Mount & Blade: Wind of War

A little demon stuck its head out from a distance, thinking it was hidden.

The next moment, a crossbow arrow flew from the castle and hit its head, opening its skull and exploding its brain.

The crossbow arrows of the sacred heavy crossbowmen of Lonely Mountain Castle are all covered with a layer of holy power, which causes them to explode directly once they are shot into the body of a hell creature!

The plan is very beautiful, but there will always be various problems when it is implemented in reality.

The plan is to withdraw from the Bridges Line step by step, but in reality, even with an old marshal like General Flannard in charge, small-scale defeats due to various reasons are still inevitable, resulting in a large number of casualties.

The military strategic goal is to be achieved at the cost of the lives of the soldiers.

So many generals became more and more cold and serious, because those who were not cold were driven crazy by the terrible war.

At first, only a few demons appeared, but on the second day, they became a large group. By the third and fourth days, all that could be seen were waves of red and black demons, just like on the front battlefield before.

It seems that no matter how much we kill, these guys will never be killed.

"Duke, we only have one lonely city, and it is far beyond the rear defense line, which will cause terrible pressure on our army's defense."

Alos herself is also a person who knows about military affairs. She has probably read more military books and military history than Rhodes. Therefore, she can judge the current situation very quickly and accurately.

"Three legions will take turns to fight. My Lonely Mountain Legion will defend first. After adapting to each other's rhythm, we will coordinate and cooperate."

"...Yes, sir."

Rhodes has already said this, so Alos can't say anything else.

She knows that the man in front of her should have had some plan with General Flannard, but at this moment, in Alos's view, this situation seems to be a self-destructive trap.

"The Art of War states: You can survive only when you are in danger of death, and you can survive only when you are trapped in a desperate situation. When the soldiers clearly know that they have no way out, this is a very powerful morale bonus. After all, no one should be stupid enough to think that they can survive after the city is broken."

"Put yourself in a position where you are in danger of death to fight for life, put yourself in a position where you are in danger of defeat to survive? Which military book is this recorded in?"

"...In the military book of my hometown."

Rhodes really didn't expect that Arlos was so conceited that he had read most of the military books and military history in the world.

Of course, thinking about the collection of books of the elves in this world, this doesn't seem so unacceptable.

The legendary holy relic: the Glory Crusade Flag, with a platinum base and a bloody cross sword as the core, was inserted on the wall of Castaneda Castle.

At the same time, the Holy Grail that Rhodes carried with him was also playing a role.

It's just that the power of these two holy objects here is weaker than when they were in the Lonely Mountain Castle, because in the Lonely Mountain Castle, all the soldiers and civilians believe in the Holy Light.

The power of faith of hundreds of thousands of people, although a little mixed, is also huge and powerful, transforming and amplifying the power of the holy relics of the Light Department.

On this side, although the relatively close part of the Gate of Hell can also exert a very powerful force, it may also have the effect of passively increasing the hatred of the Hell Demons.

For demons, siege equipment is not needed. Some small demons can directly use their claws to find relatively weak points on the wall and climb up. Some powerful ones can fly directly. There are also some people who are good at demon mechanics in the back, who can make the living demons into throwing weapons, and then gather some small demons into a group and throw them out.

Therefore, there is no siege vehicle or ladder at all. Every position on the wall is a siege point, which is terrifying for most of the soldiers defending the city.

But for the warriors of Lonely Mountain Castle, this scene can only be regarded as a small matter, because in their perception, the hell demons are weaker than the million ancient orc army of that year.

In fact, this is an illusion. The hell demons are actually stronger than the ancient orcs. It's just that the power of light order is far less restraining on the ancient orcs than on the demons. Therefore, many warriors of Lonely Mountain Castle only think that their opponents will fall down with one hammer, unlike the ancient orcs they dealt with before, who could often fight with them in close combat.

Swish, swish, swish, swish.

Dense rain of light crossbow arrows fell down. On the city wall, Rhodes divided the Rodek Holy Heavy Crossbowmen into three rows and fired in three stages.

Once there are demons rushing up the city wall in front, these heavy crossbowmen often only need one or two people to switch weapons and rush up with shield hammers, and the remaining person can still keep shooting.

There are also many elves and human mages on the city wall. Ordinary soldiers are fine, but these elves and human mages are very surprised by the terrifying physical strength and attack power of the Lonely Mountain Heavy Armor Crossbowmen.

Because these mages, as battlefield nobles, are difficult to effectively kill these hell demons even if they cast various spells.

Whether it was fire, lightning, strong acid or ice, these magics that had been proven to be powerful in previous wars were often unsatisfactory in terms of their lethality when used on these hellish demons.

This was normal, because the lower plane hell was never short of fire, lightning, strong acid or ice damage. Being able to survive in that environment, one's resistance to these damages would naturally not be too low.

However, in contrast, the crossbowmen of Lonely Mountain Castle basically shot a small demon with one arrow, and they would not respond after shooting, almost killing with one shot.

"Even the most common crossbowmen in Lonely Mountain Castle are strengthened with a very pure light power, and this energy is even improving and strengthening their physique!"

Alos himself is a legendary strongman, and has a wide range of knowledge. Soon she realized why this was the case, but she still couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Alos, take your soldiers to the city to assist in defense, so that they can adapt to the battlefield environment earlier." At this time, Rhodes suddenly ordered this.

"Yes, Lord Duke." This time, Alos's bowing became much more humble and submissive.

Because she clearly understood that this was not because the Lonely Mountain Legion could not defend. In fact, facing this level of attack on the city, the Lonely Mountain Legion still had spare strength. The reason why some of the elf legions came up was to let them adapt to the environment and atmosphere on the battlefield in advance.

"It doesn't seem to be a bad thing to have such an 'uncle'." Although she knew it was not right, Alos couldn't help but think so in her mind.