Carry the Ring of Elden with you

When they heard the fat general coughing, the soldiers who were dragged to the city gate by him also gathered around and looked at the fat general in bewilderment.

"Ahem, cough, cough, how's the situation now? What just happened?" The fat general propped up his body, coughing and asking with bloodshot eyes. Although his body was not seriously injured, the flames that kept burning outside the city gate made him feel uncomfortable. He felt a little dizzy due to lack of oxygen.

The few soldiers looked at each other in disgrace and shook their heads.The outside of the city gate was now covered in thick smoke from the fire, making it impossible to see what was outside.But just now, Yaqir's body was moving on the city wall above their heads, and the sound of dragon scales scraping against the bluestone made them dare not stick their heads out from the space inside the city gate to observe the situation outside.

Observing the expressions of these soldiers, the fat general knew that he could not ask for any useful information. He frowned and tore off a relatively clean piece of cloth from the somewhat damaged armor and cloak, then took out the water bag from his waist and poured the remaining water into the cloth, and then cover your mouth and nose.

He looked at the soldiers staring at him, his chubby face frowned, and he cursed in his mouth: "Why are you stunned? Quickly follow my example and cover your mouth and nose with a cloth soaked in water, otherwise the thick smoke will be released later." It’s going to kill you.”

Just when the fat general wanted to go through the thick smoke to the outside of the city gate walkway, suddenly there was a huge shaking and sound from the city wall, something heavy and huge collapsed to the ground, and a few puffs of dust fell sparsely from the top of the walkway.

"General... is this?" The few surviving soldiers held their weapons nervously, gathered around the fat general, and looked above their heads in fear, fearing that the rocks would collapse and smash them to death at the city gate. aisle.

The fat general was also startled by the loud noise. He thought it was the tall 'giants' outside the city wall who had destroyed the city gate. He looked back and saw that the heavy city gate behind him was still standing and he was relieved.

But he immediately realized what was being destroyed, and regardless of the danger, he rushed out of the darkness wrapped in thick smoke with both hands and feet, and came to an area full of corpses of friendly soldiers but with a relatively wide view.

Among the burning remains of the trebuchets around him, the fat general looked along the city wall with a pale face in the direction of the river running through the city in Pulin City. After discovering the collapsed corner there, he knelt on the ground unconsciously.

"General, general, are you okay?" Several soldiers were frightened when they saw the fat general suddenly kneeling down. They were deeply afraid that if he died here, they and others would be liquidated later even if they survived.

The fat general came to his senses and immediately grabbed a soldier by the collar and said: "Quickly, leave here and inform General Lu Si'en that the west city wall has been lost! The enemy is rushing into the city from the direction of the river in Pulin City. The west city district needs a large number of support!"

Just as he said these words, the heavy city gate behind him began to shake violently, and a heart-wrenching cry for help came out.

The fat general looked back with numb eyes. The city gate didn't last long before it was smashed open and collapsed to the ground. Dust was flying, and the figures of the mountain demon knights were vaguely revealed in the firelight.

"Aww——!" These somewhat dim-witted mountain demon knights actually used the golden mountain demon sword to smash down the gate of the west wall of Puling City, roaring in excitement.

On the other side, Jonson Bloodhoof's expression was relatively relaxed. Under the attack of Austin's catapults and the earth-shattering technique used by the tauren warriors of the Bloodhoof clan, the iron gate finally collapsed with the fragments of the city wall. Dense cracks were opened in the glacier.

But then he looked with some awe at the homeless knights around him who summoned storms for his clan warriors to withstand the rain of arrows fired from the city wall. The chief was very grateful that they were on his side.

"Thank you very much, Lord Jonson Bloodhoof. Without these warriors under your command, I'm afraid we would still have to spend a lot of effort to break through the city wall." City Lord Edgar came over and saluted the warchief with great respect.

No, no, no, you are being humble.Jonson Bloodhoof felt that he could not bear this gift. He felt that even without the earth-shattering technique performed by the tauren warriors, these homeless knights could scale the city wall with the help of the storm and then use their powerful strength to clean up the enemy defenders on the city wall.

And just as Jonson Bloodhoof thought, after the big iron gate collapsed, the homeless knights standing at the front of the team took the lead and rushed into the collapse in the storm, and the arrows fired at them were blown away. beside.

"Shield soldiers move forward! These enemies must be kept out of the city!" the team leader responsible for the defense of this area shouted at the top of his lungs.

