Heart of the Castle

Chapter 438 Fierce battle against demons, black nightmare breaks the formation
The full speed of the Dark Nightmare in the Northern Territory is so fast that even a bird flying close to the ground can't catch up with it. What is even more surprising is its ability to increase and decrease speed quickly, almost as if Li Wei's voice is still alive Floating in the air, the four hooves of the black horse stepped on the ground continuously, and the speed suddenly decreased to the level of ordinary small steps.

Li Wei immediately pulled out the saber at his waist, turned sideways to face the direction of the forest, and was ready to fight.However, in the field of vision of the exploration technique, the red dots marked as hostility in the woods gradually changed as he approached, and finally turned into light green representing the friendly side.

"Viscount Li Wei?" A surprised voice called out, and then several people in green cloaks walked out from the woods. They all held daggers or crossbows in their hands, and two of them wrapped around their shoulders. The cloth strips soaked in blood had a happy expression on their faces. "Your mount is so fast that you can't even see it clearly. We thought it was a demon appearing."

After seeing these people, Li Wei also breathed a sigh of relief. They are all elite light cavalry under the Viscount Mars. It is better to go straight to the outskirts of Queensland City to find out the situation there, not to lie in ambush in the woods beside the road.So the young griffin lord hung his sword to the ground, and asked with doubts, "Why are you here? Where is Viscount Mars?"

Several soldiers looked at each other, and it took a while for someone to answer in a low voice, "We have completed the reconnaissance mission of Queensland City. Although it is besieged by the demon army, there are still people on the top of the city, and there are still kingdoms flying above the steeple. flag."

"Yes, Queensland City is still in the hands of the Royal Army." Another light cavalry added.

"That's great." Li Wei tried his best to look joyful, but there was still a haze between his brows, "But you haven't answered my question yet, where did Viscount Mars go?"

"On the way back, we were discovered by a winged demon patrol. In order to ensure the suddenness of the army's attack, Viscount Mars decided to lead most of the reconnaissance troops to attract the enemy's attention, and let us hide in the city leading to Queensland. Near the place that must pass through, report the situation to Your Excellency the Sheriff and all the adults." The leader of the light cavalry explained.

This explanation is reasonable, but Li Wei feels dubious.If other knights did this, he would definitely not have any extra thoughts, but Paul Feng, Viscount Mars?The former glorious templar has a deep hatred for demons and the dead. Once the reconnaissance mission is over, there is probably nothing that can stop him from fighting a fierce battle with demons.

"You continue to hide here, the northern army will arrive in about two hours." Li Wei ordered, and then continued to ride forward.Although these light cavalrymen vowed to guarantee that the city of Queensland was still not lost, Li Wei still felt uneasy in his heart, and he had to verify it with his own eyes before he could rest assured.

The closer to Queensland City, the sparser the woods on both sides of the road. The land here is extraordinarily fertile, and the agricultural development is also extremely sufficient.Large tracts of farmland are closely connected and extend to the end of the field of vision.Although it is winter, the climate in the four southern counties is still relatively warm. The last batch of mature late wheat and beans are growing luxuriantly, and they have just entered the time for harvesting.However, in this day when the harvest can be expected, evil disasters come mercilessly, spreading the flames of war to every manor farm.Li Wei looked around, and most of the fertile fields he saw were burned to ashes, and the other part was also trampled into a mess. The crops fell, and the wheat ears and bean pods were trampled into the soil. Like the storm that struck.

However, this is the attack of the demon army that is more terrifying than all storms. Although nature is cruel, it will still be lenient to humans and animals that can escape the devastation of the storm.The demon army did not have such an idea. From time to time, Li Wei could encounter destroyed carriages, dead livestock, refugees who died not long ago, and all kinds of destroyed altars, pots and pans.Obviously, what the devil attacked was not the established soldiers of the kingdom, but the unfortunate convoy of refugees.The crimes committed by the devil in the rich south of the kingdom are no different from those in the north, but the degree of tragedy is even greater. Li Wei roughly counted the corpses he saw along the way, and when he counted thousands, he choked with anger His throat, let his heart except for the hatred of the devil.There is no longer any other affection.

A few minutes later, a strange scene appeared in the sky in front of me. Billowing black smoke went straight up to the sky, looking from a distance like a giant hand supporting the sky, grabbing the sky in front of it into blackness.Li Wei sat up straight on his horse and looked into the distance. The city walls and towers under the black smoke could be vaguely seen. The smell of sulfur was faintly carried in the wind, as well as the roar of demons, the clash of weapons, and the rush of horns. whine.

This sight and sound made Li Wei feel trembling all over his body. He needed to clenched his fists tightly in order to restrain his desire to gallop his horse to the past.The city of Queensland is burning and is at stake, but he can only watch this scene helplessly.At this moment, Li Wei's eyes were burning with scorching anger, and even the man and the horse stood on the side of the road, motionless like stone sculptures.

