The Helena Fortress, built one hundred and fifty years ago, and Nullon in the rear, as the two strategic nodes of the eastern barrier of Feshan, supported the heavy responsibility of the entire eastern province.

For more than 100 years, in the tide of the westward expansion of the Iranian power, there have been many collisions and sparks here, and the most recent breakthrough was forty years ago, when the Iraqi army attacked the city with 150,000 people, and finally rushed into Fesan from here, setting off a bloody storm.

After the Fesan people recaptured, they dug a moat on the basis of the original outer wall, increased the four arrow towers, and built this fortress into a military battlefield with a complete system and thick walls.

According to the intelligence, under the condition that Fei San is fully infused with troops, the entire fortress can garrison more than 30,000 troops, not to mention that the fortress is deeply based and awe-inspiring, like a fierce beast standing on the dragon plate, looking at the vast plains below, according to the experience of Juan Casey,

Such a fortress is enough to hold back the pace of 100,000 troops when the troops are sufficient, but fortunately, because of the shortage of Fei Shan's army, the strength of the fortress has been exhausted, and the current strength in the fortress is only 5,000, which is only one-sixth of the heyday.

"With only such a weak force in such a heavy place, it is no wonder that it will be regarded as the primary breakthrough!" the corners of June's mouth snorted coldly, the cold of the early winter rain hit his face, flowing down his cheeks, bringing a chill spreading to the earth, the army had already unfolded, just waiting for an order, a trivial leaf trampling. From behind, a black-armored officer stepped out of the bushes next to him, stepping on the muddy and wet soil that had not yet dried, and whispered to Jusie Kane, who was staring at the fortress in the distance

"Your Excellency. Once you're ready, let's attack!"

The officer's face was full of eagerness, as the vanguard of the battle. Naturally, they are all elite generals in the Central Army, looking at the combat targets in front of them that are majestic but obviously lacking in troops, everyone's hearts are itchy, defeat Helena, defeat Neuron, and use this as a breakthrough point to turn this battlefield involving hundreds of thousands of troops fighting, which is for any soldier. are enough to boast of a lifetime of brilliant achievements,

"So. Let's get started!"

Jusie Kane nodded, his gaze falling on the troops in front of him, spears like a forest, shining with a terrifying glow in the rain. The wind and rain burst through the strict queue, and the red tassels like flames on the top of the helmet of the Imperial Central Army were neatly blown, like a bright red suddenly appeared,

The chill of killing spreads in the wind,

The Third Banner Regiment of the Central Army can be personally selected by the fat man as the assault striker, although its reputation is not obvious, but in the Central Army sequence, its rigid combat style is called a "rigid meat grinder", which means that as long as it is an order, the Third Flag Regiment will resolutely implement it at any cost.

So in several wars, the battle losses of the Third Banner Regiment of the Central Army always made the fat man very dissatisfied, but this time. The fat man personally ordered the general, and the point was still Zhu Xicaien's Third Banner Regiment of the Central Army, just because the Third Banner Regiment dared to fight and dare to die!

"It's not uncommon in the empire to die half of the battle and give the army that holds out, but two-thirds of the people killed in battle. There is only one army that is still forcibly commanding assaults in the Empire. That's the Third Banner Regiment of the Central Army!" This is the Falcon Majesty's evaluation of Jussi Kane's Third Banner Regiment,

The battle between Fei San and the empire is like two sides of the chessboard, the two sides are tired, the forces of both sides are constantly betting, and it has reached the Cheng dù that affects the situation on the mainland, hundreds of thousands of troops are dueling, the increasing variables of the two fronts, a little inattention, is the situation of the destruction of the country, if the empire is defeated, in addition to unpredictable turmoil, in ten years, it will not be able to expand eastward, if Fei San fails, the influx of the imperial army is the situation of Fei Shan's destruction, so both sides are tense,

At this moment, even if the emperor suddenly enters from the side of Iraq, although it seems that there is a possibility of shaking the overall situation, but in fact, it is not easy to shake the overall situation.

