Chapter 275: Meeting Dusk Again
It was not until the next morning when Leon launched a formal attack from the front wall that Bridge realized he had been tricked.
So he immediately closed the secret door and rushed to the front city wall to re-defend the city with his men who were lying in ambush here.
But his men had been squatting in the wild and in various corners for a whole night, and had been maintaining a high level of tension. They were now exhausted, and they were only urgently transferred to the defense area at this time. This group of people basically seemed to have lost their souls.
Even the most elite troops would not have much combat power left in this situation, as people need to rest after all. So Lisadilan took those new recruits who did odd jobs around at night, because they did not need to participate in the battle during the day...
But Bridget was clearly not prepared for this.
In addition, all of Bridget's men, including Bridget himself, are drug addicts.
Although after they were weaned off their drugs, these drug-addicted guys would indeed fight like crazy, but the problem was that they didn't fight at all that night, they just fed the mosquitoes...
This is the biggest problem with drug addicts - they get sleepy and tired easily.
Perhaps they still possessed skilled combat skills, but the poison had long since corroded their endurance and weakened their sharpness and will as warriors.
Even when they are on a normal schedule, these guys yawn all day long, let alone staying up all night?
Therefore, this group of powerless drug addicts have neither the will to fight nor the physical strength, and they have stopped taking drugs for a day and a half longer than expected. Now most of them are in a state of green eyes and confused feet.
In fact, Bridget made a seemingly correct wrong decision at this time...
This was probably a small mistake that most people were not aware of - he should not have allowed these drug addicts, who were exhausted after lying in ambush all night, to go up to the city walls to defend.
Because there were some defenders on the city wall, and they were Cardan’s elite troops, the Desha Windriders.
Although Kadan took most of his troops with him, he still left dozens of Wind Riders in Toba City, as well as more than three hundred 'Desha Dust-Riders' led by the Wind Riders.
'Wind Rider' is a title that can only be given to those sharpshooters who are good at mounted shooting. This is Cardan's personal guard unit, and the number of this personal guard unit is also called 'Wind Rider Regiment'.
This was the result of Cardan's implementation of his hereditary lord system in Desha.
The status of Windriders in D'Shar is roughly equivalent to that of knights in other countries in Pendor.
These wind riders, like ordinary knights, also have their own followers, or soldiers who cooperate in combat. The sergeant unit they lead is called "Dust-Freers".
But "Juechenzhe" is not a mounted archer. It is much more difficult to shoot accurately on horseback in a desert environment than in the plains, and not everyone can learn it.
The Dust-Freers are fast cavalrymen who usually fight with swords and shields or lances, which allows them to form a perfect match with the Wind-Riders who are good at riding and shooting.
In the desert environment they are familiar with, the Windriders' combat effectiveness is quite impressive.
Although they were defending the city instead of the desert which was more suitable for them to display their combat effectiveness, the skilled Wind Riders were still very reliable. Even with only a few hundred people, they had arranged the city defense very well and seemed likely to cause considerable trouble to Le Ang's army.
But at this time, Bridget sent his exhausted troops to the city wall...
This did help to replenish the city's defenses, but after those powerless drug addicts took over the positions originally guarded by the Wind Riders, it caused all sorts of problems for the city's defenses...
These guys, who had stopped taking their medication for two or three days and were physically and mentally exhausted and confused, disrupted the Wind Riders' original reasonable deployment.
These yawning fellows didn't even know when to put up the thorns or when to plug the gaps. They all ran around on the wall like headless flies...
Not only that, these guys from Singal also had conflicts with the D'Shar Wind Riders - the D'Shar Wind Riders actually realized that the city defenses had been disrupted, so they kept cursing and were anxious to drive those Singalians or witches who were in unreasonable positions to the appropriate positions.
The Wind Riders were of course anxious. Le Ang's army had already begun to attack the city, but these drug addicts were getting in the way, so their actions were of course more rough - they even wished that these drug addicts would die quickly to avoid being in the way.
The Wind Riders and the Singalians have different beliefs and nationalities, so it would be easy for them to clash even in normal times. Moreover, Brigi's men are now exhausted and crazy...
As a result, they actually had an internal conflict!
Defending a city requires rationality. It is not feasible to rely on a group of crazy guys who have stopped taking their medication...
Moreover, the more troops there are, the better.
If Cardin himself had been in the city, he would have surely realized the problem.
And Cardin can also make everyone obey his orders completely.
