Realm of Power

Seeing the fire burning on the fortress wall, Fatty felt his eyes jump. The fortress commander's move of "inviting the king into the urn" was very good. If he were the fortress commander, he would also use this trick to frustrate the nobles first when the military strength was insufficient. Jun's spirit, but this move felt familiar to Fatty, as if he had seen it there before.

"No! This move seems to be the night-burning left guard cavalry move I played in Weizan." The fat man suddenly woke up. At that time, he only sent the guard captain Salon and a few guards to carry out this task. It seems that the fortress commander The official should be one of them.

The fire on the city wall had been burning for nearly an hour before gradually weakening. Thick black smoke covered the sky, and a disgusting smell of burning wafted in the air. The low fortress wall had cracked into more than a dozen sections due to the high temperature, like With a row of crooked teeth, Toda Fortress used its peripheral defense line to buy precious time, and also demoralized the raiding noble army.

"How many more people do we have!" Fortress Commander Zidani looked at the enemies gathering at the foot of the mountain.

In the afternoon, two more noble armies appeared in the woods outside Toda Fortress. Now the entire fortress was surrounded by nearly 20,000 enemies outside. The drums assembled under the city kept ringing like never ending.

Groups of heavy infantry were arranged in neat square formations outside the city wall, and the formation of erect spears even covered the woods outside the fortress.

If it weren't for the raging fire on the city wall that couldn't be extinguished for the time being, the 3,000 people defending the fortress would have been torn to pieces by the tens of thousands of noble troops with red eyes outside.

"Three hundred and eighty-six people were killed and 831 were injured. Now we only have one brigade!" Adjutant Guto replied with a pale face.

There was a white cloth wrapped around his left ear. When he spoke, he grinned slightly in pain because of the wound on his ear.

While defending the city wall, a stray arrow shot away his left ear. The white cloth wrapped around the wound was soaked with blood, which was shocking to see. However, Guto paid no attention to this.

For him, the sword on his waist that represents Samor's guard status is much more important than his ears.

The method of burning the city wall this time was proposed by the adjutant Gutuo. As a former captain of the Guards Squadron, Guto was one of the executors of Fatty's arrangement to burn the Left Guards at night.

That night, the flames on the Weizan city wall were raging into the sky, and the tragic scene of thousands of left guard cavalry being burnt to charcoal made a deep impression on him, and he has always kept it in his mind.

It just so happened that a batch of crude oil was transported from the legion headquarters this time. It was originally shipped as important military supplies. However, due to the raid of the noble army on Taku Pass, the batch of supplies was delayed. The adjutant of Toda Fortress, who was short of troops, asked the fat man. Recruit and learn how to use it.

The Tiger Legion of Helisatus also deserved to be unlucky. They didn't come earlier and couldn't play, but they came at this time.

"A brigade!"

Zidani's face was a little ugly. The outer walls of the fortress had become rubble. Only this winding mountain road, which was more than a thousand meters long, was the last support of the fortress. The tens of thousands of enemies gathered outside the fortress had begun to move slowly. With the strength of a large group of troops, he wanted to It's almost impossible to stay on the winding mountain road.

"Has the signal for the enemy attack been sent out?" Zidani asked in a low voice. Adjutant Guto could only nod slightly because of his ear injury, "Yes, Commander, I received the warning about Assassin Wazu this morning. , we immediately lit up the communication fire, and I believe that by this time, the legion headquarters should have received the news! "

"That's good!" Zidani nodded, with a brave smile on his face.

"In this case, our mission has been completed. Now if we delay the enemy for one more minute, we will gain more weight for the legion's large force to assemble. The enemy values ​​​​the most time for this raid, and the legion's reinforcements also need the most time to assemble. , and this most important weight is in our hands! We are the last line of defense in the north of Volendi! If we withdraw, the entire Volundi region will fall into the hands of the nobles, and the entire northern gate of Samor will be opened. Our relatives, brothers, sisters, and lovers may face the enemy's butcher knife at any time. We have no choice. Opportunity, in addition to staying here and nailing the enemy here, brother, do you understand what you said! "

"Yes, I understand." Adjutant Guto nodded slightly unexpectedly. Zidani had given a death order. This commander who was a Zhivadin businessman actually blocked everything for Samor.

