Leon did not let his troops enter the Talon Fort, but left the team to the east, until he watched the Gatu people pour into the Talon Fort, and then slowly led the troops to block the east gate of the castle.

He certainly wouldn't be subservient to a marshal who would allow his men to kill civilians.

This was not only out of his own morality, but also for the joint forces that he had managed to organize.

Besides, he could have "not known" that Brennus was a marshal—after all, he had not received an official marshal's order.

As for the marshal's flag, he could have "never seen it far away."

It is understandable that the sound of the call of the horn is not heard on the chaotic battlefield......

Anyway, you have to be improvisable on the battlefield, and blocking the way of the Gatu people is also what the lord of the kingdom should do......

If you want to block a city gate, you only need one or two hundred people.

Vendatier led the Noldor rangers with bows and arrows to the city gates, and after shooting the dozens of Cato raiders who were the first to rush out, no one dared to leave the city again.

The Gatu even closed the gates - both the Noldor compound bow and the female soldiers' crossbows had a much longer range than the Gatu's nomadic bows, and they could only be beaten when the doors were opened.

Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one on the east wall at this time, Leon personally put a strange package under the city gate, and then ran back as fast as he could.

Later, the lord erected the golden griffin banner outside the east gate of Talon Castle, and he and Amy stayed under the banner with a group of female soldiers, and sent all the other troops out in both directions to the north and south.

Wentilph was also under the Griffin banner at this time, and her job was to follow Leon as a guard.

As a young elf underage, this was the first time Wentilve had participated in a war of this magnitude.

For this war, Leon also gave her a new position.

Wendy is now not only Leon's guard, but also a liaison between Leon and the two Noldor forces - in effect, heralds.

However, Wenttilf is very satisfied with the position of "liaison officer", so why not bring the word "official......

Look at Risa Dilan, who is also a Noldor nobleman, more than a hundred years old, and he has not even mixed up with the position of an official, he is just a guard......

Although Wendy's status can be called noble, in the Noldor community, she is just a girl ranger who has not yet graduated. Although the people of the clan doted on her, they would never let her hold any important positions, and everyone only regarded her as a child.

It has to be Lord Leon who has a vision, Wendy thought.

Although it was the first time to face such a large-scale battlefield, Wentlf was not nervous, as the Lord did not seem to put his troops in danger all along.

Wendy kept following the lord, watching Leon draw on the ground while constantly assigning the people around him in all directions, until only the female soldiers led by Amy were left outside the east gate.

Wendy couldn't read the crude sketch that Leon had drawn on the ground, but she could sense that the lord seemed to be planning to sit here and command the whole army?

Almost all of the Horn Summoning Ranger Rangers became scouts, with scouts returning and scouts being dispatched.

It seems that the lord is receiving reports from scouts anytime and anywhere, and arranging tasks for scouts anytime and anywhere.

Anyway, this has never been seen in the Noldor tribe.

Even Israndil, who is known to be good at commanding, at most carefully arranges plans before the battle, but Israndir certainly can't handle such a dense amount of intelligence, and it is impossible to give orders so frequently.

It's hard for Wendy to imagine that every moment there are scouts in return, and every moment they are giving orders to scouts and heralds, is this how the human lords command the war?

So how can the dense intelligence react immediately?

The rudimentary sketch on the ground made with a wooden stick has been constantly changed and changed, and it has long been unrecognizable, can the lord see the whole battlefield with this graffiti-like thing?

Wendy was also sent out once, in order to pass to Vendatil

Reach the military order.

The order was simple - "If Brenus's troops enter the city, they will block the south gate directly."

Wendy didn't quite understand at the time, let Vendatil block the south gate?

What do you want to do, Lord?

Wenttilph's doubts didn't last long, though, and she knew the answer when she returned.

Because she saw the layout of the east gate of Fort Talon.

The corpses of the Gattus who had been shot over outside the east gate were piled up at the gates along with the corpses of the horses, but they did not appear to be meant to block the gates, which were opened inside.

The corpses were piled up on either side of the strange package that Leon had placed, occupying most of the city gates, and some obstacles had been arranged.

