Chapter 388: The War Between Man and Beast
The eternal change of the season is the rain, which is always falling, and neither humans nor ghosts can avoid the ubiquitous cold rain. Fortunately, humans are good at making use of utensils, and the leather coats sewn from whamphs can be used at will, and those officers and high-ranking generals also use a set of rainproof coats made of mutated animal skins.
The battle between man and beast has lasted for more than half a month, and the Eighth Ring City has also built a second "city wall".
The second city wall, in fact, uses the outer ring of private houses, those houses made of red crystal, as long as the earth is used to fill the empty space between the houses, the ranger with the power of soil uses the method of "fossils to mud", and can quickly refine into a long causeway more than one zhang wide. There are also water cultivators who use the rain from the sky to make ice, making the second "city wall" extremely smooth, and no matter how human or beast can climb it.
After more than ten days of fighting by the military and civilians in the city, the second beast wall surrounding the holy volcano was built, leaving a few gaps that had not yet been plugged.
"All the soldiers and civilians below the rank of knight retreated to the new city wall and garrisoned them with the inhabitants of the city. Those above the chivalrous level should stay on the first city wall and be sure to kill all the mutated phantom beasts on the city!"
Hearing the loud order of the general defending the city, Zhu Tianpeng looked back at a few of his subordinates and said, "Next, you have to fight hard in the group of ghost beasts, or do you have to guard against the surprise attack of mutant beasts at any time, can any of you apply to return to the new city wall?"
Of the ten knights under his command, only eight are now left, and Mo Cheng, who is a ninth-level knight, has hung up the lottery. Lao Zhu couldn't bear to let them all die in the beast tide and wanted to give them another choice.
In the past half a month, Zhu Tianpeng's "Liu Rudao" has broken into the jungle many times, killing hundreds of mutant beasts, and the ordinary phantom beasts are countless.
Eight knights, you look at me, I look at you, for a while no one applied for protection for themselves.
"Brother Liu, I want to apply for a place!" Mo Cheng said in a low voice.
Lao Zhu was surprised, and this Mo was mature enough to know the situation of defending the city, which gave Lao Zhu a lot of help. The most important thing is that he has never flinched in the past ten days, and he is always the first to rush forward to kill the phantom beast. Lao Zhu admired him very much, but he didn't expect him to apply for protection.
Despite being disappointed, Lao Zhu agreed: "Okay, I agree!" Then, he took out a white protective jade plate from Nazhu and handed it to Mo Cheng.
Mo Cheng did not hesitate, and after taking the protection token, he walked towards a chivalrous warrior not far away. The knight's left hand was gone, and the severed part of his upper arm was roughly bandaged, and his whole face was not good, and he was standing staggeringly.
Seeing the protective jade plate handed by Mo Cheng, he still looked incredulous, and after taking the jade plaque with his only right hand, he pressed it on his chest and sincerely thanked Mo Cheng.
After giving the protective jade plate to the knight with the broken arm, Mo Cheng returned to Zhu Tianpeng's side.
"What's the situation?" Lao Zhu didn't understand, how could there be such a seriously injured ranger left in the first city wall?
Mo Cheng sighed: "Their leader has died in battle, and the Demon Suppression Hall will no longer give this chivalrous team a protective card, unless they lose their combat effectiveness and are discovered by the ambulance team, otherwise, the entire team members will die in the beast tide." ”
Obviously, this is the battlefield discipline stipulated by the Demon Suppression Temple. The leader of a ranger team died in battle, and if his subordinates were still alive, it would be impossible to get the approval of the Demon Suppression Temple.
Because Zhu Tianpeng fought bravely to kill the enemy and was rewarded, he could pardon all his subordinates from the battlefield. For other teams, they can get a maximum of one or two protection tokens, which are still for wounded soldiers.
Mo Cheng's move made those knights who had lost their leader feel good, and Zhu Tianpeng's team suddenly added more than 20 members.
The gap in the new city wall was about to be closed, and Lao Zhu still had nine protection tokens left in his hand, and he issued one to each of his original subordinates, and the last one was given to the wounded soldiers who had just joined.
"Mo Cheng, don't shirk, go back to the second city wall! We still have more than 20 knights here, and we still need you to answer them later. ”
Zhu Tianpeng will not retreat to the second city wall for the time being, he has no acquaintances in the Eighth Ring City, in case he really encounters danger and wants to escape back to the second city wall, it is very likely that no one will throw a rope to save his life. Sending Mo Cheng and them back to the city is also to give themselves a way out.
Even if the knights and generals are skillful, it is impossible to stop all the phantom beasts. There is a wide distance between the two walls, which is obviously a danger for the phantom beast.
