Chapter 103 The Enemy Arrives
"Sir, the White Frost Cult is currently 20 miles away from here. At their marching speed, they will arrive at Hekou Town at noon!"

The patrolling cavalry rushed back to Hekou Town and nervously reported the situation to Rhodes.

"I really hope this is a joke." After understanding the situation, Rhodes pressed his brows with a headache.

The White Frost Cult's army besieged Dune Castle, but it turned out that the siege was just a cover.

He actually turned around and attacked him?
What made him even more speechless was that the people in Dune Castle hadn't discovered it for three days.

If he hadn't arranged for the patrol soldiers on the road to notice something was wrong.

I was afraid that someone would rush into my house without any preparation.

Although I feel unhappy, there is no point in complaining as things have come to this point.

It is probably impossible to expect support in a short period of time, he must defend it by himself.

Rhodes took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and immediately summoned the top leaders of Hekou Town to the conference room.

"The White Frost Cult's army is about to attack here. You should already be aware of the situation."

Rhodes looked at Holmes, Mullen and others who had come.

Once they digest the news, issue the order immediately.

"Holmes, you must immediately gather all the soldiers in the town to go to the city walls for defense! This includes the four hundred shield and spear soldiers and two hundred crossbowmen currently stationed in the town."

"Yes, sir!" Holmes lowered his head and accepted the order, then hurriedly left to make arrangements.

Rhode looked at the chief clerk Maren who had come over and said, "Maren, gather all the residents in the town who are over the age of twelve. The adult males should go to the city wall to get the crossbows and slingshots. The children and women should be responsible for the logistics of transporting arrows and stones."

Soldiers alone cannot defend the city walls.

In order to avoid the tragic end of the city being broken, all the living forces in the town must be mobilized.

"Yes, sir. Maren will arrange it right away!"

Maren tried to keep his expression calm.

But when he ran out, his trembling legs and the fact that he almost fell revealed his inner fear.

Rhodes could understand it. After all, Maren was just a villager in a small village a few months ago.

Except for soldiers, war often only brings death and slavery to civilians like them, and no one is not afraid.

After giving the order, Rhodes left the meeting room.

As the news of the enemy's arrival spread, the town became extremely noisy, with people shouting everywhere.

There was some confusion, but fortunately we had conducted training for war mobilization exercises before.

Although these residents were panicked, at least they knew what they should do now.

At the captain's call, team after team of soldiers carrying weapons ran past Rhodes.

Children and elderly people hid inside the house and locked themselves tightly inside.

Teenagers and young adults kept coming from all over the town and, under the command of officials, rushed to various fortifications.

Rhodes rushed all the way to the city wall and looked at the soldiers around who were waiting in a serious manner.

In addition to 600 regular soldiers, the town can also mobilize 1,200 young and middle-aged men.

In addition to the pioneer knights who were still staying in Hekou Town, their soldiers and serfs were also summoned.

This brought the number of defenders in Hekou Town to three thousand.

The defensive forces on the city walls were more sufficient than ever before.

As the town continued to mobilize, the time came to noon.

An army gradually appeared on the plain in the distance and was rushing towards here quickly.

Rhodes looked up, using the raven's bird's-eye view to understand the enemy situation.

The initial estimate of the enemy's strength was 3,500 men, not much more than the number he had.

Theoretically speaking, as the one defending the city, he has a great advantage.

In order to capture a city, the attackers must have at least five times more troops.

It’s a pity that supernatural powers exist in this world.

In addition to numbers, both sides of the war must also consider the influence of the extraordinary warriors. Rhode's eyes swept across the group of orcs in the center of the enemy army, and finally stopped at the old man in the center.

To be precise, it was on the scepter in the old man's hand.

"Full of ice magic power, it seems that the cold wave has greatly recharged the artifacts of these barbarians."

Even from a distance, he could feel the fluctuations of magic from the blue crystal on top of the scepter.

Rhodes raised the first-level longbow in his hand and aimed it at the old man.

The bowstring was fully drawn and the arrow shot out from the city wall, covering a distance of four hundred meters.

However, when the arrow was about to hit the old man, the scepter in the other party's hand flashed a cold light and easily deflected the arrow.

The officer beside the archbishop saw this and showed anger and offense in his eyes:
"How dare you offend the great envoy of God, warriors of the White Frost! The Lord of Winter is watching you. Your heroic figures will be remembered by the gods. After death, you will ascend to the blissful kingdom of God and enjoy endless wealth and happiness. Listen to my command and capture this blasphemer's town!"

At the officer's shout, the White Frost soldiers on the periphery had bloodshot eyes and rushed towards the city wall fearlessly.

"For the glory of my Lord, eat this kingdom scum!"

"Kill these monsters and shoot them!" shouted the soldiers on the city wall.

Steel crossbows were raised from behind the parapets and pointed at the crowd rushing down below.

The sound of crossbows being fired came one after another, and a rain of arrows poured out.

Ordinary armor cannot stop the steel arrowhead of a crossbow.

Before they reached the city wall, one White Frost soldier after another was pierced through the body and fell to the ground with heart-wrenching screams.

The enemy troops fell in batches, their blood dyed the ground red, it was bloody and shocking.

However, these White Frost soldiers had crazy eyes and didn't care about the death of their companions at all.

Under the continuous charge, many people managed to survive the rain of arrows and reach the bottom of the city wall.

Rows of wooden ladders were placed on the city wall. Despite the attack of falling rocks, White Frost soldiers continued to emerge from the edge of the city wall.

"Stab! Stab these monsters away!"

A White Frost soldier just popped up excitedly.

The next second, the spearmen who were waiting solemnly behind the parapet thrust out their spears.

Three or four spears stabbed out at the same time, and blood spurted out, pushing him off the wall.

Rhodes paid no attention to the enemy troops who were trying to climb the wall.

They were not superior in strength or numbers and were unable to penetrate the city wall's defenses.

The focus is on those orcs!

Rhodes suddenly tightened his grip on his longbow. He found that more than thirty orcs were attacking here.

They are a group of minotaurs with exaggeratedly bulging arm muscles and horns on their heads.

They did not charge like ordinary soldiers, but worked together to push a four-wheeled battering ram.

On the wooden stake at the front end of the battering ram, there is a metal bull's head inlaid.

"Stop that battering ram!" Rhodes shouted.

Not far away, the four crossbows on standby made some movement.

Each steel crossbow is over five meters long, and the winch at the rear requires more than twenty people to pull it together.

More like a heavy javelin thrower than a crossbow.

A deafening sound of air vibration was heard, and a huge crossbow arrow that was larger than a lance was shot out.

One missed, one penetrated deeply into the wooden stake of the battering ram, and the other two pierced through the chests of the two minotaurs on the spot.

While the crossbow was firing, Rhodes was constantly pulling the bowstring.

However, the minotaurs were protected by large shield soldiers in front. When one of the large shield soldiers was pierced, others immediately stepped forward from behind to block him.

Rhodes stopped drawing the bow and relaxed his arms.

He needed to conserve his strength and prepare for the most crucial attack.

(End of this chapter)