Chapter 44: The so-called weakness
In the face of the army that rushed to kill the Shura Gate, Zhang Fan's face was also a little strict, and the player's army was no more difficult to deal with than the previous NPCs.
After the killing of the White Horse Yicong, nearly half of the Shadow Demon's 30,000 army suffered casualties, and only about 16,000 people remained, and this number was 8 times the number of troops Zhang Fan now had!
8 times the superiority of troops, that is absolute suppression!
But fortunately, the Shadow Demon's army of archers has been wiped out, lacking long-range strike strength, if his army of archers is still there, although Zhang Fan's army of 2,000 is fully equipped, I am afraid it will be difficult to survive under the rain of arrows!
Zhou Siyuan invisibly did Zhang Fan a big favor, giving him a glimmer of hope of winning in such a situation!
There are indeed a lot of Shadow Demon soldiers, and none of them are militia and strong.
Zhang Fan's side is better than many generals, although there is only one famous general, Zhou Cang, but ordinary generals have Sun Li, Yang Lin, and Wu Press, and Yanyang also has the power to fight, which is completely incomparable to the shadow demon in terms of high-end combat effectiveness!
Tie Bi sighed, although Liu Yi had surrendered, he was too seriously injured to join the battle for a while, otherwise he would be a good helper with his art of war skills.
The two sides quickly approached, and at the forefront of the battle was the Shadow Demon Saber and Axeman, who danced wildly with short swords and axes in their hands, and their momentum was wild.
The Axeman's weapons are shorter, more agile to wield, and faster to attack, giving him an advantage in melee combat that no other class can match, but there is no way to deal with a militia that is already armed to the teeth.
The sound of "clanging" was endless, and they couldn't break through the protection of the hundred steel shields in the hands of the militiamen, although the speed of the weapons in their hands was fast, but except for some noise, they couldn't cause damage at all!
With the attack power of the axeman, there is no way to break through the militiamen's defense of up to 10 points!
"Axeman, Crazy Strike!" The Shadow Demon couldn't stand it, his soldiers were slashing at the shield like a bunch of fools, unable to deal damage effectively, and morale would definitely drop in the long run!
Each regular class has class perks, such as pikemen's lunges, cavalry charges, shield infantry shield defenses, etc., and the axeman's class perk is "Crazy Strike"!
Crazy Strike: Attack +2, Attack Speed +1, Lasts 3 attacks, cooldown for half an hour.
"Drink!" The weapons in their hands were danced like a windmill by the sword and axe, and they smashed down the shield in front of them with the sound of whirring through the air, they had absolute confidence, with the blessing of the crazy blow, these turtle shells would definitely not be able to resist their attacks!
However, before they could be happy, the shield that could not be touched by the lightning before meeting actually moved a little to the side, revealing a small gap between the shields.
A dark shadow burst out of this crack and pierced their chests under their stunned gaze!
The weapons in their hands fell into the dust, and the sword and axe hands looked blankly at their chests and at the jet-black spear.
At the critical moment, it was the few pikemen left in the iron wall who made a meritorious contribution and instantly launched the stabbing skill, killing and injuring these sword and axe men!
Following the 500 shield-wielding militia, Zhang Fan's five other troops also walked out of the woods one by one, Zhang Fan and they are all rich now, these soldiers each have an iron armor, and the survivability of the battlefield has skyrocketed.
In the inventory field, Zhang Fan now has 500 shield-wielding militiamen, 10 robbers, 140 bandits, 120 intermediate archers, 20 shield infantry, 300 crossbowmen, and the rest are all militiamen, with a total of 1,960 people, less than 2,000!
"Sure enough!" The Shadow Demon looked at it carefully for a while, and it was already clear in his heart, it seemed that the information was indeed true, and there were indeed not many troops in the turmoil!
At that moment, he was no longer afraid, and sounded the horn of the general attack, and all 16,000 troops were sent by him, vowing to surround and annihilate Zhang Fan!
It was naturally easy for 16,000 people to surround an army of less than 2,000 people, but Zhang Fan, who was besieged by the regiments, did not have any fear, and his bow and arrow skills were launched indiscriminately, setting off a bloody storm again.
"Damn it!" Seeing that the archers of more than 100 people on the other side actually killed five or six hundred of their own people at one time, and their own soldiers did not even break through the outermost shield array, the shadow demon jumped to his feet and cursed in a hurry, but he was helpless.
Zhou Cang, Sun Li, Wu Press, and Yang Lin patrolled around the formation, and when they saw which side was in danger of being broken through, they would support that side, and where were the ordinary soldiers of the Shadow Demon Army the opponents of these people, they all hated on the spot.
