"Ordinarily, that should be the case," Yashi said with a frown, "But it is reported that the Co-Prosperity Army is putting all its energy into killing the spirit-loving pikas. I'm worried that they will really kill all the spirit-loving pikas. Kill them all!"
"That's unreasonable!" Leda said, "I don't believe that the Communist Army left the sacred wheat without fighting for it, but focused all their energy on killing the spirit-loving rats and rabbits. If they had such a consciousness, they wouldn't do it. Our slave."
"It is said that there are rumors among the Co-Prosperous Army," Yashi said, "that the essence and blood of the spirit-loving rat rabbit is a kind of holy medicine for healing. Moreover, west of the ancient desert, each spirit-loving rat rabbit can be sold for two hundred high-grade spirits. Stone. Therefore, all the soldiers of the Co-Prosperity Army are rushing to kill the spirit-loving rats and rabbits, while harvesting the magic wheat is placed in a secondary position."
"What?" Lu An's eyes widened and she shouted, "The spirit-loving rat rabbit is a holy medicine for healing? Can it be sold for two hundred high-grade spiritual stones? This...how can this be said?"
"This is a rumor deliberately spread by the spies of Baiyun City!" Fu Yu was shocked and angry, but suppressed the anger in his heart and said, "The old man is cunning, this must be his trick! No wonder they don't fight for the divine wheat. . He must have colluded with the Co-Prosperity Army. If they don't compete with the Co-Prosperity Army for the divine wheat, the Co-Prosperity Army will exterminate the spirit-loving rats and rabbits. After all, keeping the divine wheat is also good for the Co-Prosperity Army."
"So," Lu'an said, "Shenmai was actually saved by the Communist Army?"
"I'm afraid that's the case!" Yashi said with a wry smile.
"Alas!" Fu Yu said slowly, his face ashen, "I spent ten years cultivating these spirit-loving rats and rabbits, but I didn't expect..."
"Fu Shuai doesn't need to be too pessimistic," Leda said. "Although the divine wheat may not be extinct, your trick of using the spirit-loving rat rabbit will still work. At least it will prevent them from fighting for the divine wheat today and losing a lot of money." Spiritual source supply.
"In today's siege, although we lost hundreds of Xianqu troops and more than 3,000 spirit beast teams, we also consumed a lot of their spiritual resources. I estimate that there are at least millions of high-grade spiritual stones. Although we have paid The price is not small, but it has also caused huge consumption and losses to Baiyun City."
"Elder Leda is right," Yashi said. "Although Baiyun City has saved its divine wheat, it has also lost a lot of spiritual sources. I think they may not be able to survive until the next wheat harvest."
"Let's simply send the Xianqu Army into the Shenmai Valley," Lu'an said. "The three thousand Xianqu Army dug up the entire valley three feet, not to mention Shenmai, and even every weed was eradicated by him. .”
"It can't be that simple!" Fu Yu said, "The terrain in the Shenmai Valley is complex and changeable, with ravines and boulders everywhere, and spiritual energy constantly gushing out from deep underground. It is an excellent place to set up an array. Human formations You have seen the magic today, right! Our Xianqu Army entered the Shenmai Valley to fight them, that is exactly what they want."
"Then..." Lu An said, "What should we do?"
"Hmph!" Fu Yu snorted coldly and said, "It's easy to handle. If we can't use a trick, then we will fight head-on. What Lao Liu said is right. Baiyun City did not receive a supply of divine wheat today, and the deployment of the Lihuo Formation consumed a huge amount of energy. Spiritual stones. We have lost our soldiers, they have lost their spiritual sources, and no one has taken any advantage. We might as well continue to compete with them, because I don’t believe that their spiritual sources can continue to support us."
"Absolutely? This..." Yashi said, "They can't afford to consume their spiritual energy, but our soldiers can't afford to consume it either!"
"Hehe!" Fu Yu said with a smile, "Who said we are going to waste our soldiers? Humph, our Xianqu Army and Baiyun City are at war, and the Co-Prosperity Army is reaping the benefits. How can there be such a cheap thing? Pass on the order, Let the Co-Prosperity Army come to participate in the siege and let them fight against Baiyun City!"
