Thirty-six dead ends

"Betrayal?" Ashrufat's voice had been as cold as ice just now, but now it had turned into a cold piece of steel. Even if Thomas forgives him, I won't forgive him!"

"But he won't be able to jump for a few days. Leo said. "He's smart enough after all, and he doesn't dare to take over any city with the banner of the Flying Serpent. But when the Paro people in the border castle are finished, Princess Irina's main army will come to the territory under his control, and the princess will definitely demand to take over the city under his control, what can he do? If he dares to resist, then he will die himself. If he does not resist, then the position he has gained by betrayal and lies will become a castle in the air, and every knight of honor will spit on him! Forget it, let's not discuss this topic, it makes me sick to discuss him! If he had been able to come in time at that time, William Daly would not have died. ”

Now they knew what Lane was doing. Thomas had originally planned to summon the Casilos knights in three months, but this time was a conservative estimate. In fact, the process was completed in just over a month. Ryan then led this force to capture the large cities that were controlled by the Paro people, one by one. In order to suppress Cassilos and resist St. Jean, the forces of the Paros were no longer enough, so the garrison forces in these cities were reduced to no less. Coupled with the cooperation of the people, almost all the cities were destroyed by the first war and became his territory.

If Ryan hadn't expanded his strength at that time, he would have been able to reinforce the hard-fought Drake City. The Paros didn't have time to dig their siege tunnels, and William Daly wouldn't have led a death squad out of the city to raid and die on the battlefield.

Even Thomas miscalculated Ryan's wolf ambitions!

"Is the time we've saved really enough to build a new City Breaker?" said Ashrufat, who didn't want to discuss Ryan any more.

"Don't underestimate me, Ashrufat. At the academy, I was the best student in military mechanics. ”

"But the wood ...... In the area of Wolf's Mouth Castle, there don't seem to be any trees. ”

"We carried some lumber with us. We just built one to keep the enemy at bay and share the pressure, and we didn't need much wood. ”

They continued to talk about the plan for a while, completely unaware that at this moment, an extremely dangerous figure had swaggered into the camp.

......

The Paro army took up positions outside the city.

The strength was about three hundred, all knights. They stood in front of the city gates, with a posture of challenge. Behind them, the gates of the Wolf's Mouth Castle were wide open, like something hidden under a woman's low-cut dress, seducing the desires of the coalition forces. If this knightly force can be defeated, then this fortified city can be captured.

Ashrufat carefully observed the enemy's posture. There was a reason why the paros were so bold in successive battles, and the enemy's knights were completely within the protection of the ranged troops at the head of the city. If the coalition forces send a large group of men and horses to launch a full-scale attack, it will be a target for Paro's long-range troops in vain. And Paro's knights will definitely retreat into the city in time under the cover of long-range fire. Even if they didn't have time to retreat into the city, the defenders would be desperate to close the gates. If they want to eat this lonely knight army, the coalition will have to pay three or five times as many casualties.

But if you don't do anything...... The formation of the Paro people is really too tempting, like bait. Even if you know that the road is dangerous, you still can't help but want to take a bite.

Whatever the Paro's motives, it did give the coalition a chance for a quick victory. If you can send a force of the right size not to scare the enemy away, and then crush the group of Paro knights in close combat, it is actually possible to follow the defeated army into the city gates. The switch that controls the rise and fall of the gate is behind the gate, and you can turn left when you enter the city.

And once you can control the city gates...... Fools know what that means.

But this assault force is bound to face an extremely dangerous situation. There is no doubt that the Paros will fight back wildly, and they will have the advantage for a while in the battle near the city gates. If you can survive this time and the reinforcements continue to rush in, then you can take this castle today.

Ashruphat made up his mind in his heart.

Just as the Paros were watching, the coalition forces formed a siege formation outside the city, and then a force suddenly rushed out of the large army and rushed straight to the Paro knights lined up at the gate of the city. The defenders at the head of the city could tell at a glance that this force was also composed entirely of knights, slightly more than the Palo knights outside the city, but not much.

The cannons at the head of the city did not fire, because the cavalry was too fast, and the cannons were not easy to hit. But when the knights of the coalition army came into range of muskets, the defenders at the head of the city did not hesitate to fire their muskets, and a whole line of gunsmoke rose from the top of the city.

Dozens of knights fell off their horses at the sound of gunfire and lay forever on the ground outside the city.

Crossbow launched a second attack, and whizzing arrows landed in the ranks of the charging knights, causing a new round of casualties. After the procession, the corpses of people and horses along the way were left. If the coalition knights had a slight advantage in numbers before, now they have become a numerical disadvantage.

