War has never been subject to change by the will of the individual.

The fundamental thing that can really determine the behavior of war is interests.

Only when the interests reach a sufficient height, then the ensuing war is a logical thing. Perhaps diplomacy can solve some unnecessary problems, but Sean's enemies clearly do not intend to use diplomacy to solve these problems, so it is clear that the Void Duchy has a huge interest enough for his enemies to start a war.

Of course, judging from the fact that the enemy is only invading and infiltrating on a small scale at the moment, it is clear that the other side does not really want to start a war.

I guess I just don't know much for sure.

William was still wondering what the enemy's target was, but after thinking for a long time but still not coming up with any answer, his eyes could only fall back to the town that had been converted into a military defense stronghold.

Small-scale conflict wars, even such battles that are close to siege cities, do not take much time. At most, one day and one night can end this war, and the only thing William needs to guard against is that these enemies will flee in the night, and with their destructive power, they may bring long-term trouble to the Void Duchy, so after letting the steel wings attack, William also mobilized the surrounding local garrisons to form a huge encirclement network to prevent these enemies from scattering and escaping.

By this time, the battle had been raging for several hours, but the progress was not very promising, but the casualties had become somewhat heavy.

As everyone knows, the real way to deal with this kind of defensive warfare in a small area that makes the most of all the places that can be used is to have a full-scale siege. Either that, it's a fight for every inch of land. And the steel wings that have adopted the method of fighting for every inch of land naturally need to face a great threat of death. In the course of a few hours, more than five hundred corpses had been dropped by the steel wings. Among them, more than 100 were wounded and lost the ability to fight again, and as many as 300 or 400 others were slightly wounded.

As their enemy, this mysterious elite army of unknown origin, although many people were killed, but only three or four hundred. And in this process, according to the continuous feedback of the battle report, William also felt a sense of awe for the enemy's army, because the nature of this army was exactly the same as that of Cecilia's Guard, as if death was a very sacred thing for them.

Minor injuries. After a slight bandage, it will be immediately back into the battlefield. And the seriously injured, on the premise that they know that it is impossible to live, they will immediately burst out with a fierce and fearless ferocity, as if they want to pull another enemy to die together. Under this completely almost suicidal counterattack, it is naturally conceivable how difficult it will be for Steel Wings to completely open up the situation.

This kind of battle loss ratio of almost 1 to 2 has only appeared once in the original war with Dabiang since the establishment of Steel Wings for so long.

William's brow was already furrowed to the point of almost a straight eyebrow.

This battle. It also made William finally discover another drawback of the impact shield.

When dealing with cavalry battles, the impact shield is certainly an artifact-level killing weapon, but in the face of such a condescending attack of the enemy, it is because of the perverted weight of the impact shield. And the guide zhì simply can't lift it with one arm. In this way, the value of the shock shield is completely powerless in the face of the enemy's projectile attack. And this is the fundamental reason for the heavy loss of steel wings.

Perhaps, orcs such as the Minotaur and the Bear Man were able to lift the impact shield weighing hundreds of catties. But for the Northland barbarians, this is obviously impossible.

Thereupon. When another wave of arrows fell, more than a dozen Northland barbarians fell on the spot.

However, the fall of these Northland barbarians does not mean that they are also inactive.

The throwing of the short spear also killed more than a dozen archers who also had to show their heads in order to attack. Even if they were hiding behind cover, with the arm strength that the Northland barbarians had trained for a long time and the quality of these short spears, as long as it was not armor of the level of tower shield, it was impossible to block the piercing attacks of these short spears.

After fighting for so long, the steel wings were no longer as unbearable as they were when they first rushed into this town. In this battle, they are also learning and growing rapidly, maybe the shock shield really can't let them cope with the attacks of those standing on the rooftops, towers, and sentry posts, but their counterattacks are no longer powerless, and if you want to kill them, you must pay the same price.

This qiē is the transformation brought about by Anno and Abaza.

If it weren't for the sharp-minded Abaza, it would not have been so easy to give these enemies who had occupied a position and people to fight back. Of course, if it weren't for Anno, a steel-winged commander like Anno, who suffered a tragic death of nearly 100 people in the first time he entered the town, morale would probably have dropped to an underestimate.

