Chapter 994: The Final Battle Breaks Out
In the 6th year of the last days, early in the morning of January 8.
This is destined to be another point in time that will be remembered in the history of the New World.
With a slightly cold morning breeze, the 140,000 troops of the Fallen Star Sect completed the assembly from the camp ten miles away, and drove to the outermost part of the Salvation Guild's defense line with overwhelming momentum. Any professional standing on the defensive line on the outskirts of Shu County can easily see the black crowd that is not visible at a glance, and the ground tremors caused by the orderly march of the army.
Except for the dull sound of footsteps, the followers of the Fallen Star Sect remained dull and did not shout any slogans. But the more such a cold and silent army, the stronger the shock and impact will be!
Fortunately, in order to boost the morale of the army and win a good start, the sixteen battle regiments that were arranged for the first battle today are all carefully selected elites. More than two-thirds of them have experience fighting the Fallen Star Cultists, and more than half of them have fought the Battle of Yanjing!
With such a foundation and experience, in the face of the might of 140,000 enemy troops, the professionals who were waiting for the defense line only showed a little commotion, but they did not panic or even cowardly before fighting.
"Woo! Woo! ”
The loud and distant sound of trumpets spread throughout the battlefield, and the 140,000-strong army gradually stopped a kilometer from the defense line and began to make arrangements.
Due to the large number of troops invested in this battle, a single line of defense was simply not enough to accommodate so many men. The upper echelons of the Fallen Star Sect knew very well that if they only attacked one front, they didn't know how long it would take for this massive war to end. And if the time drags on for too long, it is obviously not a good thing for them who have come from afar.
Therefore, it is necessary to divide the troops and besiege on multiple fronts!
If you follow the conventional routine of the old civilization era of the earth, siege warfare should take into account the attack, and it is generally a siege of three missing one.
But the Fallen Star Sect obviously didn't dare to divide its forces into three equal parts, that would be too scattered. The Guild of the Rescuers can gather a small number of top powerhouses in one direction, and immediately launch the Return to the City Scroll after a sudden attack. Maybe one or two times is not enough to affect the situation of the battle, but a few more times, the losses will accumulate and be very considerable.
The command of the Fallen Star Sect was obviously very clear, and they had chosen to divide their troops into two ways.
In this way, there are 70,000 troops on each side, and the numerical advantage of the strong in the diamond class can be guaranteed, even if the troops are divided, they are still true on either side! If the human powerhouse really dares to gather forces on a certain line of defense and take the initiative to attack, then the powerhouse in the other direction, whether it is directly attacking the city or copying reinforcements, can change the tide of the battle in an instant!
However, contrary to the expectations of many human professionals, these two armies of fallen stars did not attack the east and south defenses of the Salvation Guild nearby. Instead, after the division of troops was completed, they deliberately circled the city for half a week, and stopped at the outskirts of the west and north directions of Shu County!
Here, the Fallen Star Sect played a small trick: they came from the southeast, and the marching speed was very fast, and most of the human professionals would not have had time to strengthen the defense line in the four directions to the same extent if they were not fully prepared in advance. In this way, the most likely thing to do is to selectively focus on strengthening the eastern and southern defense lines.
Based on this, they will attack in the other two directions.
If you guess correctly, the Fallen Star Sect is tantamount to directly choosing the weak point of human defense. Even if they didn't guess correctly, the strength of the four human defense lines was basically the same, and they didn't lose anything, they just marched a little more.
"These cultists are really cunning enough......"
Looking at the black crowd in the distance that was gradually completing preparations in the distance, the high-ranking people of the joint command who personally climbed the defense line to observe the military situation couldn't help but talk or scold.
Thanks to Boss Fang Jin, he prepared early and strengthened the defense line in all directions to the extreme, even to the extent that it greatly exceeded the original Yanjing defense line. This kind of thorough preparation did not allow these fallen star believers to succeed!
"Which of these two directions is the enemy's main attack?"
Putting down the high-powered telescope in his hand, Fang Yuanshan, the president of the Tianshui Guild, looked at the others around him. Judging from the number of emblems and banners of the Fallen Star Sect that he observed, a large number of elites of the Fallen Star Sect had gathered in front of the northern defense line where they were located, and there were even at least two people suspected of being cardinals who came out to give lectures.
Perhaps, the Fallen Star Sect wants to attack on this defensive line, and the western flank is only a feint and containment.
"It's hard to say."
Wang Jueping shook his head again and again, and said, "The Holy Emblem and Banner in front of you may just be the old suspicion of the Fallen Star Sect, and the real main attack may be on the west side." Or, both lines of defense are the main offense. Who can say for sure? Not to mention ......"
His eyes were deep, and he meant something.
The top powerhouses present are all qualified to know about the Xuantai Guild. Being reminded by Wang Jueping, many people immediately thought of the Fallen Star Sect's possible backhand.
It's not good, the current two lines of defense are just a trick to confuse their ears and eyes!
"I really can't be careless at all."
Some masters frowned and sighed in a suppressed manner.
And while they were communicating, the Fallen Star Sect outside the distant defense line had officially completed all deployments and began the first tentative attack.
A large number of mages with summoning skills were gathered together, and a total of thousands of various summoned creatures were summoned in front of the array: elementals, undead, ordinary monsters, plant-type treants, and even void creatures.
These creatures, who were supposed to be hostile to each other, were forcibly crumpled into a cannon fodder army with no sense of coordination under the strong constraints of their respective summoners, and were sent out to start "charging into battle"!
A large number of traps, partial trenches, and elemental bombs planted in the outermost part were quickly detonated by these minions.
This has disappointed many professionals who had previously placed certain expectations on them, but they have no choice but to do so.
The Fallen Star Sect is not a fool, how can it be that they are only allowed to dig holes and not allow others to fill them?
However, Fang Jin is obviously also prepared for this kind of method. Even without his personal orders, the front-line commanders, who had already had a plan to choose from, quickly dispatched a group of sharpshooters with the longest range, and at a distance of more than a mile, they carried out indiscriminate coverage and strikes against these summoned creatures that were sent to "go to thunder".
The Fallen Star Cult reacted equally quickly, seeing that the first batch of summoned units was about to die, and soon began the second wave of summoning.
In the end, the magic trap on the outermost side of the two lines of defense achieved the result of delaying the Fallen Star Sect for half a day, and it was immediately closed by countless summoned creatures who did not know what they were dying.
The real siege battle officially began from this moment.
On two fronts, the Fallen Star Sect each dispatched 10,000 troops, and under the cover of dozens of gold-level priests and at least two archbishops, launched an astonishing onslaught against the Salvation Guild!
This is the last battle to end the end of the last days!