Chapter 223 A Great War
At the same time, a messenger soldier riding a camel rushed to their royal city day and night and brought the news to Kang Shuaibo in the royal city.
After learning that the invasion was actually an army of orcs, Kang Shuaibo's face suddenly became solemn.
It's not like he has never fought against an orc army before. Relying on the desert area's unique war elephant soldiers and camel cavalry, as well as the climate and geographical advantages of the desert, he can still fight even against an orc army.
But what puzzles Kang Shuaibo is, isn't this Xia Qi a normal human civilization? Why did he suddenly become an orc civilization?
There was no time to hesitate, Kang Shuaibo directly led the assembled army and marched in person!
As a result, his royal army hadn't officially left the city before the second battle report from the front line was sent. The first city on his border, Shige City, had fallen.
Kang Shuaibo's face couldn't help but become even uglier after hearing the news.
But he didn't have too many surprises in his heart. His border city was conquered in one day. According to the aggressiveness of the orc army, they did have this strength.
But what worries him is that once the border city is broken, no other city along the way to his capital can withstand the orc army.
Kang Shuaibo had to take the first step, and then sent someone to send out several warrants, ordering other cities to start gathering troops here to help the border cities.
Then he took the ten war elephants in the royal city and three thousand troops and rushed towards the border.
On the way there, Kang Shuaibo bumped into several messengers who were riding camels with urgent reports. The news he got from the urgent reports of these messengers made Kang Shuaibo's excitement.
His face was already ugly and almost distorted.
After the fall of Shige City on the border, Luyuan City and Moon City also fell one after another! Isn't the efficiency of the opponent's attack too high?
If I had been slower, would I have been beaten to the gate of the royal city?
With this thought, Kang Shuaibo made a prompt decision and began a rapid march.
Hurrying along slowly and hurriedly, we finally arrived at the frontline city before sunset on the fourth day.
The fourth city along the road was not captured, which made him feel relieved a little.
In other words, the opponent either ran away after looting the resources, or was stationed in Moon City to rest.
To be honest, although it was annoying to run away after looting the resources, at this moment, Kang Shuaibo kind of hoped that the other party would do that.
Because in this way, he can avoid another battle with the orc army.
If possible, he really doesn't want to fight the orc army, because in a battle, his side will definitely suffer heavy losses.
It hurts so much!
Kang Shuaibo first ordered the army to rest in this city for a day. While recovering from the fatigue accumulated by the army from the rapid march for days, he also waited for the support from the surrounding cities!
Facing the orc army, if we insist on fighting, the more troops the better!
On the morning of the sixth day of the invasion, Kang Shuaibo, who had gathered his troops all the way, had a look of determination on his face.
Think about it from another perspective, if he can win this headwind game, he will definitely be able to get a very high score while preserving his own resources, and maybe even get a golden treasure chest.
A full force of six thousand troops, plus ten
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Xia Qi, who was currently standing on the wall of Moon City with his first war elephant pressing down hard, had to admit that a player of this level was really fierce when it came to real action.
Moreover, this is most likely not all Kang Shuaibo's troops. After all, at this time, the border troops located in other directions will not have time to come over.
But even so, it was enough to make Xia Qi feel a burst of pressure.
Without any ambiguity, the red fox archers and goblin crossbowmen climbed directly onto the city wall, and the three Moon City defensive crossbows on the wall were operated by the goblin crossbowmen who were originally responsible for operating the eight-oxen crossbows.
Operate on behalf of.
The opponent's offensive came with urgency, and Xia Qi knew what Kang Shuaibo was anxious about. After all, there was not much time left for him to gather enough troops.
Ten war elephants lined up in a row, the scene looked really spectacular.
Looking at the siege army sweeping over like a tide, the three defensive crossbows on the top of the Moon City Wall opened fire without hesitation, and then the goblin crossbowmen and red fox archers followed suit.
As the crossbowmen of the city defender, they have an advantage, that is, they have multiple rounds of attack opportunities. Unlike when two armies are facing each other, after one round of volley, they have to retreat.
But this long-range fire suppression is obviously not enough in front of an army of 6,000 people.
However, Xia Qi didn't expect to kill the opponent with this long-range firepower at the beginning.
After the opponent approached the city wall, and then smashed the rocks down for two more rounds, the gate of Moon City was opened, and the orc army came out of the city to attack!
A close fight started right at the gate of the city.
The two elephant men who had been ambushing outside the city for a long time also made a strong appearance at this moment.
As soon as they came up, they smashed two huge rocks towards Kang Shuaibo's archer phalanx in the distance, which had been demolished from the buildings in the city.
Xia Qi discovered that humans are much better at long-range than short-range.
