Chapter 111: The Battle of Fangshan 6

Watching Albert run and disappear to the end of the dark passage, General Gran's brow shifted, apparently in some kind of struggle. But soon General Gran's eyes froze, and he had already made up his mind: "Adjutant Bernie, inform all teams to board the ship, and without my order, you must not contact the army attacking the mountain!"

"Yes, General, what about the troops who are on a mission in the cottage?"

"Order them to hide their tracks, hurry back to the airport, leave a transport ship waiting for them, and the other ships are ready to go, waiting for my orders, ready to take off at any time!"

"Yes, General!"

As a soldier, General Gran almost ordered the whole army to attack, after all, his chances of victory should be quite good. General Glenn was very sure that the news that his troops were lurking here had not been revealed, so it was obvious that the troops who were now attacking the cottage must have targeted the air thieves in the cottage. So even according to the worst setting, when the cottage has been figured out by the other party, all the preparations of the other party are based on the more than 1,000 empty thieves in the cottage as imaginary enemies. Even if the fortifications of the villages in the cottage and cave are calculated, and the strength of the air thieves is magnified, the redundancy of the other party's plan will definitely not be large enough to resist the army under his command.

Knowing that the 2,400 soldiers under your command, including a hoplite battalion and three light infantry battalions, plus the sailors that the transport fleet can mobilize, it is not difficult to gather 3,600 men, and I don't believe that any neurotic will use more than 4 times the strength required for the mission as a reserve.

Unfortunately, Qin Shouzhuo, who was directing the siege of the cottage, was such a "neurotic".

Fortunately, General Gran is not an impulsive stunned young man, he is over 70 years old, has enough patience and stability, and his abundant fighting spirit also ensures that his physical condition is not much different from that of a middle-aged man aged 40~50. General Gran, accustomed to the ups and downs of the rivers and lakes, was not an impulsive man, and he understood that a sense of honor would not bring him and his soldiers any benefit, on the contrary, if they messed up the Lord's mission, everyone would not be able to eat and walk around.

The main task of coming to this ghost place this time is a certain emerging city, and it is worth the sacrifice to destroy the city, but for such an inexplicable enemy, which leads to his own exposure, the gains outweigh the losses. Since they are allies, then the air thieves are also the army of the divine and true God, and it is the duty of believers to sacrifice themselves for our Lord, and they are just one step ahead, which is their honor.

Although we have made up our minds to take a wave first, we still need to take necessary precautions. While ordering everyone to board the ship, General Gran ordered the mage team to carve a burst circle on the corridor connecting the cave, preparing to detonate the tunnel once discovered, cut off the connection between the two sides, and then open the gate of the airport and forcibly set off.

“...... Hurry up!!"

General Gran urged his men to work, just out of thin air to steal those waste, the general did not believe that the other party could hold on long when he really encountered a strong enemy.

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Albert led more than a hundred people to clear the way in front, and more than 5,000 women and children in the back, which was the reason for the desperate fight of the group at the entrance of the village. They were retreating, and Albert led them to the hidden airfield that had been carved out of the cottage with great effort, where there were dozens of airships that had recently been intercepted, and today they were filled with supplies with the use of prisoners, and as long as they got on the boat, they could leave immediately. Although due to the lack of magicians, the floating mechanism of each ship can only achieve the most basic ascent and descent, and cannot be propelled with it, and the lack of enough skilled sailors dooms each ship's sail action to be bumpy, but it is better than nothing.

However, the reality is so cruel that before the team arrives at the airport, they encounter a group of undressed air thief deserters and learn the news of the fall of the airport. The team was in an uproar, and the situation was about to be unstable. Albert was in a hurry and hit the idea to the group of guys in the back mountain, which was the last way for the cottage to survive.

"Be quiet!! everyone pay attention!! it's too early to give up, we still have one last way, as long as everyone is united, we will definitely break out of the encirclement. If we are captured here, all of us, including our wives and children, will be reduced to slavery, and then everything will be over. For a better future, everyone comes with me!!"

With a wave of his hand, Albert retreated into the village along the way he came, and the majesty of the boss and the performance of his unstoppable strategy ensured Albert's last control of the team at a critical moment.

Albert sent a herald to inform Edwin, who was still resisting, of the fall of the airport, and informed him of the next plan, hoping that Edwin would hold out for a longer time, at least 4 hours.

Waving his hand, signaling that he understood, and letting the herald return, Edwin shook his head with a wry smile. 4 hours? If the other side launches a fierce attack regardless of casualties, I am afraid that I will not be able to hold out for even 40 minutes.

"But...... Gotta hold on!"

