Liu Yifei was obviously dissatisfied with the attrition war method of competing with the opponent's long-range firepower, but the design of this battle was rather strange, and the system actually acquiesced to the simultaneous existence of two top military leaders.
This setting makes no sense both emotionally and rationally. Two parallel top military leaders can easily cause conflicts. Once the two sides have huge differences on the direction of the war, it is possible that the war situation will move in an unpredictable direction.
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In real life, Liu Yifei is just a commoner, and he definitely does not have the "honor" of leading a war. However, in the game, he still has some experience, especially the strategic vision of the stand-alone version of Heroes of Might and Magic III for several years.
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Therefore, ever since he confirmed his leadership authority, Liu Yifei has been vaguely doubting this~
If he had been the one to command the city defense battle alone, Liu Yifei estimated that he would be able to win it successfully. After all, the glorious city of Aifud is also a high-level city up to level five.
The city defense data is not only rich, but the firepower of the five towering city defense turrets is also not easy to rely on. As long as the enemy steps into the fire circle even slightly, brilliant fireworks will inevitably explode in the crowd at the next moment.
As the lord of a city, Liu Yifei believed that it would not be difficult for Alfred to lead this battle alone. If he didn't even have this ability, he wouldn't be able to become Sir Sinrag's confidant~
But if two people go together, accidents may easily occur and the battle may be frustrated.
So in Liu Yifei's opinion, this is completely a stupid move in the system design!
This is the City of Glory. Judging from the plot of the current battle, this should be the only royal army force rooted in the areas occupied by the rebels.
If the City of Glory survives and cooperates with the King's Army from outside, it will obviously be easier and more certain to overturn Inhembu's obscure chess game.
But the enemies are not stupid either. After the fighting breaks out here, a steady stream of enemies will surely follow! The future of the City of Glory is bleak! Once a player lord with a low level of skill is given the military leadership, wouldn't it be like giving away a sheep?
Entering the tiger's mouth?
Does the system really not mind the fall of the City of Glory?
Or did Liu Yifei simply misestimate the value of the City of Glory and regard this place as too important?
Liu Yifei had many doubts in his heart, especially since he had not seen where the so-called "hidden elites" were before he arrived, so he felt that there should be a big secret in Alfred's hands, and something might happen next moment.
There's no guarantee of a transfer.
Little did he know that as long as he was waiting, he was always fighting a war of attrition with the enemy, especially on the battlefield. Many of the soldiers he had brought along had been killed or injured. The most annoying thing was that there were two sieges before.
The huge boulder hit a place very close to the wall, and was instantly shaken to death. It knocked away nearly twenty of Liu Yifei's fifth-level priests. Liu Yifei was so heartbroken that he almost didn't find the enemy NPC who was driving the catapult to fight for his life.
"Fight! If you wait any longer, you will lose a lot of elites in vain. Instead of doing this, it is better to fight according to your method! It doesn't matter what the NPC wants to do, let's fight ours. As long as the firepower is enough, we are not afraid of not being able to retreat.
Those bastards out there!”
Stepping onto such a mammoth battlefield for the first time, sister Lei Hanxin, who was originally somewhat boyish, was extremely stimulated. Her eyes were red and there were signs of passion, especially when this girl was riding a war horse.
It's really painful to let her, a female knight, go out and kill for a few rounds while waiting.
Lei Hanxin's urging was the last straw that broke Liu Yifei's patience, and he decided to take action before Alfred.
"Attention, everyone! The north gate of the castle will open in a moment. To ensure that the enemy cannot rush in, everyone has limited time. The front line team will attack quickly. I will assign griffon troops to escort!
Everyone only keeps the team command channel, try to close private chat channels, keep actions quick and consistent, listen to the commands of the respective team leaders, and maintain team mobility!
Do you understand?"
The North Gate is the direction currently under siege with the least firepower. Liu Yifei planned to use this as a breakthrough to tear a hole in the enemy's encirclement, and then attack in a roundabout direction from the enemy's flank. Before taking action, he did as usual (when he retreated to block the battle)
There have been several precedents.) First, give instructions in the command channel with the highest priority.
It's just that Liu Yifei's words this time were addressed to all the old team players who had retreated to the City of Glory with him. What was unexpected was that just after Liu Yifei asked a question, several voices sounded in the channel at the same time.
Two words formed by the simultaneous mixing of ten thousand sounds.
"clear!!!"
Neat, loud, mixed with determination, excitement, excitement and other self-evident complex emotions, these two words are so sonorous and powerful, as if they have been practiced countless times!
Everyone responded subconsciously, but the effect was something that no one even expected. For a moment, everyone had the illusion, as if the players were not playing in a virtual game, but actually in a virtual game.
