The sunset glow illuminated the sky again.
The siege that lasted for an entire day came to an end as night fell.
Although the city walls were riddled with holes, they still stood tall. Corpses piled up like mountains at the foot of the city walls and the blood-stained ground told of the strength of the Butcher of Hell.
Kargil's bravery was just a counterpoint to the Dragon Stallion Army's desire to kill.
For an entire day, the Peacock Dynasty's army took turns to attack, but each time they were routed by the Dragon Stallion Army. Especially after the artillery cooled down, the catapults suffered heavy losses. Without the cover of long-range firepower, the casualties of the Peacock Imperial Court's army increased exponentially.
The Dragon Stallion Army soldiers on the walls were truly like a group of butchers, efficiently and skillfully harvesting wave after wave of invading enemies. If he was tired, he would only need to rest for half an hour before he would be full of energy again.
Under Bai Qi's training, the soldiers of the Dragon Stallion Army had long since gotten used to high-intensity battles.
Under the night sky, the ferocious-looking Karjir led his troops away from the frontlines. His back looked very lonely and desolate. This time, he had volunteered to fight, but Cargill didn't respond. According to the Peacock King's temperament, Cargill already had no chance of participating in the upcoming battle. In fact, he might even be given the cold shoulder in the army.
When he returned to the tent, the other generals did not take pleasure in his misfortune.
During the day, they had also watched the battle from the high ground. To be fair, Kargil had already done very well. Under such difficult circumstances, he had still managed to maintain the morale of the army.
If it were them, it would probably be the same.
It could only be said that the Dragon Stallion Army truly lived up to its reputation. This was like pouring a bucket of cold water over them.
As soon as Cargill returned, the Peacock King's military order arrived, "Cargill was ineffective in battle and has betrayed the King's trust. Immediately remove him from his military post and detain him pending trial."
During the entire process, Kargil didn't even get to see the Peacock King before he was taken away by the ice-cold guards.
Although the other generals sympathized with him, no one would plead for mercy for Kargil. Not to mention the possibility of being reprimanded by the King, what if the King casually said, "Since you're pleading for Kargil, you can go tomorrow!"
If that was the case, wouldn't it be terrible?
After a day of observation, no one would think that attacking Naga City was a pleasant task.
…
June 10th, the second day of the Battle of Naga City.
The unlucky ones chosen by the Peacock King led a new round of attacks on Nega City.
After a wave of consumption, the fierce attack of the Peacock Imperial Court's army on the second day finally had a trace of success. They attacked the top of the city wall one after another, and for a period of time they had already taken down a whole section of the city wall.
Unfortunately, the soldiers of the Dragon Stallion Army were truly brave and fierce, each of them fighting with no regard for their own lives. After paying a heavy price, they were able to miraculously retake their position.
Even so, by five o 'clock in the afternoon, the entire line of defense was on the verge of collapse.
The cannons ran out of ammunition and completely stopped firing.
This gave the Peacock imperial court the hope of breaking the city, but time was not on their side. Soon, night fell again, ending the fierce battle.
Even so, the Peacock King was still overjoyed.
"Tomorrow, we must take down Naga City tomorrow!" The Peacock King was both excited and anxious. A third of the Kingdom War time had already passed, and he couldn't wait any longer.
Fortunately, as long as they took down one city, they would be able to form a chain reaction and rapidly expand their gains.
In these two days, the Dragon Stallion Army did not leave the city to fight, continuing to be a 'turtle hiding in its shell', allowing the Peacock King to attack Naga City in peace.
Because the wilderness was already filled with the eyes of the Peacock Imperial Court, the moment the Dragon Stallion Army left the city, the Peacock King would immediately know, eliminating any possibility of a sneak attack by the Dragon Stallion Army.
If the nearby Dragon Stallion Army dared to leave the city as reinforcements, they would only be seeking their own deaths.
But on this night, an unforeseen event occurred.
… …
On the city wall of Naga City.
In the darkness of the night, Xiao Chaogui, accompanied by his personal guards, came to the city walls to inspect the situation of the patrols.
Gazing at the faint lights of the enemy camp outside the city, Xiao Chaogui had a complex expression. After paying the sacrifice of fifteen thousand soldiers, the fifth legion had finally completed the mission assigned to them by the command center.
"Will reinforcements arrive tomorrow?" Xiao Chaogui gazed into the distance.
Although the Great Xia did not have a second army in this region, and the idea of reinforcements was somewhat suspicious, Xiao Chaogui still deeply trusted the Lord Commander and would not make empty promises.
"Perhaps, His Majesty is summoning the Imperial Guard."
As a high-ranking general in the army, Xiao Chaogui still had some understanding of this matter.
As he thought of this, Xiao Chaogui was filled with energy. The fifth legion had been suppressed for two days, it was time for them to fight back to their heart's content. Otherwise, it would be too stifling.
