Chapter 92: Temptation to Siege
Many mountain bandits had gathered outside the city of Zijun, which made the defenders inside the city extremely nervous.
Mr. Hong stood on the slope of a hill where he could clearly see the battle from here to the city of Zijun. He looked down at the group below that had already gathered more than half of the group, more than three thousand people, and the remaining half were still on the way, and it would take some effort to get them all together.
At this time, the mountain bandits who are already very chaotic below are ready to move, and things that do not obey the command happen from time to time, if they don't take any measures, I'm afraid that the team has not yet attacked the city, and they will have to mess up first.
Several leaders discussed it together and decided to send a team to attack the city first, and the number of people was not too large. If you can succeed, then it is the best, if you fail, it is nothing, and it will not affect morale.
Mr. Hong looked around and asked, "Is there any leader who wants to take the lead?" ”
As soon as these words came out, there was a silence in the audience. At this time, the defenders of the city were at the peak of their energy, and it was extremely risky to lead a team to attack the city, which was no different from looking for death.
The cannon fodder soldiers who went up to attack didn't want to come back, but the leaders who attacked with the team all had the ability to take care of their families, and the chances of survival were very high. This requires each leader to have a clear understanding of his or her own abilities.
After a while, two people in the team took the lead, Mr. Hong recognized them, the two of them had a high reputation in the green forest, and their skills were also considered high-class among the leaders of the mountain bandits, and they were indeed good candidates.
Mr. Hong stepped forward and patted the two on the shoulder, and said, "Please ask the two leaders, if you can't do anything, you can withdraw it, don't lose your life in vain." ”
"I'm going to do things for adults."
"Let's go down and probe the depths of the other party for the army."
The two men went down the hill, and each of them led fifty men to the city gate.
The guards in the city are the children of the family of Zijun City, surnamed Chen Mingli, and the soldiers under him are all trained by their own families, and they are all elites, but the number is quite small and there are only about a hundred people. The remaining hundreds of people who assisted in the defense were all officers and soldiers made up by the government, and the combat strength could basically be ignored.
Chen Li stood on the city wall, and when he saw the other party leading a hundred people from a distance, he rushed over, knowing that the other party was tempting, but he really underestimated him.
"Brothers, these mountain bandits are so arrogant, a hundred people are about to attack the city, and they look down on us so much, but they must give them some great looks."
"Kill! Fight the enemy! Fight the enemy! ”
The soldiers of the Chen family shouted in unison, and the sound was like a drum, which made people passionate and diluted the tense atmosphere.
This is the strategy that Chen Li came up with.
The other party does not count the division of troops, and there are 3,000 people attacking the north city gate in front of them alone, and it is a fool's dream to rely on the more than 100 elites of their family to defend the city gate. If the enemy is repulsed, these hundreds of ordinary officers and soldiers will no longer be afraid of fighting, but can cooperate with the Chen family sergeant to drag the battlefield down.
It was attacked by 100 people from the other side, and Chen Li only used 100 people to fight.
Although the mountain bandits had a supply of weapons, they did not have much armor, and there were no siege equipment, so this wave of attacks was really a bit hasty.
By the time they reached the city wall, they had already been shot twice by the defenders, leaving behind a dozen corpses, and then stared at the city and did not follow up.
Seeing that the city could not be attacked, the two mountain bandit leaders were anxious, and one of the strong men was even more impatient, and he couldn't help it first. His name is Zhang Deng, he is holding a water and fire stick in his hand, and he uses the family heirloom Shadow Burning Holy Skill, which sounds powerful, but in fact it is just a martial art in the mortal world. When he became an adult, he went out to learn some strange arts, and with his martial arts strength, he had his current reputation.
"Second Brother Zheng, I can't stand this kind of bird spirit, let's go up together and kill the officers and soldiers, the left and right are just mortal armies, and they can't stop us."
The five big and three thick surnamed Zheng, the size is not much worse than Zhang Deng, holding a broken gold knife, enjoying a good reputation in the green forest, known as Zheng Er. It is rumored that he was chased and killed by the enemy, fell off a cliff, and picked up a treasure knife with a cultivation method. He practiced under the cliff for less than three days before he stepped on the sword and escaped.
He looked fierce, but his mind was dexterous, and he said in his heart: "This raid is just to make a show, and it is impossible to capture the city gate, but if you don't do anything and go back like this, thousands of people behind you are watching, and you really can't explain it." ”
Thinking of this, he nodded and agreed to Zhang Deng's suggestion.
Zhang Deng was overjoyed when he received an affirmative reply, don't look at what he said easily, in fact, he didn't know the bottom in his heart.
The two of them have made up their minds, and they are all famous martial arts masters, which makes it difficult for them.
Chen Li watched the two of them climb upward, and with a wave of his palm, the soldiers behind him dropped the Rolling Wood Thunder Stone that had been prepared long ago, and smashed it at them and the mountain bandits who had no action under the city.
It turned out that most of these leaders were from the rivers and lakes, had never attacked the city, and were not clear about some conventional methods of warfare, thinking that there would be no danger for their soldiers to rush under the city wall, and they did not prepare archers to suppress the defenders above.
