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“We must defend this place while His Majesty is out leading the campaign in the north!”
The knight in charge of the garrison shouted as he walked around the platform in the training grounds. He gestured wildly, encouraging the soldiers. The remaining combat force in Hamel was only about three thousand, but that was enough to hold off tens of thousands of siege forces.
“Our walls are high, and they are nothing but a bunch of ignorant barbarians!”
“Hoh!”
The soldiers stomped their feet and struck the ground with their spears.
“Hamel will not fall! If they come for this place, they will only pay for their foolish judgment! Who will make them pay that price with their blood? We will!”
The garrison commander shouted until his voice was hoarse. It felt like his face was turning red all the way up to the crown of his head as the veins on his neck became prominent.
‘If Hamel falls, it will be difficult to reclaim it.’
With the walls of Hamel, defending an enemy even a hundred times bigger was not impossible. Even an untrained man could do their part with just a crossbow. Hamel's walls were tough to breach no matter what kind of siege weapon one had. The moat was deep and wide, making it impossible...
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