Chapter 1229 The Dangerous Fortress
Two cold moons were in the sky, the night wind was chilly, and the cold moonlight shone through the clouds that appeared and disappeared, reflecting a large fortress standing at the foot of the mountain.
This is the Iron Stone Fortress, one of the important towns in the northern frontier of the Pars Empire, and is an extremely important link on its long border.
"Your Majesty General, they are about to attack!"
On the towering city wall of the Iron Stone Fortress, a scout captain crawled up to a middle-aged burly general. The moonlight reflected his pale and frightened face and a line of blood dragged out on the ground.
He was hit by an arrow in the knee, but still faithfully performed his duty of reporting the enemy's situation.
"This general has seen it. Although I really want you to go down and rest, every combat power is extremely important now."
The middle-aged burly general nodded slightly and motioned to the priest to briefly bandage the scout captain's wound.
The general's name is Blair. He is a Pars border noble who has guarded here for generations. His position is deputy commander of the army and he is also the current commander-in-chief of the Iron Stone Fortress.
After arranging the scout captain, Blair slowly took a deep breath and walked towards the observation tower on the edge of the city wall.
On the opposite side of the dried up moat below the city wall, there were countless densely packed humanoid figures, approaching in chaotic military formations from the horizon at high speeds, causing waves of cold murderous aura to hit my face, which made people feel heartbroken. Trembling.
Listening to the increasingly clear sounds of dense footsteps, Blair forced himself to steady his mind and continued to observe attentively.
The cold moonlight reflected the sharp blades that had been unsheathed, as well as the ferocious wolf heads with scarlet eyes, sallow fangs, and covered with gray-green fur.
"Is there an army of at least 50,000 Jackals? And judging from the equipment, this is an elite force of Jackals, at least mixed with a main army."
Blair wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and looked around him.
There were only two thousand old and weak soldiers standing on the fortress wall, all of them looked trembling, and there were not even longbowmen who could pull the heavy bow.
Several wrinkled old magicians were even carried onto the fort and were trying their best to inject magic power. However, judging from their shaky appearance, it was obvious that they might faint and die at any time.
An uncontrollable aura of despair is spreading crazily on the city wall. Although these weak Pars soldiers still stick to their posts, the eyes of fear that cannot be concealed have already said everything.
This is destined to be an unwinnable battle.
Even though the iron and stone fortress is strong, it is still difficult to stop the siege bridge used by the jackal magicians. This is a 25 times difference in combat power.
"I didn't expect that the opponent would actually choose to launch an attack at this time. It seems that the opponent has discovered the fact that the fortress is empty."
Blair's fists were clenched, and beads of sweat were dripping down his forehead, covering his resolute face.
As an important border town in the northern border of the Pars Empire, the Iron Stone Fortress has three battle-hardened main legions and three ordinary legions stationed there. It was originally enough to easily deal with this army of jackals, and even had the ability to annihilate them all. .
But now, the main force here has long been transferred to participate in the war of annihilation against the Lengyan Kingdom. After the defeat of the Fuluo Fortress, they were urgently transferred to the west to defend the Iron Shoes of the Iron Hand Islands.
"According to the letters from the generals on the front line, part of the legion should have been withdrawn under the coordination of Her Royal Highness Princess Cecilia and Lord Commander Barnett. Unfortunately, before the deployment was implemented, these two big shots were both killed for unknown reasons. He was relieved of his command authority and his whereabouts are still unknown. Even Antonio, the Chief Magister, is nowhere to be seen.”
Blair gritted his teeth, and the veins on his forehead were exposed.
If some of the legions withdraw, the situation will never reach the current irreversible point.
Everyone knows the cruelty and greed of jackals. The five legions of jackals are enough to easily raze this iron and stone fortress to the ground. Behind the fortress, there are villages one after another, almost all of which are old, weak, women and children. .
The most critical thing is that once the Iron Stone Fortress falls, the lack of troops here will undoubtedly spread quickly to the outside world.
