On the broad stone bridge named after the last famous general of the Second (Lily) Dynasty, the "Flower General" Lumière, there were already corpses lying on the pillow, with their livers and brains smeared on the ground. Back then, as a loyal minister who fought to the end, Lumière led the remnants of the Inner Ring Knights to repel the coalition attacks again and again.
He even stormed in front of the battle many times, as if entering no man's land, and successively killed the Grand Duke of Poitou, who was the deputy commander of the coalition of rebel princes, and many important princes of the coalition; he almost captured the Acacia Dynasty. Ancestor, Count Besançon "The Lucky One" Westent.
However, Compiègne II, his nominal lord and the young last lord, was persuaded by his ministers and relatives who were infiltrated and bribed to secretly arrest him in the palace on the grounds of summoning him. Then he ordered the inner ring knights, who were the royal guards, to lay down their weapons.
Therefore, Compiègne II, who has since become a puppet of powerful princes, was able to survive for more than ten years; he died of alcoholism quietly after giving birth to an heir. But as "Flower General" Lumiere's last moment of reward for his loyalty, he was executed on this bridge.
Those who went to die with him on the beheading platform were also the subordinates of the Inner Circle Knights who were ordered to surrender, as well as the royal accomplices and relatives who were persuaded to surrender by the promises and conditions. Ironic. Therefore, this is also known as the Bridge of Heartbreak.
Now, the one who bore the brunt of blocking the way on the bridge was a sturdy knight covered in thick Milanese plate armor and wearing a reverse-curved horned helmet. I saw that he had an extra-large halberd gun in one hand and a steel-faced shield like a door panel in the other. He swung it with ease and blocked most of the bullets.
Although his armor, stomach and shield were covered with scars and looked pitted, they still did not affect his movements. The next moment, he shot the only remaining inheritance knight who rushed forward desperately, flying off the bridge in an instant, and fell into the turbid river with a thud.
Then, surrounded by several knights in plate armor and a small group of armed guards with light armor, swords and shields, they retreated to the bridgehead position on the other side in a tight formation to cover each other; they also moved most of the platoon behind them The lead pellets and shotguns fired were easily blocked.
At this time, Duval, who was the leader of the Redemption Knights of the Free Army and director of cavalry training, also rushed over. Then he looked at the figure of the other party and couldn't help sighing with a solemn expression: "It's actually the "Exploder" Li Fangte of the Bull family. Didn't you expect that he has also fallen? "
The other party can be regarded as an old acquaintance of Duval. One of the contemporary leaders from a northern knight family, he is also an old-school knight with a long history; known as the inheritance of the Bull family, it can even be traced back to the last generation of the Rose Dynasty, the chaos and changes in the Western Continent caused by the change in the celestial sphere.
Although it is said that since the military reform of the "Terror Lord", the blood inheritance of the kingdom's knights, along with the corresponding status and importance, has continued to decline; it has been gradually replaced by more numerous and cheaper sergeants. However, given the size of the kingdom, it still retains a considerable base in the north.
As for the kingdom's southern and northern heritage knight families, it is not that there is no contact and communication; on the contrary, in order to save and solve the increasingly lower probability of bloodline awakening with each passing generation, long-distance marriages are carried out among the heritage knights/ Blood transfusion is a normal thing.
Therefore, as a representative of the southern knight's hometown, after Duval surrendered and followed the Free Army, he also wrote many letters to the families with knight heritage in the north. Use alien threats to persuade them to defect to and submit to the Free Army, or at least remain relatively neutral.
At the beginning, naturally no one would pay attention to him. On the contrary, some people wrote in reply, criticizing and rebuking him bitterly that he had completely degenerated; he had given up knighthood, decency and dignity, and became an accomplice of the mob and heretics. However, as the Free Army continues to win and grow.
This situation gradually changed. These relatives and old friends who were far away from home also took the initiative to write to him, hoping to learn more about the situation of the Free Army; they even sent their children as messengers to defect to him in disguise. Effectiveness, as the family's retreat.
