He felt that doing so would give him back sight.

The sky was getting darker and darker, and it was no longer possible to see the other side's face from a distance of twenty meters. Both the attackers and the defenders can only roughly determine each other's identities from the direction———— the dragons coming from the north are the dragons, and the other is the lion.

A group of guards surrounded Liao Qiu and strode into the city. He stood sideways in a hidden position on the side of the street, holding a 35mm rifle in his hand, carefully checking whether the bullet was loaded, flat-ended the barrel, aiming at a locked black shadow at the end of the opposite street, and pulling the trigger hard.

"Bang!"

The gunshots rang out, and a stream of blood splattered out of the shadow's body. Judging from the vaguely recognizable part of the bullet, it should have hit the shoulder. This shot immediately triggered a strong sense of revenge from the lion defenders on the opposite side. With bursts of exclamations, a dense rain of arrows shot in the darkness, and a few dragon infantry who had no time to dodge were shot on the spot, but the opponent couldn't aim, and most of the damage was offset by the armor, although the injury was not serious.

Liao Qiu is a very special army commander. He likes to be on the front lines and not at the headquarters pointing at the map. Because the situation was unknown, he did not give the order to charge, but urged those behind to drag the infantry artillery up as soon as possible.

Half an hour later, a 75-mm gun finally arrived. The gunners buried the wheels of the gun mounts on both sides with sandbags, and then reinforced them with wood and stones removed from nearby houses, and quickly adjusted the orientation and angle, and the muzzle of the black hole pointed directly into the equally dark street opposite, and under the operation of the soldiers, with a loud sound that shocked the eardrums, suddenly erupted a dazzling orange-red fire.

"Rush over!"

The moment the shell exploded, Liao Qiu gave the order to charge almost at the same time. Hundreds of dragon infantry rushed past him, making sure that the street ahead was under their control, and the gunners pulled open their sandbags and pushed the heavy artillery slowly.

Liao Qiu walked forward slowly with his rifle in his hand, and from time to time looked vigilantly towards the houses on both sides. Today's battle was only superficial, and neither he nor the Heavenly Maniac had ever thought of fighting with the Leonin. There are too many constraints mainly due to the environment, especially at night, and it is difficult to inflict fatal damage on the leon defenders.

The front-line officers have all been systematically trained, and they are familiar with the entire battle plan, and Liao Qiu is not worried about this. Today's battle won't last long, and it will be over in half an hour at most. Wherever they advanced to the city, the vanguard had to withdraw to the safe area and await orders for the next phase.

As he walked past the side of a ruined house, Liao Qiu became suspicious of a location in the dark depths. He clenched the gun in his hand, squatted down quietly, and observed in that direction for nearly half a minute under the premise of safety cover, and finally determined that it was a lion archer hiding in the shadows and wanting to take advantage of the chaos to attack.

Raising the gun to aim at that position, looking for and roughly judging the target's head, Liao Qiu pulled the trigger when he was quite sure. The shadow couldn't even scream and fell backwards. Several guards jumped up from Liao Qiu's side with a "whoosh", and they broke into the house in an extremely violent way, lighting the torches they carried with them. Liao Qiu unhurriedly finished the bullet loading again, bent his waist, and came to the front with nimble steps.

The shot was accurate, and it hit the target right to the left of the head. The entire skull was blown away, white brains mixed with broken bones, and dark red blood flowed into the eye sockets. The bullet pierced through the skull like a rodent digging a channel, and a semicircular bullet hole appeared in the remaining bones.

Liao Qiu kicked the dead corpse, but his hands and feet were still twitching, and gave an order to the attendants in a calm tone: "Search the area that has been occupied, and don't miss any room." Throw a grenade when you are in an uncertain situation. Remember, killing one more Leonin now will make you less troublesome later. ”

The captain of the guard nodded, and quickly turned around, intending to go out and give orders to the others.

"Wait." Liao Qiu shouted to him: "Order all the troops that have not been put into battle to rest in place, and the front line will be handed over to the 12th Combat Regiment." ”

The captain of the guard was slightly stunned, but did not ask more, only nodded his head, and left immediately.

It is the duty of a soldier to obey orders.

This is the first precept of the Rock City Military Academy.

……

South of Fangs, the headquarters of the Lion Clan.

