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Chapter 641 The Night Attack of the Dark Hunter

Escape is not always a good thing. With Zhang Qiang's escape, the morale of the troops was hit hard. Some cavalry became deserters, running all the way, all the way. The number of captives is not very deep. According to rough statistics, there are only more than 800 people.

Even those white-armored guards escaped two.

It seems that defeat and escape are extremely demoralizing.

After entering the castle, the initiative is not in Zhang Qiang's hands. He is a guest army and can only replenish and rest in the castle.

When it was dark, Mamounboye also came back, in a panic, and ran back to Threzk Castle with only a few guards.

He took over the defense of the castle upon his return, which was, after all, their father and son's domain.

Since the other lords had betrayed, there were only two lords in Rod Lapoye Principality, and the rest were knights.

"How's the situation?" Zhang Qiang found Mamun Boye and asked.

Mamunboye patted his chest with lingering fear, panted and said: "The whole field is full of dark hunters, and I don't know where they came from. When I saw you running away, I was ready to run away. It's a pity." Unfortunately, I was too close to them, and a wave of ghost arrows shot over. My cavalry fell off their horses one after another like dumplings, and retreated desperately. After counting, there were only more than 300 cavalry. The arrows they shot were too tricky and silent. , plus it’s dark, you don’t even know which direction it’s coming from.”

What Zhang Qiang wanted to know was what happened to King Jaloger.

"Didn't King Jaloger chase you?"

Mamunboye shook his head, "No, but I saw that those dark hunters seemed to be attacking his troops. Most of his troops were fighting with us in the village and on the edge, and now they were massacred by the dark hunters indiscriminately." I guess that old boy must be very angry, and now he is fleeing in embarrassment on the snowy field like us."

Zhang Qiang rubbed his chin and thought suspiciously, "Could it be that I can't control my lord skills?"

As Mamunboye left Zhang Qiang, he whispered: "I have to set up some defenses. Those dark hunters chased me all the way. If I couldn't run on two legs, I might be caught up by them. I'm coming back At that time, the guards behind told me that they had chased to the bridge, and I don’t know if they had crossed the bridge.”

Zhang Qiang's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately ran to the crenels of the city wall and looked in the direction of the bridge. Unfortunately, there were forests around the Threzke Fort, and his sight was blocked, so he couldn't see the bridge deck.

The climate here in Threzk Castle is warmer than that on the snow field, and the corresponding trees grow taller. The further south you go, the warmer the climate, and the corresponding greenness. After crossing another river, Fort Laguierdo is already considered spring. Now, Zhiwadin has the same climate as the Dherim area, but it is slightly colder.

Fort Dreimag is a general mountainous and hilly terrain, where it is warmer and lush with vegetation.

Seeing nothing, Zhang Qiang felt terrified. After discussing with Mamun Boye, Zhang Qiang sent Bestur and scout cavalry to go out for reconnaissance.

About an hour later, the news that Bestur brought back made people feel reassured. They scouted around [-] kilometers nearby and found no dark hunters, but only saw some snowfield robbers. Those who dared to provoke them, the regular cavalry, turned to the bridge again, and met the Dark Hunter after ten miles across the bridge. After losing three cavalry, they had to retreat.

None of the dark hunters crossed the bridge, which gave Zhang Qiang and Mamunboye a sigh of relief.

The night was as calm as ever, and it was like this on the snowy field, and the silence would make people afraid.

Zhang Qiang had a separate room in the castle barracks, where he slept soundly.

He wanted to wait for the soldiers to rest for a night before returning to Kurau City, where he still had his infantry, archers, supplies, and engineering troops. Tomorrow, he planned to discuss with Rod Laboye before attacking Fort Loma.

First, the plain peninsula where the territory of Kulau City is located is pacified by the impact of two snow-capped mountains flowing down the river. After taking down Fort Loma, the connection between Kulau City and Kudan City will be restored. I don't know if it is also occupied by the Kingdom of Vikia.

Mamoenboye told him that the enemy hadn't occupied any place before, but the Fortress of Sracezke and Fort Loma were occupied by the enemy. The city of Kurau was besieged by the enemy, so I didn’t know the news about the city of Kudan. Fortunately, the enemy didn’t want to move the Fort of Threzk, so the Fort of Threzk still belongs to their territory. Now this news is very inaccurate up.

This is the role of the fog of war. If you don't send people to scout where, you don't know whether it is still their territory. The distance of more than 300 kilometers is on the snowy field. After several wars, there are so many soldiers and rebels on the road. There are also those pervasive criminals who will emerge from the depths of the forest to rob business travelers and villagers if there is any chaos. One of them, the snowfield bandits and messengers, in such a situation, had a hard time bringing the news, and they might have been killed on the way.

So far, there are dangers everywhere, everyone is still in fear, the surrounding situation is unknown, and everyone can only wait for the dawn in Threzke Fort.

At some point, Zhang Qiang heard a sound, followed by the hoarse shouts of the sentry on the watchtower of Fort Threzke.

Immediately, I trembled and woke up from the dream. The guards who were pushed in slowly put on white armor forcibly, and ran out of the barracks holding the heavy handguard sword of the Kingdom of Swadia.

Looking around, I can see the surrounding walls, which should be said to be a stockade built of giant logs and earth. The torches on the walls are constantly shaking, the armor is colliding, the voices of people are loud, and the alarm bell reporting the enemy's situation resounds through the night sky from the watchtower.

