Lord of the Desert

Chapter 348: Journey to the City

The autumn wind is blowing outside the hall.

It felt like winter inside the hall.

No one could catch Duan Tiannan's gaze.

Not only because he was half a division of kindness to most of the Bai Sheng Army, but also because without his support, it would be a delusion to live in a corner.

Everyone knows that Tingshan Pass alone cannot stop Wang Ting Yuanci.

Duan Tiannan stepped back to one side.

Qiu Yuankui clasped his hands behind his back and looked out the door silently.

So Xu Yuntao stood up and spoke proactively.

"Duanlicheng blocked us twice, in late summer last year and early spring this year."

"The first time we just captured Tingshan Pass, we underestimated the enemy and rushed in. In fact, we didn't have enough strength."

"The second time we had an advantage in combat power, but we were short of military rations and were forced to give up."

he said sincerely.

"But this time it's different."

"This time, our army has three victories!"

"The first victory is that we will have a bumper harvest this year, and we are very confident."

"Second victory, form an advance camp. Three hundred warriors are all equipped with heavy armor sent from the north. They are incomparable."

"In the third victory, Duke Bai Sheng invited Long Xushi from Hezhou to lead the craftsman camp. He has been fighting against giants in northern Xinjiang for decades and specializes in building offensive and defensive cities."

Xu Yuntao's words heated up the atmosphere a lot.

Seeing this, he calmly breathed a sigh of relief and added.

"In addition, there is another trick that can be used as a last resort."

"What's the trick?"

The ten senior generals of the Hundred Victory Army were very curious.

Xu Yuntao glanced at Hong Fan first, and then motioned to the two generals outside to close the door.

The room is slightly dark.

He walked to the side and pulled down the oilcloth, revealing five large boxes - the size of several desks, painted with white paint and thunder patterns on the outside.

"White Thunder God?"

Hong Fan recognized him at a glance.

"Yes, White Thunder God plus Sand World."

Xu Yuntao nodded heavily.

"As long as it is properly arranged, there is no wall that cannot be taken down!"

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Three days later, it was the sixth day of September.

Duanli City has been locked up since yesterday, and the watchtower is guarded at twelve o'clock.

Under their gaze, military camps were laid out outside the city, surrounded on three sides.

Camp tents, wooden fences, camp gates, arrow towers, horses, trenches...

Everything seemed to grow out of the ground.

In the early morning, noisy smoke and dust were raised, and when the human voices dissipated at dusk, majestic war beasts were revealed.

The time of Xu is right, and the night is calming the earth.

The craftsmen camp of the Yum Victorious Army began to build siege equipment overnight.

Against the bleak autumn wind, Hong Fan walked out of the main camp due north alone and looked south.

The majesty of Duanli City can be seen at a glance.

The city is five feet high, the base of the wall is built with stone circles, the wall is tamped with clay, and the outer wall is covered with green bricks.

The joints between masonry and stone are filled with tung oil, glutinous rice juice and lime slurry. Ordinary people use an iron awl to pierce the cracks, which can hardly penetrate even half an inch at a time.

This is not the kind of hollow castle that can be destroyed by a trebuchet.

On the top of the city, the enemy towers are lined up like peaks.

Behind the battlements there were numerous shadows of people, and rows of braziers were burning brightly, dimming a little of the night.

Within a hundred meters of the city, there are distinct layers of fortifications.

The innermost side is a six-foot-high sheep and horse wall with shooting holes.

A moat two feet wide and two meters deep is surrounded by a wall of sheep and horses.

The combination of the two can greatly slow down the speed of filling rivers and building bridges.

Further outside, there is a horse ditch and trenches lined up horizontally, with antlers scattered in front and back to keep away horses.

There were thorns falling from the four corners, reflecting the light of sparks and making it feel cold.

Hong Fan looked down and felt naturally chilly, as if he had returned to the snake-man battlefield in Jinhai.

Even heavier than then.There are 40 residents in and around Duanli City.

