Chapter 104: The Fierce Battle of the Starwind Guild
For Jones, the war was a gift from heaven.
The layout of street fighting in Songxiang County is very clever. The maze-like barricades can greatly delay the attacking troops and make it impossible for the entire city to attack.
If we just attack with force, we will inevitably face a long tug-of-war.
But what is outrageous is that Ao Xing and the Monster Hunter Guild have been collecting intelligence through various channels on the sidelines.
The gryphon knights who were broadcasting live in the sky overlooked the defense situation of the whole city. The major defense nodes, the city's main passages and the weak links of the defense were clear at a glance.
Unconsciously, the rebels gained a huge advantage.
The city in front of me is not as impregnable as it appears.
Based on the intelligence they had obtained, Jones and Ao Xing clearly discovered the weak link in the city's defense.
On the one hand, there is an avenue running from north to south in Songxiang County. After entering the city, as long as you attack along this avenue, you can quickly divide the entire city into two, and then gradually divide and surround the defenders, and finally annihilate them.
On the other hand, the southeastern part of the city is defended by a coalition of small and medium-sized guilds, and its combat capabilities are relatively weak. It cannot compare with the elite Xiaoyaosan and Starwind Guilds, and has obvious loopholes.
At the same time, to Jones' great surprise, Archduke Ron was personally taking command in Rosin County.
This means that if Jones's offensive is fast enough, the entire war in the Wolf Principality will be ended in Songxiang County.
Jones made a decisive decision and immediately launched a full-scale attack, leaving no chance for the Principality's coalition forces to breathe.
Be sure to leave Ron in Rosin County.
He will hold Ron's head and declare his dominance over the Wolf Principality.
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For the defenders of Songxiang County, the past half day has been painful.
The rebels built two new pontoon bridges up and down the river.
Ron knew that this meant that after crossing the river, the rebels would attack from all sides of Rosin County at the same time, instead of just a little north.
The defensive battle will evolve into a brutal siege, and Songxiang County will become a desperate situation, surrounded by rebels.
However, because there was no danger to defend and the troops were at an absolute disadvantage, the 120,000 defenders could only watch helplessly as the enemy implemented the siege plan.
Finally, as night fell, the first day of fighting finally came to an end.
The defenders on the principality side did not relax, because they knew that night fighting was what the mechanical race was good at, and their mechanical eyes had night vision capabilities.
But they didn't believe that the machine race would really launch an attack tonight.
Because although the machine has dark vision capabilities, the human infantry and crossbowmen of the rebels, like the defenders, cannot see the surrounding environment clearly.
An hour passed.
Two hours have passed.
The rebels have not taken any action, and the soldiers patrolling the city wall have become somewhat lax.
The audience waiting in front of the live broadcast room was disappointed. Many anchors and viewers exited the live broadcast room and went to rest.
However, in the early morning when sleep is deepest, it is also when the defenders will be the most exhausted.
A howl broke the quiet night.
A crossbowman leaning against the city wall could not see too far and could only look blindly in the darkness. Unexpectedly, a mechanical beast suddenly appeared from the city wall beside him, and its alloy sharp teeth instantly bit the crossbowman's neck.
Beside him, countless mechanical tribes climbed up the city wall from the darkness and fought against the exhausted defenders.
In the silent night, the killings took place silently.
A large number of mechanical tribes took advantage of the darkness to lurk at the foot of the city wall, and easily climbed up the city wall to launch an attack.
For the defenders, the current top priority is to regain sufficient vision in the dark night.
Grand Duke Ron ordered that the mages gather together to use the light spell, and move the holy priests to the city wall to use the holy light spell.
The bright spell had its effect, illuminating a considerable area in front of the city wall.
However, after seeing clearly the situation below the city, it was even more frightening.
The densely packed mechanical beasts were like a dark ocean, surging under the city wall, and countless mechanical eyes emitted little scarlet lights in the night.
For a time, Songxiang County was attacked from all directions at the same time.
The one facing the greatest pressure is still the frontal defense line in the north, the Star Wind Guild stationed on the first city wall.
The soldiers used all their strength and strength to defend the city wall at the cost of a large number of casualties.
Han Feibai and several vice-presidents climbed onto the city wall and faced the boundless enemy group in the dark night with stern expressions.
"Wait a moment," Han Feibai observed the dynamics of the mechanical clan, "wait a moment."
Finally, the mechanical tribe under the city became more and more dense, so much so that they began to form a slope climbing up the city wall. Han Feibai shouted sharply:
"Battle Mage Group, full firepower!"
