When explosive bags with burning fuses fell into the formation of the barbarian coalition, some enemy soldiers caught these things that looked like cloth bags, and some even brave people wanted to take them apart to find out. But soon, the ignorant
Both the reckless and reckless people paid a heavy price for their actions.
Boom! Boom!
A series of incandescent flashes lit up, and groups of compressed flames erupted. The shock wave formed by the huge explosion tore apart the dense formation of the barbarian silver ring coalition forces at the gap in the city wall like pieces of paper. The soft flesh and blood in the human body were blown away.
The brittle bones were split into countless tiny fragments and fell outside the city wall, forming bloody circles with a radius of thirty meters.
After a brief period of confusion, the Silver Ring Army collapsed first. The soldiers dropped their weapons, cried, pushed and yelled at each other, and fled towards their own camp, triggering an avalanche of the entire army.
Facing the enemy who had lost their will to fight, the Successor army effortlessly killed the enemies who had breached the city wall.
The commander of the cavalry regiment shouted loudly: "Commander gives the order, the cavalry regiment assembles! Open the city gate!"
The knights got on their horses, the light cavalry drew their long swords, and the cavalry archers took out their short bows and prepared their quivers.
As the winch slowly rotated, the city gate opened again.
Only this time there were no war beasts, what appeared were the frightened and helpless eyes and defenseless backs of the enemies.
"God bless the Holy Son! Charge!"
The knights attacked again. The heavy cavalry equipped with heavy armor and holding dragon lances took the lead, breaking through the enemy's dense formation and knocking over anything in the way. The light cavalry wearing inlaid leather armor followed closely behind the heavy cavalry.
, using long swords to harvest the scattered lives; the horse archers bypassed the impact route, detoured to the side of the enemy, and used bows and arrows to focus on taking care of the soldiers who were stubbornly resisting.
The Successor sniper came to the arrow tower and used his eagle eye and perception powers to send the iron arrow on the crossbow into the head of the enemy unit leader.
A strange scene occurred on the battlefield.
The cavalry of less than 300 people pursued the infantry of 4,000 people. There were no flags, no drums, and no messengers. They completely used hive parasites to convey the message. At the most appropriate time, from the most fatal weakness, the mission was completed.
Textbook-like insertions and divisions again and again.
Some warriors and veterans among the barbarians had just gathered a small group of tribesmen and wanted to launch a counterattack, but they were defeated like a scalpel.
The three-kilometer distance from Beishi Fortress to the coalition camp became a veritable bloody road. Thousands of soldiers died in pursuit and trampling, and their cries could be heard clearly by people miles away.
.
In the evening, as the knights who had been chasing the enemy for four hours returned to camp, the first day of the defense battle of Beishi Fortress passed. The Muxi Knights lost 7 knights, 49 sergeants and 132 soldiers, as well as wounded soldiers.
251 people, including
Huggins, the commander of Sai. As for the number of battle casualties between the barbarian and Silver Ring coalition forces, it is impossible to give a specific number. Nearly a thousand soldiers died on the battlefield, but more people fled this dead place.
, in the end, less than two thousand soldiers returned to the camp.
In the next few days, the Knights and the Allied Forces exchanged offensive and defensive roles several times, and the war entered a stalemate.
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As the sun sets in the west, the afterglow of the setting sun provides travelers on the earth with the last bit of warmth from the day.
At the foot of the Luoxing Mountains, there is such a winding path. It does not appear on any map, but it is affectionately called the White Frost Road by countless monks who collect herbs and farmers who herd sheep.
Brünnhilde was riding on her horse, looking at the white snow among the distant mountains, listening to the cry of the eagle circling on the top of the mountain, and stretched out happily.
Catching a glimpse of Cumberland who was talking to the tour guide, Valkyrie clamped her horse's belly, trotted a few steps, and came to the old knight's side.
"How long until we get there?"
Cumberland stopped talking, looked at Brünnhilde, and laughed.
He understood that this woman's nature was such that, coupled with her long-term isolation from the world, she always spoke and acted straightforwardly.
Cumberland looked at the road ahead that was getting wider and wider, and said to her: "Climb the mountain in front, walk along the river for half a day, and you will see the Silver Ring City. We may camp on the mountain tonight.
Knights of the North Island get ready."
Brünnhilde nodded and rode away from the old knight.
That night, the North Island Knights set up a bonfire under a leeward mountain wall.
The golden and oily wild boar was skewered on a stick and placed on the fire, making a sizzling sound.
The foamy, low-quality ale was passed into the hands of the North Island soldiers, and the sounds of laughter and bragging could not be heard.
