Chapter 18

"Our reinforcements are coming, you see, they are going to fight hard, holding their positions is the way to survive!" The Higg soldiers cheered up their morale, choked - drew their new matching swords, and shouted, "I will fight to the last moment, just like you." ”

The battle on the position was very fierce, the spearmen looked for the suppression of the crossbowmen, and the crossbowmen also looked for the close protection of the spearmen, and for a time the position was disrupted by more than fifty people. "Kill! - "Higg shouted, seeing that his position was suppressed, Higg rushed out of the position, raised his sword and slashed down one of the bandits who tried to rush towards the crossbowman's camp, and rushed directly towards the bandits. The thief captured the king first, and fought with Charlie. The leader of this bandit, much stronger than the gang of Denelson and Mardill, is entangled with Higg. Charlie was entangled, and the defensive formation on the position stabilized slightly, and a group of five formed a simple and practical formation, flexible and mobile, and the attack of the attacking side was finally suppressed.

"Kill, ......" saw that Wankel was about to rush into Higg's position with the remaining sixty fresh troops.

I have to say that it is indeed no accident that Wankel's can control one side alone in this hilly area, be arrogant for a while, and suppress the bandits of other forces. Some time ago, more than a dozen continuous attack shockwaves have proved that this group of bandits under his organization is by no means on the same level as ordinary bandits. The most important thing in attacking the fortification is that the opponent must be given a continuous and severe blow, and more than a dozen units rush forward and attack Higg's position one after another, which is enough to last, but not severe and shocking. So Wankel immediately adjusted his deployment, and let Charles lead half of the centaurs for the first charge, and when the attacking soldiers were about to get old, he led the other half of the centaurs to carry out another wave of strikes. He is the side that breaks through, there is no need to keep reserves, there is no need to retain any strength, because the situation is already clear, only Higg's position is alive, rush over, and the whole game can live.

The battle of the trapped beasts really caused Wankel and his bandits to burst into great combat power. The purpose of the siege is to give the other party a hope of life, so that it is easier to make the other party defeated, but Higg did not leave the other party a way to live. Of course, he can't let Wankel break through, because what he needs is not to defeat and defeat Wankel, but to annihilate it. So, if you don't have your hole cards, Higg will definitely lose.

"Crossbowmen suppress—" Higg shouted at the archers, and three or two arrows immediately whistled towards Charlie, who rolled on the spot and hurriedly dodged. Higg immediately got rid of the entanglement with Charlie, took a step back, took the bow of the tree elf, dripped blood into the rune, held an arrow in his right hand, opened the bow and shot it, and in one go, the arrow pointed directly at Wankel, who was rushing and had just entered the range. It is necessary to eliminate the opponent's troops in their way to attack, which will hurt the enemy's morale the most.

Charlie saw Higg bend his bow and shoot arrows, and immediately pounced, but was again suppressed by two arrows. Charlie was so angry that he scolded, gave up Higg, and rushed towards the two-handed position of bows and arrows more than thirty meters away, but only heard the huge roar of arrows beside him, which shook him.

From Higg's bow to the arrow, and even to the arrow hitting Wankel, it was only a matter of seconds, but it decided the change of the battlefield in an instant. Wankel's armor was shot through, the distance was too far, and it was not the most important point in the shot, the arrow passed through the front armor, through Wankel's left shoulder, and then through the back armor, the power of the arrow stopped, and the huge impact threw Wankel three or four meters in the direction of the arrow, and blood spattered in all directions!

No one thought that Wankel, two hundred meters away, would be shot or shot through!

"Big Boss—" The Guardian Bandit beside Wankel shouted as he watched his leader's body fall back from the ground as the massive impact of the bow and arrows struck.

No one knows whether Wankel is alive or dead, he has passed out, and this boss has lost his combat effectiveness before he has a chance to perform.

The loud whistling of arrows attracted everyone's attention. The spearmen and crossbowmen in the defending positions cheered as if they had won the battle to defend the positions. Yes, it's too depressing, I've been chased and beaten all the time, and I saw the enemy leader hit by an arrow, and my life and death are unknown, and my morale is greatly boosted.

"Kill - our reinforcements have arrived."

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Reinforcements did arrive, and Dalton's vanguard had begun to harass enemy positions.

"Herald, go and find out which friendly army is in the position of the mountain pass on the left, so that they don't have to attack, hold their position for half an hour, and I will completely annihilate this hateful bandit!" Dalton said fiercely.

"Heralds, send a signal to the material transport troops immediately, and let them immediately contain them from that direction!" Dalton didn't know that the city of Misland to the north had also sent reinforcements, and he didn't know that the three forces that were now fighting the bandits were actually all his own soldiers.

The bandits on Higg's position were finally pressed down, and Higg counted his own garrison, and there were only a dozen people left, and they were all exhausted. The crossbowmen had run out of arrows and turned into infantry, and most of them were wounded and were dealing with their wounds.

After a short rest, Higg boosted his morale and said, "Brothers, our reinforcements have arrived, and we must hold our ground and buy time for our allies!" ”

Higg stood up and said to the spearmen beside him: "The enemy has no hope of survival, and will definitely attack here more fiercely, I now order you to immediately ask for reinforcements for support!" ”

Before the spearmen could set off, Dalton's herald ran over quickly, and was surprised to see those lying on the ground, sitting, and standing, all of whom were soldiers and their comrades who were guarding the warehouse.

