The system asked me, a weak woman, to challenge a saint

Although Li Zhong had heard about the power of laws of the monks who transformed into gods, he was still far away from this realm. He had no idea that after the monks mastered the power of laws, they would completely "reducing the dimensionality" of everything that did not master the power of laws. ".

He naively thought that by spending a lot of materials and arming all the buildings in the outer city with a large number of small formations and then cooperating with the city defense formation, although he could not say that he could stop the puppet army, he could at least hold on until the reinforcements were assembled. After being breached, their mission was completed. Therefore, in order to consume the main force of the puppet army as much as possible, he also mobilized more than half of the garrison to garrison the outer city.

But the reality caught Li Zhong completely off guard. If it weren't for the meaningless actions of the puppet army, the outer city would have been completely lost in the first round of the puppet attack.

Those fireballs and spiritual arrows with the power of the Five Elements Law allowed Li Zhong to truly see the power of the law. At the same time, he also instantly understood why there were so many loose immortals in the world of immortal cultivation in the Jin Dynasty, but only Nascent Soul monks showed up.

Regarding the mysteries in the world of immortality, perhaps only those large sects or reclusive families like the Chen family can truly understand it. However, the vast number of casual cultivators and monks from small and medium-sized sects in the world often find it difficult to understand the profound meaning.

Li Zhong felt the huge gap in strength. He realized that the outcome of this battle was determined, so he gave up the idea of ​​retreat. Since the outer city could no longer hold on, even if he retreated to the military town, it would only extend his survival time, and such a survival would just be more humiliating time. He would rather die heroically on the battlefield than lose his dignity in a desperate situation.

Li Zhong was determined to live and die. He gave up everything, and there were many defenders who had the same idea as him. In the history of the Jin Dynasty, where major and minor battles were frequent, soldiers did not really care which force they were loyal to. As long as they could make ends meet, they did not mind which master they followed. Therefore, at the moment of defeat, a large number of soldiers often choose to surrender or defect, including sometimes some elites and personal soldiers.

However, since the emergence of the alien demon clan, later known as the Holy Puppet Sect, and the deeds of the puppets spread throughout the Jin Dynasty, the soldiers' mentality towards the puppets has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Under the powerful propaganda of the Jin Dynasty, the terrifying impression of puppets has been deeply imprinted in the hearts of every soldier and common people. "The puppet is ruthless, leaving no life wherever it passes, leaving only corpses and taking no living prisoners." Such rumors linger like a nightmare.

Chen Subaru naturally realized that this was just propaganda. It's true that puppets can't talk to their enemies, but puppet masters can. Most human puppets are made by living people, and what changes is only the soul of the monk, so the saying "no living prisoners will be taken" does not exist.

On the contrary, the human race among the saints will not actually kill uncultivated mortals at will. They were well aware of the hardships of life for the people of the Jin Dynasty, so after occupying the northern territories, they taught more advanced agricultural technology to ensure the safety of the people, and relocated the people who failed to escape in the contested areas to avoid the consequences of the war. Innocent casualties.

However, the Jin Dynasty did not know about these deeds. They only know that the alien demons will clean up the occupied area, and no one will be left behind, whether they are living or dead. Therefore, combined with the matter of the Holy Puppet Sect, they thought that everyone might be refined into puppets. Such misunderstandings and fears are like dark clouds, shrouding the entire Jin Dynasty.

The army of saints raging in Yizhou is originally a demon clan, and in a strict sense, they are not the real saints, but an army of demons hired by the saints. These demon soldiers are really cruel, and the human race is behind them. They are living food in their eyes, whether they are monks or mortals.

"Puppets do not accept living people", "holy demon soldiers eat people", coupled with the propaganda of the Jin Dynasty court, in the face of foreign invasion, the army and people of Jin Dynasty developed a strong will to resist out of despair. As can be seen in the Battle of Taishan County, although the monks have the possibility of fleeing due to their cultivation and magical weapons, once they are in danger, whether they are mortals or monks, they will face a desperate and desperate fight.

In the face of death, "the brave man who never surrenders" and the "coward who cannot surrender" burst out with the same courage, because only by fighting to the death can there be a chance of survival.

After Li Zhong informed all the defenders in the outer city of the reason why they could not retreat, the morale of the defenders plummeted. If this was a human civil war, the entire army would have surrendered long ago. However, the defenders, who had no morale at all, all carried out Li Zhong's military orders efficiently, restored the basic lighting in the outer city, gathered the remaining defenders who could still fight, organized their troops, formed formations, and were ready.

In the darkness before dawn, from the time the defenders quickly blocked the gap in the city wall to the time when the eastern skyline began to turn white, it was completed in less than two quarters of an hour. Although the time was short, the oppressive atmosphere and the efficient actions of the defenders made this time seem particularly long.

After careful reorganization of the 800 defenders, four centurions formed a conflict array and were deployed close to the city wall; the other four centuries formed a guerrilla array, keeping a distance, providing long-range support at any time, and quickly filling the gaps in the melee array. .

Soon, the puppet army outside the city wall once again broke through the previous gap in the city wall. Faced with this huge noise, Li Zhong did not waver. He commanded a contradictory array to deal with the enemy. At the same time, he instructed the guerrilla array to remain on alert and be ready to attack enemy forces in the air at any time.

At this time, a commander reminded: "Master Leader, I am afraid that one array cannot last long."

Li Zhong's voice was hoarse. He replied: "I understand your worries. But have you ever thought about how many times our crumbling city wall can withstand such attacks after they have broken through a gap?"

Before he finished speaking, the guerrilla array behind him started firing in an orderly manner, targeting the elite soldiers who invaded from the air. This time, the attack of the human puppets was more fierce and the preparations were more complete. As soon as their Core Formation realm human puppets entered the outer city, they immediately used various means to intercept the incoming spiritual arrows and protect other elite soldiers from successfully invading the outer city from the air. city.

Moreover, this time the elite soldiers did not cover the entry of ground soldiers from above the gap. Instead, they poured in from above the outer city wall from all directions. Each guerrilla array soon changed from orderly volleys to free fire.

Along with the large influx of elite soldiers, the outer city wall collapsed in many places, and soldiers began to pour into every gap.

Li Zhong commanded the remaining contradictory arrays to begin to seal these gaps. It was obvious that the puppets had planned to open these gaps. The gaps were relatively far apart, and the directions were obviously different. It was obviously to pull back the defenders in the city. Army, allowing them to disperse their forces to seal the gap. When the defenders in the city are unable to form a joint defense, the puppet army outside the city can take advantage of their numbers. Once a defensive array is defeated, they can divide and surround the defenders.

However, the success of the previous attack seems to have underestimated the will of the defenders to resist. The defenders' contradictory array combat efficiency is very high. Not only can they block the gap alone, they can even counter-encirclement in local areas, forcing the soldiers to retreat. Back to the gap.