When the formation team saw the Sky Dance Realm experts coming out of the city, they immediately used their lightning formation to attack them. However, these Sky Dance Realm experts weren't useless. They added their own energy to the shields in their hands, making it hard for the lightning formation to break through their shields.
Although these Sky Dance Experts were using ordinary shields, they were still using their own energy to reinforce their shields. This was equal to using their own energy to resist the lightning formation. It was impossible for the lightning formation to deplete a Sky Dance Expert's energy in an instant.
As for the Sky Dance experts, they raised their shields and charged towards the formation team. Seeing this situation, the formation team immediately turned around and ran towards the camp. However, the Sky Dance experts didn't want to let them go so easily, so they chased after them.
At this time, from the formation team, close to a hundred figures suddenly flew out. These people all held weapons in their hands, and directly went to meet the Sky Dance realm experts.
The Sky Dance level experts didn't think that Zhao Hai's team would actually have a Sky Dance level expert lying in ambush. But they didn't say anything and just directly rushed over.
The Sky Dance Realm experts from both sides immediately stood in front of each other. Moreover, it was a tie. The Sky Dance Realm experts of the Sacred Academy had the advantage in numbers, about 300 of them. On the other hand, Zhao Hai's Sky Dance Realm experts had the advantage in terms of equipment. Their weapons were all magic artifacts. Although they were only 1st level magic artifacts, they were still formations. The Sky Dance Realm experts of the Sacred Academy were a lot stronger. However, because they were few in number, it was impossible for them to deal much damage to the Sky Dance Realm experts of the Sacred Academy. Therefore, they could only fight while retreating, covering the formation team as they returned to the camp.
The Sky Dance Realm experts of the Sacred Academy chased for a while before retreating. They didn't dare to chase too fiercely. There was no other way, their enemy was an army of hundreds of thousands. There were even more Sky Dance Realm experts. If they chased too fiercely, they would be surrounded by the enemy's Sky Dance Realm experts. Then they would be finished.
Although they retreated, Zhao Hai's attack didn't stop. The ordinary soldiers were still pushing the siege towers forward. However, when the Sky Dance Realm experts of the Sacred Academy wanted to attack the siege towers, the Sky Dance Realm experts would immediately block them, making them unable to destroy the siege towers. At the same time, the arrows of Southern Yu City were completely suppressed, they simply couldn't do anything.
Not long after, the soldiers pushed the siege towers and ladders to the foot of Nanyu City. Then, the siege began.
However, the soldiers of Southern Yu City weren't vegetarians. After the formation team retreated, they immediately returned to the walls. Although they might still be hit by Zhao Hai's ballistas and catapults, it was still much easier than facing the formation team.
Moreover, when Zhao Hai's army began to attack, the ballistas and catapults had no choice but to stop. At this time, it was up to the soldiers of both sides.
Liu Kaide was standing on top of the city wall. He felt strange. Why didn't Zhao Hai allow the siege soldiers to use the lightning formation? If the siege soldiers were to use the formation, then the city walls would be hard to defend.
But soon Liu Kaide understood why Zhao didn't let the soldiers attack the city with the lightning formation. This was because he was afraid that the lightning formation would fall into their hands. Even if the ordinary soldiers had the lightning formation, they still wouldn't be a match for a Sky Dance Realm expert. If the Sky Dance Realm experts were to get their hands on the lightning formation, then they would be able to deal with the besieging soldiers. That would be too terrifying.
Under Liu Kaide's command, they were able to repel Zhao Hai's attack. The siege towers were also burned. However, Liu Kaide wasn't happy at all. The shadow cannons on the walls were almost unusable. Moreover, the city's defense wasn't small. They had a total of 100 thousand soldiers. Aside from the 20 thousand stationed in the other four cities, the rest of the army was here. However, the number of soldiers that could still fight in the city was only 60 thousand. Under Zhao Hai's attack, they actually lost 20 thousand troops. 20 thousand troops, this number was very high. It can be seen how fierce Zhao Hai's attack was.
Liu Kaide knit his brows. In just a few days, their losses were already this big. If the attack continued for a few more days, then they would be finished. Although the Holy Court was currently gathering troops, it would still take some time for reinforcements to arrive. After all, the loss of nearly a million troops wasn't small. Even if the city-states could mobilize several hundred thousand troops, it would still take some time.
If they couldn't hold on for a month, then even if the army arrived at the frontlines, there wouldn't be any provisions for them. An army without provisions would fall into chaos sooner or later.
Because of this reason, Liu Kaide needed to block Zhao Hai's army here. This would allow the rear troops to gather enough provisions.
