On January 23, 780 of the imperial calendar, in the city of Pai, the combined forces of the demons and the rebels in the Far East completed the assembly of the siege, and millions of soldiers and horses surrounded the city of Pai from all directions, and the dense legions of all roads set up camp one after another. A great attack on the Lonely City is about to begin.

The supreme commander of the front line of the siege is Prince Caton, the crown prince of the demon clan, and the soldiers and horses he is responsible for commanding not only include the local army of the demon clan, but also a large number of distant eastern rebels under the Marquis of Pingjing. At first, in order to preserve his own strength, Prince Caton originally planned that the siege operation would be completed entirely by the Far Eastern rebels, and the local regular army of the demons would not participate.

However, in front of the rì, the Divine Emperor showed impatience for the attack on Pai City that took so much time, and Prince Caton had to consider: if the Far Eastern rebels could not take the city within a day or two, then he would be very incompetent in front of the Divine Emperor, and the army of millions could not simply take a small city, and it was inevitable that he would also have the prestige of the Fallen God Clan's army. Therefore, he still ordered the regular army of demons to be ready for battle - although he himself believed that this was completely unnecessary, and a single wave of hundreds of thousands of rebels alone would be enough to overwhelm the small city of Payi.

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On January 24, starting from dawn, the horns sounded in unison at the head of the demon clan and the rebels, the military trumpets were sonorous, and the gongs and drums were thundering. Countless soldiers and horses let out a roar like a mountain flood and tsunami, and then swooped down the city. The attack began, and the soldiers of the Zichuan King Army guarding it suddenly felt that the entire city wall and the earth were trembling, and even those veterans who had been through a hundred battles had never seen such a ferocious attack.

The dense fog of the early morning lifted a little, and the soldiers of the Wang army could clearly see the first wave of the enemy's attack, and they were stunned: it was not the battle-resistant rebel infantry or the brave demon cavalry rushing to the front line of the enemy's formation, but countless human prisoners. Most of these captives were civilians who had not had time to escape the capture of the demon soldiers and horses, most of them were old people, children, and women, and many were young adults, human officers and soldiers who had been captured in previous battles. They carried sandbags on their shoulders and were ordered to fill the moat, and the rebels and demons followed them, whipping them with leather whips, stabbing them with spears, and slashing with sabers, forcing them forward. They cried and wailed as they ran: "Don't let go of the arrows, we are our own people." "A cry and wail reached the sky, and people wept when they heard it. The enemy hoped that this method would force the moat and break the morale of the defenders of the city of Pay.

But the soldiers hesitated, and the arrows in their hands hung down, how could they bear to look at their own compatriots? Many voices shouted to the city: "Don't come! Run! Don't come!" Some of the captives stopped slightly, but they were immediately slashed and killed by the demon cavalry without hesitation, and hundreds of corpses were scattered all over the ground in an instant. The remaining captives were horrified and began to move forward again.

Stirling's sharp voice resounded throughout the city: "I order, release the arrows immediately!" Everyone saw the two lines of tears that flowed quietly from his face.

Someone shuffled out the first arrow, the second arrow, the soldiers hesitated, the arrows rained down, watching their compatriots scream and fall in their own hands, even the hard-hearted overseer judge burst into tears. But the enemy did not give up, driving in batches of prisoners, forcing them forward, and the moat turned bright red, gradually filled with sand and flesh.

Stepping on the bridge built of flesh and blood, the combined forces of the demons and the rebels rushed up with a shout, and they were so dense that they were killed one by one, and at the forefront were the powerful half-orc infantry, these 50,000 people were the jīng Rui division of the rebels, which was specially selected to take the lead, and Pingjing Hou knew that here, he would suffer the most stubborn resistance. The orcs gasped for breath, their bodies covered in rudimentary wolf skins, and their huge maces waved in their hands with a tiger's sound.

The second line is equipped with 100,000 strong snake legions, the snake army is not good at fighting yezhan, but it is especially suitable for siege warfare, because they have natural climbing skills, they are armed with bayonet spears and spears, and will begin hand-to-hand combat, and then there is a combined army of 200,000 rebels, which includes orcs, snakes, dwarves, The dragonmen even had a mixed contingent of human rebels inside, and they were all promised: if the city could be broken today, everyone would get a reward from the boss, and the first soldier to enter the city, whether a soldier or an officer, would be rewarded with 100,000 gold coins and appointed governor of any province in the Far East; and whoever took the head of Stirling would be crowned a marquis by His Majesty the Demon God Emperor! Hearing such tempting conditions, the rebels' eyes turned red, and they all drank enough liquor to strengthen their courage before the battle, and shouted: "Mom and Dad gave birth to me only once!" , rushed forward with all his strength.

