Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam! "
Six loud sounds of bowstring vibrations rang out like thunder in Laurist's ears. A few sharp gusts of wind brushed past Laurist's back, and a few miserable screams came from behind him …
Silvermoon once again mischievously poked her face out of the clouds.
Laurist was burning with anxiety. He didn't know who was in trouble behind him. Using the hazy moonlight to look up, he saw a crack that was two to three meters wide less than twenty meters in front of him. On the other side of the crack were rows of tents, and through the gaps in the tents, he could see the defensive line made of rocks and sandbags, as well as groups of soldiers from the Ironguard Corps. Further away, at the foot of the Bread Hill, there were torches everywhere. Those should be the troops of the second prince, who had pretended to attack the stronghold and the Bread Hill according to the agreement.
A row of torches lit up on the other side of the crack. They were six ballistae placed side by side, and a few people were nervously cocking them. With the light of the torches, Laurist saw the soldiers of the Ironguard Corps holding longbows pass the ballistae and arrive at the crack. A few voices ordered the longbowmen to line up and use their bows to block the path to the Bread Hill …
"Kill!" Laurist roared angrily, leaping up from the ground. In the blink of an eye, he had already crossed the twenty meter gap and charged into the ranks of the longbowmen …
The crowd was in chaos. Laurist was covered in blood, his longsword killing from one end of the crack to the other as if he was cutting vegetables. The longbowmen and soldiers operating the ballistae were sent fleeing in all directions.
"Kill …" A spear flashing with white light struck towards Laurist's back like a venomous snake. As if he had eyes on the back of his head, Laurist stepped to the side with his left foot and turned to the side. His longsword parried the spear's edge, and he flicked it upwards before slashing down with his longsword.
This Silver-wielding Knight was not careless. With a flip of his hand, he raised the shaft of his spear, intending to block Laurist's strike.
Unexpectedly, when the longsword struck the shaft of the spear, there was a clang, and the shaft of the spear broke into two. With a flash of light, the sword slashed down from his left shoulder to his right rib.
As if struck by lightning, the Silver-knight stiffened and fell to the ground. His body was cut in half, and blood splattered everywhere.
"Kill, kill this, demon …" A trembling voice sounded from behind him …
Laurist's entire body was dripping with blood, but it was all someone else's blood. In the eyes of the enemy, he was like a murderous demon that had walked out of a sea of blood.
Two Silver Knights lunged forward with their spears, one on the left and the other on the right. The two spears were aimed at Lollister's left and right ribs.
"One, let's go together, kill …" The trembling voice shouted as the longsword in his hand flashed with a sword light. He raised it high and charged at Laurist, slashing the longsword down …
Just as the Silver Knight lunged forward, a white sword ray flashed beside him. A black figure caught up from behind, and the sword in his hand pierced towards Laurist's heart.
Four against one, Laurist did not panic. In his dynamic vision, the attacks that seemed to be launched at the same time came in different order. The order of the attacks gave Laurist the perfect opportunity to counterattack.
The first attack was the spear aimed at his left rib. Laurist took half a step back and bent his waist slightly. He did not seem to be moving, but the spear brushed past Laurist's body and missed. Laurist's left hand was on the front pole of the spear, and he used all his strength to push the spear forward, just in time to block the spear that was aimed at his right ribs.
The two spears collided. Laurist raised his left hand, and the two spears formed a cross above his head. The longsword that was slashing down hit the intersection of the two spears, and a loud clang rang out.
Laurist had long since abandoned the spear in his left hand. His figure darted forward, and the longsword in his right hand swung outwards, parrying the glowing longsword of the black shadow that was charging at him from the side. With a twist of his wrist, the longsword stabbed into the black shadow's chest.
The black figure had used all his strength to catch up. His plan was to attack with all his strength while Laurist was being held back by the other two spear-wielding companions. He would leave as soon as he touched the ground, and not get close. However, he did not expect Laurist to be the first to counterattack. The longsword in his hand was blocked and sent flying far away. His chest was already completely exposed …
The black figure wanted to retreat, but he could not stop his momentum. He could not help but feel his soul leave his body. "Ah … No … Do … Ugh!"
There was no time for him to speak. Laurist's longsword had already pierced through his back.
All of this happened in a short moment. In the blink of an eye, Laurist had already killed an enemy.
The other three Silver-knight's spears and longswords were still clashing, and they were hurriedly separating. In order to save time, Laurist did not unsheathe his sword. Instead, he slashed with all his strength, and the longsword broke out of his body, slashing towards another sword-wielder.
