Scaling the Wall and Withdrawing

Captain of the Guard Sailik, wielding his battle axe, knocked to the ground a garrison soldier who was charging at him with a spear.

The soldier's neck was dented from the impact, and after falling to the ground, a lot of blood flowed from his nostrils and mouth. He trembled a few times and then froze.

His comrades, seeing Sailik's heroic performance, were all terrified and hesitated to step forward.

Just as Sailik was leading his men forward, a group of tall soldiers clad in chainmail pushed past the terrified defenders.

These soldiers were all wielding two-handed greatswords and worked in close coordination. Three of them rushed directly towards Sailik and circled around him, engaging in close combat.

After helping out a few times, Sailik realized that these people were not easy to deal with; each of them was highly skilled in combat and difficult to defeat quickly.

He glanced around and noticed that after the group of greatswordsmen joined the battle, they worked with the defenders to firmly suppress the soldiers who were climbing the city walls.

The defenders pushed aside the ladders at one of the city gates that had been occupied, and the screams of soldiers falling from the ladders could be heard.

On the distant city wall and horse path, there were still many soldiers carrying torches rushing towards this place. Sailik's heart sank, knowing that this attack must have failed.

He decided to give up and find a chance to leave the city wall, but the three greatswordsmen kept entangled with him, making it difficult for him to break free.

Sailik was getting anxious. He could tell that the greatswordsmen in front of him were probably guards.

Although he was skilled in combat and good at teamwork, he was clearly lacking in battle formation. If it weren't for the relatively narrow terrain of the city wall, he could have taken down these three long ago.

However, these three were indeed quite troublesome. He noticed that archers were beginning to assemble behind the guards, and he realized that time was running out and he would be in trouble if he didn't leave soon.

Sailik deliberately created an opening. He used the axe handle to separate the two swords, and the other swordsman saw that his side was vulnerable. He then used both hands to strike Serik's right ribs.

Sailik suddenly twisted his body and leaned to the right, and the sword struck his right shoulder armor directly.

Then Sailik turned his axe around and delivered a powerful horizontal slash, cutting the swordsman in the waist as he was still adjusting his balance.

The blow was so powerful and heavy that it shattered the man's chainmail, scattering the broken iron rings everywhere.

The swordsman collapsed to the ground, spurting out large amounts of blood, along with fragments of his internal organs, and died instantly.

Seeing this, the other two swordsmen immediately stopped their attack. They knew that they had only been able to stop Sailik because of the cooperation of the three of them. Now that one of them had been lost, they were no Sailik.

Instead of pressing his advantage, Sailik took three steps back and raised his right hand to whistle.

The soldiers surrounding him who had scaled the city walls were all his subordinates, and naturally knew their captain's secret signals, so they all abandoned their fight with the defenders in front of them.

As they retreated, they split into two rows, with those whose weapons were intact and who were uninjured standing on the outside and those who were injured on the inside.

Sailik stood at the very front of everyone, and the people inside began to slide down the city wall using the ladders at the entrance.

The defending troops were somewhat bewildered by the sudden change in the enemy's formation and hesitated to launch an attack.

At this moment, Lenster, who was standing at the very back, noticed the change in the enemy's formation as they scaled the city walls. He quickly realized what they were about to do, "Charge forward quickly, they're trying to escape!"

But he was all alone. His guards, who had been protecting him, had been sent to the front to defend against the enemy troops climbing the city walls because of the recent crisis.

He was finding it difficult to command the garrison soldiers in front of him when a patrol arrived.

He saw that the captain of the patrol team was the same one he had met with Kadok earlier, so he quickly stopped the group of soldiers.

When the patrol captain saw the eldest young master blocking his way, he quickly bowed and asked, "Young master, what are your orders?"

"There's no time to lose. To make a long story short, the enemy is retreating. You need to go to the front and inform the troops to push forward immediately. Don't let them get away."

The patrol captain was also a veteran, and knowing that what the young master was talking about was no small matter, he naturally did not hesitate.

He quickly led his soldiers to break through the formation of the defending soldiers and rush to the front of the column.

He shouted as he walked, "They're trying to escape! We can't let them get away! Everyone, charge!"

Upon hearing this, the other soldiers also surged forward with them.

Although they had a tough time against the assault troops led by Sailik in the previous battle, they were all seething with anger and were eager to strike back when the enemy was down.

Sailik noticed that the defending soldiers were charging up again, but most of the soldiers who had climbed the city walls had not yet come down. He spat and prepared to meet them and continue the fight.

Suddenly, a hand grabbed him. He turned his head and saw a soldier under his command. The soldier's left arm was injured, and his arm guard and the inner armor were stained with blood.

He smiled and said to Sailik, "Battalion Commander, you should go down now. Someone like me can't get down even with a ladder. Leave the rest to me!"

As he spoke, he led a dozen or so wounded soldiers, whose movements had been impaired, and charged towards the defending troops.

Sailik gritted his teeth, turned around, and led the remaining soldiers down the city wall.

When all the soldiers around him had climbed the ladders and he was the only one still standing on the city wall, Sailik could no longer hear the sounds of battle.

Those dozen or so wounded soldiers must have all died in battle. He roared at the defenders, swung his long axe around a few times with both hands, and threw the axe towards the defenders.

Taking advantage of the soldiers' moment of dodging the flying axes, he used the momentum to flip over the city wall, grabbed the ladder, put his legs on the smooth wooden bars on both sides of the ladder, and slid down the ladder.

After he landed, the ladder that had been hung on the city wall with an iron hook was pushed away by the defenders.

Sailik didn't waste any time. He called to the soldiers waiting below the city and ran towards the camp.

When he met Ivand, who was there to meet him, Sailik breathed a sigh of relief. "The city wall didn't fall. The defenders reacted too quickly!"