There was a deep sense of powerlessness in the Shadow Demon's heart, these incomparably hard shields were like reckless mountains in his eyes, unattainable, and indestructible!
Looking at the four generals rushing back and forth in the shield array, his eyes revealed a deep envy, at this stage, all players are busy accumulating troops, and Fengyun Chao actually has these generals with troops that even he can't hope for?
This army of less than 2,000 people actually has an invincible defensive force, standing tall under the crazy offensive of its own army, and can even make counterattacks to inflict effective damage!
Zhou Siyuan looked at the chaotic battle situation in front of him, and sneered on his face, if he wanted to break through the shield array without long-range firepower, it would be impossible without paying huge casualties!
In this battle, it turned out that the side with a huge disadvantage in numbers occupied the absolute initiative, which was unimaginable!
The shield militia blocked the enemy army from the formation, Zhang Fan's archers could output arbitrarily, although the number was scarce, but the victory was strong in attack, and the army of shadow demons was suppressed for a while, and the attack power of the intermediate archer team increased dramatically under the blessing of Zhou Cang's attributes, and they could often kill two or three enemies with an arrow, and the soldiers who died under the arrows were already innumerable, and this number was still increasing rapidly.
The Shadow Demon finally couldn't sit still, he didn't expect that a mere 2,000 centaurs would be able to burst out with such combat power, if he didn't break through the shield array, he would definitely suffer heavy losses in this battle!
The loss of long-range attack power made him only take strong offensive means, but now it seems that the opponent's defense line is impregnable, and it is difficult to break through, and the longer it drags on, the more advantageous the side with strong long-range firepower is!
"It can't go on like this! It's good to make a breakthrough in a hurry! He frowned and looked into the battlefield, carefully looking for the weak point of the shield array, wanting to concentrate his superior forces to break it in one fell swoop and end the confrontation that made people worry.
Zhang Fan's shield array is arranged very rigorously, the shield-wielding militia is separated from each other by a short distance, in a circle to protect the entire team in it, they only need to be responsible for defense, and the attack is completed by the soldiers behind them, and the four NPC generals and Yanyang are wandering around, and they are also constantly attacking, which can be described as both offensive and defensive, and can be found seamlessly.
The Shadow Demon's brows furrowed tighter and tighter, his eyes wandered around, and finally stopped at a corner on the east side of the shield array, which was guarded by black pressure, and his strength was undoubtedly the lowest among several generals, but now he was barely holding it, as long as he increased his offensive again, he could immediately tear through his defense!
And unlike other places, there were not many troops guarding this corner, and there were hundreds of people standing far behind the shield-wielding militia, who were unarmed, just watching the others fight, and had no intention of going up to help.
Seeing this, the Shadow Demon was overjoyed, and secretly thought in his heart: "I thought I was really rich, but there are still hundreds of soldiers who are not equipped with weapons?" β
In just an instant, he had already decided that if he wanted to break through the shield array, it was easiest to go from this direction!
Just about to issue an attack order, the Shadow Demon suddenly rolled his eyes, calculated his heart, and deliberately shouted: "The whole army is assaulting, it is not NPCs who are responsible for guarding the south, it should be better to deal with it, step up the attack, and be sure to break through in one fell swoop!" β
After shouting this, he whispered to the team members around him, asking them to secretly concentrate their superior forces to the east of the shield array, and listen to his order to explode instantly!
It was Yanyang who was responsible for guarding the south, he smiled coldly when he heard the words of the Shadow Demon, and the frequency of attacks under his hands became faster, he wanted to teach the leader of the Shura Gate this time: It's not only NPCs who are good at fighting!
He is hot and sunny, and he is not inferior to anyone!
The massive experience gained after breaking through the Tianshan Mountains has allowed him to improve to level 20 Cheng DΓΉ, his attributes have been greatly improved, and his strength has reached a height of 46 points, although it is still not as good as Zhou Cang, but compared to several other NPC generals, he still has some wins!
Zhou Cang is of the same level as him, but all attributes are much higher, this is the strength of the famous general!
Zhou Cang: Level 20 (from Pinglu County, Shanxi Province, brave and abnormal)
Force: 75
Strategy: 28
Dominion: 60
Special Class: Robber (infantry, looting for a living, has a chance to get the opponent's money, weapons, books, etc. when attacking)
Heads-up before the battle:
Tiangang Knife Method (Normal Move)
False stabbing (deceiving the other party with moves, a fatal surprise stab)
Powerful Strike (infused with strong power to defeat the enemy with one sword)
Fish Death Net Breaking (Crazy Knife Technique of Exchanging Life for Life)
Battlefield Skills:
Stuffy Stick (Stuns an enemy soldier for 5 seconds, cooldown 60 minutes)
75 points of force and 60 points of domination allow him to add a full 5 points of attack power to his subordinates, which means that Zhang Fan's intermediate archers can reach 7-11 attack power under his bonus, which is about three times that of ordinary intermediate archers, and it is no wonder that the damage caused can be so terrifying!
