MTL - Lord Highlander-Chapter 23 22. Retreat to the stone wall
Chapter 23 22. Retreat to the stone wall
The battle with the hyenas lasted until midnight.
Baron Sidney stood on the pile of hyena corpses, blood was already flowing under his feet, and there were still countless hyenas rushing out of the dense forest.
Baron Sidney's originally fair face was covered with blood, and the sword in his hand seemed to have been soaked in blood. The white cyclone covering his body had become extremely weak. His face was a little pale, and he held his hands wide The sword's hand was already trembling slightly.
The heavily armored soldiers behind them have persisted until now with their final will to fight, and they are already on the verge of collapse.
A whole squadron of longbow shooters had already shot out their arrows, and at this desperate moment, they had already held their longbows in their hands, stood with the spearmen, and strangled the rushing hyenas with their bowstrings.
The shield wall that was formed at the beginning no longer exists. The second team has taken three breaks in rotation. Now He Boqiang feels that the Roman sword in his hand is too heavy to lift. Every swing of the sword requires great courage. .
A hyena jumped up from under the pile of corpses, it raised its head slightly, and bit Baron Sidney's calf wearing greaves.
Under the tearing, Baron Sidney was a little unstable in the center, and even the man and the dog rolled down from the top of the pile of corpses.
The guards around him were so frightened that they rushed forward and rescued Baron Sidney from the crowd of hyenas, but this time, three of his guards were drowned in the tide of hyenas.
Captain Sam and the members of the second team were trapped in the team's human wall. Surdak was slightly injured. The calf of his left calf was bitten by a hyena four times. He dripped two drops of antidote on his face, and after a simple bandage, he rushed to the front row of the team again.
Baron Sidney's Fourth Battalion was full of 300 heavy armored infantry fighters, and he seconded a squadron of about 60 longbowmen from Earl Mond Goss, and fought in the big mountain col for most of the night. According to statistics, at least forty heavy armored infantrymen were dragged back by hyenas, and almost all of the remaining soldiers were wounded, including more than 20 seriously injured.
The corpses of hyenas are like mountains, but unfortunately these hyenas are not monsters, there is no magic core in the skull, and the fur of this hyena is worthless, basically worthless.
I didn't expect that the hyena herd that appeared at night was at least several thousand. At this moment, Baron Sidney almost regretted his intestines. He wished that the battle could be quelled immediately. At this time, the squadron leaders finally got Baron Sidney. Commander of the Sixth Squadron is the immediate superior of Captain Sam, and this is the order from Baron Sidney himself:
"Everyone retreat to the stone wall in an orderly manner, and form an formation there. As long as we persist until dawn, these hyenas will naturally retreat and protect the archers."
Suldak glanced at He Boqiang, and He Boqiang immediately understood the meaning in Suldak's eyes. It is easy to cause confusion when retreating, so that the hyena group can take advantage of it. At this time, in addition to being more careful than forming a shield wall In addition, it is necessary to retain some power as much as possible.
"Boy, follow me closely, don't fall behind later!"
Captain Sam took a deep look at the black boy Jielongnan, and whispered instructions to the members of the second team.
Red Socks Garcia, veteran Ian and others also looked solemn.
There was no time to rest at all. After the orders of the squadron leaders were passed down, the plan to evacuate to the mountains and rocks behind had already begun. Baron Sidney led the most elite combat team and insisted on walking at the end of the team. He Boqiang began to admire this noble knight.
The battle group retreated step by step, and the defense line immediately fell apart.
The group of hyenas in the dark followed without hesitation. Fortunately, the soldiers in the heavy armored infantry regiment were all wearing metal armor, which was usually too bulky, but when facing the group of hyenas, their huge advantages were revealed. It is difficult for hyenas to bite through the heavy armor, and it is these heavy armors that give the soldiers of the Fourth Battalion the greatest degree of protection.
He Boqiang was caught in the team at the moment, retreating with the crowd to a cliff on the hillside.
At the behest of Baron Sidney, the warrior at the back took out some of the limited amount of kerosene he carried with him, poured it on the piles of hyena corpses, and lit a fire while withdrawing from the pile of corpses. The flames burned up quickly, and as the hyenas that hadn't died completely wailed in the flames, the fire instantly formed a flame barrier to block the hyenas behind.
Baron Sidney dragged his tired body behind, drenched in blood, and even the magic pattern armor on his body was a little damaged.
There is a rocky cliff in the middle of the mountain on the west side of the Great Col. This time, Baron Sidney led everyone to retreat to the bottom of the rocky cliff, so that it would be much easier to build a defensive shield wall, at least not to be attacked by the enemy.
He Boqiang was exhausted after fighting in the middle of the night, but his physical strength was also recovering rapidly. At this moment, he suddenly felt the stars floating in his body in his spiritual world were slowly turning, and the bright star on his shoulder The stars emit a stream of warm currents.
Not only that, but the other bright star next to the shoulder also began to flicker, and it seemed that it would be lit at any time.
He Boqiang didn't have time to pay attention to the abnormality in his body. The team quickly passed through a dense forest, and the group of hyenas kept biting at the back of the team.
Suldak's left leg was injured, He Boqiang let him put his hand on his shoulder, so he lifted up half of Suldak's body and walked forward, but he fell behind unknowingly.
When the team retreated to the vicinity of the mountain wall, they were not hindered too much. The hyena group gathered together again, and there were countless red eyes in the dark woodland.
The warriors who arrived at the bottom of the stone wall first quickly began to deploy a line of defense to meet their companions behind.
The wounded soldiers were placed in tents under the stone wall. The soldiers surrounded a semicircular wall with some dry branches, and poured the last bit of kerosene on it. Baron Ni led the last group of fighters back from the siege of the hyena pack.
The most important thing at present is how to keep the firewood wall burning all night. Although there is a large dense forest fifty meters in front of the stone wall, it is a pity that it has been completely occupied by hyenas. If you want to get firewood, you must follow the The stone wall searched on both sides, so that at least the soldiers would not be trapped in the hyena group.
The soldiers of the No. 1 Squadron were responsible for guarding the gap in the firewall to prevent the hyena group from rushing in through the gap in the firewall.
In fact, those hyenas are quite afraid of fire, and they dare not approach the burning flames at all.
Several big trees near the stone wall were also felled by the soldiers, and quickly turned into pieces of firewood under the chopping of the sharp axe, and were thrown into the fire wall.
At this time, the soldiers who had fought for most of the night finally had a good rest.
Baron Sidney took out a palm-sized scroll of parchment from his pocket, and handed it to a guard beside him. The guard walked quickly to the side of the stone wall without waiting for Baron Sidney's order, and unfolded the scroll. And nailed to the stone wall.
Then there was another scene that He Boqiang was extremely surprised by. A stream of clear spring water gathered from the center of the scroll, and then gurgled down the scroll.
This stream of water is very thin, but at least as thick as a little finger.
The guard took out a jug, quickly filled it with clean water, and quickly brought it to Baron Sidney.
Next, the soldiers of each squadron lined up to receive water in an orderly manner.
He Boqiang, who originally thought he would take a break and run out to find water, looked at the parchment scroll on the stone wall in amazement.
The black boy Jielongnan took Suldak's kettle and said, "I'm going to fetch water..."
He ran to line up with a 'hoo'.
(end of this chapter)
