On the city wall, Chu Ge was still paying attention to the situation on the battlefield.
Players from all directions are receiving good news frequently.
On both sides of the north and south, due to the difficult terrain, not only surrounded by rivers, but also extremely steep, the demons only sent out small groups of troops to test, and the players were able to repel them almost effortlessly.
The bandits from the east crossed the hilly area to attack, and were not only attacked head-on by the players on the city, but also dispersed and outflanked by players from the reserve team and the Thousand Rangers. Under attack from both sides, they were all wiped out in a short time.
As for Ximen, where the battle was the most tense, although the demon-controlled barbarians successfully boarded the city several times, they were resolutely repelled by the players.
Although the barbarians and bandits have thrown many corpses under the city and launched many rounds of offensives, the Fortress of the Orderer is still impregnable and very stable.
The player's battle loss ratio reached an exaggerated dozens to one ratio. After successfully wiping out 20,000 to 30,000 barbarians and bandits, only a few hundred players died.
Many players couldn't help but feel excited.
Another round of attacks was over, and the barbarian soldiers temporarily retreated and regrouped.
Players are immersed in a sea of joy.
"What? I thought this national war would be more difficult than the last one, but it turned out to be much easier!"
"Yes, the city gate was breached last time. It was won by blocking the battle inside the city. Now these barbarians can't even enter the city gate."
"The east gate has already taken the initiative to attack. General Deng's formation is so powerful. Those bandits were basically defeated. Even with the power of demons, it was useless. Haoran Zhengqi dispersed them, and then stabbed them to death with random shots.
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"Can we think about taking the initiative to attack? If we continue to fight like this, I don't know if we will fight until the end of the year. It's better to rush out and fight quickly."
There is once again a sense of blind optimism among the player base.
Chu Ge once again made repeated orders: "Everyone should guard their defense zones, especially Ximen, and must not attack rashly!"
Although there is some blind optimism, players with clear minds understand that there is absolutely no chance of winning if they leave the city.
The cavalry is the absolute king in the cold weapon era, and the Northern Barbarian cavalry is the pinnacle of cavalry.
Without the dangerous terrain of the Orderer Fortress, the players would have been wiped out by the Northern Barbarian Cavalry in the first round of charge.
Now, the battle to defend the city is about to enter a fierce stage.
Players have a high will to fight and can fight to the last soldier. Is this not the case with the demons?
Before all the barbarian soldiers in the northern barbarians are exhausted, it is absolutely impossible for the demons to retreat on their own initiative.
Therefore, this war must be a life-and-death war without any luck.
Now the siege war has entered a war of attrition, and the outcome only depends on whether the monsters' barbarian soldiers use up all the troops first, or whether the players' side uses up the rolling logs, rocks, thunder and other props defending the city first.
Once all these powerful weapons used to defend the city are used up, it will only be a matter of time before the barbarians attack the city or even break through the city gate.
"Boom!"
"Boom! Boom!"
The war drums sounded again, and the barbarians launched another attack without a long interval.
The players immediately cheered up and stood ready.
Another charging chariot, pushed by the barbarians, slowly advanced towards the west city gate. Heavy cavalry, light cavalry and infantry carrying ladders were covering around it.
Li Hongyun couldn't help but his eyes lit up: "Leave me alone!"
After waiting for so long, it was finally time for him to show off his power. He quickly took the clay pot filled with fire oil from the player next to him and waited in advance.
The battle was almost the same as before. The players fired volleys of arrows and muskets, and then used rolling logs and stones to attack the barbarians climbing the ladders. When the car was approaching the city gate, Li Hongyun threw a clay pot of fire oil.
Other players shoot rockets to ignite them.
But this time, the situation became a little different.
A Northern Barbarian heavy cavalry rushed at the front, and several players immediately raised their matchlock guns and muskets to shoot. It was clearly hit, but it did not fall off its horse. Instead, it continued to rush forward until it reached the city gate!
Judging from its clothing and status, it seems to be a northern barbarian captain.
There was a "pop" sound, and the fire oil tank shattered on the roof of the car. Then, several rockets fell on it, and the flames ignited.
According to the previous situation, the fire will soon wrap up the rush cart, and the barbarian soldiers pushing the cart in the rush cart will soon be burned to death.
However, the captain let out a roar, and then, countless black demonic energies were instantly peeled off from the surrounding barbarian soldiers and converged on it!
After the power of the demon was stripped away, more than a thousand barbarian soldiers around them immediately fell to the ground. It was as if all their vitality had been drained from them, and their bodies quickly withered away. Soon, only a skin was left, and finally only armor.
fell to the ground.
