Who says knights can't backstab

Chapter 701 Out of the City
Hylia, Simon.

The firepower received by the West Gate from the Orsan Emmas was second only to the East Gate facing the Sea of ​​Adelaide.There are still broken ladders hanging on the city wall, and half of the bodies of St. Emma soldiers can be seen on the edge of the moat.

A large part of the city wall was missing, which was smashed through by the heavy war weapon "Fire Cloud Cannon" of the Orsan Emma people.Simon Berkeley still remembers the scene where the red flames streaked across the night sky and fell on the city wall when the city defense circle shattered. Paralyzed.

He raised his head, and he could still see the broken part of the gap that was still glowing with red sparks.

The combat power that the Ripple Corps and the Hylia Defense Force could produce had all gathered in the open space under the west city gate that had been leveled due to the battle.

He glanced over and saw that most of the soldiers were tired, and their mental state was extremely bad due to the continuous defense of the city. Some soldiers were still covered with thick bandages, and the blood flowed out unstoppably.

"Legion Commander." The soldier who was close said softly, "Are we... are we going out of the city?"

"Yes, Primo." Simon Berkeley called out his name, "The next battle will determine whether our ten-day effort will succeed or fail, and whether Hylia will survive or be destroyed first. in this war."

When he said these words, he only felt his heart thumping against his chest—it wasn't because the pride in the words made his heart agitate, but it was full of guilt.

The decision he made to gamble the whole army and the whole city was only because of a call from a young Marquis whom he had never met—and he did not speculate on his character, but in case the Marquis Had an accident and couldn't make it?

Simon couldn't help swallowing his saliva, his hands trembling uncontrollably.

And at this moment, a figure came out from the crowd of soldiers——when Simon saw that figure, he couldn't help being stunned.

It was an elf.

The leader of the Haitao clan's mage group stationed in Hylia, the elf "Vello" means "willow tree" in the elf language.

"Your Excellency Willow." He bowed and said.

The elves' mages provided them with unimaginable help, and their own mages who accompanied the army were almost exhausted on the third day of the battle.If it weren't for the continuous magic power of these elf mages to support it, I am afraid that Hylia would have fallen within seven days of defending the city.

But the magic power of elves also has a limit. At this moment, almost all the elves have exhausted their magic power. On the city wall last night, those elves who had been holding long staffs before had changed into longbows and began to use bows and arrows to deal with those Ao St. Emma people.

"Captain Berkeley." The elf mage Willow returned the salute.For the group of La Rochelle soldiers in front of him, he didn't have any airs of arrogance - he had witnessed the fearless battle of these humans, which was enough to earn the respect of any race.

"I heard your rallying horn, but no scout informed us. I want to ask what's going on."

"Ah, Your Excellency Willo..." Simon didn't expect the elf to say this, and quickly explained his plan, "The elf has done enough for Hylia, I think..."

"Captain Berkeley." Willow interrupted him.

Then Willow took off his robe, revealing the leather armor inside, with two elf swords on his left and right waists, and a longbow on his back.

"Battle so far, don't you think we are your comrades-in-arms?"

In his voice, there were nearly a hundred more elves behind the only remaining two thousand soldiers.

Simon suddenly choked up. He lowered his head, glanced at the time, and then turned towards the city gate.

The machine expansion began to rotate, the heavy city gate in front of it slowly opened, and the suspension bridge was gradually lowered.The dim city gate was gradually illuminated by external light, he squinted his eyes, and then drew out the long sword at his waist:

"I have nothing more to say, gentlemen—"

"For Hylia, for Amathir, for all the creatures who pray for peace, for nature!"

"Above Nora!"

"Fight to the death with those pigs of Ost. Emma!"

There was a loud sound of the long sword being unsheathed, and thousands of people pulled out their long swords in unison.And amidst the sound of the long sword being unsheathed, the city gate was completely opened, and the soldiers held the long sword in front of their chests with both hands. Under the leadership of their legion commander, they stepped forward and rushed out of the city gate!
"For Hylia! For Amathir! For Nature!"

