Perched atop a tributary of the Chishui River, the city is bisected by the river, and most of the inhabitants live on the west bank, while the east bank is a compact farmland. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Unlike other large cities, where farmland is located on the outskirts, the towering walls of the fortress enclose residential areas and parts of farmland, not so much to defend against evil beasts as to protect against attacks of the same kind. Even if the city is surrounded by enemies, the fortress will not be deprived of supplies.

Because of this, the outer wall of the fortress formed a breach at the entrance of the river, and several arm-thick blocking cables hung between the two sections of the wall, and if the enemy planned to attack the fortress by relying on the Chishui River, the iron rope would slide into the river if the hemp rope was cut.

However, the western mainland was rarely attacked by a fleet, so several iron cables were almost never activated, and this time was no exception. Roland's fleet was at a gallop, and by dusk the outline of the fortress walls had been seen. Beacon smoke still floated above the city, adding a touch of ink to the darkening sky.

"The enemy is mainly concentrated in the area of the lord's castle, and there is still a small group of militia on the north gate wall fighting with the guards at the head of the city, but it seems that they will not last long. Lightning had already reconnoitred the battle situation in the city, and reported to the prince in detail, "The number of people besieging the castle is about two hundred, and the first layer has been missed, and the other party does have a weapon similar to a musket, but it is completely different from what we use. ”

"Is Perro okay?" Roland was most concerned about the agent's safety at the moment.

"He's fine, just a little frightened, but ......"

"But what?"

"His family has suffered," Lightning pouted, "presumably Lord Pero received the news beforehand and recruited his father into the castle, but the rest of the relatives who stayed in the territory ...... Including the countess, he was executed one by one by those nobles as hostages to force him to surrender. The little girl paused, "I took the opportunity to fly into the castle to meet him and tell him that you were coming soon, and he only made one request to me. ”

Roland nodded, "You say." ”

"Blood debt and blood payment. ”

There was an unwritten rule among the nobility that those who held titles were rarely killed, and most of the relatives of the Earl of Honeysuckle had knighthoods. But now the four families dare to completely tear their faces, in addition to the hatred of honeysuckle for relying on Roland to earn a lot of benefits, another point may be the forces behind it.

Roland was now almost certain that the new king, Tifeco Wimbledon, was standing behind him—assisting the Church in killing nobles and helping the king execute rebels were two different things. He looked in the direction of the fortress and said in a cold voice, "Pass my order, the whole army will go straight into the city and occupy the dock!"

Aite heard footsteps beneath the walls again.

He numbly raised his flintlock pistol and aimed it at the swarthy hole beneath his feet, the only way to reach the top of the wall from the inside of the wall, and the enemy launched several waves of attacks after taking the gate, but finally failed to take the northern part of the wall.

The battle had been going on since noon yesterday, and he had never imagined that he would be able to hold out in the freezing cold wind for such a long time, but when he saw his teammates who had come to support fall one by one in a pool of blood, his head could no longer think about anything else.

"They're here again?" said an extra spear sticking out from the side. Aite glanced to the side and saw that the person who had come was his squad leader, Tongshan.

"I hear movement," he replied weakly, "but now it's dark like this, and I can't see how many people there are." ”

"They also don't know how many more we have," Copperhill reassured.

"That'...... How many more?"

Tongshan hesitated, "Five, the crow swallowed his last breath just now. ”

"Most of us won't survive tonight," Aite said bitterly. From the initial fear and panic, to the current numbness, he finally understood the meaning of the instructor's sentence that only after experiencing real combat can you mature quickly. However, this did not change the predicament, and the last five of the three squads that had gathered together were now left, and even if the enemy did not attack the city, they would have frozen to death on it without food and cold supplies. "Is it still useful to surrender now?"

"Surrender?" Tongshan snorted, "Didn't you hear how they shouted? Destroy the rebellion! Even if you surrender, there is only one way to die, it is better to kill a few more of them here." ”

Aite knew that the captain was right, and many of the soldiers of the Second Army who had arrived to support yesterday had their heads cut off after being caught—they were not nobles, so naturally they had no value in exchange for ransom. It's just that...... He didn't want to die here.

The instructor described to him the beauty of the frontier town, and promised that if the demon month was over, the soldiers of the Second Army would be promoted to the First Army and would receive a new house for free. There's plenty of food, well water that comes out automatically when you open the valve, and heating that keeps the room hot without having to light a fire......

He wanted to survive and go to the border town to meet the amazing things the instructor had said.

"It's coming!" Copper Mountain suddenly let out a low sigh and pulled the trigger. By the light of the muzzle of the gun, Aite saw the illuminated silhouette of the enemy in the darkness - six or seven men were slowly crawling up with shields, and he could even see the frightened faces of the other men.

The captain's shot, although it did not hit the target, already pointed him in the right direction.

He aimed at the fleeting figure and opened fire.

The bullet struck the wooden shield with a muffled thud, and one man screamed, followed by the sound of a heavy object rolling down the stairs. Seeing that their whereabouts were revealed, the rest of the people ran desperately towards the exit.

Copper Mountain was still reloading, his frozen hands affecting his speed. Aite retracted and felt a chill in his heart when he touched the powder pouch on his waist, which was empty, and he had used up all the gunpowder.

According to the usual training, it is time to take a bayonet.

He gritted his teeth and drew his bayonet, and it took him a while to fix the casing to the gun, and before he could level the spear, the enemy who was running at the front had already rushed out of the hole.

Copperhill took the leap and knocked him to the ground, but a second enemy who followed closely behind stabbed his sword into the captain's chest with a backhand.

Aite's mind was blank, and he subconsciously handed out the spear according to the training, but it was stuck in the opponent's shield, and the enemy kicked him to the ground, and the gun was also taken off.

Are you going to die here?

He looked up in despair, only to find that there was a shadow in the sky.

It should be difficult to tell such a dark thing on a snowy night, but this shadow is so close to him, like a falling night, falling towards him.

As the outline became clearer and clearer, Aite's eyes widened, it was a huge monster!

He swore that he would only see such a terrifying monster in nightmares, with its bloody mouth, its head larger than a calf, and its wings so broad that it could cover almost the entire wall.

The beast smashed right in front of Aite, crushing the enemies who crawled out of the pit into meatloaf!

"Whoa―――――― proud ――――――――!"

It let out a deafening roar! (To be continued.) )