He felt that doing so would bring himself to light again.

The sky became darker and the other side could no longer be seen clearly at a distance of twenty meters. Whether the attacker or the defender, they could only roughly determine from the direction that each other's identities came from the north, and the other hand, the leopards.

A group of guards surrounded Liao Qiu and strode into the city. He stood sideways in a hidden position on the street, holding a 35mm caliber rifle in his hand, carefully checking whether the bullet was loaded, and flatly ended the gun body, aimed at a locked black shadow at the end of the opposite street, and pulled the trigger hard.

"Bang!"

The gunshot sounded, and a stolen blood splashed out from the dark shadow's body. Judging from the vaguely visible part of the shot, it should have hit the shoulder slightly. This shot immediately triggered the strong sense of revenge of the lion defenders on the opposite side. With bursts of exclamations, dense rain of arrows came from the darkness. Several dragon infantrymen who had no time to dodge were shot on the spot. They simply could not aim, and most of the damage was offset by the armor. Although the injury was not serious.

Liao Qiu is a very special legion commander. He likes to participate in battles on the front line, not staying at the command center and pointing at the map. Because the situation is unclear, he did not order a charge, but urged the people behind to drag the infantry cannons up as soon as possible.

Half an hour later, a 75mm gun finally arrived. The gunners buried the wheels of the gun seats on both sides with sandbags, and reinforced them with wood and stones removed from nearby houses. They quickly adjusted the orientation and angle. The black muzzle pointed directly into the depths of the same dark street opposite. Under the operation of the soldiers, with a loud noise that shocked the eardrums, suddenly erupted with a dazzling orange-red flame.

"Run over!"

The moment the shell exploded, Liao Qiu issued a charge order almost at the same time. Hundreds of Dragon Clan infantry rushed past him and confirmed that the street ahead had been controlled by their own side. The gunners then pulled open the sandbags and pushed the heavy artillery forward slowly.

Liao Qiu walked forward slowly with a rifle in his slant, looking vigilantly at the houses on both sides from time to time. Today's battle was just surface contact, and neither he nor Tian Kuang had ever thought of fighting with the Lion tribe. The main reason was that there were too many environmental constraints, especially at night, it was difficult to cause fatal damage to the Lion tribe defenders.

Frontline officers have received systematic training and are familiar with the entire combat plan. Liao Qiu is not worried about it. Today's battle will not last too long and will end in half an hour at most. No matter where they advance to the city, the vanguard will have to withdraw to the safe area and wait for the next stage of orders.

When walking past the side of a broken house, Liao Qiu became suspicious of a certain position in the depths of the darkness. He held the gun in his hand tightly, squatted down quietly, and observed in that direction for nearly half a minute with safety cover. Finally, he confirmed that it was a lion archer hiding in the dark and trying to attack in the chaos.

He raised his gun to aim at that position, looking for and roughly judging the target's head. Liao Qiu pulled the trigger when he was quite sure. The black shadow could not even scream and fell backwards. Several guards jumped up from Liao Qiu's side. They broke into the house in an extremely violent manner and lit the torch they carried with them. Liao Qiu calmly completed the bullet loading again, hugged his waist, and came closer with a flexible step.

The shot was very accurate, and it hit the target's head to the left. The entire skull was lifted and exploded, the white brain and the broken bones mixed together, and dark red blood flowed into the eye sockets. The bullet penetrated the skull like a rodent excavation channel, and half a round bullet hole appeared on the remaining bones.

Liao Qiu kicked the dead body with his feet but his hands and feet were still twitching, and gave an order to the servants in a calm tone: "Search for the occupied areas and do not miss any room. Throw grenades when encountering uncertainty. Remember, kill one more lion clan now, and you will have less trouble in the future."

The captain of the guard nodded, turned around quickly, intending to go out and send orders to others.

"Wait first." Liao Qiu shouted at him: "Order all troops that have not been put into battle to rest on the spot, and leave the front line to the 12th War Regiment to take charge."

The captain of the guard was stunned for a moment, but did not ask much, just nodded and left immediately.

Soldiers take obeying orders as their duty.

This is the first precept of the Panshi City Officer School.

...

South of Fang City, Lion Clan Command.

