Anxiang City is located in the wilderness of a horse and a flat river, but there are two mountains protruding from the flat ground, sandwiched on both sides of the city, and Anxiang City is built on the high mountain cliff, like a majestic pass.

Theoretically, as long as you bypass the mountains on both sides, you can attack Anxiang Castle from the rear. But that's not the case at all.

If the troops are divided to attack, it will inevitably lead to the inability to take care of each other, and if the reinforcements from Xiangyang are cut off, the consequences can be imagined.

If the whole army goes around to the rear of Anxiang City, it will go deep into the enemy's territory, and the supply will not be a small problem, and it will be harassed and attacked by the big and small wealthy families in Xiangyang County.

Therefore, Anxiang City actually played the role of a checkpoint, and the enemy attacking from the north could only attack the front, while food supplies and reinforcements could be continuously imported into the city from the direction of Xiangyang.

The outer city wall of Anxiang City is eight meters high. And there is an earthen mountain in the city, and the inner city is on the mountain, more than ten meters above the outer city, forming a condescending situation. When the enemy is attacking the city, the troops equipped on the inner city can also strike the enemy from a distance, forming crossfire.

In the hot summer, the flags on the city glow brightly under the blazing sun.

The soldiers at the head of the city sweated like rain, but their eyes were still bright and their fighting spirit was high. Soldiers with cultivated deeds are far more able to endure harsh environments such as severe cold and heat than ordinary people.

And from a distance, the camp of the Shentang Army on the plain is also pressed by the sky and the earth, and there is no edge in sight.

This time, Su Mengzhen mobilized 6,000 soldiers and more than 30,000 militiamen. Although nearly half of the militia is not in the battalion, but on the way to deliver food and grass, this number is still not to be underestimated.

When a large number of soldiers gather together, they will naturally radiate a strong battle aura, leading up to the sky and connecting to the nine places, giving people a powerful deterrent. The visual perception is by no means comparable to that of the ordinary people.

Hundreds of people can charge in unison, and there will be a momentum like overwhelming mountains and seas, not to mention thousands of troops. The romance novels on the stalls often say that riding alone to break a million troops is as easy as eating and drinking, which is really the foolish words of storytellers.

In the world, soldiers were divided into soldiers and militiamen, and only when they cultivated to the realm of forging bones or above, they could be called soldiers. Only the swarm charge of the soldiers can bring out the maximum power of the battle array, while the militia is generally responsible for logistics or used as cannon fodder.

The drums beat fiercely, the horns of the charge blew vigorously, and under the scorching sun, the militiamen braved the rain of arrows and carried dirt bags towards the city.

As they approach the walls, they can be used to block arrows, slowing them down and gaining good defense. After throwing the earth bag into the moat, he hurried back to the camp.

Under the cover of the great shield, the foot soldiers quickly approached the city wall and tried to set up a ladder to forcibly climb the city. The archers kept bending their bows and arrows, shooting at the head of the city and suppressing the fire on it.

On top of the dirt hills, the stone throwers were erected by siege technicians, and huge stones were thrown onto the tall city walls with the great power provided by the machinery.

Boom! Boom!

The continuous blows made the heavy stone walls tremble, and the smoke and dust were scattered, and large and small potholes were also produced on the walls.

But the light blue light suddenly flashed, and the soft ripples spread out, covering the city like water waves. The huge stones disintegrated into tiny clouds of dust and smoke with a sizzling sound.

These boulders thrown on the top of the city contain the power of the battle array and the true qi of the siege soldiers, and their power is unusual. If it hadn't been destroyed by the counterattack of the city protection array, it would have been able to cause a lot of damage.

The defender of Anxiang City, Huang Xudao, stood on the corner tower of the inner city, the highest point of the fortress, and his expression was extremely solemn.

He is a genealogical minister of the Li family of Sanhe, Chinese New Year's Eve is eighty-eight years old, with a great figure, a mysterious temperament, and a head full of red hair and blood.

The red hair of the Phoenix Void Dao comes from his bloodline, and he really has a trace of the bloodline of the ancient divine bird Phoenix, rather than some people claiming to be descendants of the Phoenix with the blood of the pheasant.

The phoenix is revered by humans, but it is even more admired by the demon clan, and there is a saying that a hundred birds are facing the phoenix. Therefore, under the command of Huangxu Dao, there are a considerable number of elite demon soldiers to help.

One by one, the soldiers of the temple fell in front of Anxiang City, turning into corpses that no one could collect, emitting a rancid smell in the hot summer wilderness.

It doesn't look like the situation is critical.

But Huang Xudao was clear in his heart, and he was about to lose it.

In the face of Su Mengzhen's onslaught, regardless of casualties, the energy of the city protection array was rapidly depleting at a terrifying speed.

The energy can be replenished by spirit crystals, and the city also has a sufficient amount of spirit crystals. However, the speed at which spirit crystals can be converted into reserve energy is limited, and it is far from keeping up with the speed of consumption now.

Most of the moat has been filled, destroying the water array that assists the moat formation, successfully weakening the power of the formation. Once the formation completely collapsed, Anxiang City would turn into a naked city, and with the hundreds of soldiers and three thousand militia in the city, it would definitely not be the enemy of Su Mengzhen's superior forces.

Out of town attack?

Huang Xudao thought in his heart, his eyes were like electricity, and he glanced at the Shentang Army barracks below.

Several large camps were set up in the wilderness in an orderly manner, and there were many arrow towers and battles all over the place. The stones are the bases, and the ditches and antlers are heavy, guarding the Quartet.

Su Mengzhen is good at camping, this camp is really impregnable, and he can't find a gap for a surprise attack.

