Chapter 251: Between Life and Death
Odoya's head was scattered, the blood on his chain mail had long since congealed from the cold weather, and he kept panting and wielding his great sword, and every black-clad masked man who climbed up from below was chopped and rolled down by him.
At this time, more than an hour had passed since he fled to this stone house, and at first they fled here to block the door, and the black-clothed masked men saw that they could not break into the door under any circumstances, so they wanted to set fire to Odoaser and the more than thirty men he had brought out, they put firewood and grass into the stone house through the window, and then threw the fire on the firewood, and in a short time the whole stone house was on fire, and the fire was so bright that the smoke was billowing out.
Even so, Odoaser and the others were still alive and well, they all climbed onto the stone roof before the black-clad masked men lit firewood and grass, the roof was a little higher than the downstairs, and they were not burned.
Seeing that they couldn't burn Odoase and the others in this way, they thought of a way, they forcibly broke into the homes of those villagers, and found a number of wooden ladders from the villagers' homes to put on the walls of the stone houses, and under the orders and commands of the leader, those black-clothed masked men began to climb up the stairs to the roof to kill Odoasse and the others in one fell swoop.
In spite of the crisis, Odoaser did not give up, and he had experienced more critical moments than this, he commanded the remaining thirty or so clansmen to defend on the stone roof, and he divided the thirty or so clansmen into five groups, each responsible for a wall, and the last group in the middle as a reserve to support the side that could not resist.
Valdoru, who was armed with a great sword and seven people in the middle as a reserve, saw that Odoaser was exhausted and panting, and his movements to kill the enemy were much slower. He immediately stepped forward to replace him, and while slashing and slashing the black-clothed masked man who climbed up, he shouted, "Cousin." You take a break, I'll come! ”
Odoase was indeed very tired, he slowly retreated to the middle of the roof and wiped the blood beads on his face, panting and turning his head to look around, those black-clad masked men were constantly carrying knives down the stairs to the roof, seeing that there were still nearly two hundred people, and at this time there were less than fifteen people around him.
Odoaser couldn't help but feel bitter in his heart. At first he had seventy or eighty men, and only half of them had rushed out with him when they were encircled, and fled here to hold on, waiting for reinforcements to arrive. After an hour, the besieged half of the people had already been slaughtered by those black-clothed masked men, and there were only fourteen people left here, and I don't know how long they could hold out.
Odoase's face turned pale. He was already wounded. Those black-clothed masked men were not afraid of death, and they continued to attack wildly, so that he accidentally slashed at the ribs, and the wound was in the ribs, fortunately, it did not hurt the internal organs, but in spite of this, there was no time to deal with the wound for more than an hour, which made him lose a lot of blood so that his face was a little pale, and his strength was also lost a lot.
With the continuous attack of those black-clothed people, there were originally only fourteen people, just now with a few screams. Four more people died, and the defenses were even weaker. In order to prevent the black-clad masked men from rushing up, the last of the reserve team went up, and only Odoase was left in the middle.
Are you going to die here today? It's almost noon now, why haven't the two hundred cavalry come yet? Odoasé was so anxious that he kept looking northwest in the hope that reinforcements would appear at this time.
Suddenly, a scream interrupted Odoase's look, only to see that there were only two people on the left who were defending, and just now one of them was stabbed by the black-clothed masked man who climbed up from below, and fell down, and at this time, two black-clothed masked men climbed up the stairs in a row.
When Odoaser saw this, he immediately rushed over with his great sword and shouted, "Die! ”
"Poof" The two black-clothed masked men who had just rushed up were cut off their heads by Odoaser with a sword before they could parry, and a stream of warm blood rushed out and sprayed Odoyase's face, but this did not affect him in the slightest, he turned his big sword and stabbed it from below, and the black-clothed masked man who followed closely behind was also stabbed to death by him.
In the next seven or eight minutes, the casualties on both sides continued to increase, the number of black-clothed masked men was overwhelming, a few dead people were nothing, Odoase's side was a little miserable, there were ten people before, and now there were only four people on the shelf Odoaser himself, and everyone was injured.
Odoaser knew that four men were no longer enough to defend the edge of the roof, so he had his cousin Valdoru and two other people follow him back to the middle of the roof.
It's really a desperate situation, and now in this situation, even if you have the ability to go to the sky, even if you are injured and surrounded by heavy soldiers, you can't get up. As a whistle sounded, all the black-clad masked men who were attacking stopped, but they were still using weapons against Odoaser and the others.
"Surrender, Odoase, you are a true warrior, and I will give you a decent death!" The leader of the black-clothed masked men rode a tall black war horse apart from the other black-clothed masked men, walked to the bottom of the stone house, looked at Odoase, and shouted on the roof.
