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106 The Battle of Snowman (Part 1)

Rahim is in his early twenties this year and is a cavalry squad leader in Xueman. He is commanding six cavalrymen. He is young and has a good strength. He also has a father with a knight title, which is promising.

But the experience a few days ago made him a little depressed and even a little doubted. Isn’t he too simple, who only knows how to train and fight?

In the early morning that day, when Rahim was still sleeping, he was awakened by his six cavalrymen. His subordinates were surrounded by a nobleman, saying that there was an important task that needed to be taken out overnight.

Rahim recognized the young nobleman, the nephew of the Lord Balguff of Snowman, Viscount Jori, who had met with his father at a banquet.

Viscount Chorie brought a "command from Lord Balgoff" and asked Rahim to take his cavalry team to escort him to Fris in the south throughout the journey and ask Lord Sijel for help.

The loyal and brave Captain Rahim had no doubt at all, and of course there was also a reason why he had not woken up yet. He hurriedly sorted out his equipment and followed Viscount Jorie out of the city.

However, when the cold wind made Rahim wake up, Viscount Jori's occasionally muttered and said to several other cavalrymen aroused his suspicion, such words as "escape", "reward", and "more gold coins" made him think of some bad aspects.

Later, his speculation was confirmed by the oldest cavalry in the team.

The veteran was originally his captain, but later he was dismissed after being found out last year because of accepting bribes. He, who has the highest strength and background in the team, then he took over the position of veteran and became a captain.

When Rahim saw the bulging wallet in the veteran's arms, he finally realized: This was not a lord's mission, but a "private life"! Betrayed the entire Xueman Ge's private life!

At first he just planned to leave, but immediately, when he saw the tragic situation of Pedagia's farm and the two most powerful "survivors", he hesitated. He hoped to use the power of this small team of cavalry to attack the farm, without expecting to kill all the robbers or drive them away, just to save the two surviving women.

However, the veteran used a horse whip to dispel his hopes and made his position clear. Rahim couldn't help but be angry: "We are the knights of Xueman, aren't we? Shouldn't we protect the people of Xueman?!"

"You'll be no longer there soon."

Viscount Jorie turned his head and his face was full of jokes. Rahim understood that when he escorted Viscount Jorie away from Xueman City, whether he knew the truth or not, he was no longer Xueman's knight, he was just a betrayer.

Immediately afterwards, the disheartened Rahim heard Viscount Jori's crazy words. In an instant, the loss in his heart turned into a turbulent anger. The young knight held the hilt tightly, but he was still patient.

However, Jori didn't seem to notice the anger of a "little cavalry captain". The next words completely ignited Rahim's anger. Rahim drew out his sword and urged his war horse to rush towards the young nobleman who spoke wildly. He wanted to kill the scum!

However, Rahim's attack was blocked by veterans who were more experienced and more powerful than him.

This blocking not only made Rahim lose the opportunity to kill Jori, but also made him calmer. The young knight looked at the scum with anger, turned his horse's head without saying a word, and rushed towards the farmhouse with a long sword. The robbers in the farmhouse had been awakened by them, and he was going to save the two women.

Then, the knight killed the robbers who walked out of the farmhouse, carried the girl and the woman, and fled back to Xueman City before the remaining robbers had been chased out.

Faced with the guard's inquiry, Rahim, who was a little enlightened, did not tell the truth. He took the two women back home with the guise of "patrol", and told his father about Viscount Jorie's defection, an elderly and experienced Snowman Knight.

Rahim's father only told him "Don't make a name for himself", and hurried to Longxiao Palace. Under the deliberate cover of the nobles, the "defection of the nobles in Xueman City" did not cause too many negative effects in the city.

After that, Rahim also received a full squad of twenty cavalry. Of course, under this situation, he can only be responsible for the defense of a section of the city wall for the time being.

However, the expected battle was born when there was no defense.

When Dongfang was lightly bright, the guards who had been nervous for a night finally breathed a sigh of relief and yawned away from the city wall. Some of them were even too sleepy and found a corner and took a nap.

Rahim, who had completed a night patrol mission, was also tired. He was about to go home and have a good sleep, but suddenly he heard an abnormal wind.

"illusion?"

Rahim rubbed his forehead. He was so tired that he hadn't slept all night. He doubted whether he had heard it wrong or just his tinnitus.

However, this "wind sound" sounded one after another, and Rahim finally woke up: this was the sound of crossbow arrows cutting through the air! The robbers, attack!

