"That's not right!" Rong Ci on the Magic Tower and Liu Qingshan on the North City Tower shouted at the same time.
"Every year I send people up to reinforce the soil. No matter how heavy the rain is, it is impossible to wash away the sediment." Rongci is aware of the dangers of flash floods and has always been on guard against similar situations in the mountains on the east and west sides.
"Since I was stationed in Tianmen Town, sediment has never fallen from the east and west sections of the city wall. How could there be such a coincidence that when the beast tide comes, heavy rain can wash down the sediment." Liu Qingshan knows the details of his defense area well.
"Auxiliary soldiers, hurry up and call the auxiliary soldiers," Ding Kui grabbed a shield from the defenders and threw a magic spell for himself. He shoveled away the sand with his shield and shouted, "Quickly, dig them out quickly.
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Lei Feixiang, who had been beside Ding Kui, glanced at his round shield and threw it aside. Following Ding Kui's example, he also grabbed a square card and desperately shoveled the sand that buried his comrades off the city wall.
The battlefield discipline of the regular army of the Shaodian Kingdom is extremely strict. Anyone who retreats without fighting will be dealt with according to military law. Therefore, when the mountain torrent rushed down, the more than 20 defenders near the mountain wall did not retreat even half a step.
The other defenders on the city wall must stick to their posts. As for the buried companions, they can only wait until the auxiliary troops come to rescue them. Before that, they cannot leave the defense line.
The town guard team does not have such strict disciplinary requirements. They can leave their defense zone in the face of battle and go to rescue the trapped soldiers. In the end, they will not be punished by military law. Especially the magicians and theirs who were originally under the mountain wall.
The companions shoveled the sand as hard as Ding Kui, and the buried soldiers once stood side by side with them.
The captain of the 7th Squadron watched anxiously as Ding Kui and the others were shoveling mud, constantly looking at the surging flood ahead, and hesitating whether to order his team members to participate in the rescue.
At this time, Ding Kui stopped and pushed away Lei Feixiang, who was shoveling the mud desperately. No one thought how he had such strength and could push away such a fat person.
"Be careful, don't shovel anyone." Ding Kui squatted down and dug out the sand in front of him with his fingers. "Yes, yes." He dug out a hand.
The people who saw him hurried forward to help dig out the mud with their bare hands, and managed to pull a soldier out of the mud.
The soldier who had just been rescued had his face covered with mud, his eyes and mouth were tightly closed, but there was no movement between his chest and abdomen, and he seemed to have held his breath.
Before the military doctor could catch up, Ding Kui couldn't care less. He first rinsed the rescued soldier's face with water, cleaned his mouth and nose with his fingers, and then performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on him.
People around him had never seen this kind of rescue method, but they all knew that Ding Kui was rescuing people, and they watched the situation here with eager eyes.
A few minutes later, the dug-out soldier coughed violently and finally breathed his last. The people watching couldn't help but cheer.
"Brothers, go and save our comrades. I will bear all the consequences." The captain of the 7th Squadron couldn't help it anymore. He shouted, rushed up to the mountain wall with his men, and started digging mud with bare hands.
"The auxiliary troops are not allowed to go to the city for the time being. Let the second echelon in the east and west sections gather on standby. The magicians on the main defense line in the north are ready to support the east and west sides at any time." Liu Qingshan looked at the ancient boat next to him and added another explanation, "
There is great danger for the auxiliary soldiers to go to the city now."
In the Xiying District of Tianmen Town, Huang Wan said to the magician leading the team: "Teacher, why are we here so early? Didn't it mean that we won't be needed until at least the afternoon?"
The young magicians from the capital were replaced at midnight last night. They had just woken up. Their leading magician, Huang Wan's master Fang Zhen, gathered together a group of young magicians who had just woken up and hurried on.
Come to Xiying District and wait for orders.
Fang Zhun said: "It's raining heavily now, and the strength of fire and air magicians has been greatly reduced. I'm afraid something might happen, so I brought you here in advance so that I can support you in time if something happens."
Quan Ling and Fang Zhen, the Foreign Affairs Manager of the Magician Association, are brothers and sisters. Brother Fang Zhen is weaker and is the later tower-opening magician. However, he is also an earth magician. In Tianmen Town in the heavy rain, he was not affected at all.
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The rescue operation on the western section of the city wall continued. With the help of a squadron of archers, the town protection team dug out three more soldiers. At this time, two military doctors ran up, allowing Ding Kui to save the time of first aid and free up his hands.
Come and cast spells on those who are digging in the mud.
"There's a situation! The town protection team returns to their own defense area, don't let things in the water rush up." Gu Zhuangdian sensed energy fluctuations in the water.
He had frowned since the heavy rain started, and he had a flame shield on his body. The rain would evaporate when it came close to him. In addition to paying attention to Ding Kui and the others to save people, he had also been paying attention to the floods under the city.
The magicians of the town defense team quickly retreated to their defensive positions. Ding Kui ran and shouted: "Where are the auxiliary soldiers? Why haven't the auxiliary soldiers come up yet?"
