C399 Attack and Defend
C399 Attack and Defend
Countless Barbarian rushed out from the depths of the wilderness. They gathered at the bottom of Phoenix Perch City. Looking from the city walls, it was a dense mass of black.
Fat Rat found Xin Xin and her daughter and sent them to the Phoenix Perch City.
In the battle five days ago, more than half of the generals had died. Fat Rat, Mantis, and Boulder had all been promoted to Captains because of their military merits. Each of them led a thousand men team to protect the eastern city wall of the Phoenix Perch City.
Looking at the enemies below who could not be seen at the border, Fat Rat smiled bitterly and said, "Damn it, after staying in Qilin Army for so long, I didn't know there were so many Barbarians in the Wilderness!"
Boulder's expression was serious. "Five days ago, we had sixty thousand people, and the Barbarian Clan had ten thousand. But now, we only have twenty thousand people in the Phoenix Perch City, but the Barbarian Clan that surrounded the city has a hundred thousand people!"
Mantis continued, "There's no other way. There's more than one city in the Phoenix Perch Domain. Since we can't bring all the residents here, we can only divide our forces to protect them!"
"Fortunately, this isn't a battle from the plains. With the city walls, we only need to defend!"
Fat Rat twitched his mouth, "But the Barbarian Clan has already surrounded all four directions. If we lose this time, we won't even have a chance to escape!"
Rock disapproved, "Just like what Boss said, the advantage of us humans is in martial arts, solid walls, and formations. Fighting the Barbarian Clan on the plain was a huge mistake!"
"Speaking of Boss, I don't know how long more he will be in seclusion. If he isn't here, I won't feel at ease!"
Mantis laughed and said, "This isn't like our Big Brother Rock!"
Fat Rat shook his wrist and summoned his soul armament. "No matter what, we can't let this bunch of Barbarians disturb our boss' cultivation. If they want to enter the city, they'll have to first ask if our soul armaments agree or not!"
"That's right! Not to mention the one hundred thousand Barbarian Clan, even if there are two hundred thousand or three hundred thousand of them, if they want to break through the city, they will have to return in defeat!"
The leader of the Qilin Army stood at the south gate of the Phoenix Perch City with a calm expression. After experiencing a crushing defeat, his heart had become even more calm.
The army of the Barbarian Clan was eight hundred meters away from the city wall. At this distance, it could effectively weaken the power of the bow and arrows.
The Barbarian Clan seemed to be waiting for something.
"Why aren't these Barbarians attacking the city?" A human archer let go of his bow and wiped the sweat from his palm on his trousers. "Are they trying to scare us by surrounding us and not attacking us?"
The warrior beside him also scolded, "Who cares!? As long as they dare to advance a hundred and twenty meters, I'll definitely shoot their heads through!"
After five days of training, the aim of the archers had improved a lot. The talented warriors could even shoot a fallen leaf that was six hundred meters away.
The human refiners had not been idle for the past five days. They had shot the arrows of the Feather Arrow that they had chased out a few days ago. All of a sudden, the arrows that could break armor were shot down.
With the enhancement of the Talisman, the Feather Arrow's power would increase, and its accuracy would be higher. More importantly, it could allow the entire Feather Arrow to pierce through the Barbarian's body, and even into the bones of the Barbarian!
There were even some artificers who had changed the shape of the arrowheads, adding three additional blood grooves. Once the arrowheads were injured by these arrowheads, the wounds would not be able to heal, and fresh blood would flow out. Even a strong body like the Barbarian Clan would not be able to withstand it.
There were even more vicious blacksmiths who found the Pill Master in the army. They dipped the most poisonous poison into the arrowheads. Once this poison fused with the blood, it would immediately release a strong corrosive poison that was like corpse decomposing water, completely corroding the flesh and blood!
The battle between humans and Barbarian Clan had already created an unresolvable hatred. No matter how vicious the method was, it would not be an exaggeration to use it on enemies.
Bucks of oil filled with fuel were carried onto the city wall. This was not an ordinary oil barrel. The walls of the barrel were engraved with dense Talisman. Once it was broken, it would summon the Three Solar Burning Flame. Its power was a hundred times stronger than ordinary flames!
Huge rolling stones were also sent onto the city wall. The rolling stones were not ordinary stones either. They were made from a type of ore called the Thousand Jin Stone. The palm-sized Thousand Jin Stone was just like its name. It really weighed a thousand Jin, a thousand Jin Stone. How heavy should it be?
Apart from the oil barrel and rolling stone, there was also a crossbow truck that was sent to the city wall. Crossbows were divided into two types: one was a hundred ballista, and the other was a siege crossbow.
The hundred crossbow truck was a box similar to a group of hidden weapons. There were a hundred holes in front of it. Once the mechanism was triggered, in a short three breaths of time, a hundred Arrows filled with Talisman would be shot out.
Moreover, this hundred ballista could not only be used once. The weapon refiners had collected quite a number of Essence Rings in the hands of the soldiers. Although the capacity of an ordinary soldier's Essence Ring was not large, it was more than enough to hold a thousand Arrows.
The owner of the Essence Ring was the crossbowman who controlled the hundred ballistae. After the hundred ballistae fired at the same time, they would control the Essence Ring and take out another hundred Arrows, which would then be automatically loaded by the ballistae.
