"Retreat immediately! The enemy is blasting!" Wu Lai was very anxious. Although he only took a few glances just now, he could conclude that the enemy's main blasting point was the gate of the retaining wall, which was the weakest position of the entire retaining wall.
Wu Lai's order was like an imperial decree, like an oracle from heaven, so as soon as his order came out, the first group of soldiers around who heard it quickly dispersed and shouted.
"The lord has ordered us to retreat immediately!"
"The Lord orders everyone to retreat immediately! The enemy is exploding!"
"The high priest has given the order! Retreat immediately!"
The four special forces soldiers carried Wu Lai away without any explanation. In their minds, the thousands of people on the protective wall were not as valuable as Wu Lai. If they were to retreat, Wu Lai should retreat first.
In the blink of an eye, all the officers and soldiers turned around and ran back, rushing towards the four wooden bridges connecting the main walls of the checkpoint. Each of them was twenty cubits wide and about a hundred steps long, with six stone piers each. It was the first protective wall and the aerial passage of the checkpoint. The seven bridge boards that made up the bridge deck could be removed separately.
Wu Lai was carried onto the bridge because he was a little "dishonest" and always wanted to go and warn people in person.
"Master, everyone has started to retreat." A soldier from the special forces company who was holding Wu Lai's left shoulder said as he and his companions carried Wu Lai and ran quickly.
"You little bastards! You're treating me like a 70- or 80-year-old man." Wu Lai couldn't help but curse...
This was definitely a strange scene. The two sides seemed to be separated by an invisible pair of hands. In the blink of an eye, the attackers rushed back, while the defenders on the parapet quickly rushed towards the wooden bridge...
But the time left for the defenders was too tight. Before half of the people had climbed onto the bridge, the dull sound of explosions reached everyone's ears.
"Bang, bang, bang, bang..." There were more than twenty explosions in a row...
Amidst the flying rocks and dust, the first gate of the protective wall was severely blown open. With the flying rocks, the main wall of the level was exposed to the enemy's view.
The destructive power was naturally not limited to that. In addition to the gate, the first protective wall was blown down in four places. The power of the shock also caused the two wooden bridges on the right to collapse in an instant. When the bridge collapsed, hundreds of officers and soldiers on the bridge fell to the ground thirty elbows away without any suspense...
The enemy's cheers immediately reached Wu Lai's ears. After looking back, his brows suddenly frowned.
"Hurry! Save people!" Wu Lai shouted.
In fact, without his order, the main wall had already started to arrange for the rescue by dropping ropes, because Wu Lai said that the army is a big family, and the high and low positions are due to the needs of war and management. In fact, everyone came together for a common goal, and should be like brothers...
No one would remain indifferent when seeing his own brother in danger.
Those who were retreating continued to run because they knew that the faster they ran, the faster those behind them would be able to catch up and reach safety.
When Wu Lai returned to the main wall, nearly a hundred soldiers had fallen from the wall. As soon as their feet touched the ground, they quickly threw away the ropes and ran towards the wounded soldiers.
At the same time, the enemy's attack began again...
"The third platoon of the first special forces company, listen to my command! Assemble!" The person who shouted was Sabretooth Wolf, the deputy company commander of the first special forces company. The collapsed bridge and the collapsed gate trapped him and the third platoon of the first special forces company on the broken wall on the right. In addition to them, there were more than 700 people trapped on the broken wall.
After hearing Sabertooth Wolf's call, the third platoon gathered around him without saying a word. When they were counting the personnel, a deputy battalion commander of the third battalion of the fifth regiment and two company commanders ran up to Sabertooth Wolf.
"Captain Sabretooth, our battalion commander is injured and he asked us to follow your command," said the deputy battalion commander.
"Okay." The situation was urgent, and Sabertooth Wolf had no time to be polite. "Please gather your weapons immediately."
"yes!"……
The blasting open of the gate of the first protective wall and the collapse of several protective walls were a huge breakthrough for the Tianjuan Army, because it meant that the passage to the main wall of the pass was opened, and it also meant that their attack could gain a good cover - those abandoned protective walls could provide them with good cover.
The reason for abandoning the defense was that Wu Lai did not want his soldiers to die there. Once the gate of the protective wall was opened, the risk factor of the defense would undoubtedly increase several times.