Soon, three streaks of black smoke ignited on the top of the mountain. All the Samor crossbowmen stationed in the sentry tower on the mountain road looked at the three streaks of black smoke straight into the sky with complicated expressions. That was the final order issued by the commander of the fortress, the three-legged falcon battle. The billowing smoke under the flag represents the meaning of the Samor army.

"Fight to the death! Long live Samor!"

The crossbowmen once again checked the number of crossbow arrows in their quivers, wiped the bright arrows with cloth, tied the string of the crossbow tightly to ensure that it could shoot out all the arrowheads, and finally tied the crossbowman's dagger to his waist. , no matter who wants to pass through the mountain path in front of the sentry tower, he must step on his own body.

At the same time, in front of the fortress fire that was about to extinguish, Helisatus also saw three streaks of black smoke rising into the sky. As a veteran who once served as a battlefield mercenary, he was no stranger to this kind of smoke signal that represented a desperate intention. ,

"The Samors are going to risk their lives!"

Helisatus sighed, and the distance from the Kyoto Kresto to the Datu Fortress, which was only half a day's journey, caused heavy casualties to the Tiger Legion that he was proud of.

At least nearly 3,000 people died in the battle.

More than 2,000 people were injured. The three infantry flag regiments and archer brigade under his command were all injured and their combat strength was greatly reduced. The soldiers were even more frightened by the fire. Don't talk about organizing the army again at this time. When attacking a city, even if you drive more eagerly, you may cause the soldiers to mutiny.

Therefore, the Tiger Legion was temporarily removed from the attack sequence. This time, another second-rate unit of the noble private army was responsible for the first wave of attacks, the Lingda July Mercenary Regiment. This is an army mainly composed of mercenaries. Eight thousand people, under the jurisdiction of four flag regiments, due to poor military discipline and weak combat capabilities, they mostly serve as garrison missions. This time, the noble private army made a desperate move and even sent this non-main battle regiment.

Behind the Lingda July Mercenary Legion is one of the real main forces of the private army. The famous Egangfen Heavy Infantry Regiment has a strength of 10,000. They are all excellent heavy armor, shield and spear infantry. Most of the personnel come from the areas near Kyoto. The Egangfen area is the territory of the Marquis Duacli family.

As the fire became smaller and smaller, dense drum beats sounded like a heavy rain, and the long-awaited mercenaries swarmed towards the winding mountain road. This time, the nobles placed a large reward. Whoever rushed to the top of the mountain first would be given 100 gold coins. As a reward, whoever cuts off Commander Samor's head will be directly named a Knight of Glory.

"Whoosh, whoosh!" The mercenaries had just approached the entrance of the mountain road. Arrows rained down from the sentry towers on both sides. More than a dozen mercenaries rushing at the front fell down, but this did not affect the people behind who continued to rush up. Many people rushed up in order to After getting the first bounty, they even rushed to the top of the mountain with arrows on their heads, but what awaited them there was a strict Samor army formation. The Samor people's dense spear array and constant shooting of crossbow arrows made the mercenaries confused. The piece fell,

Each sentry tower is equipped with 20 crossbowmen and 10 shield soldiers. The doors of the sentry tower are all made of two-layer iron windows. Some of the crossbowmen even squatted directly on the iron windows to attack. Many servants tried to break down the door. The soldier was shot to death by the crossbowmen on the head, and the body rolled down the mountain road. Although the more than ten sentry towers on the mountain road were like boats swaying in the storm, they were gradually submerged by the tide. .

"Shoot you to death!" Crossbowman Dalish howled with blood on his face, shooting the last crossbow arrow in his quiver into the enemy's chest. The mercenaries swarming outside had already smashed open the door of the sentry tower. Ten of them The shield soldiers were like a wall blocking the enemies on the corridor. The crossbowmen behind kept shooting at the enemies crowded in the corridor. Corpses were piled up on the corridor steps of the sentry tower.

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