It can be said that these two people are the soul and mind of the entire steel wings.

But even so, it is still not easy to completely annihilate this enemy army.

Within a hundred meters of the town's gates, all the buildings had been demolished, and there were only countless corpses lying on the ground that belonged to the enemy - corpses from the side of the Iron Wings, and no matter what the fighting situation was, when the Abazar gave the order to retreat, the corpses were always taken with the shock shield as soon as possible. This was William's death order before the war, so even if it was possible to pay a few more casualties among the Northlanders, Abaza and Anno still carried it out without hesitation.

Because of the fierceness of the battle, the dense corpses of the enemy soldiers were almost paved on the ground, and the blood that flowed out of the ground stained the entire ground red, and you could feel an extremely strong sticky feeling when you stepped on it. But no matter how uncomfortable it is, the steel wings are still fearless to launch round after round of attacks, but because the entrance to the town is too small, even if it also destroys a lot of town walls during the attack, but there are only hundreds of people who can really enter the town to attack.

But these hundreds. But they have to face a siege from almost all the surrounding spaces.

If it weren't for the shock shield being strong enough, it would be almost impossible for a strong attack from the front to break through the steel wings and others who were protected by the shock shield. I'm afraid that the casualties of the steel wings will be even greater. At this time, the battle situation was obviously in a short-term stalemate. It's just that whether it's Steel Wings or William. Or this mysterious enemy army, everyone knows very well that this stalemate will not last long, and soon a new round of death battles will break out.

And every time this kind of death war situation breaks out, it will cause a new round of shock to both sides.

From the beginning of the battle, the two sides have officially entered a white-hot battle situation, and each brief stalemate is followed by a round of death battles. The reason why both sides left so many corpses was because there had already been two rounds of death battles - this has become the practice of mutual understanding between the two sides in this battle.

So at this time, this round of arrows and short guns attacked each other. After each side lost more than a dozen lives, both sides tacitly agreed not to continue to throw short guns or shoot arrows again. And a roar like a foot in the distance seemed to confirm the tacit understanding between the two sides, and a new force was entering the battlefield. At this time, a horn sounded outside the town, and the steel wings that were already in the town began to retreat in an orderly manner at this time, and the new batch of steel wings began to slowly enter the field at this time.

However, this new batch of steel wings is not much different from the previous number, and it is still only about two hundred people.

It's not that William is unwilling to throw all four thousand steel wings into it in one go. It's just that this hard-fought battlefield can't accommodate so many people.

As for opening up a new entry point into the battle situation and attacking with a flanking attack, William didn't even think about it.

The reason is simple.

The entire town has been completely remodeled, and there are even many more watchtowers that did not exist in the first place. The enemy just stood on it and attacked condescendingly. The only way to deal with these towers is to force them down and bring them down. So just to open up such a vacuum area within two hundred meters at the entrance of the town. Steel Wings will pay nearly a thousand casualties, if another battlefield is opened. I'm afraid there will be thousands of casualties.

With only 4,000 steel wings, open up two battlefields at the same time. The number of troops will be cut in half. However, the threat of death they faced was not diminished by the two battlefields, because the tactics of the multi-layered defensive array structure already had many battlefield environments completely overlapping. Therefore, unless the entire town can be surrounded and launched a full-scale attack, the more battlefields are opened, the greater the casualties for the attackers.

At this time, hearing the sound of the horn, it was located in the temporary command post about a hundred meters outside the town, but William's brows were furrowed.

"What's wrong?" Rottikabas saw William frown, and when he opened his mouth, he asked, "Is there anything wrong?" ”

At this time, Rotikabas had several scars on his body, although they were not fatal, but they looked quite wolf-like, and they also had a little impact on the performance of his strength. At the very beginning, he participated in a round of battles, in fact, if it weren't for him, this war would not have been opened up so quickly, but he was also under the focus of the enemy at that time, and there were even three golden powerhouses who cooperated with the battle formation to attack Rotikabas, as a result, although these three golden powerhouses were killed, but Roticarbas also had to temporarily withdraw from the battle to recuperate.

