City No. 1 was breached, giving the five priests great confidence and immediately giving the order to head towards City No. 2.

Compared with the weak defense of City No. 1, there are many dense forests in City No. 2, and the location of the arrow tower and the hidden fortress is relatively hidden.

This is an excellent ambush point, the two thousand natives who stepped into the dense forest, were quickly attacked by arrows from all directions, between the giant trees on both sides, from time to time there were giant trees falling, and the natives who attacked for a time suffered heavy casualties, and quickly retreated, and transferred a reserve to the next team.

Although the morale of the reserve team is high, it is not easy to take it easily in the face of the second city with many dense forests.

Looking at the reserves that were constantly withdrawing and rushing forward, the five priests glanced at each other and ordered the troops to be withdrawn.

This is not that they admit intimidation, but to reduce unnecessary casualties and suspend the attack, but the next moment, the arrow burns with flames, and it is instantaneous.

The jungle is an excellent place to ambush, and since it is impossible to storm it, then attack them with fire, and burn them to death.

The flames burning with arrows directly ignited the dense forest, and in the blink of an eye, the flames soared into the sky.

With the rising smoke, Chen Dao, who was sitting in the rear, had a calm face, did not hesitate, and ordered to retreat again and go to City Three.

The capture of two cities in quick succession restored the faith of the five priests.

The so-called Dongshan Army is nothing more than that, but they have survived in the Jiaozhou territory for a hundred years, and their familiarity with the local area is comparable to that of this group of cool people.

The indigenous people are fighting, naturally they have their own way, as long as the time is obtained, there is no problem in dealing with the Liang soldiers.

Looking at the Liang soldiers who were burning and retreating, the five priests did not give the order to pursue, and they didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, as if they were waiting for the burning flames to subside.

There are two reasons for not pursuing, one is that there will be ambushes on the way to the pursuit, and the battle has always been only 3,000 people, and Su Qi'an has 2,000 men and horses left, but they have not moved.

Second, you can take advantage of the consolidation of the territory of the two cities, this wheel war, in addition to concentrating troops and taking one city at a time, it is more important to entangle food step by step.

This kind of tactic of seeking stability seems to be a bit pedantic, but it is very practical, if it is like before, blindly quick and quick, even if it is quickly advanced to the fourth and fifth cities.

But who can guarantee that their rear will not be ambushed, and the battle line is too long, and it is easy to be stabbed in several sections.

When the time comes, if they can't echo the end, it will not be that they will defeat Su Qi'an and take back the territory that belongs to the priests, but that they will return with heavy losses.

Seeking stability is the best policy, which is also the meaning of the two elders.

The flames burning in the dense forest burned for about half an hour before they weakened, and tens of thousands of natives continued to march mightily.

Because of the burning fire, the dense forest that blocked the view basically disappeared, and the road out of the dense forest to City No. 3 gradually widened.

Although it is not as large as tens of thousands of people, all of them are spread out, but it is more than enough to accommodate two reserves.

At this time, with a force of 4,000 men, they marched in unison, and, in the rear, more than a dozen catapults slowly followed.

The natives are not well equipped, but it does not mean that the priest alliance does not have siege weapons.

For this expedition, the two elders mobilized twelve catapults from the Priest Alliance, accounting for one-third of the Priest Alliance's siege equipment.

In the previous siege, even if the situation was bad, the two elders did not use this sharp weapon.

It's nothing more than human life, and the lives of these lower-class natives, in the eyes of the two elders, are really not as good as siege weapons.

Some people died, they didn't have many others, and there were many people, and in this expedition, the two elders were ready to sacrifice more than half of the natives, as long as they could get back the territory of the three priests, no matter how big the casualties were, they could accept it.

This is a matter of whether he will be able to compete with the other two patriarchs in the priestly alliance in the future.

Once his prestige is lost, his status will definitely drop significantly, so this battle must be fought no matter what.

The appearance of catapults, this battle, basically reached the climax stage.

City No. 3 is worthy of being the central city, and the materials used for the city walls are all serious green bricks, although they are not as tall as the tall city walls of the border states, but it

The height is also about three zhang.

In a county, it is one of the best, and in front of the city wall, two arrow towers, also made of blue bricks, rise from the ground.

In the arrow tower, there are already countless arrows, aiming at the approaching indigenous army.

Chen Zhi's face was indifferent, even if the other party's soldiers were coming to the city, he was not afraid.

This is him as the commander of the third regiment, leading a regiment to fight, even if there is an army of tens of thousands in front of him, in his heart, he has to fight to the death.

In addition to not embarrassing Su Qi'an, he also has to buy time for Su Qi'an, even if his people are exhausted and he dies here, he will definitely not take a step back.

Looking at the approaching indigenous army, Chen Zhi shouted loudly to release the arrows.

Arrows poured in, and two assembled native reserves, armed with shields and maces, shouted and rushed towards the strongest of cities, Three.

In an instant, the sound of killing shook the sky, and in the rear, the catapult also began to play his siege role.

More than a dozen boulders, which were thrown and smashed the solid city wall, although they failed to break through with one blow, they still left a deep mark on the city wall.

As long as the number is enough, the blue brick city wall will be breached sooner or later.

