Chapter 470: Iron and Blood (9)
It seems that the defending side always has the advantage over the besieging side, not only to rest on the side, but also to use the fortifications on the city walls to fight the enemy with a small number of soldiers.
In the art of war, there is also a saying that 'ten are encircled, five are attacked, and multiple is divided', that is to say, if you want to besiege the city and annihilate it, you need to be equivalent to 10 times the strength of the defenders to do it, which is why the Celestial Empire has a saying since ancient times, surrounding the four city gates and leaving a feint to give the defenders a way to retreat, weaken their resistance to avoid the trapped beast and the fighting fish from dying and breaking the net.
In fact, the defending side is not superior to the besieging side, and even the defending side is at a disadvantage.
The most important part is the fault tolerance.
As long as the besieging side can still support the rebattle, they can launch an infinite number of attacks, while the defending side only needs to make one mistake, and there is no ......
When the general in charge of the East Gate heard the news of the West Gate's break, his first reaction was that some players spread rumors.
Simon is defended by the priest of the Church of Waukin, although their goddess of commerce is a neutral deity, and the priest himself will use a lot of spells to restrain evil creatures such as demons, and the difficulty of their defense is much lower than that of his side.
Subsequently, the heralds in the army reported that the West Gate was indeed broken! A large number of demons have already entered through the West Gate, preparing to attack the defenders of the other gates from behind, and soon they will be in danger of being attacked from behind.
In the city lord's mansion, the young city lord frowned, no matter how wise and powerful he was, it was impossible for him to command the defensive battles of the four city walls at the same time. He is better at politics and logistics than in battle, so he now acts as a logistics team leader, helping to dispatch supplies to the city walls.
He had been restless since then, as if something had happened.
Although the four doors are hard, they can still hold on for some time, where does this sense of crisis come from?
The city lord was puzzled.
"Report!"
The herald ran in out of breath, and the feeling that the city lord was not good was even stronger.
"The western gate has been breached, and the demons have rushed into the city!"
"What!"
The city lord's eyes were dark, and he sat down in the position.
"Lord of the Castle!"
"No, I'm fine"
Determined, he knew what it meant for the demon to enter the city, and the city of Amen was declared lost.
My people must be evacuated, but, how?
The demons outside the city have already drained the water of the Yamen Wai, obviously with the intention of killing them all, not to mention the ordinary people who are powerless, even if the defenders of the whole city want to break through, it will be extremely difficult.
"Take my order and let the guards go to support Simon"
"But your safety, Lord Castle, ......"
"Personal safety is no longer important, the most important thing now is Yamen City!"
There is an elite escort team of about 1,000 people around the city lord, although even if they are all put into the battlefield, it will be a drop in the bucket, but maybe the combat strength of 1,000 people can drive the demons out of the city?
There are thousands of defenders in Yamen City, 200,000 players, and counting the support of the temple, so it seems that the combat effectiveness in Yamen City is not weak.
In fact, this is only on paper, and the number of defenders is not discounted, but the number of players is greatly reduced.
Because, online players and players in Yamen City are two concepts, and now it is just more than 10 o'clock in real time, many players are either watching the live broadcast of the finals in reality, or have already fallen asleep, it would be good to have half of the number of people online, and they are also assigned to the four city walls, and there is no extra manpower to support the North Gate.
After the herald left, the city lord thought about it and decided to use the items left by a certain strong man to the city lord, because it could only be used once, so it should not be used lightly unless it was a matter of life and death.
"I hope to use it to get in touch with the Celestial Realm"
He took out a magic seal crystal from his arms, which sealed an A-level spell, a spell that summoned the Lord Angel of Might.
The projection of a mighty angel would certainly not have been able to solve the siege of Amen, but it would let the Celestial Realm know that the mortal world was being invaded by demons.
He was about to start when he suddenly felt a bad wind hit the back of his head!
"What people!"
When he turned his head, he saw a golden amber gem lit up with ten thousand rays of light.
"Gem Sealing?! You're ......."
Before he finished speaking, the figure of the city lord disappeared into the room, leaving only the magic seal crystal, which flashed and flashed.....
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Something is not secret, and if it is leaked, it is fatal to any plan.
But in fact, it is impossible for a major event like the invasion plan to be completely secret, and in addition to the demons and demons who have done a lot of secrecy work on some key planning points, the whole thing has been known to the large and small forces of the mortal world at the beginning of the plan.
Mortals are complex, not pure, and when they learn that the creatures of the lower planes have such an invasion plan, their first reaction is not to find a way to stop it, but to think about how to use this to gain benefits for themselves and the forces behind them.
One plan, countless people take advantage of it, this is the reality.
For example, the Shadow Order, such as Jascord, whether it is a plan or fishing in troubled waters, this is a form of using invasion plans. Of course, in addition to them, there are also many people with crooked thoughts.
This is the case with the Church of Waukin.
Businessmen are profit-seeking, and usually have little discipline.
It is rumored that even the bottoms of the goddess Waujin can be clearly priced, which shows how far these people see the money.
The demon's invasion plan is advantageous for them, and it is true that the war will make business a little harder, but they can sit on the ground and resell weapons to make the difference.
