Chapter 254: The Bloody Battle in Front of the City Wall
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When you look at it from a distance, you don't feel anything, it feels like the river is quite calm, but when the boat walks to the middle of the river, you can feel the atmosphere between the troops.
The water around the boat suddenly began to become turbulent, and the sound of the water crashing suddenly began to be heard on the originally calm river, but the speed of the boat was obviously not fast, and where did the sound of the water come from.
Cheng Qian in front and Zhu Fengqi in the back also appeared at the bow of their respective boats at this time, their eyes staring at the water tightly, both paying attention to the movements underwater, but they were also powerless against the monsters under the water.
Li Xiangdong thought about it, and took out two glow sticks from the backpack behind him, which he specially prepared later, this kind of thing is generally sold in supermarkets or gift shops, and some little boys and girls like to bring them when they go to concerts.
As soon as he reached out, the glow stick lit up, and then Li Xiangdong raised his hand and threw the glow stick into the water.
The moment the glow stick entered the water, everyone finally saw what was under the surface of the water.
It turned out to be several large black fish more than one meter long, this kind of fish belongs to the cold-water freshwater fish, and it is a very fierce fish in the water, and it eats other fish and carrion for a living.
However, generally speaking, this thing can grow to twenty or thirty centimeters, which is already considered a big fish, but now these big black fish they see can be more than a meter long for any one. And the longest can even be two or three meters long, and it looks even more terrifying to appear under these ships at this time.
For glowsticks that are suddenly thrown into the water. These big black fish are obviously not prepared at all, don't look at the fierce nature of these fish, but that is also a time, when facing unknown creatures, of course they will also be afraid.
This shiny glow stick is a new thing that these fish have never seen before. Fear is inevitable, and even if these fish seem fierce and terrifying, they will scatter at this time.
Li Xiangdong saw that this trick actually worked. Immediately, he took out all those glow sticks one after another and threw them into the water one by one, which quickly dispersed the big fish.
Everyone present was relieved to see the fish disperse.
For the opposite castle. People are not afraid. Anyway, sooner or later, you have to attack it, and even if you find it out to the other party, there's nothing to worry about.
The three boats arrived on the opposite shore without danger and went ashore, because the journey was smooth, Cheng Qian didn't give everyone too much time to adjust, just let everyone sort out the equipment on their bodies, and then quickly led everyone to erase in the direction of the castle.
This meadow, which spreads to about fifty meters in front of the castle, is gone. Further on, there is a dense forest of thorns. And these thorns are extremely scary to look at.
They are all more than one meter tall can't be named, but the branches that grow out look particularly scary, shining silver, all distributed in a state of barbs, and some thorns have spots of blood on them.
And when you get closer, you can see that under the root system of those thorns, there are shining white bones, obviously I don't know how many animals are buried in this thorn forest.
These thorn forests are definitely not to be walked, but there are many roads in these thorn forests, and these roads just lead to the few gates of the contract.
But when they came to the edge of the thorn forest, they didn't try to go any further.
Cheng Qian waved his hand, and everyone naturally began to look for a suitable hiding place, and at this time, on the city wall in front, it was obvious that the guards inside had also discovered the movement here.
There was a shrill whistle on the city wall, and then many black shadows kept running on the city wall, looking like they were entering the battle position.
The other party's reaction was very fast, and there was no intention of temptation, and soon there was a sound of breaking wind in the air, and white feather bows and arrows flew towards them from the direction of the city wall.
And this time Cheng Qian and they were prepared, it stands to reason that the edge of the grassland here, and there are thorn forests in front of them, there is no suitable place to hide.
According to the description of the terrain of the battlefield in modern warfare, this is completely an open shooting area, and if a team enters such a field, it is a shooting toy for the enemy.
Moreover, at a distance of 50 meters, not only the power of hot weapons can be covered, but also cold weapons, from throwing guns, to bows and arrows, and even to hand axes, as long as the strength is strong enough, they can cause fatal damage at such a distance.
And last time Zhu Fengqi and the others were wiped out in this area, and looking at the tragic situation of those who went back alive, Li Xiangdong could guess with his ass that the other party's bow and arrow were definitely not so simple, and the arrows might have been coated with poison.
And the strength of the other party is also extraordinary, at least he saw several warriors, the wounds on their bodies are penetrating wounds, such a distance, can shoot bows and arrows that penetrate the enemy, and these opponents are wearing protective equipment, which shows the strength of these guys.
If they are unprepared this time like last time, then everyone's result will be no different from last time.
But the difference this time is that Cheng Qian came with everyone, and he also cast a spell and brought three strange ships, I have to say that the role of this ship is really extensive enough.
In the past, they could help everyone glide on the grass and even cross the treacherous river, but now these three boats are used by them as independent and reliable bunkers.
