Heart of the Castle

Chapter 530 Reinforcements Arrive, Offensive and Defensive Shifts
The King's Guard Army of the Glorious Capital of Fermeyer has always had a bad reputation of being "weak" and "Turtle Knights". The main reason is that when this army encounters difficult and difficult battles, its morale often drops very quickly.If the battle continues smoothly, the strength of this army is no weaker than any of the Kingdom's standing troops, and it is even better at defending cities.However, their combat power was built behind the high walls of the royal capital. When they directly faced the formation of Griffin Knights who were more powerful than the Ember Knights and charged, their morale suddenly fell into a state of low morale.

"There's no chance of winning, we've lost." Although this kind of thought was not uttered, it was clearly revealed in the eyes of every guard of the king's capital, and some people even began to feel terrified. , the footsteps subconsciously move backwards.

"Don't run away! We are not defeated yet!" Sir Lathander's voice pierced the hearts of the soldiers like a sharp knife. The new commander of the North Gate held up his long sword shining with fighting spirit, while yelling at those who were resigned. Italian soldiers. "Just a few hundred northern cavalry, can they intimidate our glorious king's guards? Where is your pride? Formation, form a horizontal formation to meet the enemy!"

"Anyone who dares to flee before the battle, I will kill him myself!" Another voice roared, and Knight Xiao En stood behind the crenel on the top of the city with a spear in his hand, his eyes radiating a terrifying blood.

"His Royal Highness the Regent will not forgive any deserters. Just think about it, your family members will also be implicated by your actions." Sir Lathander's voice seemed much more relaxed. He had to play a role that was different from that of Sean Knight. Role.

Under the rectification of Sir Lathander and Knight Sean, the morale and morale of the defenders at the top of the city finally recovered. The large oak shields with the badge of the White Castle of the Guards are close together to form a shield wall. Hundreds of spears are placed on the gaps in the shield wall. From a distance, it looks like an unusually shaped monster lying on the top of the city of Fermeyer. Huge porcupine.

If it is an ordinary cavalry, facing the long spear formation, they have to rein in their horses and turn around, otherwise they will be pierced by long spears like a jungle of steel and die.But what the King's Capital Guards had to face was far from ordinary cavalry, but sharp knives composed of more than a dozen famous knights from the northern border.Flame Wheel Knight Wilps uttered a roar, and led the knights who were glowing with all kinds of grudges to slam into the iron porcupine ferociously.

The screams of war horses and the screams of soldiers sounded at the same time.As a result of the collision between the two sides, apart from the spear pierced by Knight Sean passing through the neck of Knight Dragonson's mount by chance, the resistance of the soldiers in the first row did not achieve the slightest result.The relaxed posture of the northern knights breaking through the long spear array seemed to be piercing a lump of clotted butter with a sharp blade. The dozens of soldiers of the King's Guard Army in the front were either hacked with knives and axes, or trampled under the hooves of horses. All fell to the ground and died.The soldiers in the second and third columns witnessed this tragic scene, and immediately made a sound of panic, and staggered back.

"Block them, stop!" Ser Lathander yelled sharply, leading a dozen sergeant majors to rush forward and try to block the gap.However, their strength is far from that of the knights in the north. Sir Lathander blocked Willpus himself, and Knight Sean blocked Dickway and Templeton with the assistance of two sergeant majors. A title knight, Dragosson, was unstoppable. Several sergeant majors rushed up desperately, but in the next moment, they were turned into pieces of flesh and blood by the two-handed giant sword in his hand.

Dragonson's two-handed giant sword swung countless frantic lights and shadows around him, and the sound of blood and wailing surrounded him tightly, making him more excited.Dragonson is actually not a very qualified knight. His character is too violent and bloodthirsty, but his loyalty to Li Wei is beyond doubt.Because as a subordinate of the Griffin Lord, he has experienced countless wonderful battles that he never thought about, beheaded enemies who were once unattainable, and thus gained the power he dreamed of.

