"Hurry up and close the gate!" Seeing the slaves rushing towards the gate, the captain of the guards panicked. If the rioting slaves were to enter the city, wouldn't he lose his position?
However, the captain of the guards was obviously thinking too much. After the slaves entered the city, he would not be able to keep his life. How could he care about his position?
* Rumble … *
* Creak creak … *
Following the grinding sound of gears, the jammed city gate noose finally lived up to everyone's expectations and closed the city gate.
* Phew … * The captain of the guards had just breathed a sigh of relief and was about to report to his superior when he suddenly heard a loud noise!
* Boom! * Accompanied by the loud noise, the captain of the guards standing at the top of the city felt as if there was an earthquake. The entire city wall was shaking.
Leaning over to take a look, he saw dozens of strong slaves carrying a huge log and ramming it against the city gate. Moreover, there was more than one group of slaves doing this work. Behind them, there were several groups of slaves carrying logs charging forward!
"Damn it! Release the arrows! Shoot these filthy slaves to death! " The captain of the guards roared. He knew that the general in charge of guarding the Imperial City had embezzled a lot of military funds in the past few decades. Therefore, the city gate had not been reinforced for decades. Although the surface was repainted every year and looked as if it was new, the inside had long been rotten. Under such a violent impact, the city gate would not be able to hold on for long!
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh …" The soldiers on the city wall immediately released their arrows. The sharp arrows easily pierced through the unprotected slaves. One by one, the slaves' corpses fell to the ground. In an instant, the slaves' attack came to a halt. People's fear of death was an instinct!
"Charge with me! Malar's wealth and beauties are waiting for us! " Gironde knew that it was time for him to show off. For the sake of his brothers, not to mention the rain of arrows, even if it was a mountain of knives and a sea of fire, he would still charge forward!
"Charge! For freedom! "
"I want to live a good life, charge!"
"Beauties! I'm coming! "
"I want to become a rich slave owner too!"
…
Although Gironde's words were simple, it was very effective for the slaves. Freedom was what they desired the most. With beauties and wealth at home, there was nothing that could stop the slaves from attacking the imperial capital, Malar. Even death could not scare them away!
"Ah!"
"Ah …"
"Kill!"
In the process of the slaves' charge, shouts and screams came one after another. The slaves fell in waves under the rain of arrows, but more slaves rushed up. They stepped over the bodies of their companions, picked up the logs that fell to the ground, and continued to charge!
The slaves were constantly shot down, but there were always new ones coming to replace them. Soon, a round log reached the city gate!
"Boom, boom, boom …" The sounds of the logs hitting the city gate became more frequent. Two logs hitting the city gate at the same time caused more damage to the city gate, and the time it took to break through the city became shorter and shorter!
"Shoot! Shoot those slaves! " The guard captain's eyes were red with anxiety. Although he had sent soldiers to ask for help, the city gate had been in disrepair for a long time. At this time, it was already riddled with holes. Even if he had people constantly use wooden sticks to support it, and even temporarily find wooden boards and nails to repair it, it would not help at all. The slaves outside the city had gone crazy, and their attacks were stronger than the previous wave. This dilapidated city gate could not hold on for long!
"My lord! We're almost out of arrows! " As the saying goes, when it rains, it pours. At this time, the guard captain hated his immediate superior. This old man was greedy for military funds and had no control at all. There were very few arrows and other defense equipment on the city wall. Only some were stacked on the surface for inspection, and the rest had long been sold for money.
"Damn it!" The guard captain cursed inwardly and then shouted loudly, "Brothers, I don't care what you do, you must guard the city gate for me. Think of your family's wealth, think of your wives and daughters. You must not let these hundreds of thousands of demons enter the city!"
Obviously, this guard captain was a wise man. He knew that these slaves had been oppressed for too long. They usually looked like harmless sheep, and even anyone could bully them.
But because of this, once the slaves who had been oppressed for too long were liberated, they would become ferocious beasts more brutal than demons. Once they were allowed to enter the city, all of Malar would suffer a catastrophe!
"Yes! My lord! " The soldiers answered and then guarded the city gate with their lives. When the arrows on the city wall were used up, the soldiers carried stones from below the city and used them to smash the slaves below the city wall.
After the stones were used up, the soldiers had no choice but to forcefully tear down the houses near the city gate. Although the commoners were cursing, the soldiers knew that if they did not do their best to stop the slaves, the commoners would suffer even greater losses!
"My … My lord, it's not good. The general has escaped …" A soldier ran over panting, but he brought news that almost made the guard captain die of anger.
It turned out that when the slaves attacked the city, the general guarding the imperial capital had received the news. This fat old man had drunk too much blood from the soldiers, and he knew very well how weak the imperial capital's defenses were under his crazy exploitation!
In order to eat without pay, the general had arbitrarily reduced the army by four-fifths. The entire imperial capital was said to have a hundred thousand soldiers, but in fact, there were less than thirty thousand. Not to mention the various weapons and armaments, they were all just for show. They were fine for the emperor's inspection, but in a real battle, they might not be as useful as a big stick.
It was precisely because he understood what he had done that the general had long since determined that Malar would fall. Therefore, he did not wait for the guard captain to send someone to inform him before gathering his money and belongings. Then, he took his thirty-seven concubines and secretly left the city through a secret passage, fleeing towards the north with his family.
In fact, there were many nobles like the general who escaped with their families through the secret passage. Corrupt officials were often more intelligent than honest officials, but they did not use their intelligence in the right place.
There was a saying that a cunning rabbit has three burrows, and these corrupt officials and nobles were no exception. They had long dug a secret passage. Although their original purpose was to escape when the emperor wanted to deal with them, this secret passage had also saved their lives when Malar City was in danger.
"Damn it! These damned vermin! " The guard captain scolded and then asked the soldiers to go directly to the palace for help. However, he obviously did not have any reinforcements in a short period of time.
"Brothers, Malar City can only rely on us now! Today, we will fight to the death, not for those hateful nobles, not for that muddle-headed emperor, but for our parents, wives, and children to not be harmed by the demons. Today, we will fight to the death! "The guard captain saw that the city gate was about to be breached, so he made the final mobilization!
"For our parents, wives, and children!"
"Fight to the death!"
The soldiers roared and then lined up in front of the city gate, because the gate was about to collapse. After that, they would be the second gate built of flesh and blood!
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