Ultimate Assassin System

The ending has not yet been settled, so it is not yet known who will have the last laugh. .But what can be confirmed now is that the Bran soldiers on the city wall are smiling happily!

Originally, when they saw the black army in gray and at least more than 100,000 soldiers approaching, the Bran soldiers on the city wall were already prepared to face a tough tug-of-war to defend the city, and were even mentally prepared to break the city. . Unexpectedly, when I came closer, I saw a farce of digging a hole...

Soon, amid the sarcastic laughter that filled the sky, the troops in gray clothes who stepped into the open space in front of the city disappeared from everyone's sight. They dug holes into the ground and could only see shovels being raised from time to time, and pieces of soil were dug up. A burst of dust enveloped the scene.

Slowly, the laughter on the wall gradually disappeared. A confused tone came from nowhere, Hey, they seem to be... uh, getting closer and closer?

really! Shrouded in dust, a series of winding, snake-like underground passages were approaching the corner of the wall. When the Brand soldiers saw this, they couldn't help but look at each other again - is there any point in doing this?

no one knows. But by this time, even the pig knew that this situation was abnormal. After all, the enemy was constantly approaching. This was an indisputable fact!

Looking at the winding tunnel, Commander Bran frowned and looked confused. Even though he thought about all the tactics in his mind, he couldn't find an siege tactic that required digging... No matter! Since you can't see it, let's try to type it out.

He waved his hand decisively and looked at the soldier controlling Thor's Hammer: Attack!

As we all know, Mjolnir's attack range is extremely wide. Although it couldn't reach the gray-clothed army that was deliberately parked several miles away, it was still no problem to cover the approaching tunnel.

Boom, boom, boom, three Thor hammers roared in unison, and a flash of fire instantly shot out from the trembling metal muzzle. But just as the huge exploding crystal jumped across the air, a shrill police whistle suddenly sounded across the open space, and immediately,

Boom...boom...boom...

The earth trembled, and the air waves carried dust and soil and rose into the sky, scattering in all directions. The power was truly astonishing.

There is no doubt that Thor's Hammer is the pinnacle of Bran's alchemy craftsmanship, and its power is beyond his imagination. If the gray-coated army had adopted regular siege tactics with its chariots and horses, the strength of a brigade or even a battalion would basically be accounted for here if this round of artillery fire continued.

but now,

The cold wind blew by and the dust dispersed. Except for the three huge scorched earth potholes, the winding tunnels were still very eye-catching in everyone's sight. After a pause, the shovel was raised again, and pieces of soil continued to be dug out... Everything was as usual, just like just now. It's like nothing happened.

boom! He punched the wall brick, and the commander's face suddenly turned livid.

By this time, not only him, but also some veterans had figured it out. The greatest power of Mjolnir is of course the explosion. If it hits one by one, even high-level warriors will end up with no bones left. But on the battlefield, the greatest damage caused by Thor's hammer is the large-area circular air wave that rolls out after it explodes. It is no exaggeration to say that as long as you are swept or even rubbed, you will immediately experience the supreme pleasure of being a trapeze and disintegrating in the air...

However, now, the soldiers in gray clothes had fallen down in the tunnel just before the explosion. In this way, as long as they are not unlucky enough to be hit in the head by Thor's hammer, the large area of ​​​​air waves roaring from the ground will naturally not be able to harm them hiding in the pothole!

Damn it, how did these rebels come up with this method... Seeing that Thor's hammer, which was invincible on the battlefield, lost its power, the Bran soldiers on the wall panicked, with a look of shock that could not be concealed on their faces. Some retired veterans who had been on the front line even thought that if the Northern Wilderness barbarians knew this method, would the Bran border line, which relied on various Thor series defensive equipment, still be able to hold it?

With a shiver, Commander Bran came to his senses and shook his head subconsciously, no! There must be flaws to be found in this method... Thinking of something, the commander's eyes suddenly lit up when he looked at the curved tunnel. Yes, the number of Japanese people digging the tunnels was not large. If they took the initiative to open the city gate and send troops to attack...

