Chapter 5: The Battle of Banret City
The iron rope of one of the crossbows was locked, but fortunately, the soldiers around it were long dead, and no one had to bear the pressure on it.
Death surrounded Fibley, the Count of Fiataberin, half a month after the siege, he sat at the base of the wall, the barbarians retreated like a tide, there was no cheer on the wall to survive, the soldiers of Meicheng numbly began to carry the bodies of their colleagues, and those who died in battle would be sent back to the town and handed over to their families.
There were no soldiers of the 3rd and 4th Corps left, who had held off the first few waves of sieges and were already killed under the intense offensive of the fourth day.
Captain Warren was probably the most tired of the warriors, he rested on a pillbox with the pole regiment flag, he led his soldiers up the city wall and never walked down again, and the half-moon of fighting made his face bloodless.
Women came up with baskets of steaming potatoes and a small bucket of beet soup, and hunger drove the weary soldiers to straighten their backs.
Outside the battlefield, the whizzing wolf riders still galloped around the town of Fibre, guarding against possible reinforcements.
And all this, on the other side of the golden plum flag when it was raised from a distance, the fishy smell of the battlefield attracted some crows flying in the air.
The battle between the two sides shook the southern part of the world in Qatar, and this army of 5,000 trolls was a formidable force in Hordona, and wizards knelt at the feet of the troll commander to serve him.
The attacker was the invincible Grand Duke Meffar in the South, and war was nothing more than a game for him.
The troll's commander, Bapu, didn't dare to strike first when he saw the unwieldy duke in front of him, but instead kept his trolls in formation, and the shields they used were made of some inferior steel or simply tree hearts.
After staring at each other for a while, Merfal led the Metz Legion to attack, and the knights opened the encirclement and did not seek a breakthrough, and under the command of Merfal, they bypassed the front of the heavy shield defense and carved out the battlefield symmetrically towards the sides of the plain.
The assault shield was handed over to the heavily armed warrior with a trident, and Merfar drew his twin swords from the scabbard of his horse, his expression was not visible in the silver mask, and the head of the tall and high-grade fiery horse hit the crack in the shield array, and the horse still neighed in pain even if it was protected by steel plates.
Wielding the twin swords, the trolls screamed incessantly, a small area in the center of the shield array was covered in blood, and the two two-handed swords of the Grand Duke of Merfar made the trolls furious and pounced on him frantically, and the blades of Silver Twilight were stained with more blood.
The heavy shield charged, and the three Meicheng legions attacked the troll's formation together, and the two sides began to strangle together, while the rear legion continued to surround the knights.
Bloody battles drive everyone and the trolls crazy, and the trolls wield battle axes bigger than people, powerful enough to cut two or three people side by side at once.
All the halberders rushed out of the middle line at once, and the troll leader Bapu was furious, his fists were enchanted with steel gloves, and his huge fists were invincible, shattering the bones and flesh of his enemies, and he swung his fists and fought his way through the crowd, roaring and rushing towards Meurfar.
The Grand Duke's twin swords were still as swift as the wind, and soon more than fifty trolls were slain, and the big men rushed forward in frenzy, and were forced to retreat in shock and pain.
"Larian! Sejik! ”
The troll commander called out to his general, and his voice was so loud that it even suppressed the mockery of half of the battlefield.
Two heavily armored trolls, who were significantly larger than the others, responded to his call and walked towards him.
Mofal's fame has spread far and wide over the years, and he is regarded by the Qatar Empire as one of the Empire's most powerful warriors. He recklessly harvested the lives of trolls, and those giants who were as big as ligions and tigers could not even defeat the Grand Duke in terms of strength, and even more desperately, they could not touch the Grand Duke's form.
By the time the two generals arrived at Bapp's side, they had lost count of how many trolls had died under Merfar's sword, with severed limbs and broken axes occupying the center of the troll's position.
Bapp rushed over in heartache, and the two troll warlords followed, their fists dodged by Merfal, and the two warlords who followed each other waved their battle axes and broadswords.
The attacks of the two were also blocked by the Grand Duke's double swords, this time in terms of strength, the troll finally suppressed the Grand Duke, and he rolled on the ground, unloading the strength of his arms, and the silver mask had already been stained with bright red.
Bapu reacted from the momentary panic, one of the two fangs in his jaw was missing, and if it hadn't been for the timely support, the sword might have pierced into his mouth just now.
