Chapter 132: The Rest of Hope and Despair (7)

Kia suddenly turned his head, and Wren was standing not far from him. He seemed to have just stepped back from the front, his armor covered in fresh blood, and his blade covered in jagged gaps. He switched to another sword, and soon threw himself into a new fight. From beginning to end, he only said one word to Kea.

Kia looked around and saw that the rangers on the second inner urn had begun to shoot, not in a dense volley, but in sporadic but tricky sniping. The northern wall was the focus of their fire, as it had almost become a slaughterhouse. The gray tide repeatedly pounded the armor and shield defense, but the Guardian and the Black Spear Knight were stubborn and unforgiving! Their persistence created plenty of comfortable opportunities for the rangers and the attackers behind them, and the crossfire of arrows and spears covered the northern walls with impunity, and the most threatening Bearclaw berserkers were shot into hedgehogs before they even had time to get close. The corpses that fell in front of them gradually piled up into rolling hills, and the crimson river of blood overflowed, and everyone's feet were soaked in thick blood. However, the Ranger Regiment has to take care of not only the northern city wall, the army of Misty Mountain has already moved along the Outer Urn City to the west gate city wall, starting a new round of climbing - tens of thousands of troops, and the Outer Urn City can only divert a small part. New ladders were erected, and soon the defenders of the first inner urn city were almost all engaged in battle, and fierce fighting was going on on every section of the wall. The mercenaries suffered the heaviest casualties, their equipment was inferior to that of the regular army, and their overall quality was far from perfect, and the rangers had to devote a lot of attention to suppressing them so as not to tear out the gap in the Misty Mountain troops. It wasn't until the mercenaries on the front line were killed and wounded, and Kenriko took the chivalrous knights to fill the gap, that the defense line on the southern wall seemed to be more stable. Kia soon realized that the Ranger was now no longer able to support Estheu—he was besieged at the very front of the Outer Urn City, more than five hundred paces away from the Ranger Regiment on the second Inner Urn City, which was already outside the limit of the Ranger Longbow. Moreover, there are too many warriors in the Misty Mountains around Esher, several thick human walls are violently squeezing him, and there are still people climbing the city to add bricks and tiles to the human walls between the various battlements! Unless someone directs the Ranger Regiment to advance to the first Inner Urn City and cover the Outer Urn City with a massive rain of arrows, it will never be possible to wipe it out. But the risk of doing so is too high, not only will Eshu also be under the rain of arrows that will strike indiscriminately, but the rangers themselves will have to face the long-range troops of the Misty Mountain army! While the barbarians who grew up in the Misty Mountains knew nothing about smelting gold and iron, and the arrow was nothing more than a sharpened branch, rudimentary and indestructive, they had no shortage of hunters, and their striking firepower was just as precise and more intensive! Kia watched a chivalrous knight be exposed between the battlements for too long, and several arrows pierced his face, which was not protected by armor. He did not die immediately, but held the battlements with one hand and swung the mace wildly until his skull was swept off by a stout crossbow.

Kia wiped the cold sweat from his head, as if it was himself who had been stripped of his head just now. He had almost forgotten about the small army armed with siege crossbows, which had become a crucial weight in the battle, forcing the garrison commanders of Boimbulu to abandon the geographically advantageous Outer Urn City and place their defenders in the Inner Fortress. If the Ranger Regiment advanced the line in order to rescue Aeshu, they would not only have to face the Misty Mountain Hunters, who were several times their size, but also the small force with far more firepower than their own!

What to do? Kia turned his head to look at Teresa not far away. The latter scanned the battlefield with a blank face, a light crossbow in her hand, she rarely shot, but every time she pulled the trigger, a Bearclaw Berserker fell on her back. After perceiving Kia's gaze, Teresa glanced sideways at him. Don't even think about it. The eyes that were as clear as ice and cold as ice warned him, and the thought of asking for help froze sharply.

Fortunately, Kia was not the only one who was paying attention to Eshy, and Captain Giegwood was also watching Eshy, and after noticing that the young man who had killed the barbarians of the Misty Mountains was in a bitter battle, he immediately set about to rescue him. "Death Angel Fourth Detachment, advance forward, others cover! Get that bastard back who rushed too deep! He ordered hoarsely.

The defensive line opened, and a heavy armored squad of fifteen men rushed out. Each of them had three black spears crossed in their breastplate, surrounded by scattered white feathers. Their approach to combat is unique, with sword and shield infantry advancing in formation, escorts covering with spears in the middle, and assaulters in the rear constantly throwing short spears. One of the most distinctive features is that the Sword and Shield Infantry and Spear Thrower roles can be switched between each other at any time. When the spearmen run out of spears, they immediately raise their swords and shields to form a formation, while the guards collect the spears as they assist in the advance, and pass them to the sword and shield bearers to retreat to the rear and become assaulters and begin to pour fire. Even on the city wall with limited space, they can calmly change formations, showing a full tacit understanding between advance and retreat. Originally, there was no formation to speak of, but the Misty Mountain troops, who relied on a bloody brutal attack, were suddenly chiseled open by them, and the ranger regiment duly laid precise arrow strikes in front of them one after another. This squad marched all the way, after three formations, they were extremely close to Estheu's position, and at the same time they also stepped out of the range of the rangers, after losing the support of long-range fire, their advance slowed down significantly, but fortunately, the formation was still intact, and it would not be long before they could reach Eshu's side.

At this time, a strong man jumped onto the outer urn city and stopped directly on the advance route of the team, and the white wolf skin on his shoulder fluttered in the wind. With astonishing swiftness, he either dodged or grabbed the short spears that were hurled at him at close range, and then quickly approached the sword and shield man, and five black iron spears stabbed at him at the same time, only to be copied by him in his hand. The strong man broke the tip of the spear with force, kicking the sword and shield hand in front of him down, and the guardsman who had lost his weapon and the assault who had not had time to make the next round of throwing were immediately exposed to him!

The brawny man let out a high-pitched howl and rushed in. He didn't seek to kill, he just rushed the formation to pieces - the killing was naturally done by someone else in his place. Several Bearclaw Berserkers swarmed up their maces, smashing the fifteen Black Spear Knights to the ground one by one.

"Grass! You wolf! Giegwu's eyes cracked, and he drew his spear and threw it at the strong man in a rage!

The strong man dodged sideways, and gave Jige a mocking grin. He began to reflexively approach Estheu!

"Sister!" Kea stood up and yelled at Teresa, "I just beg you this time, help him!" With Kenriko here, you two are more than capable of saving him! If you don't go, I'll go! After saying that, he didn't care about Teresa's reaction, picked up a shield, drew his long sword, and prepared to rush to the outer urn city.

A hand grabbed him. "As long as you promise to go back with me obediently to be your second heir, you are not allowed to make any extraneous branches."

"I promise!" Kea didn't hesitate.

“…… Good. Teresa took the shield and sword from his hand and walked to the Outer Urn City.