The crazy torrent of siege suddenly stopped, just like the pause button of an intense movie was suddenly pressed. This scene was indescribably weird.
The scout hurried forward and reported everything he saw in a trembling voice. His words were broken and broken. Zhang Qi found it difficult to listen. It was not far anyway, so he might as well just ride forward.
After crowding out the crowd, there were several layers of thick shields in front of him. When he walked out and took a look, even he was surprised. No wonder the scout reacted like that.
It turns out that at some point, the bridge leading to the palace was destroyed. Although the river is not wide, it is definitely not humanly possible to jump across, let alone a shield battle that is difficult to move, and the guards across the river However, human beings suffered heavy losses, so they had to retreat temporarily with shields on their backs.
This was beyond everyone's expectation. No one expected that the other party would demolish the bridge. This approach was too spiritual.
Both sides withdraw from the attack range and remain in a stalemate.
Back at the camp, the relevant leaders of each war zone were summoned for a meeting to discuss. Some people suggested that they wait until they run out of food and then rush out to wait for work. However, if you consider that these guards have stayed in an inexplicable space for tens of millions of years, Knowing that they all starve to death, these guards will not die.
Old Bulla suggested: "How about we build a bridge, but we don't need to build it like we usually do, just build a bridge that is passable by ordinary people."
Zhang Qi shook his head. If this method was feasible, he would have proposed it long ago. The problem is that the people standing on the opposite side are all bow and arrow guards. Even a shield battle cannot withstand their damage, let alone those civilians who are building bridges. It can only increase casualties, and if the bridge is too simple, it may not be able to withstand those heavy shield battles.
At this time, Gongsun Gong stood up and said: "I have an idea. My Gongsun family is engaged in the logistics industry. At that time, when we were transporting bulk goods in Biqi, we encountered the problem of manpower. Of course, one of my housekeepers He gave me an idea, which was to use the moat for water transportation. In this way, transportation between the four city gates of the southeast and northwest would be much more convenient. At that time, I thought it was feasible, so I sent him to inspect the moat carefully, and found that this The river under the river extends in all directions, and is also connected to the big river outside the city. The river outside the imperial city is also its tributary, and there is only one tributary..."
When Gongsun Gong said this, Zhang Qi suddenly woke up and continued what he said: "Senior Gongsun, do you mean that we block the entrance of this river? Judging from the width of this river, it will take up to half a day to block this river." It will dry up, and if we use catapults to throw stones and other objects from a distance, the river can be completely turned into a flat road."
Gongsun Gong smiled in admiration and said: "Your Majesty is really smart. The little old man understood it as soon as he said it. But the little old man only thought of cutting off the water source, but did not think of using a catapult to fill the river. The little old man admired it."
Zhang Qi smiled politely, and then said: "This idea is indeed good, but there are two problems in it. One is that since the moat is so big and the river channel is so wide, plus the big river connecting the outer city, once we If this tributary is blocked, the pressure on the blockage must be extremely high. Whether it can be held up is a question. Even if it can be held up, the time may be limited. Secondly, once the blockage is broken through and the estuary here is blocked, wouldn't it be The entire inner city is in danger of being flooded, and the damage would be too great.”
Shangguan Yun said: "Your Majesty is compassionate and merciful, and it is still Mafa's blessing. But those who achieve great things do not stick to trivial matters. Even if Biqi is damaged, once humans seize the initiative, it will not be difficult to rebuild Biqi. I believe everyone can do this." Understand, as for the river water problem outside the city, we only need to mobilize all non-participating civilians to join the river dredging operation. With our huge manpower, even if one person has a spoon, even if we cannot avoid the danger of blocking the river, at least we can greatly extend the time. We are confident that we can capture the Imperial City within this period of time.”
Shangguan Yun's words are deeply in line with Zhang Qi's meaning. In fact, Zhang Qi has also thought about what he said. However, if he said it, it would show that he is not benevolent and righteous. He is even suspected of being eager for quick success and wasting money and wasting money. But Shangguan Yun Saying this, it actually achieved Zhang Qi's noble character.
"Since all the gentlemen have this intention, if Gu Ruo objects, he will go his own way." Zhang Qi sighed, then straightened his expression, stood up and said: "Everyone, listen to the order!"
"Gongsun Gong led a team to quickly go outside the city to arrange matters to block the river mouth."
"Yes!" Gongsun Gong took the order and came out.
