Chapter 68 The Night Before the Rainstorm

"Lord City Lord, my subordinates have been ordered to lead the Mist Legion to garrison the magic city of Isengard. The whole group, including me, has: 5 sub-god-level knights, Death Knights, 50 magic knights, Blood Lords, and heavy armored knights ( Heavy cavalry) 00 demon knights, 3,000 high-level all-powerful magicians Dark Patrollers, 10,000 demon archers and demon pupil guards, 000 heavy infantry night guards, and 000 offensive mage shadow demons. Please accept it!"

It was indeed the troop that Al Ni had mentioned, but seeing it with my own eyes felt more powerful than when I first heard about it. The entire Mist Legion is composed of attack mages and heavy armored troops, which are the most useful troops for defending the city. Because it is only for urban defense, there is sufficient logistical support, and there is no need to move quickly, so the team's equipment tends to be heavy-duty and highly offensive. Field troops generally do not consider heavy equipment for the sake of speed, but defensive troops do not have these concerns. At a glance, these troops all wear similar clothes to me. From top to bottom, even the eyes are protected by crystal sheets!

"Yes! The troops are very good, I accept them. Are those heavy-duty trailers at the back your supplies?"

"No, sir!" Vader took the helmet back. "The ones behind are the cannons that Her Majesty the Goddess asked us to bring by the way! The magic crystal cannons you ordered have been shipped, (0 giant magic crystal cannons, and the corresponding magic crystals are here. In addition, we have I brought a gift from the Goddess Temple!”

"Gift?"

Vader turned around and waved, and a fully loaded giant trailer was pulled over. Dozens of infantrymen spent a lot of effort to lift the canvas, and what was underneath turned out to be...a rocket launcher? "Isn't this a rocket launcher?"

"Sir, this is a projectile weapon designed after the Chinese Phoenix Cannon! Because it is an experiment just completed by the Dark Temple, there are only 100 in total. They are mainly sent for experiments. The Goddess Temple said that they would be given to the City Lord. As a gift for the success of city construction!"

"She knows how to be a human! Oh no! She is a god! She actually uses me as a free experiment! Well, it's useful anyway, so let's get them all in! Auntina! Open the door!"

Essinger's gate slowly rose, and the large army finally slowly entered the city. I was more curious about the rocket launchers in the Dark Temple, so I followed the car behind me into the city. (The 0 magic crystal cannons only occupied 140 vehicles, and the 100 rocket launchers only occupied 25 vehicles, but the convoy had a total of 400 trailers, and the vehicles behind them were almost all pulling gunpowder and rocket launcher ammunition. '! After the troops entered the city, they were stationed directly in the military camp. More than 50,000 people, their horses and equipment occupied a large barracks. Thanks to the size of my city, otherwise so many people would not be able to live in it! I think the system is very wrong To be fair, the guards in the system city only occupy a few small houses, and hundreds of thousands of troops can be refreshed from them when needed. However, all NPC garrison troops in the player's city actually occupy space. There are no buildings here, and tens of thousands of troops can be summoned from them. The camp is almost as big as a small city! Thanks to Isinger's several floors, the huge camp is still empty with tens of thousands of people living there!

After arranging the troops, I took the five Death Knights and the 50 Blood Lords to get familiar with the city environment. The main purpose was to let them arrange the defense distribution in the city. The defense of the outer walls mainly relied on large city defense facilities and With the help of players, the width of the city wall in front of Essinger has exceeded the defensive capabilities of the Mist Legion. If all 20,000 infantrymen were assigned to the front wall, it would have to be at least four to five meters for one person. This density is obviously lower! Moreover, one person can never be left alone on the side wall! Fortunately, this time it is a monster siege, and there will be no siege equipment. As long as we rely on the city wall to keep the enemy out, there will be no big problem. When the next siege of the Temple of Light begins, we will have to rely on the key penetration capabilities of the Dragon Clan and the huge force of the Dark Temple!

