Blood tax

Chapter 316 The Eagle of Bellimion Part [-]
Ryan is not a coward, otherwise he would not return to the battlefield.This question is to confirm whether I am on the top or plan to risk everyone's life for a future?Griffith looked at the lieutenant:

"The battle with the Mangulus Warlord is of decisive significance. It is related to the victory or defeat outside the battlefield. If we win, it is possible to save tens of thousands of lives."

The lieutenant raised his hand and nodded:

"That's all right. Don't tell me too much, Mr. Knight. Then I won't have to lie when people ask me."

Griffith was silent for a while: "Lieutenant, why did you return to the battlefield?"

The old lieutenant took out a small Iron Eagle medal from his pocket and put it on his collar, replacing his own Silver Eagle medal.He seems to be talking to himself:

"There is a limit to human efforts. The more we struggle and escape, the more unpredictable our fate will be. Maybe we are just being played by the big hand of fate, and we don't know if the path we chose in the end is right. I just think this choice is worth it.

"Knight, I think you must have experienced that we came back from the battlefield, but some things stayed there.

"I'm very satisfied to be back here."

Griffith lost a lot on the battlefield.He held the mithril pendant on his neckline, and he was very thankful that he was different from Lean. After leaving the battlefield, he was blessed with a wonderful world.

At this time, Bernard and Senamon rushed over to the tent with a bunch of things, bringing some new equipment for Griffith.

Lieutenant Bernard said: "We originally wanted some artillery, but the logistics department couldn't give us much, so we sent some substitutes, such as this."

The first piece of equipment is a weapon made up of three iron pipes connected in parallel. When used, gunpowder and lead bullets are filled in the pipes, and the match is ignited to detonate the charge, and the three lead bullets are fired in volley.This thing is like three matchlock guns, but it has a compact structure and a large caliber barrel, and the power of simultaneous shooting must be far better than a single musket.

"The barrel has a plug to prevent the pre-loaded ammunition from leaking out. It must be pulled out when using it. The disadvantage is that the range is short, which is not comparable to that of a crossbow, and the reloading speed is too slow," Senamon explained, "The test product sent from the rear One, as a substitute for artillery, it can be used by the cavalry who broke the formation, and do some actual combat tests."

"Trash." Griffith and Lean said in unison.Lean added: "If it can be welded to the shield, I'll use it. Maybe it can catch the enemy off guard."

Senamon curled his lips and took the second weapon.This is a whip, made of interlocking metal rings, like a serpent with silver rings.

"This is not a gunpowder weapon, but an enchanted mysterious weapon.

"The tentative name is Heat Energy Whip, which has the characteristic of being attracted by mystery. When used, it can automatically search for and entangle the enemy's mysterious items in a small area, and release high heat to destroy them. It is a special weapon for commanders. It is very expensive. Currently only A trial piece."

Griffith felt that he had enough small props, so he gave the whip to Lean for him to use.

"do you have anything else?"

"Do smoke bombs and astigmatism bombs count?" Bernard picked up a large basket of grenades and put them on the table, "Fragment grenades are still easy to break into two pieces, unstable, and flashes and smoke are still useful for scaring people or blocking vision. "

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After continuous battles, there were less than 113 of the 85 cavalrymen of the Stormtrooper Squadron, and the rest were either killed or injured, or lost their horses.Among the 85 people, due to continuous combat and reconnaissance missions, less than a quarter are in better condition.

Griffith also gathered some other scattered cavalry to regroup and rush to Kazika village.They only rested for a few hours, and went out to conduct reconnaissance early the next morning.In such a dangerous situation, Griffith did not dare to be careless, and kept intensive reconnaissance at all times.

They had just inspected a suspicious hill, and everyone was about to stop and rest for a while, when Desai suddenly ran over and reported that an orc wolf cavalry was found in the village ahead, less than a kilometer away.

The orcs were moving fast.

A squadron of wolf cavalry had passed through the village of Kazika and appeared on a small plateau nearby.There are many figures and wargs wandering around in the village, and it looks like there is about a squadron of wolf cavalry and orc light infantry battalion headquarters, and peons are still in the village of Kazika.

"Rian, take everyone to hide behind the ridge outside the village to rest and observe carefully. Ace, contact the brigade and inform them of the enemy's location."

"Please wait for Countess Lamor and the Urenas Brigade, Your Excellency the Captain of the Second Assault Squadron."

"I'm the person in charge of the striker, gentlemen." Griffith shook his head, Griffith jumped on the horse in the best condition, grabbed the bloodthorn, "I'll take a step first, Lieutenant Lean, you Lead the squadron to attack from the enemy's rear and seize the opportunity."

