Chapter 190: Stealing Home Tactics
The withdrawal of Longcheng was very fast, and the withdrawal was completed before the Five Cities Alliance and Savage City had time to react.
The space dragon and many high-ranking space dragonborn opened space gates one after another. The huge city was evacuated in less than two hours, leaving only an empty city.
Not long after they withdrew their troops, the envoys of the Five Cities Alliance arrived in Longcheng in a menacing manner.
"Your Excellency, Lord of Dragon City, I need an explanation!"
Li Qing replied expressionlessly:
"There is nothing to explain. I want to withdraw my troops, that's all."
"We are only temporarily united because of a common enemy. It's not an alliance like yours. Of course, we can withdraw our troops at any time."
The messenger was speechless, and his anger gradually subsided. However, he was still very angry and asked:
"You are not only putting us in danger by doing this, but you will also be in trouble. Do you think you can resist the attack of Savage City with your own strength?"
Li Qing smiled and said:
"Don't worry about whether we can hold off the enemy. You should worry about yourself first. The Savage City should know that we have withdrawn our troops. They are probably discussing when to launch a full-scale attack on you."
"you……"
The messenger was so angry that he was speechless.
There was nothing to say, and the messenger stormed away after getting the definite result from him.
After he left, Li Qing called a meeting of many heroes under his command.
"I have an immature idea for your reference."
Everyone sat down and looked at him curiously. As the first hero under his command, An Erqiu asked the question:
"What do you think? Boss, why don't you just speak frankly."
Li Qing walked back and forth, holding his chin, and said:
"Our original idea was to withdraw our troops, get the Five Cities Alliance out of the game first, and then face Savage City head-on. But I just took other factors into consideration and came up with a new idea. Please take it into consideration."
"It's like this. If we withdraw our troops, Savage City will definitely not miss this opportunity and will definitely attack the Five Cities Alliance with all their might. So, can we take advantage of their attack on the Five Cities Alliance to directly transfer troops to Savage City and attack their homeland directly?"
After hearing this, everyone was stunned and looked thoughtful.
An Erqiu held his chin with his hand, his eyes brightened the more he thought about it, and after a while he raised his head and said:
"This is a good idea. The headquarters of the Five Cities Alliance is tens of thousands of kilometers away from Savage City. Communication is inconvenient over such a long distance, and it is even more difficult to mobilize troops back. Moreover, they are fighting with the Five Cities Alliance, so it is impossible for them to withdraw troops on the battlefield. As long as we are fast enough, we can capture Savage City before they can react."
"Wild City is the largest city in this plane. It stores a huge amount of food and other supplies. The army of Wild City will not be able to hold out for long if it loses this supply base."
The more he spoke, the brighter his eyes became. The other members of the team also reacted and nodded.
"As expected of you, the boss. You have a very flexible mind. None of us could have thought of this. You are so awesome."
Li Qing smiled and waved his hand:
"Okay, stop flattering me. I just suddenly remembered that we have been in this plane for nine years, and there is only one year left before the ten-year deadline for promotion to a formal war lord. If we continue to wait, the benefits of being promoted to a formal war lord will be greatly reduced."
The period for promotion to a formal war lord is ten years, which refers to the ten years from the time when the decision is made to start the strategy based on this plane, not the ten years in this plane.
When Li Qinggang was in this plane, he did not think of using this plane as his foundation. After all, His Highness Chunyu An was still alive at that time, and it was impossible for him to rob him.
But it was only after His Highness Chunyu An suddenly passed away that he began to have this idea. It has been exactly nine years now, with still one year left.
"We must first capture Savage City. I can use this as a foundation to become a formal war lord. By then, there is no need to rush. I can play with them slowly."
"Boss is wise!"
Li Qing smiled slightly, and the next second his expression became serious, and he said in a deep voice:
"I now order you to assemble your troops immediately and be on standby at any time!"
"Xie Jin, take some people to the Five Cities Alliance for reconnaissance. Whether the soldiers of Savage City are surrounding the Five Cities Alliance or a battle is about to begin, report back whenever a battle occurs."
Xie Jin knelt on one knee, clasped his fists and said:
"Make sure to complete the mission!"
After saying that, he stood up and left the meeting room.
Li Qing looked at Xie Heng again, took out a piece of crystal dragon scale and handed it to him, and ordered:
"Xie Heng, you and Long Shou will lead a group of dragon descendants who are proficient in magic to the Savage City. Be careful not to expose yourselves. Find a suitable place near the Savage City to bury the dragon scales as the transmission coordinates."
