What did you do with the dice?

"Yes." The deputy leader's emotions were suppressed by this criticism.

The second wave of offensive began two hours later. This time, Yan Xin led the team personally, using the tactics of frontal feint attack and attack from the west.

Although he was conceited, he was not rebellious. Since what his adjutant said about the weak defense on the west side was true, he would go up from the west side in an orderly manner. There was nothing to be embarrassed about. As a knight, victory was the greatest honor.

This time the attack was different. He took the lead. The advantage of heavy armor allowed him to ignore the harassment of arrows and flying stones. He rushed to the wall in one go, urged his mount to jump high, then stepped on the mount in mid-air and jumped directly onto the town wall more than 3 meters high!

The advantage of high-end combat power was infinitely magnified at this moment. He not only attracted most of the firepower and brought great pressure to the defenders, but also climbed up the city wall in one go, which directly made the defenders on the wall shift their attention from the enemy below to him.

If the Bronze Knights had not been in command, Yan Xin, who had swept down three defenders with a wielding knight's lance on the battlements, would probably have had to open a gap in the defense alone.

But there are no ifs in the world. When he swung his spear to continue cutting the defenders on the battlements, he found that the defenders in front of him suddenly retreated to both sides, making a way. Then a man in a white cloak and beige armor, holding a one-handed hammer, rushed towards him quickly.

Yanxin quickly raised his gun to fight back. With a loud shout, an invisible air blade shot out from the tip of the gun and stabbed forward. Ono strode forward steadily, his body enveloped in golden light. The thrust collided with the golden light, but only a ripple was produced before it dissipated.

Facing the one-handed hammer thrown by Ono, Yanxin quickly drew the sword at his waist to block it. With the loud sound of the weapons colliding, both sides took a step back with the force.

Ono looked at the new recruits staring at him, stunned. He shouted angrily, "What are you standing there for? This is a battlefield. Do you want to die if you stop?! Keep shooting! I'll take care of him."

The young men around seemed to be awakened by the scolding, and hurriedly turned around to deal with the enemies who were almost at the edge of the city wall and were about to dismount and start climbing.

Yan Xin shouted at Ono, "I am the kingdom's appointed Grand Knight, Consentnat Yan Xin. Whoever is standing opposite me, please tell me your name."

Ono felt relieved all of a sudden. This strange war finally had an answer at this moment: "Ono, the leader of a mercenary group."

"Okay! Ono, remember the name of the person who took your life today."

After saying that, Yan Xin sheathed his sword, and once again thrust forward rapidly with the spear in both hands. He really didn't care about the defenders around him, and focused on taking down Ono alone.

Ono felt very emotional. If those defending the city were his comrades, they would have launched a surprise attack on Yanxin the moment he showed his back. Unfortunately, these new recruits were quite obedient and really allowed their captain to fight the enemy general alone.

The other side did not take the opportunity to kill the defenders and weaken the city's defense, but instead fought with me here alone.

It's really laughable, it's like meeting a worthy opponent.

Ono is a veteran member of the Star Knights. If the opponent does not burst out with all his strength, he can fight this young knight on equal terms without using the power of holy light. Whether in tactical skills or combat experience, Ono is much richer than the knight in front of him.

However, around the eighth second of the fight between the two, when Ono felt that he could try to expose a flaw and use the holy light to trick the opponent, he suddenly had an idea.

He stepped forward on the ground with his right foot, and suddenly a blazing golden flame erupted around him. After the flame forced Yan Xin back, he immediately turned around and raised his arm shield to block the side.

"when!"

With a loud noise, Ono was knocked back half a step. When he looked closely, he saw a spiral arrow firmly stuck in the center of his arm armor.

Fortunately, this arrow only had a layer of iron paint on the shell. If it was a solid fine iron arrow used by the Knights before Ono, it would not be as simple as just making a hole in the arm armor, and the arm might even be injured.

Damn, there was a sharpshooter hiding on the opposite side. I had been fighting too easily until now, so I was careless. I didn’t notice it until the arrow flew towards me. Fortunately, the opponent’s arm strength was not enough, and I blocked the arrow.

Somehow, even though the situation was quite bad, Ono felt relieved in his heart. He felt that this kind of intrigue and sneak attacks was the most realistic feeling of the battlefield. Before, when he was asked to fight one-on-one with a young boy, he really felt uncomfortable all over.

Ono shouted, "Be careful! There's a sharpshooter in the opposing team! Pay attention to his position! Report his characteristics to me! Hit him and suppress him with fire!"