It seems that when I first chose to rebuild Essinger, I thought things were too simple! At that time, I just wanted to find a city where the girls of the Sakura Club would not have to be teleported back to their home countries after death. But now it seems that Isengard’s huge area and its superior geographical environment make this place a battleground for military strategists. ! As long as a guild has enough troops to occupy Essinger, it can develop steadily. With such a city, as long as the power gap is not too disparate, it is almost impossible to be defeated!

"Lord City Lord, our troops don't seem to be enough to defend such a city!" Vader is also a famous general. He is a veteran of three dynasties in the Dark Temple, so he must have the skills! "To be honest, before the Demon City was captured, we were not the only ones in the Mist Army! If we hadn't gone to the Dark Temple to help train new recruits, we wouldn't be alive today."

"I know Isengard is a bit too big. You more than 50,000 people are just like a handful. They are of little use in the city. But Al Ni deliberately wants me to look good and wants me to be attached to him. She, so even if I don't give enough troops, I can't do anything!" The defense forces of the player's city are calculated based on the city area. According to normal standards, Essinger's garrison forces are definitely more than this!

"On this point, what the Goddess has done is indeed a bit too much!" Vader is worthy of being a veteran of three dynasties, and he dares to say bad things about the Goddess! "How about we survive this time first, and then I find a way for the goddess to make up for it with the original troops? Even if we can't restore the Mist Army to its previous size, we must at least ensure the order of the city! The current troops are divided into the city There is no place like this. One person has to be responsible for an area as large as a small city, and it’s too busy for one person!”

"Is there any way you can restore your troops?"

"It's not that I have any solution, but I'm asking for mercy from the Goddess Temple. I hope she can reorganize the Mist Legion and restore its strength with the overall situation in mind. I still remember the scene of millions of cavalry sweeping across the continent. It was no better than what it is now. Such people!"

"Okay! Get through this first, and then we'll ask the goddess for someone!" If that doesn't work, let Ling help me blackmail you. To build a relationship, you need to find the right person!

It was a little after 5 o'clock after everything was arranged. My order was that no one was allowed to go online before 10 o'clock this morning. Although the girls of Sakura Club are in Japan and the time difference is different, I still request that they are not allowed to go online before 10 o'clock Beijing time. The city battle won't start until 12 o'clock!

It rained moderately all night last night, and now the open space outside the city has turned into mud! This place was originally a forest. Mainly because of the recent construction of the city, many trees have been cut down. We have moved half of the forest into the city. Now there is only open space outside! No wonder people say that human urbanization is the biggest enemy of nature. When we build one Essinger, we cut down half of the forest. From now on...! OK!

"Ziri!" I turned around and saw Wei Na. She had just gone to meet Wei Da, and now she had tears on her face. Isn't this girl as cold-blooded as she said?

"Come here!" I pulled her next to me and sat down. Looking at the sea from the Juling Pagoda, although the sun has not come out yet, the sky has begun to turn red. Essinger is a level 10 cursed earth. There are dark clouds covering the sun all day long. The only time you can see the sun is the half hour when the sun rises. After that, the sun rises and is blocked by clouds. "Have you seen the sunrise?"

Vina said nothing but shook her head, then leaned on my shoulder and looked at the sea.

Around five fifty, the sun finally appeared on the horizon. A red sun rises where the sea and the sky meet. It’s so exciting! Although the sunrise is beautiful, it disappears quickly in half an hour.

Vader appeared behind us. "Lord City Lord, all the cannons have been installed. Should we try shooting once to make a basic calibration so that we can quickly aim when shooting?"

"Okay, go ahead and make arrangements! I'll be there soon!"

"yes!"

Only when we got to the city wall did we realize that it was not just the magic crystal cannon that was being tested, but also the super invincible rocket launcher. Forgot to mention, this thing is not much smaller than the magic crystal cannon. The rockets inside are all over 500 mm in diameter and over two meters in length. They feel like anti-ship missiles rather than rockets! As for why it was made so big, I don’t know! Anyway, I just use it, it has nothing to do with me how to make it! This kind of rocket launcher has 5x7, a total of 35 launch ports, seven horizontally and five vertically. The launch frame is a metal structure with rotating support, and the main part above is a rectangular box.

