Chapter 385 Border Defense War (I)

At seven o'clock in the evening, the sky was still dark.

The defenders of the border fortress discovered the sudden appearance of dots of fire on the horizon.

In just a moment, a large number of roars and noisy shouts resounded through the night sky, and cavalry holding torches poured out from all roads like streams.

Hundreds, thousands, and a large number of cavalry passed quickly through the open space in front of the fortress. They pointed at the city wall, or insulted and shouted harshly. There were soldiers guarding the city. He Zhang Gong wanted to shoot them, but he could only see their figures retreating quickly.

Immediately afterwards, there were large and dark military formations. If the previous cavalry were like rivers, then the enemy at this moment was like surging rivers and lakes. Tens of thousands of soldiers were connected together with torches in their hands, like The stars hung upside down and were densely covered in the dim land.

There was a forest of spears, and the flags of the sect were buzzing, mixed with the low roar of the corpse tide, and intertwined in the howling wind.

All the surrounding animals and monsters were trembling to the core, and the flying birds that were originally circling were frightened by the terrifying murderous intent and fled in panic.

"The enemy is still increasing. When will the reinforcements from the empire arrive?"

Gehros looked from a distance. Although the Shadow World Sect's people had filled the entire battlefield, the flag in the distance was still moving here.

"It will take time to siege the city. Don't panic. None of their siege equipment has been manufactured." Ofili patted Gherlos on the shoulder, "Don't place your hopes on the mercy and responsibility of the nobles."

"Then is there anything you need me to do?"

"Young lady, you have courage. Even if the artifact is dissociated, you still dare to fight on the front line." Ofili was in awe and nodded in approval, "But please go back to the fortress and stay there, as long as I'm here."

"Hehe." He leaned into Ofili's ear, Gehros said with a funny look on his face, "Ah no, I'm afraid you won't call me when you run away. Staying with you will make it easier when you run away."

"Crawl away!"

Ofili kicked Gherlos far away: "Go and pour tea and water for the Lord of Miscellaneous Fish."

On the other side, Field rested for a while and felt a lot more relaxed, although his brain was still very painful.

"Not so dizzy."

Holding his head, Field blinked hard and took out a letter from his arms: "Ashina, you are fast, please help me deliver something to Richard."

Asuna suppressed her inner anxiety: "Yeah, I'll execute it immediately."

"Put the heads of Richard's men and this letter on their only path, or throw it to them from a distance. Once you are sure that he has received it, come back immediately. We can't be the only ones who are anxious, we must be anxious together."

"In addition, I have asked Tisifa to integrate the military strength and mobilized two hundred people from the First Army and the Little Fox. They can leave here at any time. Please bring them over when the time comes. The Little Fox does not have the ability to lead a team."

"Then here..."

"Don't worry, the enemy didn't even have time to move the siege equipment. There won't be any problems for a while."

After receiving the order, Asheina set off immediately.

Putting on the fighting spirit armor, Field pulled out the third-level fighting spirit sword, carefully checked it before putting it back into the scabbard, and strode to the fortress wall.

"Lynx, please report our military strength and city defense strength."

"Yes, sir!" Shanmao had a determined look on his face and stood up straight, "The first infantry army includes one hundred demi-human soldiers, totaling three hundred and seven. Your elite guards are fifty-five, and the heavy cavalry are Hundreds of people, plunder hundreds of cavalry. Since we are fighting for city defense, the cavalry may be used as infantry. "

The direct army of 550 people was already a terrifying force for most barons, but it seemed extremely weak at this moment.

"In addition, there are two groups of troops collected from Baron Liema, totaling one hundred and twenty people."

"The collected argali leader army, which is the second army, has about 250 people who can go into battle."

"The city defense puppets can only be used in the fortress. There are about a thousand of them, most of which are of no rank."

"Is the equipment in place?" Field nodded.

"The arrangements are in place. All members of our direct army are equipped with magic core staffs. Only a small number of other armies are equipped with them. The armor is distributed in place. The soldiers in charge of the battle, even the crossbowmen, are equipped with half-body iron armor."

Field did a mental calculation and added Rosalia's Great Swordsman and Ofili's Corpse Corps.

A total garrison strength of two thousand men.

This does not count as logistics, and I let the recruited citizens be responsible for logistics and transportation.

"We have inspected the city defense weapons, and most of them are intact. On the side of the fortress facing the Bull Territory, the city defense force is relatively weak. We dismantled some ballistae from the other side. Now there are thirty flame magic towers, and city defense ballistae Sixty, totaling twelve small trebuchets.”

"Very good, that's enough. The fortress's enemy contact area is already small. The total contact area of ​​less than 300 meters is enough for us to defend for a long time."

Field smiled and nodded: "My guards were mobilized as a supervising team. The remaining soldiers were divided into three groups and took turns to fight."

Human soldiers have limited physical strength and cannot fight frequently. They are divided into three groups and can take turns to restore morale and combat effectiveness.

"Blood Sacrifice to the True God!"

"Blood Sacrifice to the True God!"

"Ho ho ho!"

Field listened to the chaotic shouts of rebels and the roar of corpses outside the city, and came to the edge of the city wall.

The followers of the Shadow Cult knelt on the ground and prayed, with their hands raised in the air. Under the leadership of the priest, they shouted loudly and muttered random slogans.

The army they controlled was cutting wood to build a camp, cooking and making siege equipment, while the rebel corpses stood by with a low roar. The enemy commander had an excellent control of the distance, and the rebels were just out of the range of the city defense weapons.

"By the way, there is one more thing to do before that."

Patting his uneasy heartbeat on his chest, he took a deep breath: "We must take advantage of the enemy's unattack and let our army accept the existence of the corpse army in the shortest time, at least not be scared to collapse."

The human heart is unpredictable. If the corpses and humans are allowed to mix together, chaos will soon arise, just like the previous defenders. Even if the corpses controlled by Ofili are 100% reliable.

Thinking about it, Field called the mountain cat: "Without affecting the city defense, call as many people as possible to come to me, I have something to say."

Soon, most of the soldiers came to the open space of the fortress without knowing why.

The First Army maintained absolute discipline and waited quietly, while the rest of the incorporated troops were whispering to each other or looking back at the fortress in panic, fearing that countless enemies would suddenly appear.

Field walked to the high platform in the middle of the soldiers and raised his hands, and the soldiers' eyes gathered around him.