The spring of the sixth year of the Magic Calendar was a time of great recollection for the inhabitants of the villages and towns around Rhodes - in fact, most of the villagers had lost the right to reminisce.

Except for the villages and towns that had surrendered before the first attack and defense of Rhodes, all villages within 80 miles of Rhodes were listed as targets. Most of these villages and towns already knew about the impending disaster, the wealthy residents had already fled, and most of the remaining residents had already thought of a countermeasure - surrender and survive, and no one would be stupid enough to joke with their own lives.

Unfortunately, when the residents took the initiative to open the wooden gate of the town, they were still irritablely pushed into the square by the soldiers. Of course, the black dragon knights will not carry this black cauldron by themselves, and the reason is ready-made: Originally, with the bodhisattva heart of His Excellency Chi Aotian (the description of the ghost), all villages and towns that surrendered could be saved, but because the defenders of Rhodes City did not surrender, His Excellency the General was forced to drive the people to attack the city. The knights deliberately concealed the news that the Grand Duke of the Iron Hand had led his troops into battle.

The expectant inhabitants realized that their stupid action was simply luring the wolf into the house - the idea of letting these unarmed inhabitants attack Rhodes was no different from slaughtering the town outright.

Some bold young people even said something like this in front of the invaders: "If I knew this, it would be better to resist desperately and not let you in...... most of the words were abruptly interrupted.

The black knight's moon-washing scimitar swept through the air, and the young head flew high with a heavy hatred. The cold words sounded in a burst of screams from the townspeople: "The villages and towns that dare to resist have long since died! There is still a way to survive to assist in the siege of the city, otherwise, it will be a dead end now." If you are willing to participate in the siege, stand on the left, and if you don't want to stand still!"

The frightened crowd stumbled to the left, and the knights jumped off their horses and, together with the allies, tied finger-thick brown ropes one by one to the left arms of the inhabitants, and for every ten of them chose a chief, who was immediately given a sword. Anyone who dares to run away is to be killed immediately without any formalities. Otherwise...... If one escapes, the other nine will be killed! A total of 10 teams are tied to each big rope, and one of the 100 leaders is selected, which is served by the allies, and the 100 leaders have the right to kill their subordinates, and if anyone escapes, they do not need to tell their superiors to kill them immediately. As long as 10 of the subordinates of the 100-man commander escape, the 100-person commander will be cut down. In the siege of the city, the hundred-man team was also used as the smallest unit of allocation.

In the midst of crying, the gray-haired old woman, the seven or eight-year-old child who was not yet sensible, and the beautiful young woman were tightly tied together like rice dumplings with long ropes, and the men in the prime of life were tied together separately in another team. The black-armored knight did not shy away from saying the purpose of such a separate treatment - anyone who dared to run away, once discovered, without asking for any reason, killed his family first, and then pursued the fugitive. The smell of terror and death is always in it.

"Beg, whether to the God of Creation or to the damned God of Light, beg them to let you live. Lord Ben solemnly declares that the inhabitants of your village who eventually return alive will have all the property of the deceased. "The hard-hearted soldiers spread something like vicious around Rhodes.

There were always some lucky residents who were lucky enough to escape under the iron hooves of the black-clad demons, and most of the residents ran to Rhodes City to cry. The bad news quickly reached the psyche of every Rhode City resident. Rhodes is very similar to cities like Ice-Breaker, where most of the city's residents have lived in nearby towns with some relatives. This kind of news is undoubtedly a fatal blow to the morale of the local defenders, especially the residents who help defend the city.

The Earl of Mingfa was killed in battle, and the owner of the city guard mansion had been replaced by the Grand Duke of the Iron Hand. The Count's body was still in the backyard, waiting for the immediate family of the Earl, who had successfully repelled the enemy, to be buried with his own hands. This is also the meaning of the captain of the sweat and blood iron cavalry mercenary group, and the grand duke even closed the earl's eyes with his own hands.

"Lord Duke, why don't you stop the rebels from breaking into Rhodes? Why don't you cut off the heads of a few rebels and make an example?" the Holy See's envoy Rawada's face turned pale, and he harassed the Grand Duke like a hundred thousand whys. This cannot be blamed on the envoy for not being able to hold his breath, this kind of constant sighing and low crying is the most likely to disturb the morale of the army, and in many wars, the instability of the army's morale is the main factor in defeat. Otherwise, tens of thousands of years ago, it would be impossible for Han Xin, the soldier saint, to sing the 100,000 loyal soldiers of the overlord Xiang Yu in disarray and defeat with embattled songs. Chi Aotian's strategy is indeed easy to see by generals.

