Chapter 145: The Battle of Golden Spike City [4K]
Four majestic triangular bulls rumbled along the chariot, making deep rut marks on the grass. Douglas stood on the cart in heavy armor and a large sword in both hands, and the scarlet cloak and military flag behind him hunted in the wind.
His eyes were as sharp as a falcon, and the aura emanating from his body pressed on people's hearts like mountains, making people a little breathless.
A dark shadow swept over his head, blocking out the sunlight, it was a huge eagle with a wingspan of more than ten meters, and every flap brought a strong wind.
That was his mount, and it was also the origin of his title of [Chelt Eagle], as the only legendary rank knight in the south on the bright side, it is impossible to use any words and words to describe him.
A young knight carrying a cyan hurricane banner and riding a hurricane wolf came to the chariot, looked at the majestic figure and said respectfully: "Your Highness, Count Harvey has sent back news that the vanguard has reached twenty miles outside the city of Tey, and the rebels have not moved for the time being. ”
Brian lowered his head, looked at the young knight and said, "Pass the order, let them pay close attention to the movements of the rebels and look for fighters."
The Fifth and Eighth Legions were also ordered to march hastily in the direction of Tey, their speed was too slow, and I would see their banner when the sun rose to its highest point tomorrow. ”
"Do as you will!"
The young knight carried the banner and went away, but the mood of the Grand Duke of the South could not relax, and this time he led the elite of the noble coalition army to drive straight into the rebel-occupied area, although the resistance was not small along the way, but it did not stop the pace of the army's advance.
It seemed that the plan was going well, but from his instincts after years of fighting, it always felt that something was wrong, and it was so smooth that if the rebels were only at this level, he wouldn't have to do it himself.
But now, no matter which source of information comes back, everything is going in the expected direction, and there is nothing to doubt.
After thinking about it, he summoned a herald and said: "Mobilize another cavalry battalion to protect the grain route, and all of them will be dispatched by the baggage officer, and tell him that the grain and grass cannot be lost, and do not live up to the glory of the family." ”
This is his only weakness at present, the battle of the large army, the weight of grain and grass is the most critical, at present, the other party wants to win this battle, only from the grain road.
Whether it's a sneak attack or an attack, all he can do is see the move.
Looking back at the cyan hurricane banner standing tall, the solemnity in his heart was dispelled a little, this time he could be said to be going all out, and the Douglas family's terrifying hurricane knights were mobilized, which almost made him invincible.
"Whatever tricks you have, use them." A soft murmur drifted away in the wind, and the fangs of the Grand Duke of the South were already looming......
On the other hand, the main rebel force that the aristocratic coalition was looking for did not resist stubbornly in the city of Tej, as the intelligence said, but went around in a big circle to another battlefield.
When nearly 100,000 elite rebels approached the Golden Spike City, Count Daniel and the defenders of the Golden Spike City were stunned, and no one expected that they would actually give up defending the lair and take the initiative to attack.
At this moment, the plan planned by the Grand Duke of the South had been declared bankrupt.
Count Daniel looked at the menacing army below, and his heart had already lost his senses.
As the richest city in the Gothic province, the bard said that the river was filled with milk and honey, the walls were made of gold bricks, and you could see all kinds of exquisite goods on the streets......
This is naturally an exaggerated technique, but in fact it is not much the same, Golden Harvest City has become the leading leader of the water trade in the entire province by relying on a large river that crosses the kingdom, and I don't know how much wealth it has earned for hundreds of years.
Looking at the entire Tistan Kingdom, Golden Spike City is also one of the top ten richest places, and the impression that comes to the mind of the Daniel family is "rich".
However, the Daniel family, which has not experienced turmoil for hundreds of years, has long lost the sharpness and blood of their ancestors, and they have become veritable bears on the battlefield.
Although there are luxurious armies built with a lot of money, they have all been cultivated into old soldiers, and they have rarely seen the existence of blood, and they are the undisputed bottom among the high nobles in the entire southern border.
They have been content with pleasure and stability for too long.
So much so that in the face of the arrival of the rebels, the dignified earl was actually frightened and at a loss.
"Hurry up, hurry up and send a message to the Grand Duke and ask for help! Help! Count Daniel leaned against the wall, very excited.
