In the early morning, the clouds were thick, the sun could not be seen, and there was drizzle, making the atmosphere of this early morning seem much depressing.
The streets around Sanssouci Palace were deserted. Even beggars and orphans did not spend the night in their usual place of residence, but chose to stay away from this place. An expected war is not only known to the party preparing to launch the attack; those being attacked, and even those not involved, all know that the upcoming battle will determine the future fate of Storm Bay.
No one is surprised by this situation. If we don't make it known to everyone, we will be sorry for our reputation as a 'rabble'. So he simply set the time for the attack during the day instead of attacking at night. Let's all sleep well and eat enough to refresh ourselves, and then come back to fight to the death. However, Lin also estimated that if the signs were wrong, it would probably be like a tree falling and the hozens scattering, no matter which party it was.
The Han Enhui people chose to rely on geographical advantages to hold on, rather than spreading their forces to annihilate the rebels scattered throughout the city. As if they consider themselves the masters of Storm Bay, they really don't think that the other party can cause any waves. The original members alone were able to defeat all the forces in the past, not to mention that today, strong men from all over the world come to surrender, and their troops are strong.
As for the rumored demon king, they were even less worried. After all, even the 'Hann of the Rock' is under their control... What is the 'Demon King' who doesn't know whether he is real or fake?
Forum time is 8 o'clock in the morning. All offensive organizations and individuals saw an offensive plan they had never imagined, and even participated in it. Because everyone's actions are not caused by a leader raising his arms and shouting, and the minions rushing forward screaming.
Instead, they are distributed in different directions around Sansouci Palace according to organizations or familiar people. Although forum browser magic stones are not yet common in Storm Bay, several leaders will have one or two. Based on the time displayed on the forum, everyone launched attacks at the same time according to the plan.
The first wave of offensive was the hidden sentry on the roof outside Sanssouci Palace. The sound of rain confused the possible sounds, and the biting autumn wind also numbed their alertness.
Although the people of Han En Association paid great attention, extra manpower and warning props were sent to each sentry point. But the local snakes in Storm Bay still used various methods to sneak into the house with a sentry point on the roof before the time expired. Some of the people living in them were peripheral members of the Han En Society, and they were all taken away first.
When the time came, all the Han En Society's outposts were attacked at the same time. If you are confident, a single person can remove the sentry point from behind; if you are not very sure, maybe two or three people can remove the sentinel point by working together. Even if it is a double sentry, it is not enough for a group of people to make a surprise attack.
No sentinel had time to issue a warning. Even if some sentry posts have the function of keeping watch on each other, in the drizzle of autumn morning, when a group of hazy people are attacked at the same time, the cross-watch sentry posts cannot play a role at all. The surrounding area of Sanssouci Palace fell silent almost instantly.
In the second step, some experts who are good at bow and arrow occupied the original sentry position on the roof. The target is the group of people who are also sentry on the roof within the Sanssouci Palace. There aren't many, mainly because Sanssouci Palace was originally the residence of the ruling family of Storm Bay, and the rooftops were built into gardens. As a place of enjoyment, there weren't many places to stand guard. There are a few spiers with people inside, but the view is limited and the attackers are paying attention to them.
The masters who are good at using bows and arrows, almost as soon as they are in position, open their bows and look for opportunities to shoot their targets. Because everyone already knew the target's patrol location, the lookout posts inside Sanssouci Palace were quickly removed. Rather than hindering this group's performance, the drizzle made their targets even less alert.
When this fortress-like palace became completely blind, the people inside were still unaware. All attackers came to fixed positions according to the previously assigned areas and prepared to launch a formal attack.
Although Sanssouci is named after a palace, in fact it is just a luxurious mansion for wealthy people. Although there is a wall and a moat, in fact the wall is just a brick wall as high as a person, and the so-called moat is just a ditch with a distance of several steps.
There are doors in the east, west, north and south. The south is the main door; the side doors on the east and west are for business purposes and may not necessarily be opened; the north is the back door, which is basically used by women in the inner house. Regardless of whether the door is open or not, Han Enhui has personnel stationed outside, and there are even sentry posts and secret posts.
But in Lin's plan, he didn't think about leaving the house properly. Because the number of people joining far exceeded his estimate, instead of concentrating on four doors for entry and exit, it was better to spread out in more places and attack at the same time.
So at the moment when the planned attack time arrived, a group of archers appeared on the building in front of the four doors and shot all the unsuspecting guards. Only a few lucky ones on guard posts escaped this first wave of attacks. Alarm bells immediately started ringing.
It was like the official start of war. On the street in front of the four doors, a group of people with small battering rams rushed out, and there were more warriors with various weapons. In the area beyond the four doors, the attacking party carried a long ladder, crossed the ditch, and placed it diagonally on the brick wall to enter the Sanssouci Palace. The light rain could not dampen the high morale of this group of people, but instead calmed the mood above them.
