The raindrop-like arrows flew up and down the city walls, and the deafening shouts filled the entire battlefield.

The roar of the magic crystal cannons came one after another, and every time it would explode a ball of brilliant fireworks and a series of screams in the black Sun Yat-stricken Legion under the city wall.

The catapults continuously shot the huge rocks at the towering city walls, bombarding the Ming Dynasty's magic defense barrier, making the originally flashing defense barrier even more crumbling.

Under the city wall, ladders and siege towers were pushed to the city wall by imperial soldiers. Ant-like soldiers had already begun to climb up along the ladders and siege towers...

The fierce battle had already erupted on the city wall. The guards and elves of Fengyue's Free Leader roared, fighting with the imperial soldiers who climbed the city wall, and launched a fierce tug-of-war at the city wall.

The gray city walls have been stained dark red by continuous blood.

This is the gateway to Augs City, Maple Moon Freedom Leading the North.

Five days have passed since Joseph ordered the siege. During these five days, the Northern Legion launched a strong attack on Augs City day and night, bringing great pressure to the defenders.

In five days, the defenders of Augs City had suffered huge casualties in the continuous round-rotation attacks of 700,000 troops. More than 6,000 defenders had been killed in battle, and countless injured people were injured.

More than 3,000 players who helped defend the city also died, and returned to the Elf Forest and could not join the battle again.

There is no way, there are too many troops on the empire, including many experienced veterans.

Although the entire army had no heavy siege troops, the temporarily assembled siege towers and light trenchers also posed a great threat to defending the city.

What's even worse is that the continuous battles made the defenders of Augs City even more tired.

Even the energetic players, many of them are exhausted after a long period of high-intensity battles.

Commander Arthur has recruited new volunteer soldiers from the city.

There are many civilians who are actively signing up, and in order to protect their homes, everyone's enthusiasm is quite high.

However, this is just a drop in the bucket.

Because most of the newly joined volunteer soldiers are civilians without extraordinary power.

When facing this professional coalition composed of noble private soldiers, they had no power to fight back.

Although Augs City can barely hold on to it now, anyone can see that the situation of Fengyue freely leading the side is not optimistic.

"Old Master Ah Dai, how long will it take for our reinforcements to arrive?"

On the tower of the city wall, Arthur asked gasp, braved the dense rain of arrows and cut down an imperial soldier trying to climb up the city wall from the ladder.

On the side of him, the All-Star Ah Dai, who served as the commander of the player's city guard, also lost the calmness he had in the past few days. His body was covered in blood and looked quite embarrassed.

"It's almost done. If we persist, the other party will lose its composure."

All-star Ah Dai said.

What else Arthur wants to say.

But looking at the elves fighting bloody battles and the fatigue in their eyes, they finally swallowed the words.

Gripping his teeth, he shouted to the surrounding Fengyue Leader soldiers:

"If you persist, our reinforcements will support us soon!"

The pressure on Augs City is getting stronger and stronger.

On the other hand, as the imperial army, as the siege, the pressure is no less than that of Fengyue Freedom.

Looking at the city that had not been captured for several days, Joseph's expression became even more ugly.

He never expected that a small city of Augs would be so tenacious and so difficult to chew.

Yes, the defenders of Augs City did suffer heavy losses.

But as the attacking side and as the forcibly siege the city, the imperial side suffered more losses.

In just a few days, more than 50,000 soldiers died in the Northern Legion because of the siege. If it weren't for the forced pressure from the great nobles, some soldiers, and even some small nobles who participated in the war, might have mutiny and retreated.

The originally high morale was also constantly weakened through repeated attacks, and the resentment caused by high casualties has gradually spread in the army, shaking the cohesion of the entire northern legion.

Joseph knew very well that if he could not conquer the city in a short period of time, he might have gathered his people's hearts and morale that he had finally gathered together would dissipate.

This is the disadvantage of the noble coalition.

After all, everyone gathered together for the generous rewards of the Great Holy War. In fact, they had their own ulterior motives and the degree of unity was not very high.

In this way, it's okay to fight with the wind. If you encounter a tough situation, Joseph does not think that this huge army can really burst out its due combat effectiveness.

