At this time, Keshid's eyes were red and his body was covered with blood. The hand holding the sword was shaking slightly. It was obvious that he had been exhausted. The only thing that was certain was that he was not injured. All the blood on his body came from the snow.
giant.
The outstanding swordsmen following him were all covered in blood at this time, and even turned completely red. Compared with Keshid, they were less particular, and even enjoyed the feeling of the enemy's blood covering their bodies very much, often deliberately
Let the enemy's blood spill on themselves. Under the iron helmet, they don't even know how many times they have licked the blood around their mouths.
Compared with Keshid, their consumption is slightly smaller, because the main pressure is still on Keshid, but their fighting spirit has basically been exhausted, and their combat effectiveness is not as good as before.
However, these are not important anymore. Under the killings of Keshid and the elite swordsmen, the snow giants that were originally besieged from all sides were directly killed in two directions. The soldiers guarding the defensive position took the opportunity to take back their positions and quickly
Rearranging traps and blocking horses made the Snow Giant's previous actions in vain.
When the snow giants attacking from the other two sides saw that humans actually launched a counterattack and defeated the friendly forces on both sides, they did not dare to continue the attack, but quietly retreated to conserve their strength.
This is also the biggest problem of the tribal alliance. Although several tribes were tricked by Severo into leading the battle, they themselves are not in the same mind. Several tribes attacked Snowfield City in different directions.
It's okay when the battle goes well, and they can barely work together, but once the battle suffers a setback, each has their own considerations.
At this time, Keshid was exhausted, and his team of outstanding swordsmen were almost exhausted. After all, none of the snow giants were soft persimmons, and they were much more tiring than fighting the orcs.
The giant dragon in the sky could no longer breathe dragon breath for a short time. Even the holy dragon had to swoop down directly in the end and crush the snow giant with its body.
If at this moment, the other two tribes could seize the opportunity and continue the attack, in order to avoid casualties, Keshid could only lead his outstanding swordsmen back to the city in despair.
Not to mention conquering Snowfield City, it is possible to at least destroy most of the defenders' positions on the outside and pave the way for the subsequent attack.
Now that they retreated, the originally suppressed defenders immediately rushed out and used every second to repair the outer defensive fortifications. When the Snow Giants attack again next time, they will have to face large-scale horse resistance and dense ground.
Stung.
"The snow giant retreats!"
"The snow giant retreats!"
"Win!"
"Win!"
The failure of the Snow Giant's attack not only caused a low morale for itself, but also greatly boosted the morale of the defenders, especially some soldiers who had not participated in the last battle with the Snow Giant. They were originally a little uneasy, but now they saw the snow.
The giants' large-scale attacks were repelled, and their confidence was boosted.
The defenders on the city wall let out waves of cheers.
"Lord Richard! Fortunately, I have lived up to my command!"
Amidst the cheers of the soldiers, Keshid led a team of outstanding swordsmen back to the snowfield city. The cheering soldiers around him spontaneously made way for them, looking at them with admiration in their eyes.
How powerful the warriors who exuded a strong bloody aura were clearly visible to most of them on the city wall just now.
"Thank you for your hard work! Take the outstanding swordsman down with you to have a good rest and try your best to restore your physical strength and fighting spirit."
"Yes, Lord Richard!"
Keshid didn't dare to refuse. Just now he killed at least hundreds of snow giant warriors with one man and one sword, many of whom were elites of the earth level. In order to defeat the snow giants, Keshid himself consumed a huge amount of money. At least one of them had to be killed.
It takes two days of rest to recover.
The outstanding swordsmen who followed him in the battle were also exhausted. For the next day, they would not join the battle for the time being.
However, Richard is not worried. Although the Snow Giant has not tried its best, Richard still has a lot of cards in his hand that he has not yet played.
"Order the troops to clear the battlefield quickly. If the horses are not enough, ask Miracle City to send some more, and arrange for the wounded to be returned to Snowfield City as soon as possible."
"Replace the troops that have suffered excessive losses, rest and replenish them, and let the Silver Wing Corps prepare for the war in Miracle City and bring in two more legions!"
"Yes, Lord Richard!"
The officer on standby immediately conveyed the order according to Richard's wishes.
After this battle, although the Snow Giants suffered heavy losses, the casualties of the human soldiers were also not small. The Snow Giants lost two to three thousand corpses under the snowfield city, and the human casualties were at least six or seven times that of the Snow Giants. This was still the case with Kexi.
The casualties caused by the situation where De led the outstanding swordsmen and the dragon in the sky to assist in the battle.
Among the battles fought by the entire Northland Army, the one with the most casualties was probably the one against the Snow Giant.
On the outer defense line, in order to hold back the Snow Giants, many entire teams of defenders who were stationed behind horse-rejecting walls and ground spike traps were killed. There were more than 20,000 casualties, and the casualty rate was close to 10%.
That is to say, the troops in the North can still maintain high morale. Fortunately, there are strategic channels such as teleportation arrays, so they can continuously replenish supplies and rotate troops, so that the defenders are always in the best condition.