They shouted loudly, ran out of the city gate, crossed the suspension bridge, and rushed to the plain outside the city.

The final charge was made towards the barracks of Ossa Emma at the far end.

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The third army of the Iraqi runner-up is a more moderate army in the Iraqi runner-up.

This moderation is not a derogatory term, but a commendatory term—they didn't do anything particularly outstanding in any aspect, but the shortcomings that other legions will have cannot be found in this legion.

This is thanks to its commander, Woodrow Oberian.He is only 35 years old, he comes from General Hilaria, and he refers to the collateral line of the O'Boan family where Rowell O'Boen is. But relying on his own ability, step by step, he climbed to the position of legion commander.

His marching style was also different from that of his uncle, who marched aggressively, whereas he was lukewarm and, while equally aggressive, was more of a "boiled frog."

Leading his own legion and commanding nearly [-] noble private troops to besiege the city of Hylia is a battle that he must win.

But the people of La Rochelle resisted much more resolutely than he thought, and these people of La Rochelle did have the ability to resist. They were so resilient that they were able to resist the attacks of the people of Ao San Emma time and time again. .

Whether it's the city defense circle or the equipment used for city defense, they have caused great trouble to Ao Shengemma's troops.He didn't expect that such a border town would have so many heavy artillery pieces. The 3000 troops of the "Effie" family who were rushing up to take the lead, under a round of concentrated artillery fire, only less than 500 people were bombarded. people.

Then came the long siege period, the strength of the opponent's city defense circle was ridiculously high, so they had to choose the way of siege consumption, forcing the latter to constantly switch the city defense circle - the consumption required to keep the city defense circle open The magical power of the opponent is astonishing. Many times the siege is not to exhaust the opponent's rations, but to exhaust the opponent's stored magic power.

The siege battle lasted until the tenth day before any progress was made. It was absolutely impossible for Hailia, who had been breached of the city defense circle, to struggle any longer. As long as they cultivated themselves and launched a general attack again, they would definitely be able to take Hailia away in one fell swoop. Down.

It's just that the siege battle was really not very beautiful - more than one-third of the nearly 5000 troops were consumed by the opponent, and several accompanying noble private army regiments were almost beaten to pieces.

Fortunately, the third army of the Illyrian Army did not suffer much damage in battle, at most it cost some siege equipment——

He was thinking like this, but he heard the voice of a messenger from outside the tent: "Legion Commander, Legion Commander, those La Rochelle people have left the city!"

"What?" Woodrow Oberian stood up, his eyes full of surprises—as long as these La Rochelle people leave the city, it is tantamount to giving them military merit!

"How many are they? Cavalry? Infantry?"

"About 2000 people, all infantry, no cavalry! Earl Saxton has already led his troops to meet them!"

"2000 people... Hylia can still take out 2000 people? Isn't this all the combat power it has left?"

"Order all the armies to send troops immediately, and prepare to attack Hylia in one fell swoop—whoever cuts off the head of the opposing commander will reward the Earth Dragon Army with three places for enlisting in the army!"

He strode out of the tent. In the barracks of the Osan Emmas, the soldiers had already come out one after another, and the army was quickly assembled outside the camp.

He picked up the binoculars and looked at the battlefield ahead. He saw a group of La Rochelles holding weapons and running towards their direction.And the Earl of Saxton on the flank has already led his own private army to meet him, obviously wanting to snatch this victory——

He made a rough estimate and found that the number of La Rochelle people was indeed just over two thousand, as the messenger had said.

It's just... Do these La Rochelle people really feel that they can't hold on anymore, so they go out of the city to fight to the death?

He inexplicably felt a little weird, but he didn't take it too seriously, he just ordered, "There is no need to specially organize the army, let the soldiers lead the team directly, and whoever grabs it first will be credited."

"Yes!" The orderly ordered immediately, and then a group of Ao San Emma people rushed out of the camp. The cavalry took the lead, trying to grab this battle before Earl Saxton on the flank.

And Woodrow O'Boam slowly walked back to the tent, facing the military map, stretched out his hand and drew a big "cross" on the icon of Hylia's castle.