Just the huge stones can give people a great sense of shock.
When he saw these two elephant men, Kang Shuaibo's face was so gloomy that he almost shed tears. The lethality of such a giant war unit was really too great.
Originally, his war elephant soldiers should also be giant war units on the battlefield, but in front of the elephant men, they still looked a little petite.
After the Elephant Man joined the battle, within a few minutes, two of his war elephant troops were thrown away, and a large number of his own people were killed when they landed. Kang Shuaibo's eyes were filled with muscles.
smoke.
However, Kang Shuaibo did not give up because he knew where his advantages lay.
As the saying goes, if there are many ants, the elephant will be killed.
If there are too many ants, they can kill an elephant, let alone a soldier?
Kang Shuaibo began to mobilize his troops, and directly sent his fierce generals with a thousand troops to fight against Xia Qi's two elephant men, while the rest of the troops continued to attack Moon City.
There are more and more corpses piled up at the city gate. How can the tauren infantry holding ferocious battle axes be easy to deal with?
While swinging the battle ax in his hand, he was constantly harvesting the lives of enemies on the battlefield.
The kobold halberdiers at the rear were also waiting for the opportunity to assist in the battle.
On the other side, Richard repeated his old tricks and led the werewolf warriors to attack directly behind the archers.
Facing the sudden appearance of werewolf warriors, the archers were unable to resist and simply collapsed.
without
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With the rain of arrows suppressing the walls of Moon City, the red fox archers and goblin crossbowmen could be said to be completely liberated. They followed Xia Qi's orders one by one and began to snipe the enemy infantry outside the city.
In terms of tactical layout, Xia Qi was undoubtedly successful, but the opponent's military advantage was also real.
Faced with such a disparity in military strength, Xia Qi's main tactical policy has always been to passively defend the city with the help of the limited space at the city gate.
There was nothing he could do about it. After all, there were thousands of troops pressing outside. As long as he dared to go out, he would be surrounded.
To defend the city, you only need to be attacked on one side, but once you leave the city, you will really be attacked on all sides.
The battle at the city gate continued into the evening. As early as two hours ago, Xia Qi had blown the horn to signal the werewolf warriors to evacuate the battlefield.
As mentioned before, the opponent's strength was too great. His werewolf warriors rushed forward to cut down the archers on the opposite side. Even if they cut until their hands were sore, they could not finish the cut.
At this time, Kang Shuaibo, whose face was already ashen, was under more pressure than Xia Qi, but time waited for no one.
Looking at the sun setting slowly in the distance, Kang Shuaibo gritted his teeth and blew the retreat horn.
At this time, the corpses at the city gate were piled up to half a person's height, and the tenacity of the opponent's army exceeded Xia Qi's expectations.
After this battle, the orc army also suffered heavy casualties.
Xia Qi did not dare to stay longer. After imprisoning the people of this city and destroying the mechanism of one of the city gates, he took advantage of the darkness and led his army of orcs to evacuate Moon City overnight.
During this period, in order to seize the initiative and prevent Kang Shuaibo from noticing his movements or doing anything beyond his expectations, Xia Qi also specially asked the werewolf warriors to go to the opponent's camp at night.
A harassment campaign was carried out.
The sound of wolves howling in his ears and the pairs of green eyes flashing in the night made Kang Shuaibo clearly feel the opponent's aggression. At the same time, he also realized that night was a special place for orcs.
To rush out rashly would be tantamount to seeking death, so the original idea of besieging the city at night was abandoned.
Early the next morning, when it was still dark, he stared at a pair of bloodshot eyes and led his army to kill again menacingly.
With the fire in his belly, Kang Shuaibo pushed all the way under the wall of Moon City, but there was no movement at all in the city.
By now, anyone should have noticed something was wrong.
Kang Shuaibo quickly signaled his soldiers to set up ladders and climbed into the city to confirm the situation. As a result, the Moon City at this time had become an empty city.
It wasn't until he found the citizens imprisoned in various emptied material warehouses that Kang Shuaibo completely confirmed that Xia Qi's thugs had abandoned the city and evacuated overnight!
When Kang Shuaibo realized this, his first reaction was to catch up from the gate on the other side.
As a result, the city gate mechanism on the other side had been destroyed, leaving only debris on the ground. As a result, they themselves were trapped in the city!
With no choice, we could only retrace our steps, exit the city through the gate we came in from, and then pursue him again.
But going back and forth like this made a big circle and wasted an unknown amount of time.
Xia Qi, who was leading the orc army, had already retreated far away, and Kang Shuaibo couldn't catch up even if he wanted to.
When the time came, Xia Qi immediately retreated.
Chapter completed!