Hiding behind these three small boats, they didn't have to worry about the bows and arrows fired by each other.
Li Xiangdong took his team and hid under the ship, at the beginning, he was always worried, because this ship was conjured by Cheng Qian with a spell.
Such a means of change is for their Dharma cultivation world. It's commonplace, and for the natural world, it's called illusion.
And this illusion. One is the kind that deceives the human eye, and the other is the kind that really changes.
However, this real change will be divided into two kinds in the future, one is to rely on the changer's mana to exert mana, and rely on his mana to maintain the change, but this has a certain time limit. And when encountering an external force majeure strike, it will make this mana invalid quickly.
The other is by mana. Even the things with changes themselves have certain special properties, such as the three spells that Cheng Qian pinched in the palm of his hand before, at the beginning, Li Xiangdong thought that they were just the three most ordinary yellow paper spells.
But now he doesn't think so. The talisman paper used for those three spells. It's definitely not an ordinary material, but he doesn't know exactly what kind of material it is, but it is this kind of material that makes Cheng Qian's mana exert its maximum Cheng Dรน.
The three small boats that have been transformed are light and durable, and they have not had the slightest problem with being physically attacked by the other party. And there is a danger of disappearing quickly.
I don't know what material this boat is made of, it's very lightweight. Three people can stand it up with the bottom facing outwards, on the ground, and then everyone hides underneath.
The bows and arrows that flew out from behind the battlements of the city wall were all white feathered arrows about one meter long, and they were very powerful, and they landed on the bottom of the ship with a staggered crashing sound.
The force of each arrow was very large, and it shook the light boat back and forth, and Li Xiangdong was originally very worried about whether the opponent's arrow would penetrate the bottom of the boat.
However, after receiving more than a dozen arrows in a row, he breathed a sigh of relief, and at present, the opponent's bow and arrow have not yet broken the defense.
At this time, the originally ferocious arrow rain became sparse, and Li Xiangdong knew that this was a sign of the other party's exhaustion.
You must know that as an archer, after shooting a few arrows in a row, you generally have to take a break and shoot arrows, but it is not as easy as everyone thinks.
In ancient battlefields, archers generally used five arrows as a round, and after each five arrows, they would take a rest, or they would soon be exhausted.
If you shoot continuously, you will usually fall into a state of exhaustion after firing 10 or 15 arrows.
And the defenders in this castle, from the time they found them, have shot fifteen arrows in a row, which has already impressed Li Xiangdong very much.
Sure enough, it's not an ordinary monster, if this is a human being, maybe the arrows shot at this time have long been out of strength, but these guys, after shooting fifteen arrows, actually have some strength and can continue to shoot, which is enough to show that they are powerful.
But there was no time to think about him at all, Cheng Qian, who was hiding behind a boat on the other side, waved his hand, and immediately all the soldiers poked their heads out, and at this time the other party entered the time of adjustment, and it was just time for them to attack.
The rifles distributed this time are very complete, with all kinds of pendants, flashlights, low-light aiming systems, etc., so when fighting at night, their side is considered to have an advantage.
Li Xiangdong already had good eyesight, but at this time, with this low-light night vision equipment, he was even more powerful, and he could see any movement on the city wall fifty meters away.
The city wall is more than five meters high, resting in ancient times, this is the height standard of the city wall of a medium-sized state city, on the city wall, arrow buttresses, tooth towers are readily available.
Behind many of the arrow stacks, there were black shadows that were constantly rising and falling, and he could even see a face behind the hole in the arrow stack.
How to describe it? It was a hairy face, with a protruding nose and mouth that looked more like a bird's beak, and facial features that looked somewhat human-like, but with very obvious animal features.
Anyway, it looks very weird, and others may not be able to tell the difference, but Li Xiangdong knows at a glance that these are just goblins who have cultivated and can't all transform into human shapes, and they can't even be considered demon beasts, so it seems that they should be the cannon fodder at the bottom of the other party.
Li Xiangdong didn't think much about it at all, and when he saw the red dot in the scope and appeared in the eyebrows of that strange face, he naturally pulled the trigger.
With a crisp gunshot, the monster beast hiding behind the arrow stack fell to the ground......
With this gunshot as a signal, their side was gorgeously open, and there were short-burst gunshots everywhere.
I have to say that this group of people is really elite, although everyone gathered fire together, but no one shot indiscriminately, they all chose fast short point shooting.
Fifty meters away. Not to mention Li Xiangdong, even for this group of battle-hardened soldiers, it is just a trivial matter of sprinkling water.
The cold-armed archers who hid behind the stacks of arrows. Basically, they didn't wait for the opportunity to shoot in the second round, and they all fell to the ground quickly.
Even if they have the strength to fight again, their eyes are so good, but compared with these cold weapons and hot weapons, they have such a disadvantage. One can make thousands or hundreds of sets.