The Grand Duke fought the three-headed troll alone, and the two two-handed swords parried and attacked left and right, and the three-headed troll could feel the power of the sword.
The generals gritted their teeth and insisted, Sedgik was destroyed by the Kellyd Stone Heart, the blade was half of his chest, the troll roared and waved his hands, the Grand Duke's eyes were cold, and he was resisting a heavy punch from Bapu, and the whole person flew out upside down, falling into the pile of soldiers and staggering two steps.
The knights on both wings were like suddenly tightened pockets, and they had already surrounded the entire warband, and they suddenly tightened, and the horses slammed into the wooden shield of the troll inside, and suddenly sawdust flew wildly.
The knights, armed with their spears, charged the trolls, the trolls wailed, and the fighting commander Bapu felt only his heart dripping blood.
The entire Troll Legion was in retreat, split into small regiments by the cavalry onslaught, and Sedgik's death made his men even more unwilling to fight, and hundreds of trolls began to collapse and flee.
Horadona's army of trolls was defeated, entangled by the knights of Plum City, and then chased by the legions, slaying head after head, the trolls' combat power undoubtedly crushed the soldiers of Plum City, but they were divided.
The trolls could easily tear the warriors apart from the city, but the heavy iron armor of the halberd bearers pressed on, and the long trident heads forced them to retreat.
Rows of spears were split by axes, and a troll killed three soldiers in a fit of rage, being crucified by several spearmen throwing spears.
The Troll Legion was soon forced to retreat after the cavalry charge led by Merfal and finally collapsed completely.
More than half of the thousands of trolls were lost in battle, and the trolls completely lost the confidence to fight back after losing their troops, giving up a large area of the Horadona Plain as a buffer.
……
Redstone Valley is the top priority!
And here are more than 30,000 barbarians stationed at Laton Volcano.
The news of the defeat of the Troll Legion of Horadona was conveyed by the wizards, which also frightened Ratton Volcano, who was attacking the town of Fibre, and he ordered the Second Legion of the Barbarians to defend the fort of Thorns, which also stalled the attack on the town of Fibley.
However, the eyes of the Murfar Legion were not at the Castle of Thorns, and his troops were directed towards the central part of Horadona, and after breaking away from a few hundred soldiers, Murfar's strength was less than 8,000 men, but the sharp knightly charge, led by Murfar, quickly routed several small groups of barbarian soldiers.
Evan Venast is one of the most warlike knights under the command of Merfar, he is known as the Knights of the Wolfheart, because he comes from the nomadic north and is the playmate of Grand Duke Merfal since childhood, the emblem and banner of the Evan family is the wolf's head, and Evan Venast appears and will hold the family flag depicting the wolf's head.
He led a band of knights around the enclave and through the territory, where the knights' horses hung massive troll heads, intimidating the barbarians who were guarding the city of Banre.
Banrek City is the only main city of the barbarians in the Qatari world, this city covers more than two Mei City Kelid, and the defenders on the city wall are no more than a few thousand after being transferred.
Evan Venast led the Knights around the city and swept through the surrounding barbarian villages, and the knights returned with a load of gold, taking with them a large number of barbarian women, children, old and weak.
"Where are you going to take us?"
A barbarian child timidly stood out from the crowd and whispered to the "leader of the thieves" in armor.
Ivan grabbed the reins of his horse and looked down at him, there were still a few drops of blood on the child's face, he rolled over and dismounted, the other savages turned away from him in fear, Ivan took off the holsters of his hands and wiped the blood from him.
"Our King...... He'll be back. A barbarian woman shouted, and the warrior on one side threw a punch in her face, knocking her to the ground.
"The war will soon be over." Evan glanced at the woman, asked her to pull her up, and continued on her way.
Merfar led all the legions through the plains and continued to approach, and the alien armies along the way were vulnerable, until some magicians noticed them and gathered the legions of minions, numbering no more than two thousand, and they were guarding here.
The scale of the war between the two sides of Plum City and Horadona was so large, both attacking each other's strongest points, and both achieved great breakthroughs and successes! This caused the principalities that had not yet participated in the war of the Qatar Empire to divert their attention, both surprised by the combat power of the wild lands of Horadona and the military power of the city of May.
Archduke Kellid of the city of Plum City is known for his belligerence and bravery among all the principalities, but what is even more enviable is that he has amazing wealth, and it is rumored that a quarter of the resources spent on the war between the empire and Serdes are directly funded by Mefal, and Archduke Kellyd is not only a vassal of the emperor, but also a real creditor.