However, before he could finish his words, a silver figure holding a halberd seemed to flash before his eyes. The captain flinched and tried to raise the shield in his hand to block, but suddenly he felt a pain in his heart.The squad leader subconsciously lowered his head and realized that the halberd had stabbed into his heart at some point.

"Stonwell, keep marching!" The homeless knight didn't care that he killed a squad leader. He raised his halberd to the exiled soldiers who started charging from the collapse, and shouted encouragement. .

Chapter 80: Stonewell in March [-]

"Stonwell, keep marching!"

With the encouragement of the homeless knights who took the lead, the exiled soldiers became more and more brave, maintaining their formation and charging into Pulin City.

"Don't panic! The heavy infantry keeps moving forward with shields. Push the enemy out!"

When the defenders in Pulin City were beheaded by the homeless knight, another deputy captain immediately stood up and continued the order issued by the previous squad leader.

The heavily armored shield soldiers, with one spear in one hand and one tower shield in the other, lined up in three rows and pressed uniformly towards the gap in the collapsed city wall.Behind these shield formations are assaulters and longbowmen whose armor rate is not high.

"Where are the mages?! Where are they?! Weren't there a few more here just now?" The deputy captain who temporarily acted as the commander hid among the soldiers and whispered anxiously to the people next to him.Because he knew in his heart that he alone would not be able to stop the enemy anyway. If General Lu Si'en had not issued a death order, he would have wanted to run away.

The soldier next to him took a peek at the gap in the collapsed city wall, and then quickly replied: "Those mages were called to the city gate before."

"City gate?" The deputy captain subconsciously glanced in the direction of the city gate and saw the black flying dragon in the sky over there that was raging towards the ground. Thinking of the big explosion that just happened there and the tragic scene of flames shooting into the sky, his brain There was some downtime for a while.

How do you want me to fight this?The vice-captain became confused. He felt that instead of worrying about the river gate being destroyed by the enemy, the flying dragon raging at the city gate might be more serious.

But the battlefield will not stop time because of the deputy captain's confusion. The heavy infantry in the front row have collided with the exiled soldiers.The shield soldiers wearing heavy armor originally thought that they could rely on the weight of their equipment to gain an advantage in impact, so that they could quickly reduce the number of exiled soldiers in the opponent's front row.

However, when the heavy tower shields in their hands collided with the leather shields in the hands of the exiled soldiers, they felt as if they had hit a wild bull, and the hand holding the tower shield was shaken by the force of the shock. Somewhat numb.

Of course, the exiled soldiers who bumped into the heavy infantry of the Pulin City defenders themselves had some blood boiling. After all, no matter how high their physical fitness was, they had not yet reached the level of Iron Man.

It's just that the exiled soldiers recovered their condition more quickly than the heavy infantry of Pulin City and cooperated more tacitly.Before the second row of heavy infantry stretched out their spears and sent them into the bodies of the exiled soldiers, the exiled soldiers in the rear had already drawn their swords used for close combat and knocked the spears away.

The movement of the exiled soldier who then used the long sword did not end. A subtle storm originated from the sword, and then turned into a sharp wind blade and suddenly slashed at the heavy steel shield of the heavy infantry.

The released storm blade did not split into two pieces like the steel shield, but it left deep knife marks on it. At the same time, the impact of the storm blade hitting the shield made the heavy infantry in the front row somewhat unsteady. Falling into passivity again.

Then came the exiled soldiers holding crescent axes or spears. The long-handled weapons gave full play to their due advantages. The sharp ax blades and spear points either chopped or penetrated the connection between the helmets and necks of the heavy infantry in the front row. Killed these heavy infantrymen who thought that the armor on their bodies could perfectly protect themselves.

To be honest, we really can't blame these heavy infantrymen for thinking this way.The armor worn by the exiled soldiers is obviously light armor, and what are the weapons in their hands?Swords, spears, even leather shields.

They believed that these weapons could not break through the chain armor covered by the protective joints in their heavy armor, so the heavy crescent moon ax in the hands of the exiled soldiers would cause direct harm to them.

Originally, the heavy infantry in Pulin City were relatively relaxed when they saw that the enemies rushing in did not carry "can openers" specially designed to break through their iron can defenses.

But when the sharp swords in the hands of the execution soldiers cut through the lining of the mail, and hot blood spattered out of their bodies, these heavy armor soldiers realized that something was very wrong with the weapons in their opponents' hands.

