How to describe a war is too difficult for the storyteller. I mean, in a conflict worthy of being called a war, there are always too many things that can be narrated, and how to choose between them is undoubtedly a maddening thing. Because it is impossible to describe the whole war in detail, whether it is from the perspective of an individual involved in the war. There are always some things that will be missed in the past, and those omissions are no less minor than those written.


    Perhaps only the simplest narration can avoid this kind of situation, condensing those brutal and cold-blooded situations into a simple record. Just like those short sentences written in history books, they have no emotion at all. Well, I think I should describe this fight with such a statement.


    When the Cang lion army rushed out of the woods and came to the plain by the Longxue stream, their number was only two-thirds of that when they started. Just a short distance, almost every step of the people fell down, the devil as if growing out of the shadow, constantly launched a surprise attack on the soldiers, the frequency of the scream is far higher than all other sounds. The blunt weapon used to deal with the rat man has no effect in the face of the devil''s tough skin. The skin quenched from the abyss is enough to break the ordinary iron sword!


    Fortunately, not all soldiers have no way to deal with these monsters. The one handed sword of the Royal Knights'' order and the tomahawks and spears of the Kroger regiment have become sharp weapons against demons. These tacit fighters skillfully form groups, using the complementarity between weapons to surround and kill individual demons. But the two legions account for only about one fifth of the total coalition. Most of the members of the coalition are private armies of various nobles, temporary soldiers they employ and civilians who take up arms. The remaining four fifths of the soldiers in this battle are more like bait for delaying time. They use their body and life to block the devil''s attack and buy more time for the one-fifth of the fighting soldiers.


    So when the first battle in the woods finally ended, when the soldiers saw the city in the distance, many people knelt directly on the ground. The feeling of surviving from the disaster made them unable to cheer up, let alone ordinary soldiers. As generals, the nobles lost a lot in this battle. No one knows how many families have lost their lords. The city of Xigu has not been replanted with the flag of the kingdom. It is not the time to count the losses.


    "Ten." Out of the woods, Marcus felt nothing. He did not deliberately avoid the battlefield. However, as the commander-in-chief of the United forces, he was doomed to be unable to draw out his sword and fight with the enemy as the king''s capital defended the war. Naturally, the king''s hand would not give up the opportunity to observe the enemy. He forced himself not to close his eyes and stare at every demon in the soldiers'' wanton killing in order to find their weaknesses. He succeeded, but at the same time he discovered another more desperate fact than how to overcome it, that their opponents in the woods were only ten demons.


    So how many demons are there in that damned city? Looking around these people who have almost lost their ability to move, Marcus can''t help but ask himself, how many demons can they defeat?


    "Report your honor, the Royal Knights'' order has been assembled and can attack Xigu city at any time." The knight who came to report had an obvious dent in his chest armor. It was obvious that the excellent plate armour from the city of molten iron saved his life. But the price of this life was not cheap. The king''s hand knew the knight. He remembered that the man with long silver hair was a good companion in the eyes of many ladies and ladies. But now, only one-third of the knight''s face remains the same, and most of his face, along with his scalp, has been turned into a disgusting paste by the blood of the devil. The reason why he still stands so calm may be that corrosion also destroys his ability to feel pain.


    "What about our losses? How many people are left? " Marcus asked in a deep voice. He knew that as the only force with the ability to kill demons, the damage of the royal order would be terrible.


    The disfigured Knight bowed his head and remained silent for a few seconds before he opened his mouth and said, "my Lord, please forgive me for not being able to report to you. The chief Knight ordered that the order of the kingdom should not count the casualties until the battle is over. We don''t think about loss until the enemy is completely destroyed. "


    "It''s not about measuring the loss. To attack Xigu city is not to charge each other on the plain. I need to know our troops in order to make targeted tactics. As you can see, most of the Kingdom''s soldiers can''t fight demons, so I need to know how many more knights can fight. " The king''s hand had long known how to deal with a rigid knight. They have always been soft rather than hard. If they blindly command them with their official positions, they will only get counter effects. However, as long as the safety of more people is used as an excuse, these glorified soldiers will not refuse.


    The knight''s face had a slight twist, which may have been the result of his failure to make a normal facial expression. "I see. You are right, my Lord. There can be no more unnecessary sacrifices. In addition to the second regiment led by Lord Lyon and the fifth formation guarding the royal capital, all four Cavaliers from Lord Atticus participated in the previous battle. The fourth team was attacked by two demons at the same time, and the whole team died in their duty, so their sacrifice also destroyed the two evil monstersMarcus''s mouth twitched. The whole formation of Knights of the royal order, and the elite of the first regiment, took at least ten years or more to make up for the loss. "Yes, then we have three teams left. In this case... "


    "Excuse me, my Lord." The knight interrupted the king''s hand. "I just said that the fourth team was killed, but the other three teams were not intact. Although there are different degrees of damage, I''m afraid that there are only two teams left in the order, no, maybe less And most of all


    "What is it?" Marcus frowned. He was not optimistic about the damage to the Knights'' regiment. And listening to the knight''s words, it seemed that there was something worse than downsizing bothering the soldiers who could still fight.


    "Horses. We had been aware of this before, but now it is certain that, even with blindfolded eyes, our horses refused to move in the direction of the gathering of demons. Although there won''t be much chance to use horses in siege, it will slow our approach to the wall. "


    It''s no secret that normal domestic animals or wild animals instinctively seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. And even trained horses that trust knights can''t go against their instincts, which are the instinctive fear of all creatures when they see demons and want to escape. This may not be a big problem for the commander. After all, as the knight said, the cavalry will become infantry sooner or later. What Marcus cares about is something else.


    "You said the horses refused to come near the town?" The king''s hand was keenly aware of this, and he understood the message. There are demons in the Valley City, and the number is enough to keep the horses away from the city. "Where on earth did those damned demons come from?" Considering that only ten demons have caused such great losses to the coalition forces, and that there may be far more enemies in the distant cities, Marcus has no idea how he should feel.


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