Chapter 496： Battle Before Dawn (Part 1)

At this moment, surrounded by Hong Ye and Ariel, Lei Xiao, who was standing on the towering city wall, narrowed his eyes and continued to observe.

I saw two giant phalanxes coming straight towards the mountain fortress, namely the Chinese Army Corps where the opponent's coach was located, and another rear guard corps.

Just one after the other, standing far away from the range of our magic cannon, not even stepping over the depression on the side.

"As expected of the opponent's coach, he has a fairly accurate grasp of the range of the magic cannon."

Seeing this, Lei Xiao couldn't help but smiled and continued to observe.

Next, under the blessing of the [Star Pupil] night vision effect, Lei Xiao, who was condescending, further noticed.

Although these two legions have fully formed their formations, the long-range troops among them are all arranged at the left and right rear of the formation.

At the very front, there is a dense phalanx of heavy infantry. It can be seen that it is more appropriate to say that it is not so much an offensive formation, but a defensive formation and a supporting formation.

"It's basically confirmed now that this mountain fortress is indeed not the main attack direction of the Holy Night Army."

Nodding thoughtfully, Lei Xiao pondered and said in his heart: "As for why the other party should deploy the long-range troops on the flank, it is more obvious. It is to quickly reinforce the direction of the main attack."

Realizing this, Lei Xiao continued to observe.

I saw that a considerable number of long-range troops were deployed on the left and right sides of the two legions, but from a visual point of view, it was obvious that the opponent's true main attack direction could not be judged.

"As expected of a sly guy, in this way, at least until the opponent really starts to attack, they will not be able to take corresponding countermeasures."

Seeing this, Lei Xiao nodded slightly.

The battlefield is changing rapidly, and the fighters are even more fleeting.

In this way, the opponent will undoubtedly be able to race against the clock to the maximum extent and take the initiative in the battle.

Immediately afterwards, Lei Xiao discovered again.

The blue griffin flag of the opponent's central army has long been removed, and the towering podium has also been removed.

"It seems that the Red Devil has obviously learned that the commanders of the two long-range legions have been beheaded by their own side."

Noticing this, Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly.

Before that, Lei Xiao also discussed with Bai Lao about the possibility of directly beheading the opponent's coach, the Red Devils, however, he was vetoed by Bai Lao.

First of all, it is the strength of the Red Devils themselves, not only an ordinary fourth-order peak powerhouse, but half a foot has entered the fifth-order level.

Although the strength is still not comparable to the fifth-order powerhouse, it will never be defeated within three or two moves.

Second, because of his cautious temperament, in addition to the elite guards, there has always been a small absolute defensive barrier guarding him, which cannot be easily approached.

Moreover, as a guardian warrior master wearing heavy armor, the Red Devil has many life-saving cards, including many precious teleportation spell scrolls and hidden spell scrolls.

As a result, if you can't kill with one hit, and then let the target escape, it will be self-defeating, revealing the strength of the fifth-order powerhouse on your side, making the opponent feel jealous, and even suspending the siege plan.

After all, their goal is not just to repel the opponent.

But in order to reduce the opponent's combat power and materials to the maximum extent, so that the war scale between Holy Night and Leng Yan tends to balance again.

Just when Lei Xiao thought of this.

Boom! boom! boom!

Accompanied by the sound of the magic cannon, it suddenly roared again.

Halfway up the mountainside on the left and right sides, the other two Holy Night Corps, which had already entered the small fortress city, started a fierce attack at the same time, towards the small fortress in front of them!

In an instant, it was accompanied by the screams of killing and the roar of artillery fire.

Whether it is above the two fortress walls on the left and right half of the mountain, or under the city walls, there are dazzling magical lights of various colors, just like the gorgeous fireworks in the night sky, making people feel dazzling.

However, what these magical brilliance came instead was the cold death greetings between the warring parties.

"The other party's target is indeed the other two small fortresses!"

Seeing this scene, Ariel's star eyes flickered, and she couldn't help but blurt out nervously, "But which fortress is the opponent's real main attack direction?"