Shi Lie sat on a recliner with a thick cushion on his back, so that he could support his body and make his leg wounds more comfortable.

The room was small, and there were several commanders sitting around it. Shi Lie swept over them with a tired gaze: "Let's all talk about their thoughts!" How do you think this battle should be fought? ”

The officers looked at each other. After a moment of silence, one of the commanders sitting on Shi Lie's right stood up and bowed: "My lord, the dragon people give me a strange feeling. They clearly didn't attack with all their might today. ”

Shi Lie raised his eyelids and smiled self-deprecatingly: "It seems that I am not the only one who has such thoughts. ”

Since the topic was opened, the commander had no intention of blaming, and the others interjected one after another, expressing their opinions.

"The dragons' artillery is too fierce. Both in power and range, it surpassed the white Southerners. Our heavy ballistas could not pose a threat to them. ”

"They have a weapon that they can hold in their hands and explode when they throw it. In this way, the barricades we set up are ineffective, and the bow and arrow throws will not do much damage to them. There's no way around it, the dragons have an advantage in metal forging, and their armor is much stronger than ours. ”

"The muskets of the dragons are firing too fast. I've seen white people's guns in Suolongguan before, and although they are powerful, they are very troublesome to use. To fill gunpowder, to load buckshot, but also to tamp with a bar...... That's right, Tongjo! That's all I want to say! I saw that the dragons didn't use the strip after they fired, they didn't use anything like that. ”

Shi Lie raised his hand and made a downward pressing motion, and the room suddenly became quiet.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there is nothing wrong with what you say, but it is not the focus of attention." Shi Lie pondered his emotions for a moment, and let out a hoarse voice: "Actually, the performance of the dragon clan today is in line with my previous judgment———— they are not good at close combat, and they rely more on artillery. We have the advantage of being large in numbers and familiar with our surroundings. ”

"I have a plan." Shi Lie said, moved his body forward, and whispered his thoughtful intentions: "Draw your own elite warriors, as well as cavalry, and go out of the city from the south gate later tomorrow, hide yourself, and go around the north of the city at night to kill the artillery of the dragon people." ”

The Commanders couldn't help but nod their heads. It's a great idea, and it's very operable. has been suppressed in the city and cannot give full play to the strength advantage of his side. The Dragons could not be defeated during the day, because they had artillery, observation posts and scouts could detect the enemy's intentions in the first place, and their infantry and artillery could form a solid defensive line. At night, it was different, you couldn't see that far in the dark, and once you lost artillery support, the dragon army that entered the city became a turtle in an urn.

Today is the first engagement, and there is a familiar process with new opponents and new weapons. Now that the basics are clear, just wait until tomorrow night to start fighting back.

Shi Lie's face, which had been gloomy all day, finally showed a smile. That feeling of being in control of the big picture came back to me. After discussing everything that should be discussed, he said seriously: "It's almost dawn, and you are all tired, go back and rest!" Recharge your batteries, we'll ...... tomorrow night."

Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden sound of shouting and killing outside.

A herald hurriedly pushed the door in, knelt down on one knee in front of Shi Lie, and with a violent gasp, he said angrily: "Qiyu...... Lord Qiyu, Houying...... Those merchants...... They were in a mess. ”

"What did you say?" The crowd was stunned. Shi Lie immediately opened his mouth and said angrily: "Mess up? Those merchants? What exactly do they want to do? ”

The herald trembled in front of the angry commander: "I don't know the specific situation, but the people from the rear camp came to report and asked the lord to send troops to support immediately." ”

Many things that were previously incomprehensible were connected because of anger, and Shi Lie also developed a clear holistic view.

What big deals, what the princess regent invited to the celebration, all are deceptive lies.

The merchant's real intention was to act as an internal agent, flanking the dragons and capturing the city.

Yards! Lao Tzu shouldn't have believed them, he should have cut off the heads of all of them on the first day, and share the worries of the royal brother who was far away in Roaring City!

"Pass my orders!" Shi Lie, who figured out the cause and effect, was murderous: "The 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 51st, and 52nd World War Regiments turned around and attacked the rear camp with all their might, killing all the merchants!" ”

The herald took the order, stood up and turned to leave the room.