Seeing this, the chief knight frowned tightly, dignified earl, what is it like? What's more, in front of the two armies, this is really a blow to morale.
"Go back first, I'll leave it here." The chief knight sent his own guards to take him down, and every minute this guy stayed here, his morale dropped by a point.
Looking at the rebels below, there were no less than 100,000 people densely packed, although the equipment was simple, it faintly exuded a fierce aura, and they were still assembling siege equipment, obviously prepared.
However, he was not too flustered in his heart, there were more than 30,000 standing troops in the city, the walls of Jinsui City were tall and strong, and there was a moat, so it was not a problem to defend the city and occupy the location. It can also order the conscription of militias, and as long as weapons are issued, civilian defenders can also play a role.
"Can't let them be fully prepared, come on, ballista ready!"
"Compliance...... Yes, sir. The herald's trembling command made the chief knight very displeased, and it became this virtue before the war, without the slightest bravery and blood as a soldier.
"We still have to send a message to the Grand Duke, as long as the reinforcements arrive, we can flank the front and back and eat the elite of the rebels in one fell swoop." The chief knight rubbed his jaw, ordered the bird to be released, and actively prepared for defense......
The black-robed man on the chariot looked at the dozen or so black dots flying up on the majestic city wall in front of him, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth: "I still want to spread the news, dreaming!" ”
With a slight clap of their hands, a group of black-robed people suddenly opened one iron cage after another, and inside was a black crow with three legs and a huge body, exuding a rancid stench.
With the squirming of the black-robed man's lips, the crow, which was originally like a corpse, suddenly opened its eyes, like a scarlet gem.
They let out a high-pitched call, then flapped their wings and flew into the blue sky, and flew straight at the letter birds released in Golden Harvest City, and in less than twenty minutes, all the letter birds were killed and their bones were gone.
Everyone on the city wall looked at this scene, and their hearts suddenly sank to the bottom, and the chief knight's hand couldn't help but clench, the other party blocked the battlefield, and it seemed that they were determined to capture Jinsui City.
"Immediately inform the earl, use the summons bead to send a message to the royal capital, and then the royal capital will be transferred to His Royal Highness the Grand Duke."
The communication bead is a magic device made by the royal family, the source is in the royal capital, and the local nobles only have a link between the child and mother beads, and the Golden Spid City does not have the Douglas family's beads, so this curve communication method can only be used.
It's just that this place is far away from the royal capital, and it will take a few days to communicate back and forth, plus the time when the army rushes over, they are expected to hold on for half a month.
The pressure on his shoulders suddenly increased, and he was almost out of breath with a heavy weight.
"Woo-woo-"
The sound of the horn rose with the wind, and the ballistae of the defenders of Golden Harvest City took the lead in attacking, and the rich were capricious in the end, and the number of ballistae equipped was not only large, but also the farthest range.
The dense stone bullets arced in the air and landed in the rebels' formation, accompanied by blood splashes, and one by one the unlucky eggs lost their lives.
But the strange thing is that there was not the slightest confusion in their military formation, everyone was like robots, there was no sound, there was no commotion.
This strange scene sends chills down the spine......
"Believers of the Lord, charge, take this city, and give it to the Great Master!" The black-robed man on the chariot casually unfolded a shield to block the falling stones.
Then a bell was raised, and under the shaking of "jingle bell", the expression of the rebel who was originally full of numbness on his face suddenly became fanatical, and his eyes became red.
They roared like wild beasts, and the next moment thousands of people poured up like a flood of floodgates, and the trebuchets assembled behind them began to fire stone projectiles.
The rebels were charged with stone bullets and rained arrows, carrying ladders and fearless death, and people fell in rows like wheat harvesting, but the next moment someone would continue to charge over the corpses.
This kind of desperate fighting frightened the old soldiers of Golden Spike City a lot, and they began to make frequent mistakes in a hurry, and the rebel trebuchets began to exert their strength, and they caused a riot in the city when they saw the blood.
The chief knight was anxious for a while, and led his knight squad to cut down a dozen before stopping the riot.
"It's not okay to go on like this, let the mage group prepare."
Seeing that the enemy had crossed the moat and put the ladder at the head of the city, the chief knight couldn't care about hiding it, and the original mage group of dozens of people was the hole card he kept for the critical period, but the opposite side was too weird, as if they were all monsters without emotion, which made him very uneasy in his heart.
