Chapter 446: The city is about to be broken and the general will retreat to the south. Ryan defends

"Chong-"

The army of monsters is right in front of them. The warriors forget their fear for a moment and draw their swords together under the surge of adrenaline. The battle to defend the city officially enters the melee stage!

Soon, the sound of swords hitting flesh could be heard continuously. The monsters had no other means of siege except to charge forward mindlessly, so Ryan did not need to issue any other counter-measures.

"Roar--"

A twisted monster climbed up to the top of the city wall using its hands and feet, opened its mouth and bit a soldier's arm fiercely. Its pitch-black sharp teeth easily penetrated the refined armor, and blood splattered everywhere.

The soldier roared and rushed forward, pushing back the monster that was about to rush up from behind, then he drew his sword and cut off the monster's head with one blow.

While the fierce fighting was going on on the top of the city wall, the city gate below was also constantly being hit hard.

Hu Lun hurried over with a group of people and began to use crude tools to block the unguarded city gate.

"what!!"

A soldier on the city wall above was defeated and his defense was broken by a rushing monster, who pinned him down.

The monster opened its mouth wide and bit the soldier's neck hard. The blood dripped from the top of the city wall to behind the city gate below.

A flash of sword light passed by, and the monster was instantly cut in half. After dealing with the monster, Ryan stepped forward to check the condition of the soldier and found that he was only twitching slightly and was obviously dead.

——The speed is much slower...

Looking at his hand holding the sword, Ryan sighed helplessly. If it were in the past, he could still save the soldier's life.

Turning his head, Ryan said to Yazhi: "Yazhi, go downstairs to find Hulun and ask Hulun to send some civilians up to collect the bodies. Then let the civilians who dare to fight put on the armor of the dead soldiers and continue to defend the city!"

Now all the soldiers in Vahlan who can fight are on the top of the city wall, and there are no replacement soldiers in the rear.

"Okay, my lord!"

Yazhi received the order and jumped lightly from the top of the city wall.

And below, the people guarding the city gate began to feel uneasy when they saw the blood dripping from the top of the city wall.

Hu Lun roared loudly, constantly calming the people's hearts.

After receiving Yazhi's message, Hu Lun immediately arranged for some civilians to go to the top of the city to collect the bodies of the soldiers who died in the battle.

As expected, the first soldiers to be injured were the 500 soldiers brought by the noble who arrived last.

These soldiers had received little training in their daily lives and were no different from ordinary people in armor. They panicked when they encountered war.

The collapse of these soldiers also affected other soldiers around them. Within two quarters of an hour, the defenders of Vahlan had suffered a considerable number of casualties.

But under Ryan's arrangement, civilians wearing the armor of the dead soldiers would soon take their place and continue the long battle with the monsters attacking the city.

The injured Ryan was personally guarding an area with relatively weak defense. Although Ryan's strength was greatly weakened now, he could still guard this area tightly.

In this tireless battle, the sky was turned dark without anyone noticing.

With the results of the battle created by the corpses of countless soldiers and civilians, the continuous offensive of the 20,000-strong army of monsters was finally resisted, leaving only scattered monsters clinging to the corners of the city wall.

Looking at the top of the wall of Vahlan, there is not a single brick or tile that is not stained with blood, which is enough to show the brutality of the battle.

After the soldiers cleared out the scattered monsters outside the city, the remaining soldiers collapsed together and began to rest.

Ryan made a rough count and found that, including the civilians wearing armor and infiltrating, there were only six or seven hundred soldiers left in Vahlan who could fight.

Turning his head tiredly, Ryan said to Hu Lun: "Go and recruit some more civilians. We still have a lot of extra armor here. See if we can fill in some more combat power."

"Yes……"

Hu Lun stood up and immediately went to arrange what Ryan said.

Looking at Hulun's back and thinking of the crumbling walls of Vahlan, Ryan suddenly said, "In the meantime, let the people pack their bags."

"Grand Duke Ryan?"

Hu Lun was stunned for a moment, then turned around.

Ryan shook his head: "This city can no longer be defended. We can only continue to move south."

"...Okay, I understand."

Hu Lun had no objection this time and left to inform the people.

After watching Hu Lun leave, Ryan leaned against the wall. He didn't even have time to wipe the blood off his face. He quickly closed his eyes and fell asleep.

After an unknown amount of time, a loud noise was heard, causing Ryan to open his eyes.

The sky was already bright at this moment, and it seemed like someone was shouting something on the top of the city wall.

Listening carefully, Ryan finally heard it clearly.

"The monsters are attacking the city again!!"

here we go again?!!

Ryan quickly stood up, walked quickly to the top of the city wall and looked out.

On the other side of the horizon, a huge black tide was surging towards this side, spreading for several miles. It seemed that the number of monsters was even greater than that of the monsters that attacked the city yesterday.

"……Hold."

Seeing this scene, even Ryan couldn't help but swear. He turned around and saw Hu Lun, with an ugly face, coming to the top of the city.

Hu Lun looked at Ryan and said in a trembling voice: "The civilians... are still evacuating, but the soldiers..."

Ryan turned his head to look at the soldiers below and found that they were all exhausted and it was difficult for them to stand up.

With such combat power, it is impossible to defend this city.

Once the city is breached, tens of thousands of civilians inside will all be killed.

After a moment of silence, Ryan took out the long sword that Octavia gave him. Holding two swords, Ryan looked at Hu Lun and said in a deep voice: "Open the city gate, I will go to defend the city."

"Grand Duke Ryan?!"

Hu Lun was shocked by Ryan's words.

Ryan smiled and consoled her: "My body has recovered quite a bit last night. It should be no problem to hold out until all the people are evacuated."

Of course, this is a lie.

In fact, Ryan's hand holding the sword was shaking because of the wound.

However, his magic power did recover a little, but only a little. In order to preserve this little magic power, Ryan didn't even dare to use healing magic.

Hearing this, Hu Lun gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! Grand Duke Ryan, I'm counting on you!"

A moment later, the gate of Vahlan opened, and Ryan, holding two swords, walked out of the city step by step.

With a bang, the city gate closed tightly.

Only Ryan was left standing alone outside the city, facing the surging army of monsters.

At this moment, Ryan was still wearing his black clothes that were stained with blood, and the scars on it were clearly visible.

Facing the monster army approaching, Ryan raised his two swords and lowered his eyes slightly:

"Come and fight!"