And Amy led the female soldiers to form an array more than a hundred meters apart.

This is tantamount to blocking the east gate from the outside, but it is not tightly blocked, leaving a gap. But it is estimated that no one dares to remove the corpse - whoever is at the city gate will face the crossbow arrows of the female soldiers.

This further increased the difficulty of rushing from inside the city, leaving only room for one person to pass through the city gates.

Anyway, it must be difficult for the Cato to rush out, their riding bow range is not enough, and they are not heavily armoured, and it is difficult to rush out of the city gate in the rain of arrows.

"Your Excellency, are you going to block the Cato and the rest of the army in the city?"

Wendy was a little puzzled, "But this city has four gates, we can't block all directions, right?"

"Yes, there are four doors...... But it's precisely because there are still two doors that are not blocked that the fight inside is even stronger......

Leon turned his head with a strange expression on his face: "Wendy, what's going on in the city, you should be able to hear it, right?"

Wendelph's ears were much better than those of the lord, and of course she could hear the sounds of fighting everywhere in Talon Castle.

At this time, Risadiran and Neuer returned from the north: "My lord, the Ravens have entered the city through the north gate, and all the scouts they sent to the northeast have been killed."

"Good...... Now we just have to wait......

Leon nodded and simply sat down.

Soon after, people could be seen on the eastern side of the city wall, mostly of the Cato people.

But most of the Gatu people did not face the outside of the city, but aimed at the city, and it seemed that the battle inside the city was quite fierce.

"My lord, can I go to war?"

Wendy took off her bow and pointed at the Cato on the wall, trying to shoot the enemy down.

Leon looked at the movement on the city wall, and then at Wendy, "You hate the Gatos?"

"Of course I hate...... The Gatu have killed many of our people, and every year they attack the forests of our north, and their big leaders are now even using the weapons of our people!"

Wendy said with a bit of gritted teeth.

"Wendy, even if you can shoot all the arrows in a hundred shots, you can only shoot thirty-two arrows at most......

The lord pointed to the sketches on the ground with a stick: "There are thousands of Cato in the city now...... Save the arrows for the last to get the most out of them. It's better to hold back the hatred on the battlefield, and what we want to achieve is not just to destroy the enemy."

"It's not to destroy the enemy, what is that?"

Wendy obediently put away her bow, she had said that she would obey military orders when she joined Leon's team, but she still wanted to ask.

"Wendy, now that there are more than 10,000 people fighting in such a small castle, who do you guess will emerge victorious?"

Li Ang asked softly.

"I don't know, but the Lion Knights are quite strong, probably them, right?"

Wendy replied a little uncertainly.

"No, it won't...... Wendy, in fact, the combat power of the Noldor tribe is far superior to that of Catu, and in my opinion, the combat power of two hundred Noldor Ranger is comparable to that of a thousand Cato. But it is difficult for your people to gain the upper hand in the war with the Cathus, why? - for the Gato are not afraid of death! The more desperate the situation, the less afraid they are of death

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Leon said and sighed, "Wendy, in the narrow street battles in the city, you can only fight to the death, and most tactics are not used. In the end, the one who won the final victory was definitely not the strongest in combat, but the least afraid of death...... The Cato will surely prevail in the end, and we—or you—will eventually appear in ......the Talon as the saviors of the Cato and the remnants of the two nations."

Wendy was stunned, this intelligent underage girl really understood everything, and she understood Leon's full intentions.

Because no one could take the city, and no one had much supplies, no one would allow the Cato to easily occupy the Talon Fort, and all the forces would fight with the Cato in the streets of the city.

Now that Leon has blocked the east and south gates, and the Duke of Brenus is probably trapped on the tower south of Talon Castle, the Lion Knights will not easily withdraw until they rescue their Grand Master.

The Ravens were not supplied and suffered considerable losses, and Leon had Neuer's troops take out the scouts sent by the Ravens to the northeast......

As long as the leaders of the Ravens are in their right minds, they should understand that they are still in a situation where they are all enemies, and that they cannot fight in the field, whether against the Lion Knights or against Cato.

In other words, the Raven's army had to take the Talon Fort, and had to grab enough food from the Catu, such as their own supplies or the Cato horses.