But what can you do with it? Really cut down a few soldiers and residents?

The iron hand barricade shook his head helplessly: "Mr. Grand Priest." If it was really something as simple as cutting off the heads of a few people, I would have ordered it a long time ago. I'm afraid, if I cut off my head, but I really lost the hearts of the people, if that's the case, I'm afraid that if the Chi Aotian army doesn't attack here, the residents and soldiers in the city who hate us will take the initiative to sacrifice us. ”

"What are you kidding?" Ravada said with an exaggerated expression of surprise: "Your Excellency can be ranked 9th on the Battle Spirit List, and you are also a dragon knight, is Your Excellency still afraid of the mob?"

The Grand Duke's brows were subconsciously furrowed, he didn't expect that the highest-ranking priest in front of him would have such a ridiculous idea. The so-called super martial arts will only exist in the gladiatorial arena. In war, even the brave man who ranks first on the battle spirit list can dodge an arrow with no purpose at all issued by a bad old man? Most famous generals do not have the opportunity to die at the hands of famous generals of the same reputation, and it is really an honor to be killed by an officer of equal rank. I'm afraid...... Hehe, most officers don't even understand how he died after his death. Even, being dragged to death by a beloved mount all the way has happened repeatedly. The idea of challenging the residents and soldiers of a city with the combat strength of a brave man is something that only those who devout and worship the gods can have.

Immediately, the Grand Duke forgave Rawada's ignorance and ignorance in his heart. Isn't the so-called Holy See developed by promoting ignorance and ignorance? Saying such things at this time should be the most normal expression?

"If nothing else, I'll go up to the walls and check the defenses. "Grand Duke Myendia wisely chose to avoid this god-worshipping man.

"Gotta shut up the rioters!"

Hmph, it is better to prevent the mouth of the people than to prevent Sichuan, if it is useful, it will really hell. Such words floated through the heart of the Grand Duke.

Fortunately, at the moment when the sun slowly sank into the western prairie, I finally saw the dust flying in the distance - reinforcements, reinforcements came. The Grand Duke's sharp eyes could even see the dragon knight flying in mid-air.

Less than an hour later, the three commanders, Chi Aotian, Su Wen, and Ta Yang, all knew the news. The forest elf who delivered the letter saluted respectfully, trotted a few steps with the vulture, turned over with great agility, and quickly disappeared into the night.

Seeing the appearance of the iron hand blocking the river, most people were mentally prepared for the inevitable participation of the sweat and blood iron horse. Four thousand-man teams, of which there are at least three knight thousand-man teams. The legion of 3,000 knights, without thinking too much, is definitely not easy to deal with, and the thunderous reputation of the Sweat and Blood Iron Cavalry Mercenary Regiment is not bought with money, it is thousands of mercenaries who fought back with their swords and blood with their young lives. Is there a vain man under the fame?

The three of them unanimously ordered the troops to start advancing at night: more residents to participate in the battle, even if they can't conquer the city, at least they will consume more of the combat power of the Sweat and Blood Iron Cavalry Mercenary Regiment. Then the real siege should be relatively easy, and this will be enough.

The night of March 28, the spring of the 6th year of the magic calendar.

The east gate of Rhodes City was quietly pushed open, and countless knights in red armor quietly streamed out. All the horses were wrapped in cotton cloth with iron hooves, the iron chews were tightly fastened so that they could not make a sound, and all the knights covered their mouths with white silk handkerchiefs. The ability to line up neatly in the moonlight already shows the combat power of this knightly unit.

A phantom beast knight waved his hand casually, and the popping sound of raindrops falling to the ground continued to sound, and the war horse trotted forward quickly.

Night Raid - More Precisely, Sneak Attack. After the Grand Duke of Merendia consulted with the two lieutenants, each of them agreed that this was a necessary thing to do.

In order to effectively coerce the local residents, the Black Dragon Knights divided the entire team into three parts, and the combat power of each part was inevitably weakened, and it was possible to use the high-speed moving light knights to eat one or two of them at lightning speed.

At this time, in addition to the three light knight brigades and one heavy knight brigade that had arrived in Rhodes City, in addition to the one-and-a-half-day journey, there was also a steppe archer thousand brigade that had been ordered to reinforce.

