Chapter 193
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Chapter 193: Siege
Luo Ji hadn’t used this tactic when dealing with Cao Peng before, because at that time, calculating the timing, Cao Peng’s retreat authorization had long expired.
Even if he had invaded Cao Peng’s civilization then, the opponent wouldn’t have been able to retreat.
The only result would have been him raiding Cao Peng’s home, but Ye Qingxuan would also have to pay a considerable price.
Luo Ji never particularly liked doing things that resulted in mutual destruction like that.
Getting back to the main topic, after Zhang Peng actively retreated, Ye Qingxuan’s invasion battle officially concluded.
The successful surprise attack on the first day clearly earned her a good amount of points, and in the following days of guerrilla warfare, although she didn’t gain much advantage against Zhang Peng’s vigilance, she at least maintained the initiative.
Therefore, under the system’s judgment, the result was a minor victory for Ye Qingxuan over Zhang Peng, earning her a Bronze Treasure Chest with a relatively subtle advantage.
Now shifting perspective to Zhang Peng, who had actively retreated, his return speed, being directly teleported back by the system after retreating, was clearly much faster compared to Luo Ji, who still had to send out scouts to map and locate the target tribe’s position.
“Everyone gather behind the city gate!”
“Prepare to repel the invaders’ attack!!”
Zhang Peng burst out of his house, shouting all the way, reminding his tribe’s defending forces that the invasion battle was about to begin.
Luckily, in his previous invasion battle, he had only brought shield-axemen, leaving all his archers behind to defend his tribe.
Their combat power and condition were preserved to a certain extent.
Otherwise, given the state he was in after being worn down by the opponent’s guerrilla warfare for 7 days, if he had to fight this city defense battle, he would most likely not have been able to hold the city gate.
He dared not be careless.
His employer had specifically mentioned when describing the mission that this Luo Ji was a veteran player, even harder to deal with than Ye Qingxuan!
Initially, when he learned of this intelligence, Zhang Peng didn’t take it to heart at all.
He wasn’t some weakling who only bullied newcomers, and his usual battles were also against other veterans.
This time, he was merely tempted by 100,000 Civilization Points, wanting to make some quick money.
However, now, recalling this intelligence and then seriously considering how troublesome Ye Qingxuan was, his stomach suddenly started to ache.
“Damn it!”
There was no time for anger.
Zhang Peng’s mood was now extremely tense.
Besides the intel given by his employer, he had a nagging feeling that he had seen the name Luo Ji somewhere else before.
Then, as if realizing something, Zhang Peng quickly pulled up the division leaderboard and took a look.
Upon seeing it, he was instantly stunned.
“Damn it!”
“137th place?”
This Luo Ji’s rank was actually a few places higher than his own!
Normally, Zhang Peng probably wouldn’t have cared about a difference of a few ranks.
In most cases, the closer players were to the top of the rankings, the smaller the gap in their actual strength.
For example, if the player ranked first and the player ranked second were to fight, the key to determining the victor might simply come down to who had better luck, as there would essentially be no difference in their inherent strength.
But at this very moment, he became extremely concerned about those few ranks.
It was due to the current situation, and the continuously increasing psychological pressure made him overly sensitive to such details!
Decisively climbing the sentry tower placed behind the ancient city wall, Zhang Peng looked out with a mix of tension and anxiety.
His tribe’s location was quite good, adjacent to a small river and surrounded by a forest.
This directly ensured early freshwater and timber resources, and occasionally he could even fish in the river to solve some food problems.
Presumably, any player with a bit of sense would choose such a location to set up camp.
But precisely because of this, if one followed this line of thought, his camp’s location would become very easy to find!
In the blink of an eye, figures vaguely appeared from the distant forest.
Luo Ji had no intention of hiding.
When fighting a siege battle, one must naturally attack proactively, what was there to hide?
Emerging from the forest, Luo Ji cupped a hand over his brow, making a gesture to gaze afar.
He estimated the distance to the tribal camp to be about 300 or 400 meters.
The scale of the tribal camp was surprisingly quite large, likely on the same level as his Iron Wall Tribe.
Confirming the enemy’s appearance, Zhang Peng decisively raised his right hand, signaling all the archers behind the city wall to ready their arrows.
As soon as the opposing player stepped within range, he would unhesitatingly draw his bow and release his arrows!
However, Zhang Peng’s calculations were doomed to be in vain.
After emerging from the cover of the forest, Luo Ji, still 300 or 400 meters away, showed no intention of advancing even half a step further.
This unexpected situation disrupted Zhang Peng’s plan and also made him frown.
Then, before he could think further, something seemed to be rolling out from within the forest…
“A siege engine?”
Zhang Peng’s first reaction, standing on the sentry tower, was a siege engine.
For players developed to this extent, bringing a siege engine when invading other veteran players was practically common knowledge, otherwise, they would be helpless against ancient city walls.
But the problem was that in siege battles like this, although the attacking side could hardly achieve any surprise effect, siege engines were generally pushed out first with the intention of advancing as much as possible before the opponent could react, then directly launched into a furious charge.
In Zhang Peng’s view, Luo Ji’s current actions were inevitably lacking in common sense.
With this thought, Zhang Peng instinctively squinted at the approaching siege engine.
As a modern person, one shouldn’t have too high expectations for his eyesight, although he wasn’t nearsighted, he wasn’t particularly known for ‘good vision’ either.
He just vaguely felt that what the opponent was pushing out looked a bit different from a typical siege engine.
Then, before he could observe much longer, a sound suddenly came from afar, possibly that of a bow being drawn and an arrow released…
No sooner said than done, accompanied by that sound, as he watched the black dot continuously enlarging in his pupils, Zhang Peng’s entire face suddenly drained of color, as if he had realized something!
“Luo Ji, damn you!!!”
Without time to think, in a split second between life and death, Zhang Peng, standing on the sentry tower, quickly clasped his hands over his head and, without even time to climb down the ladder, leaped directly off the 10 meter high sentry platform!
Their Leader’s sudden action caused a wave of panic among the soldiers below.
Then, before Zhang Peng’s body even landed, everyone heard a loud ‘boom!’
Before anyone could react, the sentry tower where Zhang Peng had just stood instantly turned into a pile of rubble!
