Chapter 807 The Bell of Midnight
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"—Come on, cheers!" The companion stuffed the remaining piece of chicken into his mouth and raised the wine glass in his hand.
"Cheers!"
After one drink, the honest Lombard soldier suddenly burped.
Touching his gradually bulging belly, he stood up unsteadily, walked to the wall, and took off his belt. A stream of turbid liquid slanted down from a high place——
In a daze, this guy opened his eyes, and the moving torch not far away suddenly shocked him. I saw him rubbing his slightly swollen eyes again to confirm that he had seen correctly.
"They're back!" the honest soldier shouted to his companions.
“Who’s back?” The companion who was still sitting on the ground and drinking heavily asked casually.
"Cavalry! Leave that cavalry in the afternoon~" the honest soldier emphasized again.
At this time, the already slightly drunk companion reluctantly stood up holding on to the wall and looked outside the manor.
At this time, the cavalry had appeared at the entrance of the trail at the foot of the mountain. After a short stay, they slowly walked towards the top of the mountain.
"Ah~ I'm back!" After saying that, the soldier, who was already a little conscious, burped from the wine and said to the honest soldier: "Quick, tell the guys below to open the door and let them in."
"Okay, I'll go right away!" The honest soldier turned around and ran towards the gate of the manor, shouting at the two drunken servants below: "Hurry, open the door, our people are back?" Seeing no one responded, the honest soldier turned and looked outside again. At this time, the cavalry had reached halfway up the mountain.
The ordinary soldiers and servants in the manor all know that not everyone can offend these cavalry. Once you anger them, you will not get any good results. So, the guy staggered down the wooden ladder again.
Going down the steps, I saw two handymen lying on the ground. This guy, who usually no one dared to mess with, kicked the drunken man lying on the ground hard, spat at them, and walked straight towards the door.
When he looked out through the crack in the door, the leading cavalry had already appeared ten steps away from the manor gate.
Just as the honest soldier was about to take down the bowl-sized log on the door, he suddenly remembered the words the team leader told them when they changed the guard in the afternoon, "No matter who they are, let them in after matching the code."
Although he couldn't offend the cavalry outside, for the sake of caution, this guy who was usually not popular still mustered up the courage to say, "Secret signal!"
Hash this, this guy immediately put his face to the crack of the door and observed. However, the leading cavalryman only glanced into the gate, and then looked up at another soldier on the wall.
"Damn it!" The honest soldier slapped himself.
It turns out that according to regulations, the first person to speak the secret signal should be the soldier on duty on the fence. However, the consciousness of the companion who was drinking with him was already a little blurry, and he had long forgotten this matter.
Hence, he quickly explained loudly: "Man, the guy above has a bad eye. You just need to tell me the password."
At this time, the leading cavalry looked at the crack in the door, took two steps forward, and said loudly: "Amos Manor—"
After hearing this, the honest soldier hurriedly replied: "A man's paradise!"
Immediately, the guy immediately let go of his guard, and struggled to move the two logs on the door bit by bit. Then he took off the beam across the door frame and threw it aside~
squeak ~
Soon, the manor door opened with a sound.
Guys, come in quickly~
At this time, the leading cavalry winked at the few cavalry following behind. Immediately, he pulled out the long sword from his waist and slit the honest soldier's throat with one sword.
"You~"
Before he finished speaking, the leading cavalry shouted, "Up!"
Hence, the seven cavalrymen following him drew out their swords from their waists and rushed into the manor.
However, the drunken guard standing on the wall who witnessed this scene became alert instantly and shouted loudly: "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
In the blink of an eye, he rushed into the arrow tower and woke up several other soldiers who were sleeping soundly inside. Immediately afterwards, the bell hanging in the arrow tower roared~
Dang~
When the Lombard soldiers in the arrow tower stood up and looked around, more than two hundred soldiers in black cloaks who had been hiding by the bushes next to the path for a long time rushed into the manor gate one after another.
When a group of people rushed into the manor, the first to bear the brunt were the two handymen lying on the steps, sleeping soundly. When the two drunkards were awakened by the bell, before they had time to get up, they were wiped on the neck by two cavalrymen who rushed over.
The harsh ringing of the bell soon woke up the four guards who were supposed to guard the gate of the manor.
Luckily, the cavalry who had just rushed inside did not pay attention to the wooden house against the north courtyard wall. Instead, they went straight to the top of the courtyard wall along the wooden ladder and chased after the panicked Lombard soldiers on duty above.
However, as soon as these guys who thought they had escaped the disaster ran out of the wooden house, they ran into dozens of enemy soldiers who had already rushed in——"Retreat, retreat~"
The first Lombard soldier who ran out was hit by a light arrow piercing his throat and fell to the ground. The other three guards who were lucky enough to escape crawled towards the mansion in the middle of the manor and ran to the flickering torch at the gate of the manor. Angus, the deputy commander of the legion, raised the battle ax in his hand and roared loudly, "Quick, fight quickly!" Then he rushed towards the gate of the mansion with several personal guards.
