Chapter 578

Chapter 578: The Army Approaches

Morning on the 6th day of the invasion war.

Long Taojia had gathered his troops along the way, and his expression now carried a hint of determination.

Thinking from another perspective, if he could win this uphill battle while managing to preserve his own resources, the system should at least give him a Gold Treasure Chest to show its appreciation, right?

A full 6,000 troops and 10 War Elephants were forcefully approaching the border!

Facing this level of military strength, Luo Ji, who was currently standing on the walls of Boulder City, had to admit that when players of this level got serious, they were truly fierce.

Furthermore, this was likely not even the entirety of Long Taojia’s forces.

After all, in such a short time, the border troops located in other directions wouldn’t have had time to rush over.

But even so, it was enough to make Luo Ji feel a surge of pressure.

Without any hesitation, Red Fox Archers and Goblin Crossbowmen directly climbed the city walls.

The 3 city defense ballistas built into the walls of Boulder City were operated by the Goblin soldiers who were originally responsible for the Triple-bow Ballistas.

The opponent’s offensive came urgently.

Luo Ji knew what Long Taojia was in a hurry for, as he didn’t have much time left to assemble enough troops.

10 War Elephants lined up in a single row, and the scene looked truly spectacular.

Looking at the besieging army sweeping over like a tide, the 3 city defense ballistas on the walls of Boulder City fired without hesitation.

Following that, the attacks from the Goblin Crossbowmen and Red Fox Archers also followed suit.

As crossbowmen on the defending side, they had the advantage of having multiple rounds of attack opportunities.

Unlike when two armies faced off in the open, they didn’t have to retreat after one volley.

However, Luo Ji’s bit of long-range fire suppression was clearly not enough to look at in front of 6,000 troops.

He didn’t expect to take out the opponent with just this long-range firepower from the start.

After the opponent approached the city walls and he dropped 2 rounds of rolling stones, the gates of Boulder City opened decisively.

The beastmen army charged out of the city to meet them!

A melee fight broke out directly at the city gates.

The 2 Elephantmen who had been lying in ambush outside the city also made a strong entrance at this moment.

As soon as they appeared, they threw 2 boulders toward Long Taojia’s archer formation in the distance, making their presence fully known.

Looking at these 2 Elephantmen, Long Taojia’s face turned so dark it almost seemed to drip water.

The destructive power of such giant war units was simply too great.

Originally, his War Elephant unit should also have been the giant war units on the battlefield, but unfortunately, they were a bit too small in front of those Elephantmen.

This was simply a force that could dominate the battle!

Less than a few minutes after the Elephantmen joined the fray, 2 War Elephants in his unit were thrown flying.

They crushed a large number of his own men when they landed, which made the muscles in the corner of Long Taojia’s eyes twitch.

He quickly boosted morale, and only then did he stabilize the situation.

There’s a good saying that many ants can bite an elephant to death.

If enough ants can bite an elephant to death, then what about soldiers?

Long Taojia was clear about his numerical advantage.

So he immediately began deploying his troops and sent out a fierce general leading 1,000 troops to go up against Luo Ji’s 2 Elephantmen.

Meanwhile, the rest of the forces continued to madly attack Giant Wood City.

The corpses at the city gate piled higher and higher.

The Minotaur Infantry holding hideous battle-axes were not easy to deal with, and they constantly harvested the lives of enemies while swinging their axes.

The Kobold Halberdiers in the rear also moved as the opportunity arose to assist in the fight.

After a period of stalemate, Li Yin saw that the enemy had focused all their attention on the city gate and decisively led the Wolf Riders to charge out.

They charged toward the enemy’s back-row units.

The last time he faced the beastmen army, Long Taojia didn’t know the beastmen civilization had cavalry!

Now that this Wolf Rider unit had charged out, it instantly caught him off guard!

The Wolf Riders using Giant Wolves as mounts almost pounced directly onto the faces of his rear-row archer units.

Archers who were rushed by cavalry had no way to fight back and immediately entered a state of collapse.

Without the rain of arrows suppressing the walls of Boulder City, the Red Fox Archers and Goblin Crossbowmen were completely liberated.

Following Luo Ji’s orders, they began sniping the enemy infantry outside the city.

In terms of tactical layout, Luo Ji was undoubtedly successful, but the opponent’s numerical advantage was also real.

Facing such a disparity in troops, Luo Ji’s main tactical policy had always been to passively defend the city using the limited space at the gate.

This was a helpless matter since they couldn’t get out with thousands of troops pressing down outside.

Based on his current military strength, he would be completely surrounded as soon as they went out.

Defending the city at least only required facing the enemy on one side, but leaving the city would mean facing enemies on all 4 sides.

The battle at the city gate remained in a stalemate until evening.

As early as 2 hours ago, Luo Ji had already blown the horn to signal the Wolf Riders to withdraw from the battlefield.

The opponent’s numerical advantage was just too large.

To put it bluntly, his Wolf Riders could hack at the opponent’s archers until their arms were sore and still not finish them all.

Long Taojia, whose face was now ashen, felt a pressure no less than Luo Ji’s.

But unfortunately, time waits for no one.

Looking at the sun slowly setting in the distance, Long Taojia gritted his teeth and blew the horn for retreat.

By this time, the corpses at the city gate had piled up to be half a person high!

The tenacity of the opponent’s army exceeded Luo Ji’s expectations, and his beastmen army suffered significant casualties.

Luo Ji didn’t dare to stay long.

After rounding up the commoners and destroying the mechanism of one city gate, Luo Ji took advantage of the night to evacuate Boulder City.

In order to maintain the initiative and keep Long Taojia from noticing his movements, Luo Ji had the Wolf Riders carry out harassment operations at the opponent’s camp under the cover of night.

Facts proved the effect was good.

The sound of wolf howls and the pairs of glowing green eyes in the night made Long Taojia realize that the night was the beastmens’ home field.

Moving out recklessly was equivalent to seeking death, so he dispelled his idea of surrounding the city at night.

Early the next morning when it was barely dawn, he led his army aggressively to attack once again with eyes full of bloodshot veins.

Driven by the anger in his gut, Long Taojia pushed all the way to the base of Boulder City’s walls.

However, there was no movement at all inside the city.

At this point, anyone would have noticed something was wrong.

With his thoughts spinning, Long Taojia quickly signaled his soldiers to set up scaling ladders and climb into the city.

Upon looking, the entire Boulder City had actually become an empty city.

It wasn’t until they found the city residents locked inside emptied supply warehouses that Long Taojia confirmed that Luo Ji had retreated overnight!!