The storm came in an instant, and the east bank of the Marshall River completely ignored the bad weather, although the storm was not good for crossing the river, but there were also many unexpected situations for the defense, so the enemy needed to launch an unprecedented attack before the river swelled.

The first to start was the catapult, and the assembled catapult began to move forward, and then seventy or eighty catapults desperately rained stone bullets at the arrow tower on the west bank of the river.

Higg had already removed the crossbowmen from the tower, and returned to the tower when the infantry had forced the river and bridge. At the same time, he had no choice but to push more than 30 of his catapults to the bottom of the arrow tower, and under the cover of the shield soldiers, he launched the first round of ultra-long-distance dialogue with the other party.

More than 30 catapults fought against twice their own catapults for half an hour in the wind and rain, and the result was a one-to-one loss rate, and when their own catapults were basically lost, the opponent had less than 40 catapults left, and the huge superiority of the opponent's forces in numbers was shown for the first time. More than 30 arrow towers also collapsed with a bang, exceeding the average loss.

The opponent didn't have much time to destroy all the towers, as the river was slowly starting to rise.

The opponent did not make any pretentious feints this time, and directly chose the three places where the arrow tower suffered the most losses, which were basically close to the northern section of the defense line, and began to prepare for forcibly crossing the river.

Higg moved the ballista forward, and under the cover of the shield soldiers, fired at the infantry phalanx on the opposite bank that had not yet descended the river, and hundreds of crossbows on the other side also began to respond, but their target was not Higg's ballista, but the crossbowmen who were going up to the turret.

The ballista, with a range of more than 100 meters, became a new threat to the towers, while the catapults, which were no longer threatened, began to move forward, and the stone attack began to extend to the infantry phalanx on the west bank.

The west bank of the Marshall River has completely become the target of the other party's heavy weapons abuse, which makes Higg and others depressed! The shield array cannot resist the stone projectiles of the catapult, and can only reduce the lethality.

The most worrying thing was the reappearance of more than thirty royal griffons in the sky, and this nasty air creature was so unguardable that most of Higg's crossbowmen were lost under the sharp claws of these griffons.

Higg now even wanted the opposing infantry to land quickly so that they could scuffle together and render the opposing ballistas and catapults useless.

Lightning and thunder thundered in the sky, and the triumphant griffons continued to pound the crossbowmen on the turrets, overwhelmed by the ballistas and catapults. Enraged, Higg ran out of the Chinese military camp, and the bow of the tree elves fired three arrows in succession, and the three royal griffons fell to the ground in response, which stopped the arrogance of the forces in the air, and the second hole card was forced to be used.

The opposing infantry phalanx began to descend the river, and the crossbowmen on the west bank of the river used their longbows to shoot back behind the shield array to suppress the crossing of the infantry.

The infantry in the river ignored the arrows around them and were blown away by the river, braved the rain of arrows, climbed the river bank, destroyed the horse rejection pile, and soon occupied the forward position on the west bank of the river.

Along the east bank of the river, the opposing crossbowmen and magicians also began to suppress the west bank of the river under the cover of the shield array.

Boom, a huge thunderclap sounded, and a huge birdsong came from the sky, but it was not a griffin, but a huge thunderbird, chasing those royal griffons in the air, and after the claws grabbed the griffin, the sharp beak pecked at the griffin's body, and immediately a lightning bolt burned the griffin into a charred black, and the hapless griffin immediately fell from mid-air.

The Thunderbirds' attack was carried out in the air of lightning and thunder, and no one on the ground noticed the change in the sky, and they were all in full force in the confrontation to seize the position on the west bank of the river.

The crossbowmen on the turret were at first frightened, and the dozens of griffons in mid-air overwhelmed them, and there was an additional ptarmigan much larger than the griffin, but when they realized that the ptarmigan was attacking the griffin, the cheers drowned out the fighting on the ground.

When Higg saw the ptarmigan, he was thrilled. Because he knew that it was Thunder, the guardian of the Valley of Flowers. Is Blue Fairy already here? But there are still more than two months to reach the five-year contract. His eyes looked around the battlefield, but he didn't find the shadow of Lan Xian'er, only the fierce fight continued.

The griffons in mid-air quickly knew how powerful Lei was, but fearlessly more than a dozen griffons gathered together and began to chase and intercept Lei, but Lei's speed was too fast, and it was not entangled with the griffin group, specifically chasing the lone griffin, and for a while, the two sides launched a battle for air supremacy in the air.

Higg didn't have time to find out where Blue Fairy was, he had to continue to command this life-and-death contest.

Shante commanded the infantry phalanx to fight hand-to-hand with the opponent along the river, and although the river water that began to swell made it difficult for the opponent to cross the river, there were catapults and ballistas to suppress, so that Shante's infantry phalanx was also very passive. Rogson looked for opportunities from time to time, leading the cavalry to charge back and forth when the opponent's soldiers were about to overwhelm the position of the arrow tower, so that the opponent's infantry was also passive.