More than two hundred Welsh Legion soldiers who rushed into the manor were searching for the defenders of Amos Manor like hungry wolves. Soon, they started a fierce battle with the Lombard defenders who ran out outside the gate of the mansion.
Prepared versus unprepared.
The dozen or so manor defenders who had already been numbed by alcohol were overwhelmingly chopped down to the ground by more than 20 elite soldiers led by Colin as soon as they walked out of the gate. Then a group of people rushed into the lord's hall and killed the drunkards like chopping melons and vegetables.
On the other side, the heavy armored infantry led by Klaus was divided into multiple combat squads, one by one along the walls of the manor and around the mansion - searching for hiding and escaping defenders.
In the arrow tower on the northwest side of the manor wall, the Lombard soldier who was still drunk a moment ago retreated inside with the other four companions when the enemy army rushed in, hiding behind the five archers, constantly calling for the archers to release arrows to stop them.
However, facing the heavy armored infantry holding shields and wearing full body armor, the light arrows flying past could not hurt them at all.
Seeing the enemy troops getting closer and closer, the guy who smelled of alcohol let out a loud roar, and suddenly burst into blood and courage under the influence of alcohol, and rushed straight towards the heavy armored infantry who was less than ten steps away.
Under his leadership, several other soldiers followed him with short spears, trying to stop the heavy armored infantry.
Boom!
After a muffled sound, before the drunk guy had time to react, he was knocked over by the heavy armored infantry in front of him with his shield, hit hard against the wall, knocked down, and fainted on the spot.
The other Lombard soldiers who rushed over glanced at their fallen companions, picked up the short spears in their hands and stabbed the heavy armored infantry.
Unexpectedly, the heavy armored infantry accelerated, raised their shields and rushed towards several people, knocking these guys to the ground on the spot. When he was about to lift the heavy sword in his hand and slash one of the Lombard soldiers, a flying arrow suddenly pierced his palm, and the heavy sword fell to the ground.
The Lombard soldier who fell on the ground seized the opportunity to raise the short spear in his hand and instantly inserted it into the enemy's eye socket.
When the Lombard who killed the heavy armored infantry tried to get up from the ground, behind the heavy armored infantry who fell to the ground, another guy raised his heavy hammer and instantly smashed his head open, splitting his brain for a moment...
In the lord's bedroom on the third floor of the manor house, Stephen was awakened by the sudden sound of bells and the continuous noise of fighting outside.
Rooney suddenly opened his eyes, quickly put on his armor and bucket helmet, picked up the long sword on the table, and ran out quickly.
"Lord Viscount! Oh no, the Burgundians are coming in -"
At this moment, the voice of Baron Arthur Delman suddenly came from the left side of the corridor.
Stephen quickly drew out the long sword from his waist and looked in the direction of the sound.
I saw Arthur staggering up from the ground and running towards the door of Stephen's bedroom.
Stephen quickly ran over, helped him up, and asked loudly: "What did you say?"
Arthur wiped the blood on his face and said in horror: "Burgundians are coming in. What should we do?"
"Damn it!" Stephen pushed Baron Arthur away and asked sternly, "How did they get in?"
"Cavalry, they pretended to be the cavalry we sent out, tricked the guards into opening the door, and suddenly rushed in with people.
Let us escape quickly, otherwise it will be too late——"
Looking at the crying guy in front of him, Stephen kicked him hard and shouted loudly: "Escape! Where to escape? The only way to survive now is to fight with them. ! Hurry, follow me! "
After that, Stephen picked up his sword and ran downstairs.
At this time, the Welsh Legion soldiers who rushed into the house were running upstairs one after another, chasing the panicked Lombard soldiers.
In panic, Stephen's voice suddenly came from upstairs - "Listen to me, pick up the sharp sword among you, and rush out with me!" As soon as the words fell, an enemy soldier who was chasing him rolled down the stairs, smashed the guardrail of the stairs and fell to the ground on the second floor.
At this time, the shocked Lombards seemed to have received a shot in the arm. They suddenly stopped fleeing, turned around and launched a counterattack, stabbing to death the light armored infantryman of the Welsh Legion who fell on the ground. Then, under the leadership of Stephen, The general pushed the pursuing enemy troops downstairs step by step -
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Outside the mansion, he saw that a Lombard soldier had climbed up the wooden ladder to a higher place and was about to escape over the wall. Colin immediately pulled out the short spear stuck on the corpse on the ground, charged up and threw it.
After a scream, the guy fell down.