The next moment, the fear in Howell's heart reached its peak.

I saw that in the enemy's military formation, a full fifty eight-bull crossbows were launched.

And the other side seemed to know their means very well, because around the fifty eight-ox crossbows, there was a shield wall surrounded by rows of large shield soldiers!

The goblin soldiers who control the Eight Bull Crossbows are completely protected behind the shield wall, and they are not given any chance to snipe at all.

Faced with such a military formation, Howell tried to counterattack with the crossbow on the city guard bed on the wall.

But how many bed crossbows do they have?

In the face of the enemy's fifty bed crossbows, they were not qualified to resist at all.

The eight-ox crossbows under the city only fired one round, and the five bed crossbows above the city were reduced to the debris.

The first attack is to destroy the opponent's fortifications first.

This is the siege routine of most players, and Xia Qi is no exception.

Without the threat of the defenders on the opposite side, under the cover of the big shield soldiers, the catapult, which was not as long as the catapult of the Eight Bull Crossbow, pushed forward quickly.

Outside the city, a hundred siege machines began to bombard the opposite city wall mercilessly, and the violent roar was simply deafening.

Standing on the top of the wall, Howell only felt that the city wall under his feet was constantly shaking, as if it might be blown down by the opposite side at any time.

The soldiers around them kept screaming in terror, and their morale was being hit!

At the critical moment, Howell shouted loudly: "Defend the city, all the soldiers assemble, go out of the city to meet the attack!" ”

To tell the truth, the gap between the forces of the two sides is too large, and the current situation is not suitable for going out of the city to meet the attack, but the situation that Howell is facing at this time is that he has to go out of the city.

A hundred siege engines are bombarding your walls, and if you don't come out, I'll blast your walls into ruins, and then I'll storm the city.

The gates of Gale City were raised, and the soldiers of the defending force quickly advanced out.

Seeing this, Jin Ming hurriedly signaled the siege equipment to retreat towards the flank of his own military formation.

At this time, the archers on the opposite side had directly given up the siege equipment under the protection of the big shield soldiers, and set their target on Xia Qi's main force.

When it entered the firing range, a round of arrow rain directly pressed over.

Needless to say, the sword and shield soldiers in the front row of the battle formation have instinctively entered the state of holding the shield.

At the same time, it was also at this time that Xia Qicai finally saw with his own eyes the ultra-long range of the opponent's archers, round after round of arrow rain, which was called a ferocious.

At the same time, after the archers entered the firing range, the opposing defenders were not in a hurry, because now the attack and defense were changed.

Relying on the range of the archers, now the army of Great Xia cannot beat them, and they can beat the army of Great Xia.

Seeing this, Xia Qi was not intimidated at all.

The strength of the opposing garrison was less than 3,000, but his side had tens of thousands of troops, nearly ten times the strength advantage.

The advantage is mine!

The horn of the attack sounded, and the drums of war were beaten on the drum cart.

With the sound of a majestic drum, the morale of the army on the Great Xia side was growing rapidly.

With ten elephant men and fifty rhinoceros people in the vanguard, this huge army is simply not comparable to the strength of the defending troops.

Even infantry units that have been blessed with enhanced buffs by the mages in the back row will not be able to compete with them.

Ten elephant men waved the weapons in their hands, and the terrifying destructive power instantly cleared a clearing on the battlefield, and the lethality was like cutting wheat.

At the end of the battle array, Howell, as the general defending the city, had a cloudy face, and the staff in his hand was raised several times and put down several times.

There was a clear struggle on his face at this time, and after weighing the pros and cons in his heart, he finally made people blow the horn of retreat.

In the face of this powerful siege army, the defending force, which had no power to resist at all, fled back to Gale City in the form of a rout.

The gates fell, and a bloodied general rushed towards Howell.

Luther, who was a little out of control, confronted Howell and asked, "Why?" Why didn't you just make a move?! ”

In the face of questioning, although Howell was in a bad mood, he still patiently explained: "Luther, I thought there was still a chance, but it turned out that I was wrong, in the face of the siege army outside the city, we couldn't stop the other party's attack at all!" ”

However, Howell's remarks obviously did not satisfy Luther.

"So, you just gave up before you even resisted?"

The barrage of questions made Howell's face look a little difficult, and he grabbed Luther by the collar and pushed him away.

Then, shouting and asking, "You tell me what's the place?" I only revealed more information to the enemy, and there was no point in that! Gale Can't hold it, bring all the resources we can, we need to retreat immediately! ”

Speaking of this, Howell let out a long breath, then glared at Luthor and said, "I hope you remember Luther, I am the general of Gale City, and you are just a lieutenant!" It's just that you'd better pay attention to the tone and actions of your voices, and the next time something like this happens, don't blame me for being ruthless! ”

As Howell retreated, he also destroyed the gates of Gale Wind.

