Infrastructure Throne

Under the north wall of Yuanliu City, to the far bank of the Chiyuan River, there were densely packed army of orcs with strange shapes.

They didn't put up a regular formation like in the human race war, but the huge number and terrifying momentum, the heavy steps when charging, as if shattering the ground, is enough to make any human being feel scared.

The orcs rushing to the forefront were less than half a mile away from the city wall, and the dark tide was about to cover the sky.

The soldiers could already clearly see the fangs protruding from their bloody mouths, the handles of the knives, bows and arrows in their hands were covered with putty with cold sweat, and their heavy breathing echoed in the city.

With the order of the messenger, dozens of artillery pieces were placed on the north wall, and the artillerymen reloaded, adjusted the elevation angle, and ignited the fire.

Just hearing a neat roar, dozens of iron-black cannonballs shot out of the barrel in the scalding heat, tearing the turbid and cold air above the orcs, and exploding on the heads of countless orcs!

There were thunderous explosions one after another, like clusters of golden and red fireworks, blooming on the battlefield full of yellow sand!

Every cannon exploded, like thunder falling from the sky, and the bloody sparks took away the lives of dozens of orc warriors in an instant.

The splattered iron pieces scattered in all directions irregularly, with unparalleled sharpness and ferocity, even the most rough-skinned orcs could not resist.

The dense formation of orcs has become the target of artillery, even if you close your eyes and place them randomly, it can cause huge damage!

The fear of unknown weapons, the constant roar in the ears, the fragmented limbs of his companions, and the rapidly rising casualties all created a violent chain reaction in the orc army in an instant!

When the menacing orcs fought against humans for the first time, they felt panic.

Creating panic is a more effective weapon than the limited damage of artillery.

The pace of the orc army's attack slowed down significantly, they were hesitating, and no one knew whether they would face more weird explosions if they continued to move forward.

The orc warriors were never afraid of the weak human race, but before touching the city wall, they died of inexplicable aggrievedness, which they could not tolerate.

The northern city wall is still firing artillery, and the initial artillery has achieved very impressive results.

The orcs began to hesitate, and even retreated, but behind them was the wide Chiyuan River, and some orcs were constantly pushed into the river, and were immediately washed away by the rushing water.

This is not the way to go!

The leaders of the orc tribe had to face the embarrassment of being in a dilemma, and continued to charge. Who knows what weapons the human tribe has, but it is absolutely impossible to retreat.

Unexpectedly, Yuanliu City, a small earth city that was allowed to be slaughtered by them in the past, turned out to be a hard stubble!

Seeing that the momentum of the army was gradually declining, the orc leaders had no choice but to grit their teeth and give the order to suspend the attack.

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"The beast slaves retreated! They were defeated by us!"

On the north wall of Yuanliu City, the soldiers who watched the black tide gradually recede began to cheer wildly.

The smiles of the survivors climbed onto everyone's faces. They hugged and laughed excitedly, and some even fell to the corner and secretly wiped their tears.

What's more, it's an unbelievable ecstasy-there has never been a precedent for defeating a beast slave with zero casualties in Yuanliu City!

The beast slave retreated without even touching the city wall!It was nothing short of a miracle!

Even the taciturn Xiao Meng showed a rare relaxed smile.

Only Yan Zui, who was standing beside the battlements, had no tendency to relax his frown.

He held the binoculars and remained motionless. After a long while, he suddenly turned around and said, "Have the scouts found out where the witch sacrifice is?!"

Xiao Meng's heart shuddered, and suddenly flashed in front of his eyes, the witch priest who was like a ghost, who had lost both sides in the fight with the city lord: "Your subordinate, let's go—"

"Also." Yan Zui clenched the spear in his hand, with a serious face, "Teng Changqing personally urges the military supplies, and keeps in touch with the city lord's mansion at any time. Make sure to ensure the supply, and keep the military doctors and medical centers on standby at any time."

"You go and give the order yourself, and the entire guard is ready to face a more severe attack. You must not relax at all. It is far from the time to celebrate—"

Yan Zui paused for a moment, sticking the spear in his hand to the ground, pointing the tip of the spear at the sky, staring intently into the distance, and slowly exhaled a breath of white air: "The really dangerous offensive and defensive battle has just begun."