Wrestling, arm wrestling, ax throwing, and various games played by North Islanders added a lot of fiery atmosphere to this cold night.
Sitting on the big rock, Cumberland quietly wiped the armor in his hands and looked at everything the Bei Islanders saw with a smile.
But his subordinates, the knights of the Muxi Knights, did not have such a good temper. They knelt in front of the Bible, holding the cross in their hands, silently reciting prayers, and from time to time they expressed disgust at these noisy guys.
gaze.
Holding the wine glass in her hand, Brünnhilde walked up to Cumberland, placed a glass of wine in front of the old knight, and said to him: "We welcome you to join us."
Cumberland looked back at his men, then smiled and rejected the Valkyrie's kindness: "Thanks for the invitation, but today is the fasting day of Advent, and they have something to do."
Brünnhilde frowned slightly: "It seems that your god has extremely high requirements for believers, whether it is speaking or even breathing. And the gods I serve pay more attention to the results.
"
Faintly able to hear some sarcasm in the other party's words, Cumberland did not refute, but changed the topic: "I heard them call you Brunhild. As far as I know, this name is similar to the name in the North Island mythology.
The two daughters of the gods are the same. Is this the same name? Or does it have a deeper meaning?"
Brünnhilde found a clean place to sit down, took off the feather crown on her head and put it on her lap, and said quietly: "A name is a spiritual symbol, and it also represents a responsibility. In my village, once
After becoming the leader of the Valkyries, after the Winter Fire Ceremony, the original name will be abandoned, and the name Brunhilde will be given to the new leader by the previous leader."
"It's like parents giving their names to their descendants." Cumberland touched his beard and said thoughtfully.
Brünnhilde grabbed a piece of feather with her hand and rubbed it gently: "No, it's not just that simple. As the inheritor of the sacred name, people would think that the soul of the Valkyrie has also entered my body."
Cumberland was stunned for a moment, then said with a wry smile: "That... will be very tiring..."
Brünnhilde gave up talking about these things and asked Cumberland: "Chapter Master of the Knights of the West, I also have something to ask you."
The old man sat up straight and signaled that he was attentive.
"In the minds of the people of the North Island, bravery and infinite strength are the criteria for judging heroes and leaders. But in my opinion, Todd does not meet these requirements..." Brunhilde tilted his head while thinking.
While saying.
Cumberland interrupted him: "Please call him your majesty, or King Todd. After all, your knighthood was conferred by him personally, as was the title of the Knights of the North Island."
Seeing Brünnhilde's confused face, the old knight sighed. Knowing that the North Island woman did not understand the meaning of knighthood, he continued helplessly: "Forget it, don't pay attention to what I said, please continue.
The question just now."
Brünnhilde nodded: "I have seen the warriors of the Muxi Knights. Whether it is you, Alfonso or Huggins, your power is stronger. Why..."
Cumberland interrupted her for the second time: "Leader of the Valkyries, please stop talking. I understand what you mean. Well... Emmanuel in the Bible witnessed the world being filled with crime and
Fallen, because he could not escape the punishment and control of sin, he led his disciples on the road of redemption..."
Brünnhilde's increasingly confused expression made the old knight helplessly pat his forehead with his right hand.
"I am telling a story from the Bible to a North Islander. What on earth am I thinking about?" Cumberland pondered for a while, and then said to Brunhild: "Let me put it another way, I am
I have seen more kings and lords in my entire life than I have holes in the mail on my body. Most of them have the same characteristics - worshiping power, obsessed with power, and greedy. However, I can't blame them,
This is the original sin God inflicted on mankind.”
"From the first time I met King Todd, I thought he was strange. He knew things that mortals didn't know, but he had grand visions that we couldn't understand. He believed in the equality of all living beings and was committed to creating a better world.
.Perhaps he is the holy son in people's rumors. In order to end all this darkness, he is willing to fall from the light into the mortal world. Even if not, I think he is a
This once-in-a-lifetime monarch is very likely to open up a new world, a world without war and hunger." Cumberland held the pendant on his chest and said slowly: "I have a stupid son, he is loyal,
Brave and skilled in martial arts, as a knight, he is undoubtedly qualified. But after meeting the king, I realized that my son had chosen the wrong partner for his oath."
After finishing speaking, Cumberland and Brünnhilde fell silent at the same time.
After a while, Brünnhilde said softly: "Todd...I mean Your Majesty, he is indeed different."
Cumberland patted the dust on his body with his hands and said to Brünnhilde: "Brünnhilde of the North Island Knights, go to sleep and have a good sleep. We can arrive at Silver Ring City tomorrow.