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At this moment, seeing the army below the city, Shangguan Junpeng was no longer as tense as before because they possessed advanced weapons that others did not have, along with a powerful air force.
Guo Huai saw that the time for the attack he had discussed with Willy had arrived, so he immediately ordered all air forces to take off targeting Dragon Glory City.
Soon, over two hundred air force units flew over Willy's head. Upon seeing the air force, Willy also issued the order to attack. Under the leadership of the Siege Engineers, soldiers from the Southern Tiger Empire began their full-scale assault.
On the city wall, Shangguan Junpeng was startled by the enemy's air force, but Shangguan Junhong reacted quickly: "Order the air force to engage lightly and eliminate their air force."
Before Shangguan Junhong could finish his sentence, a large number of stones fell from the sky. Fortunately, these stones were not very large, and the soldiers on the city wall used their shields to block them, preventing any damage to the Repeater Crossbows and ballistae.
Soon, the Eastern Dragon Empire's air force made its appearance. All of them were part of Liu Guanfeng's forces, so the leader was Chonghong. For this defensive battle, Chonghong brought four people to Dragon Glory City while Chongkuo stayed at home to look after two ladies.
The two sides' air forces engaged in aerial combat, and it quickly became clear who had the upper hand. The Thunder Eagle Knights and Wind Eagle Knights had superior flight speed and mount capabilities compared to their opponents. Moreover, these knights were all equipped with crossbows and each carried a spear for close combat.
As a result, whether in long-range attacks or close-quarters fighting, the Eastern Dragon Empire's air force held a significant advantage. Additionally, Chonghong and his team commanded effectively. Liu Guanfeng had shared some modern aerial combat tactics with them; fortunately, Liu Guanfeng did not have extensive military knowledge; otherwise, their opponents would have suffered even more severely.
However, after being suppressed in the air, the Southern Tiger Empire's attacks also showed improvement. At least they were now able to reach the city walls. However, those unfortunate soldiers were surprised to find that their weapons seemed ineffective against the enemy's armor. Meanwhile, their opponents' Steel Blades easily inflicted injuries on them.
Thus, although soldiers from the Southern Tiger Empire managed to reach the city top, they were quickly driven back. This frustrated Willy greatly. In the end, as their air force was defeated and routed once again, Willy reluctantly issued a retreat order.
This attack resulted in nearly fifty thousand casualties for the Southern Tiger Empire's soldiers and left the entire Three Kingdoms Alliance without any fighting spirit. In the following days, the citizens of Dragon Glory City saw hope in their defense efforts; thus, they worked hard to gather stones for the city's catapults and some families even voluntarily offered their homes for treating lightly and severely injured soldiers.
Outside the city, the Alliance no longer exhibited its previous arrogance. In the remaining two days for the Southern Tiger Empire, they did not organize another substantial siege; each time they only sent a small number of soldiers for probing attacks with almost no losses.
In the next five days, it was West Lion Empire's turn. The West Lion Empire's approach was even more thorough due to insufficient manpower preventing a strong assault. Thus, Dragon Glory City and Three Kingdoms Alliance remained in a stalemate.
Meanwhile, after completing his mission, Liu Guanfeng happily rode Little Black back to the entrance of Underworld. Upon arriving there, he realized that he had already brought all his people outside and established his tribe on a peak at Underworld's entrance.
Having settled everything here, he followed Liu Guanfeng back home. The first thing upon returning home was receiving news that war had already broken out at Dragon Glory City. Although he had just returned, Li Xiaohan and Zhang Yuru both understood that now was not the time to persuade Liu Guanfeng to stay.
Liu Guanfeng hurriedly arrived at Dragon Glory City. Upon seeing the scene in Dragon Glory City, Liu Guanfeng felt relieved, as there were no signs of panic among the citizens, indicating that the battle outside was going smoothly.
Soon, Liu Guanfeng saw Shangguan Junhong and Shangguan Junpeng in the tent, along with generals such as Bao Rui, Copper Bull, Iron Bull, Liu Guanlei, and Liu Guanyu. Except for Shangguan Junpeng, who did not recognize him, everyone else stood up to greet Liu Guanfeng, even Shangguan Junhong took the initiative to step down from his commanding position.
After a brief exchange of greetings, Shangguan Junhong led Liu Guanfeng to stand before Shangguan Junpeng. "Second Brother, this is the Liu Guanfeng I mentioned to you."
At this point, Shangguan Junpeng had completely let go of his dreams of becoming emperor, appearing indifferent and very polite towards the outsider Liu Guanfeng. "You are Liu Guanfeng; I've heard my father and Sixth Brother mention you."
"Sixth Prince, you flatter me."
"Please have a seat."
Almost everyone present had received favors from Liu Guanfeng, so they all showed him great respect. Even his two older brothers had never treated him like a child. As Liu Guanfeng was about to take his seat, Bao Rui stood up to offer his place to him. Liu Guanfeng smiled lightly at Bao Rui and sat down calmly.
As soon as he sat down, Liu Guanfeng directly inquired about the battle situation. "Gentlemen, how is the recent battle situation in Dragon Glory City?"
Shangguan Junhong smiled and replied, "I believe you saw it when you entered the city. The situation here is quite optimistic; the enemy hasn't organized a proper attack for quite some time."
"Have you sent anyone to observe their arrangements?"
"According to our scouts, after their air force failed last time, the Three Kingdoms Alliance sent people back home for reinforcements. The reinforcements from several countries are on their way and are estimated to number around 800,000. I think they will arrive in about seven or eight days."
"Do we have any countermeasures?"
"Relying on Dragon Glory City, even if they send 800,000 troops or even 1.8 million, they won't gain an inch." Shangguan Junhong said with a smile; he was very confident in the defense of Dragon Glory City.
