Chapter 497: The Battle Before Dawn (Part 1)

The imperceptible murderous intent is quietly spreading on the battlefield.

Surrounded by Hong Ye and Ariel, Lei Xiao who was standing on the wall of the fortress narrowed his eyes slightly and looked down towards the city.

I saw the two huge phalanxes coming straight to the fortress of the mountain castle, which were the Chinese Army Corps and the Guard Corps where the opposing coach was.

For a moment, the city wall that was about to dawn was filled with darkness, like a raging night wave, which looked quite spectacular.

However, despite the menacing approach of the opponent, they were just one behind the other, standing far away from the range of the fortress's magic cannon, and they didn't even step over the depression on the side.

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

Seeing this scene, Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly and continued to observe.

With the blessing of the [Star Pupil] night vision effect, Lei Xiao, who was condescending, noticed it keenly.

Although the two legions have fully deployed their formations, the long-range troops among them are all deployed in the middle behind the formation, facing the two small fortresses on the mountainside.

At the forefront is a dense heavy infantry phalanx and spearman phalanx. It can be seen that it is more appropriate to say that it is a defensive formation and a support formation rather than an offensive formation.

"It can basically be confirmed now that the mountain fortress is indeed not the main attack direction of the holy night army."

Lei Xiao nodded thoughtfully, and murmured in his heart: "As for why the opponent deploys the long-range troops in the rear, it is even more obvious. It is to quickly reinforce the real main attack direction without being disturbed. .”

Thinking of this, Lei Xiao continued to look intently.

Since the long-range troops deployed behind the two legions were symmetrical on the left and right, and did not lean towards any small fortress, it was impossible to judge the real main attack direction of the opponent.

"The red devil is indeed a cunning guy. In this way, at least before the opponent really starts to launch the main attack, we will not be able to take corresponding countermeasures."

Lei Xiao took a deep breath slowly, his eyes became more serious.

The battlefield is changing rapidly, and fighter opportunities are fleeting.

Under this rather ingenious deployment, the opponent will undoubtedly be able to race against time to the maximum extent and seize the initiative in the battle.

"Things seem to be getting a little tricky."

Having said this in his heart, Lei Xiao found out further.

The blue griffin commander's flag of the opponent's central army has long been removed, and the towering podium has also been dismantled, and there is no trace of the opponent's commander.

"It seems that the Red Devils have already learned that the commanders of the two long-range legions have been beheaded by our side, so they are so cautious and hide themselves."

Lei Xiao curled his lips, and said to himself in his heart: "Sure enough, he is an old fox, and he does everything without leaking."

Before this, Lei Xiao had discussed with Bai Lao the possibility of directly beheading the opponent's coach, Red Devils, but Bai Lao rejected it.

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

Although the strength is still not comparable to that of the fifth-order powerhouse, it will definitely not be defeated within one or two strokes.

Secondly, because of his cautious temperament, besides the elite guards, there are also small absolute defense enchantment guards around him, which cannot be easily approached at all.

In addition, as a master guardian warrior in heavy armor, the Red Devil possesses many life-saving cards, including precious teleportation scrolls and concealment scrolls.

If you can't kill with one blow, and then let the target escape, it will be self-defeating, exposing the strength of our fifth-level powerhouse, making the opponent fearful, and even suspending the siege plan.

After all, our goal is not only to repel the opponent, but to reduce the opponent's combat power to the greatest extent, so that the war balance between Sheng Ye and Leng Yan will tend to balance again.

Just when Lei Xiao thought of this.

boom! boom! boom!

The roar of the magic cannon suddenly sounded continuously.

On the mountainside on the left and right sides, the other two holy night legions that had already approached the small fortress city launched a fierce attack on the small fortress in front of them at almost the same time.

Accompanied by the thundering shouts and the roar of artillery fire, dazzling magical lights of various colors are scattered inside and outside the two small fortresses located on the left and right halfway up the mountain, just like the gorgeous fireworks in the night sky, dazzling people.

However, what these magical radiances replaced were only the cold greetings of death between the two warring parties.

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

Ariel's starry eyes flickered, and she blurted out nervously: "But which fortress is the real main attack direction of the opponent?"

