Chapter 449: A Strange Troop Fighting Till the Last Moment
When Sean spoke, he frightened Lord Snow, Karen Smith and the old monk again. In just five short minutes, not only had he changed his appearance through bone touching and disguising, but his voice had also become somewhat similar to Lord Snow’s!
This was the bone touching art! By touching and changing the shape and position of one’s bones, it could alter a person’s appearance and even their voice. The effect was truly astounding!
However, Sean paid no mind to their shock. He first left the secret room, followed closely by the three white-clad soldiers. Karen Smith and the old monk looked at each other and also hurried to follow along!
Boom boom boom! The large door of the secret room slowly closed, leaving only Lord Snow alone inside. His clothes were tattered, his whole body covered in blood stains, blood flowing down his face, tears hanging from the corners of his eyes. He curled up into a small ball, his heart pounding violently, filled with the urge to bash his head in and die!
Damn it! Heaven is unfair, so unfair! If Lord Snow was born, why was Sean born too???
Should he smash his head in and die? But he couldn’t muster up the courage to end his own life…
At that time, the sounds of slaughter on Hill Riverside were still continuing, becoming more and more intense. Even from the foot of the mountain, fires could be seen blazing on the mountaintop.
Clearly! After forty minutes of fierce battle, the Northern Kingdom’s million-man army had marched up the north side of Hill Riverside and succeeded in attacking the summit!
The summit was the last line of defense for the Shirine Empire’s forces. Once it fell and the Northern Kingdom’s forces occupied the high ground, then the million-man army could descend with irresistible force toward the south side of Hill Riverside.
Therefore, inside the Shirine Empire’s temporary headquarters, it was in complete chaos and the atmosphere was extremely oppressive. Many generals hurriedly came, trying to persuade Knox to retreat!
“We can’t hold out!”
“General Knox, we really can’t defend Hill Riverside. The Northern Kingdom bastards suddenly increased their offensive, clearly trying for a quick decisive battle and have their swords aimed at the imperial city! In this subordinate’s opinion, persisting now would be futile resistance that only sends more soldiers to their deaths in vain!”
“Ten minutes!”
“The summit will be lost in ten minutes! By the time we try to retreat then, it will be too late! We might as well… might as well simply abandon Hill Riverside, lead the troops back to the imperial city, unite with the city’s defending troops. Perhaps that way we still have a ray of hope!!!”
Those Shirine Empire generals were not afraid of death!
However! There were deaths heavier than Mount Tai, and deaths lighter than a goose feather. What they feared was that if they lost this battle and died themselves, they still wouldn’t be able to protect their homeland and the common people of the Shirine Empire!
If they must die, they wanted their deaths to be worthwhile! They wanted to fight till the last moment!
“Retreat my ass!”
Facing the advice of the Shirine Empire generals, Knox’s sword-like eyebrows slanted severely, his cold eyes like frost. Without any hesitation, he shook his head and gritted his teeth, “I’ve already reported the situation at Hill Riverside to the imperial city side. They haven’t sent any orders to retreat!”
“So tonight, Hill Riverside is our burial ground! Our task is to hold off the Northern Kingdom’s forces! Every minute and every second we can drag it out is precious time gained! As for the imperial city side… His Majesty the Emperor naturally has his own arrangements!!!”
No order to retreat???NôvelDrama.Org (C) content.
Those Shirine Empire generals looked at each other. The first thought that popped into their minds was: Damn, if Hill Riverside is lost, just the imperial city’s defending troops alone definitely can’t block the Northern Kingdom’s military might. Don’t tell me the imperial family wants us to fight to the death here and buy them time to escape early!
It was not unreasonable for them to suspect this. The imperial family had always been ruthless. Whether it was the previous King Ron or the current King Roscoe, they were definitely capable of doing something like this!!!
To be frank! They were the Shirine Empire’s soldiers, but they were not the imperial family’s dogs. With hot blood and iron bones, they were willing to die to protect their country, that was their bounden duty. However, if they had to die just to buy time for the imperial family to flee, they were extremely reluctant!
“But…” Some of the generals still wanted to argue, but Knox didn’t give them the chance to continue. He roared, “Bring me my spear!”
Immediately, two guards carried over a long spear!
Indeed, carried it over!
The spear was over two meters long and weighed over a hundred pounds. It was Knox’s weapon from all these years of campaigns in the east and expeditions in the west. The spear had been stained with countless enemies’ fresh blood, and countless enemies’ lives had been ended below it!
“Disobeying military orders is unacceptable!” Knox reached out and grasped the spear, lightly lifting it up with one hand. His icy gaze swept over the Shirine Empire generals as he solemnly said, “I know what you’re all thinking!”
“But!”
“If it’s really like what you think, retreating now would likely be futile!”
Yes! If the imperial family really fled early, what meaning would there be in them going back???
“So!” Knox continued, “Those who still have guts, follow me up the mountain and kill happily! The more Northern Kingdom bastards we can kill here, the less humiliation the Shirine Empire’s common people will suffer in the future!”
Having said that, Knox took the lead, directly heading out of the temporary headquarters holding his spear!
He wanted to fight! To personally go to battle at the summit and kill the enemy!
Seeing this, those Shirine Empire generals hesitated for a moment, then gritted their teeth and picked up their own weapons, following Knox out!
However! Just as they walked out of the temporary headquarters, they suddenly noticed over a dozen luxury cars lined up bumper-to-bumper, their dazzling lights flashing as they sped urgently along the official road from the direction of the capital city, coming this way at breakneck speed. The cars were extremely eye-catching in the black night!
“What is that???”
Including Knox, everyone saw the cars and was stunned!
Soon, Knox came back to his senses, his brows slightly furrowed as he said, “It seems you were thinking too much. His Majesty the Emperor did not deceive us and flee the city. He has sent people here as reinforcements!”
“Presumably, they are the strange troop Lord Snow mentioned earlier!!!”
Strange troop! Hearing Knox’s words, those Shirine Empire generals were stunned again. A strange troop? A dozen or so cars, how many people could fit inside? Fifty or sixty at most! In the face of the Northern Kingdom’s million-man army, what use could fifty or sixty people be???
Squeak squeak squeak!
While they were doubting and looking down on this in their minds, the luxury cars had already arrived before them. The cars slammed on the brakes and stopped about ten meters away!
Immediately afterwards, the car doors were pushed open and figures emerged one after another from the dozen or so cars. Just as they had estimated, there were only fifty or sixty people. What made them even more flabbergasted was, damn it, among these fifty or sixty people, there were even over a dozen frail-looking women dressed in white!!!
For a moment, everyone present was dumbfounded, completely dumbfounded!
What the hell was this???
This… was the so-called strange troop? For a life-or-death battlefield with millions participating in a war between nations, they had sent a bunch of women over to act as the strange troop???
What was strange about this??? Were they going to use feminine wiles against the Northern Kingdom bastards?