To kill all the mutant beasts that are besieging the city is to prevent those mutant beasts from disrupting the plans of the human race. Without the mutant beasts, it would have been almost impossible for ordinary phantom beasts to climb the second wall.
The power of those demon apes and demon bears could not have thrown tree trunks and stones from the dark jungle to the second city wall. The humans behind the new city wall should not be attacked by phantom beasts.
However, this is a test of life and death for rangers such as Zhu Tianpeng who are stationed on the first city wall.
Although there are many knights, when the beast tide attacks the city wall, they will be scattered by the beast herd and fall into the quagmire of fighting alone, and whether they can survive depends on luck.
Humans are reorganizing their warbands and building fortifications, and the army of phantom beasts is adjusting their siege strategies.
Between the first wall and the jungle, a wide ramp had been formed, and there was no need to throw tree trunks and stones, and the phantom beasts could run directly onto the wall.
The number of whamphs under the city has also been reduced by half, and one percent of the whackers have become part of the ramps, and four or five percent of the whamphs have been diverted to other places with the intention of building new siege ramps.
All kinds of large phantom beasts began to gather outside the city walls, and those mutant beasts also began to gather, ready to launch an all-out attack.
The icy rain fell from the sky, and it didn't stop.
"Wow-"
An earth-shattering roar rang out from the dark jungle, and all the ghostly beasts began to get into high spirits and charge towards the walls.
"Humanity will win, kill!"
"Kill all the monsters and protect my holy fire!"
"Kill!"
"The holy sun hangs high, and the god of fire is forever!"
The rangers clenched the swords and axes in their hands, and waited for the monsters to come up and die.
Zhu Tianpeng snatched the seven stars forward and threw the first wolf from the city wall. A panther and another wolf pounced.
Countless ghostly beasts rushed up the walls along the ramp made by the whackling corpses of the gophers, and were soon slain by the knights. For a moment, I saw blood splattering, colliding with the dense cold rain, and then scattering indiscriminately, staining the clothes of the beast-killing warriors red.
The corpses of the phantom beasts, which had been cut in two, were constantly flowing with blood, and the rain was converging with the rain, turning the walls into a blood-colored river.
In this kind of battlefield where the enemy is outnumbered, defense is a very idiotic behavior, and the best way to protect yourself is to keep attacking, kill the enemy first, and maintain a sufficient range of movement.
With the passage of time, the piercing action of the Seven Star Spear has gradually decreased, and although it is neat and neat, it is not suitable for dealing with sieges, but it is more threatening to the beasts with the moves of sweeping and crossing.
At this time, Lao Zhu understood why the rangers used axes and long knives more, which was a summary of the experience of fighting with Warcraft for a long time.
Although Lao Zhu annihilated and repelled all the phantom beasts that rushed towards him, the ramp was too wide, and many of Lao Zhu's combat methods were not suitable for showing, so naturally he couldn't take care of too many places, and there were phantom beasts bypassing him.
More than 20 knights under his command also tried their best to intercept them, but they couldn't stop all the phantom beasts that were not afraid of death, and many phantom beasts rushed through the first city wall and landed in the open space between the two city walls.
Before you know it, the Holy Day has risen high into the sky.
The white sun hung high in the sky, and the rain was still falling one after another. The attacks of the phantom beasts did not stop with the rise of the Holy Day.
As the war continued, the river of blood still flowing, staining the open space between the two walls crimson.
At some point, the Holy Day began to fall.
At the moment when the Holy Sun sank, more phantom beasts poured onto the city wall, and Lao Zhu, who was sweeping out a stick shadow of the seven-star spear, suddenly felt an arc of a knife slash at his chest, although he had a Ruyi battle armor to protect himself, but it also woke up Zhu Tianpeng.
"Be careful, everyone, there are mutant beasts attacking the city wall!"
Before he could finish speaking, a knight not far away suddenly screamed, and then soon fell silent again.
"There are mutant beasts! Lao Qiu has been raided!"
Everyone's hearts were cold, the so-called surprise attack was just a vague speech, and Lao Qiu had probably been killed by mutant beasts.
Lao Qiu is Zhu Tianpeng's newly received subordinate, a third-level knight, but he didn't expect to die like this!
Zhu Tianpeng's anger erupted in his heart, he was not suppressing the light of the seven-star spear, a sweep smashed all the phantom beasts around him, and then took a step across, smashed the head of a mutated phantom wolf, stepped on a phantom beast head, rushed into the distance, and stabbed a mutated black panther to death.
For a while, Lao Zhu was like an ape, constantly flying, sweeping the section of the city wall that his team was responsible for, and killing all the mutant beasts that attacked the city.