He hurriedly saluted Higg and said, "Sir, Major Dalton has asked me to confirm the number of troops in this position, and asks you to hold your position. Major Dalton will personally lead his army to annihilate this bandit! ”

Higg smiled and said to the messenger, "Dear corporal, can't you see the number of the troops?" Please tell your commander that we will hold our positions, but ask for immediate reinforcements, otherwise, as you have seen, I will lose my position, and the enemy will break through with our corpses! ”

"Yes, I'll tell you the truth."

"Okay, by the way, tell your sir, it is this bandit who has robbed our army of important information, we suspect that this bandit is the remnant of Catherine's party, please ask him to destroy this remnant no matter what!"

"Yes, sir!" The herald saluted and immediately turned away.

Higg couldn't help but smile knowing that it was getting late and the afterglow of the setting sun was fading away.

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To the east of the battlefield, Dalton is in the field.

"Asking for reinforcements? He crippled sixty of my soldiers? Dalton said angrily, but he knew the importance of that position, and if he did not send reinforcements, he would surely be annihilated, and the enemy would flee from there. But if you send reinforcements, you will only have these seventy or eighty soldiers, and if you send troops over, you will not be able to organize an effective attack.

"Report sir!" I saw a herald salute to Dalton and said, "Lieutenant Colonel Robinson has led the reinforcements, and the lieutenant colonel will organize an attack from the north in fifteen minutes, and demand that you must hold the position of the passage into the mountain." The lieutenant colonel also asked you why such an important military operation was not reported? ”

"Tell Lieutenant Colonel Robinson that we will hold the access to the mountain, and rest assured. Also, tell the Lieutenant Colonel, please do not doubt my loyalty to His Majesty Arad, this is only an encounter, and there is no military plan beforehand. ”

"Yes, sir!" With that, he turned and ran.

"Slow!" Dalton hesitated for a moment, and said, "Please tell the lieutenant commissionmaster, according to the information of Major Shante of the patrol infantry, this group of bandits is very likely to be the remnants of Catherine, and he has important information about Catherine's news, and I ask him to leave a few alive." ”

"Yes, I'll tell you the truth, sir!" The heralds galloped away.

"Command!" The soldiers in front of Dalton immediately stood up straight, "The third, fourth, and fifth ten-man teams immediately reinforce the defensive position in the mountain pass, and they must enter the position within ten minutes to prepare for battle, and those who miss the deadline will die!" The others immediately organized an offensive formation to cover the reinforcements! The messenger continued to transmit the signal to the transport guards, and immediately made every effort to contain the cover. ”

Thirty reinforcements rushed to the pass at once. How could the bandits let these thirty people go from the southeast corner of their own formation to the position they were about to break through? Although their rear and left are being harassed, the position into the mountain is their life and death pass, how can they let the other party succeed? The Jedi can't let the other party seal the mouth of the bag!

As a result, thirty or forty bandits, under the personal leadership of Charlie, immediately stopped on the line of reinforcements sent by Dalton.

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On the battlefield in the south, enter the mountain pass to garrison the position.

Higg looked at the desperate reinforcements on the one hand, the desperate interception on the other, and the two small forces that kept harassing the enemy's own formation, this dog-eat-dog stalemate state made his heart bloom, as if there was a wonderful feeling of standing at the head of the city and watching the mountain scenery.

He knew that when it was all dark, it was the time when the bandits took advantage of the chaos to break through, not only did he know, but Dalton also knew, and the reinforcements from the north must also know that that that was the real * coming.

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North of the battlefield, Lieutenant Colonel Robinson is in his own position.

"Damn Dalton, what kind of encounter, such a big thing, it is clear that he wants to swallow the battle merit alone! I'll settle accounts with you later! Robinson's face darkened, he knew the meaning of Catherine's words. The remnants of Her Majesty the former Queen of the Empire, of course, must be left alive, otherwise they will be wiped out, who knows that he destroyed that force, which can only be regarded as the work of suppressing bandits, plus the words Catherine's remnants, hehe.

"Pass my orders!" Robinson shouted: "Delay the attack for five minutes, adjust the strategic deployment, you must capture the bandit leader alive, and the others should also be captured alive as much as possible." ”

"My lord, this will at least double our casualties!" An infantry captain said to Robinson.

"Are you questioning my orders? Execute it now! ”

"Yes, capture the bandit leader alive!"

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On the battlefield in the south, enter the mountain pass to garrison the position.

Reinforcements finally broke through, but on the way to reinforcements, a leading second lieutenant captain was lost, and only a dozen soldiers came. Higg calculated, plus his original people, including the lightly wounded, only twenty-nine people could fight, including thirty himself, of course, he himself did not plan to participate in the battle.

The sky was getting dark, and in the middle of the sky was a half-moon.

Robinson's troops in the north of the battlefield launched an attack first, followed by the bandits in the center of the battlefield also launched an attack on the mountain pass position, and the transport team in the northeast and the Dalton division in the east also harassed the bandits' main formation.

"Kill—"

"Capture the bandit leader alive—"

"Breakout—"

"Stay in formation—"

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One after another, shouts were raised, swords and halberds clashed, horses neighed, arrows whistled, screams...... The whole Iriyama Pass is boiling......