Heart of the Castle

Chapter 388 The Demon Army Has an Unprecedented Scale
Not all knights agreed with Li Wei's decision, and many people expressed doubts about how to let the demon army enter the predetermined battlefield.But Li Wei did not continue to explain his plan, but stood up straight with his hand on the hilt of his sword, and began to give orders loudly.

Wilps became the leader of the cavalry unit, and the two high-ranking knights, Dragonson and Dickway, were arranged as his deputy. Since the Great Wall of Ice did not set up a passage for the cavalry to attack, the main task of the cavalry unit now is to rely on fast maneuvering Ability to act as a temporary fire fighting team, responsible for supporting various battlefields at any time.

Of course, Sir Grace commanded the most important archer unit in the Ice Wall defenders, including the alchemy archers directly under Li Wei, the elite longbowmen who were also equipped with excellent bows produced in the heart of the castle, and the lizardmen who used composite short bows. Archers and Bowhunters of the Sherwood family.Ranger Warren, the two lizardmen leaders of the Rotten Swamp and the old knight of the Sherwood family are his deputy.

The other knights were tasked with guarding other key positions on the Great Wall of Ice Wall. Although Li Wei was confident in attracting the main force of the demon army to his direction, it could not be ruled out that they would use a small group of elite troops to attack the Great Wall defense line. The position still needs to leave the minimum necessary guard force.

Following Li Wei's order after order, the clang of armor continued to be heard, and the knights kowtowed their chests to salute, and then left after receiving the order. Miracles are being created.

Until the end, there were only a few figures left by Li Wei's side.Knight Gavin, the flag bearer, was still like a silent rock, standing behind Li Wei holding the Griffin flag high.Beside him was the sullen young knight Glen Worm. The battle in the morning made his blood boil, and he very much hoped that he could ascend to the top of the city and use the blood of the devil to make meritorious deeds for himself.However, as Li Wei's guard knight, he couldn't take a step away from the young lord, which annoyed this vigorous knight.Donna, who was wearing a khaki-colored steel heavy armor, wore a helmet in the shape of a giant bear. His visor had been put down, and his whole body was like a murderous steel statue.A long cloak made of steel wire was draped over his shoulders. Although the ice wall was icy and windy, even the corners of this cloak could not shake.

The remnants of the demons on the north bank of the Black River did not leave. It may be that they knew that the main force was following up, or that the demon nobles had given some death orders. In short, they regrouped and launched a tentative attack every once in a while.However, these attacks were severely hit everywhere, so that the demon could only flee back in embarrassment.

Then the demons set all the forests on the north shore on fire, and the black smoke billowed up, straight into the sky, and blown by the north wind to the defense line of the Great Wall of Ice, choking the defenders to cough.Some other demons who boasted of their bravery took the opportunity to come to the shore to curse and challenge, hoping to provoke a few simple-minded knights to come out to fight.

However, under Li Wei's strict order, what they obtained were either the silver alloy armor-piercing arrows shot by the alchemy archers, or the ice cubes mixed with gravel from the spirit trebuchet.Those who are lucky can still be dragged back to linger, and most of them have dedicated their lives to the cause of scolding.

Although the demons were bloodthirsty and cruel, they were not stupid, and soon this kind of harassment stopped, and there was a rare calm on both sides of the Black River, and everyone was waiting for the main force of the demons to arrive in peace.

This kind of waiting may be more stressful for the defenders of the Ice Wall Great Wall than the harassing attacks of the demon outpost.Many recruits and militiamen who have not experienced the bloody battle of the last evil disaster are restless, and others are not much better, even the knights who have experienced many battles are no exception. Looking north, he walked down quickly and unhappy.

The main force of demons that appeared at an unknown time became an extremely heavy burden on the hearts of the defenders of the Ice Wall Great Wall. Fortunately, this waiting did not last long. When the sun gradually sank, countless shaking waves appeared on the northern horizon. Black and red figure.

