
Chapter 75: The Last Assault
Count Cobry is currently rampaging non-stop outside the City of Geldos …
Ever since he sent out the pike cavalry troops to send out his request for more supplies, he had experienced an inexplicable feeling of worry from the bottom of his heart as if it was foretelling an impending misfortune.
The battle situation he experienced was also not ideal: about the 2000s peasant army that his subordinate noble family had raised, nearly 500, a quarter of the total, had been killed. On the other hand, his five spear cavalry companies and garrison troop regiments only held dozens of casualties over the past two days and still maintained their fighting strength.
Over the past two days, he had conquered three more fortresses and only five were still standing in their way. The peasants he relied on primarily to conquer the fortress were already on the verge of rebellion as their numbers dwindled rapidly and money was not worth the sacrifice. Every time they received the order to move, they would roam around and spend as much time as they could until they were suppressed and forced to act by the spear cavalry troops.
Count Cobry knew that he could not keep up with this, given that the knights from the subordinate noble family gave him a strange appearance, which he was, it was as if they believed that the count had only used this opportunity to try to reduce the power of the noble families serving him.
With supplies left in the camp they were only able to hold on for three more days, the count began to worry about the lack of communication from Geldos City after he sent his troops back there two days ago. It shouldn't be! The city of Geldos is not far from Motz Hills and takes 8 hours to get there on horseback! My spear cavalry squad should be able to return here with a response from Geldos City about when the resources and supplies will arrive! There must be something going on.
Unable to continue waiting, the count decided to return to the city after thinking about it. He left the remaining supplies to his garrison regiment and gathered the knights from other families to talk about the spirit to encourage them to continue guarding the camp until he returned.
Count Coby then brought five and a half companies of his spear cavalry to Geldos City with the intention of increasing their numbers there. At the same time, Lorist had just settled his matters at Williamiles Castle and was on his way back to Geldos City with Josk and the army of Terman knights.
At dawn, the count arrived at the gates of Geldos City with his soldiers and heaved a sigh of relief after seeing his family's flag still fluttering at the flagpole. He then instructed some people to have the gates opened so that his exhausted people could rest after a day of traveling.
He did not know that however hard the soldiers announced the return of the count and asked for the suspension bridge to be lowered and the gate to be opened, the garrison troops on the city walls made no indication of doing so at all and instead began cursing back towards the soldiers below and even arming themselves with their bows as if they were going to defend city of invaders.
Originally, Prince Cobry was quite satisfied with how vigilant and cautious the soldiers guarding the city were. But after half an hour, he noticed something was amiss and saw a large group of people appear on the city wall led by Freyar, who had been imprisoned for not serving him.
When Freiyar announced to the count that the city was under his control, Count Cobry thought that this was all just a nightmare. Nothing in his wildest imagination, he would think that a prisoner like Freiyar would be able to take over the city. The rampaging count then pointed towards the flag and asked why it had not been taken down if the city was really under its control.
Laughing embarrassedly, Freiyar said on the count that she forgot to use the flag to clean her ass after going to the toilet because she had too many things that needed her attention. He later apologized for ignoring the flag and assured that he would drop off someone to use in the toilet.
In response, the count infuriated to the point where his pulse was about to explode. A Gold-ranked boy standing by his side started cursing back at Freyar and saying that despite how well the count had treated him, the, he still dared to oppose the count when he was far from the city like a savage who did not know how to pay for the help of others.
Losing his emotions, Freiyar immediately cursed out loud. “You call killing my foster mother and imprisoning my family and my help? You are so sick and deceived! ”Because of not wanting to continue the conversation, Freiyar ordered the archers to shoot and the Gold-ranked son was injured by three arrows as a result. If not for the spear cavalry troops protecting him solemnly, that number would have lost its life there and then.
Leaving dozens of the corpses of the spear cavalrymen near the city gate, the count managed to get out of the crossbow firing range unharmed. He quickly ordered his soldiers to enter and built siege ladders in preparation to attack the city.
However, the count had forgotten an important fact, that is, the company of the spear cavalry troops he had brought with him was recently formed from the people in the labor camp and not the people who accompanied him during the years he was disguised as a bandit. . As some of them recognized their comrades on the city walls, they began chatting with them and learned that their family members were in safe hands.