But the thing is that Kadan is not there, he did go to Singal.
Brij was incapable of commanding Cardan's personal guards. The D'Shar Windriders simply looked down on this charlatan who controlled his troops through poison and deception.
At this time, there was neither a reasonable city defense deployment nor a unified commander in Toba City. There was even a fight going on - a group of Singal spearmen and D'Shar wind riders were fighting on the top of the city...
At this time, Li Ang was leading his army to attempt the first wave of exploratory attacks.
He did not send the main force in this wave of attack, because it was originally just to test the defense strength of Toba City, and also to keep the attack going, so that Bridge's troops on the city would become more tired and unable to rest.
But what Leon didn't expect was that this time, the tentative attack made up of the second-line troops composed of other lords and knights actually succeeded in climbing the city wall and gaining a foothold on the wall...
The enemy was not even able to drive the troops that had attacked the city walls down. This second-line force actually occupied half of the city wall, including two arrow towers and a military station...
This means that the army can go up the wall continuously. Once the military station on this wall is captured, the defenders in the city will actually be unable to go up the wall - each wall has a military station, which is both a place for troops to be stationed and a passage for people in the city to go up the wall.
The defense of the city is much weaker than expected, and the enemy troops on the city are still fighting each other at this time...
And that was definitely not a show, because Leon saw with his own eyes that several Singal spearmen were chopped off the city wall by the Desha Wind Riders and fell to the ground outside the city. Two of them were not dead, and they rolled under the city and groaned in pain.
The lord felt it was quite unreal at this moment - was it such a joke?
Toba is the capital of D'Shar after all! Facing a large army attacking the city, you still have the mind to fight among yourselves?
Do you look down on me?
"Sir, this is a good opportunity, let's just attack!"
Even Klose noticed that something was wrong on the city wall and began to volunteer.
So Li Ang simply didn't try it. In this situation, he could fully demonstrate his bravery as a marshal.
Of course, the most important thing is not to let those small lords take the second-line troops to capture . The one who breaks the city must be Li Ang himself, otherwise it will be easy to argue over the spoils of war...
So Li Ang drew his sword and decided to lead the army to attack the city himself: "Silver Hand, follow me!"
"kill!"
Klose shouted, and led his brothers to follow Leon to climb the siege ladder.
The army began to make a commotion, and Li Ang's own elite troops were mobilized. The siege was much more powerful than before, and the entire city wall was completely conquered within ten minutes.
The Wind Riders no longer fought with Bridge's men. They abandoned the city walls and retreated into the streets and alleys of the city.
But Bridge's men were not so rational. This group of drug addicts did not retreat, but they actually showed a certain fighting power at this time - when IQ was no longer needed and only a chaotic fight was needed, these people who went crazy due to drug withdrawal did have good lethality.
But it's too late now.
After occupying the city wall, Leon's troops were able to inflict casualties from a high position. Although the drug addicts under Bridget were crazy, their fatigue and the disadvantages of the terrain could not be compensated by the madness.
The Silver Hand continued to advance, and after killing hundreds of corpses, they quickly cleared the area near the city wall.
Le Ang's griffin flag had been hoisted on the city wall, the city gate had been opened, and the large army outside the city began to enter the city.
Toba City, it looks like it’s about to be captured?
At this time, the sun was only half hanging in the sky, and it had been less than two hours since Leon launched the attack.
"My Lord, you'd better not rush into the city... I will just go and plant your flag on the inner fortress."
Following behind Leon, holding the big flag was still Jocelyn. This former Twilight Knight was now the official flag bearer. He seemed to take this honorable position very seriously and performed his duties very conscientiously.
"That's right, sir. You just need to watch the battle from the city wall. Leave the rest to us... These people are not worth your personal efforts."
Klose expressed the same opinion.
Of course, Leon did not reject his men's kindness to him, but he instructed: "Klose, you are responsible for occupying the material , especially Kadan's treasury... Jocelyn, you are responsible for capturing the fortress in Toba City, but I need to take over Bahad Khan's royal court intact, and you must not destroy that place."
The two men led their troops to advance into the city. Klose took the Silver Hand to find the silver vault, while Jocelyn led Leon's non-commissioned officer corps to the inner castle.
And Li Ang stayed in the military station on the city wall.
Lisadilan also returned with the new recruits who had harassed Bridge all night. They were now the remaining personnel in the camp outside the city - they needed to catch up on their sleep.