"It's good to be loyal to the Griffin Lord!" He suddenly roared, and cut the sergeant major in front of him in half with a fierce sword, "That's good!" The head of Draconson laughed loudly on the bloody battlefield, and his voice was so murderous that it almost made the blood coagulate.

Under the onslaught of the northern knights, the morale of the Royal Guards once again fell to the bottom, and every moment more people were shaken.This time, no one could boost morale. Sir Lathander retreated step by step in front of Wilps' flame wheel fighting spirit, and Knight Sean, who was flanked by the two great knights of Dickway and Templeton, was even more in danger. However, the sergeant majors who assisted him were already dead on the spot, and blood stained large areas of the damaged city walls.

More griffin knights leaped onto the top of the city and galloped on their horses, charging wantonly. The defenders' formation was torn to pieces, and they could no longer maintain the horizontal formation. They could only rely on the number of small square formations to resist .Such a small phalanx could not stop the charge of the Griffin Knights at all. As more and more soldiers fell to the ground and died, the rest began to prepare to escape from this battlefield full of blood and death. They first took five steps back, and then It's ten steps, fifteen steps... The northern knights cooperated very well and didn't chase these retreaters, so the soldiers who retreated slowly began to turn around and flee, some dropped their weapons, some dropped their armors, and walked along the road. The ramp staggered down, and many people were even trampled under their feet by their fleeing companions, or pushed off the top of the city. Desolate and long screams rang out from time to time, echoing endlessly over the north gate of the capital.

The new leader of the North Gate, Sir Lathander, was desperately protected by the old subordinates of the fourth regiment. He was injured in five places, but none of them were serious, but he bled profusely and became quite weak. .Sir Lathander's strength ranks among the top among the many deputy commanders and team leaders of the Royal Guards, not inferior to that Lord Kissinger who spoke badly in front of Li Wei.However, his opponent was Wilps, a talented knight in the north. He was firmly suppressed by both swordsmanship and fighting spirit. If Wilps hadn't shown mercy in the end, the Royal Guards would definitely need to find another one. The new leader of the North Gate has been selected.

However, his deputy, Knight Sean, was not so lucky. Dickway's personality was quite rough, and his reputation for viciousness among the knights in the north was second only to Dragunson.Poor Sean Knight first cut off his right wrist with his sword. Dickway's next sword hit the top of Sean Knight's head, and the helmet made of fine steel was cut in half together with the skull below.

When the life of Knight Xiao En was splashed out along with the blood, the defenders at the north gate lost their last bit of will to fight. They yelled like frightened ducks, trying desperately to escape from the battlefield.

The knights of the Northern Allied Forces just chased after them for a while, and then reined in their horses and stopped.Because they didn't want to kill all the soldiers of the King's Guard Army. The enemy of the Northern Allied Forces was not the defenders of King's Capital Fermeyer, let alone the Kingdom of Arthur. Instead, they used negotiations as bait to lay out insidious Archduke Raul Adams, Regent of Vicious Trap.

This approach proved to be very wise, because shortly after the defenders at the top of the city retreated, the howls of wild beasts came one after another, some of which seemed to be howling wolves, and more sounds were like cats meowing hundreds of times. It sounded sad and anxious. "The howling of wolves and the howling of bobcats?" Wilps muttered, turning his head with some doubts. He put his hands on his forehead to block the sun, and squinted his eyes to look in the direction where the howling sound came from.

Then his pupils shrank into two small dots, and there was a horrified light inside, and his breathing suddenly stopped for a moment.He saw large streams of smoke and dust appearing on the horizon behind the Northern Allied Forces, like long gray and black snakes rising from the ground and heading straight into the sky.

"Oops, there are a large number of elite cavalry approaching from the north!" Wilps took a step back, his body stretched like a bowstring, "Commander, sound the horn to remind Lord Cedric that we are in trouble!"

"North?" Dragoonsun, who was covered in blood, came closer and said in disbelief, "North is the direction we came from, it should be safe, and if there are any enemies, they should come from other directions. "

"It's the north, that's right, Lord Dragunson," Wilps said in a gloomy voice, "It's not just smoke and dust. Listen, the bobcats and wolves are howling. Hundreds of opponents that no jungle hunting expert can do anything about are terrifying in both quantity and quality."

