Chapter Fifty-Four—A Tricky Attack
As the dawn appeared, Sun Hao immediately ordered the crossbowmen, who were already ready to go, to mount the raging flames in the brazier, burning the fibers at the tips of the arrow clusters, and then directly striking at the spider silk that was about to form a spider web. They all knew that the flaming arrows posed the greatest threat to these soft, smooth silks, and were able to limit and hinder the spider troops' riders from climbing the city to the greatest extent.
Three thousand arrows wrapped in flames were shot down from the city tower, and the abilities of the crossbowmen of the Qi Kingdom were all very good, not to mention that they were now facing a very vast "enemy", and it was easy to shoot this kind of cobwebs that had begun to converge.
Although the silk condensed into a very effective cobweb in the same place, the counterattack made by the castle was very good, and the arrows carrying the flames were pouring down from the castle tower almost immediately.
At such a distance, the flame arrows are not easily affected by the surrounding winds when they are flying in mid-air, and they are more powerful when they fall vertically.
The flames tumbled on the webs that were about to take shape, and there were only five or six of the dark spiders in the spider troops that were the first to reach the city walls, and the rest of the spider troops had not yet fully gathered. Arrows of flame poured down, interacting with each other in the webs, eventually igniting a fire that bloomed like a lotus flower.
The flames burned on the web, which had not yet fully formed, and the Dark Legion humanoid soldiers who were about to ascend the webs were not yet fully seated, and the flames were already burning above, and the humanoid soldiers who had already stepped on the webs fell from mid-air to the ground as the webs broke.
Feng Yuchong, who was hidden in the darkness and did not make a move for the time being, he silently watched the situation inside and outside the north city wall, as the faint morning light sprinkled on the earth, Feng Yuchong's current vision was finally a little clearer, so that he would not need to ignite the rocket to be able to see everything in front of him clearly.
He had tried to use the internal force of the Dark Legion to suppress the Dark Legion's spider troops, but with little success, not to mention that he couldn't completely control the direction of the Wind Blade, even if he could control the Soul Wind Blade, there were thousands of Dark Legion humanoid soldiers in front of these Dark Spider Troops to block his Soul Wind Blade, and it was difficult for his Soul Seven to cause effective damage in a short period of time.
On the other hand, what made Feng Yuchong feel a little worried was that the follow-up troops of the Dark Legion had also arrived at the scene, especially the Dark Legion Bat Knight in the sky, who was originally repelled by him, seemed to have signs of a comeback.
When the batrider attacked the city some time ago, he was exposed to the air by the flame arrows shot by Sun Hao, and then he was hit by the Seven Soul Styles projected by Feng Yuchong, losing nearly half of the dark bats and knights, and the loss was not heavy.
Now that the attack is launched again, the Dark Legion must be fully prepared, and there may even be special armies that they don't know about have been put into the battlefield in this war, so the situation is really difficult to predict.
However, that glimmer of morning light, which was basically covered by darkness, only revealed a little bit of morning light, but it added a lot of confidence to Feng Yuchong and the defenders of the Huicheng City on the entire city tower, at least now they will not be completely inferior to the inability to fight back, and there is still room for these permissions to fight back.
At present, Feng Yuchong, the spider force, can't help much, although his soul move is powerful, but after all, it is not an ancient soul that has been soul casting, and he can't burst out all the hidden potential.
The Dark Legion used humanoid soldiers to protect the Dark Spider as it advanced, which can be said to make Feng Yuchong a little helpless, he used the Soul Seven Forms twice in a row, with little effect.
At this time, he didn't dare to rashly use the Seven Forms of Instrument Soul again, although his spiritual power could still be stable, but after all, such an attack would not have much effect, and it might even expose his current position.
Feng Yuchong thought about it for a long time, and felt that he should give priority to waiting for a good opportunity to find a flaw in the dark legion or a place where it was relaxed before attacking. For example, as if he had previously used the Seven Soul Styles to attack Batrider, seizing such an opportunity would have the possibility of stopping the advance of the Dark Legion.
Now it seems that there is no risk in the city for the time being, and the spider silk spit out by these dark spiders is not enough to completely block the flaming arrows shot from the castle tower, and these flaming arrows still burn the cobwebs made of spider silk.
After the first round of flame arrows was fired, the Qi crossbowmen on the city tower immediately shot a second round of arrows, this round of arrows did not carry the flames, but went straight down, aiming at the weak points of the dark spider.
There are not many arrows in stock in the city, and because there is no iron ore to make arrows, the arrows in the city can be said to be one less than one, especially in the protracted battle of the siege, the city is facing a shortage of materials in many aspects at the same time.