The Silver-wielding Knight hurriedly withdrew his sword and blocked Laurist's strike. However, Laurist's slash turned into a stab, and the shadow of the sword came charging at him again. In a panic, the Silver-wielding Knight slashed his sword diagonally, trying to break the sword's momentum. However, just as the two swords clashed, Laurist's longsword paused for a moment. The Silver-wielding Knight's sword slashed through thin air, and Laurist's longsword pierced his throat …
"Ahhhh …!" A spear suddenly appeared in the chest of the Silver-wielding Knight who was killed by Laurist's sword, and it stabbed towards Laurist. It was the Silver-wielding Knight who had attacked Laurist first. Seeing that his comrade had been killed, he ignored the fact that his comrade's body was blocking his line of sight, and directly stabbed his spear through his comrade's body, intending to catch the enemy off guard …
Such an attack naturally could not harm Laurist. However, he did not expect this Silver-wielding Knight to be so cruel, using his comrade's corpse as a cover. Anger rose in his heart, and he quickly dodged the spear. He pulled out his longsword with his right hand, and rushed forward. His sword flashed like lightning, and he beheaded the Silver-wielding Knight.
The other Silver-wielding Knight was trembling in fear. How long had it been? Almost as soon as he reacted, he discovered that his three comrades were already dead …
The spear pointed at Laurist trembled. Laurist shouted, "Drop your spear and kneel, and I'll spare your life!"
The Silver-wielding Knight broke down. He suddenly let out a strange cry, and threw his spear at Laurist before turning around to escape.
Laurist's body swayed, and he dodged the spear's blade. He caught the spear's shaft and threw it at the Silver-wielding Knight.
The fleeing Silver-wielding Knight's body trembled, and the spear pierced through his chest. He fell to the ground and twitched a few times before he died.
The Guardian Knights that were still surrounding them screamed in fear when they saw that the Silver-wielding Knights were dead. They turned around and ran towards the defensive line in the distance, throwing away their armor in panic. They even abandoned their weapons like torches, spears, and shields.
"My lord, my lord … …" Padt's voice came from behind.
Laurist was overjoyed. Padt was fine. "I'm here. Be careful, there's a ditch on the ground."
He walked a few steps and picked up a torch that was still burning on the ground.
Padt was the first to jump over the stone gap, and Redi was the second.
"You guys are fine?" Laurist was overjoyed. He turned around and pointed at the fleeing enemies: "Padt, take some men and chase after them. Don't let them have time to form a formation."
Padt waved his hand: "Kill them, charge! “
The crowd charged forward. Just as they passed the tents, screams and curses rang out. It turned out that there was a crack in the stone in front of them. The dozens of Iron Spearmen who were running at the front did not see the ground clearly and fell to the ground. Fortunately, although the stone crack was wide, it was not deep. They would only fall and injure but not die.
"Redi, go and light up the tents. First, we can light them up, and second, we can warn the troops that are pretending to attack from the front. We can surround the base if we attack from both sides!" Laurist ordered Redi as he called out to the guards at the side: "Men, turn the ballistae around and pull them to the front … …"
The tents were lit up one by one, and the barren Bread Hill was ablaze. The flames rose with the help of the wind, and the entire hill was illuminated with a bright red light.
Redi did not follow Laurist's instructions to light all the tents. He only lit about ten tents according to the distance between them and ordered his men to tear down the other tents and throw them to the burning tents. Soon, there were about ten large bonfires on the hill.
"There's a wooden bridge here!" Borrowing the light from the bonfire, the soldiers immediately discovered a few wooden planks propped up between the rocks in front of them. The pursuing soldiers quickly crossed the bridge, pressing towards the enemy who were frantically getting into formation in the distance.
Only then did Laurist see the situation on Bread Hill clearly. The name Bread Hill really lived up to its name. There was not a single tree or blade of grass on Bread Hill. It looked like an oval shaped loaf of bread with a slight protrusion. The hill was about the size of two football fields. The most amazing thing was the two cracks on the hill. It was as though a chef had purposely made two cuts on the loaf of bread.
Laurist was currently standing next to a large bonfire in the tents area. This was the highest point of Bread Hill. The Ironguard stationed here had probably set up their tents to prevent the wet ground from being flooded by the rain.
Not far away, there were about a thousand soldiers from the Ironguard army. Seven to eight hundred of them formed a thin horizontal formation as they prepared to face the approaching spearmen. There were only about two hundred spearmen who had crossed the wooden bridge. Under the orders of their commanding officer, they formed a phalanx formation and strode towards the enemies in front of them. From time to time, the soldiers who crossed the wooden bridge would join the phalanx formation, and the phalanx formation would slowly turn into a horizontal formation. The distance between the two formations was less than sixty meters, and they would reach each other in a single charge.
