Valon: Even a supporting character can change his fate.

Chapter 644 Siege

After passing the first town, Thorn and his companions also passed through many other towns, but in order to exterminate the undead as quickly as possible, and since they had already rested, the army did not enter the city.

As for the militia and logistics provided by these towns, they were simply called outside the city, joined the team, and then continued on their way.

What Thorn didn't know was that there were skeleton soldiers lying in ambush in these towns. He wanted to catch the enemy by surprise, but the enemy did not enter the city.

After knowing this, the Lich immediately adjusted his plan and withdrew all the ambush troops in the following towns. He moved some of them back to the last town to strengthen the defense, while the other part lay in ambush.

After a forced march, Thorn led his army to the foot of the city. Everyone was surprised to see the town's walls had been raised and the moat had been widened.

They didn't expect that these brainless undead would actually deploy defenses in advance.

Seeing this, the adjutant stepped forward and whispered, "General, we came here in a hurry and did not bring any large siege equipment. Do you want to..."

"Do you want anything?!"

Although the adjutant didn't finish his words, his meaning was very clear. He meant that they should just give up this time. Otherwise, with the siege equipment they carried, they would probably suffer heavy losses if they launched a forceful attack.

But Thorn was unwilling to go back in disgrace.

He is a member of the royal family and leads the most elite royal army. If he goes back like this, how will others view him and the entire royal family?

"No need to say more, I have made up my mind. I will send a hundred people to test it first."

The adjutant had no choice but to follow orders. However, as soon as he turned around, Thorn seemed to have thought of something and added, "Oh, and let the fifty-man militia come along."

Soon, the troops responsible for the exploration were assembled, and taking advantage of the high sun, they launched a head-on attack with siege equipment.

Just as the siege began, the skeleton archers on the city walls responded immediately, shooting arrows one after another.

What Thorn didn't expect was that although there were so many skeleton archers on the city wall, the arrows they shot were not as dense as he had imagined.

Not to mention that most of them were bone arrows, which could not even penetrate the armor, let alone cause any damage, when shot at the soldiers.

Not to mention Thorn, even the soldiers who launched the exploratory attack did not expect that the opponent's strength was so weak.

Not to mention these soldiers who were armed to the teeth, even the militiamen who were armed with crude weapons and wearing coarse cloth had already rushed to the city wall. Although a few of them were shot by bone arrows, they had not lost their combat capability.

But after all, this was just a test, and there were many more skeleton warriors with metal weapons on the top of the city. During the safety period, the soldiers retreated.

Only those militiamen who knew nothing were pushed to the front and climbed up to the top of the city wall using the ladder.

Although their bodies that had been hacked to death were not seen, it was not difficult to guess from their shrill screams and the sounds of metal colliding that they had been harmed by the undead.

Thorn didn't feel anything about these militiamen who were killed by the undead. After all, their combat effectiveness was there, and death was death. As long as the main force did not suffer any losses, there would be no problem.

At the same time, this test attack also made Thorn extremely confident. With so many undead, they could only fight against the militiamen without protective gear, and could not even cause any damage to the regular army.

"In that case, order everyone to rest on the spot, and launch a full-scale siege in thirty minutes!"

Originally, seeing such a solid and tall city wall, the adjutant was worried that a strong attack would cause too much damage.

Unlike Thorn, the two lieutenants have experienced many wars, big and small, and can be said to be battle-hardened and experienced.

Because of this, the two of them were worried about the city wall, but after this trial siege, their original worries instantly dissipated.

Thirty minutes passed in a flash. At Thorn's command, the army, which had just rested, launched an attack on the town. One of the fully armed adjutants, in order to gain more military merits, personally led the soldiers to charge. It seemed that he was planning to be the first to reach the town.

What they don’t know is that what they see is what others want them to see.

Those militiamen are all refugees in disguise and belong to the side of the undead, so it is naturally impossible for them to attack with full strength.

As for the screams and collisions made by those who climbed onto the top of the city wall, those were deliberately made to confuse them.

Even when the Kingdom's army officially launched an attack, the counterattack launched from the city walls was still not fierce. Even though there were some iron-headed arrows mixed in that could cause some damage to the Kingdom's army, everything was still within control.

But when the adjutant led the first group of people to the top of the city wall, ready to kill everyone, the scene in front of him made the adjutant dumbfounded.

Seeing the many skeleton warriors wearing full iron armor and holding sharp iron swords, as well as the zombies with metal claws and teeth, the adjutant knew that he had been fooled. He had fallen into the trap set by these undead.

Before the adjutant could react, the undead who had been waiting for a long time rushed forward, and kept hitting him with their sharp iron swords.

Without giving the other party a chance to scream, he chopped the adjutant into meat paste in the blink of an eye.

The adjutant was not an exception. The soldiers who climbed to the top of the city wall with him were also warmly welcomed by the undead.

After quickly dealing with the undead on the city walls, all the skeleton archers replaced their arrows with metal arrowheads and began to shoot at the soldiers below the city with all their might.

Even heavier logs and falling rocks were thrown down like they were free.

Due to the lack of large-scale siege facilities, most of these soldiers climbed up using siege ladders. When a rock fell and killed the soldier in front, it would often take down two or three soldiers behind it.

The dense rain of arrows injured many soldiers who had already crossed the moat.

Just when they were about to lose control and were about to retreat, skeletons armed with weapons jumped out from the water of the moat, cutting off their retreat and attacking them from behind.

First show weakness to the enemy, then take them by surprise, and then attack from both sides.

This two-pronged approach caught the Kingdom Army off guard. However, the elite were elite after all, and they quickly calmed down and launched a back-to-back counterattack.

In addition, the soldiers fighting against them were all skeletons and a small number of zombies, so their strength was limited. The kingdom's army quickly broke out of the encirclement and returned to their own camp.

At this time, the lich was using magic to observe the situation at the city gate, and everything that happened was under control.