Chapter 8 Hope and Despair Kill the Soul with One Stone
"Hint: Your main quest has been changed from 'Battlefield Experience' to 'Hopeless Hope.'"
"Desperate hope: Hold on to Jiang Guoguo and not be broken by Yang's army until Long Yang, the crown prince of Jiang Guo, casts the magic sword." (In the midst of endless despair, Long Yang seized on the glimmer of hope to save his country, but this hope required him to sacrifice his beloved sister...... How can this not be hopeless? )
"Difficulty: Unknown." (Depending on your choice, the difficulty varies.) )
"Quest Reward: Subject to completion."
"Failure penalty: Depends on the degree of failure."
[I'll make a big straw! What do I need to do?! Mo Wen, who received the task, couldn't help but curse in his heart. [The magic sword can't be completed without the dedication of Long Kui, and Jiang Cheng is not broken, if Long Yang does not die, he will never allow his sister to die with the sword, and then I will continue to defend the city...... This TMD is an endless loop! 】
[And what does that punishment mean depending on the degree of failure?] I can't give up easily...... Or you'll be able to play yourself to death if you're not careful. Don't ask and grit your teeth. [And you want me to force Longyang and her sister to die...... I can't do it! How do you make me face him? This guy is still my boss, and I think he's pretty nice to the eye. 】
[This is not only a 'desperate hope' for Longyang, but also for me! Mo Wen thought to himself.
[That's it...... It's useless to think so much now, it's better to wait until Long Yang discovers this sad truth and then discuss a solution with him, the most important thing now is to keep this city under the strong attack of Yang Guo and the travelers. Mo Wen settled down and bent down at Long Yang: "Mo Wen will definitely do his best to keep Jiang Cheng from losing!" ”
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Bright flags, shiny armor.
King Yang glanced at the mighty army under his command, and a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Your Majesty, did you order the siege of the city?" Yang Jun, who was as strong as a bear, bowed down in front of King Yang.
"Don't worry, send Liu Yuan to persuade him to surrender first...... In any case, we can't afford to be rude. King Yang looked at the city wall in the distance and smiled: "Let's shake their military spirit first." ”
"Understood."
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[There is a cloud in the art of war: 'Ten will surround it, five will attack it, and the multiple will divide it.' Mo Wen squinted his eyes and stood on the city wall observing the army of the Yang State. [Although Sun Wu's predecessors have not yet been born, his words are indeed golden words. King Yang's troops were at most twice as large as Jiang's, and he lacked the necessary siege equipment. Lu Ban was not born yet, and there was nothing in the ladder or catapult...... It seems that the plot is that Yang Guo really couldn't defeat the city, and then besieged it without attacking, and trapped Jiang Guo's soldiers and civilians in this city. 】
[It doesn't seem to be very difficult to defend the city...... No, beware of travelers and native magicians. In case there is a guy who is proficient in earth Taoism or magic, this city wall will be given for nothing. 】
[So, my main task is to deal with the endless flow of travelers?] 】
Just as Mo asked and thought about it, a familiar figure rode a little donkey to Jiang Cheng.
"The contemptible person is Liu Yuan, the imperial envoy of the Yang State, and I also invited the prince of Longyang to see him." [This group of Jiang people must not dare to release arrows! ] You must not dare......] Looking at the countless soldiers on the city wall, Liu Yuan's palms broke out in a cold sweat.
"I am Longyang, the prince of Jiang Kingdom!" Mo asked Long Yang, who was beside him, took a step forward and said in a fierce voice: "What else is there to say now?" It's just that your monarch wants to annex my country...... The sons and daughters of Jiang Guo would rather die than surrender! If you Yang Guo have the ability, then take me Jiang Cheng is talking to me! ”
[If you capture this Jiang City, who will pay attention to you? ] Liu Yuan's words were directly pushed back into his mouth by Long Yang, and the depression in his heart can be imagined...... But he shoulders the task of King Yang, and he is the face of Yang Guo, but he can't just retreat directly.
So Lord Liu Yuan, who was sitting on the donkey and trembling in two streams, took a deep breath and roared loudly: "Now that my Yang Guotian soldiers are coming to the city, you wait for Jiang Guo's stubborn resistance to be like an egg hitting a stone, why don't you descend early?" The king said: If the prince descends, he will ensure the wealth of your Long family, if the prince does not descend, after the city is broken, the royal family will be stained with blood! ”
"The villain dares to speak up!" Long Yang was furious, bent his bow and arrows, and the arrows shot out like meteors, nailing Liu Yuan's little donkey to the ground. How fast did Liu Yuan's civil officials react? So he fell to the ground with the donkey, so he was not embarrassed.
"You are an envoy, I will not kill you!" Long Yang shouted angrily: "Spare your life today, and then talk nonsense about this donkey is your end...... Go back to your master! ”
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"Your Majesty, that Longyang doesn't know what to do!" Liu Yuan knelt in front of Yang Xiong and complained to his monarch about Long Yang's incomparably barbaric behavior: "Not only did he not surrender, but he also shot the mount under him with an arrow......"