The Northern Allied Forces arrived later than Li Wei had guessed. When the vast sunset glow burned the western sky into flames, the neighing of people and horses came from behind him.However, this is not because the Earl of Ansair deliberately delayed, but because he is a steady, experienced and battle-hardened commander. After resting for a period of time, he continued to march energetically, so that he could immediately go into battle after seeing the city of Queensland.

Fortunately, under the command of the Earl of Ansair, the Northern Allied Forces were able to maintain their basic combat effectiveness and arrive here.In order to maintain the suddenness of the attack, the Northern Allied Forces did not blow the horn of the order, but the noble lords of each team yelled loudly to organize the team and launched a charge formation.

Li Wei and his Griffon Knights were all arranged on the left flank of the coalition army. Earl Ansair invested the most elite troops here, including the guardian knights of the Temple of the Storm in blue cloaks and a whole brigade of city guards. Army cavalry, more than half of the knights of the coalition army also gathered here.According to the military exploits, no one in the northern allied forces can surpass the Griffon Lord except Earl Ansair, but the governor insisted on appointing the old, fat and strong Viscount Siegfried to command Left wing, and asked Li Wei to obey the old master's orders.

This approach made the Griffin Knights clamor for dissatisfaction, but Li Wei accepted it without any difference, which made Lord Siegfried, who was ready to be contradicted, feel a little uncomfortable.After returning to the left wing, the old lord immediately apologized to Li Wei, and said that everything was arranged by the sheriff. He personally never thought that he could do better than Dawn of the North.

Viscount Siegfried didn't have time to finish these polite words, because the situation in Queensland has undergone tremendous changes, and it is very unfavorable to the coalition forces.With a loud roar, the city wall in front of Queensland City suddenly collapsed, and a section of the city wall that was tens of meters long could not withstand the onslaught of demons and broke apart. The little demons clinging to the city wall let out panic The screams, falling down together with thousands of rubble, also announced that the fall of the city was imminent.

Earl Ansair put on a set of gold-plated light armor and appeared at the front of the team riding a white horse, holding up the sheriff's scepter in his hand, so that every soldier of the Northern Alliance Army Can see clearly. "Ready to charge, ready to charge! Loyal knights, brave soldiers, now is the time to fight to the death, for His Majesty the King, for glory!" He flew from the back of the team to the front like a dazzling golden morning light , the scepter in his hand swung heavily towards the demon army that was besieging Queensland City.

"All troops, charge! Long live the Kingdom of Arthur!"

"Long live, long live, long live!" The shout sounded loudly, accompanied by dozens of military horns blasting in unison.Thousands of cavalry from the Northern Allied Forces shouted and rushed towards the demon army. The blades and spear points reflected the setting sun, like thousands of burning stars sprinkled into the red and black evil stream.

The demon army seems to be unprepared, and the most elite troops are fighting endlessly with the defenders of Queensland City. The troops placed in the rear are either relatively weak, or have been severely reduced in the previous battle, and their morale and combat effectiveness are very low. plunged into chaos.Some tall, tyrannical horned demons were ready to turn back to fight, but the little demons lost their morale due to the sudden blow. Facing the cavalry of the establishment, most of them let out a sharp scream. screamed, then dropped the weapon and turned to flee.

Li Wei, together with other knights, galloped at the forefront of the charging team. The tall body of the Dark Nightmare in the Northern Territory was at least half a meter taller than the horse next to him, and his speed was more than twice as fast. On the premise that Li Wei did not deliberately control it , the mixed-breed nightmare beast made the sound of footsteps like dense rain, and rushed to the chaotic army of demons first.

The demon team that was facing the direction of Li Wei's charge was also in chaos, but the leader of the team - the powerful horned demon warlord refused to admit defeat. , tore it to shreds.This brutal action made the little devils around him tremble and stop running away.Then under the roar and kick of the horned demon warlord, a half-moon defensive formation was formed.

Seeing Li Wei and his horse rushing towards him like a black whirlwind, the little devils panickedly raised the steel forks in their hands, and the half-moon array immediately turned into a big hedgehog with countless steel thorns.Every cavalryman should know the horror of this defensive array, and how to slowly disintegrate the array under the coordinated impact of a large group of troops.However, Li Wei and the black horse under his crotch bumped into it without even the slightest hesitation. This behavior caused the charging knights behind them to scream in surprise, thinking that this reckless griffin lord would definitely be killed by those horses. Densely dense steel forks were pierced through the body, and he fell to the ground dead.However, as the hooves of the Dark Nightmare in the Northern Territory suddenly stepped down, a dazzling red light flashed, followed by a loud bang, accompanied by howls and groans of little devils, the half-moon-shaped array seemed to be severely damaged. The crystals hit by the hammer generally scattered in all directions, and the little demons within the range of the resistance to the ring of fire were either blown to pieces or thrown far away, forming a ten-meter-long formation in front of Li Wei and the Dark Nightmare in the North. long slit.

