Translator: ryangohsff Editor: Nora
Chapter 947 – Crushing Defeat
Entering the 10th month, the weather suddenly became cooling. Even in noon, the weather was not hot, and the only thing hot was the atmosphere outside Yongren City.
200 thousand Alliance Army troops surrounded the city, and one formation after another lined up outside the city. Amongst the formations, there were siege chariots, arrow turrets, and other siege weapons.
Under the legs of the warriors at the front, there were siege ladders.
200 thousand troops were waiting for one order before they launched their attack on Yongren City.
In the middle troop tent, Wang Meng stood at the highest point of the little hill, while Xiao Nianying and the others lined up behind him. All of them were focused on the battlefield, focused on Yongren City that was not far away.
This was the first time any of them had commanded 200 thousand troops to siege, so they were all really excited.
Even Xiao Nianyang, who was always really arrogant, could not hide his excitement. As an adventure gamemode player, he obviously did not have a chance to participate in such a huge battle before.
In comparison, adventure gamemode player battles were nothing.
As he looked out, Xiao Nianying finally noticed Baiqi on the city wall, “Who knows where Baiqi get his confidence from, he actually is unafraid of dying?”
Little Mutuo joked, “It is not that he is unafraid of dying. Maybe he plans to change sides.”
“Even if he changes sides, it will not be your turn. Your place is too small to fit such a god!” Xiao Nianying did not give Little Mutuo even a little bit of face. The latter’s face instantly turned ugly.
Xiao Nianying did not care, and he acted like nothing had happened.
Wang Meng looked up into the sky. Seeing that it was noon, he ordered, “Sound the drums!”
‘Dong! Dong! Dongdong…’
The order was received by the two largest war drums in the middle troop camp. Receiving this signal, the war drums on the frontlines all sounded out with the same tempo of drumming.
They were drumming the ‘prince qin breaking through the enemy array’.
The deafening drums brought with it an energizing power.
Listening to the drums that would make ones’ blood boil, the sword shield soldiers on the frontlines followed the tempo and used their war blades to hit their shields. They roared out like animals, ‘Ha! Ha! Haha…’
Tens of thousands of people shouted together. Along with the loud war drums, the sounds that they made reverberated through the wilderness, echoing back and forth through the mountains. Some birds were shocked, and just as they flew into the air, it was like they were shot by an arrow as they dropped into the bushes.
This sound formed an unbreakable aura, and it charged right at the Dragon Legion Corps soldiers. No matter how strong the Dragon Legion Corps was, in front of such an array, they were terrified.
The civilians in Yongren City were so afraid that they shivered.
Seeing the situation, Wang Meng gave a satisfied smile, “Attack!”
Receiving the order, the drums changed and became more hurried.
The messenger soldiers that were ready long ago waved their red flags, giving the order to attack. The military order was swiftly passed down all the way to the frontlines.
Receiving the order, the generals waved their machetes and hollered, “Attack!”
Even the frontlines were two kilometers away from the city walls. Getting the order, the sword shield soldiers continued to hit their shields or push siege weapons as they proceeded forth in a stable and calm manner.
The airtight encirclement was like a pocket, getting smaller and smaller, and it was about to swallow up Yongren City.
Every step that the army took could make the ground shake. The shaking encapsulated a destructive power that no one could block.
Seeing this, Wang Meng turned around to Little Mutuo and the others and smiled, “You guys have trained your troops well!”
Little Mutuo and the others revealed gleeful expressions as well as looks of pride.
Not to mention other aspects, but just the aura that they were giving off made the 200 thousand of them look like a well-trained elite army.
At the current moment, Wang Meng was becoming more and more confident about taking down Yongren City.
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In the short while that they them were talking, the vanguard forces reached 500 meters away from the city walls. Any further and they would enter the attack range of the enemy.
Wang Meng sent down his orders without any hesitation, and the war drums changed once more, becoming even quicker. The frontline commanding officers, upon receiving the signal, waved the swords in their hands and shouted, “Charge!”
“Kill!”
The army suddenly quickened their pace. Before, they were walking but now were running as they charged at the city walls with all their strength. The faster they arrived under the walls, the safer it was.
The huge army was like a black flood, flowing right at the city.
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On the Yongren City city wall, Baiqi was like a spear, standing straight in the middle of the wall.
