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"The Falcon Legion of the Megatron Continent is nothing more than that, a small temptation will expose their attack points"

The commander of the Nord Fourth Army, Marquis Spittanger, looked at the block-like fortress of Stemonido on the hill, and the corners of his stubble mouth smiled contemptuously,

For the defeat just now, instead of the slightest loss, he slapped his palms with a horsewhip a little complacently, looking at the gaze of the opposite fortress, shining and full of cunning feelings,

Since it was a temptation, he was naturally prepared for sacrifice, and he had already prepared for the counterattack of the Falcon Army, and the Thor bombardment just now had long been expected by this Nord commander.

Because the formation of the tentative troops is relatively scattered, although it looks like it has been attacked fiercely, in fact, the real loss is only half a squadron, and the Nord soldiers have always been known for their bravery, and such a small loss is just a small tickle for the Fourth Army.

On the contrary, the fortified points of the fortress were exposed, and unlike the previous temptations of a head-on attack, the role of these subsequent light infantry was truly significant.

The Light Troops are specially trained by the Nords to deal with the dense fortresses in the territory of Ryerdian, and most of them are composed of soldiers or prisoners who have violated military discipline.

They will be the pathfinder of the besieging army, opening the way in the mountains and building bridges in the face of ravines, especially the pillar fortress like Stermonidos, which is built on the mound and has a complete defense system, if there is no light infantry to pave the way in front, the heavy siege equipment on the outer edge of the mound will be blocked by the barricades arranged by the other side.

"My lord, the squadron in charge of clearing the road has been cleared"

The news from the front made Spitanger feel excited, the reaction of the Falcon Legion was too calm, there was no legendary fierce crossbow and arrow array, and there was no rumored Falcon light cavalry that could compete with the elite knights of Rui Erdian, for the approaching light troops, it could be described as a turtle, except for a few arrows shot sporadically,

There was no reaction on the entire city wall, not even the most basic guards running, and on the quiet city head, only some soldiers were probing their brains, the number was at most 4,000 people, and some soldiers were still pointing at the bottom, as if they didn't believe it at all, and there were still people who dared to risk being bombarded again just now, and took advantage of the intermittent gap to approach the fortress,

In fact, it was a delusion caused by Hutu Aima's lack of troops.

The moment he saw the opposing squadron of Hurricane Axe warriors begin to appear in the attack sequence, Hutu Emma, who was on the city wall, had already quietly given the order, in a hurry. The 84 Thor guns of the four Dunburg were all turned to the front, as long as they waited for the Norder army to approach, they would give a head-on attack, and they must first scare the Nord soldiers.

"330 meters, angle 17"

The rangefinder in Dunburg almost didn't even look at it, so he directly ordered the gunner to load, because the rock buried in the soil in the hill below was a ready-made firing marking, and as long as he measured the rock markings that the Nord army had taken, he knew how many meters the opponent was about,

"Summons, 3rd, 7th, 12th squadrons, join the attack sequence, cover the attack of the Stray squadron"

Spitanger seemed to feel that the attack queue was a little thin, and ordered the three infantry squadrons on the left side of the queue to be added, increasing the number of troops responsible for cover to 7 squadrons, and 9,000 Nord infantrymen with impassioned expressions once again raised their shields from the side leading to the castle.

This made Hutu Emma's face on the city wall change slightly, the other party's recovery ability is quite amazing, he has just experienced a near-total blow, and he can still quickly organize a counterattack, it can be seen that these Nord soldiers are real professional soldiers, in front of the military order, even in the face of the Blood Sea Knife Mountain, they will also advance with the order,

As long as they reach the city wall, these agile axe warriors can climb the city wall with the climbing ropes brought by the light infantry.

He could think of those cowardly Vicchians, when they suddenly faced these powerful axe warriors, their faces were pale with horror, it must have opened their mouths wide, and let out a whimpering sound like rattling, if they regarded their Fourth Legion as a soft persimmon like the noble army of Ruierdian, thinking that putting a burst of Thor would be able to scare off the attack, it would be a big mistake,

The flaming axe of the Hurricane Warrior will let these guys from the north know what a Nord warrior is,

They will become the meat scrap under the giant axe of the hurricane axe warriors, and in front of the Nord axe warriors who are good at melee combat, the Wikibians, who have always relied on long-range firepower, will inevitably fly apart like harvested straws, smashed, shredded, and smashed into pieces,...,

The bravery of the Nord warriors is beyond the imagination of these pariahs,

I have long heard that the Falcon Legion is composed of conscripted peasant soldiers, and it is entirely by luck and harassment from the people of the East Court that they can defeat the Ryordian people in the center.

"Lord Spittanger, Lord Soldton has asked us to take Stemonido as quickly as possible at any cost, but now that an hour has passed, we haven't even touched the walls of the fortress, which seems a bit ......"