Although the information disclosed to the outside world by the Holy Empire of France during the Battle of Dogu City mentioned that "the weapons held by the soldiers of the Golden Dynasty are extremely sharp", the Charles Empire itself also sent spies to learn this information in Leiden City. , but they all have no idea about the description of "exceptionally sharp".

Because everyone who has this concept is sent into the embrace of the golden tree.

Therefore, the Bloodhoof clan soldiers who hurried over to support with totem poles behind them were also surprised when they saw this scene. They finally understood why they required each other to use actual combat weapons for simulated combat during training at the training ground. Sometimes they will be rejected by the other party.

"Don't be in a daze, help the friendly forces expand their advantage!" Jonson Bloodhoof stepped on the iron gate that had been smashed into the glacier and shouted. It naturally knew much more than these tauren warriors, so it didn't Too much surprise.

Then it smashed the stone pillar on its shoulder, which was larger than the totem poles held by other Tauren warriors, into the ground, and activated the unique shamanic technique of the Tauren clan: Earth Blessing.

People who receive this blessing can be immune to the effects of ground vibrations for a period of time and increase their resistance to rock and earth magic, but will suffer additional damage from wood magic.

The surging earth element was centered on the stone pillar that Jonson Bloodhoof smashed into the ice of the glacier. It spread towards the surrounding exiled soldiers and homeless knights, attaching a thin layer of earthy yellow halo to their bodies.

After the exiled soldiers in the front row who were in a stalemate with the heavy infantry of the Pulin City defenders were also covered with this layer of khaki halo, some of the tauren warriors smashed the totems into Pulin City without any orders from the war chief. A new shamanic technique was cast on the ground: earthquake technique.

The earthquake spell performed by the Bloodhoof clan warriors who had been strengthened by the golden blessing caused far more violent vibrations than before. The thick ice on the surface of the river was constantly cracking under the influence of the earthquake spell, and the shaking was also The defenders of Pulin City here were unable to maintain their balance.

“Crack, click, click!” “Plop——!”

On the surface of the river that was frozen in the cold winter, the thick ice finally broke apart under the influence of the earthquake technique, catching the Pulin City defenders who were standing on the ice behind the heavy infantry off guard. Tumbled into the cold, fast river.The cotton-padded clothes worn by the defenders who had fallen into the river to keep them warm were full of drinking water and seemed extremely heavy together with their armor.They struggled helplessly under the ice, beating on the thick ice trying to breathe air.

However, all this is destined to be in vain. The low-temperature river water takes away their body temperature and their lives. The drowned corpses slowly sink to the bottom of the glacier and may become part of the river bed.

Naturally, the exiled soldiers were not affected in any way. All of this happened under the exquisite control of the tauren warriors of the Bloodhoof clan.

Even the orcs who are not good at strategizing cannot put friendly forces into crisis due to their shaman skills during battle. It is a very shameful thing for the orcs to accidentally injure their comrades fighting alongside them.

The heavy infantry who collided with the exiled soldiers were naturally affected by the earthquake technique. The heavy infantry who lost their balance were like lambs to be slaughtered in front of the exiled soldiers, and the thick iron cans on their bodies became the cemetery where they rested.

And when the tauren warriors joined the battlefield carrying stone totem poles with one hand, the heavy infantry died faster.

The tauren warriors of the Bloodhoof clan, who travel around the world and often work as war mercenaries in the human kingdom, can be said to be professional opponents in dealing with these iron cans. Anyway, they can solve everything by picking up their totems and smashing them on the opponent's head wrapped in steel.

Of course, the exiled soldiers also suffered some minor casualties.

They were not invulnerable supermen. Some heavy infantrymen who fought bravely paid the price with their own lives and allowed their companions behind them to send spears into the bodies of several exiled soldiers.

However, compared with the heavy infantry group guarding the west wall of Puling City, which was almost wiped out, the exiled soldiers with only single-digit casualties can be said to be a complete victory.

"Quickly, retreat. Let's retreat to the city!" When the deputy captain saw that the situation was over and could not stop the enemy from entering the city, he immediately called on the remaining soldiers to retreat to the city to form a defense line and engage in street fighting with the enemy to survive until General Lu Sien Send additional reinforcements.

This is the most complex and time-consuming part of siege warfare.Breaking through the city wall and entering the city is just the prelude to the siege. After entering the city, the enemy will use their familiar terrain to consume the morale and physical strength of the siege party.

However, just when the deputy captain issued a retreat order to the remaining defenders, more than 20 homeless knights who had not taken action suddenly launched an attack.

