With the sound of the trumpet, on the battlefield, humanity began to retreat. Although it was a retreat, it was still orderly, not chaotic at all, and not panicked by the approaching of a large group of enemies, the remnants of the Moon Creek Brigade were the first to retreat, the infantry of the Storm Whip followed, and the cavalry roamed to cover and rush to kill the rear. The entire legion retreated unhurriedly and orderly, and the demons, who had been trying to bite like jackals, couldn't find any opportunity for a while. Not to mention, there are also Hammer Griffon Knights in the air who are constantly bombarding, knocking them to the ground.

Especially when the Moon Creek Brigade retreated to more than a thousand yards away from the Snake Valley, the roar of the death gaze rang out again. Although this distance was not within the precise range of this musket, looking at the dense demons in the distance, Diego felt that it was no more difficult to hit them than to throw a stone into the sea.

Under the double cover of Diego and the griffin knights, the Moonstream Brigade finally retreated to the slopes of the mouth of the Snake Valley before the new demon legion arrived. The demons that came in like a tidal wave stopped at the foot of the mountain, preparing for another attack.

Now, the battle seems to have returned to the original starting point, but Diego knows that the Moon Creek Brigade is no longer as well prepared and morale as it was at the beginning, after a series of fierce battles, the Moon Creek Brigade has suffered more than half of the casualties, almost everyone is wounded, many of them have blunt weapons, broken armor, arrows and throwing guns are also exhausted, and the bronze mortars of the two dwarven gunners have long been melted down due to too frequent fire, in fact, the two dwarven gunners have just used the iron crowbar to rush with a wave.

Diego knew that the Moonstream Brigade was exhausted and didn't have the strength to fight again, even after receiving reinforcements from the Brute Hammer Dwarves. In fact, when the first wave returned to the hillside, he had already begun to arrange for them to retreat into the canyon.

Just as the Moon Creek Brigade was treating the wounded and arranging a retreat, the griffin knights also began to land.

These huge creatures found a flat ground on the top of the mountain and landed one by one. The dust kicked up by their huge wings spread everywhere and rolled in all directions like waves.

Soon, a group of dwarves came out of the smoke, and it was the Furstad Hammer at the front.

"Hey, Diego, I have to say, thank you for saving my children from the demons!" The leader of the dwarves walked over and gave Diego a big hug, "Otherwise, I don't know how to go back and explain to their parents!"

"You were the ones who saved the Moon Creek Brigade in the first place!" Diego replied with a wry smile, "It's us who should say thank you!" ”

"What's next?" The dwarf let go of Diego and said with some concern, "I noticed that your casualties are very large, and they will not exceed four hundred. ”

"Yes, I'm afraid we won't be able to cope with the next attack of the demons!" Diego glanced back at the distance, outside the range of the death gaze, the demons were regrouping, grinding their teeth one by one to suck blood, eager to try, "We plan to retreat to the other end of the canyon and reorganize the defense line, the narrow terrain of the canyon can help us block most of the demons, their numerical advantage cannot be brought into play there, after all, there are still a few demons with wings, and most of the demons still have to rely on their own feet to pass through the canyon." ”

"That's right! Leave the winged demons to us, and my children will teach them a hard lesson and make them regret flying into the sky! Furstad snapped his chest and said loudly.

"You came from the Watchtower, do you know what is going on elsewhere? Can Waynes spare the men to support us? Diego looked at Furstad expectantly, wanting some good news from him.

