Chapter 214: The Highest Glory
At the same time, the Duke of Diño, who was on the front line of Orleans, heard that Paris was occupied by the surprise attack of Akali, and spit out a mouthful of blood, fainted on the ground, and finally recovered after a tense rescue.
"Lord Duke, you're all right!" shouted the surrounding generals.
"I'm fine...... But Paris ......" Diño's gaze was glazed.
"My lord, now that our back road has been cut off, what should we do?"
"Go contact Renault and a few of them, discuss it well, and go to ......"
"Yes!"
Soon, Renault, Locke, Wilkins, and Franz all came to Diño's tent.
"Friends, just yesterday Paris was breached by a surprise attack by Akali, and we lost the center of logistical supply, so we must act to deal with the situation at hand. Diño's face was a little pale, and he said bitterly.
The other four people exchanged glances with each other, without too much conversation, but from the eyes of the four of them, they could all notice that a kind of joy and pride were flickering.
Although Duke Diño is the leader of the Council of Europa, a political group led by Trist, in fact, the lords who have joined Trist's rule for various reasons have evil intentions, and many of them have contradictions with each other, and even people who do not share the same hatred, and these four counts have such a relationship with Diño.
Diño is the lord who joined the kingdom of Lucas relatively early, with the help of Lucas's strength, he hit Renault and others near him, and finally defeated their power, after the war, Lucas I granted the Duke of Diño's honorable status, and Renault four were awarded the earl and became Diño's subordinates, such a decision naturally made Renault and others extremely dissatisfied, so the four of them colluded with each other, always looking for an opportunity to replace Diño, and now Diño's base Paris is occupied, this news is simply a natural sound for the four of Renault。
"Lord Duke, I advise us not to abandon Orleans because of this, now that the Marseille rebels are on the verge of collapse, they can be taken with just one blow, and it is not too late to return to the division to pick up the surprise attack of Akali. Renault spoke first.
His meaning was obvious, he wanted to delay the return of Dinho, so that when Dinho and Akali were both defeated, he would be able to reap the benefits, and the other three also agreed, but ......
"Why, according to your mind, Paris doesn't matter?" said Dinho, blushing, "If it were your territory, Nantes, Bordeaux, or Lyon, would you still be so calm?"
“......”
The four of them glanced at each other, and they all revealed a deep sense of disgust, but they couldn't attack at this time, so they had to say: "Lord Duke, we didn't mean that, but the situation in front of us retreated like this, it's a pity, what do you see?"
Finally, after arguing for a long time, everyone reached an agreement that tonight, the last siege of Orleans would be carried out, and if it could not be taken by all, they would return to Paris with all their might.
Thus, the 120,000-strong army under the city of Orleans began its own intensive preparations.
on the city walls.
It has been two days since Reinhardt first arrived in Orleans, and for Reinhardt, these two days are two days that are getting closer to despair a little bit, Shylock did not give Reinhardt who betrayed him a good look at him, and even tried not to see him as much as possible, so that Reinhardt, who originally planned to be attentive, had no idea where to start, and the eyes of the Marseille rebels also made him feel a sense of self-pride at all times.
It was the beginning of tomorrow again, Reinhardt was used to life on the city wall, during this time, the enemy had not launched a decent attack, so there was no crisis in the defense of the south side, he held on to the wall battlement and looked into the distance, and found that the enemy camp that was originally brightly lit suddenly became dark, quiet and a little weird.
"What's going on?"
Reinhardt immediately became alert, squinted his eyes and carefully observed the surrounding situation, and suddenly found that in the forest in the distance, there were countless small reflections, which were clearly from armor and weapons!
"The enemy wants to attack at night!"
Reinhardt immediately came to a conclusion and ordered loudly: "Pass my order, everyone is in battle mode, and defend all important points according to the original plan, the enemy is ready to launch a night attack! Also, go and inform Sherlock to be more vigilant, the enemy in the north may also attack!"
"Yes!"
Soon, the sound of trumpets resounded through the city of Orleans under the night sky, and countless nervous warriors ran towards the city walls, forging a steel defense line in just a few minutes.
And the enemy was also determined to attack, and a dense sea of people poured into the small Orleans, and soon, the brutal and bloody siege began.
"Watch out for the enemy's arrows!" Reinhardt swung his sword and shot down a speeding arrow, saving the life of a soldier who was concentrating on chopping the ladder, and Diño's army, under Diño's death order, stormed the walls of Orleans like a madman, which brought great defensive pressure to Reinhardt at the beginning, but as the war continued, the defenders of Orleans stabilized their positions and gradually resisted the pressure of the enemy army. "Are these guys here for real, what are they doing? Is it that Akali has already succeeded, so the enemy wants to end the battle as soon as possible, and then go back to solve the crisis in Paris?"
Reinhardt's judgment was right, it was for this consideration that Diño decided to end the battle here as soon as possible, but in this way, Reinhardt also raised all kinds of fighting spirit, as long as this battle is not lost, and the city of Orleans is held, he can successfully complete the task given to him by Akali!
The shouting from the other side of the city proved that Renault and the others still chose to cooperate with Diño's attack, but it seemed that its strength was far less than his own, which also made Reinhardt a little relieved.
Because the number of enemies is too much, the number of ladders has gradually increased, and the landing of Trist soldiers has begun on the city wall, Reinhardt took the lead, slashing the enemy with the three-foot sword in his hand, blood stained his white armor, finally, the enemy was driven down, Reinhardt pulled out the sharp arrow on his shoulder, which was the wound he had just suffered in order to cut a ladder.
"My lord, what is that?"
The frightened voices of the surrounding soldiers came, and Reinhardt looked at it and was surprised, it turned out that a huge rushing car was slowly driving towards the city gate, once it hit it a few times, the city gate was afraid that it would be reduced to pieces!
