Therefore, the soldiers of the next two brigades will go to Xiandu City through the secret passage overnight to rescue the hostages of various families who have been placed under house arrest by the city lord's guard.

Of course, this is just my own assumption.

It's a pity that the mysterious 'Shadow Stream' martial arts hall owner, although not an ordinary person, has no secret passage for us to sneak into the city, so the task of rescuing the hostages does not need to be completed by Imperial soldiers.

Under the cover of the deep darkness of the night, I escorted His Excellency the General back to the camp safely.

And the owner of the 'Shadow Stream' Martial Arts Pavilion has agreed with Lord Svein for a time to act: dusk the next day.

Prior to this, he asked the soldiers of Noxus to launch an uninterrupted offensive to put pressure on the defenders of Xiandu City, and only when the appointed time for action arrived, did he move an elite force to the northeast corner of the city wall.

There, at present, there are two private soldiers of the Secret Empire, mixed with some insignificant small family miscellaneous soldiers, with the assistance of a small number of city guard soldiers.

Lord Svein, who returned to the temporary headquarters, looked at the sand table of Xiandu City, and his eyes kept flashing with the light of wisdom - the battle plan of the master of the 'Shadow Stream' was full of loopholes, but what the Lord needed was for them to complete those dark tasks, and how to attack the tall and strong city walls, even a grassroots officer of the empire, could be more organized than him.

Seize the little time before dawn to give the soldiers a hasty rest, and after the drums of war for the attack were sounded, I, who had been appointed as the leader of the detachment by the line of fire, led the soldiers who had something to do and looked in good spirits to the northeast battlefield of Xiandu City, according to the secret order I had just received from His Excellency the Great General, and on the surface, we would attack as the third echelon in the afternoon near dusk.

So my previous guess was wrong again, anything is possible in the tense situation of the war on the front, such as the tradition of not giving out awards in the middle of the night.

Throughout the morning, His Excellency devoted a great deal of force to the two walls to the west and south near the port, including the two legions of the second echelon of the fleet, which had only landed last night, to ensure that the pressure on the Ionians could be sustained.

At the same time, on the eastern side of the city wall, in the morning and at noon, a detachment of troops was also thrown in to carry out a diversionary attack on the enemy on the city wall.

This is due to the fact that the entire north side of Xiandu City is close to Mount Ioshen, and the steep mountain mass that stretches over it also affects part of the terrain to the east, making it impossible to deploy a larger force on this side.

Of course, there are two sides to everything, and it is precisely because of this that the main force of the city guards is not stationed on the northeast wall, and the huge private army is inevitably mixed with some allies of the empire.

On the battlefield, magic and arrows leaped continuously, and the heroic soldiers of the Empire fell reluctantly under the crossbows of weak enemies, and even if they occasionally rushed up, they could only hold on to the walls for a moment, because they could not get more support from their comrades, and were quickly repulsed by the Ionians, who had the advantage of numbers.

The battle was so brutal that I even wondered why His Excellency the General and the High Command were so eager to launch a new offensive without making any more siege preparations just after the landing.

Without sufficient intelligence, I certainly can't think better about the entire expeditionary strategy, and I just need to complete the assault mission later.

That was the most important plan I could know that would change the entire situation on the battlefield!

As dusk approached, the soldiers who had taken over at noon to continue the siege were exhausted and wounded, and they could no longer complete the task of attracting and pinning down the enemy at the head of the city.

Fortunately, the Ionian 'straw soldiers' who cowered behind the city walls were not much better than our soldiers, and the only trouble was that the combat experience of the 'straw soldiers' was constantly improving with the passage of time, and now there were few stupid people who stood upright on the city walls in the morning.

The battle flag was raised, and my detachment, having gained enough rest, entered the battlefield early.

The army is unpredictable, and I can clearly perceive the sense of relief in the eyes of the retreating Lovol Captain as he hands over the mission.

Looking up at the Ionian 'straw soldiers' who were busy organizing and preparing for war at the head of the city, it suddenly dawned on me that this ancient kingdom was at its most vulnerable before it woke up, and if this expedition could not be resolved quickly, by the time they had the courage to face the sacrifice, Noxus would have one more formidable adversary.

The drums of war are beating again, and my mission, unlike Captain Lovol, who drains the enemy's strength, is to completely deploy only two brigades of troops outside the not very wide walls, which will give the enemy a good opportunity to strike us, so I must find a way to preserve my strength before I get that signal.

I didn't go with the soldiers, because I needed a high point on the battlefield to command them.

Let his soldiers change into broad shields and slowly advance, just like when the Lovol detachment attacked before, just entered the range of the 'straw soldiers', and a wave of attacks that were neither accurate nor weak arrived.

The soldiers were ordered to stop here and raise their shields for defense, and then continue their advance until there were no more attacks at the head of the city.

After about ten paces or so, the Ionians launched another 'intimidating' attack after a panicked arrow appeared.

It was in our favor to consume time, and only when the soldiers at the head of the city stopped the attack with the officer's drink that my soldiers continued to advance calmly with their shields in their hands.

