The rescue team searched all the way, but failed to find the temple guards who ran out in the villages, so they started searching along the villages one by one, until the fourth village was gathered in advance without warning and ambushed The 3,000 "Crusader" knights surrounded him directly.
The "Rosicrucian" came with the purpose of discussing together, and the leader of the team was a "Temple Bishop" who would enter the core power level in three years. When he saw the "Crusaders" surrounding him, he couldn't help He rode out of the queue in a hurry, expressing his wish to talk to the leader, but never thought that a guy in a teaching robe would walk out of the messy equipment in front of him...
The Elder Claude of the "Viper Cross" had a calm face, while the Temple Bishop of the "Rose Cross" was instantly drenched in cold sweat. He realized that the Pope and the College of Cardinals might have seriously misjudged what was happening now, but before he could make any decisions, Claude in front of him had already raised his scepter...
"kill!"
"puff!"
Sharp arrows suddenly shot out in clusters, piercing through the holy shield that the opponent hastily cast. When the "Temple Bishop" fell off his horse screaming, the hidden believers in the "Crusader" started screaming. Encircled, the knights who didn't know the truth had no way out at this time, and could only be dragged into the battle together...
So far, all the external armed forces of the temple have completely fallen.
On the chaotic battlefield, the temple guards struggled to support the barely formed formation, but they were attacked by enemies several times their size on the plain. This kind of resistance only lasted for a few minutes before declaring collapse—the excellent equipment was at this moment The advantage turned into a burden, the soldiers ran away desperately one by one, and at the same time wished to take off all their armor...
However, those who greeted them were basically the swords in the pockets of the knights.
"Kill! Steal his armor!"
"That sword is mine!"
In this kind of chaotic battlefield, the hired knights have no demeanor at all. Some poor and crazy guys even jumped off their horses to peel off the armor on the corpse. After all, the armor made of pure metal is extremely expensive. The quality of these armaments far exceeds the Xibei goods in the hands of these three religions and nine streams, so it is not surprising that they caused looting.
Rody was riding on the horse, running back and forth on the battlefield somewhat aimlessly—he looked a little dazed, but he was actually secretly observing that Elder Claude, who was the real strongman of the "Viper Cross" on this battlefield. Moreover, Claude's shadow magic was so powerful that he almost suppressed more than a hundred temple guards who tried to resist by himself.
However, Rody's gaze never rests on Claude, because he knows that this gaze is very sensitive to guys with higher levels, so he does not forget to use clumsy sword skills to slash left and right while running. .
"Raphael! Don't run away by yourself! It's a pleasure to chop with me!"
Zach howled wildly, and couldn't love this kind of tailwind - his horse had a bunch of trophies hanging on it, and it was obviously very rewarding. After seeing Rody's performance, he became generous, and the knights who were faintly led by him also waved to Rody, signaling to join the battle group.
"Okay...Okay!"
Rody pretended to be unfamiliar with the manipulation of the horse, but from the corner of his eye, he glanced at Claude who had stopped and stood in the middle of the guards...
*****
The templars who fled on the battlefield felt that they were suffering in hell, and at the same time, the city defense soldiers on the temple city hoped that everything in front of them was just a nightmare.
In the final analysis, it is their fault that they have not been attacked by the enemy for too many years—since the riot in the Temple area, no one has dared to come here to cause any trouble for nearly 30 years, so the Temple has no nights Curfew habits.
According to the rules, the city gates will only be closed after dark, and all the city gates are open during the day. Today's sudden situation obviously surprised the city defense army. After hesitating for a while, they cautiously closed the other city gates, leaving only the main city gate open, waiting for the return of the "temple guard" troops.
The troops under the jurisdiction of the "Temple" are naturally more than those in the city. If there is a need for war, the pope will order it together, and the major dioceses will immediately gather tens of thousands of troops. But in the next few hours, the "temple" can't do this at all.
In peacetime, raising a large number of troops is a waste of money, so the standing army that can be used in a hurry is really only more than a thousand, and the rest are the inner city guards and the Holy See guards who cannot move, and the city defense troops responsible for city patrols.
The city defense force is the worst type of soldiers, and basically they can serve without any military training. Therefore, even the captain of the city defense team has no sensitivity to military affairs—according to common sense, when the city enters a state of war, the defense of the entire "Holy Temple" should be taken over by the "Temple Guard" led by the bishop, but at this time " There are only a hundred people left in the "Temple Guard", and the bishop in charge of defense has never fought a battle, so he didn't think there was anything to defend right now. He just sat in the gazebo outside the city and waited for the news of the joint talks ahead. .
But before he could sit down and take a sip of tea, the soldiers on the city wall screamed and sent an alarm.
"What happened? What happened?"
The bishop got up to inquire, but learned that a well-equipped army suddenly appeared on the road in the distance, and the leading cavalry was speeding towards the city!
This news immediately made him a little confused - if it wasn't the temple guards sent out just now, who would it be? Could it be that Earl Mirno expressed dissatisfaction and sent his knight troops to negotiate in person
From the beginning to the end, he never thought that the "Holy Temple" might be facing a frontal attack from the "Viper Cross", because such a thing is ridiculous even thinking about it. And when he boarded the city wall and saw the clerics in black robes in the army in the distance, his eyes widened...
"This, this is—" He glanced left and right, and suddenly shouted: "Quickly close—quickly close the city gate!"
His entire back was instantly soaked in cold sweat, and when he turned his head to look down the city wall, he found that hundreds of cavalry galloping at high speed had rushed hundreds of meters away...
The iconic black robes of the "Viper Cross" are clearly recognizable, the knight in armor has a stern face, and the lance in his hand is pointing to the sky-this is obviously not for negotiation, but an assault force that is ready to take advantage of the situation!
The "temple" is not a fortress in the traditional sense, but a religious city with walls built on the basis of a town expansion, so the city does not have a moat. The ravines that were originally dug to resist the cavalry had already been smoothed by the rain in the peaceful years. So in this case, the biggest defense method of the "Holy Temple" is the city wall, and if the opponent breaks in, the consequences will be unimaginable...