The mechanism within the ballista was exquisite, and when it was loaded, it was very fast. When a few ballistae fired alternately, it would form a scene of non-stop shooting, which was quite spectacular.
Each ballista could shoot ten to twenty times. It could be said to be the number one weapon in the city!
As the name suggested, the siege crossbow was originally used for sieging the city. The ballistae on the construction vehicles were three meters long and five meters wide. On the bowstring was a two and a half meter long Crossbow.
Needless to say, the spearhead of the Crossbow was naturally engraved with the best and strongest armor-piercing Talisman. However, the reason why the Crossbow was named "siege" was not only because of the armor-piercing Talisman.
In the spear shaft of the Crossbow, there was a Fire Crystal. The Fire Crystal was extremely unstable, and as long as it met a violent collision, there would be a violent explosion.
Moreover, the power of the explosion was extremely shocking. A crystal the size of a pinky, the power of the explosion had already surpassed the power of 20 oil barrels exploding at the same time.
The siege crossbow was originally a sharp weapon that could blow up the city gates and city walls. If it was used to deal with ordinary Barbarian, it would naturally be a waste of talent. However, it was just right when it came to dealing with that group of Elephant Soldier!
In the battle five days ago, humans had already witnessed Elephant Soldier's power. The skin of an elephant was as hard as rock, and ordinary armor-piercing Talisman could not penetrate it at all!
If one was unable to block these enormous creatures, once they got close to the city gates, each elephant would become a live siege hammer.
Time passed bit by bit, and the sky gradually darkened. The Human Warrior's face was filled with anxiety.
From the commander to the most ordinary warriors, all of them understood what the Barbarian Clan was waiting for.
They were waiting for the sky to turn dark!
Once night fell, the visibility on the city wall would be greatly reduced. Even if the soldiers were all warriors with realms, and their eyes were better than ordinary people, they could at most see two to three hundred meters away from the city wall.
With their line of sight damaged, whether it was the archers or the ballistae, they became blind and could only shoot randomly.
"Damn it! When did these Barbarians become so smart!"
The Qilin Army's commander was furious. If the crossbows were useless, then there was no way they could fight this war.
He immediately called over the Talisman Great Master in the army and anxiously asked, "The Barbarian Clan bandits want to fight a night battle. Our archers and Arrow Masters must not become blind. Can we think of a way to prevent the sky from turning dark?"
The Talisman Great Master was an old man. His expression was calm, and he had the demeanor of a grandmaster.
"Commander, there is a way. As long as we build a glowing formation above the Phoenix Perch City, we can make the surrounding ten miles as bright as day. We just need to build a new formation, and it will take some time!"
The commander's facial expression became a little better. It was better to have a way than to not have one.
"How much time do you need?"
"Two hours!"
"The sky will be completely dark in another hour. We will try our best to persist for an hour! The lives of all the soldiers and the people of the city will be in your hands! "
The old man nodded vigorously. "We will definitely not let the commander down!"
The sky was getting darker and darker. When the last ray of sunlight disappeared, the war drums that represented the Barbarian Clan's attack began to sound.
Boulder looked up at the sky from the city wall. Today, there were no stars in the sky, and no one knew where the moon was hidden. He sighed deeply.
"It seems like even the heavens aren't willing to help us!"
The beating of the war drums became more and more urgent, and the rumbling continued. Soon after, the ground slightly trembled, and the sound of tens of thousands of people stepping on the ground could be heard without an end.
"Archers, fire your arrows!"
With an order from the South City wall, the thousand archers drew the Feather Arrow at the same time, and then drew the bowstring into a full moon.
Beads of sweat were left on the foreheads of the archers. They were not tired, but they were too nervous.
They opened their eyes wide, but their vision was still pitch black. They could not see the target, could it be that they really had to rely on their senses to shoot randomly?
The leader of Qilin Army naturally would not give such a ridiculous order. There was a limit to the number of Feather Arrows. Before the reinforcements arrived, they could not use them carelessly.
He called over an expert. After which, he summoned over ten Yuan Stones and activated them with Yuan Power.
After the vitality stones were activated, they emitted a sparkling white light and were forcefully thrown out by the commander.
The Primary Stones were like meteors that tore through the night sky and brought light to the archers.
The other experts immediately copied the leader and did the same thing.
The experts were full of strength, and they could throw the Primary Stones thousands of meters away. There were even experts who could ride a sword that injected their thoughts into the Primary Stones. When they flew across the sky above the Barbarian Clan army, they exploded with a loud bang and exploded with an even more dazzling light.
With the light, even if it was only for a split second, the archers still found their target. Without waiting for the order, they released the fingers that were hooked onto the bowstring.
The bowstring that was pulled into a full moon instantly tensed up, and a huge force pushed the Feather Arrow into the sky.
When the Feather Arrow flew more than 300 meters away, it reached the highest point. Then, the tip of the arrow fell towards the ground.
"Swish! Swish! Swish!"
The sound of the Feather Arrow piercing through the air could be heard without an end. It even temporarily blocked the sound of the Barbarian Clan's war drums.
"Puff!"
The moment the Feather Arrow came into contact with the Barbarian's body, the Talisman on the arrowhead suddenly lit up, making the arrowhead become incomparably sharp!
The Feather Arrow pierced through the heart! It had killed the first Barbarian in this battle to defend the city.