Chapter 221: Players in the Desert
Sure enough, there was no remnant of Xia Qi, and a few days later, Great Xia ushered in a wave of player invasions.
This player appeared in the southwest corner of Great Xia, because it was next to Xia Shui and there was no production, so neither the royal court nor Xia Qi paid too much attention to this city.
The player, Kang Shuaibo, was extremely fast and ungreedy, and after defeating three cities in succession, he did not hesitate to retreat into the bamboo sea.
Even though Xia Qi mobilized the panda people to search for it, they still couldn't find it in the end.
When the seven days were up, the player left decisively.
With Xia Qi's cautious character, he naturally couldn't swallow this breath, and he didn't wait for the cooldown time of being invaded to end, so he directly found the player's name and chose to invade.
It is worth mentioning that the player did not have a free battle token, and it is unknown whether he was confident in his own strength, or if he deliberately wanted to fish.
Looking at the troop allocation panel in front of him, Xia Qi thought about bringing more troops, since he wanted to retaliate, then he would be ruthless.
As his thoughts flickered, Xia Qi's gaze first fell on the newly acquired goblin troops.
Jin Ming had said before that the military expenses of the goblin troops were very cheap, and Xia Qi saw that it was indeed the case.
A goblin crossbowman only costs fifty civilization points for the expedition, which is more than one-third less than a human crossbowman.
Not only that, probably because the goblin engineers themselves have little combat effectiveness, and the military budget is cheaper than the goblin crossbowmen.
As for the five scum units such as goblin warriors, Xia Qi was naturally not interested at all, and directly shifted his attention to the large ordnance produced by Goblin Technology.
In terms of price, the large ordnance produced by Goblin Technology is much cheaper than that produced by humans.
Coupled with the influence of the "Goblin Technology" buff, in fact, the military cost of this type of ordnance is even lower, more than half cheaper than the ordnance produced by normal humans.
Xia Qi used to only bring three or four eight-ox crossbows, and the military expenditure was close to 100,000, but now he can bring ten crossbows relatively easily, or even more.
And this is still a bed crossbow transformed from a gold-quality eight-bull crossbow, if it is replaced with an ordinary bed crossbow, it is estimated that a few thousand civilization points can bring one.
With Xia Qi's current net worth, he can bring hundreds of them at a time.
No wonder Jin Ming was able to put on that kind of exaggerated battle.
However, Xia Qi didn't mean to bring dozens of eight-bull crossbows to be scary.
Because large ordnance eats terrain, if it encounters those terrain that can't be pushed, it will basically be scrapped more than half.
Just like the previous Yin Wind, isn't it because he was teleported to the mountains, the siege equipment couldn't be opened, and he was hit by the longbow from a long distance, so his mentality exploded?
Xia Qi would not make such a low-level mistake.
After pondering in his heart for a while, Xia Qi ordered five fragile versions of the Eight Bull Crossbows.
Then, for the sake of insurance, another team of goblin engineers went up.
Then there are the goblin crossbowmen, this thing is still relatively cost-effective, and it is directly brought with five hundred.
That's pretty much it on the goblin side, the main force, Xia Qi still plans to lead the orc army.
Elephant people bring two, although expensive, but powerful enough, and basically will not be limited by the terrain.
Next, the Minotaur Infantry, the Kobold Halberd, the Red Fox Archer, the Werewolf Warrior, and several Lionmen guarded his safety.
Immediately, Xia Qi chose to invade.
On the other side, Kang Shuaibo, who was counting the harvest in his own civilization, heard the system prompt that after Xia Qi launched an invasion against him, after ordering the army to assemble, he counted the spoils again.
Looking at the environment in front of him, Xia Qi was dumbfounded because he appeared in a desert.
At the same time, I also have a clear understanding in my heart, and I mentioned it in the war report before, saying that a lot of bamboo was cut down on the Zhuhai side.
At that time, Xia Qi was still a little strange, what was this guy named Kang Shuaibo doing cutting his bamboo, this thing was worthless, even if it was a rating, it couldn't increase by a few points.
Now that I think about it, didn't that guy cut down bamboo to hold water?
The sun overhead was terrible, but after a while, Xia Qi had a feeling of being sunburned.
He knew why Kang Shuaibo didn't use the war-free token, and the desert and the temperature alone were enough to dissuade a large number of players.
Xia Qi hurriedly took off a bronze armor and put on a light armor again, and the whole person felt a lot more comfortable.
However, this player named Kang Shuaibo is really unlucky enough, and he wants to laugh when he thinks of the bewildered expression when the other party first enters the game and looks at the large desert in front of him.
However, compared to the scarcity of water and other resources in desert areas, it is undeniable that desert terrain has a clear geographical character.
For example, it is easy to get lost in the desert, and for example, the harsh climate environment all exudes an unfriendly atmosphere to Xia Qisa.
Some of the goblins who went out with him this time were already jumping straight to their feet by the yellow sand under their feet.
Therefore, this desert area is actually a double-edged sword, and when used well, it is no worse than the role that a large army is supposed to play.
For example, now, the five eight-bull crossbows brought by Xia Qi are considered to be scrapped.
The weight of these large ordnance is not light, and the wheels below are about to sink into the yellow sand, and the further you push them, the deeper the wheels will sink.
