When it was daylight, on the wall of Butan City, I saw the Sultan's soldiers rushing up like a tide from the end of the field of vision.
Far and near, war drums were beating, archers took up positions at the top of the city, their arrowheads were wrapped in oilcloth, braziers rising with blazing flames were placed in the gaps between the walls, ready to be fired.
In the wilderness below, tall siege ladders were pushed forward by soldiers. Farther away, there were shield guards and tribal axemen forming an iron wall formation. Generals riding tall horses were crowded in the formation, stepping on them. Go up high and gaze at the small town indifferently.
Tino stood on the wall, looking at the approaching Sudanese army. The morning breeze brought an unbreakable chill.
Last night's night attack failed to delay the arrival of the army.
"Fire the arrow!!!" He shouted loudly. As a leader, he must not show any timidity in this life-and-death situation. The arrows wrapped in oilcloth were ignited by the brazier, and dense rain of fire flew from the top of the city like meteors, breaking through the sky and falling into the Sultan's formation.
The Sudan Army had long been prepared, and the shields with tannal leather were raised in an orderly manner. After a ping -pong sound of ping -pong, this round of shooting did not cause any casualties.
The rebel army's arrow reserves are no longer enough. The four-sided iron arrows with long range will disappear after shooting for at most three rounds. The remaining arrows are made of earthen needle arrows cut from wood, which can only be used for short distances. of overhead shot.
Not only bows and arrows, but also weapons such as swords and armor, the rebels were unable to equip them.
Tino was in trouble and could not tell. Everyone speculated that the rebels had plundered a large amount of treasures from the royal city of Yangen. Tino was now richest in the world——
But do you look like you are rich?
Have you seen any of the richest armies in the world even requiring a cook to use a kitchen knife to cut arrows?
The Yangen Civil War has been going on for more than a hundred years. Due to the intensive cultivation of various unscrupulous descendants, the national treasury has long been exhausted.
Why are you here to rob me? Can you use your brain? If Yangen had money, he would be able to destroy the country by an army composed of civilians?
There are a lot of works of art and priceless jewelry, but there is really no cash. If the houses of the old nobles in Yangen had not been confiscated, the rebels would not even be able to survive today.
Nowadays, the situation in the Western Continent is corrupt, and the artwork cannot be sold at all. After the rebels lost the support of other countries, they could not even pay their soldiers, let alone weapons and armaments.
It's natural that morale is low. From conquering the royal capital a year ago to now being trapped in the isolated city, the remaining soldiers are all veteran soldiers who have no place to stay and lack weapons. Once the Dan army rushes to the city, it will basically be a foreseeable defeat.
"Dear Grand Duke, I think my brothers have tried their best, but now you can see that the Sudanese offensive has not been contained much..."
The elegant man leaned on the top of the city with a rather indifferent expression, overlooking the charge of the Sudanese army as if admiring the scenery.
"Not bad. The barbarians in the Western Continent are not as miserable as the military says."
He straightened up, patted the dust on his elbows, turned and left.
The walls will soon no longer be safe.
"Send the lantern here, and my men will join the battle."
Tino was stunned for a moment, then anger surged up.
"Didn't I originally agree that you would help me defend the city before the things would be handed over to you? How dare you break the contract?!"
The Grand Duke narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Tino, pay attention to the way you talk to me."
A dagger was quietly attached to Tino's neck, and the assassin appeared silently, as if emerging from the shadows.
Tino's throat rolled. When did this happen? !
"You still dare to make a promise to me? According to the promise, you should have handed the things to me two months ago."
The dagger pressed hard, and blood dripped from Tino's neck. Upon seeing this, the rebels around him immediately drew their swords and surrounded them, pointing directly at the Grand Duke——
The Grand Duke smiled contemptuously.
"Have you forgotten who allowed you losers to survive until now?"
An extremely terrifying magic wave came from behind the Grand Duke. Seeing that the magician in the shadow had raised his wand, Tino cursed loudly: "Put down your fucking weapons!"
Everyone was at a loss.
"Go and get that lamp right away, hurry up!" Tino smiled meekly, "I apologize to you for my recklessness, Grand Duke, please forgive me..."
The Grand Duke waved his hand and asked the guard to release the dagger.
"Oh, I forgive you, Tino. After all, barbarians' rudeness can be forgiven."
"The matter of defending the city..."
"Let your soldiers fight out. Don't you still have some medicine left?"
Tino looked troubled:
"But we must leave enough garrison troops. I'm afraid the troops that can be dispatched won't last long..."
"It's just creating chaos. My guards will clean up those siege engines. If we can't defend it anymore, it's none of my business... By the way." The Grand Duke smiled slightly, "I know you don't have much money. I’m afraid you can’t afford the cost of helping you this time and the collection of the Yangen royal family. I want half of it, isn’t it too much?”
When Tino heard this, his eyes seemed to burst out with fire, but feeling the looming dagger behind him, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "...as long as you can keep your promise."
"Ha, it's a pleasure to work with you."
Huge boulders wrapped in flames fell from the sky, and the loud noise of the catapult kicked off the war. The Sudanese forwards set up simple long ladders and began to charge, shouting as if they were going to overturn the small town.
