my age of magic

Chapter 748 248. Some things after the war
The sky in Trum gradually dimmed, and the soldiers began to silently clean up the ruined battlefield. They dug out corpses from the rubble and collapsed walls, and threw them into a large burning pit among.

The fire was burning hot, and the corpses were slowly turning into ashes in the fire. The price of victory was so heavy that it was hard to breathe.

There was no expression of joy on the faces of the fighters in the Trum stronghold. Everything came too fast, including the defeat and the sudden reversal of victory.

Just in the morning, there were nearly [-] soldiers in this stronghold, and each soldier was full of confidence, deeply believing that Earl Horace would lead everyone to the final victory, but since Earl Horace did not fight And escaped, until the stronghold was smashed by the spider warlords, and then the spider warriors rushed into the stronghold, all this was really too fast, so fast that everyone had no time to think about what to do next, fight or flee?Afterwards, the battle ended with the ground shaking.

Many people died, and the surviving Trume guards were all survivors. This kind of victory does not make people feel any joy.

A soldier was lying at the foot of the wall, and asked the orc warrior who was bandaging his wound, "Is this the victory?"

Many wounded soldiers were like him, leaning against the north city wall. These wounded formed a long row, and the wounded were being carried over continuously. There were also some seriously injured soldiers leaning against the wall in pain. After they died, the dozen orc warriors transformed into a rescue team, took out the hemostatic bandages from the backpack, and began to treat these injured warriors one by one.

Squatting opposite this warrior was the orc warrior Kentoya. He bared his teeth, and a sunny smile appeared on his rough and ugly face. The soldier said: "Yes, you should be optimistic, after all, you survived this battle, you are lucky!"

The soldier's face was a little pale due to excessive blood loss, a long cut was made on his chest by the sharp spider legs, and the skin and flesh rolled outwards, which looked terrifying, but his injuries were not serious.He coughed out a mouthful of blood foam, and then asked the orc warrior in a low voice: "I heard from them that those master mages saved us. They burned all the spider warriors to death with fire magic. Seriously?" Yes, I have never seen such a powerful magic, are you the servants of that master magician?"

"To be more precise, it should be followers. We are not qualified to be Lord Jijia's followers." Kentoya said while wiping the wound on the soldier's chest with a cotton cloth dipped in a little golden cider. "Be patient with the pain, this thing is said to prevent wound infection."

The soldier screamed in pain. Kentoya held him down with a strong hand to prevent his wound from tearing again. After the soldier calmed down, snot and tears flowed out. Kentoya Ya took out a steel needle from the first aid kit, with a piece of white thread behind it, and he quickly sewed up the wound on the soldier's chest very skillfully.

"Look, my needlework is pretty good! I know several different sewing techniques, such as stepped, figure-eight, and ear-shaped. You can choose one according to your favorite. If there are no special requirements, then we will Here is the most common one, which is the most convenient to remove the stitches! But one thing to keep in mind is that when your wound heals, don’t forget to remove the stitches.” Kentoya smiled and said to the soldier, After the wound was sutured, a knot was tied at the end, and the cotton thread was cut short with scissors, and then the hemostatic bandage was tightly wrapped around the soldier's chest several times.

Kentoya wiped his hands with a blood-stained cotton cloth, and said proudly: "Okay, lie down in peace, don't forget to try to eat something and drink more water before going to bed .”

The soldier left Kentoya sweating profusely, showing a look of envy, and then muttered to himself, "It feels like I'm on the verge of death, and I've come back to life."

I was standing on the north city wall and happened to see this scene.

Looking at the optimistic attitude of the young orc warrior Kentoya, I feel that this group of young orcs are growing up rapidly.

Kalancuo beside him supported the city wall with both hands, leaned out his body, and shouted to the bottom of the city wall: "There are still many injured people, Kentoya, save some bandages!"

"Follow your order!" Kentoya grinned at Kalancuo on the city wall, and ran away quickly.