"Damn it!" Rahim cursed, then ran to the bell tower with a scream: "Enemy attack! Don't take a nap! Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

Rahim's roar and the followed bell finally awakened the city. The guards who were sitting under the squadrons were shocked and turned over and grabbed their weapons. The soldiers who were still sleeping in the barracks were also awakened by the bells, and rushed up the city wall with their weapons and armor placed beside their pillows.

However, in the outer city, although Zhongsheng woke up the city guards and militias in time, nearly a hundred soldiers who were vigilant were still assassinated. By the time Keus was commanding the city guards to complete the squad, the robber's vanguard troops had already crossed the temporary earthen wall and rushed into the inner city.

The torrent of hundreds of robbers instantly destroyed the sporadic resistance. However, these vanguard troops, as cannon fodder, found that the resistance they were facing seemed to be getting greater and greater. Every guy they encountered, who seemed to be civilians, was holding "exquisite" weapons and wearing uniform cloth armor painted with snow-covered patterns, which made several leaders feel like they were heading into a trap.

Several robbers with little thoughts quietly retreated to the end of the team, while the robbers who could not see the leader also had a small riot, and the advancement stopped suddenly.

Keyus, who had completed the entire team, did not miss this opportunity. He let all the city guards rush up without hesitation. He killed only twenty or thirty robbers, defeated the morale of the vanguard and took the opportunity to drive them outside the earth wall.

Commander Kayus breathed a sigh of relief and commanded the city guards to complete the defense before the main force of the robbers arrived, and relied on the earthen wall to hold the main force of the robbers for a period of twenty minutes. Within these twenty minutes, Kayus also organized the remaining people in the outer city and retreated into the urn in an orderly manner.

"Is this your arrangement?"

Looking at the city guards who were fighting and retreating, Ice Bear behind the robber coalition could not help but question Higlu. Although some other robbers did not say anything, they also stared at Higlu with questioning eyes and asked Higlu to give them an explanation.

As if he hadn't noticed these questioning eyes, Shiglu still looked at the battle in the outer city without saying a word. He didn't laugh until he watched the city guard retreat near the gate of the Wengcheng: "The time is here, everyone! Attack!"

"What! Are you crazy!"

"Siglu, will you fight a war?"

"Get out! I wouldn't have attacked Xueman City with you, a fool!"

More than ten other leaders exploded in an instant. The city guards could all retreat into Xueman City in another half a minute, and the gate of the Wengcheng would be closed within two minutes. At this time, Shiglu actually asked their entire army to attack? Is this a siege or to die?

There were also three lower-ranked robbers who called their subordinates to withdraw their troops after cursing for a few words. The three of them were still discussing which castle to go to. It seemed that they had made up their minds to grab meat from their weak colleagues.

"Since that's the case," Higlu sneered, "then let me take you away."

As soon as they finished speaking, the three guards around them pulled out their weapons. Before they could react, they had already rolled to the ground with their heads full of astonishment.

As for the other robbers, before the surprise and anger on their faces burst out, they felt a chill on their necks, but their "confidants" had already put the sword on their shoulders.

"Now I'll talk about it aside, everyone, offense, do you have any questions?"

Shiglu asked again with a smile, and the remaining robbers nodded quickly, fearing that they would nod to the point of slowness, so their heads were cut off by the guards around them.

"Don't worry, as long as you are obedient, this ticket will be done, and I will give you glory and wealth!"

Shiglu laughed. Soon, an army of tens of thousands of people who were originally scattered gathered and divided into three echelons to slowly push towards Xueman's wall.

The leading force was the eight thousand main force. They had combat power that was not inferior to the regular army, and they gathered all the ace forces except for more than a dozen leaders. Under the command of the lower-level officers, the main force of the robbers slowly stopped more than 300 meters outside the city, and happened to stand outside the maximum range of the Xueman defender, making the Xueman archers on the top of the city unable to do anything.

Following behind was the Five Thousand Reserve Army. Their equipment was slightly worse and their teams were a little uneven, but they were much stronger than the cannon fodder of the Pioneer Army. Once the main force broke through the defense line, it was their turn to charge.

At the end, there were two thousand elite soldiers. They were divided into small square formations according to the robber group and were not in a hurry to attack. Their mission was the most important and ranked last.

When the three major formations slowly stood still, the atmosphere on the entire battlefield became solemn. The archers on the city stopped shooting in a scattered manner, waiting for the commander's order.

However, this solemnity did not last long...

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