Chapter 934, Never Surrender
Bagration's death is not the end of everything. On the contrary, his heroic death inspired the fighting spirit of all Mrs. Keesler.
On the other side, Norscan High King Aislin was also severely injured by the three gods. After the championship showdown, Aislin knelt down on one knee in pain. His personal guards, the eight-pointed star-patterned Chaos God-given champion warriors, had not had time to come up. To help him, Kislev's army launched an attack on Eslin in anger and fury. The seriously injured High King of Norsca was even shot several times in the chest by the firepower of the shooting army before he was killed by the guards. Escorted and forcibly exited the battlefield.
Rokossovsky once again mobilized the army to launch a counterattack. Mrs. Keesler burned her own life and fought a fierce battle for every inch of territory with the Chaos army. With the troops mobilized from the southern city and the return of the Red Navy, Novo After losing the command and commander-in-chief of Aislin, the Norska Mountains Army fell into a situation of fighting independently, and could no longer coordinate. In the end, after Mrs. Keesler paid more than 50,000 casualties, the Norska Mountains The legions were repulsed and driven from Erengrad.
This extremely tragic battle was called the "Sorrow of Esun".
On December 15, the sun once again rose over the horizon of Erlengrad.
The city still stands.
A huge funeral was held for Bagration in the city. The elderly, children, and women spontaneously came to the streets to sing praises to this great bear god, and shed tears for him.
Bagration died, and he used his death to inspire Mrs. Kisler's fighting spirit, and also made the Norscans realize Mrs. Kisler's determination. In the light of the fire, the Bear God's Choice turned into eternity. , flames and smoke turned into Ersun's face, and the bear god told Mrs. Keesler not to give up, support is on the way.
Morale in the city was high.
Outside the city, because Norscan High King Varmir Aislin was seriously injured, the Norscan Mountain Army no longer attacked, but changed to a siege method, trying to force Erengrad to surrender. Aislin personally promised that if Erengrad surrendered, and the High King allowed half of the city to become slaves to Norsca.
Mrs. Keesler refused to hang the envoy's head on the city wall. Instead, they took advantage of the temporary inability of the Norscan Mountain Legion to attack and seized the time to repair the city wall and train new recruits. Ice Witch Elder Ivanovna used her own The magic created a wall of ice to replace the collapsed city wall.
However, just when Erlengrad took a breath, bad news came next. Due to the betrayal of the traitor Vlasov, the Chaos Hell Cannon found the location of Erlengrad's grain warehouse with great accuracy. The entire grain warehouse was engulfed in flames by the directional bombardment of the Chaos Hell Artillery.
There was sudden panic in the city, and rumors spread wildly among the refugees and troops.
Marshal Rokossovsky and others immediately came forward to comfort him, but they all knew that the actual problem was much more serious than imagined!
The entire grain warehouse only rescued less than 400 tons of grain! Four hundred tons is at best 400,000 kilograms, and there are currently 300,000 people in Erengrad! Three hundred thousand people need at least two hundred thousand kilograms of food every day to keep them fed and clothed!
And Erengrad is now completely surrounded by the barbarian army. It is extremely difficult to obtain food supplies. All land routes are cut off, and the sea routes are also blocked by the barbarian dragon boat fleet. The only place that can get a small amount of food supplies is the ice of the great lake in the port. fish below.
The defenders were close to being in dire straits.
At the earliest, in mid-November, when Oerengrad was besieged, each soldier, blacksmith, and worker could get 800 grams of daliba and a small amount of salt every day, and ordinary refugees could get 400 grams.
By the beginning of December, after all supplies in Erengrad were cut off, the rationing system became more stringent. Each soldier, blacksmith, and worker could only receive 500 grams of daliba every day, and ordinary refugees and family members received 250 grams. The famine was Sprawl within the city.
By mid-December, the fierce attack of the Norse Mountain Legion and the burning of the granary due to betrayal by the traitors made the city's food supply extremely tight. Even the Red Navy, the Hussars, and the Bear Cavalry could only get 300 grams of large columns per day. The ration in Pakistan is 250 grams for workers and blacksmiths, and only 100 grams for ordinary refugees and their families.
Moreover, the quality of Dalieba is getting worse and worse. In addition to semolina, bakeries add many other things to the food, including flour ground from legumes, chestnut and pea flour for livestock, and even many other ingredients. The remains of charred flour and large amounts of sawdust and stone ground into powder during the infernal fire.
Hunger and exhaustion almost plunged the entire city into despair. After the Norse Mountain Legion was forced to retreat, the residents of the city could no longer hold on. Tens of thousands of people were bedridden due to exhaustion and malnutrition.
When the time came to December 20, even with the worst rationing of Dalieba, the defenders could no longer maintain it. Hunger and severe cold reduced the original 300,000 residents to only 280,000. The severe cold of midwinter and cruel famine, Aisling, who was recovering from his injuries, once saw hope of conquering the city, but the stubborn resistance of the defenders finally made the high king of Norsca, who was still injured, give up the idea and chose to continue the siege.