War is not won by drawing little by little on the strategic map, but by winning little by little, by the bloody battles of soldiers, and even by fighting to the death!

After all, the number of troops that the empire can put into the assault line is limited, and in the case of maintaining the pressure of the coastal defense line, it is already the limit to be able to increase the number of troops to 30,000, which is still because the empire has the premise of controlling the sea area, and Fei Shan's side has been fighting against the Iranian Empire all the year round, and the defense facilities located on the side of the Iranian Empire can be described as layered on top of each other, layer after layer, hundreds of years of full operation, countless financial and human inputs, and the continuous reinforcement of garrisons around the country, it can be imagined how this defensive line is like an iron barrel,

At the beginning, such as the Emperor of Islam Soladin I, the male lord, wanted to attack Fei Shan, but also avoided here, and the attack surface taken was also just not on one side, so he unexpectedly hit Fei Shan by surprise, that is, because of the attack from the direction of the Eastern Province, not only the loss is huge, but also the advance is difficult, if you can't open the situation in a short period of time, it is a dilemma of constantly consuming troops, which is really worth the loss, so Fei Shan's side dared to evacuate the troops from here, in addition to not expecting, but also because the Fei shan people have self-confidence, the defensive line here, as long as it is a little more normal, will not take the initiative to collide！

Because even if the lack of troops is a weakness, but Faisan is the advantage of local warfare after all, not only has the troops that can be constantly recruited, the materials that can be mobilized, but also the natural advantage of occupying the defense, which is a hard turtle shell,

If the hammer dropped by the enemy is not hard enough and not strong enough, then this fatal sword to Fessan's back will only become a joke.

The empire needs a sharp enough sword, which may be broken and broken, but will still move forward resolutely, in order to completely pierce this turtle shell, only in this way can it really shake the entire battle situation, this is what His Majesty Falcon said when he personally summoned Zhu Xiyan, the Third Banner Regiment of the Central Army is this sword! In order to increase the blade of this sword, His Majesty Falcon even did not hesitate to transfer the four thousand imperial longbowmen that only the guards only have in the Guards army into this sword,

The order to attack was being conveyed, and the fast cavalry continued to gallop in front of the emperor's ** array in front of the fortress, "in the front line of the shooters"

In the white rain, 4,000 thorny longbowmen with 2-meter giant bows in their hands. Scattered in four teams, the two-meter long bow slowly lifted at a forty-five degree angle towards Fort Helena, which was as thick as an ordinary person's thigh, supported by an arm as thick as an ordinary person's thigh.

The longbow string was taut and slowly pulled to its maximum. The steel arrows with blood grooves were raised in unison, and in the rain, a layer of faint white light belonging to cold metal flashed "Attention, the enemy is about to attack!" "Quick, erect a shield" The Fishan soldiers on the fortress side nervously raised their shields, leaned their shields against the gap in the city wall with all their might, and breathed into the air with a big gulp. Pieces of white gas were spit out from his mouth, and the horror of the Imperial Crossbow was spread to the gods. Some people say that they can shoot through heavy armor, and some people say that even the shield can't block it, "pop"

With the sound of the uniform bowstring under the city walls, the Fishan soldiers felt a feeling on their scalps that they didn't belong to themselves, "Hell, why haven't the damn reinforcements come yet!"

The soldiers were spitting loudly in their hearts. It was like being smashed on the shield by a heavy weapon, and the attack struck, like a turbulent waterfall, "Block it!" Before the soldier behind the shield could finish his words, he felt a dense cold star dazzle his eyes, and the terrifying star point was like a starlight that suddenly burst out of the darkness, with a deadly breath, shattering the shield with unbelievable swiftness, "Poof, poof!" A bloody flower exploded behind the shield. I can even hear the sound of blood exploding in my body clearly.

Meat was splashed and rain was pouring down. Countless points of blood light accompanied by the crisp sound of broken muscles and bones, the soldiers behind the shield overturned "Help me, save me" The arrowman screamed in a pool of blood, the shield twisted and fell to the ground, and the stormy arrows were still flying in, setting off a bloody storm. The walls were filled with a terrible and miserable cry, a cry of despair. "Forward!"