But then, a strange fluctuation suddenly started from the top of the untanned city and spread outward——
A figure soared into the sky from the top of the city, and that man actually smashed nearly a thousand kilograms of boulders thrown by a catapult with just his physical body!
Obscure magic spells spread to every corner of the battlefield, and then, terrifying earthquake waves suddenly spread! The earth shook, the earth cracked inch by inch, and the tectonic plates bulged. It was like a magnitude 10 earthquake spreading from the city head to the entire battlefield. The catapults and ladder chariots that were pushed forward were instantly destroyed. The soldiers who were charging forward were not killed by the shock. It fell into a crack in the ground and the siege momentum was instantly halted.
Under such a terrifying earthquake, Butan City remained unharmed. The cracked earth created a steep strip nearly a kilometer long for the small city. It was extremely difficult for anyone to stand firm on it, and Sudan's first attack was unexpectedly thwarted.
Eighth-level magic, [the earth trembles].
The female mage wearing a magic robe looked a little pale, and she could barely hold herself up by holding on to her staff. But she was quite satisfied with the effect of this wave of earthquakes. With this steep area blocking the front, the Sudanese main force had to turn around to the other end before attacking.
Moreover, the deterrence effect was fully achieved, and the army in the distance had fallen into chaos.
"Well done, please go aside and rest." The Grand Duke smiled and nodded.
"Yes." The magician silently stepped aside.
"No matter how impressive they are, they are just barbarians... Soldiers who have never experienced what real war is, are nothing to worry about."
Behind him stood twenty guards dressed like the killer.
These twenty people standing together gave people a more oppressive feeling than the 30,000-strong army in the distance. Their unabashed momentum made Tino look on with horror. Magister, Asura, Judge... .
The strength of any one of these twenty people is far beyond that of the strongest in the rebel army, and all of them are at the top level of combat!
The gap between ordinary people and even ordinary professionals and such people is an endless chasm, separated by a layer of terrifying qualitative change.
If these people are thrown into a small war, they will be the key factor that can determine the direction of the war——
A unique genius, a huge accumulation of resources, and a legend among legends can be said to be the top combat profession.
'Is this the foundation of the Southern Kingdom...' Tino sighed secretly, no wonder the Grand Duke dared to enter the battlefield of the Western Continent with only a dozen people. Even if there are 100,000 troops outside, how can they threaten him?
If the rebels had this level of combat power, how could the Sudan dare to fight?
Top professionals may not necessarily be able to reverse the outcome of a large army battle. But if there is a small team that can form a group to revive Al Qaeda to carry out assassinations, which person in power would not be afraid?
It may be difficult for twenty people to defeat the 30,000-strong army, but the city can definitely be defended. After all, in a narrow environment like climbing a city where one can only attack one by one, a top-notch strongman will be invincible.
Looking at the lantern that the Grand Justice was playing with, Tino felt a little sad.
But compared to the survival of the rebels, it was worth it to him that such an object of unknown purpose could be exchanged for these strong men to take action.
"This lamp...where did you get it?"
The Grand Duke played with it for a long time, but didn't find anything strange about the lantern. But this ancient texture cannot be faked, and it is indeed the antique he is looking for.
"The basement of Yangen Palace. As you know, all the treasures have been looted after so many years of war... I was not willing to give in, so I ordered people to smash the walls of the basement and pry open the floor. I was looking for a hidden treasure in the darkroom. In the end, I dug something like this, a small hole half a man high, with a bone shrine inside to house this lantern... I have been researching it for a long time, and... I didn’t find anything strange, what is this lantern for?”
"That's not your concern."
.........
Just as the army outside the city was charging in full swing.
Inside the city of Butan—
In an alley, a large cloud of dirt exploded out of thin air, and the four figures of Team 86 popped up from the ground.
"I'm so confused, where did your Tudun escape to?"
There was a loud noise outside the alley, and Peter looked blankly at the high walls at both ends.
"I don't want to make it?" The fat man was also stupid.
His Earth Escape can take three people up to 20 meters. Does this mean they can escape through the center of the earth?
As senior cannon fodder, Team 86 was naturally placed at the forefront of the charge.
But in the middle of the rush, Harry suddenly asked the fat man to lead everyone to retreat, as if he had stopped. But Wu Yangyang was a human being at the back, and he was immediately beheaded when he retreated during the siege. Tadokoro Konno had no choice but to take everyone forward to escape. As a result, this escape directly made him feel like he was in another world, and the map changed.
In the distance, the rumble of the earth was heard, and the entire Butan City shook slightly, as if there was an earthquake.
Panic shouts came from outside the alley, and after a while, the earthquake subsided again.
"That's right..." Harry breathed a sigh of relief, "I just detected a very violent fluctuation of earth element magic power. Someone should be performing a large-scale magic. Such a big movement, the intensity is estimated to be eight levels, I can't imagine the rebellion. There is actually a magician in the army. It’s also strange, how can there be a magician in a place like this..."
Tadokoro Konno's head was full of questions.
"Then where are we now?"
