"Ouluo, what are you going to do?!" The middle-aged mercenary also has the strength and experience to be on the battle soul list. He was not surprised in the face of the death threat. His face was as dark as water, and he lowered his voice and asked fiercely. His left hand was
He made a small gesture to his cronies behind his back.
"Sorry! Your Excellency, I have no choice between my motherland and professional loyalty. As for why, please ask the Holy See..."
The two guards behind Temugoral took advantage of Euro's moment of hesitation and threw the swords in their hands at Euro's face.
No matter how good a soldier is, any attack in the center of his face will create an illusion of distance. Euroo leaned back subconsciously and instantly knew that he had made a mistake. The bowstring in his hand immediately became loose, and Temugoral was there.
At the moment just now, he immediately drew his sword and lowered his body. The light blue arrow shot from the heavily armored shoulder. It penetrated directly without stopping at all, and then passed through the body of another soldier and finally shot into the crenellation on the wall.
superior.
"The elven archers rebelled...quickly...suppressed immediately..."
Such shouts of killing reached the ears of two extremely tired warriors, Tieshou Banjiang and Han Han. Their hearts sank at the same time, and their faces turned gray... It was over... The same thought came to both of them.
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Many times, people have to believe that there are gods three feet above the ground, and even more, they have to believe that there is an invisible hand of fate controlling everything.
Logically speaking, the Battle of Rhodes City should not have any suspense. A city with a population of more than 100,000, with more than 15,000 soldiers and mercenaries, and two dragon knights to help out, there is no possibility of losing. In fact, there is no possibility of losing.
It's almost the same. At four o'clock in the morning on January 4, summer of the 6th year of the Magic Calendar, although the walls of Rhodes City were broken by catapults in many places, and thousands of soldiers and civilians died on the city walls, there was still an iron hand in the hands of the Grand Duke.
The elite reserve force of the Thousand-Man Corps has not been engaged in the war, and 50% of the organized people have not yet been engaged in the front-line war.
At this moment, the Thousands of Prairie Elf Archers, who were relied upon by the Sweat Blood Mercenary Group to defend the Great Wall, suddenly betrayed across the board.
In the early days of the War of the Gods, the Holy See did several things that the world (only the continent of Eminor) could not understand. The former, for example, suddenly declared that the orcs of the dirty and even uncivilized continent of Fanos were the chosen ones of God.
One, and the other is why they didn’t side with the Amy Empire, which has always been close to each other in the war of gods. This series of seemingly unreasonable things are collectively called the four major mysteries of the Holy See. These four major mysteries are also related to such as
Lei Ge predicted that Amy could not and would not become the Phantom Beast Knight and several other mysteries, which he called "The Twelve Mysteries of the War of the Gods".
The third of the four mysteries of the Holy See is that after the fall of Gifu City, the Holy See headquarters carried out a series of "revenge" actions in southern Xinjiang.
In the spring of January of the 6th year of the Magical Calendar, the two red archbishops were entrusted by His Majesty the Pope with full authority to deal with the aftermath of Gifu City. Considering that there would be heavy casualties after the war, the two archbishops also brought a group of 500 priests on a special trip in the hope of speeding up the process as soon as possible.
However, the tragic situation in Gifu City dug into the eyes of all the priests like a knife. According to the data in the Holy See system, there are more than 6,730 boys under the age of 13 in Gifu City. In sharp contrast to this number,
, tens of thousands of charred corpses lay down near the four gates of Gifu City - the iron fist of the Black Dragon Knights threw the priests to the ice and snow continent, freezing their hearts to their core. Most of the priests were kind-hearted,
It is simply unimaginable that an army would do such an unconscionable thing.
Maybe it was really a mistake. Not long after, the secret massacre of the regular army in Delhi was also exposed. After that, the news that some villages and towns bowed to the Black Dragon Knights and provided labor for the army also reached Uru. For the Holy See,
News like this is a bit hard-won... Yes, hard-earned is the word that needs to be used to describe it.
Chi Aotian swept across the southern border of the Huayu Plain with 5,000 partial troops, winning battles and conquering cities and territories. This was a complete challenge to the dignity of the Holy See, which is said to be closest to God. Moreover, after the bloody night in the imperial capital, the Holy See has been trying its best
By belittling the combat capabilities of hostile countries such as the Amy Empire to boost public morale, the Black Dragon Knights expeditionary force undoubtedly gave His Majesty the Pope a shining slap in the face. Now, the Holy See finally has a fig leaf - it is not that the Black Dragon Knights are invincible, but
It is some shameless apostate people who are liaising with foreign countries, murdering clergy, etc.
