Sister, I'm the Queen This Life (330 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 274

The millennium-old city of Yessak was situated in a naturally fortified location. Yessak’s walls embraced sheer cliffs behind them, restricting any assault to a frontal approach alone.

However, the defensive walls awaiting attackers were built in triple layers—only by breaching all three lines of defense could one enter the city proper.

This was precisely why neither Yessak’s ruler, Emir Hatun, nor the majority of the Third Crusade’s forces, nor anyone across the Central Continent, ever imagined Yessak could fall.

Yet Alfonso Casco Nero and his “Black Helm Unit” turned the impossible into reality.

“Attack from the siege towers—we hold the advantage of height!”

After the opening volley of arrows from archers rained down upon Yessak’s ramparts, fierce javelins followed, ravaging the defenders on the secondary wall. These weren’t thrown by dedicated spearmen, but by knights who’d spent the past four years hardening themselves in battle—their throws bore a force unmatched by regular soldiers or ordinary knights.

Once the defenders atop the walls were sufficiently thinned, the Black Helm Unit cast up ladders woven from nets and scaled the walls directly. Each warrior’s prowess was overwhelming; the hastily trained pagan defenders stationed there couldn’t withstand even a brief engagement.

After the gates were opened, the advance became unstoppable.

“Charge forward! Behind this lies nothing but a disorganized rabble!”

Having concentrated all their supplies and troops on the outermost wall as their decisive defensive line, Yessak’s defenders fell into chaos as soon as the first barrier was breached. The second line proved even easier than the first. Once the second fell, dissent erupted among the defenders—some advocating surrender, others insisting on fighting to the death. Naturally, the third line was easier still.

Grand Duke Yuldenburg, who had suffered a dismounted accident during the “Battle for the Recapture of Al-Rummani Holy Lands,” sustained a fractured hip joint. Ever since, he’d struggled to ride a horse and could no longer personally command troops in the field. Alfonso, the prince, stepped into this void.

Thus, Alfonso served as both central commander and supreme general in the siege of Yessak—and to him went the lion’s share of credit for the victory.

—“The Etruscan prince has taken Yessak!”

—“I heard he’ll soon return to the Central Continent as a triumphant general.”

—“Didn’t our prince receive the Lion King Guillaume’s sacred blade, Caladbolg? They say whoever wields it shall become Emperor of the Central Continent!”

Read full content of this chapter on r e d c a t t y . c o m