It must be said that Howell had put a lot of effort into defense. In addition to the heightened and thickened walls, there were twelve trenches, forty-eight small arrow towers, and staggered fences. These trenches, arrow towers, and fences divided the front half of the gap defense zone into squares without blind spots. In Howell's idea, once the enemy entered these squares, they would be subjected to the wrath of the archers behind the arrow towers and fences.

But Howell's beautiful idea was based on the situation of shrinking his own defense, because only after all his soldiers were withdrawn to the fence, the enemy would be completely exposed in the squares, and at the same time, his archers could be effectively protected.

However, the invading enemy engaged in a fight with their own soldiers at the first opportunity. In the tug-of-war along the protective wall, the forces of both sides increased more and more in the process of seizing and counter-seizing. At first, they could still distinguish between the enemy and ours. After fighting for a while, the two sides became mixed together and could no longer be distinguished from each other. In the situation where the only way to distinguish the enemy and ours was by clothing, accidental injuries were inevitable on both sides.

Although the Woye Army fought hastily, they were able to fight the enemy on equal terms for a while thanks to their large numbers and familiarity with the terrain. However, this situation disappeared after the enemy's third echelon rushed into the protective wall. The sudden increase in the number of enemy troops made the Woye Army soldiers, who were already feeling guilty, unconsciously slow down the frequency of their counterattacks.

Once the momentum was relaxed, the enemy's resistance naturally decreased, and they advanced forward even more recklessly. Soon, the Woye Army lost most of the protective wall positions. Seeing that the situation was not good, Denel hurriedly ordered his men to retreat to the fence behind the first trench, intending to rely on the favorable formation there to let the archers show their power. However, what Denel did not expect was that he was obviously only giving orders to his men, and the men of other lieutenants and lieutenants also followed suit and retreated. That was not all. As soon as his side ran back a short distance, the enemy caught up.

Denel had no choice but to order his troops to turn around and engage the enemy, but it was easy to order a retreat but difficult to order a turn around and fight. Not only were there few responders, but even Denel himself was squeezed behind the first trench by the soldiers beside him. This scene happened to be seen by Howell who arrived in a hurry, and he was almost furious.

Not only the Woye Army but also some ferocious demons from the Demon Legion squeezed into the first trench. These murderous guys had never seen such an easy opportunity before, so there was no reason for them not to kill the Woye Army that "left their backs to them".

The first line of defense of the Woye Army was suddenly in chaos. As screams were heard and blood spurted out, some soldiers began to run towards the second trench. As a result, the first trench and fence were lost in the chaos, followed by the second. If Howell had not led more than a hundred guards to personally meet the enemy and supervise the battle, the third trench might have been lost due to the chaos.

When the Woye Army finally came to its senses and began to take up defensive posture in the third trench, the 3,000 men of the fourth echelon of the Demon Legion also climbed over the protective wall. At this time, the Demon Legion and the friendly Kimo forces had more than 12,000 soldiers in the gap defense zone. What's more, the 3,000 Kimo people in the fourth echelon were all archers. Liehuo arranged the 3,000 archers in the fourth echelon because he believed that his men could break through the protective wall and enter the gap defense zone, and carve out enough territory for the 3,000 archers to show their strengths.

With archers, there is a suppressive force - after the demon army separated part of its forces to protect the left and right wings, it began to rush towards the third trench under the cover of archers.

The world-famous archery skills of the Kimo archers are truly amazing. The archers in the Woye Army's arrow tower were suppressed and unable to shoot, and were unable to form a decent blocking force against the attack of the Demon Legion. Therefore, the Woye Army soldiers on the third trench defense line of the Woye Army could only watch the enemy rushing over while hiding their heads and necks to avoid the rain of arrows from the Kimo archers.

The two sides soon collided with each other, swords clashed, blood and flesh flew everywhere, screams, the sound of weapons clashing, shouts, and cries of killing turned the third trench into a killing field with thunder roaring non-stop, and it seemed that every inch of land was trembling and wailing...

After another half day, the Woye Army retreated to the fourth trench, leaving behind more than 3,000 corpses. A mile behind them was Howell's tent and military supplies warehouse.

But the enemy finally slowed down the pace of the attack. The Woye Army suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, the first echelon of the Demon Legion was also almost wiped out, and the second echelon was also nearly half dead. From the retaining wall to the third trench area, the fences, earth walls, stone walls, and arrow towers were all turned into ruins, and the ground was littered with scattered corpses. In an open space near the retaining wall, the Demon Legion's reserve team piled up the bodies of their comrades they had collected into many piles of corpses, each with at least 30 or 40 bodies. The ground was covered with coagulated blood, and in the trench, the bodies of the dead soldiers on both sides were mixed together...

After the Kimo archers and the third echelon of the Demon Legion formed a defensive formation, the more than a thousand surviving soldiers of the second echelon began to treat their own wounded and search for the wounded soldiers of the Woye Army in the occupied area. In such a large-scale life-and-death slaughter, the inherent battlefield rules have lost their effectiveness - the Demon Legion will not give the wounded soldiers of the Woye Army a chance to pay for their lives. As long as they find a wounded soldier of the Woye Army who is still breathing, they will surround him and cut off his head...

