Chapter 145: The Queen
In the face of the dense and sharp spear, even the kobold who was unusually brave a moment ago inevitably began to panic in his heart.
The retreat of the kobold forces will inevitably put some pressure on Duoduo, but in the face of such a phalanx of spearmen, it is indeed difficult to resist without the support of shield-wielding troops.
The current situation is not the time to feel the elite troops under his command, thinking of Duoduo here, he directly dispatched a part of the werewolf warriors to resist the advance of Qin Yi's large army on this side, but unexpectedly, at this moment, Li Qing, who had been staring at the movement here, was also waiting for an opportunity.
"Surprise attack of the whole army!"
With an order, the long-silent military formation completely exposed their hideous fangs at this moment, and Qin Yi, who had already rested enough, waved the long knife in his hand and took the lead to break through again!
In front of Qin Yi, a few werewolf warriors were not afraid at all, and between the swings of the long knife, the three werewolf warriors who tried to block his way, just one shot at him, one was killed and two wounded, and the eyelids of Duoduo in the back jumped straight.
"Richard, stop that human for me!!"
Richard, who received the order, decisively brandished his short knife and rushed forward again, but Li Qing, who had been guarding against the opposite hand for a long time, how could he let this werewolf get in their way?
"Stop him!"
With the same order, more than 20 spears attacked Richard at the same time, in the face of such a battle, no matter how fierce the general, they had to take two steps back, of course, Richard was no exception, but this retreat, it would be difficult to attack again, these spearmen were obviously kept by Li Qing.
After a rush to kill, with the reintegration of the two troops, a whole formation was switched again, with Qin Yi as a sharp knife, frantically breaking through in one direction, several targeted formation changes and tacit cooperation between soldiers made them tear a gap in the encirclement network of the orc army, and rushed out all the way.
"Chase, chase me!"
At this moment, Duoduo's face was undoubtedly difficult to see, and it was the first time he had encountered such a situation.
Qin Yi, who had successfully broken through, turned his head and glanced at the orc army that was chasing after them, the other party was chasing very closely, and the soldiers in the rear were dying more and more, and someone had to stay behind to buy time for the others to retreat.
As soon as he thought of this, Qin Yi immediately slowed down and retreated to Li Qing's side.
"Lao Li!"
"Not allowed!"
Li Qing spit out these two words with a pale face, even if he didn't listen, he knew what Qin Yi wanted to say.
"You should see this situation better than I do, someone must stay behind, or everyone will die!"
Speaking of this, Qin Yi said in a slightly slower tone: "You, there are still rich people, there is only one way to die if you stay, only I ......"
"It's a dead end for you to stay!"
Li Qing, who has always had a calm personality, was obviously out of control at this moment, and Qin Yi's words were interrupted twice in a short period of time.
"But at least I can buy more time!" Qin Yi replied without showing weakness.
"And don't forget, before dark, the people of Copper City have just evacuated!"
In a word, it directly stabbed Li Qing's weakness, making his face pale, and he couldn't say half a word at all, such a large-scale movement, even if he rushed overnight, at this time, the people of Tongcheng would definitely not be able to go far, once they were caught up by these monsters, the end could be imagined.
"Running further on, it's the city gate, what should I do after that, I don't need to say more, right?"
While speaking, the city gate on the other side of the copper city was already close in front of them, in order to facilitate the evacuation later, even after nightfall, the city gate was not lowered, but it saved them trouble.
With this thought, Li Qing turned around and confirmed the location of the pursuers, relying on his familiarity with the terrain of Tongcheng, he also threw off a distance, but it was a dream to get rid of it completely.
"Qin Yi ......"
"Let's go!"
As he spoke, Qin Yi reached out and snatched Li Qingzhong's torch and pushed the person out of the city gate, and then he turned around, unwilling to look at his old brother's expression.
Qin Yi was in a trance for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, he suddenly found that there were dozens of figures standing beside him, and suddenly, the tip of his nose was sour and tears almost burst down.
"What's going on with you guys? Why don't you retreat with the big army, why stay? ”
"The brothers aren't afraid that you won't be able to stand it alone, so stay and have a good time."
"Fart! Lao Tzu beats them a hundred like playing! ”
Hearing this, Qin Yi laughed and scolded directly, his voice was a little hoarse uncontrollably, one by one, but it was really his old brother, he was the first batch of soldiers under him, after so many years of fighting, he died, he retired, and now there are only a few who are still following him, and he can name each of them.
As he spoke, there was a burst of laughter, and the army of orcs who were quickly chasing them in the distance had already surrounded them at the city gate.
A few hours ago, Great Xia City.