For the Holy See, which is full of vanity and anger, this news is enough. After His Majesty the Pope made the decision to severely punish traitors and cultists in Ulu, it is not difficult to imagine the angry priests on the front line of Gifu City.
This command will definitely be upgraded infinitely.
In just over 10 days, all the villages and towns that Chi Aotian's army might pass through during the expedition were investigated, and all the villages and towns that showed signs of supporting the expedition were sentenced to death. Although the instructors in white robes did not have the courage,
They competed with Chi Aotian's army, but they were not slow at all in massacring their own people. The innocent people who had just escaped Chi Aotian's killing finally fell under the sword of their own people. Under the deliberate publicity of the Holy See, the news quickly
When it was spread to the mainland, the Holy See's intention was very simple - to use boundless killing to prevent similar things from happening again, and to trap the killing army to death on the prairie.
At this time, there was reliable news that a foreign village had received Chi Aotian's Northern Expedition and provided them with sufficient bows and arrows and other supplies. The two red archbishops attached great importance to this matter. Out of careful consideration, the two
The bishop sent two groups of emissaries to this beautiful little village to investigate - the results are self-evident. The prairie elves did not expect that the guests who came from afar had evil intentions, especially the children, so they answered with extreme honesty.
Almost all the problems, what interests the emissaries even more, is that a large number of weapons and equipment that should belong to the teaching soldiers were found in this small village, and there are even many items belonging to the clergy.
Both witness and physical evidence are plural.
All this is enough for anyone to make up his mind - the two archbishops, adhering to the Pope's will, did not take this small village too seriously, nor did they report the matter to Ulu, but directly ordered the massacre.
Order - The two archbishops had not understood what ethnic group this alien village was made up of until they issued the order. As nobles who dedicated themselves to God, they did not want to understand these boring things.
The priests disguised themselves as a huge caravan and suddenly attacked the small prairie elf village. Holy words, condemnation, thunder spells, immobilization... The priests received the maximum response from the sacred magic elves in the bright sun, and countless white
The magic light wave enveloped the entire small village like a tsunami. The elves did not expect such a nasty attack hidden under the holy robes. Before they could organize any resistance, the small village had been razed to the ground. According to incomplete statistics afterwards, seven
More than a hundred prairie elves stained the green grass with blood.
All this happened to be seen by the elf watchers in the distance, and the light blue wind-type long arrows quickly shot towards the elders, the highest authority organization of the prairie elves.
The result of such a vicious incident is self-evident, and the position of the forest elves is already known. Among the 17 elders, only the oldest one still hopes to negotiate with the Holy See again, and the other 16 elders
They all believe that war should be launched against the Holy See. At the very least, the tribesmen participating in the war on the side of the Holy See must be evacuated.
Finally, at the end of spring and January of the 6th year of the Magical Calendar, the prairie elves declared for the first time that the entire clan had entered a state of war in the name of the kingdom. The officially stated enemy was the Holy See who killed innocent people indiscriminately, while the ally was the overlord country that had not expressed its stance in time -
Forest elf.
On the same day, all clergy within the prairie elves' sphere of influence were expelled.
On the same day, the news of the war was officially announced to the Mercenary Guild and the Magician Guild. On the same day, hundreds of the strongest elves rode the best war horses in the prairie to spread the news to all the prairie elves and those who owned the prairie.
A half-elf of elven descent.
Seeing the chaos on the city wall, Su Wen was startled at first, and then thought that it couldn't be a trap. However, the old soldier still made a winning decision in an instant - attack the city! More than a dozen cyan dragon flags
At the same time, they were raised high, with each flag representing a squadron, and the military drums beat instantly. The blue Allied forces moved across the board, and amid the shouts of killing, nearly a thousand ladders swept toward Rhodes City like a giant wave.
"Quick! Let's shout together: 'The prairie elf was an insider, and he was shot to death when he blocked the river with his iron hand!'" After finishing this sentence, Su Wen had time to look back at Chi Aotian's order.
The galloping knight turned his horse and rushed directly towards Chi Aotian's army. A few forest elves were afraid of unnecessary conflicts between the two, so they came down with their wild vultures. The prairie elf knight handed a long arrow to
The arrow was engraved on the forest elf, and the words engraved on the arrow shaft were, oh... It was the language of the lower elves. The long arrow was then sent to the hands of the forest elf deputy captain Qingbula. It was only after two transfers that Chi Ao learned the good news.
