Chapter 8 The Tender Charm in the Blood and Fire

"According to the information obtained from the repeated contacts between our army and the enemy army, the position of the main formation of the imperial army has been preliminarily locked!"

SΓ‘nchez spoke to Carlos as he sketched a topographical map with his pen, and finally, he connected the red dots that were all over the map into a circle.

At this time, a soldier broke in in a panic and reported: "Marshal, General Diego...... General Diego is dead! His body was brought back by a war horse. ”

Carlos, who had been silent, shook his whole body violently, and said in a trembling voice: "Put ...... General Diego's coffin...... Bring it in, and the commander wants to see the general for the last time......"

"I originally thought that this man with immortal vitality would not be able to die in battle......"

Sanchez sighed.

"He could have been immortal, but it was my mistake that led to the death of General Diego, if I insisted on not letting Diego go out to visit the enemy...... I knew how he felt when he lost to Azelio, but I didn't expect his self-esteem to be so strong. Carlos said bitterly, stroking the coffin.

"Please, marshal, don't blame yourself! General Diego's death was not the marshal's fault! This is because he disobeyed the orders of the marshal! ”

SΓ‘nchez tried to persuade his lord.

"Besides, the marshal has no more available generals, so he has to send General Diego out. Moreover, it was General Diego himself who insisted on leading his troops to carry out the marshal's guerrilla warfare plan, and with his fiery temperament, no one could stop him from initiating a crossover, and with his deep personal friendship with the marshal, even the marshal could not go against his will. ”

"No matter how you justify it, Diego's death, Ben Shuai can't escape the blame!"

Carlos closed Diego's eyes with his own hands, and then saluted his remains before turning around and saying in a deep voice: "Diego will encounter such a fierce attack by the Imperial Army, which means that he is quite close to the stronghold of the Imperial Army, and he has confirmed the exact location of the Imperial Army and Alexandria for us with his own life, laying the cornerstone of our army's victory!" ”

"General Diego, please rest in peace! I will not let you die in vain, and I will use the victory of this war to comfort your heroic soul! ”

With that, Carlos swiped his pen and landed heavily somewhere in the red circle of the topographic map! He made a sign, and then said to Sanchez: "Inform the whole army: make the final operational preparations, and assemble them all in the afternoon, and our army will launch a general attack on the enemy's main position!" ”

After noon, the fog is a little thinner! But visibility was still quite low, the sun was still covered in heavy clouds, and the dreary air diffused with a heavy pressure that seemed to be far from breathless, and the urgency of the imminent war was everywhere.

The plains of Pergamis paved the stage of glorious but bloody death, ushering in the war between the two men of her life.

Regardless of the outcome of this war, the Battle of Pergamis will forever be recorded on the title page of history because of the confrontation between the two peerless generals, and the most glorious and saddest stroke will be recorded.

Carlos gathered nearly 300,000 soldiers and horses, with 100,000 demonized "Imperial Tiger" heavy cavalry as the front arrows, 100,000 light cavalry as the two wings, 20,000 longbowmen in the center, 40,000 light infantry and 30,000 heavy infantry to protect the magician regiment behind the palace, and 10,000 ghost warriors as the pathfinders.

"Marshal, the ghost warriors have found the assembly place of the Imperial Army!"

Sanchez was anxious to reciprocate, and the traitor of the ghost clan was also flushed with excitement from the imminent war, which was reflected in the blackened face of charcoal, but it was even darker.

Carlos nodded and calmly gave the order: "Pass my order, and the whole army will launch a general attack!" Ignore the fleeing enemies, our goal is to King Alexander! Just kill Alexander, and our army will be victorious! ”

In the battle between the two armies, Carlos ordered the archers to first draw water from the two flanks, the light cavalry to carry out mobile guerrilla attacks to attract and suppress the two flanks of the Imperial army, and the infantry division to cooperate with the "Imperial Tiger" heavy cavalry to break through the main position of the Imperial army from the front.

Under the fierce attack of the Carlos Army, which is full of layers, clean and neat combat style, and has a clear goal, the layout of the Imperial Army was quickly disrupted, and it was cut in half from the center, and the broken through Imperial Army immediately fled in the direction of the two wings, as if it had no intention of fighting and accepted the fate of its own defeat!

