According to the principle of the beast tide, this is only the first round of attack. The strongest is the third level of blue level. With their level of white level participation, this should be the limit. Otherwise, it would not be called a big beast tide, but a tide of destruction. , and the upgraded version of the fire beetle in front is upgraded on the basis of the third level of the blue level. It cannot be the fourth level no matter what, so it should be the pinnacle of the third level of the blue level. In other words, it should be the last batch. As long as Eliminating this group means that they can survive the first round of the big beast wave.
After thinking about this, Zhang Qi quickly ordered to destroy the group of fire beetles attacking the city as quickly as possible before they arrived. Otherwise, once the two parties meet, they will be under great pressure.
After receiving the order, the soldiers guarding the city smashed down wildly, and even ordinary people participated. At the same time, Zhang Qi also ordered that the stone bullets be thrown directly without saving.
At the same time, when the side door was opened, a large number of horse archers poured out of the city gate, frantically harvesting the fire beetles still behind.
When the fire beetles behind saw someone rushing out of the city gate, they also rushed forward. Many warriors who ran slowly were burned to death on the spot, but a large number of fire beetles were also eliminated. They used their lives to complete Zhang Qi's order.
With everyone's efforts, all this batch of fire beetles were wiped out, and the city gate was quickly closed, waiting for the arrival of the last batch of fire beetles!
As the last batch of fire beetles approached, the soldiers saw its full picture. Everyone was shocked by the upgraded version of the fire beetles. It was too big!
However, when they saw the true strength of this upgraded version of the fire beetle, they really felt what the real terror of the extreme beast was.
This group of fire beetles came to the edge of the moat and suddenly stopped moving. Instead, they stared at the defenders with their small eyes. This made Zhang Qi feel chilled because it showed that this group of fire beetles They are definitely not ordinary bugs. If these bugs are not intelligent, then there is a leader among them who is directing this battle. No matter what the situation is, this difficulty is more terrifying than all the previous ones put together. Much.
The subsequent fire beetle attack finally confirmed Zhang Qi's latter inference.
The millions of fire beetles were clearly divided into three large areas. Half of them stayed in place, while the other half was divided into east and west areas and attacked the two directions of the main city respectively. Obviously, there must be a commander among them.
Zhang Qiyi, who was originally worried, saw a rare sneer on his lips when he saw this formation.
According to common sense, the previous swarming attack method is definitely not as good as someone directing it, but after seeing this formation, Zhang Qi smiled instead, because this formation seemed to be stable, but in fact it exposed a huge loophole.
That is the commander's caution. If you use another word, it is timidity. This kind of thinking is a taboo in war.
This can be seen from the formation. The opponent uses half of its strength to defend itself. It is obvious that it is afraid of being hurt. This actually weakens the fire beetle's numerical advantage. In addition, this guy is too cautious. , even the offensive part was divided into two parts, which further weakened the fire beetle's strength.
Although Zhang Qi smiled, he still didn't relax in his heart. After all, the strength of the fire beetle in front of him was definitely much higher than before.
The fire beetles that attacked in two parts advanced quickly, moving forward like two tentacles. The guards on the city were already ready.
The fire beetle that arrived first did not climb directly up like the previous one, but jumped up on the spot. It was larger than the previous one, and unexpectedly its jumping ability was much higher. With this jump, it went up nearly ten meters. Moreover, its claws are much harder than the former. They can actually insert themselves into the gaps in the city wall and fix the body. Although not all fire beetles can do this, the number that can do it is equally astonishing.
The guards on the city were shocked. If this continues, it won't be long before these fire beetles can climb onto the city wall and quickly smash down on things. However, what shocked them was that the lighter objects that many people smashed down were difficult. Works, like tree trunks, not even allowing fire beetles to fall off.
Zhang Qiyi felt terrible when he saw this situation. He also underestimated these things and quickly ordered to use heavier objects to hit them. Don't be sparing with stone bullets and the like. At the same time, remove some weak ones first. , and mobilized all the strong men to defend the city wall. At the same time, he decisively ordered the catapult to open fire and hit the Fire Beetle's central army.