"Liu Xiaosan, you quickly mobilize the people in charge of each area and ask the nearby people to bring water supplies nearby, either to divert water or to dig, and do your best to delay the impact of the river mouth."
"Yes!" Liu Xiaosan also took the order and came out.
"Leader Jin, quickly mobilize the catapults. Once the river starts to be blocked over there, prepare to fill the river immediately."
"Yes!" Leader Jin took the order and came out.
"Everyone else listens to my order and will attack the city with all their strength once the passage is through."
"yes……"
The war machine started turning again. After all, it was Zhang Qi who had planned everything and was fully prepared. The person in charge of the division was already on standby. Once the order was launched, all civilians who could move began to attack the river water. Gongsun Gong drew the water channel according to the last time. Picture, personally point out a few key blockages and prepare to block the river.
The civilians were powerless and had something to offer. In order to block the river, many people even tore down the bed boards and doors of their homes. Some people even wrapped themselves in quilts. The so-called unity of all people is probably the best. Portrait.
Time passed little by little. Zhang Qi watched the river water getting shallower little by little. When he could see the river bed underneath, he waved his hand, and the trebuchet roared up, and sandbags, stones, and wooden boards were thrown indiscriminately. Fortunately, the target this time was the river bed. Without such high accuracy, the river surface was quickly filled up.
In order to spread the strength of the guards and reduce casualties, Zhang Qi ordered the catapults to be thrown at several points. This formed several "passage points" and still divided the legion into several places. Once an attack was launched, it was equivalent to widening the road.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Zhang Qi shouted: "Kill!"
The real life and death fight has just begun!
The shield warriors carried thick shields and pushed forward quickly under the joint efforts of the two people. Although they lost the advantage of the city wall and distance, the power of the bows and arrows was also enhanced at close range. Before they reached the other side, the shield warriors in front were almost All fell under the temporary bridge, and their bodies and shields were filled in to form a new "bridge".
The subsequent shield battles were not deterred by what they saw in front of them. Instead, the blood and lives of their comrades inspired their determination to die. In these shield battles, life and death certificates were signed long before the siege was deployed, and they became part of the death squads. members, once they die in battle, the guild will be responsible for the future livelihood security of their families. The guarantor is the boss of the guild, so they have no worries, so they have been prepared to die.
Stepping on the corpses of their comrades, they shouted slogans of freedom, staring ahead with their blood-red eyes, using all their strength to push the huge shield forward. For them, every extra force means more. In a second, thousands of warriors around him might have a little more hope of survival. Even if a powerful arrow is inserted into their chest, as long as they still have breath, they will never stop moving forward.
One batch, two batches, three batches...
As batch after batch of shield warriors fell, their blood had already dyed this waterless river red, and each identity had no less than two sharp arrows stuck in it. Finally...
Finally, we reached the attack distance of human mages. The hands of the mage group at the front were all sweaty. They had been preparing to sing their most powerful magic. As soon as they reached the distance, a group of ice roared from the sky like June flying. Snow, even in the hottest August, can make people’s hair stand on end.
Under the full attack of magic, the ice magic made the actions of the bow and arrow guards become a bit stiff, and the lightning magic made their vitality drop rapidly. Their first reaction was to fight back. Since you can hit me, the attack distance is advantageous. The guards could naturally hit them, so they began to counterattack the mages behind them.
The bodies of mages are the most fragile. In order to ensure the strongest attack effect of magic, their defensive equipment is the most fragile. A round of counterattack by the bow and arrow guards caused almost all mages to be killed on the spot with one arrow. Humanity once again suffered heavy losses. But this is valuable, because it is precisely because the mage used his life to divert the guard's attack power that the sword warrior hiding behind the shield in front jumped up, rushed over with an arrow, and rushed straight into the guard formation. The most primitive hand-to-hand bloody battle was launched.
These warriors who act as the vanguard are the most courageous and skilled warriors in each guild. They naturally have very rich experience in cutting into long-range archers. They know very well that shield fighting and the life of the mage buy them precious time. When they rush into the guard At the moment of formation, their knives launched the most brutal attack without reservation.
The reason why the word "tragic" is used here is because these soldiers completely gave up any possibility of defense. Any return to defense means the death of several, a dozen or even hundreds of comrades. Therefore, even if they look at it, When a sharp arrow hits their chests, they will not make any dodge movements, but use all their strength to use the strongest move in their lives.
Zhan Gan's madness finally tore open the originally airtight defense of the guard. Like a leaky boat, Zhan Gan continued to pour in from this hole. As more warriors joined, the long-range guards guarded by bows and arrows The advantages have gradually been lost, and Taoist priests have begun to play their irreplaceable role.
