Blood Dragon

36 Dead Ends

"Betrayal?" Ashuruffat's voice was as cold as a piece of ice just now, but now it has turned into a piece of cold steel. "That's just right! Even if Thomas forgives him, I won't forgive him!"

"But he won't be jumping for a few days," Leo said. "He is still smart enough. He dare not take over any city flying the flying snake flag. But when the Paro people on the border castle are finished, Princess Irina's main force will come to the territory under his control. At that time, the princess will definitely ask to take over the city under his control. What can he do? If he dares to resist, then he is looking for death. On the contrary, if he does not resist, then the status he gained by betrayal and lies will become a castle in the air. A knight of honor would have spurned him! Come on, let's not talk about it, it makes me sick to talk about him! If he had come in time, William Daly would not have died."

Now they knew Ryan's course of action.Thomas originally planned to summon Casillas Knights in three months, but this time is a very conservative estimate.In fact, the process took just over a month to complete.Next, Ryan led this force to seize and occupy the big cities controlled by the Paro people one by one.In order to suppress Cassilos and resist St. Jean, the strength of the Paro people is no longer enough, so the garrison strength of these cities has been reduced to no less.Coupled with the cooperation of the people, almost all the cities fell in the first battle and became his territory.

If Ryan hadn't expanded his strength at that time, he would have been able to reinforce Derek City, which was fighting hard.The Paro people didn't have time to dig their siege tunnels, and William Daly would not lead a death squad out of the city to raid and die in the battle.

Even Thomas miscalculated Ryan's wolf ambitions!

"The time we save is really enough to build a new battering hammer?" Ash Rufat didn't want to continue discussing Ryan.

"Don't underestimate me, Ashrufat. At the academy, I was the best student in military machinery."

"But wood...there doesn't seem to be any trees in the area around Wolf's Mouth Castle."

"We carry some wood with the army. We just build one to contain the enemy and share the pressure. We don't need too much wood."

They continued to discuss related plans for a while, completely unaware that an extremely dangerous figure had swaggered into the camp at this moment.

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The Paro army took up positions outside the city.

The force is about 300 people, all of whom are knights.They stood guard in front of the city gate, with a challenging posture.Behind them, the gate of Langkou Castle was wide open, like something hidden under a woman's low-cut dress, seducing the desire of the coalition forces.If this knight army can be defeated, then this fortified city can be easily captured.

Ashurfat carefully watched the enemy's situation.There is a reason why the Paro people, who have been defeated in a row, are so bold. The enemy's knights are completely within the protection range of the long-range troops at the top of the city.If the coalition forces dispatched a large group of troops to launch a full-scale attack, it would become a target for Paro's long-range troops in vain.And the knights of Paro will definitely retreat into the city in time under the cover of long-range firepower.Even if they didn't have time to retreat into the city, the defenders would close the city gate regardless.To eat this lonely knight army, the coalition forces would have to pay three or five times the casualties.

But if you don't do anything... the posture put on by the Paro people is really too tempting, like fishing bait.Even if you know the danger, you still can't help but want to take a bite.

Whatever the motives of the Paro people, this appearance did give the coalition a quick chance of victory.If it were possible to send out an army of appropriate size so as not to scare the enemy away, and then crush the Paro knights in close combat, it would actually be possible to follow the defeated troops into the city gates.The switch that controls the rise and fall of the gate is just behind the city gate, just turn left when entering the city.

And once you can control the city gate... any fool knows what it means.

But this assault force is bound to face extremely dangerous situations.There is no doubt that the Paro people will fight back frantically, and they will definitely occupy an advantage for a period of time in the battle near the city gate.If you can survive this period of time and the reinforcements continue to rush up, then you can capture this castle today.

Ashurfat made up his mind.

In the eyes of the Paro people, the coalition forces formed an attack formation outside the city, and then a troop suddenly rushed out of the army, and went straight to the Paro knights lined up at the gate of the city.The defenders on the top of the city can tell at a glance that this army is also composed of knights, slightly more than the Paro knights outside the city, but not much more.

The cannons at the top of the city did not fire, because the cavalry was too fast and the cannons were not easy to hit.But when the knights of the coalition army entered the musket shooting range, the defenders at the top of the city fired their muskets without hesitation, and a whole row of gunpowder smoke rose from the top of the city.

Dozens of knights fell off their horses with the sound of gunfire, lying forever on the land outside the city.

The crossbow launched a second round of attacks, and the howling arrows fell on the charging cavaliers, causing a new round of casualties.After the procession, the corpses of men and horses were left behind.If the coalition knights had a slight advantage in numbers before, now they have become a disadvantage in numbers.

