Chapter 115: Contest
Standing in the pouring rain at night.
Ahead, carrying a simple wooden ladder, the soldiers of the Fei martyrs on the city wall were fighting a bloody battle with the soldiers of Solan defending the city.
It's a fight without fancy. The soldiers of both sides fought each other on the city wall no more than ten meters high. Swords, spears, sabers, pierced into the flesh and brought out hot blood. The palpitating dull sound, again and again, monotonous and cruel.
A knight of the Black Lightning stepped onto the city.
The spears of the two Solan soldiers were cut off by the large axes in his hands. In the next second, one was knocked off by his shield, and the other was cut off with an axe.
However, before the blood splashed into the sky could hit the ground, seven or eight more Solan warriors pounced at the same time.
The leader of the Solan knight ignored the black lightning knight's ferocious axe, and the long sword in his hand was all in the same way, like a mad tiger. With just one face, there were several more bloody wounds on his body.
Bang! When Solan Knight was smashed by an axe and staggered back, a Solan soldier finally seized the opportunity and poked a shot into the lower abdomen of the Black Lightning Knight.
With the Black Lightning Knight's unwilling howl of pain, in the next second, he had fallen straight under the city wall.
The same scene took place on the curved city wall in front of Hongshigang Castle, which was only thirty meters wide, and the soldiers on both sides fought for every inch of the city wall with their flesh and blood. From time to time, there were warriors who planted the city wall together with their opponents and died together.
The curtain night looked like water.
This was already the second offensive under his command.
Because of the arrival of reinforcements from Medin City, at this moment, there are more than 200 knights and 300 cavalry concentrated in Hongshigang Castle, plus the original defenders, which is already equivalent to the garrison size of a small fortress. Even though the combat power of the Black Lightning Knight is much higher than that of the opponent, the Red Stone Ridge is built high on the mountain, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Still causing a lot of trouble.
In particular, the front of the castle, which was less than thirty meters wide, and the deep trench made the Firet army pay a huge price for every step forward.
And more importantly......
"Kill! get the damn Philip mongrel down!" Then came the thunderous roar of the defending general, Yanke, "As long as they hold on, they are finished." Look, the troops in their Firefox Village are already calling for help. β
"Shoot the arrows!"
"On the left, go and kill a few people with that beard!"
"Bitch-raised, come on!"
The sound was like a magic sound. Keep drilling into the ears of the night.
To be honest, whether it is the command ability of this Solan general named Yanke, or the combat effectiveness of Solan's soldiers, in the eyes of the night, it is not worth mentioning. In the battle just now, even if the other party occupies the advantage of the castle, it is condescending. The curtain still achieved a battle loss ratio of 6 to 10. In such a siege battle, this is simply to pinch Solan's army to the ground.
Especially several of these offensives. The curtain calmly judged the weak link of the other party, and commanded the knights under his command to suddenly launch a strong attack. Inflicted great losses on the defenders. If it weren't for the other party's use of human lives, I am afraid that the Red Stone Gang Castle would have opened its doors a long time ago.
However, no matter how big the losses are, the morale of the Solan army has not been half low.
Those guys, it's like they've been beaten with chicken blood. The outlaw rushed upward. In less than ten seconds for any Firet to set foot on the city, they will be planted under their frenzied attack.
And the reason for this is the smoke in Firefox Village!
I don't know what's going on in Firefox Village, but. He knew that things might not be as simple as he imagined.
No matter how foolish he is, it's impossible to joke about this kind of thing at such a time. What's even worse for the night is that the griffon knight he ordered to investigate has not returned until now, let alone sent back any information. It seems that under that beacon fire, there is a hideous bloody mouth, silently waiting for the arrival of the prey, swallowing it in one bite.
"My lord," the first captain of the Black Lightning Knights who followed him to attack Redstone Hill, pressed the hilt of his sword in his hand, strode to the side of the night, and whispered, "The Falcon is back. β
"How's it going?" asked Makuya.
"There was no response other than Azusa-sama and Tielun-sama. The Knight Captain said in a deep voice.
The heart of the curtain night is sinking a little bit.