The night grew deeper and deeper.
… …
At the same time, in a monster's nest in the wilderness.
The nest was only fifteen kilometers from the encampment of the Peacock Imperial Court's army. The sporadic monsters that emerged were all taken care of by the scouts of the Peacock Imperial Court, and there was no so-called monster tide.
In fact, just five days ago, there was already a group of Great Xia scouts quietly lurking in the vicinity of the monster nest, waiting for the arrival of the monster tide.
After waiting bitterly for five days, things finally took a turn for the better.
In the early hours of the eleventh day, the calm nest suddenly emitted billowing black smoke. This was a precursor to the outbreak of the monster tide. The black smoke rose more than thirty meters into the air, indicating that this was a large monster tide.
Such a strange scene immediately attracted the attention of the Great Xia scouts.
"Hurry, wake up, the monster tide is coming!" The soldiers on guard hurriedly woke up their companions.
The captain woke up at the first moment, his spirits lifted, and he looked up at the black smoke in the distance, revealing an ecstatic expression. "The heavens are really helping us, this is an unprecedented monster tide."
"Hurry, immediately inform the headquarters!"
As the captain spoke, he solemnly took out a talisman, which was the [Spirit Guiding Talisman] that Bai Qi had given him. The talisman only needed to be used within five miles of the nest to be effective.
Otherwise, no one would dare to use it.
In Bai Qi's arrangement, because the time of the monster tide was uncertain, it could only be regarded as a surprise attack. Even Bai Qi did not know how effective this talisman would be.
If there was no monster tide today, Ouyang Shuo would summon the imperial guards of the Royal City to rescue Nega City. But the monster tide appeared on the last night. It could only be said that luck was really on the side of the Great Xia.
It was no wonder that the captain was ecstatic. He knew too well how timely the monster tide would come. Without hesitation, the captain tore open the [Spirit Guiding Talisman].
With a "swoosh", the talisman turned into a white light, like lightning, and was thrown towards the black smoke in the distance. The message arrived. As soon as the white light entered the black smoke, it was like a catalyst. The black pillar that was already surging with momentum, as if it had the help of God, with a "swoosh", it instantly became taller and thicker.
In the blink of an eye, it became a three-hundred-meter-tall pillar that supported the sky.
When the group of scouts saw this, they were so surprised that they could not close their mouths. Even though they were far away, they could feel the sharp killing intent and the bursts of beast roars that were emitted by the black pillar, which made their scalps go numb.
"Oh my god, how many monsters are there?"
As scouts, they were active in the wilderness all year round and were not unfamiliar with monster nests, but they had never seen a black smoke that was more than fifty meters tall.
A three-hundred-meter-tall black smoke, just the thought of it was scary.
Soon, the black smoke dispersed like the wind, and ferocious monsters appeared.
From afar, there were no less than thirty Pterosaurs circling in the air. The entire surroundings of the monster nest had been flooded by the monster tide, and there was not a single living creature.
"Quick, fire the signal flare!"
The captain suppressed his fear and quickly ordered.
"Yes!"
In the twinkling of an eye, there were several signal flares rising into the air, cutting through the dark night sky.
The monster tide that had just appeared was worrying about not having a target to attack, but when they saw the signal flares rising into the air, it was like they had seen their prey. Without thinking, they rushed over.
From far away, they could hear the vibration of the monster tide, like the earth was shaking and the mountains were shaking.
"Get on the horse!"
Without the captain's order, the scouts quickly mounted their horses and quickly evacuated. Looking at the direction of their retreat, it was the location of the Peacock Imperial Court's army camp.
This was called 'diverting the trouble to another person'.
In order not to let the monster tide lose their target, the scouts must fire several signal flares every once in a while. These signal flares were like guiding lights, leading the monster tide by the nose.
During this period, they also encountered the night scouts of the Peacock Imperial Court, but in front of the vast monster tide, these scouts were like waves, quickly dissipating and did not cause the slightest ripple.
The earth-shattering running and roaring of the monster tide completely broke the darkness of the night.
In less than two hours, the monster tide came to the vicinity of the Peacock Imperial Court's army camp, and was finally detected by the patrol troops on the periphery.
Unfortunately, it was too late.
At this time, the camp was quiet without the slightest noise. It was the time when the soldiers were sleeping soundly, and even the soldiers on night patrol were yawning, preparing to endure the last period of the night before dawn.
When the alarm sounded, the camp exploded.
In this case, if it was not handled well, not to mention the monsters attacking, the camp would immediately be in danger of being destroyed.
This was not an alarmist talk.
The military camp was an authentic place of killing. The traditional military law of China had the so-called 'seventeen rules and fifty-four strikes'. The soldiers lived in fear, and the mental depression that accumulated over the years could be imagined.
