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Chapter 496: The Battle Before Dawn (Part 1)
Chapter 496: The Battle Before Dawn (Part 1)
Chapter 496: The Battle Before Dawn (Part 1)
Remember [New] in a second! At this moment, surrounded by Hong Ye and Ariel, standing on the towering city wall, Lei Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly and continued to observe.
I saw two huge phalanxes coming straight to the fortress of the mountain castle, that is, the Chinese Army Corps where the opponent's coach is located, and another rear guard Corps.
They were just one behind the other, standing far outside the range of our magic cannons, and didn't even step over the depression on the side.
"As expected of the opponent's coach, he has a pretty accurate grasp of the range of the magic cannon."
Seeing this, Lei Xiao could not help but smile slightly, and continued to observe.
Next, under the blessing of the night vision effect of [Children of the Stars], the condescending Lei Xiao noticed further.
Although these two legions have fully deployed their formations, the long-range troops among them are all deployed on the left and right sides of the formation.
At the front, there is a dense heavy infantry phalanx. It can be seen that it is more appropriate to say that it is a defensive formation and a support formation than an offensive formation.
"It can basically be confirmed now that this mountain fortress is indeed not the main attack direction of the Holy Night Army."
Nodding thoughtfully, Lei Xiao murmured in his heart and said, "As for why the opponent deployed long-range troops on the flanks, it's even more obvious. It's to quickly reinforce the main attack direction."
Realizing this, Lei Xiao continued to observe.
I saw that the left and right sides of the two legions deployed a considerable number of long-range troops, but from a visual point of view, it was obviously impossible to judge the real main attack direction of the other side.
"As expected of a cunning guy, in this way, at least before the opponent really starts to launch the main attack, our own side will not be able to make corresponding countermeasures."
Seeing this, Lei Xiao nodded slightly.
The battlefield is changing rapidly, and the fighters are fleeting.
In this way, the opponent will undoubtedly be able to race against time to the maximum extent and seize the initiative in the battle.
Immediately afterwards, Lei Xiao discovered again.
The blue griffin commander's flag of the opponent's central army has long been removed, and the towering podium has also been dismantled, and there is no trace of the opponent's commander.
"It seems that the Red Devil has obviously learned that the commanders of the two long-distance legions just now have been beheaded by their own side."
Noticing this, Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly.
Before this, Lei Xiao also discussed with Bai Lao about the possibility of directly beheading the opponent's coach, Red Devils, but Bai Lao rejected it.
One is the strength of the Red Devils themselves, not just an ordinary fourth-order peak powerhouse, but half a foot has entered the fifth-order level.
Although the strength is still not comparable to that of the fifth-order powerhouse, it will definitely not be defeated within three or two moves.
Secondly, because of his cautious temperament, apart from the elite guards, there are always small absolute defense barriers around him, which cannot be easily approached.
Moreover, as a master guardian warrior in heavy armor, the Red Devil has many life-saving cards, including precious teleportation spell scrolls and concealment spell scrolls.
Therefore, if you can't kill with one blow, and let the target escape, it will be self-defeating, exposing your own level five powerhouse, making the opponent fearful, and even suspending the siege plan.
After all, one's own goal is not just to repel the opponent.
It is to reduce the opponent's combat power and supplies to the maximum extent, so that the war balance between Sheng Ye and Leng Yan will tend to balance again.
Just when Lei Xiao thought of this.
boom! boom! boom!
Accompanied by the sound of the magic cannon, it suddenly roared again.
On the mountainside on the left and right sides, the other two holy night legions, which had already approached the small fortress, launched a fierce attack on the small fortress in front of them at almost the same time!
In an instant, accompanied by the shocking shouts of killing and the roar of artillery fire.
Whether it is on the walls of the two fortresses located on the left or right halfway up the mountain, or under the walls, dazzling magic lights of various colors are everywhere, just like the gorgeous fireworks in the night sky, which makes people feel dazzled.
What these magical radiances replaced, however, was a cold greeting of death between the warring parties.
"The opponent's target is indeed the other two small fortresses!"