Baiqi had been in even bigger battles, so the array outside could not even surprise him. Once the enemy was within a thousand meters, he calmly spat out two words, “Get ready!”
The order seemed really vague but all the troops understood.
With a ‘Shua!’ the huge items under the covers were revealed. Naturally, they were the Z1 type cannons. Based on rough estimations, there were no less than 500 of them.
These cannons were all the available ones from Steel City, and Baiqi had taken them all.
The black cannon openings of the cannons pointed outward, making one feel a chill run down their spines.
This was the natural threat of a firearm weapon.
Once the enemy troops got in range, without needing Baiqi to order them, they fired the 500 cannons. Their main targets were the siege chariots and the arrow turrets.
‘Hong! Hong! Hong!’
The cannonballs formed a perfect arc in the air, and they accurately struck siege weapon after siege weapon.
The P1 Type Cannon from long ago had already tossed aside the backward solid core cannonballs and had used cannonballs filled with gunpowder. The moment the cannonball struck its target, it would explode and cause a lot of damage.
With a ‘Huala!’ the siege chariots that were hit broke into two. The broken parts fell straight down toward the people below, causing mass panic.
The explosion of the cannonball caused shrapnel to shoot out, killing off a huge group of people. The cannonballs were like fireworks all around, bursting apart in the crowd.
The morale that they had just gathered up was instantly crushed.
Based on rough estimations, in just this round of attack, there were 300 siege weapons that were hit and 200 became useless on the spot.
As the Alliance Army stood stunned, the cannon fire continued.
Without a doubt, this was the threat that Great Xia had prepared for the Alliance Army.
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Seeing the cannons on the city wall revealed, Wang Meng and the others who were focused on the battlefield were stunned. Even so, Wang Meng did not give any further instructions, and the hurried drum beats continued to sound.
Wang Meng was ready to make sacrifices.
As long as he achieved his strategic goal, anything was worth it for the Yanhuang Alliance. Hence, when the frontline hesitated, he gave them the order to go all out.
The moment this order was given, anyone who dared to retreat or run would be executed.
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“Kill!”
The Alliance Army was not a bunch of weaklings. Naturally, they would not be easily frightened. With the military order given, they rushed against the cannon fire and launched their ferocious assault on Yongren City. They quickly charged to the foot of the city wall.
In the process, half of the siege chariots were destroyed.
‘Da! Da! Da!’
Without the siege chariots, the scaling ladders were put to use.
Simple, direct.
The defending Dragon Legion Corps did not show any mercy. They shot arrows, threw stones, rolled wood, or poured down alchemical fire oil.
They pretty much used all that they could.
All of a sudden, the Alliance Army suffered heavy casualties. The first wave suffered heavy losses, and in just one hour, 20 thousand of them died on the battlefield
Even so, the Alliance Army remained fearless.
Wang Meng did not care and ordered, “Continue the attack!”
As the group continued to siege, everyone there was prepared to sacrifice a portion of their forces. The issue was whether the sacrificed portion crossed the limit that they could accept or not.
The current Yongren City was like a meat grinder, swallowing up the enemy lives.
Seeing that, Little Mutuo’s face turned ashen white, as he not used to the gory scenes. In the territory, he did not even experience personally leading his troops into battle.
Under the relentless assault, the Yongren City city wall had many close calls; especially the 100 thousand players, who were the biggest problem for the Dragon Legion Corps.
These players were really strong and easily charged to the city wall.
If the Dragon Legion Corps was not equally strong, who knows what would have happened.
When Wang Meng saw that, he grinned.
“As long as we are not afraid of making sacrifices, there’s no territory that cannot be taken down.”
Xiao Nianying’s expression was really unnatural, as the huge sacrifices had started to eat away at his bottom line.
Xiao Alliance had sent all their elites, and the guild had promised these elites heavy compensation and war rewards.
If not, these players obviously would not willingly do as Xiao Nianying said.
If there were really large scale casualties, with the foundations of the Xiao Alliance, they would not be able to afford it. The price to pay for player deaths was simply too huge, and the compensation amount naturally could not be compared to the army.
A player’s basic amount would reach 500 gold, and this did not include equipment, cultivation method compensation, and the like. One must also arrange professional training squads to help them level up.