The terrible midwinter and snowstorm seemed to herald the end of Erengrad. Even the commanders of the Silavik Group could only choose to lie down for a long time to save their energy when there was no military situation. Except for the black bread. The only meat was fish under the ice, and all of this meat was given to the Red Navy and the Bear Cavalry, Hussars and Shooting Corps.
The Norscans never give up looking for any weakness. Chaos Hell Cannons will bombard the interior of the city every day. Many Chaos Champions, Barbarian Champions or Chaos Warriors eager to make achievements will immediately rush up, trying to find opportunities to break the city, but Ji Mrs. Sler did not leave them any chance. After a few days, the Norscans suffered more than 2,000 casualties. After Aisling announced that it was forbidden to attack the city wall without orders.
The Red Navy dragged thousands of corpses from the streets every day. Many Mrs. Keesler went crazy with hunger and tried to eat the corpses. Marshal Rokossovsky and Marshal Kuznetsov issued extremely cruel orders. All these people must be put to death. To maintain Erengrad, no mental or physical corruption can be tolerated, and eating the corpses of fellow citizens is the most serious kind.
There was no shortage of ammunition, and Ehrengrad had to thank Kalashnikov, the chief engineer of the Kirov factory, and Voroshilov, the former Duma deputy. Chief Engineer Kalashnikov had stored ammunition for Ehrengrad. There is enough black powder and ore for half a year. Duma representative Voroshilov, because he is relatively clean personally and does not know much about firearms production, has given full authority to the chief engineer to arrange the material reserves, which allows the factory to always operate at full capacity. Horsepower production and armies always have an ample supply of ammunition.
Despite the defenders' best efforts, it looked like the end of Erengrad was coming.
By December 25, civilians in the entire city had no food supply. 2,000 people died of hunger every day, and the highest number was 4,000 on the 24th.
The ice witch elder Ivanovna wrote desperately in her diary: "Our Majesty the Tsarina Katalin never understands the living conditions of her people. She always feels that her royal estate's grain yield per hectare can reach 1500 kilograms means that the grain production in all places in Kislev can reach 1500 kilograms per hectare. She foolishly chose to take away every sword and all the grain in the granary from Erengrad, leaving despair and famine. Rokossovsky tried to save Oerengrad, but it was too late."
"It seems that this is all over. It's too painful. People may lose their lives at any time. The refugees first started to be indifferent to everything, and then slowly fell to the ground in some kind of trance. They I always like to say I’m just a little tired and want to take a break, but a lot of people… never get back up.”
"This happens every day in Erengrad, and many people who are dying of hunger don't even notice that the people around them are gone forever."
"But if that means making us surrender, then the answer for the Sons of Kislev is - never!"
Such a cruel war cannot make the people of Erengrad surrender.
Likewise, Erengrad's determination and great sacrifice were not in vain.
The city's miraculously standing firm in the face of the chaotic wave of destruction greatly boosted the morale of the Old World, bought time for the mobilization of the Empire and Britannia, and delayed Mortkin's march south. , the 120,000 main Chaos army led by Motkin himself encountered severe cold and blizzard attacks when crossing the Kislev border, and were forced to slow down their pace. In addition, Erengrad took longer than expected. The inability to capture it caused Motkin to worry about the risk of being surrounded from the side, so he was unable to move south at full speed. This bought the Old World precious time.
"I have to sincerely praise the city of Erengrad. They bought time for the empire to a large extent. It took the barbarians 8 days to break through all the border defenses in the north of Kislev, and in Erengrad In Grad, they only blew up a small section of the city wall and a few buildings. It took Chaos 20 days to drive Tsarina Katarin and her army out of Kislev's land. In Erlengrad, they only blew up a small section of the city wall and a few buildings. Breaking through a few streets.”
——White Wolf Elector Boris-Todbringer.
The Empire, which had been mobilized, began to make an all-out effort to break the siege of Erengrad.
Nord's Claw Sea Fleet conducted an operation. The Nords divided the fleet into several groups, lured Norsca's dragon ship fleet in batches, and took the opportunity to send a small group of cargo ships to try to deliver supplies to Erengrad. Although more than 60% of them The cargo ships were all destroyed by the dragon ships, and Nord also suffered hundreds of casualties, but about thirty tons of food were still delivered to the city.
To the south of the land route, General Middleton of the Oster Territory assembled his army and launched a fierce attack on the Norscan army on the south bank of Erengrad. A small opening was opened in the Norscan encirclement, and the army After persisting for several hours, they suffered more than 50% losses and were eventually annihilated. However, the Ostlanders still took advantage of this opportunity and used sleds to seize the time to transport more than fifty tons of food to the city of Erengrad.
For the first time, Erlengrad felt that the old world had not abandoned them. The food urgently transported into the city gave Rokossovsky hope to persevere again. Food supplies began to recover, and the soldiers and workers recovered. 500 grams of black bread is provided a day, and 300 grams for common people.
