An enemy? Is it a friend?
The horses galloped at full speed and soon reached the confluence of the streets. The high wall to the east of the Griffin Heart Imperial City was at the end of the line of sight. You could already clearly smell the salty sea breeze blowing into the city from the light and dark shallows, mixed with the The smell of gunpowder smoke from artillery fire.
However, the roar of iron hooves next door is also close at hand.
The next second, what appeared in everyone's eyes was the heavy cavalry regiment, the Champion Knights, which the Parada Empire was proud of, and the iconic unicorn mount of the leader of the knights, Rose Tallis.
defense!
This was the first reaction of the Pandagon warriors. They were from the infantry regiment, and fighting on horseback was definitely no match for the Champion Knights.
As long as they have seen the heroic appearance of the Champion Knights on the battlefield, no one will doubt that with just one charge, the Champion Knights can crush their group of deserters with overwhelming force.
However, the Champion Knights did not launch an attack. Different from the past confrontations, after accelerating to merge with the Nightmare Knights and running side by side, the two heads of the Knights just had a gunpowder-filled face-to-face encounter, and then continued to focus on Dashing through the light and dark shoals——
"Rose, have you killed the Pope?"
"No, the cathedral is surrounded by undead legions. Fallen angels are patrolling in the air. There are more layers of protective shields than onions. The cavalry's spears have done nothing but smash a few black bird wings! "
"Tsk, as expected, the Pope's old bones are not so easy to chew. If that guy George hadn't begged me, I wouldn't have easily broken into his territory."
"Oh, when will the Lord God of War be moved by a letter asking for help? It's probably because someone caught him."
"Young junior, believe it or not that I tore your mouth apart? The outcome between us is still undecided!"
"The outcome is still undecided? Old guy, why are you thicker-skinned than the city wall in the east of the city! During this time, you have already escaped on the battlefield with your tail between your legs for two consecutive rounds, and you still have the nerve to mention the outcome without seeing it. What's the end? Surrender quickly, otherwise I will really miss you and kill you in the third round!"
"Shut up! There is no warrior in the Taris family who surrenders without a fight!"
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The two commanders of the heavy cavalry regiment did not have much time to quarrel. The sound of breaking through the air, which came first, was approaching quickly.
As time goes by, the advantage of the heavy cavalry regiment's full-speed assault continues to disappear. Countless legions stationed in the city have begun to organize counterattacks. The crossbowmen have rushed to the sniper point one after another, and the crossbow arrows flying from all directions seem to A swarm of angry wasps clanked against the armor;
From the houses on both sides of the street, a group of spear guards would appear from time to time. Like moths to a flame, the spear guards continued to launch surprise attacks on the heavy cavalry regiments, even though they knew they would be crushed to pieces by the torrent of steel in the next second. , these fanatical believers will also slow down the movement speed of the heavy cavalry regiment at the cost of their lives;
What's worse is that the fallen angels in the sky, covered in dark magic, are approaching rapidly——
In a non-combat state, angels will compress their bodies to less than two meters, which is the height of ordinary humans. However, if in a combat state, angels will fully expand their bodies, and their height can be maintained at about ten meters.
Don't look at the fact that those who are chasing are just ordinary-level angels. The short swords in their hands can only be seen from a distance. They are also more than three times larger than the largest extra-large swords that the strongest warriors of mankind can wield. .
What's worse is that what's waiting for them at the end of the road is the main eastern city wall of the Griffin Heart Imperial Capital, known as the "Eternal Iron Wall" that blocks out the light and dark shoals and overlooks the roaring waves of the surrounding sea. .
The Ring Sea surrounds the Negras Empire and spans the entire plane. Just like the moat at the border of the Negras Empire's territory, it isolates the continent of the dead and places it in the center of the plane. Therefore, it is called "Ring Sea". "The light and dark shoal is a rare huge shoal in the surrounding sea area. It is like a huge naturally formed cross-sea bridge. It connects the undead empire Negolas and the human empire faction with the shortest distance and the smoothest land route. Rada is connected, connecting the imperial capitals of the two hostile camps.
The City of Wayne, shrouded under the canopy of the undead all year round, sits to the east of the Light and Dark Shoals, while the Gryphon Heart Imperial City, which shines with the gathering of faith, stands on the west of the Light and Dark Shoals.
The capitals of the two hostile camps face each other far away, and are always on guard against each other's attacks. Under such circumstances, the main city walls of the two capitals facing each other are naturally fully armed at all times, just like the Spartan warriors and the ancients. The Greek warriors, armed with the strongest shields and the sharpest spears, were always ready to defend themselves against the opponent's attacks and stab the opponent's vital points fiercely.