In the distance, another obstacle was breached, the previous mace had already been cut off, Edwin brandished his two-handed broadsword with one hand, and pounced on it first, and countless air thieves carrying various building materials and construction waste behind him rushed forward to repair the fortifications.

On the other side of the collapsing obstacle, a large group of heavily armored samurai gathered around a front-loading smoothbore cannon the size of a sea bowl, pointing the muzzle of the cannon at the collapsing house. The gunpowder cannon, which died early due to the strength of the samurai and mage, was quite pathetic in terms of power and accuracy, but the cannon that this group of samurai was surrounded by obviously did not belong to the known category.

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There was a rumbling sound of artillery bombardment in the distance, like a heavy hammer, shaking Albert's mental defense, compared to the magic cannon that belongs to the state of control, the power, performance, etc. are more than a step behind, and the control strength of the gunpowder cannon that is considered useless is much lower, and it is not difficult to obtain, so there are also in the cottage, and there is more than one. But even such an unreliable weapon had to be used, and one can imagine how difficult it was for Edwin to hold on.

Albert didn't know that Edwin, who was now being shelled, was officially holding on. The artillery in the cottage was pushed to the front line early, but the Brownian motion shells fired by this primitive artillery were of little use, and they failed to cause much trouble to the attackers, so they were named in turn by the accurate counterattack artillery fire of the Babia mercenary group.

Ordering the demolition of the small courtyard and the study inside that had been forbidden to anyone except the two heads of the house, revealing a whole wall that clings to the mountain wall, Albert stepped forward to move the mechanism, and in the stunned eyes of a group of air thieves behind him, a dark cave appeared on the mountain wall. After arranging things such as maintaining order and receiving Edwin's retreat, Albert walked into the darkness with two guards first, followed by his own and Edwin's family members, and then the old man and children, and the young man carried the luggage, holding wooden sticks, spatulas and other "weapons", consciously guarding the rear.

The cave was long, and the road was not easy to follow, and despite orders to bring as many torches as possible, there was still the sound of someone falling from time to time. Without waiting, Albert was fast, and he had to meet General Gran as soon as possible, and get permission to place the old and weak women and children behind him in the back of the airport. It didn't take long for a light to appear in Albert's eyes.

"Stop! This is not a place where anyone can come!"

"General Bernie. Albert saw that he was greeted by an acquaintance, and hurriedly stepped forward, not wanting Bernie to be unsympathetic at this time, he drew his sword and stabbed it directly, and the tip of the sword instantly pressed against Albert's throat.

"I said, 'Stop'. Didn't you hear?"

"There's something to say, there's something to say!" "Hands raised, Albert's whole body tensed, "General Bernie, I want to see General Gran, I need your help!"

"Your Excellency the General is very busy and doesn't have time to see you, hurry up and withdraw with your people, and restore the camouflage door, the existence of our legion cannot be exposed until the mission is completed. Adjutant Bernie was unmoved, the information on the attack on the cottage on the other side of the mountain wall was already known, and the team that had fled back earlier also brought the news that the airport had been occupied.

The troops attacking the cottage were obviously prepared, and not only did they quickly defeat the village outside the cave, but the entrance to the cave did not last long before they were killed in the village. On the other side, the airport that was quite well hidden was actually defeated by the other party, and it was too late to sink the airship. This kind of tactical execution ability is also a rare elite in the Legion of Light.

In this case, the air thieves are desperate, and it is very likely that they will be taken here to ask for help or something, and General Gran is naturally prepared, and he also sent his confidant and favorite general, Adjutant Bernie, to personally lead the team and stick to the entrance of the passage. Of course, it wasn't the one who came to pick it up.

"Repeat: the presence of our legion cannot be revealed, immediately exit the passage with your men and camouflage the entrance. ”

Although he had thought of this possibility for a long time, when it came, Albert still rushed to despair in his heart. Grabbing the tip of the sword against his throat with one hand, he let the blood flow down the blade as if he didn't know it.

"General Bernie, the cottage has been lost, the airport has fallen, and everyone in the village who can hold weapons is fighting the enemy, and these people behind me are just old and weak women and children. I ask General Bernie to have mercy and let these old and weak women and children hide here, and I will lead all my brothers to fight to the death, and I will never let this place be exposed, and please trust the General in our determination to protect our families. ”

As he spoke, Albert suddenly knelt on his knees and bowed to the young officer in front of him, who was more than twenty years younger than himself: "General Bernie, if I gamble on my dignity as a magician, I will definitely keep the secret of the passage, no matter what, the old and weak women and children here, please ......"

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