Chapter 643, Ogle Hawke
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Just as Ryan and others retreated towards Ferdorf, the capital of Wiesen, the White Tower City also declared its fall. This strongest stronghold in the south of Wiesen was once highly expected to hold on for enough time so that Noor could fully improve his defense and allow the main forces of Wiesen, who were stationed at the Black Fire Pass, to return to Ferdorf.
In fact, the defenders did their best to arm the city to their teeth. Three musket battalions and dozens of artillery were enough to withstand the fierce attacks of most of the enemies. After a tentative attack, the Kurgans immediately concluded that it was necessary to conquer the city in a short period of time.
Talmukhan could not tolerate this result. He now even wanted to race against time than the empire. Few people knew that the reason why Emperor Karl Franz was unable to withdraw from the Hawk-led war for a long time was that Talmukhan prayed to his kind father Nurgur. The kind father Nurgur promised his beloved son Talmukhan and asked the Death Blade of Death Valnier of the Brass Fortress to send troops to drag the emperor's army.
But instead, fat grandfather Nurgo's patience was also losing all his strength. Nurgo's favor and expectations for Talmu Khan are increasing day by day, forcing Talmu Khan to accelerate his advancement.
Faced with the strong city defense, Talmu Khan found the Chaos Dwarf. If his covenant with the Chaos Dwarf cannot play a role at this time, then what value does this covenant have?
"The wall?" The gray-white prophet Drazhoth carefully surveyed the defense of the entire city, and he laughed sarcastically: "Why do I think this is the pile of sand piled up by children on the plains? We will help you solve all this, but this is because of the Covenant, I say it again, this is because of the Covenant!"
In this way, the Chaos Dwarf sent powerful war machines, dozens of Chaos Dwarf mortars, mortars, lava cannons and Chaos Hell cannons opened fire together. Tam Khan rode a toad dragon and soared in the sky, holding a huge battle axe in his hand, encouraging the morale of the Kurgan army.
The siege began, and the war machine composed of black armor and brass rumbled. Below the colorful sky was the breath of fear of the Emperor* team. The cannon gunners also activated the siege weapons to fight back firmly. The entire earth was trembling like a wounded animal, and the human body and cannon body that exploded into pieces were thrown into the air in the flames that soared into the sky. The wave of fear came one after another. With the increase in the power of the demon, the power of the Chaos Dwarf's artillery was much higher than that of the cannon gun in the White Tower City. Soon, after the artillery battle, the walls and towers of the entire White Tower City exploded one after another under the attack of the Chaos Dwarf's siege weapons, and the defenders were submerged in the fire of hell.
Immediately afterwards, the army of Dao'ergan's riders and the rotten knights of Tamukhan began to charge. They attacked the city along the blasted wall gap and the bombed gates. The battle of the cavalry was simple and cruel. The number of cavalry in the empire could not be compared with the number of Kurgan's cavalry. They were immediately submerged in the torrent of the Chaos Army. The militia of the empire were scared out of their courage. The morale collapsed and they threw down their weapons and turned around and fled. The plague ogres and Chaos giants climbed the city wall, smashing the fleeing musketeers and imperial soldiers to death and swallowing them into their stomachs.
The war soon ended, and the White Tower City was finally burned.
Tamkhan was very satisfied with the victory and immediately ordered to continue his march and attack Feldorf immediately, followed by Noor.
"Nur! Ludwig's city! It will surely fall!"
On the third day after the fall of White Tower City, Ryan and others also retreated to Feldorf.
The gate of Ferdorf was opened, and the residents were gradually evacuating. There were not many residents left. The streets were very empty. However, under Emilia's strict order, the city had prepared supplies. The tired cavalrymen entered the city to settle one after another, but the footsteps of the Chaos Army followed closely behind them and were rolling towards Ferdorf.
"We can only rest in this city for two days at most, and then we must return to Noor immediately." Ryan turned over and dismounted, and then carried his wife Sulia off the horse: "No more than five days, the Chaos Army will arrive in Feldorf."
"I hope our efforts are useful." Sulia's face was very tired. The female knight is now at the middle level of the legend. This strength is not enough to fully control her divine outfit. As soon as she landed, she felt her body soft and leaned against her husband's arms and gasped gently.
After severely attacking the Chaos Dwarf Transportation Team, Ryan and others launched a Gunter Fort ambush, defeating the Chaos Pioneer Army led by Chaos Dragon Knight Auerbach-Duiyan. After this battle, Tumkhan's advance had to slow down, and Ryan's army also reached its limit.
"Our efforts will be useful." Karad was very energetic. After dismounting, he took a trance to the city: "At least we have fulfilled our obligations, and we have saved thousands of people."
