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But they waited and waited until midnight, but they still couldn't see the shadow of the Salem Legion. Finally, there was a reward from the scout again. The Salem Legion advanced all the way and started torches on the road. From a distance, they looked like a fire dragon. After leaving the city for thirty miles, they suddenly turned around and went back! Philista waited for the middle of the night.

The generals around him asked, "Legislative Commander, they suddenly retreated at night. Maybe they sent a scout to find that we were already waiting in line and dared not take the fight, chase or not?"

Philistine glared and shouted, "How to chase? Do you want me to set up a military formation in the middle of the night to chase fifty miles? This distance just happened to be impossible to catch up. When we arrived at the city, we would have no rest for a day and a night! Go back to the camp to rest and send guards to watch at any time."

...

In the underground hall of the fortress, Raphael was still talking to Link through the divine stones in the two divine art arrays. Link laughed and said, "The Philistines formed a formation and stood in the cold wind for half the night. Finally, he couldn't stand it and went to bed. The road was a bit far, so it was not convenient for them to return to Enrile City. They retreated three miles to set up camp."

Raphael smiled bitterly and said, "This battle is quite unethical. It is definitely not a formal tactic. Who made the combat plan? It is not like Lord George's style."

Link laughed and said, "I led my tribe members to hunt those fierce beasts in the mountains many years ago. That's how I did it. I can't fight against those beasts."

Yunmeng burst into laughter beside Raphael: "I knew it was your idea, not letting people eat well, and not letting people sleep well."

Link: "No matter what, the fortress can be kept, otherwise everything will be empty talk. You have a good rest and leave it to me in the middle of the night."

...

The Salem Legion seemed to have expected that Philistines would attack the fortress first on the road, and they could not capture it for a day. They left the city early in the morning to line up to make a battle pose, and then withdrew their troops back to have dinner. When it was almost sunset, they lined out of the city and set off their poses to reinforce the fortress at night. Halfway through the journey, they withdrew their troops back to sleep, which made Philistines very troubled.

The soldiers who had been tired for a day finally rested. Philistine sent patrol teams to take turns to watch. In the second half of the night, everyone was sleeping soundly. The fortress where Link was located in the distance suddenly shone brightly. The magical formation was inexplicably opened and a huge light curtain was shot over the surroundings. A city gate opened, and General Huanani led a team of cavalry in sharp clothes and armor rushed out.

Hundreds of soldiers appeared on the city walls, ringing the war drums and trumpets, and the chaotic shouts and killing sounds soared into the sky and deafening. What rushed out of the castle was a cavalry of a hundred people, led by Amon's personal guard general at that time. All of them were armored warriors, in terms of combat effectiveness, were no less than giant warriors. Although the number was not large, they were the elite among the elites of the Salem Legion.

The Giant Legion had been alert, and Philistine had ordered the fortress to stare at the fortress. The alert giant warriors hurriedly pulled out their weapons and rushed forward to fight. In a hurry, people and horses were overturned, and torches were thrown all over the ground. Such a big movement of course alarmed the sleeping soldiers in the camp, and they picked up their weapons and put on armor and drilled out of the tent. Philistines gathered an emergency cavalry team and rushed over.

When Huanani saw that the group of people was alarmed, they drove away and galloped towards the fortress. The giant warriors behind chased him outside the castle. Suddenly, countless sharp lights shot out from the sky. It was a counterattack launched by the Divine Arts Array. Instantly, dozens of enemies who were chasing near him were knocked down. The cavalry leaving the city had already escaped into the fortress under the cover of the Divine Arts Array.

Immediately afterwards, the light of the formation suddenly disappeared, and the fourth field was dark again. Link's tactic was not to rush over to reinforce Raphael, but simply not letting the giant legion sleep well, but it was a great adventure to go out of the city to harass it, so all the elite cavalry were sent. The scale of this battle was not large, and he suddenly charged and killed more than 20 enemies. Link also lost eight cavalry and then closed the door and silently.