"As ordered!"

Taking advantage of this gap, Ono quickly attacked Yanxin again. The golden flames wrapped around the war hammer, and the burning sensation made Yanxin a little afraid for a moment, and he took a few steps back. However, when Yanxin took a deep breath and wanted to burst out the warrior's energy and fight with all his strength, five emerald green arrows flew towards Ono like poisonous snakes.

Ono shouted, and was surrounded by a golden spherical barrier, knocking the arrows away. "Did you see that?"

No one responded. After waiting for a long while, the young deputy leader shouted, "Sorry, Captain, it seems no one saw it."

Ono was so angry that he yelled, "Waste!"

Just as Yanxin frowned and turned around to see where the arrow came from, the retreat horn sounded.

Yan Xin immediately showed a very dissatisfied look, but seeing that the cavalrymen under the city wall had begun to rein in their horses and retreat, he could only spit, said "We will fight again another day", and quickly jumped off the city wall, flipped over and jumped onto the back of his spider mount.

After swinging his spear to knock down some rubble, he quickly drew the short spear from his waist, and as if to show off his strength, he threw it through the chest of a defender on the city wall, then ran away laughing.

"Uh......"

"Lepa, hold on! Lord Ono, please save him."

Ono looked at the recruit who was pierced by the short spear, but fortunately it only pierced the abdomen and not the vital parts. He stepped forward and covered the recruit's mouth, stepped on the recruit's hands with his feet, and quickly pulled out the short spear. While feeling the strength of the recruit's struggle, he held the recruit's body tightly, and then performed stabilization and healing spells on the wound.

Magic was indeed very effective in treating non-fatal injuries, and after a while the seriously injured man was out of danger.

"Idiot, didn't they teach you in school not to lean over the battlements when defending a city?"

The deputy head of the group beside him lowered his head and whispered, "Report to the head, it seems not."

"Well, now I have it! When your wounds are healed, go and get 20 lashes yourself and atone for your sins to the Light God for not being good at your studies."

The deputy commander helped up the unfortunate wounded soldier named Lepa, who was lying on the ground with sweat all over his forehead and a pale face.

Lepa said weakly, "Thank you, Captain."

"roll."

Both sides suffered losses in this battle. Five militiamen and one knight recruit died on the side defending the city, and 22 people were injured. In addition to the two militiamen and one recruit killed by Yan Xin after he climbed up the city wall at the beginning, three militiamen died from other enemies who climbed up the city wall.

As for the Rangers, they lost 3 men, 6 horses, and 16 wounded.

Chapter 45: Night Raid Preparation

Neither side knew the other's casualties, they only knew the death toll. However, after hearing such data reports, Ono couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Although there are only some new recruits on their side, they have the assistance of Holy Light and can even slightly heal friendly forces on the battlefield. They are still the defensive side with the advantage. Even in such a situation, the death rate is twice that of the opponent.

Although there are second-level defensive fortifications on the plains, such as chevaux de frise, it now seems that once the town gate is breached, the hope of holding on is very slim.

As for the Ranger Squad, although they usually execute death row prisoners as a condition for bloodshed, it can be said that every time they are sent out, all the barons will choose to surrender humbly, and they have never encountered any tough guys.

Even though we had a great knight climbing up the city wall, we still lost three people, which made Yan Xin's face look very ugly for a moment.

He felt a surge of pent-up anger in his heart, and he wanted to find an outlet: "Who blew the retreat bugle just now?"

The Ranger Captain lowered his head and replied in a muffled voice, "Yes, your humble servant."

Yan Xin immediately raised his hand and slapped the man in the face, growling, "I am the commander, how dare you overstep your authority?"

The captain covered his face and was silent for a long time before answering, "Sir, if we don't eliminate the defenders on the city wall, our losses will be even greater if we delay any further."

Yan Xin said solemnly, "I'm already dealing with it. It was you who didn't trust me and blew the retreat horn. If you do it again, I will punish you according to military law. Get out of here."

"Yes, sir." The captain stood up and slowly walked out of the tent.

You're solving a shit! You're simply adhering to your damn chivalric code, engaging in a meaningless duel with the enemy commander, not caring about the lives of my soldiers, just for your own shitty honor.

If you had been smarter and chosen not to fight with the other mercenary leader, but instead used mobile fighting to avoid the enemy's entanglement and kill the defenders on the city wall, we would have taken the city wall long ago, and the three people who climbed up the city wall would not have died in vain!

