Black Valley Pass is 17 kilometers away from Wulian Fortress...
That was a military castle belonging to the Shia family, and also the core area providing frontline combat.
This... is the fourth battle between the Sia family alliance and the Tilan family, with both victories and defeats, but this defeat is exceptionally devastating.
The involvement of the Sanctuary equipped the Knights of Tiran with a large amount of faith-based weaponry, making their heavy cavalry virtually invincible.
They ruthlessly trampled the barricades and charged forward despite the assassins' attacks, like reckless madmen.
However, it is true that no matter how serious the injury, it will be treated by the staff of the Holy Church after the return, so they are naturally fearless in the charge!
"The Sia family has been driven back. This is Kurotani Pass, and we have discovered the main force of the Sia family."
"Wait, that's Windsor!? Hey! Sentry! Go notify the troops! We've spotted Windsor! She's at Black Valley Pass! We need backup!"
At the mountain pass, the Tiran family knights, who had been lying in ambush, had been waiting for a long time.
The Tilan family had anticipated the defeat of the Sia family and laid ambushes at locations where they might retreat. However, the Black Valley Pass was a special case.
This place is too close to the main battlefield, so the family not only increased the number of troops ambushed here, but also invited the Hagrid family's Left Shield Alliance to set up defenses not far away.
Now, once the news gets out, Earl Ellen on the main battlefield will rush to pursue them, and the Hagrid family on the flank will also send people to support them.
...
"Your Highness Windsor, have some water!" A royal knight rode up.
Windsor shook her head without saying a word, and simply followed the troops as they continued their retreat toward the castle.
This defeat cost the Sia family one-fifth of their territory, and one can imagine the displaced people who starved to death in the cold winter.
"Damn it, Allen, he won't stop!" grumbled a member of the mercenary group covering the retreat.
"Those refugees are so pitiful..."
"That damned Allen! What on earth is he doing?!"
"Hey everyone, doesn't it feel really quiet here...?"
"!!!"
A bugle call ripped through the long night!
A large number of greatswordsmen and heavily armored spearmen who were already in formation suddenly appeared near the mountain pass!
"There's an ambush! Everyone, protect Her Highness!!!" The knights spurred their horses and protected Windsor in the center.
"Fire!" the ambush commander ordered.
Dozens of ballistae and a large number of longbowmen appeared at the mountain pass, and a rain of arrows mercilessly pierced through the panicked soldiers.
"Silence! Reorganize the formation!!!" Windsor raised her longsword high.
Dawn of Shia! The longsword, a divine weapon of the Shia family! Forged from gold, its sharpness remains undiminished! Like the blazing sun tearing through the night!
"For Her Highness Windsor! Charge!" The royal knights raised their lances and charged, and countless swordsmen died under their spears or were trampled to death in humiliation by their horses' hooves.
"Stop them!" The ambush troops simultaneously compressed the mountain pass, preventing anyone from passing.
"Kill a knight and you'll be rewarded with one hundred gold coins! Kill a baron and you'll be rewarded with a fief! Kill Windsor and you'll be made an earl!!!"
"Run them over!!!"
"Insolence!!!" From the corner, squads of black-clad assassins surged into the battlefield, their blades moving like snakes, effortlessly traversing their armor.
In the gentle breeze, he instantly killed the heavily armored spearmen!
"All assassins of the Sia family! Die for His Highness! For the glory of the Sia family!!!"
The assassin captain was ablaze with bloodlust, unleashing his legendary assassin skills. Like a ferocious beast, he killed one enemy knight after another who tried to approach Windsor.
"I can't hold on any longer!"
"Retreat immediately!"
"We need to reorganize our formation!!!"
The ambush was broken, and they began to retreat. Clearly, they had underestimated the terror of Sia's main force and overlooked the assassins lurking in the shadows.
"May the Shia family live forever!!!" Golden light flashed in Windsor's eyes, and the longsword in her hand shone as brightly as the sun!
Three fireballs fell from the sky atop the longsword, crushing the ambush army and turning the entire mountain pass into a bloodbath, with countless Tilan family soldiers wailing in the sea of fire.
Some of them were killed by fireballs, some were severely maimed and unable to escape the inferno, and some were half-dead, their bodies engulfed in flames, running around mindlessly until they were finally killed by assassins.
"It's a god!"
"God has shown His power!!!"
"For the sake of the Xia family! Run them over!!!"
The knights of the Shia family were greatly encouraged. They rode their horses and slaughtered the enemy in the sea of fire. Their longswords mercilessly cut off the heads of their enemies, their spears impaled the corpses high in the air, and their horses' hooves trampled the bodies to pieces!
"Your Highness, hurry!" the mercenary group urged, and they began to gather and rush towards the mountain pass to clear a path for the main force.
Windsor paused, just as she was about to sheath her longsword, when a loud bang came from behind her.
A massive horizontal sword aura instantly cleaved the battlefield, and the entire legion behind it perished under its power!
Behind the Black Valley Pass, amidst the earth-shattering tremors, heavily armored knights appeared.
They charged forward side by side, like a herd of maddened buffalo in the narrow valley!
Even more terrifying, they were radiating white light, and the healing blessings bestowed by the priests made them invincible!
"All Tiran heavy cavalry! All Tiran subjects! For the future of the family! For Earl Allen! For the glory of Tiran! Charge! Charge!! Charge!!!"
"Crush them!!!"
Tens of thousands of heavily armored cavalrymen marched forward without halting, like an unstoppable mudslide!
"It's a heavily armored knight!"
"Damn it! They've caught up!!!"
The Hia family's allied forces, which had just begun to regain their fighting spirit, collapsed once again.
This is even more terrifying than the battlefield!
The place was too cramped, and they had nowhere to hide. However, the most desperate people were the Xia family legion behind them.
They tried to run forward, but how can a man outrun a horse?
Some tried to be clever and climbed the mountain, but ended up helplessly hanging on the cliff, unable to go up because it was too steep!
The heavily armored knights swung their lances and rammed them down, their iron hooves mercilessly crushing their heads, and the dust they kicked up engulfed them!
"We're going to die! We're going to die!!! Everyone run!!!" The mercenary group was the first to lose their temper, and they all started throwing down their weapons and running towards the mountain pass.
"Everyone, cover His Highness's retreat!"
"Your Highness, let's go quickly!!!"
The most loyal knight, Sia, protected Windsor.
Windsor gazed at the crescent moon in the clouds, her eyes flashing with a blood-red light.
"Your Highness!" The knight beside him realized something was wrong.
"Your Highness?" A captain of the Sia family assassins widened her eyes; she seemed to know something.
"Wait! Wait! Your Highness! This isn't the time!!! Elsie can't activate that power yet!!!"
"..." The golden light in Windsor's eyes had completely faded, turning into blood red.
The golden longsword in his hand dimmed and lost its luster in the next moment, appearing as an ordinary weapon...
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