The army of demons came overwhelmingly, like a red and black turbid tide flowing across the extreme northern ice sheet. The forward was about to reach the north bank of the Black River, while the follow-up troops were still far away in the middle of the smoke and flames in the sky.When Li Wei climbed up to the watchtower and looked far away, his vision was almost full of dense light spots like locusts. The light red spots representing little devils and fire-throwing monsters had almost merged into a sea of ​​light, mixed with countless The red light spots and the relatively sparse, but not less than two hundred blood-red light spots, the former belonged to various big demons such as the violent horned devil, howling horned devil, incinerator, hellhound, etc., while the latter belonged to more powerful horned demons. Demon Warlord, Hell Flame Demon, Three-Headed Cerberus and other high-level demons.

The discipline of this unprecedentedly large army of demons is not very good, and there is almost no marching column. They just roll forward, wrapped in smoke and strong sulfurous smell, covering the entire north bank of the Black River, until the sight line limit.It was a chilling sight, and the roaring and beating of the hide war drums from these demons was like a blast of lava fire from hell.

The air was also disturbed. Groups of Winged Demons, led by Winged Demons Annihilator, flapped their bat wings and flew up and down, making continuous shrill screams. On the one hand, it was a demonstration to the human defenders of the Ice Wall Great Wall. On the other hand, it is also scouting the situation on the south bank of the Heihe River.

What they saw was the human defenders in full battle. The Great Wall of Ice Wall glowing with blue and white cold light was lined with spears and flags fluttering everywhere. Under each flag was one or several knights in heavy armor. instruction.Behind the ice wall, a watchtower stood like a giant, filled with soldiers holding bows and arrows.A little farther away gathered groups of militiamen. These people were poorly equipped, but in large numbers, ready to provide assistance to the defenders of the Great Wall at any time.

However, compared with the army of demons, the human defenders are still weak. Even counting the young and strong citizens who are unwilling to leave, they are only about [-]. It is very difficult to defend the Heihe River, which stretches for thousands of miles.But this time, the army of demons preparing to break through the northern border has assembled more than [-] troops. This is not counting the accusers who will come to meet up in the agreement, and the army of skeletons and zombies they brought is even more difficult to count. , simply relying on the quantity alone can fill up and block the Heihe natural barrier.

The short and fat Babrupa saw this scene from the top of the city. First, his teeth could not help but cluck, and then his face became deathly pale. "Li Wei...Master, we...we don't seem to be able to fight..." He ran to Li Wei's side as fast as his trembling short legs could reach, and said incoherently, "The devil , There are too many, too many, the number alone is hard to match!"

Before Li Wei could speak, Si'er, the leader of the goblins, who was wearing an armor made of teapots and iron pots, snorted coldly, "Fatty human beings, if numbers can determine the outcome, then goblins must be the most terrifying force, actually These guys are only worthy of living in the garbage dump, and they can't even start a decent tribe."

"A weak guy like a goblin, even an untrained farmer can handle it!" Babrupa let Si'er's disdainful tone arouse, but his voice stopped trembling, "This is not a goblin, even a Even the most ordinary little devil can stand up to well-trained soldiers! There are twenty thousand demons in front of us, twenty thousand! How many soldiers do we have, do we have 2000?"

"We have [-] elite soldiers and [-] trained militiamen." Li Wei replied calmly, "In addition, I also have a reserve team with about [-] people."

"Three thousand against twenty thousand, we are doomed to lose!" Although Babrupa was not stupid enough to yell out this sentence, there is no doubt that this is what came out of his eyes.And not only him, due to the unexpectedly large scale of the demon army, there are not a few people in the center of the Great Wall defenders who are frightened, including many knights, and there is a taste of despair in their eyes. The soldiers and militiamen who followed Li Wei seemed calm and composed.

The power gap between the two sides is extremely different. Compared with the demon army, the Great Wall of Thousand Miles of Ice Wall is like a fragile thread, and it seems that it is difficult to resist even a charge.If it weren't for the sense of security brought by the roaring torrent of the Black River ahead, some people might not be able to bear the heavy mental pressure and were on the verge of collapse.Li Wei discovered this bad trend among the defenders of the Great Wall, so he ordered the horns to be sounded and the alarm bells to be sounded.When the low and long trumpets and the rapid and loud alarm bells sounded from everywhere at the same time, and rang through the south bank of the Heihe River, the defenders suddenly felt refreshed, freed from all kinds of gloomy emotions, raised their weapons and shouted in response .