Below is a plain, and the besieging enemy army can quickly change its position to meet the enemy. With the strength of the city in Anxiang, going out of the city to fight in the field is tantamount to self-destruction.

Huang Xudao sighed secretly: Only pray that reinforcements are coming soon...... It's just that in the current situation of Sanhe, there won't be too many reinforcements. Can you really lift the siege of peace and repel the temple army?

The enemy is Su Mengzhen, the first British lord in the history of the Divine Hall, and he has been preparing for a full twenty years in order to fully invade Xiangyang County.

The sound of the sharp arrows breaking through the sky resounded.

The temple army below fired another fierce volley, and the arrows fell on the city like a tidal wave. Among them were giant crossbow arrows as thick as children's arms, containing gunpowder, which exploded when fired, sending flames and debris flying everywhere.

It was difficult for the large array to cover everyone, and many soldiers were affected, or died on the spot, or were injured in blood.

This loss is not small, which shows that the energy of the Great Protector Array has been greatly reduced.

Huang Xudao's eyes suddenly shot blood-colored light, which was extremely demonic.

He waved his hand violently and shouted: "The phoenix is extremely long, the blood phoenix is unparalleled-all bows and arrows are ready!"

A strange but fiery aura emanated from around his body.

The ancient blood phoenix groaned in the desolation, and the tragic scene of the great battle in the ten directions floated in the pupils of the phoenix void path, and then transmitted to the minds of the archers.

These archers are not necessarily human, some have spikes on their backs, and some have thick hairy feathers at the corners of their eyes. Those are the elite demon soldiers who are loyal to the Phoenix Void Dao.

The lethality of the porcupine archers and the hit rate of the eagle archers cannot be underestimated even among human sharpshooters.

Everyone's mind and fighting spirit are connected to the soul of the Phoenix Void Dao. In the inner city, the outer city, the pheasant moat, and the arrow tower, the archers bent their bows and arrows at the same time in just a few breaths.

Everyone's bows and arrows were shrouded in blood-colored light, making the city seem to turn into a sea of blood.

The phantom of a blood phoenix appeared in the air, covering the city, and the mournful roar continued.

A dense rain of arrows weaves a large red net in the sky. The blood phoenix flew over, causing the sea of blood to pour down towards the city.

The sea of blood burned fiercely under the city, and the flames of the sky seemed to devour everything and destroy everything. The sky is glorious and unstoppable.

Immediately, blood and dust rose into the sky together!

Each arrow exploded in the bloodstream, with unparalleled lethality. The militia who were beaten were directly stirred into meat sauce by the impact, and the soldiers were directly pierced, this terrible power was beyond the power of manpower.

When the blood fell, more than forty Shrine soldiers were reduced to stumps or bones. Nearly 100 people were seriously injured.

Three rushing cars and more than 20 ladders turned into powder.

"This ...... What a power this is......" exclaimed the wounded Templar soldier.

"This is the power of the 'Flame Blood Phoenix'. Huang Xudao flicked his clothes, the blood in his eyes faded, his eyes were cold, and he spoke proudly.

The reason why the battlefield is not only the performance of the masters, but also the ordinary soldiers also play an extremely crucial role, the reason is the word "tactics".

Every general who leads the troops in battle has the opportunity to cultivate his own combat methods, unify the formation and fighting spirit of the soldiers, and radiate great power.

There are various types of tactics, such as offensive tactics, defensive tactics, disruptive tactics, recovery tactics, and blessing tactics, each of which has different capabilities. Some heroes even have their own unique tactics, which are unique in the entire continent.

For example, Ma Qiancheng, the leader of the Jiangdong Prefecture Army, cultivated the tactics of "Immovable Preparation", which is his unique combat method, which can not only restrain almost all of the disrupted tactics, but also have a great chance of rebounding the abnormal state back to the enemy troops, causing the enemy army to be chaotic and panic! Even if the enemy army does not launch a disruptive tactic against its own army, it may also suffer the cursed effect of "Immovable Preparation"!

The tactics have a more powerful suppressive force for the masters than the formation, so even if they are the top masters, they don't dare to rush the tactics at will. Otherwise, it is likely to be the end of being crushed.

After a long period of fierce battles, the soldiers defending the city have accumulated enough fighting spirit. Huang Xudao launched his own high-level archer combat method "Flame Blood Phoenix".

The battle method of the Flame Blood Phoenix was also created by a master with the phoenix bloodline, and it was launched by the Phoenix Void Dao, which also had the phoenix bloodline, and the lethality was naturally superb.

The formation of the besieging soldiers was not very regular, and the resistance to the tactics was extremely poor, and the loss of the infantry was not small for a while, and the archers who were firing at the head of the city were also scattered in a disarray, and the formation became chaotic in a blink of an eye.

"It's good to go out of the city and fight for a wave. Huang Xudao shouted the order, planning to take advantage of the disorder of the enemy army under the city, with elite cavalry out of the city to attack, the infantry followed, and strive to collapse the enemy army.

The greatest value of offensive tactics is not to kill or injure the enemy itself, but to create a situation that is beneficial to one's own side in a matter of moments, or to snipe the enemy general. If the tactics are launched at the right time, the tide of the battle can be turned and defeat can be turned into victory.

In the absence of reinforcements, it is impossible to defeat the enemy army to a total collapse. But expanding the results of the battle and hitting the enemy's siege fighting spirit can at least delay it for a while.

After all, the secret order of the young master Li Xun is clearly written. Su Mengzhen deliberately defeated three times, it will be a big blow to morale, if it can make most of the Shentang army lose their fighting spirit and confidence, then Su Mengzhen can't force the soldiers, so he can only lead the troops to retreat.