"Soldiers of Mondovoye! Did you see that?!" Howell brandished his sword and roared, "The enemy is a man-eating demon! You either kill them! Or you will be killed by them! There is no third way!"

What responded to him was the roar of the soldiers, which was full of hatred for the enemy and pity for their dead comrades...

"General." A lieutenant general came running over and whispered something in Howell's ear. Howell's face darkened again. After hesitating for a while, he sighed and said, "Light three smoke signals..."

Three smoke signals meant asking for help, which was undoubtedly a shameful thing. Not only would it be a disgrace to Howell Mondo, but also to Mondo Woye. But if he did not ask for help, although on the surface his own forces were slightly superior to the enemy's, it would be impossible to win. If he was not careful, the remaining 10,000 men would all be lost.

"But will we make it in time?" The medic hesitated and asked in a low voice. He thought that Kayikede City was two days and one night away from here. Even if the elite soldiers were lightly equipped and marched quickly, it would still take a day. How could distant water quench nearby thirst?

"There's still time, just go ahead." Howell waved his hand and urged. The scout had reported to him early in the morning that Date's army was stationed seven or eight miles behind the Gap Defense Zone.

After the lieutenant general took the order and left, Howell asked his guards to call two lieutenants and gave them some instructions. Just as he finished giving the instructions, a scout came running over: "Report to the general, the enemy has split up and is quickly going around to the left wing!"

"You two, do it quickly!" Howell waved away the two generals, hesitated for a moment, and waved to the two messengers waiting behind him...

On the rocky beach, Liehuo sat leaning on a big chair, his head tilted up, his eyes sparkling.

In fact, he could no longer see the flag signalman on the top of the parapet, because although he still looked extremely heroic and his muscles were still as strong as those of a young man, he was fifty-five years old after all. The years and battles had not only left wrinkles and scars on his body, but also made his eyes lose their former sharpness, although on the surface, his gaze was no different from when he was young.

Liehuo wanted to climb up the gap in front of him himself and charge into the enemy ranks with his soldiers, but he did not insist on doing so because he was seriously ill.

But even though Liehuo was unable to personally command the troops on the battlefield due to illness, he was still enough to scare the Woye Army into submission.

Just now, Liehuo had ordered the flag signalman beside him to harass the left wing of the Woye Army. After a while, he would again order his troops to split up and go around to the right wing of the Woye Army. This could be a multi-point harassment to break through at the right time, and it was also a way to lure the enemy. If the commander of the Woye Army thought that the strength of his frontal troops had been greatly reduced and launched an attack, then the troops that had gone around to the left and right wings would quickly turn back and form a three-way trap on the Woye Army. If the Woye Army chose to defend on three sides, that would be exactly what Liehuo wanted, because the Hulett First Army liked best to fight this kind of battle where they always took the initiative, and the Woye Army would be constantly consumed and consumed in the Hulett First Army's cyclical attack...

At this moment, there are less than a thousand soldiers in Liehuo Camp, but Liehuo thinks this is a big deal, because judging from the current battle situation, it will not be a problem to take over the Gap Defense Zone before dawn tomorrow.

However, Liehuo hoped to end the battle before or shortly after dusk, because the right army of the legion would land here shortly after nightfall, and the commander of the right army was Hugo Simon, who was famous for his harshness. The left army and the right army had always appeared as competitors.

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I must take it down. Liehuo clenched his fists tightly, and a hint of excitement flashed across his eyes...

After a while, the flag signalman behind Liehuo issued a new order - divide the troops to the right wing...

After another meal, the latest report from the flag signalman on the wall turned the excitement in Liehuo's eyes into deep surprise...

What's going on? Aren't there only 10,000 people on the other side? Could it be that the previous investigation was wrong? Liehuo frowned. The night before, two of his scouts who were best at camouflage and stealth ventured to climb up the cliff near the gap and got a rough estimate of the number of Woye troops. Liehuo then led his troops to attack without waiting for the right army to arrive. However, the flag signal soldiers on the parapet reported that the troops that were outflanking the left and right wings of the enemy were ambushed. Now...

"Give the order! Return to the front position immediately and hold on!" After Liehuo gave the order, he suddenly coughed violently and almost couldn't breathe...

Liehuo's troops encountered Dayte's army on the left wing. Although they had marched seven or eight miles in the forest, Dayte's soldiers were still much more physically fit than Hulett's army, which had been fighting for most of the day. In addition, Dayte's army had an absolute advantage in terms of manpower, so as soon as the two armies came into contact, Dayte's army had the upper hand. In addition, the Woye army had been bullied and teased by the left wing defense forces, and now that they saw the reinforcements coming and they were quite powerful, they simply rushed out to take advantage of the situation and attack Hulett's army...

The Saltmarsh Army led by Woolley blocked the enemy on the right wing, but the tactics of the Saltmarsh Army were completely different from those of the Dayte Army. After seeing the Hulett Army from a distance, they neither charged nor hid, but slowed down their pace and continued to move forward, as if the Hulett Army on the opposite side was nothing but air. This made the commander of the Hulett Army, who was on high alert, stunned and he could not make up his mind...

When they were still a mile and a half away from the enemy, Wu Lai ordered the entire army to stop, raised his telescope to look at the enemy's lineup for a while, then smiled slightly, turned his head and shouted: "Mengbao, come and help your brother beat the bad guys!"