The soldiers were like frightened birds leaving their nests at night, running around, not knowing what to do.

Zhang Qiang's guards were well-trained, so that they would not panic. They ran out of the wooden warehouse-style barracks and surrounded Zhang Qiang one after another.

"Bestur," Zhang Qiang yelled loudly, and a well-built cavalryman galloped over from the dark street and shouted, "My lord, I'm here."

Zhang Qiang saw that he was already on his horse, and his military appearance was neat. He thought he had not removed his armor and was sleeping with his clothes on. He waved his hand and asked Bestur to come closer, and then said in a low voice: "Go and summon the scout cavalry, pass the order, let the troops Gather, take my central army as the core, occupy a favorable terrain for defense, and in addition, rectify the peasants and soldiers running around in the castle along the road, organize them, and then bring them under the city wall and hand them over to Mamoun Boye. He's in command."

"Yes, my lord," Bestur just said, and galloped away.

Zhang Qiang saw Rolf who was walking while being draped by his attendants, "Rolfe, let my white-armored guards gather, and send someone to notify Fatis by the way, let the cavalry gather and be ready to attack at any time."

After giving the order, Zhang Qiang ran towards the nearest city wall with a dozen white-armored guards of the Swadia Kingdom.

There were so many people on the steps that Zhang Qiang had no choice but to go under the wooden ladder built under the city wall and climb up the city wall.

Mamunboye had already gone to inspect the entire wall of Srezek Fortress. Zhang Qiang raised his head and looked out through the crenel. In the dark night, he didn't see anything, but an arrow, like a ghost, flew towards him soundlessly. Come.

Those who possess the lord skill themselves have higher perception than others. Zhang Qiang quickly slashed at the arrow, and the ghost arrow touched his heavy gauntlet with the lord skill, and a ball of sparks burst out. In the flames, everyone saw that it was a phantom arrow that was broken by an arrow.

The sparks burned the ghost arrow, and the sudden light made everyone see the danger and how the enemy attacked the castle. Zhang Qiang's actions made his body exposed to his own people and the enemy's eyes, and his own people knew it was him. He trusted him even more, because he cut off the enemy's back arrow, but in the eyes of the enemy, his position was exposed. Even an unintelligent person knows that the one who can burn the ghost arrow must be a very high-level person. In an instant, Zhang Qiang saw more than a dozen ghost arrows flying towards him.

At this time, Rolf climbed up and shouted, "Guards, raise your shields!"

"Wow, bang!" Thirty white-armored guards who had climbed the city wall raised their shields high, and five or six people gathered the shields around Zhang Qiang, protecting Zhang Qiang's front.

Here is the city wall facing the bridge deck. There is a city gate under the city wall. There are three city gates in Threzke Fortress. There is no city gate on the side by the river, and the other city gate faces Kudan and Loma Fort. On the east side, one city gate faces the south, and the other city gate faces the stone bridge over the river. The establishment of Threzke Fort was to guard the stone bridge and defend against the crisis from the side of Kudan City, but the most important Or defend against enemies attacking from across the river.

"Bang bang bang" was like a window hit by a rainstorm, and there was a dense sound of being hit on the shield.

It seems that the enemy not only has ghost arrows, but also other bows and arrows, because the sound of other bows and arrows breaking and falling can be heard, but ghost arrows have no sound.

Only when you are shot by him can you feel that it really exists. At this time, it is already late at night, and it will be dawn in a few hours.

The dawn here is better than the four-season dawn in the Dherim area. The sky is bright late, and it will not be bright until several hours after dawn. Basically, there will be a fish-belly light in the early morning.

The night here is as long as the polar night.

Rolf whispered to Zhang Qiang: "The soldiers have to put out the torches, otherwise, we will be at a disadvantage."

Zhang Qiang didn't know how to choose. He knew that dark hunters were more suitable for fighting in the dark. Perhaps their eyes were different from ordinary people. This was a little experience he had gained from fighting these creatures several times.

There were not many soldiers in Threzk Castle, and their combat effectiveness was not very strong. There could be 300 elite soldiers capable of fighting. Including their own soldiers, there were only more than 4000 people. Other civilians and farmers, Even counting the mercenaries of some merchants stranded in the castle, the force will not exceed [-].

But I don’t know how many enemies there are. It’s pitch black at the moment. Even if the enemy has half the troops in the castle, they can still create a good record. I remember when I and Count Rogerson attacked Fort Dreimag At that time, my soldiers were not as elite as these soldiers of Fort Threzk, and I was just a free knight, and I did not enter the ranks of knight nobles in the kingdom camp.In the dark night, the main force was Viscount Rogerson's more than 300 people, and they captured Fort Dreimag in one night.

And now the number of enemies outside may not be large, but their soldiers are of high rank. Dark hunters, each of them is equivalent to the fifth or fourth and a half ranks of combat power.

Under the cover of the night, they can display a combat power equivalent to the fifth and quasi-sixth ranks. In this way, the strength of Threzke Fortress is almost the same as that of the enemy. Zhang Qiang only counted the [-] soldiers he brought. Zhang Qiang ignored the defenders of Fort Threzk at all, and that was to add credit to the enemy's merit list.

(End of this chapter)