It should not be late yet, but the sky above Vaal City was extremely dark with dense clouds, and the heavy downpour wrapped in the thick dark clouds never fell.

Behind the stacks of the west city wall, Baron Walter, the commander of the first regiment of the Jonah Army, straightened his right arm and asked the bodyguards to wrap a piece of heather gray linen around the arm with a gap in it, and the chainmail hanging on the arm.

It had been chopped into pieces by the thick-backed sword of the Western Army.

Therefore, the enemy troops attacking the city retreated. However, as the top commander of the garrison has already climbed the wall to fight hand-to-hand, I am afraid that the Western Army will not attack the city for the seventh time. Tomorrow will be the last defensive battle for Vaal City.

A young man who looked like an army shujì officer climbed up from the bottom of the wall, came to Walter, and whispered: "Lord Commander of the Army, the battle losses between the enemy and ours have been calculated. Our army~"

"There is no need to report the casualties of our army. Just tell us how many casualties the enemy has provided." Walter can roughly estimate the number of casualties of his army. The Western Army not only has elite soldiers but also has a large number of heavy siege equipment. Therefore, in just ten days,

Most of the elite members of Litian's first regiment died in the battle on the wall of Vaal City. Now the main force defending the city is those who worked with the army and the peasant soldiers who were forcibly recruited in and around the city.

"It's your lord. After we counted the corpses under the city and made a rough estimate, we found that about 200 Western troops were killed in the first four attacks and more than 50 people were seriously injured. The fifth attack in the past two days also damaged another 100 people.

There were over a hundred people, and no fewer than thirty were seriously injured."

Walter stood up and leaned against the wall and took a look at the Western Army camp outside the city. He said harshly: "Why are these bastards so desperate? They have lost nearly an infantry regiment and are not planning to withdraw. They are planning to kill them all under the walls of Val City."

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Walter didn't know how powerful the Praetorian Guards were in combat, nor how high the price offered by the Besançon court for their victory was, but he was surprised by the stubbornness of these "old soldiers".

The guards finally bandaged Walter's injured arm. He waved off the guards and asked the military commander standing in front of him: "Are all the kerosene placed in the granaries and arsenals in the city?"

Official Shujì looked tired and decadent as he replied: "The three barns and one arsenal are equipped with kerosene. As soon as the city gate is broken, the guards will immediately light the kerosene and burn the food, grass and baggage."

Walter nodded, "These grains and weapons must not fall into the hands of the enemy. With these grains and weapons, they can use this as a stronghold to penetrate deeply."

"How many civilians and laborers are there in the city?" Walter asked again.

Official Shujì thought for a while and replied: "There are about 150 civilian laborers who have not been transferred to the city wall. Most of them are old, weak, women and children, and they cannot wield swords."

"I don't expect them to be able to fight the enemy in close combat, but they can always pick up rocks and throw them down the city. Even if it doesn't work, they can still show off."

"Send an order and ask the kitchen to take out all the fruits, vegetables, wine and meat stored in the city so that all the civilian laborers can eat and drink enough. After they are full, they will be given some simple weapons and tell them that as long as they go to the city to fight, they will have wine and meat every day!"

Official shujì thought for a while, and now he could only do this, so he turned around and prepared to make arrangements.

"Wait!" Walter stopped the shujì officer.

"I remember there are dozens of prisoners in the castle prison?"

Official Shujì really didn’t know how many prisoners were held in the prison under the castle, “Sir, I haven’t even seen this~”

Walter raised his left hand and waved, saying: "It doesn't matter how many prisoners there are, just release them all!"

"ah?"

"Tell these prisoners that if they are willing to take up arms to defend the city for us, I will personally forgive all their sins after the war; if they are unwilling to fight for me, I will kill them all before the enemy army breaks the city!"

"Yes Yes!"

Official shujì ran towards the inner fort at a trot.

"Legion Commander, there is something unusual about half a mile outside the East City!" A guard from the East City Wall ran to the top of the West City Wall and had no time to catch his breath.

Walter thought that the enemy was going to attack the East City again before dark, so he immediately climbed up on the wall stacks and led a few guards around the south wall stacks to the top of the East City wall.

Standing on the east wall of Vaal City and looking out, you can vaguely see the sounds of men and horses fighting about half a mile away.

The Western Army's large military camp is stationed one mile outside the West City, while the area outside the East City is just the Western Army's wàiwéi sentry camp. There are two flag teams and nearly a hundred skirmishers stationed there. They are mainly to block the troops who may come from the east.

For military reinforcements, there were several small garrison outposts along the road further east. They must have been crushed by the sudden appearance of the cavalry.

"Legion Commander, it's the cavalry! It's the cavalry! There are two teams of cavalry charging towards each other. They are going to overwhelm the enemy's camp garrison!" A flag commander at the top of the east city wall exclaimed loudly when he saw clearly what was happening in the distance.

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"Reinforcements have arrived! Reinforcements have arrived!" The soldiers guarding the city beside the flag force commander also cheered and shouted.

Walter was not as excited as the soldiers. He put his hands on the wall and stepped on the wall and tried his best to look into the distance. They tried to see the size of the cavalry team, but the sky was very dark, and Walter could not count the number of people.

How many cavalry are there, no bigger than a black bean?

Where Walter looked far and wide, two groups of cavalrymen from the Welsh Army Cavalry were riding through the scattered Western Army skirmishers, slashing and sprinting back and forth.

The deputy captain of the cavalry, the knight Reyek, was riding a brown Norman war horse, holding a long-handled iron-headed round hammer with a hammer head weighing five pounds in his hand. Reyek ran under him with the neighing of the horse underneath him.

Ke raised the round-headed heavy hammer in his hand and swung it from bottom to top, then hit the back of a fleeing Western army in a circular motion.