Perhaps many people don't understand why such an important catapult does not deal with the fire beetles that are climbing the city below, but instead deals with the part of the city that is still participating in the siege. In fact, the reason is very simple. That is their command center. Only by letting The commander will feel the danger more and will not dare to increase the number of troops in the siege part at will, thereby reducing the pressure of defending the city in disguise.
Due to the large number of soldiers joining and the increase in the quality of the city's defense supplies, they were able to barely hold on to the first round of attacks. However, Zhang Qi was not as optimistic as others. Instead, he frowned even more because he saw that in the first round of counterattack, , the proportion of fire beetles that actually died was very low.
The good news is that this batch of fire beetles is different from the previous batch. Once they storm the city, they will not stop fighting. However, this time when they saw that the attack on the city was blocked, they took the initiative to retreat and returned to the center of the army to make adjustments. This gave the defenders more control. With a large buffer space, they took the opportunity to mobilize personnel and quickly replenish strategic supplies.
Zhang Zhongzhong smiled secretly. The leader of the Xin Dao Lord is really stupid. If he attacked the city like before, it would definitely cause great damage to the defenders. But now, isn't it just a tactic to add fuel to the fire, wasting his own strength in vain? It’s really a house full of bears!
Sure enough, after resting for a while, the fire beetles organized another attack on the city, but at this time the city defenders were well prepared and repelled the fire beetles again. After going back and forth for more than ten times, nearly half of the fire beetles were consumed by force. , and what’s even more funny is that at this time, the commander was not willing to send out nearly half of the fire beetles of his central army, and still attacked the city with the remaining troops. As a result, in the end, the so-called east and west offensive parts were completely wiped out. The defenders suffered almost no damage except for the consumption of supplies.
What was even more shocking was that when the half of the fire beetles saw that the ones in front of them were all wiped out, they ran away without even fighting, and the blackness receded like the tide.
Upon seeing this, the defenders on the city burst into cheers one by one, and even Zhang Qi breathed a sigh of relief.
However, his nerves did not relax at all. He always felt that things were not that simple. Just when everyone was about to cheer, he suddenly discovered something strange.
The retreating fire beetles slowed down, and then stopped. Not long after, they slowly moved forward again, heading towards the main city again.
How is this going? Are there any special tactical arrangements?
Logically speaking, it is unlikely. If the commander was so smart, there would not have been such a stupid way to attack the city before.
But looking at it like this, it seems like someone is stopping them from retreating, and their forward movement seems a little helpless. Otherwise, it would be impossible to move forward so slowly. But in any case, this group of things turning back again is indeed a great opportunity for the main city. A sad news.
Just when this group of insects arrived at the edge of the moat, they seemed to be suddenly stimulated by something, and suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the city wall, and almost all of them charged, except for a small group behind, the rest were all on board, but fortunately This group of insects did not concentrate at one point, but lined up and advanced forward.
The defenders were not afraid to cheer, but suddenly the situation took a turn for the worse and they quickly took up arms to defend the city.
But this time the siege was very fierce, and the fire beetle's charge was also very crazy, almost a suicidal charge. Once it was hit by something, it would directly self-destruct. The powerful explosion and burning power were much stronger than the previous fire beetle. Many guards on the city wall were burned by the high temperature of the flames. Some were blinded by the smoke, and some were deafened by the blast.
The powerful force generated by the explosion also caused part of the city wall to collapse. Finally, under the crazy explosion of the fire beetles, a section of the city wall was blown out of a slope, and the fire beetles rushed directly along the slope to the city surface. The guards on the city wall The front side could withstand the attack of the fire beetles and was continuously killed. At that time, the city also became a breakthrough point in the main city, and fire beetles continued to pass through and climb onto the city wall.
"Seventh Brother..." Xuan Tiancheng hurriedly stepped forward and said. They all knew that those who defended the city wall were white-level warriors. Fighting head-on with a blue-level third-level extreme beast was no different from seeking death.
Therefore, he has always been puzzled as to why Zhang Qi didn't even send out a single blue-level warrior or a single dream armor during the fight for so long. Was he really cold-blooded and let these white-level warriors die?
Facing Xuan Tiancheng's haste, Zhang Qi's face showed no expression at all. It was still as cold as ice for ten thousand years. Xuan Tiancheng knew that Zhang Qi at this time was just like the cold-blooded, ruthless, and wise man he was in the new zombie world. , and it is precisely in this state that Zhang Qi is the most terrifying Zhang Qi, and all his decisions are the most correct of all countermeasures, bar none, so Xuantian stood aside obediently and remained calm.