"Ah, it's so satisfying to fight!" Black-hearted Rep was also very tired. The mercenary baron was already in a very embarrassing position at this time. There were many gray marks on his bald head, which were strange shapes formed by sweat, wind dust and Wisen's sunlight.
The old guard suffered a great loss this time. The newly formed old guards only had more than 800 people, and there was still more than 700 people from Ryan's ideal of more than 1,500 people. This time, more than 100 old guards fell forever on the land under the territory of Wiesen.
Without sacrifice, there will be no victory. This is the most important truth that Landuin taught Ryan. He regrets this, but does not regret it.
It was already afternoon when he arrived in Ferdorf. Ryan arranged for everyone to rest, and he and Sulia entered Ferdorf's castle guest room to rest.
It was already evening when Ryan and Sulia received news that Wiesen led the old Marquis Ogel Hawke to Feldorf with an army of about five thousand men.
Just in the castle lobby, Ryan met the Marquis of Ogel Hawke.
The old Marquis was already very old and his hair was gray. He hurriedly returned from the Black Fire Pass. His body smelled sour and sweaty, and his eyes were deeply engulfed, describing his withered appearance.
Ryan, Sulia, Karad and others came to the castle hall. When Ogel Hawk saw them coming in, he did not stand up from his seat. He looked very tired, and just raised his hand and signaled a younger middle-aged man to come up and say hello to everyone: "This is my son, Mario Hawk."
"Hello, Mrs. Ryan, Mrs. Sulia, Lord Karad." This is a middle-aged knight who looks about thirty years old. He has long brown hair and a slightly fat body, but his body is full of muscles. When he saw Ryan and others appear, he raised his chest a little arrogantly, held the long sword around his waist, and greeted Ryan and others without being humble or arrogant.
Karad was a little surprised. The Holy Grail Knight thought to himself what a routine this was. The old marquis came up and neither introduced himself nor asked about the situation of the war, but introduced his son?
Turning his head to look at Ryan and Suliya, he found that Ryan didn't look anxious at all. He greeted the old Marquis' son Mario very gently, and Suliya's eyes when she looked at the old Marquis became very complicated, which was a look of regret and admiration.
After a little greeting, Ryan said to the old Marquis: "Our blockade delays the pace of the Chaos Army, but they are still following us. At most, the Chaos Army will come to the city of Feldorf for five days."
"...I understand." Ogel's eyes were already very cloudy. Because of the fatigue and lack of sleep on the long journey, his dark circles were very obvious: "I brought back 10,000 people from the Black Fire Pass, and there are still 5,000 people there for the time being."
"Didn't you bring them all back?" Ryan picked up the wine glass and looked at the old marquis: "At this time, you should bring them all back."
"Yes, I should." Ogel Hawke nodded, but shook his head again: "But I don't."
"..." Ryan narrowed his eyes, he opened his mouth and said nothing.
A strange atmosphere was caught in the castle hall. Both sides seemed to have something to say, but they didn't say anything. The old Marquis squinted his eyes and didn't know what he was thinking, and Ryan and others could only remain silent.
Why did the old Marquis leave five thousand people at the Black Fire Pass? Why did he introduce his son to Ryan first? Why didn't he speak on both sides?
Karad had a question mark, and he had to give him a puzzled look at the commander of the Yanyang Knights Order. Pfizman just shook his head slightly and didn't say anything.
After being bored for a while, Karad had to take the initiative to speak: "Hisser Hawk, Feldorf belongs to you. Do you have any combat plans?"
"Business Plan?" Karad's words broke the silence in the room. The old Marquis said coldly: "What kind of combat plan can I have? Or, why do I tell you my combat plan? A foreigner?"
"We're here to help you!" Anger and confusion filled Karad's chest, and he almost stood up: "At least you have to tell us what to do next?"
"...You retreat tomorrow, retreat to Nuer, this is my combat plan." The old Marquis raised his head and stared at Karad: "This is what you want to know, combat plan, I tell you now, Knight of the Grail, are you satisfied?"
"Don't you retreat to Noor with us?" Ryan spoke, and he took out a letter.
The letter was written by Emilia. The Baron of the Empire told the old Marquis that Feldorf could not defend it. Even if the city was the capital of the Wiesen, it was still impossible to stop the Chaos Army. She asked Marquis Ogel to return to Nur immediately. Only by returning to Nur and relying on Nur's city defense can the war have a chance of winning.
Ogel took the letter and looked at it. He said he knew: "In this way, you will cover the last group of refugees to retreat from Ferdorf tomorrow, and I will leave in the end."
"good."
………I am the dividing line you left first…………
The next day, Ryan and others, who had been resting for one night, escorted the last group of refugees to retreat. Thousands of Ferdorf refugees passed the Ferdorf Bridge Fortress. In late autumn, the wide water of the Wiesen River was rushing. Due to the corruption of the upper stream, the river water became turbid and foamy.
