Volume 3 Chapter 25 The Dust Settles (2)
As they were talking, Ao Shi launched an attack! Nearly 20,000 troops rushed forward in formation. Our ranged troops fired desperately, but those relatively scarce magic and arrows were like stones thrown into a lake, only causing a few ripples. Nearly a thousand Ao Shi vanguards fell, but their main force was almost intact, rushing through the flames of the fire wall and killing our allies!
The melee began, and the warriors on both sides drew their swords and rushed forward, facing the arrows flying overhead and the magic exploding around them.
Ao Shi's personnel are seven or eight times more than ours, but we rely on a limited number of buildings near the headquarters to form a complete defense circle. Ao Shi has a large number of troops, but only a few thousand people on the front line can be engaged in the battle at the same time. Although it still has a great advantage, every step forward has to face our desperate resistance. For a while, the battle situation was stalemate.
Momo, Xiaowu and others were commanding the battle calmly. They also heard the conversation between me and Myna and knew that this was Ao Shi’s last madness. If we can hold on through this period, we will definitely win!
However , the counterattack of the dying beast is the most ferocious. The members of Ao Shi are now basically charging in a way of committing death. Even if our members slash with countless swords and sabers, they cannot be stopped. Their strategy is: if they die, they die. When they are resurrected, they can return to the base to participate in the defense over there. Before they die, it would be best if they can drag a member of the Jinglei League or the Brotherhood League to be buried with them!
The battle was extremely brutal, with casualties on both sides exceeding three digits within five minutes!
Fortunately, a steady stream of Brother Alliance members came out from the teleportation point and reinforced the front line, barely maintaining the balance between the two sides.
The profiteer suddenly said, "Not good!"
With a loud "boom", a house collapsed, unable to withstand the bombardment of countless magics and the slashing of thousands of swords and knives, burying alive dozens of soldiers from both sides nearby. The house was originally Lao Zhou's pharmacy.
The construction cost of a medicine shop is about 30,000 gold coins, no wonder the profiteers are so sad. However, the more important thing is that with the collapse of the medicine shop, our alliance members lost an important bunker, and a gap appeared in the defense line!
If Ao Shi's men break through and widen this gap, the entire front line will collapse. I didn't dare to hesitate and led the cavalry troops that had just been prepared to charge forward!
“Brothers, united, thunder will not be extinguished!” I shouted loudly, the Tiger Soul in my hand shone brightly, and with all my strength, I chopped an enemy soldier away. The knights behind me also shouted in unison: “Brothers, united, thunder will not be extinguished!”
The shouts spread across the battlefield like thunder, and more and more allies shouted in response, overwhelming the sounds of metal colliding and magic exploding. My counterattack and slogans greatly boosted our morale, and thousands of warriors, swordsmen, and berserkers used their unique skills. In an instant, countless sword auras and blade lights burst out on the battle line, and Ao Shi's offensive was stagnant!
My cavalry troops have rushed to the gap. Faced with the enemy rushing in like a tide, my brothers rushed forward with their bodies. Blood splattered everywhere, but the gap was tightly blocked!
Hu Po displayed an almost crazy murderous intent, and I became more and more focused. In such a large-scale battle, you cannot make a single mistake, otherwise you might be hit by more than a dozen swords and guns at the same time and be killed instantly!
I used my skills to the limit, and my body swayed delicately on the horse. Sometimes I was able to slip through a tiny gap, making all the enemy's attacks miss; sometimes I seemed to be actively facing two or three attacks from the right, but in fact I was avoiding greater damage from the left!
No matter how light or heavy my Tiger Soul strikes, every blow draws blood. Sometimes, even when I strike at nothing, an enemy will automatically crash into the blade just as the blade falls! This is not a coincidence, but the result of my brain collecting information from the surroundings through my eyes, ears, and even body, and then processing it through precise calculations!
But... there are too many enemies! If you knock down one person, ten will come to replace him immediately; if you kill ten people, there may be hundreds of enemy soldiers rushing up! God knows when we can kill them all!
