Henry was a simple peasant. Like everyone else, he works in the fields, and like everyone else, he underwent military training. He can't be called an experienced soldier, but he can't be called immature either. His detachment, by order of the general, was to begin the siege today. He didn't want to fight, but with the alternative of death as a deserter, he still decided to fight, so at least there is a chance of survival.

In the morning we started walking to the open spaces in the walls. The enemies began to fight back, with arrows. The front soldiers covered the rear with tower shields. So they came in 5 squads, each squad of 300 people. Each soldier had standard equipment. Light leather armor, sword, and round shield. Only the commanders and then only the nobility had full iron armor, and not simple but enchanted. To say that he was jealous is to say nothing. A couple of elite soldiers had a bit of iron, but only to protect vital places. That is, not full protection on the torso.

The commanders stood in the center and gave orders. Henry was lucky and was there for him.

-Move, you are so slow that they will have time to build a wall during this time, so hurry up!

This commander was from the nobility, his father was a Count, and he is the first son. He often said this, he buzzed all the soldiers' ears. We started walking faster, the enemies fought back with arrows, but we defended ourselves. A couple of soldiers have already died. But it was only a couple, so the commander did not pay attention to them. Finally, we reached the wall. The ground in front of the broken wall is surprisingly flat, we did not have to pass through the debris.

-Hahaha, those stupid scaly ones just helped us by clearing the way, what a courtesy. Pay them back by chopping off their heads, hahaha.

We came in third, but as soon as we came in, an incredible thing happened. First, there was a mountain of white powder, among them you can see the stones. Then the water appeared, it began to mix with all this and was covered with something transparent. Then a wall appeared in its place. Uneven, with strange waves. While we were wondering, a mountain of arrows rained down on us. Because of this, many died, and the rest were in shock. Then spearmen came from the main roads, they began to squeeze our detachments. If it had been before all this, we would have given them a good fight, but now because of the surprise effect, we began to die quickly. Some of them ran away from fear into the narrow corridors of the castle. I was among them, and more and more people followed us.

- Where are you going! Come back here or I'll declare you deserters!! -The commander shouted furiously, other commanders were also added, but to no avail. Only a couple of soldiers returned.

But I didn't care about that. I was just running through these bottlenecks. But suddenly, the one in front of me lost his head. It flew off and blood was flowing from his head. It was disgusting, while I and the one who was next to me looked at it with shock, a shadow came out. He looked sturdy and had a bloody sword in his hand. He looked at us like prey, and we shivered because of it. But with the last of my courage, I took out my sword. The guy next to me also took out his sword. I spoke up

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-G-give up, t-there are two of us and you are o-only o-one.

When he heard that, he just smiled and attacked us.

…

- How is this possible!?! -Andrew shouted in rage.

- General, calm down.- Said the adjutant

- How am I supposed to calm down?! Half, half, half of my army is locked up in the fortress! And you say to me calm down?!

-We can save them,- Heron said

- And how!

-Having made a hole in the wall where it grew, I do not believe that it is stronger than the walls that are next to it. They should be weaker, that's for sure.

- What are you waiting for? Start charging trebuchets!

…

-My Lord what an incredible plan. I would hardly have come up with something like that.

"It's simple enough, Sean. How is the suppression going?”

-As you predicted, they began to run away through the narrow streets. We left people there and traps in some places.

- Have you recorded everything? It will be necessary to remove them later

- Of course, my lord.

My plan worked well. I ordered a lot of my runes to be put down. They are all interconnected. The first rune activates a weak field that will not allow everything to go. The second throw cement and sand into the air. The third runes make small stones. The fourth bunch of runes throws water into the air. And the wind runes mix them. And when it becomes a single substance, fire runes are activated, instantly causing them to wither. So the new wall will be ready. A lot of resources were spent on it, but it was worth it. Taking advantage of the moment of surprise, we began to clear the battlefield. The remnants will escape through the narrow streets, it's natural. The victory is ours.

Even if they make a new hole, we will already have time to tie them deep in the castle. So even if this happens, we will benefit. Of course, we will have a stretched front due to two sides, but we will cope, and the debris will help us. Also, I doubt that they will dare to attack again. In the end, war happens only when one side is sure of victory

...

After 20 minutes, they punched a new hole. But they couldn't attack quickly. After all, their soldiers first had to retreat so that the trebuchets would start shooting, and only then attack. But they have lost too much time, so the commanders are not sure whether to attack. After a short conversation, they decided not to attack.

- So, what are the losses?

-We lost 5,400 soldiers, 240 of them are elite soldiers. We have 4,600 soldiers left. Among which 360 are the elite.

- Damn it! How, how do we explain this to the Emperor?- At this moment, the general seemed to have aged by several years.

- I think the emperor will understand.

-The emperor will understand?! Yes, he's executing me, but I think you don't give a damn about it.

-N-no, not at all. We don't give a damn about it, General.- The commander said, realizing that if he admits this, the general in a rage can call a deserter and kill him.

-*Sigh*, it doesn't matter. What are the losses among the nobles?

-A couple of noble commanders were locked in the castle. One of them is Derie, the son of Count Montaire. Also Donie, the lower Viscount. Andrew, Earl Wesex's son. And finally *gulp* Harry, the son of the Marquis of Bundlusch.

-M-Marquis!? Oh, my God, my God. I suppose I'm an alive corpse.

- Calm down, General, I'm not sure they'll kill them all. They must have captured them. So I think we have a chance to save them.

-You're right.

…

Not far from Mount Tian

- I wonder if they can become our loyal allies. Good tactics. I would like to get acquainted with the one who created this tactic. He's a strong magician, you can see at a glance. -Goblin muttered to himself. But there was a strange power emanating from him, a power that showed his noble roots.

Another goblin appeared next to him. He bowed respectfully and spoke.

-Sir Gong, should we help them or wait as you wanted? -This goblin was an old servant of Gong and knew about his character.

-Naturally, we are waiting. But still, tell my older brother that they have a strong magician. And tell him to put those plans on hold for now. It's better to enlist their help.

- Do you have such a high opinion of them?

- No, I have a high opinion of who came up with this. He's a good strategist, it's better to enlist his help.

-As you wish, Sir Gong.