Chapter 125: Tragedy (II)
"We don't have a choice, do we?" The Count said wistfully, and then drew his sword, which had been unsheathed and plunged into the ground.
"Follow me!" Viscount Raul beckoned to several knights beside him, and then walked down to the top of the hill without looking back.
Several knights glanced at the remaining two barons, then quickly drew their swords, took off their cloaks behind them, and followed.
"Whew!" Viscount Raul appeared at the forefront of the battle, stabbing the armed infantry in front of him with a single sword, saving a light infantryman.
"Be careful on the battlefield!" The Count didn't look back to remind the light infantryman that it looked like he was just a teenager.
The young man came back to his senses, and only then did he react, and it was the noble Viscount who saved him.
As soon as the news spread, the morale of the Viscount's soldiers was boosted, and the defensive line became a little more solid.
"Be careful! Lord Viscount! A knight sprang out from Viscount Raul's side, blocking a spear from behind him.
"Old......" The Count looked at the knight and sighed helplessly, and the white hair on his sideburns under the helmet reminded him all the time that he was old.
"Whoosh!" A sound of breaking the air sounded, and the earl subconsciously looked at the sky.
I saw hundreds of arrows pouring out from the rear of the opponent's array, shooting towards me.
"Be careful! Lord Viscount! Several knights who were guarding Viscount Raul hurriedly pulled Viscount Raul over and put their shields up.
"Ahh
"Help me!!"
Ahem...... ...... vomit"
Many people in the area were killed by the arrows, including enemy light infantry and a small number of armed infantry.
Although several knights reacted quickly, there were still several arrows that were not blocked by their shields and hit them and the viscount's gods.
And it happened that an arrow hit the damaged part of the viscount's armor, where the chain mail and leather armor were pierced by the enemy's long sword, and at this time it can be said that there is no resistance to the arrow.
The viscount's face was a little distorted, as a viscount, he didn't know how many years he hadn't suffered such an injury, and the arrow kept shooting into his left abdomen, but fortunately the wound was not deep, and the innermost cotton armor played a big role.
"Get me up! I can keep fighting! The Viscount pushed away the knight who was holding him, slashed the shaft of the arrow with his sword, and rose to his feet and continued to fight with all his might.
"What a pity!" Viscount Cowen was in the rear of the troops, looking at Viscount Raul, who had been slightly injured, and sighed regretfully, it was obvious that he had given the order to shoot just now.
Another half an hour passed, and the number of soldiers on the top of the hill was reduced again, and there were less than three hundred men capable of fighting, and more than two-thirds of them had been lost.
And the enemy's casualties were obviously greater, and the losses were estimated to be thousands, and it could be seen from Viscount Curwen's face that such losses made him very painful.
At this time, the earl's helmet was covered with blood, his chain mail was also damaged, and there were only two knights guarding him, and the rest were either seriously injured or killed.
The Count also seemed to have suffered some wounds in the shoulder, and blood was oozing from his armor.
"Damn!!" Viscount Curvin looked at the casualties of the troops and cursed angrily.
"Knight! Dismount and rush up for me! "The authority of Viscount Cowen was very heavy, and no one among his vassals dared to resist, so the knights of the sixty or so dismounted their horses and rushed up the hill with their hand-to-hand weapons.
"The enemy's knight is coming......" Viscount Raul felt a little deprived of strength, looked at the knight rushing up below with a somewhat sloppy look, and muttered in his mouth.
"Hold on!" At this moment, Viscount Raul seemed to suddenly come to his senses, and he went mad and began to remind the soldiers and knights that he and the knights of the vassals were capable of fighting no more than twenty people.
One of the enemy knights finally rushed forward, and their infantry made way for them, relieving the pressure on the armed infantry and the few remaining light infantry.
"Be careful, sir!" One of the knights beside the Count gave the Count a word of advice to the Count and rushed towards the enemy knight.
Not to be outdone, Viscount Raul took the long sword in his hand and launched an attack on the enemy knight.
He used the sword in his hand to frantically slash at the knight in front of him, but ...... Old age is old age, and no matter how brave a knight is, he can't regain the bravery of his youth.
Gradually, he felt the strain, every time he swung his sword, it was like overdrawing his life, and until now he hadn't even hit the other party with a sword, maybe it was just that the enemy's shield was used too well.
The knight could see the weakness of the enemy in front of him, and after combining the smock on the knight's body, it quickly became clear that the knight in front of him was Viscount Raul.
Seeing that he was struggling, the two knights of the guards beside Viscount Raul hurriedly gave up entanglement with the enemy and came to the Viscount's side for protection.
This protection obviously attracted the attention of several knights, and they all recognized the identity of the person in front of them, and quickly gave up besieging the other knights and gathered here.
The two knights were apparently unable to protect the viscount under siege by several knights, and they were soon killed after killing and wounding several enemies.
Viscount Raul also fell into a situation where he was left unprotected because of this.
The remaining enemy knights took the opportunity to move to Viscount Raul's side, a total of three people, and surrounded the Viscount.
Viscount Raul was originally an old man, he had been fighting on the battlefield for a long time, and his physical exhaustion was quite serious, and he was now even wielding a sword was a burden.
There were still eight or nine knights under Viscount Raul who could fight, and they saw that the Viscount was surrounded, and hurried to this side, but the enemy knights were not ornamental, and blocked them out.
"Viscount Raul, give up resistance and let your vassals and troops lay down their arms!" One of the knights pointed his sword at Viscount Raul and said in a loud voice.
"Huh...... Let me surrender? When I was galloping on the battlefield, your mothers were still nursing! Viscount Raul pushed the movable visor on his helmet above it, revealing his cheeks.
"This is an ultimatum! Immediately order your right to give up resistance! The knight said righteously, he enjoyed the feeling of being able to scold a viscount, such a big man was unattainable to him in normal times, but at this time he was not much different from a prisoner.
"Die!" Viscount Raul seemed to be deaf to his words, and with a wave of his long sword, he slashed directly at the knight who had spoken before.
"Damn old fellow!" The knight easily held the viscount's sword.
And led a knight, directly waved the mace in his hand, and directly hit the viscount in the chest.
"Poof...... Ahem......! The viscount was immediately hammered to the ground, and blood began to spurt out of his mouth, and some blood spilled from his nostrils.