Tang Qi Tan

Chapter 538 Broken Bamboo 2
On the wide stone bridge named after the last famous general of the Second (Lily) Dynasty, "General of Flowers" Lumière, there are already corpses lying on pillows and brains.Back then, as a loyal minister who fought to the end, Lumiere led the remnants of the Knights of the Inner Ring, repelling the coalition attacks again and again.

He even rushed in front of the battle many times as if entering no man's land, and successively killed the Grand Duke of Poitou, who was the deputy commander of the coalition army of the rebel princes, and many important princes of the coalition army; he almost captured the king of the Acacia Dynasty. Ancestor, Count Besançon "Lucky" Westent.

However, as his titular lord and also the young last lord Compiègne II, under the persuasion of his entourage and relatives who were infiltrated and bought by him, he was secretly arrested in the court on the grounds of summoning.Then he ordered the Knights of the Inner Circle, who were armed as the royal guards, to lay down their weapons.

Therefore, Compiègne II, who became a puppet of powerful princes since then, was able to live for more than ten years; he died of alcoholism quietly after giving birth to an heir.But in return for the last moment of "Flower General" Lumière's loyalty, he was executed on this bridge.

Those who died on the beheading platform with him were the subordinates of the Knights of the Inner Ring who were ordered to surrender, as well as the promises and conditions of the persuasion, and the royal family and relatives who persuaded the lord to surrender. It's ironic.Therefore, this is also known as the Bridge of Heartbreak.

Today, the first to block the way on this bridge is a sturdy knight in thick Milanese plate armor and a recurved horned helmet on his head.I saw him with an extra-large halberd spear in one hand, and a large steel-faced shield like a door panel in one hand, swinging it lightly to block most of the bullets.

Although his armor and shield were already covered with scars, making them look bumpy, they still didn't affect his movements.In the next moment, there was only one inheritance knight who rushed forward desperately, and he flew off the bridge in an instant, and fell into the muddy river with a plop.

Then, surrounded by several knights in plate armor and a small group of lightly armored sword and shield armed retinues, they retreated to the bridgehead position on the opposite bank in a tight formation covering each other; It is easy to block the lead pellets and shotguns shot.

At this time, Duval, who is the leader of the Freedom Army Redemption Knights and the director of cavalry training, rushed over.Then he looked at the figure of the other party, and couldn't help but sighed solemnly: "It's actually the 'Blaster' Lefante of the Bull family. Didn't you expect him to fall too?"

The other party is also an old acquaintance of Duval.One of the contemporary leaders of the northern knight family, and also an old-school knight with a long history; known as the inheritance of the bull family, it can even be traced back to the last generation of the Rose Dynasty, the chaos and changes in the western continent caused by the celestial change.

Although it is said that since the military reform of "Mr. Terrible", the blood inheritance of the knights of the kingdom, together with the corresponding status and importance, has continued to decline; it has been gradually replaced by more and cheaper sergeants.But with the size of the kingdom, it still retains a considerable base in the north.

Therefore, as a representative of the hometown of knights in the south, after Duval surrendered and followed the Freedom Army, he also wrote letters to those families in the north with knight heritage.With the threat of aliens, persuade them to defect and submit to the Free Army, or at least remain relatively neutral.

And those knight inheritances in the north of the kingdom, under the increasingly approaching offensive of the free army, have strengthened their ties and vowed to stay out of the war; but there are a few exceptions, obviously the 'Blaster' Lefonte of the bull family in front of him , is a prime example.

This situation has also gradually changed. These relatives and old friends who are far away from home also write to him on their own initiative, hoping to learn more about the situation of the Free Army; they even send their children as messengers to join him in disguise. Effectiveness, as a retreat for the family.

Although, at this moment, his body was covered with bloody blood, and the horn of the decorative helmet was broken; the inside of the mask also seemed to see traces of blood; but he was not affected much, and waved his large shield to block the approaching The dense lead bullets fired, and the shock technique was launched again to miss a ball bullet.