When I was completely absorbed in the battle in front of me, another turning point occurred on the other side of the battlefield!
Ao Shi's troops were strong enough to surround us and attack us from all sides. At this moment, a restaurant collapsed on the opposite side of me! I had already transferred the cavalry as the last reserve, and Ao Shi's large number of troops rushed in!
The situation was extremely critical. Coincidentally, after listening to the complete arrangements from Myna, I knew that the troops of Ao Shi attacking the front line of defense must have been blocked, and the second line of defense would no longer be in danger. Therefore, I ordered Huai Huai to lead the remaining members to the headquarters to assist in the defense. At this moment, they happened to arrive at the battlefield and immediately killed into the rear of Ao Shi, forcing a large number of Ao Shi troops to turn around and fight. The attacking force was temporarily interrupted, and the personnel who had rushed in were constantly consumed by the reinforcements rushing out from the teleportation point in the interior.
Most of Huai Huai's troops were low-level members. Fighting against Ao Shi's large number of masters on the flat ground without any cover, they were naturally no match for them and were quickly defeated. But they finally bought a few minutes, and our allies were able to stabilize their position. Under the command of Xiao Yi, Momo and others, they tried their best to plug the gap!
Most of our low-level allies had only died once. After they were resurrected, they were organized by Awei and Huaihuai to participate in the defense. Although their combat effectiveness was not strong, they played the role of cannon fodder very well. The casualties of our main combat force decreased a lot. Originally, the speed of transmission could not keep up with the speed of consumption, and the defense circle had been shrinking again and again, and was about to collapse. However, the situation gradually improved at this time. The number of reinforcements exceeded the number of deaths, and the defense line began to expand outward.
It is unknown how long this tough battle lasted for both sides. Relying on its strong military force, Ao Shi completely consumed the power of Jinglei League. Almost all members of the alliance were killed three times and could not be resurrected before the end of the war. On the defense line, it was all supported by the members of the Brotherhood Alliance, but it was gradually becoming difficult to resist. The buildings were almost completely destroyed, and only the headquarters was intact. Even the teleportation point was once impacted. Fortunately, the eight NPC guards played a huge role. They killed countless Ao Shi members in seconds with swords and arrows. Together with everyone's desperate protection, we held on to our last hope!
At this time, a force appeared that ultimately decided the outcome of the battle!
The 3,000 reinforcements from Tianshui Pavilion finally arrived at the Jinglei League's base by running away, and immediately launched a fierce attack on Ao Shi from the outside! Although Ao Shi still had 10,000 people at this moment, enough to destroy the Tianshui Pavilion troops, their remaining strength could not take down the Jinglei League anyway!
Ao Shi's offensive paused, and their troops began to retreat (of course, to the direction of the second line of defense, and they used a ferry to cross the river, which was obviously more time-consuming). Perhaps Ao Shi Tian Xia saw that there was no hope of breaking through Jing Lei League, so he had to order a retreat. Although he knew it was too late, he still planned to return to his base with a glimmer of hope. But can we let it go so easily? At the command of the Big Brother, the members of the Brotherhood League rushed forward one after another, biting Ao Shi's rear tightly!
Unfortunately, our numbers were still too small to surround Ao Shi’s troops. However, by the time they successfully escaped our pursuit, another ten minutes of precious time had passed!
The battle came to an end. The garrison was full of traces of the fierce battle. The equipment and potions left by the fallen soldiers were scattered all over the ground. The bloodstains that had not yet been refreshed gathered into small pools in the pits formed by the magic explosion. But no enemy could be seen. The remaining dozens of members of the Thunder Alliance, as well as the Brothers Alliance and Tianshui Pavilion cheered together. We won this battle and defeated the powerful Ao Shi Family!
After the excitement, Bage and Xiaoyi commanded their subordinates to help us clean up the battlefield. I originally said that all the spoils belonged to them, but they insisted that many of them were dropped by members of the Thunder Alliance, and insisted on only half. I thought that I would definitely compensate them after the brothers were resurrected, so I didn't refuse. In fact, I made a lot of money. In terms of the number of casualties, including those who fought again after resurrection, the Thunder Alliance was definitely not as bad as Ao Shi's losses. The equipment we got was only more, not less.