On one hand, there was a count that was preparing to attack the city with anger. On the other hand, the soldiers were relieved when they found out that their family members were fine. That's why the Counts people came to a tacit understanding to reject the Count's orders as best they could and took it all afternoon to build only 3 siege ladders in a very slow place.
The count of anger angrily whipped some people who he thought were slacking off and pointed at dozens of other soldiers who refused orders to be the first to attack the city.
The result ended up almost knocking counting the amount of vomiting blood too much. The soldiers he had authorized to take part in the first wave of the attack used the stairs they brought to climb the wall without resistance from the city wall defense forces. As soon as they reached the wall, they threw their weapons on the ground and hugged their comrades before starting to curse at the count.
In an instant, the spear cavalry troops who had managed to climb the wall surrendered to the enemy and even helped pull the siege ladder they had brought with them over the wall. The count who had just witnessed such a scene spat out a mouthful of blood with his face reddened in anger.
At that moment, another Gold-ranked boy started cursing towards the city wall in an even more vulgar manner when compared to the former son who had been injured by three arrows. Seeing the fainting amount of blood loss, and the pike cavalry troops who seemed too tired to be able to do anything, were, the Silver ranked illegitimate children were ordered to mount the soldiers who had surrendered to the enemy to be killed and slaughtered in order to make some meat dishes for the other man's entrails for now. After traveling at high speed without rest all night, the men were all hungry and spent.
Afterwards, the brothers discussed how they should calm down the spear cavalry troops. Among the 600 soldiers they had, who were completely loyal to the count numbered under 50 and most were old soldiers who followed the calculations for many years.
By the time the count regained consciousness, he was faced with two choices. Attacking the city was no longer an option because he could not predict how his spear cavalry troops, who were on the verge of changing their side, would react. The first option he had was to return to the camp at Motz Hill to rejoin his garrison regiment and bring the entire army back to recapture the city. The only drawback of this plan was that his garrison regiment would probably run out of food by the time they returned to the city. The last thing he wanted was for his desperate soldiers to turn their backs.
Another option he had was to retreat to Williamiles Castle where he could temporarily stay to rebuild his army and regain his strength. However, it was the same as giving up on the garrison regiments he had left behind in Motz Hill as well as Geldos City. But, he believed that as long as he could get in touch with the rebel sweepers who were in the western mountains, he would be able to take everything he had lost from him.
Josk approached Count's troops at a distance of 30 to 40 meters away and threw three heads that landed at the feet of Count Cobry. Upon seeing the three illegitimate heads of his sons stationed at Williamiles Castle, Count felt that he had been struck by lightning. The death of his sons could only mean that Williamiles Castle had fallen under enemy control.
Seeing Marksman Josk turn around to return to Lorist's side, the count stood up and headed towards them before stopping ten meters away. Staring at Josk with a savage look, he turned his gaze to Lorist and said, "Who are you and why are you against me?"
Sitting on a horse, Lorist looked at the 60-year-old man in stout stature with a strand of white hair on his head, who had taken over the northwestern region by storm, and said coldly, coldly, “I wonder if I should call you as Count Cobry, or Redbeard, the bandit whose famous name and savageness are well known throughout Bodolger Province? "
His count shivered uncontrollably and revealed a shocked expression on his face. He then calmed down without refuting Lorist's accusations and continued as he pointed to Geldos City and then to the three heads that were on the ground, "Who the hell are you? Is this the result of you plotting against me? You have managed to cause my Cobry Family to sink to such depths … "
“Plan against you? Who do you think you are? Don't tell me you've forgotten your sins. When you disguise as Redbeard, the people from the merchant convoy you captured were all mercilessly killed; women and children were no exception as well. Do you think you'll be able to live the rest of your life in peace just because you're undercover while doing all that? Today, my arrival marks your end. I'll uproot the entire Cobry Family just like you did to the other nobles in this area, and kill all of your male descendants … "
The boiling hatred could be felt from Lorist's words. He gestured for Terman to come over and pointed towards the bear badge that was rampaging on his chest and said, "I'm sure you've seen this badge before in the two red wooden boxes in your room. My Third Uncle intends to hand the boxes over to the girl he loves. However, the convoy he led met with the bandits Redbeard and none of them survived. For many years, my family has been looking around for these high and low bandits. Who would have thought that an attack on my convoy by your troops would eventually lead me to you …
"Yes Count God, you must have been surprised to learn that the rebel corps intent on preying on our convoy had been completely destroyed and some of the troops that surrendered to us revealed that Redbeard had been you all along. One of them even mentioned that he recognized our family crest from the two boxes that you have in your room. ”
"You're from the Norton Family in the Northlands ..." stuttering count. He could recognize the emblem from the moment he stormed their merchant convoy. He even remembered that he had lost one Golden rank and one Silver ranked illegitimate son from the incident. The people from the merchant convoy who fought all out until their last breath left quite an impression on him. That was also the reason why he kept the two boxes as mementos.