No one was killed, there were some unlucky guys with arrows stuck in their bodies, but they still gritted their teeth and insisted on attacking, and no one wanted to retreat under this soft attack.

Ten paces later, the Ionian attack came again, and because of the distance, their attack was much more accurate, and the valiant Noxian soldiers fell a few.

The horn of retreat sounded in time, and the soldiers who received the order began to cover each other, and retreated with all the wounded in an orderly manner.

There was a cheer in the city, so let them be happy at last.

Withdrawn for a short rest, everyone except for one or two seriously wounded who were unable to move continued to line up and attack the Ionians.

Every time they were attacked, they paused to defend, every time a soldier fell, they chose to retreat, and after each rest, only one or two seriously wounded were left to not participate in the attack.

The cheers from the city grew quieter, and the rookies finally understood that they were not the victors.

Subsequently, in order to inflict maximum damage on the Imperial soldiers, the 'straw soldiers', under the command of the officers, put our men at a distance where they could see their faces before attacking.

This time, I lost a squad of strength all at once, but I like this kind of 'student'.

The dusk was gradually coming to an end under the tug of war between the two sides, and I finally waited for the unreliable signal.

exchanged positions with the reluctant deputy Harrodson, and several seriously injured people who had just completed emergency rescue also silently got up and grabbed their swords to join the attack.

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, he led the soldiers who were at the peak of their fighting spirit to slowly approach the city wall according to the rhythm of the previous times, and under the inertial thinking, the Ionians still put us at the most effective killing distance before starting to attack.

In the first wave of arrows, someone fell.

But this time, the soldiers of the Empire no longer stopped defending, and there was no longer the retreat that the enemy imagined, and everyone was speeding up!

The gap between the two waves of arrows was longer than I expected, and it seemed that the Ionian commander needed more time to recover from the surprise.

So, we managed to come down with insignificant losses, stupid 'straw soldiers', and this will be the first lesson I teach them: it is up to you, not the enemy, to master the rhythm of battle.

A simple ladder was used at the top of the city, and the defending Ionian garrison was in an uproar.

The inexperienced enemy of Chengping was completely unable to detect that the detachments of the Imperial Legion that had undertaken the first two feints had twice the number of ladders at the head of the city than the number they carried.

These ladders, which were well hidden under the city, were the reason why the heroic Noxian soldiers were worth sacrificing!

Probably finally noticing the anomaly in the city, the Ionians on the city walls have been in chaos, and only scattered snipers cannot stop the elite soldiers of the Empire from entering the city.

One last step!

By the time I rolled over and rushed up the walls, the huge armor protecting the 'straw soldiers' had been completely torn off, and I had already crossed that line, so no one here could stop the runic greatsword in my hand.

More Imperial soldiers rushed up the walls and gathered at me, and a small fire was already burning in the far center of the city, which I suppose was the hostage-holding lord's mansion, and the cannibalistic Ionians on the walls confirmed my thoughts.

An embarrassed guy with a red stripe on his head was brought in front of him by the soldiers: "My lord! The city guards are still resisting, they are stronger, please save us......"

"A thick smell of death, senseless resistance."

Looking around, I already have two squadrons of troops, so it's time to show the power of Noxus: "Ha, soldiers, kill me!" ”

'Go Ahead'!

'Dance of Broken Wings'!

"My lord! My lord! It's your own people who tie the red stripe on your head! Big... People ......"

The only one who abandoned his weapons and knelt on the ground was not the enemy, and only the embarrassed guy who was powerless to point to the red stripe on his head was left on the city wall.

More Imperial soldiers rushed in all directions with the gap I had opened, and fires broke out in more parts of the city.

Although the families of the Fornication Empire were forced to go up the city walls by the city guards, no one could force them to strictly abide by the fire prevention regulations, so those ninjas who were used to operating in the shadows only needed to go to the shops agreed by these families to put a little spark according to the arrangement, and the flammable materials that had accumulated together could spread in an instant.

The tearing on the city walls and the fire that spread out in the city detonated the fear in the hearts of more family private soldiers.

The faint-hearted quietly lay down their weapons and slip away, the quick-witted ones turn around and attack the city guards, and the honest and loyal try to stop the well-armed Imperial army.

Until my runic greatsword cleaves open the gates, all of this no longer makes sense.

As night fell, the noisy city of Xiandu collapsed completely, like a sandcastle on the beach that was flooded by the tide.

"Noxians never hang out."

Above the city gates, Lord Svein's figure looked erratic in the light of the firelight, "You have shown enough strength that you can make your request to the Empire." ”

Wealth? Power? Equip?

Guarding Lord Svein, I was guessing in my mind the request of the guy who was used to standing in the shadows.

"No, Lord Svein, you misunderstood. I want something that I don't fake with others. ”

"Oh?!"

"Perhaps I have one thing in common with Lord Svein: we all need a chaotic Ionian ...... for our respective purposes"

I don't know if it's a delusion, but when the Lord of Shadow said this, I clearly felt the adult's killing intent flash, and then I found that the cunning creature left only that dim shadow in the shadows.

"Your Excellency's goal is Ionia, and my goal is to need Your Excellency to contain the power of the kingdom, and Shadow Flow is not an enemy of Noxus."