Next came the mighty Ludi legion under the command of Duke Ludi. Compared to the chaotic formation of the rebel troops, the regular army of the demon clan appeared to be orderly and neatly queued. The line marched in a straggler line, and rows of archers, axemen, bayonets, and shieldmen were well combined, and they showed slaughter in a neat manner. Since the cavalry could not be used in the siege, they all dismounted and advanced with their sabers held high. The unit has a great reputation, extremely strong combat effectiveness, is a meritorious unit since the beginning of the war, in the Moon Bay alone, they wiped out 110,000 Zichuan troops in one fell swoop, so that the Zichuan commander Fang Jin died in battle, and their own losses were less than 2,000 people; "Why don't you line up our team to take the lead?" their queue looked a little noisy, the front team collided with the rear team of the Ludi Legion in front of him several times, and behind him, there were countless demon life force teams. They were commanded by demon generals such as Gu Thorn, Saimur, Yuga, and Tie Lun, and because they were too crowded, it was no longer possible to tell who was who, and the dense flow of people was rolling forward like the flow of the sea, slow but unstoppable.

In the distance, the royal legions of Prince Caton's own formation stood still, and the phalanx was as solid as a rock. The Royal Legion includes 50,000 court guards with strong combat effectiveness (also known as armored beasts), their natural scales are as hard as armor, and they are invulnerable to swords and guns, and they are the personal guards of the Demon God Emperor.

Hundreds of high climbing ladders approached the city, and the siege vehicles that were swinging all the way were caught in the flow of people and slowly approached - these equipment were originally prepared by the demons in order to capture the Valen Fortress, and Prince Caton thought that this time he would be able to flatten the small city of Pai at once by using a knife in advance!

With so many soldiers and horses, crowding the vast plains under the city of Payi, they were side by side, the front and back rows were close together, and they were so crowded that it was hard to breathe - the leader of the rebels in the Far East, who was also the commander of this attack, Ping Jinghou, did not care about the formation of the art of war or what kind of strategy, he only hoped to use this numerical advantage to drown Stirling with the strength of the mountains and fields. Although the city was already crowded, he was still vigorously dispatching troops, sending the fresh force team one after another, and ordering the troops behind to push the troops in front of him.

The soldiers and horses under the city are so dense that the human archers on the city don't even have to aim, just shè, shè, shè in the sky, row after row of archers take turns to attack intensively, thousands of strong bows keep "squeaking" into a full moon, "squeaking" out of the shè, and the arrows pour down on the heads of the rebels and demon soldiers like the continuous torrential rain. Countless Far Eastern sons fell to the ground on the top of the moat, and the same countless Senean soldiers were killed by their bows and arrows, and their bodies formed a small hill around the city of Pai, but they continued to advance, rushing over the moat and rushing under the walls, but there a more terrible calamity awaited them. As usual, the rain of arrows poured incessantly, and the rolling stones that fell from the city head smashed them into pulp, and poured hot oil on their heads, and the walls were slippery and steep, and it was difficult to climb, and sometimes they climbed up, and a burst of swords and spears stabbed them, and the men fell to the ground from a high place. Because the people were so crowded, it was as if the ladders and climbing vehicles that were originally used to attack the city were stuck in the flow of people and could not move at all. The fanatical besiegers below the city were impatiently waiting, and one by one they climbed the city walls with their bare hands, and were fiercely attacked by the defenders, with arrows and rolling stones, and suffered numerous casualties.

The Jīng Rui troops of the Far Eastern rebels, such as the Minsk team, the Yun team, the Gaza team, and other units, were already beaten to the ground before they could rush under the city walls, and more than half of them suffered casualties. Part of the team was defeated and wanted to withdraw, but it didn't work, the follow-up troops had already rushed up, and they were trampled to death on the road. All the way the soldiers and horses trampled on the blood of their brothers, striding forward, under the city wall, the enemy's remains were so many that they became the second city wall, but the enemy offensive continued, under the supervision of the Marquis of Pingjing, the follow-up Wagra team, Tussaud's team, and the dragonman team rushed to death, as if the Marquis of Pingjing had to kill all his soldiers and horses to be happy.

