Chapter 445: Iron-Blooded Banner
Stanny stood anxiously at the barracks gate, looking north and south for a while, anxious.
Now there is a battle going on in both directions, especially the battle wall in the north, which shows how fierce the enemy's offensive is, the last reserves in the barracks have all been transferred, and even the dragon Night Nerondia has been sent to deal with the attack of the two-legged wyvern on the city, and Stanny, as the dragon knight, can not help much. His wounds were half healed, but he was still unable to participate in the battle, and Harvey did not even let him near the battlefield, but only ordered a few of his own soldiers to accompany him around the barracks, lest his impulsiveness cause the old wounds to recur.
"Is there any news from Harvey?"
Although all he could hear was the sound of fierce fighting coming from the north, for some reason it was the battle situation in the south that really worried Stanny.
"Two hours ago, they came back with the news that a battalion of orcs had been eliminated. ”
A pro-soldier replied.
"I know this, I'm asking if there's any latest news. ”
"Nope!"
"Immediately go and find out. ”
Stanny ordered.
"Yes!"
The soldier agreed, and was about to take the order to leave, when Stanny suddenly stopped him again:
"No need. ”
As Stanny spoke, a horse rushed on the road leading to the South Gate, and two people sat at once, but both of them were dressed in black robes, not heralds but two magicians.
"Deputy Commander Andy, send reinforcements quickly. ”
The horse galloped closer, and before Stanny could speak first, the two magicians had already rolled off their horses, and almost crawled in front of him, shouting in a panic.
"Don't worry, tell me what's going on?"
Stanny saw that the robes of the two magicians were stained with blood, and suddenly had a strong sense of foreboding in his heart, the magicians should hide in the rear during the battle, if the magicians were also stained with blood, it would only mean that they had all entered the state of hand-to-hand combat.
"Deputy Commander Harvey is surrounded by orc reinforcements, and there are only a few people around him who have died in battle!"
The magician's eyes were red, and his voice was excited.
"Reinforcements have been sent to Beicheng, where are the reinforcements now?"
The soldier looked at Stanny.
"Go and call all the cooks, and I'm going to take them to battle. ”
Stanny immediately gave the order, and his own soldiers took the order.
"Let's go. ”
Before the cooks could assemble, Stanny had already set off with a few of his own soldiers, he was on his horse, and the violent jolting of the horse made the unhealed wound break again, and the oozing blood stained the robe, but Stanny no longer felt the pain.
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The remnant sun was like blood, but the surface of the land outside the southern gate of Capra was redder than the setting sun, because it was soaked in real blood. In many low-lying places, blood has even gathered into puddles, and the source of these blood flows is the dense corpses lying near the city gates, both orcs and humans, but mainly orcs.
On this sunny afternoon, the worst battle since the start of the battle took place around the southern gate of Capra Pass, and a company of orcs wielded swords and spears howled to take the gate and enter the city, but was met with a human defender who numbered only a tenth of them at the gate. The fierce battle lasted for two hours, and half of the orc soldiers of the company fell in a pool of blood, but the city gate was still in the hands of the defenders, and the banner at the city gate still fluttered in the wind in the bloody sunset.
"Quickly go and ask the high priest for help, just say that our sneak attack plan has been discovered by the humans, and has been stubbornly resisted by the main human force, and our troops have vowed to fight the enemy to the death, but if you want to break the enemy's defenses from the southern city, you must have a large army of reinforcements. ”
Adjutant General Truk shouted the herald and told a lie with shame, but now there is no other way, the strong combat effectiveness and tenacious will of the human army are completely beyond his imagination, with his current strength, even if he can occupy the city gate, it will not be able to cause serious damage to the city, once the human defenders withdraw their hands from the battle in the northern city, they can recapture the south city gate at night, so more orc reinforcements must be needed to occupy the south city gate to ensure the smooth implementation of the strategy of the north and south flank.
"Everyone obeys my orders, the human defenders are already at the end of their power. One battalion climbed over the walls and attacked from the inside of the city, and the rest of the men attacked from the front with me, and we flanked from the inside and out. In any case, the city gate must be captured before nightfall today, and then the city gate must be defended, and as long as you can hold out until reinforcements arrive, each person will be rewarded with 5,000 gold coins, 500 cattle and sheep, and 20 slaves!"