The knight's charge was too fast, and neither the crossbow nor the musket had a chance to attack in a second round. The Paro knights were also well aware of this, and they also began to charge.

The two teams of knights formed the same cone formation and collided head-on. It was a head-to-head duel between a lance and a lance, a horse and a horse, a knight and a knight.

The first round of impact was unusually bloody. In a face-to-face charge, the armor was simply as fragile as papier-mâché. Even if you use a shield to resist a cavalry gun, you must have the right angle. All the knights who were in the first column and did not avoid the cavalry in time, or failed to remove the cavalry with their shields, almost all died in this wave of attacks. Often, both warring sides perished together, and men and horses pierced each other and died together.

The surviving knights on both sides dropped their useless cavalry guns, drew their melee weapons, and began a second round of fierce fighting.

At this point, the city's weapons were no longer of any help. Everyone watched nervously at this brutal duel between knights and knights. The view from the top of the city was good, and the Paro people could clearly see that an enemy knight was unusually outstanding, wielding a greatsword with one hand, and almost every blow could knock out a knight. His armor and shield are painted with red dragon coats of arms.

"Master, left!" Ashruphat surged as Carrie reminded him to dodge the blow of a Palo knight's battle axe. The withered sword sent a powerful counterattack, but it was dodged by the opponent's horse.

In fact, in this kind of horse fighting, the level of riding skills often determines the victory or defeat. Ashrufat's riding skills weren't strictly speaking, but he had Carrie's reminder that he avoided multiple deadly attacks and instead took out quite a few enemies. He spun his horse's head around and approached another paro knight from behind the flank, taking advantage of his unpreparedness, slashing off his head with a sword.

The battle became more and more intense, and the morale of both sides was revealed at this time. On the one hand, the knights of Casilos hated the Paro people to the core, and on the other hand, they won consecutive battles and had high morale, so they all moved forward bravely. However, the Paros people were demoralized because of the previous series of defeats, and began to be at a disadvantage, defending more than attacking. Quantitative change eventually leads to qualitative change, and finally, a Paro knight turns his horse's head and retreats backwards, causing the entire knight team to flee in an instant.

Ashrufat led his men and followed closely behind the Paro knights. There is only a stone's throw away from the city gate, and the city gate has not fallen, and half an arrow away, the city gate has not fallen, and it has rushed to the edge of the city gate, and the city gate still has not fallen.

The knights of Casilos followed the defeated army into the city gates, shouting a cry of victory.

As long as they control this place for a short time, the army in the rear will rush up. The knights came first, the infantry followed. When the time comes to seize this castle......

Then he saw a terrible scene.

Outside the city, Leo already sensed that something was wrong. Ashrufat led the raiding troops to rush in, why did the follow-up troops not move?

He rode his horse at the knightly forces that were ready to attack.

"Why don't you rush forward?" he asked the captain. It was a Casilos knight with a pair of wild eyes. To be honest, Leo wasn't quite sure if it was a knight who came to join their army. In this era of war and chaos, if a well-trained bandit or robber takes advantage of the death of a knight to impersonate him, it is really difficult to distinguish between them in a hurry. Of course, there is no need to distinguish at the moment, as long as they can fight.

"There was no signal for us to keep up. The captain explained. But how could Leo be deceived by such a stupid explanation? Seeing that the vanguard rushed in, the follow-up troops should have set off immediately. He was acutely aware that something unusual was happening. Moreover, the knight looked at him with a look that didn't look like he was looking at his boss at all.

"You're not a captain anymore!" Leo ordered, "Get out!"

A hint of anger flashed in the eyes of the former knight captain, and his hand touched his waist. But in the end, he put his hand on the reins harmlessly and turned away.

He looked at the others, and the knights had a completely different look in their eyes from this captain, and they had a look of eagerness. Just now they were forced to stay here by the captain's orders.

"You're the captain now!" Leo said to another knight, whose breastplate was painted with the crest of the Tower, indicating that his family was from the King's Guard. "Follow up at once and take the gates!"

"Yes!"

But they have already missed the most precious minutes. Right in front of the eyes of all the allied soldiers, the thick iron gate of the Wolf's Mouth Castle was slowly descending. The gate was like the mouth of a giant beast, and after swallowing all the coalition knights who rushed into it, including the de facto commander of the coalition army, Ashrufat, he had eaten and drunk enough and began to close his mouth.

"No!" Leo let out a cry of despair. It was too late, it was impossible for the follow-up troops to rush in, and Ashrufat was trapped inside, and he was sure to die.

Hundreds of knights faced tens of thousands of enemies, no matter how brave Eshurufat was, it was a dead end.