As if dissatisfied with the speed of the attack in front of him, a hesitant Nord general cautiously reminded beside the Marquis of Spitanger,

This general is the overseer who accompanied him this time, a general from a local legion, because he had a good relationship with Salton, in this war, he served as the overseer of the base camp, for him, the Marquis of Spitanger only looked at him with some displeasure,

If it weren't for the sake of himself, he wouldn't even be willing to answer,

This is just an eye arranged by Salton's side, suppressing the disgust in his heart, he raised the horsewhip in his hand, and said with a faint expression

"Time is important, or is the soldier's life important? I am not Salton, I will not use the blood of my subordinates to stain my battle robes, let alone let these most elite warriors of the Nord Kingdom become victims of someone's ambitions."

In the face of the reproach of the Marquis of Spithanger, the Nord general's face was a little ugly, but he still tried his best to say, "My lord, if you delay this attack, the battle situation will change unfavorably, and I am afraid that if it is passed back, His Majesty the King will also be blamed."

"Are you instructing me?". Spitanger stared at the Nord general with a kind of arrogance, he was specially sent by Salton to supervise the battle, but now it was completely like a status change,

Spitange's aura was completely suppressed, and he couldn't even say a complete sentence, all because the identities of the two sides were too different.

He is a general, and Spitanger is also a general, but he is not a traditional warrior of Nord, compared to the Marquis of Spitang from the traditional strong martial artist in front of him, he is just an ordinary general, he has no qualifications and no strength to stand up to this Marquis of Spitanger,

Because behind this Marquis of Spitanger, stands the hereditary samurai power that has been inherited since the founding of the Nord, and the samurai is the general name for the professional officer system directly under the Nord royal family,

They are hereditary, military achievements, loyal, brave, fearless, warlike, they are the solid cornerstone of the Nord royal family, and they are also the best soldiers in the Nord army, they are not lords, so there is not much concern, they have only one object of allegiance, King Nord,

The samurai who serve the royal family have always been under the special protection of the Nord royal family, and almost as long as it is not a major crime such as rebellion, the royal family will not pursue the samurai's responsibility too much, and the big deal is to remove from office

For hundreds of years, the two sides have formed a community of interests, among them, the Spitang family belongs to the four largest samurai families in the Kyoto system, and the legion to which they belong is known as the Guards of King Nord.

In addition to the Fourth Legion of the Marquis of Spitanger, the other three are: the Mossack family of the Second Legion, the Crimson family of the Sixth Legion, the Mosanli family of the Eleventh Legion, and the commanders of the other ten main battle legions, who also have more or less the shadow of the samurai, such as the July Scarlet Red Army Commander Crimson Rui, who is the sister of the contemporary Crimson family leader,

This is a powerful force that has long bound its roots to this kingdom.

Shaking the samurai family is tantamount to shaking the Nord Kingdom, the four families in Kyoto, who have been the commanders of the guards of the Nord royal family for generations, have a superior background, so that they don't sell much to the general generals.

In front of the powerful commander of the Spittanger, the Nord general in charge of supervising the battle could only smile bitterly, looking at the other party's arrogant face, he could only tell the Marquis of Sù Spittanger about the strategy when he set off, "Although this fortress is guarded by the important place, it seems that there is only one road up the mountain, but the foundation of its construction is a sloping mound that is not steep, which is why the people of Ryerdian do not value this place very much,

As long as the light infantry squadron builds a rope ladder to climb the mountain under the mound, you can climb the city wall at the foot of the fortress, even if the fortress has a complete defense, it will not be able to play a role because of the firing angle, and in a maximum of 2 hours, we can break through the city wall and completely occupy the fortress"...,

The corners of Spittanger's mouth sneered, and he didn't say a word, and only after the other party finished speaking, did he continue with some indifference, "Pressing it with all your might?"

This is a strong fortress full of killing traps, as you saw just now, in just ten minutes, I lost a squadron, and the Wikibians, with such a strong attack power, would they watch us approach the hill indifferently?

Or will you and I be on top of us, watching us calmly climb to the city wall? You and I both know very well that in order to make it easier to climb, all the troops participating in the battle must not wear heavy armor.

Do you want them to use light chain mail to face the Vhor, armed to the teeth, and the powerful crossbow that shoots through the body?

Or under the fierce attack of the other party, it became a bloody red that seeped into the soil of that hill, making these warriors of the kingdom a glory that the other party used to boast about

Our Spittang family is a century-old martial artist, not the rookie who can only look at the map and talk about it, in front of our martial family, there is no such thing as a, only the forward Spittang Ge waved his hand impatiently to interrupt the other party's persuasion, and made a resolute slamming gesture

As a samurai general from a wealthy family in Kyoto, he is quite dissatisfied with these cutting-edge officers promoted from Soldton, that is, Soldton, who is in the Nord military circles, is just a favored minister who has always adhered to the tradition of Nord samurai.

Such people are not uncommon in Nord, where martial arts have flourished throughout the ages, and they are always dressed in various cloaks, because the outstanding expression of a war, rising like a comet, may even suppress the limelight of traditional samurai,

Some of them are young and promising, and some are powerful, but time has proved that they are just meteors when the night sky is white, and it is difficult to gain recognition in the Nord upper class.