The first test firing was the magic crystal cannon. The cannons in various locations in the city were tested for firing effectiveness. Most of them could hit the target at one time. A few of them needed some adjustments, but they were all completed quickly. Next was the test firing of the rocket launcher. This thing was placed on the outer wall at the front because Vader said that the designers of the Dark Temple told them that this thing must be at the front of the army before it can fire. There must be no one in front of you!

Because according to Vader, the value of each rocket is 50 crystal coins, and it is still at cost, so we only let the rocket launchers in a few special positions shoot a few rockets to try to save as much as possible! After the rocket bracket is fixed, connect the city tree to the launcher. These things can be managed unmanned. There is no need to waste my few guard personnel!

We used telepathic contact to inform Aina next to the City Tree that it was time to fire. After waiting for a few seconds, a rocket in the launcher next to us suddenly ignited, and several heavy infantrymen standing behind it were almost hit by gunpowder. 'The thrust pushed it to the bottom of the city wall, thanks to the wider city wall! I really wonder if the people in the Dark Temple have remembered it wrong. When firing, it is obviously more dangerous in the back!

When I was doubting, I suddenly saw a flash of white light in front of me, and a rocket more than two meters long shot out. But it's different from rockets in reality. There are actually long ropes behind this thing! The rocket flew out, and the rope behind it was continuously pulled out from behind the rocket, and the other end of the rope was still tied to the launch frame!

Just when I thought something was going to happen, the rope on the launch frame suddenly broke off, and the rocket was about to land. The rocket flew about a kilometer away in one go, and there was already a dense forest there! The rocket plunged into the woods, but there was no explosion as expected! The rope following the rocket fell down because it had no traction, but a strange phenomenon appeared. The rope that was dragged out began to explode as soon as it hit the ground. As the rope touched the ground section by section, the explosion continued to a place more than ten meters below the city wall. Almost the entire route the rocket flew was bombed! Now I know why the Dark Temple said it must be placed at the front! This thing is a giant version of a rocket minesweeper!

The effect of testing the weapon is very good. At least the power of the rocket is definitely beyond my imagination. I really didn't expect to build such a powerful thing. It's a pity that the rocket is a little more expensive!

After everything was finished, we could only wait for time. As agreed, at 9 o'clock, Ah Wei came up and took over from me to look at the city. I went offline to have a meal and exercise. At 10 o'clock, I came online on time like everyone else. Because everyone was very excited, they were all eager to go online, but because of my order, they all had to wait. As soon as 10 o'clock arrived, the whole city blossomed like a fireworks display, and flashes of players coming online appeared in the city. It only took fifteen minutes for all the players participating in the defense of the city to arrive, except those who were unable to come because of something else! Our Frost Rose Alliance can now basically be regarded as a very standard guild. Players, city residents, and guild systems have all been established. After reading the guild information, there are now more than 2,200 people in our guild, including me. More than a thousand of them are girls from the Sakura Club, and more than a thousand of them were recruited from Japan later. Some girls who have the same idea as Sakura Club, some of the remaining 100 people were recruited by me, and some were recruited by Eagle and Rose. In this way, the number of people in our guild can only be regarded as a small and medium-sized guild, and The ratio of men to women is seriously imbalanced. In a guild of more than 2,200 people, more than 2,100 are female players! Normally, it looks pretty good to the eye, as the city is full of pretty girls, but when it comes to fighting, it’s a headache! Although there is no shortage of female heroes like Ziyue and Bailing among female players, the overall low combat effectiveness is a serious problem!

After everyone went online, they were immediately organized into groups and then assigned to the city wall to prepare for the attacks of monsters. We don’t plan to send anyone to manage the City Tree. His intelligence level is not low anyway. We just told him that the first monster siege is coming soon and asked him to control the weapons in the city to fight back. As a result, his answer was: "I have a plan specially prepared for siege. Just call this plan. Also, take that leaf with you. As long as you don't leave 10 kilometers outside the city, I can contact you directly. !”

"Damn! If you didn't tell me you had a mobile phone earlier, I would have someone to watch every day!" I gave a leaf to several of the main leaders of the guild. This thing will work as long as it is placed on the body. It is so convenient!

