Chapter 14: Cruelty
The momentum of the charge could not be maintained forever, as the momentum was dissolved by the gnolls with flesh and blood.
The speed of the war horse is irrepressibly slower and slower. Until it came to a complete stop, the three of them dismounted and fought on foot. The horse soon fell under the gnolls' sharp teeth.
The charge continued, but on the legs. The people on the city wall looked at the flickering figure in the enemy group, and their hearts also went up and down.
Until I couldn't see clearly, I don't know if I broke through or was drowned by the wave of jackals!
……
Five days have passed since the three knights broke through.
Under the north gate, inside the city wall, a group of warriors leaned against the wall.
Most of them were asleep, with Malone sitting with his back to the wall, and John and Harvey sitting next to him.
John was asleep, and before he woke up, Malone and Harvey were chatting without a word.
"When do you think reinforcements will come?" Harvey asked.
I thought about it, "If it's fast, it's just these two days, and if it's slow, I don't know, it's going to come anyway." Marlon said leisurely.
Harvey hesitated and asked, "Will there be no reinforcements?" Maybe the three knights didn't break through. ”
Ma Long replied indifferently: "It will come, even if the three knights don't rush out, those lords outside are not idiots, so many people are gone, they will always look for the reason." ”
Harvey exclaimed, "When will that wait?" I heard that there were not many supplies, many people did not have enough to eat before the war, and the use of arrows was limited. The louder he spoke, the louder he spoke, and it was obvious that he couldn't control his emotions.
It's a pity that Ma Long can't do anything about these things, so he only comforted: "Hold on, now it's up to who can hold on to the end." ”
At this time, Knight Harry Wolf walked all the way, "Wake everyone up, it's our turn." ”
Awake, the soldiers cursed in a low voice, waking up their sleeping comrades one after another.
"My lord, haven't we eaten yet?" A soldier asked.
Knight Harry turned around and said, "There was an accident, the meal is not ready yet, and we will make up for it when everyone retreats."
"How can you have the strength to fight without eating?"
"This is an order," the knight roared.
No one spoke, many people realized that something was wrong, and no one touched their heads anymore.
Coming to a place not far from the city gate, Malone said in a low voice: "As usual, you two are behind me, especially John, don't rush, let's go back alive together." ”
"Understood".
"Got it ......".
After regrouping the ranks, Knight Harry led everyone to the city gate, and the troops in front saw that people were coming and slowly retreated.
Harry Knight led people to quickly make up for it.
As soon as he came into contact with the gnolls, Ma Long, with his more and more skillful skills and stronger attributes, kept killing the rushing gnolls under the gun.
Gnolls are not strong, and ordinary people can solve it if they can overcome their fears and have a good weapon in their hands.
But their ability to reproduce is too strong, which causes them to explode in large numbers.
As time passed, the knight's figure remained ahead, like a reef in the water, unshakable.
Ma Long, who was following closely, had already felt the pressure, his physical strength could not keep up with the recovery, and people around him kept dying.
The losses were much greater than before, and they had not eaten for more than ten hours, and their legs and feet would be weak, and they had to participate in this kind of high-intensity battle.
Ma Long stood still, facing the torrent of jackals, twisting his waist and shaking his arms, the spears swung left and right, and the two flying jackals were swept out with two "booms", and they couldn't survive.
Dragged away by the new gnolls. The gnolls are snatching corpses again, and they're going to eat, too.
Ma Long didn't use a killer move like "attack and kill swordsmanship", but the force skills evolved from it were enough to deal with such a battle.
With the continuous improvement of skill proficiency, the force skills on the "attack and kill swordsmanship" naturally infiltrated Ma Long's every move.
Even if you don't use skills, the fine-tuning inside the body will greatly reduce the loss of strength. Use one point of strength to achieve three points of effect.
Of course, it is naturally more labor-saving to use a small force to directly hit the vital point, but the situation on the battlefield is ever-changing, and it is even more important to keep an eye on the six roads, and it is really not that energy.
The enemy also moves. Therefore, most of the tricks on the battlefield are open and closed, which is really forced by the situation.
There was a steady stream of jackals, and next to him, Harvey was already panting. His movements slowed down, and compared to Malone and John, his physical strength was a little worse after all.
In order to help him share the pressure, Malone had to expand his defensive circle.
The pressure has been sudden!
"Xavi, hold on, it's time to change the guard." Malone shouted encouragement.
Harvey didn't have the strength to reply, just tried to cheer up his spirits and fight the enemy.
"The first echelon retreats, and the second echelon makes up." The commander's command was heard from the rear.
Ma Long breathed a sigh of relief, his physical strength was almost unbearable, so he said to the two people beside him: "You retreat first, I will cover"!
The two are also veterans of the battlefield, and they don't have any disputes, they just quickly retreat and let the descendants make up for it and reduce the pressure on Ma Long.
After waiting for John and Harvey to retreat, and after the newcomer next to him made up for it, Malone quickly retreated and let the people behind him make up for it.
After the three of them retreated, they leaned against the wall with the crowd that had just been replaced, and they didn't want to move their fingers.
"It's time to eat......"
A team of logisticians brought food up from the rear.
Everyone wiped their helmets and handed them over to cook, there was no dinner plate from the previous life.
At first, Malone couldn't eat it, it was so disgusting that he didn't feel anything after two hungry meals.
There were a lot fewer people eating than last time, Ma Long probably counted, the first echelon of their combined army, there were more than 200 people last time, and only about 100 people successfully retreated this time, and a few of them were wounded.
"What are you doing, why don't you give me something to eat?" A freshly wounded fighter asked. His voice was loud, apparently trying to get everyone's attention.
Sure enough, everyone's eyes turned around, but unfortunately what disappointed him was that, like the previous times, after taking a look at the situation, everyone turned their heads back and went about their own business.
At the same time, "You're injured and need treatment." The two soldiers who were holding it away with their hands were carrying it away.
"I curse you, you bastards who can't be saved, and one day it will be your turn." The wounded were unwilling, hated, and cursed loudly.
Unfortunately, it does not change the fate of his imminent death.
Everyone didn't see it, and everyone knew what was going on.
"You can only blame him for his bad luck" Everyone thinks like this, and they can only think like this, and those who don't think like this are dead.
There are knights in charge, and those who do not obey will only die, and resistance will not be successful.
Not a level of biology.
The supplies are insufficient, the food is not enough, and in order to be able to eat an extra bite for themselves, the life and death of others do not seem to matter.
It is better not to waste food on the wounded. As long as that person isn't himself!
Such cruelty made Malone chill. It's a pity that I can't do anything about it.
Marlon once again felt the weakness of weakness!
He didn't know if anything like this had ever happened on Earth, but now he was extremely nostalgic for that harmonious country in modern society.