Chapter 507: Watch
The cold wind with the smell of rancid smell blows in your face, the dark clouds gather in the sky, the drizzle of rain has no romance to speak of, and the muddy ground and the cold and wet climate will exacerbate the consumption of the body, which is obviously only beneficial to the undead who are not tired.
"The target is about to touch the second line of defense."
"Have all the people withdrawn? How many people are left in the first line of defense. ”
"There are still two squads that don't have time to retreat, and we've done our best."
"May the Holy Light shelter them, how about the second line of defense?"
"It's not good, the temporary construction of the protective barrier can probably only delay time."
Many war reports are kept coming and going like pieces of paper, and every time a war breaks out suddenly, there is little good news, and there is no bad news.
Among the many unfortunate news, it is probably that Link did a good thing before he died, he brought a huge rock heavy infantry regiment of more than 3,000 people, according to the regular establishment, that is three brigades of elite heavy infantry, they are divided into three squads to block the gorge, and even set up a reconnaissance post in it, and carry out patrol missions.
And when the undead came, the outposts and patrol routes they had set up inside the gorge became the first line of defense, but no one expected them to be able to defend it.
When Shariman took command, he did not ignore these golden warriors who were originally in a hostile position, but sent reinforcements, hoping that they would be able to withdraw as much as possible.
"After all, every power now belongs to the living, as long as we can save it, we will save it at every cost!"
Shandi, the deputy commander of the Boulder Heavy Regiment, is a giant Khan with barbarian blood, and at this time, he. But he reluctantly obeyed the command of his "enemy".
From the moment the Emperor of the Dead came. The civil war in the Principality of Sasha has also become meaningless. In the face of the undead scourge that swept through a qiē, there is no difference between being loyal to the royal family and being loyal to the Marquis of Tariq, both of them are fighting for the living anyway.
Sandy is not a fool, he knows that if he flees like this, it will only be the assassination of His Royal Highness Link, which can make him as a follower angry with the royal family, and now he can make meritorious contributions on the battlefield as much as possible is the way to live.
Of course, the premise of this is that the living win the war. Otherwise, there is no principality, and naturally there will be no more settlers.
In my opinion, due to the record of the slaughter of the city, "Blood Spear" Shariman may have a bad reputation, but judging from the current situation, she does have two brushes, at least, she is ruthless enough to be willing to spend her blood.
From the ruins in the mountains and valleys, if the undead want to come out. You have to go through quite a long mountain road, so. She sent death squads, blew up parts of the mountain roads at intervals, and laid out multiple lines of defense to hinder the opponent's advance.
A legion is determined by the slowest marching class, and a regular undead legion with skeletons is not fast, and with mountain roads and slippery rainy weather, the speed is even slower.
A landslide on a hillside and a mudslide caused by a man-made explosion are a weapon for delaying the march, and the natural disadvantage of the undead makes them move more and more slowly.
In the face of the Bone Dragon Knight and the Death Knight General who were sent by the undead to patrol, even if they were lucky enough to successfully complete the mountain road blasting mission, these warriors who carried out the delaying mission basically could not come back.
And in the temporary command headquarters of Zixing Wood City, in order to reach an agreement as much as possible, and in order not to waste fighters at this critical moment, Shariman sent his own descendants for these sacrifice missions.
"Trying to save the current allies who were once mortal enemies" and "sacrificing the relatives who are loyal to oneself" are lofty words and extremely stupid in military strategy, but in a temporary alliance that does not trust each other, they are very valuable, at least, the image of a fair and obedient leader has come out.
Perhaps this will not do much to unite the already conflicted living, but it is much better than the "leader of the coalition who fell into the rock" and "the bastard who sent someone else's people to death", at least reducing the possibility of civil strife.
"Sha Liman, did she have a ranking of famous generals before?"
"No, the generals of the local lords of small countries, how could there be. What, think she's good? ”
“…… Maybe there will be one later. ”
That's right, I'm very optimistic about this little blood spear, it seems that others have underestimated her a little.
In fact, I don't have the confidence to do it better than her, at least I can't send my own guards and give them vague tasks, but in reality I just make them cannon fodder to stall for time.
If I really need to choose between my friends and my enemies and make the "necessary" sacrifices, I will not hesitate to let my friends live, even if they are in the minority, I am not a high saint, and I never deny that I have a selfish side.
Far away, many sacrifices are just to delay time, and time on the battlefield is always priceless, to be able to make such a decision immediately, at least Sha Liman's ability as a general is already above the general level.
