Act 189 The Battle of the White Lion XII

At the first moment, the fortress on the sea cliff path outside Fatan Port was declared to have been lost. The guards on the city wall were caught off guard and were nailed to the city wall by the Hades steel arrows shot in the dark. The blood had not had time to flow out. It has been frozen. [.. Under the command of the Corpse Witch, the skeleton used siege equipment to smash the car door. The soldiers in the barracks realized that something was wrong, but they were already trapped in a tight siege. The resistance in the fortress only lasted for a moment and then subsided. All more than 30 Harbor Guard soldiers in the barracks were declared dead.

Port Fatan was built as a fortress for the fleet to be stationed. It was located among a sea of ​​cliffs. There were only two narrow mountain roads connecting the port to the outside world. The Imperial Navy built two mountain roads on these two mountain roads. Sea Cliff Fortress, the front of the fortress faces the valley leading to this sea cliff. One side is close to the cliff and the other side is facing the sea. It can be said that one man can block it and no one can open it. Five hundred meters behind the fortress is Fatan Port. The five hundred meters between the main city wall are still mountain roads and tidal flats, but the terrain is still much gentler and flatter than the previous section.

At this moment, Baron Ludwig and Delphine were located on the main city wall 500 meters behind the Sea Cliff Fortress. The city wall was already covered with troops of the White Lion Guard and the Harbor Guard, but under the order of the Prime Minister's daughter, Next, they extinguished all the torches, held their breath and did not make a sound. The city wall was dark, and several wizards opened a spell barrier to block the breath of the living. The spell enveloped the entire city wall.

The baron watched as the resistance in the fortress a few hundred meters away finally ceased, and immediately returned to darkness. He turned back to the indifferent Delphine angrily: "Since you knew about the sneak attack of the undead, why didn't you let them in earlier?" Are you preparing to hand over the fortress to others? I know that you have an old rift with those Eruin people, but you cannot drag us into death with you."

What he said was very unpleasant, but even ten times more unpleasant words would not make Delphine frown, but she just couldn't stand this stupid noise. He replied coldly: "As the military commander of this fortress, please show some basic military literacy and don't make a fool of yourself in front of others. I didn't want to remind you, but I'm afraid you will lose the empire's face in front of guests."

"What did you say!"

Just as Baron Ludwig was about to have a fit, Count Olkons on the side quickly pulled him aside. He knew that although Ludwig was the owner of Port Fatan, in fact, the person responsible for maintaining the operation of the port and managing the fleet was the fleet commander stationed in the port. Baron Ludwig actually did not have much military power. Su Shi was just a local lord, but he himself had already seen the intention of the prime minister's daughter. She wanted to let these undead souls in so that the priest could have a chance to launch a fatal blow.

The more than 500-meter narrow and rugged sea cliff path to the main city wall of Port Fatan cannot be easily exited once you enter, so as to ensure that their 'trump card' can be used to its maximum effect.

It’s just that the main city wall of Port Fatan is not high. It is only a little over eight meters, which is not enough to see in the fantasy world. This is really because the sea cliff fortress outside the port is too strong, and the original architectural designer considered the load-bearing capacity of the sandbar in the port and therefore did not continue to raise the wall. Now Count Alcorns feels very regretful.

He secretly cursed the original designers and builders for cutting corners. In any case, for an imperial fortress, they should not hesitate to inject magic into the ground to reinforce the sandbank to build a fortress wall of more than 13 meters, or even if it is not good, it should be an ordinary city main wall of 10 meters. level, then he wouldn’t be so worried now.

What's more, although most of the distance from Fatan's main city wall to Haiya Fortress is narrow Haiya Mountain Road. But close to the main city wall, especially under the city gate, is an open sandbank terrain, which is very conducive for the undead to spread their troops. There are not many troops left in Fatan Port. Among them, there are more than a thousand people in the Port Guard and about a few hundred people in the bodyguards of the Eruin envoy. Once the 'trump card' fails to work, the support of these few people will be low. The short main city wall and unfavorable terrain make it impossible to defend the port. The defense line may even be in danger before the 'trump card' has time to move into position.

But he didn't dare to express his inner worries. After explaining it to Baron Ludwig, the latter calmed down and stopped talking. But Yi Niede, who was beside Ouni, seemed a little unbearable and questioned: "Even if you say so, you should also inform the people in front to withdraw. That's more than forty lives. How can you keep them in the dark?" Are you going to die in vain?"

