Who says knights can't backstab

Chapter 513 Two Battlefields
The war horse galloped across the snow field, and scattered rows of arrows rained down behind it.The knight on the horse didn't dare to turn his head back. Looking at the high wall gradually rising on the flat ground ahead, he hastily whipped his whip a few times and rushed into the front position.

"Earth mages have built some bunkers for us, but their fortifications can't cover the entire front."

"How many earth mages have you sent to the Tower of the North Wind?"

"Three, a total of thirteen five-ring mages, most of whom specialize in ice and atmosphere spells."

"They're really stingy."

Claude Atley grinned. He removed the eagle eye technique that was blessed on his eyes, and closed his eyes to adapt to the swelling of his eyes for a while before recovering from the monotonous gray and white mixed colors.

It was difficult for him to describe to the adjutant exactly what he saw just now—the snowfield looked gray in this gloomy weather, and from the grayness, white skeletons poured in from the end of his sight , just like a rising tide, it only takes a few breaths of effort to cover every point in the line of sight.

How many skeletons should there be?Five thousand?Eight thousand?Ten thousand?Surely more than that?
Didn't expect that the first battle he took over as a small instructor of the infantry regiment under the Seventh Army was actually a big battle with a scale of [-] people?

He put one hand on his chest, and through the thick clothes and inner armor, he could still feel the beating of his heart, as if it was going to pop out of it.There is a little fear in it, but more excitement.

Atley took a few deep breaths to calm himself down, and after making sure that his voice would not tremble, he whispered:
"Have our reinforcements arrived? How long will they be?"

"Earl Harold's team should have just left, and the rest of the reinforcements that have arrived are 300 people, namely the Alibi River Watch Army, the Sweepy Cong Army, and the Clancy's Port Army." The adjutant muttered in one breath. He said, "It will take at least one and a half days for the troops in Tochi City to arrive. Before that, we can only rely on ourselves."

"So we're almost 7000 people now."

This number made Atley feel more at ease.The number of undead is always staggering, but after all, there are quite a few cannon fodder skeletons.

One of the main points of fighting skeletons is to minimize the impact of cannon fodder skeletons on troops.The means are not limited to the use of traps, relying on buildings, fire cluster strikes, surprise attacks, and even beheading necromancers are among the options.

As long as the undead in front of him don't rush all at once, according to the normal positional warfare, Atley has enough confidence to ease the attack of the skeletons.

The high walls built by the earth mages in front of me are extremely ingenious, and they have constructed holes like the pass on the city wall, so that soldiers only need to use a small number of people to block a large number of skeletons. Very beneficial.

"Get ready, get ready, they're coming, archers, archers!"

The soldiers on the sentry tower have already shouted loudly, and the archers under the cover of the infantry group have already drawn their long bows at this moment. The bows are like a full moon and the arrows are flying into the sky. With the commanding sound of "release" like thunder, there is a rain of arrows. Draw a perfect arc in the air, and sprinkle it among the cannon fodder skeletons rushing towards the position.

The skeleton fell down visibly to the naked eye, but the skeletons that surged up immediately filled the gap.And behind them, there are a vast number of white bones...

"Do you want to mobilize the ballista?" Amidst the loud noise of the soldiers, the adjutant had to raise the volume to ask Atley.

"Our ammunition is not enough, save the regular army of skeletons. Let the catapults attack first!"

The orderly hurried to the rear.Not long after, among the war equipment docked at the end of the position, three huge trebuchets swung their arms.

The stone whizzed across the sky above the position, falling like a meteor, and the moment it touched the cannon fodder skeleton, the bones flew up, and the debris splashed from the broken stone pierced through a large piece of bones.

Cheers erupted among the defenders on the front line, most of the fear in the face of the vast expanse of bones dissipated at this moment, and their morale was high.

The soldiers in charge of the war equipment hurriedly started the next round of loading, but the huge power of the trebuchet also determined that it was impossible to strike continuously.Before the second round of blows came, the skeleton's vanguard had already rushed to the front of the position, and was blocked by soldiers holding shields between the raised high walls.

