Chapter 041: Beast Tide 1
When you're nervous and busy, time flies.
Before you know it, four months have passed.
After joining the city guard for half a year, he only had his first vacation, so for the past four months, Ye Feihua, He Shannon, and Wuxiao have been staying in the barracks.
In addition to training every day, it was still training, and the three of Ye Feihua were completely integrated into the first squad of the Ninth Brigade of the Black Armor Knights.
There is almost no war between mortal towns, and the main duty of the city guards is to resist the tide of beasts, followed by dealing with waves of brute beasts that infest the realm of human life, and in peacetime, it is to maintain the daily order of the town.
Recently, there has been some news from outside, and it seems that a new round of beast tide is coming.
Every knight of the city guard was on his toes, nervous, ready to welcome the arrival of the beast tide at any time.
Nebula almanac 92603, May 18, one o'clock in the morning.
Three moons hung in the sky, and a misty silver moonlight shrouded the Knights' station.
This night, as usual, was quiet and peaceful in the barracks, and insects chirped outside the barracks.
A group of samurai on duty patrolled from camp to barracks. It was already the second half of the night, and there was a hint of fatigue on the faces of each of the warriors on duty.
......At a certain moment, a rapid and desolate horn suddenly sounded in the station.
The time and space where the Black Armor Knights were stationed seemed to freeze, and three seconds later, the quiet military camp suddenly "coaxed" and exploded.
"All assembled!"
"All assembled!"
……
Immediately afterward, a deafening roar sounded in the station, like rolling thunder, "buzzing" echoing in the night sky.
In the barracks of the first squad, as soon as the horn sounded, Ye Feihua and He Shannon opened their eyes, and as soon as the two of them turned over, they jumped off the bed, and then put armor on their bodies without saying a word.
The third one to get up was unharmed. After being unharmed, the other samurai also got up.
The atmosphere in the barracks was a little tense, and none of the samurai spoke.
After Ye Feihua, He Shannon, and Wuxiao were neatly dressed, they grabbed their weapons and ran out of the barracks.
Ye Feihua and the three of them were the first to arrive outside the barracks, and it was not until a short time later that the neatly draped wind iron pillars and the two stunned people rushed out.
"Is the beast tide finally here?" He Shannon rubbed his hands, and there was a hint of fire in his eyes.
At this time, all the magic lamps in the Black Armor Knights' station were lit up, but when I saw that the people in the entire station were shouting and neighing, they were in a hurry.
"The beast tide is coming! The situation seems dire! Feng Tiezhu furrowed his brows.
At this time, all the black-armored warriors of the first squad came to the outside of the barracks.
The door to the stables was also opened, and a sergeant had already led the horses over.
"All of them! Launched! Lined up! Feng Tiezhu let out a loud shout and strode towards his war horse.
The black-armored warriors of the first squad found their respective war horses, and they all mounted their horses, quickly forming a phalanx.
After the wind iron pillar got on the horse, he took out a small scroll from his bosom.
Coincidentally, there was a red light emitting from the scroll. Feng Tiezhu opened the scroll and looked at it, and his face couldn't help but change.
"All of them! Let's go! Enter your intended location! With a wave of his hand, Feng Tiezhu took the lead in galloping towards the field.
Under the guidance of the second stunned, the first squad of black-armored knights started up and followed closely behind the wind iron pillar.
At this time, teams of black-armored knights galloped out of the station, and went straight to each predetermined position according to the formation practiced by the previous brigade.
"Rumble ......"
The dull sound of horses' hooves rumbled in the night sky, and the earth began to tremble slightly. The beams of the magic lamp crisscrossed the field, illuminating the field as bright as day.
A moment later, ten brigades of the Black Knights, totaling 10,000 knights, all arrived in the field. In small squads, one squad after another was strung together and formed a long queue on the field. The procession consisted of ten rows, spread out horizontally, with a thousand knights in each row. Since each black-armored knight was equipped with a magic lamp, at a glance, the long queue looked like a dragon with bright light and shadow, lying horizontally on the field, with no head on the left and no tail on the right.
Directly in front of this dragon-like queue, there were twelve imposing black-armored knights standing on horseback.
The first two black-armored knights were the commander of the black-armored knights, Ban Yu and Counselor Wen Ding.
The ten black-armored knights side by side behind Ban Yu and Wending are the captains of the ten brigades of the black-armored knights.
