Chapter 68: Strangulation 1
"Max, you don't want to die, come over to me!"
As Ed rode his horse and followed behind Delia, he suddenly heard a muffled cry from the side of the road, mixed with the sound of the cavalry advancing with high morale, and it was almost impossible to distinguish it.
He turned his head sideways and looked over, "Is that Max kid in danger?"
An old man in the uniform of a city defense non-commissioned officer stood hunched by the side of the road, clinging to the wall of the building like his companions, his neck bent forward strangely, and shouting with one hand in his mouth.
"Daddy!"
A figure dressed as a soldier rushed out of the line and came to the old man.
The old man with gray eyebrows stretched out his hand and tried hard enough, but he couldn't touch his son on the horse.
"Come with me, there is a battle ahead, you don't want to die, your mother is still waiting for you to go back!"
Max restrained his horse and leaned into the flow of riders around him, and the horse took a few steps before stopping at the invisible dividing line.
"Daddy, I'...... There is still a task, I can't go now, tell my mother on my behalf that I'm fine now, you can go back quickly, the battle behind is not something ordinary people can participate in, don't worry about me, as long as I follow the saint, I'll be fine. ”
As he spoke, he looked up at the front of the team, passing through the colorful figures in the middle, and saw Knight Eddard's gaze paying attention to him at a glance, the moment the two looked at each other, before Ed could make any moves, Max lowered his gaze like an electric shock, and turned his head and shouted to Old Foster hurriedly.
"Go back, I have to go, I'll go back to see my mother later." ”
The war horse under the crotch spread its four hooves and happily rejoined the ranks of its companions, leaving an ethereal word but could not comfort the anxious old man, old Foster stretched out his hand to get something back, but the city defense colleagues next to him leaned forward stubbornly, "You want to die, be careful of angering the knight, even your little cub, let's go, this time you can't be tough!"
Ed retracted his gaze, but the mysterious psionic energy could still feel the young soldier silently coming behind him through the barrier of the flow of people, returning to the team, and the old man's gaze was fixed on him, the distance gradually widened but still hot.
"This is a family affection that I have never experienced, and it is not weaker than the bonds between companions at all!"
Ed suppressed the feeling in his heart, didn't say anything to Max, who lowered his head, and let this little episode pass like this.
"Ed, lead a team of people to outflank the past from here, give full play to the advantage of numbers, and will definitely take down the psionic defense array in one fell swoop. ”
Deria's clear voice was still recognizable in the sound of metal clashing, and she didn't look back, stretching out her slender handnails, pointing to a fork in the road next to her, and giving orders to her most trusted general.
Ed nodded, he didn't need a guide by Deria's side to lead the way, the insight skills had already diffused, he knew the nearby terrain, and from here, they would outflank the important nodes of the defense of Ovare City with the large army left and right, and annihilate the remnants of the enemy in one fell swoop.
The power of the star spirit was partially transformed into spiritual energy branded by itself, and the incandescent spiritual flame evaporated and spread high above his head, and some of the cavalry who followed him outside the city to form a formation to strangle the enemy saw this obvious signal, silently adjusted the direction, and came to the side of the team, waiting for his command behind Ed.
Ed waited for a moment and let Deria's team continue to move forward, and more and more cavalry saw the logo he was exuding, separating from the mainstream and merging into his ranks.
"Let's go. ”
With Ed's shout, the spiritual flames in the air skyrocketed, echoing the commander's banner flying in the air.
The cavalry led by Ed entered the fork in the road, and under his leadership, gradually accelerated, and made a bend to outflank the enemy.
The young knights, whose names could not be named, followed closely behind them, their lips pursed, their faces hung with condensed mist, but their eyes were full of excitement.
It felt familiar, and behind the grown-up formed a long, thin serpent, each of them a scale, consuming the lives of their enemies in a rapid friction, and strangulating the mighty prey at the last bit.
Hundreds of cavalry quickly walked through the secluded alleys, and under Ed's leadership, they did not get lost, but drew a clear route towards the fiercest part of the city's fighting.
At the junction of the inner and outer cities of Auvare, the core of the entire Outer Psionic Defense Array, a scuffle is unfolding near this ancient building.
