Medieval Empire Soldier Chapter 203

  When the joy of coming to the world turns into the despair of being abandoned by their parents, the child blessed by the dark evil **** has to turn into a twisted beast, struggling to survive.

  —Empire Nursery Rhyme.

  In the second week of November, the winter evil moon Moresbury ushered in its full moon night. The dark green evil moon exudes evil light and irritates the dark earth.

   Deep in the dark forest shrouded in moonlight, the ruins of Duncan Castle.

The Wanmo Rock, known as the core of destruction, is the source of power and the totem of awe for the Chaos Beastmen. On the entire ruins, all kinds of materials looted from humans or elves are piled up in the center to calm the dark gods. In exchange for the favor of God, the weapons, armor, banners captured by the defeated enemies, and the remains of the unfortunate captives who were dismembered and died, all surround the huge totem magic stone of Wanmo Rock.

  For hundreds of years, the blood of thousands of imperial troops has soaked the ruins of this castle, and their failures again and again have created even more terrifying dangers.

  The Rock of Demons stands where the winds of magic converge. It is a symbol of evil and a profane node inserted in the mortal world by the Chaos Demon Realm.

   "Roar~~!" A grand and **** Beastmen gathering was held deep in the forest, and the two-meter-tall Beastman Beast King "Four Corners" Angour was presiding over the ceremony of sacrificing the evil god.

It was born with two extremely ugly heads. Angour's parents completely hated this softly crying new life, and threw the mutated baby into the woods to fend for itself. However, in such a harsh environment Under the circumstances, Ungul survived by devouring maggots and tree roots, and gradually became strong enough to hunt other creatures. Finally, Ungul found the way to the man-made tribe and joined the team of Ungour.

But today, Ungul killed the leader of the screaming shaman in a duel, and became the new beast king of the man-made tribe. His scarlet pupils were full of tyranny, and he swung his serrated knife to cut off the screaming shaman. The huge horns that were cut off were tied to his two heads respectively.

"Roar!!" The evil **** noticed the move of the beast king. In the whisper of temptation, the dark gods endowed Ungul with a tongue that could speak dark spells. Wearing the new headgear, the beast king siblings Dancingly bathed in the moonlight, staring at his own shadow with ecstatic eyes and shouting over and over again: "Four Corners~~Four Corners~~!"

   Joining its ranks with many Ulcorns, Ungul led a vast army of outcasts, sylphs, and monsters to invade the realms of men, unleashing their hatred on any captured creature.

   And a cunning ambush by wild beasts continued to induce the patrolling army of Westland to go deep into the hinterland, and was finally surrounded by more than 3,000 horned beasts.

At this moment, the captured human soldiers were being dragged by the low-horned beasts to the Ten Thousand Demon Rock while screaming. It will be a grand ceremony to welcome the new beast king. Amidst the screams of fear and despair, they will be given to the strongest soldiers. The wild beasts, a gluttonous feast like a picture scroll of hell.

   "With horns... eat! With horns... kill! Horde, strong!!" Under the baptism of terrifying blood, Angour's body became stronger, holding a serrated knife: "Kill!!"

   After finishing speaking, the Four-Horned Beast King bit the head of a captured imperial knight, splashing it all over.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" Hundreds of beastmen surrounded the Demon Rock, and the beasts instinctively knelt down to pay respect to their Beastmaster. Coming from the deep woods, every corner of the castle ruins is filled with these horrible creatures.

"Roar---"

  The earth is shaking, and the spirits of the forest are weeping.

  A round of magic eyes grew out of the tree trunk, a cyst like a rotten ovary burst out with yellow pus, and under the light of the evil moon, the flames surrounding the Wanmo Rock were blazing.

  The flames and the smell of human flesh attracted the beastmen in the dark forest several kilometers nearby to gather towards the Demon Rock, gradually forming a huge torrent of flesh and blood, and the giant magic stone was carved with several twisted dark runes by the shaman.

Chaos and corruption swept across the ruins and brought divine grace. The number of Beastmen is increasing every second, becoming stronger, horned beasts with first horns, ferocious doomsday bulls, chaos war dogs, razor beasts, harpies Monsters, centaurs, and Cyclops, a deadly threat to the human army.

