Kant's face was serious.
Looking at the army phalanx slowly approaching in front, he just said in a deep voice, "Hurry up."
"But..." Fatis wanted to dissuade him.
But Kant said in a deep voice: "Follow the order, hurry up!"
"Follow your order." Fatis gritted his teeth tightly.
With an extremely serious face on his face, he looked at Kant's back, but without any hesitation, turned around, walked down the city wall, and ran towards the open space where the heavy cavalry group was.
This is critical time.
Also not the time to hesitate.
The cavalry in the clearing were at full strength.
Fatis quickly got on his horse, tightened the reins, watched the cavalry silently staring at him, drew out his knight sword, and ordered loudly towards the east gate: "All cavalry, follow me!"
The sound of rumbling horseshoes sounded, and the heavy cavalry of the "Drehem" fortress moved quickly along the street.
Peasant women with pitchforks and kitchen knives are guarding the south gate.
Seeing Fatis leading the team on horseback, they understood it and immediately opened the city gate, letting the heavy cavalry and light cavalry come out in a single file, and quickly lined up in the flat desert outside the city gate, charging in groups like a thick phalanx formation.
But they didn't charge, they just stood still.
Fatis is waiting.
This was the plan he had agreed with Kant, and although they hadn't made it clear, both of them understood.
It is impractical to defend the city wall and use the geographical advantages brought by the city wall to block the attacking enemies. This idea is unrealistic, or in other words, it is impossible to achieve. The only way to relieve the pressure on the city wall is through external support. And the cavalry unit led by Fatis is such external support.
It is impossible for cavalry to garrison the city wall, because they are the strongest with horses.
But without the protection of the city wall, with the help of high mobility, to give the enemy a sudden charge at a critical moment, the effect is no less than that of dismounting the city wall.
Even the effect on defending the city will be better!
Defending a city is often not completely relying on the city wall to defend.
Defending the fortress itself is on the strategic defensive. If you lose even the outside of the city wall, you will lose even the tactical initiative, and you will completely lose the ability to attack tactically and let others slaughter you.
This is the reason why Kant asked Fatis to lead the cavalry to leave.
There is another reason.
That's the city wall... It can't stop the attack of the wolf man!
The 5-meter-high stone city wall and the 2-meter-high reinforced attic seem to be 7 meters high, but in actual battles, as long as those gnolls come to the 5-meter-high stone city wall, they can climb over the reinforced attic. Windows, directly into the attic of the city wall, hacking with their two-handed tomahawks, there is no need to climb up to the 7-meter-high attic, and then turn over and jump into the fortress.
A crossbowman's rain of arrows is not a musket, one bullet can knock out the enemy's ability to move.
In the era of cold weapon warfare.
As long as the arrow didn't hit the vital point, it was completely normal for the whole body to be shot like a hedgehog still fighting desperately.
Fortunately, the 500 Swadian militiamen at the top of the attic have piled up all the stones obtained by pulling out the wall at their feet. As long as the enemy approaches, the stones will be smashed down hard, and they will also be able to withstand a lot of damage. time.
As long as the offensive of the Gnoll Expeditionary Army is restrained, by virtue of the [Position to Intimidate the Enemy] and the rain of arrows from the crossbowmen, we can kill and injure as many enemy troops as possible, reduce the vitality of this siege force, and weaken their offensive capabilities !
Just behind the city gate, behind the fifty Swadian infantry, a golden lion with a red background stands in the middle of the street.
Automatically without wind, fluttering and hunting!
"It's up to you." Kant slowly let out a breath of suffocation caused by tension.
This flag is currently his most useful war wonder!
"200 meters!"
The Ravenston ranger spoke and reported the distance between the enemy and the city wall.
At the same time, the 20 rangers pulled out the cone-headed arrows from their quiver, pulled the heavy white bow in their hands with both arms, and pointed it far away. There was a sound, and the brown cone-headed arrow disappeared in an instant, and only 20 black dots that could not be traced were rapidly passing along the arc in the distant space, appearing 200 meters away.
"Whoosh whoosh—"
The arrow is tearing the air, and the slight shaking of the arrow shaft brings more force.
The Gnoll warriors rushing to the front seemed to hear something, and their ears shook slightly, but when they raised their heads slightly, a black spot appeared in their eyes, and then it became bigger and bigger, almost occupying the entire field of vision.
"puff-"
Then it went straight to the salt mine, and the brown feathers on the arrow tail were still swaying with the shaking of the arrow shaft.
But it didn't just fall down alone, there were also 8 front jackal warriors who were shot in the face, let out a low and weak roar, staggered on their legs and fell to their knees on the ground, but they didn't fall completely.
The jackal behind him growled and supported their bodies.
But not friendship.
And on the city wall, in the eyes of Kant and the others, the nine gnolls who were shot in the eye sockets were directly lifted up high by their companions, like shields, horizontally in front of themselves, blocking possible arrows .
In the cruel battlefield, if you want to survive, you even have to use the corpse of your own companion.
No one thought it was an act of cruelty.
Now it is the best choice for these jackals who are not equipped with shields and can only rely on this method to resist the rain of arrows. Not caring about being lifted up as a physical shield.
In their view, it is also an honor for them to resist harm for their companions, which is creating a future of victory!
"150 meters!"
There are Vikir archers shouting.
Now that they were within their shooting range, the longbow in their hands was suddenly pulled away, and they shot out the arrows in their hands. There was no need to aim at all, because the large army composed of 2900 wolf men had already covered a large area.
You only need to shoot it out, and you can hit it 100%!
The sound of "swish" arrows kept going, and the "hum" sound of the bow string vibrating filled the entire attic and arrow tower.
100 metres!
The Swadian crossbowman fired, pulling the trigger to fire the iron bolts.
The whoosh sound was endless.
At 50 meters, the Swadian militia also joined the shooting!
The rain of arrows was even more pouring.
Each wave will take the lives of more than a dozen gnolls, as well as dozens of minor or serious injuries.
The screams of the arrows shredded the air, and death spread among those jackals. Anytime, anywhere, some jackals staggered and fell due to the arrows, but more often, they were lifted by their companions behind them. Together, it has become a ready-made human shield.
The corpse of the wolf man held high above his head effectively blocked the dense rain of arrows.
A corpse is not afraid of feathered arrows, just like a shield with excellent effect.
And finally at the very front, those gnolls were getting closer and closer to the city wall, and finally came to the edge of the city wall, revealing bloodshot and bloody eyes, roaring and leaving the corpse full of arrows on their heads under their feet, and then they went straight to the city wall. Kneeling under the city wall is like a ladder, letting the jackals behind him step on him and climb up!
Just like the previous human shield.
Now these gnolls at the front are willing to serve as a ladder to attack the city with human flesh!
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(end of this chapter)