While the Thunder God's Whip in Thunder City was nervously repairing the southwestern city wall, hundreds of captured Roland people reinforced the city wall with stones under the whip. At the same time, they repaired the city gate and piled up countless huge stone blocks behind the city gate. stone.
Sieg was undoubtedly a very harsh man and had no mercy at all for these captured Roland soldiers, so his Thunder God's Whip did not hesitate to whip the whip hard at the slow-footed prisoners of war.
It's not that Sieg is cruel - facing the intruders who invaded his home, the so-called kindness is nothing but ridiculous bullshit!
The southwest city wall is being repaired intensively, and about a hundred miles south of Thunder City, on the main road, a dark group of Roland cavalry is galloping as fast as it can!
As early as Ziege's sneak attack army broke through the second northward defense line, the commander of the Roland coalition forces in the Pamir Plains received the return of the defeated soldiers who escaped...
Tiger's feeling at that time was as if he had suddenly missed his footing in front of a cliff!
The furious Tiger cut the defeated Roland officer in half with a sword. Then in a rage, he ordered the Holy Knights to set off immediately and return to Thunder City at all costs!
No matter what, Thunder City must be taken back! !
If Thunder City is captured by the enemy, Tiger's main army will lose the only way home... and more importantly, they will lose the only supply line!
"Now we can only hope that the last stronghold on the northbound road can stop the pace of Thunder God's Whip!" Tiger sighed: "Perhaps, they should be able to catch up. After all, there are nearly 100,000 troops in Thunder City, and they want to capture it. , it’s not that easy... Huh, even if those guys from the empire have tens of thousands of cavalry to sneak up on us, can tens of thousands of cavalry capture the Thunder City where the army is stationed? Siege... is not the strength of cavalry!"
Tiger had forgotten that the Holy Knights he sent out were also cavalry... If Thunder City was really captured, could the powerful Holy Knights recapture the city
There are tens of thousands of Holy Knights led by three great knights walking at the forefront. They are less than a few dozen miles away from Thunder City. Far ahead is the last military stronghold that they will pass on their way north to Thunder City - all the places they will pass along the way. The two military strongholds they passed had already been broken through by the sneak attack troops of the Light Empire. Only corpses and remnants were left on the ground.
"Speed up!! We can reach Thunder City before night!" A big knight gave the order loudly...
This stronghold, dozens of miles south of Thunder City, lies in the middle of the road going north. This line of defense was originally the gateway arranged by Tiger to protect Thunder City, but now it is stationed here by the five thousand soldiers left by Siege. Thunder God's Whip!
Their mission is to protect this place for one day! Half a day has passed since Lord Sieg ordered it early this morning... As long as a few more hours pass, the mission can be completed.
The person ordered to command these five thousand people was Xavi, a fourth-level warrior with the Thunder God's Whip. The faint sound of horse hooves could be heard on the road in the distance, which clearly told him a message: the Roland people are coming!
All the big trees on both sides of the road have been cut down, and the soldiers have placed the big trees across the road. Xavi knows very well that once the Roland army comes, it will definitely be a large group of cavalry, eager to rescue Thunder City. In order to pursue speed, the Roland people must send back the Holy Knights with the most powerful mobility and combat effectiveness!
With the Thunder God's Whip of 5,000 people, it is simply impossible to intercept the opponent's Holy Knights, who may have tens of thousands of people, on a wide road!
Relying on the Roland people's original stronghold fortifications and temporarily felled trees, they simply deployed a crude defense line on the road. This kind of defense line may not be able to withstand the opponent's large group of infantry, but it is enough to block the charge of the cavalry. !
To be honest, Xavi was already determined to die. He knew that his army of five thousand men had no chance of winning this battle - his only mission was to delay! Drag the Roland army here for as long as possible! Because of the newly captured Thunder City behind him, it takes time not to deploy a defense!
If he delays here for one more minute, Thunder City's defense will become tighter!
Seeing that the vanguard of the Holy Knights was becoming clearer and clearer in sight, Xavi and his five thousand warriors had already given up their horses and quietly arranged themselves behind the defense line, waiting patiently...
The Holy Knights who came from afar discovered that the road was blocked by various obstacles. In desperation, the knights could only stop their progress, jumped off their horses, and then moved forward with their shields...
The battle started very suddenly. Without any warning, what greeted them was a rain of arrows like locusts falling from the sky...
On the Pamir Plains, Tiger faced his most important decision.
Should we move forward or retreat?
The news of the sneak attack on Thunder City was tightly blocked by Tiger, and only the highest-ranking generals knew the news.
Then representatives from the ten countries of Roland's coalition started a fierce quarrel in the coach's tent.
Those who quarreled were basically divided into two groups.
The opinion of one faction is: Immediately launch the entire army, retreat to Thunder City at full speed, and seize Thunder City no matter what, because it is the only way home and the only supply route for hundreds of thousands of troops!