Fortunately, the target of the ordinary phantom beast was not the ranger on the city wall, and the phantom beast that rushed through the gap that Lao Zhu briefly let go, did not attack the knight next to him, but rushed forward quickly and landed on the blood-colored open space in the city.
There is an interception of the second wall, and even if ordinary phantom beasts break through, they will not be able to attack the humans on the wall.
At this time, the ordinary phantom beasts in the blood-colored clearing already had a certain scale, but unfortunately without the help of the mutant beasts, there was nothing for them to use to climb the new city wall, so they could only roar frantically in the open space helplessly.
Even though a few mutant beasts rushed past the Warriors' interception, they were quickly killed by the iron arrows shot down by the second wall.
That's right, many of the soldiers and civilians on the second city wall are holding longbows and crossbow arrows, and they are determined to kill the mutant beasts that have broken through the outer city wall.
By the time the holy day rose again, the Beast's siege had finally slowed down. And the phantom beasts in the open space in the two city walls are already densely packed.
"Ranger Fire Team, throw the lava beads!"
At the command of the defending general, countless lava beads were thrown from the new city wall and landed in the group of ghostly beasts that crossed the outer city wall, and the lava beads exploded, and a large amount of lava flowed out.
Countless lava beads contain lava that joins together to create a large pool of lava. The phantom beasts in the clearing were soaked in lava and jumped up at once, but unfortunately there was lava everywhere, and they could not go up to the city wall to avoid it, so countless phantom beasts fell into the lava and howled miserably.
Patches of howls spread far away, and under the order of the demon general, the attack of the Phantom Beast army was finally heard. The phantom beasts that had run up the city wall also turned and retreated under the command.
As soon as the tide of siege beasts stopped, several rope bridges flew out of the inner city wall and connected to the outer city wall.
The shouts of the general defending the city sounded: "Use the rattan bridge to send the wounded over!"
Of the more than 20 knights under Zhu Tianpeng, one Lao Qiu died, five others were seriously injured, and the rest were almost all more or less injured, but it did not affect their combat effectiveness very much.
The guards came from the opposite side, sent a lot of food and drink, and when they left, they also helped to take over the five seriously injured knights under Zhu Tianpeng over the Fuji Bridge.
After Lao Zhu drove the two exhausted low-level rangers to the inner city wall, he still had eighteen knights under his command.
Sitting on the battlements, eating and drinking, bathing in the glory of the holy day, and drenching in the cold rain, Lao Zhu actually felt a strange calm.
Seeing the phantom beasts that devoured the dead kind outside the city wall, Lao Zhu didn't feel anything disgusting.
War is war, there is no justice or injustice, everything is for the right to live.
The phantom beasts were soaked in lava and their legs and feet jumped up immediately, but unfortunately there was lava everywhere, and they could not go up to the city wall to avoid it, so countless phantom beasts fell into the lava and howled miserably.
Patches of howls spread far away, and under the order of the demon general, the attack of the Phantom Beast army was finally heard. The phantom beasts that had run up the city wall also turned and retreated under the command.
As soon as the tide of siege beasts stopped, several rope bridges flew out of the inner city wall and connected to the outer city wall.
The shouts of the general defending the city sounded: "Use the rattan bridge to send the wounded over!"
Of the more than 20 knights under Zhu Tianpeng, one Lao Qiu died, five others were seriously injured, and the rest were almost all more or less injured, but it did not affect their combat effectiveness very much.
The guards came from the opposite side, sent a lot of food and drink, and when they left, they also helped to take over the five seriously injured knights under Zhu Tianpeng over the Fuji Bridge.
After Lao Zhu drove the two exhausted low-level rangers to the inner city wall, he still had eighteen knights under his command.
After Lao Zhu drove the two exhausted low-level rangers to the inner city wall, there were eighteen knights under his command sitting on the battlements, eating and drinking, bathing in the glory of the holy sun, and drenched in the cold rain, Lao Zhu actually felt a strange calm.
Seeing the phantom beasts that devoured the dead kind outside the city wall, Lao Zhu didn't feel anything disgusting.
War is war, there is no justice or injustice, everything is for the right to live.
Of the more than 20 knights under Zhu Tianpeng, one Lao Qiu died, five others were seriously injured, and the rest were almost all more or less injured, but it did not affect their combat effectiveness very much.
The guards came from the opposite side, sent a lot of food and drink, and when they left, they also helped to take over the five seriously injured knights under Zhu Tianpeng over the Fuji Bridge.
After Lao Zhu drove the two exhausted low-level rangers to the inner city wall, he still had eighteen knights under his command.