"Captain, we're on the verge of breaking through to the west, and we're giving us a little time to get these stubborn Rolanders to their knees and surrender. The Ingill knight who spoke had a few sword marks on his armor, but he still couldn't hide his graceful demeanor, pointing to a wargroup and reporting to the commander while not forgetting to wipe his slightly scattered hair.
The Grand Knight who oversaw the battle did not bring the unique tail note of the nobles at the end of the conversation like his subordinates, but frowned and hurriedly gave orders.
"No, I want you to take it immediately, don't you understand, the strongest knights are concentrated on that side, why are they still dragging their feet for so long, the commander-in-chief's goal is to take this city as much as possible, not to give you the opportunity to capture a few enemy knights alive and go back in exchange for merit, anyone who delays will be regarded as a coward on the battlefield! After the battle, it will be sent to the Continental Knight Court for public trial. ”
Ignoring the pale faces of his knights, the Warlord waved him down, knowing that his urging order would offend many knights below who were bent on meritorious service, and at the same time might bring more casualties to his own team.
Compared with the reproaches and criticisms he may receive after the battle, he is more worried about whether this battle can be won, since being cut off from the army outside the city, every time they stay here for a few more moments, the danger will increase exponentially, maybe many people swear that there are still Austrian aid outside the city, and the city has its own outnumber, there is no reason to be afraid of delay.
But there is always a worry in his heart that can't be erased, "It should be fine, although the commander has practiced the technique of breaking the formation and attacking together, but it always takes time, and it is normal that there is no news so far, as long as I do my best here to win the defense node and enlarge the army into the city, this battle will be stable." ”
He turned his head to look in the direction outside the city walls, trying to discern the fluctuations caused by the collision of psionic energy, but it was in vain, for some unknown reason, the psionic defenses of Ovareh City had not reacted to a heavy blow for some time.
"Hurry up, take down here for me, those who resist to the death will be killed on the spot immediately, temporarily put aside your arrogant chivalry, this is a war, I will be responsible for the consequences of going back to explain to the emperor His Majesty, kill me!"
The Ingier knights, who were leaning closer, watched in amazement as the Supreme Command Knights roared as if they were frantically driving their last reserves into the warband.
"Hell, this old fellow, can he be responsible? Can he be responsible for our loss of honor, and if he captures an enemy psionic knight on the battlefield, he can at least be promoted to a knighthood and get a big fief, can he afford this?"
"Damn it, but we don't have a choice, stop complaining, let's kill the enemy quickly, be careful that the old guy really makes a note for you, and go back to send you to the knight's court!"
"He dares!"
As if thinking of something terrifying, the complaining psionic knight muttered, and obediently walked towards the warband with his companions, turning anger and fear into spiritual flames that enveloped him.
The addition of a group of new forces has made the balance of power between the two sides on the battlefield a huge tilt, especially when they conveyed the meaning of the warlord, and the knights of Ingill were forced to start killing one by one, the knights of the Roland Kingdom who had been exhausted for a long time gradually collapsed, and the circle of defenders gradually narrowed the scope, exchanging spatial concessions for the postponement of the final demise.
The Knights of Ingill were satisfied to see that the tide of battle had changed, and at the same time, it was clear that while they had invested the last part of their combat readiness, their ability to deal with unexpected situations had also been significantly weakened.
"Maybe it's time for my old bones to go up and play, I'm really nostalgic for the time when I was fighting in the north, I don't know how those old guys are doing now. ”
Lifting the sword, he hesitated to walk forward, his originally slow steps gradually lightened with the blessing of psionic energy, but halfway through he stopped, turned his head to look in the direction he had come from on one side of the road, and randomly and suspiciously turned his gaze to look at the other side.
"That's?"
A cavalry team broke through the darkness and came out of the corner, and the female knight with the head pointed in her direction and said something behind her, carrying a huge banner with delicate patterns on it, and the bottom corner was stained with the blood of the dead, and the Ingill warlord was sure that he had never seen such a command flag, and that the solemn style must not be of Ingill.
"Hell!" he realized that this was the enemy's reinforcements, and they were here at this time, and combined with some previous signs, it was not difficult to guess that the large army left outside the city must be in a very bad situation.