Ban Yu is nearly middle-aged and has a peaceful face. Looking at the dragon-like knight queue in front of him, a hint of arrogance faintly appeared on Ban Yu's peaceful face.
"Counselor Wending, what's the situation?" Ban Yu straightened up and asked.
Wen Ding's face was relatively thin, he glanced at the scroll in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "According to the detective's report, a few hours ago, a large number of brute beasts appeared in Baishuiling. Judging from various signs at the scene, if the beast tide is formed, its scale may be very large. Because the brute herd appeared very suddenly, and it was at night, so no specific data has been obtained at this time, so it is impossible to make an accurate judgment. This order was just passed from the City Lord's Mansion, and since the beast tide had alarmed the City Lord, it was naturally not trivial. The soldiers are swift, and we must act before the brute beasts are completely close. Therefore, please also ask Ban Yu to give an order! ”
"The beast tide is coming from the defensive direction of the Black Armor Knights, and the city lord has ordered all the Black Armor Knights to dispatch, is it true that this beast tide is really extraordinary?" Ban Yu's grim gaze flickered incessantly.
"Without further ado, please give the order to the class!" Wen Ding put away the scroll.
"What if it's not trivial? In front of the 10,000 iron horsemen of the Black Armored Knights, any beast tide will collapse! Ban Yu smiled proudly.
After this, Ban Yu slowly raised his arm.
With Ban Yu's movements, the black-armored knight queue in front of Ban Yu fell silent. This silence spread like a silent tide to the left and right ends of the long queue. Soon, the long dragon-like queue of black-armored knights fell completely silent.
The 10,000 black-armored knights all held their breath and waited in anticipation.
"Target, Whitewater! Burn the wind! Ban Yu swiped his arm hard, pointed to the northwest, and gave the order.
With Ban Yu's order, ten thousand black-armored knights shook the reins of their horses almost at the same time, pulled their horses' heads to the right.
Then the sound of horses' hooves began to sound in the field.
"Rumble ......"
The earth shook suddenly.
Each black-armored knight had a magic lamp, and the queue of 10,000 black-armored knights was like a black dragon shining brightly, tearing through the misty moonlight on the field and cruising quickly towards the northwest.
Baishuiling is a gentle mountain, like a dragon, crawling on the earth, one head into the northeast, the other into the southwest. Bounded by the White Water Ridge, to the northwest are rolling mountains and bushland, and to the southeast are open fields with a few low hills.
The night gradually faded, and the east revealed a hint of fish belly white.
The fields southeast of Baishui Ridge are shrouded in a thin layer of water mist.
The morning breeze suddenly rose, and the white gauze-like mist was lifted up one by one. I saw that where the mist was lifted, some irregularly shaped color patches were revealed.
As the morning breeze swept across the field, more patches of color were exposed, and there were countless spots.
The morning breeze stirred up the mist, and the patches of color loomed, as if moving slowly.
That's right, those patches are really moving. All the color blocks are moving, slowly moving towards the southeast.
Those moving color blocks are all brute beasts. The number of brute beasts in a brute herd can range from a few thousand to tens of thousands. The fields were littered with countless patches of color, and the total number of brute beasts reached at least a million.
I don't know when, the morning breeze has stopped. However, the mist on the field swelled up one whirlpool after another, as if it were stirring rapidly.
I saw that the countless brute beasts seemed to be disturbed in some way, and the speed of movement increased significantly, and the shapes of each color block gradually became chaotic.
At this moment, in the southeast direction of the field, a muffled thunderous sound of "rumbling" faintly came from the sky.
The mist on the field churned faster and faster, and the countless brute beasts began to stir.
After a while, I saw a few black dots at the end of the field in the southeast, and then a few more black dots......
There are more and more black spots that appear, densely packed.
The dull sound of "rumbling" grew louder and louder, and at the end of the field, dust was raised.
After half a night of rapid marching, at dawn, the Black Armored Knights finally arrived at Baishuiling.
"Poof!" Two orange fireworks burst out in the sky that had not yet been brightened.
The 10,000 iron horsemen of the Black Knights stopped and began to rest on the spot.
Ban Yu was in front, Wen Ding was behind, and the two of them led four guards and eight banner soldiers to ride their horses up a hill.
At this time, the mist on the field has gradually dissipated.
As the 10,000 knights of the Black Armor Knights came to a standstill, the barbarian beasts in the field, although they were chaotic, did not have the panic of Fang Cai.
Looking at the countless herds of brute beasts in the field, Ban Yu's heart sank, and his face was no longer calm.