"Forward-!!!"

A long roar accompanied by the blowing of military trumpets echoed outside a small town of Dominica that had long been reduced to ruins, and with majestic shouts and neat footsteps, the Turin infantry phalanx holding high the battle flag advanced in an orderly manner towards the last stronghold in the town.

The soldiers in the front row stood shoulder to shoulder, the heavy kite-shaped shields formed a solid shield wall, the sharp and shimmering spears stretched out from the gaps, and the soldiers in the back row raised their throwing spears above their heads, ready to pierce the enemy's neck or shoot out, and the crossbowmen with crossbows were divided into two wings and the rear, as light infantry swept away the thugs who suddenly came out to sneak attack.

The Dominica soldiers hiding in this last stronghold had obviously heard the rhythmic sound and were already stationed at the crossroads of the streets, but they all looked sluggish, and although they seemed to be in high morale and fighting to the death, their decadent and dejected appearance could not be changed.

Not only that, but the armament of the "Dominic" soldiers was even worse - almost all of them were wounded, and most of them had no armor on them, only leather wrapped in leather from somewhere, only half of them had steel swords and spears in their hands, and the rest were either carrying hoes or logging axes, or machetes and stones for chopping flesh and the like.

In fact, they had been resisting for a whole day and a night in this village, and if it weren't for the Turin expeditionary force's reluctance to waste too many consumables on them, it would have taken two barrels of ignition charge, or a few rounds of ballistas and arrows to crush the remnants of the army.

Even so, after the elite Turin Expeditionary Force attacked for a day and a night, these defeated Dominican soldiers finally reached their limit. The infantry phalanx stopped advancing in a rapid trumpet, opened the formation and completely blocked the alley entrance, and the crossbowmen in the rear skillfully opened the strings and arrows, and the neat tense sound sounded, and the screaming arrows were like the sickles of death, tearing apart the flesh and blood, and the screams kept coming, and the Dominic soldiers who were sticking to the position fell one after another.

"For the sake of Bright Star City, for the revenge of our family, rush!" The Dominic soldier, who finally couldn't bear it anymore, gritted his teeth and raised the broken sword in his hand, and let out a final cry: "Kill all the Turin dogs-!"

A continuous shout sounded in the ruins, and in the face of the surging Dominica enemy, the Turin army formation was calm and a little terrifying, until the last centurion slammed the shield fiercely: "Radiant Cross!"

"Radiant Cross - !!!"

............ Two quarters of an hour later, the last remaining Dominic soldier was scarred by the Turin centurion's sword pierced through the neck, covered in arrows and lying in pools of blood and corpses, the Dominic town, which had been besieged for a whole day, surrendered to the Turin expeditionary force, led by a few trembling old men and a group of women and children, and the flag of the flaming goshawk was finally hung in the center of the town.

In the vicinity of Bright Star City, such small-scale battles are still going on - in the face of the city's high and strong Bright Star City, Sir Leonardo chose the tactic of besieging but not attacking, cutting off all the city's supply lines from the outside world and leaving it isolated, while on the other hand, the formation of centurions and cavalry began to sweep the surrounding villages and towns, large and small, and one after another was captured and became a supply point for the expeditionary force.

And the bad news that will come into the city every day is also constantly hitting the morale of this city-state - the shortage of materials, low morale, despair is circulating on the streets every day, and even in many slums there are terrible rumors of cannibalism, and the nobles who are crazy about hoarding food also stay in the house in the days of trembling and dare not go out, for fear of encountering the tragic fate of robbery and massacre.

In order to break this situation, the Otovik family of Bright Star City also organized a counterattack - because the port had been blocked by the expeditionary fleet, Bright Star City, which had lost its last fleet, could only attack by land, and the 5,000 city armed militia were finally defeated and fled by 300 cavalry of the Knights of the Holy Tree.

Even in the Dominica Wars thirty years ago, the Kingdom of Turin had never gathered hundreds of hoplites into the battlefield - unlike the eastern borders, the southern part of the kingdom had never had a tradition of training knights on a large scale because of the terrain and customs, but hoplites similar to those of the Dominicans were very popular, and even the nobles mostly fought on foot, and a small number of knights were in charge of duties such as middle and lower officers.

Therefore, for the first time, I encountered this group of elite cavalry troops from the knights of the Kingdom of Turin, especially the Knights of the Sacred Tree of the King's own army, and the demoralized urban militia had no power to parry at all, and was easily destroyed, but in the large and small villages and towns, the Turin army, which could not give full play to the advantage of cavalry, not only had to face the attacks of militia and mercenaries, but also the wandering wizards in the countryside.

These people are different from the regular wizards in the city-state, most of them are guys who have only learned some rudimentary magic or skills, but they are more experienced, and they can more or less use some self-defense spells or black magic in the wilderness all year round, although most of them do not accept employment and rarely participate in battles, but when they encounter such a situation, they will also help defend the city together, which makes the Turin army suffer a lot.

Despite this, the expeditionary force still successfully captured most of the villages and towns outside the city, and the rest were all surrendered or had been breached, leaving only the remaining resisters, and groups of reinforcements were also arriving from the port of The Hague, and the day of the attack on the city was getting closer and closer.

Putting the sword back into the scabbard, Sir Leonardo opened his arms to Otto Kwyn with a bold smile and hugged the other party fiercely: "Why are you old thing?!"

"I'm just acting on orders, I'm the lord of The Hague Harbor, guarding the southern part of the kingdom in accordance with His Majesty's edict, since the kingdom is going to attack Bright Star City, how can I not come?!" Viscount Otto's face also showed a nostalgic smile: "How long have we not seen each other, ten or twenty years?"

"I went to the East and served as a knight chief, and you went to The Hague Fort to be your lord - I haven't seen you for twenty years, and many of you are gone. Leonardo shook his head with some emotion: "After the news of Tornier's death came, I replaced him as the chief knight and stayed in Turin City for a while. ”

"Speaking of Tornier, do you remember his squire named Edward Witwood, I heard that this kid is now a Knight-of-the Sacred Tree. Viscount Otto suddenly asked, "Is he also in the expeditionary force?"

"He's my lieutenant – guy Valens and I admire this young guy very much, he has a lot of talent and a lot of promise. Sir Leonardo didn't notice Otto's face changing twice in a row: "I've put him in charge of guarding Hornfort, and if nothing else, he should have just taken the castle by now - what, you have something to do with him?"

"yes, a lot of things. A meaningful smile appeared on Viscount Otto's face: "I have a lot of things to talk about with this 'promising' young man, especially many things that involve my daughter......"

"Lord Leonardo!" Before Otto could finish speaking, a herald who hurriedly rode a horse interrupted the two people's reminiscences, and ran directly over and handed a letter to Leonardo with a sweaty head: "News from Fort Clarifolia." ”

"The Purple Sail Mercenary Regiment of Bright Star City has quietly rushed back from the east and is besieging Fort Clarion, Vice Admiral Edward Witwood led more than three hundred soldiers to defend the castle, which may fall at any time, please support as soon as possible!"

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