"The oracle... is coming! Kill... kill! Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" The dark gods whispered in its ears, and the pupils of the four-horned beast king glowed with blood, raised the serrated knife, and let out a deafening roar: "Kill all the hoofless ones!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" Man-made tribes, more than five thousand Beastman battle gangs and battle groups responded to the call of the beast king, the harpies soared into the sky, and the doomsday bull roared up to the sky: "Kill all... Hoofers! Sacrifice... the light dragon of the Far East!"

   "Now... is the time to kill!"

  In the dark forest, the coalition army led by Lailon is marching.

Out of precaution, this army of more than 2,000 people has a large number of scouts and pioneers to explore and guard the way. About 400 baronial soldiers with long halberds walked in the front and slowly advanced in a semicircle. With long halberds and swords hanging from their waists, they carefully pay attention to the movements around them. Musketeers, crossbowmen and archers are protected in the middle of the team.

The Eternal Knights and the White Wolf Knights are at the end. The deep forest is not conducive to the long-distance travel of the knights, and they cannot give full play to their advantages. Therefore, their duty is to protect the artillery battalion, the wounded carriages, and the luggage. On both sides of the knights, there are also Midden Sea The coordination of Mu's army.

  The speed of the entire team has slowed down a lot, moving five kilometers a day to maintain a compact and complete formation.

  The knights were not fully armed. They wore thick armor and uniforms, with axes, hammers, swords and shields.

Wearing armor for a long time is not only a serious burden for war horses, but also a burden for riders on horseback. During the process of carrying a load, it is very easy to get stuffy and sweat. Once exposed to cold, it is bound to cause non-combat casualties.

   If the battle is too long, the knights will get tired.

   Therefore, a knight is equipped with two war horses as standard, one for combat and one for normal riding. As for the task of carrying various equipment, it is all handed over to the accompanying auxiliary army for logistics.

  The mighty army, a quarter of which is a large number of carriages, which are loaded with a lot of supplies and war consumables, and part of it is the spoils captured from the forest goblin camp.

"Laeren, Duncan Castle is not far away." Von Tugenheim was wearing a white wolf fur cloak. Consider speeding up and retake the fallen castle earlier."

"Well, I know this, but the closer we get to the place where the beastman gathers, the more we have to be cautious." Laeren nodded, the forest was abnormally calm in winter, and the enemies encountered during the march only relied on the arrows of the wood elves The lead bullets of Yu and the pioneer cavalry can solve it. At this time, he knows that he must not be careless.

   But where are the Beastmen?

   Baron Draco pondered, these damned livestock did not appear for a long time, and the coalition soldiers were also quite troubled.

  Keeping vigilance, the army is always careful of the ambushes of the beastmen.

   Just like that, another two days passed.

  When the coalition forces camped about ten kilometers away from Duncan Castle, the Chaos lackeys finally reacted.

Just after the bonfires to drive out the cold were lit, the woodland lord Olasif rushed out of the forest with a dozen wounded woodland guards and pioneer cavalry, warning loudly: "Enemy attack! There are a large number of beastmen ahead! !"

   "It's the Beastmen!" The angry roar of the soldiers was mixed with excited cheers, which spread from the sentry post to the entire camp.

   "They are finally here!" The White Wolf Elector, who was sitting in the big tent discussing the military situation, got up immediately, and the long-term caution even made him feel relieved.

   "Yes." Laeren ordered towards the knights beside him: "Blow the horn, and the whole army meets the enemy!"

   "Obey, my lord!"

   "Doo~~Doo~~"

  Bursts of melodious horns sounded, and the soldiers began to line up in several rows facing the direction of the enemy's attack according to the company standard. They raised their weapons. The knights quickly put on their armor and formed a formation of foot knights, holding sharp knives, ready to fight.

In the snow-covered forest, hundreds of Beastmen appeared behind the shadows. They had vicious and ugly faces, and most of them held rough and useless spears and axes. Jumping, carrying the anger of order, he rushed towards the human camp: "Kill all the hoofless ones!"

   "Musketeers, get ready to shoot!" The sergeants standing behind the wooden fence immediately ordered, and the musketeers immediately obeyed the order, and nearly a hundred black hole guns were aimed at the incoming enemy.

  The human crossbowmen pulled their strings, and the wood elf archers were ready to go.

"send!"

   "Bang bang—"

White smoke billowed everywhere, dense flames blazed, and pieces of arrow feathers flew towards the rushing beasts. Many spear-wielding horned beasts and fragile Chaos war dogs were hit by crossbow arrows and feather arrows. At the front, a group of the bravest big horned beasts were torn apart like rag dolls under the guns, and the simplest arrows could also cause considerable long-range damage.

