The enemy was about to launch their attack, and we could not afford to be careless on our side either. All three city walls were packed with people. Having gained experience from the previous defenses, the city-guard soldiers were not intimidated at all. Furthermore, we used the veterans to lead the rookies, bringing along the three million laborers to train them so that they could take over the defense in the future.
In the beginning, their offensive was fierce. The ordinary civilians who came were mere cannon fodder. Those people were foolish enough to charge forward blindly upon hearing orders. Naturally, as they charged up, we showed no courtesy and rained projectiles down upon them.
This siege battle lasted a full four or five hours. Our arrows truly kept raining down without a single pause. Pressed for options, the Marshal had no choice but to send in the Elite Soldiers, because the civilians genuinely had no possibility of breaching the walls.
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