Delphine gave her a cold look: "A woman's kindness."

"you--"

Delphine thought for a while and realized that his current position was still on the side of these Eruin people. He sighed and explained: "Even if I send people to inform them, the order given is to let them defend until the end, but I know They will definitely not do this. They also died under the sword of the military judge after they escaped. Why not let them be heroes without knowing it? This result will at least be better for their families."

Enid's eyes were wide and bright, and she turned around in disbelief and asked, "Is that so, Chiara?"

The little girl nodded helplessly: "Absolutely." But she immediately stared at Delphine and asked: "But more importantly, you want their death to be more realistic, right?"

"Absolutely," Delphine replied equally noncommittally: "They are soldiers, and I have the right to choose how they die. As long as victory can be achieved, there are only stupid and wise orders in war, not cruel and kind orders. point."

Snow and rain were falling from the sky, and the slightest bit fell on the faces of the girls present. Enid and Oni frowned, and the elf and her pseudo-dragon lay on the city wall to look at the situation outside - but because they were too tall, Being so short, she could only stick her forehead out of the battlements even if she stood on tiptoes desperately. Chiara looked indifferent, while Delphine had a calm and indifferent look on her face. Raindrops slid down her smooth and beautiful face. , sliding down her ugly, bumpy scars.

On the other hand, Earl Alcorns on the side agreed more with this sentence, thinking that she was indeed the woman known as the flower of the empire. After all, there was no falsehood under her fame.

At this time, there was a slight noise in the darkness in the distance. Everyone present knew that the undead had opened the door on the other side of the fortress and was preparing to attack Port Fatan. Delphine stopped arguing, turned around and gave an order to the harbor guard officer on the side: "Knight Captain Serut!"

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"I order you to lead your subordinates out of the city immediately and attack the undead. Launch an attack on the Sea Cliff Fortress and be sure to recapture the southern section of the fortress wall!"

"What!" Baron Ludwig jumped up in shock, almost growling from his throat: "Vicious woman, you can't be so reckless. How dare you let my people go out of the city to fight with their number?" Hundreds of thousands of undead are attacking you, you are crazy. We only have so few manpower, do you really want to give Fatan Port to others?"

Alkans also frowned and persuaded: "Miss Delphine, our troops are seriously insufficient. It would be fine if we were in the Sea Cliff Fortress, but here when we leave the city, we will attack from behind, both in terms of troop strength and terrain. It’s extremely detrimental to us.”

Delphine was not affected at all and replied indifferently: "Am I the commander or are you the commander? I want to remind you that my command authority is due to the double acceptance of the emperor's eldest son and Count Tonigel. I enjoy the privilege here Supreme command authority, you must obey my orders unconditionally. What, do you want to disobey military orders or defect on the battlefield?"

"You——" Baron Ludwig's face turned green: "Do you want us to die, and we must obey unconditionally?"

"First of all, I want to correct your mistake. I can't let my soldiers die in vain. Secondly, you answered the right question. Even if I want you to die, you must obey unconditionally -" Delphine sat in a wheelchair in the rain. . He replied word for word: "Of course, you can express your objection. I welcome you to ask His Royal Highness the eldest son for advice and remove me from the position of commander. It only takes a quarter of an hour from here to the eldest son's departure. I It is estimated that it will be around this time when the battle begins, and there is not much time left for you.”

Baron Ludwig's lips trembled with anger. Marjorie frowned on the side, stepped forward and replied: "Miss Delphine, let us go first, the White Lion Guard is ready."

Unexpectedly, the prime minister's daughter glanced at him coldly: "Shut up, did I ask you to express your opinion? Get back! Knight Commander Marjorie, I don't think you need to tell you what a duty-bound soldier should be." What are you doing? My orders are not negotiable!"

A bolt of lightning pierced down from the dark clouds, turning the faces of everyone present white, some were shocked, some were angry, some were interested, except Delphine who did not change his color from the beginning to the end.

She looked at Xerut who was standing aside and asked: "Knight Commander, is it your knight's honor that makes you hesitate and shrink from moving forward at this moment?"

Xerut's expression changed. He glanced in the direction of the dark sea cliff fortress outside the city, and finally nodded heavily: "I understand, Madam Commander."