This method can indeed be regarded as the right medicine, but as soon as the idea came to mind, the commander looked up at the group of archers bending their bows and arrows behind the tunnel, and his heart suddenly felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured over his head, and he felt half cold.

Obviously, the gray-clothed army had already considered the flaws of this tactic and sent archers to escort them from the rear. If he came here regardless, he might have been nailed to death by countless arrows before he could reach the tunnel!

grass! Bombing has no effect, and I can't rush out. Commander Bran clutched the wall tiles tightly, completely confused. After a while, he took a deep breath and looked at the approaching tunnel. He barely suppressed the depression in his heart and secretly said: Damn it! Dig, dig. I want to see what you want to do? Don’t forget, as we get closer, we also have bows, arrows, and city-defending crossbows...

I have to say that this commander is no idiot. Although I can't guess the intention of the digging tactic, I can see the weakness of this tactic at a glance - the tunnels can indeed avoid the bombing of Thor's hammer, but when these tunnels approach a certain area, there are still cover attacks. Bows, arrows, city-defending crossbows, etc., can be thrown away even if they are hiding under the tunnel.

However, will that scene really happen?

…

He sighed with emotion, Ou Lao often said that war is a competition between the comprehensive combat capabilities of large-scale forces. There is no such thing as this. However, in this process, there are sometimes some individual variables that affect the trend of the war and even determine the outcome of the battle. For example, a practical battlefield weapon, like Thor's hammer many years ago, or like the purple-bore cannon we have in our hands now...

After a pause, Frey continued, Because such a sudden emergence of a killing weapon will change many things, and some new tactics and strategies will appear specifically to cooperate with it, etc., which will often catch the opponent off guard. For example, right now, haha, Even if the commander of the other side wants to kill him, he doesn't know that we are digging a hole to move the purple-bore cannon that they don't understand into the attack range...

At this point, suddenly, boom, boom, boom... it was like thunder rolling continuously in the sky, the sound was menacing. Needless to say, this is of course Mjolnir roaring again in the distance. Although the commander had secretly made up his mind to wait, seeing the winding tunnel approaching, he still inevitably felt a little panicked.

This is the so-called most terrifying reason of the unknown! It was also because of this that such hysterical and indiscriminate bombing methods were adopted. As for the result, there is no change in whether we should dig or dig, whether we should get closer or continue to get closer.

Haha... As if sensing the opponent's commander's anxiety, Frey smiled and pointed at the Shanhai City wall with a wave of his hand, looking firm and confident, The first battle is won!

Yes, this was the real first battle of the Gray Army. As for breaking through the blockade before, it was just an appetizer to warm up before the battle.

Although the war has not yet started, victory has been booked in advance, which seems a bit arrogant. But there was no look of surprise from Joshua and the others around him. Even Fei Rui changed the subject and asked curiously, Is it just a battlefield weapon? What about that person? Uh, I mean the kind that can decide the outcome single-handedly. hero.

This is the so-called difference between an expert and an outsider. Ferry is good at logistics management, but he is a complete layman when it comes to war command. In his opinion, compared to the battlefield weapons that kill everyone, the heroes who emerge from the sky are undoubtedly more attractive, more legendary, and more in line with the aesthetic concepts of laymen.

Frey did not laugh at this layman's concept. After thinking about it, he nodded slightly: Yes, yes, military god Zi Yi. As long as he stands there, it will be an impeccable and perfect strategy!

Although time is of the essence, it is difficult for Frey, who has wasted more than ten years, to climb to the top of the military, but to be able to work so hard and even flatter him in a disgusting way, we know Ziyi's supreme status in the hearts of all warriors!

There is no doubt about this status. Even Fei Rui, who is not good at military affairs, remained silent when he heard this. After a while, he sighed softly, with a face full of joy: It's okay, it's okay... Then Zi Yi is dead, so are we. There is a big enemy missing, otherwise it would be really difficult to come out this time...

The top brass of the Gray Army couldn't help but nod their heads when they heard this, and they also had happy expressions on their faces. As a native of Bran, it is impossible not to admire Zi Yi. But the opponent is the military god Bran, not the military god of the Gray Army. If Ziyi is still alive, he will be the enemy of the Gray Army!

