Chapter 387 Empty City Strategy?
Chapter 387 Empty City Strategy?
Is this Black Wind Mountain? It is indeed the location of the largest evil force in Luoyang Plain. It looks evil.
Everyone looked at the dark mountains towering into the clouds in front of them, and they felt a little scared.
The dark mountain lies on the plain like a wild beast, and the whistling wind sounds like the cry of a ghost, bringing a somewhat creepy feeling.
Between the steep mountains, a zigzag path extends all the way to the top of the mountain. Along the way, three or five bandits and monsters can be seen everywhere. Among the clouds and mist, the gate and outer wall of the mountain village can be vaguely seen.
No wonder Black Wind Mountain has not been conquered for so long.
The terrain alone is terrible.
"You see, I said this place is not easy to attack." Xiao Bailong said with some gloating. He had led the Luoyang branch to try to open up the land several times, but every time they reached the foot of the mountain, they retreated and could only attack the small strongholds around it.
I was previously mocked by people from other branches for not being able to take down a monster's nest, but I was very upset. Now I have a chance to clear myself.
Everyone was silent, but they had to agree with this.
With such a steep terrain, it would be almost impossible for the enemy to attack as long as they kept shooting arrows from a high position.
Ordinary physical players, no matter how good their lightness skills or martial arts are, still need to abide by the laws of physics. It is too dangerous to fight their way up in such terrain and it is not worth it at all.
But this time, things are different.
Xiao Jie smiled and said, "It's not a big problem. This narrow mountain road seems easy to defend but difficult to attack, but it actually limits the bandits' advantage in terms of manpower. After all, there are thousands of bandits, while we only have two or three hundred players. If we really want to fight, we will have to use the few to defeat the many.
If it's just a close combat now, we players will have more advantages.
After all, the level and strength are stronger.
The most urgent thing is to get to the mountain first.
The first mission is the trail-opening team. We need ten people, 30 points each, and we will fight our way from here to the mountain stronghold gate. Anyone who wants to participate can sign up now."
A large army cannot be deployed in this kind of terrain, so a small elite force must be sent out. These ten people must have strong strength and courage, and those who are responsible for opening the way will naturally also be rewarded.
Everyone signed up immediately. They were currently still on the outskirts of the village. Although the mountain road was steep, the guards were all low-level monsters, so it would be a waste if they didn't make some money.
Xiao Jie naturally recruited students based on merit. Soon, Haomie, Xiayi Wushuang, Jiujianxian, Woyuchengxian, Yeluo... were all selected without any suspense. He also selected five people who were above level 30 from the others, and soon a team of ten was formed.
"Come on everyone!"
Following Xiao Jie's order, ten people were seen performing light skills and rushing up to the top of the mountain. For a while, shouts of killing continued to be heard, and the sound kept moving upwards, indicating that the location of the battle was also moving upwards.
While observing, Xiao Jie followed with a large group of people. Along the way, they saw corpses of bandits everywhere.
Although the terrain was steep, the bandits on the periphery were only at level 30 or . They were no match for this team of level masters and completely crushed them all the way up.
Soon the team arrived at the entrance of the mountain village. The terrain here was a bit more open and could barely accommodate more than a hundred people.
It can be regarded as a small kindness given by the game makers to the players.
Xiao Jie put the strongest team in the front, and the large group of people behind could only deploy on the mountain roads.
Xiao Jie originally thought that the village would be heavily guarded, but to his surprise, the village gate was wide open and empty without a single bandit.
Hey, is this an empty city plan?
"What do you think is going on?" Xiao Jie asked.
"Are you trying to play the empty city trick with us?"
"Maybe there's an ambush."
"There must be an ambush."
"Could it be that the bandits from Black Wind Mountain heard the news and fled ahead of time?"
Everyone was talking at once, but there was no consensus.
Xiao Jie pondered for a moment and decided that rushing in directly would not work, what if it was an ambush?
"For the second mission, I need a volunteer to conduct a reconnaissance of the village. This mission may be dangerous. Whoever comes will be given 50 points."
"I come!"
"I come!"
An Ran and Ye Luo spoke at the same time.
No one else was fighting for it. It was obvious that the stronghold in front of them had problems, and the first one to break in would be in the greatest danger.
If I don't have some skills, I wouldn't dare to take this job.
Xiao Jie hesitated for a moment, "It's better to go safely. According to the information, there are people who are good at ghost spells in Black Wind Mountain. Although Ye Luo can activate the void form, it will be dangerous if you are discovered in there.
It's much safer in the air.
But An Ran, don't get too close. The other side has a sharpshooter BOSS. It would be bad if he shoots you down. It's enough to just scout the terrain of the village."
"Don't worry, I understand."
An Ran said as she leaped up into the sky, transformed into a snowy owl, hovering over the village, circling and looking down, taking pictures while investigating.
Soon, more than a dozen photos were sent to the group.