"Breakthrough, breakthrough?" Sanchez said in a voice that was not so uncertain, "The enemy phalanx is not as strong and tight as expected, and it turns out that Alexander's strength is no more than that, or are we overestimating his ability?" ”

Carlos, who was closely watching the changes in the battle situation, couldn't help but say: "It's really easy, it's not a bad thing if you can win easily, it's just that the enemy's defense line is too thin......

As if to fulfill Carlos's fears, the scouts rushed over and reported: "Marshal! A large number of Imperial soldiers and horses were found in front! ”

"Was it just a temptation? It turned out that the main formation of the Imperial Army was hidden behind...... It's just that it's always unreassuring! Sanchez spoke his mind.

Carlos did not hesitate, and immediately ordered: "No matter what, we have no way to retreat, order the whole army to assemble!" Make a central breakthrough again! ”

Immediately afterwards, the fierce battle between the Carlos Army and the Imperial Army began again!

After a terrible battle, the Imperial Army once again collapsed on all fronts!

However, just as the Carlos Army wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, the third line of defense of the Imperial Army appeared in front of them, then the fourth, fifth, and sixth lines......

"Pass the marshal's order, no matter how many lines of defense of the Imperial Army are in front of you, tear them all up for me!" SΓ‘nchez rode his horse between the front-line soldiers and the command center, constantly running back and forth to convey Carlos's orders, truly exhausted.

After breaking through the ninth Imperial defense line, the soldiers of the Carlos Army, who had been consumed by the fatigue of the battle, had consumed most of their rustic energy and energy, and faced the Imperial Army defense line that seemed to never be broken, endless battles, endless enemies, and increasing deaths of their companions......

These soldiers gradually lost their fighting spirit and enthusiasm, their mental and physical strength were on the verge of overdraft, and the intense sense of frustration crept over their hearts like thorny vines, and the physical exertion was far less severe than the mental torture.

In their hearts, they couldn't help but have such doubts: how many lines of defense did the imperial army have, and how many enemies did they have in front of them? Will I be the next to fall? Can we still see hope and tomorrow......

"It's horrible! Oh my God, how could the Imperial Army lay so many defensive lines? How many troops would it take to complete such a huge project? Could it be that Alexander really can't do sorcery? Otherwise, how could you give birth to infinite forces like magic? ”

Sanchez expressed his doubts and worries in a terrified voice.

"It's unimaginable...... The enemy's line of defense can be called a dead line! In the impact, 100,000 soldiers of our army have paid with their precious lives! If this continues, we have not yet found Alexander, and our army has been completely crushed by mental and physical fatigue and frustration, and has embarked on the road of no return. ”

Carlos nodded, and his voice lost its usual calmness and calmness.

"Whether or not Alexander had an infinite number of troops at his disposal, it would have been impossible to lay such a deep and layered line of defense, and there was no chain of command capable of coordinating and controlling such a magnificent structure! But how did Alex do it......

Let me think about it calmly, we must not be fooled by the appearance of the enemy army, there must be something important that we have overlooked, so that Alec has taken advantage of a certain situation to complete this strategy of using troops beyond the limits of human beings and imaginary time and space! ”

After saying that, Carlos placed the "Sword of the Earth" horizontally on the saddle, took a pot of wine and poured it a few times, then brushed the wine stains from the corner of his mouth with his hand, stared down at the crack on the sword when he fought with Alex, and fell into deep thought.

After a long time, Carlos raised his head, his face was red from the liquor or the excitement, and said to his adjutant in a slightly excited voice: "Sanchez, this master understands! In front of us, in fact, the enemy forces that have been defeated by us again and again, but continue to gather!

He actually laid only three lines of defense, which was the limit of his forces, and every time we broke through a line, Alexander immediately quickly mobilized the defeated soldiers from the flanks to the rear and reassembled a new line!

Let hundreds of thousands of troops be in a perfect state of linkage, carry out this kind of coordinated pace and close cooperation of the group large-scale movement, and complete this great strategic layout that is impeccable in terms of interactivity and hierarchy - what a high level of control and command is required!