The knight's charging speed was too fast, and neither the crossbow nor the musket had a second chance to attack.The Paro knights were also well aware of this, and they also began to charge.

The two teams of knights lined up in the same cone formation and collided head-on.It was a head-to-head duel between lance and lance, horse and horse, knight and knight.

The first round of impact was extremely bloody.In a face-to-face charge, the armor is as fragile as paper.Even if a shield is used to block a lance, it must be at a suitable angle.Almost all the knights who were in the first row and failed to avoid the lance in time, or failed to remove the lance with their shields, almost all died in this wave of attacks.It is often the case that both sides in the war perish together, and people and horses stab each other and die together.

The surviving knights on both sides dropped their useless lances, drew their melee weapons, and started the second round of fierce fighting.

At this time, the weapons at the top of the city can no longer help.Everyone watched nervously the cruel duel between knights and knights.The view from the top of the city was good, and the Paro people could clearly see that an enemy knight was exceptionally outstanding, wielding a huge sword with one hand, and almost every blow could knock down a knight.His armor and shield are painted with a red dragon-shaped emblem.

"Master, left!" Accompanied by Carrie's reminder, Ashuruffat measured his body to avoid a blow from a Paro knight's battle axe.Withering Sword launched a powerful counterattack, but was avoided by the opponent riding his horse.

In fact, in this kind of horse fighting, the level of riding skills often determines the outcome.Strictly speaking, Ashuruffat's riding skills were not particularly good, but he was reminded by Carrie, so he avoided many fatal attacks and killed many enemies instead.He turned his horse's head around, and approached another Paro knight who was fighting from the rear. Taking advantage of his unpreparedness, he chopped off his head with a sword.

The battle became more intense, and the level of morale on both sides was revealed at this time.On the one hand, the Casillas knights hated the Paro people, on the other hand, they had won consecutive battles and their morale was high, so they all moved forward bravely.However, because of the previous series of defeats, the morale of the Paro people was low, and they began to be at a disadvantage, defending more than attacking.Quantitative changes will eventually lead to qualitative changes. Finally, a Paro knight turned his horse and retreated, causing the entire knight team to flee in an instant.

Aishuruffat led his men and followed closely behind the Paro knight.There is only one arrow away from the city gate, the city gate has not fallen, half an arrow away, the city gate has not fallen, it has already rushed to the edge of the city gate, and the city gate still has not fallen.

Casillas knights followed the defeated soldiers and rushed into the city gate, shouting victory.

As long as they control this place for a short period of time, the army in the rear will rush up.The knights went first, followed by the infantry.Time to take this castle...

Then he saw a terrible scene.

Leo outside the city already felt that something was wrong.Ashuruffat led the raiding force and rushed in, why did the follow-up troops remain motionless?

He galloped towards the cavaliers who were ready to go.

"Why don't you rush up?" he asked the captain.It was a knight of Cassilos, with wild eyes.To be honest, now Leo is not sure whether the knights who came to join their army are knights.In this turbulent era, if a well-trained bandit and bandit took advantage of the death of a certain knight and impersonated him, it would be really difficult to tell the difference in a hurry.Of course, in fact, there is no need to distinguish right now, as long as they can fight.

"There was no signal for us to follow," the captain explained.But how could Leo be fooled by such a silly explanation?Seeing the forward rushing in, the follow-up troops should start immediately.He was acutely aware that something unusual had happened.Moreover, the way the knight looked at him didn't look like he was looking at his boss at all.

"You are no longer the captain!" Leo ordered, "Get lost!"

A trace of anger flashed in the eyes of the former knight captain, and he touched his waist with his hand.But in the end he put his hand on the reins harmlessly and turned away.

He looked at the others, and the expressions in the eyes of these knights were completely different from the captain's, with eagerness to try.Just now they were forced to stay here because of the captain's order.

"You are the captain now!" Leo said to another knight. The knight's breastplate was painted with a tower coat of arms, indicating that his family was from the King's Guard. "Follow up immediately and occupy the city gate!"

"As ordered!"

But they have missed the most precious minutes.Right in front of the eyes of all the soldiers of the coalition forces, the thick iron gates of Langkou Castle were slowly descending.This city gate was like the mouth of a gigantic beast. After swallowing all the coalition knights who rushed into it, including Ashurfat, the de facto commander of the coalition army, he was already full and began to shut his mouth.

"No!" Leo let out a cry of despair.It was too late, and it was impossible for the follow-up troops to rush in. Ashuruffat was trapped inside, and he would surely die.

Hundreds of knights face tens of thousands of enemies, no matter how brave Ashurfate is, they will die.