But at this moment, Sabretooth Wolf and others were on the defense. According to Sabretooth Wolf's plan, they had to hold on at least until all the wounded were rescued before considering retreating - no one in the special forces company would abandon the wounded.
But the enemy's attack also became fiercer. The previous feint was only to cover the placement of explosives. Now that the explosives were effective, the next thing to do was to kill all the defenders on the broken wall and then occupy that place, making it a line of fire that could be used to fire against the defenders, suppressing their defenses and providing cover for a large-scale attack.
So, they charged forward with howling voices, arrows and javelins continuously flew to the top of the broken wall on the right, and the long ladders that had just retreated rushed forward again, and the large copper claws at the front of the ladders shone brightly...
At the same time, fierce fighting began on the passageway between the north and south peaks, and the sound of artillery fire from the two peaks gradually became sparse...
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Pu Tong lit a cigarette, but accidentally stained the cigarette with blood from his hand, which made him frown involuntarily. It was the last cigarette in his pocket, and it was stained with the enemy's blood. Wasn't this a deliberate disgust? However, Pu Tong didn't dwell on this matter too much. After taking a deep puff, a childlike satisfied smile appeared on his face. His lips moved slightly, and a wisp of smoke slowly came out. Then, he raised his eyebrows and looked provocatively at the five Tianjuan soldiers who were waiting in full battle array more than ten steps away.
"What? Are you cowardly? Come here!" He asked in a cold voice, then took a deep puff of his cigarette, hooked his left foot, and a big sword flew into the air. He stretched out his right hand and grasped the hilt of the sword firmly.
This was not the sword given to him by Wu Lai, but the sword he usually used. Many years ago, this sword belonged to his father, and some years before that, it belonged to his grandfather.
This greatsword that had served three generations of ancestors was now broken - its blade had many jagged notches, the blade was a little twisted, and the tip of the sword was even missing, making it look more like a knife.
Pu Tong's horse also died. It fell behind him. Before it fell, it carried Pu Tong back and forth in Liumu Town countless times. Pu Tong could not remember how many enemy soldiers he had killed or wounded.
All he knew was that the number of soldiers around him was decreasing.
When the horse fell, only one cavalryman was left protecting Pu Tong. However, he was obviously unable to protect Pu Tong anymore at this moment, because there was only a piece of flesh left on his head barely connected to his neck, and his blood had dyed the yellow earth beneath him into a creepy crimson-purple color.
Pu Tong suddenly felt a little regretful. If the enemy had not come to reinforce, if he had not come to protect those civilians, he would not have put himself in such a dangerous situation.
However, I did save many lives after all. Although my life is more important than theirs, it seems worth it - Pu Tong said this to himself in his heart, took another deep puff of the half-burned cigarette, shook his right hand, and raised the sword high.
"Come on!" he shouted.
"Kill!" In response to him, the five Tianjuan soldiers charged forward.
Damn it, it must be very painful soon. Pu Ting turned his head, spit out the cigarette butt, and swung his sword to meet it. At the same time, a crossbow sound suddenly came from the left -
“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh”…
Immediately, the five Tianjuan soldiers who had rushed to ten steps in front of Pu Teng fell down with screams, with many crossbow arrows stuck in their bodies, and blood continuously gushing out of their wounds, mouths and noses.
Pu Tong was startled and subconsciously looked to the left, then he saw Eddie leading more than 20 cavalrymen galloping towards him.
I'm so lucky. Putong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Colonel Pu Tong, there's chaos in the north of the town! Why are you still staying here?" Eddie said urgently after reining in his horse beside Pu Tong.
Don't you know what I'm doing? I almost got chopped! Although Pu Tong thought so in his heart, he couldn't say it. After a chuckle, he put the big sword on his shoulder and said, "Little Eddie, I won't appreciate your kindness. Don't think you were helping me out just now. Hehe, I was just about to use the peerless fighting skill that the leader taught me, one step to kill five. If you don't believe me, I'll show you."
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"Colonel Pu Tong, you should demonstrate how to kill five people in one step later. The people from the Second Battalion of your Sixth Regiment are also rushing over." Eddie said.
"The Second Battalion is here too?! This brat!" Pu Tong was stunned. He couldn't help but curse and slapped his hands. "Little Eddie, ask your people to give me a horse."