The besieging troops began to advance, and as the rain fell on the ground in the cold streams, the besieging troops' polished steel shields approached the city walls like a sparkling river belt. The dense human heads squirmed like a swarm of ants, and the clusters of arrows from behind also crossed the air with rapid and graceful white lines, and quickly leaped over a staggering distance of 200 meters, and the archers on the suppressed city wall did not even dare to show their heads.

The Imperial longbowman wears a red tassel on his head and a red leather armor that only the Guards have. "Release!" With a loud voice, the bowstring was released, and the special longbow armor-piercing arrow tore through the air and flew over with a white cold light.

Below the fortress, the Imperial heavy infantry had already swooped down like a tidal wave. The cold light is like iron, carrying a huge shield on his back, biting a sharp sword in his mouth, and climbing up with agility along the ropes nailed to the battlements,

"Kill!" The fierce shouts of killing resounded through the city wall, and the Fei San soldiers standing on the high place panicked on the top with their spears and stabbed the heads of the people below, and the Imperial infantry climbing below grabbed the opponent's spears and pulled them down, shooting with sharp and powerful longbows. Let the Fei Shan army fall in pieces, the thin armor was torn apart by the longbow, and the people were shot in all directions. The staggered scene between the two armies was brutal and tragic, with spears and swords wielding in the sky everywhere. The metallic glow of the weapon became even more poignant in the winter rain, the blood sprayed to the ground, the fallen soldiers were screaming, and the human body with the arrow fell from the height of the city wall, "Rush up, rush up!"

The military flag of the Third Banner Regiment of the Imperial Central Army was pushed up to the city by the soldiers in the wind and rain, and it was firmly inserted on a city wall, making a tense sound, and the dense spear tips squeezed the Fei Shan people away from the city wall, and the emperor ** occupied more and more people in the city wall,

"Go ahead, kill them all!"

With hoarse cries of Imperial infantry and bloodshot and cold eyes, thousands of soldiers from both sides formed an assault force and poured into the city. The crowded armor made a cacophony of metal. So that they couldn't even turn around and gasp, so many soldiers blocked the front, the imperial heavy infantry held the siege shield, neatly pushed forward, like layers of waves, hitting the crumbling defense line of the Fei Shan army, along the east end of the occupied city wall, stabbed into the gap between the opponent's shields, only to hear a scream from behind the shield, the blood exploded, that is, blood sprayed out from the broken wound, the spear pulled back, the bright red blood hole with the shield was opened by the spear, revealing a panicked white face behind the shield,

"My lord, you have taken the eastern section of the city wall!" the galloping cavalry brought exciting news,

"Sue sù 5th Squadron, in an hour I will see the fortress gate open in front of me"

Zhu Xi's gaze retracted from a distance, his eyes glowed with a sharp chill, and he snorted as he attacked the fortress with more than a few thousand troops. It is inevitable that it can be taken, and it is worrying whether it will be possible to take the vital fortress of Helena before the other party's reinforcements arrive. Only by taking Helena, the attack behind can be continued, otherwise once blocked, the soldier's spirit will inevitably be frustrated, this battle, whether the whole army can muster up the spirit of fighting to the death is the key, Helena is still Newen.

He wasn't a man of many words, and the rain was beating on Jusie Kane's dignified shoulders. The black Imperial General's armor and the red General's cloak became more scarlet because of the rain, and the whole person stood there, with a strong murderous aura all over his body. The faint coercion made the rain even colder, and among the elite messages of the knights of Rally, there was a requirement that the commander must be strict enough, because a commander who giggled before the war would never make the soldiers feel worthy of life and death

"Yes," the herald shouted

At this time, on the side of Helena Fortress, the defenders of Fessan were overthrown by the thorn wall composed of the emperor's dense spears, and in the dense metal impact, blood rushed out from the bodies of the two sides who were strangled together. The dense spears were like a moving wall of thorns, overturning the entire row of Fessan's soldiers, and corpses were piled up on the ground.

