Six special forces soldiers slowly crawled to a rocky ditch a hundred steps away from where Wu Lai was, each carrying a Hunter on his back...
Thanks to the enemy for not lighting torches for Helen's safety, and also thanks to the lazy moonlight tonight, the six people arrived at the designated location safely despite the seemingly thrilling experience.
Their mission was to open a gap for Wu Lai and his men. This was not difficult to do. A salvo of fire from the six Hunters would be enough to throw the guarding enemy troops into chaos. Then, Wu Lai and his men could take advantage of the chaos and sneak into the panicked enemy troops...
However, these six soldiers who were luring the enemy were likely to lose their lives, because at such a distance, the defending enemy would be able to quickly capture their figures and rush forward...
Therefore, Wu Lai's order was to retreat immediately once the enemy was successfully disturbed and not to worry about anything else.
Now, all the soldiers in the second row of the special forces company were ready to charge like Wu Lai. All that was left was to quietly wait for that opportunity to appear...
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Caesar met the sixth cavalryman who was riding towards him. His towering stature and position next to the huge torch made him the best target for the enemy to kill immediately.
But killing Caesar is not an easy task. Although he is only wearing leather armor, the defensive power of this leather armor with "something inside" is not inferior to the chain mail commonly used by heavy cavalry. Besides, if you want to hurt him with arrows and javelins, you must at least get rid of the two hundred archers in front of him first.
It is worth mentioning that the reason why the cavalry were able to charge forward one by one was because Caesar took the initiative to provide the opportunity - for some reason this idiot was asking the defensive array in front of him to make way for a small path so that the cavalry who were trying to challenge him could charge forward.
The most outrageous thing is that this bizarre request was actually agreed to. Because Caesar was a person close to the lord, no one was sure whether Caesar's request was instructed by the lord, because it seemed like an act to undermine the morale of the enemy.
The first five charging cavalrymen have become ghosts under the shield. You must know that Caesar's shield is heavy, fierce and flexible. Every strike looks simple and ordinary, but it can bypass all your movements, and then hit your head and shoulders hard, and then knock you off your horse.
Of course, if you just knock down your horse, this guy will immediately give you three consecutive shots to make sure your head is burying in the ground. He won't care about any other consequences.
But the other soldiers really wanted to say to Caesar at this moment, stop playing, it's time to retreat.
Yes, it is time to retreat, because the enemy has at least 10,000 people rushing over, and our cavalry has already retreated to set up an ambush area. The mission of luring the enemy into disruption has been completed, and the conditions for killing at the right time are becoming less and less. If we don't retreat, it will become a head-on hand-to-hand combat.
"Captain Caesar!" Finally a lieutenant shouted, "It's time to retreat."
"Okay, wait until I finish this!" Caesar grinned. He especially liked being called squad leader because Wu Lai told him that squad leader had two meanings, one was the leader who managed a squad, and the other meant veteran.
Caesar felt that he was a veteran, at least there were few people in Wu Lei's army who had joined the war earlier than him. He also liked to repeat over and over again the story of how he followed Wu Lei to find misfortune with the Woye Army in the Gap Defense Zone. Although fewer and fewer people were willing to listen to him, he still enjoyed it.
"Bang!" Caesar's big shield worked again. This time, he hit the enemy's left shoulder. However, what he didn't expect was that the enemy cavalryman turned his right arm and swung out a sword at the moment before he was about to fall off his horse.
The sword cut a gash on Caesar's forehead that was more than half an elbow long and the size of a baby's mouth. The blood gushed out and instantly covered Caesar's eyes.
"Oh no, I'm blind, I can't see." Caesar almost threw away his shield in pain.
"Captain Caesar, don't panic, we are here to save you." The lieutenant who had just reminded him shouted loudly, glanced at the enemy who had already run forty steps away, pointed his right hand rapier forward fiercely, "Shoot!"
"Swish, swish, swish, swish..." Hundreds of feather arrows flew towards the enemy.
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The spring sounds of the six Hunters rang out almost at the same time, and then six explosive crossbow arrows flew straight into the enemy group.
