Chapter 22: Night Attack (4)
"Ahh The voice immediately interrupted Raphael's musings, as it realized that the owner of the voice was none other than one of his Soul Eaters. Raphael looked up at the source of the sound, and in the faint light of the fire, a man dressed in black fell from the roof.
Raphael raised his eyebrows, he only needed to see the general direction to understand that it was definitely a secret post that he had arranged in advance, but the Soul Eater who was originally used to cause riots and assassinations was killed by someone else. This surprised Raphael, although most of his elite were taken away by Senate, but the inner Ying he arranged in the city tonight was still strictly trained by him, and it was said that ordinary soldiers or mercenaries could not be their opponents.
"Who is it?" the thought had barely crossed Raphael's mind when he saw a familiar figure, looking out of his window, about a street away, at the crossroads, a young man in a wizard's robe appeared in his field of vision.
"Damn, it's Ryan, I know!" Raphael saw the young man in front of him, and immediately understood where the ominous premonition in his heart came from, at this time, a man dressed as a mercenary stood up from the corpse of the soul eater who fell on the street, and shouted a few words loudly to the magician, because the distance was a little far, and the sound in the city was relatively noisy at this time, Raphael couldn't quite know the content of the shout, but it was nothing more than the words that his subordinates had died.
Standing on the rooftop, Colin shouted at Ryan in the middle of the street below, "This is the second one." There was a hint of ostentation in Colin's tone, because on the roof across the street, Thomas didn't even get a single one.
Ryan didn't speak, just waved his hand, signaling Colin to move on, and Colin turned his head, the short bow in his hand drooped slightly, so that the feather arrow on the bowstring was facing the ground, with Colin's archery, he didn't need to aim at all in a short distance, as long as he pulled the bowstring against the target and then released, it was enough to hit the target.
The 5 mercenaries under Oz behind Colin looked at Colin's back with a look of adoration, Colin, who was not outstanding in appearance, was comparable to a sensitive clouded leopard, the two killers just now were simply hidden in the dark, but Colin was completely able to shoot the feather arrows in his hand before they attacked, which none of the mercenaries present could ask themselves, they all knew very well that if they let the opponent shoot first, I am afraid that there would be casualties on their side, it can be said that Colin saved them twice.
Under Colin's leadership, these mercenaries are also vigilant and search forward, but they have only been trained by Oz as a warrior, and the only thing they can rely on for this kind of scout-like mission is their own flexible skills.
Oz strode at the front of the line with two steel axes, and beside him, two mercenaries armed with round shields quickly followed his steps, and their mission was to keep Captain Oz safe, using shields to block threats from any direction.
Although there were only two streets from Oz's house to the city gate area, Ryan still put on a marching stance, and the entire procession was manned in front of and on the left and right, so as to avoid being caught off guard by the enemy hidden in the darkness.
Of course, Ryan and they don't know where Raphael's arrangement should be located in Seabreeze City, and they don't know how many enemies there are, in fact, Raphael has limited manpower at hand, and it must be all over Seabreeze City, so it is impossible to carry out a large-scale sneak attack on Ryan and his party, after Colin killed those two killers, there is basically only Raphael half a street away in this vicinity, and the latter will not take the initiative to attack no matter what, he values his life more than anything else.
After two hiccupes, Ryan and his party arrived at the City Gate District. Due to the flames in the city, the morale of the soldiers of Seabreeze who tried to retake the city gate was greatly reduced, and their families almost lived in the city, and they could definitely fight the enemy in order to protect the city, but conversely, once the city fell, they would also lose their combat effectiveness because they cared about their families.
It was for this reason that the Seabreeze City army, which outnumbered its opponents by almost six times, was unable to break through the defensive line laid out by the Lightning Mercenary Regiment. When Andy, the leader of the Lightning Mercenary Regiment, was ordered to attack the gate of Seabreeze City, he had already considered the situation of a stalemate, and the countermeasure he had planned in advance was to prepare a large number of bows and arrows, and use the carriage as a cover to kill and injure the Seabreeze City soldiers from a long distance, so as to delay the arrival of his large army.
The Lightning Mercenary Regiment got its name from this because more than half of its members are proficient in archery, in fact, Andy was originally a shooter captain under Sennat, and he was originally ordered to bring his own marksmen, plus some other men of Sennat to form the Lightning Mercenary Group.
