Sword and Fire XIV
"You say, how long will it take for the chiefs to wake up?"
On the towering lookout, a young guard spoke to his companion. The tone was somewhat respectful, and it was clear that the other side of the conversation was an elder who deserved his respect on the battlefield.
Veterans lead new recruits, and any garrison army will use this method when they are short on manpower. Some talented young people have been promoted to the firing line and have been appointed to certain 'intense' positions. They will mature quickly under the guidance of their predecessors - if they can survive the battlefield.
"Who knows?" The older guard chewed a cigarette (something that picks me up) and replied nonchalantly, "Maybe an hour, or two." The wine of Moon Waskar is not so easy to consume. Even if those who are qualified to be invited are warriors who can fight well, those big men will not want to get up for a while. ”
His demeanor seemed relaxed, and he didn't care. But the sour breath between the words almost spread to the bottom of the city walls, and the corpses piled up as high as a hill were smoky and jumped.
In this case, if you still contradict it, you are a fool. So the young man, who was not very stupid, decisively changed the subject...... In the direction of some suspicion of slandering superiors.
"Aren't they going to make a mistake like this?" The young soldier subconsciously looked left and right, and then said cautiously: "If those storm cloaks come now, it is impossible for us to hold this point. ”
"Don't worry. There's no way they're going to come over now. The veteran waved his hand and said in an old-fashioned manner, "We only punched Ufrik in the ass yesterday, and maybe a thousand rebel cubs are lying underneath. This was a fatal blow to the morale of the disorganized army of peasants, lumberjacks, and cobblers. Whether they dare to come today is another matter. ”
That being said, he poked his head out and looked out of the battlement from the lookout.
All he could see was silence.
It was the end of the night, and there was still half an hourglass of darkness before the first light of the morning. Neither the moonlight nor the starlight is almost gone. Even wood elves, who are known for their eyesight, can't even see anything more than fifty feet away.
"One qiē is normal." The old warrior shrugged.
"Boy, it's always easy to have all kinds of hallucinations on the battlefield. Sometimes you think that a freshly wound crossbow doesn't have arrows attached. The sharpened sword was not properly maintained. These will make you hesitate in battle. Even if it's just for a moment," he waved vigorously.
"Your opponent will cut off your head."
The young man tightened his neck in fright.
But he soon realized that this cowardly gesture was not commensurate with his identity. So he immediately puffed up his chest again, and asked, as if to cheer himself up, "But they may know that Yuehuasca has held a banquet." The rebels can take advantage of this time......"
"Snort." The veteran rudely interrupted him. "There is only one way out of Xueman. And we've been looking at this road for half a night. ”
"If the rebels really know, then there must be traitors among us who hold important positions."
The next moment, the veteran's body flew backwards with tremendous kinetic energy, and then in about a blink of an eye, it clung to the other side of the lookout, something connected to him, to his head and the baffle of the wall.
It was clearly a brown steel crossbow!
Fear gripped the young man's heart at this moment.
The nerves all over his body, all the cells, every bit of blood, every bit of flesh were shaking rapidly. Echo, undulating, resonating. Eventually, it turned into a sharp cry that blurted out.
"Stormcloak!!!!!!!!
He was then nailed to the lookout by another arrow.
Who would have thought that the rebels would have enough morale to carry out a raid after suffering a huge setback? Who would have thought that every move inside Xueman would have fallen into the hands of the enemy?
When the first wave of 3,000 heavily armed warriors broke through the pre-dawn darkness and swooped down from the silence to the snow-covered outer walls. At least half of the senior officers on the side defending the city were not at their posts.
Perhaps, even the wine banquet last night in Yuehuaska. It's also because of the deliberate arrangement of some people.
Arrows rained down.
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Hadava felt like he had been hit from behind by a bison.
He had not yet recovered from the pain of unconsciously touching the earth in his sleep. A bucket of cold water had been poured over his head, in the starry night moon in the sky. There is not much difference between this bucket of water and a bucket of ice.
There's nothing more annoying than disturbing dreams. If you have to find one, it's to rudely interrupt the sweet dreams of alcoholics.
"Lee! Leigh! Silk! The centurion let out an angry, high-pitched cry. He almost threw his fist at the woman in front of him. And then...... The moment he raised his hand, his shield and sword were thrust into his hand.
'Plop! The door to the barracks was slammed open, and the news from a panicked soldier wiped out all his anger in an instant.
"Oh no! The Storm Cloak is on! ”
The bell representing the highest vigilance reached his ears at the same moment.
