Throughout the day, the 150,000 troops of the enemy's First Army Havelan took turns to storm the fortress of Dongning. This is the fifth day in a row of attacks, and the fortress of Dongning has long been dilapidated, and if it continues like this, it will not be long before it will be lost.

Higg ordered the ballista and trebuchet to be moved to the fortress and assembled, regardless of the damage caused by the other party's catapults, and put on the appearance of defending the fortress. Anyway, there were still hundreds of them piled up under the city, and when they were lost, they were brought up and assembled, and with the help of the high city wall, the range of the ballista was increased by hundreds of meters, almost close to the range of the catapult, which suppressed the opponent's attacking firepower.

The cavalry in Dongning Pass was actively preparing to break through, demolishing all the buildings in Dongning Pass except for the city gate tower, and piling up all the wooden beams and wooden pillars that had been dismantled under the city gate tower. All the unused catapults and siege engines were also dismantled, and they were also brought to the bottom of the city gate, and flammable materials such as sulfur and coke were added.

In the evening, the enemy's offensive eased slightly, and the gate tower was full of scarecrows, except for the three hundred men left on the gate tower, Higg ordered all the soldiers to rest and stand by.

At midnight, Hig rode on his war horse and shouted to all the soldiers gathered in the military yard of the school: "Now, our rear is Wupara Pass, which has been completely demolished by me, and the official road is full of rubble and earth, and behind it is the enemy's hinterland Guanzhong Plain, we have no other way out but to surround from Dongning Pass." After you break through, this city will be flooded by fire, and we have no way out. Therefore, please do not hesitate, if you want to live, you can only fight your way forward. Many of us will die, and probably me, but rest assured, I'll be the last one to break through! ”

Higg drew his sword in his right hand, held it high and said, "We have no reinforcements, no reserves, only push forward!" Let's go! Breakthrough! ”

Out of Dongning Pass is the plain, Thomas led 5,000 cavalry as the vanguard in the middle, his two wings each of the 3,000 cavalry, 4,000 heavy cavalry followed behind Thomas, Higg's rear army was also 3,000 cavalry, 3,000 infantry and 100 magicians, and 3,000 cavalry divided into 3,000 troops, as a mobile force, harassment or reinforcement. Infantry, crossbowmen, and baggage units converted to infantry were at the center of the breakout procession, led by Pantony.

The 40,000-strong army had to pass through the six-meter-wide Dongning Gate, and without any accidents, it would take at least two hours. It is impossible for the enemy not to detect such a large military operation in advance, and it is completely impossible to rely on a surprise attack, and the most important thing is to see the morale of the troops and the determination to break through.

More than an hour later, when Thomas's 5,000 cavalry, 3,000 cavalry and heavy cavalry on each flank had assembled outside Dongning Pass, most of the infantry and baggage troops had already left Dongning Pass.

The drums sounded, and Thomas, riding on his war horse, was at the front of the line, shouting, "Kill-" led five thousand cavalry, and first rushed to the plain under the cover of night. Then the two wings and heavy cavalry also began to charge. He was followed by Pantony's infantry, crossbowmen, and other troops

In the gate of Dongning City, soldiers continued to pour out, and after a slight adjustment of formation on the east side of Dongning Gate, they immediately followed the cavalry and rushed to the enemy formation.

Havelan has been prepared for a long time, the reason why he did not interfere with the assembly of Havelan is also to fight quickly, capture Dongning Pass, and return to the Guanzhong Plain is his goal, and Havelan's breakthrough is in Havelan's arms. But Havelan himself didn't know that Higg was far more important in the eyes of his king Arad than Simak's hundreds of thousands of main forces, so his real goal was to prevent the breakout and destroy the enemy army as much as possible.

The crossbowmen were ambushed in the line of Thomas's charge, and when Thomas's vanguard entered the ambush circle of the crossbowmen, the crossbowmen on both sides immediately fired arrows at Thomas's five thousand cavalry. Thomas ignored it, and let the cavalry around him fall to the ground, he needed to face the cavalry of the enemy army in front of him who also rushed over, if his 5,000 center speed slowed down, there was only one way to die, and the crossbowmen handed over to the cavalry on both flanks to solve.

The cavalry vanguard of both sides came head-on, and many cavalry collided with each other, and the powerful impact made the soldiers and horses fly with flesh and blood.

Thomas's cavalry was not warlike, and these light cavalry of Havelan naturally had four thousand heavy cavalry behind him to solve the problem. Thomas's goal was still straight ahead, the infantry phalanx.

The heavy shields of Avilan's infantry stood in front of the Chinese army's formation, and from behind the shields, sharp spears emerged diagonally upward. Such a phalanx is specially for cavalry, this kind of spear is very long, hidden behind the shield, the tail of the spear is slightly inserted into the ground, relying on the support of the ground to resist the cavalry who come forward to hit the shield phalanx, so as not to be overwhelmed by the cavalry.

Thomas didn't care about this, his 5,000 cavalry was to disrupt the infantry phalanx, kill the bloody road, create chaos, and create a chance for the troops who broke through behind to escape.

A dense rain of arrows in the sky came from both sides, from the rear of the infantry phalanx. When Thomas approached the infantry phalanx, the horse that sat down jumped high, like a flying horse, directly over the shield, and landed in the center of the infantry phalanx, and before the horse landed, the spear in his hand swept towards the soldiers in the phalanx, and suddenly, many soldiers in front of the shield phalanx were broken through by Thomas. The scene immediately turned into a chaotic battle, and the cavalry behind Thomas also rushed into the phalanx after losing several cavalry in front of them to impact the shield......

