On the ninth day of the war, at night, the second-line headquarters of the Southern Theater Command was stationed in Regenburg.
"Password!" A low cry echoed in the middle of the city wall, and in the darkness where the firelight could not reach, there was also the sound of a crossbow machine's string.
"Wait for the city in the north!" The soft footsteps stopped at the foot of the stairs. The leading officer stood in the light of the fire, raised his head and said to the stairs, "The third team of District 21 is here to pick up the sentry - return the order!"
"Long live your Majesty! Rat, come up!" the officer on the city wall replied, "Attention, the handover of the second shift in District 21."
"Attention, all teams, inventory and inspection!" The officer who led the team to receive the sentry entered the observation room after the inspection, and took out a palm-sized flat pot and gave it to the officer of the second squad, "One Eye, this is for you, it is too cold at night, go back
You can have a few sips on the way."
"So far everything is normal." The officer with a big eyepatch on his face turned back from the observation hole, took the wine bottle and said, "Your class should pay special attention to the beacon tower in the distance. I will lead the team back to the camp first, and tomorrow morning
We still need to go to the headquarters."
The people at the sentry posts were all familiar with each other, and the handover of equipment could be carried out in the dark. Soon, the one-eyed officer led his people down the city wall. The entire class of more than a hundred people walked back to the camp, but the sound of footsteps could not be heard.
It was very weak. The wine bottle was passed around in the team, and everyone could only take a small sip. Finally, it returned to One Eye's hand. He shook it and found that there was still a little bit inside.
"Sir." The young adjutant walked beside Duyan and looked at him with envy as he poured a few drops of wine down his throat. "I just received the news of the enemy's advance. The beacons didn't light up. Even our mobile team was all on the wall.
, the headquarters is also a little nervous, right? There is still a long way to go from the front three lines to us!"
"What do you know?" One Eye glanced at the military cadet, "The enemy comes here to fight for their lives, and it's not fun at all."
"Of course I don't know, then you can tell me." The adjutant smiled flatteringly.
"Don't underestimate the defensive battle. I lost this eye in the city defense battle. The so-called enemy is the opponent who requires us to try our best to kill." One Eye put the wine bottle into his arms, "The enemy can use all his tricks.
As you can imagine, they have too many ways of silently touching the whistle. If they take turns to play it for you, they can play it for ten days without repeating it. By the time you realize it, it will be too late."
"No way? We are obviously the best army..."
The adjutant's doubts were still lingering on his lips, and One-Eye raised his right fist in a loud voice. Several second lieutenants who were always watching One-Eye also raised their fists immediately. The whole team stopped, and the soldiers looked at the One-Eye officer who was listening attentively to something -
- He squinted his eyes slightly, his expression serious, as if he was recalling someone else's debt.
"No! Go back to the city wall!" One Eye turned around and rushed back, but his men were in a daze.
"boom!"
On the city wall, a sudden burst of fire dispelled everyone's doubts, and the rapid sound of alarm bells triggered alarm bells and trombones, completely awakening this military fortress that even slept with one eye open.
"Enemy attack!"
Almost instantly, the lights on the guard posts in the building dimmed, and only the fires in front of the checkpoints were shining brightly. Assembly slogans rang out in each camp, and the sound of running was also heard in the alleys in the distance, but now they were far away.
The one closest to the city wall was the group led by the one-eyed officer - One-eyed's movements were so fast that people couldn't see clearly, and he ran to the front in a few steps.
"Go at full speed! Shield up! Shield up everyone!"
At this time, no one would doubt the commander's words. Everyone put their shields on their heads obediently, and followed the one-eyed rush towards the city wall illuminated by the fire - in the blink of an eye, the 21st area of the city wall
There was already a fight with the three neighboring districts, and amid the continuous loud noises, the torches on the city wall were gradually extinguished.
"call out……"
Countless strange howls came from the dark night sky, which were the oncoming arrow rain. Every Sibia soldier knew that at this time, he should squat down and use his shield to form a stacked formation, but One Eye who rushed in front yelled.
: "Keep charging! Don't stop! We must defeat the enemy's first attack!"
The neat team rushed through the rain of arrows, and those arrows "clinked" against the shield, making the recruits' arms numb and their teeth sore. But at this time, they had no choice but to move forward. They couldn't keep the shield while running.
Angle, casualties began to appear in the queue.