The imperial army is still working hard. The forces of the Hawk Territory, the Ost Territory and the Nord Kingdom once again jointly launched the "Operation Thalia". Thousands of imperial soldiers and Nord troops came from a small coniferous forest south of Erengrad. A transportation line was established within the channel. They persisted for three days before being driven out of the area near Oerengrad by the Norscans. However, by this time there were already more than 200 tons of grain and more than a dozen tons of meat, salt, sugar, and vegetables. Was sent to the city of Erengrad.
Until the end of December, support from the Old World restored Erengrad's vitality. Although the city's residents had dropped from 400,000 at the beginning of the war to 230,000, the Norsca Mountain Legion outside the city had The desertion started due to the freezing temperature of minus 30 degrees and the long-term siege. The defense line began to scatter. Many Norscan tribes left their original positions and entered the forests in the northeast of Erengrad to escape the cold. , their encampment and siege state began to gradually become lax, and their fighting spirit was low. Their formations gradually dispersed, and the camp of High King Aislin in Groward Forest began to relax its vigilance.
The barbarians were really tired. Aisling himself was injured and he was tired. The Norse Mountain Legion had gradually lost control in his hands.
Marshal Rokossovsky in the city quickly realized the fighter plane, and Marshal Bear Cavalry with a keen sense of smell felt that he had caught something.
And just when Mrs. Kisler was desperately trying to find a chance to rescue the siege, the rumble of the ironclad ship was heard above Kislev Bay.
The Brittanian Poseidon Fleet, with the assistance of the ironclad Enterprise, broke through the blockade of the Norscan Dragon Ship Fleet and successfully arrived at Erengrad!
…………I am the dividing line that will never yield…………
Time goes back to December 15th, when the defenders of Erengrad were fighting a bloody battle with the Norscan Mountain Legion.
The Old World, the border area between Britannia and the Empire, the Road to Curona.
The first wave of the knightly army, numbering more than 30,000 people, has been assembled, starting from Kurona and heading towards Marienburg.
Thousands of flags, thousands of tents, gorgeous armor reflecting the bright light, hundreds of rows of lances, and the decorations on the tops of the lances are buzzing, and a large number of family coats of arms of dukes, marquises, earls, barons, and knights Flying in the cold winter wind.
This place has simply become the scene of a knight's convention.
The northern knight nobles of Britannia and the knightly army of the Principality of Bastogne camped here.
The smug knights-errant all gathered under the heraldic banner of Ryan's Holy Grail, the Iris Book, and the Sword Family. Knight King Ryan led the way riding the pure-blood elf war horse Grape, and next to him was the Lake God Witch Mo, who rode the unicorn Sylphan. Jaina, behind him, are the ten Holy Grail Knights of the Kurona branch of the Holy Grail Knights, the eight Holy Grail Knights of Morgiana's Holy Grail Guards, and the twelve Holy Grail Knights of the Brotherhood of Red Dragon Knights, and behind him On both sides, there are luxurious and star-studded commanders and accompanying wizards.
Regent of the Kingdom Raun, Duke Bohemond of the Red Dragon, Duke Hagen of Gisoleaux, Speaker Veronica of the Sorceress Assembly, Aurora and Teresa from MI7 also followed on horseback. behind.
"Make way for the King!"
"Make way!"
"Make way for the Fay Enchantress!"
The king and the Lake God Witch entered the camp on horseback. Ryan's face was relaxed, while Morgiana's expression was cold.
"My lord!" The Old Guards had already set up camp. Raymond, the commander of the Halberd Battalion, stood on the roadside and paid tribute to Ryan. The king raised his hand.
"Hail to you, sire!" The cheers grew louder and louder, and the appearance of the King of Knights caused all the Brittanian troops to erupt into a roar like a mountain and a tsunami.
The eyes of Veronica, who was riding behind Ryan, and the witches behind her were all sparkling, especially Veronica, the witch of Gloria, whose eyes were filled with little stars. She enjoyed this feeling the most.
Aurora and Teresa, on the other hand, were a little overwhelmed. The mother and daughter who had not participated in the Eight Peaks Mountain Expedition realized at this moment how terrifying this man was. His every move affected the lives of countless people. Everyone worshiped and admired him, waiting for him to lead Britannia from one victory to the next.
"Veronica, Teresa!" Ryan turned his head and smiled: "How do you feel?"
"It feels good, honey." Veronica said coquettishly: "I like it!"
"Ryan, are we going to camp here today?" Theresa was concerned about the current issue: "My mother and I will camp next to your big tent."
"That's right, we are going to the other side of the old world this time." Ryan laughed, and then the King of Knights turned to Morgiana and said: "Morgiana, please arrange the dinner tonight, and I will go check the nearby area. Case."
"Okay, how many people are you going to invite?" Morgiana looked at Ryan, and the ice and snow on her face thawed. There was a slight blush on her face. During the march, Ryan was pestered by her to "pay off the debt" every day. , she feels very satisfied and is in a particularly good mood recently.
"Invite a few dukes, and let Veronica, Teresa, Aurora and others come to the big tent to dine."
"knew."
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