On the other hand, Josiah's face looked a little strange. Of course she knew that the purple-bore cannon was made by Zi Yi. Now listening to these words, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitch, and he waved his hand to stop Fei Rui's unkind attitude: Now that the war is going on, let's not talk about this... He squinted his eyes and looked up at the curved pothole, changing the topic, How is it? , the distance is almost there.”

Frey stretched out his hand to measure it and nodded: It's barely enough. Well, that's it. If you move forward, you'll be within the range of the large city-defending crossbow.

After finishing his words, he waved his hand back. More than a hundred figures who had been waiting for a long time quickly jumped out of the archer camp. Carrying something on their backs, they jumped into the tunnel like a cat, and then ran quickly in the tunnel like a gopher, and disappeared underground in an instant.

Here, Frey nodded to Josiah and others, looked straight, and urged his horse to walk towards the front of the formation. It's okay to be contemptuous in the past, but when it comes to actual combat, there's absolutely no chance of being careless at all.

The sword was already in hand, and there was no need to make any gestures. When Frey entered the front army formation, the air of iron-blooded murder instantly filled the air, like a dark cloud covering the top of the mountain and sea city wall several miles away.

If a person kills many people, he will naturally have the confidence to ignore all sentient beings. An army that has seen the vast battlefield and won many battles will naturally have the edge to be as immovable as a mountain and look down upon the world!

There was a crash, and the city wall garrison, which was composed of many mixed soldiers, had never seen such a tragic formation, and suddenly there were waves of excitement. Then, under the scoldings of officers at all levels, he returned to silence and deathly silence. He tightly grasped the weapon in his hand, swallowed hard, and stared at the slowly mobilizing gray-clothed army in the distance.

Sigh... Commander Bran couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he saw this. He already knew that this battle was at stake. Although the defending side has a natural advantage, it is normal for the casualty rate to be three or four times that of the attacking side. But that also depends on the quality of the soldiers on both sides. The ragtag group in front of them, who were previously thought to be rebel thugs, now seems to be clearly a warrior capable of hundreds of battles. On the other hand, looking at the mixed soldiers on our side, the momentum has been suppressed for a long time...

Forget it, forget it, then lower your goal. As long as he lasts for two days, no, one and a half days, he will have completed the delaying task, and then he will lead his troops to retreat... With this plan, Commander Bran took a deep breath, stared at the moving army in the distance, and entered War status.

On the verge of breaking out! All eyes on the wall, including the metal gun barrel raised high, were watching the moving army in the distance. However, at this moment, suddenly,

Boom, boom, boom... a series of muffled sounds like war drums suddenly sounded under the nose, and then countless fireballs filled the air above the wall, filling every corner of the sight in an instant.

what? This is the first reaction!

Where did it come from? This is the second reaction!

The next moment, cold sweat instantly spread all over Commander Bran's forehead. He suddenly realized that he had forgotten something, the winding tunnel that had no function... Suddenly he lowered his head and saw hundreds of densely packed metal pipes at the forefront of the winding tunnel, as if they had been cut from the ground. The hollow bamboo with its roots cut off has the hole facing this side, and firelight pops out from time to time...

what? Returning to the first reaction again, it seems like a dead cycle. It's a pity that he will never have the chance to untie this knotted cycle.

Boom... Thunder exploded next to me, and there was a loud buzzing in my ears. The first attack target, the metal barrel of Thor's Hammer raised high not far away, was suddenly caught in the fire and air waves, and disappeared instantly...

Boom... followed by densely placed large city-defending crossbows. Under the explosion of fire, the faint sound of broken strings was like the whine of a moth flying into the fire. Whoosh, whoosh, several thick arrows were released randomly due to broken strings. Some shot directly into the sky, while some shot flatly and hit the wall, causing several soldiers to fall off the high city wall...

Boom... Suddenly, the commander who turned around blankly felt a little dizzy and flew away from the wall in an instant.

Looking back, I saw that the place where I was standing had turned into a big pit of scorched earth. There were a few escaped guards scattered around. They were looking at this side with splitting eyes. They stretched out their hands in vain and opened their mouths to shout something... However, I can't hear it at all...