"Shake got an arrow in the thigh!", "Drag him to the corner!", "Ah! There's a giant crossbow!", "That's a javelin, run faster!", "The big butt is nailed to the wall!", "
Hurry, hurry, hurry! If you don’t want to die, hurry up!”…
The screams of new recruits and veterans were intertwined, accompanied by rapid breathing. The team was still fifty arms away from the steps leading up to the wall. With the help of the firelight under the wall, they saw people fighting fiercely all over the city wall - a dozen or so people.
Our own people are blocking the platform at the top of the stairs, trying their best to fend off an opponent. The situation is extremely dangerous.
One, only one enemy. His short and stocky body was wrapped in brown-red leather armor, and he held a special-shaped spear in his hand. Stripes of purple lightning were swimming on the tip of the spear. Every time he made a move, the defense ladder
A bloody light will appear among the friendly troops at the top!
"Array No. 2, follow me!" One Eye shouted, "Rat! Curl your tail!"
"Brothers near the stairs—curl your tails!" The mouse's voice echoed among the shouts of death, full of grief and indignation.
"Array No. 2!"
The soldiers of the second squad shouted loudly, picked up their crossbows, stared at the direction of the red-headed crossbow arrow in One Eye, and pulled the triggers one after another - the power of more than ninety crossbow arrows is no joke, especially for veterans
Those steel arrows shot with a lag of half a moment, "whoosh!" passed over the low-lying friendly troops, and almost every arrow bit into the flesh. At least five enemy soldiers were shot into hedgehogs, one of whom was slender.
The guy was not the intended target, but was knocked out of the darkness by a crossbow arrow fired by a recruit! Immediately afterwards, the previously invisible guy was shot in the eye - a unique style of the one-eyed commander.
"Charge!" One Eye swung the crossbow machine back and drew out his two-handed giant sword, "In groups of three, clear the area from both sides!"
"Kill!" The two lieutenants followed closely in One Eye's footsteps, guarding the officer's wings on one side and the other on the right. They walked past the exhausted friendly troops and picked up their opponents.
As soon as he stepped onto the city wall platform, the one-eyed two-handed sword rushed towards the enemy closest to him.
"Boom!" With a sound, the broad blade of the sword hit a copper-tipped mallet, causing sparks to fly.
"kill!"
One-Eye's steps were agile. He first raised his two-handed sword to block and then followed it up with a slash. The heavy and sharp blade cut off the weapons, leather armor, and bodies of both sides, dragging out a stream of scarlet blood! The opponent's upper body was spinning and flying.
After leaving the city wall, my upper body was still bleeding.
"Stay alert during the clearing phase!" He led the men towards the observation station. One Eye saw the rat and several soldiers guarding the watchtower. There was a circle of corpses outside, and the wounded from both sides were huddled together and rolling and biting in a pool of blood. "
Rat, how did they get up here? Are you blind?"
"They all flew up, with no warning at all!" The mouse, armed with a one-handed sword and a round shield, limped on one leg, fought around the square pillar to fight with the opponent, "There's a damn traitor! It's the staff officer from the headquarters, I
kill him!"
"Stand still! Curl your tail!" With an order, another row of crossbow arrows came from One Eye's side, shooting down the last two enemies who attacked the observation watchtower. One Eye rushed in and killed the enemy who was still struggling on the ground with one sword.
He chopped it to death, turned it over and looked at it under the firelight, and found that it was a beautiful face. On the clean and delicate skin, a pair of blue eyes that were like gems gradually lost their vibrancy, but still exuded a soul-stirring charm amidst the blood.
"Elf, it's actually an elf!" One-Eye took a breath of cold air and went to look at the enemy fighting with the mouse. The result surprised him even more than seeing the elf, because it was an underage gargoyle!
He said nothing and stopped checking the enemy's identity. He just held on to the outward observation window and looked under the city wall. A few dozen steps away, illuminated by fire, there was darkness and silence... but there was no attack.
There were no follow-up troops on the city ladder, only the roaring rain of arrows, but it was not normal no matter how you looked at it.
"What tricks are they playing?" The fighting on the city wall continued. Because of his reinforcements in Section 21, the battle quickly came to an end. One Eye ordered: "Be careful with arrows, and each team will report the situation!"
"The left side has been cleared. The enemy has no backup and is on alert! The number of troops in the 125th team has been reduced by 11 people!"
"Clearing the field on the right - the third team is in trouble, the fourth team is reinforcing! The enemy has no backup!"
"Separate a team to rescue the wounded and see if reinforcements are needed in other sections." One Eye asked, "How many people do you have left, Rat?"
