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Chapter 395 The First Wave of Offensive

Outside Shuanghe City, it’s a quarter past noon.

As the thundering war drums and loud horns resounded throughout the world, dozens of rolling stones dragging thick smoke in the sky roared past with the sound of howling wind, and crashed into the prosperous place in the past.

"Boom"

The ground shook.

Some rolling stones hit the river, kicking up the sludge in the river, some hit the city wall, causing sparks to spread in all directions, but the city wall remained motionless, and some rolled in the city, overturning buildings one after another.

Several fire spirit monks in the foundation building stage flew over the city, using the fire veins in their bodies to attract the spreading fire and extinguish the flames, saving the city from being devoured by the fire.

Half an hour later.

Shuanghe City, which had been ravaged by rolling stones, was faced with a baptism of crossbow arrows. The Qi-training disciples of the Zhenyang Sect in the city used magic to resist most of the arrows, but still caused casualties to the defenders.

The rain of arrows lasted for three rounds and then stopped, because this thing was too expensive. The sound of piercing the sky dissipated and was replaced by the roar of war drums.

The sound of war drums from the rear became denser and louder at this time, trying to suppress the sound of crossbow arrows and rolling stones piercing the sky.

After three rounds of offensives, the three thousand siege troops actually lost only a dozen unlucky men. This made the commander of the defenders on the wall curse loudly, and the sound of war drums in the walled city behind the attacker seemed to be louder.

When the crossbow arrows and rolling stones fell in front of the siege vehicle, the crossbow arrows could not even penetrate the leather covering the outside of the siege vehicle, and the rolling stones could only make the siege vehicle shake twice.

Although the Qi Practitioners have mastered certain cultivation techniques, they are still flesh and blood after all. They suffered heavy losses in one round of offensive, and next they will face soldiers wearing solid armor.

When the siege troops advanced within the range of the archers, the city wall defenders were too lazy to waste resources, so there was no large-scale rain of arrows. However, they cleverly arranged a small number of Qi training to shoot in some places with good viewing angles. .

A quarter of an hour later, three thousand armored sergeants from the vanguard army formed five square formations, pushed five siege tower vehicles, and held war hammers and bucklers for easy siege. They slowly advanced towards the southwest wall of Shuanghe City, passing by Whenever water traps are encountered, the Qi practitioners in the military formation will use earth magic to build bridges and pave the way.

A quarter of an hour later, when the siege tower vehicle was about to approach the city wall, the defenders dispatched some Qi practitioners wearing leather armor to jump off the city wall in an attempt to block the wave of attacks. However, they were immediately attacked by handguns carried by the attacking soldiers. Crossbow attack.

Now it was the turn of the siege troops to be baptized by rolling stones and crossbow bolts.

However, this was within the acceptable range. The Chu State's rear commander immediately ordered to assemble another three thousand elite soldiers, who were also divided into five square formations and continued to advance toward the city wall along the route they had just advanced.

Although most of the arrows were blocked, casualties were inevitable.

When the troops were almost five hundred feet away from the city wall, the defenders in the city began to set up the crossbows and trebuchets that had not been destroyed just now.

When the arrows all over the sky fell, the battle flags in the military formation emitted bursts of earthy yellow light, forming energy shields. Although the shields could not completely offset the power of crossbow arrows and rolling stones, they could slow down their speed and damage. force.

No one thought that the first people to bleed under the city wall were the usually aloof Qigong practitioners.

There is no mercy on the battlefield, and the cruel battle will not end with this inconsequential victory. As the siege tower vehicle approaches the city wall, bursts of killing cries echo over the city.

The defenders of the city wall began to pour tung oil and use sawdust from the candle tree in an attempt to use fire to prevent the siege troops from climbing the city wall. But the Chu army was well prepared. The Qi practitioners who could use earth spirit magic in the military formation immediately summoned sand to bury the flames. Some Qi practitioners used water spirits to neutralize the spiritual energy ignited by the disciples of the True Yang Sect. .

Both sides had their own methods in the small area around the city wall, and there was a stalemate for a while.

It seemed that a long time had passed, and it seemed that in the blink of an eye, the city wall of Shuanghe City, which was usually used to hang banners, was stained with a layer of black marks, some of which were the result of flames, and some of which were left after blood was baked.

The war of attrition under the city wall was cruel. The Chu army fought until the subsequent 3,000 soldiers arrived, but no one climbed onto the city wall. The remaining 2,000 soldiers had to hand over the battlefield in an orderly manner and slowly retreat to the rear. At this moment, the rear Another three thousand people outside the city wall have also assembled and are advancing towards the city wall.

This battle continued until dark. No one from the Chu army climbed onto the city wall. Both sides left three thousand corpses of both attackers and defenders near the city wall. The outcome of the battle did not surprise the generals of both attackers and defenders. After all, it was only the first day.

In addition to the heavy losses in the first wave of the Chu army's offensive, the number of casualties in each subsequent offensive was less than 1. The defenders desperately defended the city wall and paid a heavy price. Because the Chu army was better equipped, it was different from the Chu army. The casualty ratio is almost 1:, which is very fatal to the defending side.

It got dark before we knew it. The attacking and defending sides sent hundreds of scouts to spy on each other along the buffer zone between the two sides, while setting up military stoves to cook.

The night passed quickly.

Except for each other's scouts, the sergeants on both sides who should rest were given sufficient rest time.

At two o'clock in the morning, for July people on Ningzhou Road, the sky is already bright.

As the thunderous war drums echo, a new round of offensive is about to begin, and today is the real attack, yesterday was just an appetizer.

Looking around, yesterday's vanguard camp more than doubled in size overnight!
Wang Ping also woke up from his trance when the war drums sounded. He first controlled his soul to fly around his temporary dojo, and then checked on Yu Lian's condition as usual.

When the siege army came into close combat with the Zhenyang Sect defenders again, Hu Qianqian's figure landed on the top of Laishan Mountain, and then respectfully walked to Wang Ping's side.

"Master."

Hu Qianqian saluted as usual, then took out a gray crystal from the storage bag and said: "The lizard demon soul you want is a wanted criminal that the Taoist palace members surrounded and killed near the South China Sea. There are two realms." Strength!"

Wang Ping's eyes lit up slightly, and he moved his fingers gently, and the crystal was immediately rolled up by the wood spirit energy and fell into his hand.

Hu Qianqian took out another wooden box and said, "Here is the 'fake elixir' he cultivated. If Master, you want to practice his elemental poison, this 'fake elixir' is the best reference."

Wang Ping's eyes fell on the fake elixir in Hu Qianqian's hand again, he raised his eyelids and looked at Hu Qianqian again, and said with a smile: "You have good intentions. You should be ostracized by your tribe for doing this, right?"

"Replying to Master, in the eyes of disciples, there is no difference between demons and humans. They are just all living things. Demons will be punished for making mistakes, and humans will be punished for making mistakes."

Hu Qianqian's tone was soft, but her mood was very serious.

Wang Ping nodded and looked at the fake elixir and crystal in his hand. He didn't know who this lizard demon was, let alone what he had done, but his one thought made his hundreds of years of cultivation become empty talk.

Looking at the vast land below the mountain, at this moment, with him as the center, hundreds of miles around the land, and every inch of land burned by the war, millions of people fought to the death under his will.

(End of this chapter)