Stepping on the sea of corpses and blood, the first batch of snake soldiers and horses finally landed on the top of the city, and the Wenhe Division of the Zhōngyāng Army defending the city did not give an inch, stubbornly resisting to the death. The two sides started a white-knuckle battle, the fierce fighting began, from here to there, countless sharp weapons were slashing and killing, the two sides gritted their teeth, bleeding and bleeding, there were swords and swords everywhere, and the human body on the head of the city was soon also fortified, and the two sides stepped on the human body of the wounded and the dead to continue to fight, and the screams continued one after another. A detachment of the Ludi Legion also boarded up to support, the enemy suddenly achieved a numerical advantage, morale was great, one of the demon soldiers even snatched the banner of the Wenhe Division, he excitedly held it high to show the compatriots under the city, the demon crowd erupted in earth-shattering cheers: "Wagra!" (kill), for a while, everyone thought: The city is just around the corner, and they are very excited!

But at this time, Qin Lu, the deputy commander of the zhōngyāng army, quickly led three brigades to support the Wenhe division, and Qin Lu took the lead and cut down the demon soldier with his sword in his hand and recaptured the military flag. The human race began to counterattack, unstoppable, and the phalanx composed of shields, sabers and spears suddenly pressed the rebels and demons to the outer line, and the archers kept releasing arrows in the gap behind to give the enemy heavy damage. In less than a few minutes, the soldiers and horses who had climbed the city suffered heavy losses, left behind thousands of corpses, and were driven off the city.

At this time, the slow siege ladders and climbing cars finally approached the city wall. Standing on the boarding car at the level of the city wall, the archers of the demon clan began to shoot arrows back at the defenders at the head of the city, restraining the movements of the defenders, at the same time, hundreds of ladders "clucked" leaning on the head of the city, the hideous face of the demon soldiers, half-orcs biting daggers in their mouths, scrambling to climb up, no matter the arrows above raining, no matter the hot oil drenched heavy stones, one by one as brave as if they had nine lives, for a time the city wall was densely covered with climbing soldiers, just like ants crawling full of a sugar cube.

The human defenders at the head of the city retaliated by priing open the ladder at the head of the city and pushing it out, and the string of enemy soldiers on the ladder all fell high and fell into meatloaf. But with this deadly attack, and the cover of their archers, the enemy made a second assault on the western side of the city and engaged the defenders in a fierce white-knuckle battle after paying heavy casualties. This time, they came across the area defended by Roger's division of the "Xiuzi Battalion".

Roger Qiben roared: "Brothers, go up!", led everyone to rush forward to intercept the demon soldiers who landed in the city, the two sides fought together, and the demon soldiers rushed left and right fiercely, but the soldiers of Roger's army were also very heroic this time - the soldiers of Roger's army are usually not very brave, they prefer to make money and do business than fighting, even if they have to fight, they are more willing to do some sneak attacks, traps, and other sneaky things, and they don't like to do it with the other party. But this time everyone is clear: if you really let the demons break the city, then no one wants to live! At the moment of life and death, this time they were also brave once, they attacked the demon soldiers with white knives and blades, with the advantage of numbers, more than 2,000 people rushed up (Roger was pushed to the front as a shield) and attacked, and more than 100 demon soldiers who landed in the city in an instant were all cut down with knives, and recaptured the city.

Not only in the defense area of the Xiuzi battalion, the entire Pai defense line was subjected to the severe test of the storm at this time, the waves of attack cháo wave after wave, the rebels and the demon alliance army had broken through the defense line many times, breaking into the city, but they encountered the resistance of human death, for the tragic death of their compatriots and the anger in their chests, Pai's defenders showed incomparable tenacity and tenacity, desperate counterattack, unstoppable, and repeatedly drove the enemy down, in front of the human erect chest, the demon clan again and again the fierce attack wave cháo was crushed, just like the sea cháo hit the reef, leaving only corpses。

To the east of the city was the focus of today's fierce fighting, where the enemy threw a huge force of thirty regiments in an attempt to break through the defenses. However, Sterling also expected this, and configured the four most sharp divisions of the zhōngyāng army here, including the pride of the entire Zichuan family, and the ace division "Immortal Battalion" - the "Immortal Battalion" was originally the core force of the Janissary Guard, and after the rebellion, in order to control the zhìzhōngyāng army, this jīng sharp army was specially adapted to the zhōngyāng army. Every soldier in this army is a one-in-a-thousand-mile jīng sharp, and here they engage in the most tragic flesh-and-blood battle with the demon army!