Seeing this scene, Ariel's starry eyes flickered, and she couldn't help blurting out nervously: "But which fortress is the real main attack direction of the opponent?"
"Don't worry, with the current one-to-one troops and combat power of the enemy and us, even a small fortress, the opponent has no possibility of capturing it. If my predictions are correct, these two siege armies are only for The role of restraining the defenders in the fortress."
Slightly waving his hand, Lei Xiao's dark eyes moved back and forth, while carefully observing the two almost identical battle situations on the left and right halfway up the mountain.
While continuing to say to Ariel: "It can be seen that the opponent will definitely have other actions, and the next action is the key to this battle, or in other words, it is when the opponent plays his hole card."
"You are right, the two legions under our noses have not shown any signs of action yet."
Hearing the sound, Ariel's nervous expression eased, and she nodded slightly: "From the perspective of the terrain, the small fortress on our left is built next to a dense forest, surrounded by strange rocks, which greatly affects our defenders. line of sight, and the one on the right is surrounded by an extremely empty space..."
Having said this thoughtfully, Ariel pondered for a moment, and continued: "Judging from this point, it is obvious that the one on our right is easier to defend and harder to attack!"
"It looks like this on the surface, but the possibility of the opponent's sword taking a slant cannot be ruled out."
Slightly nodding his head, Lei Xiao then read aloud and ordered the three groups of subordinates outside to not get involved in the battle, but to observe all suspicious things around them, and to find each other's flaws one by one.
Currently, Nanxing, Nanyue and Lin are located in the fortress on the left.
The fort on the right is Ye Cang, Chao Yan and Bai Wei.
And near the Shanbao Fortress, it is the knotweed with A Ling and A Bing.
"My lord, the Holy Night Army's attack on the forestside fortress where this subordinate is located seems to be violent, but in fact it is not. It is just at the limit of the range of both sides, and the long-distance output does not mean to approach the siege."
Immediately afterwards, Lin Xiao's sassy voice came to Lei Xiao's ears: "It seems that the other party is just putting on a show..."
"My lord, the empty fortress where my subordinates are located is also in the same situation."
On the other side, Ye Cang's elegant voice also rang out: "The other party's doing this is obviously just to attract the attention of the defenders in the fortress, but the actual casualties and losses caused are very small."
"Is that so?"
Hearing this, Lei Xiao nodded slightly.
It can be seen that the opponent is obviously waiting for the opportunity to play his cards.
"Currently, what is certain is that one of the opponent's trump cards is undoubtedly the disappearing army. However, so far, no matter whether it is the subordinates under my command or Bai Lao's scout troops, nothing has been found."
Shaking his head helplessly, Lei Xiao continued to think: "So, the chances of finding a breakthrough from this point are very slim, and according to Bai Lao, the opponent obviously has more than one hole card in his hand..."
At this time, Lei Xiao's eyes were deep, and he thought to himself: "At this stage, when the opponent's hole cards are unknown, and we want to preserve our strength to the maximum, although we don't want to admit it, the initiative in the battle has already fallen to the in the opponent's hand."
"Originally, I wanted to find out the opponent's flaws first, and then take relevant countermeasures, but the opponent's coach, the Red Devils, is a wily guy, and he has done almost nothing. Therefore, if I continue to wait, I will become even more passive."
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao's eyes suddenly showed a look of awe, and he said secretly: "If that's the case, then, I'll just throw bricks and attract jade, and force the opponent to reveal other cards. Only in this way can we change from passive to active."
"After all, the opponent's hole cards are always limited. If you play one, you will naturally lose one."
After making up his mind, Lei Xiao simply shared his thoughts with Ariel, and then said, "Okay, dear Fifth Princess, I'm going to start the next step, you..."
"Of course I want to act with you!"
Before Lei Xiao finished speaking, Ariel immediately said impatiently: "Waiting here is not the style of my Lengyan royal family!"
"That's right, after all, the coat of arms of your royal family is a lively and lovely kitten."
Shrugging slightly, Lei Xiao smiled faintly while taking his own steps.
"You hateful guy, that's a mighty and majestic cold flame holy lion, okay..."