The whole set of tactics is completely siege tactics, not the usual gangs fighting for territory. And compared with the surprise felt by the party being attacked, the person who made the plan was even more surprised.
They were obviously a group of hooligans, and there were quite a few people among them who were good at archery. When talking about siege tactics, there are still many people who can come up with a set of tactics that even make up for the shortcomings of the original plan. This is not an ordinary street fight, the skills and knowledge that people at the level of fighting and causing trouble can possess.
However, this also illustrates from the side the danger of the lost land itself, and how common the martial culture among the people living on this land is. Although there has been no large-scale war in Midland for more than a hundred years, small regional battles have continued one after another. Whether it's people versus people, or people versus monsters.
Attacking in a war-like manner was like destroying everything along the way, and the Han Enhui people failed to organize much decent resistance. No matter which direction it invades from, sporadic counterattacks are like a drop of water dripping into a lake. Apart from causing slight ripples, it will not have any impact on the entire lake.
Morale waxes and wanes. The attacker seemed to be venting the resentment he had accumulated recently. Not only was his expression fierce, but his attacks were even more ferocious. When an enemy appears, four or five people will come forward to greet him. Even if the person who appears is fully armed and can't be harmed by a sword, there will still be someone with a war hammer who will smash the person to the ground. Another round of random stabbings ended his life.
There is no duel, no so-called rules. On the battlefield, there is only the difference between life and death.
However, just looking at the situation at the beginning of the war will make people wonder how Storm Bay was captured by the Han Society. But when they were about to break into the five mansions, the offensive was blocked for the first time. No matter which mansion it was, the people of Han Enhui seemed to be waking up and gave the attackers who broke into the mansion a head-on blow. For Han Enhui, his true power was only now beginning to emerge.
People poured out of the mansion and fought with the attackers at the door. Archers from the Han En Society also appeared on the windowsill, raining arrows down to their heart's content.
Before this wave of blows destroyed the morale of the attacking side, the leaders of all the organizations finally remembered the original battle plan. The direction of the attack should not stop at the door.
The advantage of Han Enhui is that their high-end combat power is more numerous and stronger than the attacking side. So just a few of them can hold a portal. Due to the limited battlefield area, the attackers have no other advantage that is sufficient to win except that if one wave dies, the next wave of manpower will be available to make up for it.
However, Lin had made such a prediction as early as the beginning of the war. Therefore, the battle plan for attacking the mansion is the same as when attacking Sansouci Palace. It should be carried out at multiple points and is not limited to the existing portals. Breaking windows and smashing walls should not just line up at the door to die.
When the battlefield entered the heat of fierce confrontation between the two sides, a certain group of talents arrived belatedly. Lin, Fen, two apprentices, and four silver-bearded dwarves followed the direction of attack and headed towards the mansion at the entrance of the underground palace.
In the haze of drizzle, the courtyard that should have been beautiful now looked like hell. Bloodstains, corpses, and groaning wounded were everywhere, friendly and enemy alike.
For the Silverbeard dwarves, they could never get used to the fighting between Homo sapiens. The elf civil war we encountered before happened at the right time. We were forced to fight because we were forced to fight. But this time, it was entirely caused by the two magicians. They ask for help when it comes to problems, and they also have to fight.
The mentality of the two apprentices cannot be said to be compassionate or cold-blooded. But they were already accustomed to the killing before them. Before suffering a loss from the Han En Society, they might say they were righteous and rationalize their actions. But this time they came back with more elements of revenge. They don't shy away from their thoughts, so they can look at it all more calmly.
With his enemy in front of him, Fen, who should have been in a high mood, was looking at the man walking at the front with complicated emotions. The ship-cutting knife he borrowed from him was dragged to the ground with one hand. This means that he has given up the advantage of the flash technique. After all, if someone brings the magic material of flash, it can easily become an evil spirit. This is a flaw that has not been improved yet.
Although there seems to be nothing unusual around him, if you look closely, you can see a little light surrounding him. In someone's words, you may only be able to see the starry sky at night, but this does not mean that stars do not exist during the day. And that was why the lich didn't want to walk side by side with that man.
For the first time, Lin fought with the starry sky spread out, leaving aside the special cases of losing consciousness. I thought this battle would be no different from the battles with uncivilized goblins in the past when I was weak, or the dangerous battles when I was led into a pit several times after walking with a lich.
But when I was in the starry sky, I felt a mysterious and indescribable feeling. It was as if his consciousness had been pulled away and he had become a bystander. But the distinct feeling in every inch of skin and every muscle in the body is clearer than before. As soon as the thought moved, it seemed that even the hair was under his control, and everything was under control.
The pace seemed slow but actually fast, and the figure seemed reckless, but he didn't bump into anyone. Holding the ship-cutting knife upside down, Lin silently walked through the crowd and came to the door of the mansion. Several warriors with huge shields and armor blocked the door, like a copper wall, no one could step in.
The hand rises and the knife falls. With just one move, the road ahead is open! Against the sky full of blood.