Only the horned demon warlord didn't suffer any serious injuries. This kind of powerful big demon came from the river of flames in the lava hell. The nightmare beast's fire-resistant ring did little damage to it. Scorch marks.The horned demon warlord roared angrily, and then his huge body fell to the ground, his limbs moved, and he rushed towards Li Wei viciously, with a deadly red light shining on its sharp horns.

This is a savage charge that the Horned Demon Governor is very good at. This huge demon is undoubtedly powerful, but its movements are relatively slow. It seemed extremely swift and violent.

If the Dark Nightmare in the North was an ordinary warhorse, this move would probably make Li Wei look a little embarrassed, at least it could stop him from continuing to charge, but the horned demon warlord didn't know what opponent it was going to deal with.Li Wei didn't even need to make any movements, the Dark Nightmare in the Northern Territory let out a long hiss, raised two huge front hooves high, and the flames as dark as night flashed above them, and then slammed heavily at the rushing Horned Demon Warlord Step on!

The disgusting sound of rotten flesh and bone cracked under the horse's hooves. The powerful body of the Horned Demon Warlord exploded like a mass of mud under the horse's hooves of the Dark Nightmare in the Northern Territory. The black sparks directly melted the high-temperature flesh and blood of the Great Demon. into a liquid state, and then splashed under the violent trampling of the horse's hooves.This action hardly slowed down the speed of the Dark Nightmare in the North. At the same time as the corpses of the horned demon warlord fell to the ground, Li Wei and his men and horses had already rushed towards another team of little demons who had just set up an array.This time, I did not repeat the performance just now, because the leader of that team saw that the situation was not good, and ran away first with his head in his arms, and the little devil immediately dispersed. A dead soul under the sword.

The brigade of cavalry arrived immediately, and the fat Viscount Siegfried raised his sword and shouted loudly, commanding the left-wing troops to rush in through the gap opened by Li Wei. The knights who rushed in the front were wearing heavy armor, and their horses and men were like steel giants. , trampled countless imps under the hooves of the horses, and chopped down before the sharp blades, and the counterattack of the imps could only make a clanging sound on their iron armor.Followed by elite cavalry holding spears, although their armor is not as thick as knights, the enemies they face are even more distraught, they only know how to run away and die under the spears one after another.The left wing of the Northern Allied Forces was like an irresistible raging wave, trampling everything, sweeping everything, smashing everything, destroying everything, the mighty army of demons gradually became chaotic under this fierce blow, even without being attacked by cavalry The demon team also began to panic, and the defensive formation gradually disintegrated.

However, in other directions, the disadvantages of the demon army are not so obvious.Earl Ansair led another elite brigade of the Dirk City Guards, bravely fighting the enemy through fire and smoke.What they are facing is also the most elite and tenacious team in the demon army.Especially the tall Horned Demon Warlord, with his extremely strong physical strength, can even knock down a charging horse with one blow; the nimble and ferocious Cerberus can jump directly on the horse's back, and use its powerful two jaws to hold the horse back. The cavalry above were torn to pieces.In this way, the two sides fell into a fierce battle, like two huge waves facing each other. The sharp swords held high by the knights were like waves, and the violent roars of the demons were like thunder.However, the sword dancer Earl Ansair is indeed unstoppable. Wherever the golden figure on a white horse goes, the demons there will immediately wailing and flee in all directions, not daring to confront the thorny sword that means death. .In this way, the governor of the northern border forced the demonic team to retreat step by step almost by himself, gaining a limited but tangible advantage.

The right wing of the Northern Allied Forces has the largest number of people, but their performance is the worst. Earl Ansair arranged there all the noble children who were eager to make contributions and their followers, and at the same time generously sent those organized and undisciplined mercenaries. and adventurers are allotted to them.When the battle just started, these people rushed out in a swarm, yelling, rushing and fighting, which made the demon army look a little flustered for a while.However, these aristocratic children did not seize the opportunity to expand their advantage when the devil's formation was shaken. Instead, they focused on chasing and killing those little devils who were running around, hoping to take more heads.This gave the demon teams behind a chance to regroup
When those noble children and mercenaries killed all the fleeing little devils, returned to the front line, and charged again, what they faced was no longer a panicked and scattered enemy, but an orderly formation with high morale. team.The right wing of the coalition army was hit head-on. Several noble children were knocked off their horses by the savage charge of the horned demon warlord, and then were stabbed by countless steel forks, killing them on the spot.This scene frightened the rest of the noble children to wake up, they couldn't help but rein in the horses and stopped sprinting.This pause was fatal, and the demon team rushed over like a red and black avalanche, killing the subordinates and adventurers who blocked the way. A frightened young nobleman turned his horse's head first, followed by the second The first, the third... After that, almost all the noble children rode their horses and fled.If the adventurers and mercenaries hadn't known the fate of the rout and fought desperately to stop the retinue knights, the demons might have completely defeated the right wing of the northern coalition forces. Even so, they were still retreating steadily, leaving behind many There were fewer dead bodies and wounded, and the formation gradually became disorganized.

(End of this chapter)