Chapter 170: Corps
Stannis sat down feebly as he threw his swords on the ground, he could no longer hold them.
At this time, the awakened power in his original body had dissipated, and he had reverted to the familiar traverser.
And on the refrozen ice shell, hordes of monsters were rushing towards him, and although they had lost their leader, they did not scatter.
Stannis, who had exhausted all his strength, sat there calmly with his hands on his body, as if he was on an outing, there was nothing left to save him, and in the face of the sea of corpses, the defense line built by humans was about to break, although the number of Chaos Folk had been wiped out by half, but the combined forces of Erathia and Rhodok were also killed and wounded, and in the face of a flank attack from three directions, it was only a matter of time before they were lost.
Maybe it would be nice to hang up like this, and the fear in his heart was alleviated a lot when he thought of this, at least so that he didn't have to face Anister and her betrayal again......
The monster was less than 10 meters away from him, and in a few seconds, his head would hit the ground.
But he felt the ice begin to shake, and the two swords kept shaking on it, and a loud roar could be heard in the distance, like ...... The sound of steel hitting the ice?
Through the endless tide of corpses, Stannis noticed the appearance of hundreds of cavalry in the far south, their arms holding elongated crossspears, their bodies draped in light cuirass, the white horses' beards burning in the air like fire, and their iron hooves striking the ground.
And as can be seen from the flags they tied to the hilts of their guns, they are Rhodoks!
Finally, at the moment when the sun was about to set, the reinforcements they had promised appeared in time for the sky.
"Boss, you're so heavy, it's time to lose weight. ”
Robert grumbled as he carried Stannis through the black waters, where large numbers of Chaos people were being surrounded and harvested not far away, but these were the new ones.
"After this battle, I will find a country woman to have a child, and never touch the sword again. Robert couldn't remember how many swords he had broken and how many swords he had picked up, and at the end of the fight, he had already killed Red-Eye, and he actually ripped the scythe from the monster and used it as a weapon.
"Don't stand this kind of flag, I'm going to squeeze you a little more~~" Stannis said weakly, he was now being dragged forward like a flour bag.
A cavalryman came from a distance, and the wet white air from the nose of the white horse sitting down made Stannis's nose itch too.
"Excuse me, who is Lord Justine?"
"I am. Stannis tried to raise his hand, but eventually gave up.
The knight gave him a solemn salute and said, "I have come to meet him by order of the commander of the army, Romulo, at the edge of that trench. ”
"Ha, there's a big guy here, radish, drag me over~~"
The two men had been grinding in the snow for a long time before they appeared at the bottom of the hillside, the flames in the tunnel had long since been extinguished, and it was filled with burned bones, nearly filling the trench, the only remnants left of the dead Chaos people.
And there, an officer in heavy armor was standing there bowing his head in silence, and under his feet, rows of Rhodok's brown bear flags were spread out on the ground, and the bottom was covered with cold corpses, these were Rhodok soldiers who had died in battle, and under those white faces, Stannis found the face of Vibius, the brave centurion lying there as if he were asleep, according to Rhodok, the warrior who fought until his thighs were cut off.
Stannis stood there silently, he did not disturb the silent ceremony of the corps commander, and finally after waiting for a few minutes, the middle-aged man with gray hair finally raised his head, and he nodded apologetically to Stannis.
"I'm sorry, Your Excellency, this is our Rhodoc tradition, and the last thing I can do for my fallen comrades, who will then be cremated and returned to their loved ones in this banner. ”
Stannis shook his head unmindingly, indicating that he understood. However, this army is also too advanced, with a professionalism comparable to the strongest legion in the Cold Weapon Era, and a perfect aftermath system, Stannis can't help but ask if they were established by another traverser.
Not only is this like the formation of a professional army, but the combat effectiveness of these Rhodoks is also amazing, although they attack from behind, but in just a quarter of an hour, this force of only more than 700 people will annihilate all the monsters three times their size like an autumn wind sweeping leaves, first the cavalry launched a charge to disperse the monsters' formation, and then the infantry approached in a phalanx of 50 people, and then launched a formation to start killing efficiently.
Stannis, who was sitting on the ground at the time, watched the battle with his mouth open the whole time, it turned out that humans can also carry out a one-sided slaughter of monsters, compared to the efficient combat methods of the Rhodok Legion, Erathia's army praised them when they were said to be a rabble.
At the moment when the battle ended, another bold idea arose in Stannis's mind.
"Commander Romulo, thank you for your timely rescue, without your army, the consequences would be unimaginable. ”
The Commander shook his head, "These are the credit of my men, who fought only in the morning after fending off a monster attacking the town, and immediately moved here. And Vibius......" He paused and said wistfully, "My old friend took the initiative to ask Ying to help you in your defense, but I didn't expect him to die in battle in this foreign land. ”
Although he had only known Vibius for less than a day, Stanis was already full of admiration for the centurion.
Suddenly, he scratched his head and said a little ashamedly: "Really, you see that we fled all the way for our lives, and we didn't bring anything valuable to reward your men, these monsters will become a puddle of black water after they die, and there is no loot to capture." ”
Romulo shook his head and corrected him solemnly: "We are the Rhodoc Legion, we just need to obey the orders of the commander." ”
"But why do you want to save us? As far as I know, Erathia and Rhodok have a bitter enmity, and you could have watched the fire from the other side of the border, but why should you pay such a great price to come to save your enemies? ”
Romulo had a serious face, he had already thought about this question clearly, "Because now we have to abandon all hatred and fight together against the unknown enemy, the end of this world is coming, if we humans can't be united, can we expect other races to shoulder the enemy side by side with us?"
Stannis didn't expect such thoughtful words to come out of the mouth of a middle-level officer, the ideological consciousness of people in this world is really not simple.
"You came up with all these words yourself?"
Romulo shook his head and said the same thing as Vibius before, "No, this is the speech given by our commander, Commander of the V Army, Hamilson, at the mobilization meeting. ”
"......" Stannis decides to meet this guy named Hamilson to determine if he is a time-traveler after all.