Moreover, under the premise of the siege of the Dark Legion, even if Sun Hao and Luo Yinying secretly reached an alliance with the Queen of the Feudal Kingdom, that is, the eldest princess Rongle, it would be difficult for them to reach the city with food and supplies.
Luo Yinying was worried about these things, which caused the old disease to almost recur. But in fact, if there is no good solution, this problem will soon become a dead knot that they cannot open, and eventually the city will not be able to hold on.
Now, whether it is the arrows shot or the dead soldiers, it is an irreparable gap for the Qi State. Under the premise that there was such a shortage of arrows, Sun Hao resolutely chose to shoot another round of arrows to suppress these dark spiders who were relatively close to them, which was also very determined.
Sun Hao knew that under such a close premise, it was impossible for the humanoid soldiers of the Dark Legion to completely help these dark spiders resist the arrows falling from a high place. Moreover, in such a near-vertical environment, the power of the arrow is not easily consumed by the wind, and it can hit the target more accurately.
These 3,000 crossbowmen were all the best talents in the Qi Kingdom, and when a round of arrows fell vertically, although most of the arrows landed on the hard bodies or long legs of these dark spiders, they were directly bounced off by the hard shells. But there were also more than a dozen arrows that hit the most fatal weakness of these dark spiders, that is, the eyes.
These dark spiders, who were blinded by their Achilles' heel, naturally became uncontrollable and began to go berserk. Even when they hit the hard walls with their own bodies, the humanoid soldiers of the Dark Legion around them did not dare to approach these dark spiders who suddenly went berserk.
Sun Hao's goal is this, to attack these five or six dark spiders first, although the impact on the entire battle situation is not great, it is very likely that there are dozens of spider troops in the rear are coming quickly. But now, these five or six spiders went berserk, affecting the replenishment of the Dark Legion's follow-up troops, and the rest of the humanoid soldiers stopped advancing.
However, the follow-up troops of the Dark Legion had also rushed to the periphery of the North City Gate in an instant, and the lord who commanded the spider troops had also ridden the Dark Spider to the outside of the city, and he naturally saw that the six dark spiders who had arrived earlier were now going crazy.
Seeing this scene in front of him, the lord naturally understood what was happening, the reason why these dark spiders went crazy was probably caused by blindness in their eyes.
He immediately waved the spear with a golden dragon wrapped in the barrel of the gun in his hand, swung it forward, and directly ordered the dark spider troops around him: "Press me! The entire city tower is our target!
The lord's order had already been given, and the dozen or so spider jockeys who followed him naturally began to control the dark spiders under their crotches, advancing towards various positions on the northern city wall.
Now the number of spider troops has gathered at the bottom of the castle tower is close to twenty, except for the six dark spiders who are now blinded by the shooting, causing madness and uncontrollable, the other dark spiders have all begun to disperse all over the city wall under the orders of this lord.
The original combat method adopted by the Dark Spider was to spit out spider silk together by several dark spiders at the same time, and the spider silk could be combined in the fastest time to form a web that was not easy to break. Once the spider web formed by the silk spit out by several spiders, it is difficult for the flame arrows to deal effective damage to them.
However, the lord adopted a combat strategy that was completely contrary to the combat strategy of the spider forces themselves. Because the spider jockeys of the Spider Force have a higher status in the Dark Legion than many other members, they have their own consciousness and ideas, and the other dozen or so members are all surprised.
The Dark Legion is quick to enforce orders, and the rest of the Legion will not hesitate to enforce them, whether they are justified or not. Therefore, even though these spider jockeys felt that this was not reasonable, they immediately took control of the dark spiders under their command and turned around and headed towards all parts of the northern city wall.
This slightly strange scene was naturally reported by the soldiers to Sun Hao, who was supervising the battle on the central city tower, Sun Hao had just returned to the city tower, and when he heard the news, he immediately rushed to the vicinity of the city wall battlements again, and hurriedly looked down.
Sure enough, there was a very strange scene under the castle tower, these dark spiders that were supposed to be not far away in order to spit out spider silk to form cobwebs with each other now appeared in a very far away position. Spit out spider silk into the castle towers.
And on the back of the dark spider in the center, a lord who was fully armed and wearing dark armor and holding a golden dragon spear, Sun Hao saw him again, and his heart suddenly seemed to have some mixed feelings.
He knew the identity of this lord very well, and even Feng Yuchong, who had never seen this lord and was now hiding outside the city, was taken aback.
The Lord of the Dark Legion, who was commanding the Spider Force in battle with a golden dragon spear, was wearing armor on his head to hide his face, but his identity was still about to be revealed.
After Feng Yuchong saw this extremely conspicuous spear, he immediately realized the identity of this lord, it turned out to be their companion, the Golden Red Spear Soul Cultivator - Lu Deng!