"Fight for Master Li Wei, the Guardian of the North!"

"Long live Lord Leviston! Long live the Griffin Banner!"

The shouts restored the morale of the defenders. Even so, some people were still uneasy and had a premonition of failure about the outcome of this defensive battle.

The leader of the demon army probably had the same opinion, because they did not launch an attack immediately, but stopped at the north bank of the Black River, and then a tall and thin winged demon spread its wings and flew towards the place where the Griffon banner was. At the same time, he shouted with a strong devilish voice, "I am the messenger, the messenger, don't shoot arrows, don't shoot arrows!"

Sir Grace walked quickly with a silver fir longbow in his hand, and asked Levi in ​​a low voice, "Your Excellency, are you meeting the messenger sent by the devil? If you don't want to see it, I swear by the family crest of the striding hunter, It only takes one arrow to kill it without burial!"

Levi frowned slightly and thought about it, then waved his hand and said, "Sir Grace, I believe your archery skills can definitely be done, but I want to hear what news this demon brought... Let your Let it in, people."

After the archers waiting in battle on the watchtower lowered their arrows, the Winged Demon swooped down with confidence, folded its wings, and landed in front of Li Wei.It originally had an air of arrogance and brutality and bloodthirsty on its face, but when it saw the knights standing beside Li Wei, especially those holding the bear-headed tomahawk in their hands, it looked like a vicious figure of Donner. At that time, the domineering smell faded a lot.Then it saw Levi Ston's serene and peaceful expression, but with an indescribable sharpness, and couldn't help but become more humble.

"I... I am the deputy captain of the Winged Demon Air Reconnaissance Team, Thorpe the Annihilator, sent by the abyss lord Kleinus." The Winged Demon who was the messenger said, "Which one is the defender here? Commander?"

"I am the guardian of the northern border of the Kingdom of Arthur, Baron Levi Stone." Levi replied in a flat tone, "Since you are a messenger, a demon, tell me why you are here."

"Your Excellency Kleinus ordered me to tell you, Human Commander." Winged Demon Thorpe's voice trembled slightly, because it already had a premonition that the threat made by the Abyss Lord would not succeed, and began to worry about its own life. "In the face of the demon army, all struggles and resistance are futile. Your Excellency Kleinus' goal is not the barren and barren land in the north, so if you get out of the way and surrender to His Excellency Kleinus, your Both life and status can be preserved!"

Hearing these words, Li Wei showed a contemptuous smile on his face. He didn't answer immediately, but he was not considering whether to accept the conditions of surrender, but the sharp words of organizing a counterattack.

"Go back and tell that Lord Kleinus that he is about to set foot on the land that the Kingdom of Arthur has given me the right to protect. If he retreats before that, he can still keep his horned and protruding head. Otherwise There is likely to be another beautiful decoration in my castle, if it is placed with the decoration obtained in the last disaster, it will look very good."

This is Levi Ston's answer to the demon lord. To be able to act as a messenger, Thorpe's mind is certainly smart enough. It immediately nodded and took a few steps back, then flapped its wings and flew to the north bank of the Black River. Did not say.

Sir Grace took his fingers away from the bowstring of the silver fir longbow, sighed regretfully, and said, "It's a pity, as long as this fellow speaks badly, I have a reason to make a hole in its neck. "

"There is nothing to regret, Sir Grace." Levy said with a smile, "After the war, I think you will have many opportunities to do so."

As expected, this opportunity came quickly. Not long after the winged demon as the messenger returned, several angry roars came from the north bank of the Black River, and then the army of demons rushed forward like a surging tide. .

Seeing this scene, Li Wei raised his voice to issue an order, his voice was like a sharp blade across the dark evening sky.

"Everyone, get ready to fight!"

Hearing the order, the Griffin flag was waved immediately, and the alarm bells and horns sounded in unison. The soldiers held their spears tightly, the archers raised their longbows and began to aim, and the knights' swords slipped out of their sheaths. Everyone on the Great Wall is ready to fight!

　Oh, it did come later than expected, but it doesn't matter, this chapter is counted as yesterday, and today we will continue with the second update.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)