"Didn't Bouz reply either?"
"Nope. β
Squinting in the middle of the night, looking at the bloody castle in a daze. After a long time, he muttered, "This fellow, Yank, came from the city of Medin a few prayer hours before we arrived here. By route, this means that they had been informed as early as when we attacked the fjord...... No, it should have been judged!"
"You mean," said the captain in shock, "the Solan people have seen through our plan!"
"This is the most reasonable explanation, otherwise, how could they have arrived here before us?" said Mu Ye coldly, "Although I don't know who this person is, it makes me look at Solan and this group of garbage. Even if it's Minai-sensei, I'm afraid I didn't expect his tactics to be seen through by a Solan person, right?"
"Is there such a person?" the Captain gasped, "Mina-sama's plan, but we only guessed it when we were ordered to go to the fjord. Until then, we had always thought that we would fight the Solans in the Night Canyon. β
Mu Ye snorted coldly: "To be honest, originally we all thought that taking the fjord would be an easy task. Buzz and Nazi are still clamoring for a bet. Otherwise, it really doesn't make people feel down. Unexpectedly, the wind and waves came over and capsized in this small ditch. In the Solan army, there is such an opponent hiding in the shadows waiting for us......"
"So, Butz and Lord Nazi......" the captain asked.
"Bad luck and bad luck!" said to his two companions coldly, "If I'm not mistaken, they must have been ambushed by the Solan army that reinforced the Western Front." The man who led the lead is probably the same man who judged that we were attacking the fjord!"
He paced back and forth a few steps, gritting his teeth: "No." Firefox Village is a trap. That beacon fire is definitely not the same point. It's the adversary who is grabbing our attention. Booz was fooled!"
His steps were getting faster and faster, "He wants to break us all!"
"So what do we do now?" said the captain's face grimaced.
"Collect the troops. Let people all come back. There is no point in attacking Redstone Gang now. At the same time, immediately summon Tie Lun and Zi Sen, no matter what they are doing, they will immediately put down and move closer to me. In particular, you can't go in the direction of Firefox Village. The opponent fought against the Firefox Village watchtower. Every move around him is under his control. β
The night flies fast.
"Yes!" commanded the captain.
"Wait," said Makuya, "and three more things. β
"First, immediately send someone to clean up the surroundings for me and expand the scope of investigation. I suspect that someone is watching us!, and second, to SΓΉ Tielun, when he is moving closer to this side. You must not pass through the village of Shuangyanjing. Bypass from the north. Third, inform the Fjord defenders and send me all the griffon riders. Also, ask them to contact Mina-sama immediately and report the situation here. β
"Yes!"
A few minutes later, with a trumpet. The attacking Filiet army retreated like a tide.
And, this time. Instead of regrouping below the castle, they held down the left and right flanks with two teams of knights. The brigade slowly retreated. Soon, it disappeared into the rain.
Pine resin torches crackled in the rain and burst into sparks, and there was a dead silence on the city wall.
After the bloody battle, the Solan soldiers stared blankly at the direction of the retreat of the Philip army. His eyes were blank, as if he couldn't believe his eyes.
If it weren't for the blood still in the rain under their feet, if it weren't for the corpses of the dead soldiers everywhere up and down the city walls, if it weren't for the nearly depleted body, the hot lungs and the scars on their bodies were reminding them, everyone would have thought. What happened just now was just a nightmare.
"Phillip just retreated?"
Boom. Yank fell straight to the ground.
Several knights rushed forward and helped him up.
Although a few minutes ago, Yank's figure was still standing at the front of the city wall like an iron tower that will never collapse. Even his roar was so neutral.
But only the knights around him knew that the continuous battles had already overdrawn Yank's source power and body. It was almost all on his breath that he had survived until now.
However, after taking a breath of relief, Yank burst out laughing.
"Hahaha!"
With Yank's laughter, the whole castle thundered with joy.
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Heavy rain continues. The meadow is full of water, and stepping on it is like wading in a stream.