"Attack across the board!" The prairie elves had no reason to set up a trap. Chi Aotian immediately issued the order without any hesitation, and then summoned the dragon.
"Rush - rush -"
At this moment, the war had completely lost its suspense. After learning that the entire village of the tribe had been massacred, and yet he was still here working for the executioner, the angry prairie elves all targeted the mercenary group cadres and swordsman battalion officers.
, such a short distance, starting from the moment of rebellion, in less than 1 minute, all the officers on the entire south city wall except for the two arrow towers were eliminated by lightning-like arrow feathers.
The mercenaries and swordsmen woke up from the shock, and then they saw the black and overwhelming legion rushing forward outside the city wall. Without the command of the officers, they had to face the cold arrows shot by the robes around them. The city wall was in chaos.
Hanhan and Tie Shou blocked the river and climbed onto the giant dragon at the same time and took off into the sky. At the same moment, Qing Luo and Chi Aotian rushed up with their mounts like lightning. There was no threat from the prairie elves in the city. Behind the two people were hundreds of people.
The crazy vulture elf knight was planning, and the distance of two to three hundred meters was simply great for the forest elves. The green short arrow seemed to directly ignore the distance, and the time from leaving the string to entering the body was so short that it could be ignored.
The two fire dragon knights suddenly felt boundless pressure.
Chi Aotian's blood-like Cunyan Dragon Spear followed through the air after the rain of arrows. Of course Tie Shou Bajiang already knew the power of this dragon spear that was rumored to come from the God Realm. He pushed the shield in his hand out diagonally, and at this moment
At the critical moment, the Grand Duke brave intuitively felt a death-like threat silently approaching from a distance. In the green arrow rain, two curved bows and arrows suddenly appeared, one behind the other.
When it came, the Grand Duke swung his sword with all his strength to cut down one and was about to cut down the second one. Unexpectedly, the short arrow suddenly changed direction at a distance of less than one meter and crossed a 70-
Xiaowan shot from the armpit of the shield-holding left arm, and the strong shooting force brought out a cloud of blood mist from the shoulder. Ah? Black Lightning's famous stunt - random arrow. According to legend, this is a powerful magic blessed
The short arrow can suddenly change direction within a very small range according to will. Quite a few brave men have fallen victim to this stunt.
"Han Han! Organize a breakout! I will lead the heavy knights to cut off the rear! Hurry!" Having lost the best weapon to restrain the forest elves, Iron Hands blocked the river and made a prompt decision, giving the order to retreat without hesitation.
The army was defeated like a mountain. Under the deliberate shouts of the enemy and without the command of officers, the entire defense circle of Rhodes City collapsed instantly. The warriors who had been fighting the enemy bravely just now immediately turned into deserters who did not hesitate to wave arrows in their hands in order to escape for their lives.
Defeated, defeated miserably, and at this point, no one can turn the tide.
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The second offensive and defensive battle of Rhode City lasted 19 hours and ended in a disastrous defeat for the Sweat Blood Mercenary Group. In this battle, the Iron Blood Mercenary Group participated in the battle as 5 thousand-man teams and a knight squad directly under the leader, with a total of 5,323 people. After this battle
, in addition to the thousand-man team of prairie elf archers who rebelled on the battlefield, a total of 1,310 mercenaries left Rhode City alive. There were also more than 1,200 mercenaries from other mercenary groups, more than 1,500 swordsmen, and more than 3,000 mercenaries who escaped from the city in the chaos.
Residents. Also in this battle, the Black Dragon Knights participated in the battle with 5,057 main troops, 19,830 allied troops, and 62,845 innocent civilians. After the battle, a total of 238 people from the Black Dragon Knights and the small mercenary group died in battle, and more than 100 people were seriously injured.
The Allied forces lost 8,932 lives, and only 13,000 of the civilians who came to see the sunrise the next day.
On the day the city was captured, except for more than 10,000 young women, all the other more than 100,000 residents of Rhodes City were massacred on the spot. Seeing the fruits of victory, the Allied forces, including the coerced people, had long forgotten their positions and all participated in the
Two days of victory and plundering party. Chi Aotian fulfilled his promise. The city was not burned by fire, but was relatively intact and handed over to the residents who came here, allowing them to evacuate everything here at will.
.This is the effect Chi Aotian wants, resistance. Anyone who resists will have no way out.