Quite a few soldiers on the enemy lines were still moving the ten-odd ballistae that had been facing the front, but they couldn't turn the ballistae around for the time being. Meanwhile, the troops at the foot of Bread Hill had already noticed the changes on Bread Hill and were blowing their horns to change from a feint to a frontal assault. The soldiers of the Ironguard Corps who had just moved the ballistae panicked. They didn't know if they should push the ballistae back to their original positions to face the enemy in the front, or continue to use the ballistae to deal with the enemies coming from the rear.
Laurist saw Padt stride out of the phalanx formation, as though he was giving the enemy an ultimatum. The spearmen in the phalanx formation behind him roared in unison, "Kill, kill, kill …"
Finally, the first few soldiers in the phalanx formation dropped their weapons to the ground, followed by more and more. Finally, all the Ironguard soldiers put down their weapons and surrendered.
The spearmen in the phalanx formation let out a deafening cheer. Padt commanded the spearmen to separate the Ironguard soldiers and take them to the side, occupying the entire defensive position.
"Well done!" Laurist ordered excitedly. "Blow the horn and announce that we have occupied Bread Hill. Place the Raging Bear flag of our family on the defensive position."
The sound of the horn of victory echoed in the night sky. The Raging Bear flag fluttered under the light of the flames on Bread Hill.
The golden-haired female knight rushed up the slope on her horse and quickly climbed up the defensive position that was five or six meters high. She flipped over and stood next to a ballista that was placed horizontally. As she pulled out her sword, she saw the cheering spearmen in the standard equipment of the White Lion Legion.
Laurist saw the golden-haired female knight striding towards him and quickly went up to greet her. "Cousin Christie, why are you here?"
The golden-haired female knight was Christie. She was shocked when she saw Laurist covered in blood. "How did you end up like this? Where are you hurt? "
"Haha, it's fine. It's someone else's blood. I'm not hurt." Laurist turned and saw Redi walking towards him with a dejected look.
"What's wrong, Redi? What happened?" Laurist asked.
"My lord, just now, when we were at the top of the hill, Brother Aire fell down …" Redi said something that made Laurist turn pale.
"What did you say? What happened to Aire? " Laurist jumped up in shock. He remembered the six loud twangs of the ballistae and the gust of wind that brushed past his back.
"We called for my lord when we were at the top of the hill. When we heard your warning, Padt and I immediately got down on the ground. However, the guards behind us couldn't react in time and were shot down by the arrows. Ruhr was also hit by an arrow. When he was sent flying, he crashed into Aire behind him. The two of them were sent flying and fell to the bottom of the hill. At that time, Padt and I were so scared that we could not get up. We only came up because we were worried about His Excellency. The two who set the fire with me were the guards behind Brother Aire. They were the ones who told me about this … "Redi said with a sad face.
"Search! Send people to search immediately! If he's alive, I want to see him. If he's dead, I want to see his corpse! If anything happens to Aire, I'll make sure all the soldiers on this hill are buried with him … "Laurist's face was ashen as he gave the order. Right now, he was only worried about Aire's life and death. He no longer felt the joy of conquering Bread Hill.
"Yes, my lord." Redi was about to turn around and gather his men to search for Aire when he heard shouts and screams coming from the barracks. There was also the sound of a horn to charge.
"What happened over there?" Christie looked at the dark barracks.
The torches at the bottom of the hill lit up, illuminating a valley not far from the barracks. Standing on Bread Hill, one could see Terman leading the knights down the hill at the speed of an arrow. They were like an unstoppable flash flood …
The knights at the front of the line lit up with silver light. They were like a hot knife cutting through butter. In an instant, the enemies that had gathered in the middle of the valley were scattered. Cries and screams filled the air …
"The enemies are done for." Laurist said nonchalantly.
"When we attacked the enemy camp at night, we arranged for the follow-up troops to lie in ambush on both sides of the valley. Those were the reinforcements sent by Lejidana Fortress. They fell into the trap. First, it was the archers who shot with their longbows, followed by the knights who broke the formation and charged. Finally, it was the light cavalry who guarded the entrance to the valley. So, don't worry, cousin. None of the reinforcements will escape. "Seeing Christie's puzzled face, Laurist could only explain in detail.
"Loke, I just didn't expect you to be able to form such a group of knights. Can you …" Christie looked at Laurist expectantly.
"Cousin, don't make such a hurtful request. This is a group of knights that I built with all my might for the family. I still want to develop it into a Silver-ranked group in the future. If you leave His Highness and return to your family, I might let you lead this group of knights, "Laurist said, dispelling Kristia's thoughts.
"Cheapskate …" Christie mumbled and did not say anything else.
Less than an hour later, the sound of a horn came from the valley.
"The enemies have been completely annihilated." Laurist exhaled, "The sky is about to brighten. Cousin, you can arrange for a group of people to set up the frontlines. I'll leave these ballistae to you. Get them to aim them at the fortress. It will give us an extra layer of protection. I'll go down first."
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