The title given to the leader of the Free Army on the letterhead also changed from "the leader of the blasphemous heretic" to "the commander of the Free Army Corps", then to "the respected commander-in-chief of the Free Army", and even later became a convention. of"
"The Great King of Knights" and "The Leader of the Kingdom".
In fact, after experiencing the re-emergence of the celestial changes, most of the remaining knight families in the areas controlled by the Free Army have basically believed in the threat from aliens, as well as the crisis of blood contamination and inheritance severance. They agreed with Duval's choice and rushed to lead their children to serve.
The knights in the north of the kingdom also strengthened their ties under the increasingly approaching offensive of the Free Army and vowed to stay out of the war; but there were a few exceptions. Obviously, the "Exploder" Li Font of the Bull family in front of him , is the best example.
Even though the Free Army has repeatedly proved through various propaganda and display methods that the Burgundian dynasty in the north has abandoned the subjects of the kingdom and colluded with the aliens in the darkness to maintain rule at the cost of killing lives; there are still people who The binding is too deep and the people are loyal and loyal.
Although Duval also has a grandmother from the Bull family; he has no intention of lobbying and persuading the opponent to surrender before the battle. Because "Exploder" Levant chose to stand in the way of justice and redemption, and lost the last chance to save his family.
Although he was lamenting that this ancient inheritance, which was already few in number, was about to face the fate of being cut off, Duval still did not hesitate to order the two knight squads he brought over to cross the bridge again under the cover of artillery fire from his subordinates along the coast. A new round of offensive was launched.
A moment later, the enemy knight Lifant, who took the initiative to fight, unsurprisingly launched his famous stunt again called "Exploder"; as he trampled the bridge, he was waving weapons with all his strength to surround his half. A small team of knights once again lost their footing and were knocked back by him.
This is the shock technique that he derived from his bloodline. With the continuous vibrations of the air visible to the naked eye, the knights who rushed onto the bridge one after another were knocked back by him one after another. The weapons in their hands were knocked away, or they were knocked back continuously. Being squeezed into the river. The offensive collapsed in a blink of an eye.
The other enemy troops on the bridge couldn't help but feel greatly boosted in morale. With Lifante taking the lead, they roared and charged towards the artillery emplacement in the opposite direction. But all this was still within Duval's expectation. He didn't even order the knights around him to attack, and suddenly something happened.
The enemy groups that surged across most of the bridge exploded with blood and flesh flying one after another. Broken limbs and bloody winds flying all over the sky were scattered almost like a deafening rain among the soldiers from both sides guarding the bridge; even groups of enemy soldiers were scattered by the air waves and overturned in the river;
The congested bridge was cleared in an instant; however, the explosives left by the previously repulsed knight squad on the bridge were unleashed. However, the next moment, among the few kneeling survivors on the bridge, Li Fant, the "Exploder" wearing a horned helmet, suddenly stood up.
Although at this moment, his body was covered with plasma and minced meat, and the decorative horns of his helmet were broken off; there seemed to be a trace of blood seeping inside the mask; but he was not affected much, and he waved his large shield to block the approach. After firing dense lead bullets, he used the shock technique again and missed a ball bullet.
Then without hesitation, he dropped his halberd and spear, holding a large shield full of cracks and dents, turned around and retreated to the other side. At this time, those heritage knights who were shot down near the river were also fished out one after another with lasso and net bag, all wet, and they hurriedly took off their burdens.
Then, one of the young knights, whose face was pale and with water still pouring from his mouth and nose, couldn't help but shouted: "No, let him run away...". The next moment, his shoulders were held down by Duval, and he said meaningfully: "He may not be able to run away..."
Before Duvall finished speaking, he heard several muffled sounds; in the hands of several heavily armored knights around him, white smoke shot out from the tubular grenades one after another, and several spherical objects were projected towards the retreating soldiers. Levante. I saw him vibrating the shield as if aware of it, and it suddenly cracked.