The other group’s opinion is: Leave Thunder City alone! Immediately concentrate all your strength and defeat the main army of the Bright Empire that is confronting you at all costs! As long as this main force can be defeated head-on, it doesn't matter whether Thunder City is captured or not! Necessary supplies can be snatched from the enemy! As long as the opponent's main army is defeated, then the defense line in the Pamir Plain can be broken through, and then one or two big cities in the north of the opponent can be captured. The supply problem will naturally be solved!
The generals who adhere to this faction are very adventurous. Their point of view is that since the opponent used cavalry to attack Thunder City, they must have sent the strongest Thunder God's Whip! Taking advantage of the absence of the opponent's strongest ace, Thunder God's Whip, is the best time to defeat the opponent's main army! !
In fact, Tiger is very conflicted. In fact, he is also leaning towards the latter approach -
Return to the army immediately? Will the opponent's main army in front of them easily let their hundreds of thousands of troops retreat? The opponent will definitely bite you and chase after you! At present, the army's supplies of food and grass are only enough for ten days... Of course, if an order is issued to limit the use and distribution, it may be able to last for twenty days!
Within twenty days, his hundreds of thousands of troops will be withdrawn to Thunder City, and they will need to fertilize for several days along the way. After all, hundreds of thousands of troops are not all cavalry! And infantry and even slower baggage! Then forcefully break through the solid city wall defended by Thunder God's Whip...
Can these things be accomplished within twenty days
But what surprised Tiger was: even the people of the Holy Knights insisted on returning to Thunder City! Especially Fielding Paladin has a very tough attitude.
Tiger might be able to care less about the representatives of the noisy little kingdoms - but the Holy Knights represent the temple! Tiger needs to consider this factor carefully!
So he had to send the Holy Knights to march quickly to Thunder City at the first time... Knight Tiger knew in his heart that even if he didn't give the order, the Holy Knights would go out on their own...
But two days after the 50,000 Holy Knights set out, Tiger still didn't want to retreat.
In front of us are all the main forces of the opponent's northern theater! As long as this line of defense is broken through - the large area of land in the north behind the line of defense, as well as Kaka City, the capital of the northern province... For his powerful army, it is basically undefended!
As long as the opponent's northern province is occupied, the supply problem of the army will be solved. At that time, we will think of ways to recapture Thunder City... After all, reinforcements will come from Roland Continent. With a flanking attack from the north and south, it shouldn't be too difficult to win Thunder City. Is it difficult...
Tiger lasted two days!
Within these two days, he ordered the army to forcibly attack the solid defense line of the Light Empire!
One infantry regiment after another rushed forward, and the people of the Bright Empire huddled in the defense line and refused to fight! Tiger knew very well that the other party was also stalling for time with him! If you delay until you can no longer support yourself and retreat, then the other party will win!
In front of the defense line in the Pamir Plains, the Roland people's attacks came one after another like a tide. Tiger was cruel and sent all the elite troops from the Kingdom of Sauron under his command. He no longer cared about preserving his strength! The current situation does not allow him to preserve his strength!
The Kingdom of Sauron is known as the strongest kingdom in Roland Continent, and its army is naturally much stronger than other countries!
Groups of soldiers left their lives in the trench in front of the Bright Empire's defense line. Gradually, the trench was almost filled with corpses!
Behind the Bright Empire's defense line, in the Tulip Duke's coaching camp, Lant sat there depressed, pulling his hair hard.
I have been waiting in this stuffy tent for three days! According to the order of the Duke, the loyal Lant did not take a step out...
When the generals of the army outside asked to see the coach, Lant said at the top of his voice, "No!"
Someone outside reported that the Roland people were attacking, so Lant pinched his throat and said, "Tight defense!"
Someone outside reported that the other party was attacking fiercely... Before the other party could finish speaking, Lant shouted, "Ask Lord Milo!"
The onslaught lasted for two days - the intensity of the battle left no time for both sides to clean up the battlefield. Countless corpses fell in the wilderness, and the layers of corpses even blocked the Roland people's attack...
Tiger was completely in an extremely excited state. He hadn't slept for two days. If his men hadn't stopped him, he would have already charged forward with his sword in hand.
But two days later, the Light Empire's defense line was still stable. Although a gap was broken through at noon, the people of the Bright Empire finally blocked the gap with their flesh and blood!
Tiger gritted his teeth and looked into the distance. His eyes did not stop at the densely packed corpses in the wilderness, but looked coldly at the opponent's defense line...
about there! about there! The other party can't support it for much longer!
Tiger is very confident. Although the opponent is now tightly defended, after all, no matter how strong the defense line on the plain is, it cannot be compared to a strong city! After so many days of fighting, the opponent's losses must have been huge!
"Strong on the outside but hard on the inside!" Tiger gritted his teeth: "As long as you give me three more days... As long as you give me three more days... I will definitely be able to break through here..."