And it only takes three months to train a qualified soldier.
And in the era of cold weapons, you want to train a qualified archer. You don't have a few years to go, and you don't dream.
And when these archers meet soldiers with muskets, they can only die. After all, the speed of a hot weapon. and destructive power, which is completely beyond their cognition.
The large number of casualties was obviously not expected by the commander on the other side of the city wall, and a strange howl sounded from the top of the city wall, a little sad, and a little wailing.
At the same time, there was also a wail from behind the city wall, obviously this seemed to be the commanders on the top of the other city wall, and then transmitting some message to the back.
Soon Li Xiangdong saw from the scope that many tall and strong monsters appeared on the top of the wall. Each of these guys can be more than two meters tall, and the whole body looks. More like a muscle stick.
And the thing they launched also looks very simple, that is, a trebuchet in the shape of a building, and it seems that the other party is also forced to use heavy weapons.
As soon as he saw such a situation, Li Xiangdong secretly screamed badly, and after taking a closer look at those monsters, they appeared in the shape of human bodies with pig faces and fangs, but they looked like pigs' heads, which looked similar to the orcs in the game.
The large stone of more than 100 catties is as light as a glass marble to them, and a pig can easily put the huge stone ball on the catapult.
An exceptionally tall pig-headed monster standing on the left hand waved his hand violently, and the pig-headed monster behind it smashed down with a hammer, and the spreader of the catapult was suddenly picked up, and the huge stone was thrown into the air.
There was a sudden burst of meteor showers overhead, both Li Xiangdong and Cheng Qian felt very scared, if they were injured by such a big stone, they would definitely be smashed into flesh.
Even if they cultivated to their level, everyone didn't want to suffer like this.
But fortunately, these pig-headed monsters didn't seem to know how to aim, or their first round was just for correction, so this round of stone rain flew directly over their heads.
But before they could wipe the cold sweat off their foreheads, the second round of stone rain flew over, fortunately this round also hit their heads, but this time the range of those stones landed was much closer to them than the first time.
Obviously, the other party is constantly correcting their shooting reserves, and they must not be allowed to continue, otherwise everyone will be unlucky.
Cheng Qian waved his hand, and the team members gathered fire again, this time everyone's firepower was much faster than the first time, and the short point shot was fast.
The power of the Type 95 5.8 mm caliber bullet is not small, but it is still a little more powerful than the 5.56 caliber NATO bullet used by NATO.
But that's for humans, and the half-orcs standing on the opposite wall are rough-skinned and thick-skinned, and they're wild boars, and you must know that the ancestors of these things were in the mountains and forests, but the tigers had to make a detour when they saw each other.
The skin is rough and the flesh is very thick, and it is ruthless, and even the big trees can be broken, plus the sticky juice of the trees that usually like to rub on the trees, and the sticky juice of the trees is sticky all over the body, and when you roll in the mud pond, you will naturally have a layer of armor on your body, so the protection ability is extremely strong.
And these disciples and grandchildren of wild boars have obviously inherited the characteristics of their ancestors, although they have transformed into human pig heads, but the characteristics of rough skin and thick flesh have also been inherited.
In addition, each of these pig-headed monsters is a goblin who has been cultivating for hundreds of years, so this outer skin has been cultivated to the extreme realm of the golden bell jar and the iron cloth shirt.
A 5.8 caliber bullet hits, at best, it just shocks the opponent back a few steps, and if you want to directly break through the thick skin of the opponent, there is no hope.
Seeing that the opponent was unscathed and was about to prepare for the third round of shooting, Li Xiangdong was so anxious that he snatched a big sniper from the sniper next to him.
This big sniper is not a big sniper in the ordinary sense, but a so-called anti-materiel sniper rifle, which is generally a sharp weapon for infantry against armored vehicles, or helicopters, and even light tanks.
The 12.7 mm caliber bullet is the size of a carrot, which is one of the big killers specially arranged by Cheng Qian for this operation.
This gun is generally fired from the shoulder, after all, the caliber is too large, and the recoil is also hit, but Li Xiangdong is good, and he directly holds it in his arms like an ordinary sniper rifle and fires it.
And looking at him as if he didn't aim at all, after a muffled 'bang', everyone saw the big pig-headed monster standing at the head of the city, on the left hand side, and a large hole in his chest suddenly appeared in front and back.
No matter how good you cultivate, can you really cultivate this skin to be thicker than a tank? This anti-materiel rifle can even be beaten down by a helicopter, not to mention you half-cultivated pig-headed monsters?
The pig-headed monster looked at the big hole in his chest as if it was in disbelief, and after the last scream, he planted it directly on the wall.
The death of the leader of the pig-headed monster brought a very powerful shock to those other pig-headed monsters, and even a little chaotic.
Cheng Qian saw that the time had come, and hurriedly waved his hand...... (To be continued......)