Just as Yang Rui was preparing for the surprise attack, a small accident occurred. In the evening, Yuan Shao actually dug out several tunnel entrances eight to nine li away from the north gate, and sent out about 10000 soldiers to launch a surprise attack.
This area was coincidentally where Dragon Soul and the other large player organizations had stationed their troops. Although Yang Rui had reminded the players who participated in the siege of Lunu City to pay attention and prevent Yuan Shao's troops from attacking them, they did not pay too much attention.
They had set up camp slightly closer to the north gate, and as expected, Yuan Shao's troops seized the opportunity to ambush them.
Yuan Shao was too aggrieved by the ambush, otherwise he would not have exposed the area that his troops could reach. The key was that in recent days, it had been Yang Rui's troops who had been harassing them. Yuan Shao's counterattack was to vent his anger and also to boost the morale of his troops.
In reality, Yuan Shao's troops had a slight advantage. After the sudden appearance of his troops, they had caught the players off guard and caused quite a number of casualties.
However, there were more players and Yang Rui's troops nearby. After Yuan Shao's troops gained the upper hand, the pressure they faced was not small. In the end, they were quickly pushed back into the tunnels and also suffered some casualties.
The conflict between the two sides at the north gate became an interlude before the big battle. Yang Rui had repeatedly checked and confirmed that there were no abnormalities at the west gate's tunnel exits. Thus, the original plan of ambushing them remained unchanged for the time being.
The main reason was that Yuan Shao had covered the tunnel's exit too tightly. Initially, Yang Rui's troops did not even know where the 10,000 Yuan Shao's troops had entered the tunnel from.
This was also the reason why Yuan Shao's troops were able to succeed in their ambush. Only after the ambush ended and Yuan Shao's troops were forced back into the city did Yang Rui determine the approximate location of the tunnel's entrance through the movements of Yuan Shao's troops near the north gate.
If he was not wrong, the entrance to the north gate's tunnel should also be within the homestay. Moreover, it should be connected to Yuan Shao's camp near the city walls. It would not be easy to investigate and even harder to give out the corresponding warning.
For the sake of safety, before the troops officially entered the tunnel, which was around dinner time, Yang Rui once again ordered people to secretly dig out a small opening at the entrance of the tunnel. He then sent Mitsuku Kansei to enter the city through the tunnel for a final check.
At the same time, Mitsuku Kansei was also responsible for conveying the detailed plan of Dragon Soul and the other large scale players into the city. He needed to inform the 3000 plus players in the city of the agreement beforehand so that they could cooperate accordingly.
Afterwards, the Imperial Konoha Guard would still be in charge of guiding the troops when the ambush officially begins. He would lead the most powerful Kairing Secret Ninja soldiers and assist in leading the troops in the underground tunnels. Under special circumstances, he would also assist in killing the enemy and opening up a path.
Even if it was the Imperial Lodge Kanpai Guard, entering and exiting Lunu City through the tunnels still took up quite a bit of time. Meanwhile, while they were still in the city, Yang Rui's troops had already begun to launch their initial attacks.
First was Zhang Ning's flying pet unit's Heavenly Spirit Fire Rain. Although it was only a symbolic attack and did not have much of an effect, it was still an important method to gather the attention of Yuan Shao's troops. It was an important part of the plan.
Following that was the flying pet aerial bomb attack. Once this part was activated, there was no sign of it stopping. Yang Rui had prepared a large amount of aerial bombs. Now, he was going to throw them all down. Based on his initial calculations, it should be able to last for at least 4 hours.
The aerial bombs could pass through the Cang Lan formation without triggering the formation's reaction. Although it would not cause too much damage, the dense fireballs that came crashing down were still a headache. Instantly, the city was lit up by flames and gradually became brighter.
Borrowing the light from the aerial bombs, more than a hundred chariots were pushed to the four city walls of Lunu County City, all of them protected by elite cavalry and sword-shield soldiers, preventing Yuan Shao's Dao Soldiers from launching a sneak attack.
The main reason was to prevent Yuan Shao from using the tunnel to ambush them. Yang Rui was going to use the tunnel at the west gate. If Yuan Shao's troops were to use the tunnel now, it would inevitably become a bigger obstacle.
"Dong! Dong! Dong! "
"Sou! Sou! Sou! "
"Ah!"
“.....”
The war drums thundered and the city was lit up with flames. The situation on the city wall was completely displayed in the sights of the siege vehicles. However, Yuan Shao's troops on the city wall could not grasp the situation on the siege vehicles. They could not even pinpoint the exact position of the siege vehicles.
As a result, even if the arrows from both sides were still flying back and forth, the effects of the attacks were poles apart. From time to time, there would be cries of people being hit by arrows from the top of the city wall.
Yang Rui used all sorts of methods, causing Yuan Shao, who was in the city, to vaguely feel that something was amiss. Although the attacks and harassment he had faced over the past few days had never stopped, the attacks at this moment were clearly much stronger.
However, in the end, Yuan Shao did not know where the crux of the problem was. He thought that the biggest possibility was that his troops had ambushed the enemy in the evening and caused them to suffer a small loss. Thus, it triggered the revenge.
As it turned out, the duration and intensity of the "revenge" of the besiegers exceeded Yuan Shao's expectation. This "revenge action" started around dinner time and lasted for about four hours. There was still no sign of it ending.
When eighty percent of the aerial bombs had been expended, the three thousand large player organizations in the city slowly moved towards the three exits of the west gate tunnel in a scattered manner. With the chaotic situation that Lunu City was in due to the aerial bombs, there was nothing out of the ordinary about this.
At this moment, Imperial Kaneki had also led a hundred of the most elite Ethereal Ninjas into the tunnel. These Ethereal Ninjas were all Sixth Grade. As the vanguard force, they first cleared out Yuan Shao's troops in the tunnel.
As Imperial Kaneki and the Ethereal Ninjas entered the tunnel, the entrance to the intersection of the tunnels was greatly expanded. A large number of Xuyou Dao soldiers gathered in a small forest near the tunnel entrance, waiting for orders to launch an ambush.
Even more elite sword-shield soldiers were also waiting in the nearby camp. As the second wave of forces, they were ready to enter the tunnel and enter Lunu City at any time.
"Pu!"
Near the three tunnel exits in Lunu City, some of the players had already entered the houses. First, they took down a player-like person with a single slash. The person's face was filled with disbelief.
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