Moreover, this kind of foggy weather was originally a weapon that we chose to destroy the Imperial Army and kill Alexander after carefully calculating the celestial phenomena, but in turn he used it to set a trap against us and complete this kind of use of troops that would not be possible under normal circumstances. ”

"If we can't accurately capture Alexander's location, even if we figure out the strategy of the Imperial Army, we will be at a loss, and we will have to be led by the enemy's nose, can the marshal have a strategy to break the enemy?"

Sanchez asked anxiously.

"It's not impossible," Carlos bowed slightly, and further analyzed, "It is precisely because of the puzzle created by the foggy sky that the movement of the Imperial Army has completely been concealed from the eyes and ears of our army, but to complete this kind of large-scale military operation with the freedom and accuracy of arm movements, it is absolutely impossible for his command to stay away from the battlefield, and the number of troops left behind in the command headquarters will definitely not exceed 30,000."

In other words, Alexander's command headquarters was hiding not far from the left or right flank of the Imperial army's defensive line! "Then as long as the whole army is ordered to reverse the attack on Alexander's headquarters, our army will be able to finalize the victory!"

The glimmer of hope flashed through Sanchez's eyes, but quickly dimmed, "But how can you determine if he is on the left or right side of the enemy army?" If the offensive line is chosen wrongly, it will lead to an irreparable defeat......"

"Then you can only bet on one game! See if the god of war favors Alexander or me? Sometimes luck is an essential factor in victory......"

Carlos's purple eyes flashed with a flash of lightning and fiery light, and his resolute voice was full of unparalleled domineering.

"So, will the marshal choose to attack the left, or the right?"

"Pergamis is a vast plain that stretches from northwest to southeast, so that in this parallel line of enemy lines, the left flank is facing the imperial capital, and the right flank is far from the imperial rule. ”

"If I were Alexander, I would have placed my headquarters near the rear, the connection point between the imperial capital and the imperial army's defensive line, so that the advance could be attacked, and the retreat could be defended, and even if the battle failed, Alexander would probably flee back to the imperial capital and regroup."

"This is indeed a deliberate plan, and any famous general will take the plan you mentioned, but I don't think so about Alexander."

Carlos shook his head and said the exact opposite.

"Alexander was a king, with a magnanimity and strategy unsurpassed on earth; But at the same time, he is also a famous general, a good general who rushes to the forefront of the battle, fights with the soldiers, and is trustworthy, he will not let his subordinates shed blood and sacrifice, but let himself hide in the safe rear, and then pick up the fruits of victory.

Moreover, his self-confidence also did not allow him to make predictions of defeat. Therefore, he will definitely not run away and will directly face the results of this war! ”

Carlos suddenly stopped speaking, he stretched out his palm to freeze in the air, and stared at the mist on his palm in silence.

Sanchez also seemed to have suddenly discovered something, his face changed, and he said in a frightened voice that changed his tone: "Blood...... Blood Mist! Even the white mist was stained red by the blood of the soldiers, which shows the tragedy of this war! ”

"The blood of the soldiers cooled into the mist on the grassland, and the corpses of these soldiers who died in battle will eventually turn into a cup of loess, breeding grass, and in this, there may be you, and I ......" Carlos's voice became as empty as substance.

"It's a great place to take care of your bones...... Sanchez said.

Carlos was silent for a long time before he said in a solemn voice: "Order the whole army to assemble again, move in a counterclockwise direction, and rush to the bottom of the right flank of the Imperial Army with all your might!" Let's use the hammer of the 'Imperial Tiger' to knock it directly into Alexander's head! ”

"The enemy army has almost reached its limit, and our army can hope for victory!"

Drink's deep voice sounded, and the vampire girl had tensed her nerves from the beginning of the battle, and it was only then that I felt her relax slightly.

"The resilience of the enemy in battle is truly admirable!" I said, and suddenly I felt sick! "It smells of blood."

The vampire girl stretched out her tongue and licked the water vapor in the blood mist, frowned and said, "Blood mist, the grassland is crying." ”

At this moment, a vampire appeared beside Drink, whispered to her for a while, and quickly retreated.

Drinker turned back to me and said excitedly, "Thanks to the efforts of our people, Memphis, Azzinaha, Hosiman and others have been successfully contacted, and their troops are rapidly gathering in the direction of our army's main formation!" ”

I smiled and said, "It's almost time for us to close the net!" ”

"Messenger ......"