"Hurry, hurry! Are there no more earth mages? Scrolls, wands, reinforce the walls for me! Adventurers, don't be stingy, no matter how much money you have, you have to earn your life, and the used wall-shaping scrolls are bookkeeping, and the official of the Principality of Sasha has promised to reimburse! ”
The fortification and height of the walls are the life of the defenders, and although the earth mages are the most common of the four elemental mages, they have exhausted all their magic in building the walls, and we have not spared even the scrolls and wands of the scattered adventurers.
Scrolls and wands were used, the dirt around Starwood City was hollowed out, the reshaped walls were piled up higher and higher, and the flame mages baked the walls in the rain to reinforce them.
"Boom!"
"The fool who heated the walls with fireballs threw me out! When is it, it's time to make trouble for us! ”
It was a rookie mage who used a fireball to dry the mud only to blow up a big hole, and he himself became a clay man, although I can understand the rookies' ability to distort orders, but I can probably give a thumbs up and praise the creativity of the slow roast from a small fire to a flame barbecue, but others are not so good-natured.
"The twelfth section of the Nancheng District has been reinforced, and the next one is that!"
The young magic swordsman drew his gray magic sword. The magic sword that had just been inserted into the ground had lost its luster. He simply replaced it with a spare Olivia box. Just go to the next lot.
And the most eye-catching in the city wall repair team is probably the magic swordsman like the Four Spirit Sword Envoys, their ability to control the elements is not very high, but they can still manipulate the soil to form an earthen wall, plus the weapons and equipment in those hoplites also have the energy pool of magic machinery, and they also have almost endless magic power to strengthen the city wall.
Of course, considering the upcoming big battle, the Boulder Heavy Armored Infantry Regiment did not expend too many logistical resources. They are hurrying to prepare their armor, replenish their food, adjust their weapons, and prepare for battle.
The cold rain with a cold air hit the faces of these strong men, but it did not make their movements deviate, such indifferent soldiers are the most trustworthy, and on the battlefield in the near future, they will inevitably become the main force, as professional soldiers and guardians of this country, they have no possibility of retreating. And their comrades who have died but still fight to the death have made me re-evaluate the actual combat strength of this "notorious" legion.
News of the Legion of the Dead has spread. Just to avoid shaking the morale of the army, the news of the Undead Emperor in the Undead Catastrophe did not spread, after all, not everyone has the courage to face a desperate situation.
In the face of the catastrophe, many adventurers responded to the official call, took out their accumulated magic scrolls and staffs, and accepted the official regrouping, but unfortunately, earth-based magic scrolls such as reinforcing the city wall are not commonly used in adventures, and the responsibility of reinforcing the city wall still falls on the four spirit sword envoys.
Not to mention, as an all-rounder, the Four Spirit Sword Envoys have also exerted their abilities in more and more complex and changeable situations, and they are becoming more and more popular.
"Cut, will you only be reimbursed for the Wall Sculpting scroll? A three-ring scroll is so cheap that it really has a heart, in case someone lies about the high-level scroll and takes the opportunity to make money. ”
".......'s all this kind of thing, only you can do this kind of thing. Hey, hey, what are you doing with your face, are you really planning to lie about your consumption at this time? Do you still want a face? Villains aren't as over-the-top as you, you villain of epic heroes! ”
"Hmph, it's a pity, if my classmate of the Earth Great Magister Kaid is here, what else can these low-level goods do, they can directly stage the miracle of building a city overnight."
"It's a pity that he'..........s not here, hey, hey, hey, you're changing the topic, you just want to cheat money and make a fortune, can you have a little bit of consciousness as a positive character!"
Starwood City is the only passage blocking the mouth of this mountain road and gorge, if this place is breached, it will be an endless plain area, and there will be no natural danger to hinder the invasion of the undead army.
And once the undead legion spreads in the plains and begins to carry out massacres to replenish the troops, the undead scourge will snowball more and more, and the threat will increase by geometric leaps and bounds, Shariman's judgment is not the slightest mistake, it makes no sense for us to flee anywhere in the plains, strengthening this small city to block the undead legion, and waiting for reinforcements from other city-states is definitely the only choice among the many decisions at the moment.
【…… Is there an introduction to the interstitial background? Grab my mission? Don't you just want to answer the question of scamming money? It's just to cheat money and get some high-end ones, at least make a stock market disaster or something at one time to make them remember for ten years, what are you doing with this little drink money? Don't be like a person who has worked for more than ten years, and finally rose to the rank of section chief, and happily took his family's taxi ticket to the company for reimbursement as a privilege and benefits to show off....... I can't go on, it's too pitiful, it's too embarrassing! 】
"Of course, it's one thing for Shariman to choose the right one, and it's another thing to be able to do it, judging by my years of experience in being pitted, let alone the Undead Emperor, any undead monarch with a little reputation can't stand it here, well, if nothing else."