Shi Lie sat on a recliner with thick cushions stuffed on his back, which would support his body and make his leg wounds more comfortable.

The room was not big, and there were several commanders sitting next to them. Shi Lie swept over them in order of exhausted eyes: "Tell us what we think we should do! How do you think we should fight this battle?"

The officers looked at each other. After a moment of silence, a commander sitting on Shi Lie's right stood up and bowed: "Sir, the Dragon Clan people give me a strange feeling. They obviously did not attack with all their strength today."

Shi Lie raised his eyelids and smiled self-deprecatingly: "It seems that I am not the only one who has such an idea."

Since the topic was open and the commander had no intention of blame, the others interrupted and expressed their opinions.

"The Dragons' artillery is too strong. Both the power and range are higher than the southern whites. Our heavy crossbow cannons cannot pose a threat to them."

"They have a weapon that can be thrown out with their hands and exploded. This way the barricades we set up lose their effect, and the arrow shooting does not cause much damage to them. This is also impossible. The dragon people have an advantage in metal forging, and their armor is much stronger than us."

"The dragon clan's muskets are fired too fast. I have seen white guns in the Dragon Locking Pass before. Although they are powerful, they are very troublesome to use. They have to fill gunpowder, load lead bullets, and use a twig to compact it... By the way, twig! This is what I want to say! I saw that the dragon clan did not use twig after firing the gun, and they didn't use that kind of thing at all."

Shi Lie raised his hand and pressed down, and the room suddenly became quiet.

"Everyone, what you said is not wrong, but it is not a focus of attention." Shi Lie brewed his emotions and made a hoarse voice: "In fact, the performance of the Dragon Clan people today is in line with my previous judgment. They are not good at close combat, and they rely more on artillery. Our advantage lies in the large number of people and are very familiar with the surrounding situation."

"I have a plan." Shi Lie said, moving his body forward, whispering his thoughtful intention: "Draw your respective elite soldiers, as well as cavalry, and leave the city from the South Gate later tomorrow, hide, and go around the north of the city to kill the artillery of the Dragon tribe at night."

The commanders couldn't help but nodded repeatedly. This was a very good idea, very operational. They were suppressed in the city and could not use their strength to exert their strength. They could not defeat the Dragons during the day because they had artillery, and the observation posts and scouts could immediately discover the enemy's intention to get close. Their infantry and artillery cooperation could form a stable defense line. It was different at night. They could not see that far in the darkness. Once the artillery support was lost, the dragons that entered the city would become turtles in the jar.

Today is the first time we are engaged in the battle, and new opponents and new weapons have a familiar process. Now the basic situation is clear, just wait until tomorrow night to start fighting back.

Shi Lie's face was gloomy all day long and finally a smile appeared on his face. The feeling of grasping the overall situation came back to him again. He discussed everything he should discuss, and he said seriously: "It's almost dawn, and you are all tired, so go back and rest! Keep your energy, we will..."

Before he finished speaking, there were suddenly bursts of shouts of killing outside.

A messenger hurriedly pushed the door and knelt on one knee in front of Shi Lie. With a violent breath, he said in a frustration: "Qi Bing... Lord Qi Bing, the back camp... those merchants... they are in chaos."

"What did you say?" Everyone was stunned. Shi Lie then opened his mouth and said angrily: "It's going to be messy? Those merchants? What do they want to do?"

The messenger shivered in front of the furious commander: "I am not very clear about the specific situation, but the people from the back camp came to report and asked the master to send troops to support him immediately."

Many things that were difficult to understand before were connected due to anger, and Shi Lie also developed a clear overall view.

What big deals and what kind of regent princess invites to attend the celebration are all lies.

The real intention of the merchants was to act as an internal force, attack the dragon tribe and capture the city.

I shouldn't believe them. I should cut off all of them on the first day to share the worries of Brother Wang who is far away in Roaring City!

"Transfer my order!" Shi Lie, who thought of the consequences, was murderous: "The 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 51th, and 52nd battle groups changed directions, attacked the rear battalion with all their strength, and killed all the merchants!"

The messenger took the order and stood up and turned to leave the room.

The commander sitting on Shi Lie's left hurriedly forward and said, "Sir, this must be the conspiracy of the Dragon tribe. They have already made some plans. We must strengthen our existing defenses, especially the streets in the north."

