Chapter 349 Invasion
Two months later, the millions of troops of Hughesmi's neutral country officially arrived at the northern border of the Ottoman Empire. Balk had almost no stop, and even ordered to rectify the army and let the soldiers rest for a while. He stood directly at the front of the Million Army, holding a golden spear in one hand and pointing the front with the other hand, holding his head and chest out, shouting with confidence: "Everyone is optimistic!!!"
After saying this, he immediately took the lead. Amid the sharp whistling of a strong wind, he rode a dark horse in the same armor, and rushed towards the city gate ahead with murderous intent.
"Fire the cannon!" Because archers are not practical in today's war, every city guard soldier on the city tower wore a trot. When the general of the city guard looked at it, a trace of contemptuous eyes flashed in his eyes, but it was his responsibility to defend the city, so even if he was only one, he still did not dare to be careless. He immediately ordered the soldiers beside him and shouted.
As the words came to the ground, the loud noise of countless cannons popping out of the bore suddenly rang out, "Bang bang bang bang..." Then there were countless black smoke like dark clouds that seemed to be waving, as well as the ground that was blown out of countless large pits by shells, as well as the gravel and dust that rose and fell up and down.
A mere attack of power would also hurt me?
Seeing this scene, Balk's eyes did not show any seriousness at all. Instead, a look of disdain flashed like a meteor. He didn't even take these shells seriously, and even the most powerful defensive move, the holy shield, was not used.
Just relying on his own gun technique, which is far more powerful than the artillery shells, it is like a needle-punching a balloon, and easily pierces one black artillery shell after another that is larger than a watermelon. Then, the whole person immediately broke through the heavy blockade of the artillery shell rain with an extremely dull explosion of artillery shells and came to the city gate.
"Break it for me!" A second later, with Balk's loud shout suddenly sounded, and the spear in his hand stabbed out in an instant. Although this gun did not contain all his power, Balk did not enter the state of awakening of the earth element at this moment, this gun was definitely something that this city gate could not resist.
Sure enough, the spear in Balk's hand suddenly looked like a meteor. After a flash between him and the city gate, it immediately seemed as if it had pierced a piece of white paper. In the moment a loud "boom" echoed out, it directly pierced the city gate, which was more than three meters high, two meters thick, and even harder than platinum.
Seeing this, the general guarding the city and the soldiers around him widened their eyes at the same time. At the same time, a chill that was far beyond their imagination and they could not resist was almost immediately like lightning that broke through the air, and it exploded directly in their hearts.
"Crack!" At this moment, the city gate collapsed. Not only was it a huge hole in Balk, but even the surrounding part seemed to be suddenly filled with countless centipedes, and countless cracks appeared. Immediately, with a deafening sound, "Boom!" The huge city gate exploded in an instant, and eventually turned into countless pieces of stone as thick as fingers and a ball of undispersed smoke and dust.
The next moment, Balk did not enter the city directly as recorded in historical books, but suddenly straightened his body and exerted force with all his strength on the horse's back. He flew high like a long rainbow that rushed straight into the sky, and headed straight towards the city tower above his head at an incredible speed.
The speed is not fast, but the scene of Balk breaking the city gate was too terrifying. His speed jumped into the eyes of the soldiers on the city tower, but it seemed so fast that it was unimaginable, as if it had fallen in front of him in a blink of an eye.
Looking at the cloak dancing in the wind behind Balk, and the extremely confident and even a bit arrogant smile on his face, whether it was a soldier or a general defending the city, at this moment, he suddenly felt as if the person standing in front of them was no longer a person, nor an ordinary cultivator, but a demon god who transcended the category of human beings. Their strength was simply vulnerable to the other party, and resistance was even more useless.
But the general responsible for defending the city is worthy of his rich experience. He was stunned for a moment and immediately came to his senses, shouted loudly, and ordered: "Attack!" But as soon as he finished speaking, he immediately saw a scene that he would never forget in his life. Of course, this was also the last scene he saw in his life.
It was a meteor. No, to be more precise, it should be a gun shadow like a meteor shower, with an incredible speed, and the attack was as dense as a rainstorm. The sound was like countless evil spirits roaring in their ears, constantly making heart-shaking screams.
"Meteor thrust!" After Balk's voice suddenly rang in his ears, the old general who had guarded the border for more than 20 years for the sword saint Abel closed his eyes forever.
He died miserably, just like the soldiers around him who had been with him in the end, he had hundreds of holes poked all over his body. The moment he fell down, his eyes remained incredible fear.
"Go!" Seeing Balk killing the general guarding the city, he successfully opened the city gate. Bacda, who was behind the army, immediately drew out the sword in his hand, waved forward suddenly, roared, and said. As soon as he finished speaking, the millions of heroic troops around him immediately responded.
"kill!"
"kill!"
"Kill!"
After the first three sounds, countless shouts of killing like surging waves immediately continued, echoing continuously over the entire battlefield, making this almost one-sided war suddenly filled with a layer of bloody and extremely cruel aura.