"Your Majesty, the enemy...... The enemy's army is rapidly approaching the headquarters! ”

Before I could give the order, the hurried voice of the scouts shattered my dreams of victory.

"Is there time for the headquarters to avoid it?"

I immediately asked my subordinates.

"Your Majesty, it's too late."

After receiving a negative answer from my subordinates, I couldn't help but smile bitterly and said to Drink: "It's just a little bit, it's only a little bit away from victory." ”

"Let's block the Carlos Army, and Your Majesty will leave immediately in the 'Thunder Department'! As long as Your Majesty returns to the large forces of our army, the Empire can still fight! ”

A pale Drinker said in a resolute voice.

I shook my head and said, "It's useless! As long as the command headquarters is destroyed by the Carlos Army, whether I survive or not, the news of my death will be transmitted, and in the panic, our army will not be able to distinguish the truth from the false, and I am afraid that it will only accept the news of my death.

At that time, our army will inevitably be in chaos, so that Carlos can take the opportunity to break it! Besides, escaping from the battle and abandoning the pawn to protect oneself is not my style! Let's hold on to our positions together, as long as we can resist for a while, and when reinforcements arrive, we will turn the tide of battle! ”

Without allowing Drylink to express a negative opinion, I have quickly ordered all the heavy infantry in my formation, using spears and shields to set up a defensive position, to meet the sharpness of the iron cavalry of the Carlos army.

"What a reckless and reckless man, that's why the soldiers of the empire will be loyal to you, and this is the man who deserves my life to protect!"

Drinker sighed as he gathered all five hundred vampires around me and tightly guarded me in the center.

After a rain of arrows from the enemy, the demonized "Imperial Tiger" heavy cavalry of the Carlos Army began to launch the most fierce attack on us!

As soon as the Imperial Army command headquarters was stationed, the number of guards divisions of less than 30,000 could not withstand the enemy's edge at all, and as soon as they approached, the defense line of the heavy infantry collapsed almost immediately, and then, the few heavy cavalry were also sniped by the enemy, and the 20,000 light cavalry had to give up the advantage of mobility in order to protect us, and forcibly fought head-on with the "Imperial Tiger" heavy cavalry......

As time passed, the number of our soldiers was decreasing at an accelerated rate, and the surviving soldiers were chanting "Protect Your Majesty!" "Long live Your Majesty! Fearless to the death, rushing to the enemy who is far stronger than them!

These Imperial Men seem to be supported by some kind of agitated emotions and ideas! Stubbornly resist the black and oppressive enemies that continue to flood up, until the last breath and the last drop of blood are shed......

Battle-death, soldiers repay their king in this way, and there is not a single deserter in the soil of the 30,000 imperial generals!

One of the Imperial heavy infantry showed his strength beyond his limits, cutting off the legs of the "Imperial Tiger" heavy cavalry with a knife, and then piercing the original heavy armor of the fallen soldier, only to be cut open in the chest by another "Imperial Tiger" heavy cavalry with a spear......

The Imperial soldier, lying in a pool of blood, struggled to pull a photograph out of his bosom, smiling with a distorted face, staring at the young wife and children in the photo.

He said in a weak voice, "kid, little Rick, I can't get back to you...... Back to our home, henceforth, I can't accompany you to water the flowers, take a walk, and take care of our warm home.

I promised you...... At the end of this war, you want to give me the windowsill of our house...... Add a new pair of curtains and give them to you...... The ...... Earrings you like, later...... The child is going to ask you too...... And also...... Don't die for me...... And sadly, I'm here to protect us...... Beloved Lord...... And the sacrifice ......

Your Majesty! I'm gone, dying for you...... I'm ...... Glad...... Living brothers...... Please be sure to protect your ...... Your Majesty! ”

Similar touching scenes were played out among the Imperial soldiers on the battlefield, and these glorious Imperial soldiers, who continued to call out the name of their sovereign until the last moment of their lives, had the only faith to protect my safety.

"I can't stand it anymore! I can't sit idly by and watch my soldiers keep dying for me! Drink, I'm going to lead everyone to fight together! Even if I die, I will be with you! ”

I said to Drinker with tears streaming down my face.

Drink, who was also in tears, nodded silently.

