Blood Dragon

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"I don't have time to think so much anymore!" Ashuruffat replied in a low voice. "I asked Mayfair today, there is no hope, tomorrow is the last day! Thomas's wound shows signs of gangrene... If we don't get the 'myrrh' tomorrow, then we can only watch Thomas die! Even if Get 'myrrh' tomorrow, and Thomas has only half the chance of recovering!"

"You really... why did you do this!" Leo said suddenly after hesitating for a long time.

"Either I will capture Wolf's Mouth Castle tomorrow, or I will die on the battlefield tomorrow!" Ashuruffat replied. "Help me, Leo! You must help me now!"

"Why did you die so much for General Thomas?" Leo asked.You have only known him for a year!

"If you ask me... I don't know." Ashuruffat replied. "But I know that I would rather die than just watch him die in front of me like this. No matter how big the risk is, I will take it!"

"Of course I'll help you!" Leo replied. "Do my best!"

The hands of the two were tightly held together.

……

This is an open space outside the camp, big enough to hold 7000 people.Although it was not early, the militiamen did not feel much sleepiness.The turmoil of the knights leaving after nightfall had a great impact, and for a while, people were panicked.Now called again to this clearing outside the camp.No one knew what was going on in the Commander's mind.

In front of the clearing there is a big rock as tall as a man.Ashurfat was standing on the stone, condescending, looking at the assembled militiamen.Several large burning torches were inserted near the boulders, illuminating his figure.

All these militiamen are not ordinary militiamen drawn from the peasants, but well-trained militiamen from a family of militiamen.It is actually not difficult to separate these people from the militia. Any general knows that although these people are far inferior to knights, they are much better than the temporary draft.So they were originally organized as the elite of the militia.

"Cassilos and Saint-Jean fighters, first of all thank you for always fighting for your country. But I want to say that you are all militiamen, your parents and grandparents were militiamen. And if nothing goes wrong, your children and grandchildren They are also militiamen. They will always be. You, your fathers, and your children and grandchildren must follow behind the knights. As the followers of the knights in normal times, they charge with the knights in battle. You must bow your head in front of the knights to show respect, You must walk while the knights are riding. In short, you are just servants of the knights. I don’t know if you have such an ambition: one day, you will own a piece of land of your own, and you can use the attitude of masters in your own land. Walking on the land, you don't need to bow to anyone. You will have a castle or manor of your own, and when you go home, the gate will be solemnly opened for you. You will have stables with your own horses and horses Draw chariots and horses. All these belong to you and no one else. Your children will thrive in a spacious field, not crowded in a small house! When they come of age, you can prepare your children for war horses, armor And weapons, let them serve the country as apprentice knights."

"I am giving you a chance now! This is an opportunity that you have never had before, and you will never have again in the future! It is not just you! This is something that your ancestors have never encountered, and your descendants will hardly experience it. Yes, a unique opportunity! Let you escape from the low status of the militia and join the knights!"

Ashuruffat paused, shaking a large document in his hand.The document stood out in the light of the torches.

"I see doubts in the eyes of many people! But Lord Thomas did get the legal power to confer knights from Princess Irina! And Lord Thomas entrusted this power to me! Your names are recorded on this document , origin, as long as I stamp my seal, then you will officially become knights. You will legally obtain fiefdoms from Her Royal Highness Princess Irina, and become a true knight with your own territory! Become a nobleman!"

The voices in the entire open space completely subsided.All the previous whispers disappeared, only the rustling of the wind.All eyes were on Aishuruffat, without exception.

"Tomorrow, I will lead all the knights to attack Wolf's Mouth Castle! All those who think that they cannot bear this responsibility can leave now. I will definitely not stop! But I will also immediately remove his name from here Lose!"

No one moved, not a single one, all the militiamen stood in place, looking at Ashrufat, waiting for him to continue.

"But I want to tell you that from the moment you become a knight, you not only own the land, rights and status, but also bear the corresponding responsibilities! I don't know if you have heard of the court of honor. When you are a militia, you will never There is no need to deal with the court of honor, because the court of honor will not judge a militia. But once you become a knight, you will become the target of the supervision of the court of honor. As long as a knight raises a question or accusation to the court of honor, then you have to accept trial. If If the court judges you unworthy of this honor, you will be stripped of your knighthood. There is only one class of knighthood."

Ashuruffat thought of Duncan's sad and resolute face before he left the city that day to raid.He went on.

"That is the knight who died in battle. If the knight dies in battle, all doubts and trials against him will be cancelled. Because no one can judge a knight who has died for his country on the battlefield, and no one can question his courage and honor. The widow of a knight who died in battle will enjoy the benefits of his territory for life, and his children can also directly obtain the status of apprentice knights after they grow up. If he does not have a wife, his children will be sent to the noble academy to study and live for free. until adulthood."

