Phoenix Grand Lord

The bell ringers on the sentry tower were all equipped with arrows seized from the Sanchalu Manor, with a total number of more than a thousand arrows!

In addition, 10 bell ringers were equipped with even more powerful crossbows!

This round of volleys was even more fierce than during the day!

The serfs of the coalition and the regular army brought by Eppard were completely unprepared, and they were shot and fell to the ground screaming!

They were sneak attackers, but they were sneaked first!

While protecting his body with the long sword in his hand, Geller said in horror: "How is this possible! How is this possible! How did Rowe know that we were going to attack at night? How could he still shoot?"

Nathan huddled behind the shield and said angrily: "Geller! I'll ask you to shut up! Look! We are in trouble now!"

Geller was still obsessed with questioning, "How can he still shoot? How can he still shoot? It shouldn't be! How many times has this happened?"

A powerful crossbow arrow shot towards Geller's face with a whistling sound.

Geller cried out in surprise and quickly blocked the crossbow with the crystal sword in his hand.

Although he escaped the disaster, Geller was also scared out of his wits.

Geller had led troops to protect caravans, cleared bandits, and hunted monsters before, but this was the first time he had experienced a battle scene where he charged into battle and faced death.

In the past, he had always won the battle and thought that he was a master of his art.

But now he was in a passive situation and Geller was completely out of his mind.

"Rowei, you still have crossbows?!" Geller said in a trembling voice: "A small manor lord dared to use crossbows, a standard weapon that only regular troops can be equipped with. This is too outrageous!"

Nathan was even more puzzled, "Where did he get the crossbows?"

Night raids are originally surprise attacks, and the goal is to catch the enemy by surprise.

But now, this is no longer a surprise attack, but a live target for Rowei.

If this continues, even if the two awakened knights can block the flying arrows, their physical strength will be exhausted.

Nathan gave Geller a look.

The two retreated at the same time without saying anything.

But how could it be so easy to retreat at this time?

The bridge was littered with corpses, and the end of the bridge was blocked by their own people.

The thunderous roar of the butcher Epad came: "No retreat! No matter who it is! Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy! Stone Forest Warriors, assemble the shield formation and continue to advance!"

The lord's light armor soldiers raised their shields above their heads and connected them to form a tortoise shell-like defensive formation.

Although it was difficult to deploy this shield formation on the narrow bridge, these regular troops had received professional military training, so they quickly stabilized their position.

The shield formation was almost completely covered without dead angles, and the arrows shot on the fine iron shields and could not penetrate.

Seeing this, Luo Wei immediately stopped the bow and arrow shooting.

In this round of volleys, almost all the serfs of the coalition army died, and those who survived were seriously injured. Some of them jumped directly from the 20-kilometre-high bridge deck into the Broken Star River, and their lives and deaths are unknown.

More than a dozen of the regular light-armoured soldiers of the Stone Forest Army also died.

It must be said that the regular army is indeed quite capable. In such a chaotic battle scene, the regular army's self-protection ability is many times stronger than that of the serfs.

Now, the regular army of the Stone Forest still has combat effectiveness, and the butcher Epad has not yet been injured.

Geller and Nathan, who originally planned to retreat and escape, continued to advance towards the sentry tower under the cover of the shield formation of the light-armoured soldiers of the Stone Forest Regular Army.

In the airtight shield formation, Nathan couldn't help but admire, "After all, it's a regular army! It's different! Lord Eppard really knows how to fight! We will definitely win this time!"

Geller couldn't help but feel proud, "Of course! That's why I must ask Uncle Eppard for help! Now, Rowe must have no arrows. Even if he still has arrows, he can't break the shield formation! Although the shield formation is too crowded, it will be troublesome if he encounters kerosene, but I bet Rowe definitely doesn't have kerosene."

Nathan wanted to cover Geller's mouth, "Geller, I beg you, can you please not do this?"

Geller said nonchalantly, "Don't worry, I won't be wrong this time."

The shield formation continued to push forward and oppress, and soon came to the granite roadblock.

The Stone Forest light armored soldiers who jumped onto the granite first erected a shield wall to cover the light armored soldiers behind them.

Nathan and Geller also jumped onto the granite roadblock.

As for the Meilin Valley sentry tower, there was no movement, not even an arrow or a piece of gravel.

Geller's morale was immediately boosted, "Meilin Valley is finished! Charge!"

The regular soldiers of Shilin jumped into the trap pit that had been destroyed and had not been repaired in time, and climbed up on the charred bones of the dead during the day.

The width of the trap pit was difficult for non-awakened people to jump directly over.

What's more, these regular soldiers were wearing heavy iron armor and holding heavy shields.

In comparison, Geller and Nathan were much easier. The two of them jumped over the trap pit one after another and rushed straight to the sentry tower!

At this time, a bell-ringing army centurion holding a wooden barrel appeared in Geller's field of vision.

Geller was slightly stunned: this wooden barrel looks like the wooden barrel for kerosene at home...

Before Geller could take a closer look, the centurion threw the wooden barrel into the trap pit.

Then, the second, third, and fourth kerosene barrels were thrown from the sentry tower into the pit as if they were free.

Geller smelled the familiar smell of kerosene and immediately shouted in horror into the pit: "No! Run! Run!"

Whoosh!

A rocket accurately ignited the entire pit!

The flames shot up into the sky, illuminating the entire sky!

The regular soldiers of Shilin had no time to climb out of the pit and were all buried in the sea of ​​fire.

During the day, Geller's serfs and light armored soldiers were burned to death in the pit. Unexpectedly, they had another barbecue at night!

And this time, the fire was even more fierce and violent, leaving no time to react!

The butcher Eppard, who was supervising the battle from a distance, was also stunned by the scene!

Although Nathan and Geller had always emphasized that Rowe was very strong, Eppard didn't take it seriously at all.

But now, in less than ten minutes, his 50 regular soldiers were wiped out!

50 regular soldiers!

Let’s not talk about how much it costs to train these regular soldiers, nor how much their equipment is worth, just the pension alone will cost a lot of money!

Regular soldiers are all civilians. Civilians fight for the lord, not only can they receive military pay, but also their relatives can receive death pensions when they die in battle.

If an ordinary regular soldier dies, the pension must pay for one year’s basic military pay.

According to the minimum basic military pay of 10 silver coins per month, it is 120 silver coins per year, which is 6 gold coins!

50 regular soldiers died, and the pension alone will cost 300 gold coins!

If the cost of training regular soldiers and the cost of losing equipment are added, this wave of losses will be enough to reach 1,500 gold coins!

Why is it said that fighting a war is about economic and financial resources?

Economic and financial resources are not just basic issues such as food, clothing, housing, transportation, equipment and supplies, but also the economy of manpower loss.

Economy is the pillar of war.

If there is no strong financial support in the pocket, there is no margin for error.

Once a local war is lost, a vicious cycle will be formed, and it will be extremely difficult to turn things around.

With strong financial support, even if the previous 99 wars are lost, as long as the most critical one is won, a comeback can be achieved.

This is the importance of economy in war.

Faced with such a straightforward and tragic situation, the butcher Epad couldn't help but take a deep breath:

It's time to marry another rich widow.

The widow in Zilin Territory is good. Although she is still nursing a baby, it is easy to kill the child.

By then, even Zilin Territory will be mine.

She can also be Luo Wei's stepfather.

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