The cluster of mages distributed on the eight enemy towers immediately began to chant spells at the same time.
A tsunami-like surge of colorful spells was born. It hit head-on and collided with the mechanical black tide rushing up the city wall, setting off a wave of countless mechanical fragments in mid-air.
For a time, the attacking troops suffered heavy losses, which made Jones, who was watching the battle from a distance on the north bank of the river, secretly frightened.
However, the magic power of the mage is limited.
Although such a terrifying magic cluster attack is enough to reduce the mechanical attack, it cannot be maintained for a long time.
Jones commanded the mechanical army and continued to attack the city wall fiercely.
The colorful wave of spells became more and more powerful, creating streams of brilliant light in the dark night, curbing the offensive of the mechanical tribe.
But as time went on, the momentum of this stream of light gradually weakened.
Under the all-out pouring spells, the magic power of the mages is consumed rapidly and will soon reach the critical value.
"I Have a Picture Book of Ghosts and Gods"
At this time, taking turns to restore mana can no longer meet the needs of the battlefield, and all-out fire must be maintained to contain the defense line from being breached.
Han Feibai stood at the top of the city, her short hair blown up by the wind caused by the useless magic energy.
"The time has come," she murmured as she closed her eyes. When she opened them again, her eyes were filled with murderous intent, and she said loudly:
"Notify all mages to activate the first stage of the soul refining magic array!"
As the order was issued, every mage whose mana was exhausted took out a bottle of soul refining potion and drank it.
With the large supply of soul refining potions, the mages seemed to have a second mana bar, strong and continuing to exert magic.
The northern city wall of Songxiang County is unbreakable!
...
Under heavy casualties, the mechanical army is still attacking the city wall.
Jones, who was sitting on the north bank of the river, looked a little ugly.
But this was not enough to deter him from attacking.
"The soul refining potion is equivalent to giving the mage half the magic power reserve. As long as more time and casualties are spent, the city wall can be captured."
Jones stretched out his arm and used his mind to mobilize more machines to attack the frontal defense line.
Under the fierce attack of the mechanical tribe, the mana gained by the mages using the soul refining potion was also used up.
The rebels were about to capture the city wall.
Han Feibai, who was standing at the top of the city, didn't look worried.
She showed a cold smile, faced the biting north wind, and looked at the north bank of the river with provocative eyes.
She knew that Jones, the leader of the rebels, and Ao Xing, the president of the Monster Hunters, were there.
"It's time to use that move," Han Feibai said with a smile, "pass the order and activate the second stage of the soul refining magic array!"
Following Han Feibai's order, the principality's holy priests began to focus on restoring the mage's health.
When the mages were tortured by the negative effects of the soul refining potion until only a trace of blood was left, the priest raised their health points again.
On a watchtower, Ye Ziming, the leader of the Battle Mage Group, looked withered, his face was ashen, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
He muttered with absent-minded eyes: "Not a drop left... not a drop left..."
Suddenly, rays of healing light flashed through.
Ye Ziming returned to his rosy complexion and full of blood.
He lifted up the mage's robe, selected one of the twenty bottles of soul-refining potion, took it out, bit open the cork with his teeth, and poured it into his stomach.
The young mage leader had a ferocious look on his face, powerful magic energy surged in his hands, and while swinging out a magic arrow, he cursed angrily at the city: "Mechanical clan, your mage grandfather is back again!"
After an hour of attacking, the Starwind Guild's first line of defense is still solid, and the mages are still spreading death and destruction.
Under the orchestration of Li Ran, the mastermind behind the scenes, Necromancer Technology, the anti-Necromancer Yincheng Mage and the anti-magic Holy Priest combined and cooperated by mistake.
This combination, which cannot be beaten with eight poles, produced a terrifying and magical effect.
This is the strategy developed by two talented game players, Li Ran and Han Feibai, after discussion - the Soul Refining Magic Array!
This strategy also includes a final stage, that is, the priest who adds blood to the mage can also drink the soul refining potion after exhausting his magic power.
In this way, the priest can consume his own life and convert it into more mana for the mage, which continues to enhance the battery life of the battle mage group.
Therefore, Li Ran and Han Feibai privately called this strategy the "Krypton Life Strategy". The torrent of spells from the Battle Mage Group would not end until both mages and priests entered a red-blooded dying state.
Han Feibai is confident that with this shameless strategy that only the Star Wind Guild in Asia has the conditions to use, the war can be dragged out until tomorrow morning!
