Black Iron Crown

And every time after a period of time, the defenders below the city wall will attack the city wall while the defenders are busy avoiding arrows.

Although each time was not a full-scale attack, this almost equalized the casualty ratio of the two sides.

The battle damage was close to one to one, which completely offset the advantages brought by the city wall.

As time went on, the morale of the defenders became lower and lower, and Earl Creek had to put on his armor and walk up the city wall to boost morale.

He looked at the enemy below with a frowning expression. His confidence in the next defense of the city was not as strong as it was at the beginning.

"Where is Earl Creek! We should negotiate again!"

Below the city wall, Sir Contans once again held up a white flag and came to the front of the city wall. Because of the white flag in his hand, the archers on the arrow tower did not shoot.

As for whether the shooting was really because of the white flag or some other reason, it is not known.

The soldiers on the city wall were looking forward to Earl Creek, they were already tired of this war.

Faced with the threat of death all the time, the oppressive atmosphere makes people feel like they are in hell. If it is a real battle with the enemy on the frontal battlefield, these soldiers who have fought bloody battles are not afraid.

But if they are facing danger all the time like now, they don't know when death will come to them, and their hearts are under tremendous pressure.

Seeing the hopeful eyes of the soldiers, Earl Creek could only sigh, and allowed Sir Contans to walk up the city wall.

"What's the matter with you?" Earl Creek asked helplessly.

"Respected Earl Creek, we have besieged your castle for more than two months, and that Grand Duke Reiner will not come, please give up your resistance, the adults may be willing to reduce some demands!"

"Don't say any more, this is absolutely impossible, Grand Duke Leiner just needs time to mobilize the army and march, we will stick to it until his arrival!"

"But what's the use of him coming? Even if he comes, the only end is death! He will die here! If you don't want to be buried with him, please be sensible!"

"He will die here?" Earl Creek couldn't help but notice something was wrong when he heard Sir Contans's tone of indifference to the famous Grand Duke Rainer: "What do you mean?"

Sir Constance seemed to realize that he had slipped his words,

Hastily changed the subject: "What I mean is that you can't hold out until the arrival of Grand Duke Leiner, and the castle will be breached by us. If you invest in it, you can avoid such a tragedy!"

"Even if you don't think about yourself, think about it for your family, your soldiers, and all your followers. If you insist on going your own way, what will happen to them?"

"Please think about it carefully, don't let the tragedy happen!" Sir Contans said dancing, as if he thought he was a great orator, and it fell into the ears of the soldiers and caused waves of waves.

"Enough!" Seeing Sir Contans' actions, Earl Crick's expression changed drastically. He realized that Sir Contans was not here to negotiate at all, but to break down the fighting spirit of the soldiers!

"I was able to tolerate you before, but you challenged my bottom line again and again. This time, I can no longer forgive you!"

The smile on Sir Contans's face froze instantly, he forced a smile on his pale face, and said, "What did you say, respectable Earl Crick, maybe you didn't intend to do that!"

"You must be wrong, am I right?" Sir Constance said with a forced smile.

"No, although I'm old, I'm not confused yet. I know exactly what I just said!" Earl Crick said looking at Sir Contans expressionlessly.

As he spoke, he winked at the two soldiers beside him, and the two immediately understood, and went up to grab Sir Contans's hands.

"No! Earl Creek! Honorable Earl Creek, don't do that! For the sake of the Holy Father! Please!" Sir Contans wailed and wailed, and the high-spirited spirit just now was gone. breath.

"Execute him on the spot!" Earl Crick shouted, he wanted to boost the morale that was hit by Sir Contans.

Having received the order from Earl Crick, a knight beside him drew out the long sword at his waist and looked at Sir Contans in front of him.

He approached slowly with a long sword in his hand, and every step he took seemed to be stepping on Sir Contans' heart.

He no longer had the arrogance he had before, crying and begging for mercy.

On the other side at this time, Earl Lorrance was looking at the letter in front of him in his castle, and an ordinary-looking middle-aged man wearing a fine attire stood in front of him.

"Very good, very good, I understand what I should do, you have made such great contributions in the imperial capital, you should be rewarded!"

Speaking of this, Earl Creek suddenly asked again: "Do you know the date that Grand Duke Leiner sent troops? On that day did he leave the northern border with the army?"

"June 7th, Lord Earl, he will set off with troops on June 7th!"

"June 7th..." Earl Lorance nodded and said, "Okay, you can go out now, and you will get the reward you deserve!"

"Afatto!" Earl Lorrance shouted towards the door.

A moment later, a middle-aged man with a slightly stooped figure walked into his study.

"Afatto, immediately pass my order to get everyone ready for battle, food, leather armor, all ready for me, and at the same time call all my vassals, let them come to me with the army to assemble! "

"Yes, Lord Earl, I'll do it right away!" The middle-aged man left the room after receiving the order to carry out what Earl Lorrance said.

"Grand Duke Rainer..." Earl Lorance narrowed his eyes, "I will definitely make you pay the price... Grand Duke of the North, huh..."

At this time, Reiner knew nothing about all of this. He had already reached the middle of the empire with his army, not very far from the imperial capital.

On September 20th, the twenty-sixth year of the empire, Reiner had led the army to a position slightly closer to the south.

He is only about 500 kilometers away from Fort Creek, and further south is the sphere of influence of the upstarts.

A large number of new nobles' territories are here, and in places further south, the territories that originally belonged to the royal lords were also occupied by them, which means that the next 500 kilometers are all occupied by these new nobles sphere of influence.

Looking at the winding, rugged and somewhat muddy narrow dirt road in front of him, Reiner couldn't help frowning.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said to the subordinates beside him: "Convey my order, everyone rests for 30 minutes, then put on the armor and move on!"

Luckily for Rainer, he happened to miss the hottest weather in the south. Now that it is autumn, the temperature is no longer unbearable.

Reiner was not sure what the group of upstarts would do, so to be on the safe side, letting the soldiers march in full armor could avoid danger.