"Reduce the number by half. Their sneak attack came too fast. They are all experts at the level of special operations teams." Mouse leaned against the wall and panted heavily, wiping off the blood beads on his face. "But the supplement will be here soon. They are here this time."
A sneak attack is out of the question."
"Something's wrong." One Eye walked out of the watchtower, grabbed a burning torch, ignored the order of night light control, and tried his best to throw it outside the city wall - the orange-red flame dragged an arc in the air, and it had not yet risen.
When we reached the highest point, we were hit by something with a "pop" sound and turned into sparks all over the sky. We had no chance to see the situation in the distance clearly.
"Throw it again!" As soon as the four torches took off, a large canopy of arrows flew over with a scream. It was a very sophisticated covering shot with a very clear target. A veteran was shot in the arm because he could not dodge, but the arrow was just
Stuck on armor joints.
The mouse took the pulled out arrow and said, "The arrow is coated with poison and has a barb, One Eye, this is your old friend."
"Mouse, this is a conspiracy! They used the city wall battle to attract us. Someone must be running towards the center of the magic circle. You turn on the magic defense and hold on!" One Eye was startled, turned around and left, "Team 1, 2, and 5, follow me! Urgent
Task!"
The area of Regenburg is not large. The center of the defensive magic circle is in the center of the three magic spiers. It is defended by half an infantry battalion and two special operations teams. But since there is a traitor in the city, there will definitely be one there.
——If the defensive magic circle is destroyed, the fall of Regenborg will come soon.
One Eye led about forty people back from the emergency passage. Although this action was suspected of violating the rules, the black cloak behind him was the best pass. Among the Sibia Army, the black cloak is a direct symbol of loyalty and ability.
Symbol, the authority of the owner will even exceed that of the military judge and the supervising team - he was the first to rush, and he could tell at a glance that there was something wrong with the people standing guard at the entrance of the magic circle center, and there was no one he knew!
"War command!" When the words came out, the one-eyed sword was raised at the same time.
The other party was not prepared to answer, but directly raised the crossbow in his hand - with a "dang" sound, the crossbow arrow hit the armor on his chest and was directly bounced away.
"Attack!" The one-eyed two-handed sword passed through the door. The shadow of the sword was like a blooming steel flower, and the six "sentinels" immediately turned into flesh and blood flying all over the sky.
One Eye glanced across the bloody scene, and with a "boom", he directly penetrated the door with his body.
"Kill!" The soldiers behind them followed the commander into the door, penetrated the invisible magic barrier outside, and broke into the center of the magic circle! The sight that greeted them was something they would never forget.
With their backs against the center, more than two hundred Sibian soldiers were fighting bloody battles with more than twenty masked enemy troops. However, their absolute numerical superiority could only maintain the battle line; two huge black scorpions surrounded the defense circle and started killing.
Each time the giant pincers are stretched out, they can pick up a Sibia soldier, but no one can stop them; the magicians and special operations teams on the Sibia side have long been entangled by more than a dozen enemy mages and warriors, and they have already arrived.
The edge of defeat.
A very precise calculation and a wonderful combination. The enemy must have obtained the intelligence provided by the traitor, because their troop deployment takes care of every defensive unit. If there is no foreign aid, the outcome here can only be captured. And the one-eyed sentinel killer
The speed of breaking through the door is so fast that the enemies inside don't even have time to arrange an interception. This is the best opportunity.
"Tactics No. 3!" One Eye issued the order while rushing forward with strange steps, "Maintain Tactics No. 3!"
"Tactics No. 3!"
Thirty crossbows were raised at the same time and fired at fixed points. The target was of course the nearest outer circle magician! At that time, a guy who was casting a spell was shot down, and his blood spurted all the way - to deal with these guys who have no melee capabilities.
, the repeating crossbow is so effective.
A dozen veterans followed One-Eye and rushed forward, their combat boots causing pieces of the floor to break! Everyone knows that as long as the enemy's formation is disrupted, our own magicians and special operations teams are not a vegetarian - here
In this kind of sneak attack battle, the most important thing is a turning point. The enemy will be defeated in just a moment of confusion.
"Ah - ah - ah!" One Eye rushed up at high speed, then jumped up and slammed himself into the vest of a black scorpion. The giant sword carried powerful force to break open the carapace, penetrated and then inserted into the floor.
Pin this bloody insect firmly!
Green juice splashed out, and the smell was astounding.
The serious injury caused Black Scorpion to let out a scream. He raised his tail hook and poked, and the bone spur at the top pierced One Eye's lower back - the burning pain instantly overwhelmed One Eye, and he spurted out all the contents in his stomach, and then was
Throw it aside.