The thousand-man prairie elf team suffered equally heavy casualties in this battle, with only 368 people surviving. The elves declined Chi Aotian and Qing Luo's offer to stay - there were too many reasons. As elves, if it hadn't been for the massacre of their people, they would have definitely
He could not shoot his own robe, and in this battle, both the prairie elves and the forest elves died under each other's arrows, which was something the elves could not face. On the afternoon of the city's fall, the elves supported each other and prepared to return.
The tribe where the elders are located.
After two days of repairs, the Black Dragon Knights expeditionary force continued to advance northward. Starting from Rhodes City, the expeditionary force had already set foot on the mainland highway. From here, it truly entered the hinterland of the Holy See. In front, a series of cities were dotted...
During the two days of repairs, Su Wen, as Chi Aotian's spokesperson, canonized 11 outstanding warriors as lifelong nobles in the fiefdom of the Grand Duke of Huayu and enjoyed considerable fiefdoms. His Excellency Su Wen solemnly promised on behalf of Chi Aotian that the Northern Expedition
The rewards that the army finally received will definitely not be worse than Miss Ikeda's expeditionary army. The motivation to maintain the military war is that simple. On one side is boundless hatred, on the other side is the reward of infinite glory.
After this news was sent back to Uru and Scambrai, the Holy See and the Western Emperor's base camp were shocked. Originally, they did not expect that the Sweat-Blooded Iron Cavalry could defeat the Black Dragon Knights, but they never expected that they could not survive 24 hours in a frontal siege battle.
Hours. Under such circumstances, the base camp once again increased its emphasis on the Black Dragon Knights, ordered the Norton Third Army to immediately end its repairs, and rushed through the Boundary Forest to the Flower Language Plain at starry night. In order to increase the chance of winning, the base camp also recruited soldiers from the mercenary empire.
Two new legions were mobilized to participate in the hunt in the Flower Language Plain.
In order to improve the morale of the people of the diocese and to commemorate the first city that truly resisted the invaders, His Majesty the Pope made a special decision-to build an unparalleled cathedral. The scale of this church is unrivaled.
It will be built on the basis of the original site of Rhodes City. The original city wall will be used as the church wall. Hundreds of huge stone pillars will be erected inside. Beams will be erected between the stone pillars to build houses. The largest choir hall will cover an area of more than 20,000 square meters. According to Myanmar
The Yang Empire proposed that two supreme gods be worshiped at the same time in this cathedral. The eastern church, where the sun rises, is dedicated to the God of Light; the western church, where the sun sets, is dedicated to the God of War.
The most special thing about this unique cathedral is its material. In order to commemorate the innocent parishioners who suffered in the Holy War, His Majesty the Pope sent special envoys to transport the skulls of all the soldiers and civilians who died in the invasion of the Black Dragon Knights from various places to Rhodes City, and laid the foundation stone.
During the ceremony, they were neatly stacked on the ground, hoping that these innocent victims could enjoy God's protection in heaven. In the cathedral, all the utensils are made of human bones. The first thing you see when entering the cathedral is a symbol of the 12 main gods.
There are 12 giant chandeliers with a diameter of six meters, each made of 89 skulls. The lamp hangs in the center, and the light shines to the ground through the eyes of the skull. If you look up at any part under the lamp, you will see a skull with eyes like a torch.
Staring at you; in every hall, there is a cross made of human leg bones; on every interior door there is a curtain made of human finger bones; in the largest baptistery there is even a cross made of human thigh bones.
The papal crown is made of hard "mind bones"; every milky white gas lamp in the church is made of human skin; on both sides of all corridors, there are lifelike sculptures, the sculptures are so lifelike that no one can tell them apart.
The reason is also very simple. These sculptures are completely modeled on real human bones; and the more than 1,200 burly knights wearing golden armor in the church were also modeled on the bones of nobles killed in this war... Wait until
On the day when the cathedral was actually completed, these victims were all shrouded in the light of God.
Similarly, in order to show the majesty of the Lord God, the Holy See erected a total of 100,000 black crosses in front of the cathedral. The Holy See dug out all the bones of all the expeditionary soldiers who died in Rhodes City, and froze more than 10,000 people who had been nailed to the crosses.
The skeletons of mainland soldiers were transported from the mainland highway, wrapped in black funeral robes, and nailed to crosses one by one.
His Majesty the Pope stated that he hopes that one day after the cathedral is completed, Chi Aotian can be nailed to the cross in front of the cathedral.
This world-famous cathedral under construction was named "Temple" by the Holy See.