"You ask me about the ninjutsu you used?" Peter laughed angrily.
"Your Earth Release Technique probably happened to hit the unformed seismic wave. Fortunately, it only shifted a little distance. If the magic had taken shape, we would have been crushed into slag. This... I'm afraid it's inside Butan City. .”
"Ah? Are you so lucky?" Tadokoro Konno was dumbfounded, "Are we getting off work early?"
"Shh-" Peter glared at him, "Keep your voice down, Kai, go see what's going on outside."
"ojbk."
Kai walked silently to the entrance of the alley, secretly stretched out his head to take a look, and then retracted with a changed expression——
"Fuck! Yes, yes..."
"What, there are rebels?" The three of them immediately took out their weapons and prepared to fight.
"No, there is a brothel!"
Kai's eyes lit up, ecstatic.
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The three of them made the classic husky pointing expression.
"What should we do next? Escape again?" Fatty asked.
"Byd, are you still running away? How much money do you have to pay to work for the Sultan?"
"That's right... Should we just wait here, wait for everyone to attack the city, and then blend back into the team?"
"Yes, it's just like running laps in gym class."
"Don't you think about going over and opening the city gate?" Kai is an honest man.
"How to open it?"
"Um...find the city gate, walk over and open it?"
Peter laughed in anger, "Thank you, that's how the elephant in my refrigerator was put in."
The rebels at the city gate are all playing Genshin Impact, right? Are we supposed to just walk over and open the door?
Kai suddenly thought of something and said solemnly: "No... there is a big problem."
"What's wrong?" The three of them were frightened again.
"Damn it, I just remembered that the brothel is closed in the morning." Kai's tone was like mourning a concubine.
“…..What else is there in your mind besides yellow waste?”
"And animal friends."
"Good, Kris Wu's fellow inmate Ding Zhen."
Harry took a look at the team members. Two white people and two yellow people could not be said to be slightly different from the brown people in the Western Continent. They could only be said to have nothing to do with each other.
"Butan City is too small, and it is full of rebels. We are too conspicuous, and it is easy to be caught if we stay in the city... We have to find a place to hide. It is not safe in the alley."
"That makes sense."
"What do you think of brothels?" Kay suggested.
"It's not over anymore, isn't it...Eh-" Peter was stunned, "The brothel seems to be really good."
This place is closed early in the morning, and no one would care if there was a war going on outside. This kind of place also has its own concealment...
"Vote, I vote for the brothel." Tadokoro Konno followed suit.
"Reasonable." Harry nodded.
"....So?" Peter looked at Kai.
Kai smiled angrily——
"Brothers, take office in Guancheng!"
Outside the city walls.
The chaos among the Sudanese army did not last long.
The army quickly completed the change of formation. They seemed to have senior management with extremely rich experience in dealing with magicians. They were determined that after releasing such a large-scale magic, there would be no chance of it being released again in a short period of time. The main force changed its position and attacked again without stopping. .
There are only three gates in Butan City, which is the size of an ordinary county town. The terrifying eighth-level magic not only blocked the way forward for the Sultan's attack, but also blocked their own retreat. At this time, the army surrounded the other two gates, advancing simultaneously from both ends——
Before the war started, they already knew that there were countless gold and silver treasures in the city. Under the temptation of money, the fighting cries of the Sudanese soldiers almost rang through the sky.
Suddenly, the city gate opened, and the rebels who were inspired to drink the mad potion rushed straight up and penetrated the crowd!
They fought with the Sudanese soldiers, causing a wave of blood. This time, there were no civilians to serve as human shields for the front line. The Sudanese soldiers naturally did not lack courage. However, the front lines were connected, and the frantic warriors who were desperate for their lives still killed the Sudanese soldiers. Arrows continued to be fired from the top of the city. The Sudanese archers Although they were fighting back, the rebels had the protection of the city wall and the blessing of the mad potion, and they immediately killed Sudan's two fronts and retreated steadily.
The commander of the Sudan Army, Walter, also became ruthless and sent all the severely damaged shield guards to the battlefield. In conjunction with the axe-blademen, the sea of people chopped the lunatics into pulp, and for a while pushed the battle line back to the bottom of the city wall. .
His guess was good. This time the rebels sent out only about 3,000 soldiers to fight in the city, and their combat strength was average even after using the madness potion. This shows that their troops are about to be exhausted, they are just struggling to the death, and victory is about to be within reach!
As he thought so.
Suddenly, it was like a bomb was shot out of the city wall. A figure hit the place where the shield guards were most numerous. They fought hand to hand. He swung a sword that was as tall as a man into a windmill. The shield guards wearing half centimeter thick armor were as if they were made of paper. He blocked and slashed her in the middle one after another, and began to sweep across the battlefield like a tornado——
The severed bodies and limbs were constantly being smashed away by him without distinguishing between friend and foe. Walt, who saw this scene behind the line, was stunned for a moment: "What? Top combat position?"
Like dumplings being dropped, twenty terrifying professionals with this kind of combat power fell from the city wall in an instant.
Like a lion jumping into a chicken coop.
The situation of the battle reversed instantly.