Nowadays, the city is locked up during the war, and the surrounding population has dispersed. There are still more than [-] people in the city, a total of [-] elite Tianfeng troops.

If it were placed in Hong Fan's previous life, more than [-] soldiers would never be able to lay siege to such a large city with a large population and abundant young people.

But Dahua is different.

Because of the existence of martial arts, even if ordinary people obtain weapons, they cannot be converted into combat power - only warriors who have undergone long-term military training and are proficient in bows and swords have basic battlefield value.

Not to mention the Penetration Realm "monster" who is strong enough to fight against bears and tigers, and can even go to the city with his bare hands while wearing super-heavy armor.

Even in the inner vision realm, which is not worthy of being called a "martial artist", there are still many people who can squat hundreds of kilograms, and their physical fitness is comparable to that of top athletes in previous lives.

After becoming strong and strong, they are each equivalent to Lu Bu and Xiang Yu. It is easy to face mortals with one against ten.

With such endoscopic sergeants, the Yum Victory Army dispatched [-] soldiers this time, exceeding [-]% of the total number under its control.

Just when Hong Fan was watching the enemy under the moon and his mind was in confusion, he heard the sound of footsteps behind him.

He looked back and saw that it was Qiu Yuankui accompanying Duan Tiannan.

"Brother Hong is a man who does big things after all. The war is about to start, why don't you put aside admiring the moon!"

Duan Tiannan said with a smile.

"Brother Duan really thinks highly of me. He was hesitant before the battle, so he hid."

Hong Fan replied with a wry smile and nodded to Qiu Yuankui in greeting.

"It is inevitable that those without awe will not be able to reach high places."

The latter interfaced.

"When I saw Duanli Gaocheng this morning, I felt short of breath, but on the other hand, thinking about it, those guys in the city must have been even more frightened when they formed such a formation."

Hong Fan nodded when he heard the words, and then looked at the shadows on the top of the city, and his feelings changed.

At this time, he caught a glimpse of Duan Tiannan untying and tying the red silk around his waist, and carefully adjusting his sleeves.

"Brother Duan, what is this?"

Hong Fan asked.

"I'm going to head to the city."

Duan Tiannan stared into the long night, and his thoughts returned briefly and vigorously.

"In such a hurry?"

Hong Fan frowned.

"It's better to fight late than to fight early. The sooner I take action against Mr. Tang, the fewer variables there will be for the people below."

Duan Tiannan flexed his knuckles.

"When the two armies are fighting, once there are Yuanci-level combat forces on the line, you must be extra cautious."

"Unless there are magical weapons or special methods, even multiple innates will not be useful in the military."

He said and pointed to the camp gate behind him.

"No matter how solid the camp is and no matter how strong the morale is, as long as the traitor Tang comes here in the middle of the night and rains down swords every quarter of an hour, these [-] people can only be blinded."

"Of course, I have the same deterrent effect against Duan Licheng."

Hong Fan nodded silently.

He thought of Chi Lin's spear that dragged the sonic boom cloud through the city wall.

Without the basic balance between kings and generals, Dahua's wars would always be a destructive situation.

It is even difficult for the weak party to resist.

"You guys watch first, I'll come as soon as I go."

Duan Tiannan told the two of them, then took off towards the city.

There is a lot of land that can be passed by in a moment.

Hong Fan used his eyesight to the limit and watched him swoop down and blast out a palm with a golden outline.

The turret that bore the brunt exploded instantly.

The bricks and stones exploded on all sides, raising smoke and dust, like silent and colorless fireworks.

Two seconds later, the sound of explosions was heard in the distance, surrounded by the ringing of the bell.

Immediately afterwards, there was a majestic shout that seemed hollow due to the distance.

"Traitor Tang, was that slap you received last time easy to bear?"

The sound carried against the wind through the military camp.

Hong Fan immediately saw a burst of reverse rain rolling up from behind the city.

It was an iron scale sword formation that reflected the moonlight.

"Duan Tiannan, if you don't come to look for me tonight, I am going to look for you too!"

It was Tang Shaoyou's voice.

(End of this chapter)