This move caused Xia Qi a little trouble, but in any case, this city finally fell into Xia Qi's hands with the withdrawal of the defending troops.

In this big battle, he can be regarded as the first victory.

Since entering the city, Xia Qi's brows have been deeply locked, and there is no joy at all to capture the first city in a short period of time.

At the same time, the billowing smoke rising from the city in the distance made him clearly aware that the other party had set fire to it when he retreated.

Xia Qi immediately transferred a team of soldiers over to control the fire and confirm the situation.

"You don't seem to be in a good mood, Your Majesty."

Jin Ming, who had just relieved the tension in his heart because of a victory, looked at Xia Qi's expression at this time, and couldn't help but ask out loud.

In this regard, Xia Qi explained: "That's not it, it's just that the troops defending the city on the opposite side withdrew too simply, and it is clear that they are preserving their strength, and the next battle may not be too easy to fight." ”

Xia Qi's words made Jin Ming, who was still immersed in the joy of victory a moment ago, suddenly sober up.

After calming down and thinking about it, it really is like that.

The troops stationed in Gale Wind City directly occupied the City Lord's Mansion and military camp, and Xia Qi had never been interested in disturbing the people.

But this time, he had to grab a few civilians and ask questions.

After the matter was ordered, the soldiers acted neatly and quickly brought several civilians to Xia Qi.

"Get on your knees!"

The civilians who were brought up were directly pushed to the ground and forced to kneel.

Those eyes, when they looked at Xia Qi, their eyes were full of anger.

That's looking at the invaders who have invaded their homes.

However, from the visual point of view of the elves, there is no doubt that they are indeed intruders.

"You're elves?" Looking at the pointed ears of several civilians in front of him, Xia Qi asked.

I have to say that this race is full of handsome men and beautiful women.

These civilians who were randomly captured were all very eye-catching. In the face of Xia Qi's question, the women bowed their heads and were silent, while some men even glared at Xia Qi angrily, posing as a hard one.

"Your Majesty, a guy like this is generally honest after a beating, and if it doesn't work, he will be beaten. If it doesn't work, just kill it, and then change the batch. ”

It was Chuck who was standing on the sidelines, well, it was very much in line with the orc approach.

And the civilians who heard this had obvious horror in their eyes.

A few less timid women began to tremble uncontrollably, and their expressions looked like they were about to cry.

Looking at the fierce monster in front of them, these civilians didn't think that the monster in front of them was joking with them.

In this regard, Xia Qi showed a helpless expression.

But he also knew that this was a lion man after all, and he couldn't ask for too much.

"Alright, Chuck, they're just ordinary civilians."

As he spoke, Xia Qi waved his hand and motioned for Chuck to step back.

Then, he turned his gaze to the civilians of Gale Wind, and slowly approached them.

"Listen, I don't like to do anything to civilians, and I don't like to hang a civilian at the city gate at every turn, and then let my soldiers burn and loot in the city."

"As you should have seen, the interior of the city is intact up to now, except for the fire that your own people have set up. Because my army is well-disciplined and sticks to its own principles and bottom lines. ”

"I don't like my principles and bottom line being destroyed, but sometimes people have no choice in war, and people have to do things that they don't actually want to do, or even hate."

Xia Qi looked directly at an elf girl, and while speaking, Xia Qi squatted in front of the other party.

At this moment, the girl's body, which was originally trembling with fear, was inexplicably calmed down.

She actually saw sincerity in the eyes of this intruder leader!

"To answer my question, are you elves?"

Faced with this question again, the elf girl who was watching by those eyes couldn't help but say, "Yes, we are nature elves. ”

"Nature elves? Other elves? ”

Xia Qi keenly captured this question, and then subconsciously asked.

"His Majesty's own clan is a high elf."

"Celia! Do you know what you're doing?! At this moment, one of the male elves suddenly roared.

The elf girl called Celia suddenly stiffened.

Xia Qi glanced up at the male elf who was still impotent and furious, and then motioned with his eyes to the soldiers on both sides to take the male elf and several others down.

Then, he whispered to the elf girl named Celia, "What is the difference between a high elf and a nature elf?" ”

Hearing this, Celia pursed her lips, but did not speak again.

Apparently, the male elf's words affected her.

"Don't be nervous, come on, drink some water." Xia Qi handed her a glass of water.

Celia, who drank a sip of water, calmed down slightly.

Then Xia Qi confirmed from her that in addition to some more mysterious bloodline issues, the easiest way to distinguish between high elves and natural elves is to look at the hair color.

High elves generally have blonde hair, while nature elves have turquoise hair.

Other than that, he asked some other questions, but Celia was just an ordinary elf girl after all, and her knowledge was very limited.