Not to mention manpower, even if it is pulled by horses, it can't be pulled.
The only thing that makes Xia Qi feel good is that these five families fight the Xixi version of the Eight Bull Crossbow, the cost is cheap and the military budget is not expensive.
If it was replaced with a normal version of the Eight Bull Crossbow, Xia Qi would have to vomit blood in distress.
Then simply, he directly ordered the five eight-bull crossbows to be burned, so as not to cheapen Kang Shuaibo's kid when the time came.
Xia Qi looked around, except for the sand, it was still sand, and within the line of sight, there were no buildings that seemed to be the player's city.
Subsequently, Xia Qi scattered the reconnaissance team.
Subsequently, Xia Qichuan ordered the whole army to rest and recuperate.
Theoretically, they should be on the periphery of a desert city, with an error of no more than a few tens of kilometers, and the reconnaissance team will soon find out.
And during this time of waiting, Xia Qi observed the degree of adaptation of each class to the desert terrain.
I have to say that the orc civilization is worthy of being the main civilization of war, and these war maniacs seem to be very adaptable to all kinds of terrain, and their resistance to harsh environments is also quite high, which can be called hard-working and hard-working.
Look at these goblins again, these little guys are already hot and almost stick out their tongues, and they all look like they can't wait to leave this hellish place in the next second.
At this moment, the scouting party returned one after another, and brought back him the good news that they had discovered a city.
But in terms of direction, looking at the sun hanging overhead, Xia Qi really couldn't tell what direction it was.
Then Xia Qi turned over his horse and led a large army to follow behind the reconnaissance team and began to move forward.
Probably because it was the same everywhere, the road seemed extraordinarily long, and the desert and the sun overhead were constantly depriving him of his physical strength and water in his body.
Xia Qi picked up the water bag and poured a mouthful of water into his mouth, and then wiped a handful of sweat with the cloak behind him.
"Your Majesty, I see the enemy's city."
With the advantage of his height, Xia Qi asked a goblin to stand on the elephant man's shoulder and hold a telescope to confirm the location.
As for why don't you let the elephant man hold the telescope directly, emmm, this telescope is so small that the elephant man can't use it.
After determining the other party's city, Xia Qi first signaled the two elephant men to lower their figures, while exposing their existence in advance, and then, with a cautious attitude, he slapped a team of scouts and groped towards the location of the city.
He was going to conduct some reconnaissance first and find out some basic intelligence information.
Time passed minute by minute, and Xia Qiyi, who had entered a state of rest again, instructed the soldiers under his command to replenish a little water.
This time, he really needed to take down that city in one go.
Otherwise, they have been exposed to the desert for a long time, and have been roasted by this scorching sun, and the fresh water they carry with them will not last long.
The scouts were very efficient, and soon rushed back with the basic information they had confirmed.
As far as is known, the height of the walls of that city is about ten meters, and there are three ordinary bed crossbows used to defend the city on the walls.
Xia Qi, who got this information, breathed a sigh of relief.
The ten-meter-high city wall and three crossbows defending the city bed, in the face of this configuration, in front of the elephant man, it should be easy to take.
Xia Qi, who already knew it in his heart, immediately gave an order.
"Pass the order, advance with the whole army, and prepare to attack the city!"
Under the scorching sun, the ten-meter-tall giant of the elephant man was like a small mountain, which was particularly majestic, causing a panic among the enemy defenders.
"Enemy attack! Enemy Attack!! It's an orc!! ”
The alarm bells erected on the wall were quickly sounded.
At this time, if Xia Qi could hear the shouts of these soldiers, he would inevitably have a little surprise, these soldiers recognized the orcs, which means that this Kang Shuaibo had been attacked by the players of the orc civilization.
As for who, it is unknown.
After all, it is like an orc civilization, which is a relatively common one among many special civilizations.
At the same time, when the other party faced the attack of the orc civilization, it was not destroyed, which means that this man named Kang Shuaibo should not be underestimated.
Being able to withstand the invasion of the orc civilization is already a lot of things in itself.
Another point is that Xia Qi found that in the face of his invasion, the city opposite did not light up the wolf smoke to transmit the signal.
But soon, Xia Qi was relieved.
This is a desert, and resources are scarce!
The so-called wolf smoke, although it contains wolf feces, is actually needed for other materials. It's not surprising that this Kang Shuaibo can't get it.
Xia Qi placed two elephant men on both flanks of the military formation, which was to disperse the enemy's firepower.
In the middle formation, the thick-skinned Minotaur infantry opened the way, followed by kobold halberds, and the Red Fox Archers and Goblin Crossbowmen followed further back as ranged troops.
After the siege army entered the firing range, the crossbow of the defending city on the opposite side opened decisive fire, and the target of its attack was naturally the two-headed elephant men on the two wings of the army formation.
However, the elephant people are so rough and thick that even in the face of a gold-quality eight-ox crossbow, they can resist for a long time.
Now in the face of these three ordinary city guard bed crossbows, what is it?
The elephant people were gradually closing the distance from the city wall, and at this time, something unexpected happened to Xia Qi.
I saw that the city gate on the opposite side opened, and the other party chose to take the initiative to go out of the city to meet it!