Chapter 125: Offense as Defense

"God is great!" The frenzied cheers suddenly resounded in the city, and under the horrified gaze of the officers and men of the Ninth Division, thousands of Moses took the opportunity to rush towards them. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The Ninth Division was caught off guard, and was killed and retreated by the enemy again and again, seeing that the situation was reversed in an instant, James was shocked, and hurriedly went to the battlefield in person to organize his troops to fight back.

After the initial confusion, the Ninth Division's well-trained superiority was quickly brought into play, and they quickly stabilized their position in extremely unfavorable conditions, with the heavy infantry phalanx withstanding wave after wave of Moses, and the crossbows killing and wounding a large number of enemy troops in large numbers under the cover of tower shields.

"Heavy infantry! Advance!" I don't know that I personally cut down the young Moses soldiers, the commander James has completely killed the red eye, and under his command, the heavy infantry phalanx regained the lost position little by little with its tenacious combat effectiveness.

Seeing that the attack was blocked, the Moses quickly withdrew to the city, and before the Ninth Division could breathe a sigh of relief, a moment later they saw huge black shadows hanging down from the obelisk white tower.

"Quick! Retreat! Retreat!" After seeing the dark shadow above clearly, James's face turned pale and he gave the order to retreat in a hurry.

"It's ...... Meteorite rain?" Marven and the other magicians stared at the sky above the battlefield in amazement, and the roaring meteorite rain dragged a long tail flame and smashed down on the air above the heavy infantry phalanx.

The heavy infantry phalanx was in chaos, and the soldiers hurriedly threw away the tower shield and began to scatter and flee, but the armor on their bodies was too heavy, and they were temporarily unable to move, and almost became a live target for the meteorite rain.

With several loud noises that shook the sky, the Ninth Division was smashed to the ground with bloody flesh and screams, and the counterattack of the heavy infantry phalanx was completely disintegrated in an instant.

The nightmare was not over yet, and the surviving heavy infantry were horrified to find two feet tall and flame-covered rock giants roaring in front of them in the craters of meteorite rain on the ground.

"The God of Light is above, this is a super-level magic combat skill composed of two summoning magics------- Heavenly Descending Hero!" Rogge only felt that his mouth was dry for a while, and patted Marven on the shoulder with a wry smile, "It seems that the Ninth Division is in big trouble, and now sitting in the Obelisk White Tower, it is very likely that the Boko Haram Magister ------- Ahmed, who is known as the Great Summoner!"

Marven couldn't help but gasp, "Now it seems that the ancient magic array in the city has only been repaired." ”

The Rock Giants were so hard that their swords could hardly hurt them, and the heavy infantry with their martial arts were almost powerless in front of them.

"Mage Regiment, prepare to disperse!" In the face of these almost invulnerable summons, James had to withdraw the heavy infantry with heavy casualties, and dispatched almost all the mage troops, and under the dispersal magic attacks of hundreds of mages, the frenzied attack of these rock giants was gradually contained.

There was another frenzied cheer among the Moses rebels, and while the formation of the Ninth Division was in disarray, they once again came like a tidal wave.

"Target ahead, shoot!" With an order, the crossbowmen of the Ninth Division fired a dense rain of arrows forward, but this time the killing effect was greatly reduced------ Moses rebels quickly rushed to the crossbowmen under the double cover of heavy infantry and rock giants.

Although the crossbowmen of the 9th Division are also the elite of a hundred battles, they are still mainly composed of some mediocre marksmen, and although these experienced marksmen are extremely lethal in long-range attacks, they have no upper hand in hand-to-hand combat.

The battle was in a stalemate for a while, and James retreated from the front and urgently convened a military meeting.

"Your Excellency, the enemy's counteroffensive is too strong, our army has suffered heavy casualties, and we need assistance......" At the meeting, the generals poured out their bitterness to James.

"I have sent urgent information to Lord Rocherio, the main force of the Empire cannot be withdrawn for the time being, but His Excellency the Marshal will send other troops to our side to help, and before that, we need to defend the outer city at all costs!" James took out a letter with gold rimmed, put it on the table, and added coldly: "This is Marshal Rocherio's order. ”

The generals circulated the letter to each other, although they knew that the Imperial military would not sit idly by and ignore the crisis here, but they were not happy at all, the main force of the Empire was outside, and the only ones who could reinforce them were some miscellaneous armies with low combat effectiveness, which meant that the main combat mission had to rely on the Ninth Division to complete.

In the end, apart from calming the morale of Rocherio's orders, the entire military meeting ended in nothing, and James learned another terrible fact from the prisoners of war------- the royal coup d'Γ©tat was a complete failure, and the resistance in the city was greatly strengthened.

"Master Marven, it seems that our plan has completely failed. James looked frustrated, taking the information from the torture of the prisoners, "The royal family has failed, the rebels have integrated all the military forces in the city, and it is very likely that the ancient magic circle has been repaired." ”

"Marven, Mance, you are now my most capable subordinates, I wonder if you have any good suggestions?" After the meeting ended, James left behind the commander of the Pioneer Battalion, and the Pioneer Battalion, as the trump card of the Ninth Division, was the force that James relied on the most.