The team that was encircled in the attack was a brigade of three light knights, and after a day and a half of recuperation, the young knights had recovered their condition. The heavy knights will not be dispatched, not to mention the slow speed of these guys wrapped in iron, and it is not good to echo the light knights in a special battle like a raid.

The Grand Duke himself is responsible for staying behind to defend the city, first of all, it can improve morale, and secondly, if this is a conspiracy of Chi Aotian, it has to be guarded against.

It was also easy to agree on which troops to attack. The headquarters led by Chi Aotian must have been the first to be expelled from the country, and Chi Aotian's own strength is quite amazing, and a dragon knight and a few phantom beast knights may not be able to contain him. The Chinese army is often the most powerful force, and according to the news of fugitive residents in nearby towns, the Chinese army is dominated by the Dixing Dragon Knights. The dragon knight who attacked the ground with a light knight is estimated to be not far from looking for death. There are only two units that are most handy against the heavily armed Earth Dragonriders - longbowmen and pikemen.

In the end, it was the forces of Suwen to the east of Rhodes City that were finally circled. On the west side of Rhodes there are several small rivers, which are not very favorable for the high-speed movement of knights, while on the east side there are completely plain savannahs.

After a day and a half of continuous attacks, Su Wen's troops have already drawn the inhabitants of six villages into the army. At this time, the composition of the officers and soldiers under his command: 2000 allied infantry, 1500 cavalry who have been promoted to the co-service army and allies, 1200 squadron of trainee knights of the Black Dragon Knights, 300 heavy knights, in addition, the captain of the small mercenary group Chang Qing with more than 50 vulture swordsmen is also in this unit. At the end of the line were more than 14,000 residents of the Rhodes neighborhood who were dragging their way forward.

On the afternoon of March 29, the 6th year of the magic calendar.

Han Han, the deputy head of the Sweat and Blood Iron Cavalry Mercenary Regiment, rode his own fire-type dragon and looked down in the sky, a village and town were burning with fire, and thick smoke was billowing up - it seemed that this village must have resisted, otherwise, according to the news released by the Black Dragon Knights, it would be impossible to burn the entire village and town.

Except for a small number of soldiers who stood guard on the perimeter and guarded the nearby residents who were tied up in a clump, most of the soldiers had already rushed into the villages and towns, and what they were doing could not be seen in the thick smoke, which could be imagined in the faint cries.

The dragon hovered lightly in the air, then ascended higher.

Ten miles away from the town, more than 3,000 horses quietly gnawed on the turf on the ground, and the knights sat next to their mounts, waiting for the deputy commander. In the grasslands, most of the wars were between horses, and in order to maintain the horsepower better, most of the armies were on ordinary marches, and the knights even dismounted on foot. Except, of course, for armies that had the money to provide knights with two or more mounts.

The roar of the dragon's wings tearing through the air in the sky continued to sound, and Han Han waved his hand at the mercenaries on the red dragon, and all the knights stood up from the ground......

"Today, for the entire mercenary world, it will be a day that cannot be forgotten, the war between the empires, finally led to the war between the A-class mercenary groups. Brothers, in the past few years, countless people have asked me countless times: Who is stronger, the small mercenary group or the bloody iron cavalry mercenary group? They said that how good the small mercenary group is, how can it fulfill the mercenary's duty of defending the territory under the siege of dozens of times stronger enemies on Xilin Island and in the ice breaking port. Today, as a knight, as a mercenary, driven by the mercenary's duty to defend the land, the Sweat and Blood Iron Cavalry Mercenary Regiment, we will have to face the small mercenary group that has become an invader. The fiery red dragon's wings were spread out, allowing the wind to blow by its side, and on the back of the dragon beast, the invincible brave man half stood up, his bright eyes sweeping over each knight.

Heart-pounding words came again from mid-air: "The banner of the sweat and blood iron horse has never fallen in the past thirty years, and today, I believe, he will not fall! Brothers for the country, for the mercenaries to defend the land and heaven, for the sweat and blood of the iron horse this banner that will never fall, with our spears to defend our dignity." ”

"Defend your dignity! Sweat and blood will win!" Another deputy commander, Temugora, led his phantom beast to run in front of the formation with his right arm raised, and the four huge hooves of the war elephant rammed the ground with a roar. A tsunami-like voice erupted among the young knights: "Defend your dignity, sweat and blood will win!"

"Let's go. Temugoras waved his hand and gave the order, and rushed out with his mount roaring.