"Augs City is famous for its easy defense and difficult attack. In history, the elves successfully used airships to break through this city from the air. However, we do not have airship skills, and the griffin troops in the air are not suitable for attacking cities with magical defense barriers... Therefore, it will naturally be a little more difficult to attack."

On the side of Joseph, the middle-aged noble Roland sighed.

The young duke's expression became even more ugly.

As the middle-aged nobleman said, he looked at his army besieging the city, and continued to shake his head and said:

"But this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that after siege in the past few days, everyone has realized that this city is difficult to crack. Now many great nobles have begun to choose to preserve their strength."

"Only the little nobles were forced to come out and bite the bullet..."

"But their strength is not strong at all. If we fight like this, we may only delay it for a longer time."

"Mr. Duke, you must let the great nobles send their own elites. Only the elites of the great nobles can destroy this city in a short period of time!"

The middle-aged nobleman said with a serious expression.

After hearing his words, Joseph nodded slightly and his eyes flashed.

His gaze wandered among the nobles behind him, and many of the great nobles who looked at him subconsciously lowered their heads.

And Joseph's eyes finally stopped when he saw one of them:

"Earl Meath, it is said that you brought 70,000 people in this holy war, but I don't seem to see your army fighting these days."

The thin Earl of Meath changed instantly.

His eyes flashed and he was about to speak up, but he was soon blocked by Joseph's next sentence:

"Your Excellency Earl, if I remember correctly, Augs City was originally affiliated with the Western Territory. As the former Western Territory Lord, you want to take back this land. Should you set some examples? Or are you planning to give up taking back the nearby territory?"

"No! Lord Duke, Augs City has been part of the Western Territory since ancient times! It is the legal territory of our Meath family!"

Earl Mees subconsciously refuted.

"Then let's set an example. There are many nobles from the Western Leadership who participated in the war this time. In the next round of strong attacks, your great nobles from the Western Leadership will take the lead."

Joseph said.

After saying that, he glanced deeply at the pale Earl of Meath:

"Don't think about preserving your strength anymore. Otherwise, even if I finally conquered this place, I will report to the Parliament and ask the Parliament to take back your ownership!"

Earl Mees struggled.

After a moment, he finally sighed in a dismay:

"I understand, Lord Duke."

"Then prepare quickly and the next round of large-scale attack will start in an hour."

Joseph said with satisfaction.

After saying that, the young duke left, leaving only the expression of Earl Mees changed.

"Sir Earl, do we... really want to be the main force of the next strong attack?"

The great nobles from the western lord asked.

"I can only go there. Duke Rosen has said this. Even if we don't want to go there, it won't work."

Earl Mees sighed.

He looked at the hesitant vassal nobles around him, sneered again, and said:

"Okay, don't be upset. After spending these days, the power of Augs City has also weakened a lot. Although it may be a little more loss after a strong attack, it is not as difficult as it was at the beginning."

After speaking, he took a deep look at the vassals:

"Don't hide it. I know you guys secretly bring better siege equipment and you have to take it out later. Otherwise, when the war is over, I will report to the parliament and deprive him of his title!"

...

"Hmph, I've known for a long time that these selfish idiots have always hidden elites and don't want to do anything!"

Half an hour later, when he looked at the three siege magic crystal cannons launched by the private soldiers of the Western leader led by Earl Mees, Joseph snorted angrily and cursed.

"Not good! It's a heavy magic crystal cannon!"

Above the city wall, when the commander Arthur saw the giant siege cannon launched by the empire, his expression changed slightly.

The magic defense barrier in Augs City is already shaking.

If it is bombarded by a heavy magic crystal cannon, it is very likely that it will completely collapse.

At that time, relying solely on ordinary city walls, I am afraid that this destructive power is even stronger than that of the magician who is superior to the gold. The power of the city is enough to match the heavy cannon with legendary magic...

The defenders were facing a great enemy, and outside the camp, more than 150,000 elite Western leaders also slowly gathered together to launch a strong attack on Augs City.

Earl Mees was wearing a full body of armor and stood behind the army's command.

Looking at the army in front of him, he took a deep breath and his eyes gradually became firm.
To be continued...