The Imperial soldiers did not hesitate to step over the corpses and continue to advance, their target was the eastern section of the fortress, where the two armies were fighting, there were piles of corpses almost one meter high, even if there was a bloody battle of officers behind, the Fishan army did not stop the pace of rout. "Hold on, reinforcements will arrive soon!" a Fissan officer shouted dissuasion. It won't take long for our people to arrive!

"The city gate is broken!" suddenly came a terrible cry from the direction of the city gate, which made his heart tremble,

The officer struck a spirit, faintly heard the sound of rolling thunder, he felt the earth tremble, the officer rushed over, his face hesitated to look at the position of the fortress gate, the war horse was like thunder, the turning knife light was split under the rain, the blood light in the waterline exploded, the cold light was like a meteor flashing in the night sky, the Fei shan soldiers were inevitably hit and flew out, a tragic metal collision sound, at that moment, the terrible screams were buried by the sound of horses' hooves, everywhere resounded the click of the spear breaking and the gun breaking, like the snow of the knife light constantly turning the silver rolling waves, "It's over, it's all over!" The officer's mind was completely blank, and the opposing cavalry rushed into the fortress! In his mind, the sound of fighting and shouting all over the field seemed to pause, and almost in an instant, there was only the scene of countless black cavalry rushing in directly from the gate of the fortress like a huge black rolling dragon.

Under the war horse, mixed with blood splattered, screaming miserably,

In the face of this terrible impact momentum, the earth shook violently, and the red water splashed in the sky raised by the war horses, as if a shocking storm was set off in the cold rain, and the sharp swords of the imperial cavalry gave the Helena fortress the final blow, and the morale of the five thousand Fesan defenders collapsed, killing more than four thousand people, and the rest were captured, so that even Giusie Kane was a little hard to believe his luck,

He didn't know that the reinforcements he was worried about were when the Helen Fortress was desperately resisting, and the Nuren side, which was pinned on high hopes for support, not only did not send a single soldier, but ordered all the troops to shrink with all their strength, and even the outpost that was originally set up between the two places received an order to return to Nuren, except for a few people, the Nuren side did not know that the Helena Fortress had changed hands, and the gate to the east of Fesan had been smashed open,

Nulen,

The brightly lit corridors were quiet, and the high spires and the roofs of the buildings were filled with rain, and water drops fell on the walls diagonally below the room, turning into rows of rain lines, and spots of light, like an empty theater.

Retracting his anxious gaze from a distance, Glendart turned from the window and asked the adjutant behind him in a somewhat angry manner, "Have all the troops been transferred back?" There are 5,000 people on the Helena Castle side, which should be able to last a little time, and we must escort those distinguished people away immediately" "Four squadrons have been transferred, which is half of our strength, just to escort those people, is there really no problem?" The adjutant hesitated for a moment, frowned and asked. My lord, do you really not pay any attention to Helena Fortress? Once Helen Fortress is lost, we will be next!"

"Helena is gone, I'm not going to die, if something happens to those people, I'm going to die!"

Glendart's eyes fell on the window, the adjutant's worries he also had, took a deep breath, and said with a slight apology, "Actually, it's not that you don't want to save it, it's just that you need to delay some time, Nulun's troops are only so many, there has just been a riot, so many homeless people need to be suppressed, the undercurrent is surging, the Istanbuls are attacking at this time, who dares to say that the homeless riot was not planned by them, the corps is not full, the gap is huge, not even half of the normal corps!" We don't have a lot of troops to draw out, and we can send important people away before we can mobilize reinforcements."

Gledat paused, his hand pressed on the cold windowsill, and his eyes looked at the rain curtain in the distance: "Helena Fortress is well guarded, and there are five thousand regular troops, and the opponent's strength is not very superior, the combat strength of the Iraqi army is like that, and it is not that it has not been fought, Helena Fortress can hold out for at least two to three days, rather than being too distracted and unable to take care of the left and right, it is better to do one thing at a time! As long as we wait for the escort to return, we will immediately dispatch reinforcements" (to be continued)