CHAPTER 1986: CHAPTER 635: A BLOODY INCIDENT TRIGGERED BY AN ARTIFACT (PART 4)

In view of this, Old Gecko and Mourinho joined forces as early as last year, sending their best Witch Doctors to the ubiquitous Natural Tar Lakes in the Southwest Province to refine a highly corrosive liquid; this was also Mourinho’s proposal, suggesting that aerial forces do not necessarily have to emulate Florence with fire attacks. As long as the method is effective, it’s a good method.

The Natural Tar Lake, after long-term volatilization and oxidation, has a solid surface layer that no longer contains any toxins. However, if you pry open the tar shell, the depths of the Tar Lake contain highly corrosive semi-liquid, semi-solid tar. Although the liquid refined from this tar isn’t as aggressive as sulfuric acid, direct contact with eyes and skin can cause severe burns, not lethal, but certainly effective in warfare. {PS: Natural tar cannot be refined into gasoline; it is not petroleum tar! If anyone asks why not dig for oil, let me say that because the Aegean Continent hasn’t developed drilling rigs and Iron Man Wang Jinxi yet.}

Liu Zhenhan didn’t mean to underestimate the heroes of the world, but he still didn’t glance at Old Gecko even with the corner of his eye.

He’s not at all moved by the alternative "Poison Dragon Flight Bomb."

Because right now, he is racking his brains pondering over the problem.

To this date, the Mulanese have suffered heavy casualties, yet not a single Imam Mage has acted, nor even come into firing range! As for the Mulan Dragon Knights and those hundred Phantom Beast Knights, they remain in stealth mode, according to Moer who says they show no sign of movement.

Instead, another two hundred Mulan Phantom Beast Knights, without the cover of light and shadow invisibility, have circumvented towards the eastern and western city walls of Witherspoon in a deceitful maneuver.

Liu Zhenhan knew this must be a Mulanese deception.

Countering with moves, he has Duncan and Figo lead four hundred mixed air forces in two routes to intercept these two hundred Mulan Phantom Beast Knights.

With twice the number, explosive arrows, and the advantage of mixed arms, these two hundred Mulan Phantom Beast Knights used to confuse and mislead are destined for death in front of the Florentine air force.

But Old Liu can’t figure out what exactly these Mulanese want.

On one hand, they pose as do-or-die, constantly reassigning cavalry to infantry assaulting Witherspoon, and dispatching two hundred Phantom Beast Knights as disruptors; on the other hand, under the cover of night, they use light and shadow magic to conceal the Dragon Knights and a hundred Phantom Beast Knights, holding their action alongside the Imams.

Anything unusual must be a demon, Liu Zhenhan warns himself to be sure to guard against Mulanese tricks.

The fool holding a six-barreled machine cannon doesn’t realize he’s overthinking the Mulanese.

The Mulan Commander Sayid Kass didn’t order the sand lizard cavalry Humaid Fakhar and the Phantom Beast Knights, who were in cloaked stealth mode, to deploy because Mulan warriors have made a breakthrough advancement----------the city wall where the Beamon Shaman holding the "Aegean Artifact" is stationed, surprisingly lacks defending forces leveraging terrain to sniper the Mulan warriors below!

Although twice hacked and slaughtered by the Beamon Phantom Beast Knights, this loss hasn’t concerned Commander Sayid.

In this Mulan Commander’s view, this section of unguarded wall resembles a delectable cheese, relying solely on four hundred Phantom Beast Knights won’t cover it. The Mulan Mojie, even if thrown to fill with lives, will eventually crawl up.

The siege tactic chosen by the Mulanese this time is very traditional; they are attacking all four city walls simultaneously.

The eastern, western, and northern walls are feints, the real main attack point is the most open South Wall, which is where the Beamon Shaman holding the artifact is located.

Sayid Kass is a brilliant commander, he only needs to observe the battle closely to instantly determine which defending troops on Witherspoon’s four city walls have the highest and lowest combat strength.

"Avoiding the strong and attacking the weak" is an irrefutable axiom passed down since ancient times. With camel cavalry’s mobility, a feint can transform into a main attack at any time, once the balance at a single point is broken, the entire attack front can be activated.

Sayid Kass originally believed that without siege engines and long-range firepower support, ten thousand camel cavalry couldn’t possibly take the Witherspoon city wall, but now it’s evident that there’s a segment of the wall left bare.

This discovery immediately prompted him to revise the attack plan.

Originally, he intended for the sand lizard cavalry, Phantom Beast Knights to be the main attack, with the Imams providing long-range fire support to seize the Beamon Shaman. Now he changed his mind; since Mulan warriors can charge up this wall, he might as well let the sand lizard cavalry, Phantom Beast Knights, and Imams join in after the melee starts on the city wall, to win in chaos!

To attract those four hundred Phantom Beast Knights’ attention, Commander Sayid sent another two hundred Phantom Beast Knights to feint attacks on the eastern and western walls. Amazingly, another four hundred Phantom Beast Knights flew up from this city, calculating by this standard, Witherspoon must have at least a thousand Phantom Beast Knights!

This prominent number made the Mulan Vanguard Corps’ staff feel a bit heart-constricted, knowing Mulan Empire’s Phantom Beast Knights number less than eight hundred!

"Deploy the Flying Camel Guard!" Commander Sayid finally saw the Beamon Phantom Beast Knights pouring water from clay pots returning, and with a fierce downward chop of his hand, ordered the deployment.