"Three days..." Tiger murmured to himself. Suddenly, he smiled... The expression on his face was squeezed into a ball. There was a bit of madness, a bit of despair, and a bit of despair in that smile. neurotic…
Yes, three days!
But are those guys willing to believe in themselves? Are you willing to give yourself three more days
After waiting for three days, the army's supplies were only enough for less than five days! Although many troops were lost in these two days of fierce attacks, Tiger believed that he had also caused heavy damage to the opponent!
But the consumption of supplies in fierce battles is also the fastest!
Those cowards will never give themselves another three days!
Even the magician guards in the temple have insisted on retreating!
"Hahaha..." Tiger couldn't help but laugh wildly. Many people behind him looked at his commander with surprised eyes. Tiger's laughter was worse than crying, and he roared: "Retreat, retreat! Did we lose anything here?" Are so many people trying to retreat in the end? Those guys from the temple are so insistent on retreating, so why are they starting this war!”
Tiger had already been disappointed with Reuenthar, the Wolf of the Northwest, who had originally pinned his hopes on him - the wolf of the prairie was just a fool!
What prairie cavalry are just a bunch of trash! !
Facing the defense of the Northwest Army, which had been reduced to second-rate strength, it was actually unable to advance even one step...
On the third day, Lant was sitting in the Duke's tent and heard someone reporting back.
"The Roland people seem to be retreating, what should we do?"
"Huh?" Lant jumped up. If he hadn't thought of the Duke's order in time, he would have almost shouted!
Trying his best to suppress the excitement in his heart, Lant said in a hoarse voice: "Ask Lord Milo!"
Just when Tiger finally succumbed to the pressure and retreated, the Holy Knights, who were less than a few dozen miles away from Thunder City, finally broke through the solid defense line!
All five thousand Thunder God's Whips were lost. Facing the opponent's Holy Knights who dismounted and rushed up with shields and swords, they stubbornly held on for six hours behind the simple fortifications!
After all the arrows were shot, the soldiers finally picked up their scimitars and started fighting with each other!
A fight between five thousand people and tens of thousands of people lasted from evening to early morning!
The outnumbered Thunder God's Whip accomplished their mission brilliantly, pinning the opponent's tens of thousands of troops to this line of defense!
When the last warrior of Thunder God's Whip fell, there was no longer a living Imperial soldier on the entire battlefield!
At the beginning, the people of the Holy Knights still adhered to the spirit of knights and no longer harmed the injured and fallen soldiers of the opponent - but soon they discovered that this move was a fatal mistake!
Even if the Thunder God's Whip is seriously injured, as long as there is still a little bit of mobility, even the person lying on the ground will hug the leg of the enemy next to him, and then the companion next to him will take advantage of the leg of the person being hugged. When the guy is struggling, cut him down with a knife...
Facing this kind of enemy, even if the opponent is still breathing, it is extremely dangerous!
The knights of the Holy Knights finally had to give up their chivalry! For any Thunder God's Whip, whether he is alive or seriously injured, it seems that the safest way is to cut off the opponent's head. Only after confirming that the opponent is really dead can people rest assured!
The face of a big knight leading the army was covered with blood. The officer of the opponent whom he had just killed with his own hands was quite tenacious - compared to the commander of this Thunder God's Whip, it seemed that that man's strength had reached what these pagans call it. He is at the level of a fourth or fifth level samurai. Under normal circumstances, when fighting him, although he can defeat him, it may take a while - but when that guy fights himself, he has already suffered too much. Seriously injured! It only took me six swords to pierce his chest...
But the great knight still suffered a big loss. Just when he pierced the opponent's chest with his sword, the enemy who had already been eliminated suddenly hugged him like a crazed beast. The two of them struggled and rolled on the ground. In the chaos, his helmet fell off. The other party actually opened his blood-red mouth, revealing his white teeth and biting his face!
Although the guy died of exhaustion in the end, the great knight's heart was still full of shock and horror!
madman! Absolutely crazy! The bite just now almost hurt him to the point of tears, and he bit off a piece of flesh from his originally handsome face! If that guy hadn't lost his mind in his madness, biting randomly, including that bite on the blood vessel in his neck...
He tore off a piece of cloth from his clothes, covered the bleeding wound on his face with one hand, and roared in a hoarse voice: "Go forward! Go forward! Go forward immediately!"
Fear? Maybe it’s not just fear!
More of a shock or surprise.
Facing his own army of tens of thousands, behind this extremely crude fortification, he actually blocked himself for so long! And he paid such a heavy price!
The losses on both sides were almost one to one!
Although the combat effectiveness of the Thunder God's Whip may be a little higher than that of the Holy Knights - but in the case of more people fighting fewer people, the party with more people should have the advantage!
The great knight threw the piece of cloth soaked in blood to the ground, glanced at the corpses on the ground, and said calmly: "Leave ten people... to bury these corpses."
After a pause, he continued: "Whether it is our people or their people, bury them all!"
Yes, they are enemies, strong enemies. But at the same time, they are also warriors worthy of respect!