My Lady Chef novel Chapter 74

Meanwhile....

Ezran's POV:

"The walls are crumbling! Not a lot of men are manning the gates right now!"

"Catapults! Pull!"

I watched the ongoing siege efforts from beside one of our catapults which suddenly recoiled as I sent a few huge boulders flying at the walls of Guthrie as several makeshift ladders my men use to scale the walls made contact.

Amidst the loud noises of battle, barrages of arrows rained against the invading infantry. The metallic clang of shields being raised by the soldiers on the ground was met with death cries of the men who were shot down as they tried to scale the ladders fast to attack the wall's forces.

The air was heavy for some reason as I commanded another wave of boulders to be aimed at the turrets that housed the archers.

Cobblestones and wood exploded that moment the huge rocks made contact with two of them and our side rotated in triumph when one turret crumbled and fell.

"Milord! News of the other side!" A dirty soldier came in on horseback and handed me a small message.

Another bout of riots was reported to have broken inside the capital of Guthrie according to the few spies who managed to get inside through a secret crack in the base of the wall no one paid attention to.

After I burned the surrounding wheat fields and forests surrounding the capital, I estimated that this will pressure King Cherno since he cannot send his people outside to gather food anymore.

At the least, I expected a year before the capital crumbles.

But I was surprised that riots were happening in parts of the city after just a few months. But then I read the various reports of our spies and it seems like what my wife predicted has come to pass.

It seems like the food granary and storage were depleted due to King Cherno's lavish style of dining. Usually, during times of war siege, it is common knowledge to ration food to keep the city alive but the greedy king continues to eat and drink like he was not at war.

That quickly depleted their reserves and now people in the city were starving, fighting over meager scraps of food and starting riots because their ruler kept the remaining food for him and his supporters.

This explains why few knights are manning the walls. Suppressing riots and fighting off an army seems like the breaking point.

It was all part of my plan to end this war once and for all.

"Look!" One of my men pointed out as the gates of the city opened.

I smirked. Seems like Emile and Raoul's party succeeded in entering one of the cracks on the wall base we discovered and have succeeded in their mission to incite various uprisings inside the city and bought enough time for the twins to open the gates.

I lifted a hand and gave the signal for my men on horseback to charge. My spurred feet kicked the sides of my war Emyu as it bent and squawked as it ran like the wind.

The wall defense was already collapsing and most of my men are now suppressing the Guthrie knights on the wall as I brandished my sword and began to cut down incoming knights as they tried to defend the gates.

Blood and death cries filled the skies this day and the familiar crunch of shattered bones as I bashed and sliced anyone who dared to attack me.

Many of the civilians ran and hid as chaos descended upon the capital as I pushed my main force to the Guthrie's Royal Palace. My knights paid no attention to them as I have warned them to never pursue unarmed individuals.

I was met with a wall of knights which got my blood pumping as a feral smile made a few of the senior knights quaked in their boots before my men crushed them on horseback.