"Report—" The messenger trotted up to the top of the wall and handed a bamboo tube to Yan Zui, "It's a message from the City Lord's Mansion."

Could it be that something happened to Qingze?

Yan Zui frowned slightly, and neatly unfolded the small note in the bamboo tube. There was a neat line of small characters on it, Shen Qingze's handwriting: Be careful of the enemy's witch worship, be sure to get rid of it first.

Yan Zui curled up the corner of his mouth soundlessly, and put the note into his chest.

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At the same time, the City Lord's Mansion.

The good news of defeating the first wave of orc attacks had already arrived, and everyone in the affairs hall was overjoyed, and their pace couldn't help but quicken a bit.

Shen Qingze buried his head on the large square desk, the urgent documents gathered from all directions almost covered the desk, and those that couldn't fit were sorted out by other officials and piled aside.

He rubbed the space between his brows, stamped a document for distributing arrows and crossbows, and handed it to Jin Da, with a somewhat hoarse voice: "Has the news been delivered to Yan Zui?"

Jin Da nodded: "Yes, my lord, and just now Captain Xiao Meng sent a request to send additional military doctors to the front line with first aid kits."

Shen Qingze didn't show any surprise, but nodded slightly: "I've asked the hospital to send a doctor."

Jin Da scratched his head: "Didn't it mean that the enemy retreated? Could it be that someone was injured on the city wall?"

As soon as the voice fell, there were faint shouts from outside, the voice was too far away to be heard clearly.

Fan Mizhou rushed over with a pile of information, his chest heaving violently: "Master Priest! The beast slaves are coming again! This time they not only drove some wild beasts to fight for them in front, but even captured them from other cities. slaves of the human race!"

"The worse news is that the Dove Tribe that attacked us last fall is here again!"

"They've been eyeing us, and they're afraid they want to take revenge on the city lord for their serious injuries to the witch priests in the past!"

The busy people in the affairs hall were suddenly startled, the room was quiet, and no one dared to breathe loudly.

Shen Qingze frowned slightly, this is troublesome...

Thinking of Yan Zui's face full of spells when he first saw Yan Zui, he couldn't help wanting to get up and rush to the front line.

Looking around on everyone's frightened and pale faces, Shen Qingze slowly relaxed his body, crossed his legs, and leaned back into the high-back chair:

"Since Yan Zui can seriously injure him once, there will be a second time. Don't worry, everyone should do their own thing."

"If even the City Lord's Mansion can't be as stable as a rock, what will the people outside do?"

Shen Qingze summoned Fan Mizhou, lightly tapped his index finger on the armrest:

"Send out all the guards outside to prevent Xiaoxiao from spreading rumors, and everyone can keep things as usual. When the battle is getting more intense, the city must not be chaotic."

"If someone dares to create panic and drive up prices at this time, they can be taken on the spot! If there is resistance, they will be killed on the spot!"

Shen Qingze's tone was calm, but the words he uttered were full of murderous intent.

Everyone was awe-inspiring and bowed to accept the order.

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North City Wall.

In the afternoon, the beast slaves launched an even more violent attack. They changed their strategy, dispersed their formation, and attacked from three sides, driving the beasts and the captive human slaves to the front of the formation to beat the thunder for themselves.

This time the strikers were replaced by the Dove tribe riding on the back of a big eagle. They can easily cross the minefield and come directly to the city wall!

The shadow of the war is like a dark cloud in the sky, hitting every soldier's heart.

The dove tribe, good at driving the big eagle, descends from the sky!

The huge wave of land beasts almost made them forget that there are beast slaves who are good at flying.

The tragedy of the Autumn Harvest Raid appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and there was even a terrifying witch priest in the Jiu tribe!

In the distance, the beasts and the crowd forced to ride the thunder wailed and howled, and some mad slaves even rushed towards the city wall regardless, yelling "Help" in their mouths.

The soldiers couldn't bear it, so they could only close their eyes and not look at it.

Fear lingered in their hearts, everyone was short of breath, the atmosphere of the entire city wall was dignified, and the joy and encouragement just now disappeared.

