Chapter 525
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Chapter 525: Goblin Technology (2)
At this rate, the city would be impossible to hold.
Fortunately, the commercial empire’s royal capital was a mountain city, located deep within the mountains.
Its outer terrain was perilous, offering a significant geographical advantage.
The green-skinned dwarves wouldn’t be able to push their bed crossbows and siege weapons deep into the mountains, leaving them helpless.
With this thought, Gu Xuan, as the Minister of Military Affairs, could only swallow his pride and request Ye Qingxuan to retreat to the royal city.
Facing such a situation, Ye Qingxuan was clearly unwilling.
“Wait, just a little longer. Reinforcements will be here soon!”
“Your Majesty!”
Gu Xuan’s heart immediately grew anxious.
Who knew where the reinforcements His Majesty spoke of actually were?
In the current situation, this city could fall at any moment.
If they didn’t retreat now, it would be too late if they dragged it out!
Just as Gu Xuan was about to offer more persuasion, a deafening roar violently assailed his eardrums.
In that instant, their last triple-bow bed crossbow on the city wall was also destroyed by the enemy.
The triple-bow bed crossbow’s range advantage certainly existed, but the enemy’s siege weapons were simply too numerous to counter effectively.
The destruction of the last triple-bow bed crossbow essentially stripped the city of its remaining ability to resist.
At this moment, even Gu Xuan’s face turned pale.
Unexpectedly, Ye Qingxuan, standing beside him, showed a look of wild joy!
“Reinforcements! Reinforcements have arrived!”
Gu Xuan’s expression froze upon hearing this.
Ye Qingxuan, on the other hand, was too ecstatic to bother with him.
After receiving Luo Ji’s message, she immediately synchronized her map and provided a more detailed explanation of her situation.
However, at this very moment, even without messages or a map, Luo Ji had already located the battlefield.
The sound of that entire line of siege weapons furiously bombarding the city wall was simply too exaggerated.
Unless one was deaf, it was impossible not to hear it.
Riding Liaoyuan Huo, Luo Ji quickly repositioned himself with Bai Ze’s light cavalry unit.
Through his telescope, Luo Ji witnessed an exceptionally spectacular sight.
“Damn! When did no-tier siege warfare become so brutal?”
That line of siege weapons, stretching out, made his eyelids twitch.
After all, where did these goblins get so many civilization points to deploy such a massive number of siege weapons for a siege?
Luo Ji pondered for a while, feeling that this kind of setup would cost at least several hundred thousand in military expenses!
Although it wasn’t impossible for a no-tier player to earn that many points, Luo Ji himself, when he was a newcomer, once sold an elixir of immortality and momentarily held millions of coins.
He had truly never seen such a grand display before.
The siege tactics of these goblins were completely unconventional.
They had abandoned the usual method of assaulting with soldiers, opting instead for a relentless bombardment with a massive quantity of siege weapons.
It was as if they intended to blast the opponent into dust in one go and then go collect the remains.
It was no wonder the inexperienced Ye Qingxuan couldn’t deal with it.
“Bai Ze, what do you think?”
Luo Ji casually asked while using his telescope to observe the enemy’s bed crossbows and siege weapons.
“Siege weapons are nothing to fear, but the crossbowmen guarding them are a big problem. The enemy is clearly guarding against cavalry raids.”
As he spoke, a hint of solemnity appeared on Bai Ze’s face.
He had witnessed the power of hand crossbows on the grasslands before.
Now that this formidable weapon was in the enemy’s hands, it was a bit of a headache.
Luo Ji also nodded upon hearing this.
Using siege weapons as the main offensive force, complemented by a large number of crossbowmen to prevent enemy melee attacks and raids.
Observing this formation, one could clearly sense that the opposing player understood certain tactics.
Moreover, it was a special civilization.
The difficulty level had clearly increased by a notch.
“To resolve this wave of enemies, the key lies in how to create an opening from the enemy’s crossbowmen.”
As he said this, Bai Ze subconsciously glanced at the large shield infantry unit, which was still behind and hadn’t caught up.
The large shield infantry’s mobility was truly regrettable.
But undoubtedly, Luo Ji’s purpose in bringing them this time was to have them draw fire.
“Once there’s a pause in the crossbowmen’s volley, as long as we seize that momentary opportunity, the light cavalry unit led by this humble general can charge in and instantly break their formation. At that point, the overall situation will be decided.”
As he grew older, his personality had also become more composed.
The current Bai Ze had grown from the stubborn brat he once was into a capable general who could independently command troops.
Luo Ji felt a sense of relief about this.
However, it was easier said than done…
After all, when reinforcements arrived, the invading player would also know.
At this moment, Gawain, clad in a thin bronze armor specially manufactured with goblin technology, was looking through his telescope, a pained expression on his face, at the triple-bow bed crossbow that had turned into a pile of wreckage on the city wall opposite him.
The bed crossbows in Ye Qingxuan’s civilization actually had a longer range than the ones his goblin technology produced.
After realizing this, Gawain had always wanted to acquire one for study.
But what frustrated him was that in a siege, if he didn’t destroy the defending bed crossbows on the enemy’s wall, his own siege weapons would constantly be targeted, which was very frustrating.
Despite having captured two of the enemy’s cities so far, the number of captured triple-bow bed crossbows was essentially zero.
There were plenty of triple-bow bed crossbow wreckage, but what could be studied from such thoroughly shattered remains?
For a moment, he was in a terribly gloomy mood.
However, just as Gawain was brooding, a system notification suddenly made his face change.
“Damn! They actually called for outside help?!”
Various thoughts flashed through his mind.
Retreat? That was definitely too late.
So many large military machines had the unfortunate weakness of pitiful mobility.
They couldn’t even run faster than ordinary soldiers on foot.
Knowing this flaw, Gawain had directly configured his forces for a stationary output formation.
He would meet all changes with no change!
If he were to turn and retreat now, wouldn’t he directly expose his weakness to the enemy?
If the enemy, with their reinforcements, pursued him, he would likely suffer heavy losses.
With this thought, Gawain immediately resolved to stick to his initial tactic.
While sending orders for his goblin crossbowmen and goblin warriors to watch out for enemy attacks, he quickly opened his friends list and started calling for reinforcements.
As the 6th player on the no-tier leaderboard, there were naturally many players in the same tier who wanted to cling to his coattails.
Gawain naturally disdained those weaklings, but he did have a few high-ranking friends!
