Alien Knights

Standing on the high watchtower of the Holy Acropolis, the adjutant said to Cumberland who had just come up: "My lord, look."

Cumberland took out the binoculars at his waist, looked at the slowly approaching enemy army for a while, and smiled on his face: "Whether it's a wheel war?"

The adjutant nodded and said: "That's right, the enemy plans to divide into three batches to attack in turn by virtue of their strength. This time, the twelve kingdoms in the Central Parish should be responsible for the attack. The number of enemy troops is about 3,000, and the direction of attack is the east gate."

"Tell the army stationed at the east gate to carry out a minimum of bows and arrows and stone throwing counterattacks, and the alien soldiers will not move out for the time being, and explosives are not allowed."

The adjutant glanced at Cumberland: "My lord, even if the enemy is a tentative attack, such a counterattack is too weak..."

The latter snorted: "Go pass the order!"

Watching the adjutant walk down the watchtower, Cumberland rested his hands on the stakes and looked at the battlefield calmly.

Soon, the Allied Forces of the Secular Kingdom in the Central Parish entered the shooting circle at the east gate of the Holy Acropolis after carefully avoiding horse refusal and traps.

The terrified coalition soldiers, after marching for a while, were suddenly surprised to find that the attack from the top of their heads did not seem to be as strong as imagined.

The commander of the secular kingdom in the middle parish, after assessing the battlefield situation, issued an order to approach the city wall carefully.

With a loose formation and advancing with shields, the secular kingdom army in the Central Parish finally approached the city wall. Only then did they realize that the defenders' attack had strengthened a bit, but it was still not as terrifying as expected.

When the siege ladder was erected and the coalition soldiers climbed up the ladder, only a few meters away from the top of the city, the attack from above intensified again, and the casualties of the coalition forces increased immediately.

At this time, the commander of the coalition forces of the Secular Kingdom in the Central Diocese immediately issued an order to retreat.

So the first morning of the war ended hastily.

The first tentative attack of the church coalition forces actually got a result that they themselves did not expect.

The troops in charge of the attack passed through the shooting circle of the city and almost climbed the city wall with few casualties.

At the military meeting at lunch, more than a dozen commanders of the church coalition army gathered together. After heated discussions, they finally decided to be cautious. After all, the commander of the defenders was the famous Cumberland in the history of Silver Ring City who had fought against the barbarians for 30 years.

On the afternoon of the first day of the war, the tactics of the wheel battle continued.

The second batch of offensive troops became the sixteen kingdoms of the Eastern Diocese.

Fighting from two o'clock in the afternoon until the sun set, the result of the battle was no different from that in the morning.

The second batch of coalition troops also passed through the shooting circle of the city after suffering very little casualties, and climbed the city wall using the siege ladder. It's just that their results this time were even better than in the morning. A light infantry squad actually resisted the attack and climbed to the top of the city. Although it only lasted for a few tens of seconds, it was driven down again. But this staged success has boosted the morale of the entire coalition forces.

After a day of fighting, the two sides counted the number of casualties. About 400 people were killed and injured by the church coalition forces, and about 160 people were killed and injured by the defenders of the Holy Acropolis.

In the evening, Cumberland sat by the brazier on the city wall, ate baked wheat cakes brought by his subordinates, drank sweet well water, and rubbed his chin looking into the distance.

Mary stood beside him, listening to the voice in the night wind, and said softly, "Singing and cheering seem to be coming from the direction of the enemy camp."

Cumberland said indifferently: "Of course. After paying such a small casualty, it can achieve such a great result. Any army will celebrate it."

Mary looked around: "Are you sure it's okay now? The soldiers of the Holy Acropolis are talking about today's battle. Some people say that this castle will not last long in front of the army."

Cumberland finished the wheatbread in his hand and said to Mary, "If His Majesty is here and sees today's battle, I guess he will understand what I want to do."

The latter frowned and said, "I am not Your Majesty, but you can explain it to me."

Cumberland shook his head: "It's too troublesome to explain about the war. Let's put it this way, until tomorrow, the enemy will abandon the tactics of wheel warfare and launch a full-scale general offensive."

"All-round attack? Are you sure?"