After leaving Tongcheng, the messenger galloped all the way to the dock, and then urgently requisitioned a ship, all the way down the water, and finally delivered the battle report from the front line to Xia Qi's hands as quickly as possible.
After quickly reading the battle report sent back from the front line, Xia Qi's whole mental state became even tighter than before, that Duoduo turned out to be a special civilization!
At this point, he really never thought that the first time he encountered an invader of a special civilization, the whole person couldn't be nervous, the battle report mentioned that the monster with a long nose and big ears and huge fangs, but with two legs walking upright, with limited information, Xia Qi's first thought was the orc!
Orcs with strong physiques often have far more individual combat effectiveness than human soldiers, but, after all, it is a strategic war game, considering the balance, a class, on the premise of having strengths, will definitely have weaknesses, and orcs are of course no exception.
As for the specific situation, Xia Qi is not clear for the time being, and he can't make a conclusion based on speculation alone, but in any case, the appearance of this orc civilization alone is enough to make him uneasy.
Rubbing his eyebrows vigorously, Xia Qi asked loudly: "Has the convoy transporting grain, grass and ordnance equipment set off?" ”
"Just left an hour ago, Your Majesty."
Xia Qi nodded, and estimated the time in his heart, the convoy carrying heavy ordnance such as the Eight Ox Crossbow and the grain and grass was advancing slowly, and it would take at least four to five days to reach the city closest to Tongcheng.
But Silan and Keree are different, both of them are cavalry troops, and they have always been light and simple, and they arrived even earlier. But there is no way, and now they can't catch up, because they will only set off earlier.
The previous order that Xia Qi gave to the two of them was to act at the opportune moment, and I only hoped that the two of them would not be too reckless and give it directly for nothing.
In the middle of his thoughts, Xia Qi hurriedly wrote two warrants again and handed them to the two guards.
"You set out at once, and hurry up to the white wolf and the bear. As for you, in the same way, go to Tianxiong Pass and order the Violent Bear to return to Great Xia City as soon as possible! ”
"No!"
Immediately, the two guards each led their men and horses to different destinations.
Tianxiong Pass has not been completed at this time, but after all, his own family background is here, so Storm Bear asked Xia Qi a long time ago to go to Tianxiong Pass and become the general guarding the pass there.
But now that Great Xia is in trouble, Xia Qi has to transfer it again.
As soon as he thought of Duoduo, Xia Qi couldn't help but grit his teeth for a while, this guy didn't know what was crazy, could it be that he dug his family's ancestral grave? He went so far as to launch a full-scale war directly against himself.
"Order, let the Ordnance Department stop all the work at hand, and make all the consumables such as arrows, weapons and armor, and heavy crossbow arrows."
One order after another continued to be issued from Xia Qi's mouth, and the start of the war was destined to make this night unpeaceful.
The night is getting darker, and after dealing with several work reports, after being tired for a long time, Xia Qi, who finally fell asleep, is still not sleeping steadily, and any slightest movement will wake him up instantly!
"Whew-whew-"
The sound of heavy breathing was a little rapid, he had a nightmare just now, he dreamed that the copper city had been breached by the orc army.
Thinking about it day and dreaming at night, this can only show that he is indeed very worried about the situation in Tongcheng, and rubs his temples vigorously to calm himself down, but at this moment, a slightly hurried footsteps came from outside his bedroom, and it didn't take long for the knock on the door to sound.
"Knock knock."
"What's the matter?" Xia Qi asked as he quickly put on a coat for himself.
"Your Majesty, an urgent report from the front line overnight!"
Hearing this, Xia Qi's whole heart suddenly 'chuckled', and then hurriedly said, "Take it in!" ”
While speaking, Xia Qi quickly lit the oil lamp in the room, and then asked out loud while receiving the urgent report, "What time is it?" ”
In this regard, the guards guarding the door hurriedly confirmed the missing moment placed outside, and then replied: "Back to Your Majesty, six o'clock in the morning." ”
Xia Qiyu glanced out the window, the dim sky didn't look like six o'clock, and the bad weather made his mood even heavier invisibly.
His eyes quickly focused on the urgent report in his hand, and then Xia Qi's face changed suddenly, the orc army attacked Tongcheng at night, and more than half of the defenders of Tongcheng suffered casualties, Li Qing is now retreating to Xicheng with the remaining troops and the people of Tongcheng, while Qin Yi is staying in the city and breaking off,
"Qin Yi, leave the broken ......"
Seeing this, Xia Qi's whole heart instantly sank to the bottom, he took a sharp breath, and after forcibly calming down his emotions, he only heard him say in a deep voice, "Pass the order and prepare to go on the expedition!" ”
Originally, he was going to wait until the storm bear came over before setting off together, but now it seems that it will not be possible.