The Brotherhood's attack on Ao Shi's headquarters encountered a little setback, mainly because Xiao Yi's 3,000 subordinates happened to encounter the Brotherhood's troops ambushing Ao Shi's 5,000-man army when they arrived. Of course, they immediately went to help. Unexpectedly, according to the original plan of Bage, this army should be surrounded but not attacked. However, when the troops of Tianshui Pavilion rushed in, the third and fourth brothers of the Brotherhood had to follow suit. With absolute advantage, the battle was resolved in less than ten minutes, and 5,000 people were slaughtered. However, these 5,000 people happened to be resurrected at the headquarters, which added resistance to the Brotherhood's attack. Fortunately, resurrection also has a speed limit like teleportation, and only about a hundred people are resurrected in one minute. This kind of fuel-adding reinforcement cannot rewrite the results of the battle. About half an hour later, a system announcement came: The Brotherhood broke through the Ao Shi Tian Xia headquarters, won the war, and the Ao Shi Tian Xia gang was disbanded!
How cruel! In the dream, a once famous gang just disappeared like that. This may sound a wake-up call to many ambitious people, and see who dares to start a war easily!
At this time, Xuehai Wuya also arrived with more than a thousand subordinates. When asked why he was late, it turned out that the Xuehe Sect was the same as the Tianshui Pavilion. After arriving at Pojun City, they saw a large number of Brother Alliance members still waiting for transmission, so they decided to run over. They should have been only a quarter of an hour later than the Tianshui Pavilion, but unexpectedly they encountered a force of more than 2,000 people organized by the violent group on the way. The two sides didn't care that it was an illegal PK in the wild, and they fought a battle. Originally, the violent group had the advantage in numbers, but they already knew that the Ao Shi family was defeated (of course there would be communication and coordination between the allied gangs), so they had no intention of fighting and automatically retreated after fighting for a while.
In this case, why don't we strike while the iron is hot! Although if we stay in the Thunder Alliance, the gang will be defeated in a few hours and their gang will be disbanded, but since the other party is already exhausted, we might as well take them down in one go! I immediately applied to the system to declare a counter-war against the gang and claim 200,000 gold coins!
Of course I couldn't send out troops, but 3,000 people were left in the Brotherhood Alliance and 1,000 people were left in the Tianshui Pavilion to help defend the Thunder Alliance headquarters, just in case. The rest of the troops were mobilized and headed straight for the violent group's headquarters!
After running for more than an hour, we finally reached the gang's base. I, the lone commander, together with my brothers from Xuehai Wuya and Xuehe faction, rushed in from the front, while the Brotherhood Alliance and Tianshui Pavilion occupied the hills on both sides respectively.
The result was no surprise. The gang didn't arrange any proper defense at all. They only put up a symbolic low resistance. In fact, more than a thousand of their members died three times, and the rest died twice. Now they can only organize more than 2,000 troops, and the morale is low. How can they be the opponent of our tiger and wolf division with high morale after the great victory? My Hupo easily chopped down the enemy soldiers who had no fighting spirit, and led the team to the center of the gang's station. The Brotherhood Alliance and Tianshui Pavilion surrounded them on both sides. I just regretted that there were too few enemies and I couldn't kill them enough!
The violent gang’s base has not been developed yet, let alone a headquarters. Of course, they can only appear in the city after they are resurrected. In this case, the condition of victory or defeat is based on "there is no violent gang member in the base". After destroying the enemy's main force, we launched a dragnet search. After two hours, we finally killed all the fish that escaped the net. The violent gang was defeated and followed in the footsteps of the Ao Shi family. The gang was disbanded!
The dust has settled, and the first gang war in the fantasy has ended. Our alliance has won a great victory, while the combination of the Ao Shi family and the gang has ended in a miserable defeat, with their entire army annihilated and even their gangs no longer exist. Logically, the Thunder Alliance should be overjoyed, but one person is extremely distressed...
