Blood tax

Chapter 184 But Yue
A team of carts came from the center of the town, full of military supplies.There are large bundles of bows and arrows and kerosene on the shelves, and there are layers of improvised shields made of wooden boards and iron sheets.Some carts also contained freshly made bread and soup.

Midian Maier opened a bread tin and found that the freshly baked whole wheat bread exudes an attractive aroma, and it even feels a little hot to the touch.There are chunks of beef floating in the stew of carrots and potatoes. If you dip a little bit of bread, you will squeeze out a thick and fragrant soup after taking a bite.

Griffith asked everyone to take their own: "In the beginning, we all thought that the battle would last for a long time. Now it seems that the victory and defeat will be determined within a day or two. It is not the cult that killed most of the citizens. A kind of sacrifice, that is, we go straight to their nests and uproot them.

"So, the supplies are not so tight all of a sudden. I told Lansada and the military committee that the final battle is just around the corner, and I asked them to go all out to raise supplies last night, which can basically meet today's needs."

Hundreds of militiamen were gathered to move large quantities of weapons and supplies to the river bank.There are many rafts parked there, and the supplies are being carefully carried to them.

Before everyone asked questions, Griffith explained, "These rafts were originally intended for evacuation,

"The Raven River leads directly to the sea. Usually, many people use small boats and rafts to travel between the city and the port. Some residents found that there might be nowhere to escape, so they prepared some rafts. They used these things to escape to the seaport as a last resort. Waiting for rescue, after all, living corpses can't swim. Very smart, I didn't even think of it.

"Of course, I took them down when I found out. Hey, Lansada, how are you going?"

The trainee monk who was busy by the river immediately ran over: "According to your instructions, we gathered most of the boats and rafts we could find, which is more than enough to transport 400 militiamen, and there is still a lot of load space for loading materials."

Griffith said: "The number of militiamen can be reduced as appropriate, and some pikemen can be reduced, but bows and fire oil must be brought as planned.

"After we set off, the Military Council will make every effort to arrange the second round of transportation."

"Understood, Your Excellency the Knight!" Lansada immediately ran away to communicate with the busy citizens beside the raft.

"What material are you transporting?" Ophelia asked.

"You will see it soon," Griffith smiled and unfolded the map, "I was thinking about how to make my militia have both combat effectiveness and mobility when forming the vehicle formation. Now, I am ready Answer."

……

From the map, the Raven River divides the city in two, flowing into the sea from east to west.After leaving the city and entering the countryside, the Raven River has some more tributaries.

Griffith led everyone to set off from the small port in the lower city, take a large number of rafts and boats, and head towards Raven's Cemetery.They turned into a small river that turned slightly to the north, and disembarked on a relatively flat bank.

"Soldiers, unload the cargo!" Griffith ordered loudly, while pointing to the north and said, "Here, we are less than three miles away from the large tomb in Revan Cemetery! Midian Maier, let us practice The glorious tradition of the Bayeran army!"

At this time, Raven Cemetery was completely enveloped in darkness and miserable green light, and an indescribable mournful howl echoed in the wilderness.On the black mud with no end in sight, the green liquid flowed wantonly like a stream, and wherever it went, there was an unpleasant stench and the sound of corroded rocks and trees.

Large and small living corpses were scattered on the black soil, looking up at the sky with lifeless eyes.

This scene is really hideous and weird like the legendary hell.

In this thick darkness, the large tomb was surrounded by lingering green light and mist, and it was twitching like a heart on the hillside.

Griffith stared at this evil building, and after a while, he found that the beating frequency of his heart was converging with the tremor frequency of the tomb. There were bursts of angina and fear, and he hurriedly looked away.

"Don't look around, my magic eye can see the essence of magic, leave it to me."

Ophelia's magic eye reflected magnificent ripples and waves.She surveyed the darkness in the distance, and said solemnly:

"The building here has been occupied and fused with unknown organic matter, half biological. We can see the necropolis as the heart, and the green liquid river as the blood vessel.

"The black mud is absorbing the nutrients of the land, but it is also capturing the lost souls and fallen flesh of the dead. Part of it is used to feed the army of the undead, and the rest is gathered in this place. If left alone, it will Grow and expand like a living thing."

Midianmeier took off his armor and coat, and with his strong upper body naked, he helped the militiamen carry the supplies. He looked up at the darkness in the distance and then looked away:

"If, I'm just saying, if a densely populated city like Raven with strong guards is completely swallowed by this thing, how will the Kingdom and the Arcane Council plan to end?"

Ophelia looked away and asked her companions, "Have you ever seen an extermination order?"