Everything seemed to be going smoothly, but at this moment, Leon heard an unusual sound.
"Rebel! Die!"
That was the sound coming from the streets of the city. It was normal to hear such a roar on the battlefield, but the problem was that the sound was not too loud, but it was very clear - it could drown out the shouts of the entire city in the chaotic and noisy battlefield, which was obviously very unusual.
This was exactly the same cry that Sir Roland had made.
Moreover, after this sound was made, Li Ang saw his flag fall down!
The distance was too far, and the streets and alleys in the city blocked the view from the street. Leon could only see the conspicuous general's flag on the city wall, which was also Jocelyn's position.
The general's flag has fallen, this is a big deal.
Generally speaking, the flag-bearer or the flag-bearer beside him would quickly raise the flag again in this situation to avoid delaying the battle and causing troops in other positions to think that the front army had been defeated.
If the situation is not properly controlled and the general's flag is not raised again, it is very likely that the rear army will suffer an inexplicable rout.
But Li Ang waited for a full minute, and the commander's flag was still not raised again.
Something happened to Jocelyn!
Leon immediately got down from the city wall and rushed to Jocelyn's location with Wendy.
Jocelyn was really in trouble at the moment.
He was still wearing two layers of heavy armor, but he was not riding a horse - in the street fighting inside the city, his Gatu war beast would be useless except for blocking the way.
Anyway, he was not going to fight with the flag, and the heavy armor on his body was enough to block the sabers of the D'Shar. His two layers of composite armor were really thick, and although it was quite strenuous to walk in it, the D'Shar who were not riding horses really couldn't cut him...
So Jocelyn never paid attention to the D'Shar people's sabers - if they were not equipped with the speed of horses, it would be like scraping his skin.
However, when a group of knights wearing devil horned helmets and dressed in black armor suddenly appeared from the alley, Jocelyn no longer dared to be so arrogant.
That was his former comrade-in-arms.
Dusk Knight.
"Jocelyn...Rebels must die!"
The leading Dusk Knight was extremely skilled. He stabbed down the two non-commissioned officers beside Jocelyn with his knight's sword and quickly cut off the team in the street fight.
The other Twilight Knights also rushed forward to block the soldiers behind them. These Twilight Knights were well-equipped and skilled. Jocelyn was already in the streets, and the troops behind him
Unable to break through them for a while, Jocelyn was trapped for a while.
He certainly couldn't raise the commander's flag, and the double-layer heavy armor on his body actually restricted Jocelyn's skills at this time - the Dusk Knight's sword was different from a saber.
Jocelyn blocked left and right, but the heavy weight made him not flexible enough, which made him quite passive.
"Alistair, you actually helped the D'Shar people fight?!"
Jocelyn yelled angrily.
"I'm just hunting down the rebels..."
The Dusk Knight known as Alistair shook his head and raised his sword again to stab Jocelyn.
"Bullshit! Rushing into a large army battlefield to hunt down the rebels? Alistair, do you take me for a fool?"
Jocelyn struggled to block Alistair's sword, and the two Dusk Knight swords crossed at the hilt and began to wrestle.
"You are a fool... What has becoming a rebel of the Knights brought you? It seems that you don't know what you have given up..."
Alistair forced the two swords to his side, dodged and drew out the swords, broke away from the wrestling situation, and launched the attack again.
Jocelyn stopped talking. His martial arts skills were probably on par with Alistair's, but he was carrying too much weight and was obviously consuming more energy than Alistair. He dared not be distracted anymore.
And there were several Dusk Knights behind him, but these knights did not attack Jocelyn. Instead, they stared at the back of the street, as if they were maintaining this one-on-one battle.
"Jocelyn, if you surrender and come back to Singal with me, I may be able to give you a chance to live..."
Alistair was still chattering while attacking, but it seemed that he did not want the other Dusk Knights to interfere in the fight between him and Jocelyn - otherwise he could have just had a few other Dusk Knights rush forward to resolve the fight.
"Alistair...are you trying to tease me? I know what I will face when I return to Singal..."
Jocelyn spoke breathlessly. He had been struggling to hold on for several minutes in this situation. The heavy armor consumed too much of his strength and his steps were no longer flexible.
At this time, Jocelyn could no longer block Alistair's sword.
Alistair's sword did pierce Jocelyn's neck.
But at that moment a Noldor arrow fell from the sky and pierced Alistair's sword arm.