Because they are not a samurai, everyone knows that no matter how much you are favored by the royal family, as long as you do not become a hereditary samurai family related to the interests of the royal family, you are just a favored vassal.

At any time, because of a mistake, a word, a war, an untimely table,

From the pinnacle of power to the bottom,

fell to pieces, or left a stench for 10,000 years, or became the object of emotion for future generations, among them are famous generals, poets with literary talents, and even a generation of capable ministers

However, they are nothing more than toys on the whim of His Majesty,

Only the samurai are eternal

For the persuasion of the warlord behind him, his arrogant eyes were like looking at the inferior family servant,

Waving his hand, he said, "I am the Guards directly under His Majesty of Agrolc, not a victim of his Solton's casual use, if there is any dissatisfaction, let him go to His Majesty Xià theory, but before that, please remember that the commander of this battle is my Spithanger, not Salton, who is a hundred miles away, and I don't want to hear any more self-righteous commanding voices."

"You...... It's so arrogant."

The general who supervised the war was trembling with anger, although the other party was a hereditary warrior, but he was also a high-ranking nobleman, the other party was obviously slapping his face nakedly, he shook his hand angrily, and turned around with a few cavalrymen behind him to prepare to leave

He now knew a little about why Salton secretly told him before he set off that the victory or defeat of this battle was too difficult to grasp.

If it was still the army that had been withdrawn from Dorok, or if there was still a war, I was still very confident in this battle before the increase in troops in Kyoto, but after the increase in troops in Kyoto, I was a little hesitant, and every time I woke up from a dream, I always felt distracted

At that time, he also teased him, saying that he was frightened by the Vechia Falcon, but this man, who was known as a crippled lion by the outside world, just smiled helplessly at the corner of his mouth, without acquiescence or denial

The samurai, the class that supports the spirit of the entire Nord military, is now becoming a rope that binds the hands and feet of famous generals like Salton.

Is this the sorrow of Nord or the sorrow of Soldton, Nord has never lacked famous players,

But like Rui Erdian, the system often becomes a killer who strangles famous generals, and the Vekia Falcon can rise like a hurricane and sweep the northwest of the continent with a fearless momentum, or precisely because he is a system destroyer, otherwise, if he is still under the Vekia royal family, at most he is just a little lord who eats and waits for death...,

Or, at the very beginning, Salton personally sent Spitunk, who had the highest status in this battle and was also a wealthy samurai, so impatiently sent his base camp to attack Fort Stmonidos, which seemed to have an important position but was actually of little significance to the north, was to plan to stay away from danger under the pretext of effect.

Goddess of Victory, you come softly, and go quietly, this Nord general looked at the blue army formation that was still slowly advancing under Fort Stmonidos, and couldn't help but blur the corners of his eyes,

Time was lost in a moment, and with it, the inscrutable fighter plane, and in the face of his own powerlessness, he could only indignantly curse in his heart, "Spitanger, you are a Nord sinner."

"Attack"

At 4:50 p.m., a fierce battle finally began under Fort Stmonidos.

The fort at the four corners of the fortress was filled with white smoke, and the sound of cannons was continuous, like the bell of death ringing, which was as rapid as the bell of death, which was shocking.

Whistling shells fell with long tails, blasting up countless pieces of sand and gravel, or falling in the phalanx of the Nord army. Blood rained down, and many broken hands, feet, and feet, and broken internal organs flew everywhere with the explosion of the shells, scattered in every corner of the air. The air was filled with a rich, suffocating smell of blood.

"Shooting"

The Vicchian crossbowmen on the city wall kept firing at the light infantry climbing the siege ladder, and the only crossbowmen brigade under Hutu Emma was stationed on the front wall, and they followed every shot, and the sound of the bowstring like tearing oil cloth was endless,

Fierce arrows swept by, the Nord light infantry who were climbing along the city wall fell one by one, the corpses fell from the siege ladder, and immediately new shield infantry men would fill it, and the hundred-meter-long wall gave Hutu Emma, who only had 4,000 defenders, a headache,

The dense crowd of human heads under the city was like the sea at high tide, surging towards the outer wall of the fortress, which was already not high, and one wave crashed and dissipated into pieces, and another even larger wave followed.

The Nords' siege tactics are very simple, because of the lack of large machinery, they often adopt a very violent, but extremely effective means, first of all, the light infantry clears the obstacles to advance, and then the regular infantry advances, and when the fierce battle fatigue, suddenly put in the elite and unstoppable Nord hurricane axe warriors, which often makes the opponent be caught off guard, and the main Nord axe men with heavy long-armed battle axes with three meters long will also take the opportunity to rush up from the gap, and will not stop until the last standing enemy is killed.

This tactic is very simple, but it is very characteristic of the Ved people, and it vividly expresses the Nord nation's worship of the aesthetics and power of violence.

The spears of the defenders, often as soon as they drove the light infantry that had climbed up to the top of the city down the walls, another group continued to pour up, and the two sides strangled together, and the screams resounded through the walls,

Blood splattered from the ladder and stained the faces of the soldiers waiting below, and the bodies that fell were often trampled underfoot...... ，