Chapter 424 Yes!
The thick black smoke exudes a pungent smell. Among the smoke columns, flames and squirming vines, the whistling thrush made a sharp call.
Among the broken walls and broken floor tiles, the vines as thick as a wrist have been reduced to the thickness of a thumb.
Only half of the wheel was leaning against the roadside. On the roofs on both sides of the long vine wall, mercenaries holding hard crossbows stood shooting at the running knights.
But how could they hit the extraordinary knights at this speed? They were blocked by the long sword when they reached them. Even if they were hit occasionally, they would just be stuck in the armor.
The arrow just pierced the skin and caused a few drops of blood to flow from the capillaries.
The extraordinary knights who were shot by crossbows laughed and put the lasso around the necks of the civilians, dragging them back and forth on the ground.
In the red eyes of the city guards and mercenaries, innocent women, children or old people were rubbed to bloody pulp by the floor tiles, and then strangled to death with hemp ropes around their necks.
But they couldn't do anything. The Kush Black Cavalry broke out of the long vine wall several times. Not only did they fail to recapture the civilians each time, they even got in many people.
Even with this wall of blood-sucking vines, they are still no match for the Kush Black Riders.
The knights guarded most of the passages, and the fleeing civilians in various neighborhoods could not pass through. They could only continue to hide in their homes or cellars, praying to the Holy Lord to protect them.
At the entrance of the North City Gate, the purple-red vines were still swinging back and forth, but they were much weaker than before.
The ability to create a long wall of vines with a radius of 180 meters mainly relies on Catherine's violent mana.
The nearly infinite mana of the violent witch flowed into the blood-sucking vines along with the blood, and it was only then that she blocked one of Elad's orders from outside.
Perhaps the magic power is unlimited, but Catherine's blood is limited. Even the witch's incredible physique cannot stop the flow of life.
At the current rate at which the blood-sucking vines are shrinking, I am afraid that in half an hour or even a quarter of an hour, the wall that protects everyone will collapse.
The civilians at the North City Gate raised their heads from time to time and looked at Catherine, whose body was covered with vines as thick as her little finger. The complex look in their eyes was indescribable.
They never expected that in the end it would be the witch who sacrificed herself and saved the lives of most of the civilians in the city.
After two hours of evacuation, almost 10,000 civilians were evacuated from the entire Rapid City, mostly women, children and young people, led by the core team of Magdi trained by Catherine.
As for those who were left last, most were middle-aged and elderly people. However, after discovering the actions of the citizens of Rapid City, the exit of the North City Gate was blocked by the guards who rushed over.
Currently on the city wall of the north gate, the militiamen and mercenaries of Xiaochi City are still fighting to the death with the guards outside the city.
The ten thousand people leaving the city are almost a quarter of the entire population of Rapid City, and they are also the most elite population.
Of the remaining 30,000 people, 10,000 have been robbed and slaughtered by the knights, and 10,000 are hiding at home praying that the knights will not come to rob them.
The rest are trapped behind the vampire vines, waiting for death in silence.
The streets are full of silent people, holding sticks or stones in their hands, standing or sitting quietly.
Wiping the wound with medicinal wine, Karl would often see commotion in the crowd. It was someone hanging himself or cutting his wife and daughter's cheeks with a knife to prevent them from being tortured.
The most youthful girl of fifteen or sixteen years old cried, big tears streaked down her cheeks, mixed with a few open wounds, and pale red tears fell to the ground.
But his father was also crying, but he still gritted his teeth and used a knife to cut open the young girl's cheek.
Karl wanted to stop him, but the rotten wound on his calf made him unable to stand up.
Is this the end of Rapid City? He muttered silently.
If the Salvation Army had been called for help earlier, would they have arrived in time?
If they can arrive in time, they might be able to deal with the Imperial Company, and the whole city might be rescued.
But now it's better. Most of the black knights of Kush were killed or injured, and more than half of the 40,000 people in the city were killed or injured, just because of their temporary arrogance and pride.
That’s why the position of leader of the team leaving the city was given to Mitnich. Karl could not say whether he stayed to atone for his sins. At least his sins could not be borne by Catherine and so many people.
Karl’s blurry eyes were on his arm covered in layers of blood scabs, and he couldn’t help but smile bitterly.
It wasn't until he faced the Order Company that he realized how powerful these knights were.
The armored defense of men and horses, the unstoppable charge, the exquisite martial arts, the never-fatiguing endurance, and almost no weaknesses except the horses.