"Soldiers! Follow me! I'm fighting my way with you! ”

I swung the sword "Ilan" and led the remnants of the 2,000 Imperial Army into the enemy's thicket, and as the "Thunder" let out an angry hiss, the proud beast began to gallop wildly, leading the way towards the powerful enemy army, while the vampire troops of Drinker followed me closely......

The divine sword "I Lan" with a blazing blue flame, under the urging of my "magic sword fighting spirit", turned into the sharp blade of death, and every sword passed, bringing up a blood-colored arc, throwing the tall body of the "Imperial Tiger" knight into the air, cutting, and tearing apart, constantly devouring the lives and flesh of enemy soldiers! Become a talisman for enemy soldiers.

But the demonized Carlos troops didn't know what fear was, and they continued to rush at me, wave after wave, as if they would never be able to kill them forever.

Like me, Drinker and her vampire troops have been stained with the blood of the enemy, and the image is terrifying and poignant.

Under the desperate momentum of our army, Carlos's 200,000-strong army was unable to destroy the remnants of the empire with only 2,000 people for a while, but paid several times more casualties.

But this balance of power could not be maintained, and Carlos quickly grasped the crux of the matter - he put the "Imperial Tiger" in charge of dealing with our Empire's regular army, while 10,000 ghost warriors flashed through the gap and attacked me and the vampire forces with all their might!

This change in the way of attack immediately turned into a nightmare for our soldiers! In less than a moment, the regular soldiers of the Empire were almost completely annihilated by the heavy cavalry of the "Imperial Tiger", and I was also caught in the hardest struggle with the vampires around me.

Fighting against the ghost clan of the same dark race, although the vampire warriors are not inferior to one enemy and ten, they can no longer calmly annihilate the enemy as they did just now, and the vampire clansmen, who claim to have immortal bodies, are finally facing a crisis that has never appeared in their long lives!

Although the vampire people are still much stronger than the other side in individual combat, the situation is definitely not optimistic, in addition to the ghost clan, there are also 200,000 Kalos army that is watching and hindering, forming a tight encirclement network for us, and every time about ten ghost warriors are eliminated, it means that a vampire is dying.

After a fierce battle, almost all the vampires were painted, and there were more than 100 casualties, plus some people who had lost their combat effectiveness, there were only about 200 vampires left with the ability to fight again, that is to say, even if we killed all the ghost warriors, our own people would be killed and wounded......

And I, who constantly use the elemental core to induce the "magic sword fighting qi", although every sword strike, I will take the enemy's life, but I continue to kill it, and my physical and mental strength has been extremely overdrawn, although there are not 10,000 soldiers who died under my sword! There are also 8,000, but I can't kill an army of 200,000 with the strength of one person, not to mention that I am facing a powerful ghost clan, and there is also the "Imperial Tiger" heavy cavalry whose strength has been doubled due to demonization!

To make matters worse, I noticed that the energy in my body began to flow backwards.

"Abominable Demon Tribulation!"

I cursed as I continued to urge the elemental core, unleashing aesthetic magic and swinging aesthetic sword skills, even though I knew that there would be intermittent life depletion and energy reversal due to the impending catastrophe? Directly led to a significant reduction in my own strength, and I also knew that overdrawing the power of the elemental core now would only make me face the danger of dying at any time, but I couldn't control it so much.

But no matter how much subjectively I longed to be able to keep going, but I was no longer able to do it, and gradually, the speed at which I swung my sword could no longer keep up with my consciousness, and the power I emitted was rapidly decreasing, and the movement of the blitzkrieg became sluggish, and it was not long before I was about to be a thief and go to the empty building......

Several times, I was unable to dodge the enemy's attacks, and I was cut several times by the enemy's heavy sword on my arms and thighs that the "Goddess Protector" gold armor could not protect, and even an artifact such as the "Goddess Protector" began to deform due to the continuous heavy blows of the Oni warriors.

I picked up the dark blue fire that had become dim and faint Excalibur "Ilan", and slashed off the heads of three ghost warriors who had swooped down on me, but I couldn't avoid the black heavy sword that another ghost soldier stabbed me in the thigh - just as I was shouting "Oh bad!" At that time, that person's chest had been pierced by a miserable white jade hand through the hole in his back!

As the ghost warrior's body shrunk and fell to the ground, I saw the vampire girl's tired, haggard face.

