king of the castle

Chapter 364 The Battle of Life and Death

At dawn the next day, Habasha led the soldiers to continue on their way. 【】The early morning in the desert is still cool, which is a good time to hurry.After [-] noon, the sun was too hot. Even if we continued to drive, the speed would be much slower than when it was cool.

Habasha found that today's march was faster than the previous few days.After all, the soldiers also knew that there was an oasis not far ahead. When they arrived at the oasis, they would have enough drinking water, and maybe there would be food brought in by the supply team. It seemed much better than the previous few days, and I wanted to go back to the oasis as soon as possible.

Of course Habasha was as urgent as his soldiers, but as the commander of the army, he was a little more cautious than his soldiers.Habasha sent scouts to the oasis at dawn. If everything is normal, news should have come back by this time.In fact, Habasha didn't wait too long, a falcon that lived in the desert had landed on the arm of the adjutant behind him with a scream.

The adjutant took out a note from the small tube tied on Saker Falcon's back, opened it and immediately showed surprise, and whispered to Habasha: "Your Highness, the scout said that there is no one in Tianjing Oasis. , all disappeared!"

In fact, this news was not beyond Habasha's expectation. From the time when the supplies were delayed, he suspected that there was a problem with the supply line, and it was very likely that they had been damaged by the enemy.At this time, Habasha was more concerned about another matter, and he immediately asked: "Have you found the enemy?"

"No enemies found."

"That's good!" Habasha said with a sigh of relief: "Order the army to speed up and rest after arriving at Tianjing Oasis!"

Just as Habasha gave the order, the scouts he sent had all turned into corpses.Roger was slowly pulling the sword out of the chest of the last enemy, and turning his head to complain to Sophia who was behind him: "You don't know how to help, I was the only one doing it."

"Cut, these half-starved ants still need me to take action?" Sophia said with disdain: "As long as they starve for a few more days, none of these people will survive!"

Sophia was right, but the problem was that Roger couldn't wait that long.He had to kill these scouts before the enemy's large army arrived, and there was really no time to wait a few more days.

"It's fine if you don't take action against these guys." Roger vaccinated Sophia in advance: "But the enemy's army has arrived, and you have to help!"

Although the puppet collar was still around Sophia's neck, Roger could just order her to do whatever he wanted.But after all, Sophia and Roger have a skin relationship, and Roger is still not used to really using her as a magic pet, and he likes to communicate with the dragon girl in a negotiating tone when encountering anything.

Sophia is also well aware of the respect for Roger, and feels that this human being is not as bad as she first imagined, and her attitude towards Roger is also softening day by day.Now that Roger said that, Sophia didn't quit anymore, but waved her hand lazily and said: "Understood, don't worry, none of those guys can escape!"

Sophia's words reassured Roger that he was only waiting for the enemy to come.In fact, with Roger's current strength, it is not difficult to deal with [-] tired soldiers, but if Sophia is in charge, the possibility of victory will naturally be greater.

Habasha didn't know that the Tianjing Oasis had been occupied by Roger, so he hurried over with his men.When he was not far from the oasis, he suddenly reined in the trotting sand beast, and stared at the oasis not far ahead with a look of astonishment.

Right next to Tianjing Oasis, a majestic and huge castle appeared!In the desert with harsh conditions, it is simply impossible to build a castle of this scale, and even the king of the country of Habasha does not have such a large-scale castle.But at this time, this huge castle appeared beside an insignificant small oasis, which made everyone wonder what was going on.

"Didn't the scout say they didn't find the enemy?" Habasha yelled at the adjutant beside him.The latter was also at a loss, not knowing how to answer this question at all.

The sudden appearance of the castle cornered Habasha and his soldiers.The last bit of water left by the team was also used up. Now the lives of more than 2 people depend on the well in the center of the oasis. If they can't get enough water from the well, they will all die soon.And the nearest oasis was two days away, and Habasha knew that his subordinates would not last that long.However, the castle was right next to the oasis, and Habasha didn't think that the people in the castle would allow him to get water without any interference.

"I just have to fight!" Seeing the castle that suddenly appeared not far away, Habasha's desperate eyes flashed a hint of madness.

"Soldiers, the Sweet Well Oasis is ahead! There is sweet well water, cool shade, and even delicious barbecue!" Habasha shouted to the soldiers behind him while sitting on the sand beast, with a hoarse voice. into the ears of every soldier.

Hearing Habasha describe the situation in the oasis, the tired expressions of the soldiers became more hopeful, and their morale also rose.Many people straightened up one after another, greedily staring at the oasis not far away.