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The tenacious and unyielding defenders of Trum started a street battle with the spider warriors, and the senior generals in the stronghold continued to die in battle, and finally ushered in a large-scale defeat of the guards in the stronghold of Trum.

The soldiers guarding the Trum stronghold died, ran away, and were buried in the ruins. Today, there are less than a thousand survivors left.

Among them, half were the rest of the first battalion and the third battalion guarding the northern city wall, and some were civilian personnel and warehouse guards from the quartermaster department, and the last part were fleeing from the southern front and the east and west walls. They ran to the north city wall and found that the soldiers here were still fighting tenaciously, so they rejoined the battle and finally survived.

The commander of the first battalion unfortunately died in battle when the spider warriors made a surprise attack on the cliff for the first time.
These high-ranking generals are often the core of a team, and they are the primary targets of the spider warriors on the battlefield.

Today, the top officers of the remnants of the army in these Trum strongholds are only the battalion commander Melville of the [-]rd Battalion, who is covered with scars, and the quartermaster Felix. With rich experience in post-war resettlement, he ordered people to move out a large amount of materials from the warehouse, including tents, food, herbs and so on.

The surviving soldiers camped on the edge of the north city wall of Trum, where white tents were connected together.

In the ruins of the stronghold, there are still bits and pieces of fire burning, with faint blue smoke floating, and those flames that are constantly burning like stars are like fire elves dancing in the wind.

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Knight Disraeli sat alone on a high wall, his mail armor reflected fish scales in the afterglow of the evening, he sold a lot more than before, and looked lonely at the north slope of Mount Trum, I know him Thinking in his heart, he risked his life to bring several squads of the heavy armored infantry regiment out of the mountains, and rushed to the stronghold of Trum in the starry night to rescue Earl Horace.

For the past few days, Earl Horace had been unwilling to hear anything from Knight Disraeli about the evacuation of Trume.

Earl Horace slapped his chest loudly, and he impolitely questioned Knight Disraeli on the spot: "How can a noble knight have such selfishness? I, Horace, must swear to live and die with Trume." !"

The spider warlord had just assumed a charging posture, and the Earl Horace, who had sworn to say beautiful words, ran away with his tail between his legs.

Cavalier Disraeli sat casually on the city wall, with his legs hanging outside the wall, with a look of unwillingness, and complained to me: "Jijia, do you know?"

His gaze fell into the distance with a gloomy look, and he said casually: "At that time, when Horace ran back with his bodyguards, not only did I not complain at all, but I even ordered the soldiers under me to help him break through a passage. Let Earl Horace pass through the north gate smoothly, he is an Earl! It was my responsibility to protect him. But I never thought that he would abandon our entire heavy infantry regiment so decisively."

I can't say anything consoling, but I think Knight Disraeli just needs a quiet audience at this time.

He continued to complain: "I didn't say a word, and I didn't tell us what to do. We soldiers of the infantry regiment risked our lives to rush over to protect him, but in the end he left him on the battlefield. He probably couldn't remember it. It was the oath we made when we established the Heavy Armored Infantry Regiment."

Earl Horace abandoned the entire regiment of soldiers to the city of Trume, which completely chilled the hearts of Disraeli Knights.

"Perhaps the Earl was frightened out of his wits at that time. While he was fleeing, he didn't care that he should tell you before he left!" Although I don't like Horace very much, I can't say too deeply. Enlightened Knight Disraeli.

Knight Disraeli snorted, apparently disagreeing with what I said, and sighed after a while, saying, "Only in times of crisis can a person's true nature be revealed."

He touched the Western rapier at his waist, as if only the rapier at his waist could truly understand him.

Cavalier Disraeli added casually: "Perhaps, for us soldiers of the heavy armored infantry regiment, in his eyes, he probably can't even compare with a four-legged war horse. At least he should say something, shouldn't he?" ?”

I asked Disraeli, "Then what are your plans for the future?"

Knight Disraeli rubbed his face, and said decisively: "I want to take the soldiers of the infantry regiment to Tanton City to find Marquis Armand."

"Tanton City!" Qige said lightly.