This was not over yet, many barbarian soldiers in the rear were directly drained of life and fell down in rows.
In the sky, there was even a stream of demonic energy poured directly into the body of this captain.
After a while, the body of this centurion had expanded several times, and in an instant he became a giant four to five meters tall.
Of course, the war horse under his crotch couldn't bear it, and was crushed to the ground the moment it expanded.
The captain's body had also been ignited by the fierce fire oil, but he didn't seem to care. He walked directly in front of the charging car, held up the flaming battering ram in the charging car with both hands, and slammed into the city wall!
"Boom!"
A muffled sound was so powerful that it even gave the players in the city the illusion of an earthquake.
The originally extremely strong wooden city gate was immediately knocked into pieces, causing sawdust to fly. Several thick door latches were also distorted and deformed, and an obvious gap appeared in the center of the city gate.
The fierce fire oil was still burning fiercely. The captain and the chariot were like evil ghosts crawling out of hell, covered in fire, but its attacks did not stop at all.
"Boom!"
There was another loud noise, and a door latch broke directly, leaving a larger gap in the city gate.
Li Hongyun on the city wall was dumbfounded: "Damn! This monster is playing tricks, how can it still be like this?"
He originally thought that as long as he continued to fight like this, it would be useless no matter how many barbarian soldiers came. After all, there was such a big place outside the West City Gate, and the barbarian soldiers could not spread out, so the waves of people coming one after another would be just a big deal.
Food is delivered in waves.
But now it seems that the demon also understands this.
So he directly used thousands of barbarian soldiers as the price, coupled with his own demonic power, to forcefully inject these demonic energy into the centurion's body, causing it to explode with extremely terrifying power!
Under the impact of this giant barbarian soldier, Ximen quickly became crumbling.
Chu Ge's expression was also very solemn, but unlike Li Hongyun who participated in the expedition of the Orderers for the first time, he had obviously anticipated this possibility.
After all, the demon used a similar method last time and caused great trouble to the players. It was Beichen, the NPC, who directly took action and solved the problem through plot killing.
But now, it is obviously not the time for Beichen to take action.
The demon did not show its true form, nor did it concentrate all its power, but only concentrated part of its power on this barbarian soldier.
In other words, players need to find a way to solve this gigantic captain.
"The reserve team immediately rushed to the west gate, formed an array, and held it at all costs!"
Soon, a large number of players waiting in the city rushed towards the west gate.
"boom!"
There was a loud noise, and the burning battering ram finally opened a gap in the west city gate.
The captain, whose whole body was bathed in fire, squeezed in through the gap in the city gate.
Players have already been prepared.
Just seeing this behemoth, many reserve team players who had just felt it were a little overwhelmed.
"How do you do this? A pedicure?"
They had just arrived, so they didn't know much about the situation at Ximen.
The leading soldier player shook his head: "Don't worry, wait for him to move forward."
The commander of the barbarian soldiers walked forward with heavy steps, but the next second, a chain explosion sounded!
Smoke filled the air and iron filings flew, and many players reacted instantly.
"The sky-shaking thunder! You actually buried the sky-shaking thunder here at Ximen in advance?"
General Deng's improved Sky Thunder can be used as a mechanism, so the players responsible for guarding the west gate also tried it.
There was a debate within the Thousand-Man Team over where exactly these thunderbolts should be buried, but after asking Chu Ge, they finally decided to bury them behind the west gate.
At that time, the war was about to start, and it was too late to bury it outside the city. But burying it behind the west gate would ensure that the first wave of enemies rushing in would directly step on it.
Block the enemy's offensive as much as possible and buy time for reinforcements to arrive.
Now, these thunderbolts can be used to deal with this huge monster.
Seeing the thunderbolts that had been planted in advance explode in a chain, many players had expressions of pain on their faces.
"I originally thought it could kill hundreds of barbarian soldiers at once, but in the end, it was all wasted on it!"
But immediately a player said: "Blowing up this thing is more useful than killing hundreds of barbarians."
This gigantic captain was a monster created by a demon draining the demonic energy of thousands of barbarian soldiers.
When the gunpowder smoke cleared, the gigantic Centurion was already in terrible shape. Its body was covered with thunderous shrapnel, and the flames of fierce fire oil were still burning. However, under the control of the demonic power, it continued to burn. Try to move forward.
"boom!"
"Bang! Bang!"
Players fired guns, shot bows and arrows, and threw spears.
After some attacks, the behemoth finally fell to the ground.
The players couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief. It had to be said that the sense of oppression from this behemoth was indeed very strong.
But then, the players realized that the crisis had just arrived.
Because the ground was shaking, the sound of horse hooves in the distance was approaching like waves.