This is a defensive battle. Facing the vast number of enemies, Atley does not have any idea of ​​​​"surprise attack" in his mind. The snowfield is an open and flat terrain without any cover and the huge disadvantage of their numbers. The lack of intelligence from the other party was not enough for him to make more tactical choices.

He divided the long position into five areas, a position long enough to prevent them from being easily surrounded by the undead.At this time, the third and fourth districts were fighting the skeletons, both of which were the main force of the Snowy Owl Legion. It was not difficult to resist the attack of some cannon fodder skeletons.

He activated the eagle eye technique again, and saw flags flying high in the distance in the gray mist. Those were the symbols of the regular army of the undead.If all the phalanxes with units of thousands of people were present, the number of regular undead troops in front of them would have exceeded [-].

"In order to attack the Tower of the North Wind, they are really willing to spend a lot of money." Atley couldn't help baring his teeth, "I hope that our Majesty the King can help, don't let our rear be beaten here for nothing... …Let the mages come up and spread the fire, and don't let those skeletons come up so smoothly!"

Several mages climbed up the high wall in front of them under the cover of soldiers. The fire elements condensed, and several flaming walls of fire instantly stood among the skeletons.

Fire Wall, a second-level fire spell, erects a wall of flames to block the enemy's attack.This is a spell that every fire mage, and even other mages, will learn. Its characteristics are low consumption and simple spell models.

The dozen or so walls of fire naturally had no effect in the vast sea of ​​skeletons. Before they could gain a firm foothold on the ground, the flames were almost extinguished by the swarming skeletons.

But how could the mages have such superficial intentions?The few atmospheric mages who hadn't made a move had already been constructing their spell models. At the moment when the wall of fire was about to go out, they all stretched out their hands forward -- the blue wind condensed on their heads suddenly blew forward, Roll up the little sparks scattered on the ground.

In an instant, the nearly extinguished sparks ignited again, and then spread out as the wind spread, covering a piece of snow and skeletons under the earthen wall.

The power of these flames is not too violent, but they can only deal with the most common cannon fodder skeletons, and they don't have much excellent fire resistance.In the scorching of the flames, the skeleton's white bones were burned to ashes, even though the flames burned on his body, he couldn't shake it off, and there was nowhere to escape.

In the blink of an eye, these skeletons that were still squeezed in front of the front line fell down in pieces, until the spread fire was extinguished, and there were not many skeletons left that could still stand under the earthen wall.

This sudden "clearance" made the following skeletons who should have continued to rush forward also stagnate, as if they were ordered by the necromancer behind.Atley squinted his eyes and looked forward, and vaguely saw a group of fast-moving black shadows among a group of white bones. He rushed straight towards the position.

Atley's expression changed suddenly, he realized that this was a method used by the undead to target the mage.At this moment, the mages were still waiting for instructions from the rear, and had not yet removed the earthen wall.The ball of light surged at an extremely fast speed, and even increased in speed in mid-air. When the mages noticed the light, it was already too late!

The three fire mages hurriedly chanted, gathering a blazing fire element in a hurry, but before the spell could even be formed, the green light hit straight up.

The cloud of smoke from the explosion filled the earth wall, and when the smoke cleared, most of the wall had been blown away.

"Where are the mages? Where are they?" Atley yelled hastily. The mages are one of their biggest guarantees against the undead army. ?
Fortunately, he soon saw that under the earthen wall, soldiers surrounded several mages who were only slightly injured, and escorted them back to the back of the rear position.

Now Atley didn't dare to let the mages come forward casually anymore, so he could only let the soldiers in front and the cannon fodder skeletons stand in a stalemate.

The fog of war rolled in the distance, and the battle flags of the undead were flying in it, and the number was still increasing.

The battle has only just begun.

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"Can you find the location of the frost giant?"

"They are hiding behind the undead position, covered by wind and snow, it is difficult to do."

"If a mage is allowed to come, can this wind and snow be cleared?"

"Maybe you can..."

Bishop Olier, the commander of the Lovisa City Defense Force, thought for a moment, then immediately raised his head and said, "I'll talk to His Majesty. Kassel, come and arrange the war equipment on the city wall. Your Majesty now values ​​you very much."