"Newborn calves, young people can't hold their breath." King Yang's eyes froze, and he beckoned: "Yang Jun!" ”
"In!" Yang Jun knelt in front of Yang Xiong.
"Beat the drums, siege the city!"
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Boom! Boom! Boom......
Red. The topless drummers were sweating, their toned muscles trembling with the swing of the drumsticks, and the passionate drums rang out from the front of Yang Jun's formation and the upper floor of Jiang Chengcheng.
Then, under Mo Wen's embarrassed gaze, this group of Yang troops roared towards the city gate with thick logs on their shoulders...... Of course, the speed of these guys is not fast, and it seems to Mo Wen on the castle tower that their speed is like that of ants.
They were followed by a number of shield-wielding soldiers, followed by archers.
[It's really a primitive siege method......] Mo Wen sighed, and then ordered: "Release the arrow!" ”
The salvo of more than a thousand archers was spectacular, but this wave of feathered arrows did not cause the effect that Mo Wen expected - the proper defense of the Yang army was one reason.
And another reason is the miserable hit rate of Sergeant Jiang Guo.
【…… It's too bad, are these archers just going to shoot indiscriminately? Mo Wen shook his head helplessly, he finally knew why Yang Guo had such a few people and did not have advanced tools, and he had attacked Jiang Cheng for a long time and still had troops to besiege the city...... How many people can these archers shoot in Jiang Guo?
"You all aim at me!" Mo Wen roared at the archers in the city, "Our range is longer than theirs, but our arrows are limited!" Try to kill enemies with them instead of shooting them on the ground! ”
Whoosh......
The flying feathered arrow tore through the air, pierced through the neck of the soldier carrying the log at the front, and then stabbed the chest of his companion behind him, and the two fell to the ground, becoming an obstacle to his companions. The soldiers behind them couldn't dodge, stepped on the corpse of the robe, and then stumbled...... As if for a chain reaction, the squad of soldiers carrying logs was almost half planted, and the rest of the soldiers could no longer lift the heavy log.
[What a powerful archery ......] Mo Wen glanced at Long Yang, who had just shot that arrow. [Although I can play with bows and arrows, I can't shoot two people with such an arrow...... Wait, how did this guy become an elite? 】
[Could it be that this is the inherent power of the protagonist - fighting monsters and upgrading?!] Mo Wen turned his head, looked at the soldiers below who were already carrying logs and approached the city gate, and waved his hand.
"Roll the wood!"
With Mo Wen's order, more than a dozen Jiang soldiers in the city jointly lifted a giant tree that was not inferior to those Yang soldiers under the city used to attack the city, and then smashed it directly from the city wall.
Boom!
The thick wood not only burst the brains of the six or seven Yang soldiers, but also broke their necks and bones. It was even pressed on the giant tree used by the soldiers of the Yang State to attack the city, and the soldiers of the Yang State who were hit hard by this could no longer hold the thick logs and fell to the ground one after another.
At this moment, the archers of the Yang State under the cover of the shield-wielding soldiers finally reached the effective shooting range, only to see the soldiers with shields squatting in unison, and then dense feathered arrows flew from the ground towards the city.
[It seems that it's not that Jiang Guo's archers are stinky, but that I overestimate the quality of archers in this era......] Looking at the arrow feathers shot by the soldiers of Yang State, Mo Wen didn't even dodge...... Even many feather arrows didn't even hit the head of the city, but directly hit the city wall, and then planted in humiliation.
The senseless siege continued into the afternoon, and there were no heavy casualties among the soldiers of Jiang and Yang...... Of course, the soldiers killed in the battle of Yang were more than twice as many as the total number of soldiers of Jiang who died. The advantage of the defenders of Jiang State, who refused to defend the city, was still very great.
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The sun was like blood, and a few old crows sang their ugly songs on the bloody battlefield, ready to feast on the corpses of the war dead.
At the head of Jiang Guocheng, the five travelers who chose to participate in the war gathered into a small circle.
"Doesn't it seem that this mission is very difficult?" The thin young man who participated in the defense of the city rubbed his hands excitedly: "Brother Xu, I killed two ordinary soldiers of the Yang Kingdom and got eighty general points...... What about you? ”
"I've earned more than 100 generic points." The young man surnamed Xu smiled in a low-key manner, and then said: "From this mission, we are just playing soy sauce, and the situation on the battlefield is still in the hands of Prince Longyang, General Mo Wen and King Yang on the other side......"
"But we must not take it lightly...... Although the danger we face as soldiers of the Jiang State is far smaller than that of the soldiers of the Yang State on the other side, if they come up with those advanced siege equipment, it will be difficult for us! Spring and Autumn is an era when you can become a guest if you have a skill. ”
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In the Yang State military camp, Yang Ze led more than 1,000 guards to the destination, followed by the travelers from the Yang State side.
"Don't you claim that your arrows are not missing, and you have a hundred shots?" Yang Ze, who had met King Yang and returned to the camp, found the young man with a big bow who stopped him today: "Now your chance has come...... Tomorrow, as long as you can shoot Long Yang, the crown prince of Jiang Guo standing on the city wall, or Mo Wen, the general of Jiang Guo, Mo Wen, one of them, I will introduce you to the king. ”
"Hint: You've triggered Mission - Sniper."