Then you can only enter the Eagle Talon Castle and play with the Gatu.

This is also the best choice, because the Raven army can actually be said to be the most suitable for street fighting among all the forces at the moment.

As for the Gatus - when they saw the Lion Knights and the army of the Raven Kingdom entering the city, they would definitely want to get out of the city, but the four gates could not get out, so they could only fight hard inside the city.

Of course, it's okay to jump off the city wall and run away, but even if you don't fall to your death by jumping off the wall, you will definitely be shot to death by Leon's troops outside......

This battle is bound to be a strange battle that will forever be recorded in Pande's history, and it may be a bit like no one before or since.

In fact, the scale of this war is not particularly large, and all the troops involved in all parties add up to more than 10,000 people.

But this is probably the only war in the history of the entire continent in which the city was defended by the Gatu people and attacked by other forces......

Yes, it has now become a strange scene of the Cato defending the city in the Eagle Claw Fortress, while the other forces block the castle in all directions, each attacking the Catu.

And all the forces are hostile to each other......

Most of the Cato people must have panicked in their hearts, and they certainly did not expect that when they entered the city, all the forces would block them in the city...... Do you have to defend the city?

Speaking of siege, the Cato people may still have a little experience, although siege is not a job they are good at, but they can be considered a little experience......

Can defend the city......

The Cato people are really inexperienced!

If Zhu Da himself was here, probably the Gatu people would not have made such a decision - a fierce man like Zhu Da probably would rather fight hard in the wilderness than enter the city easily.

Look at the situation inside Fort Talon, it's like the Colosseum.

The southern wall was marked with the banner of Brennus, and the royal city guards kept stabbing down the city wall with their spears, but the city walls were full of Gatus, and Brenus's situation looked precarious. Luckily, the royal guards had war spears, which worked well on the city walls, and the Cato wouldn't be able to kill them for a while.

The east city wall is currently the territory of the Gatu people, and the Gatu people have stood in a row on the city wall, and are facing the city *** arrow, and there are also a group of people trying to storm the north city wall - the city walls on all sides are actually connected together, and the battle in the city, and controlling the city wall will occupy a great advantage.

The northern walls are mostly populated by the rangers of the Raven Kingdom, all of whom are very skilled archers, who shoot at the corners of the walls against the Gatu, also to fight for control of the walls. The rangers of the Raven Kingdom currently have the upper hand, and the lethality and accuracy of the foot bow are indeed much better than that of the Gatu riding bow.

As for the western wall, there were few people on it - the western area was controlled by the Lion Knights, but the Knights of Cans were on the walls

It doesn't help, the Lion Knights don't have ranged capabilities.

Bows and arrows are not easy to practice, and they are not traditional items in the Lion Kingdom, and there are few knights in the kingdom who are good at bows and arrows.

As aristocratic knights, the lion knights were of course reluctant to use crossbows, which in their eyes were assassination instruments used only by civilians, and belonged to the "no sense of honor" similar to muskets.

Now, though, they might wish they had a crossbow.

The area of Eagle Claw Fort is not particularly large, and the city can only accommodate a few thousand people.

The Gatu people alone were enough to fill the city, and now the Lion Knights and the army of the Raven Kingdom have poured in again, and more than 10,000 people are in the city, which can basically be called a crowd of people.

On the streets, the cavalry did not even want to move a step, and a large number of Gatu horses had blocked the streets, and no matter how clever the riders were, they could only dismount and fight on foot in this environment.

The Lion Knights had now dismounted and fought on foot with shields, and had driven most of their mounts out of the city to avoid getting in the way.

In fact, the lion knight is quite powerful when he gets off the horse, at least the equipment is hard enough, and the skills of the lion riders are also very good.

Coupled with the fact that the Lion Knights are fully equipped with maces, this thing is quite suitable for street fighting in the city......

In the city, of course, the lion knights could not use their spears.

With the exception of the special heavy cavalry rifle that Lehman had used at the time, the ordinary cavalry gun was actually a disposable consumable, and the barrel was brittle wood that could easily break - this was to protect the knight's arm from being injured by the reaction force.

