late at night

The moon, which should have given the dark night sky a glimmer of light, was obscured by the clouds, and the whole northern land was plunged into the dark night with no fingers to reach.

It's just that the suburbs, which should have been quiet in the dead of night, with the sound of frogs and insects, have a slight difference.

In the nameless hills near Xiaoshi Village, a large number of Hunter's garrison troops gathered here, and tens of thousands of torches illuminated this area, and the sound of insects and frogs was subdued.

"Be careful, don't go into the woods, report any abnormalities in time, and don't fall in love!"

"Yes!"

In just half a day, at least tens of thousands of peasant soldiers were assembled here, and the mobilization speed was a few points faster than that of the regular army of the kingdom.

To have this speed, one is to fight at home, and these garrisons and peasants who rushed here are locals, and they are not far away and are very familiar with the distance.

The second is that the Hunter family's wartime mobilization ability has always been good, and the control and control of each village absolutely outweigh all the nobles in the kingdom, compared to other lords who only collect taxes and levy taxes and other basic concerns, the Hunter family has grassroots officials in each village, and the management is quite perfect, so it is not surprising that this kind of mobilization speed can be achieved.

The speed of the encirclement was as Richard had expected, but it was much more than Tal had expected.

Through the gaps in the leaves of the trees, Tal looked at the dense torches nearby, his face was a little gloomy, he really had never seen this kind of people's war.

In Tar's thoughts, as long as you persist in the night in the hilly woodland, there is always a chance to escape at night.

After all, their team is very capable, small in number, and strong, and it is not difficult to break through some weak encirclements in the night, but now the number of torches outside has obviously exceeded Tal's expectations.

In Tár's impression, even the Randster family should not have such a terrifying mobilization ability, as long as he does not go to the waves of Snow City, he will not be surrounded by a large army.

"Lord Tár, shall we continue?"

Behind Tár, in addition to Hypatia, there were more than a dozen elite orc warriors, all of whom were already in their hands, and it seemed that they were ready to break through at night.

It's just that when he saw the posture of the Hunter family, he couldn't help but ask in a slightly hesitant tone.

"Go on! Try not to alarm the opponent's manpower for a while, avoid a fight, and if you are discovered, you must solve the battle in the shortest possible time, understand! ”

"Yes!"

The orc warriors who followed behind Tal responded in deep voices, in order to avoid making too much noise.

"Let's go..."

In this case, it can be said that it is a rash advance, but Tal has no choice but to wait until it gets dark, and it will drag on for another two days, maybe this area can be surrounded so that even mosquitoes can't fly.

Outside the hills

Richard gathered together with a group of cavalry, ready to go out at any moment, as if he was sure that there would be a battle tonight.

In addition to Zebul and other champion knights behind Richard, there is also the great knight Hardmen who has planned to follow the Hunter family with all his heart, although Richard has appointed himself as the head of the Red Flame Knights, but the daily management has been shared a lot to Hardmen, although Hardmen has not joined for a long time, but with his own strength, he can barely touch the core of the Hunter family's power.

Hardman also looked solemn at this time, although he had an absolute advantage at this time, but the good habits that Hardman had developed in the Dragon's Breath Pass made him never despise orcs, since he was an infiltrated orc, no matter how careful he was, it was not too careful.

"There are enemies, there are enemies!"

"Bell, bell, bell..."

The sound of the gong was very loud in the night, but it was particularly harsh to the ears of Tar, and it was their bad luck to bypass the patrols, but not to avoid the dark sentinels, which were specially selected, and among the half-elves, who were known for their eyesight, they were the ones with excellent eyesight.

Before the sentry could sense him, the sentry found Tal and the others trying to break through, and without saying a word, he rang the golden gong in his hand.

It can be said that one stone stirred up a thousand waves, and a large number of patrols began to approach the place where the gongs and drums sounded, which put Tal and the others, who had just broken through the first patrol line, into an extremely embarrassing situation.

If you continue to break through at this time, I am afraid that you will face the pursuit of cavalry, they may not be slower than the war horses in a short time, but if they really want to see each other, except for the two lands of Tar and Hypatia, the other orcs will be slowly caught up by the war horses, not to mention that the other party also has an existence like the red dragon, and the probability of escaping is very small.

But going back is no different from dying slowly, and after tonight, humanity's defenses will only become more and more solid, and there will be no chance of escape.