…

The process of capturing the Sea Cliff Fortress went smoothly beyond imagination. The plan seemed to have achieved the expected results. The residents of Port Fatan and the Eruin people stationed here were indeed not prepared at all. They must be in a hurry for this sudden solar eclipse. Unaware that the empire would launch an attack at this moment, Sock was walking up a flight of stairs to the southern section of the sea cliff fortress. Then he raised his head and looked at the Fatan Harbor. There were dots of lights in the harbor, and it seemed that he had suffered a lot. Due to the sudden solar eclipse, many people gathered on the street.

He is a subordinate of the Raven Cavalry Regiment of the White Legion and a subordinate of the Great Knight Harden. Harden the Bull has always acted as the vanguard of the legion. This time is no exception. Sock and several other knight captains are mainly responsible for coordinating and observing on the front line. Attack situation of the undead: As expected, the undead will form the first wave of this sneak attack, because their abilities will be greatly improved during the solar eclipse, while the human legions will be severely weakened. With this With the advantage, the undead will attack the outer walls of Sea Cliff Fortress and Fatan Port and engage in street fighting. It doesn't matter even if it turns into a bloody battle, since they can afford it anyway.

The main enemy of the White Army is the Buga fleet parked in Fatan Port. From the beginning to the end, Duke Anbunar believed that the fleet parked in Fatan Port was controlled by the Buga people. As for Eru Because people are just a cover, how could the Eruin have such a powerful fleet?

From the current point of view, the situation on the front line observed by Suoke was very good. He saw the skeletons opening the south gate of the Sea Cliff Fortress under the orders of the Corpse Witch, and releasing a small group of skeletons for a trial attack. These skeletons were in The lights reflected in the distance glowed with a dense white light, and they formed a tight formation. The Hades steel sword in their hands did not shine at all. It was a sharp weapon used for night attacks.

The skeletons went down the mountain road, and further away, it was pitch black in the direction of the main city wall of Port Fatan. There was not even the slightest firelight, and there was no movement. The message from the corpse witch in front stated that there were only a few stars on the city wall. The breath of the living is in line with expectations. It seems that this is indeed an undefended port - at least for the moment.

But for some reason, Sock felt a little uneasy in his heart. He had told several colleagues about this uneasiness before, but he was ridiculed for being too cautious - in the mouth of the cavalry under Harden the Bull, caution actually means cowardice. , he naturally could not accept this evaluation, and now he came to the southern section of the city wall of Haiya Fortress just to confirm his thoughts.

But at least so far, it seems that he is too suspicious.

Suoke thought with self-mockery, maybe it was because this battle was too easy, so easy that it was unbelievable, but the twenty or thirty Harbor Guard soldiers killed by the undead before were indeed not like He seemed to be well-informed, and it seemed like there shouldn't be any traps here. He stood on the city wall and took one last look in the direction of Port Fatan. His last plan was to walk down the city wall. It was really too cold outside. Several of his colleagues were unwilling to stay in this horrible weather and were already in the barracks. I found a place that looked warmer and hid.

It was at this time that Knight Commander Sherut from Port Fatan led a small group of his men to a place not far from the southern wall of the Sea Cliff Fortress. According to Delphine's instructions, they brought A wizard, this wizard is a Tonigel, and is not very familiar with the others. He just silently maintains a Breath of the Dead spell in the team.

Xerute, who was walking at the front, made a gesture to stop the entire team. Not far ahead was a 'small group' of undead that were leaving the fortress. Under the cold light, it was so white that it looked like a forest of bones. There are hundreds of them - no way, to the undead, this is just a 'small team' of skeletons.

Sherrut frowned as he saw it. The Harbor Guard was not the first-line regiment of the Cruz people. He and his men could barely reach the silver level, but it was still a headache to face more than a hundred skeletons, not to mention there were more people behind the fortress. How much, he raised his head and took a look, and found a sudden shadow on the southern section of the Haiya Fortress wall not far away. He quickly turned around and whispered to his subordinates:

"Did you see that? It's a corpse witch. These low-level skeletons are actually commanded by a corpse witch. As long as we kill the corpse witch who commands them, they won't be a threat. David, take the holy water you received. Take it out, spray the arrows with water, and we'll kill that guy with one arrow!"

"As long as you finish it off, I'll give you credit!"

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