The others nodded in agreement; everyone was filled with confidence regarding the defense against the Southern Tiger Empire.
At this moment, Liu Guanfeng shook his head. "This isn't a solution either."
"Big Brother, do you have any ideas?"
"Have you all considered that if we only defend, the enemy will keep attacking? Don't you understand the principle that prolonged defense leads to inevitable loss?"
"Big Brother, what do you mean?"
"Since they have come, we cannot be polite with them. Just because they are not attacking does not mean we cannot take the initiative."
"People's King, they have surrounded us now, not the other way around. Even if we defeat them, their numbers far exceed ours. How can we just attack like that?" Shangguan Junpeng asked in confusion.
"Sixth Prince, if even you think we won't attack, then the enemy is even less likely to expect us to strike. This way, we can catch them off guard."
"So what do you suggest we do?"
"We'll wait a few more days. Once their reinforcements arrive, we will take action," Liu Guanfeng said with a smile.
"Wait for reinforcements? Then won't their numbers increase even more? If we rashly leave the city, do we stand a chance?"
"Sixth Prince, please don't rush. The Three Kingdoms Alliance is already frightened by us, so they will definitely be extra cautious. If we go out now, we won't achieve our goal of a surprise attack. However, once their reinforcements arrive and they feel more confident, they will lower their guard. That will be our best opportunity to strike."
"Who should go then? What if they push us back?"
"I know that’s a concern. So this time, not everyone can go out. Sixth Prince, you stay behind to guard. As long as you can hold Dragon Glory City, we can fight fiercely outside."
Shangguan Junpeng turned his gaze to his younger brother. At this moment, Shangguan Junhong was contemplating Liu Guanfeng's words. He was the highest commander here now. Shangguan Junhong looked at the other generals below; almost all of them appeared exceptionally excited. Although they had achieved victories in recent days, it was still defense—they were being attacked—so they were eager to go out and give the enemy a good beating.
Seeing the expressions of the generals, Shangguan Junhong felt that he could not suppress their morale any longer. Finally, he nodded and said, "Seeing the expressions of all the generals, I believe I no longer need to think it over; all actions will follow Big Brother's arrangements."
Liu Guanfeng nodded: "Second Brother, you and Sixth Prince will guard the city together. For this surprise attack, we will split into three groups. The first group will be led by me and Second Brother; we'll select ten thousand elite soldiers from your Starfall Kingdom's troops. The second group will be led by Bao Rui, accompanied by Copper Bull and Iron Bull with ten thousand elite soldiers from Five Star Nation. The third group will be led by me personally; I’ll take Hank Niu with me and select ten thousand soldiers from your private troops—will that be alright?"
"Of course, no problem. Those private soldiers of mine were given to me by you."
Liu Guanfeng simply smiled and said nothing: "Each of the three groups of soldiers must prepare two Sleeve Arrows and a Crossbow, with only ten bolts for the crossbow; too many would influence our mobility. We will use these few days to select our personnel, and the attack will take place in the early morning of the second day after the reinforcements arrive."
Liu Guanfeng quickly arranged all the deployments, and those who received the orders began to return to select their soldiers. To achieve the goal of a surprise attack, all soldiers would be cavalry. At the same time, Liu Guanfeng divided Chonghong's aerial cavalry into three groups, requiring each group to carry a large number of Fire Oil Bombs. After the ambush, the air force would also take on the important task of covering everyone's retreat.
Clearly, the Three Kingdoms Alliance was much more anxious than Liu Guanfeng and his team had imagined. Originally expected to arrive in seven or eight days, the reinforcements had already arrived by the evening of the fourth day after Liu Guanfeng's arrival. According to reports from the air force, this group of reinforcements appeared very fatigued, likely due to forced marching. This made Liu Guanfeng and his team even more excited; with this bunch of fools helping them, it would be hard not to achieve a great victory.
That night, Liu Guanfeng had all the soldiers rest early. By dawn, all selected soldiers were fully equipped. Without anyone noticing, the west gate of Dragon Glory City was quietly opened, and a group of soldiers silently left Dragon Glory City.
Soon, this group of soldiers split into three teams, moving towards the camps of three different nations. The team led by Liu Guanfeng targeted the central camp, which belonged to the notoriously arrogant Southern Tiger Empire. At this moment, the Southern Tiger Empire had the largest number of troops within the Three Kingdoms Alliance, with their numbers reaching six hundred thousand including reinforcements.
Liu Guanfeng quietly approached near the camp gate and then halted all his troops to wait for support from the air force.
Time passed slowly, and soon a dark shadow rose from Dragon Glory City. After flying over Dragon Glory City, these shadows immediately gained altitude, making it difficult for those below to notice them.
These shadows quickly reached above the three military camps. Subsequently, all air forces dispersed into various corners; due to the vast area occupied by Alliance's military camp, it was impossible to see anyone after more than a hundred people spread out. Fortunately, it was nighttime; when Chonghong ignited the first Fire Oil Bomb, other knights followed suit and lit their Fire Oil Bombs one after another. Then streams of red meteors rushed towards the Alliance's base.
In an instant, the entire military camp was engulfed in flames, and Chonghong and others followed Liu Guanfeng's instructions to throw all their ten or so Fire Oil Bombs in the shortest time possible.
Now, the military camp was completely consumed by fire; kerosene burns cannot be extinguished with water. Although soldiers worked hard to put out the flames, there were no signs that the fire would be extinguished.
At this moment, Liu Guanfeng felt that the timing was ripe. He raised his Fang Tian Hua Ji into the air: "Brothers, it's time to vent our anger. Let's show the Three Kingdoms Alliance what an attack really looks like. Charge with me!" With that, Liu Guanfeng led the charge into the military camp.
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