630 God Weapon Starlight Sword (1/2)
The middle troops easily occupied Xinzhou Bay without much effort, as there were no opposing naval troops in the bay. Moreover, the fishing boats and the other boats had stopped work when the war started.
The usually busy bay was exceedingly cold today.
After taking a short rest, the middle troops officially launched their attack on Lion City. Yanhuo Yaonie chose to use the river passages to approach the city walls.
The Ming Dynasty cannons could only shoot directly forward, but with the warship as a base, it was enough to damage the guards on top of the city wall. On the contrary, the arrows from the guards did minimal damage.
After less than an hour of fighting, the guards were already on the losing end. Seeing that the enemy was relying on their cannons once more, the Singaporean players watching from the city walls were so furious that they gritted their teeth.
Luckily, the strategy of the guards was rather quick and flexible, they would not gather on the walls as living targets. Seeing that they stood no chance and had no effective way to hurt the enemy, the guards on the south wall immediately retreated.
Obviously, the guards were prepared to fight in the middle of the city.
One had to say that this strategy was truly smart. The middle troops, who had smoothly entered Lion City through the river passages, felt stunned when they looked at the spot where the streets and river intersected.
”General, where do we fire at?” A soldier ran over.
”Aim directly at the palace!” Yanhuo Yaonie ordered.
Similar to attacking territories, as long as one destroyed the stone steele in the imperial palace, one would be considered the victor of the country war. Of course, for a country like China with nine imperial cities, you would have to destroy them all.
If not, why would some call China an undefeatable presence.
Yanhuo Yaonie's idea was great. Unfortunately, the river passages turned away outside of the palace. Hence, it was impossible for him to directly carry the cannons to the gates of the palace.
With that, the middle troops had to head deep into enemy territory, a spot where going forward and retreating were both difficult.
Yanhuo Yaonie's face flashed with a hard to detect awkwardness.
Similarly, be it the guards or the players in the city, they did not dare to approach the enemy warships in the river, as they were afraid of being blown up.
Both sides ended up in a weird standoff just like that.
Such a standoff was extremely good for Singapore. A lack of enough time worried Chen Guang the most. He would rather the situation stay like this all the way till reinforcements arrived.
At noon, Ouyang Shuo met up with the east troops and arrived at Xinzhou Bay.
”Lord, the middle troops seem like they are facing a situation, how should we act?” Zheng He asked.
Ouyang Shuo nodded and emotionlessly ordered, ”Attack!” At the stage, the country war should come to an end, and any plan or scheme was to help it reach such a point.
”Understood!” Zheng He nodded.
Immediately, the east troops sailed along the river and similarly entered Lion City. Half an hour later, the two squadrons regrouped in the river, blocking it up.
”Lord!”
A short while later, Yanhuo Yaonie rushed to Dragon Head to greet Ouyang Shuo with an ashamed expression.
When Ouyang Shuo saw that, he gave a slight smile,”General there's no need to, just fight the war well.” He could understand Yanhuo Yaonie's anxiousness and guilt, but he did not think too much about it.
”Thank you, Lord!” Yanhuo Yaonie nodded his head solemnly.
After a simple greeting, the three of them started to discuss specific battle plans.
Pei Donglai would take charge of the river passage and command the entire squadron to maintain their threat against the territory. At the same time, a portion of archers would be left to cover the cannoneers.
The remaining forty thousand troops would disembark and form up. At this point, the only thing that they could do was fight.
Apart from a proper army, there was also the five thousand men servant army that Zheng He had brought along.
At this stage, it was time for them to show their use. They would place the servant army right at the front to act as a barrier for the archers behind. In the middle stood the sword-shield soldiers, the main force of this battle, while the handgun forces and archers would stand further behind.
As for the cannons, they had no place in this battle.
After the army formed up, they directly charged toward the imperial palace gates.
The guards were already alert, and ten thousand players had also gathered with them. As for the work occupation players and the civilians, they had headed home to avoid being wrapped up in the flames of war.
Forty thousand men with archers as their core to fight against fifty thousand elites, this was going to be a tough fight. If he did not have the one thousand divine martial Guards, Ouyang Shuo definitely would not dare take up this challenge.
Of course, the five thousand servant army that Zheng He recruited was also a brilliant move, a god stroke. The players did not have any thoughts or worries about the servant army; however, they cared about their comrades.
But the guards were different. In their eyes, players and natives were the same. Hence, looking at the servant army in front of them, they were caught off guard.
This lapse granted some valuable time for the archers and handgun forces on the back lines. Each minute, each second, they could inflict huge damage.
When the players saw the situation, under Chen Guang's instructions, they actually started to aim and kill the servant army, hence releasing the guards from their moral dilemma. One had to say that this was truly a vicious move.
In less than an hour, the five thousand men servant army fell.