Although more than two thousand people doesn't sound like much, arranging them all on the city wall is not a simple task. It was already 10:40 when everyone was assembled! I called Vader over and asked the Mist Legion to board the city wall. In order not to cause panic, I announced on the guild channel that this was Essinger's city guard and that we would fight side by side with everyone in the future. What I heard was the voices of girls saying "So handsome! So cool!" Dizzy! Almost all the players in the city are female, but the NPCs in the city are all male. If this continues, it will become a social problem!

After the Mist Legion was in place, I asked my Seventh Legion to arrive outside the city and hide in advance. As for the command, I am completely responsible for it. Anyway, as my demon servant, Scott can directly have spiritual contact with me. of! The cavalry troops are of little use in the city. Leaving them outside the city can still lead to a counterattack at a critical moment! Although my cavalry level is not very high, Vina helped me upgrade them to level 350 dark iron cavalry last night. Level 350 troops have some problems dealing with those guys in the Temple of Light whose average level is 800, but this time it’s just monsters attacking the city, and the levels of those monsters won’t be too high. As long as my cavalry attacks at the right time, I can still get some benefits. Besides, it is still possible to clear a path with the demon knights!

After all the personnel were in place, the weapon system was put into operation. The magic crystal cannons that had been put into the gun position last night were raised from the lifting turret, and the long running tubes were also erected. The rocket launchers in the front row have been reloaded with rockets, and the door to the launch port has been opened and is waiting to be fired. I hold the dragon's thunder cannon in my hand. Although it's a little too early to start now, I still have to prepare it first. Because the thunder cannon cannot be distracted, the command task is entirely handed over to Ying. I stood on the top of the Juling Tower and waited for the battle to begin.

Everything is ready, even my battleships have been mobilized. Although the range of the artillery cannot reach the opposite side of the city, they have enough range to protect the walls on both sides of me. Of course, these ships It was anchored in advance, and I only dispatched a small number of crew members on the Biling to control the artillery. There are too many battleships, and those pirate minions are different from the hired crew. In order to prevent them from suddenly losing their temper and joining the siege queue, I imprisoned them all in Essinger's dungeon. If the war breaks out, they can still be there. Stay awake and let them out. If that doesn't work, wait until the siege is over! However, with so many ships parked offshore for fire support, the wall on the side should be easier to defend!

At 11 o'clock sharp, the system prompt rang. "The Essinger City Defense Battle has entered the final hour. All players of the Frost Rose Alliance are requested to return to the city to prepare. Now let's explain the content and detailed regulations of the battle!" The voice paused and continued: "The battle will be held at 12 o'clock today in Chinese Start on time. The battle rules are as follows:

1. After the siege begins, all external teleportation arrays in the city will be ineffective. All players can only teleport in, not out. Players who do not participate are asked to evacuate Isinger immediately. For players who go online in Essinger after the war begins, the system will force them to teleport to a city they designate. If they want to help defend the city, they can teleport back themselves. Note that all participants must be limited to members of the guild, and the rest will be sent out directly.

2. During the offensive and defensive battle, the medicines in the city will be refreshed by the system, and the number of medicines will be determined according to the number of monsters. Except for the medicines refreshed by the system, all medicines in the city will lose their effect, and this effect will be released after the battle. This provision is to prevent certain guilds from spending money to purchase large amounts of high-end medicines to attack monsters, and the supply of medicines is limited to ensure fairness when all guilds defend the city!

3. During the battle, attacks between players in this guild are also effective, so please try to be careful not to cause accidental injuries. Likewise, attacks between monsters are still effective.

4. Killing monsters in city battles will gain experience points at 1.5 times the monster level. At the same time, city points and guild points will be accumulated. The guild leader will receive one ten thousandth of the experience points from all players participating in the battle as As a reward, the vice president will receive a reward of 0.5%.

5. After the city battle starts, the monsters will be refreshed all at once, but they will attack in batches and will not swarm them. During the battle, if a wild monster passes through the battle area, it will automatically become a siege party. To ensure fairness, non-guild players are not allowed to enter the combat area during this period!