The defenders on the west wall of Pulin City who were organizing a retreat were suddenly blown up into the sky by a strong wind. Their bodies were torn to pieces in the storm, and the wind was dyed blood.

"What's going on?" The vice-captain suddenly turned around and saw that his own formation was being pushed flat by this unstoppable storm.He squinted his eyes and saw a few flashes of silver light in the storm, and his face instantly turned pale.He remembered that his captain had just been killed by those terrifying knights in shining armor.

The vice-captain immediately retracted his figure into the crowd and no longer even dared to give any orders.

Then the homeless knights who had not taken action on the battlefield were carefully observing the captain-level commander of this city defense army. Now that they chose to take action, they had already confirmed the identity of the enemy's captain-level.

The homeless knights in silver armor rode the storm and used exaggerated maneuverability to accurately attack and kill the captain-level soldiers guarding the west wall of Pulin City one after another. The guards around the captain were unable to withstand these terrifyingly powerful losers. Country Knight.

As these soldiers with temporary battlefield command died, the defenders of the western wall of Pulin City were unable to organize an effective retreat line of defense.Some soldiers wanted to rush forward and fight the exiled soldiers and tauren warriors, while others wanted to run back to the city with fear on their faces.

Some archers bent their bows and set arrows, only to find that their own people were mixed with the soldiers who rushed into the city. They did not dare to draw their bows and shoot easily. They could only wait in place with confused faces and wait for the command.

Some archers simply put their bows back on their bodies, drew out their swords and rushed to the front line, but even with their amazing physical strength, they could not survive the unreasonable storm of the homeless knights.The saber was shattered by the weapons of the lost knight in the storm, and fell to the ground together with its equally broken master.

"Run! The commanders are all dead! These people are simply monsters and cannot be defeated at all!"

Finally, soldiers whose morale collapsed began to appear on the battlefield.

They watched the comrades who swarmed forward disappear as if they were entering a meat grinder, and watched the superiors who used to have cold faces and bad tempers die tragically one by one without any resistance at the hands of the homeless knights, and they began to cry in despair and collapse. call.

Negative emotions are contagious much faster than imagined. The words of the defeated soldiers were heard by the soldiers behind who were not clear about what was going on on the battlefield, making them also start to fear. In addition, there was really no general even It was the captain who stood up and scolded these voices, making them choose to believe the words from the soldiers in the front row.

So the originally organized and defensive retreat turned into an unformed rout. The deputy captain saw everything and knew that he should stand up and sacrifice himself at this time to appease the emotions of the defeated soldiers. The knight should give as many follow-up orders as possible before killing.

The aristocratic education he received told him that he should do this at this time. Even if he died in battle, he would die as a hero, which would add a new glory to the family's resume. He has always been proud of the family, and displayed it on the family emblem. Touch your heart and swear.

But when the vice-captain actually faced the choice of life, he flinched.When his always good captain's body was penetrated by a halberd, the deputy captain felt as if he had exhausted all the courage in his life to order the remaining soldiers.

The vice-captain felt the eyes of the guards surrounding him subconsciously looking over when they heard the cries of the deserters, but he did not have the courage to stand up, and the words he should shout to boost everyone's morale were stuck in his throat and he could not utter them.

He always thought he could be a hero, but found that he was actually a coward who was greedy for life and afraid of death.

Just be a coward, as long as you can survive.The vice-captain made up his mind that if he could return to his family alive this time, he would immediately resign from his position in the army and go directly to work as a political clerk.

The deputy captain lowered his head and followed the fleeing soldiers towards the city.He was already thinking about how to report the situation here to General Lu Si'en while taking away his own responsibilities.

But soon he didn't have to think anymore. The homeless knight who killed his captain had already locked onto him through the voice of the previous vice-captain.

"Run! The enemy is coming!"

The deserter beside the deputy captain heard the sound of the storm behind him and wished he could grow four legs.After hearing the shouts of the soldiers around him, he immediately ran hard, but the Homeless Knight's halberd still penetrated his heart, nailing the deputy captain to the ground of Pulin City.

The deputy captain's vision gradually dimmed. He tried hard to turn his head to see the homeless knight, but the other party thought he was not dead and made up for it.

"After entering the city, go straight to the city lord's palace! Occupy Pulin City!" The homeless knight stepped on the deputy captain's body that was still cold. He kept waving the halberd in his hand, blocking and killing those around him who were dedicated to their duties. The deputy captain escorted him, and at the same time shouted to the exiled soldiers who were chasing after him not far behind.