And now, on the way to breakout of the two heavy cavalry legions, such a fully armed city wall is waiting for them, such a city wall comparable to the Titans is waiting for them!
"Lock the rebels in the city and kill them without mercy!"
The commander of the defenders on the city wall had already received the order to intercept James and his party. As the heavy cavalry regiment approached, the heavy crossbow aircraft that were originally fighting the unknown giant ship outside the city wall began to change their formations. More than half of the heavy crossbow aircraft's muzzles Following the instructions, they switched directions and locked onto James and his group. The monks stationed on the city wall began to chant, blessing the friendly forces with various blessing spells and condensing a large number of holy light bombs in the air. When the heavy cavalry gets closer, these holy light bombs will launch a carpet-like spell bombing!
There are people waiting in front of you, but there are endless pursuers behind you!
"The Nightmare Cavalry obeyed the order, held shields in the front row, formed a cone formation, and tried their best to cover the Champion Knights and the Pandagon Legion. The back row followed the adjutant Matt, and the cavalry fired their spears at the defenders in the way. The Nightmare Beast released the secret of fear to interfere with the monks. Troops! Let these fools who flatter the darkness have a taste of the strength of the Nightmare Cavalry!"
"The Champion Knights listen to the order and provide full fire cover! In the first round, the cavalry throws their spears towards the city gate and feints to attack. In the second round and after, they attack with all their strength towards the dock and pave our way forward with the blood of the enemy!"
In the face of a formidable enemy, the two heavy cavalry regiments had to put aside their prejudices, quickly formulate tactics, and cooperate with each other.
Facing the "Eternal Iron Wall", the two heavy cavalry regiments would not be so arrogant as to use a forceful attack. Instead, the tactic would be to seize ships.
It was mentioned before that the Light and Dark Shoal spans the ring sea and connects the Negras Empire and the Pelada Empire at an almost straight line, creating natural trading conditions for the two countries that are hostile to each other. However, the fly in the ointment is that this natural The "cross-sea bridge" does not have a thoughtfully prepared suspension bridge, which means that even in the flood season when the tide completely submerges the light and dark shoal, ships with a deep waterline cannot directly pass through the light and dark shoal.
Faced with such a privileged location, the Griffin Heart Imperial City and the City of Wayne, which were guarding the sky, could not let go. They built giant ship-passing culverts on their city walls, dug canals and repaired docks inside the city to provide space for them. While providing convenience for the passage of sea-going ships, "reasonable" tariffs are also levied on them.
And this is the only gap in the "Eternal Iron Wall" at the moment!
Of course, even though they were seizing ships, the heavy cavalry regiment could not take it for granted, hide in the cabins, and leisurely ferry them from the canals in the city to the sea outside the city.
It is no exaggeration to say that based on the current battle situation, once the heavy cavalry regiment loses its speed advantage, the result will be no less than being slaughtered. Facing the water terrain, although the heavy cavalry can rely on the magic arrays already on the cavalry equipment, , briefly running on the water, but the temporary mounts of these Pandagon warriors who were finally rescued were not of such top-notch configuration. After arriving at the dock, these stolen horses could only be abandoned with pain.
However, just when the war broke out, there were pirate ships in the surrounding sea outside the city firing at the city wall. Ships in the city were constantly dispatched to meet the enemy. The entrance to the ship lock was wide open, and the ships were almost side by side. Heel after heel, under such circumstances, let alone the heavy cavalry regiment, even the ordinary mounts under the Pandagon warriors, as long as they have good riding skills, can gallop between decks and jump through the cave door. After escaping from the ship culvert, he turned to run on the unguarded light and dark shoals, avoiding the flying arrows in the sky, heading to the City of Wayne, to the Negras Empire——
That's right, the end point of the retreat route chosen by the heavy cavalry was actually the former hostile camp, the Empire of the Undead, Negras.
As the old saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. The heavy cavalry regiment that the Human Empire was once proud of, now the closest refuge to them is the capital of the Negras Empire, Wayne's Palace, which is far away from the Imperial Capital of Griffin Heart. city.
In order to survive, for justice, for victory, and to fight against conspiracy and darkness, I had to temporarily surrender to my past enemies and temporarily defect to a darker country.
What a shame!
boom!
The cavalrymen of the Champion Cavalry Regiment threw their spears like a goddess scattering flowers, blasting towards the city wall in a nearly 60-degree fan shape. In the blink of an eye, they peeled off a layer of skin from the top of large swaths of the city wall. The next second, the cavalryman's spears were bundled with smoke of despair. The bottle exploded, and the dark green gas mixed with stench and curse enveloped large areas of the city wall. For a moment, the heavy ballistae and monk troops were completely silenced.
"Now! Withdraw!"