"You don't have armor or horses now. It doesn't matter. The army will be responsible for replenishing the knights' equipment during the war. I'm going to the supply camp now, and I will stay there until the moon rises to the top of the treetops, waiting for all those who are willing to accept this. a man of honor and responsibility.”

Ashurfate jumped off the rock and walked towards the supply camp.Leo should have made arrangements there.

He heard footsteps, and many people followed behind him.

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"Siege tower?" In the mist of dawn, several ominous gray shadows appeared in front of Langkou Castle.It took a short time for the Paro soldiers defending the city to realize that there were three siege towers.

impossible!Everyone could see clearly yesterday that the coalition forces did not carry any siege weapons.Even if they have a sufficient number of craftsmen, there are no trees around here.Even if they brought a sufficient amount of wood with the army, it would take three to five days to make a siege tower.

There was no familiar war drum sounding outside the city, but the siege tower was moving towards the city wall little by little.Sneak attack?It's a raid!

"Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu' by the city to sound the horn of warning.The soldiers of Paro rushed up to the city wall and looked in surprise at the three siege towers that seemed to have fallen from the sky.

In addition to the three siege towers, there is another relatively small thing, which is a battering ram.The battering hammer slowly approached the city gate, while the siege tower rushed directly to the city wall.Because of the change of hands not long ago, the trenches outside Wolf's Mouth Castle have not been dug again, and the siege towers and battering rams can directly rush to the target.

Whether it is a siege tower or a battering ram, they are all located in the shooting dead corner of the cannon at the top of the city.Cannon can do nothing.

On the top of the city, gunshots rang out, and arrows rained like rain.But this individual weapon has little threat to large war machines.Although the siege towers and battering rams were filled with arrows, they continued to push forward as if unconsciously.

"Use a rocket! A rocket!" someone shouted hoarsely.

But this trick is also useless.The war machines are all covered with wet cowhide.Moreover, the enemy used a few magic-breaking scrolls, which made the magicians in the city completely lose their ability to cast spells.

Due to the damaged city gate, the current Paro people are unable to send troops out of the city to attack these siege equipment, and can only watch helplessly as the siege tower leans against the city wall.

Fortunately, the speed of the siege tower was very slow, which gave the Paro people time to deploy troops on the city wall.When they finally approached, the soldiers on the walls were ready for close combat.The Paro people are also very clear that the strength of the coalition forces is actually almost the same as theirs. Even if they cannot take advantage of the city wall, they may not necessarily lose.

"Soldiers, you have no retreat! You must hold on to the city wall, otherwise we will all die here!" Paro's officer shouted.

The siege tower leaned against the city wall.All those who rushed up the city wall from the inside were knights, brandishing their weapons one by one, and pounced on the Paro people who were waiting on the top of the city with an unimaginable rage and madness.

That's not how knights usually fight.Rather than saying that these people wearing knight armor are knights, it is better to say that they are the violent barbarians in the north, and they are followers of evil gods.The knights who rushed up one by one seemed to be in a war frenzy, and they didn't know how to back down or dodge at all.They were felled by the Paro with axes and swords, pierced with spears, and broken bones with warhammers, but without any hesitation or retreat.The knights held their axes or swords high, and rushed towards the densely packed enemy army regardless of life or death. They just rushed into the battle formation of the Paro people and killed three or five Paro soldiers before finally dying in battle.

More knights charged up the walls through siege towers.Some knights roared wildly, and most of them remained silent, crashing into the Paro line with a posture of courting death rather than attacking.This attitude of fearlessness is really frightening.

Ashuruffat jumped onto the wall, gripping his withering sword tightly in both hands.With superhuman strength, he jumped into the middle of the enemy formation and set off a bloody storm of carnage with his giant sword.He led a team of knights to charge all the way along the city wall, invincible.

The hand-to-hand combat on the city wall at this moment is a confrontation of naked courage and strength without any fakes.Every second a life is lost.Death blew life away like a gust of wind, and dying moans burst from the chest.The expressions in the eyes dimmed, and countless fresh lives were thrown into the eternal night.

When the two armies meet, the brave wins, and the Paro people start to retreat.No matter how hard their officers tried to urge their men to resist, the soldiers were pushed back by the mad knights.

"Hold on, hold on! The enemy doesn't have so many knights, kill them all and you'll win!" Officer Paro shouted.

But the facts seem to be completely opposite. Wave after wave of knights rushed up the city wall along the siege tower, killing one batch and another batch.Almost every knight stormed the Paro people with this spirit of daring to die, regardless of their own safety.Drive them off the wall.On the other hand, battering rams have begun to pound the huge and heavy iron-clad gates.