The summer heat had long since been swept away, and the cold of the rain made the soldiers walking in the rain pale and their lips black. The clothes on his body were already soaked, and even the leather saddle was so slippery that he couldn't sit still. You have to constantly adjust your posture and tighten the horse's belly with your legs to ensure that it does not fall off.
No one complained, though.
Everyone just walked forward in silence. As long as the thin dark-haired teenager in front of him hasn't stopped, they won't be slowing him down.
"The Ferrets who attacked Fort Warm Lake have left. β
"The enemy turned to the east and bypassed the warm water lake. β
"The enemy has increased the number of scouts and extended the cordon to a five-kilometer radius, and it is difficult for us to confirm their whereabouts in a short period of time. β
As the elven hunters kept coming back, Roy patted the undead unicorn on the neck and stopped.
After a brief pause, Tielun's forces did not attack Warm Lake Fort or reinforce Firefox Village, but unexpectedly turned to the east. This made Roy a little surprised, and at the same time, he also felt vaguely uneasy in his heart.
This feeling reminded him of the cunning and dangerous prey he had encountered in the Warcraft Jungle before. You have to be careful when they jump over the traps you have laid and disappear out of your sight, leaving you in a daze with the jungle. Because, at this time, you and its role may have been silently swapped.
It is a predator.
And you are the prey!
Although he had managed to attack the two Filies, taking out Buzz and Nazi, Roy didn't think he was necessarily the one in control of the game.
Roy once learned to play chess with a chess player as a child.
All kinds of chess, he knows a little bit. At that time, William hired this teacher for him, not to train Roy to become a chess player. He just wished he knew a little bit about everything.
And Roy studied for half a month. One of the most impressive lessons learned is that no matter how good your start is, your opponent can turn the tables at any time.
Twenty sets of demon armor, sixty elven rangers who roamed the entire war zone, plus the natural advantage of the enemy in the open and the dark. It was Roy who completed the two attacks.
However, in the process, he was very aware of the combat effectiveness of the Filie.
If it weren't for the power storm opening the way, if it weren't for the fact that those Feilie knights were not mentally prepared to face the twenty Heavenly Transformation Knights at all, if it weren't for the fact that they had already destroyed their will in the first place, then they only needed half an army to wipe out their team of dozens of rookie trainee knights and two hundred ordinary cavalry!
Take it or Booz. Kill both of them. Roy wasn't complacent.
He had heard Thorge introduce the Five Masters of the Seven-Colored Sea, and knew how powerful they were.
In this battle, Nazibz was defeated by himself because they were like two lions that had fallen into an iron cage, and even a child could stone them. But if he thinks that he has enough strength to face the other three vigilant lions in the wild, Roy believes. I'm going to die an ugly death.
And now, the opponent is clearly starting to be wary.
Tielun left his target to attack. If you don't guess wrong, Azusa Sen and Makuya should also leave.
His opponents are hiding their bodies in the dark jungle in order to be in the same position as themselves. Once they join forces and start hunting themselves in turn......
Come to think of it. Roy was shocked.
No, the rest of the Firet army must not be brought together.
You must know that no matter how passive the other party was before, in this war zone, the real defender is Solan. Warm water lake. Hongshi Gang, Bison Village...... The defenders of these places cannot wander like they do. And once the enemy does not aim to occupy, but only destroys. Then, you will become a sheepdog who watches the sheep being bitten to death by a vicious wolf.
The other party gathered together to form a huge team of more than four hundred elite knights. That's not something you can gnaw on. Not even twenty Heavenly Knights!
And if they can't be eliminated before the main force of Firet arrives, then even if they barely build a defensive line to stop the Firet army, they will always have a knife on their backs.
Roy pulled out the map and unfolded it quickly.
Tielun went east.
It is said that the guy named Makuya is the leader of the Five Masters of the Seven Colored Seas. He is also Mina's proudest student. If he guessed correctly, Tie Lun must have been ordered to rush to the Eastern Front to join him.
Tracing the possible route of the other party, Roy's gaze fell on a small village called Twin Eyes Well.
"What?" Seeing Roy's brows furrowed, Xia Qing rode up to Roy's side, "Trouble?"