The cavalry captain thought so in his heart, but he did not dare to say it out loud. After all, the person in front of him was the Viscount's most beloved second son, a great knight of the kingdom with a promising future.

What's more, he also knew that in order to protect the second young master, there was a master from the viscount's side following in the team, but that master was not someone he could command, and even the second young master might not know of her existence. She would only take action when the second young master was in trouble.

If she was an archer under his command and did not need to hide her identity, he could have taken advantage of the chaos to kill the enemy defenders in the first wave of attack. Would it be necessary to fight so hard?

In his opinion, what would it matter if there was no great knight and sharpshooter?

After just testing the enemy's strength, they could start cutting off the trade lines. They only needed to wait for the follow-up infantry squad to deliver the siege equipment. The town of Ropa would fall within a few days of resistance, and there was no need for the second young master to make some meaningless commands.

The cavalry captain knew that this time his White Horse Ranger team, to put it nicely, was here to attack Ropa Town and teach Rukasha a lesson. To put it bluntly, the Viscount sent them to train the second young master. After all, a small Pearl Tear Territory did not need to mobilize its entire team, or even send out the sharpshooter.

Because of this, when faced with this practice of playing war games with human lives, I can only swallow my anger.

----

Rusalka parked the carriage behind the hill and followed Sanita up the hill.

"Wuhu~ The weather is really nice. The night sky here is so beautiful, with twinkling stars and picturesque scenery. The evening breeze is refreshing and the air is perfect for camping. Winter will come later. What do you think about us coming here for winter hunting? This time, Phoenix has surrendered to me, making her half my fiancée. There will definitely be no sudden death of the whole family."

As he chatted, he picked up the telescope and looked across at the small tents with campfires lit. "Brother Fei, they actually set up camp 400 meters across from the main gate of Luopa Town. They're so brave! Aren't they afraid of a night attack?"

Sanitieta wanted to complain about the first half of his words, but held back. "If I were the commander of Luopa Town, I would never dare open the town gate. But using a hanging basket or something to transport the troops out is, on the one hand, too slow; on the other hand, if we lose the battle, have you considered how to escape? Opening the gate will let the enemy in?"

Rusalka felt that there was some truth to it. He had indeed never considered the question of how to escape if the night attack failed. After all, in the novels and dramas he had read since he was a child, there were only successful cases of night attacks.

"That's not right. If that's the case, why did you let us attack? Didn't you consider how to escape if we failed?"

Sani Tieta rolled his eyes and said, "Brother, your 524 points are not for nothing. If the opponent dares to chase you into the city and the gate is closed, it's hard to say who will chase and who will escape. In this world view where there is no limit to everyone moving once per round, absolute combat power really is absolute combat power, unless you encounter someone who is more ruthless than you.

My concern now isn't the failure of the night raid, but the possibility that we won't be able to catch up after they flee. If they choose to adopt the wisdom of our ancestors and wage guerrilla warfare in Pearl Tear Territory, that would be terrifying. Brothers, our territory would be utterly destroyed. They'd then target our miners, like killing all our peasants in Warcraft. Our economy would collapse, forcing us to surrender.

Rusalka: "Okay, what if the other party has a higher combat power than us?"

Sanita: "I've already asked Phoenix to go to the town to find Ono. Me, you, Phoenix, and Ono, if we can't win, then I think it's meaningless. We might as well start over. It's too hellish."

Rusalka: "Okay, I really like your attitude of giving up. Fuck him!"

Sanita: "Before we wait for Phoenix to return, I have something to remind you. When the death rate of a unit reaches 20%-30%, it will collapse. We are short on manpower and mobility, so we will definitely not be able to stop the Rangers from collapsing."

Rusalka: “So?”

Sanita: "So, the difficulty in executing our mission this time isn't to succeed in the night raid, show off, and then run away; it's to accurately kill the enemy commander before the kill rate reaches a point where they flee, leaving them leaderless and unable to regroup. Got it? We only have one chance. If we don't kill the enemy commander, then I can only say 'ghost'. From now on, I'll have to live a hard life of intrigue and intrigue."

Rusalka patted her chest and said, "I understand. I'll take care of it."

After so many years of friendship with Rusalka, it was hard for Sanitta not to trust Rusalka, so he decided to treat Rusalka's promise as bragging: Rusalka would be 200% reliable in the first 80% of the work, but for the last 20%, he would have to wait for others to clean up his mess.

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Ono was studying the map of Ropa Territory in the tent and calculating the future development direction when he suddenly felt that the candlelight around him had dimmed a little.