Xiao Jie opened the photos and browsed through them one by one. The terrain of the Black Wind Mountain was distributed in a star shape, with a huge flat-topped mountain in the middle. A huge mountain stronghold was built in the valley on the top of the mountain. The stronghold had a circle of log walls built along the rocks on the edge of the mountain top. Inside the walls were various chaotic buildings, most of which were built randomly with wood. The roofs were covered with thick thatch, which looked very simple and were obviously for ordinary bandits to live in.
These buildings are distributed in a circular shape, with a total of three floors. The distribution pattern seems to contain mysteries, vaguely presenting a certain shape.
At the innermost part of the stronghold is a huge martial arts training ground, but it is empty and there is not a single bandit to be seen.
There are five dangerous peaks around the main peak, which are connected to the main peak by mountain paths, and there are five small villages built on each of the dangerous peaks.
Obviously, these five leaders should occupy a small village respectively, and the big village is used to station bandits, but for some reason, no one can be seen at this time.
The five dangerous peaks around were too steep and basically impossible to climb up. The only option was to attack the main village first and then capture the five small villages around it.
Xiao Jie looked at the map and calculated secretly in his mind.
Once the player enters the main camp and then the martial arts field, he will naturally be trapped. If the enemy is ambushing in the surrounding buildings and attacks from all directions on the ground at the same time, it will be dangerous.
After all, players have different levels of strength. The masters are fine, as they can force their way out even when they are surrounded by a melee. However, those newcomers who are over level ten will probably suffer countless casualties.
The best way is to proceed step by step, slowly advancing one building at a time. Although it is a bit slow, it can minimize the danger.
"The third task is to recruit cleanup teams, five people in a group, 50 people in total, ten groups in total.
The task of the cleanup team is to investigate each building and clear out any monsters that may exist inside. 20 points are given for the cleanup task. Please sign up."
More people signed up this time, and soon fifty people gathered. They were all core players above level 20, working in groups of five, ready to take action.
Xiao Jie first led a team of archers to seize the gate and wall of the stronghold, and then ordered the cleaning team to slowly start cleaning along the buildings on both sides.
Send a player with a sledgehammer and axe to break down the door, and the remaining four will ambush on both sides of the door.
Bang! The door of a bandit's wooden house was smashed open, and four or five bandits rushed out immediately.
"There is indeed an ambush!"
"kill!"
Clang clang clang! There was a flash of swords and sabers, and in the blink of an eye, all of them were chopped to the ground.
Because they came prepared and cooperated well, and there weren't too many bandits hiding in these wooden houses, there wasn't much danger.
Originally, Xiao Jie felt that this mountain stronghold was a little weird, but now, seeing the bandits hiding in these wooden houses being searched out and killed one after another, Xiao Jie breathed a sigh of relief.
Sure enough, there was an ambush - fortunately I was careful enough.
In this case, you just need to clean it up slowly.
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At this moment, inside the gathering hall of Black Wind Mountain, five leaders were watching the players' movements through a basin of water.
They are none other than the Five Heroes of Black Wind Mountain.
“I didn’t expect these returnees to be so vigilant. They were so careful that they even found out the ambush.”
"Fortunately, my eldest brother is more skilled and has made arrangements in advance. No matter how careful these returnees are, it will be useless. Even if we break the ambush on the surface, my eldest brother will launch a plan soon and make sure these people will never return."
"Brother, your plan is brilliant, but it's not good to have so many brothers die."
"Hmph, Third Brother, why do you have to act like a woman? As the saying goes, a merciful man cannot command an army. There will always be casualties in a war. As long as we kill these returnees, the Luoyang Plain will naturally be our territory. Once we take back those villages, we can have as many subordinates as we want."
Several leaders spoke, but the chief of the village, the Demon-Slaying Heavenly King Li Gun, remained silent.
It was not until the four people noticed something and looked at Li Gun for advice that the village chief Li Gun said with a serious expression: "There are quite a few experts among these returnees. Even if my plan succeeds, I'm afraid it will be difficult to fight this time."
Hearing what Li Gun said, the four of them were a little surprised and their expressions became heavy.
A strange voice suddenly sounded in the hall, breaking the silence.
"Have you, village leaders, not made up your mind yet? These returnees are extremely greedy. Wherever they pass, not a blade of grass grows. The doomsday catastrophe predicted by the world ten thousand years ago will happen to these people.
Now the survival of Black Wind Mountain depends on the decision of the leader. Why don't you join us, the Demon Star Tower, and attack from both north and south to join us in this great cause?"
Several village chiefs looked at the person sitting on the guest seat and frowned.
It can be called a human, but it is only slightly human-shaped, and the whole person is covered by a huge, thick black cloak. His body shape is very unnatural. He is more than two meters tall, but he has a hunched back and a hunched back. There are many bulges under the cloak. It is unknown whether he is carrying something on his back or his body is too deformed.
So much so that even with a cloak on, he still looked very strange.
He was wearing a mask on his head with four holes in it, revealing three red eyes.
Mysterious Man (Emissary of Demon Star Tower): Level 38 BOSS. HP: 5400.
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(End of this chapter)