Chapter 51: The City on the Brink of Collapse (Third Watch, Charging into the Rankings! Please Support!)

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  The dawn's light, sounded the war horn. The cold city woke up from its sleep, and welcomed a bloody morning.

  After several waves of attacks, the orcs still couldn't gain a foothold on the city walls. Occasionally, when they broke through a section of the wall, a young female general with a silver glow all over her body would dance with her long sword and lead a team of soldiers to send the orcish warriors who climbed onto the city walls to hell.

  Two ethnic groups turned the city into a slaughterhouse, mercilessly reaping lives. Only blood can awaken man's primitive beastliness - hatred; other things may also be able to do so, but none as directly as blood.

  The soldiers who killed the red eyes could no longer distinguish which one was human and which one was a beast, but rather like beasts pulled out of blood, biting each other.

  Life and death have lost all meaning at this moment. A knife has just beheaded someone, a gun has suddenly pierced its own chest.

  The fierce tiger gazed calmly at the scene before him, feeling very satisfied. War requires death, and these waves of attacking beastmen soldiers were just cannon fodder. His killing intent still lingered in the back. When the defensive supplies of City of Coldness were exhausted, that was when City of Coldness would fall.

  Two hours of fierce fighting left behind a large number of corpses, but had little impact on the battle situation. However, Luo Lin felt something was off in his heart. Naya happened to arrive at his side at this moment. Like Luo Lin, Naya hadn't slept for several days on the city wall, her eyes were bloodshot and her face pale. What supported them was their unyielding faith and loyalty to the country.

  "Princess, it seems they're intentionally depleting our defensive supplies." Rolin said anxiously as he gazed out at the endless tide of beastmen.

  "Hmm, I've also discovered that. But even if we know their intentions, we still have to use it, or else how can we defend ourselves?" Naya said with a wry smile.

  "If things go on like this, we can hold out for at most half a day." If the war supplies were sufficient, how could it have come to this? A deep sense of guilt rose up again in Luo Lin's heart.

  The shortage of war supplies in the Cold City was caused by the military officer under Luo Lin. Most of these materials were sold under different names. As for this, Luo Lin had always turned a blind eye, and in the absence of war for a long time, he did not want to offend people for this. He looked forward to leaving the Cold City one day, but unexpectedly, the war came suddenly.

  "They are wearing us down, certainly preparing for a final assault. General Rolen, I command you as princess that if the city falls, you lead your men in a breakout and harass the beastmen army along the way, to gain time for the Imperial Army." Naya said to Rolen after a moment of deep thought.

  "No! Princess, I'll stay behind, you lead the others in breaking through!" Luo Lin said with tears in his eyes.

  "The defense of the cold city is weak, and I will be blamed for it. I should die in battle to atone for my sin!"

  "General, now is not the time for recriminations. That's an order." Naya said sternly and turned to rush towards the city wall.

  Looking at the princess covered in blood all over her body, Luo Lin gritted his teeth and also rushed towards the city wall.

  "Raise the drawbridge and push forward."

  After yesterday's attack, Hu Lie knew that the arrows of the defenders in Hanshui City had been exhausted. Today's attack consumed a large number of boulders from the defenders. The few catapults on the city wall seemed to have become decorations, occasionally throwing out a few stones, unable to pose any threat.

  "It's time." Hu Lie smiled, watching as tower after tower of arrows rose up and slowly pushed towards the walls of City Han.

  More than ten arrow towers approached the city wall, and a rain of arrows poured down on the defenders on the city wall. Instantly, many people were hit by arrows and fell from the top of the wall. The city wall was filled with cries of agony.

  "Protect the princess!" Rolin shouted loudly while directing the warriors to retreat.

  Naya had just cut down a beastman soldier when she heard the sound of arrows whizzing through the air behind her. Then, a dull hum, and a body fell softly onto her back.

  Naya quickly turned around to support the person behind her, and a young face appeared in front of her. It was an imperial new recruit, seventeen or eighteen years old, who bravely blocked her from the arrows. His body had already been pierced by an arrow, with the bloody arrowhead entering from his back and emerging from his chest.

  "Princess, you're so beautiful!"

  The soldier struggled to say his last words and fell to the ground.

  Dozens of soldiers rushed over and surrounded Naya tightly.

  "Return to your posts, I don't need you to protect me!" Naya shouted loudly.

  No one heeded her orders. After a shower of arrows, several more soldiers fell beside her. The beastmen's archers also seemed to have discovered the anomaly here and began to concentrate their fire on Naya's position.

  Naya leapt into the air, meeting the dense hail of arrows. Her body's Dou Qi suddenly surged forth, and with a mighty swing of her arm, she formed a light screen that protected the soldiers behind her.

  "Princess, no!" The young soldiers roared in anger.

  "Can't the princess protect her own soldiers?" Naya's mood became exceptionally calm in the face of death, she said loudly.

  "We protect you, not just because you are our princess, but also because you are a beautiful girl! Leave behind a beauty for the motherland, Princess, this will inspire countless soldiers to fight for it! Farewell, Princess!"

  A soldier said with a sigh.

  "Motherland, don't forget me!"

  With a loud cry, he rushed out of the protection of the sword light, attracting a burst of rapid shooting from the beastmen, and in an instant, his body was filled with numerous arrows, falling into a pool of blood.

  "Motherland, don't forget me!"

  Following in his footsteps, one by one, the young soldiers shouted and rushed out with swords drawn, using their bodies as targets to attract enemy arrows, calmly walking towards death.

  "No!"

  Watching the soldiers fall one by one, Naya's heart was broken and she cried out in anguish.

  Roland quickly organized a group of archers to protect Naya and brought two catapults over. Then, he ordered all the soldiers on the city wall to retreat into the arrow towers and wait for the enemy to climb up before engaging in close combat. The defensive advantage of the city wall was instantly nullified by the beastmen's arrow towers.

  Looking at the ruined city walls, looking at the soldiers lying on the ground, Naya's heart rose with a thread of sadness and enlightenment.

  Death, though frightening, has one advantage: it can shorten the distance between people. People are often distant due to "life" and close due to "death". She was once a high-and-mighty princess, but at this moment, in their eyes, she was just a girl who needed protection. Naya suddenly felt that she liked this feeling.

  "Soldiers, you will live forever! Don't go far, your princess is waiting for you!"

  Naya thinks that on the battlefield, a soldier's life is like a flower.

  Fragile.

  But forever live in spring.

  Brief.

  But forever fragrant and enchanting.

  Death

  But let him wither in his most beautiful time

  Beauty stays in people's hearts forever.

  Only death is close to eternity.

  "General Luo Lin, remember to carry out my orders. When things can't be done, I want you to let more soldiers survive."

  Naya suddenly felt a sense of relief and said faintly to Luolin.

  "Hmm." Luo Lin nodded calmly.

  He had decided that when the city fell, he would knock the princess unconscious and send her safely away from Cold City.

  "Once a timid man, today I'll wash away this shame with blood!"

  This is what he thinks, and also what every soldier thinks in his heart.

  To die on the battlefield is the greatest honor for a man.

  "The Fire Cloud Flower" will bloom forever, it is the heart's desire of every hot-blooded man in the empire.

  At this time, a soldier rushed up onto the city wall, panting and saying:

  "General, there is a mercenary commander who requests an audience!"