In the following days, the battles outside Ramberg became bizarre.
At the break of dawn, the bugle call of the Grand Luminary Empire army sounded on time. Michael personally led a team of elite soldiers to the city and shot arrows at the city tower as a show of force. The arrows flew past the crenels, buzzing as they stuck into the city wall, but deliberately avoided the densely guarded areas.
“Ray is a shrinking turtle, have the guts to come out of the city and fight!” Michael’s voice passed through the city tower and into the city, deliberately arrogant. “If you don’t even dare to show your face, how can you be worthy of the title of King of Ramberg?”
The Ramberg army on the city tower flushed red with anger, and they drew their bows and arrows to fight back. But they were pressed down by the general. Ray had ordered that if the enemy army was only provoking, there was no need to pay attention to them.
But Michael’s team did not give up. They erected wooden signs under the city. The signs depicted the ugly state of the Ramberg army kneeling and begging for mercy, and next to it was written “Ramberg rats, vulnerable to a single blow.” The soldiers pointed and laughed around the wooden sign.
The Ramberg army in the city was so angry that their lungs were about to explode when they saw this scene. They ran to the city tower one after another and cursed at the Grand Luminary Empire soldiers. After tossing around for a long time, it was obvious that the defenders on the city tower were about to jump up in anger. Michael suddenly turned his horse’s head and shouted, “Today I will play with you here, this general will come again tomorrow!” He swaggered away with his team.
This went on for many days. The Grand Luminary Empire’s army would come to attack the city from time to time, but each time, just when they were about to make the Ramberg army cough up blood, they would retreat.
The Ramberg army’s patience was finally exhausted. When Michael’s team appeared under the city again, the guards on the city tower could no longer restrain themselves.
A lieutenant general with a full beard slammed his bow and arrow on the ground and roared, “I can’t stand this anymore! Why should we let them show off under the city?”
“That’s right, we just fought them off the day before yesterday, but now we’re like turtles hiding in our shells, letting them humiliate us!” The soldier next to him immediately echoed, with anger burning in his eyes.
“Please give the order, General. I am willing to lead a team out and put down their arrogance!”
“Yes, let’s show them what we’ve got and let them know how powerful our Ramberg army is!”
The city tower was in an uproar, and the soldiers were furious and asked to fight. Even the generals who had been dormant were now gripping their sabers tightly. They couldn’t wait to rush out of the city and kill the Grand Luminary Empire’s army, leaving no one alive.
Ray had also been holding his breath for the past few days. After observing for the past few days, he discovered that Xander had not deployed defenses around the area. Xander would send out small teams every day to pretend to attack the city, purely to disgust him. Ray turned to look at the messenger, a flash of ruthlessness in his eyes. “Tell the people on the city wall, if the enemy comes again tomorrow, open the city gate. I will personally lead the troops and let Xander taste the power of our Ramberg army!”
Seeing that Ray was finally going to fight, all the soldiers cheered. They had been subjected to the humiliation for many days, and now they could finally avenge themselves.
In the camp outside the city, Michael was reporting to Xander. “Your Highness, the fish is about to take the bait.”
Xander looked at Ramberg on the sand table and gently tapped the city gate with his fingertip. The corners of his mouth curved into a cold, sharp arc. “Very well, tomorrow will be the time to close the net."
The next day, before dawn, the bugle call to attack sounded. However, this time the person leading the team was not Michael, but a young general. Still the same as the previous few times, it was a feigned attack. The Ramberg army on the tower could no longer hold back, looking at the enemy troops below the city repeating the usual routine, their eyes filled with raging fire. When the giant wood slammed into the city gate again, the tightly closed gate suddenly creaked and slowly opened.
“Kill, kill! Kill these Grand Luminary Empire people!”
Countless Ramberg troops poured out of the city gate like a tide. The light of swords and blades flashed in the morning light, and the shouts of killing shook the earth. It seemed like they wanted to pour out all the pent-up anger of the past few days. Ray wore a suit of bright silver armor and rode a snow-white warhorse. Waving the spear in his hand, he took the lead and rushed out, the tip of the spear pointing straight at the enemy’s formation. “Xander, I will take your damn life today!”
The Ramberg soldiers behind him were greatly encouraged, followed closely behind, and charged toward Xander’s camp. The dust raised by the horses’ hooves covered the sky, and for a time, it had a bit of an unstoppable posture.
However, all of this was within Michael’s expectations. At the moment when the Ramberg army rushed out of the city gate, Michael, who was ambushing in the dense forest on both sides, flashed a cold light in his eyes and suddenly waved the long knife in his hand. “Do it!”
The soldiers who had been waiting for orders immediately took action, and rolling stones and logs rolled down from the forest and instantly blocked the road near the city gate. At the same time, an elite cavalry unit sped out from behind. Like a black bolt, it quickly cut off the Ramberg army’s retreat.
“Damn, we’re surrounded!” A soldier from the Ramberg army noticed the movement behind them and shouted in panic.
Ray abruptly pulled on his reins and looked back. He saw that the retreat route was already blocked, and both sides of the dense forest were full of enemy figures. His heart sank, and an ominous premonition surged into his heart. But at this moment, he was in a dilemma and could only bite the bullet and shout, “What’s the panic? It’s just a small trick. Follow me and kill them!”
He once again straightened his spear and charged towards the enemy camp. However, the Grand Luminary Empire army was already waiting in full battle array. The soldiers in the front row raised their shields, forming a solid shield wall. Archers in the back row drew their bows and released arrows, sending a rain of arrows towards Ray and the Ramberg army behind him.
The Ramberg army’s momentum was immediately hampered, and soldiers fell to the ground, hit by arrows, with screams rising and falling. Although Ray was brave, he was surrounded by the enemy and found it difficult to break through for a while. Soon, countless people around him were killed or wounded. Ray’s face was covered in blood, his spear was soaked in blood, and the cold light of the spear tip had dimmed a lot. He had no chance of winning, and fighting hard would only lead to complete annihilation.
“Follow me and break out!” He roared, wielding his spear with all his strength, forcibly tearing a gap in the enemy’s encirclement. The remnants of the Ramberg army closely guarded him, using their flesh and blood to resist arrows and swords for him. They fought and retreated, their faces splattered with blood, but they still gritted their teeth and followed Ray to break through towards the depths of the mountains.
“Quick, stop them!” The general of the Grand Luminary Empire army shouted loudly, directing the soldiers to encircle and intercept them. Arrows whizzed past his ears, and the clash of swords echoed incessantly. Ray’s white horse was struck by an arrow, letting out a painful whinny and nearly throwing him off. He gripped the reins tightly and whipped the white horse hard. “Drive!”
If he fell here, he would die without a burial ground. He couldn’t die, Nova and his child were still waiting for him. Fortunately, the Ramberg army desperately protected him, and he finally broke through the last line of defense, plunging into the vast mountains and disappearing into the dense forest.