"Bang bang bang bang bang bang", the six explosions almost merged into one.
The sudden noise made Helen tremble involuntarily, and her heart skipped a beat.
"Oh no, the enemy is coming for me..." she thought to herself.
The sound of the explosion made the already tense enemy forces even more nervous. Before the order was given, the soldiers near the explosion site rushed forward. However, this did not mean that they could determine the exact direction of the six hunters. They just charged forward based on their subconscious reaction.
"Bang bang bang bang bang bang", six Hunters shot out six explosive arrows to intercept. The explosion certainly slightly stopped the rushing enemy, but the fire produced by the explosion also exposed the figures of the six second-row soldiers.
"Over there! Charge over and kill them!" The soldiers of the Tianjuan Army shouted and ran even more wildly.
"Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish", the cluster crossbow arrows drew tracks in the night sky that were difficult to detect with the naked eye. Howls and curses suddenly rang out, attracting more Tianjuan troops.
"Go!" Wu Lai shouted in a low voice, and was the first to rush out of the cover of the bushes, crouching down and trotting towards the direction of the hill.
"Retreat quickly." He said to the six soldiers in his heart while running.
What made him anxious was that he heard the sound of "bang bang bang bang bang" explosions again...
In a flash, Wu Lai and others rushed close to the enemy's defense circle. To their surprise, no one noticed their approach, or someone noticed them but because the light was too dim to see clearly, they mistook them for their own people.
Wu Lai plunged into the crowd without any hesitation, but he did not move towards the hunter with the enemy. Instead, he squeezed into the inner circle with some effort.
Just when Wu Lai thought he only needed two more steps to start climbing, two enemy soldiers stopped him and said, "Back off!"
It turns out that your defense is not that loose. Wu Lai thought to himself. He could see that the chaos in the outer circle did not affect the inner circle at all. This showed that Tianjuan still had his own ideas about how to defend.
It's just the third floor, there are only a dozen people. Wu Lai looked around quickly, and with both hands he pulled out two daggers, holding one in front and one in the back, and then he rushed towards the two soldiers who stopped him.
A shrill scream suddenly sounded. At the same time, screams and the sound of weapons colliding could be heard from a few to ten steps away from Wu Lai...
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"Light the fire!" Wu Lai's shout rang out from the dark night.
"Yes!" After a quick response, a small flame appeared with a "hiss" sound...
The moment the torch light flashed, time and air froze together, and the chaotic shouts and calls just now seemed to be covered by an invisible hand and stopped abruptly...
In the firelight, Wu Lai twisted Helen's left arm with one hand, and with his right hand, he reached around her right shoulder and placed a gleaming dagger on her neck.
All the Tianjuan soldiers who saw this scene froze in place.
The emperor was captured alive by the enemy?! They couldn't believe their eyes, but everything in front of them clearly told them that this was true. The emperor, who was high above everyone else, had become a prisoner of the enemy. With just a slight move of his right hand, he could cut her proud throat and kill her.
The second torch was also lit, and then all the surviving soldiers from the second row of the special forces company gathered around Wu Lai.
One, two, three... eleven, twelve, oh, so many sacrifices... Wu Lai's heart was heavy. In order to complete this mission, the second platoon lost more than two-thirds of its personnel.
Helen felt very upset, not because of her awkward posture and situation, but because there were already a hundred guards around her who were said to be experienced in battle, but they were unable to stop Wu Lai and the other twenty or so people. The most outrageous thing was that she didn't stop those who should have been stopped, and she, who should not have been stopped, was firmly trapped in the crowd by the guards and could not move. Otherwise, with the terrain of this small hill, if she rolled down, she would only get some scratches on her skin, and she would definitely not end up as a prisoner, right?
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The soldiers in the second row surrounded Wu Lai and Helen. They were using their bodies to protect Wu Lai. There were thousands of enemy soldiers surrounding them. If they were not careful, not only would their mission fail, but Wu Lai's life would also be lost.
Helen gave up struggling because she knew that struggling would be futile in the current situation.