"I'm just a little worried and scared about the power of this weapon." The young knight hesitated for a moment, but said, "The Bull Clan's blaster, even such a powerful enemy, can't resist it."

Before Duval finished speaking, he heard several muffled sounds; white smoke shot out from the tubular grenade throwers in the hands of several heavily armored knights around him, and several balls were thrown at the retreating soldiers. Le Fonte.I saw that he seemed to have sensed the vibrating shield and slapped it, and it was brittle and cracked immediately.

The next moment, streams of miserable green flames shot up from his shield, arms, shoulders and feet.Then, with his violent shaking and shock, it was instantly extinguished.However, Duval, who saw this scene, shook his head slightly.

"He has chosen to stand on the side of Burgundy, and he is our out-and-out enemy. He is neither worthy of sympathy and pity, nor worthy of you, paying the price for it..." Duval pressed his shoulder again, Solemnly said: "If this is the case, don't say it again in the future."

He was so burned that he screamed and rolled all over the ground, his head, face, skin, and flesh were scorched, and he crawled on the bridge deck in a blink of an eye, and lost his life.As for the enemy soldiers behind the bridgehead, seeing this, they screamed one after another, and then dispersed.

The congested bridge deck was also emptied in an instant; it was the knight squad that was repelled before, and the explosives left on the bridge deck showed their power.However, at the next moment, among the few kneeling survivors on the bridge, Lefante the 'Blaster' wearing a horned helmet suddenly stood up.

Since joining that lord's command, as the hometown of knights, Provence, the awakening probability of bloodline inheritance has also increased year by year; Those who confirm their renunciation are also reawakened.

This is one of the secret weapons used by the Freedom Army to deal with aliens. It is a special version improved from the formula of blazing glue provided by the alchemist from the Stargazing Club and the oil extracted from aliens. There is a special fuel that will always burn out.

Among the enemy groups that rushed across most of the bridge deck, flesh and blood flew one after another and exploded with a bang.The broken limbs and the bloody wind flying all over the sky were scattered among the soldiers on both sides guarding the bridgehead; even a large number of enemy soldiers were scattered by the air waves and overturned in the river;

At this time, Li Fante also reacted belatedly, braved the pain of being burned, and struggled to untie the increasingly hot armor on his body; throwing pieces on the ground.However, the moment he pulled off his horned helmet, revealing a straight face with Chinese characters, his short hair burst into flames.

However, no matter whether it is wet sand or a water-soaked tarpaulin, throwing it on Lefante's body can only temporarily suppress the fire; but once it is dropped or lifted, the green flame will rise again, contaminating the More enemy soldiers screamed with burning hands and bodies.

Then, one of the young knights, whose face was pale and whose mouth and nose were still dripping, couldn't help shouting, "No, let him run away...".The next moment, his shoulder was held down by Duval, and he said meaningfully: "He may not be able to run away..."

Although, feeling that this one of the few ancient inheritances is about to be cut off, Duval still ordered without hesitation that the two knight squads he brought over crossed the bridge again under the cover of shelling by his subordinates along the coast. A new round of offensive was launched.

So after a while, the young knight watched with lingering fear, the corpse that had been burned into charred black bones on the bridge, and tried to purse his lips and said: "Unexpectedly, the leader of the contemporary knight heritage, the 'Blaster' Lefonte , was burned to death without dignity?"

"Isn't this a good thing? The greater the power of the weapon, the more fearful and terrified our enemies will be." Duval said meaningfully: "The times have changed, and there is no longer a chance to win with honor. As Cavaliers we also have to adapt to change and progress."

Then without hesitation, he dropped the halberd spear, held the large shield covered with cracks and pits, turned around and retreated to the opposite bank.At this time, those inheritance knights who were shot down near the river were also salvaged wet with lassoes and net bags one after another, and took off their burdens in a hurry.

