CHAPTER 1980: CHAPTER 634: COVETING THE ARTIFACT (2)

This proposal immediately received the approval of all Mulan officers.

Piegel is innocent; possessing the artifact is a crime.

Liu Zhenhan, the person involved, never anticipated that it was precisely because his six-barreled machine cannon was too fierce that it would entice these hundred thousand camel cavalry to risk breaking military conventions to come and seize it.

Just like a swarm of black ants transporting dates, a hundred thousand racing camels completely surrounded Witherspoon.

On the southern side of the main city gate under the morning sun, the elite troops of Mulan’s vanguard corps gathered here. Among them were three hundred Phantom Beast Knights led by the sand lizard knight Humaid Fakhar, the Imam Group led by Magu Ahid Lahde Abdullahman, and the Flying Camel Guard Brigade commanded by Saeed Qas as the lead general.

Upon hearing the alarm bell, Liu Zhenhan was the first to fly up to the city wall.

Under the dim moonlight and starlight, the hundred thousand camel cavalry winding across the vast wilderness appeared to Liu Zhenhan like a flourishing patch of alfalfa meadow, stretching as far as the eye could see. It’s unimaginable what a spectacular scene it will be when the main force of over a million enemy troops arrives at Witherspoon!

"A very cool army!" Helen hung a Crystal Palace lamp used for illumination beside her, adjusted the focus on the bronze lookout machine, and snapped several close-ups of the sand-type Giant Dragon soaring in the sky with the Div Water Crystal Ball.

"I’m quite puzzled!" Liu Zhenhan was very confused: "These Mulanese don’t even have a cloud ladder, yet they want to forcibly attack Witherspoon? Are they that foolish? Even if humiliated, they shouldn’t lose their minds, right? This commander truly deserves to be killed!"

"A few days ago, I read a knight novel; it even depicted a hundred thousand scouts besieging a city! If we convert based on this rate, even though not all hundred thousand camel cavalry have the abilities of scouts, they’re not far off." Moer chuckled: "Maybe you humiliated them so severely just now that they couldn’t suppress their anger and just couldn’t hold it back!"

"It always feels somewhat comical." Liu Zhenhan still found it hard to believe it could be true. After all, the Mulan Empire is a superpower that swept across the Taklamago Desert; a commander capable of leading a hundred thousand camel cavalry will surely not be mediocre: "Anyway! First, have someone send over dinner. If they haven’t attacked the city after I finish eating, I’ll go find their air force to practice!"

During the idle time of orderly advancement, Mulan’s lead general Saeed Qas and the sand lizard knight shared a golden saddle, flew into the high sky, and conducted a thorough reconnaissance of Witherspoon’s troop distribution and defensive buildings.

The more General Saeed observed, the more he secretly lamented. This city indeed lived up to its reputation in the intelligence records, managed by the wisest and wealthiest of the Beamon, Fawkes, for hundreds of years; the ten-meter-wide circular moat was precisely formed by a natural snow-water tributary, the thick granite city walls were at least twenty-five meters high. Besides the tens of feet wide paths for galloping horses, the city wall boasted numerous soldier barracks and stone warehouses for storing supplies; tower after tower and arrow towers rose high, filled with soldiers armed with bows and darts. Relying on these composite structures of defense buildings, the crossfire above the city wall would leave no safe blind spots for attackers.

Sand lizard knight Humaid Fakhar frowned at the thorny vines covering Witherspoon’s city walls; a hundred thousand camel cavalry, let alone lacking heavy weapons, even with enough siege machinery, probably couldn’t conquer this fortified city.

The two high-ranking officers of the Mulan Empire exchanged a knowing glance, hesitating over whether to continue with the just-established feint attack plan.

Mulan soldiers are proficient in throwing spears but not in archery; the fifty thousand Dile archers conscripted with the army did not accompany the vanguard corps. If only relying on the long-range firepower cover by one hundred Imams, even a feint attack on Witherspoon would likely result in considerable losses.

"What is that?" Sand lizard knight Humaid Fakhar pointed at Witherspoon’s city wall, behind each low parapet wall, every fifty steps there was a tomb-like stone fortress.

"Bastion." Saeed Qas replied instinctively: "In the past, this thing was called a ’beast lair,’ with head-sized holes on top specifically for the short Beamon warriors to get inside and randomly poke outward with long spears. This is their traditional defensive structure."

"We can use grappling hooks and ropes to scale the walls, but we almost have no long-range firepower, and our forces aren’t enough; we can only attack one side of the wall at best! For the magical equipment capable of casting spells, isn’t this a bit too costly?" Sand lizard knight Humaid Fakhar smacked his lips: "Ha! The opponent also has many Phantom Beast Knights; dealing with them will likely consume a lot of my time."

"Fight we must, but not for honor! The existence of this magical equipment is far too dangerous and critical for us. It must be the Artifact of the Aegean Continent! If we can’t obtain it, we must destroy it first; under no circumstances can it fall into the hands of the Sea Clan. From the perspective of preparedness, it should be considered this way!" General Saeed Qas gritted his teeth: "I now only want the outcome, not casualty figures! When the feint attack begins later, let’s first see your progress. If indeed unsuccessful, I’ll have the Magu Ahid cast a powerful spell to turn this city into a sea of fire! The entire Aegean Continent has only a few human magic tutors; I refuse to believe this city would possess both the Artifact and a magic tutor, humph! Without a magic tutor, I’d like to see what they use to resist our Magu Ahid!"