A war that could destroy the mortal world seemed to them to be nothing more than a business opportunity to make more profits, and they wanted to mess with it.
Moreover, demons will not live in the mortal world for a long time, because they are too pure in relationship, and the mortal world is not friendly to them, so once they have killed enough and obtained enough souls, they will retreat into the abyss.
So, what bigger business opportunity could be than a rebuilding the world?
Just as the capitalist who sells glass is eager to smash the glass of the whole city, and the capitalist who sells cement is eager to blow up the buildings of the world, his idea will inevitably be strongly supported by the capitalists who sell explosives.
The fact that the North Gate was breached so easily had something to do with the inaction of the Church of Workin, and it is likely that they even opened the gate on purpose.
As for whether the demons will kill them together?
There's something in this world called a system contract......
As long as the lower and some middle clergy are sacrificed, they can be perfectly removed, and it is easy for the upper class to embezzle wealth, which is really dirty.
The easiest and best way to siege a city is naturally to combine the inside and the outside. Therefore, the breaking of the north gate is not so incredible.
"I heard that the north gate is broken, what should we do? Still here? ”
Blue, with a bow and arrows on his back, asked Red.
Now that the players are on a mission, the system has prompted them that they can't go offline, otherwise the players would have already used the offline refuge method.
"No, let's go to the North Gate"
"Huh? What are you doing there, there are the most demons over there."
Gru said he didn't understand.
"I remember that the Earth Dragon Knights made a circle outside the city, and they should finally enter through the north gate, and when they break through a road, we will find a way to escape."
It's impossible for Yamen City to hold it, so instead of stupidly staying where and losing 25% of your experience, it's better to try to see if you can break through.
Gru and Blue said they didn't have a problem, and even if it was a bad idea, it couldn't be worse than staying here and waiting to die.
The three of them looked left and right for a while, and realized that everyone was busy dealing with the demons surging outside the city, and no one noticed them, so they pretended to run out of mana and quietly left the city wall.
Instead of going to the rotation area to get any free potions, they went straight into the alley and headed towards the north gate as little as they could.
As it turned out, there were many clever guys among the players, and many of them all had the same idea, and when the general found that the number of players had been greatly reduced, he had no choice but to jump to his feet in anger.
"Be careful"
Red reminded, and the two companions nodded.
Entering the area of the north gate, you can hear chaotic sounds, such as the roar of demons and the screams of NPCs, which let the three deserters know that there are probably many demons in their vicinity.
Signaling with his eyes, Blue, who is the most agile, quietly poked his head out of the alley.
But he didn't expect that at this time, a team of demons happened to pass in front of the alley, and Blue looked at this group of demons face to face!
Blue: "......"
- The scene was very awkward at one point.
"It's mortal! Visitors from the other world! Kill them! ”
Fortunately, the demon was not slow to react and broke the embarrassment in time.
"Exploding Arrow!"
Blue was also taken aback, and shot an exploding arrow at the same time.
That's a bad thing!
The strong sound and light effects brought by the explosion will attract all the demons in the vicinity, and the three of them plan to quietly find a way out of the city are directly shattered.
Blue is just a conditioned reflex, habitually starting with explosive arrows, so empiricism kills people......
"Strike hard!"
As soon as Blue retreated, Red knew that he had been discovered by the demon, and took two steps forward and slapped an axe directly on the face of the demon who rushed into the alley.
"Go the other way!"
The alley is not wide, and many demons have the ability to climb walls, if they are trapped in the alley and can't get out, they are easily besieged by demons in all directions.
"Drink away evil!"
Priest Gru used his divine magic, and a shockwave of condensed divine power rushed the demon with its head open, and even the demon companion behind it was also killed.
The three of them fought and retreated, and turned back down the alley.
However, when he was about to reach the mouth of the alley, a huge figure blocked the way.
"It's Berserker!"
Berserkers are nearly three meters tall and usually walk on all fours, but they can also stand upright when fighting.
They possess great melee abilities, and when they fight, they emit an unbearable stench that is stronger than that of trolls, and many mortals who are not strong enough will to deal with them are stunned by the stench before they can make a move.
Gru immediately cast an air filter, and if he hadn't moved quickly, the three of them would have been attrition before they could fight.
"It's level 40, it's proficient in grappling, be careful"
As he prepared the spell, Gru reminded his companion loudly.
Demons above level 40 blocked the road, and there were many demon chasers behind them, which was not a good thing for the three of them.
However, the mountains and rivers are exhausted and there is no way out, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village.
A coquettish cry appeared on the side of the Berserker:
"Penetration!"
Red was carrying an axe and was about to fight the Berserker when he saw a white fist smash into the Berserker's stomach, and then shouted again:
"Triple bullets! Lion Warroar! ”
The Berserker Demon's huge body was smashed away by such an obvious fist belonging to a woman, and if it didn't really happen in front of them, the three of them wouldn't believe it anyway.
"You're friends with Ann Yizhi, keep up"
Lin Linglin didn't explain much, and the three of them saw that behind her was a player paladin and an agile warrior with a bayonet sword.