"Don't worry, with the current one-to-one combat power between the enemy and our own, there is absolutely no possibility for the opponent to capture any small fortress. These two legions that are attacking the city seem to be just to contain the defenders in the fortress."

Lei Xiao's dark eyes moved back and forth, carefully observing the two almost identical battle situations on the left and right halfway up the mountain.

After a while, Lei Xiao frowned, and then continued to Ariel: "From this, it is not difficult to see that the other party must have other actions, and that is the key to this battle, or in other words, is When the opponent plays the hole card."

"It makes sense. After all, under our noses, there are still two legions that have not acted."

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

Speaking of this, Ariel blurted out: "Judging from this point, it is obviously a small fortress on our right, which is easier to defend and harder to attack!"

"On the surface, this is indeed the case, but the possibility of the opponent's sword taking a slant cannot be ruled out."

Lei Xiao nodded slightly as he murmured, and then ordered the three groups of subordinates outside not to get involved in the battle, but to observe all suspicious things around them, so as to find the other party's flaws.

Currently, Nanxing, Nanyue and Lin are located in the fortress on the left, Ye Cang, Chaoyan and Baiwei are located in the fort on the right, and near the Shanbao Fortress, it is the knotweed with A Ling and Ah Bing.

"My lord, although the Holy Night Army's offensive in the forest edge fortress seems fierce, it is actually not. The Holy Night Army is only at the limit of the range of the two sides, blindly bluffing, and has no intention of approaching the siege."

Lin Xiao's sassy voice came to Lei Xiao's ears immediately: "It seems that the other party is just putting on a show, or waiting for something."

"My lord, the empty fortress where my subordinates are located is also in the same situation."

Ye Cang's elegant voice followed suit: "The reason why the other party did this was entirely to attract the attention of the defenders in the fortress, but the actual casualties and losses caused were very small."

"Is it exactly as I expected? Things are really tricky."

Lei Xiao frowned, and his brain began to spin rapidly.

"What is certain is that the opponent is obviously waiting for the best opportunity to play a strong hole card, and the strong hole card held by the opponent is very likely to be the disappearing army."

"So far, no matter whether it's the subordinates of the main force under my command, or Bai Lao's scout troops, they haven't found any trace of the disappearing army."

"So, if you want to find a breakthrough from the disappearing legion itself, the chance is already very slim. What is even more worthy of vigilance is that the opponent's hole card is obviously more than one..."

Thinking of this, Lei Xiao's gaze became deeper and deeper.

Lei Xiao clearly understood that under the circumstances that the opponent's hole cards are unknown, and we want to preserve our strength to the maximum extent.

Although I don't want to admit it, the initiative on the battlefield has completely fallen into the opponent's hands.

This means that our side is already in an extremely passive position, and this is often the beginning of a complete defeat.

"Originally, I wanted to find out the flaws in the opponent's cards first, and then take targeted countermeasures."

"But the opponent's coach, the Red Devils, is scheming and has not revealed a single flaw. If we continue to wait, we will become more passive."

In Lei Xiao's eyes, a hint of awe-inspiring suddenly appeared.

"Since the matter has come to this point, I'll simply throw bricks to attract jade. Only by forcing the opponent to reveal a certain hole card and disrupting the opponent's action steps can I have a chance to turn passive into active."

"After all, the opponent's hole cards are always limited. If you play one, you will naturally lose one."

After making up his mind, Lei Xiao's brows relaxed again, and he briefly shared his thoughts with Ariel.

After finishing speaking, Lei Xiao smiled faintly, and said to Ariel with a smile: "Okay, dear Fifth Princess, I'm going to start the next step, you can stay here."

"No, of course I want to act with you!"

Ariel quickly shook her head, stepped forward and said: "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."

Lei Xiao shrugged, smiled faintly, and took his own steps.

"You hateful guy, that's a mighty and majestic cold flame holy lion, okay?"

Ai Lier raised her brows, her little face was almost bulging into a bun with anger, and hurriedly followed.

After that, Lei Xiao explained to Bai Lao first, then put on the invisibility cloak, and disappeared under the night sky with Hong Ye and Ariel.