"Your Excellency, Commander, although the situation is grim now, it is not completely impossible, now, the rebels have received strong reinforcements, and the pressure on our frontal defense is too great, but we can adopt the strategy of attacking and defending to fight for a glimmer of life. Marven replied in a low voice, his eyes fixed on the sand table on the table.

James frowned slightly, "It's a good idea to attack as defense, but now that our army has suffered heavy casualties and the fortress has been destroyed, the remaining siege equipment can't threaten the rebels at all, so how can we attack and defend?"

Marven smiled slightly, and said with some confidence: "Your Excellency, the heavy infantry and crossbowmen of our army have indeed suffered heavy casualties, but aren't the heavy knights still intact? Now, it's their turn to play their role." ”

"Heavy knights?" James shook his head with a disappointed face after hearing this, "I thought I could have any good suggestions, although the heavy knights are powerful, they can have limited mobility in the city and their war horses can't climb over the city walls, they have never been the main force in the offensive and defensive battles of the fortress, this is common sense!"

"No, Your Excellency Commander, the tactics of each class are not static, this time the Heavy Knights may be able to play a role, I have prepared the means of attack in advance, you just wait to see the show!"

Seeing that the horse seemed to have a bra, James slapped the table and made up his mind: "Well, since you are so sure, then the Heavy Knights will be commanded by you for the time being!"

The battle outside the battlefield continued, the Rock Giant's attack was only halted by the dispersal magic, and hundreds of fire elementals were summoned out of thin air on the battlefield, and the mage regiment had to fight for the seemingly never-ending attack of elemental creatures. The rebels, with the assistance of the Magister Ahmet, have become more and more courageous, and the 9th Division has gradually been squeezed to the edge of the moat.

James' expression was extremely solemn, and if he continued like this, the outer city was about to be lost. The morale of the officers and men at all levels of the Ninth Division was also greatly demoralized, as the elite division of the empire, they had never been so embarrassed by the army of a small country, as the rebels poured out and stepped up their offensive, they became more and more powerless, and saw that the last line of defense was about to be broken.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, the earth seemed to tremble, and the rear of the rebels suddenly became dusty, and the Ninth Division heard an incomparably familiar and heroic cry.

"The God of Light is with the Empire!" a roar from the Heavy Knights resounded from the rear of the rebels, and the hearts of the Ninth Division were lifted, and the rebels hurriedly turned their spearheads and waited for the battle, but did not find a single knight.

"The God of Light is with the Empire!" The shout sounded again, accompanied by the mournful wail of the defenders of the inner city, the faces of the rebels in the outer city suddenly changed greatly, and they were completely confused--------- the heavy knights of the Ninth Division had already entered the inner city at some point.

The defenders of the inner city experienced a nightmare scene at this moment------- at the foot of the inner city wall collapsed more than a dozen large holes almost instantly, and countless knights in heavy armor rode out of the holes on war horses.

It turned out that the walls of the inner city of Crete had long been dug through the tunnels dug by the imperial engineers, and the defense of the inner city was almost useless at this moment.

The Heavy Knights took advantage of their mobility to rush left and right in the inner city, unstoppable, but the main force of the resistance was dragged out of the city at the moment, and Lihid, Garg and others, who were in command in the city, panicked and hid in the obelisk white tower.

"Rogge, you take care of Zhang Feng, and the others will attack the obelisk white tower with me!" Marven glanced at the members of the Holy Sword Mercenary Group, gritted his teeth and said, "Now that there is chaos inside and outside the city, it is our good opportunity!" In an inconspicuous corner of the city, Marven led a small team of men and horses and quietly approached the Obelisk White Tower.

"Understood!" Rogge hurriedly grabbed Zhang Feng and took him to a remote corner. Since there was no moat separating the inner and outer cities of Crete, after laying the outer city, Marven began to plan to use the tunnels to infiltrate, if it weren't for the base of the Obelisk White Tower being too strong, he would have wanted the engineers to dig the tunnels directly under the ancient magic array.

"No, Brother Marven, I'm going to fight with you!" Zhang Feng struggled away from Rogge's side, "I already know how to do magic, I want to fight like a real magician, don't always be under your protection." ”

"Hehe, Zhang Feng, your magic is indeed improving rapidly, but you can't just fight like this, you better find time to practice more, and when you grow up, you will definitely be able to become a better magician than me......" Marven pinched Zhang Feng's little face, and coaxed him to Rogge's side, his eyes full of doting.

"How similar is this scene...... Looking at the back of Zhang Feng leaving, Marven couldn't help but sigh, thinking that when he first learned magic in the Eternal Forest, he was just like him, stubbornly asking to join the battles.

"Hypatia, I won't let you down, soon, I will be able to find our faith!" Seeing things and thinking about people, Marven held the dragon coin in his hand tightly, and his eyes were firmly fixed on the obelisk white tower in front of him.