Two years ago, the frontier where Crancia confronted the Empire, the Wind Howling Province.
It was raining all day and night, and the room was dark even during the day, so candles needed to be lit for auxiliary lighting.
In the barracks outside the city, General Antar was staring at the map at the table, looking at several movable flags and sand dunes on the simulated terrain.
At this moment the curtain of the tent was pulled open, and an officer in a waterproof cloak walked in. The heavy rain outside hit the ground, splashing high water, and bursts of cool and moist wind also brought in with the officer.
"Report to the general."
"Enter."
"How's it going?" The general looked up from the supported map.
"It's not very good, the other party is very strictly guarded, and they rely on the city wall to defend."
In the rainy and cloudy weather, siege was difficult, but the Crancia troops had been trapped here for a long time, and if they dragged on, it would delay the fighters.
"We have to get the city back so we can clear the logistical obstacles and move on."
In the wide open hood, the general told the staff of the strategic points, and then began to discuss the solution.
"Perhaps, it can only hit at night, and the rain will become our cover."
The next night, in the dark night, a group of Crancia soldiers carefully approached the city wall with waterproof cloaks on their backs, and at this time they also found a large magic lamp shining on the city wall.
The headlights protected by these metal cages are alchemy creations, which are filled with energy and can stay bright all night.
"This Earl of Timberwolves is very cautious." Outside the city wall, several people lowered their bodies, hiding in the darkness and communicating in a low voice.
"I will cast a spell to cover you, and then bury this new explosive under the city walls."
"Yes." Several soldiers who were proficient in lurking then leaned forward with their backpacks wrapped in oil paper.
Perhaps they were lucky that night, and they were not discovered by the other party. Afterwards, the explosives detonated, the surfing waves broke through the rain, bang—
The heavy gray stone bricks were shattered by the blast, and a piece of the city wall collapsed, forming a V-shaped gap.
"Come on!"
After the rain curtain, many soldiers took the lead, braved the rain, and poured into this small gap with spears and halberds.
After they entered, they cut down the small number of defenders who had arrived after hearing the sound, and then kept pouring in. But when half of the people entered, an orange-red fireball broke through the night rain, and slowly fell on the gap and exploded.
The high-temperature flames evaporated the rain, causing the stones to turn red and hot, and the advancing troops were cut off on the spot.
"Hahaha!" Then a burst of laughter sounded, and a group of soldiers from the Crimson Empire appeared at the top of the house, armed with bows and arrows and a few muskets, and attacked the Crancia soldiers below.
"Die here!" Looking at these armored soldiers in the rain, an imperial nobleman shouted excitedly at the top of the high tower.
Fierce and brutal street fighting began.
This battle did not go as expected by any party. The soldiers of Crancia who had entered the city did not expect an ambush, and the imperial soldiers were also surprised that these people still did not give up and retreat in the face of their all-out ambush and sniper.
"Kill!" In the rain, struggling roars penetrated the night.
Holding their shields high, soldiers climbed toward the city wall. In the gaps blocked by the gravel, they waved torches soaked in kerosene to fight the incoming enemy troops.
Following the figure in front of the head, soldiers piled up one by one, their fingers firmly clasped in the rubble, and they continued to climb in the rain. On the way, teammates were hit by arrows and bullets from the enemy and fell from time to time.
They must support their comrades in the city in time, or they will die in vain in this battle.
In the sky, several meteor-like fireballs rose up into the night sky, briefly blasting the rain clouds and shining the earth. More than a dozen mages from the Starlight Alliance ventured into the sky, calling for bright magical flashes to support the friendly forces below.
"Down with them!" Facing these mages, in the cities where the empire was stationed, several long-horned owls and feathered eagles carried elite soldiers into the night sky.
They are the 'Jungle Eagle Guards' under the command of Earl Timberwolves. Although there are not many people, all of them are elites above Sequence 5.
Under the blocking of these monster knights, some mages were pierced by the thrown forest spears and fell from the sky into the rain.
"Fire! Fire!" Under the dark city walls, Crancia's soldiers aimed at the magical beasts above their heads and fired bullets, forcing the opponent to fly high and giving their mages a chance to dodge.
In the cold rain, the two sides began to fight around the city wall, and people kept falling, but there were still soldiers on Crancia's side.
and so on until dawn.
The morale of the defenders in the city finally collapsed, and they began to flee and retreat. They surrounded the count and evacuated to another city gate.
"Don't let them go!" In the early morning fog, a group of armored cavalry passed through the city gate and fled to the northeast, with the cry of Crancia soldiers behind.
"Heh, just wait."
Earl Timberwolf swung his whip fiercely and accelerated forward. When he was attacked last night, he sent a message that reinforcements should be coming. The opponent is a well-known legion commander in the empire. Although he looks down on his background, he still trusts his fighting ability.
Horses' hooves trod across the dew-covered grass, and the mist in the air felt slightly chilly.
Suddenly, the sound of neat horse hooves came from the fog, which shocked the pedestrians. Could it be that the chasing soldiers have already surrounded them from the front
Amid the anxiety, a group of dark figures suddenly jumped out of the fog. The armor covering the whole body was made of incomparably dark steel, and the faces were also shrouded in the lattice-like helmets of layers of fences. The gun, coming from the fog, is like a terrorist army from hell.
"Darcy." Muttering this hateful and fearful name in a low voice, Earl Timberwolf waved his arms and asked his entourage to rush forward to report the situation.
"Got it." The determined man pulled down his mask and raised his right hand. In that brief moment, he could even hear the sound of the air being drawn out of the air.
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"Blood Spear Knights, go forward!" The voice was like thunder.
"promise!"
The cavalry responded loudly, and then they began to accelerate, faster and faster, faster and faster, like black and red afterimages passing by in the fog.
These cavalry from hell rush towards the lost city.
While the Crancia soldiers were still dealing with the city's resistance and cleaning the battlefield, these cavalry troops suddenly rushed into the city, and the lances in their hands directly pierced these soldiers, tore them in the air, and then beheaded them.
The situation in the city was also abruptly reversed at this moment. These cavalry legions from the middle of the empire were elite legions directly under the royal family. Under the leadership of the famous general Darcy, they were like a broken bamboo and changed the battlefield situation.