The five priests sat on their horses with serious expressions, and this battle was crucial for both sides.

As long as you take the third city, there will be a flat river behind you, relying on the solid territory you have won before, the army does not have to worry about being attacked by the enemy, and you can directly force it flat.

Therefore, taking the third city, the basic victory is in sight, so no matter how many casualties are paid, you have to attack the city with all your might.

Before the siege of the city, the five priests had already expected that this resistance would be fierce.

But it was only at that moment, seeing with their own eyes, that they realized how strong the resistance was.

The two arrow towers in front of the city wall were attacked by catapults and almost destroyed, but the soldiers in the arrow towers, instead of fleeing, went like mad and went towards the rushing native army.

With no more than a hundred of them, in an army of four thousand, they are like duckweed being swept into the stormy seas.

It was only a matter of time before they were wiped out, but before they were wiped out, this group of soldiers who did not want to die gave an indelible shadow to the attacking native army.

These hundred or so people actually stopped the attack of 4,000 people for a short time, although the time was very short, only a dozen breaths, but still impressed the five priests.

Before the fall of the soldiers, who were less than 100 men, it was roughly estimated that they would cause three or four hundred casualties, which was enough to be proud of.

These unfathomable soldiers obviously cast a shadow on the indigenous army, and the speed of the attack was noticeably sluggish.

The faces of the five priests turned cold, and the second priest immediately ordered that the two reserves in the rear change their defenses, and at the same time, siege vehicles and ladders were dispatched.

Without the threat of the arrow tower, they can rest assured that they can boldly attack the city with all their might.

Changing the defense of the natives to take the guard, the momentum is obviously much higher, even in the face of arrows in the sky, they have no fear.

Because the reserve force that will attack the city from now on is the indigenous elite brought by their five major priests.

In the previous battle, they had not used their elites, and now at this time, there was no need to hide.

The dispatch of the elite natives is obviously much higher than the previous natives army.

After the stagnant offensive was taken over by them, it took only two quarters of an hour for the siege engines to reach the city gates.

The elite pushing the ladder behind him is also gradually approaching.

In just two quarters of an hour, the elite natives of 4,000 people suffered more than 1,000 casualties.

But they still fought to the death, not to mention them, even Chen Dao, who was in charge of defense, rushed to the city wall, ignoring the arrows coming towards them and commanding the battle.

All kinds of logs and boulders were thrown from the city walls to block the progress of the siege.

The eyes of the second priest behind him flashed, and he seemed to have made a decision, and only said one sentence, "Order, the second group of elite natives will attack."

These words shocked the other four people, the 50,000-strong native army, and the elite natives who were full of calculations were only 12,000 people.

Just in three batches,

The first batch has already gone up, and although there are more than a thousand dead and wounded, it is not without the strength of a battle.

Even if you want to go up, you can let the first batch withdraw first, and use other ordinary natives to go to the top, the battle of City No. 3 has only started for a quarter of an hour, this is just the beginning, there is no need to go to the second batch of elites.

Compared with the hesitation of the four people, the second priest saw a long-term view than them, and said softly, "Our siege this time is indeed based on seeking stability, and the battle has been fought so far, haven't you noticed that the main generals of the other side have rushed to the city wall, and finally rushed to the wall.

"When the time comes, let them force them back, their morale will be greatly boosted, and the morale that we have managed to accumulate will be dispersed."

"In addition to seeking stability, morale is also very important in a war, and I think even if the two elders are here, they will agree with me."

At this time, the second priest didn't have the giggling just now, it was like a different person, and he felt like a cool general.

Although they and the second priest did not like it on weekdays, they were the most sensitive to the change in the atmosphere of the battlefield among the eight priests.

When it comes to fighting, among them, the second priest still has the ability.

"Since the second brother has said so, then we will listen to you."

"That's right, everything will be done according to the second brother's wishes."

The four of them looked at each other and spoke in unison.

The second priest took a deep breath, in fact, he was also gambling, betting on the other party's reinforcements.

Only by forcing out all the centaurs can they annihilate them in one fell swoop with absolute superiority.

Not long after, the second group of 4,000 elite natives in the rear was dispatched, and with the support of the second group, the pressure on the first group was significantly reduced, the offensive was more ferocious, and the balance of victory was obviously tilted towards the priests.

The dispatch of the second group of elite natives, Chen Zhi saw it clearly, and he was very clear about the current situation.

With the three thousand people in his hands, it is not easy to support the onslaught of seven or eight thousand elite natives for so long.

But he had no choice but to wait!

Chen Zhi shouted, "Brothers, for the sake of Lord Hou and the people of the homeland, even if it is death, never take half a step back!"

"Fight to the death! Never back!" Countless voices in the city shouted, and for a moment the two sides briefly reached a stalemate.

At this moment, the ground shook suddenly, and on both sides outside the city, there was an earth-shattering sound of rushing and killing, and then thousands of people rushed out from the two wings and went straight to the elite indigenous army.

Looking at the reinforcements rushing out, the second priest was not surprised as he imagined, but breathed a sigh of relief, with a hint of a smile on his face, "Hehe, I've waited for so long, and I've finally arrived."