As long as Songxiang County has not been captured by then, there is still hope for victory in this battle.
On the north bank of the river, Jones looked at the increasingly bright magic barrier, the red light of his mechanical eyes flickering.
Ao Xing had been watching from the side, with a face full of gloating. At this time, he couldn't help adding fuel to the fire: "If we continue to fight like this, it will be daybreak. On the battlefield of the North City Wall alone, we have already lost 20,000 mechanical beasts."
Alright?"
Jones looked at Ao Xing angrily, and the mental power strengthened by the Seed of Ascension erupted with terrifying psychic deterrence, causing the smile on Ao Xing's face to stop abruptly, and his whole body felt like falling into an ice cave.
Jones thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "The Starwind Guild is more powerful than I thought. There is no need for us to hold back."
Ao Xing echoed: "Indeed, there is nothing you can do with those two troops."
"Ignorant descendants," Jones looked at Ao Xing with disdain, "until the last moment, the general must have a reserve team in his hands. You never know how the battlefield situation will evolve, just as we did not expect that the opponent's mage has
So much magic power reserve."
Ao Xing smiled dryly and said: "So, send them out quickly, those mechanical dragons are almost freezing as they are hovering on the clouds."
Jones thought and nodded slowly.
...
The situation of the war has changed.
The psychic knight entered the battlefield, and the mechanical armored knight, covered in blue psychic energy, rushed towards the city wall like a ghost.
In response, several Terminator Swordsmen under Archduke Ron also climbed onto the city wall and started a fierce battle with the Psychic Knights.
Although they were unable to gain the upper hand, they were still able to maintain the integrity of their defense line with the help of the descendants from around them.
At the same time, some hill-like fifth-level and sixth-level giant mechanical beasts began to appear under the city wall. The battle mage group needed to consume a lot of killing spells to destroy the mechanical beasts.
At this point, the northern defense line is still firmly in the hands of the Starwind Guild.
The battle has progressed to this point, and the tenacity of the defenders has far exceeded the imagination of Jones and the audience who followed this war.
However, not every line of defense has the strength and willpower of the Starwind Guild.
On the western city wall, facing the mixed force of machines and rebels crossing the river, Lu Xiao led the Xiaoyao Sanren Guild to fight hard.
Facing the enemy's increasingly powerful offensive, Xiaoyao Sanren's defense line was on the verge of collapse.
Both the western and northern city walls withstood the pressure, but problems still arose.
Monster Hunter's Dire Wolf Knight and some of the mechanical tribe circled to the south of the city and launched a surprise attack.
They stormed a city wall garrisoned by a small guild and soon opened a breach.
News of the city's defeat spread throughout the city, greatly damaging the morale of the defenders.
However, this was only the beginning of the disaster. Ron, Lu Xiao and Han Feibai all misjudged the size of the enemy.
Jones has always hidden a powerful flying force.
A Terminator Swordsman fought hard with the Psychic Knight on the bloody city wall.
He was holding a double-edged sword and leaning against the city wall, breathing heavily.
Suddenly, a huge and terrifying mechanical head rose up from behind the city wall.
It's a seventh-level mechanical dragon!
When the Terminator Swordsman was surprised, the mechanical dragon opened its mouth and bit into his body violently, and the sharp alloy claws attacked at the same time. The Terminator Swordsman narrowly escaped the blow.
The psychic knight raised his sword and launched an attack at the same time.
Soon, under the attack of two seventh-level champion creatures, this honorable terminator swordsman was seriously injured by a sneak attack by the psychic knight, and was then torn in half by the mechanical dragon.
As Jones put high-level troops such as the Psychic Knights into the battlefield, and sent powerful flying troops to launch an aerial offensive, the balance of the battlefield was finally broken.
The mechanical dragon descended from the sky and swept across the group of mages and priests who were seriously injured due to the negative effects of the soul refining potion.
The eight cluster mage arrays on the northern city wall fell into darkness one after another.
The warriors had to use the dim light of torches to fight against the ubiquitous machines.
Finally, in an extremely passive and bad situation, Han Feibai ordered the Starwind Guild to retreat across the board.
At this moment, not only the southern part of the city had completely fallen, but the west wall where the Xiaoyao San people were stationed had also been breached.
The outer city defenses of Songxiang County were all lost in half the night. All the defenders of the principality retreated to the barricades and began to engage in brutal street fighting.
However, what is disturbing is that there are still two long hours before dawn.
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