Rich, strong, invincible!
are all synonymous with the Grand Duke.
In the past ten days, the army of Meicheng rushed straight to Fort Horadonadu, and the king of trolls, Kuiqi, was forced to strengthen internal mobilization and forcibly recruit the young men of Horadona, whether it was a troll or a barbarian, and even some dark races in the main city such as the gnolls and bull demons were gathered together to form an army, Kuiqi was helpless, one of his two main armies occupied the area of Thorn Fort in the north, and was still attacking the territory of Meicheng; The damned Bapu was defeated in the frontal battle, and fled with the remnants of his army after suffering heavy casualties.
Quich was furious, frenzied, and panicked, and even though he had reassembled an even larger army, with not only 20,000 barbarians, but also 7,000 trolls, which was no less powerful than Raton Volcano's hands, it still made Quich feel unable to defend the capital.
The first month of the war had finally passed, and the battle situation of Merfar's personal force had gradually stabilized, and the area where Raton Volcano was located formed a northwestern protrusion, and it was very difficult to get follow-up support, but he had no intention of attacking the main force of Mecheng in the south, because he had already received the news that Bapu's army had been crushed, which demoralized his barbarian army, and his legions suffered heavy casualties from successive attacks on the town of Fibre, and the bones of human soldiers, barbarians, and trolls piled up under the walls of the town, rotting flesh reeks of terrible foulness, only vultures and rats will haunt those mountains of corpses, no matter how much Raton inspires and orders, it will not help, and even the stupid trolls with the big casualties know that the army needs to recuperate.
At the same time, Fiebly finally welcomed a reinforcement army, although only a patchy 3,500 men, but this gave Fiatabelin and Fiebli a sense of encouragement and hope. A bandit from the mountains and forests, claiming to have been hired by the order of the Duchess Thea Abbey, came to support the border towns.
This represents the attitude of the Duchess of Thea, who does not own a territory, but is only a noblewoman with the status of a duke, but has a close relationship with the princes and princesses of the Qatar Empire, and still controls a new force of thousands of people, keeping the precarious town of Fibre.
Ancient war drums and songs echoed on the battlefield, and the huge horns of the beast came from the far north of the world, which was the horn of the mountain beast, much stronger than gold and iron, polished into horn drums by Quicki, and inscribed with a large number of fifth-level war runes, which can strengthen the courage of warriors and not fear the intimidation of enemies.
On the other side of the battlefield were countless cavalry, these knights were restlessly wielding their weapons, and thousands of heavy cavalry with tridents were at the front of the formation, and they would move close to each other at the moment of attack, forming spearheads to break through the enemy's formation. Behind them were normal knights, cavalry, and contradictory riders.
This is the most powerful cavalry force in Meicheng, there are less than 10,000 people, after several large-scale wars, there are less than 7,000 people left, and they are commanded by the Grand Duke of Meicheng Kellyd, Murfar Kerristi, who sits in the rear and controls the main army of Meicheng's late, the Silver Sword Soldiers!
The swordsman legion, all wrapped in overweight armor, numbered seven thousand, and its main weapons were a rectangular half-man tall shield and a long-handled knight's sword.
Covered in steel all over their bodies, this swordsman regiment is the main army that Mofal used to destroy Dandong City, and their defensive power and will to fight make them even more difficult to deal with than the heavy cavalry army.
The Grand Duke took out his spear and sat upright on the fine war-horse, no one knew his expression under the silver mask, but there was no doubt that his hands were bathed in the blood of barbarians and trolls.
"Woooooooooooo
The sound of the war drums was ancient and low, but it spread far and wide, and the eyes of the trolls and barbarians of the entire battlefield grew red, and the brutal trolls ran across the land like a gray torrent.
Merfal calmly commanded the army, his orders were simple and efficient, and the knights led the cavalry to quickly break away from the swordsmen and circle around the sides of the plain, the mobility of these horses allowed them to quickly leave the view of the trolls and barbarian legions, and they could only focus on the slow-moving swordsmen before launching a charge.
"Give me your lives, and I will bring you victory!" Merfar shouted loudly in front of the army, his voice not loud or rough, but it was greeted by the cheers and howls of the swordsmen.
"For Kellyd! For the sake of the sacred! ”
All the warriors marched with their Grand Duke, and this heavy army was unshakable with every step.
The armies on both sides are like facing each other's tides, the waves are constantly blending, and the details burst out of sparks.