For a while, there was a wailing and screaming at the foot of the city wall, and the remaining seventy or eighty people were also wiped out, leaving only two leaders to resist with their own martial arts.
Zhang Deng was forced to fall off the city wall first, and picked up a rolling log with a water and fire stick in his hand to block all the other things that were smashed over. Seeing that the attack on his head gradually stopped, he immediately picked up a few thunder stones, showed his skills, and jumped onto the city wall with his feet on the thunder stones.
Zheng second-hand in the broken gold knife is very sharp like ordinary things, will smashed all the things in two, looked up and saw Zhang on the city wall, he put the broken gold knife into the city wall, stepped on it and jumped up, flew up the city wall, palm move, the broken gold knife automatically flew off the city wall back to his hand.
The elite of the Chen family waiting on the city wall reacted quickly, took out a crossbow arrow and shot it over, Zhang Deng danced a water and fire stick like a wheel, blocking all the crossbow arrows. Then he slashed the ends of the stick a few times on the shadow on the ground, and a string of black flames appeared on the stick out of thin air and burned.
The appearance looks like a flame, but it is very strange and has no temperature, he brandished a water and fire stick and rushed towards the defenders, the black flame was invincible everywhere, once the defenders came into contact with the flames, the anger on their bodies was immediately sucked away, and they were killed on the spot, and more than a dozen died at once.
Chen Li was distressed when he saw it, separated everyone, grabbed a spear from the officers and soldiers around him, and went straight to Zhang Deng.
Zhang Deng Ling Ran was not afraid, and stepped forward, but the invincible black flame suddenly failed, and Chen Li was not only not affected, but became more and more courageous.
Chen Li is a foundation building monk, no matter how powerful Zhang Deng is, at best, he is at the level of the seventh or eighth level of qi training, and the magic in his hand has a miraculous effect compared to those who have a low level of his own realm, and it is useless for a higher level foundation building monk.
If the two of them fight martial arts, it will be regarded as half a catty and eight taels, but Zhang Deng's methods are ineffective, and he panicked, so he couldn't resist the defeat and retreat, and shouted: "Second Brother Zheng, don't come and help quickly, otherwise you won't be able to leave." ”
As soon as the words fell, Zheng Er's broken gold knife flew over, helping Zhang Deng buy some respite.
Zheng Er is never confused about this kind of life-related matter, but he always has to be mentally prepared to fight with a monk who has built a foundation realm.
The broken door knife is barely a magic weapon, Chen Li didn't dare to be careless, he put his hand into his waist, took out a stone seal, threw it into the air and slowly became larger, turning into a grinding disc size, it was touching the broken gold knife, the gold and stone struck, sparks splashed, and the two magic weapons flew back upside down.
Both sides looked down, and the broken golden knife shattered, and the stone seal was knocked out of the gap. Zheng Er was distressed, but Chen Li didn't care, and threw out the stone seal again.
Zheng Er hesitated, and finally sacrificed his magic weapon for the sake of his life.
This time, with enough time, the lithograph was fully expanded and formed, the size of a thatched hut, and pressed down.
Zheng Er and Zhang Deng were overwhelmed by this might, but they didn't know that the broken golden knife collided with it, although it collapsed in a few places, but the stone seal trembled, and a crack slowly emerged from top to bottom, this magic weapon was obviously useless.
The two of them laughed for the rest of their lives, and when they saw Chen Li take back the stone seal in his hand, before they could laugh, they saw Chen Li's palm rubbing the stone seal, and the scars on the magic weapon disappeared immediately.
With a casual throw, the stone seal the size of the thatched house appeared again, Zheng Er saw that the opportunity was not good, and shouted, "Eat me with a knife." But he ran fast on his feet, leaving Zhang Deng alone.
Zhang Deng scolded non-stop, and had no choice but to support the water and fire stick under the stone seal, but he couldn't resist it after all, and was crushed into pulp.
The stone seal killed one person and flew up again, aiming at Zheng Er, who had not escaped far.
Seeing that the momentum was not good, Zheng Er bit the tip of his tongue and spurted out a mouthful of essence blood on the Broken Gold Knife, and the whole person immediately withered, but the Broken Gold Knife was full of energy, and flew away with Zheng Er, with a burst of sound of breaking the sky.
Chen Li couldn't catch up, and was secretly annoyed, after this battle, he lost seventeen soldiers, nearly one-fifth of the battle damage, but the other party still escaped one. If this continues, the elite of the Chen family will probably be exhausted here.
On the opposite side of Zijun City, all the leaders also looked solemn, and the 100 people who attacked were all wiped out, even the leader only came back, and it seemed that he had lost his combat effectiveness in a short time.
The bandits at the foot of the hill also watched the battle and finally stopped the noise.
If it was the only one who was satisfied, it was Mr. Hong, who just wanted to quiet the bandits. The result was just right, that is, seeing the strength of the defenders, and the morale of the defenders was not too bad, they should be obedient now.
"Chiefs, the defenders here are stubborn, let's wait for the arrival of the follow-up troops to make plans. I have a wood cultivator under my command who can control trees, and when the time comes, he can use spells to make some ladders, siege vehicles and other tools, and the siege process may be faster. ”
"Then let's wait."
Naturally, the people present had no objections, otherwise they would go to attack the city and die, and no one would stop them.