"Lord Richard, if the snow giant attacks next time, without Lord Keshid taking action, the city wall may be in danger."
Although Christian became a senior general of the Northland Army as soon as he was recruited, he spent more time in charge of special units such as the Divine Power Catapult, and he had only known Richard for a shorter period of time.
Richard had many trump cards in his hand. After seeing the snow giant's combat power intuitively, he was somewhat worried about the upcoming battle.
"We also have the champion knight, the unicorn holy beast, the snake girl, the giants who have not been dispatched, and me..."
"The next time the snow giant launches an attack, send some people to attack it head-on, and I will lead some people to use teleportation..."
Richard still had a lot of unused power in his hand. If he only had Keshid as a card, how could he have the confidence to complete his idea of conquering the snowfield? Races like the Snow Giants were second only to giants in the snowfield.
The top race of dragons.
In addition to some high-level system warriors who have not yet been deployed in the city, Snowfield City itself has an unused energy shield. Once used, it will not only divide the Snow Giant's forces, but also buy another day of buffer time for Snowfield City.
The most important thing is that Richard still has the Ice and Snow Key in his hand that he has not used yet. He is very much looking forward to how much effect his transformation into the Ice Giant King can have on the Snow Giant.
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While Richard and Christine were discussing the next defensive arrangements, the Snow Giant was already having a huge quarrel.
First, Geul, who was supervising the battle, came to hold the deserters responsible and wanted to take them away and execute them. However, with Qavi's efforts, he could only take away a few deserters who were identified as leading the escape. They executed a few typical ones and they were given to each other.
face.
Then there were internal quarrels among several tribes.
"It's the Yukikaze tribe again! If your Yukikaze tribe hadn't fled, the battle wouldn't have ended like this!"
"Hmph! Those humans were the first to counterattack from the direction of my Yukikaze tribe! Another holy leader is leading the team, who of you can stop him?"
"What about my support? You just watch them continue to counterattack and won't you support me?"
"A flight is a flight, what excuse are you looking for!"
A post-war meeting gradually turned into blame-shifting and quarrels. Several tribal leaders kept arguing, and Kawei, who was in charge of commanding the battle, looked increasingly gloomy.
Although nominally, he is the commander sent by the royal court, in fact he can only act as the glue for several tribes. On the battlefield, there are only soldiers under the command of the tribal leaders. Kawei's words don't matter.
Too big an effect.
Just now, when Keshid led the extraordinary swordsman to counterattack, Kawei realized that something was wrong and dispatched soldiers from the other two tribes to support him. Unexpectedly, after he issued the order, the troops had to wait for the leader's order, causing several delays.
, Keshid had already defeated the target with his outstanding swordsmen. Later, he wanted to suppress several tribes and try to continue the attack. However, seeing that the attack failed, each tribe hurriedly withdrew their warriors and ordered to Kawei.
The execution is extremely poor.
Now seeing the noisy tribal leaders in front of him, Kawei is even thinking that maybe Severo is right. The tribes that only care about preserving their own strength at these critical times might as well merge into the Royal Court, at least when the soldiers of the Royal Court are fighting.
, will not plot against each other.
However, now is not the time to consider these issues.
"boom!"
Kawei clapped his hands, interrupting the quarrel among the tribal leaders.
"If you have the energy to argue here, why not go to the king to comment on who is responsible?"
As soon as Kawei mentioned Severo, the tribal leaders present all fell silent. In this defeat, all the tribes suffered some losses. The tribes that retreated later were okay. They were initially chosen by Keshid to attack in the direction of the attack.
Both tribes lost four to five hundred warriors. If the fighting continues like this, not many tribes can bear it.
"Lord Kawei, this time another powerful saint-level man has appeared in the human race. If the opponent had not shown up another holy-level man, we would never have fought like this."
"And this time, the Yukikaze Department was the first to be defeated. The responsibility should all fall on the Yukikaze Department."
"Please Lord Kawei explain the situation to the king and give us some reinforcements."
The various tribes said so much, but all they meant was that humans were too strong this time and they did not want to continue sending troops. Let the royal court take over. They tried their best.
The soldiers of the royal court kept watching the show, which really hurt the morale of the tribes, not to mention that the battle was so difficult.
The correct approach should be to mix the royal court warriors and tribal warriors. The royal court and the tribes will jointly send troops to attack the city together, and then the generals of the royal court will be responsible for the command. Both execution and morale will definitely be stronger than now.
But Kawei, who vaguely knew Severo's thoughts, knew that it would be absolutely useless to beg Severo at this moment. It was even possible that the next step would be for the soldiers from the royal court to force these tribes to continue attacking...
Sure enough, Gul quickly brought Severo's new order.
The tribes are required to continue the attack. The soldiers of the royal court will strictly supervise the battle. If any tribe does not carry out the order, the leader will be killed immediately. If the leader is killed and the order is not carried out, he will be killed one by one from high to low. If the tribe is incited to resist, the tribe will be killed together.