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Almost every village has its own "specialty", among which the "security village" is to produce all kinds of excellent elite guards, especially the patrols who are good at criminal investigation and law and order. There are several training bases in the village, which are among the best in the whole continent, and provide talents for major cities, including Wangcheng. At a time when a large number of people were dying and panicking, it was precisely when a large number of patrols were urgently needed to maintain social order, and instead of the "Architect Town", Xi Shangjue chose to prioritize saving the "security village" and personally led the army.

Of course, this does not mean that one is chosen and the other is abandoned, and Xi Shangjue still dedicates one-third of his forces to rescue the "Architect Town", but the focus is far from the same.

The better horses were left to the team of the West Shangjue, because the "security village" was a little further away. Riding a horse for a thousand miles...... Since the teleportation stations were everywhere, in addition to facing the foreign armies overseas, it had been ten years since the last expedition on horseback of the West Shangjue, and now it felt like his waist and legs were about to be bumped. He wasn't young anymore after all.

Thousands of cavalry galloping across the endless steppe was originally a pleasant thing.

After a long time, the scout in front reported, "Lord Shangjue! The security village has come into view, but a horse-drawn carriage has crashed into the suburbs! ”

Damn it! Is it a step too late or a step too late? Xi Shangjue was simply angry.

In the distance of sight, a village appeared, and that was their destination. Unlike other villages, a high wooden fence was built here. The western coast of the continent is a war-prone place that often has to resist foreign invasions, and the village, as the second breakwater from the west coast, also has a much higher military defense capability than the average village.

However, the walls here do not have the mana to isolate the barrier, after all, the cost is too expensive, and it is more than enough to resist small-scale foreign invasions or bandits and monsters, but it can't stop the flying sparrows.

"Spot the sparrow!"

The scout in front shouted as he pointed to the figure on the walled watchtower. Indeed, although it looks like an ordinary villager, it is already glowing with red fluorescence.

The village was quiet, and it seemed that there was a lot of bad luck inside.

It's a step too late.

These carriages were engaged in the "drill village" of the starting place and set off in four directions at the same time, with the most horse-drawn carriages attacking the fortress city, and at least one in other directions. The sparrow had already attacked the fortress city, and was almost starving to death, and then it was wiped out by all the archers who came to support from the south, which was indeed too long. But Sishanjue really tried his best.

Xi Shangjue immediately ordered: "Send three special teams to search along the south, north, and west directions of the village, especially pay attention to whether there are carriages that have just left here, and we must not let the sparrows continue to spread, this is where they are buried!" ”

"Yes!" The soldiers sprang into action, forming three squads, led by one or two heavy cavalrymen, mainly archers, and scattering in all directions.

"All the heavy cavalry obeyed the order and smashed open the gates! The impact mage is close behind, taking cover! As soon as the gates are opened, they are withdrawn and switched to long-range sniper warfare. Sishanjue paused and added, "Anyone possessed by a sparrow must be eliminated." Remember, I mean "anyone." "The implication is that if your advance party is possessed, the archers will shoot you along with you, so as not to increase the number of sparrows everywhere.

"Yes!"

The advance team, or death squad, is more appropriate, and went out as ordered. Forty hoplites armed with heavy knightly spears charged at a time, followed by mages who made their way to the wooden gates.

Suddenly, from the village came a shrill cry, like a fingernail scraping glass. Probably the sparrows spotted the enemy attack and were shouting a warning.

The captain of the heavy cavalry, who rushed to the front, roared angrily: "Kill! ”

The companions behind him responded with louder roars, and everyone rushed to the city gate. Even if they were discovered by the sparrows, their task was to break through the gates.

Xishangjue has the best heavy cavalry team in the whole continent, and because this battle mainly requires archers who can kill the Sparrow host from a distance, the heavy cavalry brought this time are all elite. The advance team rushed within two hundred meters of the city gate, and suddenly a row of vermilion sparrows stood out from the wall, which at first glance looked like the city wall was burning. The sparrows flew away from their hosts and swooped down towards the advance party. The overwhelming sparrows were almost used to knock the strong cavalry off their horses in waves, and then firmly pressed the cavalry to the ground, and laid eggs on the spot.

Like a vermilion storm, it slapped heavily on the armor of the cavalry. The armor has no resistance, and after only a light touch, the consciousness and strength will quickly fade away, and the reins and knight's spear cannot be grasped, waiting to fall off the horse and finally die.

The mages rode their horses to the front, serving as meat shields.

They are all impact mages with a huge kinetic magic output that can do both physical and magical damage. The magical energy blast they spew out is itself aetheric, and it is a very effective means of resistance for the sparrows, which are also made of aether. Most of them had their left arms in front of them, forming an aetheric shield to resist the impact of the sparrows that had swooped down from the walls in front of them like a torrential rain, and with their right hands they spewed magic to knock the sparrows that were haunting the cavalry away. But their magic can only seriously injure the sparrow, but it doesn't have much effect, after all, both friend and foe are aetheric.

But as a momentary effect of blocking, it is sufficient.

Less than ten hoplites, barely able to hold on or even fall off their horses, had already rushed under the gates, roared in unison, and their spears spun out with their arms, bursting out with a well-trained and powerful destructive force, causing the gates to be pierced and crashed down.

The charge was so fast that both men and horses slammed into the gates, and although they did not turn into meatloaf through the past, they were still wounded.

Once it falls, it will be immediately pressed to the ground by the sparrow, instantly absorbing the mood power and fainting. The knights are gone, and the mages are not going to last much longer—even though they can resist direct attacks from the sparrows with magic, the effects of the wide-area magic are still accumulating, and they are getting weaker.

A few minutes later, the last mage who was still fighting also fell.

In a few more minutes, the knights and mages were possessed, and their eggs hatched into small sparrows, joining the red-glowing band.

"Didn't you succeed in retreating......" Xi Shangjue was indignant, clenching his fist with blood. Again and again, he sent his own civilians and soldiers to the point of no return. But he did the right thing to do, and the only decisive judgment that should be made, without which there would be no other solution.

The gates of the city are opened.

The people possessed by the sparrows began to gallop towards the army of the Western Shangjue from the distant gates of the city, looking like they had gone mad.

"Ready!" Sishanjue held his hand aloft, "All the archers are aiming at everyone possessed by the sparrow, I mean "everyone"! Don't let them get closer to two hundred meters, or we'll be wiped out too! ”

The sound of rattling the bow and strings, the atmosphere behind Xi Shangjue was solemn.

The hand of the West Shangjue was held high in the air......

Holding ......

In fact, he only hesitated for a second or two, but it seemed like years to him. Before today, he had never given the order to launch an attack on civilians.

"Shoot the arrows!"