Blood oozed from the corners of Odoase's mouth, he wiped his mouth, turned his head to look at Valdoru and the others who were already bloody people next to him, and said with a miserable face: "Your target is me, let the three of them go!" ”
The black-clothed masked man laughed, then suddenly stopped laughing and said, "You should know that as long as you follow you, there will be no innocents, since you don't want a decent way to die, then I will fulfill you, kill!" ”
"Slow!" Odoaser raised his palm, and the leader of the black-clad masked men thought that Odoaser had repented, so he raised his hand to stop the black-clad masked men who were about to rush up to stop.
Odoaser turned his head to look at Valdoru and the other three; "It looks like we're going to die here today, are you afraid of death?"
"Don't be afraid!" Valdoru and the other two said at the same time.
Odoaser smiled, and he turned to the masked leader and said, "I am in charge of my life, and instead of letting you take it, it is better for me to solve myself and sue me, who are you?" Why kill me? ”
The leader of the masked men said coldly, "I don't think you need to know this!" ”
"Okay!" Seeing that the masked leader was reluctant to speak, Odoaser did not force it, and he slowly raised his great sword and put it across his neck.
"Chief, let's go first!" In addition to Valdoru, the other two attendants immediately slashed themselves, two blood pulses out from their necks, and their bodies slowly fell.
Seeing that the two clansmen were killing themselves first, Odoaser looked at Valdoru, his face was apologetic, and he was about to pull the big sword across his neck, when suddenly, from the northwest direction, there was a large number of shouts of killing, and the sound of horses' hooves was endless, this was a large cavalry raid!
This is? Odoaser found that the black-clad masked men guarding the entrance of the village were killed by a large number of Skihl cavalry who suddenly appeared, and they were quickly scattered, and the Skir cavalry who rushed into the village killed the black-clad masked men when they saw them, and most of the Skihl cavalry rushed towards the stone house on the high place with all their might.
Valdoru was overjoyed and said, "Cousin, the reinforcements who received us arrived, and we were saved!" ”
"yes, let's hold on!" Odoaser took the great sword from his neck and lifted it in his hand.
The black-clothed masked man leader below saw that a large number of Skir cavalry had suddenly been killed, and his face changed greatly, and he immediately decided: "Everyone rushed up and killed two of them, either they die or we die."
"Kill-" The black-clad masked men who had received the order all rushed forward and greeted Odoase and Valdoru with their weapons.
"Kill-" Reinforcements appeared, now there is life, of course Odoase does not want to die, he shouted and waved the big sword in his hand, as if suddenly regained all his strength, rushed to the black-clothed masked man and was killed by him in one move, the other black-clothed masked people saw that he had reached this point and was still so fierce, they couldn't help but feel a little frightened, and they all stopped.
"Rush up, don't stop, violators die!" The leader of the black-clad masked men let out a loud shout, and then commanded some of the black-clad masked men on horseback behind him to turn around and stop the rushing Skir cavalry.
Everywhere there was the sound of horses' hooves, the neighing of war horses, the clashing of weapons, and the screams of the black-clothed masked knights who had just met and blocked were routed by the high-speed Skill cavalry before they could run because they had no speed.
The masked leader had no energy to care about Odoases and Valdoru on the stone roof, and when he saw his cavalry being broken by the high-speed Skir cavalry, he drew his weapon from his waist and shouted: "Don't retreat, kill all those who ride with me!" ”
The masked leader led a group of knights to meet the rushing Skil cavalry, and the Skil cavalry rushed here from the entrance of the village and were actually about to lose their speed, at this time the masked leader led people to meet them just in time, and the two sides immediately fought in place.
The overwhelming shouts of killing, the screams of the soldiers before they died, and the mournful roar of the horses were intertwined, so that the villagers who were hiding in their homes were so frightened that the Slavs of the village remembered the massacre at noon many years later.
Without the supervision of the leader, the black-clad masked men who were besieging Odoase and Valdoru weakened much more aggressively, giving Odoasse and the two of them a break to rest.
Soon the Skir cavalry who surrounded and suppressed the black-clothed masked men scattered in the village immediately sent reinforcements to this side after strangling the black-clothed masked men in other places, and the captain of the Skir cavalry who led the team saw that the two figures of Odoyase who were surrounded on the stone roof were in danger, and immediately rushed to the high ground with men and horses to cut down when they saw people, because they had to climb the stairs, the black-clothed masked men under the roof did not ride horses, where could these people stop the Skill cavalry's charging and slashing, only a few breaths, the black-clothed masked man under the roof was killed, Only on the roof there are a few men in black surrounding Odoase and Valdoru, at this time they have fallen into the counter-encirclement, and they have no intention of attacking Odoase with all their might, but they were killed by Odoase and Valdoru saw the opportunity to kill several, and the Skill cavalry who rushed up behind abandoned their horses and climbed onto the roof to kill the remaining few men in black, so far Odoase and Valdoru were really safe, and the two of them saw that their weapons were not stable, and they were paralyzed on the roof panting. (To be continued......)