Wucheng Pass, on the other hand, was rather majestic. Its walls were several hundred feet tall.
Outside the pass, there were two circular fortresses with a diameter of several hundred feet.
They were like two fangs erected outside, preventing the enemy from directly attacking the main city.
If they directly attacked Wucheng Pass, the enemy would be attacked from three sides. Of course, Song was not stupid enough to attack the main city of Wucheng Pass.
However, Wucheng Pass was not a natural stronghold. The mountain ranges on both sides of the main city were full of loopholes.
These mountain ranges were not connected, but separated by a dozen canyons. Even the spirit veins were intermittent.
Under such circumstances, it was impossible to set up a large formation to cover the entire Wucheng Pass.
They could only set up small formations to protect each section of the mountain range. This was the reason why this place was hard to defend.
It was inevitable that there would be gaps between these small formations. To fill these gaps, they would need to build another stronghold.
Building a stronghold would require more people to guard it, and the cost of defense would be higher.
The width of these mountain ranges was also very small. The widest part was no more than five kilometers. The tallest mountain was no more than a few hundred feet.
The south was a plain. It was easy for the enemy to launch an attack.
In the past decade, Song did not attack the main city of Wucheng Pass. Instead, they attacked these strongholds.
In the cultivation world, there were also sneak attacks where Foundation Establishment cultivators flew over the pass and attacked the enemy's rear.
In the past, when the various countries were fighting for hegemony, such a tactic was common.
However, after a long time, the various countries came up with a countermeasure. They used scorched earth, set up a large formation behind the pass, and sent experts to guard it.
After the enemy flew over the pass and arrived at the rear.
They relied on the large formation to fight a war of attrition with the enemy.
They did not fight the enemy head-on. Instead, they sent experts to kill the enemy's mid-level and low-level cultivators to delay the enemy.
When the enemy's high-level cultivators attacked, they immediately returned to the large formation.
Attacking the large formation did not make up for the losses. It was not much different from attacking the pass directly.
In this way, the enemy would be exhausted from running for their lives without a safe place to rest.
On the other hand, they would wait for the enemy to be exhausted. After a while, the enemy would have no choice but to retreat.
The deeper the enemy went, the harder it would be for them to retreat.
The cultivators stationed at the pass intercepted them, easily wiping out all the enemies that had entered the pass.
In a situation where they did not have an absolute advantage, the tactic of flying over the pass and entering the enemy's rear was fatal.
The number of Golden Core cultivators in the State of Song was less than that in the State of Zhao, and the number of Violet Palace Realm cultivators and Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators was even lower.
Therefore, the cultivators of the Song Kingdom did not dare to cross the short mountain and could only attack the fortress continuously.
If they could capture one of the forts, they would be able to cross the short mountain and outflank Wucheng Pass without fear of being cut off from the rear.
The dozen or so large flying boats of the Underworld Sect eventually landed in the north of the main city of Wucheng Pass.
The cultivators on the flying ship disembarked one by one and lined up on the ground.
There were more clans in the territory of the Netherworld Sect. There were about three hundred clans in total. This time, they had sent out more than four hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators and more than five thousand Qi Refinement cultivators.
In addition to the cultivators of the main sect, there were more than six hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators, more than seven thousand Qi Refiners, twenty Zifu Disciples, and one Jindan cultivator. This was enough to wipe out an ordinary Jindan power.
A Jindan cultivator and five Zifu Disciples came out from Martial Success Pass to receive them.
Adept Nethersea led Hallmaster Gu and the other Zifu Disciples of the Netherworld School into Wusheng Pass, following the cultivators of the Myriad Spirit School. The others continued to wait outside.
Four hours later, more than ten Zifu Disciples came out. They led the Qi Refinement and Foundation Establishment cultivators and dispersed.
Wang Daoyuan and the other clans in the north of Clearglass Commandery had more than four hundred Qi Refinement cultivators and more than thirty Foundation Establishment cultivators. They were led to a fort.
Although it was called a fort, it was actually a small city.
East of the main city of Wucheng Pass, there were a total of seven forts. Wang Daoyuan and the others came to the third fort from the east.
Because the main forces of the Myriad Spirit School were placed in the main city of Wucheng Pass, it was convenient for them to reinforce the forts at any time.
Therefore, the main direction of attack of the Song Kingdom had always been the easternmost and westernmost forts. Because they were farther from the main city, there was a chance for a successful sneak attack.
