Chapter 764 Siege
"—Guys, hurry up, get out of here right away!" Among the mercenaries who were fleeing in all directions, someone shouted loudly from time to time, adding a sense of urgency to the already critical situation.
"Damn it! Where did these guys come from? They shouldn't be here~"
The mercenary who spoke to him felt a sharp pain in his back before he could finish the conversation. He suddenly lost his center of gravity, staggered forward two steps, fell to the ground, and rolled down the slope, knocking down five or six of his companions who were running in front of him. This scene caused the other mercenaries who were already frightened to panic. Without thinking, they stumbled down the hillside and rolled up the dust. On the hillside, Jason, the captain of the crossbow company who had just fired a light arrow, watched the mercenaries rolling down after being hit by the arrow and taking down a large number of enemy troops. He secretly rejoiced. Immediately, the order was given, "Crossbow Company, fire at me in the middle of the fleeing team!"
Jason glanced around and warned, "Keep an eye on everything, don't accidentally injure the legion brothers who are running in front of us~
Let go!" Like unbridled wild horses, they kept flying towards the fleeing mercenaries from high places...
The moment the arrow hit the ground, under the blessing of gravity, the stricken mercenaries began to roll around like falling snowballs, tripping their fleeing companions along the way to the ground one after another -.
".—Hurry, rush forward, don't let them run away!" Seeing the enemies falling to the ground one after another, the company captain Colin, who personally led the soldiers of the first company to charge, roared, raised his sword and slashed at a mercenary who had just gotten up from his knees~
"Ah!"
A shrill scream suddenly came from the mercenary's throat. He slowly turned his head and glanced at the long sword embedded in his shoulder and neck, and then was kicked out by the person wielding the sword. There was a sound of the sword blade scraping against the bones in his ears.
放眼望去，已经上来其他威尔斯军团士兵犹如饿急眼的一头头野狼，露出獠牙对着敌人的脖子上就是一阵撕咬—
眨眼间，来不及逃跑的佣兵被军团士兵如切瓜砍菜般纷纷放倒在地。 Suddenly, the gushing blood formed a stream of bright red streams, which began to gather along the hillside and flow downward~
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At the foot of the mountain, looking at the troops of his own side who were being squeezed step by step by the northern army, the mercenary captain Gray Wolf was extremely anxious. He knew very well that at present, the fighting chance was gone, and it was impossible to turn defeat into victory.
But as the leader of this mercenary group, he will never sit still and wait to be killed. Suddenly, the gray wolf tightened the reins, turned the horse's head, and ordered the cavalry commander who was following him, "Quick, you immediately take all the cavalry behind and cover the evacuation of the large force."
Looking at the northerners getting closer and closer, the cavalry commander did not hesitate at all. He raised his whip and shouted to several subordinates beside him: "Take your men and follow me!"
Having said that, the commander led his men and horses towards the direction where the enemy was charging. Looking at the hundreds of cavalrymen walking further and further away, Gray Wolf suddenly felt an indescribable sadness in his heart. Faced with the current urgent situation, he could only place the most powerful cavalry in the regiment in front of the enemy to delay the retreat of most of the troops. Even though he knew that all the cavalry were likely to be destroyed, he still reluctantly issued such an order.
At this time, Glen, the deputy commander of the legion, rode up to the gray wolf and roared angrily: "Lord legion commander, we must have been deceived by those southern lords. It was clearly stated that the enemy only had more than 3,000 people, but look at it now, the enemy rushing towards us is definitely not less than 10,000 horses."
Gray Wolf did not answer and looked around again. Soldiers on both sides had begun to exchange swords. Enemy soldiers coming from all directions quickly harvested the outermost mercenaries with an overwhelming advantage -..
At this time, the mercenary captain's face lacked his usual perseverance and courage, and looked worried. His dark forehead was filled with wrinkles, and a trace of uneasiness flashed in his eyes.
"Legion Commander, it's bad!" The voice of the sentinel knight who was galloping on his horse not far away seemed particularly harsh at this moment.
The mercenary captain looked in the direction of the Sentinel Cavalry. He had already concluded from the frightened expression on this guy's face that something was definitely wrong!
As expected, the Sentinel Cavalry had no time to take a breath, and before the mercenary captain could ask, this guy hurriedly told a piece of bad news that was enough to put the entire mercenary regiment into dire straits.
"Legion commander, it's bad! A large number of enemy troops have also appeared in the south, and our retreat road has been blocked by them!" The voice of the sentry rider was mixed with a little panic.
"How many people are there on the other side?" the mercenary leader asked hurriedly.