After the herald left, Truk turned his head to look at the remnants behind him that were shivering in the autumn wind, and gave the order for one last attack.
"Kill!"
Under the temptation of heavy rewards, the orc soldiers finally suppressed their fear and high morale and launched the final round of offensive.
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Harvey was surrounded by orc corpses, stacked in such a dense way that they almost blocked the entire city gate, and Harvey stood on top of the pile of corpses, and there was no one standing beside him. The brutal battle not only claimed the lives of all the robes, but also covered Harvey's body with dense wounds, the deepest of which even penetrated his abdomen. Seriously wounded, his face was extremely pale, but his eyes were still bright, and he stood majestically on the pile of corpses with his great sword in his hand, and his eyes looked down on the surrounding enemies with contempt, murderous.
Looking at Harvey's arrogant figure, the eyes of the orc soldiers were full of fear. The human beings in front of him were like a wall, a tall and mighty wall, no matter the storm or the thousands of horses, they could knock him down, nor could they surpass him even an inch.
No, it wasn't a human at all, it was a demon, it was a god of death! The sneak attack was originally guaranteed because of the appearance of this person, and victory became out of reach.
The soldiers of the orcs began to despair!
"Give it to me, give it to me! Kill him and reward him with 50,000 gold coins!"
Truk punched and kicked the soldiers around him, and threw out a huge temptation, but it was useless, and instinctive fear made the soldiers not only dare not move forward, but retreated step by step.
Resolute, who had no choice but to take the lead himself, followed behind the soldiers. He walked towards Harvey step by step, the long knife in his hand dragging behind him and rubbing a spark against the ground.
Truk's strength is not weak, although he is not as good as the second warrior of the orcs, Drakebar, but he is definitely the best among the orc warriors, but at this moment, in the face of a human whose strength is about the same as his own, his heart is also full of fear.
"Young human, your heroic performance today has earned my respect, and humanity should be proud of you. However, give up, even if you break thousands of corpses, you will not be able to stop the orc army from taking Capra Pass. ”
Standing under the pile of corpses, looking up at Harvey, Truk made a final effort with some humility.
"Perhaps, but certainly not today. Come on, let me see what you're capable of. ”
Harvey sneered, his voice full of contempt and defiance.
"Good!"
Truk shouted, and rushed towards Harvey with the corpse on his head, the long knife in his hand pointed directly at Harvey's chest.
"Poof!"
Truk was stunned, Harvey didn't dodge or dodge, just let the knife in his hand stab into his body, which simply made him a little unconvinced of the facts in front of him. But just as he was in ecstasy, he suddenly felt a chill in his abdomen, and he looked down to see that Harvey's sword had also pierced him in the abdomen.
"You..."
Truk staggered back, his long knife drawn, and blood spurted out of Harvey's body, as if a long rainbow had dyed the fluttering military flag red!
"Kill!"
Seeing that Harvey was mortally wounded, the surrounding orcs finally waited for the opportunity to attack, and began to rush towards the middle.
The corners of Harvey's mouth twitched slightly, and a smile actually appeared on his pale face, and he used his last strength to shout:
"Let's all die. ”
Harvey's voice made the orcs feel a chill, and then the big sword in his hand burst out with a red aura, and the aura spread out, enveloping all the orcs within twenty steps in diameter into a sea of fire.
On October 14, 328 in the continental calendar, the defense of Capra Pass entered the most fierce day, the main force of the attacking orcs launched a fierce attack on the north city wall under the leadership of the high priest Horsa Moon, and at the same time, the deputy general Truk led a wing of orcs to quietly detour from the path to the south of the checkpoint to face the south wall of the south city wall to launch a sneak attack, and Harvey, the deputy head of the Youth Corps, who learned the news, led three hundred personal soldiers to meet the enemy and firmly blocked a group of orcs outside the city gate.
As the battle continued into dusk, most of the orcs, including Commander Truk, were killed, and the rest of the frightened remnants fled into the wilderness.
By the time Stanny reached the South Gate, the orcs had completely dispersed, and only Harvey and the blood-stained banner were still standing on the battlefield.
"Harvey!"
Stanny struggled to climb up to the pile and hugged Harvey and cried bitterly.
(End of Volume III)