The other forts suffered much less attacks. After all, they were closer to the main city and reinforcements were faster here.
Wang Daoyuan's fort on the east side didn't encounter a single probing attack in the past few days.
After all, they were here to reinforce. If the Myriad Spirit School placed them in the most dangerous place, they were afraid that they would refuse to help.
The Zifu Disciple of the Myriad Spirit School led Wang Daoyuan and the others into the east side of the castle. There were quite a few cultivators standing guard inside.
The Zifu Disciple called out, "Leave behind a hundred Qi Refinement cultivators to help control the defensive magic artifacts. The rest of the cultivators are to withdraw. This fort will be left to the reinforcements of the Netherworld School."
Soon, an early Zifu Disciple came down from the walls. Laughing, he said, "Thank you, Daoyou of the Netherworld School, for coming to reinforce us. Please send someone up to the walls to take over with us."
Wang Daoyuan led the others up the walls. The cultivators of the various clans and the Myriad Spirit School took over each section of the wall.
The side of the fort that faced the enemy was only thirty meters long. Two hundred people were enough to defend it, and some were even on shift.
On this thirty meter long wall, there were thirty high-grade second-grade Demonslaying Crossbows and three low-grade third-grade Demonslaying Crossbows.
These Demonslaying Crossbows didn't have a high success rate against flying cultivators.
However, it was extremely effective against large magical artifacts used by the enemy to attack cities, including flying warships.
Wang Daoyuan used two hundred clan cultivators to replace the defending cultivators of the Myriad Spirit School.
The hundred Myriad Spirit School cultivators in charge of controlling the crossbows continued to remain on the walls.
After the replacement of the defenders on the walls, the Zifu Disciple on duty led them to the city's storehouse. There were more than a hundred Demonslaying Crossbows stored here.
Finally, they inspected the formation. The formation used by this castle was the Goldfiend Soulsevering Formation as well.
However, this formation wasn't a simple high-grade second-grade formation; it had undergone many improvements.
This Goldfiend Soulsevering Formation used magic artifacts, and had a total of twelve formation cores. Nine of them were protected by high-grade second-grade magic artifacts, while the other three were protected by low-grade third-grade magic artifacts.
These magic artifacts were naturally metal-type as well. Flying swords were the main ones, but there were also darts, needles, and other sneaky magic artifacts.
Amongst the high-grade second-grade and low-grade third-grade magic artifacts, there was a metal-type shield, which was used to defend against enemy attacks.
After all, the Goldfiend Soulsevering Formation was only an offensive-type formation. It didn't have any defensive properties, and could only rely on magic artifacts to make up for it.
This formation was extremely important. The Myriad Spirit School wasn't willing to let Wang Daoyuan and the others take over, so they sent two Foundation Establishment cultivators to continue guarding it.
Wang Daoyuan didn't mind. They were here to defend the city, not to seize power.
If the Myriad Spirit School wanted to defend it, they could do as they pleased. He could also save two Foundation Establishment cultivators.
After everything was handed over, the Zifu Disciple originally stationed here led the two hundred or so people out of the castle.
Wang Daoyuan smoothly took over the city's defense and became the highest commander of this castle.
Although he didn't have any experience in defending a city, he had read many military books in his previous life, so he knew the basic arrangements.
The most important formations and Demonslaying Crossbows had already been set up, so he didn't need to worry about them. What he needed to do was to arrange the people he brought.
He ordered all the Qi Refinement cultivators who were good at long-range attacks to step forward. Immortal cultivators paid more attention to long-range attacks, so there were quite a few cultivators who were good at long-range attacks. There were about a hundred of them.
Almost all of these people were proficient in one or more types of long-range attacks, and their attack power was relatively strong. However, defending the city was too wasteful.
The work of defending the city was all left to the cultivators who weren't good at long-range attacks. These cultivators who were good at long-range attacks would be the mobile force, supporting the areas that were struggling.
Of the three hundred or so Qi Refinement cultivators who weren't good at long-range attacks, two hundred of them were placed on the southern wall, while the others were placed on the northern wall.
The cultivators on the northern wall were completely a reserve force. Unless someone flanked from behind, there was no need for them at all.
The east and west sides were cliffs, and the mountains were protected by third-grade formations. He didn't need to worry about them at all.
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