This is the top elite in the entire Kingdom of Laia. Among the tens of millions of people in the entire Kingdom of Laia, there will be no more than 8,000.
More than half of them are concentrated in the 42 companies of the Order. Karl and the others, low-level cavalry who have only served as mercenary knights on the battlefield, how can they be the opponents of the Order Knight?
Of course, the Kush Black Cavalry is not completely unmatched. Relying on their superb shooting skills, they can still entangle the Order Company with their blood. Perhaps it was precisely because of this that Carl had the illusion that he could defeat the Order Company just like the Salvation Army.
He thought that the Imperial Order was not acclimatized after reaching Qianhe River Valley. He thought he could win and tried to win a fight. However, in the end, the black knights of Kush were frequently taken down, and he became the one who was beaten. .
With the achievement of conquering Rapid City, all the complaints and doubts about the Command Company after the Battle of Pavia disappeared.
Facts have proved that they are entangled at best. The real battlefield can only learn from Dunjar's phalanx and use massive infantry to fight against these knights.
Looking at the gradually weakening vampire vine, Karl sniffed and tightened his grip on the lance in his hand.
He seemed to be able to look past the vines and look directly at his old rival Elad. The captain of the command company was staring at them with a smile, as if he was looking at a deer in a trap.
Elad, who was sitting on the street corner drinking black tea, really thought so. Although he could forcefully rush in at a certain cost, he felt that it was already a certainty, so why pay for those casualties?
The firewood has already been piled up, and the kerosene has been poured out. All that is left is for the vines to recede and the torch to be thrown away.
In this city of all wooden structures and crowded houses, a fire can burn clean the few blocks in the north of the city and the last die-hard elements in them.
The number of people they have robbed and massacred so far has not been large. Elad is very restrained. He knows that the final fruits of victory must be handed over to Arman.
He has already accomplished the feat of destroying the city, and it would be a bit too greedy to compete for the wealth in the city.
With emotion, Elad stretched and stood up, looking at this important trading town.
However, the once prosperous city turned into half a ruin, the market was knocked down, the shops were burned, the houses were torn into pieces on the ground, and the residents turned into stinking water on the streets. Bodies in ditch.
If we want to rebuild again, we won’t know it’s the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.
Elad couldn't help but shake his head. He had no ill intentions towards Rapid City, it was just that the city blocked their way.
After solving the uprising in Rapid City, the next step is to liquidate the culprits.
"The Salvation Army, the Salvation Army." Elad muttered the name unconsciously.
The sky was gradually filled with dark clouds, and the skylight dimmed together. For some reason, he suddenly became uneasy.
I don’t know when it started, but the noise of the peasants and soldiers outside the city became louder and louder. He could even hear it clearly in the city.
“Boom——”
Suddenly a raging fire broke out at the top of the city. In the black smoke and fire, there were even soldiers from the church side rolling down from the top of the city like dumplings.
"What's going on?" Putting down the black tea in his hand, Elad frowned, "Go and ask, why is it so noisy over there at the city gate?"
Answer him It was not the respectful answers from the attendants, but violent lightning flashes on the city wall, mixed with "bang bang" sounds and screams.
Gathered beside the long wall of blood-sucking vines, every knight stared at the wall blankly.
What happened to that lightning just now? Is it going to rain? There is lightning and thunder...
Just when everyone was wondering, an attendant rushed over on horseback as if he was running for his life. He almost rolled off the horse and threw himself at Elad's feet: "Man...man..."
< br>"Human? Who?"
"Guards, from the west, they are all human, and there are witches!"
Feeling anxious, Elad pinched his neck directly , pulled him over, "Speak clearly!"
The attendant swallowed and shouted at the top of his voice: "I can see clearly that the people all over the mountains and plains are going to intercept the Salvation Army. Guards and knights! Are they running away?"
"Who is running away? Say it again!"
The attendant hissed, his neck was stuck and his eyes rolled back, unable to repeat it again.
As soon as Elad let go of his hand, the attendant sat down on the ground, breathing heavily and coughing violently.
"Our people were escaping, and I saw Lord Mizam's horse, with a farmer in black riding on it!" The attendant cried, "We are defeated."
"Impossible, impossible!" Elad kicked out suddenly, and the man's head immediately turned around his neck several times, "I ordered the empire to be invincible! Absolutely impossible! Confuse the morale of the army, You deserve to die!”
(End of this chapter)