Chapter 139 First Class Medal of Valor (10,000 Words Update 9)
The sound of broken armor sounded, but it did not come from Judra himself.
Judra opened her eyes in confusion and saw the head of a bone knight falling right in front of her eyes, staring at her with big eyes and small eyes.
"If you stay in a daze, you will really die!" Raven's voice came from behind him: "Flav, give him a war horse, let's continue!"
"Yes, Lord Baron ! ”
Judra was stunned, and slowly turned around, only to see that the skeleton cavalrymen who had almost killed him had turned into skeletons all over the ground, and a war horse was staring at the reins with a long sword nailed to it. Looking at him with eyes closed.
"This..." Judra's eyes were filled with the joy and disbelief of surviving the disaster. He pulled out the flaming sword and slowly walked to the horse, untied the reins and turned over to sit on it.
Inciting the war horse to gallop backwards, Judra's eyes fell on the direction Raven left, and her heart was full of doubts.
You know, Raven's soldiers are all fully armored, even the war horses are no exception. The vest, including the knight on the war horse, must weigh at least 150 kilograms. The battle begins. For most of the day, even if Raven had been wandering around the periphery, their war horses should not have such good physical strength to be able to shuttle back and forth in the battlefield!
“The Yellow Claw Flying Lightning…is it really that powerful?”
At this moment, Raven had no time to satisfy Judra's curiosity, because he was engaged in a very great undertaking - showing his face.
In a war of this scale, a mere thirty cavalrymen, even elite ones, cannot affect the situation of the battle at all, but now that Raven is here, he cannot do nothing.
The specific method is quite simple. Just lead the troops around the front line and let the nobles who lead the troops remember you.
Even if you can’t remember it, at least it looks familiar.
Anyway, Raven has the Eye of Truth, which can penetrate all weak links. With the help of Lux's magic, the soldiers will not be harmed, and the twice-strengthened war horse maintains sufficient strength. Strength and endurance.
For example, saving Judra was just a matter of chance.
But now that Judra has been saved, Raven's mind has also opened up. He will also help solve some nobles who are in danger - as long as they are not so dangerous. If there really is a plague colossus Raven won't stop, no matter what.
As for the nobles who had run to the safe zone or were basically out of danger, Raven did not let them go and asked Lux to give them a small "blessing".
Of course, it is said to be a blessing, but it is actually a small group of light exploding above their heads. It has no practical effect, but it is somewhat of a psychological comfort.
The nobles who were "blessed" ran more or less faster.
After Lei Wen made a circle on the front line, the sky slowly dimmed, the fog dissipated, and the coalition forces slowly withdrew back to the camp.
The tireless undead army did not pursue. The main force was still attacking Meng En City crazily. There were more and more skeletons under the city wall. By the time it was completely dark, three of them had already appeared and built themselves directly onto the city wall. pile of bones.
The atmosphere in the military camp was extremely depressing. The four temporary legions suffered heavy losses, which meant that the situation of the Iron Legion was slightly better.
When the loss of the Fourth Army was brought to Viscount John’s desk, the old nobleman’s lips turned purple, and he didn’t know whether he was angry or distressed.
The fully-staffed 5,500-man legion suffered 1,738 casualties in the battle. One brigade was even killed and the entire army was wiped out.
This is the number of people who died on the battlefield. Whether the wounded soldiers were seriously injured or slightly injured, they were not included in the statistics.
That night, Minsk urgently invited the four army commanders and held a military meeting to summarize the gains and losses of the day.
It was normal at first, but as the issue deepened, it turned into blaming each other.
The one who made the most fuss was Laluen, the commander of the Second Army. Since his Second Army was the first to prepare, attack and penetrate deep into the battlefield, it was difficult to evacuate in time and suffered the most serious losses. Three entire brigades were wiped out, and the death toll was as high as over 2,300.
He directly accused Minsk of being selfish, ignoring military aircraft, and forcibly ordering no retreat, causing such huge losses.
Minsk was quite restrained. Although his face was livid, he still managed to retaliate, but secretly pointed the finger at Viscount John.
After all, Viscount John was the first to order the retreat of the four temporary legions.