There are more than fifty magicians in Golden Spike City, most of them have been cultivated by the Daniel family for many years, and a small part are vassals, among whom there are two great magicians.
After receiving the order, the magicians walked to the magic circle that had been carved on the city wall, and arranged them in a mysterious position.
There are three magic arrays in total, and magicians wearing the same color occupy the same magic array, representing the three systems of nature, elements, and spirits.
The elemental magicians were the most numerous, and they raised their magic wands in their hands, emitting colorful light, and the magic array burst out with dazzling light, frantically absorbing the free five elements in the air.
A huge vortex formed in mid-air, emitting amazing fluctuations.
"Forbidden Spell [Meteor Shower]"
The multicolored colors gradually transformed into a dazzling red, and a huge six-pointed star appeared in the sky above the rebels' heads, and a large invisible hand was engraved with a magic pattern on it.
One by one, fireballs emerged from the six-pointed star, falling like raindrops, with great momentum.
The rebels were not lambs to the slaughter, but a group of black-robed men gathered in a large circle, and the open space inside was carved with strange patterns, and in the middle were piles of corpses like a hill, both human and livestock.
As the chanting from their mouths erupted in a scarlet light, a vertical eye appeared in the sky, exuding an eerie and evil aura.
The vertical eyes opened, and a drop of blood dripped from the corner of the eye, and this drop of blood turned into a blood-colored river in the air, colliding with the falling rain of fire.
Most of the rain of fire was intercepted, but there were still some fish that slipped through the net and smashed into the military formation, and the people who were contaminated were instantly turned into ashes, which was extremely terrifying.
However, due to the long river of blood, the results achieved were extremely limited. The consumption of spiritual power by this large-scale forbidden spell was extremely terrifying, and after it was released, the magicians immediately sat down on the spot and began to recover.
The second magic array was quickly prepared, they were the smallest number of psychic magicians, they leaned their magic wands together and closed their eyes.
On the surface, it looks unremarkable, but in the eyes of the transcendental, a storm is being set off there, changing the color of the storm.
"Forbidden Spell [Spirit Storm]"
The storm swept towards the rebels like a hurricane, and the vertical eye in the air erupted in a bloody light, blocking the front of the army like a wall.
"Buzz"
The huge spiritual power was like a breeze blowing through the spring water, waving layers of waves in the air, washing over and over again in their minds.
This time the interception was not ideal, many of the rebels' eardrums exploded in an instant, and thousands of soldiers fell, their bodies intact, but their minds had been destroyed into paste.
The black-robed man on the chariot had the same face as usual, human life was just a number in his eyes, as long as he quickly took the Golden Harvest City, the wealth here was very important to them.
More importantly, flesh and blood, this is a rare bustling big city, with a population of nearly 100,000, which is his main goal.
Seeing that the attack worked, the chief knight immediately commanded his soldiers to counterattack, and less than half of the thousands of rebels who attacked in the first wave eventually retreated.
But before he could catch his breath, the second wave of thousands of people rushed up without fear of death, fighting spirit and magic complemented each other, flesh and blood flew sideways, and Golden Harvest City turned into a meat grinder, mercilessly devouring the lives of soldiers on both sides......
Seeing that the resistance of the rebels in Tei City was gradually weakening, there was no joy on the face of the Grand Duke of the South, something was wrong, Tei City was the only big city occupied by the rebels in the Gothic Province, and it was their lair.
But now the resistance is so weak that it is clearly unreasonable.
He opened the map and searched for valuable targets around Tey City to be attacked by the rebels, and soon his eyes were focused on the Golden Spike City.
"Even the old nest has given up like this, is it just for the wealth of Golden Harvest City? What exactly do you want to do. His brow furrowed deeply, and for the first time he could not understand the enemy's strategic intentions.
But no matter what, he must not let the enemy succeed, he stretched out his hand to summon a majestic knight, and said solemnly: "Lead the knights, immediately assemble in the direction of Golden Spike City, if you find traces of the enemy army, you can wait for the opportunity to move." ”
"Do as you will!"
With the howl of wolves, nearly a thousand knights swept away like a gust of wind......
(End of chapter)