Just like on a battlefield filled with gunpowder smoke!
Liu Yifei was shocked, deeply shocked!
He took two deep breaths to calm down his somewhat chaotic excitement, and then said two words lightly: "Action~"
Gala la la~~~
Amidst the heavy friction sound, the outer city gate on the north side of the City of Glory was lifted up by a sling, and then with a loud bang, the gate bridge was lowered onto the moat.
For a time, there was a lot of noise among the players, almost drowning out the sound of arrows whizzing across the field.
"Archers' map! Armor-piercing arrows! Continuous arrows and scattering arrows are ready! Release!!!"
This was the voice shouted by the captain of the regiment of the Tiger King Hall who was responsible for commanding the professional archers on the city.
The next moment, two thousand archer players who were dispatched urgently shot out sharp arrows with a sharp gleam of cold light from their hands. At the same time, thousands of second-level archer mercenary's normal attack arrows were shot out.
This was almost the neatest long-range salvo launched by Liu Yifei's troops so far, and the subsequent continuous arrows and diffuse arrows were like a non-stop storm of arrows, hitting two hundred people in front of the north gate.
The surrounding area within 10 meters was carefully scanned.
This wild shot immediately blocked the opponent's firepower, forcing the opponent's soldiers to hide behind the Crusaders' hard shields.
However, the two thousand armor-piercing arrows fired by the player before were very effective. They directly hit the first row of Crusaders mercenaries raising their shields, severely weakening the opponent's defense, and causing serious damage to the soldiers in the front row of the opponent.
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That is, when the opponent's long-range firepower slowed down, a cool female voice sounded from under the north gate.
"Everyone! Charge with me~"
This is Lei Hanxin's voice.
The next moment, Lei Hanxin, who was riding gallantly on a war horse, had stepped out of the door amidst a burst of horses' neighing, holding up the sword in his hand.
And at the same time she left the door, a dazzling golden light shone down from the top of the North Gate, and would wrap up Lei Hanxin's entire body.
The divine spell "Heroic Armor"! This is a relatively high-level divine spell among the human priest skills. Moreover, in the list of "divine grace" skills, it does not belong to the elusive "faith" series. It is deeply loved by the human race.
A practical ultimate move loved by all players, the cooldown time alone is as long as ten minutes.
Needless to say, the person who put the protective cover on Lei Hanxin was naturally her sister Lei Hanyu. The girl was currently standing on the city wall above the pretty north gate. While watching her sister's charging back away, she led the priest group players towards
Countless figures rushed out from below, throwing various buff blessings wildly.
As Lei Hanxin rushed out, Liu Yifei first called over the 500 elite cavalry. Using the resources in the City of Glory, Liu Yifei picked out a batch of good mercenary equipment to arm these cavalry. The most important thing was the 500 elite cavalry.
A protective shield used by cavalry.
"Raise your shield!"
As Lei Hanxin, who was rushing at the front, gave a soft shout, all the NPC cavalry who rushed out at the same time raised the protective shields hanging on the sides of their horses, almost forming a moving shield wall that moved forward quickly.
But behind this shield wall, those thousands of reorganized warrior players rushed out one after another.
After several previous exercises, these players have a higher recognition of team orders and are relatively obedient. They have become Liu Yifei's most organized team of players. These players have a variety of equipment, wearing heavy armor, medium armor, and light armor.
There are all of them, and the weapons are even more different.
However, one thing that is similar is that everyone's charge skills are above level six, and they are basically equipped with equipment that increases the effect or power of the charge.
The role of these people is similar to that of cavalry, which is to quickly approach the enemy in order to break into the opponent's formation as soon as possible and disrupt the opponent's long-range firepower.
Then the scene started to become chaotic, because local players from the City of Glory rushed out.
These people have not experienced at least one cruel battlefield escape experience, and they have no idea about the high level of war requirements in this game, and they all look excited and impatient.
As soon as the north gate on Liu Yifei's side opened, all the militants rushed over. They had gathered into a torrent and followed Liu Yifei's people in front.
The enemy's reaction time was very fast. Before the cavalry at the front had crossed half the distance, the enemy had already recovered from the intense long-range firepower. The formation of the team changed rapidly, and the archers kept retreating and shooting.
, and at the same time, the spearmen set up a spear formation, and the swordsmen and crusaders rushed forward to garrison.
And just when the two sides were about to collide, Lei Hanxin took the lead and slightly changed the direction of the charge. The entire cavalry force made an arc to avoid the enemy's long-range shooting.
Go~
Although this move increased the unnecessary damage to the cavalry unit, it did not allow the entire unit to hit the enemy's established position head-on!
Although the spearmen are at the bottom of the human army, they are the most numerous cannon fodder and are much more powerful than the skeletons of the ghosts.
