Without time to think, he pushed away the maid supporting him and shouted, "Quick! Quickly send troops to the border cities.

" However, 10 seconds of countdown time was not enough for him to accomplish this.

In a void, a brand new battlefield was being created.

A crimson double-tailed comet streaked across the sky, and magnificent cities appeared out of nowhere in the originally empty wilderness.

The players of both sides, ready for a decisive battle, had already entered the stage.

End of this chapter, chapter 260.

Full-scale war begins.

Unlike Zhao Dong Nan, who was caught off guard by Lajia's move, Lajia, who held the initiative, had already gathered his forces before issuing the declaration of war.

As soon as he entered the battlefield, the waiting reconnaissance teams immediately moved out to start searching for the locations of the enemy's cities.

At the same time, Lajia, who was embarking on full-scale war for the first time, curiously surveyed his surroundings.

To be honest, within the range of his vision, everything seemed unchanged.

Even a mirror lake was still there.

It was only when he opened the system map that he noticed something strange.

Aside from his territory, everything around was completely black, meaning it was unexplored territory in game terms.

Undoubtedly, at the moment full-scale war began, all territories within Loajia civilization, including nearby mountains, grasslands, hills, small rivers, and forests, having been completely transferred over, it looked as if they had always belonged to this world.

And the same must be true for Zhao Dongan's side.

Now equipped with both fast horses and telescopes, the reconnaissance teams had significantly improved their efficiency.

Additionally, considering the scale of cities for a player at this rank, it wasn't easy to hide while building stone walls, it didn't take long for the dispatched reconnaissance teams to confirm the location of Zhao Dong Nan's border city.

And there was no doubt that their efficiency was faster than Joe Dong Nan's.

Normally, after a player hangs up the peace card, 5 days have just passed.

At this point, it would be relaxing.

Who would have thought that Loaja, a newcomer who had just been promoted to the bronze rank, would recklessly initiate a full-scale war, ignoring the peace card and launching an assault, calculating the time from when Zhao Dongan received the system prompt to dispatching messengers to alert the cities of the enemy's siege and then gathering forces at the border city.

It would take at least 2 to 4 days.

During this time, for Loia, who held the initiative, it was an excellent opportunity.

After confirming the location of the enemy's city, Lajia directly employed the strategy of speed is of the essence.

Marching urgently to press the attack before sunset.

This time accompanying the expedition was Lu Yong, who had recently been recalled to Mirror City along with his shield and axe troops.

After a long absence, Lu Yong seemed to have become much steadier, and his overall attributes had nearly reached their limits with stamina and bravery reaching four stars.

Upon seeing him, Luajia couldn't help but exclaimed that the grasslands truly were a place for honing skills.

It is worth mentioning that the waror under Luo Yong looked quite shabby, especially when standing next to Laja's magnificent steed.

The contrast made it appear even more inferior.

Its appearance couldn't even be called a steed.

However, one should not underestimate it.

This was a new breed they discovered on the grasslands.

Initially, when these small and unimpressive inferior horses were found, the herder's first reaction was to send them off for hauling supplies.

Yet, on the way, they unexpectedly caught the eye of a young man named Malya.

After some experimentation, everyone discovered that these inferior horses had surprisingly good endurance and strong adaptability.

Even when starved for two meals, their speed hardly declined, proving to be unexpectedly resilient and quite bold.

This discovery was quickly reported to Luagia, who was overjoyed upon hearing it.

He even made a special trip to the grasslands to verify it personally.

Just like soldiers didn't need to be equipped with divine weapons.

The army also didn't require extraordinary horses.

What they needed were horses that could endure hardship and labor.

Ideally, they should be able to adapt to various harsh environments.

To put it bluntly, they shouldn't be too delicate.

The breed chosen by Mal Yong quickly became Luaja's ideal military waror and for discovering this breed.

Mal Yang was promoted to manager of the grassland horse farm along with receiving the silver level horse breeder skill book.

"Chief, the sun is about to set.

Should we continue the siege?" Lu Yong asked while mounted on his horse.

"Don't worry, we<unk>ll take it down before sunset.

" As he spoke, Luajia slowly drew his bronze sword.

Siege troops start advancing.

With a command, five crossbows were slowly rolled out in formation, lined up in a row, relying on their absolute range advantage.

Lajia's siege weapon revealed its menacing fangs once again.