Philistine's nose was almost pissed. He finally understood the tactics of Salem City. He used the powerful magic array protection of these two fortresses to restrain the attacking giant legion and let him consume his combat power here. What it consumed was not only the siege combat materials, but also the physical strength and morale of the soldiers. Although the giant warrior was strong, it was not iron-clad after all. He needed rest and encouragement of victory, and could not be constantly restrained and plagued.

The next morning, the generals of the Giant Legion discussed military information in the Philistine's tent. Judging from yesterday's war, the opponent's style of fighting was very rogue and did not want to set up a battle formation to decide the outcome. The main purpose was to persevere, restrain, consume, and harass it. However, the purpose of Philistine was to capture and conquer the city of Salem. The logistics supply cost of the Assyrian Kingdom crossed the plateau was too high. Once a large army was launched, it was necessary to fight quickly.

There is a choice before Philistine—

First, continue to attack the fortress where Raphael is located, advance step by step to achieve the first victory, erode the enemy's living power, and unplug the strategic stronghold of Salem City. However, the guardian power of the fortress was beyond the expectations of the Giant Legion. Unable to take down a day of fierce attack, such a magical formation was built in a small fortress. Not only was the master of the great magician, but it could also summon terrifying monsters. Even a girl jumped out of the city wall was a great warrior, which seemed unfathomable!

If you consume too much combat power when attacking the fortress, you will be unable to continue attacking Salem City in a short period of time and even give the enemy the opportunity to take advantage of the situation. The most difficult thing to judge at present is how much more cost will it take to break through that fortress?

The second choice is based on a hypothesis, assuming that the fortress is all the combat elites of Salem City, and they happened to encounter the strongest fortress, so it may be much easier to attack another fortress. However, what happened in the second middle of the night yesterday and it was obviously proved that another fortress also built a large array of divine arts to guard it, and one of them was also hosted by a great magician. As for how strong the guard power is, it is impossible to figure out without launching a fierce attack. Perhaps another fortress can attack better, and if it is successfully occupied, it can reverse the strategic trend.

The third choice is to directly attack Salem City. If Salem City puts the most important forces among the two fortresses, then the main city's defense will inevitably be weak. Both Philistine and Lu Sien agreed that Salem City could not have the same magical formation as these two fortresses.

If such a city-state wants to build a large divine art formation of that size, it takes a hundred years of operation and invests countless manpower, material and financial resources. Only one kingdom can bear the consumption of full force in war. If there are not enough great magicians and priests to take turns to preside over the formation, it will not be able to operate at all. Therefore, it may be easier to transfer the siege firepower to the city of Salem, capture a section of the city wall and rush into the city with all their might than attack these two fortresses.

The generals discussed the three choices for a morning and finally decided to concentrate their strength to attack the fortress where Raphael is. The reason is very simple. They had already spent a lot of money, and perhaps they could almost break the magical formation in the fortress. Giving up at this time would mean that all previous efforts would be wasted. There is a prerequisite for continuing to attack the fortress, and that fortress cannot be reinforced. Philistine immediately formulated a combat plan.

The troops of the Giant Corps include cavalry, chariot soldiers, swords and shield soldiers with shuttle guns, crossbowmen, and stone casters. Their cavalry are not large because the giant warriors are too tall, and ordinary war horses are difficult to withstand the long-distance riding of giant warriors. Vehicle soldiers are the main types of troops they charge in a row. Because Enriel City lacks enough war horses to pull chariots, the number of chariots is also limited.

The stone-cattered soldiers are long-range combat forces, mainly used to attack city walls and fortresses, and can also bombard military formations. Crossbowmen set up high platforms on the chariot and shoot arrows, which is also one of the tactics of siege. As for the large number of sword and shield soldiers, they can be used in various occasions of combat, giant warriors can pick up heavy shields and swing long swords to fight. At the same time, each person is equipped with a shuttle gun, which can be thrown long-rangely during combat.

Philistines divided the Giant Corps into two parts, with more than a thousand cavalry and sword and shield soldiers forming two battle formations between the two fortresses. On the one hand, they prevented people from rushing out to attack the fortress where Link was located, and on the other hand, they were mainly to warn against counterattacks in the direction of Salem. The remaining crossbowmen, chariot soldiers, catapults, and hundreds of elite sword and shield soldiers were concentrated outside the fortress where Raphael was located, trying to break them in one fell swoop.

