Chapter 152
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Chapter 152: The Battle at the City Gate
The two groups instantly engaged in battle.
Zhao Pan, having regained some composure, decisively utilized the spatial advantage of the entrance to block the numerous foreign invaders, preventing them from swarming in.
By temporarily restricting the enemy’s numerical advantage this way, Zhao Pan and his group were not at a disadvantage for the time being.
Liu Zheng, wielding a battle-axe, single-handedly held his ground, taking on a lot of pressure for everyone while searching for an opportunity to break through.
Outside the Iron Wall Tribe’s city gate, Zhang Yisheng frowned as he watched his melee unit, which had been disadvantaged by the terrain, unable to charge in.
He then commanded.
“Everyone fall back!”
“Push the siege vehicle directly into them!”
It was just one siege vehicle.
If it was destroyed, then so be it.
Even if it broke into a pile of rotten wood afterward, he wouldn’t care.
As long as he could breach this tribal camp, he firmly believed that the value of the resources within this tribe would far exceed that of a single siege vehicle!
Zhang Yisheng had indeed guessed correctly.
In the Iron Wall Tribe, the warehouse full of copper ore, which hadn’t yet been transported to the Mirror Tribe, was worth far more than a single siege vehicle.
If he could get his hands on that copper ore, Zhang Yisheng wouldn’t even bat an eye if it meant sacrificing two more siege vehicles, let alone one!
The melee unit, hearing their chief’s command, promptly complied.
However, Zhao Pan, Liu Zheng, and the others, who also heard these words, instantly lost all color from their faces.
Although the siege vehicle was almost completely destroyed when it knocked down the city gate, if it crashed into people, it would definitely be lethal!
Such an impact was something ordinary flesh and blood could not withstand.
Unexpectedly, at that moment, screams suddenly erupted from behind the foreign invaders’ battle formation.
Following this, panicked shouts reached the ears of Zhao Pan and his group, immediately revitalizing them.
“Enemy attack! Enemy attack!”
“It’s an ambush!”
“How are there archer units on the high ground behind us?!”
“Ahhh! Help, help me…”
Three consecutive volleys caught the unprepared archer unit completely off guard.
Zhang Yisheng turned back, disbelief plastered across his face, watching the unit that seemed to have appeared out of thin air on the distant high ground.
He was utterly stunned.
Before he could even react, the defending soldiers, who had been trapped inside the Iron Wall Tribe’s camp, let out excited roars.
The commotion sounded as if they had already achieved a great victory.
“Chief, the chief has arrived with reinforcements!”
“We’re saved! We’re saved!”
Listening to the defending soldiers’ shouts, Zhang Yisheng at this moment clearly understood the situation before him, but he simply refused to accept this reality.
This tribal camp, which he had been fighting tirelessly for since yesterday, was just a sub-city of that player?
Was this some kind of international joke?!
However, as he was thinking this, the young man in the beast hide cloak who walked out from the enemy’s formation made him distinctly feel that this was the real master, and what he had been attacking before was probably just a sub-city…
“Damn it!”
This frustrating reality made him involuntarily curse aloud.
“Is this really messing with me?!”
“A guy whose rank points haven’t even entered the top 100 has a sub-city that’s this hard to conquer?”
Compared to Zhang Yisheng, who had directly burst into curses, and the overjoyed defending soldiers, Zhao Pan, though equally delighted by Luo Ji’s timely arrival, also harbored some doubts.
The distance between the Mirror Tribe and the Iron Wall Tribe was significant.
Less than two days had passed, so how had Luo Ji managed to bring reinforcements all the way here?
And at this very moment, on the high ground outside the Iron Wall Tribe…
[System Notification: Congratulations to Player ‘Luo Ji’ for comprehending the battle tactic ‘Speed is of the Essence in War.’]
Luo Ji had no time to concern himself with the system notification echoing in his mind.
The night’s forced march had left an undeniable weariness on everyone’s faces, but it proved his decision was correct.
Having arrived just a moment late, the Iron Wall Tribe’s city gate had been breached by the enemy’s siege vehicle.
If they had arrived any later, the situation would have been unimaginable!
There was no time to delay.
Worried about the lives of Zhao Pan and Liu Zheng, Luo Ji waved his hand, decisively signaling the accompanying archer unit to unleash a full volley of arrows, launching a long range attack on Zhang Yisheng’s rear unit before the enemy forces could detect their presence.
The archer unit’s attack was undoubtedly successful.
Three consecutive volleys inflicted substantial damage and strikes on the enemy’s rear archer unit.
Zhang Yisheng clearly hadn’t anticipated that this Iron Wall Tribe was merely a sub-city, and one located so far from the main city!
However, as a player ranked among the top 30 in his segment, Zhang Yisheng’s combat experience was evidently extensive.
Although the unexpected situation caught him off guard, it wasn’t enough to make him surrender.
His shield-wielding unit, specifically responsible for protecting the archer unit, immediately adopted a defensive formation against long range attacks the moment they realized enemy forces were in the rear, thus blocking subsequent arrow volleys.
Simultaneously, under the protection of the shield-wielding unit, Zhang Yisheng’s archer unit, being his specially enhanced force, naturally drew their bows and fired arrows without hesitation, retaliating against Luo Ji’s archer unit!
Unfortunately, no matter how strong Zhang Yisheng’s specially enhanced unit originally was, at this moment, having just breached the Iron Wall Tribe’s city gate through arrow suppression, they were already utterly exhausted in arm strength.
Their bow drawing hands were trembling uncontrollably.
Arrows shot in such a state had no power or accuracy whatsoever.
Zhang Yisheng, also realizing this, showed deep unwillingness on his face.
He had miscalculated, completely miscalculated!
His most reliable archer unit, due to almost exhausted arm strength, would not be able to recover its combat power in a short time.
At this point, how could they possibly have the energy to compete against the enemy’s reinforcements?
In contrast, although Luo Ji’s side had also expended a lot of stamina due to the overnight march, they were not in such a dire state.
After several more volleys, Luo Ji, having already seen through the enemy’s weakness, waved his hand.
“You destroyed my Iron Wall Tribe’s city gate and injured my people. This cannot be overlooked. Luo Yong, Guo Zhen!”
“Here!”
Both stepped forward simultaneously, their faces brimming with fighting spirit!
“Leave no one alive.”
“Kill!!”