Now that the evidence had been presented in front of him, there was no point for him to deny the accusation. Staring at Lorist sharply, he smiled and said, “So what if I did it? I have attacked too many convoys in my time. Now that you have come for vengeance, I will definitely comfort you. Let's see who gets out of this life. ”
The count then turned to walk back to his soldiers with Lorist not bothering to stop him at all. Count Cobry then put on his armor and climbed onto his horse before he pointed his spear towards Lorist's troops. Behind him, his illegitimate sons and the senior soldiers still loyal to him climbed onto their mounts and arranged themselves into a charging formation.
Lorist waved and ordered calmly, "Anyone who is not at Silver rank can retreat. For those who are, follow behind me and get into the charging formation. ”
Josk and Terman climbed onto Lorist's back and then, Terman handed over the spear for Lorist to use. The various Silver-ranked knights also lined up neatly behind Josk and Terman.
Including Lorist who was at the very front, there were a total of 27 knights, who were lined up in a triangular formation. On the opposite side, there were 58 cavalry including the count.
At that moment, everyone outside the city stopped whatever they were doing together paying attention to the spectacle unfolding before them. The atmosphere felt heavy and gloomy without anyone daring to utter the slightest sound.
At the same time, Lorist and Count Cobry started their duties and the two groups of men facing each other rushed towards each other at an extremely high speed.
Lorist's spear did not give off any luminous blades while Josk, who was behind him, had a blade of golden light radiating from his spear point. The other knights including Terman all had silver blades shining from the corners of their riding spears.
Looking at only one blade of golden light from the ranks of his enemies, his count felt elated and followed his spear which also emitted a golden blade of light towards Lorist. It seems that the twerp over there is not even a Silver rank.. As long as I manage to defeat it, I will definitely be able to reverse the table of the entire situation …
In the blink of an eye, the two groups collided and chaos soon ensued …
Count Cobry brutally thrust his golden spear towards Lorist's left arm in order to knock him off the mountain before finishing him off.
In response, Lorist flicked his spear upwards and caused it to collide with the spear. The golden spear was knocked out of the trajectory and Lorist's spear swept consecutively towards the upper body of the count, causing it to fall off its mount with a shocked expression on its face. With a single swipe, the count that had yet to fall to the ground was once again knocked flying into the group of panicked soldiers before he landed ten or so meters away. Two stab wounds could be seen on the prince's army as he lay on the ground writhing and shouting, unable to get up.
Lorist then rejoined the chaotic battlefield while thrusting and slashing by leaving. Within moments, dozens of cavalrymen lost their lives due to his spear.
After Lorist had gone to and fro three times on the battlefield, not a single cavalry was left on their horses. However, only 10 of the 26 men who followed him were still riding.
Terman waved to the Iron-ranked knights who had retreated further before the accusations came and helped his descending troops. As for the enemy soldiers who had not died, they were endowed with quick and merciful slashes that saved them from having to experience further pain in the face of death.
Terman immediately came up with his left arm bandaged to report their status. There were 8 soldiers who were seriously injured and 14 others who were lightly wounded including him. It was partly thanks to the armor they had that provided excellent defense. As for the side of Count Cobry, the people who had followed his lead had perished, including his 6 illegitimate sons of Silver rank. Another Gold-ranked son had fought with Josk until the last moment only to die as well. The only person still alive was Count Cobry himself.
Seeing the count groaning and groaning on the ground with pain, Lorist said, “Prepare the cross. I want to nail him to death on it … "