In fact, they themselves can also be used as coordinates, but they are afraid that they will be discovered and driven away by the Savage City and difficult to locate, so they use this just in case.
When marching and fighting, one has to take all aspects into consideration and consider all possible unexpected events.
If we focus our hopes on only one point, and if something unexpected happens at that point, won’t everything be lost?
Several subordinates received the order and left, and the remaining few had no additional tasks, so they waited.
The action cannot be taken so quickly. We have to wait until the Wild City and the Five Cities Alliance start fighting.
Li Qing was not too worried about the attack on Savage City. At least 80% of the main forces of Savage City were now gathering at the Five Cities Alliance. There were only less than 40,000 defenders in Savage City, plus more than a dozen mage towers, so the defense was indeed very strong.
But this amount of troops does not pose much threat to Dragon City at that time. It is not difficult to simply capture Savage City. The main difficulty lies in capturing it quickly, before Savage City comes to support.
There is a Mage Tower in the Savage City. There are many mages and a legendary mage in the main force going out. They can also open the space gate to call back troops for reinforcement.
So he not only had to attack the city, but also had to intercept the mage's teleportation.
As long as they can successfully capture Savage City, even if the more than 200,000 main forces of Savage City return, it will be impossible for the four legendary powerhouses to recapture Savage City.
The plan is good, just waiting for the war to start.
It didn't take long for the Savage City to confirm their withdrawal and decisively gathered all its troops to besiege the Five Cities Alliance headquarters.
The original five cities of the Five Cities Alliance were the divine domain cities of five war lords scattered in different regions. As the war began, they gave up their original territories one after another and withdrew their divine domains. The divine domains of the five war lords were all concentrated in one place.
The five cities united and helped each other, and coupled with the terrain factors, it was very difficult to attack.
But Yi Zhengyuan was still full of confidence. He stood on the top of a giant chariot, surrounded by densely packed troops.
The main body is a well-equipped imperial military system. The total number of fourth-level heavy infantry alone is nearly 20,000, and their level of eliteness is extraordinary.
In front of the army, rows of steel golems were lined up from left to right for several kilometers, with a total size of nearly one thousand.
Behind the Iron Golems are five thousand Rock Golems, which are almost an independent army in themselves.
In the center of the golem army, there are ten diamond golems that are twenty meters tall, standing on the battlefield like gods of war.
There was a phalanx of construct knights on each side of the rear of the battlefield, with nearly five hundred construct knights in each phalanx, plus a part of the central army, for a total of nearly twelve hundred.
In addition, he also tamed more than 20 huge Tyrannosaurus rex and more than a dozen Quetzalcoatlus with a wingspan of over 100 meters in the air.
There are also a large number of siege vehicles, siege towers, catapults, crossbows and other war weapons in the army.
Yi Zhengyuan held the command sword in his hand, pointing at the huge legions on both sides with full confidence:
"With such a strong army and powerful horses, how can Li Yongfa fight me?"
A general beside him also laughed and said:
"That Dragon City is also ridiculous. They want to fight us, but they don't have the courage to fight to the end. Temporary withdrawal is a taboo in military strategy. They are still too young."
Yi Zhengyuan shook his head and said:
"It's hard to say about Long Cheng. He still has some strength. To be honest, in my mind, Long Cheng poses a greater threat to us than Li Yongfa and his men. I don't know why he suddenly withdrew his troops, but those who are indecisive will not achieve great things. He missed his only chance."
"Indeed, once their alliance is broken, the Five Cities Alliance will be unable to hold on alone. Once we conquer the Five Cities Alliance, Dragon City will definitely not be able to resist us."
At this point, the subordinate smiled and bowed to Yi Zhengyuan:
"Congratulations to the city lord for completing the great cause of unification. He will hopefully be deified in the future!"
Yi Zhengyuan couldn't stop smiling and waved his hand modestly:
"It's too far to become a god. I just want to earn a fortune. Don't worry, I, Yi Zhengyuan, never like to eat alone. I will never forget your help in my great cause. After the task is completed, everyone will be rewarded."
The officers were very happy to hear this and their morale improved significantly.
Then someone shouted:
"City Lord, the troops are in place, please give the order!"
Yi Zhengyuan's smile faded, and he drew his sword with a serious expression and pointed it forward:
"attack!"
The voice from the legendary strong man quickly spread to half of the army. The messengers shouted loudly, and the order to attack was quickly passed on to the entire army.
The heavy infantry at the vanguard advanced forward with heavy steps, holding a shield in one hand and a sword in the other.