This extremely subtle detail was very obvious to him, a believer in the God of Light. Just as the demon believers were very sensitive to the power of holy light, Ono also had a good understanding of the power of shadow.

Because of this, he was very shocked. He thought that his attainment of holy light had reached perfection and any evil power could not hide in front of him. But at this moment, he could only perceive that someone was lurking in his tent through the changes in light, but he could not lock the other party's position.

This was the most terrifying opponent he had encountered since he came to the Kingdom of Snidi. Although the opponents he had met before had killed him several times, or just one look at them could make people think "this is not something I can fight against", but those were at least physical terrors. This was the first time he encountered this kind of invisible fear.

He reached out and grasped the war hammer beside him, holy light surging in his body, waiting for the moment when the guy hiding in the dark would reveal his figure. The most deadly moment for any assassin is the moment he strikes, but that moment is also the moment when they have to expose themselves, so it is also the most vulnerable moment.

This was one of the things Ono hated. Large-scale battles against monsters and other evil spirits were often protracted battles, with victory or defeat entirely dependent on both sides' experience and grasp of details. However, in a fight with an assassin, victory or defeat was decided in a single moment, so uncontrollable luck played a significant role. Even the leader of the Star Knights, when admonishing them at the time, specifically mentioned the first element in dealing with assassins:

"When you find yourself being targeted by a terrifying individual hiding in the shadows, and you're not absolutely certain you can strike first, don't try to be clever and feign ignorance. On the contrary, you should immediately assume a high-profile defensive stance and shout to your companions to gather around.

Remember, he lurks in the shadows for a reason: the risk of exposure will deter the enemy. Perhaps some individuals crave the spotlight, hoping to use themselves as bait to gain credit for their actions. This is clearly a mistake, as their objectives are not something you soldiers should consider. Your primary concern is protecting your own lives.

Ono had already taken up his weapon in a dignified manner and unfolded a golden barrier, illuminating the entire tent. However, the darkness that made him uncomfortable still did not disappear, indicating that the other party did not care whether he discovered him or not, or was very confident that Ono could not lock onto his position.

So, do you want to call someone in?

Ono hesitated for a moment, but ultimately decided not to do so. The people around him were just a group of recruits, and they couldn't even find the location of the archer who had shot twice on the battlefield, let alone expect them to find a target that they couldn't even lock onto.

If they rush in, they may not necessarily be of help, but may even become a burden like hostages.

Just as he was struggling, the darkness gathered together and turned into a human figure. Ono then discovered that Phoenix was standing openly five meters opposite him.

Ono was very surprised. The location where she appeared was quite safe for both sides. She didn't look like someone coming to assassinate him at all, and he didn't sense any killing intent or fluctuations of shadow spells.

"Filin tribe? Who are you? Why are you here?"

Phoenix only answered the last question. She pulled out a letter from her bosom and threw it on the table: "I am here to deliver the order of the Lord of Pearl Tears."

After she finished speaking, she took a step back, and her body was once again wrapped by countless black threads. Finally, it turned into a shadow and sank into the ground, disappearing in the illumination of the holy light.

Ono saw the seal of Pearl Tears on the envelope, so he opened it and read it. On the letter paper were written these words:

When the Ranger camp is on fire and in chaos, lead the army to intercept and kill their remnants. The following matters have descending priority.

1. Kill the enemy commander.

2. Capture war horses and seize equipment.

3. Capture prisoners.

Burn after reading.

—Rusalka Books.

Chapter 46 Are you also a great knight?

Sanitta seemed to have learned the group blurring technique that his unlucky third son had used last time. After he muttered something and crushed a pile of silver coins into powder in his hand, he was surrounded by a magical halo. Under the blessing of the night, the people in black clothes were obviously not far away from each other, but they could not see each other clearly.

Why do you say spell materials require money?

What's wrong with a wizard burning some money?

Rusalka: (She actually taught herself magic, what a genius!)

Sanita: (Some idiots have the "Foolish" debuff, preventing them from learning spells outside their system. But I won't name them, to save them some face. I even spent 10 talent points on the mage's passive "Magic Learning Power," allowing me to learn any spell within my spellcasting level. Not only that, after learning this spell, I also unlocked a mana system that doesn't take up a ring slot. Now I have two spellcasting systems, doubling my functionality and endurance.)

Rusalka's face suddenly fell: (The purity is too low.)

Sanita was delighted to have successfully cast his new spell, and he rarely responded to Rusalka's joke: (Purity, did it work?)