"You can think about it. Winter is approaching, and the enemy definitely hopes to end this war as soon as possible. However, the solid walls of the Holy Acropolis forced them to choose the most secure wheel battle. But with today's results, these people will definitely think that the defenders of the Holy Acropolis are nothing more than that. Maybe they will think that the Muxi Knights and the Holy Guard are at odds, which has caused today's poor defense."

Cumberland took a sip of water: "So, if I were the commander of the coalition forces, I would take advantage of the high morale and launch a general attack in one go to completely take down the Holy Acropolis."

Mary asked suspiciously: "Why do I listen to your tone, as if I really want to see the enemy's general attack? Shouldn't we take advantage of the strong city and drag the battle until winter, isn't it more beneficial to us?"

"Winning a war does not mean victory. You also need to take the significance of this war into account in the context of the current situation." Cumberland stroked his beard and said, "Your Majesty is launching a religious reform, and the main target of the attack is the church, not the secular kingdoms. The real significance of this battle is to kill the vital forces of the army directly under the church, and to provoke the conflict between the secular kingdom and the church to the greatest extent."

Mary asked incredulously: "Can one battle do this?"

Cumberland smiled and nodded: "You will know tomorrow."

Battle of the Holy Acropolis, day two.

Cumberland and Mary boarded the top of the wall and looked at the enemy camp opposite.

As Cumberland said last night, the allied forces of the church were dispatched, and the army of ten thousand people was divided into three square formations, slowly marching towards the Holy Acropolis.

The enemy troops all over the mountains, the orderly drums and pace made Mary's face turn pale, and she whispered: "The enemy really launched a general attack."

Compared to the Queen, Cumberland rubbed his hands excitedly: "Look carefully, who is the main force of the enemy's general attack?"

Hearing Cumberland's words, Mary collected herself and looked intently at the battlefield.

The positions of the enemy's three group phalanxes are completely different from those on the first day.

The troops directly under the Church - the Stigmata Knights, the Baptist Knights and the Believers rushed to the forefront, while the two phalanxes of the secular kingdom fell behind.

Mary covered her mouth and said in surprise, "This is...?"

Putting on his helmet, Cumberland laughed and said, "When launching a general offensive, the commander usually puts the strongest troops at the front of the formation to break through the enemy's defenses as quickly as possible; and yesterday, the two secular kingdom phalanxes each launched an attack. Therefore, I conclude that today's main offensive troops will definitely be in charge of the troops directly under the church."

Mary recalled Cumberland's words yesterday, and suddenly realized: "Could it be that the reason why you did that yesterday was to..."

Cumberland drew out his weapon, strode towards the front line, and said in a deep voice, "That's right, it's to lure out the group of wild dogs hiding behind the rabbits!"

Cumberland, who walked up to the podium, yelled at the adjutant: "Tell the gang of wolf cubs below, I watched the play all day yesterday, and today I can vent my anger! The Muxi Knights, all dispatched!"

The adjutant straightened his body, saluted, turned around, rolled up his sleeves, and yelled: "Commander ordered! Alien heavy infantry regiment! Sniper successor regiment! Elemental successor regiment! And explosives throwing team! Go up to the city wall!"

Cumberland stuck his long sword on the wooden board in front of him, and looked coldly at the enemy on the battlefield. The honeycomb on the keel armor vibrated violently, emitting infrasound waves that were inaudible to human ears, and instantly spread throughout the entire city wall.

Soon, the hive parasites began to vibrate one after another on the battlefield, and one order after another was conveyed down layer by layer.

On the other hand, the enemy, after entering the shooting circle of the Holy Acropolis, the church coalition army found that the enemy's counterattack was as weak as yesterday, and the commander-in-chief of the coalition army, who was neglected, issued an order for the entire army to assault.

More than 4,000 people directly under the church gave up their shields and slowed down, but adopted a dense assault formation and swarmed towards the walls of the Holy Acropolis.

Soon, the counterattack, which was originally like a gentle wind and drizzle, suddenly turned into a stormy sea.

