Chapter 51: The End
The small town of Bagshot.
When the first morning light shone on it in the sky, what was reflected was not a scene of joy, but a feast of killing.
At the gates of the town, the fifty or so men of Adair's team were assigned to set the fire, and now they were struggling to resist the Saxon attack, preventing the Saxon troops from entering the town of Bagshott. And there are many people in the town who help them resist the Saxon invasion. All of a sudden, the inferior team managed to keep the Saxons at the gates of the town, maintaining a fragile balance.
After Adair's team was devoured by the Saxons, the Saxons finally realized that something was wrong, and the sky not far from them was dyed a fiery red, illuminating the otherwise gloomy sky. The warm current in the air also hit them in the face like a tidal wave.
Then they saw a raging sea of fire coming towards them like a devouring beast. Frightened, they fled like frightened rats.
But is it so easy to escape from a sea of fire once it is completely burned? With each step, the sea of fire and them drew closer, and when they finally came to the edge of the jungle, and could see Bagsott with their eyes, as if God was going to kill them, a breeze blew by, a natural phenomenon that was normal in normal times, but now it became their most terrible nightmare.
Running at the end of the face of the people were attacked by the sea of fire, under the raging fire, they did not even have a chance to resist, but they were burned black and fell to the ground, and then they were swallowed in the fire forever, and there were no bones left.
There are also some Saxons, at the moment when their clothes are burned, they subconsciously pull the clothes of their companions in front of them, hoping to be redeemed, but in this case, how many people can save others regardless of their own safety?
So at the moment when they were grabbed by the corner of their clothes, they kicked each other away in panic instinctively, but the speed of the sea of fire behind them was so fast, in this case, as long as there was a momentary pause, they would be caught up and then swallowed.
"You let me go. ”
"If you want to die, don't bother me. ”
"you. ”
"Help me, please, help me. I don't want to die. ”
Such shouts and cries for help are endless, and at this moment the Saxons perform the human nature and inferior nature to the fullest.
The Saxons, who were ruthlessly abandoned by their companions, some were waiting for death in unwillingness and fear, while others, with the idea that you were unkind and unjust, dragged their companions who abandoned themselves and were friends and brothers to death, thinking that they would be buried with them.
Everyone was running wildly, and they had only one thought now, and that was to escape, escape from this dense forest that was engulfed in flames. At this moment, nothing matters, everything can be discarded, as long as you can live.
Fortunately, the Saxons were already quite close to the edge of the jungle, so although the fire was quite fierce, some of them escaped from the engulfment of the fire.
But when the leader of Saxony counted the numbers, his face was so black that it couldn't be darker. Originally, there were more than 1,000 Saxons who came here, and dozens of people were killed by Adair's sneak attack at the beginning, and then they were led into a trap by Adair, and that time they lost nearly 500 people, and later dozens of people died scattered when chasing and killing Adair and others. There were originally less than 500 people left, but now after the attack of the sea of fire, it was reduced to less than 300 people, which made him feel extremely angry and humiliated.
It was a loss that had never been seen before, and since he had begun his invasion of England, not even when he had encountered the army of the King of England. And today, in the hands of such a team of less than a hundred people, he suffered such a big loss, how can this not make him feel ashamed and angry?
Looking at Bagschott in sight, in general, in this case, he should give up this aggression, but go back to accumulate strength and wash away the shame in the future.
But judging from the resistance received this time, it is clear that those who attacked them do not have the strength to fight them head-to-head, so they need to make traps and ambushes such as burning dense forests. In this case, the garrison in the small town of Bagshot is definitely not strong, otherwise I am afraid that it would have been killed by now. After all, they are now suffering heavy losses, and their strength has dropped significantly, if attacking at this time is obviously the best choice, but they have not done so, then it means that the strength in the town of Bagshot is still not enough to compete with them.
Thinking of this, the leader of Saxony still chose to take the risk of attacking Bagschot, on the one hand, because he thought that now was the best time to take advantage of the weakness of the town's defenses to take it down in one fell swoop, otherwise if he retreated, who knows if the others would be ready and waiting for them next time they came?
In this way, the Saxons, who numbered less than three hundred men, attacked the small town of Bagshott. Fortunately, the people who set fire to the forest have been standing at the gate of the town, perhaps waiting for the return of Adair. Although they knew that the possibility was very small, they were unwilling to give up. So when the two groups of people met, it was the enemy who was very red when they met, and they did it without saying a word.
Although the Saxons were numbered less than three hundred by a series of losses, they were still not something that the remaining fifty could match. Fortunately, the roaring fire and the sound of weapons clashing between the two armies woke up the sleeping townspeople. When the townspeople saw the situation, some of the young men took up their weapons and joined the resistance against the Saxons. That's what makes it possible to stop the Saxons.
However, this was not a long-term solution, the townspeople were not professionally trained soldiers, and with their strength it was difficult to compare with the Saxons, who were often active on the battlefield, and the only reason why they were able to stop them in a short time was because the Saxons put most of their attacks on the remaining fifty. But when they came to their senses and attacked the townspeople, it wasn't for them to stop.
Time passed slowly with the clashing of weapons, and the Saxons and the rest were a little exhausted, after all, they had not slept all night, and they had spent their time chasing and fighting, and it was already remarkable to be able to hold on until now, and now they were just persevering with perseverance.
With a large loss of physical strength and fighting, Saxony's numerical advantage was slowly reflected. Bagshott's defensive line slowly crumbled as the number of defenders dwindled. Now the team that was originally close to fifty people is less than twenty. And the townspeople who came to defend the town of Bagshot suffered heavy losses, after all, they were the most vulnerable here without battlefield and training.
Just as the defensive line collapsed, the Saxons were about to step into the town of Bagshott in the next moment, and the frightened and unwilling roars of the remaining dozen soldiers echoed in the ears of all the townspeople of Bagshott as they looked terrified about what was to come.
shout
A cracking sound rang in everyone's ears, followed by the sight of a Saxon exploding his head at the sound of the cracking.
Everyone's movements stopped in an instant, and they looked behind them, and they saw a woman in silver armor, straddling a war horse, and holding a bow in her hand, as if she had shot the arrow just now.
"We were sent by King Arthur to support you, rest assured, it's all over. The woman looked at the tragic battlefield and the people who were still standing there covered in blood but still unyielding, and said softly.
As soon as the woman's words fell, everyone in the small town of Bagshot erupted in earth-shattering cheers, shouting 'Long live King Arthur', and for a while, the whole town erupted in a shocking roar.
The aftermath of the catastrophe is the most touching to people's hearts, for them to see the collapse of the defensive line just now, but it is no less than a trip to hell, for the sudden appearance of reinforcements claiming to be sent by King Arthur, they are naturally grateful from the bottom of their hearts.
The remaining dozen or so soldiers were also heavily relieved, no one could understand how much pressure they were under, if the Saxons were really allowed to break into the town of Bagshot to wreak havoc, they would probably not forgive themselves even in hell, even if they died, they would not have the face to see them in Adair, so when the defense line collapsed, their mood could be imagined.
On the other hand, the Saxons, whose faces instantly turned gray when they heard the woman's words. Because the army behind the woman is at least more than a thousand people, this is not what they are fighting against now, even if they can't escape.
"Rush"
The woman drew her sword and pointed in the direction of the Saxon, and roared. There was also a lot of anger in his tone.