A week later, such a one-sided war continued to take place in major towns in the northern part of the Ottoman Empire. Balk sieges were extremely fast, and his soldiers were also very strong, and the morale of the entire army increased. In just one month of fighting, this lightning-like war almost burned the war to the capital of the Ottoman Empire, outside the Sword Saint City.
For this reason, Abel had to give up his cultivation temporarily, put on his ancestors' robes and led his army to fight back. After the war lasted for a month, the sudden invasion was finally stopped. However, Abel was not a handsome man, and because the war was too sudden, the resistance he made in the end could only barely slow down the invasion of Hughesme's neutral country, and could not defeat the enemy.
The reason is very simple.
It is right that he is a powerful man in the Holy Realm, but the other side has millions of powerful men, and there are many master-level men. If he goes alone to fight against a million army composed entirely of cultivators, and he also needs to pay attention to the master-level men in the enemy army from time to time. Abel knew very well that even if he burst out all his strength, he would not be able to hold on for too long.
At most, this million-dollar army could only be severely damaged. In fact, he had already tried his best. After all, the total number of swordsmen and fighters in his country was only 200,000. It was a miracle to resist the millions with an army of 200,000 cultivators.
But miracles cannot save the empire. More than ten years have passed since the battle with Balvin. Abel's brow frowned for the first time. At this moment, a month has passed since the beginning of the war. In order to defend the last line of defense of the Ottoman Empire, Abel has ordered the war to be announced to the public, so that the city of Swordsman and ordinary people living in other cities will participate in the war.
His announcement had a great response and the effect was even very good, but the final recruitment of only 100,000 soldiers were only 100,000. If these soldiers were all cultivators, they could barely allow the empire to support them for a longer period of time, but these people were all ordinary people.
If you take them to fight with the millions of Balk's troops, you will only become eggs that collide with stones and will undoubtedly lose.
"Oh!" After a long silence, a long sigh finally sounded in the command tent of the Sword Saint City. Abel was in a very bad mood at this moment. His brows were almost completely twisted into the character "chuan" because of his annoyance. His hands were folded on his waist, but the person did not speak, but his body was constantly directing the walking back and forth in the tent, with a very anxious expression and a deep heart.
I don’t know if the letter will be delivered to Dousheng City successfully. It would be great if I could leave for a while for a while. Damn it! If it weren’t for the fact that the boy named Balk was too strong in siege, I wouldn’t have to resist his raid every time.
Alas... Now our army's logistics reserves have almost been exhausted. I don't know why those guys have so much food, but they haven't used up yet. Instead, they seem to eat better than our soldiers. I hope they can be delivered! Otherwise...
Abel didn't want to continue thinking about it anymore, otherwise he wouldn't have the confidence to continue fighting.
But as the lord of a country, he could not, nor could he be willing to surrender to a country that did not even have strong people in the holy realm, and he did not want to fall to that level one day. He is the lord of a country now, and he cannot be so cowardly even if he dies. Thinking of this, Abel finally sighed lightly, then shook his head and drank the coffee on the table in one gulp.
After the bitter taste of coffee flowed into the stomach and intestines through the esophagus, Abel's heart seemed to be replaced by an indescribable bitterness. He frowned again. At this moment, a soldier with an extremely panic expression suddenly broke into the tent. Seeing that he ignored the slightest etiquette, he knelt in front of him directly on one knee, and said in a very rapid voice: "Report... Report to Your Majesty! The person who sent the letter... was killed again."
"Bang!" The sound of the silver cup falling to the ground suddenly sounded, and Abel's hand trembled involuntarily. He did not speak, but he still frowned and remained silent, but after hearing the news, his heart suddenly fell to the bottom of the valley like a silver cup that suddenly fell from his hand.
Although the silver cup was not broken, Abel's heart seemed to be completely broken by the muffled sound of the silver cup colliding with the ground, which almost made him angry. At the same time, the last glimmer of hope in his heart was like suddenly encountering the smoke from the strong wind, and it was blown away in just a moment.
"Your Majesty!" Seeing that the soldier was about to say something again, Abel waved his hand quickly, and the soldiers immediately retreated in panic. After he was the only one in the camp, Abel's unchanging expression finally changed suddenly. Although he was still silent, his expression seemed to have become dozens of years old in an instant, and even had a lot of wrinkles, his face was even worse and pale, and his writing was full of haggardness.
"Oh..." After a full minute of silence, a sad sigh ejaculated from Abel's mouth again. Abel's expression showed signs of a slight improvement, but just as he was about to relax himself, he suddenly heard a loud "Bang!"
Then, he saw his most valued left and right hands, master swordsman Olic and fighting master Alonso, rushed into the camp with a dirty face, covered in blood, and held his hand in great anxiety and said, "Your Majesty! The inner man who had been bribed by the enemy quietly exploded! The enemy's army has now entered, let's go!"
When Abel heard this, his eyes were stunned, and his body immediately seemed to be hit by a thunder and lightning falling from the sky, trembling uncontrollably. At the same time, his heart was also swallowed by a shocking wave suddenly blew, almost suffocating him.
Although Abel was still silent and even looked very calm, his eyes instantly showed a look of horror that had never been seen before.
He had thought that the city would be destroyed and people would die, but he never expected that this day would come so quickly!
Chapter completed!