Dragunson nodded heavily, agreeing with Wilps' explanation, and then they looked at the distant sky together, with worried expressions in their eyes.Facing enemies from both sides, this situation couldn't have been worse for the Northern Allied Forces, which were already at a disadvantage in numbers.

When the loud and rapid horn sounded from the top of the city, the joyful expression on Lord Cedric's face was immediately washed away, and every beard couldn't help trembling. "Damn the gods! Does this mean that there are enemies in the north preparing to attack?" He cursed, then turned his head and spat at Marquis Osiris who was walking beside him, "Your Excellency, Knight of the Sky," Lord White Wolf's voice was full of Angry and ridiculed, "Is this your sincerity? It was a trap of negotiation first, and then a shameless sneak attack. Is this how the Kingdom of Arthur treats its people in Northern County?"

"If this is the plan of the important ministers of the kingdom, then I must not have participated in it." Marquis Osiris paled for a while, which was not only angry at the deceitful actions of Grand Duke Raul and other important ministers of the kingdom, but also for Lord Cedric Annoyed with contemptuous attitude.

Although the injury has not yet healed, Marquis Osiris has full confidence to use the wrath of nature to chop Lord White Wolf in front of him into pieces. After all, the gap between the two is so large that it cannot be bridged.But this is not the solution to the problem. It is impossible for him to leave alive under the heavy siege of the Northern Allied Forces, and because of such a move, the already tense relationship between the Northern County and the Kingdom will be completely destroyed.

Lord Cedric was not lacking in wit, he was only a little irritated by the sudden turn of events. "Forgive me for the offense, you may not know about it, Your Excellency the Sky Knight, but I have to make some arrangements for you." Then he waved his hand, and a dozen white wolf guards immediately gathered up and surrounded the Marquis of Osiris.

Marquis Osiris just showed a wry smile, shook his head and said: "I can swear in the name of the leader of the Knights of Ashes and the head of King Arthur's Seven Iron Guards, I have absolutely nothing to do with this matter, and I will not attack you when they attack. Anyone who hurts the Northern Allied Forces—I hate treachery and conspiracy more than you, and if I can meet Regent Raul Adams, I must ask him to give me a reasonable explanation."

Lord Cedric thought quickly for a few seconds, and then dismissed the white wolf guards with a wave of his hand, "Your Excellency, I believe in your oath, but now please retreat to the city wall with infantry and long-range troops. It's the worst situation I've ever faced in my life, and I don't even know if anyone can make it to the end."

"The timing and location are not on the side of the coalition forces in the northern border." Marquis Osiris said in a sincere tone, "and your numbers are too small. Even if you are more united than the defenders of the king's capital, you will not be able to win the final victory."

Lord Cedric's eyes were closed for a few seconds, and when he opened them again, there was a clear light of awareness shot out of them. "Marquis Osiris, what you said is absolutely correct, but there is always something on the side of our northern coalition forces—justice, right?"

When Marquis Osiris showed a stunned expression, Lord Cedric suddenly turned his horse's head and let out a howl like a wolf. "White Wolf Guard, follow me, follow me!"

Seeing Lord Cedric holding up his long-handled battle ax and leading [-] white wolf guards to the north, there was something indescribable in the eyes of Marquis Osiris.Then he turned around and looked at the north gate of Firmeyer. The archers and infantry of the Northern Alliance Army slowly flowed up the ramp towards the top of the city like half-condensed honey. The sniper shooter in a gray-green cloak Having found a suitable position on the crenel of the city wall, the silver arrows shone coldly in the sun.

The offensive of the Northern Allied Forces has come to a standstill. They have to carry out a defensive battle under extremely unfavorable circumstances. The only lucky thing is that due to the rapid offensive and the fragility of the royal guards, they have already obtained the top of the northern gate of Firmeyer. position.

(End of this chapter)