"Don't let this thing get close to the city gates!" Reinhardt's voice instantly rose an octave. "You lead the archers to suppress the enemy forces around the charging car, and try to slow down their advance!
Before the soldiers on the city wall could react, Reinhardt had already jumped down and landed directly on top of the rushing car, shaking it for a while.
"Kill him!"
The enemy soldiers all knew what Reinhardt was going to do, and they all released arrows to stop him, Reinhardt smiled slightly, lay on the roof of the rushing car, and used his sword to divide five by two to open a gap, and jumped directly, a whirlwind slash, and all the enemy soldiers inside fell to the ground!
But at this moment, the car shook violently.
"Knock...... Knock ......"
"Damn it......" Reinhardt knew that the enemy was already hitting the city gate with the rushing car, and his movements had to be fast, thinking of this, he replaced it with a big axe of the dead enemy next to him, and cut the axles of the four wheels of the rushing car like a log, and finally, after an earth-shattering loud noise, the rushing car shattered!
"Boom!"
"Ha Lu Ha...... It's still easy to dismantle...... What!"
The smile on Reinhardt's face instantly froze, because the loud noise just now was not the sound of the car collapsing, but the loud noise of the south gate of Orleans being knocked down!
"Oops!"
Reinhardt's secret passage is not good, the city gate is shattered, and the defense of the city wall suddenly loses most of its effect, and the enemy army will definitely storm here, and at this time the enemy has come to his senses and began to pour into the gate of Orleans like a tide!
"Hold your ground!"
Reinhardt beckoned reinforcements as he picked up his big sword and slashed at it!
"The city must not be allowed to fall...... You can't be sorry for Princess Akali...... Sherlock must not be put in danger......"
At this time, there was only one thought left in his mind, as if everything in the world did not exist, only himself, the enemy in front of him, and his beloved, sorry girl.
He slashed and slashed with all his might, slashed and slashed every enemy he saw, and his companions around him fell, and he turned a blind eye, and the sharp arrow pierced into his body, and he turned a blind eye, and the blade tore through his flesh, and he turned a blind eye, and he had only one thought left: he must not let Orleans fall!
I don't know how long it took to kill, finally, the enemy retreated, and Reinhardt's feet, there was already a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, the sword in his hand had been almost broken in two, the blade was full of gaps, there were five or six arrows on his body, countless sword wounds on his body, and his chest was pierced by a broken spear, which was very terrifying, but he was still standing under the south gate of Orleans, and the enemy looked at the giant in front of him as if he could not defeat it like he was looking at death, it seemed that the real gate of Orleans was not the broken copper and iron that was smashed by himself, but the brave and even crazy knight in front of him!
"Are you scared now! Come on, what about your courage! what about your guts!" Reinhardt roared, waving his broken sword as if it were a divine weapon. "I haven't killed enough yet, come on, fight to the death like a knight and a man!"
Under the night sky, there was silence, and the Trist soldiers looked at each other, the blades in their hands trembling violently, and they no longer had the courage to attack.
"You shit, get out of the way!"
From a distance, the sound of galloping horses' hooves came, and Duke Diño, holding a spear in his hand, slowly stopped in front of the formation, and said mockingly: "What makes you so desperate for this little broken city?"
"I am a knight, and my highest honor is to die to protect my beloved!"
Reinhardt's voice was so calm, so indifferent, he knew in his heart that he was already at the end of his crossbow, and he couldn't hold on any longer, every inch of wounds on his body was taking away his physical strength, his life, and his consciousness, but he was still holding on, insisting on not letting himself fall, he prayed silently: "Merciful Lord, at least, please let me kill the head of the enemy, and then respond to your call......"
"I don't know what ......," Diño snorted coldly. "Reinhardt Thomas, today is your death, and I am the one who ended your life!"
"Not necessarily!"
Diño galloped and rushed towards Reinhardt's lonely figure, but Reinhardt did not let go of the broken greatsword and slashed it with a roar......
"Click!"
In an instant, everything stopped, and Diño's spear pierced Reinhardt's abdomen, and Reinhardt's broken greatsword also pierced Diño's chest.
"How...... Probably ......"
Diño spat out a mouthful of blood, uttered the words in a hoarse voice, and fell from his horse to the ground.
"Ha Lu Ha...... Ha Lu Ha ......"
Reinhardt laughed, so miserable, so powerless, suddenly, as if he would never fall, his knees finally weakened, and he slowly fell......
"Reinhardt!
Sherlock led the reinforcements from the north gate, just to see this scene, tears burst out of the embankment instantly, she ignored the enemy soldiers around her, tightly hugged Reinhardt, who was lying in a pool of blood, and called out loudly: "Why do you want to work so hard! You don't even care about your own life for what! What do you ...... To do so much for me...... Please, don't leave me, don't leave me—"
"Don't cry, Sherlock......"
Reinhardt suddenly opened his eyes slowly, wiped away Sherlock's tears with his weak hands, as if he had exhausted his last strength, and said, "I am a knight...... Protecting my loved ones and sacrificing my own life is my highest honor...... If you want......"
"Reinhardt......" Sherlock whispered the name of the dying man in his arms.
"Forgive me...... My dear ......"
Reinhardt's hand slipped weakly after all......
"......" Sherlock suddenly noticed that there was a pendant hanging around his neck, and inside, it was clearly his own appearance!
"For what, for what......" Sherlock picked up the pendant engraved with his own appearance, and could no longer stop the tears from bursting the embankment. "You fool, why do you want to be obsessed with me...... For what, I was determined that I would never forgive you again, but I still ......"
"Reinhardt, I-love-you-"
Sherlock's mournful shout pierced the quiet night sky.