Volume 3 Chapter 21: The Real Enemy (2)
The Berserker's words were like a bucket of cold water. I was shocked. The killing intent in my heart disappeared without a trace, and my brain regained its normal thinking ability. What's going on? The gang should not have many troops. How could there be a large number of enemies attacking from the other side? Moreover, Ji Mo and Xiao Wu had to lead the battle personally, and mobilized more than half of the defense personnel and all the long-range troops, which means that the enemy is very strong!
Well, let's not worry about that for now, but from the current point of view, there is no general commander here for the time being, and the alliance members are indeed fighting in a bit of a mess. My middle lane is fine, the cavalry troops have wiped out the opponent's ranged troops, and are rushing back to support, I think we can still tie with the opponent, but I'm afraid the defense lines at the east and west ends can't hold up!
Looking at the defensive wall below us, after two attacks by the enemy, many parts were damaged and incomplete, and some sections even collapsed. All the alliance members had to form a human wall to defend it, but this made us even more stretched. The eastern section, which had been attacked three times, must have been even more vulnerable.
I made a decision immediately and said to the Berserker, "Notify all brothers to retreat to the second line of defense." After that, I used a gang return scroll and returned to the return point near the headquarters. Then I went straight to the headquarters and issued an urgent alliance notice through the general manager NPC: "All members who are holding on to the first line of defense, immediately retreat to the second line of defense. Brothers below level 30 on the second line of defense, prepare your weapons. This is a matter of life and death for our alliance. Every brother must be prepared to sacrifice. Fight for the honor of the Thunder Alliance! In addition, all knights gather at the headquarters!"
My voice reached the ears of every alliance member through the system, and their blood burned in their bodies , especially the more than 3,000 low-level alliance members on the second line of defense who were already eager to try. They had been complaining about not being qualified to participate in this battle because their levels were too low. If they had known earlier, they should have spent more time working hard to level up. Now they suddenly heard that they also had the opportunity to fight, and they were immediately very excited.
There were still 600 to 700 senior members left on the first line of defense. After receiving my order, they immediately withdrew. The remaining 2,000-plus members of the violent group rushed to the defense wall like a tide, but they could not pursue immediately.
Although seven or eight of the 42 archer guards on the wall had been lost, the remaining ones were undoubtedly a huge threat to the violent groups that rushed up the defense wall. Without getting rid of these guards, they would not be able to attack the second line of defense with peace of mind.
Of course, without the protection of our allies, a level 50 NPC wouldn't be able to hold out for more than a few minutes even if a dozen soldiers surrounded them. But this precious little bit of time allowed our allies to make full preparations on the second line of defense.
Finally, the gang eliminated all the archer guards. They gathered their forces together and rushed towards the second line of defense!
There were more than 3,000 low-level members, of which more than 1,000 were ranged professionals. They shot magic and arrows one after another. Although their attack power was not strong, their large numbers brought huge damage to the violent group.
And when their soldiers rushed to the second line of defense, our hundreds of combat teams, with one master as the core and three or four low-level members as the support, firmly resisted their attack.
At this point in the battle, the violent gang is obviously at the end of its strength. They are one man short. Our fallen members can return to the battlefield within five minutes after being resurrected. Unless they can get reinforcements, there is no way they can break through the second line of defense.
During this period of time, I also learned the whole story from the profiteers who stayed behind in the headquarters. The enemies attacking from Feixian Bridge and Lianghe were not violent gangs, but the Ao Shi Family!
The Ao Shi family must have allied with the Violent Alliance. They didn't declare war on us, but they could directly intervene in the war without anyone being red-named. No wonder the Violent King was so confident in declaring war on the Thunder Alliance and setting such conditions! It turns out that our real enemy is still the Ao Shi!
The Ao Shi family mobilized more than 20,000 people and hired 100 ferries. They first crossed the Xianling River and launched a fierce attack on us from the other side of the Feixian Bridge. At the same time, a large number of troops were transported by ferry along the Xianling River and Yuelong River, and engaged in a fierce fight with our allies on the river bank. If it weren't for our close surveillance, their sneak attack might have already broken into our headquarters!
Seeing that the situation was not good and I was leading the knights to fight, the profiteer was afraid that notifying me would affect my operations, so he ordered Lonely and Xiaowu to lead people to support the defense of the two rivers. At the same time, he contacted our allied gangs Brothers Alliance, Tianshui Pavilion and Blood River Sect through the headquarters. Among them, Bage and Xiaoyi were the ones I contacted last night. The original plan was to attack the violence group with them today, so their members had already prepared for the battle. Now that the situation has changed, asking them to rescue our alliance will naturally not be a problem, and they can act immediately. However, in any case, it will take them 20 minutes to form a team, teleport to the system city, and finally teleport to our alliance base. We must survive this period of time. The Blood Sea Wuya Blood River Sect did not know the news in advance. Although he also agreed to come to help, it would take half an hour to an hour to really get to the battlefield.