On the other side, Ariel's brows were bristling, her little face was almost bulging into a bun with anger, and she hurriedly followed.
In this way, after explaining to Bai Lao, Lei Xiao took Hong Ye and Ariel together, put on the invisibility cloak, and disappeared under the night sky in an instant.
Next, it didn't take long with the fast speed all the way.
The three of Lei Xiao joined Ye Cang, Chao Yan and Bai Wei who were located in the small fortress in the open area on the mountainside on the right side of the mountain fortress.
"My lord, the opponent has been attacking in such a tepid way, I don't know what else to do."
Above the empty fortress, in a hidden place on a dirt **** with a wide view, Chaoyan, whose magic power has recovered a lot, gnawed on a large piece of strawberry cake, and smiled at Lei Xiao with some embarrassment.
Observing carefully, because the cake was too big, a lot of cream was rubbed on the edge of the pointed witch hat on Chaoyan's head.
"I don't know what the other party is going to do for the time being, but the way you recover your magic power is quite special."
Slightly pursing his lips, Lei Xiao regained his awe-inspiring expression and began to observe the situation on the battlefield.
At present, the group is located on a relatively high terrain, which happens to be able to have a panoramic view of most of the battlefield.
At a glance, on the battlefield filled with gunpowder smoke, there is an endless stream of fierce shouts and horns of attack.
Just like what Chao Yan and Ye Cang said before, the Holy Night Legion attacking the city has surrounded three sides of the small fortress, except for the side of the small fortress that is backed by the cliff.
The long-range troops with concentrated superior forces exchanged fire and bombardment with the defenders above the fortress. Although the battle seemed intense and anxious, they never approached any further.
Seeing this, Lei Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the back of one of the Holy Night Army who was facing away from him, and couldn't help showing a faint smile.
Since the Holy Night Army concentrated the elite heavy infantry and long-range troops in the front row, and those on standby in the back row were basically some light infantry phalanxes, and they were defenseless.
Therefore, it is a good opportunity for our side to make a move!
"It is conceivable that the reason why the opponent chooses to attack from two directions at the same time is firstly for their own side, and secondly to contain the troops in their own fortress."
Raising his eyebrows slightly, Lei Xiao continued to think: "So, as long as one of the Holy Night Legion besieging the fortress can be dealt a thunderous blow to the point of breaking bones and threatening the opponent's plan, then, for If the situation is maintained, the opponent will definitely use their hole cards to deal with it."
"In this way, we can naturally disrupt the opponent's original plan to the maximum extent, allowing our own side to regain the initiative on the battlefield."
Immediately afterwards, without any hesitation, Lei Xiao immediately summoned all the 18 ice knights in the space bracelet.
"These high-level alchemy puppets are all at the peak level of Tier 3, and their defense power is also extremely amazing. It is obviously suitable for breaking up the opponent's formation. Moreover, the open terrain here is also very suitable for high-speed knights to attack. .
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao smiled faintly, and immediately ordered 18 ice knights to charge towards the back row of the unsuspecting Holy Night Army in a conical ~ In the next second, under the cover of night, A group of ice knights raised their long lances together and rushed towards the opposing camp.
At this time, due to the chaotic sound and atmosphere on the battlefield, it completely covered up the noises made by the ice knights.
Therefore, until the moment when the ice knights galloped down from the hillside with the force of thunder and gale, they were about to approach the camp of the Holy Night Army.
Only then did the soldiers of the Holy Night Army in the last row feel the tremor of the ground, and subconsciously looked back.
However, what greeted them was naturally an ice crystal lance that was sharper and stronger than most metals.
In an instant, the high-moving spear tip pierced through the bodies of the soldiers in the last row almost without resistance, and then directly hung them on the lance.
The soldiers next to them were directly knocked into the air by the tall ice horse that came after them, and then screamed and smashed on the soldiers in front of them.
All of a sudden, there was the muffled sound of the ice horse hitting the armor, the screams of the soldiers, and the sound of the horseshoes falling to the ground. Behind the siege army, there was a **** storm, causing the formation to become chaotic.