The situation is not good.
By the time he was fully equipped and rushed to the city wall he was responsible for as quickly as possible, the entire defense line was already in danger.
At least three sections of the wall were close to falling, and only a dozen or so men were fighting to the death on the nearly 100-foot-wide wall. There are two other sections that are also teetering on the verge of failure.
The fourth wall of the city for which Hadawa was responsible was one of them.
He roared in anger and swung his shield sword into battle. This time, however, his enemies were clearly stronger than ever—these tall warriors in heavy chainmail were undoubtedly the elite of the rebels. It would take at least two well-coordinated Imperial Sword and Shield Men to be able to fend off one of them.
But now, the Imperial Legion does not have an advantage in numbers.
"Drink!" The centurion raised his sword and used a feint to trick his opponent's mistake and slit the throat of the rebel warrior. And at the same time, his lieutenant also cut off the heads of two enemies with the wire in his hand.
At best, this brought the rebels' offensive to a momentary halt.
However, for an imperial centurion, this moment is enough!
Hadava puffed up his breath and shouted, "Array!! ”
It's just a breath away. The warriors of the rebels found that their enemies had changed dramatically. If only it was a hard stone to gnaw on. After they followed the centurion's orders and lined up in arrays, the stones became barriers of steel.
The Legion never fought by the bravery of individuals. Their solitary su zhì may not be able to compete with the tough rebel warriors. However, when they were united, even twice as many enemies could only cry out in front of them.
The centurion, on the other hand, is the most important hub that maintains this whole.
Their combat effectiveness may not be outstanding. Some even need to have an adjutant full-time protector. But as soon as they blow the whistle order. can give full play to the strength of the entire 100-person team.
Under Hadawa's methodical command, the originally scattered rhythm of the attack quickly merged into one. The warriors of the rebels soon found themselves directly opposite with only one enemy, but they had to fight with four or five swords at the same time. Even though there are many retired Imperial veterans in the middle of the Stormcloak, there is no way to deal with them properly when their colleagues are a mess.
What's more, the steel wire and short sword in Lilith's hand will not show mercy to them because they have served the Empire, on the contrary, her blow will be more powerful. Firmly, decisively, and cleanly remove these unstable factors.
This has undoubtedly relieved Hadawa of a lot of pressure. At least he wouldn't have to worry about an unknown object popping up on his head or something else like he had done two days ago.
At the same time, the conscripts also joined the battlefield with their spears on their shoulders. They may not be powerful, but their spears are powerful weapons. Under the cover of the legionary swordsmen, even peasants were able to stab warriors to death. And the tide of the battle was reversed in a little bit of change.
The same thing happened with the rest of the city walls. Even if some places were close to the brink of defeat, that problem was no longer present after a powerful blow from the elite samurai of the Brothers-in-Arms.
If things go on like this. The rest of the battle will once again return to the tug-of-war rhythm to which the Legion is most accustomed. This also means that this surprise attack was a complete failure.
And Stormcloak obviously couldn't just accept this outcome.
So, what happens?
After fifteen breaths, the earth trembled. Three times as many stone golems as they had before, struggling to move towards the snow-covered walls.
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"It's this set again." Scoryue wiped her nose disdainfully. "They have proven the weakness of this strategy with numerous failures. Yet they refused to face their own brains once. ”
"Maybe they're trying to hide something?" Scoyue's closest partner, Ella the Huntress, carefully arranges the bowstring of the shortbow. And carefully test your alchemical arrows.
"Ha~ who cares about them?" Scott laughed, and the muscles in his body bulged like steel rocks. He wielded the Sky Forge Giant Steel Sword, and the windswept air sent gusts of wind.
"All conspiracies have an easiest way to crack them. That's to smash it to the ground! ”
He pointed to the large, hulky golems and cast his gaze on his close comrades. Asked out loud.
"My shield brothers, my shield sisters, sue me, who are we?"
The Circle Warriors of the Brotherhood raised their weapons and responded with the most powerful of their own roars.
"Whew!"
"My shield brothers, my shield sisters, sue me, where is our enemy?"
"Whew!!"
My shield brothers, my shield sisters, sue me, where are we going?
"Whew!!"
"Good." Skoryue flattened her right arm, the tip of her sword pointing straight at the center of the brow of the giant stone golem at the front.
"My brothers and sisters. The enemy's reliance is there. Let's have a good time, and leave no armor behind! ”
"Comrade-in-arms reunion ring belongs, forward, today we are going to take a bath in the blood of the enemy!"