"Boom!"

Instead of waiting for slow death, it is better to fight in the night, and maybe there is a chance to escape,

Determined, Tal drew his long knife in its scabbard and prepared to lead his men in a fight to the death.

"Stop chasing, go! Break through in the southwest direction! ”

Stopping Hypatia who was trying to catch up and kill the dark sentry just now, Tal directly gave the order and direction to break out,

Although he also hated the secret whistle that struck the gong just now, and longed to cut it in two with the golden gong, but now is not the time to get angry, and he can't delay for a second at this time.

Taal was not unprepared before preparing to break out, at least he observed the direction of the opposing cavalry, and chose the southwest to try to stay away from the opposing cavalry to buy more time.

"Enemy!"

"Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows! ”

"Whoosh, search, swish!"

An unlucky patrol team happened to block the way for Tal and others to break through, this patrol team was also brave, although it had been understood that the danger of this enemy was extremely high and invincible, but at this time the battle was obviously inevitable, the commander of this patrol still decisively ordered and took the initiative to attack.

With the development of the Hunter family, the life of the lords on the old territory of the Hunter family is getting better and better, these peasant soldiers who are only trained in their spare time in addition to the spears issued, most of them have their own other equipment, such as leather armor and hunting bows, almost one per person, and the better conditions also ask the blacksmith and tailor to learn the style of the Flying Bear Army to create a simple cloth armor, they are actually much stronger than the ordinary peasant soldiers,

If you have to make a comparison, the peasant soldiers of the Hunter family are a bit like the government soldiers that have not collapsed in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and their combat effectiveness is still slightly guaranteed.

It's a pity that in the face of the absolute strength gap, this bravery and well-trained did not play a big role,

A dozen arrows shot from hunting bows did not pose a threat to Tal and the others.

At a distance of less than fifty paces, the arrows were not badly aimed at the head, but they were easily blocked, and did not even play a role in blocking the attack.

The captain of the patrol team saw this scene, his eyelids jumped, although he didn't expect a dozen hunting bows to play a big role, but the other party was too relaxed.

"Kill!"

I couldn't think too much about it, seeing that the tall and burly enemies on the opposite side had rushed up, the captain of the patrol also raised the sword in his hand and led the peasants to rush up.

The peasants, who had just finished a round of arrows, didn't care about putting their hunting bows back, and after throwing them on the ground at will, they raised their spears and rushed forward with the captain.

Although the military law of the peasant soldiers was not so harsh, if the captain died, not only did they not win, but if they survived, they would have to suffer a light punishment.

"Bang!"

"Phew!"

"Ahh

The captain, who was already quite capable of fighting in the eyes of the peasants, was kicked out as soon as he met the leader of the other side.

That's right, it's the kind of kicking and flying in the literal sense, and the captain who looks mighty in a cloth armor is directly kicked out five or six meters, and the other party doesn't even bother to do the action of wielding a weapon,

The patrol captain tried to get up after landing, but the heavy force obviously caused him to suffer a lot of injuries, and he tried to get up twice without success, and finally lay directly on the ground with his hands and feet twitching slightly.

And the peasants behind him turned out to be no better than him, the group of enemies shrouded in black robes on the opposite side were like monsters in front of the peasants, and the long knife of the leader easily split the peasants who were stabbing with short spears in front of him with weapons and people, and blood splashed on several people around him,

"Let's go, don't fight!"

When Tal finished speaking, Hypatia's scimitar took another life,

In just a few seconds of contact, more than a dozen people, including the captain of the patrol, fell, and more than half of the patrol team were directly killed or wounded, which was the reason why Tal and others were unwilling to ignite their fighting spirit in the dark night and point out the direction, and they were completely crushed by their combat experience and physical fitness.

After Tal gave the order, everyone, including Hypatia, did not hesitate, directly abandoned the enemy who had been stunned around him, and continued to flee in the southwest direction.

Only a dozen scattered peasant soldiers were left standing in place, some of their faces even covered with the blood of their comrades.

Five breaths? Ten breaths? There was almost no blocking effect, and half of the companions around him died, and I am afraid that in today's battle, some of these surviving peasant soldiers will leave a great shadow.

…

However, in the dark night, Tal and the others did not notice it for the time being, and when the golden gong sounded just now, the royal griffin in the sky followed them again...