"Okay, don't worry about it so much. Keep your position. If the beast tide breaks through the defense line, more people will die." Gu Zhuangdian cared more about the people in his magician's guild.
All the soldiers on the city wall looked at Ding Kui in a different way. The normally aloof magician was digging in the mud with his bare hands to rescue their comrades, but the moment they rescued them at the end, the old man could not stand the mouth to mouth.
The water depth under the city wall is estimated to be ten meters. There are constant torrents from the Hengduan Mountains rushing toward the pass of Tianmen Town. If this continues, the water depth will reach twenty meters in less than half an hour.
"'Bone Beetle'! Attention, everyone, release your shields and be careful of their water arrows." Gu Zhuangdian recognized a black figure under the water and loudly reminded the town guards.
"Bone beetle"? What is that? How much damage can the little bug do to the city wall?
Ding Kui stretched his neck to look down at the city, and at the same time, he felt out his spiritual power.
There were indeed black spots moving in the turbid flood water, and more and more of them were gathering together. Perhaps because they sensed Ding Kui observing them, hundreds of "bone beetles" emerged from the water together.
Now Ding Kui finally saw what the "bone beetles" looked like. Although they were insects, they were quite big, about one meter in height. Their bodies were conical, like large ice cream cones, and their huge heads were like enlarged crickets.
There are two long beards missing from the top of the head; there are five tentacles under the body, each of which is as thick as an adult's arm.
These "bone beetles" were not very friendly to Ding Kui. After surfacing, they opened their mouths and shot water arrows. Hundreds of water arrows covered the western section of the city wall. Ding Kui received special care, and more than 20 water arrows were shot at him and
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"What's going on? Why is there no movement on the front? There's a fight on both sides." Liu Qingshan almost jumped up after receiving the report.
"This year's beast wave is a bit strange. Even the 'Bone Beetles' have appeared in this third wave, and they are also targeting the east and west sides. Is there a high-level monster commander?" Gu Zhou was also very confused, "We need to adjust the magic of the frontal defense line.
Will the division go to support?"
"Well, wait a minute. If there is really a high-level monster command, what if the frontal defense force is transferred and they suddenly attack the front? Let's look at the situation clearly. They can still hold on now." Liu Qingshan asked for stability.
Ding Kui managed to hold on. In addition to his wind blade and Lei Feixiang's sword and shield flying around, ten of the more than twenty water arrows hit his atmospheric shield. Fortunately, his magic power was highly pure, and ten of them hit his atmospheric shield.
A water arrow failed to break through his magic shield.
However, the infantry on the city wall were not so optimistic. Those under the third level of combat strength were all shot away by water arrows with their shields. Those who could still stand by the city wall were all powerful veterans.
"Bone Beetle" is a level three water and land monster. The power of its water arrows is enhanced in the heavy rain. Even if the shield blocks the water arrows, the impact cannot be resolved, and those who are not strong enough will be knocked away.
The archers began to suffer casualties, and they and the "Bone Beetle" were both within attack range of each other. The "Bone Beetle" had scales similar to bone fragments on its body, and its physical and magical defenses were very high.
It is difficult to shoot them; and the archers only have leather armor and will be injured if they are hit by water arrows.
Several archers were hit in the head by water arrows and died on the spot. More than a dozen archers fell to the ground and suffered serious internal injuries.
The captain of the 7th Squadron kept running and jumping, not daring to stay in one place. Once he stopped, several water arrows would shoot at him, leaving him unable to take action to kill the "Bone Beetle" or rescue others.
The most depressing person on the battlefield is Fei Gu Zhuangdian. This fire magician doesn't have much magic to use in the heavy rain. It's not impossible to forcibly cast the "Wall of Fire" on the water, but after spending too much time, it's not impossible.
It is large and the duration is shortened by more than half. The fireballs he shoots are often intercepted by more than a dozen water arrows, and cannot kill many "Bone Beetles" at a time.
The number of "bone beetles" is increasing. These large bugs that live in underground rivers, mountain streams, pools and other places like to live in groups. There are hundreds of them in one group, and there are even many at the southern foot of the Hengduan Mountains.
They are not in a hurry to climb up the city wall. This is not difficult for them. All five tentacles can be easily attached to the city wall. Instead, they keep shooting water arrows at the top of the wall. Whoever poses the greatest threat to them will focus their fire on them.
The magicians and archers of the town guard became the focus of care.
Gu Zhuangdian kept changing his magic, trying to find the best way to deal with the "Bone Beetle".
He casually threw a "Blinding Technique" to a "Bone Beetle", and found that the "Bone Beetle" panicked and sprayed water arrows randomly in all directions. Not only did it not continue to attack the city wall, it also caused chaos in the insect pile.
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"Fire magicians use the 'Blinding Technique'. Don't choose nearby targets, and try to make the entire group of monsters chaotic."
Blinding, a second-level fire magic, uses fire elements to burn the target's eyes, causing them to lose vision. The duration lasts for three minutes. The higher the proficiency, the longer it will take.
Among the eighteen magicians in the town protection team, five were of the fire type, excluding Ding Kui. They all stopped using the useless fireball technique and started using blinding techniques instead.