"Sniper: In tomorrow's siege battle, shoot one of the princes or generals of Jiang with your bow and arrows, and the mission will be completed...... Of course, it's okay to kill both. ”
"Difficulty: Hero or above." (Depending on your choice, the difficulty is also different, those two people are not ordinary people can secretly calculate, there is only one chance...... Teenagers, it's time to perform real techniques! )
"Reward: Kill General Mo Wen to receive a Silver Traveler Medal, 2000 universal points; Killing Prince Longyang will reward you with a Legendary Medal with 20,000 universal points. (Youth, the reward may be tempting, but please do it within your means.) )
"Failure Punishment: Depending on the performance, Yang Ze will increase/decrease your favorability to you." (Even if you fail, as long as your performance is not too bad, there will be no negative effects.) )
[Sniper...... It seems unlikely that the crown prince will be killed, but there is still hope for this general. The corners of the young man's mouth bent and he bowed down: "Glimps, I understand." ”
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The next day, Yang Guo continued to attack the city, and Mo Wen also wore the golden armor with a death rate of two hundred percent and went to the city wall—he ran back to cultivate as soon as the battle was over yesterday, but he forgot about dyeing the armor with Long Yang.
Anyway, the accuracy of these archers is miserable, and it doesn't matter if I'm arrogant...... That's what Mo Wen thinks.
At first, it was indeed the same as he thought, and the sparse arrows could only occasionally shoot one or two Jiang Guo soldiers to death—although there were many Yang Guo archers who wanted to use their feather arrows to give the arrogant golden figure on the city a good look...... However, there were many Jiang Guo archers nearby, and although the arrows shot were not accurate, they were better than covering a large area, and it was difficult for Yang Guo's archers to include Mo Wen in the range, let alone aim at him.
[It's still such an old-fashioned method......] Looking at the soldiers of the Yang Kingdom who were charging with logs, Mo Wen shook his head. [Didn't the travelers of Yang Kingdom give some good advice? If I keep filling with human lives like this, it won't be long before I dare to lead my troops to fight them in the field. 】
The stalemate lasted from morning to noon, and just when Yang Guo was about to give up the siege and Mo Wen was bored with the bow and arrow in his hand to harvest the universal points, the hunter who had been dormant for a long time finally showed its fangs.
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[Don't ask if you have a sick brain...... Or did the ancients want to save face and not die? He had been hiding behind a shield-wielding soldier and had observed Mo Wen's glimpse for a long time, and gave a silent mock at Mo Wen's dazzling equipment. [Such a target is actually worth a silver Traveler's Medal...... Could it be that he is really that important to Jiang Guo? 】
[Hmm...... Enough distance. Glimpse took a deep breath and drew a feathered arrow, then placed it on top of the ancient and elegant bow.
[Let's take it!] The bowstring slowly opened, and the bow, which was originally like a waning moon, gradually became complete.
[Splitting Wind! Glimpse's eyes shone as sharp as a falcon, and then he let go of the bowstring.
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[Eight o'clock in hand!] Mo Wen let go of the bowstring, and the feather arrow accurately hit the chest of one of the Yang soldiers.
Thump!
Mo Wen suddenly felt his heart twitch violently, and then his Eye of Destiny activated without warning...... And in Mo Wen's Eye of Fate, a cyan shadow shot at his head, and then burst his head into flowers.
[This is the ...... Death warning from the Eye of Destiny! Mo Wen's eyes shrank, and then he fell to the side without hesitation.
The cyan shadow silently tore through the air, and the invisible air flow wrapped around the arrow made it move rapidly without making a sound. The feeling of high concentration suddenly became extremely slow...... This happened to him when he was fighting against Dao Xuan Zhenren who was affected by the anger of the Immortals.
But the difference was that Mo Wen could clearly see the Zhu Immortal stabbed by Dao Xuan Zhenren at that time, but now he could only see a phantom wrapped in cyan aura.
Boom!
Death-like feathered arrows flew over Mo Wen's shoulders and plunged headlong into the stone tower behind him.
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[Actually failed...... This silver medal is really not easy to get. Glimpsa sighed. [Now that the time has passed, I can't launch the Splitting Wind again, so let's retreat first.] 】
After saying hello to the soldiers who were covering in front of him, the glimpse took up the big bow and slowly retreated to the Yang State military camp.
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【Traveler on the opposite side...... I was careless. Feeling the burning pain of the wound on his neck that had been cut by the strong wind, Mo Wen slowly stood up and looked at the deadly feather arrow.
The delicate hollow carved arrow shaft, the flamboyant tail feathers with a hint of aura, and the sharp arrow that can easily insert into the rock...... Mo Wen quickly confirmed that this feathered arrow, which was like a work of art, was someone's masterpiece.
[What a great archer...... It seems that the battle after that will not be easy to fight. Mo Wen carefully walked down the city with his hands around his neck. [But you have no technology, but your brain is not very good.] If you target my body, I'll have half my life if I don't die...... But you just want to play headshots, are you crossing the line of fire too much? 】
[Boy, don't let me touch you alone......]