In this regard, Viscount John maintained a neither humble nor arrogant attitude and expressed his willingness to accept the punishment of General Minsk, but insisted that his decision at the time was correct.
The Fourth Legion’s lowest battle loss rate besides the Iron Legion also proves this point.
Lancaster, the commander of the third legion, sided with Viscount John, while Titus, the commander of the first legion, accused John of retreating easily and violating the honor of the nobles.
Seeing that the attention was diverted from him, Minsk began to act like a good old man again and began to comfort each legion commander one by one. After all, he pointed to some people to continue fighting with him.
After the four legions were separated, there were less than five thousand reserve soldiers left, and now they have been added to each legion.
The four legions lost a total of more than 8,000 people, and they would definitely not be able to make up for all of them. Laluen, who had the most trouble at the beginning, received the most compensation and completely made up for the losses.
The Fourth Legion received 1,200 men.
After all the waffling, let’s get down to business. The most important thing is how to boost the morale of the military, mainly the military morale of the nobles.
If the gloom continues, let alone continuing to fight, a camp howl is not impossible.
To put it simply, the entire coalition is in urgent need of a positive example.
The four legion commanders returned to their camps and counted them separately, asking the nobles to decide who was suitable to be this "role model".
The results were surprisingly consistent.
Except for the commanders of their respective legions, most people voted for the same person——
Raven Otta Griffith.
Well, there are many reasons.
Some people say that the young man is very responsible and has been busy on the battlefield and never stopped; although he is young, he has the courage to do his job and saves himself from life and death; he is also a young man , people know what they should do.
In addition to being grateful to Raven for his "life-saving grace", there was also a vague intention to antagonize Raven and Minsk.
Minsk also saw this and felt a little unhappy.
He is a dignified fourth-level Iron Knight, the temporary commander of the Iron Legion, and the eldest son of the Slater family. He not only has to serve as a commander, but also balances the forces of all parties. In the end, he is outcompeted by the little Baron Raven! No matter how unhappy he was, he had to admit the plan he proposed even though he pinched his nose. Who told him that he really didn't achieve any beautiful results today?
Otherwise, Raven would not have become the "most beautiful scenery" in the coalition.
The next day, Raven was awarded a medal in front of all the nobles.
He directly skipped the lowest level of "Medal of Gallantry Level 2" and was awarded the "Medal of Gallantry Level 1".
The reason is very simple. In addition to commending Raven's "excellent performance" in yesterday's battle, he also hopes that the nobles present can learn from Raven and carry forward his dedication spirit of never abandoning, never giving up, and having the courage to take responsibility. .
Logically speaking, only the royal family has the right to award medals.
Doing this in Minsk is equivalent to using the reputation of the Slater family to guarantee that Raven will definitely be able to obtain such an honor in the future. If not, then the reputation of the Slater family will also be lost.
It can be regarded as a kind of money to buy horse bones.
Lei Wen was confused. He really didn't expect that he could get such an honor just by doing some face-saving projects after fishing for a day!
The Cairns Empire Medal is divided into three levels and six levels, from lowest to highest, namely the Medal of Gallantry Level 2, the Medal of Gallantry Level 1; the Medal of Sacrifice Level 2, the Medal of Sacrifice Level 1; the Medal of Glory Level 2, and the Medal of Glory Level 1.
Of these six levels, usually only members of the royal family can obtain the highest level.
The First Class Medal of Valor, as the fifth level of meritorious service, is already very high.
The Morgan who died in the previous battle was awarded this medal for his meritorious service in defending the city, and his title was also raised from Baron to Viscount!
It can be said that obtaining such an honor is equivalent to obtaining half a promotion certificate leading to Viscount.
This is a glorious deed worthy of being recorded in family history!
"If old Gordon knew about this, he would jump with joy!" Eric said with a smile.
In contrast, Raven was much calmer, and even muttered: "This kind of honor that I don't know if it can be fulfilled is of no use. I might as well make my fief bigger!"< br>
That's what he said, but his expression when he touched the medal, in Judra's words, was very deserving of a beating.
This second-level medal of valor must be worn. If you don't wear it, you won't give the Slater family face, but if it brings trouble, it will come.
After a disastrous defeat yesterday, it was of course impossible to continue setting off today. The legion commanders gathered together to study tactics. The idle nobles began to visit Raven, the "rookie", and the enthusiasm among them made Raven quite distressed.