The commander sitting on Shi Lie's left hurriedly stepped forward and said, "My lord, this must be a conspiracy of the dragon clan. They have long calculated that we must strengthen the existing defenses, especially the streets due north. ”

Shi Lie nodded with a gloomy face, and was about to speak, when he suddenly heard a deafening loud noise from the north.

The dragons have fired!

……

Yaohui aimed at a leon soldier who was rushing at him with a knife raised, pulled the trigger, and the bullet drilled into the abdomen of his target, and the man flinched back sharply, as if he had been punched, and blood spurted from his mouth, and he fell screaming.

From Roaring City to Broken Gold City, more than 2,000 members of the "Shengxinglong" trading houses who received orders to retreat in order along the way exceeded 2,000. Yaohui received the signal and sent someone to sneak into the secret passage inside the city to get in touch with the native army outside the city.

This was the most important link in the attack plan of Tianmad and Liao Qiu———— they were not in a hurry to advance, and only used artillery to destroy the city walls north of Fangfang City, as well as all the towers. This process will continue throughout the day, especially as the loud explosions can drown out all movement underground.

If all goes well, the leonins will never know that more than five thousand dragon warriors have entered the city through the secret passages.

Little did they know that enough weapons to equip 3,000 men were brought in at the same time and quickly distributed in the back camp where the merchants had gathered.

By the early hours of the morning, the rear camp of Fangfang City was fully armed, and the total number of people who could participate in the battle, together with the servants and personal guards of the merchants, exceeded 20,000.

The Secret Passage is still in play, and more dragon warriors are entering the city, strengthening the counterattack in this area.

According to the original plan, entering Fangs City through the secret passage, the dragon warriors who attacked from the rear would not be less than 10,000.

A vigilant leo sentry disrupted the plan.

The entrance (and exit) of the secret passage is located in the middle of nowhere, in the merchant area, which is northeast of the camp. In order to hide people's eyes, Yaohui and Yude mobilized manpower to drag hundreds of carts full of goods here to form a tall "wall".

But this is not a real wall after all.

Scattered bonfires in the makeshift camp illuminate the figures. The leo sentry saw many strangers through the gap between the cart and the cargo. He remembered very well that the location was an empty room, and even if the merchant and his servants felt that it was more suitable to spend the night, they could move the bed to the next room, which could accommodate up to twenty people.

The outline of the door can be faintly seen, and the empty house is like a strange place in legends, and there are constantly shadowy crowds of people. The leo sentinel thought he was dazzled at first, but when he thought about it, he thought there was something wrong with it———— whether it was a merchant or a warrior, the long-handled battle axes and knives that were slanted on their backs were very conspicuous, but these distant figures did not have this characteristic. The black "long pole" protruding from its back has no appearance of a knife and axe, but is simply a simple "stick".

The Sentinel decided to go over and see what was going on. He was a little selfish, thinking that he could get a reward for reporting the problem, so he jumped directly through the stack of goods without consulting his companions, just as a group of dragon soldiers were coming out of the house.

Screaming, calling for help...... The poor sentry didn't even have time to turn around when he was impaled through the body from different directions by three daggers.

The sudden change disrupted the plan, Yaohui immediately made a decision, ordered his subordinates to release a fireworks signal, notified the dragon army in the north to attack, and led the warriors who had already walked out of the secret passage, plus the armed servants of the merchants, to kill directly out of the temporary camp.

The sun was rising over the horizon, and although the morning light was faint, it was enough for the warring sides to see their opponents' faces.

The bullet is shot into the inside of the human body and makes a muffled sound of "plopping". The neat platoon of guns completely overwhelmed the unprepared lionin people in terms of range and firepower. The guards arranged by Shi Lie on the periphery of the camp were dispersed, and the leading officer hurriedly sent people to ask the commander for help, and at the same time did his best to gather the soldiers to hold the position. But he underestimated the dragon warriors on the opposite side who were armed to the teeth, and dozens of people threw grenades together, and after the violent explosion, the lion people guarding the outpost suffered heavy casualties.

Yaohui led people to attack the south gate directly. He knew very well that this was the key to annihilating the Lion Clan defenders. As long as this position is firmly blocked, even if Shi Lie is the reincarnation of the God of War, there is no possibility of overturning the overall situation.