"Is the captain going alone!"

"It's enough to feign me alone."

"Understood," Lean nodded, "It's not easy to fight with the winner of the Knight's Eagle Banner with Silver Oak Leaves and Two Swords! The whole team pays attention to concealment."

The fragrance of silence is rippling on the autumn fields.

Have the civilians here been evacuated beforehand?Griffith zigzags through trees, shrubs, and field ridges, avoiding enemy detection by avoiding arcs.He felt that he should speed up his horse and pass here as soon as possible, so he subconsciously spread his spiritual energy.

The blood was as pervasive as ever.However, this time it was more crimson, enveloping people and horses.The war horse trotted at first, and then gradually accelerated.Both Griffith and the mount faintly felt that under the blessing of He Chi's halo, their speed and endurance would break through the limit - far beyond the limit of ordinary war horses.

At the same time, he clearly grasped the dangerous ravines, rocks and broken trees ahead, and easily avoided them like a dexterous ranger.

Griffith didn't understand what was going on, but he realized that something was loosening.

A certain limit no longer exists.

People and mounts gallop at high speed in silence.The speed of the war horse is getting faster and faster, but the exhaustion of physical strength is surprisingly slow.Griffith couldn't even hear the usual roar of the wind, and the violent acceleration almost threw him off his horse.

"What is that? Is it the captain?" Paxiu crouched on the ridge to observe the situation, and suddenly saw a swift shadow galloping past.

Desai beside him was stunned: "My gods, he can still maintain this kind of action in that terrain, and his speed is at least three times faster than ours!"

Griffith made a detour through the field, and rushed up the path in the east of the village without being noticed by anyone.Here, his field of vision suddenly widened, and he found a group of half-orc archers more than ten meters away.

The air was filled with rustling noises.These half-orcs hid in the bushes, staring at the front, unexpectedly, a heavily armed armored cavalry suddenly appeared behind them.The three wolf cavalry were also sorting out their equipment and preparing to go out for sentry.They beat their echo crystals:
"This broken stone is broken again."

As soon as the words fell, Griffith descended like lightning and pierced a cavalryman in the crowd.He turned his horse to turn at a high speed, and at the same time drew out an armor-piercing spear and threw it forward intuitively.The wolfrider who was facing the blow was pierced head-on, and his lance pierced his breastplate and impaled him on his warg.

The rest of the wolf cavalry was horrified, and its mount rushed forward regardless of the rider.Griffith pulled out Hanguang, swept it in front of him, raised a head and chopped it down with a sword.The tough fur of the warg is like paper under the sharp edge of the holy sword.

From the grass, the half-orc archers saw that the wolf cavalry behind them had been torn apart, and let out a shrill cry.Responding quickly, he raised his crossbow and shot at the armored cavalry.Griffith wiped out the three wolf cavalrymen and their wargs in a blink of an eye, and then rushed into the middle of the orcs against the rain of arrows, knocked them to the ground, and then dodged and retreated behind the low wall.

The whole village of Kazika was boiling.

A group of wolf riders suddenly rushed out from a corner of the village.They rushed up the narrow road between the fences and headed for the west of the village, thinking that was under attack.The orc warrior in the center is wearing solid armor and holding a battle ax that can tear through heavy armor. He is very imposing and has the armband of the blood warrior on his arm.

They rushed up the path, screaming for their companions.Suddenly, a man and a rider emerged from the corner, and a sharp spear was thrown from a few meters away.The leading wolf cavalry screamed. The gun pierced through the lower abdomen and into the wolf's back, and they rolled to the ground and twitched together.

"Kill him!" The blood warrior who led the team had just issued an order.The armored cavalry had already thrown a second javelin, and this shot hit the wolf rider at the end of the line, shooting him down with the warg.

"Throw guns, shoot guns!"

The wolf cavalry grabbed their spears and throwing axes and threw them, but the cavalry who attacked them had already turned sharply on their horses, throwing an iron can while moving.

"Scatter!" The Blood Warrior yelled, followed by loud noises and scattered fragments.The wolf cavalrymen, who were blocked by corpses one after the other, fell down screaming.

The Blood Warrior gave up the warg, broke free from the trap, grabbed a throwing ax and hurled it.The ax hit Griffith's shield, but missed the armor and bounced off his shoulder.

Griffith pulled out Conviction, rushed to the front and shot the blood warrior, broke his neck, and then swung Hanguang to chop it off.