"We've been here for hours, and even if I don't want to admit it, they still have the upper hand." William didn't look back, but still stared at the town, "At this time, they still have a remnant of nearly fifteen hundred troops, although we all know that in the end, once the opponent's arrows are used up, it will not be a problem for us to wipe them out, but according to my assessment, they will be able to hold out for at least another four hours." ”

"What do you mean?" Rottikabas didn't quite understand.

"It means that they can hold out for at least another four hours, and the only thing I can do during this time is to fight for the consumption of the other side with human lives, and they will not start a final decisive battle with us until all the opponent's strategic materials are used up." William said in a deep voice, "In this kind of desperate attrition, I estimate that at least one or two thousand more people will have to die, but now the other party has directly launched a decisive battle formation, which is very unreasonable." ”

"One or two thousand fewer people will die. Isn't that a good thing? Rottikabas couldn't help but say.

"The other side has been with us for so long, and the casualties caused to us are obvious to all. This qiē proves that the commander of the opposing side is obviously an excellent general who is very calm. William finally glanced back at Rottikabas this time, but his eyes were unusually indifferent. So do you think such a good general would make a mistake at such a critical moment? You must know that once you don't take advantage of the geographical advantages of this town, if you really fight with the steel wings, the other party will not have any advantage, so to speak...... The other party is looking for death! ”

"What do you mean...... Things have changed? ”

"Unless the other party has achieved the strategic goal they want, so ......" William's eyes flashed with a gleam, "this is destroying the evidence." Of course. Another possibility is that the other side has prepared a plot that can cause us more casualties. ”

Rottikabas's face became gloomy, and after a while, he said in a deep voice: "Hmph, no matter what conspiracy the other party has, as long as it is not in that town, the other party does not have any advantage in a defensive position. …… I'm going to kill them like chopping melons and vegetables! Let me keep fighting! ”

William groaned slightly, then nodded in agreement: "Then be careful!" ”

"Good!" Rotica Baslang laughed, then raised her heavy spear and charged forward.

The distance of 100 meters is for a strong person like Rhotikabas. It's just a breath or two. But when he arrived at the gate of the town, he saw two sides that had already started a complete fight.

The scene in front of him seemed to be as predicted by William, and the other party was no longer fighting to the death like the previous two rounds. Instead, it was as if the final charge was launched for the victory of the battle. The hateful side of the steel wings was unprepared for a while, but it was the steel wings remnants who were bitten by the other party who had already prepared and slowly withdrew from the town, and the result was in this situation of one in and one out. was caught off guard and directly dropped hundreds of corpses.

And the offensive of the enemy army. But he didn't stop at it.

Hundreds of people in front of them were still charging at the cost of their lives, regardless of whether they could break through the shock shield that opened up the formation. The only thing they knew was to rush forward desperately, and then slam the weapons in their hands into the bodies of the Northland barbarians. The battlefield at this moment is completely chaotic, and there is no such combat situation as an elite soldier.

The archers in the rear of the enemy army, regardless of whether there were their own people in the enemy formation, did not hesitate to throw their bows and arrows round after round into the steel-winged camp. Perhaps because of the lack of the advantage of archery when condescending, this kind of projectile attack method is difficult for the rough-skinned Northland barbarians to shoot directly with an arrow, because the threat is naturally much smaller.

But the amount that adds up to the big enough is still not negligible.

Under this shock, the town gate was quickly plunged into chaos: the steel wings could not be as unreasonable as the enemy, and would not hesitate to attack even in the face of their own people. Therefore, the short spear throwing is a means of attack, which naturally seems meaningless - the short spear throwing is no better than the bow and arrow, even if it is thrown by means of projectile, but the landing point will not be too far, and it is very likely that it will hurt one's own people in the end.

It is precisely because of the rat trap that in this situation that is obviously a decisive victory, it is naturally the steel wings that suffer a big loss and even faintly show signs of defeat.

When Rrotikabas arrived, he saw a scene where the steel wings were about to be unable to block the onslaught of the enemy, and the front line was faintly showing signs of collapse.

