HBWnovel Chapter 237: Crisis in Xiluo
Chapter 237: Crisis in Xiluo
As Da Yan launched a war against the Principality of Croat.
The other three principalities of the Holy Southern Empire also declared war.
The three principalities of Baria, Stick and Pabuvia launched an attack on the Principality of Xiro.
The Principality of Xiluo itself is short of troops, and now Ronald is leading most of the Principality of Xiluo's troops to the northern border of the empire to defend against the orcs.
We have not yet returned to the Principality of Xiluo, but at this time, the three principalities have chosen to besiege the Principality of Xiluo.
This is totally an act of adding insult to injury.
But everyone tacitly agreed not to help the Principality of Xiluo.
The Holy Empire wants to send troops to rescue the Principality of Xiluo.
But there is the Holy Kara Empire in between.
Everyone is watching to see if the Principality of Xiluo will be the first force to be destroyed...
Duke Ronald of Xiluo, who is stationed in the capital of the Holy Empire, is extremely anxious.
The total number of troops sent by the three principalities exceeded 30.
Although these 30 troops do not pose much pressure to other principalities.
However, for the Principality of Xiluo, it was a devastating disaster.
Because the Principality of Xiluo now has only 50,000 defenders...
And they also had to face siege from three principalities divided into three groups.
This is an impossible task for the Principality of Xiluo.
But the Principality of Xiluo will not retreat, because they can no longer retreat.
Because if we retreat, the Principality of Xiluo will be destroyed.
So even if it is impossible, the Principality of Xiluo will continue to fight.
They don't want to become homeless children...
Although the three principalities divided their troops into three routes, the strength of the three routes was different, and two of the routes had only 50,000 troops.
And there is another group of troops with a total force of 20.
This group of 20 troops chose the northwest side where the Principality of Xiluo’s defense was the weakest.
An army of 20 launched a massive attack.
The fields that the Xiluo people had cultivated with great difficulty were all destroyed...
However, the defenders of the Principality of Xiluo did not know how many enemies there were, so they stationed most of their troops in the south and west.
As a result, the 20 enemy troops faced less than 3000 Xiluo soldiers.
Moreover, the place where these 3000 people were stationed was a fortress that had been in disrepair for a long time.
And their commander was just a young man under 20 years old.
The young man's name is Giovanni Di, and his father is an earl of Violet China. However, because of the persecution of the Grand Duke of Chester by the Holy Empire, he opposed the ruler of the Violet Duchy, the current Emperor Charles.
And was forced to flee to the Principality of Xiluo.
Duke Ronald had once been saved by the earl on the battlefield, so he let the earl stay in the Principality of Xiluo.
He was given the title of count, married and had children in the Duchy of Ciro, and thus Giovanni Di was born.
But the good times didn't last long, the Count could no longer accompany Giovanni Di...
A sudden illness took the count away.
Only the 12-year-old Giovanni Di was left to inherit the title of Count.
Giovanni Di has been count for seven years to this day.
And the place where he was was the northwest gate of the Principality of Xiluo.
Knight's Castle.
Although it is called a fortress, in fact, the Knight's Castle has become a city.
There are as many as 30,000 civilians in this city, and it is also a very meaningful city.
Because Dranes, the founder of the Holy Empire, swore an oath here to march north.
And he appointed twelve knights.
Therefore, the Knight's Castle has always been a holy place in everyone's heart, or they want to emulate Dranes and be canonized as a knight.
Since the establishment of the Holy Empire, only two emperors have been knighted in the Knights' List.
One is Dranes and the other is Alexander.
But with the death of Alexander, the glory of the Knights Castle no longer exists.
Time has gradually eroded this once glorious fortress.
Even now, one can still see its former glory from its dilapidated surface.
Soon, the 20-strong army of the Principality of Pabuvia arrived at the city.
The Principality of Pabuvia had a large number of cavalry.
Their cavalry are more of rangers, who are natural archers.
However, when they saw the huge size of the Knight's Castle, they couldn't help but be stunned.
The nearly twenty-meter-high city wall stands on a rocky hill.
The main body of the Knight's Castle is located on the top of a rocky mountain, while at the foot of the mountain there is a city wall used for simple defense.
Looking at this fortress, the Papua Rangers couldn't help but ask themselves.
Can I take this city?
But they soon learned that there were only 3000 defenders in the city!
That’s right, 20 versus 3000!
No matter how you say it, the advantage is mine!
The commander of this army, Silicis, looked at the Knights' Castle in front of him and felt a little overwhelmed.
But soon Sirius remembered one thing: the water source of the Knight's Castle was transported up through pipelines.
Therefore, as long as he destroyed the pipeline, the Knight's Castle would be destroyed without a fight.
Giovanni knew about this situation, so when he received the news that the three principalities had sent troops to Siro, he immediately ordered all the civilians in the city to start collecting water.
It has continued to this day, but due to limited water output, civilians cannot get much water.
However, the 20-strong army, under the command of Silicius, quickly found the water pipe.
Giovardini, standing on the ramparts, sighed as he watched the water pipes being destroyed and the reveling Papua soldiers.
Currently, the water resources in the Knight's Castle are only enough to support 15 days...
Although there was only 15 days of water, Giovadini did not give up and ordered 3000 soldiers to prepare for war.
Because the Knight's Castle has never been breached since its establishment.
After all, the Knight's Castle is the most solid fortress in the Holy Empire besides the Fortress of Sighs.
The rocky mountain is 100 meters high.
The Knight's Castle is located on this mountain and is surrounded by a plain. It is the only settlement within a radius of dozens of kilometers.
This is enough to show the importance of the Knight's Castle.
However, the Principality of Xiro really had no soldiers left, and stationing 3000 people in the Knights' Castle was a helpless move for the Principality of Xiro.
Giovadini didn't want to lose the Knights Castle in his hands.
So I must keep fighting!
Giovadini drew out the Violet Knight sword passed down to him by his father.
There are no cowards among Violet Knights!
The next day, the Pabuvian soldiers, who had rested for a night, launched an attack.
Because they were well-equipped, the Baburian soldiers carried a large amount of engineering machinery.
There is also a magician corps consisting of 5000 magicians to provide fire support for the Pabuvian soldiers.
Seeing this scene, Giovadini's face was full of solemnity.
How can this be defended?
But Giovadini still led his army to the first line of defense and stationed them at the city wall and Wengcheng at the bottom of the mountain.
Giovadini thought as he looked at the endless enemy forces.
Will there be reinforcements?
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