"Sir!" His adjutant was filled with grief and anger. He rushed towards the other black scorpion with his one-handed sword, "I'm going to give you a big one!"
The black scorpion had turned around, with hairs like steel needles growing on its shiny black carapace, and raised its giant red-stained pincers towards the adjutant. The latter was not afraid at all, and raised his sword with one hand in an orderly manner more than ten steps away.
Lifting up, stabbing out, a bright silver blade spurted out from the tip of the sword, shattering the two giant pincers, breaking through the thick black shiny carapace, and then exploded in the head of the black scorpion - the upper body of the black scorpion bounced high
Rising up, the huge body twisted in the air, and pieces of internal organs fell like raindrops. Finally, it collapsed to the ground with a "boom", suppressing a magician who had just been shot down.
"You're blind! There are two great mages in my family!" The adjutant threw away his one-handed sword and ran over to pick up his commander, while One-Eye's face turned black and he passed out.
"Sir!" The adjutant burst into tears and started sucking hurriedly, "Magician! Let a magician detoxify it!"
Because of the powerful reinforcements of One Eye, the defenders at the center of the magic circle quickly reversed the situation. A gray-haired magician ran over and released detoxification magic for One Eye, and also healed the mouth of the reckless adjutant.
One Eye quickly woke up, but there was no trace of relaxation on his face. Instead, he said to his adjutant: "Quick, bring someone to support the headquarters!"
The adjutant wiped away his tears and ran to the headquarters with dozens of subordinates. However, he only caught up with the end of the battle and completely hacked a scarred giant snake to death... because the defense of the headquarters is the most powerful, temporary
The commander sent was Major General Uda, and he even brought a mysterious guard. None of the enemy troops who sneaked in the attack, nor the traitors who cooperated with them, escaped. But the snake was very scary, and the guards jumped out of its belly.
Take out three people, one of them can still be saved.
"Have you never seen it before? This is the psychic shaman of the snake tribe, the treasure of the tribe!" Major General Uda patted the vomiting adjutant, "Thank you for your support, take the troops back to the city wall, the real battle will be in a while
.”
There were a total of six merchant army units that attacked Regenburg. The real targets were the headquarters, magic center, West Gate Pier, underground warehouse, armory and logistics department. They were just feint attacks, but they all ended in failure. Several flames were extinguished.
After that, everything in the city returned to normal, and even the fighting on the city walls gradually calmed down.
Soon, details were reported to the commanders of both sides.
"General, our sneak attack failed." In the temporary camp of the merchant army, the staff officer of the vanguard army said to the group commander, "Regenberg's defense is very complete and has been temporarily strengthened."
"In other words, we can no longer count on magic attacks. Has the catapult been assembled?"
"It's in progress and will definitely be completed before dawn."
"Don't wait for daybreak, gather a hundred weapons and attack, focusing on the south gate." The major general commander said, "Although the defenders are relatively small, the Sibia people are born with a terrible resilience. No matter what, we must be there
Take Regenburg before the Duke arrives!"
"Yes! Sir!" the staff officer replied firmly, "We will prepare for a storm immediately and we must capture Regenburg before the Duke arrives!"
The magic barrier over Regenburg has been deeply activated. No magic can penetrate it from both inside and outside. Major General Uda ordered to light a large kerosene bomb and launch it into the sky with the largest catapult. This time, the enemy did not
After being able to break it, the weak firelight finally shone a few miles away from the city wall - what Sibia's soldiers saw was a continuous and neat square formation, densely packed with enemies! A simple estimate of the density showed that there must be at least 50,000
people.
An army of this size eluded Sbia's reconnaissance system and the intelligence system. It appeared directly outside Regenburg without even alerting the beacon towers along the way, and launched a series of sneak attacks.
"Crime, this is a crime!" the staff officer of Sibia Army said bitterly, "Our reconnaissance system will be put on trial!"
"Don't be impulsive, that's what war is all about." Major General Uda wiped his hands and said, "Let the second-line headquarters start destroying documents, and we will prioritize their evacuation. Two rounds of kerosene bombs from the far-end catapult will be fired with the longest range.
, prepare magic crystal bombs."
"Magic crystal bullets? Sir, those should be reserved for the most critical moments before they can be used."
"Let me remind you, first, they are about to attack; second, they have no time to waste with us. The beginning of the attack is our most critical moment, so there is no need for us to hide anything, just kill them!" Major General Uda
He said calmly, "Staff officer, you take over my guard command." (To be continued)