It wasn't until the black gold flag flew over the city again, and the tall figure of the city lord appeared in everyone's field of vision, that the anxious hearts settled down.

The veins on the back of Xiao Meng's hand holding the sword hilt bulged, and his voice was hoarse: "My lord, are you going to attack them indiscriminately?"

"Fire." Yan Zui ordered without hesitation, his thin lips were pursed straight, and the lines of his cheeks were cold and hard, like a carved statue, clearly showing the shape of his cheekbones.

One word decides the fate of grass mustard.

Accompanied by the roar of thunder, rain of arrows and gunfire swept across the battlefield again, cold weapons alternated with hot weapons, blood flowed all over the sand, screaming and crying intertwined into a purgatory on earth.

Yan Zui stood tall on the city tower, like a cruel executioner, watching all the horrific scenes below the city without even a moment, his fingernails unconsciously scraping on the hard stone bricks.

This is the price the weak must pay.

"My lord! The big eagle of the Dove Tribe has landed on the top of the city!" A soldier panicked and rushed to report, "Their target is the artillery on the city wall!"

Yan Zui's eyes froze, and a sneer appeared on his lips: "It's just in time."

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Cannons, rain of arrows, and a series of landmines all over the place slowed down the speed of the orcs' attack to the greatest extent.

Huge black shadows of dozens of big eagles from the Dove tribe came over, carrying the warriors of the Dove tribe and accurately landed on the city wall where the artillery was erected.

The long-range weapons lost their usefulness in an instant, and the hand-to-hand combat kicked off!

The orcs of the dove tribe have eagle-headed bodies. Although they don't use weapons, their sharp long beaks can easily pierce through the armor of soldiers!

The dove orc's strong feet and fists stepped heavily on the stone bricks of the city wall, and the cracks spread like spider webs, but after all, they did not collapse as severely as other towns.

The dove orc was a little surprised, and slapped the nearest artillery soldier flying with his palm.

I thought that this blow would either kill or injure me, but I didn't expect that the opponent hit the city wall and survived with the protection of the armor, and even pulled out the saber tremblingly, trying to rush forward to chop it.

The dove orc let out a cold laugh unhappily, jumped in front of the artillery soldier, strangled the opponent's neck, and pecked at his shoulder and neck with his sharp beak——

The artilleryman howled and dodged hard, so that the opponent's beak just hit the hard armored shoulder guard.

There was an ear-piercing sound of metal and iron clashing, and the dove orc man's eyes widened, and he covered his beak in disbelief—it was bent!

Before he had time to let out a roar, there was a "puff", and a bloody spear tip suddenly appeared from the dove orc's chest!

The tip of the gun was spun out at a high speed, and Jiu Beast's heart went cold, leaving a huge blood hole. Blood spurted all over the ground, and he fell down straight. The expression of horror and doubt was frozen forever at this moment.

"My lord! It's my lord who is here!"

"Brothers kill!"

"Hack these beast slaves to death!"

Seeing the arrival of strong reinforcements, the soldiers who were startled by the dove orcs immediately rushed up like chicken blood, drawing their knives.

The entire northern city wall was drowned out by fighting and screaming.

Yan Zui raised his gun all the way, and rushed towards him with his personal guards. He was as agile as a panther in the crowd of melees, with a sticky and cold gaze that followed him all the time. Yan Zui knew that the witch priest of the Jiu tribe came to find him revenge.

Suddenly, an invisible shadow flashed past Yan Zui's feet.

coming!

His eyes were as sharp as an arrow, the spear turned over, and it was firmly nailed to the side——

A pair of slender and skinny hands gripped the tip of the gun firmly, and the cold black flame spread up along the tip of the gun. Just a little spark is enough to instantly turn a person into a burning man!

The black figure huddled under the cloak let out a hoarse sneer:

"It's been a long time, Lord City Master! Unexpectedly, the last curse failed to kill you, but it doesn't matter, today is your death day."

"Heh." Yan Zui resolutely dropped the gun, and with a backhand whip, wrapped around the opponent's neck fiercely.

"You talk too much!"