By then, not only the gnolls, but other barbaric races such as lizardmen, orcs, and wild boars who have been coveting this land will also invade in large numbers. I am afraid that this land will soon become a purgatory of blood and fire!
"General, what if we ask for reinforcements?!"
Beside Blair, a young staff officer stepped forward, widened his eyes and said: "If there are reinforcements, this fortress will never fall. Even if it falls, we can fight to the death to provide reinforcements." Buy time, otherwise this land will be devastated!”
"Reinforcements? Where will there be reinforcements?"
Blair shook his head helplessly and sighed heavily.
Although he is at the border, he has a lot of understanding of the current situation in Pars because his family members have rotations in the imperial capital.
After Cecilia and Barnet both disappeared, His Majesty the Emperor issued a series of incredible orders, preparing to march into the Kingdom of Grim and assist the Temple of Light in destroying the alliance forces of the Kingdom of Cold Flame and the Iron Hand Islands.
However, before the exhausted army could be assembled, the terrible incident of countless roots raging occurred.
Although those terrifying roots quickly subsided, it was said that His Majesty the Emperor also fell into a coma, causing chaos in the imperial capital.
In such an abnormal situation, how could reinforcements come to help?
As for the surrounding fortresses, they also have few soldiers and generals. Regardless of the fact that it will take some time to arrive, and even if they come, they will not be able to stop such a large wolf man army.
"General, what do you mean..."
Hearing the strangeness in Blair's words, the young staff officer's already pale face lost even a trace of blood, and the staff in his hand almost fell to the ground.
"Needless to say? We can only fight to the end."
Blair drew out the two-handed sword from his back, and the broad, polished sword reflected a determined and resolute face.
I saw him holding his sword high and encouraging loudly: "Brave soldiers, what we are waiting for behind is not only the land of the Pars Empire, but also the border of the human world. These cruel and greedy aliens must not be allowed to step in. Every penny!”
"Even if we die, we will let these bastards who covet human land bleed on the spot!"
Blair's voice resounded throughout the night sky, roaring: "The human race only has brave men who die in battle, not cowards who run away!"
After hearing Blair's encouragement, not only the old and weak soldiers around him, but also the pale-faced young staff officer and the scout captain whose bandage was bleeding were all excited and clenched the weapons in their hands.
"Archers and magicians are ready to let those animals that walk upright have a taste of our power!"
Under Blair's order, the entire fortress quickly entered a fighting state, and morale also increased a lot.
While Blair and others were preparing for the attack, the densely packed jackals under the city wall had also formed their formation and were ready to launch an offensive.
"Judging from the smell on the city wall, are there only two thousand human soldiers? The information about the emptiness in the city is indeed true. Such a ridiculous lineup actually tries to stop my 50,000-strong army. They are really looking for death."
At the core of the jackal army formation, a jackal leader with black fur and scars on his face sneered and said with a look of contempt on his face: "Instruct the front army to start attacking the city. I want to see these stupid humans torn apart with my own eyes." .”
Under the command of the Jackal leader, giant catapults were rolled out from the loose front of the Jackal army. It was seen that the launching grooves of the catapults were all loaded with stone bullets rising from the green mist.
It is not difficult to see from the color that it is obviously blessed with a corrosive spell that can penetrate armor and even skin.
Behind the catapult, tens of thousands of jackal light infantry armed with bucklers and daggers, all with their fangs exposed, and some even drooling, were obviously all ready to attack.
"Are there actually hundreds of giant catapults?"
On the city wall, Blair looked at the opponent's formation, and his body was almost too stiff to move.
Even though he occupies the high ground, he only has a dozen magic cannons that have not yet been fully charged, and a thousand ordinary archers with limited range, not to mention the wind magicians who can increase the range of arrows. All the magic arrows were taken away by the main force, and they were unable to reach the opponent's catapult position.
But the opponent's catapult can easily cover the entire city wall, which undoubtedly means that the opponent will not even give them a chance to resist.
After all, this fortress is only equipped with a buffer defense barrier. Under the current extremely limited number of magicians, it cannot play any defensive role at all.