"I'm afraid not, the two demon legions launched an attack on the Storm Altar early in the morning, and the second legion had to light the beacon fire, and Waynes immediately went with the support of the Overwatch Legion." Furstad shook his head, in fact, they had arrived at the Watch Fort more than two hours earlier, and there was now only half a company left there, and he had learned the news from a dwarven lieutenant, "As soon as we landed, we saw the beacon you lit, and we came without stopping!" ”

"Judging from the intensity of the attack received by the Moon Creek Brigade, the real focus of the demons' attack should be here, and the Storm Altar is just a feint." Diego frowned, it was a simple and clumsy twist, but unfortunately, Waynes didn't see it at all. But who knows? Even if he was in Waynes's position, he would have to send reinforcements first. You must know that the Storm Altar garrisoned by the Second Army is almost the weakest point on this defensive line, and once it is lost, it will inevitably lead to a chain reaction of the collapse of the entire defensive line.

"It seems so!" Furstad nodded. At this moment, they noticed that the demons in the distance were about to move, and they seemed to be planning to attack.

"Let your men retreat as soon as possible, and we'll hold off these demons!" The dwarven leaders stepped up of their own accord, and now only the griffon knights had the ability to block and leave the battlefield at any time.

"Okay, don't fight hard, keep the height, and if you fall down, no one will be able to save you!" Diego didn't say anything polite to him, but just said a few more words.

"I will, a dozen demons are no more precious than a griffin knight!" Furstad agreed, turning his head to look at the dwarves who were resting, "Guys, have you had enough rest?" It's time to get back to the skies, let's go buy the guys of the Moon Creek Brigade a little time to retreat! ”

Soon, the sound of griffons flapping their wings sounded again, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Watching the griffon knights fade away, Diego turned his head to look at the retreating Moonstream Brigade. They were not slow to retreat, the pack horses of the Storm Whip had been given to the wounded, and some heavy weapons, such as ballistae, had been discarded on the side of the road after unloading the strings and crossbow machines.

Diego followed them north along the canyon, but in the middle of the canyon he stayed alone, and after the guidance of a few soldiers of the baggage battalion who had remained here, he found the cliff where the gunpowder was buried. At the base of the cliff was a cave almost a man high, filled with gunpowder, but at the moment, the cave was blocked by a pile of rocks, and it looked like a puddle of gravel sliding down the hillside.

"Just pull this rope!" The sergeant at the head carefully handed Diego a rope twisted from animal skin, which was about seventy or eighty yards from the cave, "and all the gunpowder in the cave will explode!" ”

"Well done!" Diego said appreciatively, glancing at the sergeant and his soldiers, "Alright, you guys can leave!" ”

Although the soldiers wanted to stay and take the place of Diago in this dangerous job, their lord refused the offer, and the soldiers finally saluted in admiration and turned away. Diego crouched behind a pile of rocks and looked at the sky to the south, where the chirping of eagles, thunder, and the roar of demons came from there, and it was the griffin knights fighting.

After about a quarter of an hour, he saw the group of griffon knights begin to fly northward, and after a few more minutes there was a demonic cry and the rattling of hooves and feet at the mouth of the valley to the south. Looking at the demons that poured into the canyon like a flood, Diego suddenly felt that this scene was so familiar, he remembered that at the exit of the canyon in the basin where the Dark Gate was located, the demons had been pitted by him once.

"It's really not acute!" Diego said disdainfully in his heart.

When the demon who rushed to the front rushed to the cave where the gunpowder was hidden, he pulled the leather rope so hard that he didn't dare to wait too long, if the demons found the shallow rope that was buried, it would be all over.

The taut rope was pulled out of the earth at once, and then, under the puzzled gaze of several demons who had been beaten, an earth-shattering explosion suddenly rang out from under the cliff. The whole cliff seemed to jump steeply in the midst of the rubble and smoke, and then fell heavily to the ground, and collapsed completely. Tens of thousands of tons of rocks have overturned, blocking the entire canyon. Beneath this huge tomb were hundreds of demons buried, and they died here in a daze before they could see the appearance of the enemy.

"Hell, how many barrels of gunpowder are buried here in the baggage camp?!" Watching a watermelon-sized stone whizz past the top of his head, Diego craned his neck and was speechless, knowing that the stone was only inches away from his closest moment! 2k reading web