Griffith suddenly found that the orcs hadn't identified their location.In the hasty battle just now, he ran into the blood warrior and his squadron headquarters, and the orc infantry were still guarding the direction outside the village.The village was in disarray, and Orc light infantry shouted that human cavalry had attacked.However, the wolf cavalry squadron on the high ground did not dare to enter the village rashly, but gathered there, ready to face the armored cavalry rushing out at any time.

Griffith used the cover of houses and earthen walls to avoid sight and attacked again.He used his shield and armor against the throwing axes of the wolfriders and the crossbows of the orcs, using the terrain to dodge left and right, and then seized the opportunity to tear them apart with the shining edge of the bloodthorn at close range.

The orcs in the whole village were in a mess, shouting one after another, and many half-orcs had already started to flee on the way.The chaos finally summoned the wolf cavalry on the high ground, and surrounded Griffith from all directions.

"Come out and die, human!" shouted the orc commander who commanded the army. "We have you surrounded!"

A man and a horse slowly came out of the village full of corpses.Holding the blood thorn in his hand, Griffith looked at the gathered wolf cavalry and light infantry, smiled and shook his head:
"No, I surrounded you."

With the sound of the bugle, the whole team of cavalry jumped out from behind the forest and rushed towards the back of the orc army.

"Attack! Turn around!" The orc leader shouted, leading the team to retreat.Before he finished speaking, he heard the wind whistling behind him.When he turned his head, he saw a lance swinging through the forest, stabbing at his throat.

The wolf cavalry in the whole village were routed.Griffith led his men in hot pursuit, and one team chased them to the Loire River and wiped them all out.

……

Only a few wolf cavalry fled to the ford below Berrimion, prostrate before their warlord.

There are thousands of troops gathered here.

The Warlord's battle-tested body is like tempered bronze, thick and full of sharp edges and corners. The rigid muscle lines are as majestic and perfect as the marble hero statues in the temple. The cold light between his eyes is as impressive as the fangs in his mouth. shudder.His fingers brushed over the trembling muscles, and the fierce and steady pulse was transmitted along the fingertips to the Wolf Cavalry's spine.

After listening to the report, he was silent for a while, and asked like a volcano ready to go:
"You mean, more than 200 wolf cavalry and [-] infantry were defeated in less than half a day?"

The deserter who was questioned trembled and prostrated himself on the ground:
"The warriors were flanked back and forth, we are really powerless!"

"Send him to the punishment camp and let these deserters be the first to counterattack." Manggulus waved his hand and asked his subordinates to take the deserters away, and then summoned a commander, "Immediately build a position on the west of the bridge on the Loire River. The bridgehead to the west cannot be lost."

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Taking advantage of the night, Haranduil took the Ranger Squadron across the Loire River from the lower reaches, and hid on the Berrimion Mountain near the Clan Alliance camp.

Due to the limited number of ships, not many troops can be sent there.According to the plan, Griffith led all the cavalry to cross the Loire River in the second batch after the half-elf ranger crossed the river.The armored cavalry of the Storm Squadron all imitated Griffith, and erected feathered banners on the saddles. Although they had no effect in the sense of mysticism, their collective action was like flying heavy snow, making a trembling whistling sound.They came to the river, took down the feather flags, and smuggled across with weapons and horses in batches.

Griffith looked up at the stars.The unknown twinkling star was much larger than the previous few days, making it impossible to ignore this obvious abnormality.

Unspeakable throbbing lingers in my heart, and a certain moment is coming.

Griffith looked to the east and saw the warlord's flag erected in the camp of the Clan Alliance.The Orc's front army general is there, and he will confront him tomorrow.

He withdrew his fluctuating heartstrings, and looked at Galadia beside him.Before she could speak, Miss Elf dodged obediently, leaving the silence to him and Krista.

Griffith looked at the disturbing starry sky again, and said to Krista: "Tomorrow, you and Nona will command the attack. After breaking through the front, occupy a position on the east side of the bridge and destroy the enemy's antlers and fences. Mang Gu Russ is a warrior who leads the way, and he will come to fight you."

Krista caressed his breastplate: "There's no need to do this, it's too risky. I might, maybe I can..."

Nothing is possible, the conspiracy of life in the void is close at hand.Griffith glanced back at the cavalry squadron preparing to cross the river quietly, and said to the girl:

"It's not a risk. If we just defeat the defenders at the bridgehead tomorrow, Mangulus can continue this war. That star makes me uneasy. Before some conspiracy starts, I want to end the war here and put you take away."

　Double update tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)