Blood Dragon

Chapter 340 The Seventh Crisis

As night fell, the city of Neustria was lit with lights.

As mentioned earlier, Newstria City is a large city, but at this time the population of the city is only a few thousand.The person in charge of staying in Nusteria City has only a little more than 1000 troops in his hands-this level of troops is completely symbolic.If a city attack and defense battle really broke out, this amount of troops would be completely irresistible—even if one person stood thirty steps away from the city head, it would not be enough.

However, this worry is no longer there.General Ashuruffat defeated the invading Chaos hordes on the front lines - not any ordinary victory, but a real one.The Chaos Legion was defeated on the battlefield first, and then got into the pocket array set up by General Beler when retreating, and the entire army was wiped out.It is said that only a few thousand of the Chaos Legion with a total number of 7 can escape.After such a victory at the front, what is there to fear here in Neustria?

In addition, although the garrison here is small, this is a short-term matter-because the city of Neustria, as a logistics center, shoulders the task of transporting food and grass to the front line.The lack of troops at the moment is because a convoy has just set off—this is a typical window period.

It is said that Wangcheng will quickly mobilize a troop to reinforce and take care of the wounded, prisoners and other matters.Of course, this force is definitely a makeshift militia, but the militia is enough to defend the city.In short, in another three to five days, no more than ten days at most, everything will return to normal.

Because of this mentality, the soldiers on patrol at the top of the city were not very alert.They are just doing ordinary patrol duties according to custom (and military regulations).

The patrol team at the head of the city is divided into clear sentries and dark sentries.Every time the former walks a distance, he will light a bonfire on the city wall, and then use the firelight to observe the movement below the city-because the darkness obscures his vision, he can only see a very limited range-after observing, put out the fire and leave.Anshao was completely different. They walked slowly on the city wall in groups of two.These people are selected from the army, they don't use their eyes to see, but use their ears to listen carefully to the movement around them.

This is the idea provided by Bellel - if there are enemies watching, they can easily grasp the rhythm of the whistle.But if they don't know the truth, they will be checked by the secret sentry.In fact, this method is not aimed at large-scale attacks by the enemy, but to deal with a small number of scouts and spies sneaking in through the wall.

Farther away from the city wall, pairs of eyes watched the changes in the city in the dark.Standing under the light and looking at the dark is not too far away, but standing in the dark and looking at the light can see clearly.

"Stupid action." Lord Bloodfang said softly.With Khorne's blessing, he also possesses excellent dark vision, allowing him to observe the city.

That's right, the city walls of Neustria are tall and majestic, but without guards (or insufficient hand guards), there is no obstacle at all.Whether it is a natural barrier formed by nature or an artificial barrier, if there are no guardians, it can only be called a trouble, not a threat.

"The patrols of that group of idiots are very regular," said one of his subordinates. "As long as we choose the space between the two patrols, we can climb to the city wall."

"Is there a hook?" Lord Bloodfang asked.

"Yes!" The subordinate replied decisively.This afternoon, they ransacked a deserted village and found some tools that could be turned into hooks.But the quantity is really not much.

"Ready to attack!" Lord Bloodfang said coldly. "When the city gate is wide open, the whole army rushes in immediately... Bring me a hook!"

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Another group of patrolling soldiers walked over - they had just turned off the lights and left within a few minutes. With a slight sound, a few hooks flew up from under the city wall and hooked the city wall.Then, there was a clear sound from below the city wall.That's the sound that humans make when they climb walls with hooks.

The two secret whistle immediately noticed the accident.In fact, they are only patrolling according to military regulations, and their vigilance is not very high, but this is too obvious.

"What's going on? This voice..." The two looked at each other, and one of them immediately rushed to the source of the voice.Although the night was dark, he still easily found the hook hanging at the entrance of the city wall.

That's not one or two, but...more than ten...no, dozens!

"Enemy attack...alert!"

A soldier ran to an outpost on the side as fast as he could - it was said to be an outpost, but it was actually just an empty space on the city wall.Here are some necessary tools for patrolling and sounding alarms - things like wolf smoke, gongs and drums, bonfires, kindling, etc. are all here.

In just a short time, the big gong responsible for sounding the enemy's attack alarm was sounded. The sound of "Boom" and "Boom" can be described as deafening, resounding throughout the city.In the gaps between the gongs, the sharp shouts of the sentries echoed. "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

Another soldier drew his sword and began to try to cut the hook line.But the hemp rope that made up the hook line was very strong, and it took him a lot of effort to finally cut one of them.The moment the rope broke, he heard a dull sound of a human body hitting the ground.