A huge city attacked by the main force of the central army responded . Signal flares flew up, and more than a dozen wind pterosaurs flew up and circled over the city. Dazzling energy beams spurted out from the top of the wizard tower in the city, and a layer of transparent barrier covered most of the city.
As soon as the two sides engaged in battle, the news was passed back to Dragon City by the Space Dragonborn who were watching the battle from afar .
Li Qing, who received the news, immediately issued orders, and many troops began to gather in the city.
He first opened a space door, located it through the line of faith in his mind, and teleported directly to Long Shou.
Coming out of the portal, Li Qing saw a huge city standing on the wasteland not far away.
They were hiding in a bush less than five kilometers away from the Wasteland City, and all of their men were there.
The Savage City was built during the reign of Chun Yu'an. It is located in the northwest of the Savage Plane, close to a weak point in the plane, making it suitable for building an inter-planar teleportation array.
The city is very large, with a diameter of more than five kilometers and a city wall height of more than thirty meters, not much shorter than Li Qing's Dragon City.
Of course, although the city is large, there are not many civilians in it. Most of the place is various warehouses, which are specially used to store resources obtained from the plane. It is itself a huge resource transfer station.
The city was too large, with a diameter of five kilometers, and a total of twenty kilometers of city walls that needed to be defended.
It is a bit difficult to defend such a large city with more than 30,000 but less than 40,000 troops. Fortunately, there are more than a dozen mage towers in the city for support, so now there is no problem.
Li Qing did not hesitate and decisively opened the door to the divine realm, and one by one the space dragons walked out.
After they came out, they dispersed under the leadership of Long Fa and began to open the space gate connecting to Longcheng, and troops walked out one after another.
Hundreds of space gates opened at the same time, and the troop transfer speed was incredibly fast.
In less than ten minutes, more than 20,000 troops were assembled and quickly spread across the wilderness.
Such a large army was immediately discovered by the city. The shrill alarm sounded, leaving the adventurers and merchants in the city at a loss. They walked out of the street in confusion until they received the news that a large army was gathering outside the city. Everyone was stunned.
The speed at which the Dragon City troops assembled was faster than they had imagined. Before the troops inside the city were in place, more than two hundred giant space dragons had already flown out of the gate of the divine realm, circling in the air and emitting huge dragon roars.
What does it mean to have two hundred and fifty dragons gathered together?
The dragon's might emanated from the city walls, and the morale of the defenders on the city wall dropped at a rate visible to the naked eye.
"Nima..."
The dragons flew high in the sky along the edge of the city wall. The adventurers in the city saw this scene and were all shocked.
"Why are there so many dragons?"
"Damn, when did Longcheng come here? Where is the city lord?"
"Decapitation tactics, the Lord of Dragon City is quite awesome."
"This wave will be interesting to watch."
"boom!"
A wizard tower began to show its power. An extremely thick bolt of lightning shot out from the top of the tower and exploded among the dragons, but apart from a large amount of electric light splashing, no dragon was injured.
These are all real dragons with super strong resistance to spells. It is just a dream to want to kill them with spells.
A shot of lightning was ineffective, and a large number of thick armor-piercing crossbows were immediately fired from the city wall, which angered the dragons. Hundreds of giant dragons aimed at the city wall and washed the ground with a wave of dragon breath.
The scene was too horrific. A layer of the city wall was cut off over an entire kilometer.
The fighting power of more than two hundred giant dragons gathered together was beyond Li Qing's imagination. He had never tried to use so many giant dragons together before.
"It seems that I underestimated the fighting power of the dragon group!"
While the dragons were spitting back and forth on the city walls to attract the attention of the defenders inside, more than 50,000 troops had already gathered outside the city.
An Erqiu did not wait for all the troops to gather, but directly dispatched troops to approach the city wall and prepare for on-site siege.
The defenders in the city watched helplessly as a steady stream of troops poured out of the space gate, but they could do nothing.
There are too many space gates and they cannot be intercepted at all.
They didn't dare send troops out of the city to destroy it, because there were so many dragons waiting outside the city, and they would never be able to come back if they went out.
The one who stayed behind to guard the Savage City was another lieutenant of Yi Zhengyuan, a tenth-rank Saint Realm Warrior, and a Saint Realm Grand Mage to assist in the garrison. There were no legendary strongmen in the city, as they had all been transferred away by Yi Zhengyuan.
There were only four legendary masters in the Savage City camp before. When fighting against the coalition forces, there were two from the Five Cities Alliance, one from Yellow Dragon City, and one from Dragon City. In order to maintain the front line, they had to transfer all the legendary masters over.
