There's no time to explain, get on the bus!
Although it was very impolite on the battlefield, for some reason, when Lock saw Remedios's anxious face, this sentence suddenly popped into his mind.
Lock reached out his hand to the female paladin, then leaped onto his horse, turning it around and instantly killing a clueless demi-human. Lock whistled, signaling Bicorn to retreat.
What's the situation now?
Remedios spurred his warhorse and made his way through the broken city wall. A squad of Holy Kingdom soldiers was already waiting there and immediately blocked the gap after the two men and two horses had passed through.
She glanced back at the Holy Kingdom soldiers who were covering their retreat, pursed her lips, and after a long while said in a heavy tone, "The fortress cannot be held. We must retreat now."
Is that really the case?
Lock didn't know what to say for a moment, so he remained silent.
The two quickly arrived inside the stronghold. Isadro rode his warhorse toward them, followed by all the surviving Paladin Order members and some of the stronghold soldiers.
"Commander!"
Is everything ready?
"Yes. Pavel and Orland have already led their elite soldiers and necessary supplies to retreat ahead of time, and all of us in the Paladin Order are assembled and waiting for you."
Remedios nodded. The infantry's marching speed was not fast, so setting off earlier was the right thing to do.
The fortress originally did not have many warhorses, making it impossible to form a large cavalry regiment for a quick withdrawal. Now, all the original warhorses have been gathered together, along with the warhorses brought by the Paladin Order, to form a mobile force.
This is necessary.
To prevent the Demi-human Army from pursuing deserters after breaching the fortress, this mobile force needed to act as a moving defensive line behind the infantry.
There is no shortage of fast and endurance-oriented races among the demi-humans; their full-speed march across the open fields is much faster than that of human infantry. The number of demi-human armies attacking the Great Wall Defense Line is currently enormous, and after breaching the line, the probability that the demi-humans who did not participate in the fierce fighting will pursue them is very high.
"Let's go too." Remedios took one last look at the fortress, then spurred his horse and galloped out of the gate, with the rest of the mobile force immediately following behind.
On the city walls, more and more demi-humans had occupied most of the positions and began to surround the Holy Kingdom's soldiers.
A recruit, his face filled with terror as the demi-humans drew closer, shouted, "Don't come any closer!"
Beside him, his usual caretaker was dead, his head shattered by a stone spit out by the demi-human, stone-eating ape. The witty Kalan had his throat bitten out by the Iron Ratman, and Uncle Parker, who snored loudly in his sleep, had his heart pierced by the Goatman …
The tragic deaths of his comrades filled the recruit with despair, and his trembling arms couldn't hold the sword.
Seven or eight demi-humans slowly surrounded them, their faces seemingly bearing savage smiles, emitting eerie laughter. There were no more humans around for them to ravage; this was the last one.
An Ogre approached the recruit and reached out its paw to grab his head.
The giant hand seemed to cover the entire sky, and the recruit was terrified. But at a certain moment, he realized that he was definitely going to die.
"I'm not afraid of you!" the recruit roared, as if it were his last cry. He gripped his weapon tightly and charged toward Ogre.
Unfortunately, Ogre simply swept his club around, and the recruit was sent flying, spitting out a mouthful of blood in mid-air before falling towards the city wall.
Directly below him were demi-humans with their heads tilted back, like wolves waiting to be fed, their eyes fixed on the falling food.
"Release the arrows!!!"
Ogre had just wiped out the last human, and the group of demi-humans was preparing to leave for other battlegrounds when a voice suddenly rang out from behind them, followed by a rain of arrows.
Almost all the demi-humans were hit by arrows the instant they turned around, and some unlucky ones were even hit in vital areas and fell immediately.
A hundred-strong squad from the Holy Kingdom charged towards the demi-humans, armed entirely with spears, and stabbed the wounded demi-humans to death.
Commander Aud lowered his longsword and looked towards the other side of the city wall. Many demi-humans had been drawn over by their earlier attack, and the other Holy Kingdom soldiers who were resisting seemed to see a glimmer of hope.
Unfortunately, we are destined to die here.
Commander Aud sighed inwardly, but his face beamed with inspiring confidence as he shouted, "Brothers! Don't be afraid, I, Aud Barres Angelott, have come to your aid!!!"
"Oh!"
"It's Commander!"
"Great! We're saved!!!"
The Holy Kingdom soldiers were greatly encouraged when they saw Commander Aud personally taking to the battlefield, and then continued to fight the demi-humans around them.
Little did they know that this fortress had already been abandoned by the people in front of them, and they had all become sacrifices for the retreat of the elite troops.
Although I am not a qualified commander to lead you to victory, at least I will die with you.
Commander Aud smiled, and then, despite his mediocre martial arts skills, he charged directly at an oncoming Ogre, for this would be the end of his life.
After arranging for Remedios and others to retreat, Commander immediately organized a reinforcement team to patrol the dangerous areas on the city walls. Through the continuous sacrifice of his men, he completed a full patrol, ensuring that every Holy Kingdom soldier who was struggling to resist saw him.
This would allow them to continue holding their positions and prevent them from feeling abandoned and collapsing quickly due to the withdrawal of elite troops, thus buying time for the elite forces to leave.
Thump!
Ogre's massive club slammed into Commander's shoulder. The force of the impact would have knocked an ordinary person to the ground, but Ogre gritted his teeth and endured it. Then, disregarding everything else, he used all his strength to plunge his sword into the heart of the Ogre.
Aww!!!
With a wail, Ogre staggered back two steps before collapsing heavily to the ground.
The surrounding demi-humans immediately rushed forward. Commander Aud's weapon was stuck in Ogre's chest, and the intense dull pain in his left shoulder made him unable to stand steadily.
Die, you demi-human!!!
With a burst of strength from who knows where, Commander Aud shouted and charged directly at a Goatman near the city wall. The Goatman immediately swung its iron sword and slashed at Commander Aud's chest.
At this moment, Commander Aud was more like a maddened beast, pouncing on Goatman, gripping its upper body tightly, and then biting its neck.
Goatman let out a painful howl, relentlessly attacking Commander Aud with his iron sword, but to no avail. He was pushed off the broken city wall and fell.
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