The refugees looked sad. They slowly passed through the bridge, and the long line stretched for several kilometers. Ryan and others stood at the bridge and watched the refugee wave retreat.
"This is the last wave of refugees." Pfizman, the commander of the Yanyang Knights Order, reached out and held the sword around his waist, looking at Nuer: "I guess Nuer is already full."
"They have lost everything, but at least they have saved their lives." Ryan nodded, looking at the gloomy late autumn sky: "There are people who have lost their land, and the land of people and the land of people and the land of people. As long as they live, there is hope."
The refugee team was moving very slowly, and Ryan and others waited patiently. From morning until noon, the last group of refugees disappeared on the other end of the Feldorf Bridge towards Nuer, and then there were more than 5,000 troops led by Wiesen. They would go to Nuer and build a new line of defense under the walls of that great city.
"Let's retreat too." Black-hearted Rep came up on a war horse. When the mercenary baron saw that the refugees were finally evacuated, he couldn't wait to say, "His Excellency Ryan, the refugees are all gone!"
"Yes." Ryan led more than 3,000 troops to cross the bridge one after another.
The old Marquis of Wiesen had a cold face throughout the whole process. He rode on the horse and said to his son: "Mario, you go there too, and give me a gift to Duke Ryan on my behalf. Tell them that I will always thank him for his efforts and help on behalf of all the Wyenmen, the former Sors, the residents of Feldorf and our Marquis of Hawk."
"Yes!" Ogel's legitimate son Mario did not doubt it. He rode his war horse and rushed across the bridge. He had just arrived at Ryan. Before he could speak, the sound of heavy cannons suddenly sounded behind him.
"boom!"
The bridge with a history of hundreds of years was completely blown up under the power of artillery, and the bridge fragments fell into the water and sank into the water flow of the Wiesen River, splashing in patches of water.
"Father?" Mario turned around incredibly, and he shouted through the rushing water of the Wiesen River, "Father! Are you crazy?"
"I'm not crazy, Mario." The expression on the old Marquis's face was still cold, and he closed his eyes in pain: "Say hello to Your Excellency the Baron on my behalf."
Ryan and others had already understood what Ogel was going to do. Sulia sighed softly and rode to Ryan: "This is his choice."
"No! Father!" Mario was so anxious that he ran back and forth at the cliff of the Broken Bridge: "Come here! This is the order of the Lord Baron. You are the Marquis of Wiesen, and Noor cannot be without you!"
"From today on, you will be the Marquis of Wiesen, Mario." Old Marquis Ogel said coldly at the other end: "Mario, this is the last lesson I will teach you as a father."
"Defending the country is the duty of our soldiers. Feldorf is the land that gave birth to me and raised me. I will never give up this city and this land."
"Tell the Baron, I, Ogel Hawke, will do my duty to stand the last post for myself, for the Baron, and for the Empire. The future belongs to you, Mario!" The old Marquis sighed lightly: "My son, I am the setting sun, and you will be the rising sun tomorrow. Feldorf's reconstruction needs you, and Noor needs you."
"No..." The old Marquis's legitimate son could not accept this fact, and tears flowed down his cheeks: "No! Father, if this is the case, I would rather die with you!"
"What do you look like?! What are your eyes?" The old Marquis shouted sternly: "Mario, what are your two lines of tears? In his thirties, did you think you could defeat Chaos by tears!"
The Marquis's legitimate son was stunned. He looked at his father and could not stop his tears. He could only wipe the tears with his hands desperately. He used the biggest voice of his life and shouted: "I understand, Father! I wish you victory! May Charlemagne bless you!"
Karad looked at this scene and seemed to see his yesterday.
The Holy Grail Knight of the Holy Land knew that the marquis's legitimate son in front of him had truly grown up from today.
Just like when I lost Eulers.
"I hope Charlemagne will bless you, my son! Let's go!" Ogel finally glanced at his son deeply, then turned around, turned around and left with his personal guards, and disappeared on the other side of the bridge.
In this way, three days later, Feldorf welcomed the Tamkhan and his Chaos Army. The old Marquis of Wiesen, Ogel, led five thousand defenders to fight to the death until the entire army was killed, and he himself died in battle at the entrance of the castle.
The efforts of Ogel and his Ferdorf defenders won the most precious time for Nur. Their tenacity also brought huge losses to the Chaos Army. Tumkhan had to stay in Ferdorf, allowing his heavy army to rest and give the Chaos Dwarf enough time to repair the war machine.
When he was ready to march again, Nur, one of the greatest cities in the old world, this city belonging to the Savior Ludwig, and the southern important town of the empire, had made all preparations for this war. The return of Ryan and others brought all intelligence on the evil war machines of the Chaos Army and the Chaos Wizards. The Nur War Council formulated an extremely detailed combat plan for this.
Chapter completed!