In fact, the most common primary weapon used by the members of the Lion Knights is not a cavalry spear or their silver-plated greatsword, but a mace.

This was the most common weapon they used after the rifle was shattered, and it was simply constructed, a wooden handle of less than a meter, and a two-pound or so tribulus hammer head.

This common short weapon looks inconspicuous and not handsome at all, but it is the most skillful one-handed weapon used by knights.

Because it can kill heavily armored enemies, and it's great for crowded situations.

For example, the current situation......

The members of the Lion Knights, armed with shields in one hand and maces in the other, are attacking the Cato in the city.

Inside the Eagle Claw Fort, it has become a narrow killing field like a war cage, which is a real hand-to-hand encounter.

Shields clashing, hammer heads, blades clashing, all kinds of piercing crashing sounds and metal grinding make people's scalps tingle.

There is nowhere to dodge in the crowd and no way to retreat, either killing the enemy in front of you or falling.

In this scenario, the better-equipped Lion Knight does have an advantage.

The Maculites could hardly cut through their armor, so they quickly advanced to the center of the castle and then headed south to meet their Grand Master Brenus.

But this advantage only lasted for a quarter of an hour.

The lion knights are well-armed and well-protected, and the plate chain composite armor is indeed difficult to cut through by a knife, but the problem is that this thing has good defense, but it is too heavy!

Wearing a full set of plate chain mail on foot, and constantly wielding a hammer, surrounded by people, there is no rest at all...... Being able to hold on for more than a quarter of an hour is already considered good endurance!

And, as Leon said to Wendelph, in this situation, it is not the equipment and combat effectiveness that will determine the victory, but the fear of death.

The Cato men became more and more courageous after being killed and wounded, and gradually began to counterattack, and pressed the lion knights back.

No matter how good the armor is, there are always gaps, and it is not difficult to kill a canned knight who has no strength...... Moreover, the lion knights did not have such a determination to die.

As a result, the Lion Knights were gradually pressed back to the west side of the castle by the Cato.

The Catu, who had repelled the Lion Knights, saw that Simon seemed to have an opportunity to break out of the castle, and began to attack Simon in an all-out way - they had realized that it was impossible to completely occupy the castle, and if they could break out, then of course there was no need to get stuck here and fight a bad battle.

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The Lion Knights were probably ready to retreat from the city, but the all-out charge of the Gatu made the Lion Knights realize that they might be washed into slag if they retreat now!

So they desperately resisted, and at this time, the troops of the Raven Kingdom in the north pressed up.

While most of the Cato were focused on breaking out of the West Gate, the forces of the Raven Kingdom gradually gained the upper hand.

Coupled with the fact that the archers of the Raven Kingdom took cover from the high ground on the north side, when the Lion Knights were losing and retreating, the Ravens gradually reached the center of the castle and suppressed the Gatu.

The Cato forces had to shrink back so that the archers on the roofs on the east side could cover them, which gave the lion knights a respite and recaptured the gap on the west side.

But they had only recently fought to the death with the Ravens, and the Ravens had not forgotten them - some of the Raven troops had begun to attack the Lion Knights again.

However, the forest rangers of the Raven people could not take care of the center of the city, lost the cover of their bows and arrows, and the Raven people engaged the enemy on the left and right, and it didn't take long for them to suffer heavy losses, and gradually retreated back.

And the Cato people saw that the troops of the Raven Kingdom were beginning to shrink, so they turned to the north again, intending to see if they could rush out from the north......

As a result, the troops of the Raven Kingdom also realized that they could not retreat, and that if they retreated, they would be overwhelmed by the Catus, and if they were crushed, they would die......

The three forces formed a tug-of-war like a meat grinder.

The street in the middle of Eagle Claw Fort has turned into a sea of corpses and blood.

As Leon said, it was because there were two doors that were not blocked that they would fight harder.

The Cato suffered numerous casualties, but they did get stronger and stronger, and as the Cato became more and more desperate to break out of this cage, neither the Lion Knights nor the Raven Kingdom could retreat.

Whichever side cannot withstand it will be completely crushed by the Cato......