The Philistine did not start the battle immediately. The battlefield was calm the next day. He arranged for the soldiers to take turns to alert, and most of the rest were resting. They had been struggling for a day and a night, and many soldiers didn't even sleep well.

Just when the generals convened a meeting, the scouts reported that the Salem Legion had left the city again. This time it was much more disturbing than yesterday. They lined up outside the city and pushed forward, with drums shouting and killing sounds, as if they were really fighting with someone. When the chariots charged, they fired thousands of arrows at the same time, and then sent people to pick up the arrows shot to the ground and re-arranged the array. The chariots behind them rushed out with swords and shields, and the rotation of the fight was quite good.

When Philistine heard the news, she was stunned, then slapped the table and cursed: "Damn, you actually practiced the military formation at this time! What have you been doing? If you are sure, will we not attack the city?"

Lu Sien frowned and said, "For the mob, the array exercises are the best at this time. Everyone is in danger when the soldiers are in the face of the enemy. It's not like serving hard labor in daily life. But the coach is brave enough, aren't you afraid of having to fight us in a hurry?"

Philistine cursed: "They had no intention of taking the battle at all. As long as our army moved, they would definitely withdraw their troops and return to the city. They just wanted to fight a defensive battle based on the city. Yesterday, they were a cover and wanted to disturb us. If we wanted to disturb us, we would not rest. Today, we were practicing military formations outside the city, which was to anger me to give up the fortress and move forward. I would not be fooled! If we pass the order, as long as they did not advance thirty miles away from the city, we would ignore it. The whole army would rest today and continue to attack the fortress tomorrow."

No war happened on this day, and the Giant Legion was on standby on site. As expected by Philistine, the Salem Legion was practicing military formations outside the city. Seeing that Philistine was not fooled, he withdrew his troops and returned to the city at dusk and did not march forward to reinforce the fortress.

In the underground hall of the fortress, Raphael's face was as deep as water and said to Yunmeng: "The Giant Corps did not make any movement this day, just like before punching, it would definitely launch the most fierce attack tomorrow. This is a key battle, and the casualties must be large. You need to bring the warriors to the city wall tomorrow, so be careful."

Yunmeng looked a little nervous: "If you really can't hold on, just send a signal to Link in advance, that Link and George will attack from two directions to cover us for breaking through."

Rafael shook his head and said, "If that is the case, the entire combat plan will be destroyed. In any case, I will do my best to defend it tomorrow. I have a batch of divine stones here. You can hand it over to the magician who assists in defending the city. The formation must be kept intact." He reached out and grabbed it out of thin air, took out a large leather pocket, and opened it and saw that it was full of ordinary divine stones.

Yunmeng exclaimed: "You are ambushing very deeply. You actually have so many divine stones hidden, and I don't even know?"

Raphael smiled faintly: "This is not from the Salem city state. Have you forgotten my origin? I am also one of the heirs of the great noble families with prominent status in the Kingdom of Hati. This is most of my property. Some of them were handed over to me by my teacher Gelie, saying that it may be useful at critical moments, but he really got it right. I have kept it in the space ring, and this space ring was also given by the teacher."

Yunmeng took Pi Dou over and said, "I will definitely point out that these are your private wealth. When the war is victorious in the future, Aesop will repay you with both principal and profit! There are spare divine stones, but I wonder if the magician who helps you run the formation can stand it?"

Raphael said with his back: "War is equally cruel to both sides. Philistines spend a day to rest the siege soldiers, and this day's breathing opportunity is more important for our magicians. Rest well tonight and prepare for the fierce battle of life and death tomorrow!"

Yunmeng looked at him, and couldn't hide his admiration in his eyes. He suddenly smiled and said, "Philista really attacked the wrong fortress. He doesn't know you are here. People only know that God Amon is invincible, but they forgot that Ge Lie, the great magician of Hati Kingdom, used troops like a god. He was just not as lucky as God Amon. You are Ge Lie's most proud disciple and have participated in many wars with the teacher. Now he is still the high priest of the Syrian city-state. It is too insignificant to let you guard a fortress. With your talents, you can be the commander of the large army!"