In Liu Kaide's opinion, the Sacred Academy's biggest loss wasn't people, but food. After years of war, the Spirit Weapon Realm's food supply was already insufficient. Because of this, the Spirit Weapon Realm didn't experience a food shortage. Because of this, the Spirit Weapon Realm didn't experience a food shortage.
But now, all of the Spirit Weapon Realm's grain producing areas were under the control of the Anti-Holy Court Alliance. This was especially true for the Stone Ox city-state, the number one grain producing area in the Spirit Weapon Realm. This made the city-states under the Holy Court's control very tight in terms of provisions.
During the battle with Year 19, the Holy Court managed to snatch some provisions from him. Although most of the provisions were returned to Year 19, the Holy Court still managed to get a lot of provisions.
However, all of the provisions were taken away by Zhao Hai. And when the Holy Court managed to gather provisions, Zhao Hai would burn them down. Because of this, it was very difficult for the Holy Court to gather enough provisions for an army of hundreds of thousands. At this time, the city-states under the Holy Court's control were already starving to death. If they were to gather too much food, then there would be a food shortage.
Because of this, they needed a month or so for reinforcements to arrive at the frontlines. It wasn't that they couldn't gather troops, but that they couldn't gather provisions.
However, Liu Kaide was now having a headache. Out of a hundred thousand troops, there were only eighty thousand left. And even with eighty thousand troops, they didn't have a lot of provisions. They didn't even know if they could last a month. If they were to send reinforcements now, then it wouldn't take long for them to run out of provisions. Because of this, asking for reinforcements wasn't a good thing. They could only rely on themselves.
Liu Kaide thought about it and gave up on the idea of asking for reinforcements. He also didn't transfer troops from other cities. Even if they wanted to, they wouldn't be able to do it. Moreover, after seeing the lightning formation, Liu Kaide understood that it was impossible to transfer troops from other cities. Five thousand troops were nothing for Zhao Hai and the others. It can be said that the other four cities were in danger. Fortunately, they had transmission formations that allowed them to return at any time. Otherwise, it would be even more dangerous.
However, what Liu Kaide didn't know was that at this time, Zhao Hai and the others were already preparing to attack the other four cities. This was because Zhao Hai had just received Liu Hong's information.
Zhao Hai was sitting in the tent as he looked at Liu Hong and said, "Have you prepared the information? Do the other four cities really only have five thousand troops? Moreover, there aren't many experts? "
Liu Hong nodded and said, "It's absolutely accurate. Alliance Lord can rest assured."
Zhao Hai nodded, then he said, "Go find Stone Hammer and the others. Have them prepare, we'll move out tomorrow."
Liu Hong nodded and then went out. Before long, Stone Hammer and the others arrived at Zhao Hai's tent. After they sat down, Zhao Hai immediately said, "Did Liu Hong tell you?"
The group nodded, their faces were filled with excitement. Zhao Hai looked at them and said, "Tomorrow, we'll continue to attack Nanyu City. You should prepare to take the other four cities in one fell swoop. Go." The group nodded before they turned around and left.
After the group left, Zhao Hai went out of the tent and looked at Nanyu City in the distance. Then he muttered, "Nanyu City, hehe. I want to see what you'll do after tomorrow." After he said that, Zhao Hai looked at the sky. The moon was bright and the stars were sparse. This was good weather. It seems like tomorrow's weather would be good as well. This was good news for him.
The next morning, the soldiers in the camp woke up early. After eating breakfast, they began to line up and prepare to attack. It was the same routine as yesterday.
However, this routine left Liu Kaide helpless. Yesterday, he could still use the Shadow Cannon to counterattack. But today, he didn't have any weapons to use. This couldn't be helped. The Shadow Cannon was almost useless, but he couldn't find anything to replace it.
At this time, Liu Kaide was really envious of Zhao Hai. This was because Zhao Hai's lightning formation was much better than the Shadow Cannon. Although it wasn't as powerful as the Shadow Cannon, its firing speed was incomparable. Moreover, its size was much smaller, and its operation was much simpler. Compared to Zhao Hai's lightning formation, the Shadow Cannon was useless. When they made the Shadow Cannon, they thought that they would be invincible. But now, it seems like they were too naive.
Liu Kaide also knew that he couldn't blame the people in the academy. When the Shadow Concoction was made, it was just a test. They didn't think that one day it would really come in handy. The test location was inside the Sacred Institute. It was just a simple test shot, but they didn't go deep into the research.
For a weapon like the shadow cannon, if you don't test it on the battlefield, then you wouldn't know if it was good or not. Just like this time, the shadow cannon was very good during the test, it was very powerful, but on the battlefield, it wasn't flexible enough, it was too slow to reload, and its size was too big. All of these shortcomings were exposed. Unfortunately, even if they wanted to improve it, it was too late. Zhao simply wouldn't give them the time to do so.
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