"I said it...... will protect you......" Drinker spoke to me with a forced smile as he sliced the throat of another demon warrior who attacked me with his jade fingers.

"I should have gathered all my people here......," Drinker sighed.

At this time, she was already a little difficult to speak, and the excessive energy consumption made her look a little sick, listless, no longer the appearance of a dragon and a tiger before, and there were also a few scars on her body, plus a bloody clothes attached to the sweaty slender carcass, which looked extremely embarrassed.

"Earl beauty, you look really miserable......"

I struggled as I stabbed an enemy soldier in the chest with my sword, then kicked him away, then stopped and gasped.

"Really? You don't look much better than me, we're ninety steps and a hundred steps......"

Drinker grabbed an enemy soldier, stretched out her fangs and stabbed into the major artery of the man's neck, trying to replenish the lost energy by sucking blood, and after a while, she looked up at me and said, "Let you see the way I eat, is it ugly?" ”

I stood with her back to back, dealing with the enemies coming from all directions, and took the moment to turn back to her and smile, "It's not ugly! Although it is rough, it has an eerie beauty. ”

"It's because you're in the wrong taste......" As he spoke, two more Ghost Clan warriors were beheaded by Drink's hands.

She also turned her head, licked the blood at the end of her mouth, looked into my eyes and said, "Do you dare to kiss me like this?" ”

"Why don't you dare?"

When the vampire girl reacted, I leaned into my lips and kissed her.

Lip splitting. Drinker gasped violentlyβ€”not from fatigue this time......

"You're looking for death! Stinky Dead Wolf! How dare you do it......"

At this time, the vampire girl's cheeks were red, and she wanted to yell at me, but the rapid consumption of energy did not allow her to do so, and in the end she could only make a weak voice, which sounded like flirting between lovers.

But the three approaching enemy soldiers immediately became the object of her anger, and the three bodies that were originally alive had become pieces of flesh in the middle of her fingers.

"I'm dying, I can't let myself be left with regrets, at least to make your first time with a vampire – the story Alexander and I had to tell...... Finally I really won the first kiss of Miss Countess! ”

I tried to give her a narrow smile, but my face twisted in pain from a sword in my thigh.

"Well deserved! , there is a price to be paid for begging! ”

Drinker scolded, but there was a look of heartache in her eyes, and the soldier who was plotting against me had been torn to shreds by her before I could swing my sword.

"It seems that we are all going to die here, and it's not bad to be a pair of mandarin ducks with you with the same fate......"

But the vampire girl didn't respond to my joke, and at this point, her flank was stabbed by the black sword of the Oni warrior - even the steel of a vampire could not withstand the black heavy sword of the Oni Clan!

I angrily slashed the sword of revenge at the attacker, and the intense anger actually ignited the potential of my life, causing the Excalibur "Ilan" to burst out with a long dark blue flame, instantly burning more than a dozen ghost warriors to ashes!

The rest of the ghost warriors didn't dare to approach for a while.

"Drink, you can't die! I don't! I cried out in great grief.

I took Drink's delicate body into my arms, pulled out the long sword under her flank, and quickly hit several acupuncture points on her body, stopping the flow of blood and temporarily stabilizing her heart and injuries.

The vampire girl coughed up a mouthful of blood from her throat, but finally regained consciousness.

She touched my cheek with her bloody right hand and said, "If you kissed me, will I be pregnant with your child?" People say that kissing will give birth to children, but you have to be responsible. ”

I was stunned for a moment.

"I'm an ignorant girl, people don't understand anything, idiot! Lie to you! Am I such an idiot? You're so good at cheating......"

Drinker had a shallow smile on his face.

That's when I realized that the vampire girl was joking with me.

I shook my head and said bitterly, "It's all this time!" You're still ......."

Drinker jumped up from my arms, patted his clothes and said, "Don't worry, I can't die yet, this level of sword wound won't kill me!" And I don't want to die with you...... Martyrdom, how ugly! ”

"You ......"

I suddenly felt the urge to kill.

At this time, the enemy army again surrounded us. Drinker and I teamed up back to back again.

"It's hard not to be martyred, but I just got your wish, I'm really miserable......," the vampire girl lamented.

I didn't speak, and looking at the jungle-dense enemy, I realized that my life was coming to an end......