After separating from Seaworth, Stannis, who was in a state of extreme euphoria, did not fall asleep, and although it was late at night, he decided to check if there were any holes in the defensive line before going back to sleep. x

After walking down the hill, he was surprised to find that there were many white tents on the north side of the trench dug in the afternoon, and it seemed that the Rhodoc army was preparing to camp here, and they had not taken the house with the people of the hill and Erathians on such a cold day, and Stannis had to take a high look at their military discipline.

"Isn't this Your Excellency Justine, why can't you sleep so late?"

Stannis heard a familiar sound coming from the campfire, and he looked for the sound and saw that it was Centurion Vibius sitting beside him.

The lord smiled and walked over, "I wonder if you can let me sit down and keep warm?"

Vibius made a gesture of please, and Stannis sat down unceremoniously. He rubbed his body to warm up, and sure enough, after getting used to the bursting warmth of the oil, the ordinary flame could no longer have a warming effect on him.

"Is there any wine?" he asked, intensifying.

Vibius smiled, the best way for men to bond with each other was to drink together, and he handed Stannis a bulging snakeskin sac, who took it and drank it greedily.

Different from the spicy liquor here, Rhodoc's wine is very gentle, even sweet, just like rice wine, Stannis took a few sips greedily, and his body finally warmed up.

As soon as the people drank, of course, the conversation box was opened, and Stannis patted his shoulder and exclaimed: "I am really a gang of people, who have come from thousands of miles to save your enemies, and it seems that you Rhodoc internationalism is very rampant." ”

Vibius was very serious, "These monsters are our common enemies, and in front of them, we must all unite, otherwise we will only be greeted by destruction." ”

"Drink, I didn't expect a big old man to have such a high ideological consciousness, you came up with these words yourself?"

Vibius shook his head, "No, this is the speech that our Legion Commander Hamilson gave at this mobilization meeting. ”

"He is worthy of being the commander of the legion, and the level of words is different. ”

Stannis took a few more sips of his drink, then observed the Rhodok soldiers seated next to him, who could be broadly divided into two categories: pikemen with crossspears and crossbowmen with heavy crossbows, but most notably at range, each soldier carried a large broad shield and a short sword at his waist, even the centurion, regardless of melee range.

One is near and one is far, but the division of labor is clear, that is, the number of people is too small. Stannis thought as he glanced at the Chaos folks across the river, a steady stream of white monsters gathering, and twice as many as they had seen this morning.

"Are you afraid? Vibius followed his gaze and sensed what he was looking at.

The lord's frozen stiff face barely squeezed out a smile and said the truth, "In the face of that kind of ghostly thing, as long as it is a person, how can he not be afraid!"

"I'm fortunate to be like you, and I'm so scared that I'm about to collapse." ”

Stannis glanced at him, and he really couldn't see it when he was so calm.

"But we are warriors of Rhodok, and the fate of warriors is to go back with this shield or lie on it!"

How did Stannis feel that this sentence was familiar, but he still decided to ease the atmosphere, "Don't be so serious, maybe we can all survive......"

Before he could finish his life, the centurion drew his short sword and began to beat it on his shield, and more and more soldiers responded to their superiors, all striking the shield with the hilt of their swords, and at last, a myriad of powerful voices converged into one and made a rhythmic drum sound like a drum.

"Why do I start playing the drums when I talk well, then won't I have to ...... next?"

Vibius began to sing aloud, and his soldiers began to harmonize.

“...... If they don't agree with each other, they will sing war songs. Stannis finally spread his hands helplessly, and had to give up spitting.

The Rhodok was singing military songs in his own language, and although he couldn't understand the lyrics, the pathos, gloomy tone made Stannis suffocated, and he suddenly understood that these people were fighting desperately not for the so-called empty 'glory', but only to simply survive and go back to be able to reunite with their families.

In the end, this late-night chorus ended with angry complaints from the people on Erathia's side.

The next morning, Stannis walked out of the house rubbing his eyes and was shocked by the black oppression in front of him, and after a night of gathering, the Chaos people across the river still accumulated a jaw-dropping number, and he just counted them with his eyes, and found in despair that there were at least 5,000 monsters on the other side.

And they have less than 1,000 people here...... A third of them were already frightened, and no matter how you look at it, they had no hope of holding out until the afternoon.

Stannis hurriedly dressed and put on the two swords, he thought about it and still didn't bring it to battle, because it was best to save his strength against that kind of monster.

When he finished dressing and jumped down the hill, he found that Rhodok's army had begun to line up, and rows of pikemen raised their shields to form a tortoiseshell formation and stood in the aisle, and Rulin's spears extended from the gaps between the shields and stacked on top of each other, like a steel hedgehog.

At the same time, Rhodok's crossbowmen will also stand with Zivignie's foot archers, who will be the first to strike the first round.

Behind the Rhodok tortoiseshell formation is Barrow's troops, who are now led by Robert and are responsible for guarding the trenches from where monsters break through.

Fibbos and Turania were guarding the western flank, where there was a shallow beach that had not yet frozen enough to hold back the Chaos people's attacks from there, so the pressure was not great. Enrique and Vaen's forces were deployed on the east flank, which was a cliff, so it was just a matter of preventing a sneak attack.

About three hundred of them were still cowering in the abandoned village, and no matter how hard Stannis tried, the frightened men refused to fight.

There was only a river between them and the monsters, and by noon, the river had finally frozen!

As if someone had given them another silent order, the Chaos Folk began to march like a hillside in batches, first one, then a group, and finally a wave of corpses as white as a wave of corpses poured towards the living.

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