Shi Lie nodded with a gloomy face and was about to speak when he suddenly heard a deafening sound coming from the north.

The dragon tribe fired!

...

Yaohui aimed at a Lion soldier who rushed towards him with a knife, pulled the trigger, and the bullet penetrated into the target's abdomen. The man suddenly retreated, as if he was hit by a heavy punch, bleeding from his mouth, and fell down screaming.

From Roaring City to Shattered Gold City, there were more than 2,000 members of the "Shengxinglong" merchants who received orders to retreat in sequence along the way. Yaohui received a signal and sent people to sneak into the secret passage in the city to contact the army of his clan outside the city.

This is the most important part of the attack plan of Tiankuang and Liao Qiu. It is not rushing to advance. It only uses artillery to destroy the city walls and all towers on the north side of Fang City. This process will last throughout the day, especially the loud explosions can cover up all the movements underground.

If everything goes well, the Lion clan members will never know that more than 5,000 dragon warriors entered the city from the secret passage.

They didn't know that weapons equipped with 3,000 people were transported in at the same time and quickly dispersed in the back camp where merchants gathered.

By the early morning, the rear camp of Fangya City had been armed, and together with the merchants' servants and private guards, the total number of people who could participate in the war exceeded 20,000.

The secret passage is still in play, and more dragon warriors are constantly entering the city to strengthen the counterattack strength in this area.

According to the original plan, there will be no less than 10,000 Dragon Clan warriors entering Fangya City through secret passages.

A highly vigilant Lion Sentinel disrupted the plan.

The entrance (and the exit) of the secret passage is somewhat remote, located in the merchant gathering area, which is the northeast of the Houzhang. In order to cover up people's eyes, Yaohui and Yude mobilized people to drag hundreds of large trucks loaded with goods here to gather, forming a tall "wall".

But this is not a real wall after all.

The bonfires scattered in the temporary camp illuminated the figures. The lion sentries saw many strangers through the gap between the large truck and the goods. He remembered very clearly that the location was an empty house. Even if the merchant and his servants thought it was more suitable to spend the night, and if they moved the bed to live in, the space in the room could accommodate at most twenty people.

You can vaguely see the outline of the door. The empty house is like a legendary strange place, with shadows constantly appearing. The Lion Sentinel thought he was confused at first, but he calmed down and thought about it. He felt that there was something wrong with it. Whether a merchant or a soldier, the long-handled battle axe and warrior inserted diagonally on his back were very conspicuous, but these figures in the distance did not have this feature. The black "long pole" protruding from its back did not look like a knife and an axe, but it was just a simple "stick".

The sentry decided to go over and see what happened. He was a little selfish and thought that he would get rewards when reporting the problem, so he did not discuss it with his companions and jumped directly from the mercenary where the goods were piled up. A group of dragon soldiers were coming out of the house.

Screaming, calling for help... The poor sentry was not even able to turn around, and was pierced by three daggers from different directions.

The sudden change disrupted the plan. Yaohui made a quick decision and ordered his subordinates to release fireworks signals to inform the dragon army in the north to launch an attack. He led the soldiers who had already walked out of the secret passage, and the armed servants of the merchants, and directly broke out of the temporary camp.

The sun emerged from the horizon little by little. Although the morning light was weak, it was enough for both sides to see the opponent's face.

The bullets shot into the human body and made a "floating" sound. The neat volleyball guns completely overwhelmed the unpredictable Lion tribe members in terms of range and firepower. Shi Lie arranged for the guard to be dispersed on the outside of the camp, and the officers led the team quickly sent people to ask the commander for help, and at the same time tried his best to collect the soldiers and defend the position. But he underestimated the Dragon Warriors on the opposite side who were armed to the teeth. Dozens of people threw grenades together. After the violent explosion, the Lion tribe members who were guarding the checkpoint suffered heavy casualties.

Yaohui led his men to attack the South Gate directly. He knew very well that this was the key to completely annihilated the Lion Clan defenders. As long as this position is firmly blocked, even if Shi Lie is the reincarnation of the God of War, there is no possibility of turning the overall situation around.
Chapter completed!