Without the slightest hesitation, Rottikabas immediately let out a long roar, directly unleashed his might as a domain powerhouse, and then floated into the air, swept directly into the town, and fell into the rear of the enemy army. He smashed into it like a cannonball, and a strong impact burst out from his body, directly shocking dozens of enemy soldiers within his landing point.

Then his knight's spear swung violently, and the whole person turned into a Shura to start a massacre in the rear of the enemy army.

Seeing that Rottikabas, a powerhouse of the Sanctuary Domain, was in full swing, Anno also raised the spear in his hand for the first time, this time he simply gave up the impact shield in his hand, and then stabbed into the body of an enemy standing in front of him, and then let out a roar. With a strong brute force, he began to rush forward. The spear pierced through the enemy's body and then into the second and third people. And after these three people were skewered into sugar gourds, they still couldn't stop Anno's charge. was knocked back violently, and the formation of the enemy army was also chaotic.

"Steel Wings! Let's rush with the patriarch! "Abaza, who had been standing side by side with Anno, saw Anno break away from the formation and rush out, just like Alfred's habitual way of fighting, even though Abazaar let out a roar, and then also abandoned the shock shield, and rushed out behind Anno with a spear alone, assassinating several enemies who tried to sneak attack Anno for Anno.

As the soul and mind of the Iron Wings Legion, Anno and Abazar both charged with fearlessness. Without hesitation, all the steel wings abandoned their shock shields and rushed forward with only their spears. With the arm strength of the barbarians in the north, they can all fight on the battlefield with an impact shield, and after abandoning the impact shield at this moment, the powerful power of the barbarians they belong to has been completely demonstrated.

Such a frenzied army also fought back in a manner that the enemy did not seem to have anticipated.

So for a while, on the contrary, the enemy army was completely in chaos.

In an instant, in this kind of battle situation, which can already be said to have formed a front and rear flank offensive. Even if it is a desperate decisive battle to determine the victory or defeat of the enemy army, it is naturally impossible to get any benefits. Therefore, the formation was quickly cut completely, and the terrain in the town was not very rich, so it was a crowded street fighting situation. For the Northland barbarians, who dropped their shock shields and spears, and instead began to fight with their bare hands, they had an advantage.

Hence the situation. It didn't take long for disruptive developments to take place.

And when Rhoticarbas and Anno, Abazar and others have completed the convergence, the mysterious enemy army that has occupied the town has already begun to evolve into a major defeat. It's just that even if you know that the general trend is gone. However, this enemy army of unknown origin did not even have the idea of surrendering, and they were still fighting back at the cost of their lives. As long as they are not killed completely, they will find a way to fight back, and for this reason, the abazar simply ordered that nothing should be left alive.

This final battle lasted for a whole afternoon, and it was not until night began to fall that it was finally officially over.

The whole town was littered with corpses, densely packed together, many of which could not even be discerned from which side they belonged to. It can be said that the entire town was completely submerged by the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood, just like a picture of the extremely tragic purgatory on earth. And under this kind of suicidal fighting, Steel Wings naturally paid the price of hundreds of casualties again, and this was still with Rotikabas, a powerhouse of the Holy Domain.

Otherwise, even if the enemy army is hot-headed and engages in such a meaningless and advantageous battle, the Iron Wings will have to pay at least a thousand men to annihilate this enemy army.

But even so, the 4,000 steel wings brought by William were only more than 2,000 at this time, and the number of dead was more than 1,500. And even if they survived, hundreds of them completely lost the ability to fight again, and there were thousands of others who were seriously injured or lightly injured. It can be said that in this battle, the steel wings brought by William are not a complete victory, but only a pyrrhic victory.

This is the third battle in which Iron Wings has suffered such huge casualties since its formation.

But until now, the real purpose of this war is still unclear to William. And he was still wondering why the enemy commander, who had not made any mistakes since the beginning of the war, would make such a completely idiotic move at this final stage? As long as the other party continued to hold out for more than four hours, William was sure that the Iron Wing troops that would survive in the end would definitely be less than five hundred.

But the other party did not choose this kind of fight to the end, but ended this completely unpredictable war with a suicidal charge that can be said to be suicidal.