Xuantian Chengdu didn't dare to speak, and others even less dared to say anything. In desperation, he could only watch the fresh lives being harvested on the city wall.
At this time, Zhang Qi's thoughts had all been integrated into the battlefield. Every movement in the field was under his control. Orders were issued in an orderly manner. Those screams failed to shake his emotions at all.
"Behead!" Just when the battlefield was turbulent, Zhang Qi immediately caught it and issued the command in time.
Suddenly a piece of the city wall collapsed, revealing a small door, and then a white-ranked team of tens of thousands of people suddenly rushed out of the door and rushed directly to the command post of the insect.
Judging from the dress of this team, it is obvious that the equipment is better. This is a white-level strong team secretly formed by Zhang Qi. The members are mainly from the white-level strong men of the Double Killing Sect, plus some powerful adventurers. This team The team's combat experience and experience in hunting extreme beasts are unmatched by other white-level players.
But now this team rushed straight over.
As soon as they saw these white steps, the fire beetles didn't pay attention, they just sprayed flames forward to block them. However, these people were very experienced, especially the adventurers, who knew how to deal with this kind of fire beetles. They didn't know how to paint their bodies. He grabbed something, then pulled out his shield from behind, and rushed in while holding the flames. The warrior trapped behind them dodged past and stabbed at the fire beetle crazily.
This sudden attack caught the fire beetles off guard, and they were wiped out in large numbers before they even had time to self-destruct.
The commander in the middle was obviously alert and quickly organized other fire beetles to protect them, but he still underestimated the power of this group of white-level warriors.
Because Zhang Qi clearly told them when he formed them, if you think I am selecting an elite team, then you should quit as soon as possible, because what I want to select is a death squad, a death squad that fully serves orders. Without my orders, Even if the city is destroyed, you are not allowed to move. Once an order is given, you have only one mission, and that is to attack. A desperate attack. Without an order, no one is allowed to take a step back. Even if it costs their lives, they will only move forward. Charge further.
At this time, the death squad finally understood what Zhang Qi had said. The weapons in their hands were attacking the fire beetle with all their strength. Even if the enemy blew themselves up, they would not retreat in the slightest. They would use their lives to gain room for their comrades behind them to move forward.
The madness of the death squad finally scared the commander. While directing the fire beetle defense, it slowly retreated while quickly directing those who attacked the city to return to defense.
Therefore, when the city defenders were facing a desperate massacre, they suddenly discovered that these fire beetles were retreating inexplicably. However, the movement at this time was immediately captured by Zhang Qi. He immediately issued an order. Order: General attack!
A group of trumpeters suddenly appeared on each city wall. With the blessing of magic, they roared and blew the horns of the general attack. The passionate sounds made people's blood boil.
In an instant, artillery, stone bullets, bows and arrows... were shot out like crazy, and the city defenders also chased the fire beetles with weapons in their hands. It was vast and overwhelming. This was the first and largest reaction of mankind. A large-scale reaction, a major counterattack that abandoned the city wall defense.
A strange scene appeared. Those who ran fast, such as cavalry, caught up with the fire beetle and stabbed them. Unexpectedly, the fire beetle seemed to have no idea at all. It had no sense of defense at all, let alone any sense of resistance. The other fire beetles accompanying him seemed not to notice, and just rushed towards the commander's location desperately on their own.
The cavalry's killing was seen by the people behind them, and they immediately went crazy. No, they should be ecstatic. These fire beetles seemed to be under a spell. Apart from running away, they were left to be slaughtered.
So they just hated their parents for missing a leg and rushed forward to kill the insects. At this time, the long-range ones took advantage and killed the most. When the originally attacking fire beetles arrived near the commander, dozens of them were killed. Only tens of thousands of fire beetles remain.
However, in fact, one wave continued after another. Perhaps because he received reinforcements, or perhaps because he was annoyed by the insults the death squads had given him, the commander actually directly ordered the fire beetles to attack the death squads. At this time, there was a commander in front of the death squads. The insect swarm, and then the insect swarm that retreated from the front line, fatally they fell directly into the siege...