First targeting the crossbows and defensive structures set up by the enemy on the city walls for destruction, initiating a barrage aimed at the opposite city walls and gates.

In a short time, through a blitzkrieg, taking down a border city of Zhao Dongan was a crucial first step in Lajia's tactical approach.

If this first step wasn't executed well, the subsequent battles would be difficult.

His current situation was quite delicate to avoid giving Zhao Dong a chance to breathe.

He had just repaired the gates and walls of Shiuan city before directly issuing the declaration of war.

This led to the outer walls of the rear cities like Jubmu City and Bay City still being under construction.

In other words, while he was fighting in front, the rear was still in a developmental phase.

Under this premise, how could he keep the cities like Jubma city and Bay City which were still farming safe from the threat of war? Should he hold Shiuan City firmly to buy time for the construction teams? Clearly not.

Luaja had a more straightforward and direct method.

That was to take the initiative in attacking as long as he forcefully captured an enemy city right from the start.

Zhao Dong Nan would be forced into a defensive position with waves of relentless attacks threatening the enemy cities one after another.

He didn't believe that Zhao Dongan, who had just lost 5,000 troops in the previous invasion, could spare any forces to attack his cities aside from passively defending.

Therefore, to achieve this goal, Luagia would spare no effort.

After 10 rounds of bombardment from the five crossbows, the walls of the enemy city in the distance were already in ruins.

Seeing this, Luajia waved his hand, signaling the crossbows to withdraw.

After the entire army advanced the distance, he decisively ordered the shield and axe troops to push the siege towers forward.

While the archers provided cover for the shield and axe troops to besiege the city.

Chapter 261.

Capturing the city at this moment, Luog's 3,000 troops pressed forward, and the advantage in numbers was almost undeniable.

The defending forces were clearly fewer than a thousand men, and the previous 10 rounds of bombardment from five large crossbows had already severely diminished their morale.

Now they were also facing a widespread barrage from the archers and surprisingly Lu OG had achieved the effect of a morale shock tactic in this siege battle which was quite rare in such scenarios.

Unless the battle was overwhelmingly one-sided, the defending soldiers with the city walls as their stronghold typically maintained a relatively stable morale and were not easily demoralized.

It can only be said that Luog's strategy of relying on the advantage of the large crossbows to bombard the walls from outside the range of the enemy was incredibly demoralizing.

Taking advantage of the opportunity created by the archer suppression, the shield and axe soldiers charged the siege equipment right up to the city gate.

With a loud bang, the defending general Jeang Xi Juan, who was holding a shield to fend off the reign of arrows, felt a tremor in his heart and shouted urgently, "First squad of shield and axe soldiers, hold the city gate.

Second squad, ascend the walls and push the rolling logs and stone projectiles.

" Hearing the order, the first squad of soldiers decisively moved forward as they all understood that if the city gate was completely breached, the enemy would invade.

However, the second squad soldiers who were already demoralized were expressions of stiffness ascend the walls who could ignore the overwhelming rain of arrows.

They could see waves of arrows raining down and those who had been slower to run had already been shot into porcupines, their bodies still lying on the walls, unable to be dragged away in time.

Now, they were being asked to climb up and push rolling logs and stone projectiles.

wasn't te that sending them to their deaths.

For a moment, none of them moved.

When Jeang Xi Juan saw that the second squad of soldiers had not followed his orders, a flash of anger crossed his eyes.

In his current agitated state, he thrust his sword into the nearest soldier, shouting fiercely, "Anyone who disobys military orders shall be executed without mercy.

" The soldiers were clearly startled by Jeang Xiuin<unk>s action of killing a comrade, their faces turning pale.

As the defending general, Jeang Xi Juan still commanded enough authority that the soldiers dared not resist him.

Climbing the walls might mean a 9:1 chance of survival.

But disobeying military orders would surely mean death.

Thinking of this, the hesitant soldiers gritted their teeth, raised their shields, and charged towards the walls.

However, the harsh reality told them that sheer determination would not spare them from the arrows raining down from outside the walls.

The few soldiers at the front holding large shields clearly aimed to rush to the walls in search of cover.

This idea was indeed correct.

The longer they hesitated, the greater the danger.

However, a correct strategy does not guarantee success.

While the large shield was excellent at deflecting attacks when raised, it had a flaw.

It was too heavy.