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There was a lot of joy in the Shenmai Valley. The soldiers of the Communist Army each got more than twenty ghost-loving pikas on average, and the Shenmai also picked several hundred pieces on average. It can be said that the harvest was quite fruitful. The only worrying thing is that although this time the wheat season is over, Taniguchi's defense wall is still not open.
After nightfall, Fuyu issued a military order: After the Rongli Army gathered, they were stationed in the valley to participate in tomorrow's siege battle.
Soldiers of the Gongli Army who are willing to participate in the siege battle will enjoy the same treatment as those of the Rongli Army, and those who are unwilling to participate will be temporarily stationed in Beigu City.
Regardless of whether it is the Honorable Army or the Gongli Army, as long as they participate in the siege battle, each person will receive an additional reward worth two hundred high-grade spiritual stones.
Soldiers of the Communist Army who are unwilling to participate in the siege battle must pay a 'sacred wheat tax' worth two hundred high-grade spiritual stones each.
At the military order, the Rongli Army rejoiced, while the Gongli Army was in an uproar.
The Rongli Army was originally formed for siege. Not only did they participate in the Wheat Harvest War and gain a lot, but now they are participating in the siege war that they should have participated in. They can also get an additional reward of two hundred high-grade spiritual stones. Everyone is naturally happy. .
The Gongli Army is different. Their harvest this year is far better than in previous seasons, at least that's what they think so far, because in addition to divine wheat, they also harvested a lot of 'healing medicine'. Now Fuyu asked them to either take the money to join the war or pay the money and leave. It was a difficult choice.
The soldiers of the Communist Army generally have low combat effectiveness. If you pay to participate in the war, you will probably lose your life. If you don't participate in the war, you will have to pay a large amount of "magic tax", which is really heartbreaking.
The Rongli Army quickly assembled and quickly left the Shenmai Valley.
The communist army was noisy, and it was not until close to midnight that the dust settled. In the end, about two-thirds decided to take the money to join the war, while about one-third agreed to pay taxes and leave.
The reason why so many people decided to join the war was because there were rumors in the army that Baiyun City had suffered heavy losses in today's siege battle, as evidenced by the fact that they did not send anyone to harvest the divine wheat today. Now Baiyun City is about to be destroyed. Fu Yu recruited them to join the battle, firstly because while Baiyun City was severely damaged today, the Xianqu Army also paid a heavy price and needed to replenish its manpower. The second reason is because Fuyu said that Baiyun City's defense is now very low, and even the Gongli Army soldiers with low overall cultivation level can still play a significant role.
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Three days later, the siege started again.
At dawn, when Fu Yu gave the order to attack, the Xianqu Army's three battalions of 600 people, carrying more than a dozen giant ladders and a team of 5,000 spirit beasts, began to kill Baiyun City. The Xianqu Army's death squads and The configuration was the same last time, but the location of the siege was different, from the west side of the city gate to the east side.
The west wall, which had been intensively attacked for several days, was already scarred and now became the main attack direction of the Gongli Army. According to Fuyu, the defense here was already very weak, so it was handed over to the weaker Gongli Army. The Gongli Army did not attack the fortress, but only contained Baiyun City's defense force.
Fuyu certainly knew that there was a Lihuo formation under this section of the city wall. However, Fuyu already had a countermeasure to deal with the Lihuo formation. At least he thought his countermeasure was worth a try. Of course, he would use the Gongli Army to try it. , not the Xianqu Army.
The siege team composed of five thousand soldiers of the Gongli Army calmly approached Baiyun City. They pushed thirty ladders. These ladders were assembled from the carriages and logs originally used to build the defense wall. Although they were not as good as those of the Xianqu Army Ladders are tall and strong, but they are better in number. After the ladder, there are three hundred carriages.
When the Xianqu Army began to attack east of the city gate, the Gongli Army approached thirty feet below the west wall. This place is already less than ten feet away from the fire formation.
As the commander's flag waved, the soldiers of the Communist Army siege team began to take out bags of large straw bags woven with straw ropes from the vans. These straw bags were filled with sand and gravel. They packed the sand and gravel into bags. Throw it towards Baiyun City to cover the surface of the Lihuo Formation.
