299 – Troops Surround the Burgas City
The St. Tulan City was the symbol of imperial power of the Morrince Empire, and any prince who occupied it was the default emperor. Before the emperor was overthrown by another prince, the rest of the provinces of the Morrince Empire would obey the orders issued by the St. Tulan City.
Once André captured the St. Tulan City, apart from the forces of Garça and the other princes, the rest of the provinces would obey his orders. This was an unwritten rule of the Morrince Empire.
It was for this reason that André rebelled, spearheaded a campaign against the St. Tulan City, and attacked strategical places on the way, yet had no intention of attacking other provinces.
A look of worry in his eyes, Bracy said solemnly: “However, Duke Ian was too impatient and too fierce in his methods to purge the upper echelon of the 6 corps. The battle prowess of the 6 corps took a nosedive. I don’t thing that André will miss such a great chance.”
Although the purge of the upper echelon of the 6 corps left Yang Feng with full control over the 6 corps, it also greatly weakened the combat strength of the 6 corps. It was equivalent to crippling them.
After incorporating the surrendered troops of the empire a few times, André’s army exceeded 300,000 people. Yang Feng, on the other hand, shot himself in the leg by crippling the 6 corps. At present, he only had 180,000 troops with considerable fighting strength. The strength of both sides reversed.
Garça’s eyes flashed with regret, and he sighed: “He’s still too immature!”
Bracy smiled and said: “Your Majesty, don’t worry. Duke Ian must have his reasons. He still has more than 300,000 troops under his control, so holding the Burgas City isn’t an issue. So long as he stays put, strives to buy us more time, and consumes André’s forces, the final victors will still be us.”
Garça’s eyes glimmered with apprehension, and he sighed slowly: “I hope so!”
The Notice Province.
After André and his main forces converged, he bulldozed his way forward. Wherever he and his army passed through, the cities of the Notice Province would surrender and change sides.
A huge circle slowly formed around Burgas City, completely enveloping it.
Yang Feng just looked on coldly. From time to time, he would send cavalry squads to consume André’s units. When they were met with André’s main force, the cavalry squads would immediately choose to withdraw in the Burgas City.
Amid the scattered fights, Yang Feng killed nearly 4,000 of André’s troops.
However, André wasn’t bothered by the loss of these troops, and continued to narrow the encirclement in an orderly manner, like a noose wrapped around the Burgas City.
After forming the huge encirclement, André commanded an army that expanded to 460,000 people to surround the Burgas City.
Underneath the scorching sun, outside the Burgas City, there were countless banners and barracks stretching endlessly.
Atop the Burgas City’s city wall, some warriors watched the mighty enemy outside the city, and their hearts surged with fear.
André arrived before the Burgas City and shouted loudly: “I am Andre! Earl Ian, I want to talk to you!”
André’s voice, which went through Star Knight rank qi amplification, covered the whole Burgas City, as if it sounded right next to everyone’s ears.
Accompanied by numerous ministers, Yang Feng went up the city wall. He looked at André from afar and said with a faint smile: “Your Highness André, what else is there to talk about? Are you going to surrender?”
“Ian, I mobilized 800,000 troops to surround the Burgas City! You are on your own in the city and there won’t be any reinforcements coming. You have fewer than 300,000 troops capable of combat. Besides, you purged the high-ranking officers of 6 corps, crippling their fighting strength. Therefore, you have less than 200,000 troops capable of combat. It will only take 3 days at most to break through the Burgas City.”
“Ian, I admire you very much. If you surrender, I will not only spare your life, but also let you continue to be the earl of the Red Earth Wasteland.” André said with a spirited and confident smile.
Yang Feng replied with a faint smile: “André, I do still have 300,000 troops under my control. You are underestimating me if you think that I’ll surrender from just a few sentences!”
André smiled and clapped his hands: “Very well. Let me show you the real strength and ace of the southern army.”
A black-robed Archwizard took out a black cloth, then silently recited an incantation and pointed to the black cloth. Immediately after, magic light entered the black cloth.