Now, ten minutes have passed since the profiteer sent out the signal for help, and according to the report from the ally who died in the battle on the river bank and then revived, the battle is still deadlocked along the river. However, the enemy's troops are crossing the river continuously, and our situation is becoming increasingly unfavorable!
I was very anxious. At this time, Huai Huai had already rushed to the second line of defense to command the battle. I felt more at ease on that side. Although both Momo and Xiao Wu possessed excellent military command abilities, a strong hand could not defeat a large number of people. The battle along the river was the key to determining victory or defeat. I decided to reinforce the two river defense lines!
Although now every ally will return to the battlefield immediately after resurrection once they die (except for those who have died three times, who will be forced to exit the game by the system and can only go online after the team battle is over), there are no reserve troops in the headquarters, but my cavalry troops have been assembled again, so I am not without soldiers to send. I lead the cavalry regiment to fight again!
In less than two minutes, we had rushed to the other side of the battlefield. Looking at the two rivers in the distance, the sounds of killing were deafening on the shore. Under the command of Momo and Xiaowu, our soldiers tried hard to fight with the landed Ao Shi members. There were three main battle positions: the Feixian Bridge, the Xianling River, and the Ao Shi ferry landing point on the Yuelong River.
Due to the terrain restrictions, the two sides could not deploy large-scale troops at the bridgehead. Although the bridge was crowded with hundreds of Ao Shi members, they were blocked by dozens of Jing Lei League members at the bridgehead and could not move forward. At the contact surface of the two sides, batches of soldiers fell, but another batch of people immediately rushed up behind them. There was no tactical use here, and everyone could only add fuel to the fire to fight a tough battle. This was actually very disadvantageous to Ao Shi, who had the advantage in numbers, and they could not play the advantage of several times the troops.
On the river, there were hundreds of ferries, divided into two groups, each loaded with people, crossing the two rivers and landing. Lonely and Xiao Wu organized the long-range troops and dealt a heavy blow to the enemy halfway across the river. The ferries were simply traveling through a rain of arrows and flames, and the flames of the magic explosion dyed the river red. From time to time, members of Ao Shi could be seen falling off the boat and into the water. A ferry could carry 10 people, and only six or seven of them could finally make it ashore. However, with a hundred boats, hundreds of people could be sent ashore. The first group that came up was killed by the Thunder Alliance warriors waiting on the shore, but before the killing was over, the second and third groups of Ao Shi members were sent across the river. Gradually, the other side had the upper hand in numbers. When I arrived, the landing site had been expanded to hundreds of meters. If it weren't for the proper command of Lonely and Xiao Wu, who used several groups of thirty people to suicidally attack the enemy's line , making it impossible for Ao Shi to effectively concentrate the landing troops, I'm afraid our defense line would have been breached long ago, and Ao Shi would have already killed their way into our headquarters!
The cavalry team led by me arrived at the right time. Seeing that the left wing was in danger, I immediately led the team to rush over. The impact force of the knights was much stronger than that of the warrior group. In a flash, we broke into the landing site, went straight to the riverside, then rushed along the river for a while, turned back and rushed out from the other end. Ao Shi, who had just gained a foothold, was rushed to pieces by us. Our allies took the opportunity to counterattack, and a melee situation broke out again.
I started to play the role of a fire brigade and just as I eased the crisis on the left wing, I found that the right wing couldn't bear it either. Fortunately, the cavalry moved quickly, so we immediately rushed to the right wing and disrupted Ao Shi's formation again.
Running back and forth, I watched as another batch of ferries landed. Hundreds of Ao Shi members jumped off the ships and launched a fiercer attack. I was extremely anxious. Damn it, at the current player level, neither the mages nor the archers have the skills to destroy the ferries. We don’t have any equipment like catapults, otherwise we could destroy dozens of your ferries. How can Ao Shi survive? But then again, it’s a good thing that Ao Shi is a poor gang. Otherwise, if they hired a thousand ferries and transported tens of thousands of people at the same time, we would definitely not be able to stop them.
The problem is that if the current situation continues, Ao Shi's follow-up troops will continue to arrive, and there are tens of thousands of troops on the other side! And the Thunder Alliance is constantly being consumed, and more and more members have been killed three times. How long can we hold on? Now, all hopes are pinned on the arrival of reinforcements as soon as possible!