"Let me go, Wu Lai, you hurt me." Helen turned her head and frowned. In the firelight, her eyes were filled with hatred and pain.
Wu Lai raised a smile, but added more strength to his left hand: "Bring the noose."
"Yes." A soldier from the second row took out a noose from his waist, and without waiting for Wu Lai's order, he shook it open and put it directly around Helen's wrists, then pulled it around her waist. Helen's arms were tied tightly. Then the soldier tied the other end of the noose to Wu Lai's left wrist.
"My lord, everything is ready."
"Okay." Wu Lai nodded and moved his neck. He almost fainted after being hit on the back of his neck by a shield just now. Now when he moved, the bones inside made a creaking sound and it was very painful.
"I didn't expect you would dare to take the risk yourself, and you only brought a few people with you." Helen said.
"I didn't expect that myself." Wu Lai smiled slightly. "Actually, I wanted to capture you during the day. You were in the second observation tower on the left at that time. But it's not too late now." Wu Lai said this purely to scare Helen. When fighting during the day, Sares reported Helen's position just as required. When two armies are fighting, their own commander must be informed of the movements of the enemy commander. The farther the enemy commander is from the attacking army, the more difficult it is to convey orders in time - mastering this point can often determine the outcome of the battle.
"Really?" Helen frowned, "Do you really want to kill me?"
"Same here." Wu Lai laughed, "You also attacked me with poison arrows, the snake saliva flower poison, you really don't care about our friendship."
Helen was speechless. At this point, she really didn't know what to say. She just wanted to know what Wu Lai would do to her.
"Kill me," said Helen.
"Helen, I know you, so you don't have to test me." Wu Lai said as he looked around, "I won't kill you. If I kill you, the continent will be even more chaotic, and it will be even more troublesome for me to clean up."
Killing Helen would naturally not be a good choice. Wu Lai understood dynasties and ambitions. Now the Tianjuan Empire has tasted the sweetness of conquest and expansion. Even without Helen as the emperor, the Tianjuan Empire will continue to exist, and they will soon pick out or take the initiative to appoint another emperor.
Wu Lai could foresee that no matter who became the new emperor, his prestige would not be as high as Helen's, because Helen was the Saint of Tianjuan, the founding emperor, and the one who led the Tianjuan people to create the Tianjuan Empire and incorporated almost the entire continent into its territory.
No one, including Tianjuan, Hulitt and Kimo, dared to oppose Helen because of her background and her great achievements. If the person who replaced her was not as good as her, he would be questioned and blamed. Then, all kinds of divisions and disputes would come flooding in, making this world even more disturbed.
Therefore, he could not, nor would he...
"You'd better kill me. I'm worth a million dollars, and I won't let you do whatever you want. You should know that." Helen said, "So, you'd better give up the idea of holding me hostage and leaving calmly. At worst, I will die with you."
"Helen, don't play these tricks of retreating with me. Since I dare to come here, I am sure I can catch you and take you away." Wu Lai smiled slightly, and suddenly leaned close to Helen's ear and said something in a low voice.
Helen's face suddenly changed.
"Wu Lai, how dare you treat me like this?!" she said angrily.
"If you insist on dying with me, this is all I can do." Wu Lai said with a smile.
"Despicable!" Helen thought for a moment and then added, "Shameless! Woolley Glindo! You are a scoundrel! Disgusting Woolley!"
"If you don't want me to stuff your mouth with my stinky socks, just keep quiet." Wu Lai's face turned stern, and Helen froze. She could only stare at Wu Lai with gritted teeth, but didn't dare to say anything.
"How is everyone's rest?" Wu Lai looked around.
"Rest well, lord." The soldiers in the second row answered in unison.
"Okay, get ready to go home." After that, Wu Lai put his right arm around Helen's neck again, pressed her down and said, "Follow me obediently, I will not only ensure your safety, but also ensure that no one can replace you on the throne."
"I believe it, but Wuleglindo, you have made me endure a humiliation that will be difficult to wash away for the rest of my life. I will hate you even more." Helen said.
"I don't care. There are so many people who hate me." Wu Lai grinned and said.