The situation on the head of the city is changing, it will be captured by the demon army for a while, and it will be taken back by the human race, and the two sides have fought fiercely here countless times, and the city head has changed hands many times...... The ears were buzzing, there was a scream and curse everywhere, and the demon soldiers shouted: "Wagra!" The human responded: "Call you dead!" Then there was the violent slamming of the weapon, sparks were flying, the wounded were moaning, the soldiers were already red-eyed, they were so cumbersome that they even took off their armor, and they went on the field shirtless with the shiny saber, and they either died or I died with a knife, and the feet were slippery and greasy, and they were stepping on the human body, I don't know if it was their own person or the other party's, and the thick smell of blood choked their noses. The spear has been discounted, the blade has been blunted, the dagger has been broken, and the soldiers of the immortal battalion dare to pounce on it with their bare hands to snatch the enemy's weapons! Obviously they have already cut off half of their heads, broken their arms and legs, stabbed their guns in the chest, and stabbed their whole bodies like hedgehogs, and the soldiers of the immortal battalion can still pounce on and bite the enemy's throat, pick out the enemy's eyes with their fingers, and kick the opponent's lower body, and the momentum can only be described as madness! Regardless of whether it is the rebels or the demons, although they have the advantage in numbers and are a new force, in the face of this crazy counterattack, they all chilled their hearts and broke their hearts when they saw the group of human beings who were smiling all over their bodies: That is not a human! It is a fierce demon! Within a day, the enemy has grabbed the city more than a dozen times, but it has encountered the iron wall of the "immortal camp", and each time they have been hit by the head and bleeding, and they have fled in the wilderness.

The siege lasted a whole day, and the armies of both sides fought like two giants, fighting to the death with the last of their strength, panting and scarring.

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Under the golden banner of the demon clan in the distance, looking at the fierce battle of the city, Prince Caton's face turned pale.

One by one, the heralds galloped to and fro to his side, reporting: "The fifth team of orcs has gone up!"

"The Tielun Legion has gone up!"

"Pingjing Hou asked for reinforcements! He said that the seventeenth team of the snake clan couldn't stand it!"

"Report! Lord Ancient Thorn is dead in battle!"

"The Yuga Legion has gone up!"

"Senel's team has suffered too many casualties, and they can't afford to fight anymore!"

The Prince's hand trembled slightly: It has been ten hours of fierce fighting! The city of Pai is like a bottomless black hole, swallowing up one team after another, and countless jīng soldiers and strong generals have disappeared, but the city of Pai is still standing majestically. He couldn't understand what was going on: The invincible million-strong army of the Protoss had been fighting hard for a day, paying huge prices and sacrifices, and they couldn't even take a stronghold on the city! After a day of fierce fighting, weren't the other soldiers tired? How could they have maintained such a high fighting spirit and strong jīng strength all the time? Could it be that it was really a group of supermen or gods and monsters guarding the city? How many more people would we have to die in order to capture this small city of Payi?

He cursed softly: "Sterling, you devil!" He raised his voice and ordered: "Order, the 51st Dragonman team in the Far East, the 63rd Half-Orc team, and the 36th and 37th teams of Seneca advance immediately!

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Dusk, after more than ten hours of fierce fighting, the offensive of the demons is still continuing, they have dropped thick layers of corpses under the city, although the commander is still constantly transferring troops to send fresh troops up, the body and mind of the soldiers of the demons and rebels have begun to be tired, the towering Pai City in front of them is like a meat grinder, one after another the team of dragons and tigers are sent up alive and turned into corpses, the air is filled with a strong smell of blood, the feet are a piece of rotten and soft flesh and blood, and the blood flows into a small river, whether it is the demon soldiers or the rebel soldiers have begun to be frightened, but the military order rings in the ears, had to move forward, so everyone began to grind and rub forward, slowly moving forward, just hoping that the sun would go down early to end the offensive, or that other troops would enter the city quickly, and not let it be their turn to climb the "meat grinder", and the momentum of scrambling to take the lead in the morning was no longer there.

The enemy offensive had begun to weaken, and the first to be keenly aware of this was Sterling, who said to Shikawa Xiu: "It's time, please!"

Zi Chuanxiu's expression was solemn, and he replied briefly: "Please rest assured!"

Stirling looked up at the sky, the sky was blue, and the sunset was like blood. Looking at the magnificence of the mountains near and far, the clear water of thousands of miles of rivers and rivers, in an instant, a lot of past events poured into my mind at the same time, complicated and chaotic, indescribable, and the wonderful thing is that many childhood memories that I can't remember suddenly come to mind very clearly: the first time I saw Zi Chuanxiu was in the garden of the backstreet where he stole five cents, the first time I saw Di Lin was a fight with him, and the three of them were beaten by gangsters on the street and fled all over the street...... In the end, what was fixed in his mind was Princess Cardin's tearful face. He whispered, "I'm sorry, Cardin..."

His state of mind was full of peace, and he entered a very peaceful realm, smiling and thinking: Life is so beautiful!

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