readx; This fire-ridden watchtower is the forefrontline fortress of Horseback City behind the Valley of the Wolf's Tooth. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info Although it was already early in the morning, the dark clouds in the sky were thick, the ashes of the flames were flying all over the sky, and the tents built around the watchtower collapsed one by one in the fire, and the dark troops of Hodianna advanced between the tents, and the soldiers of the Seventh Army who had not had time to evacuate the camp fought alone among the barbarians, shedding their last bit of blood.

In this mournful battlefield, we can see a giant more than two meters tall standing behind the dark troops, wearing black gilt heavy armor, wearing a triangular mask helmet, the mask is carved with a huge scorpion, only two circular eye holes are exposed on the whole body, and the rest of the body is impermeable, and even the steel needle cannot find a gap to insert into it. With a giant double-sided axe in his hand, he trampled under his feet a spear-wielding Seventh Army soldier who tried to sneak up on him from behind.

This giant is Hodiana. He leaned down and stabbed his left hand, a giant steel claw, into the chest of the Seventh Army soldier, the armor in front of his chest seemed to be no match for paper, bright red blood came out of the hole, and the soldier's mouth was blocked by blood, and he could not even let out a cry of pain, he could only look at the giant in front of him in horror.

"Where's your commander, Haight Loma?!" Hodiana let out a hoarse growl at the warrior.

"You'll never know, demon." The warrior shuddered and spat out the sentence.

Hodiana let out a roar of rage, instantly tearing the warrior in half and throwing him into the air. He turned back to one of his men next to him, dressed in a black cloak and veiled on his face, and said angrily, "Send them all to hell, no prisoners of war, not a single one." Treat all these abominable Spirit Nation soldiers as breakfast. ”

"Master," the masked man whispered, "I have sent the leader of the Centaur army, Otess, as the vanguard to the city of horseback as fast as I can. It is estimated that by noon today, they will be able to turn Dicken's beloved horseback city into ruins. ”

"Well, that's good," Hoddiana nodded, "and I'm going to let these filthy spirits know to taste blood." Remember to keep the wizard safe, our troops need the darkness he has created, and keep the salient crawling underground to keep them on track, just in case. ”

"Yes, master."

Hoddiana looked up, looked ahead, and took a few steps forward, the heavy metal crash loud and loud in the noisy scuffle. He walked up to a soldier of the Seventh Army, who was half-lying on the ground and panting, raised his double-sided axe, and slashed at the soldier's neck, and a round head immediately rolled to his feet. Hodiana picked up her head, stared at it and said to the men next to her, "We have been hiding in the dark for too long, and the spirits have always treated us as prey for slaughter. Now that times have changed, our agreement with Alenfa Lott is outdated, and the Falshi Kingdom has not even elected its own king, it is time for us to return to the plains. ”

With that, he looked behind him, and a neat procession was coming from a distance, with almost no end in sight. They were armed with a variety of poorly crafted weapons, of all sizes and sizes, but they were all uniformly dressed in black iron armor, which was impermeable, and the sound of metal crashing resounded rhythmically throughout the rugged mountainous terrain.

At this time, on the other side of the Wolf's Tooth Valley, Qin Qi was talking to Di Daren at the top of the watchtower in Horseback City. Obviously, hearing the news of the annihilation of the Seventh Army made Qin Qi a little frustrated, and failing to deliver the letter to Haite Loma meant that his mission was not completed, and an unfinished task was simply a shame for Qin Qi. Although Di Da had already asked the evacuation team following Horseback City to return to Changhu Town, Qin Qi did not grant him this request, but instead made a request that bordered on madness.

"I want you to lend me a horse and let me go to the front."

He got up from his seat and looked up and down at the young man in front of him, a rudimentary border uniform and a long sword, and planned to rush to the front line by himself to face the hundreds of thousands of dark troops in Hodiana? He himself may have had the courage to do so when he was younger, but it was almost impossible for a border guard.

"Young man, I advise you to follow the rest of my troops back to Changhu Town. It may not last long, but it at least gives us enough time to prepare for the next battle. ”

Qin Qi shook his head firmly. He glanced out the window at the Valley of the Wolf's Tooth and said, "I think Haiter Loma is definitely still alive." And, as you just said, it won't take more than a day for Hodiana's troops to come through the Valley of the Wolf's Tooth, and if that's the case, he will definitely send an advance party to hold you back, and you now have just over a hundred soldiers left defending the city, most of them wounded, and once you leave the city on horseback, it is estimated that it will be a not very pleasant thing to meet them on the steppe. ”

"Centaurs?" Di Da immediately thought of the fastest marching men and horses in the dark army, these men and horses wearing homemade heavy armor, wielding sabers in their hands, could not even resist the horse pistol on the grassland, and they were simply overwhelming against the Lingren Kingdom hoplite regiment. "How did I forget about the centaurs?! According to what the signal soldier said just now, it is estimated that the centaurs will arrive at the horseback plain at noon! ”

Qin Qi had no concept of people and horses, and lowered his head and whispered to the side of the big tree that was concentrating on playing with Di Daren's hunting dog.

"Big tree, what is a centaur?"

"Centaurs?" The big tree looked up at the roof, and instantly came to his senses, "Centaurs are people who look like horses, they run so fast that they can't catch up with them on horseback." ”

"Not only fast," Di Daren next to him interrupted the big tree, "The strength of the men and horses is extremely strong, especially when charging, they can break through several human walls, and this thing has no natural enemies on the plains." Every time they came to attack, we stayed in the city and they couldn't get in. It seems that Hodian has a good chance of letting the horses take the lead, and he knows that I have chosen to abandon the city of horseback in the face of his army of hundreds of thousands, and if we are exposed to the plains, we will have no advantage at all. ”

"Then we'll stay in the city, they won't be able to get in anyway." The big tree said innocently on the side.