Yang Lin's level is slightly lower, only level 16, and his attributes are:
Yang Lin (Bandit Leader)
Force: 46
Gambit: 27
Domination: 36
Heads-up before the battle:
Meteor Knife Technique: (Extremely fast knife technique, to quickly break ten thousand methods)
Drag knife slash: (pretend to lure the enemy, seek the opportunity to kill with a knife)
Good at class: Bandits! (Lead the Bandit +1 Attack, Morale +1)
Sun Li and Wu pressure returned late, and the level was relatively low, but Sun Li's initial attributes were one line higher than Yang Lin's, and now the strength can be said to be almost the same, but the Wu pressure has not exceeded 40 so far, and it is the weakest link among several people.
Although his strength is weak, he feels good about himself, and he has always thought that among several people, only General Zhou Cang Zhou is a little stronger than him, and the rest of the people are inferior to him, and he thinks that he is the smartest and most strategic person among all the generals, and his future prospects are limitless!
Wu's mouth is comparable to an artifact, and he has tried and tested, so no one wants to fight with him about this, just let it go, and there is nothing to lose anyway.
He didn't know what was going on, he thought he was supposed to be like this, and he always regarded himself as the second child on weekdays, showing off his might.
Under the command of the Shadow Demon, Zhang Fan's pressure gradually increased, after all, the Shura Gate had a numerical advantage, and under such a crazy attack, no matter how strong the defense was, I am afraid that it would not last!
The shield-wielding militia on the periphery gradually began to suffer casualties, and they had to face two or three people at the same time, and they could not defend the front but not the side, and although they had iron armor on their bodies, they could not block the swords and axes, and from time to time some people fell with hatred.
Zhou Cang's strong force no one dares to provoke, the place he is responsible for the shadow demon only does feints to contain it, there is no danger, but the battle on Yanyang's side is much more intense, one after another the soldiers of the Shadow Rubik's Cube go forward one after another, and rush over frantically, the three-pointed two-edged knife in Yanyang's hand has not known how many people's blood has been stained, I don't know how many people's heads have been cut off!
The cavalry under his command has been wiped out, and some of the remaining militiamen have also picked up shields, and it is the militia under Zhang Fan who is responsible for assisting him in defense, these people are led by Zhou Cang, and their attack power has increased significantly, and their strength has increased by three or four times, ordinary soldiers can't stop their attacks at all, and it is not so easy for the Shadow Demon to break through from here for a while!
Zhang Fan's archers are constantly pouring arrows, and he has enough arrows that he doesn't need to think about running out of ammunition, and can kill without worry.
From the beginning of the battle to the present, they have only suffered more than 100 shield-wielding militias, and the Shadow Demon has lost three or four thousand lives for this, and it seems that they are all developing on a good level!
"You won't be happy for long!" The Shadow Demon's face was sneering, just now, all the elite soldiers under his command had secretly moved to the east of the black pressure defense, these soldiers included almost every class except for the cavalry, and they were all upgraded intermediate troops, and their combat effectiveness was amazing, and the number was as many as a thousand people!
These 1,000 people are almost the entire belongings of the Shadow Demon, 1,000 intermediate troops, and the lethality of the explosion is enough to tear a gap in an instant, and not far behind them, the 1,500-person cavalry brigade of the Shadow Demon that has not been used until now is also sharpening its knives, wanting to show its might!
No matter at any time, cavalry is an important strategic weapon, they have the speed of the wind and fierce explosive power, an elite cavalry team is enough to determine the success or failure of the battle, they are the darlings of war, is to lay the solid foundation of victory!
At the time of the battle between the mouth of the canyon and the White Horse Yicong, these cavalry were at the rear of the army, so they still maintained a complete formation, and now they are waiting for the 1,000 intermediate troops to tear apart the shield formation, so that they can charge in and kill in all directions!
The number is clearly there, and no matter how strong the infantry team of 2,000 people is, it will not be able to resist the crazy charge of 1,500 cavalry!
Victory seemed to be in front of him, the smile on the shadow demon's face became even stronger, and at the same time he laughed at the same time as Zhou Siyuan, who was standing not far away, he heard the shadow demon's self-righteous "exquisite arrangement", and then looked at the field, when he saw those hundreds of soldiers who seemed to be unarmed, he couldn't help but tremble all over, as if he saw a dormant peerless beast!
He thought, he had finally found the team he had been looking for for a long time!
That team that made him instantly give up attacking the Tianshan camp!
These are the people who let him run away!