RPAGF #335 - Battle of Moncruz (VI)
#335 - Battle of Moncruz (VI)
Two musketeers jumped out from the side, the long spear shafts bent into an arc, and suddenly popped out, stabbing towards the neck of an armored soldier.
A companion threw a shield, and he grabbed the edge and lifted it up, smashing the incoming spear and barely dodging it.
But just at that moment, two more night watch soldiers climbed over the wall, landing right behind the two musketeers.
A hook spear probed out, brushing past the musketeer's body with a *swoosh*, hooking his ribs. The musketeer cried out in pain and was pulled to the ground.
Before the musketeer's companion could react, a holy marksman stepped forward and pounced with his armed sword.
The armed sword pierced through the back, the tip protruding from the chest. The night watch soldier screamed miserably, spitting out blood as he collapsed to the ground, clutching his chest.
The chaos at the front of the formation ultimately affected the defense of the remaining *crenels* (垛口: crenels), and they turned to support, but this created more gaps, and two more armored soldiers climbed up.
"The old captain is dead, I'll take over the command." Supported by several holy marksmen, Laurent shouted to the remaining musketeers, "Anyone who dares to run away, I will report to the *Judge Advocate* (军法官: Judge Advocate)! Anyone who loses their *crenel* (垛口: crenel) give up their position, and those who haven't lost theirs, don't provide support randomly!"
Before Laurent finished speaking, led by the armored soldier, three soldiers covered each other, forming a triangle, and charged towards him.
The retreating musketeers happened to block their path. The musketeers, instinctively forming a line of five, shouted and simultaneously stabbed at the armored soldiers.
Facing the sudden thrust of the 4.5-meter spears, the three armored soldiers couldn't dodge in time.
The spear rotated and stabbed into their round shields. Iron nails and wood chips exploded, shooting into the eyes of one of them. He shook his head in pain but dared not drop his shield.
"*Fuck your goat* (日你山羊的: an expletive)." Sideways turning and lifting his round shield, he pulled the original spear away from its direction.
The armored soldier with blood flowing from his eyes took the lead, carrying a *hand-and-a-half sword* (手半剑: hand-and-a-half sword), the armored soldiers leaning down to dodge the sweep of the spear shaft, instantly arriving in front of the musketeers.
The *hand-and-a-half sword* (手半剑: hand-and-a-half sword) swept upwards from below, the musketeer's entire face contorted in pain, falling backwards, with only half of his calf still standing in place.
Fresh blood splattered out, staining the armored soldier's already ferocious face.
Two holy marksmen, having exhausted their holy power, rushed out from beside the musketeer, gripping their armed swords and chopping down towards the soldier's *occiput* (后脑: occiput).
Just as they were about to hit, a *hand-and-a-half sword* (手半剑: hand-and-a-half sword) blocked and rolled upwards from the side, almost knocking the holy marksman's armed sword flying.
"*Holy Father* (圣父: Holy Father) is above, the devil's lackey has charged over."
The holy marksman shouted at Laurent, and then was kicked over by the soldier.
"Prepare!" At this time, Laurent finally finished reloading.
At his command, the sound of gears turning caused all the soldiers and guards to change their expressions drastically.
The night watch soldiers who were climbing over the wall stopped their movements, and some even pretended to slip, falling from the wall.
"Praise the *Holy Wind* (圣风: Holy Wind)!" Ten holy marksmen walked out from both sides, firing ten rounds of bullets in this narrow space of less than ten meters.
The densely arranged three armored soldiers fell in response, and behind them, three or five night watch soldiers were hit by stray bullets, and blood spurted out.
After all, the area was so small, and it was an output that over-penetrated ordinary people. The lead *bullets* (铅子: bullets) penetrated several bodies like *candied haws* (糖葫芦: candied haws).
"Spear formation! Charge!"
Seeing the assault team being thrown into chaos by the surprise attack, Laurent immediately seized the opportunity to launch a counterattack.
Under Laurent's arrangement, two rows of 5x2 spear formations were organized and charged towards the approaching night watch soldiers.
Ten spears formed a neat line and charged, and the enemy in front immediately dodged to both sides.
A night watch soldier reacted a little slowly and felt a pang of pain.
The running blade pierced into his chest and got stuck on his ribs.
The musketeer shouted loudly, the spear shaft rotated forward, forcing the guard to lean back and fall directly from the *crenel* (垛口: crenel).
The guard hit the farmer's *occiput* (后脑: occiput), directly breaking the farmer's neck.
"Bang bang bang!" The sound of the holy marksman firing sounded again. Laurent seemed not to care at all that the stray bullets would hit other teammates in the melee, and ordered to fire directly without waiting for the musketeers to withdraw.
With this volley, two more armored soldiers fell.
The armored soldiers were almost dead, and the guards were no match for the musketeers. The situation finally reversed.
The holy marksmen no longer showed their power, and the musketeers divided, surrounded, and strangled the guards and armored soldiers who had been disrupted by the holy marksmen.
When the last armored soldier fled over the wall, the defense line finally returned to its original state.
However, there was not much smile on Laurent's face. He looked at the increasingly chaotic *rampart* (堡墙: rampart) defense lines on the left and right sides and immediately made a judgment, "The first layer of the fortress cannot be kept."
Both the left and right walls were breached, and the holy marksmen on the second layer could neither come down nor fire their guns, so they could only retreat first.
Sure enough, the sound of the retreat horn sounded not long after.
The two divisions where Laurent was located reacted in time, did not suffer too many casualties, and had more holy power preserved, so they stayed behind to cover the retreat.
"Damn it!" After receiving the order, Laurent called out the name of the patron saint *Maud* (玛德: Maud), "*Jurdan* (朱尔丹: Jurdan), when this is over, I have to get at least a deputy *legion commander* (副军团长: legion commander), I'm telling you!"
