Over the frozen fortress, the giant eye appeared for a while and then slowly closed and disappeared, as if it had never appeared. However, the lingering fear left by that terrible sense of oppression did not dissipate for a long time, leaving a long dead silence on the battlefield.

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Since the giant eye did not cause substantial damage to the troops on both sides, the soldiers gradually came to their senses, the original chaotic order was slowly restored, and the vanguard troops clashed again.

But at this moment, regular horn sounds came from the inner city wall, and the rhythm conveyed the meaning: retreat.

Obviously, in Solandel's time estimate, the team that had previously evacuated should have arrived at the predetermined location and established a blocking position. Now this group of troops can start to retreat.

The soldiers fought with inferior forces and were already exhausted. They had been completely infected by Solandel's action of carrying the flag. They forcibly boosted their morale and fought against the tribal soldiers. In fact, they were all so tired that they could hardly lift their weapons.

Not moving anymore.

At this time, when the retreat horn sounded, the pressure faced by the soldiers suddenly dropped sharply, and they quickly evacuated to the inner city wall through the tunnels extending in all directions.

The tribal warriors wanted to chase, but they were completely unfamiliar with the structure of the tunnel. They chased them around like a maze. After chasing for a long time, they found themselves spinning in circles, being ambushed, and escaping in panic after leaving many corpses behind.

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Jupiter went crazy when he saw this, and immediately ordered all siege equipment to be used to launch a fierce attack on the inner city wall.

Last night, the tribal soldiers broke through the outer wall of the Frozen Fortress and firmly controlled the military camp area. All heavy weapons fell into their hands.

In the past, the defenders of the Frozen Fortress stubbornly blocked the attack, and the heavy weapons could not be transported to the effective strike range, so they could only engage in hand-to-hand combat. But now the defenders retreated in large numbers, the roads were clear, and those powerful instruments were quickly brought up.

Ballistas, trebuchets, rams, and siege towers kept inserting giant steel arrows into the city wall, pulling off large sections of the wall. Huge boulders smashed into the wall, leaving deep craters like meteorites.

After hitting the city gate hard, the steel bars began to bend under the huge force, and the inner city wall was like a crumbling giant, ready to topple at any time.

The heavy siege equipment was massive, and the enemy was pressing closer and closer. Under the instinct of survival, the evacuating soldiers would inevitably panic, which also led to crowding and stampedes.

In order to maintain order and improve the efficiency of the retreat, Solandel led the grassroots commanders to guard the tunnel exit and lead everyone to evacuate in an orderly manner.

When Garrot led the royal guards out of the tunnel, the first thing he did was to look for Solandelle. When he saw her standing outside intact, Garlot couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

Garrot stepped forward quickly and panted: "Your Highness, you have to leave quickly. There are barbarians chasing soldiers everywhere outside. This inner city wall can't hold on for long!"

Solandel looked at the soldiers who kept running out of the tunnel entrance and muttered nervously: "We can't leave yet, we have to wait until everyone has evacuated."

Garrot grabbed her shoulders suddenly and shook her hard: "You can't save everyone! It's enough if you can save a few! It will be dangerous if you delay any longer. Let's go!"

"Boom!" As soon as Garrot finished speaking, the middle section of the wall was hit by a huge boulder from a trebuchet. The structure finally could no longer support it and collapsed in pieces.

Amidst the sound of rolling rocks falling, smoke and dust rose into the sky, and the tunnel below collapsed. The soldiers who had not escaped were buried inside forever.

Seeing this scene, Solandel's heart bleeds. These soldiers stayed here just to cover the evacuation of the compatriots behind them. They had tried their best, but they fell in the darkness before dawn. How cruel this is.

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"Save people! Some of them can still be saved!" Solandel shouted and rushed over regardless of her own safety. Seeing this, Garrot and the other soldiers also quickly followed her pace.

After the middle section of the wall collapsed, the foundation collapsed, and the entire tunnel was blocked. The people inside could not be saved anyway.

However, some people had escaped from the tunnel before and were not directly buried alive. Instead, they were affected by the collapsed wall and were trapped in the rubble. These people all have hope of rescue.

Solandel rushed to a pinned soldier, struggled to lift the rocks on top, and shouted: "Save what you can see first, move fast!"

Everyone followed suit and started to save people.

When those soldiers were suppressed, they were already in despair, thinking that they would either be crushed to death here, or captured alive by tribal warriors, tortured horribly, and finally die in pain.

They really didn't expect that at such a critical moment, Solandel would come back to save everyone. They all had tears streaming down their faces and sobbed their thanks.

The outermost group of soldiers suffered less from the buried objects and were quickly rescued by everyone's joint efforts. According to preliminary statistics, there were several hundred people, and all of them were safe.

However, there are still many soldiers who were not in a good position before. They were buried very deep when the wall collapsed. Some of them were crushed to death, with no hope of rescue. Others were still alive, but there were many crushed bodies.

, unlike those who were lightly buried, who could be pulled out with great effort. Several people had to work together to clear the rubble before they could pull the person out.

Even though the rescue was extremely difficult, Solandel did not give up. She was still saving people one by one, and she saved as many people as she could.

"Help! Someone help me!" In the ruins, Solandel suddenly heard a cry. She hurried to the direction of the sound and found a young boy crushed here.

The young man's face was very childish, and he looked to be a few years older than Solandel. He should be a conscript who had just come of age to serve in the army. At this time, he was suppressed by the intertwined wreckage from the waist down, and only half of his body was exposed.

I couldn't get out no matter what.

Seeing Solandel running over, hope ignited in the young man's lifeless eyes, and he stretched out his hand to her and shouted: "Your Highness! Help me! My leg is trapped!"

Seeing that such a young child's life was hanging by a thread, Solandel was already anxious. She hurriedly ran to his side and struggled to hold the wreckage with her shoulders, giving the boy room to climb out.

With Solandel's efforts, the wreckage was lifted a little. The boy muttered "Thank you" and hurriedly climbed out.

However, at this moment, another boulder hit the city wall, causing the wall to collapse. Solandel was also knocked down by the aftermath. The young man's legs were pinned again before he could fully pull them out.

What is even more suffocating is that tribal warriors have appeared in the gap in the city wall, and they are rushing towards this direction with loud shouts of killing.

Garrot rushed to Solandel, grabbed her arm and shouted: "Go quickly! The enemy is coming to catch up!!!"
Chapter completed!