These guys with spears are particularly restrained when dealing with cavalry. They can offset the impact speed of the cavalry with the spear array they set up, and can even cause huge damage to the cavalry in the first place!
Once the cavalry bypassed it, the player warrior group under Liu Yifei was exposed in front of the enemy.
The HP and defense of these people are much lower than those of sixth-level cavalry, but they are only a few steps away from the opponent's main formation, especially the ones lined up in front of the enemy's formation have changed from archers and crusaders to spearmen.
The Crusaders' defense strength and counterattack firepower have all been reduced, and the gun formations laid out are simply useless for players with a flexible body and high degree of freedom.
After taking the medicine and withstanding two rounds of fire from the opponent, the player's troops successfully touched the enemy's front line.
Almost as soon as they reached the limit of the skill's range, all players on the same front collectively activated their charge skills.
Within a second, thousands of warrior players holding shields and swords crossed the ten-meter barrier and were swept into the enemy formation like the wind. And just after the smooth shield attack, everyone almost unanimously opened the
He has learned the greatest trick he can perform!
At this time, you are trapped in the enemy's formation. Before charging, the commander has made instructions. Don't begrudge the cooldown time of your big skills and release them as soon as possible after entering.
Firstly, everyone still has a chance to resurrect, and secondly, killing one more enemy soldier will give you one more military merit. At this moment, the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered. If we use the big move to block it, we will definitely gain or not lose.
In an instant, the enemy's front line was filled with colorful brilliance that almost blinded people's eyes. Some players even exaggeratedly used all their group attack skills in one breath, knocking on the blue medicine and passing the knife.
Fight with the enemies around you.
The individual players who were chasing after the players in front were so excited by such a shocking scene that they jumped into the enemy position together with howls and screams, and then more brilliance lit up in a wider area.
At this moment, the most intense hand-to-hand combat broke out!
Players on the front line are fighting risking their lives, killing or being killed, slashing or being slashed.
The brilliance of skills and the soaring rays of death continued to shine, like a gorgeous miracle descending on the land here that was soaked in blood and fire.
The enemy's encirclement is divided into four gates. Among them, there is a conspicuous NPC general leading the attack on each of the east, west and south gates. The reason why Liu Yifei chose to attack the north gate first is because there are no NPC generals here. The same troops have heroes.
The difference between having a leader and not having one is huge.
It's just that the movement on Liu Yifei's side was too great, and he couldn't hide even if he wanted to. After a while, the enemy forces on both sides of the east and west began to send reinforcements to move closer to the north. It was obvious that the troops they planned to rush out of the City of Glory
Encircle the enemy before breaking through the blockage on the north to completely annihilate them.
After the ground reinforcements were sent to move closer, the gryphon brigade, which had been quiet behind the enemy's formation, also made obvious moves.
After a while, four thousand griffons took off at the same time, vibrating their powerful wings and accelerating towards the north gate.
"Hmph~ Your griffons are just paper decorations. They haven't moved for a long time. It turns out that they are not in a hurry to attack the city... Anyway, seeing that you are so anxious to send reinforcements, I will find them for them.
Let's have some fun..." Liu Yifei, who was watching everything from the top of the city, sneered, and then issued a series of commands through the command channel.
The next moment, there was a surge of people in the City of Glory. To everyone's surprise, Liu Yifei actually commanded as many as two thousand second-level archer mercenaries to come out!
In a city defense battle, anyone with a little common sense knows how effective long-range attackers can be under the protection of city walls.
The stronger the protection of the city wall, the longer the firepower lasts. Without the protection of the city wall, compared to other arms, the defense of the long-range attack profession is really not enough. If nothing else, as long as a certain number
The cavalry charges in one round, and no matter how many archers there are, they can all be pushed away in one go.
And attacking the opponent's long-range firepower is definitely the most important task at the beginning of the war between the two armies!
Two thousand archers who lost the protection of the city wall suddenly appeared on the battlefield. The attraction was unimaginable~
Moreover, Liu Yifei seemed to think that this bait was not attractive enough, and there were 3,000 player archers who were also pulled up at the same time!
Five thousand long-range firepower!
They gathered at a place more than a hundred meters outside the north gate of the City of Glory, and then formed an orderly formation and poured out arrows and firepower towards the fighting group in front of them, which was making a mess.
On the surface, it seems that the defender commander was dissatisfied with the reduction in long-range fire support capabilities caused by the retreat of the battle group, so he sent long-range troops to the fields outside the city to provide stronger support to the battle group in front.
But for the siege troops, this is simply a stupid move!
A distance of more than 100 meters is just a blink of an eye for birds of prey like griffons.
The 4,000 gryphon troops that had originally planned to swoop in for support immediately changed. With a scream, they took off again, turned their guns, and charged at the overly protruding archer troops.
