Chapter 27: Night Battle

  Karu trained his troops here, honing their siege tactics and counter-infantry tactics against the Beastmen, unwittingly giving Xiao Yu ample time to prepare.

  If it were Karu who came to attack right now, Xiao Yu had two problems: on the one hand, the human troops hadn't been fully produced yet and there were only two blade cars; on the other hand, the defensive works weren't perfect either.

  However, through scouts' reconnaissance, Xiao Yu knew that they would need at least another month to lay siege to the city, and in this one month, he could do many things.

  Karu's side also frequently sends some scouts to understand the situation of Xiao Yu's beastman troops, but Xiao Yu's one hundred elite spirit hunters are not vegetarian.

  It can have a shadow hide, and it can also ride a leopard to move quickly. It has the eyes of an elf, which can see farther than humans. At night, it can directly ignore visibility and have night vision. With such scouts, as soon as the opponent's spies approach within ten miles, they are directly eliminated.

  By level 10, these Elf hunters have outpost guards and can basically monitor dozens of kilometers around the Lion King's territory.

  "Nima, let's go take down another stronghold. This blade car has been produced, and we must try out its power." Xiao Yu looked at the two blade cars being carried on the shoulders of the two beastmen, eagerly anticipating seeing their prowess in battle.

  If it were in other troops, such a blade car would definitely have to rely on horses to pull, but Xiao Yu has strong beastman infantry here, and two people can carry it directly, which undoubtedly increases its mobility.

  This time, Xiao Yu chose a medium-sized stronghold, which, according to Zhao Hu, had three or four thousand people. However, these three or four thousand people were not like the last time when Tong Guan's stronghold had many old and weak women and children, but were all elite soldiers.

  These robbers were extremely ruthless, burning, killing and looting, leaving no survivors, constantly recruiting soldiers, selecting strong soldiers, not wanting any burden, gathering a very powerful force.

  According to Zhao Hu's words, this stronghold is very famous throughout the Lion King's territory, even more so than he, the lord of the territory. However, this stronghold's policies have also allowed them to accumulate a great deal of wealth.

  Zhao Hu deduced that this mountain stronghold had accumulated at least hundreds of thousands of gold coins and other treasures over the years.

  Xiao Yu is also crazy about money now, all aspects need money, and there are so many people in the territory who still have to be supported by him. Now that there is no tax revenue, income can only be obtained through robbery.

  So in the end, Xiao Yu set his sights on this group of robbers.

  At the same time, he also wanted to test the coordination of these troops and his own command ability through this more challenging battle.

  Actual combat is the sole criterion for testing a force's fighting capacity.

  Although these soldiers are all elite and very powerful, the coordination of various troops is also a big problem. If the coordination is not good, it will cause great damage and lead to the failure of a battle.

  So, Xiao Yu must now constantly train his troops in order to increase their combat strength.

  Now, Xiao Yu's troops consist of 300 Beastmen infantry, 50 Human infantry, 200 Elven archers, 50 gunners, 50 Elven hunters, and two chariots.

  Some of them stay at home to take care of the family, some are still not fully produced, and a thousand troops are still not enough.

  Xiao Yu and Jian Sheng went to observe the terrain first, then see if they could use any tricks. In the end, he found that the probability of using tricks in this mountain stronghold seemed not very high.

  Zhao Hu wasn't very familiar with this group of bandits, and couldn't deceive them like last time. Moreover, since Tong Guan's stronghold was destroyed, the surrounding bandits had become more vigilant.

  Many people have also begun to spread rumors that some beastmen have appeared in this generation, and have attacked several tribes. In this case, Xiao Yu dare not take risks and venture into the bandit's lair alone.

  And this stronghold was built on a mountain, with a stone wall over four meters high in front of it, unlike the wooden fences of other bandits.

  It can be said that this den of thieves has almost become a small city.

  Xiao Yu had no experience in besieging a city, and looking at the thick and solid city walls, although they were not as sturdy as those of his own Lion King's territory, he couldn't help but feel a bit worried about how to organize the attack.

