Close your eyes and become the strongest adventurer

The old village chief showed a simple smile:

"You are joking, sir."

"Isn't it a win-win situation?"

Xuan Yuan was speechless.

Soon, all the warriors were strengthened and equipped with weapons and protective gear.

Two hundred armed villagers were sent to escort the old and young who could not fight. Before the final result came out, they took people to a safe place outside the border to hide, so as not to be captured by the king's troops and become hostages.

In addition, it also relieved the warriors from worrying about their families during the battle.

Now Xuan Yuan has 1,100 armed villagers, including 23 armed villagers on horseback; there are also 324 professional soldiers, including 80 cavalrymen who remounted their war horses after surrendering.

The total number of troops in his hands reached 1,424.

After counting the troops.

Xuan Yuan asked the old village chief about the reserve of troops in the royal capital.

The other party informed that there were a total of 1,500 armed soldiers, 500 cavalrymen, and about 300 reserve troops in the royal capital.

Including the loss of the tax collection team, the total strength of the capital is about 2,000.

In terms of numbers, there is basically no difference.

However, the combat effectiveness of professional soldiers and armed villagers is very different.

The villagers have not received military training, it is difficult to establish a command, and they do not know how to deploy troops, resulting in poor communication of orders.

Whether it is a serious positional battle between two armies or a jungle battle, it is definitely difficult to beat professional soldiers in terms of strength.

Fortunately, there is still a lot of muscle essence collected, so there is no need to return these essences to the old and young villagers.

The warriors have obtained additional muscle essence and their physical fitness has become stronger.

Although there are still some problems with flexibility, it is harmless.

Before, Xiao Paji could fight with hundreds of enemies at the same time, and after a battle, the long blood bar hardly changed much.

Although it was an ambush, it was enough to show how strong Xiao Paji was.

The gap in the comparison of forces is not particularly large, and there is no overwhelming advantage, but the number of professional forces on his side is small, which is at a greater disadvantage.

The first effort is strong, the second is weak, and the third is exhausted.

The villagers, who had just won a great victory and obtained reinforcements and weapons and equipment.

At this moment, they were full of confidence in the future.

Taking advantage of this momentum, Xuanyuan led everyone and headed straight for the capital.

If they wanted to fight with the regular army, they would definitely not be able to win, but because there were many people surrounding the tax collection team before, and they didn't know the details of their side.

The other party didn't dare to send a small force to be eaten by themselves.

Last time, it was just a surprise attack. If they wanted to continue to set up an ambush, they might be found out by the other party and then use the trick against them.

After Xuanyuan thought about it.

He knew very well that he had no experience in commanding large-scale battles. Instead of competing with the enemy in command ability, it would be better to bring people directly and block the door of others' homes to fight directly.

All of them rushed forward and had a head-on final battle.

With the strength of Xiao Paji and his own operation, Xuanyuan was confident that he could influence the direction of the battlefield to a considerable extent.

However, it is necessary to fight a tough battle.

At this moment, Xuanyuan is like sitting in front of a gambling game, and has already put all the chips in his hand.

In fact, he can choose to stop at this time.

He has already mastered a considerable amount of muscle essence. If he does not care about the life and death of these local residents, he only needs to absorb these muscle essences completely.

Xuanyuan estimates that there is a high probability that the ruby ​​can be filled.

But if he continues to gamble, he may lose everything.

Even if he wins, this world that only stays for three days will have nothing to do with him in the future.

Xuanyuan looked around, the villagers who were talking and laughing with high morale, and the soldiers who gathered around him singing happily and imagining the future.

Maybe they are just game NPCs driven by rules and settings, or maybe even this world is just a boring world that will be constantly reset, and he can't change anything no matter what he does.

But Xuanyuan feels.

After betting everything, even if he loses miserably, he will not regret it.

At least, he can live up to his conscience.

Whether this world is real or fake, and what will be the outcome of the decisive battle, it is no longer important to Xuanyuan at this moment.

He realized.

More important than the result.

What kind of mentality is he in at this moment, and what is he doing?

Is his heart walking on the increasingly relaxed spiral ascension path, or is it falling into the increasingly dark and decadent abyss of malice?

After understanding this.

Xuanyuan suddenly felt happy and sang loudly with everyone.

Accompanied by the singing, they walked towards the final battlefield.

Soon, the large army came to the outside of the royal capital in a mighty manner.

What came into view under the setting sun was a tall castle located on the top of the mountain.

Outside the castle is an ordinary living area full of buildings. The living area is protected by a magnificent wall about 20 meters high, and outside the wall is a wide moat.

Outside the moat is a large area of ​​farmland and scattered farmers' huts.

This is a typical castle layout of inner city and outer people that Xuanyuan had seen in his previous life.

However, whether it was the area of ​​the living area, the height of the city wall, or even the size of the castle, it was much larger than the castles Xuanyuan had seen in his previous life, and it looked quite imposing up close.

The soldiers guarding the wall on the watchtower saw Xuanyuan and his team coming from afar, and they should have received the news brought back by the deserters in advance.

The soldiers guarding the city sounded the alarm and quickly pulled up the wooden bridge leading to the outside world above the river and directly attached it to the wall.

The entire city quickly turned into an impregnable military fortress.

Xuanyuan saw a large number of soldiers hurriedly running up the wall.

Started to deploy defenses.

Xuanyuan was not in a hurry. He led the soldiers to stop at a certain distance from the capital and reorganized the formation.

Some people were arranged to cut trees in the rear, while others used the wood they brought to quickly build a camp.

Setting up a camp directly in front of the opponent, as if they were ready to take root here and fight for a long time, can be said to be quite arrogant.

To Xuanyuan's surprise.

Although it can be seen that the city wall has been strengthened and the number of defensive soldiers has greatly increased, the opponent has no intention of bringing troops to fight, and even did not let people pass on a message or send a message to communicate.

He waited outside the city with people until dark.

The camp has been built, and the defensive facilities outside the camp have been laid, but there is still no reaction from the enemy.

This made Xuanyuan a little confused.

Could it be that the other party is waiting for him to lead the troops to attack the city?

After discussing with the village chiefs, everyone thought it would be best to rest for a night.

It was already dark at this time, and the surroundings could not be seen clearly. The soldiers had been on the road for another day and seemed a little sleepy as night approached.

Because they were worried that the enemy might attack the city tonight.

After discussing with the village chiefs.

Xuanyuan called the commander with the highest status among the soldiers who had chosen to surrender and asked about the various arrangements for the camp to defend against night attacks.

It was decided that the four village chiefs and the commander would take turns to be responsible for the night watch tonight.

After arranging the night watch, Xuanyuan lit a candle and observed the layout map of the capital provided by the village chiefs.

He was thinking in his mind how to capture this city.