Before this, he had calculated that if they lost 10 thousand men, Xiao Alliance would be in big trouble. Looking at the current situation, the prospects did not seem good.
As the battle went on, Xiao Nianying’s expression grew more and more serious.
When Little Mutuo saw that, he gloated.
Little Mutuo could be said to dislike Xiao Nianying.
Out of all of them, apart from Wang Meng, probably Little Mutuo was the most relaxed.
The moment he agreed with the terms of the Yanhuang Alliance, he knew that the survival of Yun City no longer had anything to do with him.
Regardless of winning or losing, he would have to give us the commanding rights to the city. With the character of the Yanhuang Alliance, since they paid such a high price, they would naturally want things in return.
Just as each of them was deep in their own thoughts, the battle slowly entered its crucial stage.
To try to take down Yongren City as quickly as possible, Wang Meng did not even blink, and he heartlessly sent soldier after soldier onto the frontlines.
200 thousand soldiers arranged on all four sides, so they had an average of 50 thousand per side.
The 50 thousand was split into five groups of ten thousand men that up lined up 2-2-1. They had a front army, a middle army, and a reserve army.
Once the front was depleted, Wang Meng ordered the middle army to attack. With that, tens of thousands of people were participating in this siege.
Looking out, each portion of the city wall had groups of people sieging. On the walls, there were many scaling ladders with many people climbing them.
The entire battlefield was a sea of people.
Amongst the sea of people, smoke bellowed, cannons fired, and arrows rained down.
Every moment, hundreds and thousands of people died.
Under such a situation, the defending Dragon Legion Corps troops revealed their exhaustion. The huge amounts of defending resources were getting depleted at a visible rate, and it looked like it was not going to last for long.
Without the help of the defending resources, they would not be able to hold on for long.
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Seeing the enemy middle troops being thrown into the battle, Baiqi knew that the chance he had been waiting for had finally arrived. He turned around and ordered, “Fire the signal bullet!”
“Yes commander!”
The soldier who was already prepared ignited the signal bullet in his hand, and a red flare shot into the sky.
“What’s that?” Wang Meng and the others were shocked.
Little Mutuo said, “It’s a signal bullet.”
Wang Meng obviously knew what it was; the problem was who it was for.
Unease rose up in his heart as he turned around and asked his Personal Guard, “Where’s the Great Xia Tiger Leopard Cavalry?” Wang Meng suspected that the Tiger Leopard Cavalry had arrived.
The Personal Guards replied, “Our spy reported in the morning that they are still at Yao City and would need at least a day to arrive.”
“It’s not the Tiger Leopard Cavalry?” Wang Meng felt even more uneasy.
When Little Mutuo saw that, he consoled Wang Meng, “General, do not worry. Apart from
the Dragon Legion Corps, there is no other force in Dongchuan Prefecture. Even the Garrison Divisions were disarmed.”
Wang Meng forced a smile, “‘Maybe I was overthinking things.”
Although that was the case, he ordered the four reserve armies to be prepared.
Little Mutuo and the others respected his meticulous nature. Naturally, they would not stop him.
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Wang Meng’s uneasiness was proven to be right in the end.
Half an hour after the signal bullet was fired, a deafening rumble could be heard from the north outskirts.
“This is?”
The faces of Wang Meng and the others changed.
“It’s the north side!”
Xiao Nianying was the sharpest out of them. Unfortunately, there was nothing that he could do.
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Yongren City north outskirts, woods.
The moment the signal bullet was fired, the 4th legion of the Guards Legion Corps charge out under the leadership of Er’Lai.
Compared to the Dragon Legion Corps, the Guards Legion Corps was the true Asura. Each member had been through hundreds of battles, and they were the true war elite soldiers.
Furthermore, they had someone like Er’Lai leading them; they were a bunch of devils.
“Kill!”
The first part that was attacked was the north Alliance Army.
The 10 thousand reserve troops that had just gotten the order to be in alert and had not reacted before they were stabbed from the back. They turned into a mess right away.
All of a sudden, an intense massacre started amongst the formation, and a bloody aura rose toward the heavens.
Destruction.
The moment the two armies engaged, the difference in strength was obvious.
The Guards Legion Corps was like an invincible knife, cutting the Alliance Army reserve forces into half. They did not stop there, and they continued on toward the Alliance Army that was sieging.
This time, the Alliance Army was in chaos.