Qige and I looked at each other, and then I said to Knight Disraeli: "Before coming to Trum, when we passed Tanton City, it was also surrounded by Nebru tribe spider people, I don't know How are we doing now?"

Tanton City will be the only way for us to return to Pereira City. If we want to avoid it, we must take a detour that is not too far away.

The matter at the Trum stronghold has come to an end. Unfortunately, we did not rescue many soldiers from the [-]th Battalion. When the city was broken, the [-]th Battalion supported the southern city wall, and then... Actually, there is no more. Like the soldiers of the Fifth Battalion, they were like foam rolled up by countless waves, appearing when the waves hit the cornerstone, and were blown by the sea breeze gently into nothingness, deceiving Katerina's tears away.

Maybe in the future we can erect a tall monument in the cemetery next to the new site of the Trum stronghold, and the epitaph on it reads: Countless brave Grimm Empire soldiers are buried here!

Perhaps the wreckage of the two spider warlords with a height of more than ten meters should be preserved properly. When the new Trum stronghold is rebuilt, the two spider warlord wreckages should be erected at the gate of Trum On both sides, they will record some of the great achievements in Trume's history.

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Walking down the city wall, I happened to meet Felix who was about to climb the top of the city. It seemed that he came here specially to find me.

He walked over with strides, and his voice was a bit like the bronze bell on the bell tower, and the voice was very loud and said: "Master Jijia, I just want to talk to you..."

"Master Felix, what do you want from me?" I stopped and looked at him and asked.

"This is not a place for conversation. If it is convenient for you, I would like to take you to a place!" Felix said to me sincerely.

I glanced at Qige and saw that she was also a little curious about Felix, and wanted to know what the quartermaster wanted to say, so I readily agreed to his invitation and said softly: "Of course, you First please!"

Felix took two entourages and led us directly to the warehouse door under the cliff next to the north city wall. The guards of the warehouse saw Felix approaching and quickly saluted. Felix waved his hand casually, looking It can be seen that he has the right to speak in the military supply department, and no one dares to resist his order.

After the warehouse guard saw Felix's gesture, he trotted all the way and opened the warehouse door. There were still a little burnt paint on the door, but this heavy door was very strong, and the distance The explosion was very far away, so only the gray paint on the gate was burned off.

I know that this warehouse has a very large space. On the eve of the explosion, Katerina was entrusted by me to let Felix hide with the rest of the troops. Nearly 500 people hid in this warehouse. This shows that this warehouse is very large.

Walking in the warehouse dug out of the cave, the crisp footsteps echoed between the cave walls.

After passing through the area where hundreds of bed crossbows were parked, I realized that the Trum stronghold is definitely not a purely defensive fortification. It should be regarded as an important reserve of military supplies. The stacks are just the tip of the iceberg. In the warehouse on the cliff, there are still a large number of bed crossbows hoarded, boxes and boxes of sharply polished steel bed crossbow arrows.

I kept walking in the warehouse, which gave me the illusion that the entire mountain of Trum Mountain seemed to be hollowed out.

The attendant next to him lit up the oil pots on the cave wall of the warehouse one by one, and the dark warehouse suddenly became brighter.

Walking inside, you can see all kinds of materials stored in the warehouse, such as iron, hemp, raw rubber, cotton cloth and so on.

Leaning against the inside of the cave wall, I actually found a mountain of grain.

I heard quartermaster Felix tell me: "Tanton City does not have any large material warehouses, and the Trum stronghold can be regarded as the largest material warehouse in the surrounding area of ​​Tanton City, because this natural cave is cool, Dry, suitable for storing a lot of supplies. Later, the Duke decided to build a line of defense, and the Trum stronghold was also built at that time."

He said as he walked: "There is an ironwood forest growing in the valley not far to the east of the Trum stronghold. It is for this reason that the Grand Duke of Samoyed has implemented some tax exemption measures, attracting a large number of skilled craftsmen to Trum. , specializing in making bed crossbows..."

(End of this chapter)