  He can't be as reckless as Karu, attacking without understanding the opponent and losing troops. Losing one of Xiao Yu's men is extremely distressing. After all, he now has less than a thousand soldiers, and he can't afford to waste them like Karu does.

  Xiao Yu currently has only these two blade chariots in his possession. Xiao Yu estimated that the blade chariot should be able to blast open the city gate without any problem, as long as it reaches a distance of 50 meters. With the powerful attacking power of the blade chariot, it should be able to blast open the city gate within ten hits.

  However, a strong attack is only a last resort and may result in heavy losses at that time.

  The robbers on the city wall patrolled very carefully, never relaxing for a moment, making it difficult to launch a surprise attack.

  Finally, after a long deliberation, Xiao Yu decided to launch a night attack. Because at night his own troops had a great advantage.

  At night, the Dark Elves' strength can be exceptionally displayed, because firstly, they can use Shadow Dance to hide in the shadows at night, secondly, their Night Vision allows them to see more clearly in nighttime battles. Their own side can disappear from view at any time, but for distant enemies, it's as clear as day. Using bows and arrows to launch a sneak attack like this can absolutely gain a huge advantage.

  In the night battle, only dwarves were relatively inferior. As is well known, dwarves have poor eyesight. Although they also dig holes and mine, their eyesight can only be guided by lamplight and do not have too far ability.

  In this case, the fifty dwarf musketeers are also useless, but Xiao Yu can only do so.

  The beastman's eyesight is still good at night, although not as strong as the elf tribe, but it won't be too bad either. The human infantry doesn't have to worry, as excellent human warriors, they can also cope with it.

  Then, Xiao Yu carefully waited until nightfall in a nearby forest before taking action.

  Tonight's moon is just a small crescent, the stars are scattered across the sky, and the cold light shines down, forming the best cover of night.

  Even a human with great strength can hardly see anything in front of them at a distance of fifty meters, but the elf can clearly see things one hundred meters away.

  Xiao Yu led the Sword Saint and Theland, as well as two hundred elven archers, slowly moving to the side of the city wall. Ten of the elven archers who had reached level 3 with accurate shooting skills went up first, hiding their bodies in the shadows. Even if the guards above discovered something unusual, by the time they looked carefully, everything was gone.

  Xiao Yu and Jian Sheng, on the other hand, were from a sparse corner of the city wall's sentry post, using the Wind Step to sneak in, then slowly climbing up.

  For Grom, a city wall of over four meters was nothing but a toy. His height had reached 2.5-6 meters, and with just a slight jump, he could reach the top of the city wall.

  But Xiao Yu was in trouble.

  The city wall is over 40 meters high, equivalent to a two-story building, and it's quite difficult to climb up.

  In the end, he had no choice but to tightly grasp the giant foot of the Sword Saint, and with a burst of strength, the Sword Saint sent him flying up as well.

  Xiao Yu pinched her nose as soon as she reached the city wall, almost fainting from the smell. How many days had this Sword Saint's feet not been washed? Next time, they must have a collective personal hygiene cleanup.

  On top of the city wall, relying on the stealth of the Gale Step, even if the opponent is within two meters, it's hard to detect.

  Jian Sheng and Xiao Yu did not dare to use sword attacks easily, lest the reflected light be detected by others. Instead, Jian Sheng directly went forward, hugged the opponent's head, covered their mouth, and with a strong twist, the neck was broken, without even making a sound.

  The archers below also began to make their move, and Thelrand and ten of the third-level elven archers shot arrows at the lone sentries on the city walls, shooting them straight through the throat, not giving them a chance to cry out.

  Thus, they continuously took out more than a dozen sentries on the city wall of the enemy's side. The remaining people on the enemy's side were somewhat suspicious because those sentries patrolled with torches, and now all the torches had been extinguished, which was naturally not right.

  But they didn't have time to realize what was wrong, the archers below had already launched another attack, shooting through their throats. The remaining two were punched in the throat by the Sword Saint, directly crushing their Adam's apples.

  By this time, the sentry on one side of the city wall had been completely cleared.