No...too many...he calculated in his mind as he tried to chop the second one.Before the enemy climbed up, with his strength, he should only be able to cut off four or five hook cables, less than one-third of the total number of hook cables.However, he knew that Mingshao had just left not very far away.That is a team of ten soldiers. As long as they can rush back, they should be able to cut off all the hooks before the enemy climbs up the city wall—even if not all of them, there will only be one or two enemies who climb up. , can be dealt with completely.

The second hook line was cut off, perhaps because this person climbed higher, causing him to let out a miserable scream as he fell.

The Sentry began cutting the third hookline.At this time, he heard footsteps in front of him. It was the patrol team that had just walked away not far away and turned around.

Then he saw a pair of hands wrapped in black armor grasping the raised position on the city wall.

It was just a short moment, even before he could make any reaction, those hands pressed hard, and then, a figure jumped up from outside the city wall and landed on the city wall.The movement is swift and light, just like a monkey.

Unlike the monkey, the man who jumped up was covered with heavy armor.On the chest of the armor was a pattern that still shimmered in the night—anyone who had dealt with the Legion of Chaos enough would recognize it as the mark of a Blood God Khorne.

In the next instant, the roar of steel came through the air.The soldier swung his sword instinctively to block, but a huge force came from his hand, which directly shattered his strength.This huge force hit his body, and the unfortunate soldier was sent flying straight away, over the parapet of the city wall, and flew into the night sky.

There was another dull sound of falling objects.

A patrol detachment, or in other words, a sentry squad, ten soldiers rushed over.Each of them held a spear, and they fell on the first Chaos warrior to reach the wall.Ten to one, they should win.

This Chaos Warrior's face was covered with scars, and he could tell at a glance that he was the kind who had experienced many battles.Looking at the dozen or so enemies charging up, the Chaos Warrior let out a grin.What he held in his hand was a huge battle-axe—too big for ordinary people to swing, and even a man with strong arms could only wield it with two hands—but he held it with one hand, as if he was holding a tomahawk. Light and easy as straw.And the armor on his body is layered like crocodile scales, which can be seen to be precious at a glance.

At the last moment when the two sides approached, the patrolmen lined up in a horizontal line according to their training, with their spears raised forward.The other three soldiers outflanked.This is the classic tactic of spear infantry: when they are overwhelmingly outnumbered, they do it.

Lord Bloodfang ignored the row of sharp spears pointing at his chest, and stepped forward with a battle ax in his hand.A cruel arc was drawn on the corner of his mouth.

……

Although it was late, the office belonging to the Prime Minister in the Falcon City Palace was still brightly lit.

Ailin was sitting at his desk, where several colleagues and subordinates gathered, discussing several things in the future.Since the Queen is not around, according to laws and customs, as the prime minister, Ailin must shoulder the responsibility of looking after the house.

"Is this news reliable?"

"Master Tai Ming's news is absolutely credible." It was an older man who spoke, "I know something about this man."

"Tamin..." Before today, Eileen had never heard of this name—if he had, he would not have cared—the owner of this name was a governor, or to be more specific, a remote The governor of the small town.As the prime minister, it's normal not to have heard of this name—the reason why Ailin mentioned this name repeatedly today is that this venerable governor sent a very important piece of information to Falcon City.

Some time ago, General Essien led his army through the governor's territory.Due to the needs of the army, General Essien asked the Governor for a considerable amount of supplies.According to domestic practice, such expenditures can be offset directly with local tax payments.Therefore, after the Taiming governor carefully calculated the accounts, he sent the relevant documents, receipts and other things to Falcon City.

Of course, the governor actually has no special meaning.He simply wanted to use these things to offset the taxes in his jurisdiction—the cost of meeting General Essien's military requirements was not small, enough for him to offset taxes for three years.In other words, as long as Falcon City passes the review, the Governor can legally not pay taxes to Falcon City for three years.

However, Falcon City was a little surprised by Essien's strange actions—of course it was just a surprise—so some people paid attention to Essien's actions.The relevant materials immediately attracted the attention of interested people.It didn't take much time for the report on Essien to be sent to Ailin's desk.

Anyone with a little reference to the map can see that Essien's forward route has nothing to do with the "dispute" task he is in charge of.In fact, it's quite the opposite.

"Essien... what does he want to do?" Alyn muttered softly.Essien went west—that is, he exerted his power as a general and freely chose targets; to the south, it meant that he planned to leave the country—at least he left the country by himself and went to other forces (this result was in Ayrin En looks good); to Falcon City, it means that he may launch a rebellion; but he is now heading north.