"Don't worry, with the current one-to-one strength and combat strength of the enemy and us, even if it is a small fortress, the other side has no possibility of attacking. If I expected it well, these two siege armies are only for the purpose of The role of containing the garrison in the fortress."

He waved his hand slightly, Lei Xiao's dark eyes moved back and forth, while carefully observing the two almost identical battle situations on the left and right halfway up the mountainside.

While continuing to face Ariel, he said, "It can be seen that the opponent will definitely have other actions, and the next action is the key to this battle, or in other words, it is the time for the opponent to play his trump card."

"You're right, the two legions under our noses haven't shown any signs of action yet."

Hearing the sound, Ariel's nervous expression softened slightly, and she nodded slightly and said: "From the perspective of the terrain, the small fortress located on our left side is built next to a dense forest, surrounded by strange rocks, which greatly affects our defenders. The sight on the right, and the one on the right is extremely empty..."

Having said this thoughtfully, Ariel pondered for a moment and continued: "Judging from this point, it is obvious that the one on our right is easier to defend and harder to attack!"

"It looks like this on the surface, but the possibility of the opponent's sword going off the beaten track cannot be ruled out."

Nodding slightly, Lei Xiao then read the words and instructed the three groups of subordinates outside his command not to get involved in the battle first, but to observe all suspicious things around him, and then look for the opponent's flaws in turn.

Currently, the fortress on the left is Nanxing, Nanyue and Lin.

The fortress on the right is Ye Cang, Chaoyan and Bai Wei.

And near the mountain fortress, it was the knotweed with A Ling and A Bing.

"Lord Lord, in this forest-side fortress where your subordinates are located, the offensive of the Holy Night Army seems to be fierce, but it is not. It is just at the limit of the range of both sides, long-range output, and does not mean to approach the siege."

Immediately afterwards, Lin Sa's angry voice entered Lei Xiao's ears: "It seems that the other party is just pretending..."

"Lord Lord, the empty fortress where your subordinates are located is the same."

On the other side, Ye Cang's elegant voice also sounded: "The other party is doing this, obviously just to attract the attention of the defenders in the fortress, but the actual casualties and losses are very small."

"Is that really the case?"

Hearing this, Lei Xiao nodded slightly.

From this, it can be seen that the opponent is obviously waiting for the opportunity to play the hole card.

"At the moment, it is certain that one of the opponent's cards is undoubtedly the vanished legion. However, so far, neither my subordinates nor Bai Lao's scouts have found anything."

Shaking his head helplessly, Lei Xiao continued to think: "So, the chances of finding a breakthrough from this point are very slim, and according to Bai Lao, the opponent obviously has more than one hole card..."

At this time, Lei Xiao's eyes were deep, and he thought to himself: "At this stage, when the opponent's cards are unknown, and we want to preserve our strength to the maximum extent, although I don't want to admit it, the initiative in the battle has already fallen. in the opponent's hands."

"Originally, I wanted to find the opponent's flaws first, and then take relevant countermeasures. However, the opponent's coach, the wily guy, the Red Devils, has done it almost without leaking. Therefore, if I continue to wait, I will become even more passive."

Thinking of this, Lei Xiao's eyes suddenly showed a look of awe, and he secretly said, "If that's the case, then, I'll just throw a few tricks on it and force the opponent to reveal other trump cards. Only in this way can we change from passive to active."

"After all, the cards in the opponent's hand are always limited. If one is played, there will be one less."

After making up his mind, Lei Xiao briefly explained his thoughts to Ariel, and then said, "Okay, my dear fifth princess, I'm going to start the next step, you..."

"Of course I want to act with you!"

Before Lei Xiao finished speaking, Ariel immediately said impatiently, "Waiting here is not the style of my Lengyan royal family!"

"That's right, after all, the coat of arms of your royal family is a lively and lovely kitten."

Shrugging his shoulders slightly, Lei Xiao smiled lightly and took his own steps.

"You hateful fellow, that's a heroic and majestic cold flame holy lion, okay..."

On the other side, Ariel's eyebrows were upside-down, her little face was bulging into a bun with anger, and she hurriedly followed.