In addition to these vans, each soldier also took out more bags of sand and gravel from his storage container, and each man carried at least three bags.
Soon, the entire ground within the Lihuo Formation was covered with a layer of sand and gravel. But this was not over yet. The five thousand soldiers each took out shovels and other objects and began to dig out the sand and gravel on the ground. It was thrown within the range of Lihuo Formation, and in less than half an hour, it was covered with more than three feet of sand and rocks.
The fighting in the east was in full swing, and the shouts of killing were loud. However, on the west side, the actions of the Gongli Army were completely ignored by Baiyun City. On the walls of Baiyun City, no one fired at them or shot arrows at them, leaving them to wreak havoc below.
Fuyu was confused about this situation, but he was not worried. Seeing that the area within the Lihuo Formation was basically covered by more than three feet of sand, he gave the order to attack.
The Gongli Army began to shout and push the ladder to the tall wall of Baiyun City, and then climbed up the ladder. Soon, the thirty ladders were all filled with Communist soldiers. The soldiers at the top reached the crenellations at the top of the city and began to tear up the barrier of the defensive formation. But Baiyun City was still indifferent to them.
Soon, soldiers from the Communist Army began to squeeze into the barrier and stood on the top of Baiyun City.
The first batch of soldiers who squeezed in were only a dozen people. They found that there was not a single defender on this section of the city wall, and it was completely undefended. However, they could see from a distance that there were a large number of Baiyun City soldiers defending the Xianqu Army in the south.
However, they could only see but could not attack the Baiyun City soldiers because there was an obvious defensive barrier between them, on the section of city wall above the city gate, blocking the east and west sides, and they could not find it. Go to the stairway leading down to the city.
Therefore, although these Communist soldiers came in, they could only stay on the wide city wall, discussing how to act while waiting for more soldiers to come in.
More and more soldiers came in, and soon they were close to a thousand. This section of the city wall began to become crowded, and they finally began to make rope ladders. Even though most of them are in the Yuan Dan realm, if they jump from a city wall more than fifty feet high, even if they don't fall to death, they will still be seriously injured. What's more, under the roots of the city wall, there are clearly visible Various magic circles and traps.
The people in Baiyun City seemed to have finally discovered the Gongli Army who had climbed up the city wall. They should have adjusted the defense barrier in this section to make it solid and strong. It was much more difficult for the Communist Army soldiers to squeeze in. Despite this, more and more soldiers squeezed in.
Fuyu was confused at first, but now he is a little excited. In his opinion, Baiyun City may have deliberately let the Gongli Army in. They were dismissive of the Gongli Army and wanted to catch them all after they all entered.
However, it is also possible that his method of dealing with the Lihuo Formation worked. Baiyun City relied on this section of the city wall to have the Lihuo Formation, so the defense here was relaxed, so the Gongli Army was able to board the city wall so easily.
There were nearly two thousand Gongli troops entering Baiyun City. At this time, they were suddenly attacked.
Further on the city wall to the west, a group of Baiyun City warriors suddenly appeared. There were not many of them, only about fifty people, but their fighting power was very impressive. They lined up in two rows, crowding the entire city of nearly ten people. The ten-foot-wide city wall was slashed from the west. The people in the front row pushed forward with broadswords and thick shields, while the people in the back row thrust their spears through the gaps between the shields. This was obviously a well-trained military battle method.
Although there are many people in the Gongli Army, on the city wall, the fighting surface between them and these Baiyun City soldiers is only five feet wide, which cannot reflect the advantage of having a large number of people.
For a time, the soldiers of the Communist Army were hacked to death, leaving them howling like ghosts and wolves, with numerous casualties. And many Communist soldiers began to sneak into the city along the rope ladder. Of course, after they slipped down, they either fell into a trap or were hunted down by Baiyun City soldiers.
Seeing this situation, Fu Yu didn't care to explore Baiyun City's intentions anymore. Although this might be Baiyun City's strategy to lure the enemy, it might also be a rare opportunity to break the city!
Fuyu waved the flag and gave the order to attack.