The two sides fought fiercely in this back and forth, and Shante's infantry phalanx suffered heavy losses, but the other side was no better.

The opposing catapults could not play a role in the entangled positions of the two sides, and began to turn around, destroying the arrow towers one by one.

Higg and Nicole, under the protection of shield soldiers, specialize in dealing with each other's pontoons.

For a time, there were those who were entangled with each other, those who fought each other, those who attacked in a concentrated manner, and those who attacked with stragglers.

The two sides are at a stalemate. When the rain stopped, the river swelled, and it was getting dark, and at last the enemy stopped attacking, because the river had swept away more soldiers than had died.

Thunder in the sky and the remaining dozen griffons didn't know where they were chasing each other, and the whole battlefield was quiet again.

Although the battle was short, only three hours, the forces of the two sides collided fiercely, and the other side basically destroyed all the arrow towers, all the catapults on the west bank, and half of the ballistas. Basically, Higg's position was left with no fortifications and was extremely disorganized.

At the same time, the losses on the east bank were also very heavy, the last royal griffin was almost completely wiped out under the attack of Lei, and the infantry and light cavalry who crossed the river were washed away by the river, and the battle between the two sides in this round was basically a draw.

The eastern bank was equivalent to the loss of troops in exchange for all the fortifications of Higg.

Seeing the casualty report, Higg knew that he had less than eight thousand infantry left, less than four thousand crossbowmen, and the cavalry was okay with few losses.

Most of the losses of the opposing side were also infantry, crossbowmen and heavy cavalry basically did not play a role, but the infantry lost nearly half, and about 14,000.

Because this storm made the enemy stop attacking, making tonight's sneak attack more difficult, and not having a fight to attract the attention of the other party is likely to lead to the failure of the sneak attack. Higg originally wanted to cancel the mission, but Snorlin still insisted on attacking the camp with three hundred strange soldiers, even if he couldn't destroy the baggage, he had to give the other party a little warning.

In the tent of the Chinese military camp, everyone is worried, Hig and Shante are even more worried, the thunderbird has not appeared again since it lured away all the royal griffins, it should be said that the appearance of thunder, Lan'er should appear.

The moon sank in the west, and on the eve of dawn, the water of the Marshall River was not as turbulent as before, and at the southernmost end of the battle line, on the bridge that was urgently erected, three hundred light cavalry death squads, led by Snowlin, took advantage of the darkest hour before dawn, crossed the Marshall River, and quietly marched to the plain on the east bank of the river.

Standing on the west bank, Higg looked at Snorin who disappeared into the night, he knew that he would not see this team again tomorrow, and even if they could successfully escape from the sneak attack, they would be chased by the opposing cavalry and deep into the enemy-occupied territory.

The torrential rain caused both sides to let their guard down, and no one expected that someone would cross the river on the raging surface of the river on this night.

Rogson on the side smiled and comforted Higg: "General, General Snowing and I have been born and died many times, don't worry, even if you can't succeed, you will save yourself, please don't worry, General!" ”

Higg smiled bitterly: "I'm not all worried about General Snowlin, I'm even more worried about how many more adventures like this will be in the future." Take the corpses of your own soldiers to fill in, risk your brother's life, you two are veterans left to me by my father, I don't know, how many more life and death partings you will have to go through in the future. ”

"Young marshal!" Rogson said: "We are not only for you, but also for the souls of the Fifth Legion, who are looking at us, looking at you, the young marshal!" We are all relieved that you have been able to lead us down this path, and so is General Snowlin. We are all people who are going to die more than 20 years ago, and even if General Snorlin dies in battle, he only goes down to accompany the marshal and thousands of brothers, and I actually envy him, the responsibility we are carrying is too heavy and too tiring! ”

"I don't know if I'll be able to continue this responsibility!" Higg sighed, "The smell of blood on the battlefield makes me feel guilty, I don't know how many more warriors' lives will be lost under my command, their heroic spirits, can accept and understand that we continue like this for the sake of the ethereal goals of so-called humiliation and responsibility, sometimes, I really feel too tired." ”

Rogson sighed, looked at the young marshal in front of him, and felt that it was indeed a bit difficult for Higg, who had to take on such a big responsibility at this age. His young marshal is different everywhere, but at the same time his heart is also very fragile, no one can really understand the young marshal's heart, he needs someone who really understands him, this person is neither himself nor Snowlin, for Rogson himself, Snowlin and those veterans, this is no longer their time. After a pause, Rogson said earnestly: "But young marshal, you must not give up, even if you feel that you are tired and tired, you must lead us to persevere, this is the only motivation for me and Snorlin to live!" ”