Under the precise archery skills of the lightning mercenary group, the soldiers of Seabreeze City suffered a lot of losses, these soldiers had slept well, and they got up in a hurry to face the battle, not to mention that the necessary weapons and equipment were not brought, and many people did not even wear their clothes and shoes and socks neatly, fortunately, it was only early autumn, and the temperature was not too cold, otherwise their non-combat attrition was definitely a huge number.
When Oz walked to less than ten meters away from the Seabreeze City officer who was in charge of commanding the counterattack at the city gate, the other party found that more than thirty mercenaries had appeared behind him, which also made Oz shake his head in his heart, if he had bad intentions, I am afraid that these people would all die before they could figure out what was going on.
"Who is it?" several guards beside the officer pulled out their swords with a "whoosh", and Oz immediately stood still and said loudly, "Please don't get me wrong, I'm the captain of Oz's squad to which the Tempest Mercenary Regiment belongs......"
Before Oz could finish introducing himself, he heard a surprised voice on the other side shout: "Oz?"
Ozdine looked at it, but saw a familiar face from the soldiers opposite, and he was immediately overjoyed, because he didn't need to bother to explain his identity to others, and hurriedly shouted: "It's you? ”
The man named Bivis looked at Oz in amazement, and said repeatedly, "Oz, it's so good to see you, why are you here?"
Without waiting for Oz to reply, the commander of the army asked, "Bivis, do you know this person?"
"Yes, sir!" said Beavis, cried out, "he and I have been neighbors since I was a child, and then went out on adventures and became a mercenary. ”
"Is it reliable?" the army commander asked, lowering his voice.
"Sir," Bivis hurriedly took a few steps forward and whispered in his commander's ear, "Except for one trip to the Imperial Capital to participate in the Royal Athletic Competition, he is basically near Seabreeze City, so there shouldn't be any problems." Besides," Speaking of which, Bivis paused slightly, he organized the wording in his mind, and continued: "If they really have any problems, then they are already less than ten meters away from us just now......"
Bivis's words shocked the commander's heart, but then he understood what his subordinates meant, indeed, if Oz really had a problem, then there was no need to say anything just now, and he rushed up directly and slashed, which was enough to hit his paralyzed and careless party hard, and ...... The commander looked up at Oz's back, Ryan and then Faras, dressed in mage's robes, stood out, and it was clear that this power was enough to destroy the chain of command of his own army.
"Very good, O'...... ......"
"It's Oz. Bivis hastened to remind his chief.
"Well, Mr. Oz. The commander froze, and continued, "Thank you very much and your teammates, now we need the power of those two mages under your command, I hope you ......"
"No problem. Oz immediately replied, "We'll do our best." ”
Ryan raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect that the commander in front of him would immediately think of borrowing his magic power to break through the opponent's defense, but this was an extremely correct choice. In the short time that Oz was talking to the other party, Ryan had already observed the situation of the battle line at close range, for the opponent's archers who relied on the archery accuracy behind the carriage, if they could not call the stone throwing cart or ballista, then using a team of giant shield warriors could also greatly protect those arrows flying in the air, but it was obvious that the Sea Breeze City army in front of him was not equipped with these, so letting the magician take action was the only and fastest way.
"Mobilize an elite squad to follow us, whose mission is to occupy the enemy's existing positions. Ryan walked up to the commander in a few steps and said lightly, "Magic can destroy the enemy's flesh, but it is up to the infantry to occupy the position." ”
The commander was stunned, he didn't expect Ryan to utter the famous phrase of Fernando I, which he had only learned during his non-commissioned officer training at the Royal Military Academy. However, after this short period of sluggishness, the commander immediately gave an order to his guard, Bevis: "You go and pick 50 men and fight with them." ”
Ryan didn't care about any of this at all, the enemy in front of him was far smaller than his side, but he relied on the carriage fortifications to fight to the death, there was only one possibility, that is, they were all stalling for time, and there was no doubt that the real battle had not yet begun.
Ryan slowly walked towards the area where the two sides were fighting, he had already blessed himself with the "Stone Skin Technique" before, and now he had added a "Mirror Technique" to himself. When he saw seven identical Ryan strolling in front of him, the commander of Seabreeze City immediately relieved his heart, with the help of such a magician, he should be able to retake the city gate, right?