Without waiting for Addie's order, a cavalryman behind her led an extra horse to Pu Tong. After climbing onto the horse, Pu Tong glanced at his horse and the soldier who died tragically to protect him, sighed softly in his heart, and clapped his sword heavily: "Go!"
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Wu Lai's heart was bleeding, and his hands holding the telescope were trembling slightly...
He was looking at the broken wall on the right. Originally there were more than 700 soldiers there, but now there were less than 100 left.
In the past, these more than 700 soldiers braved the enemy's rain of arrows, javelins, explosives, oil bags and torches, and pushed away the enemy's long ladders and repelled the enemy's attacks again and again. When the bows and crossbows were used up, they picked up the arrows and javelins shot by the enemy. After even these were used up, they took up weapons to fight back and dug out stones to smash down...
They held on, covering each other and fighting hard until the enemy climbed up the stone wall on the left - once there, they covered the more than 700 soldiers who held on with a rain of arrows.
Wu Lai was very upset that he did not order the artillery to fire as soon as the enemy climbed the stone wall on the left, because there were still about thirty soldiers there at the time - they originally had more than three hundred people. After the main force withdrew to the checkpoint, they voluntarily stayed and dismantled the bridge connecting the main wall, because they knew that if they did not stay, the enemy would be able to quickly climb here and use this place as a platform to shoot at the main wall defense area and the platform on the right...
The bravery of the soldiers was what Woolley expected to see, but the brave actions of more than 300 soldiers made Woolley feel helpless, because these soldiers did not need to do this at all. If they were not there, Woolley would have ordered the bombardment of the stone wall on the left, turning it into a pile of rocks and rubble that the enemy could not use at all.
But Woolley understood that the more than 300 soldiers knew that in such a situation, staying would mean sacrifice. They, like the more than 700 soldiers on the right wall, were heroes worthy of admiration and eternal commemoration.
Wu Lai never felt any resentment towards the heroes.
But if he had a choice, Wu Lai would rather the more than 300 soldiers on the left had returned without hesitation, and the more than 700 soldiers on the right had jumped down without hesitation. Although not all of them might survive, at least there would be more hope, and he wouldn't have to watch them die like now...
The saber-toothed wolf was laughing, very happily, like a child who had got his favorite toy.
He was very satisfied with his performance today, because he did not let down Wu Lai's upbringing, nor did he let down Vulture and Puya's teachings. He led more than 700 people to hold the resistance, holding them off for a long time, killing and wounding enemies several times his number, and successfully covering the evacuation of his comrades who fell off the bridge.
"Come on, stop fighting! Come to me!" Sabretooth Wolf waved to his comrades. The enemy's ladders were placed on the top of the wall again, but he knew that no one had the strength to stop this wave of attack.
"Stand still! Let the lord see our smiling faces!" Sabre-toothed Wolf shouted loudly, and his body swayed again. If he hadn't held the flagpole tightly with all his strength, he would have fallen to the ground.
No, I must stand firm, I can't let the young master see me falling down like a bear. Saber-toothed wolf said in his heart, in his mind, there is nothing more sacred and intimate than the title of "young master".
When the seventeenth ladder was placed on the top of the wall, all the surviving soldiers gathered around the Sabre-tooth Wolf. Some of them were sitting or standing, and each of them was facing the direction of the checkpoint. Each of them had a smile on his face.
"Good! You all do a great job! It's an honor for me, Sabretooth Wolf, to fight with you all!" Sabretooth Wolf laughed loudly, "Flag Signalman! Flag Signalman!"
"Here!" A thin soldier covered in blood stood up shakily.
"Is the little flag lost?" asked the saber-toothed wolf.
"No, the little flag... is... the flag signalman's... weapon." The flag signalman laughed and said.
"Okay, okay." Sabertooth Wolf nodded heavily, "Come on, tell the lord to fire at us."
"Yes! Send a message to the lord... and fire at... at us!" The flag signalman repeated the order while struggling to pull out the small flag on his belt.
"Brothers!" Saber-toothed Wolf glanced around and said loudly, "Is anyone afraid of death?"
"No!" everyone answered in unison.
"Okay! Then let's show the people of Tianjuan what it means to be a fearless hero!"
"Okay!" Everyone responded at the top of their voice.
"What a pleasure!" The flag signalman laughed and waved the small flag in his hand...