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"Great, it's in chaos, it's in chaos!" *Heirwein* (海尔温: Heirwein) rode on horseback, laughing until his stomach hurt.
"Your Excellency, what about us?"
"Is that even a question?" *Heirwein* (海尔温: Heirwein) looked up at the dense *nimbus* (阴云: nimbus), and the hot wind brushed through the forest, bringing the resonance of metal and wood, "Take advantage of the chaos to kill in, kill into the second layer!"
"The *Holy Spirit* (圣灵: Holy Spirit) of the *Holy Lord* (圣主: Holy Lord) bless me, charge!"
The night watch soldiers and armored soldiers fighting with the *Salvation Army* (救世军: Salvation Army) behind the *rampart* (堡墙: rampart) heard a rumbling sound.
At first, they thought it was thunder, but the sky above was still full of *nimbus* (阴云: nimbus), and then they realized that it was the knight masters charging.
"The masters have come to support us!"
"I'm so touched, the masters really have us in their hearts!"
"Hold on, hold on!"
The high-speed charging knights seemed to be driving *thunderous sounds* (雷音: thunderous sounds), frantically rushing towards this side, one hundred meters, fifty meters, twenty meters!
"*Whinny* (唏律律: Whinny)!" Dozens of knights rushed to the front, directly crossing the first *rampart* (堡墙: rampart) by using the small slope made up of farmer corpses and mud.
The warhorse rose up, and the heavy iron hooves directly shattered the heads of two unlucky *war修士* (战修士: war修士).
The hooves landed, and the *horseshoes* (蹄铁: horseshoes) were stained with white marks.
Riding over the *rampart* (堡墙: rampart), *Heirwein* (海尔温: Heirwein) swung his sword and chopped off the head of a sapper who couldn't escape, shouting with high spirits: "Kill them all!"
Because the inside of the fortress was relatively narrow, only about eighty of the highest combat power *extraordinary knights* (超凡骑士: extraordinary knights) rushed in.
After circling half a circle in the first layer, *Heirwein* (海尔温: Heirwein) did not kill a few *war修士* (战修士: war修士).
Mainly because most of the *war修士* (战修士: war修士) took the initiative to retreat to the second layer to preserve their strength.
Only a few one or two divisions remained at the end, still struggling to advance towards the second-layer slope.
"Go faster, the knights are coming!" Laurent shouted to the *war修士* (战修士: war修士) in front.
In front of him were a hundred or so *musketeers* (长枪手: musketeers) and *holy marksmen* (圣铳手: holy marksmen) covering the retreat. Most of them were injured and supported each other, walking towards the *checkpoint* (关卡: checkpoint) on the slope.
*Heirwein* (海尔温: Heirwein), who could not find the enemy, saw the *checkpoint* (关卡: checkpoint) open wide and immediately charged towards this team of remnants.
The strong wind blew through *Heirwein's* (海尔温: Heirwein) chest, and his heart, which had been suppressed by the heat and failure for many days, finally felt relieved.
"Kill!"
Rushing to the front, *Heirwein* (海尔温: Heirwein) waved the long sword in his hand at Laurent.
"Your Excellency, be careful!" The personal knight next to him suddenly reached out and pressed his back, and the two of them lay down on the horse's back at the same time.
The lead *bullets* (铅子: bullets) flew over *Heirwein's* (海尔温: Heirwein) head with a *whoosh* (呼啸: whoosh), and the three knights behind him covered their chests and abdomens, and lay painfully on the saddle.
*Heirwein* (海尔温: Heirwein) then saw that they had placed *holy marksmen* (圣铳手: holy marksmen) on both sides of the second layer and on the *turret* (铳台: turret).
Once attacking from the slope passage, they would be jointly attacked from the front and both sides.
*Momri* (莫姆里: Momri) on the second floor finally adjusted after a major mistake.
He ordered the *holy marksmen* (圣铳手: holy marksmen) to restore their original positions and began to fire *Holy Wind* (圣风: Holy Wind) at the knights on the first floor.
However, at this time, the knights had already rushed into the first line of defense, with the farmers and night watch soldiers as shields, they did not need to charge head-on, as long as they paid attention, there would not be any serious casualties.
As long as they could kill in from the passage up the mountain, then the previous casualties would be acceptable.
Lying on the horse's back, *Heirwein* (海尔温: Heirwein) was guarded by the personal knight from the slope down.
But he was not discouraged, but waved the knight's sword and ordered the armored soldiers and night watch soldiers: "Rush over! Those who take the flag and kill the general will be rewarded with 30 pounds!"
"Let's waste, let's continue to waste, I can spend all day with you." Looking at the farmers and night watch soldiers who were crying and shouting towards the slope charge, *Heirwein* (海尔温: Heirwein) laughed loudly.
"*Wuwuwu* (呜呜呜: Wuwuwu)——"
However, this laughter was interrupted by a sudden horn sound, *Heirwein* (海尔温: Heirwein) looked up at the castle, his eyes showing a look of confusion.
What are you doing blowing the charge horn at this time? Do you want to counter-charge? Isn't that taking me too seriously?
No... this sound?
*Heirwein* (海尔温: Heirwein) turned his head and looked to the outside, and then he heard the dull sound of guns.
A dozen knights stationed outside exploded with blood on their chests and fell to the ground.
The palpitating footsteps slowed the movements of the knights who were rushing back and forth, and they all looked in the direction of the sound.
This is……
*Heirwein* (海尔温: Heirwein) felt the blood in his whole body coagulate, he stood up directly from the horse's back, and shouted in a *hoarse voice* (失声: hoarse voice).
"*Salvation Army* (救世军: Salvation Army)? When did they come? When did they come!"