Outside the Sishui Pass, Sun Jian stood in front of the formation with his sword drawn, facing Hua Xiong at the top of the city.
Under the city wall, the crowds of people are as dense as an ant colony. Wherever you look, there are all kinds of fourth natural disasters with skins and costumes that look like anything but human beings. Under the command of NPC soldiers, they are building camps and installing attacks.
City weapons.
At the top of the city, countless crossbows have already been cocked, and as soon as Hua Xiong gives the order, thousands of arrows will be fired.
According to the analysis of the tactical leaders in Tieba, this will be a close and hard-fought battle.
Sun Jian and Hua Xiong each commanded 50,000 elite troops, and they were equally matched in terms of military strength.
Huaxiong has the advantage of defending the city at Xiongguan Sishui Pass, and has time to wait for work. It stands to reason that it will have a great advantage in the confrontation.
But on Sun Jian's side, there are too many player reinforcements, enough to wipe out Hua Xiong's army's geographical advantage.
After all, compared to the coalition of princes, there are still relatively few players who are willing to join forces with Dong Zhuo.
The difference in quantity between the two is no less than ten times.
There is a saying in the art of war: if it is ten, it is to encircle it; if it is five, it is to attack it; if it is twice as much, it is to divide it.
Even taking into account the chaotic nature of the Fourth Natural Disaster and halving its combat effectiveness, the difference in strength between the two sides was still enough to support Sun Jian in conducting a siege.
"Demo, how is the construction of the siege equipment going?"
The wall alone of Sishuiguan is tens of feet high, and there are steep mountain walls on both sides, which cannot be crossed by human beings - it is not so much easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is better to say that one man can guard the pass and ten thousand men cannot open it.
Such a formidable barrier cannot be broken through simply relying on the flow of people.
If there are not enough siege equipment, even if Sun Jian is unparalleled in bravery, he can only despair.
"Prefect, please forgive me. We have already built some ramming ladders, but we are short of materials for wells, catapults and other large siege equipment. I'm afraid..."
Cheng Pu had a bitter look on his face.
The main force of the vanguard army was Sun Jian's direct descendants from Jiangdong, among whom Sun Jian's close confidant Cheng Pu was appointed as the chief officer in charge of supervising the construction of siege equipment.
With the help of a large number of players, there is no shortage of manpower, but making siege equipment requires a lot of wood. But on the first day of Hua Xiong's arrival, he cut down the surrounding mountains and forests, and later even burned the entire forest with a fire.
A clean one.
A clever woman cannot make a meal without rice.
Cheng Pu tried his best, but he still simply built some basic siege equipment such as ladders.
"Hahaha, it doesn't matter, that's enough."
Sun Jian didn't take it seriously. He laughed three times, then pulled out the [Ancient Ingot Sword] stuck in the ground and pointed towards the Sishui Pass.
"All officers and men obey the order and the whole army attacks!"
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All the players are already ready to go.
Sun Jian gave the order and swarmed up. Especially the players with heavy weapons relied on their own attributes to push away the others and took the lead, then carried the ladder and approached the city.
Then he was shot right on the spot by a crossbow arrow as thick as his forearm.
"Hmph! Reckless man! Prepare the crossbow!"
Hua Xiong had been waiting at the top of the city for a long time. When he saw Sun Jian daring to rush over with only a few ladders, he sneered.
"put!"
Machine crossbows are no better than those thrown bows and arrows - due to the popularization of armor, the deterrent effect of arrows has been greatly reduced. After all, arrows with non-armor-breaking attributes only need [sophisticated] or above armor to be completely immune to this.
This attack method of being bounced away directly after hitting the body has long lost the deterrence it once had.
The machine crossbow is different. This is a real killing weapon - with one arrow, even the stubborn stone will be shot through a big hole.
Following Hua Xiong's order, a group of players stood behind the crossbow and activated the mechanism. The next second, the crossbow arrow, as thick as an arm, carried a huge force and rushed towards the group of players, covering the sky and the sun.
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"Oli, let's enjoy the food together!"
"Chug, tug, tug, tug!"
"Namo Gatlin Bodhisattva bless you!"
Have you ever played Plants vs. Zombies?
For the defending players on the Huaxiong side, it is almost the same as Plants vs. Zombies.
God knows how something as powerful as a rocket launcher was made.
On top of the city, more than a hundred machine crossbows were firing with full firepower, like pea shooters guarding the backyard, slaughtering endless coalition players like zombies without restraint.
After a hail of arrows, countless coalition players were seen nailed to the ground like taxidermied insects. They struggled twice before disappearing.
The walk was very restless.
But even so, the wave of players coming from the opposite side has not diminished at all.
The numerical advantage of the coalition forces was simply too great.
The fourth natural disaster army that followed later picked up the ladder that had fallen to the ground, shouted "Waaaah", and continued to charge against the city wall.
"Change the crossbow arrows, quickly!"
If there is any shortcoming of the machine crossbow, it is that it cannot fire continuously.
As soon as a shot was fired, there was already another player waiting nearby with a crossbow in his arms, and he started loading arrows without stopping, while the old man who was originally responsible for firing ran to the side of the crossbow pile to get ammunition.
Automation is not enough, so manpower is needed.
Not long after, there was another volley, like a sickle for cutting leeks. Wherever the crossbow arrow pointed, countless white lights rose on the spot.
The battle gradually became stalemate.
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The so-called siege is often carried out with human lives.
Not just crossbows, after Hua Xiong arrived at Sishui Pass, he led the players to build a large number of defense facilities, including horse-repelling antlers and pit traps. Moreover, under the design of a group of shady players with a bad conscience, especially
Immoral.
For example - place a Juma about seven feet away from the pit. If a poor player or NPC is hit by the trap, his head will hit the sharpened antlers of the Juma and die on the spot.
Everyone finally made some progress, but suddenly several elite death squads emerged from the pit, holding a pair of short knives to attack people.
The coalition players have to withstand the arrows above their heads and protect the ladder from being damaged by stray arrows. How can they have the energy to pay attention to these?
There is a city wall right in front of us, but this short few steps is like a natural chasm.
In a siege battle, the biggest problem is actually how to solve the morale collapse caused by too many casualties when the attack does not go so smoothly.
This is a great test of the commander's ability.
Of course, fortunately, there is no morale problem for players.
Although the steps were difficult, everyone still talked and laughed amid the arrows, without any fear on their faces.
"I'm going to die, I'm going to die! Can the person in front hurry up! I can't hold it anymore!"
"I think so too! These elite dead warrior monsters are as slippery as loaches, and we can't ignore them. What should we do?"
"Everyone, calm down. According to the crater theory, we just need to hide where the crossbows can shoot... Oops..."
"Don't step on my feet, or I'll chop you!"
"Come on, who's afraid of who?"
Seeing Sun Jian in the rear formation, he nodded slightly.
Under such circumstances, Lai Lai can be forced to fight among himself on the street.