In addition, the army had a strict hierarchy and closed management. Only the officers who were tyrannical and the soldiers who were ignorant could lead the army. Usually, they relied on military discipline to suppress the situation. Before the great battle, everyone's life and death were uncertain. They did not know if they could come back alive tomorrow. Everyone was on the verge of a mental breakdown.
At this time, as long as there was a rustle in the wind, it could be just a soldier screaming in a nightmare, and it could ignite the hysterical atmosphere in the camp. The soldiers were completely free from the shackles of military discipline. Some people picked up their weapons and took revenge. They hunted down officers, enemies, and unknown comrades. The next day, only corpses were left.
Under the pressure of the Peacock King, the military discipline of the Peacock Imperial Court was already abnormally strict. The soldiers were highly nervous, and in addition to the heavy losses in the two days of siege, the tension was even more aggravated.
In particular, the imperial guards that were summoned had been constantly used as cannon fodder for the past two days, but there was nothing they could do. From the generals to the ordinary soldiers, they were all full of resentment towards the Peacock Imperial Court.
Resentment rose to the sky.
What was more coincidental was that, with the end of the battle during the day, everyone knew that the city would be breached tomorrow. Under such circumstances, the mood of the soldiers changed from a high degree of tension to a sudden relaxation.
So this night, the soldiers slept particularly soundly.
It was in this situation that the patrol troops suddenly gave an early warning, causing the camp to instantly fall into chaos. The eyes of the soldiers who were awakened suddenly turned red.
The first to explode was the camp of the imperial guards of the capital.
First, a certain camp was filled with resentment, blaming which bastard had sounded the alarm at this time. It was unknown who shouted that he wanted to teach the army of the Peacock Imperial Court a lesson.
The speaker had no intention, but there were many who responded.
Almost in a flash, a large number of soldiers responded, and from one camp, it rapidly expanded to two, four, and ten camps.
This resentment, like a virus, quickly spread throughout the camp.
In the blink of an eye, the whole army screamed, like they had gone mad, charging towards the nearby camp of the Peacock Imperial Court. The soldiers of the Peacock Imperial Court did not know what was going on, when they saw people charging over.
Without saying a word, the two troops clashed together.
The whole camp was in chaos, no one was able to sort out the sequence of events. The generals who tried to stand out to maintain order were instead killed by the soldiers, one by one dying without knowing why.
It was at this moment that the terrifying beast tide suddenly arrived.
For the army of the Peacock Imperial Court, this was simply a devastating disaster.
Seeing the pterosaurs hovering in the air, the tyrannosaurus beast that was like a tall building, the countless hunting dragon beasts, horned dragons, and some unknown monsters, the soldiers felt their scalp tingle, and instantly sobered up.
"Heavens, where did so many monsters come from?"
The soldiers were dumbfounded. Looking around, there was no end to the beast tide. A rough estimate was that there were at least tens of thousands of beasts, or even more.
They wanted to organize together to defend against the enemy, but it was too late.
The sudden explosion of the camp instantly turned the camp into a mess. Corpses were scattered everywhere, and the eyes of the soldiers were bloodshot. Some were really crazy, and some were pretending to be crazy.
No matter who it was, in the face of such a beast tide, they all seemed powerless.
"Run!"
After the initial shock, this was the subconscious reaction of the soldiers. Since they could not win, then they could only resign themselves to fate. The surviving soldiers, like a plate of loose sand, fled in all directions, disappearing into the vast night.
Unfortunately, they had chosen the wrong opponent.
If it was a normal battle between two armies, if they fled like this, under the cover of the night, there would indeed be a large number of people who could escape, and then slowly gather together to preserve some of their strength.
But it was the monsters that had come.
They marched in the night, which was basically no different from daytime. The countless' food 'in the camp made the monsters more ferocious. Just by smell, they were able to track their prey.
In the night, there were hunting scenes all over the mountains and plains. What made people's scalp tingle was that the hunter was the monster and the prey was the human.
Mournful cries constantly pierced through the night sky.
This was the most tragic beast tide attack in the history of the wilderness. Under the attack of tens of thousands of monsters, the Peacock imperial court's army suffered heavy losses.
In one night, less than three out of ten survived.
After two days of siege, the 450,000 strong army had only lost 50,000 people, but in just one night, more than half of the remaining 400,000 soldiers had been eaten by the monsters.
Even at dawn, the nightmare was not over.
Whether it was the beast tide or the Peacock imperial court's army, after a night of pursuit, there were heavy casualties and were completely scattered. There was almost no organized team that could be found, scattered across the vast wilderness.
Daybreak only served to intensify the fear in his heart.
The monsters had no fear, and their goal was to constantly find new 'food'. Even if there was only one left, they would never give up hunting.
The only way to survive was to completely annihilate the monster tide.
This was a cruel battlefield where only one could survive. No one was the true victor, and the real winner was the Dragon Stallion army hiding in the city.
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