"Suicide Squad! Royal..." Upon seeing this, Zhang Qi calmly issued the order. With the current situation, there was no need for the death squad to make sacrifices. It was difficult for the remaining fire beetles to pose a danger to the main city, so he issued the order in time. An order for all death squads to retreat.
"Brothers, spread out and break out, each of us has his own destiny!" Someone from the death squads who received the order roared. In conjunction with the order issued by Zhang Qi, they stopped the offensive and retreated directly to the left and right.
However, the furious fire beetle was, after all, a third-level blue beetle. It was much stronger than the death squads in terms of speed and predatory power. It quickly chased them towards them. As soon as they made contact, a large number of the death squads died tragically on the spot. Fortunately, they came from behind. The chasing human warriors arrived one after another, alleviating the pressure. However, the fire beetles became even more crazy under the commander's forcible orders. Those who caught up immediately breathed fire and were burned to death. Those who could not catch up jumped up and self-destructed in the air. Once the ones in front were The person was knocked down, and the fire beetle behind him immediately came up to hit him.
Some people in the death squad also understand their dangerous situation. It is impossible to think that they can all escape unscathed. Only by sacrificing some people can they gain the chance for more people to survive.
"Brothers, we will be brothers again in the next life. Fight with me..." Seeing that there was no hope of escape, the death squads who were not very fast turned around to organize their team members to counterattack, using an almost suicidal approach to delay the fire beetle. The suicide squad members in front had their eyes closed. Bleeding and almost crying, he shouted: "Brothers, let's go..."
The fire beetle only focused on hunting the death squads, but exposed its back to the soldiers who were chasing after it. As a result, it also suffered heavy casualties. At the expense of those death squads, a group of death squads still escaped. There were tens of thousands of death squads, but only a few thousand survived. This was a real narrow escape!
As the last few fire beetles attacking the city were eliminated, Zhang Qi finally saw the so-called commander.
What surprised him was that this fire beetle was not bigger than other fire beetles, but smaller. However, its color was different. It seemed that there were at least three colors mixed together, which was very conspicuous. Originally, it was surrounded by There are layer after layer of fire beetles. Naturally, and its small size, it is difficult to see its true form. But now there are only less than a thousand fire beetles around it, so it is naturally clear at a glance.
This guy was very cautious even when escaping, and even stepped on the bodies of other fire beetles. Those fire beetles seemed to be under a spell. No matter what instructions it gave, they all obeyed unconditionally. This may be the natural level of the Zerg beasts. Suppression is submission from the soul.
Looking at the escaping fire beetles, the soldiers pursued even more frantically. However, at this moment, Zhang Qi decisively gave the order to retreat, and repeated it repeatedly.
In this battle, it was precisely because of Zhang Qi's command that such a brilliant record was achieved, so people were completely convinced by Zhang Qi. Although they did not understand why they suddenly withdrew their troops despite being able to completely kill all the fire beetles, but Zhang Qi's order was above all else, but they still consciously retreated, and the fire beetle commander successfully escaped.
Zhang Qi finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time, sitting on the ground as if paralyzed, and fell asleep within a few seconds.
He was tired, he was too tired. For several days and nights, his brain was in the process of highly intense calculations almost every second. In such a large battlefield, his perception covered every corner, and only then did he issue instructions that were accurate to every detail. Man, this has exceeded the limits of human beings.
When Xuan Tiancheng saw Zhang Qiyi lying down, he immediately stood next to him with a sword. No matter who it was, if anyone came even half a step closer to Zhang Qi, his ruling would definitely kill him immediately. During the day, he also gave Zhang Qiyi timely punishment. Seven powerful soul healing techniques, just to let him sleep more peacefully.
When the senior officials of Shuangshu Sect and Qianling Sect saw Zhang Qi lying down, they also knew that he was too tired, so they spontaneously took over the aftermath work, cleaning the battlefield and treating the wounded... There are many things to do in a war, but Zhang Qi doesn't need to worry about these things.
After sleeping for a day and a night, Zhang Qi woke up slowly, stretched out, his whole body was like popping beans, and he felt as refreshed as if he had drank ice water in the summer.
But the first thing he said when he woke up was: "Notify relevant personnel and gather in the council hall."
