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On the first day of his Moqiu Army's full power attack, his Phoenix City Pass was almost unable to hold on any longer.

The Moqiu State Army was like a madman as they attacked the walls of the Phoenix City Pass. Without any attempt to probe them out, countless soldiers flooded over from the horizon. The taut springs of the Phoenix City Pass stone thrower began to ring loudly, and a basket of stones flew towards the dense crowd of Moqiu Army s like goddesses scattering flowers. A rock that was three to four feet square had already been deliberately sharpened to remove its edge before it was put into the rattan basket. Its spherical appearance allowed it to roll for a certain distance after landing, and even if it was only able to roll for one or two meters, it would be equivalent to a person's life for Moqiu Army.

already had enough experience in the long term defense of the city, or more accurately, he was cold-blooded. He added a jar of kerosene to every rattan basket, ignited a long fuse, and then ordered the gunners to throw it out. After each basket of stones landed, apart from the rolling stones filling the ground with damage, there were at least two or three fire dragons that could be left behind. More than a dozen times using stone thrower s to launch would be enough to use these fire dragons to seal the pass before Phoenix City Pass.

However, even with such a ruthless technique, it still could not stop the advance of the Moqiu Army. No matter what happened behind them, the soldiers in the front row would not turn around to look. With the shield in his left hand and their scimitars at his waist, he firmly walked towards the Phoenix City Pass. Behind them, a steady stream of troops surged forward, shoveling up the sand with their shovels, extinguishing the flames with the sand, covering the corpses of their companions with thin blankets, and then moving on.

Seeing the situation with the Moqiu Army, Kong Sheng helplessly ordered Zhao Handong and Ling Zilu, "You two, deal with it earlier."

"Yes sir!" The two bowed and quickly left.

Time passed minute by minute, and Moqiu Army drew closer and closer to the Phoenix City Pass. The ladders and siege vehicles were quickly assembled in the crowd, and stone thrower s began to appear in the defending army's vision. At this moment, the two little doors to the object that belonged to the Phoenix City Pass opened once again. The two teams of heavy-armored knight s rushed out from two sides, and like sharp blades, they charged towards the vast sea of people from the Moqiu Army.

Moqiu Army were obviously prepared, all the soldiers closest to the two small doors raised their shields, but to Fire Phoenix Man-at-arms, this kind of light infantry shield was no different from a thicker piece of paper. Under the lance's barrage of stabs and stabs, the small round shield and the larger square shield flew around with the master's limbs and fresh blood. Like two scalding knives slashing through butter, the Moqiu Army of the two cavalrymen forcefully left a hole in the ground. They pushed the portion of the Moqiu Army closer to the city wall to the side of the city walls.

At this time, the two group cities with Phoenix City Pass began to display their might. Their nearly 360 degree attack angles allowed the archers on top of the group city to display their greatest strength. A group of people drew their bows and shot their arrows towards the distance, leaving enough safety space for the heavy-armored knight. The other group of people, together with the garrison on the city walls, rained their bows, lumps of stones, and wooden stakes down on the Moqiu Soldier who was trapped between the city walls.

A sixteen to seventeen year old youngster viciously threw the stone in his hand outside of the crater. The stone smashed onto the head of the soldier below, causing his brain to burst open. However, the youth did not even look and just smashed down. He was as skilled as a machine. A Moqiu Soldier who managed to escape death suddenly rushed up the city wall, unsheathed his scimitar and slashed at the young man who was still focused on smashing rocks. The young man looked up only when he heard the roar. He was stunned. He was waiting for the scimitar to cut off his head. Just then, a veteran from Phoenix City Border Army made his move. With his sword at hand, he cut off half of the Moqiu Soldier's head.

Moqiu Soldier's brain and blood sprayed all over the young lad's body. The young man did not have time to thank him, instead she used both hands to hold onto the crater and reached out his body to vomit. When the veteran who saved his life hurriedly reached out her hand to pull him back, a bolt had already pierced through the youth's forehead and the back of her head.

This kind of tragedy happened near almost every inch of the city wall. Killing and being killed might be reversed in an instant.