Roy rubbed his eyebrows a little depressedly, nodded and said, "Tie Lun ran away." β
As he spoke, he raised his head unwillingly: "You say, why did this guy run away if he didn't stay here honestly? β
Xia Qing's face darkened for a while.
As a son of Solan's military family, Xia Qing has been exposed to it since he was a child, and most of the education he received was to march and fight. On weekdays, when he is with friends and talks about other things, even if the other party brags and brags, he just laughs. But whoever dares to talk about what strategies and tactics in front of him and point fingers, he doesn't care who the other party is, a few words can make people unable to get off the stage.
In this regard, he has full self-confidence.
The third generation of the Xia family, in terms of cultivation talent, Xia Li is the first. can lead the army to fight, and he, Xia Qing, is the first person in the Xia family.
However, this time he followed Roy to fight and watched all the way, and even he had to admit that Roy had extraordinary acumen in terms of fighter smell.
The fjord was lost, the war was rotten, and the Fei Lie soldiers attacked the east and west lines of Hongshigang and Warm Water Lake in five directions, and this situation was also a mess in the eyes of any senior general.
Roy, on the other hand, was able to bypass the warm water lake as soon as the troops entered the fjord, and attacked Naqi in the Valley of Troubled Rocks. He also lit a beacon fire in Firefox Village to attract Buzz into the trap.
Putting aside the twenty sets of Heavenly Change Battle Armor, this courage alone made Xia Qing amazed.
Ask. If I change to myself. I'm afraid the only thing I can do is to honestly increase the troops at Warm Water Lake Castle and wait for reinforcements. How the war develops in the future will be seen step by step.
And after the total annihilation of Nazi and Bouz, Roy had effectively turned the tide of the fjord.
At the very least, the Firetes wanted to seize the eastern and western fronts in their entirety. Bankrupt. At this time, the two sides are actually on the same running line. What the future holds will depend on whose successor troops will arrive sooner.
Unexpectedly, this guy is not satisfied. They've killed two, and they're counting on people waiting here to be beaten.
It is only three kilometers from the warm water lake. As soon as the battle began, within twenty minutes, the defenders could arrive. Not to mention a genius officer like Tie Lun, even if he has a little military common sense, it is impossible to risk being attacked from both sides. Choose the battlefield here.
However, slander is slander, Xia Qing still knows very well what it means for Tie Lun to leave.
"Then what should we do?" Xia Qing turned his gaze to the map.
"I'm afraid they're united," Roy said, "and these guys are so hard to deal with separately, and if they are together, it won't be easy to kill them." We'll have to stab them again before they converge. Bleed more!"
Looking at Roy's unwilling look, I don't know why. Xia Qing had some chills in his vest.
Remembering the Kevin who challenged at the gate of the first training camp, and the Iron One of the Storm Tavern...... Xia Qing suddenly felt that offending this kid was definitely not a pleasant thing.
This kid is a dog. If you are bitten by him, don't think about him letting go!
At this time, Anse Air and others also surrounded them. Xia Qing asked, "Then what should we do now?" Chase Tielun?"
Roy held his chin and didn't say anything.
After a long time, he made up his mind: "Chase them, no matter what, they can't let them join the night." β
"Where are you going?" asked Thorge.
The current location of the party is between Firefox Village and Warm Lake Castle. As the center of the entire war zone, Firefox Village connects the eastern and western fronts. At the foot of the mountain ahead is the fork in the road. To the north is to go to the Warm Lake Castle. To the southeast is to the village of Firefox, and to the northeast, there is a village called Shuangyanjing.
"Go to the Double-Eyed Well!" Roy said, "Tielun should go from here!"
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"Speed up!"
The officer's roar was distinctly clear in the silent jungle.
The silent Ferry Knights, like a long dragon, marched along the rugged mountain path. The team of nearly two hundred people did not move at all except the sound of horses' hooves trampling the muddy water and their breathing. In the rain, all the knights were already hooded. From a distance, it looks like a team of silent ghosts.
On the ridge, Tie Lun reined in his horse and looked back to the southwest.
