The thirsty defenders unanimously set their sights on the wooden cart under the city wall. Ten pirates pushed in ten pokes, nine were drunk, and the remaining one belonged to the bearded pirate and remained untouched.
Ella's troops were displayed three arrows away. The defenders looked at the enemy troops in the distance and then at the bucket under the city, and began to struggle fiercely in their hearts.
Someone shouted: "Whatever! It's so far away, just move quickly!"
People woke up and began to rush towards the bucket of water under the city gate.
Ella watched all this anxiously from a distance. She originally thought that no matter what happened, Azov City would surrender after five days without water, but the other side obviously had no such plan. During these five days, she either looked at the city of Azov anxiously or looked at the sea worriedly. Reinforcements from the Republic of Liguria will arrive at any time. If the city of Azov does not surrender before then, most of its battle will have failed.
"The soldiers are fighting for water, which shows that Azov City has indeed been deprived of water by us." Ayla said with a sad face, "But this is already the fifth day, and these defenders are still very energetic. How much water is stored in Azov City? "
Amy comforted her on the side: "No matter how much they reserve, it is just a thing of the past. As long as they wait a few more days, they will open the city and surrender."
"We can't just wait for them to surrender, we must lure them as much as possible... Although the timing is a bit delicate, we must appear to be at ease in front of the defenders of Azov City. Let the bearded man come over and rehearse the next play. Bar."
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The city of Azov has been without water for the sixth day.
With a "clang" sound, Princess Anna smashed a jar filled with water. She carefully looked around, and after making sure there was no one around, she grabbed a larger piece of debris and licked up the water on the surface like a puppy.
"Princess! I'm back!"
The door was kicked open by Dust. Anna hurriedly hid the tiles behind her back, and prayed in her heart that Dast had not seen her unseemly appearance just now.
"Eh? Princess, why is your face so red? What are you hiding behind your back? I saw you were licking just now... oh, it hurts! Princess, why did you hit me when I just walked in?"
"Why can't I hit you?" Anna shouted angrily, "I want water!"
Dast touched a few bruises on his face: "After those mercenaries learned my method, it was exposed. The Pirate Kingdom has strengthened its position on the sea, and it can't reach the sea water... Yesterday I went to grab that I had a bucket of water under the city wall, and I was punched in the face several times by people from the Great Corps, and I was sweating all over in vain.”
"Does that mean there's no water?"
"No, there's more here."
Dast conjured up a kettle in his hand and shook it in front of Anna. Anna heard the sound of water rushing from the pot, and her eyes suddenly shot out with greedy light like a ferocious beast seeing its prey. He pounced on the kettle like a hungry wolf. Dast was well prepared, and with a quick turn, Anna jumped into the air.
Anna rubbed her nose that hit the ground and made a crawling sound. She looked at Dust from bottom to top and begged pitifully: "Mr. White Knight?"
"Just shouting like that is not enough. It is no exaggeration to say that if you look at the whole city, it will be difficult to find such a pot of water!" Dast shook the kettle "clang", deliberately tempting Anna, " If you promise never to step on me again, I will give you this pot of water!"
"I promise!" Anna answered without thinking. Dast nodded with satisfaction, stretched out his hand holding the kettle forward, and Anna rushed over like a puppy, snatched the kettle away, and unscrewed the lid. But before pouring the water into her mouth, she suddenly stopped and asked cautiously: "What kind of water is this? I will not drink weird water. This is my last dignity as a princess." !”
"It's dew."
Anna felt relieved, picked up the kettle and poured water into her mouth.
Dast said proudly on the side: "It's not my fault. I started making preparations on the first day I found out there was no water supply in Azov City. I got up early for six days for this pot of water..."
After half a bottle of water was consumed, Anna suddenly frowned: "Dust, this water... tastes a little strange? Is this really dew?"
"Of course it's dew! Every morning, there will be a lot of dew on the grass." Dast untied the cloth leggings on his feet and shook them in front of Anna: "Just go for a walk in the morning field, and then put the water on the grass." By squeezing it out of the leggings, you can collect the dew! This is a survival technique I learned when I was in distress on the steppes of Central Asia!"
Anna felt nauseated, and the princess' dignity was shattered to pieces. But it would be a waste of water if she was nauseated, so she had to cover her mouth and swallow the liquid that surged into her throat. This was an extremely difficult process. Anna's eyes widened and she managed to squeeze out a sentence through her teeth: "Next time... remember to use my handkerchief."
A horn sounded from the city gate, which was a signal that the enemy was coming. Dust hurriedly put on the half-taken clothes and ran towards the city wall.
The bearded pirate and his companions came again yesterday. This time, ten of them were each soaked in a large bucket. The bearded pirate leaned back, gracefully raised one leg high into the air under the gaze of the defenders, held up water and slowly washed the leg hair on his leg.
"We came here to take a bath in the city of Azov on the orders of the King of Sweden!"
The defenders of Azov City unanimously loaded the crossbows with crossbow arrows.
"Wait a minute! We are not here to fight!" The bearded pirate put down his legs in a panic, "Look, the buckets in front of the Swedish King's formation are full of water..."
Countless crossbow arrows flew towards them, and the pirates hurriedly turned the bucket upside down on their bodies and ran towards the siege camp. The bearded pirate did not forget to continue shouting in this situation: "The King of Sweden said it! As long as anyone comes to her, she will provide water for free! It doesn't matter where you want to go after drinking the water, the King of Sweden guarantees their Safety!"
That night, the thirsty Azov defenders climbed up the wall from time to time to look at the siege camp in the distance, and then looked at their companions, feeling extremely confused.
Ella asked the same question countless times that night: "Has any enemy secretly come down to the city to ask for water?"
Her answer was always the same: "King of Sweden, not yet."
The dark coast made Ella's heart restless.
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The city of Azov has been without water for the seventh day.
Anna fell to the ground like a puddle of mud, shouting incoherently: "Mr. White Knight, water... I want water..."
"Dew... After the mercenaries learned this method, the grass was trampled to pieces." Dast lay on the ground like Anna and said in the same vague way, "Speak less and expose your tongue. Being outside will speed up the evaporation of water. This is a survival skill I learned when I was in distress in the desert..."
Anna didn't hear what Dust said at all, and she muttered like she was stupid and repeated: "Master White Knight, water... I want water..."
"There is really no water. There is still urine here that I saved three days ago. If you want it..."
"No... no, this is my last dignity as a princess..."
"Should we still...?"
"Do you want……"
There was a sound of horns at the city gate. This time, Ella's army rushed up against the rain of arrows, as if they were desperate. The defenders gathered their last energy and prepared to attack. Unexpectedly, the siege troops put a ladder up the city and hurriedly withdrew with their shields on their backs.
The defenders looked at each other in confusion as they looked at the ladders set up on the city wall. It stands to reason that the ladder should be pushed away at this time, but they are not very willing to do it.
The bearded pirate came again with his companions. This time, they splashed water on each other outside the city.
"Sell water! Sell water!" The bearded pirate shouted energetically from behind the buckets. "No matter who it is, as long as you hand over your weapons to us, you will get water! The first one to get enough will get it." , there will be none after that!”