The thin leather armour of the Moqiu Soldier could not withstand the rocks and rolling logs that were thrown down from the city walls, as well as the hot oil and purified feces. They screamed like madmen as they tried to escape from this hell on earth. The soldiers close to the walls tried their best to run away, wanting to avoid the deadly weapons; the soldiers outside tried their best to squeeze their way to the sides of the wall, wanting to avoid the Fire Phoenix Man-at-arms and the bowl sized horseshoes; under the pressure from both sides, the soldiers in the middle couldn't even wield the sabers in their hands, they could only scream in despair, allowing the arrows on the wall to pierce through their bodies and take their lives.

The Phoenix City guards on the city walls looked to be fine, at least the city walls were helping them distribute a few bolt s that were shot up. But the moment they raised their heads, their excitement just now would be extinguished by the ice water in their pockets, and black Moqiu Army would continuously appear from the horizon. The clanging sounds of armor rubbing against each other, and the endless forest of infantry spears, together played the prelude to the arrival of death.

The mighty Red Camp Knight s were not in a good situation either. The blank area that they had painstakingly cleared out was filled with Moqiu Soldier s that rushed over like floodwaters in a few breaths. In the beginning, the Heavy Cavalry Knights could still rely on their armors and mounts to attack it, but as more and more Moqiu Soldier s came, their attacking space became smaller and smaller, and the situation became more and more dangerous.

A heavy-armored knight would weigh at least a few hundred kilograms. If they attacked together, they would become a moving fortress, an unbreakable steel beast. However, the moment they were trapped in a small circle and it was even difficult for them to turn around, these several hundred kilogram heavy armor s would become giant ropes that tied themselves up. Some of the riders had already been pushed down by the infantrymen. He couldn't get up, and could only watch with despair as the Black Cove infantrymen stabbed the machete into his neck.

Fortunately, they still had the team city. Thankfully, the tactics had already been set up.

Under Kong Sheng's personal command, the heavy crossbows on top of the group city released their might. The gigantic bolt that was as thick as an arm and nearly three meters long was shot out, carrying a whistling sound as it pierced through one Moqiu Soldier after another. After landing, some of the bolt s continued to emit thick yellow smoke from their arrows. The smoke carried a fishy stench with it, causing one to want to puke. He had tied all sorts of things like kerosene s, cow dung, white phosphorus s and the like onto the bolt s' arrows. The moment the bolt landed, the cloth bag that was as thin as a cicada's wing would break and the white phosphorus would combust. Although this thing's attack power was not strong, its advantage was that the consumption of kerosene was small. It could be easily obtained with other items and could also have the effect of disturbing the enemy.

The Moqiu Soldier s were fuming so much that they were crying non-stop. Their throats were dry and painful, and for a moment, they were confused. The heavy knights who were already prepared took out the wet towels they hid under the saddle and covered their mouths and noses, seizing this opportunity to ride back into the Phoenix City Pass. But even so, the Empire's elites, the Red Camp Man-at-arms, had lost more than thirty Knights on their first attack.

Looking at the Knights who had taken off their armor and were drenched in sweat and blood, then looking at the exhausted people's militia soldiers on the city walls, Kong Sheng and Zhao Handong shook their heads. This was just the first wave of attack. If all one million of Moqiu Army soldiers attacked together, how long would the Phoenix City Pass last?

Kong Sheng raised his head and looked at the endless black army that continuously appeared from the horizon. A terrifying thought vaguely appeared in his mind;

As the night fell, the attack of the Moqiu Army finally slowed down. However, Kong Sheng understood in his heart that instead of saying that the other party was tired, it was better to summarize the first day's offense before adjusting it in order to achieve a better offensive effect.

Zhao Handong told Kong Sheng with a bitter face that in the short span of a single day, he had already thrown out a fifth of the stones he had stored up in a month's time. Thanks to Qu Feizhi's method, the kerosene did not consume much energy, but the casualties of his people's militia were too great.

In the past few months, with the support of the various provinces of the Mainland, the number of people in Phoenix City Pass broke through to two hundred thousand. However, there were a total of one hundred and eighty thousand in people's militia among them, and the three Great Clans, who had the weakest fighting strength, had a total of seventy thousand people. After today's battle, almost all of the three people's militia s who were sent onto the city walls had been wiped out. The second and third batches had also suffered heavy casualties, and the total number of casualties was actually twenty thousand. And this was under the protection of the Phoenix City Border Army Warriors. If he only relied on them to defend the city, then after this day, the compilation of the three divisions of people's militia would probably be removed from the list of guardians for the Phoenix City Pass.