In this way, after explaining to Bai Lao, Lei Xiao immediately took Hong Ye and Ariel, put on the invisibility cloak together, and disappeared under the night sky in an instant.

Next, it didn't take long with the speeding all the way.

The three of Lei Xiao joined Ye Cang, Chaoyan, and Bai Wei, who were located on the mountainside on the right side of the mountain fortress, a small fortress in the open area.

"Lord Lord, the other party has been attacking like this, I don't know what else to do."

Above the empty fortress, in a hidden place on a **** with a wide field of vision, I saw that the magic power had recovered quite a bit, and while nibbling on a large piece of strawberry cake, he smiled embarrassingly at Lei Xiao.

Careful observation, because the cake was so big, the edge of the pointed witch hat on Chaoyan's head was rubbed with a lot of cream.

"I don't know what the other party will do for the time being, but the way you restore your magic power is quite special."

Curling his lips slightly, Lei Xiao looked stern again and began to observe the situation on the battlefield.

At present, the group's location is high and the terrain is just right to have a panoramic view of most of the battlefield.

At a glance, I saw that on the battlefield filled with gunpowder, there was an endless stream of fierce shouts of killing and horns of attack.

As Chaoyan and Ye Cang said before, the Holy Night Legion that attacked the city, except for the side of the small fort that was backed by the cliff, had already surrounded it with three doughs.

The long-range troops, which had concentrated their superior strength, exchanged shots and bombards with the defenders above the fortress. Although the battle seemed to be fierce and anxious, they never got closer.

Seeing this, looking at the back of the Holy Night Army on the side facing away from him, Lei Xiao's eyes narrowed slightly, and a faint smile appeared involuntarily.

Because the Holy Night Army concentrated its elite heavy infantry and long-range troops in the front row, while those on standby in the back row were basically phalanxes of light infantry, unprepared.

From this, it is a good opportunity for us to start!

"It is conceivable that the reason why the other party chose to attack from two directions at the same time is for their own side, and the second is naturally to contain the troops in their fortress."

Raising his eyebrows slightly, Lei Xiao continued to think: "So, as long as one of the Holy Night Legion besieging the fortress can be attacked with a thunderbolt to the extent that it hurts the muscles and bones and threatens the opponent's plan, then, for the sake of If the situation is maintained, the opponent will definitely use his cards to deal with it.”

"In this way, it will naturally be able to disrupt the opponent's original plan to the maximum extent, so that one's own side will regain the initiative in the battlefield."

Immediately afterwards, Lei Xiao did not hesitate and immediately moved, and directly summoned all the 18 ice knights in the space bracelet.

"These high-level alchemy puppets are all at the third-order peak level, and their defensive power is also extremely amazing. It is obviously suitable to use them to disperse the opponent's formation. Furthermore, the open terrain here is also very suitable for high-speed knights to attack. ."

Thinking of this, Lei Xiao smiled faintly, and immediately ordered 18 ice knights to charge in a cone formation towards the unsuspecting Holy Night Army's back row.

The next second, under the cover of darkness, a group of ice knights raised their long lances together and charged towards the opposing camp.

At this time, the sounds and breaths on the battlefield were very chaotic, completely covering up the noises made by the ice knights.

Therefore, it was not until the moment when the ice knights, who were galloping down from the hillside with the momentum of thunder and gale, were about to approach the Holy Night Army camp.

The Soldiers of the Holy Night Army in the last row felt the earth tremble and looked back subconsciously.

However, what greeted them was the ice crystal lance that was sharper and stronger than most metals.

In an instant, the high-moving spear tip pierced through the bodies of the soldiers in the last row with almost no resistance, and then hung it directly on the lance.

The soldiers next to him were directly knocked out by the high-headed ice horse that followed, and then screamed and smashed on the soldiers in front.

For a time, the muffled sound of the ice horse hitting the armor, the screams of the soldiers, and the sound of the horse's hooves landing staggered. Behind the siege Holy Night Legion, a **** storm suddenly erupted, causing the formation to be in chaos.