Although his view was blocked by the continuous mountains and forests, he seemed to be able to see the castle that should have been conquered by himself, and the mysterious army of Solan.
Tie Lun has a stocky figure and a square face.
Among the five heroes of the Seven Colored Seas, he is the oldest and looks the most calm.
However, everyone who knows Tie Lun knows that this is a beast accustomed to launching deadly attacks in silence. Although among the five masters, Mu Ye topped the list with his extraordinary insight, judgment, and unbridled tactical command, but on the battlefield, what everyone was most unwilling to face was this silent Tie Lun.
Tie Lun's combat style is known for his fierceness.
In Mina's hands, he was the sharpest sword. As long as he was allowed to fight, no matter how stalemate the situation was, and no matter how well the opponent's defense was leaky, he never let Mina down.
That's his talent. On the battlefield, even if they are still far away, the opponent can feel the sense of oppression emanating from this silent square-faced youth. And when he attacks, he will find that no matter how strong the defense line is, it will be like paper in front of him.
During this attack on the fjord, Tieren was assigned to capture the largest warm lake castle in the war zone, which shows how much Minai relied on him.
But what Tie Lun didn't expect was that just when he had arrived at Nuanshui Lake and was about to launch an attack, a letter falcon in the night brought an order for him to give up the attack and move to the Eastern Front.
And what he didn't expect was that in this battle, which was originally as easy as a game, Naqi and Buzz actually got into a fight.
Until now, Tielun didn't know what had happened to these two companions.
But what is certain is that they are now more than lucky. Otherwise, it would not have been possible to have no news at all. You must know that not long ago, the information of the entire fjord theater was still in the hands of its own side.
Look at the sky, the griffin knight who was originally assigned to the Western Front has not been seen for a long time. Another griffin knight sent to Firefox Village from the Eastern Front also disappeared.
It was as if an invisible hand had wiped them from the land, along with Nazi and Buzz.
Now, the other two griffon knights who had to wait for their rest in Fjordtown arrived. Only then will the Filie's army be able to regain control of the information rights in the area and know what is really happening.
"An opponent that should not be taken lightly. That's how the night described that opponent.
The one who was able to take out Buzz and Naqi silently was obviously an opponent to be wary of.
However, Tie Lun was still a little unwilling.
After following Minai for many years, he fought in the north and south of the empire, and even the fierce barbarians have never stopped their footsteps. But today, under the pressure of an opponent who didn't even see his figure, he gave up his goal and retreated in humiliation.
This thought made him hold a fire in his heart.
However, as a general of the unified army, Tie Lun knew very well that war was not allowed to be mixed with personal feelings. He didn't know who his opponent was or how powerful he was. But he knew that it was the right decision to go to meet with Makuya and Azusa Mori now.
"My lord, do we have to make a detour from the north?" Ahead, a henchman galloped in and swung his horse around him.
The front of the team has reached the mountainside, and a few kilometers further past is the fork in the road. The fork in the road is divided into left and right. On the right is the direction of Shuangyanjing Village to the southeast. The road is closer and easier to walk. The other road is to the northeast. That would have to go over two hills. The road to the front and back detours adds up to more than 30 kilometers.
"Do as Makuya-sama says. "Tie Lun is categorical.
It is definitely not a pleasant thing to climb over mountains and mountains in such a rainstorm. The knights below were somewhat resistant and puzzled by such a decision. However, Tie Lun knew that the night was right.
Shuangyanjing Village is an ancient mountain village.
The villagers who live here are all subjects of the owner of the Warm Lake Castle.
They carved out farmland in the surrounding land, where they grazed, picked herbs, and hunted. This means that they have countless paths, hidden in the dense mountain forest.
Therefore, avoiding the village of Twin Eyes is a wise choice to avoid stepping into the trap.
And, if you go north, Makuya will definitely be waiting for you somewhere. If the enemy behind him wants to attack him as he did with Buzz and Nazi, then the road to the north will become a trap against him.
Among the five heroes of the Seven Colors Sea, Mu Ye has the most intelligent brain, and Tie Lun has the best execution.
The two of them have been working together for many years and have never made a mistake.
Not once...... (To be continued......)