6. Provisions on victory. The defender has to defend the city for three days. If the sum of the levels of monsters entering the executive chamber within 72 hours is less than 5,000, the defense is considered successful. If guild members can eliminate all the monsters in the outer city within 72 hours, it will be considered a successful defense. If within three days, the sum of the levels of monsters entering the council hall is greater than 5,000, the defense will be deemed to have failed. If the city destruction rate reaches more than 75% within a limited time, it is also considered a defensive failure, or if players are collectively killed, it is also considered a defensive failure.

7. After the war begins, all external communications in this city will be interrupted. During this period, players will be offline and need to wait 6 hours before they can come back online. Players who die in the war are treated as offline and need to wait 6 hours before resuming. If all players in the city die and no one reaches the 6-hour penalty time to go online, the city's defense will automatically be declared failed!

8. After the defense is successful, all players in the bank will be upgraded to two levels collectively, and the president will be upgraded to an additional level. If the accumulated city points in the city battle exceed 1,000 points, the city will get a challenge opportunity. The system will refresh a giant dragon to attack the city again. If the city can be defended for 6 hours without being captured, a special construction machinery industry research institute will be automatically added to the city. This building will allow the guilds to design their own small machinery and gunpowder weapons. If you can kill the giant dragon within 6 hours, you can directly upgrade the Machinery Industry Research Institute to the Magic Equipment Research Institute. This building allows the guild to build its own magic crystal cannon-level super weapons. The damage calculation in the challenge will refer to the exercise status settings and will not cause additional damage to guilds or players!

9. The penalty for defensive failure will be determined based on the evaluation after the failure. The highest penalty is forced dissolution of the guild, all guild players will be reduced to 10 levels in a row, and the city will be confiscated and returned to the system! The minimum punishment is that all guild members will be demoted one level and have to start city defense operations again a week later!

The rules of urban warfare are the above. Players who do not understand can contact customer service to ask or use the help system to check. I wish everyone success in defending the city! "

Wow, what a terrible city defense setting. This kind of battle only allows victory but not defeat, because no one can afford to lose! The price is too high! Originally, I wanted to wait until the battle started and when the two sides got closer, I would leave the Spirit Gathering Tower and fight on the city wall in front, but after hearing the rules, I still thought it was better not to go! Essinger's defense is basically maintained by NPCs. We players are just auxiliaries. What we have to worry about is not to have a situation where all the players are killed and no one is online. But as long as I stand here, there should be no problem. The Juling Tower itself is above the council hall, and it is protected by a protective shield. If I are killed here, the city will be lost, so in order to avoid That kind of embarrassing failure, I'd better not leave here and concentrate on operating the laser cannon!

The time has reached 11:20, and everyone is nervously clenching their weapons. Our first challenge is about to come! I stood on the top of the Juling Tower, and my palms were already sweating! When the time reached 11:40, the system prompted another explanation of the rule details. Until 11:50, the system began to count down, reporting the time every thirty seconds. When there were 5 minutes left, there was a sound like breathing above my head. I looked up and Isinger's demon eyes opened. It seemed that it also felt the threat and started to prepare for defense.

As soon as the Devil's Eye opened, I heard the system prompt: "When the Devil's Eye of Essinger is opened, the attack power of all guild members will increase by 10%, and the life recovery speed will increase by 15%." I didn't expect that the Devil's Eye function is not yet available. Less, it even adds attributes!

The system's voice sounded like a reminder: "Countdown to the last thirty seconds! Twenty-nine, twenty-eight... three, two, one, the siege begins, the monsters are in place, the players are in place, ready for the first contact! "

Colorful clouds suddenly appeared in the open spaces, forests, and sky outside the city. These things were so large that they almost surrounded the entire Essinger. To our surprise, there were clouds and mist on the sea, which meant that monsters would come from the sea! Fortunately, I used the warships of the pirate brothers across the sea as forts. As long as the sea is not the focus of monster attacks, there will be no problem!

The clouds appeared and disappeared quickly, leaving behind patches of monsters. There is absolutely nothing wrong with describing them as "overwhelming mountains and plains". The entire Essinger is surrounded by black monsters, even on the sea. It seems that this time it is really a battle to the death, just like the time of the Seventh Legion!