In shock, Liu Yifei seemed to have lost his mind and began to panic and command the advanced long-range troops to retreat. However, the situation was a mess. The NPC archers who obeyed the orders were the most obedient. As soon as Liu Yifei gave the order, everyone immediately
She drew her bow and retreated, not even bothering with the basic steps of retreating and fighting at the same time.
As for the three thousand player archers, they seemed to be red-eyed. They ignored Liu Yifei's orders, and even ignored the sharp claws of the gryphon that was about to pounce in front of them. They continued to pour in crazily.
with long-range firepower.
As soon as the enemy saw that the opponent's formation was in chaos, they immediately stepped up their attack intensity. Even a small number of the long-range attack troops on the east and west sides began to support the north, intending to advance in the same way and complete the comprehensive encirclement of the North Gate breakout army.
Just as he was talking, four thousand griffons were already approaching. With a scream, they began to speed up and swoop down, intending to pounce on the player archers below who were still firing bows and arrows recklessly.
The griffins flew very fast, but no matter how fast they were, they were still hit by several rounds of bow and arrow fire. It didn't take long, but nearly a hundred griffins fell into the dust screaming, and the number of injured griffons was even greater.
Up to half.
It's just that this damage is not a big deal for the four thousand griffons, especially when the enemy is already close in front of them. As long as these three thousand archers can be quickly torn into pieces, the loss of the force is not worth mentioning.
Amidst the roaring sound, one after another the griffins began to swoop downwards. What was completely unexpected was that almost as soon as the griffins began to swoop, the players who were shooting arrows below just a second ago...
They collectively put away their long bows and arrows, and instead took out sharp swords and strong shields from their backpacks!
"Humph~ A bunch of stupid beasts~ Players may look like archers, but they may not only know how to draw a bow and shoot arrows..." Liu Yifei on the top of the city sneered.
Long before actually commanding the battle formation, Liu Yifei had been wondering about the biggest difference between player soldiers and mercenaries. During this period, Liu Yifei came up with countless messy ideas, one of which was this "camouflage tactic".
Due to the rebirth characteristics of players, composite professions have become a common phenomenon, and even now it seems that there are many more players with composite professions than full-time players.
Then you can use equipment, skills and other extremely deceptive effects to set traps for your opponents.
And this time, it was obviously Liu Yifei's practice of disguise theory.
Three thousand "archers" suddenly turned into powerful "warriors". This change was unexpected by the gryphons who had already launched the charge. Although it seemed that only the weapons had changed, the players had no time to change them.
All the armor and the like were replaced by those of a warrior, and the defense was still low, but the combat effectiveness was not comparable to that of the archers behind him.
In particular, the biggest advantage of players is that they can take drugs, and they have received high-level good drugs from NPCs before going on the expedition. How can they be eliminated so easily?
Half of the griffins pounced, but they were blocked by the warriors' shields. No matter how sharp their claws were, they had little effect. Except for a few unlucky ones who were besieged by a few griffins and were killed instantly, everyone else blocked the griffins' pounce.
hit.
Of course, in a one-on-one close combat, it would be very difficult for poorly equipped players (especially warriors wearing archer leather suits) to kill the griffons of the same level army, but at this time Liu Yifei fought
Not an idea for a fair duel...
As soon as the enemy in front was held back, the two thousand archer mercenaries who were retreating suddenly began to turn around and shoot!
Their firepower is much more powerful than these "unfocused" shoddy archers, and the average damage is definitely not something that the griffons can ignore.
The gryphons that had already pounced were all clinging to their opponents who were more numerous. Although it was still difficult to determine the outcome of the two sides, there was no reason to let their backs slip to their opponents and force them into the air.
So the remaining half of the griffins began to withstand the rain of arrows pouring down from the city head (divided, mainly to shoot at the opposite troops) and rush towards the two thousand mercenaries.
In the blink of an eye, the shadows of the griffins have shrouded all the archers and mercenaries below. It seems that these poor guys have no chance of escaping, but obviously Liu Yifei has prepared good weapons for these flat-haired beasts.
Sideshow~
Just after the griffins began to swoop, invisible daggers quietly appeared. It was just a moment to turn around. As many as three thousand assassins and thieves suddenly appeared on the battlefield that was empty just now.
Costume player!
Obviously, these killers who had been hiding and lurking on the battlefield quietly did not choose to appear at this time just to look good. The griffons swooping down happened to bump into countless counterattacks.
The poisonous dagger, and at the same time, from behind the wide-open north door, hundreds of huge fireballs and n number of air blades flew into the group of griffins that were about to land!
For a time, there were countless shrill wails from the two groups of gryphons in front and behind...