And as the kingdom, there is no connection and communication between the southern and northern inheritance knight families; on the contrary, in order to save and solve the lower and lower probability of bloodline awakening every generation, intermarriage is carried out among the inheritance knights/ Blood exchange is also a normal thing.

The title of the leader of the Free Army on the letterhead has also changed from the initial "blasphemy and holy heretic leader" to "the head of the Free Army Corps", and then to "respected Lord Chief of the Free Army", and even later agreed The "Great Knight King" and "Kingdom Leader".

In fact, after undergoing the celestial change in the present world again, most of the knight families remained in the area controlled by the Free Army, and they basically believed in the threat from aliens, as well as the crisis of blood pollution and severance of inheritance.Agreed with Duval's choice, and scrambled to lead his children to play.

Even though the Freedom Army has repeatedly proved that the Burgundian dynasty in the north has betrayed the subjects of the kingdom through various propaganda and display methods, and has colluded with the aliens in the dark to maintain the rule at the cost of killing lives; The bondage is too deep and dies loyally.

The morale of the other enemy troops on the bridge couldn't help being boosted, and they rushed towards the artillery barracks under the leadership of Lefonte, hissing and screaming.But all of this was still within Duval's expectations. He didn't even order the knights around him to attack, and all of a sudden there was a sudden change.

But at the same time, under the continuous expansion of the Free Army, the inheritance of knights from Toulouse, Lyon, Pyrenees, Garonne and other places has also been included in the system of the Free Army; Groups form a natural sense of competition and contention.

Therefore, many people in the knight order also regarded it as the grace and influence brought by following the righteous way of the saint; and they became more fanatical and respectful of that lord.Therefore, the inheritance knights from Provence accounted for almost half of the Redemption Knights.

Because after only a few breaths, the miserable green flames emerged from Lefonte's body again, this time it even spread to his back and chest; in an instant, he hissed and screamed.At this time, the enemy soldiers who rushed out from the bridgehead to respond rushed forward to put out the fire.

Although Duval also has a grandmother from the Bull family; he has no intention of lobbying and persuading the other party before the battle.Because, since the 'Blaster' Lefante chose to stand in the way of righteousness and redemption, he also lost the last chance to save the family.

A moment later, the enemy knight Le Fonte, who took the initiative to fight, also unsurprisingly launched the famous stunt called "Blaster" again; as he trampled on the bridge deck, he was brandishing his weapon with all his strength to besiege his half. A squad of cavaliers could not stand firmly again and was shaken back by him.

This is the shock technique that originated from his blood returning to his ancestors. With the air vibrations visible to the naked eye one after another, the cavalier squad that rushed up the bridge one after another was knocked away by him one after another, or they were shocked back and forth. Squeezed into the river.The offensive was disintegrated in a blink of an eye.

At the beginning, naturally no one would pay attention to him.On the contrary, some people wrote back, criticizing and reprimanding him for having completely degenerated; he gave up knighthood, decency and dignity, and became an accomplice of those mobs and heretics.However, as the Freedom Army continues to win and grow.

Although the knights of Provence undoubtedly occupied the first-mover advantage; at the same time, they also became the target of these latecomers.Duval can also confirm that the lord will not easily let the power of a certain area be too dominant; this requires more careful self-examination.

Especially in this kind of decisive battle that is about to usher in the unification of the country, any inappropriate remarks can easily be exploited by others; and it will become a critical moment to establish each other's status and rank in the new dynasty when rewarding meritorious deeds in the future. grounds for attacking and degrading evaluations.

And the young knight is not only his nephew, but also one of his favorite disciples; I don't want him to be accused of sympathizing with the enemy on the battlefield and not being firm enough because of this unintentional verbal mistake... Although It cannot be convicted, but it will undoubtedly affect the future prospects.

Compared with the occasional setbacks and delays at this bridgehead; more battles broke out one after another between the inner ring area and the left and right bank areas in the city of Seine with the deepening offensive.But after all, not every place is guarded and blocked by similar powerful enemies.

(End of this chapter)