"That's not good," Qin Qi looked at the big tree and said solemnly, "If you stay in the city and wait for the hundreds of thousands of troops of Hodiana to come to the city, no one will be able to run away at that time." You can only find someone to intercept the centaur army and buy time, or better yet, annihilate the centaur army. ”

Di Daren looked at Qin Qi with a surprised look again. Annihilation, this is a joke at all.

"Young man, you haven't seen a centaur, you don't know how powerful a centaur really is. No one can stop anyone on the plains of Horseback unless my grandfather Lokith is resurrected. ”

"Di Daren," Qin Qi said calmly, "You have been emphasizing the plains just now, so what do you think if we ambush them in the Wolf's Tooth Valley?" ”

"Huh?" Di Daren was stunned for a moment, he really didn't think that he could use the rugged terrain of the Wolf's Tooth Valley to intercept the men and horses. But the terrain of the Wolf's Tooth Valley is so complex, what can give it an advantage? He racked his brains for a long time and couldn't come up with a reason. It was Qin Qi who saw his thoughts and reminded him: "We can block them on some slender valley roads."

Hearing Qin Qi's words, Di Daren's mind suddenly flashed, he immediately turned around and walked to the table, swept away the clutter on the table, his eyes turned quickly, and he needed to find a place on the map. Finally his gaze stayed in one place and pointed his finger out.

"Yes, right here."

Qin Qi and Da Li came over. The map depicts a narrow valley road, and along with the two hills, appears to be the only way to Horseback from the front.

"Is this the only way?" Qin Qi asked.

"Yes," said Di Daren, who was very excited, "this mountain road is steep on both sides, and can accommodate four horses side by side, and it is the only way back from the front, and it is relatively close to the city of horseback, and it will be there in a short time on horseback. At this time, we're going right away, and there's definitely plenty of time to get ready and wait for the people. But..."

"But what?"

Worry returned to Di Daren's face, and he pondered for a while, and said, "We only have some disabled soldiers left, how can we deal with the men?" Even in the valley, the centaurs can't do it, and their charge alone will kill us in the valley. I can't let my soldiers die in vain, that's not what my grandfather was for. ”

"Di Daren," Qin Qi still said calmly: "You don't have to worry about this, it is enough to intercept me with only fifty soldiers this time, and I have a way to be able to repel the men and horses, but you have to lend me something." ”

"What's that?" Di asked anxiously.

"The things your grandfather put in the middle of the watchtower."

"Those things," Di Daren breathed a sigh of relief, "I'm about to give up Horseback City, although these things belong to my grandfather, but I can't take them with me, you can take them if you need them." It was a shame that my grandfather had given the city of horseback to my father, and that it had ended up in my hands, that I had to give it up to Hodiana. ”

Qin Qi walked up to Di Daren, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Di Daren, in fact, you have done a good job, you evacuated with your people at a critical time and saved them, which is more worthy of praise than encapsulating an empty city." ”

"Thank you very much, young man." Di Daren said kindly, "By the way, I don't know the names of the two of you yet, what are you called?" ”

"My name is Qin Qi, and this is ······" Qin Qi turned around, only to find that Da Shu had already fallen asleep unconscious on a recliner. "Well, he's a big tree."

"Well, very well," said Digda, smiling, "now let's begin our interception program." ”

According to Qin Qi's request, Di Da found the only twenty strong soldiers left in the city as contradictory soldiers, but fortunately, twenty heavy wooden shields similar to the Roman shield could be found in the armory of the horseback city, plus fifteen longbowmen and fifteen sword and shield soldiers. Horseback City can be regarded as a grassland city, and the more outstanding troops are their hussars and crossbow cavalry, with sabers and shields made in Falling Moon City, which are basically comparable to the light cavalry of New City. However, Qin Qi specifically requested these troops on foot for the ground battle in the valley, which did add a lot of problems to Di Daren.

However, fortunately, the remaining soldiers in the city are all newly recruited young people, most of whom are ten years old, and they have received basic training, which can basically be used for multiple purposes, saving a lot of troubles. After giving the order to gather the soldiers, Di Da arrived at the west gate non-stop to direct the people to evacuate the city on horseback, and he rode a strong black horse, shuttling back and forth between the crowd. Qin Qi and Dashu distributed weapons and equipment to fifty soldiers at the east gate.

A large number of residents walked out from the west gate, and the silent grassland soon became lively again. The sky is clear on the grassland, the warm sun makes people forget the imminent war in front of them, and a comfortable and cool wind blows from the north, and people walking on the grass involuntarily stop their steps and close their eyes to feel the fresh air. After hiding in the city for a long time, the depressed mood multiplied, and although they were about to leave their place of residence, the people of Horseback City still put down their mood to enjoy this temporary comfort.

Just when everyone was enjoying the comfort of this gust of wind, Qin Qi smelled something strange from the air. There was a slight burnt smell in this cool wind, and it was clear that it was not a natural gust of wind. Qin Qi immediately raised his head and looked up at the sky, the clear sky suddenly turned dark, and the white clouds in front of him disappeared without a trace. A large black object appeared above the city on horseback, standing on top of the watchtower, and suddenly a large piece of granite fell from the watchtower, smashed through the roof of the tall wooden house, and the rubble rolled down the street. A brief silence was followed by numerous screams, and looking in the direction of the watchtower, a giant dragon was seen hanging upside down on the watchtower, reddish-brown skin, slender fangs, and steaming all over it, staring straight at the crowd walking on the road.