Raphael shook his head: "Don't praise me like this. I am still far from the teacher. The teacher sent me here to receive experience. Since it is experience, I have to face the difficult and dangerous tests. I took the initiative to ask to guard this fortress."

...

On the third day, the most tragic battle on the Duke Plain finally broke out. Philistines gathered all the heavy crossbowmen and catapults, and urgently transported the siege flints and a large number of arrows from the city-state yesterday. A head-on offensive and defensive battle was to test the will of both sides. The giant legion started to attack with flints in the morning, consuming the defensive power of the fortress's magic array.

Raphael did not use the formation to resist with all his strength, but extinguished the flames on the stone balls. Countless huge stone balls crossed the stone wall and smashed into the fortress. He tried his best to protect the weak part of the city wall from being collapsed by the flint. Under the howling flint flying in the sky, Lu Sien commanded the priest to set up the formation and cover the sword and shield soldiers to attack the city on the long ladder. The giant crossbowmen also stood on the high platform and pushed forward by the chariot. The arrows in the air were like rain, shooting the guards on the city wall.

Although the magical formation defending the city was still intact after half a day of fierce fighting, its strength began to weaken because the magicians who assisted Raphael in the operation of the formation were exhausted after repeated rotations. In the afternoon, the giant sword and shield soldiers finally rushed to the city wall. The first one was the commander of the Giant Legion's front formation, the seventh-level warrior Jufei.

There are six Amon's personal guards in the fortress, and now they are the generals led by Salem City. Yunmeng led the six generals to rush up to the city wall to fight fiercely. Raphael could only launch a large formation to try his best to prevent more reinforcements from rushing to the city, while Lu Sien led the priests of the Giant Legion to set up formations to attack the divine art formation and break through the siege gap.

Yunmeng transformed into an archetype of an iron-armored beast on the city wall. The hard scales and arrows were hard to enter, and the sharp claws and long tail swept through the sharp ones. Ju Fei fought desperately to barely resist Yunmeng, and a melee formed on the city wall. The fierce battle continued until it was approaching dusk.

Because it was attacking the city at the gap where the protective magic array was torn open, it was impossible to expand too much force. Philistine concentrated all the heavy crossbowmen to cover the cover, and the sword and shield soldiers attacked in turn, and paid the price of 200 casualties on a hundreds of feet of city wall. As for the soldiers guarding the city, more than 200 were killed, and the rest were injured, but they were only light or heavy. The catapult car of the Giant Legion almost used up all the flints reserved in the camp, including the ones transported from Enrile yesterday, and the giant crossbowmen's arrows were almost gone. By the end, they had become the hand-to-hand battle between the priests and the sword and shield soldiers to fight the city.

Why did Philistine spend such a great price? Because later on, he was already in a difficult position. He always had an idea in his mind that he had already hit this level and the fortress was about to be taken down. As long as another attack camel, it would be like the last straw that broke the camel's back, but the camel could not be suppressed.

He kept thinking this way in the morning, and still thought this way at noon, but he fought until dusk, and there were no flints and heavy crossbow arrows available. All the unstable buildings in the fortress were smashed, but the wall was still there. Philistine also saw his disadvantages. If the magical array could not be broken and opened a gap to the city wall, the sword and shield soldiers would ride the long ladder to fight the city.

He wanted to reverse this disadvantage but never succeeded. In the end, the power of the fortress's divine art formation had been reduced to the weakest, and he only connected the front defense of the city wall to protect the city wall tightly. The offensive and defensive battle ended with Ju Fei being swept down the city by Yunmeng with his tail. The commander of the front line was seriously injured, and all the giant warriors who rushed up to the city wall were killed.

The Giant Legion's plan to capture the fortress failed, and the iron-armored beast transformed into Yunmeng was also covered with scars. At the last moment of the fierce battle, four more large iron-armored beasts stepped on the city wall to assist Yunmeng in fighting together, and barely stabilized the situation.
Chapter completed!