The last to evacuate Dongning Pass were Higg's 3,000 cavalry, 3,000 infantry and 100 mages, Butterfly Caiyun followed in the mage's phalanx, and Lan Xian'er and Lei were in the air above Higg. Higg ordered the last fifty cavalrymen to set fire to the mountains of discarded timber piled up under the Dongning Pass, and then led his army along the bloody path that Thomas had killed.

Higg's back suddenly burst into flames, illuminating the entire Dongning Pass, and the raging fire made Havelan very angry, because after this battle, he would have to send heavy troops to guard the burned city pass here, which would greatly weaken his strength to pursue the main force of Simak.

The 4,000 heavy cavalry also fought with the cavalry and infantry of Avilan, and this sacrifice speed strengthened the offensive and defensive cavalry troops, which was suitable for attacking fortified positions, and was a nightmare for infantry phalanxes. Joining the regiment were the infantry phalanx, crossbowmen, and baggage soldiers led by Pantony, who followed later.

Looking at the flames behind him, the soldiers of the Fifth Legion, who personally cut off their retreat, had to work hard to rush forward in order to survive.

In the dark eastern plain of Dongning Pass, hundreds of thousands of troops fought together. Higg's forces fought to break through, and Havelan's forces struggled to stop.

Thomas's light cavalry vanguarded the infantry phalanx, and the front was front of Havelan's center. The Chinese army was in a goose-shaped formation, and Havelan continued to dispatch troops, pushing up the heavy cavalry on both flanks, trying to surround the vanguard of Thomas's cavalry who had broken through.

Thomas regrouped his cavalry, and there were not many vanguard troops that were able to break through the encirclement, more than two thousand people, half of which were lost. Faced with the siege of Havelan's 30,000 Chinese troops on two wings, the red-eyed Thomas led the remaining more than 2,000 cavalry troops, regardless of the heavy cavalry encircled by the two wings, and rushed to Havelan's headquarters.

In the eyes of everyone, this is a completely suicidal style of play, and the phalanx composed of the heavy infantry escort of the main general and the crossbowmen cooperates, so that although the mobility of the Chinese army is not good, the offensive and defensive forces are the most powerful.

Thomas's crazy actions really surprised Avilan, he had just outflanked his heavy cavalry on both flanks, trying to surround Thomas, but he didn't expect Thomas to completely ignore the desire to attack his own Chinese army, so that the heavy cavalry on both wings and Thomas's cavalry vanguard would pass by, and his own Chinese army would directly meet the charge of the opposing vanguard cavalry.

The elite of nearly 3,000 cavalry pioneers who had re-charged quickly left behind the heavy cavalry that had tried to close the encirclement, and quickly rushed towards the Chinese position in Havelan.

Thomas, who rushed to the front, shouted: "Capture Havelan alive, kill—"

More than 2,000 cavalrymen were all in the blood, and shouted after Thomas: "Capture Havelan alive, kill—"

The brave one of the two armies wins, even if their own strength is inferior to the other party, they cannot lose to the opponent in morale. More than 2,000 cavalry were like a sharp sword, piercing into Havelan's headquarters.

Avlan's phalanx of infantry immediately raised their shields, spears stretched out from behind their shields, longbows and crossbows shot at the rushing cavalry, and the magicians cast spells on the cavalry.

But whether it is arrows, magic skills, or shield spears, it has little effect on Thomas's cavalry charging quickly, because Thomas's cavalry is a column of sword formations, and the surface of the arrows is too small, and the shield spear will soon break through the gap by a few cavalry in front, and after the melee together, his advantage in clearing the army can be quickly brought into play, and Thomas relies on this.

Thomas's horse leaped high again, crossed the shield, and the cavalry that followed behind also slammed into the shield spear array, and more than 2,000 horsemen rushed into the phalanx of Havelan's headquarters along the gap that had been opened, and the crossbowmen and magicians suddenly lost their long-range advantage.

Thomas's cavalry charged with all their might in the phalanx, pointing directly at Havelan, and continued to shout: "Capture Avilan alive, kill—"

All the soldiers in the Chinese army were desperately surrounding Thomas, trying to block his speed, and the spear tried to trip the horse's feet again and again, but was dodged by Thomas's superb horsemanship, and Thomas, who was holding the spear, was unstoppable.

Avilan was furious and shouted at the guards beside him, "Shoot him with arrows!" ”

Thomas's assault had come within range of the Avilan crossbowmen, and it continued to charge. Seeing the crossbowman's arrows flying, Thomas immediately lay on his horse's back, and when the first rain of arrows had passed, he took up his spear in his right hand and threw it at Havelan, shouting loudly, "Throw the spear!" ”

More than a dozen spears immediately flew towards Avilan, and the guards in front of Avilan immediately raised their shields to block the spears, poof, the powerful momentum of more than a dozen spears knocked all the shield guards to the ground, and more spears flew over again, and there were shield soldiers who stepped forward to protect their main generals.

The cavalrymen who had finished throwing their spears drew their swords or swords, and then slashed and charged, completely ignoring the infantry on both sides and the heavy cavalry in the rear, and they had only one target - the enemy's main general, Havelan.

The opponent's desperate style of play, desperate to the heart of the target, was something Havelan never expected. After several waves of unsuccessful blocking, Avilan finally panicked, the other party obviously wanted to exchange more than 2,000 cavalry for his own life, and it was very close to success, although there were many generals around him, but more than 2,000 cavalry concentrated attacks, like a sharp sword straight into the heart, no matter how many generals could not stop the advance of this sharp sword.

"Retreat to both sides!" Havelan shouted and gave the order, trying to disperse in both directions, avoiding the sharp edge of the sword that came straight in.