Immediately afterwards, he raised his eyes and saw the stretching city wall completely covered by fire and thick smoke. He also saw countless soldiers falling down the wall like dumplings, waving their limbs randomly, as if they were drowning, which was ridiculous...

Immediately, his vision rotated and swayed, and the scene in front of him suddenly changed. A few miles away, the gray-clothed army crossed the tunnel like a black torrent, flooding the open space, charging madly... Finally, every part of the body felt pain, and waves of endless darkness hit...

…

No one knew that under this sudden artillery fire, the top commander of Shanhai City's city defense had quietly died. Of course, no one would care... because the outcome of this battle was completely decided just a few moments after the battle started.

The city walls and defenses suffered a fatal blow, making it impossible to organize an effective offensive, and the sparse arrows could not stop the fierce charge of tens of thousands of infantry from the gray-coated front army. Once the purple-bore cannon can easily turn its muzzle and a round of concentrated fire destroys the main gate, everything will fall into place.

Towering city walls, heavy city defense weapons, and advantages in defending the city... After the purple-bore cannon was born, it was wiped out with a bang! !

Entering the inner city and meeting each other on a narrow road, the battle is basically about the quality of individual soldiers. One side is like a wolf and a tiger, and its morale is like a rainbow. A group of soldiers gathered together and were at a loss, and the result can be imagined...

After a brief tug of war, the devastated western city wall was the first to be breached. The large number of gray-clothed troops who poured into the city were divided into several groups. They followed the main road in the city and quickly rushed towards the other three sides of the city. It was obvious that they wanted to completely occupy the city in a short period of time. The people who stayed behind cleared the remaining soldiers on the western wall while chasing into the city, encircling and suppressing the gatekeepers who retreated at the first opportunity, or fled without a fight.

After a few days of silence, this city, known as the northern trading city, finally became lively again. However, what was running through the streets this time was not caravan traffic, but brief encounters, pursuits or counter-pursuits, with the sound of metal blades clashing from time to time, sparks mixed with blood spattering wantonly, and excitement. Roars mixed with screams and wails... In just a short moment, the city fell into chaos and noise.

As a trading city in the north, it goes without saying that Shanhai City's city area is even wider than a large city in the ordinary sense. So after a while, nearly half of the hundreds of thousands of gray-clothed soldiers staying outside the city poured in and occupied the roads everywhere, and it didn't seem too crowded.

Of course, by this time, Bran's soldiers, who did not even have a numerical advantage, naturally collapsed across the board. In fact, before the Gray Army soldiers could completely occupy the other three city walls, some terrified Bran soldiers opened the city gates privately and fled.

The army was defeated like a mountain! In such a situation, even if the military god Ziyi is reborn, all he can do is look up to the sky and sigh.

On the main road near the city square, Frey, who could no longer enjoy the thrill of charging into battle, turned his head and looked around, licked his dry lips, and shouted an order, Go, send someone to capture the city warehouse and the city lord's palace for me first... …By the way, there are all the maps! It’s my first time entering the city, so don’t find me in the wrong place…”

Yes! The so-called map is naturally the work of Tang En, or more accurately, the work of the secret agency. In order to welcome the grey-coated army's revenge, all preparations have been done to the extreme.

He continued to yell, Also, mobilize two regiments of troops to surround the noble area and the security hall in the east city. Be especially careful of the private soldiers of the nobles... Well, mobilize another twenty purple-bore cannons. If there is resistance, shoot to death!

yes!

He patted his forehead and said, Where is the Overseer Army? Where is the commander of the Overseer Army... Are you? Okay! I will give you a quarter of an hour and order your subordinates to run for me. They must cover every city district and every street... If you encounter anyone who disturbs the people, arrest them directly. Burn and kill the looters and behead them on the spot! Go ahead!

yes!

And... He looked up at the sky and nodded solemnly, Well, that's almost it. Pass the order, and when the fighting on the four walls is over, the four city gates will be closed, and everyone will have dinner on the spot.

Well?

Why are you standing there? There's a battle to be fought, and of course we have to have lunch. Go, go, go...

yes……

…………(To be continued.)