However, the Beastmen's army is superior in number. After a round of arrow feather baptism, the vacancy of more than 200 corpses on the ground was filled by the latecomers. The speed of the beasts was much faster than that of humans. , about a hundred meters away, nearly a hundred archers and spear-throwers of the Ugly-horned Beast roared and fought back.

   "It's the throwing herd!" Many sergeants shouted: "Defend against the javelins!"

   As soon as the words fell, the horned beasts raised the wooden javelins behind them and started throwing towards the neatly lined up human army.

A sparse rain of javelins and feathered arrows streaked across the clear sky, whizzing towards the infantry line. The weak body of the low-horned beast was not enough to support long-distance throwing, and less than 30% of the javelins fell on the heads of human soldiers. Inferior feather arrows have no armor-piercing ability.

  Several guys who were abandoned by the goddess of luck were hit by javelins, and the most serious halberdier was hit on the shoulder.

  The Beastman's long-range hit rate can only be described as horrible, either flying far away, or shooting his own people running ahead.

   "We overestimated these stupid beasts!" Von Tugenheim laughed loudly. Before they rushed to the human infantry line, many low-cornered beasts whose morale had collapsed ran for their lives in a panic.

  However, there are a small number of big horned beasts and a doomsday bull with rough skin and thick flesh. Compared with the bad horned beasts, the stronger beastmen have stronger shields. It is difficult for ordinary crossbows to kill them directly. The big horned beasts are gradually approaching.

"Prepare for close combat!" With a sharp swan horn, the musketeers retreated quickly, and then the baronial halberds raised their weapons and advanced forward. They looked calm and full of confidence in victory, forming a dense formation, sharp Halberd blades meet the approaching beast.

"Roar!" The doomsday bull raised his big ax and rushed straight towards the human army. The bull's hooves trampled on the soil. It just chopped down the big ax towards the humans in front of it. The next second, the sound of dozens of muskets bursting into flames resounded. On the battlefield, blood splattered on the spot.

"Steady the line!" The halberd slashed fiercely, and the dense spear array brought unimaginable damage to the horned beasts. The beasts driven by instinct faced the iron-like discipline of the human army, and there was only one end, more than 300 horned beasts As soon as the group was attached to the halberd array, countless cold blades swung across, and thirty or forty beastmen were pierced through their vital organs and fell down one after another.

"Knights, look at us!" Nikas-Francis and Armand led 200 infantry knights. These elites with both glory and strength used two-handed swords, war hammers, and heavy axes to attack from the flanks. The beasts launched a fierce offensive.

Walking with the knights were sixty giant swordsmen from the Ulric Sword Legion. They were wearing plate armor full of knife marks. The sharp giant sword swept across the group of bad horned beasts like a windmill. They were all promoted from sergeants, which meant the highest achievement of ordinary people. The giant swordsmen were very powerful in fighting skills and strength, not inferior to ordinary imperial knights.

As soon as the knights and giant swordsmen joined the battle, it also accelerated the overall defeat of the Beastmen. Dozens of heads were cut off by the giant sword and split in half. Empire fights.

   "For Middenland! For the Empire!!"

Human beings became more and more courageous. The halberd soldiers and swordsmen kicked the stubborn bighorn beasts to the ground one by one, and hacked them to death with their swords. Inspired, the elves and dwarf warriors chanted the slogan symbolizing victory and rushed to the front. The beasts charged away.

The uneven land, dense bushes, and the complex terrain in the deep forest slowed down the warriors, but they did not reduce the hatred and enthusiasm of humans for the creation of chaos. When the coalition forces were about to encircle, there were bursts of low-pitched horns from the depths of the forest Voice: "Woo~uh~~"

Dozens of Bighorn Beasts who have persisted until now heard the horn, and they no longer had the will to fight. They roughly squeezed away the inferior horned beasts behind them, left these "inferior brethren" behind, and quickly fled back to the forest. The speed of the chaotic creatures was very fast. After beheading all the horned beasts that hadn't escaped, many soldiers wanted to chase after them, but Lailon quickly stopped this behavior.

  A sudden encounter ended with a smooth victory for the coalition forces.

  The coalition lost less than 20 soldiers and wounded, but the Beastmen left nearly 300 corpses.

  After the First World War, many soldiers searched for loot contentedly, and the overall morale of the army rose to a new level again!

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