Their summoned beasts stand in front of the mage, minimizing the mage's casualties, which is equivalent to ensuring the existence of the strongest output point of mankind. On the other hand, they join the front line of the battle, using flexible movement to roam around various places. After the shield battle, they continued to cast poison spells on the guards on the battlefield and cast healing spells on the injured warriors. However, they were the most dangerous group of people because they were neither as strong as warriors nor as powerful as mages. Hiding far behind, if one is not careful, one arrow can kill them on the battlefield, but it is their presence that increases the efficiency of the battle countless times.
However, bow guards are not the same as human mages. They have the advantage of long-range attacks, but it does not mean that they have the disadvantage of melee combat. It is also unknown what materials their armor is made of. Several melee attacks cannot kill them with all their strength. The loss of a guard is not at the same level as the bow and arrow guards that Yuanmen hired with a lot of money. When he saw this, Zhang Qi couldn't help but sigh that this imperial city is really dark. The price of hiring guards is so high, but it is still Defective goods.
The guards are very powerful, and humans often have to pay several, or even dozens of lives, to kill a guard. For humans who have an absolute advantage in numbers, this is already the best outcome.
Although the Corpse King is extremely powerful, it is not as flexible as humans. For example, they cannot raise a shield, protect, or shoot. Therefore, I have not seen the Corpse King before. However, once you enter this kind of situation, In hand-to-hand combat, it's time for them to show off their power.
Zhang Qi pointed his hand, and the row of corpse kings behind him suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the guards crazily.
The soldiers unexpectedly discovered that these frightening ugly murderers now not only looked ugly, but also very cute. Their huge bodies gave them the greatest sense of security, and their pairs of sharp claws were like cakes. Tempting.
There is no word of fear in the mind of the Corpse King. Facing powerful bow and arrow guards is no different from facing humans. With Zhang Qi's killing order, they launch the strongest attack on the guard. With one claw, they will directly kill a guard. Knocking out most of the life force, some even more exaggeratedly grabbing people's heads directly. As Zhang Qi's level rose to forty-two, the corpse king's combat power was no longer what it was at thirty-seven, and had doubled. More than anything.
Perhaps the guards sensed the terrifying combat power of the Corpse King, or perhaps it was their natural instinct to deal with monsters. The bow and arrow guards immediately focused on the Corpse King, and fired a volley of bows and arrows at them. The Corpse King would not dodge, even if he could. , they are not able to avoid bows and arrows so fast. You must know that even if some of the bow and arrow guards died before, there are still thousands of fresh troops. This round of volleys came down, and every one of the corpse kings in the front row He was hit by at least hundreds of arrows and killed on the spot.
But at the same time, the Corpse Kings bought a bit of free time for humans. Humanity's collective attack once again severely damaged the guard army. When the guards came back to their senses and launched an attack on humans, the last batch of Corpse Kings stepped on the corpses in front. The king's corpse charged again, only to fall into the same cycle as before.
Although these two rounds of guards suffered heavy losses, humans can only activate this mode once, or the "cooling" time is very long, because it takes a long time to summon all the corpse kings again during the day, and During this period of time, humans need to fight for it with their lives. For humans, these two rounds of attacks have collapsed the invincible image of the guards in their minds. They do not retreat and fight back, but instead expand the results again and again.
As soon as the time came, as the daytime summons ended, the second wave of zombie king attacks launched again. With the experience of the previous time, the human attack efficiency doubled again. This time, more guards were captured than the last time. For a time, the scene was full of The battle directly reaches its climax.
Suddenly, a strange whistle came from deep inside the palace. The guards with bows and arrows who had just been fighting to the death retreated like a tide. This behavior was very abnormal. In any case, it was impossible for the guards to retreat. This was theirs. The only fate is to die here, there is no option to retreat.
The red-eyed humans didn't think so, and chased after them like crazy. The so-called defeat was like this, but things were not always as beautiful as people thought. Just when humans rushed to the dynasty When the last line of defense was in the Palace Square in front of the palace, a man who made everyone dumbfounded appeared.
Or forcibly give it another word. To be more precise, it should be a group of people.
The number of people in this group was not large. At first glance, there were about a hundred people, but these few hundred people were like a magic spell that stopped everyone's progress.
These people have uniform uniforms and even names, and they have names that everyone knows - the Broadsword Guards.