But before Bishop Olier walked down the city wall, he heard a thick voice from the stairs behind him:
"No need, General Kassel's proposal is very good, and I have sent someone to notify you."

Kelsen Herman walked up the city wall. He didn't wear a cloak. The snowflakes had already accumulated a white layer on his head, but it made him look a bit more majestic.

"Your Majesty, why did you come here in person? The city wall is very dangerous..."

Bishop Olier bowed quickly, but Kelson Herman didn't even look at him, and instead went straight to the pass of the city wall, where several war machines were already parked.

"All the war equipment in Lovisa has been concentrated on the north city wall, and now the magic spar is being transferred to provide energy for the magic crystal trebuchet and the city crossbow." Jeff Cassel followed Kelson Hull Behind Man, he reported while walking, "In addition, we have cleared the landing and take-off areas for Griffin and Wyvern, and we can launch an offensive at any time..."

He saw Kelsen Herman nod his head in satisfaction, put his hand on a catapult and stroked it, and asked at the same time, "General Olier, where are your people?"

"Your Majesty, the elite of the Lovisa city defense force have gathered at the gate of the northern city, and we are just waiting for the horn to sound the attack." Bishop said hastily.

Kelsen squinted his eyes, the large swaths of wind and snow blocked his sight into the distance, but he seemed to be watching extremely engrossed.

"Being suppressed by these undead for nearly half a year, this is definitely the best chance for us to regain the initiative. First clean up the undead garrisons outside Lovisa and Alderney, and clean up the border garrisons in the anti-siege, so that we can To eradicate the power of the undead in our northern border in one go..."

He murmured in a low voice: "If this delay continues, if Ao Shengemma realizes that our energies are being drawn into the northern border, there will be another war waiting for us..."

"But Your Majesty, if those lost souls are already in the hinterland of our northern border at this moment..."

Jeff Cassell asked suddenly, Bishop Olier who was on the side almost fell down at his question, and immediately winked at Cassell.

But Kassel was completely unaware of what his immediate superior was worrying about. Looking straight at Kelsen Herman's back, he continued to ask:

"According to our previous strategy, isn't the Tower of the North Wind empty? Isn't our rear..."

"General Kassel." Kelsen Herman's loud voice interrupted his words. He turned around and stared at the young general behind him who had made outstanding contributions in intelligence with majestic eyes.

"This is war."

"War requires trade-offs. La Rochelle is not strong enough to win without any sacrifice."

"And some trade-offs are for our future."

As soon as he finished speaking, suddenly there was a buzzing and trembling sound behind them.Kassel was still thinking about his words, but Kelsen Herman had turned his head and stared at the direction of the city center.

There, a figure was standing in the air.A bright light bloomed from the top of his long staff, which could almost illuminate half of the city.

"That is……"

"That's the owner of the Tower of the North Wind, Gilbert Edison." Kelson Herman smiled slightly, "Look at it carefully, you may not be able to see it once in a lifetime."

On the city wall, behind the city gate, and in the center of the city, all the soldiers and residents left here raised their heads and looked at the figure floating above the entire Lovisa.

And what followed was a deep and deep whisper, as if it could reach the depths of a person's soul:

"I hereby declare: Clear skies—"

The bright light rose rapidly with this sentence, like a firework rising into the sky, disappearing above the thick clouds in the blink of an eye.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment.

Above the clouds, the condensed light suddenly shattered and turned into a circle of light, rippling in all directions.As if the scorching fire was driving away the darkness, the thick cloud was vulnerable under the illumination of the halo, and even the rain was not turned into, and all evaporated in mid-air.

Clear skies.

The bright sunshine fell over Lovisa after a long time. Kelsen Herman raised his head and looked at the high and vast blue sky.

The north city gate opened slowly, and the soldiers who had been preparing for a long time rushed out of the city, with the cavalry leading the way.On the top of the city, the soldiers were already in place, causing the war equipment to creak and reload the sling stones and crossbow arrows one by one.

At this moment, the king of La Rochelle stood on the front line of the city wall, and the loud voice sounded together with the sound of the horn:
"Lovisa, attack!"

　Probably will switch back and forth between several battlefields?

　　It shouldn't be confusing, right?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)