(War of Runecraft) Chapter 5 The army that rushed to the aid of the capital
"Quick, quick, faster!!"
A heroic general, wielding a horsewhip, in his thirties, with an anxious expression, was leading a large army of cavalry to rush through the wilderness. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoTheir armor was covered in sword scars and dark purple blood that had long since dried, and it was clear that this was a unit that had been through countless life-and-death battles.
Suddenly, several war horses in the team let out a sad cry of "Boom~", their front hooves fell to the ground weakly, and several knights on horseback also fell to the ground, not knowing life and death. A general who looked like an officer saw this scene, a trace of reluctance flashed in his eyes, he looked at the general who was still leading the team in front of him, licked his chapped lips, gritted his teeth, waved his horsewhip, and accelerated to the forefront of the team.
"General!! General Zeros ......" the officer shouted the name of the general in front of him as he ran.
"Adjutant Manu, what's the matter?" Hearing the shouts, Zelos slowed down slightly, parallel to the lieutenant's horse.
"General, rest for a while, you can't rush like crazy, since last night you suddenly said that the capital was in danger and ordered a full-speed raid, we have broken through the three garrisons of Noxus, killing and wounding nearly thirty percent of the brothers, that's it, but we have already driven 600 miles, even if the brothers still hold on mentally, our horses can't hold on!! If this continues, it is estimated that more than 10% of brothers and war horses will be lost!! ”
"General, Manu is right, we can't rush to Presti in the state of a tired division, not to mention that there are other invader garrisons along the way, if we are surrounded by a flank, there will be a danger of annihilation."
"Yes, General!!"
Several other generals also persuaded hard, Zelos frowned, lowered his head and ran for a while, finally slowly stretched out his right hand, clenched his fist and raised it high, and the horses gradually slowed down, "The whole army rests, and continue to set off in two hours!" ”。
"The general has an order, the whole army stops! Garrison! Two-hour break. Several heralds in the queue shook their heads skillfully at the sign and ran to the rear of the group, relaying the latest instructions as they ran.
The entire cavalry unit rested, and Zelos also gathered all the middle and high-ranking generals together, and after seeing that everyone was together, Zelos began to say, "I can understand your distress, this is the elite division I brought up single-handedly, and I feel even more sorry for the loss of my brothers." However, Presti really can't hold on, you haven't reached the hero level, you didn't sense that mental fluctuation yesterday, and I didn't tell you clearly. But even at this pace, it would take us three or four days to get to Presti, but by then, there was no point in it. ”
"Why? Shogun? "yes, why? Lord Zeroth! ”
"Because yesterday's telepathy was sent by Lord Soraka, it is estimated that it has spread throughout the territory of Ionia, and people at all the hero level can sense it, and the Supreme Council of Presti passed the surrender bill at yesterday's meeting, and they have decided to surrender!! Just two days later!! The ...... Bastard!! ”
"Dong" slammed his fist into the ground beside him, and Zelos roared in a low rage with blood-red eyes.
"What?? This group of bastard aristocrats!! ”
"I'm their ancestors!!"
"Even if Lao Tzu dies, he will never surrender!!"
All the middle and high-level generals couldn't accept such shocking news, and shouted angrily with their swords drawn. As the only lieutenant of Zeroth, although Manu also felt that his chest was blocked by a stuffy breath, and he was almost unable to breathe, but he still controlled it, and after calming down for a moment, Manu asked, "General, then even if we rush at this speed now, it is impossible to arrive in two days, right?" Do you have any other plans? Just tell us directly!! ”
Zelos glanced at his lieutenant with admiration, worthy of being an old brother who had followed him for nearly ten years, and he could immediately understand what he meant.
"As Manu said, even if we go all out, we won't be able to get there in two days. Because there are at least four or more Noxian garrisons on this road leading to Presti, even if we don't get entangled with them, we will lose a lot of precious time. Unless, after our whole army is lightly armed and lightweight, we will find another shortcut, there is still a glimmer of hope!! ”
"General, is it?? You mean, the volcanic mountains on the north side ......"
"Yes, the country is dying, and the sergeant is responsible, even if it is nine deaths, we have to break through!!"
Presti west and south are facing the sea, east is the plain, that is, in the direction of this force, and the direction into Presti is the volcanic mountain range on the north side, but it is very steep, large and small volcanoes are mostly active volcanoes, so they often erupt, sulfur gas and magma spread everywhere, it is simply a forbidden area for human beings. Because of this, Noxus did not arrange garrisons on the deep road on the north side of Presti, but Zelos did not know that Noxus Marshal Svein's original plan was to "encircle three and one", and was ready to let Prestiny break through from the north gate and encircle and suppress, so the number of troops on the north side may be scarce, but all of them are elite.
After a short rest for Zero's cavalry, Zeros ordered the entire army to abandon their armor, their weapons, and all their baggage, leaving only two days' rations. At this time, the entire army has learned from their respective commanders that the capital Presti is about to surrender and Ionia is about to perish, thinking of the cruelty of the Noxus troops, as well as the tragic situation after the capital is occupied, everyone's eyes are full of a crazy murderous aura, if there is a strong person who cultivates the power of the soul passing by, you will find that in addition to the murderous aura that soars into the sky, there are also bursts of intense black fog condensed above this tens of thousands of troops, this burst of black mist is dead air, but after everyone has the heart to die and die, the dead air will be as strong as the murderous aura.
When Zelos ordered 1,000 people to be left to take care of the wounded, and the rest were ready to set off, many seriously wounded people frantically picked up daggers and stabbed them in the heart, wiped them on their necks, and the seriously wounded people with wounded limbs even chose to bite off their tongues one by one, and the tragic scenes were reflected in the eyes of every soldier and commander, and many people also knelt on the ground and wept silently, this is their comrades-in-arms who share life and death, this is the choice of brothers, the spirit of soldiers when the country is dying!! When Zelos arrived, everything was over, looking at the corpse of the robed body, this powerful man was as silent as a fossil, until a tear mixed with blood dropped, people saw that the corners of Zeroth's round eyes had cracked, and he was already covered with tears.
In the harbor area of 200 miles south of Presti, outside the barracks of the Noxian garrison, another team of more than 10,000 people, dressed in different costumes and fully armed, was quietly surrounded by a woman.
"Brother Saab, look at the map, how long will it take us to get to Presti."
"Brother Chen Yin, in about a day's journey, we will be able to reach the volcanic mountain range on the north side of Presti, are you sure we are going to get there from this road? This area is marked as a Level 8 Danger Zone. ”
"We didn't have time to make a detour, we didn't fight the other Noxus garrisons, we had to take a shortcut from here to get to Presti in two days."
Chen Yin and Sabo are getting closer and closer to Presti with the elite troops of the bears. (To be continued.) )