When Di Lia arrived with someone, she saw this guy standing on the avenue at a glance, her eyes didn't stop long, she looked directly at the battle group behind him, and all the people who were active on the periphery of the battlefield were the figures of the Ingier knights, and only in the cracks in the windows of the building could you see a small number of Roland knights struggling to support inside.
"Rush!"
With the Holy Maiden letting out a roar of rage at the cavalry behind her, thousands of armed forces wrapped in the power of the star spirit began to charge.
At this time, at the other end of the road, Ed also arrived at the scene with his small army, and he was surprised to find that the enemy had thrown all his strength into the attack, and there were no additional men who could organize in time to resist the charge of his own men.
"This is a great opportunity!"
Ed turned around and shouted at the cavalry behind him, the psionic energy spreading his words.
"Follow me closely, don't be nostalgic, the same as before, just a knife, rush with me!"
Two relatively galloping dragons suddenly joined the eroded warband, and the Governor of Ingill only had time to smile contemptuously at these non-psionic people, and along with the weapons he stood at his side, he was drowned by the power of the stars on the countless soldiers, like fallen leaves floating on the torrent, without even a single wave.
Ed was the only one who noticed the old knight, he and Delia rushed to his side at the same time, and almost broke the protective spiritual energy on each other's bodies under the mutual attack, and the young man failed to succeed in a single blow and did not love the battle, but directly led the team to move forward, leaving the enemy who was unable to breathe after being hit to the warriors behind him, maybe the fifth, maybe the tenth cavalry's weapon full of star spirit power finally ended his life.
The soldiers led by Delia aimed at the building where the psionic defense array was located, and rushed in, they may not be as capable as any of the Ingill knights alone, but the gathered star spirit power provided everyone with a huge protective ability, like a boulder squeezing on the enemies on the periphery, completely disrupting the pace of their attack.
Stanley, the psionic knight, was in the middle of the battle, his limbs were all painted, his armor was also shattered, and only a few pieces were left on his body and were crumbling, he was the first to rush to the defensive array, and he could have stayed in the interior to command the defense, but the knight's sense of responsibility urged him to rush out again and again to fight with the attackers.
"These enemies have invaded while I am on duty, and it is my duty as the chief of defense to wash away this shame with blood. ”
"Stanley, come back, our reinforcements are coming, you were right before, that kid really brought reinforcements!"
Stanley, who had consumed most of his psionic energy, gasped and took a few steps forward, but he didn't react for a while, and then he rushed to the window, his eyes widened, and he saw his own reinforcements coming from outside, and the corners of his mouth trembled and said, "Here, they are finally here!"
"Then what are we waiting for, go, rush out, and chop these Ingill fur seals into minced meat with the reinforcements!" Stanley, who had come back to his senses, turned around and let out a shout, and with a wave of his hands violently, he threw the last few armor leaves out, and squeezed towards the entrance and exit with the morale-boosting comrades around him, where the fighting was the most tragic place, and there were already more than a dozen knights lying here at the moment when the enemy launched a strong attack, and blood and flesh were splashed everywhere.
"Brothers, blow the horn of counterattack, let's rush out!"
The psionic knights stationed in Ovarare City were pressed and beaten by a larger number of enemies, and they were already impatient, and the reason why they gave up their mobility and stuck here was to hold on for a little longer, to keep the only remaining defensive array from changing hands, and to drag the reinforcements to Stanley's mouth arrived, if they were willing to use the familiar terrain to deal with the enemy, the casualty ratio was likely to be reversed, but then the enemy brigade outside the city would have broken through a long time ago, and the city would be difficult to preserve.
They may not care about the casualties of civilians in the city, but it is their responsibility to defend it, and there is not even a glimmer of hope that no knight will admit that he is incompetent and has lost his duty of guardianship.
Ed led the team to gallop on the periphery, through a heavy wall of people to grasp the overall situation with insight skills, in the feedback of the psychic energy, it was clear that the Ingill knights who were caught in the middle lost a lot of favorable terrain by surprise, and were compressed a lot by the front and rear packs, but they had nothing to protect, and many people reacted and began to try to retreat.
It was unrealistic for the tired Knights of the City and the weakened Deria Star Force to intercept the fleeing enemy, and Ed knew it was time for him to take the action. (To be continued.) )