"No." The people present said in unison.

Miss Xiutoral with different pupils raised her eyebrows: "If we don't stop all this, maybe we can see each other."

……

Griffith and Midianmeier started to fight. Together with the militiamen, they moored the raft by the river and brought weapons and timber ashore.They then began digging on the shore.

The living corpses not far away found these humans and immediately went crazy.

"The living corpses are concentrating!" Amber looked at the scene in the distance. "There is still a little distance between here and the tomb, but the cult will definitely concentrate their forces to attack us."

"It's okay, let me know when the living corpses are assembled." Griffith grabbed a shovel and led the militiamen to dig the soil crazily.They piled up mounds half a meter high and a hundred meters long along the river bank, and began to move the boats and rafts on the river bank ashore.

The tide of corpses has already gathered thousands of people.The cult group also kept a lot of troops in their rear.Although they wandered scattered in the wilderness and ruins, an indescribable will shrouded the black mud.When they found this human army of 400 people, they immediately gathered together, condensed into a black mass on the slope in the distance, and howled wildly and ferociously.

"They're assembled!" Umber yelled. "They'll attack us soon!"

"It's okay, let me know when they rush to 200 meters away!" Griffith kept moving. Together with Midian Maier, he led the militiamen to erect rafts one by one, and put the two rafts into the raft just dug together. The raised soil mound is then filled with soil and clapped tightly.Seeing the living corpses moving in the distance, the militiamen went crazy and worked desperately, and the boats crossing the river turned into double-layer walls three to four meters high in a blink of an eye.

In less than an hour, an arc-shaped defense line on the bank of a river has begun to take shape.

The earth was roaring, and the tidal wave of corpses set off frenzied screams and rushed towards the shore.

"Speed ​​up the construction!" Griffith continued to lead the people to start building the arrow tower with prefabricated timber.The structure of the arrow tower is also very simple, without guard boards or ceilings, just towers higher than wooden walls.The militiamen then used wooden boards to build a slope for the upper and lower arrow towers, and carried up large barrels of kerosene and bundles of arrows.

Nearly [-] militiamen set up an arc-shaped barrier on the open ground by the river bank.The barrier takes the river bank as the fulcrum at both ends, and the wooden fence goes deep into the shallow river water.A three- to four-meter-high double-layer wooden wall was erected on the arc-shaped foundation of the earth barrier. Behind the wooden wall were six simple and almost unprotected arrow towers.The upper middle position of the wooden wall is made of wooden planks to create a passage for passing and standing.There are also several four-meter-wide slopes on the inside of the barrier for easy access.

Looking down from the air, a barrier like a moon has been erected beside the river.

All militiamen stopped construction and armed themselves.Together they guard the [-]-meter-long wooden wall.Half acted as shooters or threw kerosene bombs, while the rest held shields and melee weapons for cover.

The militiamen were a little terrified at first, but they all nodded after the wall was completed and the arrow tower took shape.Compared with letting them hold shields and shake the living corpses at the open intersection, the tall wooden walls and arrow towers can obviously give them a strong sense of security.

"Climb the arrow tower and the wall!" Griffith ordered loudly.

The militiamen boarded the arrow tower one after another, or stood on the aisle built inside the wooden wall, holding bows and spears and staring at the tide of corpses.

The ground was trembling violently, and even the gaps in the wooden walls were constantly collapsing dust and debris.

A grey-brown line surged across the wilderness in the north, slowly enlarging in the field of vision.Rolling and attacking the barrier on the shore.

"Holy Light, how many monsters are there? One thousand? Or two thousand?" The soldiers standing behind the wooden wall watched the surging wave of monsters, their legs trembling involuntarily.

Mi Dian Mai Yamo counted and said lightly:

"four thousand."

"What! Four thousand!?" Everyone present was shocked for a moment.

The militiamen who were still busy with the fortifications just now seemed to have swallowed gall.They only felt the chill pervading their bodies, and their hands and feet were a little numb. Several of them even started to secretly look at the river behind them.However, all the ships were moved to the shore by Griffith to fill in the line of defense, and now it was too late to escape.

Looking at their bitter expressions, Griffith felt an inexplicable pleasure.

"Hahaha," Midianmeier laughed softly, patting the dusty Griffith on the shoulder, "Using the river to march, the problem of mobility is solved, and the city is built with boats and rafts, and the defense has been stabilized within an hour .There is no way for the whole army to retreat now, and the only way to go is to fight to the death."

Looking at this hastily built position, Griffith breathed out contentedly:
"The position has been established, and our army will surely win this battle."

(End of this chapter)