A rain of arrows like locusts shot down from the top of the city, blocking the light of the sun; throwing stones like hail were thrown out of the city, and the whirring sound of cracking the air made the liver and gallbladder split. The troops directly under the Church, which were in charge of the front line, suffered a devastating blow in the first place due to their tight formation and lax defensive awareness.

The fragile human body, in front of the metal arrows and hard stones, is like eggs that can be broken at the touch of a touch, and they perish one after another.

The screams of the soldiers and the neighing of the horses immediately spread throughout the battlefield. Nearly a thousand soldiers of the church army fell down after being harvested piece by piece like autumn wheat.

In just one minute, nearly a quarter of the troops were reduced. The commander-in-chief of the coalition forces was frightened by the sudden attack and lost his mind for a moment, but soon, he knew that he had no chance to retreat at this time, so he could only bite the bullet and continue to charge.

The commander of the coalition forces ordered his subordinates to blow the holy horn given by the Pope. The Knights of the Stigmata and the Baptist Knights held up the legionary crosses respectively.

The siege ladder was set up, the hook rope was thrown onto the city wall, and the church troops began to climb up the wall. Since they were in a dead angle of shooting, they saw that these soldiers were about to climb the city wall.

But the next scene made all the coalition soldiers deeply understand what hell is.

Dozens of explosive packs emitting white smoke were thrown down the city wall.

After a burst of dazzling white light and a violent explosion, a bloody pit was left under the middle wall of the Holy Acropolis, with human body remains and weapon fragments scattered all over the base of the wall.

The coalition's offensive was once again stalled, but after a brief pause, the commander of the Church's coalition blew the sacred horn again.

Under the leadership of their respective chapter leaders, the church troops began to disperse to climb the wall, and used large shields to form a tortoise shell formation to protect the siege ladder.

Seeing this scene, Cumberland frowned and said, "The church finally knows about the explosives."

The climbing church soldiers plugged their ears with cloth balls, ignored the exploding explosives not far away, and began to climb towards the top of the city with all their strength.

A sergeant-major of the Stigmata Knights climbed up the walls of the Holy Acropolis, looked at a Muxi Knights heavy infantry in front of him, raised his shield in front of him, and stabbed the opponent's throat with the spear in his hand.

The sound of metal hitting made the sergeant major stunned.

The skin at the heavy infantry's throat suddenly turned into silver metal, firmly blocking the impact of the spear.

The sergeant major took a step back in shock, dodging the flail of the heavy infantry in embarrassment, and then chose the opponent's thigh for the attack.

The sergeant major's spear thrust out with all its strength, and the tip of the spear pierced through the metal of the thigh skin of the Muxi Knights' heavy infantry, and penetrated about five centimeters into the muscle.

The sergeant chief of the church was stunned. After pulling out the spear with great difficulty, there was only a little blood on the opponent's thigh, and the wound healed instantly in a few seconds!

"My God!" The sergeant major was completely dumbfounded.

A crossbow pierced his head through the gap in the helmet in the next second, sending his doubts and exclamations into eternal sleep.

The successor of the sniper was wearing a grass-green covert suit. He lay down in the moss on the watchtower of the city wall, loaded another crossbow bolt on the crossbow machine, and began to use the eagle eye ability to find the next target.

Another group of fanatical soldiers from the believer group rushed up the city wall. Before they could gain a firm foothold, two large shield heavy infantry guarded a female elemental heir wearing light armor, and slowly approached them.

The zealots raised their weapons and rushed towards the three members of the Muxi Knights.

The elemental heir stretched his hands forward, and from the gap between the two large shields, a red flame was sprayed out ten meters away.

The soldiers of the believer group were instantly surrounded by the flames amidst the screams, and more than a dozen believers fell off the city wall in flames.

Cumberland paid attention to everything on the battlefield, watching the troops directly under the church being suppressed by the Muxi Knights, gradually showing signs of collapse.

As for the phalanxes of the secular kingdom, after seeing intensive shooting, explosive bombardment, and alien fighters, they have completely lost their fighting spirit to attack and began to gradually withdraw towards the rear of the war.

"It's about time." Cumberland twisted his neck, looked down at the three hundred heterogeneous knights who were ready to go inside the city gate, and shouted: "Open the city gate! Get on your horse! Raise your gun! Get ready to charge!"