With a bang, the spine of the fleeing Western soldier was completely crushed, and a big bloody pit appeared behind him.

After smashing a fleeing enemy soldier to death, he reined in the reins and stopped running. Then he turned around and glanced at the dozen or so Western troops behind him who were still gathering around the commander, holding spears and shields and refusing to surrender. Reyek called

He turned the horse's head and kicked it and ran back for dozens of steps, then jumped off the horse and threw away the reins. He grabbed the tail handle of the long-handled heavy hammer with both hands, dragged the heavy hammer and rushed towards the gathered Western troops.

The distance of about ten steps allowed Reyek to accumulate enough strength. When he rushed two steps forward of the Western Army, Reyek roared and swung the long-handled heavy hammer he was dragging behind him and smashed it diagonally.

The heavy hammer hit the Western Army's shield wall with a roaring sound. The two Western Army soldiers behind the shield were instantly knocked to the ground, and a crack appeared in the shield wall.

Reyek took advantage of the situation and swung the hammer in the opposite direction again and struck again, only to hear a crisp sound of the shield breaking and bones cracking...

Reyek's commanding ability may be mediocre, but as a warrior who relies on war to survive, his personal combat prowess is impeccable. Reyek only used two hammers to smash through the shield wall of the Western Army.

The cavalry also rushed into the Western Army, kicking their horses and raising their swords...

Eighty-three Western Army skirmishers were completely defeated in less than a meal when faced with the charge of about twenty surprise cavalry.

There were more than thirty corpses lying on the ground, and the rest were wounded and disabled and fled back to the Western Army camp outside Xicheng...

By nightfall, the Welsh regiment's cavalry had completely occupied the camp.

"Sir Reyek, please quickly lead a small group of cavalry to continue to screen the right wing. My lord's team is only one mile away." Lusignan, the cavalry captain riding a black horse, ordered Reyek.

Reyek agreed loudly, then put the heavy hammer on his shoulders, got on the back of the war horse brought by his men, and led a small group of cavalry to run towards the right wing.

As soon as Reyek's figure blurred, dots of fire appeared a mile east of Val City. At first, there were only a dozen or so lights, then one or two hundred torches appeared on the left and right sides, and finally a large fire suddenly appeared.

Appeared, thousands of torches appeared in the dark night wilderness.

Baron Walter at the top of Val City was relieved. Based on his experience, he estimated that at least 1,500 torches would be needed to emit such a big fire. In other words, the number of friendly reinforcements must be at least 1,500.

, and there are still one or two hundred torches on both wings of the army.

Walter was thinking about which support force could have more than 1,500 people. You must know that the entire eastern border army only has more than 2,200 people.

Walter really couldn't remember, but at this time it didn't matter whose army it was, he only knew that Val City could definitely be defended...

Onlookers are confused, but the authorities are clear.

Regarding this conspiracy, the officers and soldiers of the Welsh Legion actually had no idea.

At least Colin and Weitz, the two flag captains, have no bottom line.

Weitz was walking in the front right wing of the third flag team, less than five steps away from Colin, who was walking in the front left wing of the second flag team. The two flag captains had a common posture, with both their left and right hands holding up a flag.

There is a burning torch, and there is even an extended torch tied to the back, which looks quite weird.

The flag soldiers behind them were also separated by a distance of two people, holding a spear in their right hand and holding a torch in their left hand. They also had a torch tied to their backs; the few officers who did not hold spears held three spears like Colin Weitz.

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"Brother Colin, do you think this bad idea from that guy Denis can really deceive the enemy? Can it disrupt the morale of the enemy's troops?" Weitz shook the two torches in his hands, and then looked up at the rope tied to the

The long-handled torch on the back.

"Who knows, I guess I can still be of some use, otherwise you won't adopt it, but this trick can deceive the enemy tonight, and your strength will still be exposed tomorrow morning."

Weitz also nodded to express his agreement with Colin's point of view, "That guy Dennis just relies on his words to deceive people. Every time he comes to our flag team to chat with the soldiers, his spit is flying everywhere. Every time, he has to kill adults and two people."

The two adjutants praised him all the time. We all admire and love Sir Dai and the two adjutants, but I really can’t say it out loud when I praise him like that."

"That's right, those ideological and political officials are useless except for their glib words, but the soldiers just like to deal with those guys!" Colin also complained twice.

The two of them exchanged words with each other and soon arrived a mile outside the east gate of Vaal City.

"Stop advancing, set up camp on the spot, double the gap between the military tents, and light three bonfires for each team."

"Stop advancing and camp on the spot..."

Several messengers from the legion command camp were wandering around to report.

"Expand the gap?"

"Isn't each team a bonfire? Why are there suddenly three bonfires? How much firewood will be burned?" Weitz looked at Colin in confusion.

Colin shrugged, "Don't look at me, I don't know either, just carry out the order!"

"Each squadron stopped advancing and set up camp on the spot. The gap was doubled. Each squadron made three bonfires. Hurry!"

As soon as Colin and Weitz issued orders to their soldiers, Matthew, Art's personal bodyguard, ran to the two of them and conveyed the second order: "Sir Colin, Chief Weitz, with your order, each flag team will allocate two squadrons.

There is a guard patrol half a mile outside the camp. Two officers are responsible for the west and south sides respectively."

"yes!"

"Matthew, aren't half of the infantry on guard duty outside the camp?"

"Yes, Sir Colin, and the gongnu team and the cavalry team are all on guard outside the camp, and only the entire heavy armored infantry team remains at the camp."

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The Western Army camp in the west of Vaal City was in a panic. After receiving the urgent enemy situation, the Western Army took up weapons from the camp and prepared to fight, regardless of the exhaustion after a whole day of siege and death battle.
To be continued...