Chapter 230
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Chapter 230: Tactics of Both Sides
“Archer unit, maintain your attack rhythm, keep firing arrows!” The archers on the city wall were all experienced veterans.
With a simple command, they naturally knew what to do.
At the same time, having witnessed the specific power of the opponent’s bed crossbows, Luo Ji became even more at ease.
What did two small craters matter?
His city walls were thick.
With the destructive power of those early bed crossbows, it was a dream to think of breaking through his walls.
Concentrating fire on the city gate might work, but unfortunately, the accuracy was too poor…
“Luo Cheng, do you have any ideas?”
Looking at Luo Cheng standing beside him, Luo Ji habitually prompted him to think.
This was a good talent, both intelligent and brave, and definitely needed to be nurtured well.
Luo Cheng had apparently grown accustomed to Luo Ji’s occasional sudden questions.
Looking at the two tank formations on the plain outside the city, a thought suddenly flashed in his mind.
“How about we just use the triple-bow bed crossbow to blast apart their formation in one go?”
“Not bad, not bad “
Luo Ji smiled and nodded.
“With the power of the triple-bow bed crossbow, we can indeed easily destroy their formation, but we can’t use it this time.”
“Sir, why is that?”
Luo Cheng couldn’t help but ask, somewhat puzzled.
“Because this is just a small skirmish.”
“They are most likely here to test my strength and to figure out my capabilities, including my troop composition, deployment, and military equipment.”
“This way, when they launch their next formal invasion, they can make targeted deployments in advance.”
“In other words, the more I expose now, the more dangerous the next battle will be.”
Luo Ji explained with a chuckle to Luo Cheng beside him.
“Of course, if we could directly kill the invader’s leader and wipe them all out here, the secret would naturally be preserved, but the problem is it’s not that easy.”
“Before, I was a bit puzzled why Wang Luzong brought halberd soldiers after bringing shield-axe soldiers for a siege battle.”
“Now it seems the main purpose of bringing two infantry types isn’t for siege, but to protect his own safety.”
“If I had cavalry and sent them to pursue during his retreat, he could use that halberd soldier unit to deal with them somewhat, protecting his own life quite well.”
After listening to Luo Ji’s analysis, Luo Cheng, standing beside him, showed a look of being enlightened.
Their leader’s thoughts were always far more profound than his, making them completely beyond his reach…
“So, are we trying to preserve our strength as much as possible, even showing weakness to the opponent, so that they relax their guard during the second invasion, and then eliminate them in one go?”
“You’re half right.”
Luo Ji said with a smile.
“Half?”
“We do need to preserve our strength, but preserving it too much will make the opponent feel suspicious, and they might become even more cautious. So, I need to display most of my strength, and then hide that small, decisive trump card absolutely securely…”
As he spoke, a knowing curve appeared at the corner of Luo Ji’s mouth.
“I want to create an illusion for them that ‘I’ve figured out your trump cards, and I can break through your city gate and kill you in one go next time,’ understand?”
After speaking, Luo Ji patted Luo Cheng’s shoulder, seeing his somewhat bewildered expression.
“Ponder on it well. You still have a lot to learn.”
While they were talking, the opponent’s siege forces had already made new moves.
They maintained their tank formation and advanced another 50 meters or so…
Seeing this, a hint of realization flashed in Luo Ji’s eyes.
“Do they intend to increase the bed crossbows’ destructive power and accuracy by closing the distance?”
“That is a method, but unfortunately, moving any further forward would be a dead end…”
As thoughts raced through his mind, Luo Ji’s right hand was already raised again.
“Slinger unit!”
“Prepare to throw!”
As Luo Ji’s voice rang out, the slinger soldiers, who had been holding back, began to swing their slings.
The dull whistling sound generated by the high-speed rotation of the slings made everyone’s nerves taut.
“Fire!!”
With an almost overwhelming numerical advantage, the scene resembled a black rain of stones falling from the sky.
Heavy stone projectiles continuously slammed onto the large shields, and the suppressing force unleashed in that instant forcefully halted the advance of the siege troops.
Several large shield soldiers, caught off guard, had their large shields smashed away.
Faced with such terrifying ranged suppression, without the protection of their shields, the fate of those soldiers was obvious…
Mangled corpses directly fell at their feet, and the horrifying state of the bodies made the nearby large shield soldiers break out in cold sweat.
Faced with this situation, Wang Luzong, who was commanding the siege from the rear, looked utterly bewildered.
Then he roared repeatedly.
“Quick, fill the gap! Just maintain the formation…”
“Ahhhhhh!!!”
However, before he could even finish shouting, a piercing scream, like a resounding slap, struck him across the face.
Luo Ji’s slinger soldiers were simply too numerous.
In the blink of an eye, the entire tank formation had another gap smashed into it.
At this moment, Wang Luzong was almost going crazy.
Slingerbsoldiers? How could there be slinger soldiers?!
This is the Bronze Tier!
Why are there primitive troop types like slinger soldiers?
And they’ve wickedly destroyed his tank formation!
His mind was a complete mess, and he couldn’t figure out what was happening.
Making his siege troops fire while enduring that exaggerated rain of stones was simply a fool’s errand.
He quickly ordered a retreat.
After moving out of the slinger soldiers’ attack range, the stone suppression also ceased.
Facing this situation, Wang Luzong’s face turned ashen.
He had originally intended to probe the opponent’s strength, retreat after a small victory, but he never expected his siege troops to suffer such a head-on blow the moment they advanced.
At this point, he essentially had only two paths before him.
One was to change his plan and retreat directly.
The benefit of this was preserving his troops and minimizing losses, but correspondingly, his probing mission would have been mostly fruitless.
The other was to continue executing his plan, simply forcing a full assault on the city to fully understand the opponent’s true strength.
The benefit here was at least achieving some results, and if he was lucky, Liu Ye might even compensate him for his losses.
As he constantly weighed the pros and cons of these two courses of action in his mind, a subordinate’s report suddenly sounded in his ear.
“Report! All heavy crossbow bolts have been expended!”
Hearing this, Wang Luzong’s facial muscles twitched.
After taking a deep breath, he finally made up his mind. “Withdraw the bed crossbows!”
“Have the large shield unit escort the siege tower forward, followed by the shield-axe unit!”
“The archer unit will provide cover!”
“Full assault on the city!!”
