Night Raid on the City

"Young Master, it's so late. We've already inspected the city walls and there's nothing wrong. Why don't you go back and rest?"

Kadok advised Lenster to go back and rest early.

"Forget it, Kadok, you know I can't sleep at all right now."

Let me wander around here a bit more. If you're busy, you can go to work first.

I also have guards here. I'll lead them around a few more times, and when I'm tired, I can go back and get a good night's sleep.

Kadok had no choice but to nod helplessly; he did indeed have a lot of work to do. He then turned and left.

Looking down at the darkness below the city, Lenster felt a strange sense of unease. He shook his head and continued to lead his guards on patrol along the city wall.

At this time, beneath the city walls, Shanno and his laborers had already begun filling in the river.

With a series of "plop" sounds, as laborers threw large amounts of earth and stone bags into the river, a section of the moat, which was originally only three meters high, was quickly filled in.

In addition, the moat's current is not rapid, so even if the straw bags break and soil and rocks fall out, they will not be washed away by the water.

After all the laborers threw their bags of earth and stones into the river, Shanno stepped around the area where the river had been filled in. The section of the river in front of him had been almost completely filled in.

This round of earth and stone alone filled more than 100 meters of the moat. According to his calculations, if only the moat under the front city wall needs to be filled, four more rounds would be needed.

Just as Shanno continued to organize the laborers to return to the starting point to collect earth and stone bags, the army preparing for a night attack on the city also began to assemble in the camp.

Looking at the pitch-black sky, the Regimental Commander of the First Regiment Ivand, clicked his tongue and said, "With this weather, tonight's battle is going to be tough!"

While putting on his armor with the help of his guards, Captain of the Guard Sailik said nonchalantly, "We have to fight, even if it's tough. I think the lord is right, we're too pressed for time."

"If the temperature doesn't hold back the main force from the Ironvine Territory, we won't just fail to take the city, we'll all be wiped out here."

Ivand was nudged by Sailik, but he wasn't angry. "I didn't say we wouldn't attack the city. I just think it's going to be quite difficult. It's so dark and we can't light torches. If we slip and fall into the water while crossing the river, it will be dangerous."

"Keep in mind that tonight's attackers are all elite troops, clad in iron armor; they wouldn't even be able to swim if they fell into the water!"

"What's the big deal? We can't see the path, but they can't see us either. Just tell our soldiers to head straight for the fire."

While the two were discussing, a messenger returned to report.

"Sir, the laborers have filled in a section of the moat, more than a hundred meters long. We can cross the river directly from there."

After listening to the messenger's report, Sailik said to Ivand, "See, now you don't have to worry about falling into the river anymore!"

"Shall we set off now?"

Sailik shook his head. "It's better to wait a bit longer, and it would be best to have more of the laborers from Shanno fill the quota."

We should try to stay away from them; they're being used as bait.

Ivand agreed with Sailik's statement, "Then let's wait another hour, and then we'll do it as we agreed before. You go first in the first round, and I'll take charge of the second round."

At this moment, Sailik finally finished putting on his armor, jumped up and down, and patted his armor.

"No need. Just watch, I'll take the city wall in the first round."

"Don't try to force it. If you get into trouble, I won't be able to explain it to the adults."

As time went on, Shanno and his laborers had filled in three rounds of the moat, and most of it had been filled in below the main city wall.

Just then, Sailik and Ivand also set off with their troops.

Turas and his adjutant stood at the camp gate to see them off.

As the troops disappeared into the darkness, the adjutant looked at Turas and said, "My lord, they truly are the elite troops you personally selected. Even during a night march, they can maintain their physical appearance."

"Sailik has been with me for many years. He served under me when I was Regimental Commander. He wasn't good at commanding battles, but few could match him in leading troops into charge."

Ivand was a veteran, and he earned his position through his own merits. If it weren't for his humble origins, that guy Wendu wouldn't have had the chance to become Legion Deputy Commander!

The adjutant nodded knowingly.

Turas didn't speak again, but just looked at the Ironwire City in the distance where there were still scattered lights.

Just as Shanno was about to lead the laborers to the next round of filling the river, a messenger stopped them. "Captain Shanno, the Legion Commander of Turas has ordered you to change the direction of filling the river. There's no need to fill the entire front."

After listening, Shanno nodded immediately and then led his team westward, thus separating themselves from Sailik.

Just as they arrived at their location and began filling the river, a whistle suddenly came from the back of the group.

The sound was sharp and jarring in the quiet night.

The sentries on the city wall also noticed the sound, and Shanno watched as the city wall quickly became agitated.

He quickly ordered the troops to stop, and just as he was instructing everyone to slowly retreat, several torches were suddenly thrown down from the city wall.

The defenders on the city wall quickly spotted Shanno's troops by the light of their torches.

The warning drums immediately sounded, and then the lights on the city wall were quickly lit, as a large number of the War Department began to assemble on the west side of the city wall.

Meanwhile, Sailik and Ivand also noticed the commotion on the city wall.

Ivand laughed and said, "They should have spotted them already. Let's make our move immediately!"

Sailik nodded, then raised his right hand, holding the long axe above his head.

He charged out first, followed closely by the other soldiers carrying ladders.

At this moment, the soldiers on the city wall did not notice the soldiers charging down from the front of the city wall.

Lenster also arrived at the west wall, and by the firelight, he noticed the fleeing Shanno troops.

He was somewhat curious, as Shanno's team didn't seem to be preparing to attack the city.

He carefully examined the area below the city wall, but unfortunately the torchlight didn't reach very far, so he ordered his guards to drop down a few more torches.

They finally noticed the bags of earth and stones scattered along the moat and realized that the team planned to fill the river.

Suddenly, Lenster became very worried about whether the moats in other directions had been filled in.

He sent his guards to inspect the various city walls, and it was at this moment that Sailik led the first batch of soldiers to climb the city walls.

The approaching patrols were no Sailik and his soldiers. The three patrols were quickly scattered, and Sailik's landing was discovered by the garrison.

When Lenster heard this news, his head was about to explode.

He hurriedly sent someone to inform Kadok, and then led his Personal Guard to assemble the troops on the city wall, attempting to drive the enemy who had climbed the city walls back down.

However, there weren't many troops on the city walls at this time. Even with Lenster trying his best to gather men, he only managed to bring over 400, most of whom were light infantry on patrol. Without armor, they were no match for the elite troops of the Sixth Legion who had scaled the walls.

However, under Lenster's command, this poorly equipped force, with its superior numbers, firmly held the open ground of Sailik, preventing more troops from launching their assault.