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Chapter 311: Taking the Bandit Camp (Part 1)
Chapter 311: Taking the Bandit Camp (Part 1)
September 25, 2017
The battle for this Bandit Camp has now entered its second phase, the most challenging part of Lu HaiKong's tactical plan: the Attrition Phase.
Whether it's Ye Junru's Yellow Turban Warriors or Lu HaiKong's Elite Guard, both are mid-tier units, and both sides have commanders with Strength over 80. While it's not impossible to forcefully take down this Mega Fort, the cost would be too high.
Ye Junru sought Lu HaiKong's help precisely to avoid such a high price, and Lu HaiKong had no choice but to be reliable and enter this second phase.
This phase is something the Aristocratic Alliance didn't have in their repertoire, and it's also the most crucial part of Lu HaiKong's modified strategy.
After taking the camp, the Yellow Turbans would use the terrain of the camp's defensive walls to wear down the enemy, while Lu HaiKong would use the terrain advantage of the camp's gate to deplete their strength.
The defensive wall's terrain is easy to understand; it's a fortified position, difficult to attack, especially with Yellow Turban Warriors guarding it.
Similarly, Lu HaiKong's terrain advantage is also significant and not to be underestimated.
The camp's wall is thick, especially near the gate, almost ten meters thick. In this situation, Lu HaiKong's Elite Guard blocked the gate, and as long as the enemy dared to approach, Lu HaiKong would mow them down like cutting chives.
Lu HaiKong and Ye Junru, one guarding the camp's gate and the other the walls, waited for the Mega Fort's attack.
What could the Mega Fort do in this situation? With the camp's entrance taken, they couldn't abandon the camp, so they had no choice but to launch a fierce attack to reclaim the walls.
But is it easy to attack? Neither the Yellow Turban Warriors nor Lu HaiKong's forces are to be trifled with. Regular bandits and low-tier units would be like sending lambs to the slaughter.
In terms of ranged attacks, Lu HaiKong's Elite Guard had Light Iron Shields, while the Yellow Turban Warriors had their innate traits working against them, and with the cover of the walls, they could easily dodge arrows.
Thus, it was extremely challenging for the Mega Fort to take the walls and the camp's gate.
However, no matter how challenging, the battle must go on. The Mega Fort and Large Forts' advantages came into play once more.
The Mega Fort had a large number of Intelligent NPCs, including many military strategists. Their tactics were incredibly flexible, and against the tough nuts to crack—Lu HaiKong and Ye Junru—they employed various strategies and tactics in their battles.
Although the enemy's tactics changed frequently, Lu HaiKong and his forces dismantled them. The main force on Lu HaiKong's side received support from the walls, while Lu HaiKong directly led Pan Feng's forces to break out and provide support for Ye Junru's side.
Both sides protected and supported each other, and after more than half an hour, the Mega Fort grew furious and deployed their most powerful legion.
The most powerful legion in the Mega Fort wasn't an elite unit; elite units were rare. It was a low-cost unit that only a Mega Fort could produce in large numbers.
The Mega Fort's strongest legion, like Lu HaiKong's, was also an Elite Bandit Guard, and they were top-tier in their class.
These system-generated bandits seemed to have limited numbers for various unit tiers. In such a large Mega Fort, there were only around 1,500 Elite Bandit Guards, but their equipment was impressive.
Wearing a standard-grade leather armor, wielding a regular saber, and carrying a leather shield, Lu HaiKong and his group were slightly less equipped than the Elite Guard Legion. However, the difference was that the Elite Guard Legion was fully armed, while Lu HaiKong had only equipped around four hundred of his men.
Led by several bandit leaders, a group of bandit guards charged towards Lu HaiKong, while behind them, a massive force of bandits pressed forward. Bandit archers rained arrows upon the Yellow Turban warriors on the defensive wall, clearly intending to concentrate their superior numbers and eliminate Lu HaiKong's forces before dealing with Ye Junru and her companions.
"Fall back and lure them out!"
In response to this situation, Lu HaiKong once again chose to retreat, drawing the bandit guards away from their position.
The battle had been raging for a couple of hours, and the hatred of the intelligent NPCs was almost at its peak, and Lu HaiKong's forces couldn't afford to let them go.
Around 1,500 bandit guards, along with several thousand basic units, chased them relentlessly for a distance of one or two kilometers.
Although they had been chasing for some time, they had no intention of stopping. However, after reaching the two-kilometer mark, a large number of bandit guards suddenly fell into traps.
Lu HaiKong loved incorporating various traps into his battles, and with three days of preparation, he had likely set up more than just a few.
The traps had only captured a few hundred bandit guards, but Lu HaiKong was satisfied.
In the 1619 book, it was clearly stated that this was the correct version!
After Lu HaiKong's traps proved effective, he stopped running because he knew that continuing would take them out of the Mega Fort's territory.
If they kept running, the bandits would not pursue them, but the Mega Fort's hatred would shift towards Ye Junru and her group. Moreover, Lu HaiKong himself did not plan to run anymore.
At this moment, Pan Feng activated his 'Army Stabilizing Might', and Wang Tian unleashed 'Supreme General's Unmatched', leading the Elite Guard Legion into battle. On the other side, Cheng Yi also possessed his own commander trait, but he did not activate it as this was not the right time!
Death-Defying Valor:
Commander Trait: Upon activation, all generals and soldiers under the commander enter a berserk state, with their combat power increasing by one to two times, fighting relentlessly until death!
This is a powerful commander trait but also a double-edged one. Once activated, it can only end in death, and Cheng Yi might only use it once in his lifetime.
With Pan Feng's trait in full effect, the Elite Guard Legion's already formidable combat power surged. The bandit guards had no way to resist, as the gap in strength and equipment was evident. Pan Feng's forces advanced like a raging storm.
Moreover, Lu HaiKong and Cheng Yi, along with their regular bandit guards, joined the battle. Although the bandits had several bandit leaders with commander traits, they were no match for Lu HaiKong's forces, especially with Wang Tian's 'Supreme General's Unmatched' activated. Wang Tian swiftly defeated opponents with a strength of seventy-something.
Subsequently, Lu HaiKong and Cheng Yi quickly dispatched their opponents. In this world, although unit strengths had increased significantly, most units shared a common weakness: the death of their commanding officer resulted in a drastic drop in the legion's combat effectiveness.
Under these circumstances, Lu HaiKong's victory was all but assured.
(End of Chapter)
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