’re inside, to imdiately secure the city gates."
Lord Gaven ordered an attendant, "I don’t care if those fellows genuinely surrender or not; since Hirodod dares to give us the city gates, we must make him pay a price for it."
Upon receiving the order, Otto of the Friedhill Family led his 300 brave warriors and 700 militian to rush into the city the mont the south gate was flung open.
They swiftly secured the city gate, including the towers on both sides, and cleared out the astonished defenders; only after which did Otto send word back to Lord Gaven.
Lord Gaven was overjoyed; this ti, he didn’t remain behind to command but personally led the main army into murder inside Duolin City.
Lord Gaven hoped this battle would showcase the prowess of the Figrola Family as much as possible and establish his own fa, reminding everyone that the West was not solely Ireya’s domain.
The city’s defenders soon realized the south gate was lost, and reinforcents arrived quickly, colliding head-on with Lord Gaven’s forces.
The acting City Lord of Rock Snow City didn’t hesitate, drawing his treasured sword to plunge into the fray.
Hirodod’s reinforcents comprised many, yet they were all civilians. Despite comndable morale, without the high walls’ protection, they seed helpless against the fully armored knights.
In contrast, Lord Gaven and his elite warriors from the Figrola Family were unstoppable, cutting down more than a dozen n in a few breaths, and the remaining defenders began to taste fear.
Especially as Lord Gaven’s army continued to arrive without end, the city’s defenders began to waver, and what started as hesitation turned into a rout.
Lord Gaven was at last savoring a bit of the euphoria he had anticipated, thinking this was more like it; how could the Blood Moon Association compare to him in warfare?
However, just when Lord Gaven thought the overall situation was secured, Duolin City conquered, he heard surprised shouts from his attendants around him.
Many craned their necks to gaze into the sky.
Lord Gaven also looked up, only to see the sky filled with a dense swarm of dark specks flying towards them.
However, those were not arrows but jars!
Lord Gaven’s complexion changed horribly in an instant, he had not expected Hirodod to have hidden so many catapults within Duolin City.
Moreover, it looked like there were quite a few, at least a hundred. However, considering that Hirodod had taken almost all craftsn out of the city before he left last ti,
it was not surprising that he could have constructed so many catapults.
Lord Gaven had no ti to think further; he dismounted under his attendant’s guard and quickly took cover behind a nearby pile of grass.
The jars whistled through the sky and, fortunately, most of them smashed against the city walls, only a small number hitting people. However, before Lord Gaven could breathe a sigh of relief, he slled a strange odor.
The acting City Lord of Rock Snow City was initially stunned, then his expression changed drastically, "Pine resin, damn it, those guys are going to use fire attacks!"
Lord Gaven then shouted, "Everyone, withdraw from Duolin City for now!"
However, his command ca a bit too late; the south gate was originally the smallest in Duolin City, just barely wide enough to accommodate two carriages passing through.
And at this mont, the majority of gaven’s army had already entered. Realizing that the jars were filled with pine resin, everyone was running towards the city exit, but this caused the gate to be blocked solid.
Even Lord Gaven, the commander, couldn’t get out, and then the second wave of jars arrived, interspersed with fire arrows.
Hirodod indeed was not good at warfare, but he had one strength, a strong capacity to learn.
The little maid Clara had previously brought many simple scientific experints to fool him, but later on Hirodod gradually ca to understand them and wasn’t angry; he felt as if a new world had opened up to him.
Since then, he began to pay more attention to the application of natural elents. Although he still couldn’t summon thunder and lightning out of the blue like Li Yu, he had managed to develop so new weapons.
Additionally, the battles of the Wing Tribe at Lion Heart Castle also inspired him.
Hirodod had piled a large amount of dry wood and grass near the south gate, and coordinated with the falling pine resin and fire arrows, a great fire was quickly ignited.
And as the flas burned fiercer, the people at the gate beca more panicked and pressed together even tighter.
It was precisely at this mont that Ilkand appeared with a troop of cavalry.
They had secretly left the city through a hidden passage in the west and circled around to the south, numbering just under two hundred n.
Such a small force would not be taken seriously under normal circumstances.
But now they were the last straw that broke the cal’s back.
Along with the rciless fire, they sandwiched and attacked Lord Gaven and his army trapped at the gate, continuously charging into the crowd.
This ti, it was the attackers whose morale collapsed. The crowd began to riot as everyone struggled frantically to escape for their lives.
But at this mont, with everyone squeezed together, most couldn’t even draw their weapons, and breathing beca more and more difficult. The imnse pressure from all around nearly burst every person’s body.
Quintus had never seen such a horrific scene; more people died from being trampled and crushed than from the deadly fire or their enemies’ blades.
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