Black light emerged from the black cloth, and 30-meter-tall behemoths with body as flat as a football field and 8 sturdy and short legs appeared in front of everyone. The behemoths were covered in black scales, and had a 3-meter-long curved blade on their heads.
When Chiron saw the behemoths, his face changed dramatically, and he exclaimed: “Black-scaled siege behemoths! Damn it, their one of the empire’s strongest siege weapons. They mobilized the behemoths, we’re screwed!!!”
Atop the city wall, the complexions of the upper echelon in the Burgas City changed greatly and their eyes glimmered with dismay.
Black-scaled siege behemoth were a kind of siege behemoths that the God of War Barrios bred from various kinds of siege divine beasts and other species.
Black-scaled siege behemoths were immune to Disintegrate and many other deadly spells, and their magic resistance and physical resistance were first class. Their only weakness was their slow movement speed and reaction. However, as siege weapons, they were very outstanding.
Only a huge city like the Burgas City could withstand a collision with black-scaled siege behemoths. The city walls of some small cities, on the other hand, would collapse from a strike.
Even though the Burgas City was a huge city, but André’s men could still stand atop the black-scaled siege behemoths and shoot down the warriors atop the Burgas City’s city wall.
Black-scaled siege behemoths were a treasure of the southern army, their numbers very few. It cost at least 60 million gold coins to breed a siege behemoth. Besides, the maintenance and food expenses for a single behemoth were upwards of 1 million gold coins per year. The southern army only had 4 such behemoths.
Now, the 4 black-scaled siege behemoths appeared in front of the Burgas City. Seeing the 4 terrifying behemoths, which were taller than the Burgas City’s city wall, the moral of the warriors atop the city wall plummeted.
The 4 black-scaled siege behemoths resembled 4 lofty, movable city walls. As soon as the 4 terrifying black-scaled siege behemoths appeared, the advantage of the Burgas City’s city wall was reduced by a lot.
A complacent smile of his face, André clapped his hands.
An Archwizard took out a black pouch and tossed. The pouch radiated black light that landed on the ground.
Eyes dull, profound and mysterious magic runes engraved on their bodies, 20-meter-tall, bald giants holding a 15-meter-long wolf tooth club each appeared in front of everyone.
His voice trembling, Chiron exclaimed: “Golem giants!”
The golem giants were war weapons refined from the bodies of giants the Light Primary God Prados defeated.
Prados had taken the best golem giants back to his divine country, leaving only a few defective products in the secular world. But even the defective golem giants had frightening battle prowess. When they brandished the huge wolf tooth clubs, even demigod rank powerhouses wouldn’t be willing to meet the golem giants head on.
One after another, for a total of 8, golem giants appeared on the battlefield.
When the upper echelon atop the Burgas City’s city wall saw the 8 golem giants, their expressions turned very unsightly.
If André had no Wizard squad under his command, then by relying on the power of Wizard squads, the Burgas City would have a chance to get rid of the 8 golem giants after paying a great price. However, the power of Wizard squads under André might be greater than that of Wizard squads commanded by Yang Feng. Under such circumstances, the Burgas City had no way to deal with the 4 black-scaled siege behemoths and 8 golem giants.
André’s eyes flashed with a fierce light and he barked: “Ian, Chiron, you stand no chance at victory. If you don’t surrender, I will attack the Burgas City with all I have. When I break through the city wall, the whole city will be slaughtered!! Your friends and family will be reduced to slaves on a the charge of treason and sink into ruin.”
When his words fell, the complexions of the upper echelon atop the city wall changed dramatically, and strange gazes fell on Yang Feng.
Seeing how strong André’s forces were, many people secretly had a change of heart. Apart from Garça’s hard-core supporters, no one was willing to throw their lives away for Garça in a war that could not be won.
Yang Feng clapped his hands and praised with a smile: “Amazing! Really amazing! Your Highness André, you are too modest. With these forces, you can break through the Burgas City’s city wall within 2 days at the most.”
The upper echelon atop the city wall stared at Yang Feng dumbstruck, unable to believe their ears. For Yang Feng to say such a thing at this critical time was a blow to the morale of the defenders.
Frowning slightly, André had an ominous premonition. Yang Feng’s calm demeanor left him very disturbed.