Wings of Destruction
Chapter 87
Randall had to order the archers to release their arrows. Freden''s marksman was famous in the German Empire and was regarded as an ace in the Empire.
The archers lit fire with the prepared oilcloth arrows and shot at the dark creatures.
The few remaining people are still struggling in the moat. They know that the hope of life is gone, but they just don''t want to give up. The gate has been closed, even if they climb under the wall. Moreover, the number of black crows, let alone devour them, will not be a problem if they devour everyone on the city wall.
The arrows on fire poured down all over the sky, and there was a hard confrontation with the black crows. For a time, the black crows fell to the ground one after another, and the arrows caught fire and died. There were cheers on the wall, and even the struggling people under the city seemed to see victory.
What happened next made everyone laugh. The crows scattered after being attacked. I saw several huge green flames breaking through the sky and smashing into the city wall. For a moment, there were flames everywhere and wails everywhere. So the siege began.
I saw the terrible green light all over the sky in the distance, which soon covered the plain under the hill. It was an army of dead souls composed of tens of thousands of resentment souls, evil spirits and ghosts.
They seemed to come from the void, with light bodies, or no bodies at all. They directly crossed the moat.
"Stop them and shoot arrows," Randall ordered immediately
However, in the face of the vast army of the dead, even the arrows on fire seem useless, let alone those huge wood and stones.
Soon the dead broke through the moat, and they crossed the moat and poured into the walls that were broken by huge green flames.
Those few people who survived outside the city were swallowed up by these undead in the first round, and there was not even a residue left.
The soldiers in the city formed a shield wall and blocked the gap with their bodies. The surviving archers tried their best to shoot arrows at these dead souls. However, it was ineffective to directly penetrate them. Some even directly penetrated the freden soldiers who attacked the bottom.
The soldiers who were bitten by the dead and pierced freden desperately. With the sound of broken armor and the scream of pain, the soldiers fell one by one. This has become a slaughterhouse.
There was nothing to do with these dead souls. Randall could only order the retreat reluctantly.
When the retreat horn sounded, everyone retreated to the north gate of the castle as scheduled. Only there has not been surrounded by the dead for the time being, and the soldiers are making the last resistance.
Obviously, human beings have not done a good job in fighting the undead. So far, no one has successfully scattered any undead.
There were dead soldiers everywhere. Roger young took the lead with the cavalry to rush out of the north gate and lost a lot of people and horses all the way.
Randall and Jeffrey also led the soldiers down from the wall and rushed to the north gate.
While frant, rofis, Kelvin and Mayfair retreated while resisting the dead, they succeeded in dispersing some of the dead. But they are mercenaries after all, and those ordinary soldiers have no choice.
The four of them fought and retreated, with bodies all the way. The dead have occupied most of the castle, and the north gate of the castle is crowded with retreating soldiers.
The soldiers'' faces were full of panic. Many people were trampled to death by their own people. If at this time, the dead form a siege outside the north gate of the castle, none of these people can escape. Time is life. Everyone just wants to escape from this ghost place quickly.
On the other hand, those old and young women and children who go to the escape passage in advance can quickly escape from the passage. Although they heard a loud noise above, they didn''t know what was happening above.
However, the dead also found the entrance of the escape passage, and a green light poured into the dark passage.
The old and weak women and children quickened their pace when they heard a noise behind them. But just as they were about to come out of the tunnel, the dead caught up with them.
For a time, flesh and blood flew, life withered, and a large number of women and children were slaughtered. Only a few people in front climbed to the surface, and they quickly closed the door of the escape passage. Led by Lord Karina''s wife and the Lord''s two children, they saw the cavalry led by Roger young not far away.
They shouted desperately, and Roger young immediately led the cavalry to come. At this time, the door of the escape passage behind them was broken by the dead. The dead immediately rushed at the women and children, and Roger young led the team to block in front of them and drag the dead. He picked up the Lord''s two children and held them on the horse. The other children were also carried on the horse by the cavalry. People keep falling down and can''t resist it.
"Run, leave us alone, take the children and run to safety," cried Mrs. Karina
Roger young knew it was the only way, or he would have to die here.
"Take the children and retreat," Roger young ordered helplessly
The surviving cavalry ran away with Roger young, behind them were the slaughtered women and the cavalry who didn''t have time to retreat.
The taste in his heart is very uncomfortable. This is the most oppressive battle Roger young has ever fought.
They retreated all the way to the East, the flag was broken, and many people died of wound infection, hunger and thirst. Unexpectedly, the defeat was so complete that the grain stored in the castle didn''t work at all.
On the other hand, Randall''s army fought all the way and finally fled the castle. The army lost more than half, and many people stayed in the castle forever. Fortunately, after escaping, the dead did not pursue, otherwise how many troops would have been lost.
Frant, together with the Lord, led the defeated soldiers to withdraw eastward, and people fell constantly. A few days later, everyone seems to have reached the limit. They haven''t drunk water for a long time. When they felt the darkness in front of them, Roger young led the cavalry to arrive in time.
It turned out that Roger young met the imperial army who came to reinforce.
The commander of the imperial army was brigadier general harov, who returned to kalandir from the moon blade fortress. Marshal Alonso did not blame him, but regarded him as a talent and entrusted him with important position.
After they were rescued, Randall settled down in the camp of the imperial army. They discussed the war with brigadier general harov.
However, the atmosphere was not very harmonious, and brigadier general harov expressed his dissatisfaction with such results.
No matter how Randall describes the dead, he will only attribute it to the futility of fredenberg''s army. Lord Randall became depressed when he learned of his wife''s death. He began to be depressed and full of pessimistic thoughts.
But now he had no way to retreat, and freden''s soldiers were depressed and demoralized.
Brigadier general harov was not aware of the seriousness of the problem. He also dreamed of teaching freden''s army a lesson.
The imperial camp was not far from fredenberg, and brigadier general harov sent scouts to investigate the situation every day.