Chapter 81: Stonewell in March [-]

Roland made it very clear from beginning to end that their most important goal in this battle was to capture Xia Pulin City through beheading.

The size of Pulin City is almost the same as that of Leiden City. A city with more than 20 residents can be said to be very huge. The homeless knights plus the exiled soldiers are only over 2000, including the bullheads from the Bloodhoof clan. There are only more than 500 soldiers.

Such a small number of people would be almost useless in the huge Pulin City. Not long after Roland traveled to this world, he was shocked when he learned that there were many cities with this kind of population on the Salid Road.But considering that this is a world of swords and magic, maybe there is a reason why there are so many people living in one city.

Far away.

Roland didn't know how many soldiers there were in Puling City, so he simply gave instructions to attack directly towards the enemy's city lord's mansion if he successfully broke through the defensive force of the city wall.

As for the location of the City Lord's Palace, Yakir had written down the tall and conspicuous buildings in Pulin City that might be the City Lord's Palace a few days before the attack, and told Roland all about them.

So when the Homeless Knights pursued the fleeing soldiers and entered the city, they ignored most of the Pulin City defenders who had disappeared among the buildings in front of them, and instead attacked the buildings marked on the map.

Of course, the Homeless Knight did not forget to directly interrogate the Pulin City defenders who were captured alive on the battlefield to kick out some suspected buildings.

"Where is the city lord's palace?" White, the homeless knight, stepped heavily on the back of an archer and asked viciously. , the sword of the Homeless Knight was pressed tightly against his neck, and the sharp silver blade opened a shallow wound on his skin, revealing a trace of blood.

The archer was scarred and his eyes showed cowardice.

There was nothing he could do. The bodies of six teammates were already lying next to him.

They thought that their melee strength was better than that of the infantry in the front row, so they dropped their bows and arrows, cursed, drew their sabers and went to help. As a result, they were all subdued in one move by the knight in silver armor in front of them.

White also did a very good job, not giving these captured archers any chance to think or breathe, and directly asked the location of the current top generals in Pling City. If they hesitated at all, he would immediately wipe their necks.

The archer knew that the man behind him was a murderer, and his companion had just died tragically beside him, so he would not pretend to be a loyal and tough guy at all, and quickly begged for mercy: "I said it, I said it! The city lord's palace is in the center of the city. There is a statue of General Lu Si'en outside. General Lu Si'en is currently the most senior general in Puling City, and he is responsible for the mobilization of all troops in Puling City!"

"Very well, I'll give you a pleasure." After White heard this, he moved the hand holding the sword slightly, killing the archer, and at the same time shouted loudly to the exiled soldiers who kept passing him towards the battlefield ahead: "City The building with the statue at the central entrance is the City Lord’s Mansion!”

On the other side, the mountain demon knight who broke open the city gate ignored the blazing flames near the city gate and walked into Pulin City from the city gate corridor with his head lowered.

However, the soldiers from Austin and Gunther did not follow the Troll Knights in. The latter could ignore the high-temperature flames, but this did not mean that these Allied soldiers could.

"General, let's run away, we can't win."

In the ruins of a building that collapsed due to the disintegration of the arcane ball, the Fat General and the surviving mercenaries were hiding inside. A soldier suggested to the Fat General in a trembling voice.

The fat general also swallowed, wiped his dusty face, looked at the sword in his hand that was not even as thick as the mountain demon knight's finger, and then looked at the thick armor on the mountain demon knights, and felt My subordinate's suggestion was right.

"Come on, let's be careful and retreat to the center of the city while these giants are attracted by other troops. I want to report the situation here to General Lu Si'en." said the fat general.

Seeing the fat general nodding, the other soldiers breathed a sigh of relief. They were afraid that their commander would not think about it and would fight against those giants who seemed impossible to defeat.

Not to mention that there is a flying dragon that is still competing with the ice shield held up by the mage troops on the west wall of Pulin City, and from the increasingly smaller blue ice shield, it seems that the flying dragon will have the last laugh.

"hold head high--"

Yaqir's body flexibly rotated in the low air to avoid the magic attacks cast by the mage troops. As for the arrows fired by the longbowmen, they were all bounced off by the hard dragon scales, which only made the flying dragon feel an itching sensation like a mosquito bite. .

It lowered its head and breathed dragon breath at the surrounding buildings, causing the soldiers hiding inside to let out bursts of miserable cries.