Perhaps as the battle experience continued to increase, this number would decrease, but how long would Phoenix City Pass, which only had a total of two hundred and twenty thousand people, last?

Kong Sheng had learnt it before when he was at the Imperial Military Academy. In a war to steal a city, one's side had to pay five to ten times the usual amount of manpower to gain an advantage. It was also in this place known as Phoenix City Pass that there was a classic example of a battle of twenty thousand elite forces carrying three hundred thousand Moqiu Army.

However, the current situation left Kong Sheng helpless. Whether it was the military academy's theory or its classic example of war, they had not calculated the difference between the two sides' individual military capability. At least, the difference between the two sides' individual military capability was not that big at that time. But the current situation was just too cruel. To go against it with such a disparity in individual military capability s, there was no precedent.

In the meeting room of the Castellan Mansion, Kong Sheng and the others were completely speechless. Other than the stench of sweat and the stench of feet, the entire room was filled with the suffocating smell of smoke coming out from Zhao Handong's big pipe. However, at this moment, no one was in the mood to bury their grievances.

After a long while, Kong Sheng said in a muffled voice, "Tomorrow, let the people's militia s take a rest, and then we'll finish them all. Let them come down from the first line to rest, and take the chance to replenish their stone materials."

"Yes." Zhao Handong nodded in agreement.

"Old Ling, you had a rest in the afternoon, so you had to put in a lot of effort during the night patrol." Beware of the Demonic Beast Soldier, those beasts are used to taking action at night, don't let them steal any loopholes. " Kong Sheng turned to Ling Zilu.

Ling Zilu nodded his head, "Don't worry, I have already arranged everything. Apprentice Knight will immediately go up to the wall and patrol, heavily armored knights on standby. If there are any problems, we will directly blow the whistle and light the fire."

Kong Sheng then looked at the only two people in the room who were dressed neatly — Qu Feizhi and Chen Chu — and asked, "What do you two think about this?"

Qu Feizhi scratched his ears and cheeks: "Lord Kong, this is the first day. Let us go up on the city wall, we can just sit here and listen to your fight, we are really worried right now."

Kong Sheng immediately waved his hand. "No way, just thinking of it made me forget it."

Seeing Qu Feizhi's listless look, Chen Chu said blandly, "Lord Kong, I suggest that we send someone to bring in the corpses that night."

"There are tens of thousands of corpses outside, what do you want that for?" Zhao Handong asked.

Chen Chu lowered his voice and said, "If you can take off the armor and fill it with dirt, it can be used as a lance stone or a stone thrower's stone. As for the corpse, we can take out the fat and use it as oil. "

Although everyone here had experienced countless slaughter, when Chen Chu said those words, they all sucked in a cold breath of air. This guy was truly worthy of being called fierce, truly ruthless.

"Our kerosene reserves are enough, as for this ~ ~ so ~ ~" Zhao Handong thought for a long time, but still could not think of a way to describe his actions.

Chen Chu said indifferently, "The consumption for defending the city is huge. If we wait for a shortage to appear before we think of a solution, it would be too late."

Without waiting for Zhao Handong to refute, Kong Sheng had already raised his hand to stop him, and said to Chen Chu: "This matter will be handed over to you, but remember not to be too arrogant."

Chen Chu stood up and bowed: Understood!

Qu Feizhi hurriedly interrupted from the side: "Lord Kong, look at me ~ ~ ~"

Kong Sheng shook his head helplessly: "If you're touched with light, you should just follow Chen Chu and be his assistant."

Qu Feizhi straightened his body, and bowed straight towards Kong Sheng as he said, "Understood!"

At dawn of the second day, along with the rumbling sounds that sounded like muffled thunder that came from the distance, the Phoenix City Pass soldiers all put down their rice bowls, grabbed their spears, blades, and shields from the walls, and stood up to look towards the north. Rows and rows of black troops appeared on the horizon. The morning sunlight reflected off their leather armor, the scimitars in their hands, and the handheld crossbow s on their backs, giving off a murderous light.

The second day after the life and death battle of Phoenix City Pass, the curtains were opened.