The next moment, bright green flames rose up from his shield, arms, shoulders and feet. Then, with his violent shaking and shock, it was extinguished in an instant. However, Duval shook his head slightly when he saw this scene.
Because after just a few breaths, the miserable green flames emerged from Levante's body again, and this time it even spread to his back and chest; it burned him to the point of hissing in an instant.
screamed. At this time, the enemy soldiers who rushed out from the bridge to respond rushed forward to put out the fire.
However, whether it is wet sand or a water-soaked tarpaulin, falling on Li Font's body can only temporarily suppress the fire; but once it is dropped or lifted, the green flames rise again, and in turn contaminate the fire. More enemy soldiers screamed with burning hands and bodies.
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And Li Fangte reacted belatedly at this time, risking the burning pain and struggling to untie it, throwing the increasingly hot armor and stomach on his body piece by piece on the ground. However, the moment he took off his horned helmet and revealed an upright face with Chinese characters, his short hair started to burn.
He was so burned that he threw himself on the ground, screaming and rolling all over the ground. His head and face were visibly scorched, and in the blink of an eye he was lying on the bridge, lifeless. When the enemy soldiers behind the bridgehead saw this, they let out shrill screams one after another, and then dispersed in a rush.
This is one of the secret weapons used by the Free Army to deal with aliens. A special version improved from the blazing glue formula provided by the alchemist from the Star Observation Club and the grease refined by aliens. As long as it comes into contact with the air, A special fuel that will burn out as long as it exists.
So after a while, the young knight looked at the corpse that had been burnt to black and withered bones on the bridge. He tried his best to purse his lips and said: "Unexpectedly, the leader of the contemporary knight heritage, "Exploder" Li Fante, was he burned to death without any dignity? "
"Since he chose to side with Burgundy, he has been our out-and-out enemy. He is neither worthy of sympathy nor regret, nor worthy of you paying the price..." Duval pressed his shoulder again, He said solemnly: "Don't say this again in the future."
"I'm just a little worried and scared about the power of this weapon." The young knight hesitated after hearing this, and then said: "The Bull family's blasters can't even withstand such a powerful enemy."
"Isn't this a good thing? The more powerful the weapon, the more fearful and frightened our enemies will be." Duval said meaningfully: "Times have changed, and there is no longer an opportunity for an honorable victory. As knights we should also adapt to changes and progress."
Since joining that lord's command, as the hometown of knights in Prosven, the probability of awakening the bloodline inheritance has been increasing year by year; and after the change of the celestial sphere, there has been an explosive growth; some have even been People who have given up are also reawakening.
Therefore, many people in the Knights also regarded him as the blessing and influence brought by following the right path of the saint; and they became more and more fanatical about worshiping and respecting that adult. Therefore, the heritage knights from Prosven account for almost half of the Redemption Knights.
But at the same time, with the continuous expansion of the Free Army, the inheritance of knights from Toulouse, Lyon, Pyrenees, Garonne and other places were also included in the system of the Free Army; and with the knights of Prosven Groups form competition and competition in a natural sense.
Although the knights of Provost undoubtedly had the advantage of being the first movers, they also became the losers of these latecomers. Duval can also confirm that that gentleman will not easily let the power in a certain area become too dominant; this requires more caution and self-examination.
Especially in this kind of decisive battle that is about to unify the country, any inappropriate remarks can easily be used as an excuse; and it will become a critical moment to establish each other's status and equal rank in the new dynasty when discussing merits and rewards in the future. Reasons to attack and reduce evaluation.
The young knight was both his nephew and one of his favored disciples; he did not want him to be accused of sympathizing with the enemy on the battlefield and not being firm enough because of such an unintentional verbal mistake... Although It cannot be a conviction, but it will undoubtedly affect the future.
Compared with the accidental setbacks and delays at this bridgehead; more battles broke out one after another with the deepening offensive, between the inner ring area and the left and right bank areas in Seine City. But after all, not every place is guarded and blocked by similar powerful enemies.