This point of Hylia was not valued by the Marshal. They brought new types of war weapons this time, and Hylia's location was too remote to be used for deployment.

But he thinks Hylia is still very important-if those La Rochelle people still have the idea of ​​​​counterattacking them, then Hylia is the place where the horn of counterattack sounds.As long as Hylia is conquered, those La Rochelle people will have absolutely no chance of making a comeback, and can only hand over all the Adler area.

Therefore, he took over the task of conquering Hylia and led the Third Army to come here—otherwise, according to his qualifications, he would of course be able to participate in the siege of St. Hytel, and his combat achievements would far exceed what he has now...

It's just that this group of La Rochelle people...are they really leaving the city because they gave up?

"Legion Commander, Legion Commander!"

The panicked voice of the orderly came to his ears, and when he turned around, he saw the orderly rushing into the tent just now, and shouted in a panic: "Legion Commander, La Rochelle, La Rochelle people!"

"What's the rush?" He asked lightly, "Who beheaded the opponent's general?"

"It's not beheading, it's the people from La Rochelle, rushing over from behind us!"

These words exploded in the tent like a bolt from the blue. Woodrow Oberian staggered and almost lost his footing. He couldn't help cursing: "What are you farting? Where are you from La Rochelle?" ?”

"Really, what I said is true!"

Amidst the panic of the messenger, Woodrow walked out of the tent again and looked back, only to see billowing smoke and dust behind the barracks.

The ground was shaking, the tent was shaking, and the dragon flag of Ossa Emma was fluttering in the murderous wind, but at this moment it seemed to lose its majesty, and turned to trembling——

That's cavalry.

Thousands of cavalry are charging towards them from behind——

"how is this possible?"

Where did the La Rochelle come from?It's not that he didn't arrange reconnaissance posts and cavalry troops on the plain on the west side, but he didn't receive any movements of La Rochelle troops of this size.

Could it be that they came from the position of Rock Fort?
However, the Adler area is currently undergoing a full-scale invasion by the Ossain Emmas. How can the La Rochelle people have the spare energy to organize such a force to rescue Hylia?

The current situation does not allow him to think too much, he shouted loudly: "The rest of the troops, all turn around and meet the cavalry behind!"

"Pikemen, hurry up, shield array!!"

The execution ability of the Hilaria Army was astonishing, and those troops who hadn't left the camp immediately turned around and came back.They originally planned to go to the rear of the camp to organize the defense line, but the shining silver light from the La Rochelle cavalry came so quickly that they had no time to drive out of the camp, so they could only stop in the open space behind. Array!

With the shield erected and the lance behind the shield, the Ao San Emma people did not show any cowardice in the face of those heavy cavalry with silver helmets and silver armor. They have rich experience in resisting cavalry attacks, as long as they block this wave...

"Sturdy as a rock!" "Sturdy will!"

The magic of the army mage has fallen on the soldiers in the front row, and they feel like a huge rock in the river, indestructible!
But just when the series of spells were cast and they were in the best state of mind to meet the impact of the La Rochelle cavalry, a dark cloud flew up behind the cavalry——

The pitch-black cloud drew an arc in the air, and came over their heads at a speed far exceeding the speed of the cavalry.

Only then did they see that it was not a cloud.

But the rain of arrows.

The arrow was wrapped in a blackish streamer, and after drawing a perfect arc in the air, it landed on the array of Austrian Saint Emma soldiers at the front.

The sound of clanging blocks continued, and the armor on their bodies provided effective defense. Under such an arrow attack, they only suffered a little injury, but they did not collapse because of it.

But immediately, a soldier uttered a strange cry: "Fire! Fire, the fire is burning! It hurts!"

Such cries filled the entire battle line in an instant, and at this moment, O Saint Emma discovered that the black gleams on the arrows did not go out just like that, but climbed onto their armors and started to burn quietly !
In an instant, the front line that was still purge fell into chaos.The commanders tried to hold the line, but the moment of desperation really came——

Those heavy cavalry from La Rochelle have rushed in front of them!
(End of this chapter)