"Didn't you hear it? Forget it, whatever you want......."
Ignoring the sarcasm of the system, and pretending not to see the bad smile of the dead cat, and I, who was standing on the city wall, couldn't stand the wind and cold, and tightened my cloak, this battle was really a bit difficult to fight.
Well, we're getting down to business right now, and let's just treat those messy little things as if we didn't see them.
Needless to say, how troublesome the Undead Emperor is, although he is only a demigod in name, but using this as a standard, I in my heyday and Iye, who took off the title of Death, can probably be called the Undead Emperor, but in our heyday, it is not too difficult to kill the weaker true gods. More than the epic are all demigods. The main plane power grading is simply confusing.
"This fortified wall. It's more about the psychological effects......."
Yes, don't look at them in full swing, but I don't like them at all, the Bone Dragon Knight Striker hovering under the dark clouds has already announced that we have lost air supremacy, the massive sea of undead can easily fill the trench that has just been dug, and the walls reinforced with earth can't stop a full charge from the Bone Giants and the Death Cavalry, not to mention the Undead Emperor on the other side...... The Great of the Dead is a strategic nuclear weapon, and who knows what she will do.
I agree with Shariman's judgment. Because strategically defending Starwood City is the only way, I am not optimistic about their efforts, because the huge gap in combat power is not so easy to fill.
"It seems that I still have to make a move, I think if Zero sees me, he will probably be very excited, maybe the war will escalate directly."
"Even if I don't see you, isn't it all-out war? Look, it's like an outing? ”
The dead cat napping on his shoulder opened his eyes, but the scene in those eyes was a deserted gray mountain field. And in it, countless undead are slowly advancing. Ghouls, gargoyles, zombie warriors, skeleton shooters, banshees, abominations, all the famous undead are there, and among them are the legendary undead Winter Ghost that night encountered.
But no matter how many undead there are, the black army is silent and firm, and the entire space is only the click of skeleton action, which can only mean that there are many middle and low-level commanders who can control every noisy skeleton for the undead legion, and this level of undead natural disaster is far more difficult to deal with than expected.
The next moment, a white bone arrow shot head-on, and the dead cat's clone came to naught, and our intelligence sharing ended here, and we didn't even find out where the arrow came from.
"Damn, I don't know if battlefield reporters have safe passage! Although many of them are part-time spies, many of them die inexplicably every year......."
And my nonsense did not ease the atmosphere, in the face of such an undead lord, the face of the dead cat is not good-looking, of course, it is also possible that her doppelganger is ruined and her face is pale.
"There are not as many low-level undead as mid-level undead, this undead has not yet expanded to the limit, as long as they are given enough bones, their number can be expanded tenfold in an instant...... Hundredfold! A thousandfold! ”
Obviously, it is not cost-effective to exchange precious soul sacrifices for the entry permits of low-level undead, and those who can be brought into this plane can be regarded as elite soldiers, as for cannon fodder? The Undead Legion never had to worry about a lack of soldiers, two fights were enough.
Seeing such a military situation, I was no longer worried about whether Shariman would be able to hold this small city, but whether they would survive the first round of the Sea of the Undead charge.
And this situation also made me determined to take the initiative to intervene.
"Now that you have entered the realm of war, let the 'war' move, let the undead become the enemies of the undead, wake up, the head of my four horsemen of the apocalypse."
While I was trying to maintain my image, the dead cat who had been transferred to spitting labor came again.
"....... Four Horsemen? Do you have three other creations of the same rank? When was it done? How I don't know. ”
"Hehe, of course you don't know, this is my number one secret...... Don't bite! Can't you pretend to be forced these days? His subordinates have to gather the Four Heavenly Kings to be handsome, look, a 'war' is not strong at all, and the Four Knights of the Apocalypse are so handsome when they say it! What a compulsion! Maybe I'll be a plague knight, a death knight, and a famine knight that day, and gather the Four Heavenly Kings! When the time comes, when the enemy army is encountered, the four knights all ride their horses on the top of the mountain to show off, look down at the enemy below, look down coldly, and let the enemy fear without a fight, how much the style of the villain boss, how handsome. ”
"Don't say it, Crow's Beak, I already have an ominous omen, according to your usual painting style, you will never make a handsome knight, you will only make undisciplined changes. Gentleman! ”
"People have to have dreams! Even if that dream is not destined to come true! ”
"....... you know you can't achieve it, what are you struggling with! There is no miracle in Dajian, as a pure black-handed African, it is better to go hunting with a spear in peace. (To be continued......)