For a moment, an uncontrollable despair suddenly surged into the heart of the middle-aged Pars general. Facing a giant stone bullet of this size, an ordinary shield was nothing more than a joke.
Around Blair, the faces of the Pars soldiers were even more pale, and some of their legs even began to tremble. What they faced was undoubtedly death.
"The breath of despair is a pleasant breath of despair, and it is really delicious."
The corners of the jackal leader's mouth raised, he sniffed with his slender wolf nose, and then burst into laughter.
I saw his blood-red wolf eyes shrinking, and he waved his big hand and said: "Launch, kill those humans, and make them and the villages behind them become our prey!"
As the Jackal leader's words fell, hundreds of giant stone bullets with a radius of more than one meter ejected, whizzing straight towards the towering iron and stone fortress walls.
The sound of the extremely fast speed piercing the air was like the sickle swung by the god of death, shaking the hearts of every soldier including Blair.
"Hahaha, arrogant human race, your doom has come!"
The jackal leader's mouth was full of sharp teeth, and his laughter became more and more unbridled.
Hearing the leader's laughter, the other jackals howled along with the wolf, their faces boiling with murderous intent.
Facing the corrosive stone bullets so close at hand, just when Blair and others were raising their shields in vain and preparing to die in battle, a shining absolute defensive barrier suddenly rose up, covering the entire fortress. All covered.
boom! boom! boom!
A violent collision sounded, and stone bullets surrounded by green mist hit the translucent barrier wall one after another. The broken stones scattered in all directions, causing waves of energy.
However, even though the momentum of the stone bullets was extremely shocking, as the momentum gradually faded away, the sudden absolute defensive barrier remained intact, and even the light did not dim in the slightest.
"This is...?!"
Seeing this scene, Blair's mouth was wide open for the rest of his life. He couldn't believe his eyes. He had only seen such an indestructible and absolute defensive barrier on the walls of the imperial capital!
But what is certain is that this sudden absolute defensive barrier obviously saved their lives!
"General, look!"
Before Blair could figure out what happened, the young staff officer's surprised voice rang out.
Looking in the direction of the young staff officer's finger, Blair noticed in surprise.
At the bottom of the city wall, a tall figure appeared at some point, facing an army of 50,000 jackals alone.
Surrounding the tall figure, a translucent purple energy barrier surrounded him out of thin air, looking even more profound and mysterious under the moonlight.
"A fifth-level strong man? Is this the strong man who saved us?"
Blair had become incoherent, his eyes widened and he said: "This is definitely not the strong man who controls the country of our Pars Empire. Who is he?"
Just when Blair was puzzled, the surrounding soldiers began to cheer.
No matter who he is, he obviously saved everyone present and even countless human races behind the fortress!
Needless to say, the person under the city is none other than Lei Xiao, and the caster of the absolute defensive barrier is naturally Xiaojie.
There was only one reason why Lei Xiao showed up in person at the city gate, and that was to test his current strength.
"Are you a jackal? I've long heard that this is a very tough race that can even force Chiduo and Mia's Zhuyue clan to move out of their place of residence. So let me take a good look at how big you are. It’s my ability.”
Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly, and Odorst appeared on the palm of his hand in an instant.
I saw Lei Xiao's thoughts moving, and dazzling thunder struck through the sky one after another, blasting straight towards the opponent's camp.
Accompanied by a series of deafening explosions, when the dust stirred up by the thunder gradually dissipated, the hundreds of giant catapults and the dozens of rows of Jackal soldiers behind them were all wiped out, leaving only one deep pit after another. There was thick smoke.
Since all this happened in a flash, by the time the jackal leader reacted, not only had all the giant stone projectiles been blocked, but the entire catapult force had been wiped out!
"Who is that person? How dare you stand in front of my army alone?"
The face of the jackal leader suddenly darkened, and he said with murderous intent: "Human race, no matter who you are, you and this fortress must be completely destroyed today!"
After that, the Jackal leader waved his hand, and thousands of Jackal soldiers stared at Lei Xiao with blood-red eyes, and they all came to attack Lei Xiao. (End of chapter)