Lord Wizard

Chapter 56 Breaking the City

The Wizarding World.

At dawn, Lin Meng's army was once again ready to set off.

After a night, the smoldering fires on the grassland have been extinguished. When the spring breeze blows next year, this land that buried thousands of soldiers will become vibrant again.

"My lord, the scouts have just reported that they have spotted spies from Solent City ahead. It seems they already know that their ambush of us has failed, and perhaps soon Heris, who is far away on the border, will return with his troops."

Goss rode up to Linmon on his warhorse to report.

"It's not that they're going to return, but that they've already started to defend. I just received news from Marquis Alfonso that Heris has dispatched 10,000 elite troops to frantically block his offensive, while he himself is leading 5,000 troops to rush back to reinforce Solent City."

Lin Meng relayed the news that Nero had told him over the phone that morning to everyone.

"So fast? We just defeated the reinforcements from Carol City yesterday. How could they have deployed and returned so quickly? Even the fastest messenger hawk couldn't have done it this fast."

Goss asked, puzzled.

"Within the mystical organization, there is a type of rune communication that incorporates the user's spiritual imprint. By exchanging runes, users can exchange simple messages that arrive instantly."

Lin Mengdao.

This world originally had such magic for transmitting information, but at least a third-class apprentice could use it. However, for people like Goss who had never seen a wizard, anything involving mystics was imagined to be incredibly sophisticated and powerful.

"Such divine arts exist; the mysterious one is truly unpredictable."

After Goss finished speaking in astonishment, he seemed to realize something and asked, "Then, sir, you can also contact Lord Alfonso at any time?"

"That's right, but using this kind of rune to communicate is quite mentally taxing, so we rarely use this method to contact each other unless it's an emergency."

"On the battlefield, things change in an instant. Being able to transmit messages from thousands of miles away in a flash is such an advantage. It's understandable that it consumes more resources. But wouldn't this make it easy to command any army and transmit orders quickly and conveniently?"

"That's right, otherwise how could those powerful mystics control one country after another, and even one continent after another?"

Lin Meng nodded.

"It's truly amazing that you, sir, are able to become one of them; you are truly exceptionally talented."

"Alright, stop following Martin's example. Once we cross the Bass Mountains, we should be within the territory of Solent City. Send out more scouts to keep an eye on things. We absolutely cannot afford to be caught off guard at this time."

"Yes, I'll go and give the order right away."

……

Solent is a large city north of Aden, with a vast area and thriving commerce.

Unlike Nero's Lorraine, Solent City was divided into an inner city and an outer city. The inner city was inhabited by officials, nobles, and wealthy merchants, in addition to the lord's mansion. The outer city was mainly inhabited by commoners and slaves, as well as some important facilities such as ports and barracks.

To attack Solent, one must first pass through the outer city, which has a population of nearly 200,000. If not handled properly, it will inevitably lead to endless trouble.

Perhaps knowing that the Frost Kingdom was about to besiege the city, a tense atmosphere permeated the entire city of Solent, and the faces of the common people were filled with anxiety.

"According to reliable sources, the army in Solent City is less than two thousand strong, and they are mostly patrolmen and some new troops, with limited combat power."

Looking at the castle surrounded by countless buildings, Lin Meng briefly recounted the information he had received from Nero.

"The people inside the city must have made many preparations knowing we were coming."

"What's the point of making any more preparations? With so many knight-level experts here, taking Solent City will be a piece of cake."

"I think we should prioritize stability in this battle. There are many buildings in the outer city, and if someone sets them on fire, I'm afraid we'll repeat the mistakes of the grassland war."

Goss looked at the outer city and said.

"Clear every building between here and the North Gate, disperse any remaining residents, and kill anyone who resists."

Lin Meng gave the order directly.

"yes!"

With Lin Meng's command, the army began its advance.

The knights led the way, forcefully breaking in and quickly capturing the port and barracks. They encountered almost no resistance along the way, indicating that the garrison of Solent had already retreated to the inner city.

Sure enough, flammable materials were found in many houses, which was probably a contingency plan left by the city of Solot. If Lin Meng and his group were to attack the inner city directly, they would suffer heavy losses under the attack of the fire.

Lin Meng and his men advanced steadily, step by step, and soon reached the inner city gate, only an arrow's distance away from the Solent City guards on the gate.

"Pass down the order: Begin the siege!"

Countless crossbows were pushed out to suppress the guards on the city wall. Then, squads of soldiers carrying huge wooden shields began to advance down the city wall. Under the protection of the shield bearers, long ladders were pushed up and placed on the city wall.

"Fire arrows! Fire arrows!"

A barrage of arrows rained down from the city walls, felling soldiers one after another, but most were stopped by the massive wooden shields.

As the troops approached, countless stones were hurled from the castle, a sight that even soldiers with wooden shields could not withstand.

Suddenly, a commotion broke out on the city wall, and several guards from Solent City were killed instantly.

"A knight, a knight-level expert!"

The defending troops on the city wall were thrown into chaos.

The wizarding world is ultimately a transcendent world where powerful individual forces like knights exist.

This arrangement might stop ordinary soldiers, but for knights, breaking through by force is not difficult.

As Harvey's knights from Linmeng's side were the first to storm the city walls, other areas quickly fell.

Even if one or two of the dozen or so knights dispatched by Winterfell were blocked, the rest of the knights, once they reached the city walls, were bound to wreak havoc in that area and forcefully tear a gap in the defense line.

"A fully armed knight, as long as he is not surrounded, can single-handedly defeat a hundred-man army."

Lin Meng watched from afar.

Seeing that the city wall was gradually being taken down and the situation was stabilizing, he immediately leaped up, using the long ladder as a springboard to jump directly onto the more than ten-meter-high city wall in just three steps, unleashing his full life force.

With his 4.8 physique, his life force field is no less powerful than a level zero defensive spell. Not to mention arrows, even some ordinary sword and knife strikes will be deflected by his life force field.

Once he reached the city wall, he seemed to transform into a killing machine, rampaging through the defenses of his full-body armor and life force field, with no one able to withstand a single blow from him.

The knight would need thirty or forty soldiers fighting bravely to have any hope of surrounding and killing him, but the great knight...

For ordinary soldiers, it was so powerful that it was despair-inducing.

(End of this chapter)