William was puzzled.

So after the war, he immediately ordered a thorough investigation into whether the town was hidden or not, and even he himself was deeply involved in the investigation.

But as a result, nothing was found.

Rubbing his tired brows, William knew that he would probably never know the answer. But it's really because I can't know the answer and the result. This made him even more annoyed, and he was so inexplicably put on a position. It was entirely conceivable how angry William was in his heart, and he had decided that he would find out who was targeting the Void Duchy no matter what. And what exactly is the purpose of this war.

Because according to the information coming from the rear, the strange trick that William regarded as foreshadowing did not appear, and he felt incredibly calm.

"Pick out the bodies of your own people, and send them back for burial." Glancing at the environment of the entire town again, William said with a tired expression, "As for this town, just burn it directly, and there is no need to leave anything." ”

"Yes." A soldier with dark wings who served as William's herald nodded. Then turn around and leave quickly.

"Let's go too." Sighing helplessly, William also turned away and walked towards the gate of the town.

But when William walked to the area where the final death battle broke out in the afternoon, several corpses that fell to the ground were suddenly lifted, and several figures hiding under the corpses immediately erupted with a terrifying force, and then attacked William!

"Protect your lordship!" The three black-winged soldiers beside William immediately shouted.

But there were only three of them, but there were five of them!

Moreover, these five people, the strength that each of them showed at this time was a real golden realm!

Five Golden Realm powerhouse-level shadow assassins!

In this moment. William immediately understood the enemy's conspiracy!

Secretly infiltrating the Void County, William thought that the enemy's target was the Void City at first, but with their strength, how could it be possible to attack the city? Therefore, their goal is the military research institute and the arsenal. All the time. William thought that that was the main target of the other party, but now he finally understood that those two places were the enemy's targets. But it's only a second goal to follow the trend.

Whether it can succeed or not is a result that doesn't matter to them.

Real goals. It's William!

In this way, it can explain why the strange soldier that William was so wary of did not appear?

Because the strange army prepared by the other party is not a strange army to attack the city and plunder the wall. It's the five shadow assassins in front of you!

Their goal is themselves!

As for the suicidal decisive battle that seemed to be made by the enemy commander at the moment, it was finally proved at this moment that it was not hot-headed, but a premeditated method of the other party, in order to provide an excellent hiding place for these five shadow assassins! As for why it is a Golden Realm powerhouse instead of a Sacred Domain powerhouse, the reason is even simpler, because no matter how hidden the aura of a Sacred Domain powerhouse is, as long as there is a slight abnormality, it will be captured by other Sacred Domain powerhouses.

And if he learns that the enemy has a Sanctuary powerhouse, will William still walk around the battlefield with just a few guards?

The answer is obvious.

In this instant, William thought through the enemy's movements.

But what if you have a thorough understanding?

Even at the moment when these shadow assassins moved, a large number of soldiers had already rushed around, and even Rotikabas was floating in the air and flying over at the first time. But William could only watch as these shadow assassins easily slashed his guards, broke through the defensive circle, and then got closer and closer to him!

There had never been a moment when William felt death so close to him.

But in the face of this kind of death, William surprisingly did not feel any fear or fear, but his heart became unusually calm. He knew that the current Void Principality was too strong for the outside world: whether it was a famous general, or the strength of the legion, or the strong class, it had far exceeded the foundation and level of a principality, which had reached the level of a kingdom.

And the kingdom, even if it is only a third-rate kingdom, is a kingdom.

Therefore, there are absolutely no fewer people who want him to die. Because as long as he dies, then the Void Principality will fall into a short-term chaos due to the loss of its famous general, and at least the military system that has been built up with great difficulty will definitely face collapse. And once it falls into such a predicament, the Void Principality will naturally soon reveal its flaws, and it is not surprising that there will even be divisions and civil strife at that time.

It's just that these are just the enemy's speculations.

Facing the attack of death, William smiled slightly, and smiled unusually calmly: "A group of waste, who knows that even if I die, the growth of the void will not stop because of this." ”

"Protect Lord William!" The roars of the guards came and went. (To be continued......)