Accompanied by the fast speed all the way, it didn't take long for the three of Lei Xiao to join Ye Cang, Chao Yan and Bai Wei who were located in the small fortress in the open area.

"My lord, the opponent has been attacking in such a tepid way, I don't know what else to do."

In the hidden place on the earth slope with a wide view, I saw Chaoyan, whose magic power had recovered a lot, while gnawing on a large piece of strawberry cake, and smiled at Lei Xiao with some embarrassment.

Because the cake was too big, a lot of cream was rubbed on the edge of the pointed witch's hat on Chao Yan's head.

"I don't know what the other party is doing yet, but the way you recover your magic power is quite special."

Lei Xiao curled his lips, regained his awe-inspiring expression, and began to observe the situation on the battlefield.

Due to the high terrain where the group is located, they can just have a panoramic view of most of the battlefield.

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

But just like Chao Yan and Ye Cang said before.

Even though the Holy Night Siege Army, which is fully deployed, has surrounded the small fortress, it looks watertight, and the long-range troops with the superior force are concentrated, shooting and bombarding each other with the fortress defenders, making the battle look very intense with scorching.

But they never got any closer to the fortress, and there was quite a posture of a lot of momentum and little rain.

"Since your bluff is so good, I might as well put another fire in your ass."

Lei Xiao looked at the back of the Holy Night Army with his back turned to him, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

Since the Holy Night Army concentrated the elite heavy infantry and long-range troops in the front row, and those on standby in the back row were basically some light infantry phalanxes, and they were defenseless.

This is your chance to do it yourself!

"Just like what I thought just now, the reason why the opponent chooses to attack from two directions at the same time is not only to confuse our side, but also to contain the troops in our fortress."

Lei Xiao's eyes gradually filled with murderous aura, and he continued to think.

"So, as long as a thunder strike is launched against the Holy Night Army besieging the fortress to the point of breaking the bones, so that the opponent cannot completely contain the troops in the fortress, then in order to maintain the situation, the Red Devils will definitely use a certain hole card in advance to attack the fortress. response."

"As long as the Red Devils show their hole cards in advance and disrupt the overall offensive rhythm, then we can naturally take advantage of the opportunity to see what happens and try to regain the initiative on the battlefield."

"Although forcing the opponent to use the hole cards in advance is also a risky move, it is much better than following the opponent's rhythm and being completely passively beaten. At least we have the opportunity to turn our opponents into the main."

Having made up his mind, Lei Xiao didn't hesitate, and directly summoned all 18 ice knights in the space bracelet.

"The strength of these high-level alchemy puppets are all at the peak of Tier 3, and their attack and defense power are even more astonishing. The formation used to break up the opponent is obviously perfect. In terms of combat power, this is enough to equal 18 Tier 1 The attack of the Knight Squadron."

"Furthermore, the terrain here is open, which is also very suitable for the ice knights to charge. Presumably the Holy Night Army would never have imagined that a new force would suddenly appear from behind."

Lei Xiao smiled bitterly, and immediately ordered 18 ice knights to charge in a cone formation towards the rear of the unsuspecting Holy Night Army.

Under the cover of the night, a group of ice knights raised their long lances and headed straight for the opposing camp.

Because the sounds and breaths on the battlefield were very chaotic, they completely covered up the noises made by the ice knights.

So, until the moment when the ice knights galloping down the hill were about to approach the rear of the Holy Night Army.

The soldiers of the Holy Night Army in the last row sensed that something was wrong, and subconsciously looked back.

However, what greeted them was naturally the incomparably fierce ice crystal lance.

In an instant, bright red splashed everywhere, and screams continued.

The spear tip moving at high speed pierced through the armor without resistance, and then pierced through the soldiers' bodies, even directly hanging the target on the lance.

The soldiers who escaped nearby were knocked out by the tall ice horse that followed, and smashed on the other soldiers screaming.

For a moment, the muffled sound of the ice horse hitting the armor, the unexpected scream, and the sound of the horse's hooves falling to the ground intertwined.

While causing the rear of the siege Holy Night Army to set off a bloody storm, it also caused the opponent's formation to become chaotic.