Chapter 518. Approaching army
On the pier inside the notch of the southern wall of Lionheart.
Bestul, led fifty Swadia knights and three thousand strong soldiers of the fifth rank, slowly moved towards the south gate under the cover of night.
Three thousand soldiers, even if they are all elite, but this number is still very large compared to this small dock.
Although the road leading from the pier to the south gate of Lionheart City was built to facilitate the carriages that hauled the goods, it was very wide, a full thirty meters.
However, the length of the line of more than 3,000 soldiers walking on this road is still more than 100 meters.
Black pressed a large piece.
So many people.
Speed, it can't be too fast.
The footsteps must be gentle, otherwise the sound of footsteps that are a little heavier will be resounding.
It must have alarmed the countless people who lived on this pier.
These rules were already issued to all these soldiers when Besture was on board.
With the elite of these soldiers, there is no doubt that Bestur's orders are carried out very well.
Even the 500 Mamluks of the heavy cavalry, as well as the 50 Svadian royal knights, did not make much noise because of the coarse linen cloth that was wrapped in the mouths and hooves of the horses.
Along the way, the Livingston Ranger or Rhodok Snipers will kill the occasional drunkard on the streets, or the paupers or gangsters who have been awakened by the army to investigate.
After all, it was more than 3,000 soldiers marching, and the slightest footsteps would cause some noise.
And there are always some people who sleep very lightly, or are very easily awakened.
If you can't bear it and dare to go to the street to investigate, the end will be very miserable.
After nearly half an hour of slow travel, the south gate of Lionheart City was already very close, only a hundred meters away.
Thanks to the fact that tonight is the beginning of the new month, and the moonlight is dim.
Twenty meters away, it was almost pitch black, and I couldn't see anything clearly.
Otherwise, if it is a quarter moon or a full moon, under the bright moonlight, even two hundred meters away, you can see the movement vaguely.
Reaching such a close distance from the city gates, Besture ordered the troops to stop.
Certainly not with ordinary shouting.
Besture directly imitated the sound of three dog barks, and the team came to an abrupt halt.
If it were Fatis, I'm afraid he wouldn't be willing to imitate a dog barking.
But Bestiel, he doesn't care, as long as he can win, what does it mean to imitate a dog's barking?
Bestur looked at the outline of the city gate in the darkness in front of him, it was very blurry, it was too dark tonight, and the light of the crescent moon was really not much different from the absence of the moon.
Bestur believed that the Sarion Lion Knights who had infiltrated Lionheart must have completed their commission at this time, and perhaps they had opened the gates of the city.
It only takes him to rush with his army, and he will be able to rush into the south gate of Lionheart City immediately.
However, Bestur did not do so.
Seek stability!
There is no need to rush it in a moment.
Besture put the thumb and forefinger of his right hand in his mouth and whistled with a short pause.
Make a cooing whistle.
It's mimicking the night owl's cry.
Besture pauses for about 30 seconds before mimicking it again.
sound, spread far away.
In this silent night, it is even more abrupt.
The southern county of the Duchy of Lion, where the prosperous plains are, are home to many of these birds.
They feed on voles and snakes and are nocturnal.
The soldiers who were born in the southern county are very familiar with this kind of bird call.
Therefore, the hoof of this bird, which is like an owl in the evening, although it appears very abruptly, does not arouse the alarm of the soldiers on the castle tower.
No one rules, no night owl can fly nearby, right?
Unless, they are standing guard very seriously, and they do not let go of any seriousness in the wind and grass.
But apparently, this is impossible.
The signal has been sent.
If the Knight of Sarion, lurking in Lionheart, does not act according to the scheduled time and has not completed his plan at this time, then Besture will regularly imitate the sound of the night owl every ten minutes.
It was not until the Sarion Knight of Lionheart City completed his plan and responded accordingly that Bestur would lead more than 3,000 elite soldiers into the south gate of Lionheart City.
It turned out that the Salion Lion Knights, who are as dignified as level 6 and comparable to the world's pinnacle knights, are trustworthy partners.
When Bestur first signaled, there was a shout of killing from the gate tower of Lionheart.
At the same time, the three gates of the south gate of Lionheart City were opened together.
Then, in the three arched passages of the south gate of Lionheart, six torches were lit.
Besture became excited, and a bloodthirsty wolf glow flashed in his eyes.
He shouted directly:
"Herald: All the army is on fire!"
Nowadays, there is no need to hide!
Straight, kill in!
In this dark night, light source is a must.
Otherwise, it is very possible to smear the rapid march and die and stampede.
Every soldier, whether it was a Mamluk, a Virgil archer, a Ravenston Ranger, a Rhodok sniper shooter, or a Rhodok sergeant, took off the torch pinned to his waist and held it in his hand.
Even the Svadian knights, too.
Each squad leader carries a flint and steel.
In a short time, the entire legion was lit up, and more than three thousand torches were burning.
The only person in the whole army who did not carry a torch was Bestur.
Besture rode on his horse, at the front of the group.
At this moment, he drew the knight's sword at his waist, raised it towards the sky, and shouted:
"Soldiers, follow me in and destroy the South City Gate Barracks!"
With that, Besture took the lead in galloping, of course, at a moderate speed.
"Kill!"
Three thousand fifth-order elite troops, all of whom responded loudly.
The Svadia royal knights, as well as the Mamluks, all followed Bestur on horseback.
1,000 Rhodok sergeants followed closely behind the cavalry, holding torches and trotting forward.
500 Virgil archers followed Sergeant Rhodok and trotted with torches.
500 Rhodok sniper shooters followed behind Virgil's archers, also trotting with torches.
In the end, there are the 500 Livingston Rangers, who were deliberately placed at the end because they are proficient in both ranged and offensive combat.
At this time, they were only 100 meters away from the south gate of Lionheart, and the barracks at the south gate were under the walls on both sides of the gate, and 1,500 Simons were stationed on one side. The elite private army of the Counts of Puran.