"This~" The sentry rider hesitated and replied hesitantly: "Return to the regiment commander, their people suddenly rushed down from the surrounding mountain tops, and their number was ominous. There were more than a thousand men and horses at the lowest~"
The mercenary captain immediately raised his hand and raised an eyebrow, and glanced towards the southern hillside. Looking at the enemy soldiers who were still emerging from the other side of the ridgeline, he couldn't help but sigh, "It's over~"
Looking at the mercenary leader's somewhat dazed expression, the deputy commander of the legion, Glenn, stepped forward and whispered into the legion leader's ear: "Legion commander, the south is our only way out. If we are blocked by the enemy, we are afraid~"
Glen's meaning was very clear, but the mercenary leader slowly turned his head and looked at the first deputy who had been with him for many years, expecting to get a definite answer from his eyes.
The understanding Glenn continued: "In the current situation, we have the only way to survive if we concentrate our forces to break out from the south! In my opinion, we should immediately gather together the most powerful soldiers of the legion and let them serve as the sharp knife in our hands to break through the enemy's encirclement. "
As the deputy commander of the legion, Glenn is not lacking in courage and strategy. Over the years, he has always followed the Gray Wolf and made great achievements in the legion's campaigns. Now, the entire mercenary army is in a desperate situation. In order to preserve its strength, Gray Wolf has no choice but to give it a try. He immediately ordered, "Glenn, just do what you said. Immediately select elites from the legion to break through the siege of the northerners. I will follow closely behind with the remaining troops. As soon as I have the opportunity, I will break out of the siege!"
"As ordered!" Glenn beat his chest with his right hand, lowered his head slightly, and then rode towards the south -
Looking at Glenn who had gone away, the mercenary leader shouted loudly: "Pass The soldiers, blow the trumpets immediately to assemble, and everyone is ready to break out!"
"Yes, Master of the Legion!"
After a while, several rapid trumpet sounds spread throughout the valley—
At this time, the mercenaries who heard the horn all began to gather in the direction of the trade road sandwiched between the mountains. From a distance, it looked like receding waves -
However, the commander of the Palace Guards, Comer, who had long known the opponent's intentions, did not hesitate at all. He quickly rushed down from the top of the mountain with more than ten of his guards, and personally supervised the battle behind the Guards Corps, which had already blocked the enemy's retreat.
On the one hand, Yate has already given strict orders not to let go of any enemy soldiers. As the commander of the Palace Guards, Comor did not dare to slack off at all. In addition, hearing from Art that this mercenary team was very capable made Komor, who was originally a mercenary, feel a little stir in his heart, stimulating his inherently warlike character. This time, I was placed in the south to block the attack. It was a good time to meet these guys and compete with each other to determine the winner or loser.
At the front of the blocking position, hundreds of heavy armored infantrymen of the Palace Guards held half-man-high iron shields, like a copper wall, completely blocking the southbound commercial road and the surrounding exits that were more than a hundred feet wide.
Three hundred armored cavalry were arranged on both sides to guard the flanks.
Behind the heavy armored infantry, the crossbowmen had already prepared their bows and arrows and were ready. The remaining light armored infantrymen clenched their swords and geared up, looking at the enemy troops who were less than 500 steps away.
"Archers, prepare!" Behind the army, the commander of the army, Comor, pulled out the long sword at his waist and shouted loudly.
Immediately, hundreds of crossbowmen quickly cocked their arrows and aimed at the group of mercenaries rushing at the front.
In the blink of an eye, the mercenary rushed to the front.
"Let go!"
Following Comor's order, hundreds of arrows flew intensively toward the mercenaries in the front row—
As screams came one after another, some of the mercenaries began to fall one after another~
However, the desire to survive made them quicken their pace. As soon as the second round of shooting ended, the battle between the two sides became fierce.
In response to the heavy armored infantry shield blocking the front, Glenn, the deputy commander of the mercenary corps who was responsible for leading the breakout, immediately sent out those strong mercenaries armed with battle axes and chain hammers, and faced them. The shield wall blocking the front was a violent storm of output~
In less than half a minute, a gap appeared on the right wing that had been subjected to a concentrated and heavy saturation attack. Glenn, who discovered the fighter plane, immediately ordered the rest of the people to attack that spot.
"Hurry, block the gap!" At this time, Comor, who was supervising the battle behind the formation, was shouting hoarse and anxious. At this moment, he finally saw the amazing fighting power of these mercenaries in front of him.
“Send the order, the cavalry on both wings attack, kill these bastards for me!” During the melee, Komor shouted to the order soldiers behind him.
After a while, the flag-carrying soldier took out two signal flags from behind and raised them high, pointing to the left and right sides respectively, making a gesture of moving toward the middle.
The cavalry on both wings quickly attacked after receiving the order to attack, and began a unilateral crushing of the infantry, which had no advantage at all..
Halfway up the mountain on the east side, the 8,000 Provence border troops were like a torrent of steel, blocking the eastward escape of this group of mercenaries.
After receiving the news from the people sent by Art, Count Balian first sent a force of a thousand elite soldiers to the battlefield to set up an ambush, and he himself arrived at the battlefield with large troops one after another.
When the order to attack came, looking at the few thousand mercenaries, these Provençal soldiers who far exceeded each other in strength and momentum, with the desire for military rewards, chased and beat the mercenaries at the foot of the mountain.