Chapter 591 Internal and External Troubles
Under the cover of night, after the battle during the day, the returning rat tide once again surrounded the border fortress and launched a siege.
Ratmen have night vision and can see things at night. The same is true for Lizardmen. Fighting during the day or at night does not make much difference to them.
But for Li Ce and the human troops led by Zhou Chongshan, the impact was huge.
Even inside the fortress where torches and braziers were lit everywhere, their vision would be affected after nightfall, not to mention outside the fortress.
This forced Li Ce to put the heavy burden of commanding the operation on Soros.
After understanding the situation, Soros climbed up the wall and took command without saying a word. He had the ability to command large troops, and now he was temporarily promoted from deputy to full-time, so he was not at all unfamiliar with the position.
Li Ce retreated into the fortress, conducted internal command, and provided support for the wall.
At this moment, a scream was heard from the corner where the city defense equipment was piled up. Li Ce was startled when he heard the noise and hurriedly looked over there.
At this moment, from the shadows, ratmen with lizardman masks on their heads and claws like blades on their hands rushed out.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! There are enemies in the fortress!!"
The unexpected situation caused chaos within the company.
The lizardmen soldiers who were around at the time subconsciously wanted to encircle and suppress them.
Unexpectedly, those ratmen were so incredibly swift and fierce in their attacks. As they moved back and forth, their blade claws pierced directly into the necks of the surrounding lizardmen soldiers, taking their lives!
Compared with the rat slave soldiers they had faced before, the combat power was a world of difference.
Li Ce was shocked by this scene and he hurriedly asked the lizardman adjutant beside him where these ratmen came from.
Regarding this, the lizardman adjutant on the side was also shocked and angry at this moment.
"It's the Skinners! They are an elite force trained by Claw Clan leader Claw. They are good at killing enemies with their sharp claws, and..."
At this point, the lizardman adjutant paused, and his expression became noticeably uglier.
"And like their leader Claw, they would peel off the skin of their enemies and make masks to wear on their faces."
After hearing the brief explanation from the lizardman adjutant, Li Ce's face suddenly became serious.
An elite force personally trained by the Ratman Chieftain? From this point alone, it can be seen that this force has a good status and is probably equally powerful.
At the same time, it is not difficult to see from the opponent's direct deployment of elite troops like this that the ratmen on the opposite side are definitely going to fight them seriously this time.
Fortunately, there were also soldiers waiting for their shifts inside their fortress. When they were attacked, Li Ce quickly commanded these soldiers to temporarily form a defensive position to deal with the attack of the Skinner troops.
At the same time, the human soldiers, led by Zhou Chongshan, who served as archers inside the fortress, immediately abandoned their bows and arrows and replaced them with swords and shields to provide support.
But even so, it cannot change the reality that the fortress has fallen into chaos due to the invasion of the opposing Skinner troops.
You know, for the soldiers who stay inside the fortress and don't go to the top of the wall, it's not as simple as just waiting for the soldiers on the wall to get tired and then taking turns with them.
The space on top of the wall is limited, and it is impossible to pile all their internal troops and all the city defense equipment on the top of the wall.
Therefore, the soldiers who remained inside the fortress also needed to take on the task of transporting city defense equipment at specific times, and carry these equipment to the top of the wall for the city defense soldiers to use.
But now, with the internal chaos, this job is undoubtedly in trouble.
After the limited city defense equipment on the wall was exhausted, they could only defend against the surging tide of rats.
During this process, the rat trolls on the opposite side also took action again, throwing large wooden barrels filled with rat slaves at their walls.
At the same time, some of the rat trolls approached as they did during the day, picked up the wooden stakes that they had thrown down, and began to smash the gate of their fortress.
All of a sudden, internal and external troubles broke out simultaneously in this border fortress, pushing the originally stable border fortress to the edge of the cliff.
Outside the fortress, the ratmen's troops were still pressing forward.
At this moment, Sharp Claw has already put all the rat tide forces in its hands into it, and launched an attack on the four walls of the border fortress with an even larger rat tide at the same time, determined to break through this iron wall tonight!
As time went by, the pressure on Soros and Li Ce continued to increase.
Through the report of the messenger, Soros, who was in charge of commanding the battle on the wall, already knew that the ratman's skinner troops had sneaked in and were launching an offensive inside their fortress.
The pressure inside the fortress is very high right now, but the pressure on the wall is even greater!
At this point in time, the situation of the four city walls was not optimistic, and could even be said to be precarious. Soros simply had no spare capacity to withdraw troops to support the interior of the fortress, and could only rely on themselves to fight the enemy.
During this period, Zhou Chongshan and Tash, two powerful generals guarding this border defense line, held up the situation at this critical moment.
Tash has excellent physical strength and is good at protracted combat. In addition, he has rich experience in fighting against ratmen, so he performed stably throughout the entire process.
Zhou Chongshan, relying on his armor, discarded his shield and used his sword with both hands to kill even more crazily! Tash, who had fought alongside him throughout the entire process, had his eyelids twitching wildly.
In the earlier battles with the ratmen, Zhou Chongshan led the Great Zhou cavalry to participate in the battles many times. Tash had a rough idea of Zhou Chongshan's strength.
But he had never felt it at such a close distance before, and the completely murderous attitude made him terrified.
Their presence suppressed the internal unrest with the simplest and crudest force.
However, at the same time, the pressure from outside has reached a critical point.
With a loud bang, the fortress gate, whose joints had completely collapsed due to the strong continuous impact, fell to the ground with a loud bang, causing the hearts of all the soldiers in the fortress to skip a beat.
The next second, the tide of rats outside the fortress gate seemed to have finally found a vent and rushed into the gate frantically.
In just a blink of an eye, countless rat slave soldiers filled the entire city gate passage.
This scene is so terrifying.
Even brave warriors like Zhou Chongshan and Tash, looking at the dense tide of rats, their brains went blank at this moment, and for a moment, they lost all thoughts...
(End of this chapter)
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