The Grand Duke suddenly erupted, jumped high in a beautiful arc, abandoned his horse and fell into the trolls, the war spear and sword were destroyed in the monster pile, some emaciated gnolls were not even qualified to get close to the blade, and the troll king in the distance exclaimed, and said in common language: "Damn Archduke Kellyd, he actually has the power of the Holy Order!" ”
The aura of the Sanctuary was like a pure disc surrounding the battlefield, and even the war spear could not withstand the power of the Grand Duke, making a clicking and popping sound, and it could not withstand it.
The power of the magnificent Sanctuary is in his hands, and Mefal is almost unstoppable!
"Usia!"
A huge wolf-headed monster wielded a long axe to tear through the defenses of the two swordsmen, and its claws crushed the head of one of the swordsmen! The destruction of flesh and blood was drenched all over the ground, and the monster was the legendary wolf-hearted orc, who was a head taller than the average troll, and was very strong.
The monster roared and left the other swordsman in front of it and fought in Merfar's direction, some of the guards trying to stop them, but were pushed away by their terrible brute force or tossed aside at will.
It's a pity that Mofal had already noticed that the moment before the axe fell heavily, the long sword on his waist had been drawn, and he jumped several meters reflexively, and the double swords pierced through the werewolf's chest, and the brilliant divine power was instilled into it, and the sword light completely shattered the entire werewolf's body, and the scorching orange flames surrounded the center of the battlefield, forming an extremely bright pillar of light, which was destroyed together with several barbarian warriors within the range.
In the distance, a hidden legion bypassed the whole of Horadonna, they came out of the low canyon on one side, countless flags were raised, this legion quickly separated, forming two other legions, the banner was raised, it was the 4,000-strong mercenary group Lionheart and the vassals formed the Meicheng Legion, these vassals gathered 6,000 people, and cooperated with the 4,000-strong Lionheart Regiment to surprise attack the Riverbend Fort under the orders of Merfar, destroying the barbarian garrison there.
The impact of 10,000 people, as if it was an army that appeared out of thin air, was beyond Quicki's expectations, and the impact of the heavy cavalry was blocked by the trolls he personally led, but at this moment there was a fierce attack from behind, and the young barbarians and trolls exposed their backs in front of the enemy, squeezing the Quitch legion on both sides to attack, tearing the trolls and barbarians in the corners.
"Murfar!"
Quirk angrily swung an iron spear, stabbing two Dandong Iron Shield swordsmen to death in a row, and his tall and burly body strode forward, squeezing through the team and rushing towards Merfar's direction.
The power of the Sanctuary permeated a large area, and the power of Murfar made the twin swords in his hands reverberate, and the irrepressible divine grandeur made the enemies who approached him feel tremendous pressure, and the air flow surged from his body, like a tsunami of the mountains!
Quicki's colossal body was under tremendous pressure, he was so angry that the arrows fired by the archers around him were no longer able to penetrate into this place, and the huge outward vortex of high energy repelled all attacks, as if the power of the gods had descended into the world.
"Damn it!"
Quarch was shocked, and he realized that his rough, thick skin was cracking in the roar of the wind!
It's not that he's moving forward, it's that the scope of the storm is getting bigger!
"Bang!"
Countless electric lights are born out of thin air! Raging through the crowd, the barbarians and trolls who were hit were struck by lightning and burned.
Quitch hurriedly ran behind him, the roar in his mouth became a little miserable, and his original wanton slaughter turned into an obstacle in front of him to try to escape as soon as possible.
"Uh-huh......"
It was a puzzling, hearty moan coming from the center of the storm, so small that it spread far enough that almost everyone on the battlefield could hear it.
The entire storm quickly expanded its area, and then turned into a gray white air shield, and everyone's belongings were swept away!
There was an explosion in the center!
The pillar of light stopped abruptly, the troll's body trembled, and the terrifying troll king felt unprecedented pressure, and the figure of the Grand Duke strode out of the hollow made of erosive flesh, the armor on his body was torn, and the two legendary swords were still held in his hands undamaged, and the low-hanging blades scraped into the ground.
"Roar!"
The troll wielded his spear, his roar recovering from shock.
Merfar's eyes gleamed as he stared at the Troll King Quitch before striding closer. Quitch was so angry that his warrior was crushed behind the Grand Duke, and now Quitch wanted to avenge his warrior, he ran so exaggeratedly, like a giant ape, and the war spear was much longer than the two men combined, slashing at the Grand Duke!