If we don’t meet him, it will inevitably give people the impression that he is a villain; if we meet him, the medal may make people misunderstand that Raven is deliberately showing off.
So Raven simply turned out to be out of sight and out of mind, and directly led the team out to "reconnaissance", leaving only Eric to receive the nobles on his behalf.
The strength of the second-order Iron Knight does not seem rude.
"Huh——" Standing on the high slope, Raven breathed the fresh air, with the medal on his chest shining, staring firmly in the direction of Meng'en City.
After fighting day and night, the situation in Meng'en City is more dangerous than yesterday. Although some of the piles of bones piled up under the city yesterday have been destroyed, more bones have been piled up. A rough count, even if it is not counted, can't be seen. In the part we arrived, just on the city wall facing Raven, there were nine bone mounds!
And the skeletons were rushing towards the city head one after another. If he hadn't been able to see the skeletons falling from the city wall, Raven would have almost thought that Meng En City had been destroyed.
Undead creatures can stay awake, but living people cannot. It is only a matter of time before the city is broken.
Minsk knows this too.
So after only one day of rest, the improvised coalition army went out again.
This time the tactics have changed again. After the surge, each legion is no longer limited to the same battlefield, but spreads out its formation and begins to advance and attack Men'en City from five different directions.
The purpose of this is to distract the attention of the Necromancers in the Order of the Hand of Death. Even if the Withering Mist is used again, the number of legions affected will be quite limited.
In this battle, the advancement speed of each legion is not slow.
But this anomaly quickly aroused everyone's alert, including Raven.
Because these undead soldiers are too weak, most of them are just cannon fodder. Even first-order skeletons with white soul fire in their eyes are very rare, let alone rotten corpses, bone cavalry or terrorists. A high-level creature like the Plague Colossus.
From Raven's perspective, he could only find "Herders" one after another, but no trace of the Necromancer.
From the morning battle to noon, the battle line began to advance towards Meng En City. The fastest Iron Legion was even less than 200 meters away from the city wall!
However, at this moment, in the center of the undead army's formation, the towering bone spire suddenly let out a terrifying and sharp buzz, sweeping across the battlefield in an instant.
That sound is like the sharpest whistle, ringing in the heart of every living person!
Lei Wen looked around and saw a scene he would never forget.
I saw undead creatures falling down in circles around the white bone spire, and the gray, white, and green soul fire condensed to the spire, outlining complex magic patterns, and they continued to expand and expand. In just a few days, With just one breath, it turned into a magic circle with a diameter of tens of meters!
In the center of the magic circle, at the top of the spire, a bit of gray-white light condensed, and the originally clear sky became cloudy, and even caused thunder in the sky as winter turned to spring!
Lightning continued to strike from the sky, turning large areas of undead creatures black. The world between heaven and earth was as dark as night, with only the magic circle shining brightly!
The light became brighter and brighter, condensing into the center of the magic circle. Then, a dead white lightning burst out from it, penetrated the atmosphere, and hit the wall of Meng En City. superior!
The earth suddenly shook at this moment!
Under the shock, the undead creatures were knocked to the ground one by one, and the defenders were thrown away, turning into black spots and disappearing among the bones.
On the left and right side of the city wall, mud and sand are spraying, and smoke and dust are everywhere!
As the earth trembled visibly to the naked eye, a section of the city wall trembled, cracked and collapsed like tofu!
The previous strong attack was just a way to paralyze them. This earth-shattering magic is the real way to break the city!
After a brief silence, a group of undead rushed out from the undead army. They were not skeleton soldiers, but bone cavalry!
Raven's pupils tightened.
No wonder we didn’t see any traces of the Bone Cavalry in this battle. It turned out that the Hand of Death had gathered them together, and they were just waiting for this moment to break the city wall and rush into Meng En City!
For the human cavalry, the collapsed city wall was simply a road to hell, not a section that the cavalry could pass through at all.
But the Bone Cavalry itself was too light. They stepped on the ruins. Six to seven hundred Bone Cavalry rushed in, followed closely by a sea of skeletons!
Meng'en City is broken!
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(End of this chapter)