"But you are here too, there is a castle beside the oasis, and the enemies in the castle will not give up the oasis easily!" Habasha continued to shout to his opponents: "We must take the castle, only in this way can we hope to survive! As long as you capture the castle, all the spoils inside will belong to you, and the first warrior to break into the castle will get the title of nobility!"

The so-called "under a heavy reward, there must be a brave man", the conditions offered by Habasha are attractive enough, and this battle is already related to the life and death of everyone, the hungry and thirsty soldiers ignited their last bit of fighting spirit and issued an order An overwhelming cry: "Kill, kill, kill!"

When the soldiers calmed down, Habasha suddenly swung his raised right hand heavily and said, "Warriors of the desert, go!"

Under Habasha's order, these more than 2 desert fighters charged.The sand beast cavalry beat the dying mount vigorously, forcing out the last bit of potential of the sand beast.The soldiers knew without Habasha saying that this battle was a matter of life and death for everyone.If you win, you can live, if you lose, everyone has to die, so no one has any plans to preserve their strength.

"Hey... Come on, they are really going to fight!" Seeing the enemies swarming towards the castle like ants, Roger reminded Sophia beside him: "Don't forget what you promised me!"

"Got it, got it!" Sophia responded impatiently, and casually said to the enemies who were getting closer: "Actually, it doesn't need to be so troublesome, as long as we stick to the castle, these guys will die in two or three days." .”

It is indeed easy for Sophia to wait for work, but Roger doesn't want to do it.These more than 2 desert warriors are a very powerful force of soul, if they just wait for them to die of thirst, it would be too wasteful.So Roger decided to confront the enemy head-on, killing them all to accumulate more soul power.

While the two were talking, the sand beast cavalry had rushed into the crossbowman's range.Arrows rained down from the city wall, and immediately a large number of sand beast cavalry fell to the ground.The desert climate is too hot, and ordinary soldiers don't know how to wear iron armor or leather armor.Otherwise, you don't have to wait for the enemy to make a move, and you will die first because of the heat.Therefore, the lethality of the arrows against these sand beast cavalry is astonishing, almost as long as they shoot at the target, they can cause fatal damage.

After only two rounds of arrows, the sand beast cavalry who rushed to the front lost hundreds of people.Such a head-on blow made the high morale of the desert fighters a little low, and the infantry who charged behind began to hesitate, and their pace slowed down involuntarily.

Habasha, who stayed on the spot to watch the battle, was keenly aware of this situation, and couldn't help but feel anxious.You must know that what is going on right now is not an ordinary siege battle. If you can't take down the castle, at most the whole army will retreat, and it will be fine to fight again after resting.If you can't take down this suddenly appearing castle in one go, no one can survive, including him, Habasha.

Thinking of this, Habasha immediately shouted with all his strength: "Warriors in the desert, have you forgotten what I just said, we have no retreat, kill!"

Habasha is also a strong silver man, and when he raised his fighting spirit and shouted loudly, his voice spread throughout the battlefield.The soldiers were also startled when they heard his words, recalling the current predicament they were in, they summoned up their courage again and rushed to the castle in front of them.

Although the crossbowmen on the city wall tried their best to shoot, nearly 2 people charged directly, and the more than 1000 crossbowmen alone could not stop it absolutely.

Naturally, the retreating desert warriors could not carry any siege equipment, nor could they climb the high city walls, so they focused their attacks on the city gates.Many cavalry directly drove the mounts under their crotches to gallop at full speed, and slammed into the strong city gate heavily.

Although they knew that not only their mounts would be useless, but their own lives would be in danger if they bumped into it like this, but as long as they could cause even a little damage to the city gate, these cavalrymen would resolutely bump into it.

At this time, the ferocious nature of the desert warrior was finally fully revealed.There were cavalrymen driving their mounts towards the city gate non-stop, and the sand beasts screamed and fell to the ground after being hit hard, and the cavalry often fell heavily to the ground, and before they had time to get up, they were crushed by the sand beasts that followed. The beast was trampled to death.

Under the continuous impact, the strong gate of the castle began to shake slightly, and then the amplitude of the shaking became larger and larger, as if it might be broken at any time.At this time, more and more desert warriors rushed under the city wall, and some infantrymen wanted to climb up the city wall with their weapons in their mouths, as if they would not give up until they captured the castle.

Judging from the situation at this moment, it seemed that it was only a matter of time before the castle was captured by desert warriors.