When the cannon fires, there are ten thousand taels of gold.

When an army goes out to fight, from the moment they leave the base, they consume more food and supplies every day than usual.

This consumption is proportional to the distance, and the further the distance, the greater the consumption.

When the Condor Empire was fighting in China, it could gather millions of troops in a certain place at any time, and they did not lack troops at all.

However, since entering the Kazakh Khanate, Ning Yuan has been calculating carefully. He not only strictly controlled the number of troops in different regions, but even made very detailed arrangements for which army would reduce the number of troops and which army would withdraw at what time.

The reason is no different. The logistics pressure on long-distance expedition operations is too great.

In the Kazakh Khanate, the Condor Empire is a away game, and the Central Asian Middle East coalition forces on Ibn are the same.

When their army in the Rzekazgan region exceeds one million, every extra day they put in the logistics pressure.

So even though they hadn't thought of the best way to break the city, they could only bite the bullet and continue to attack the city, and they didn't dare to say that they would take a few days off first.

This is also an important reason why the Condor Empire clearly has no shortage of troops and can even surpass the opponent in terms of quantity, and has only deployed 150,000 defenders in the Rezkazgan area.

The more troops are located in the frontline areas, the more logistics personnel they serve, and then the more food and supplies they are consumed every day.

This is a vicious cycle and is inevitable, so the side with a large number of troops will in most cases want to end the war as soon as possible to avoid logistical problems due to too long time.

Now in the Rezkazgan area, the Condor Empire has three cities and 150,000 defenders, while the Central Asian and Middle East coalition forces have gathered more than one million troops.

The Eagle Empire not only has the benefits of the city, but also has a smaller number of troops. If it is true that the stalemate is here, the longer the time, the more the Central Asian and Middle East coalition forces will suffer.

So even though the Condor Heroes Empire showed off a killing weapon like the Divine Arm Bow on the first day, Ibn and others still did not dare to stop completely. After a busy night, they launched an attack on the city of the Condor Heroes Empire early the next morning.

This time, the Persian Immortal Army and the powerful Orc Army were still the first to fight.

Nearly a thousand tall bear warriors walked in front with huge door panels.

The huge door panels held by the bear warrior were all made by Ibn for the craftsmen who followed the army overnight.

In order to prevent the door panel from being penetrated by the crossbow arrows fired from the divine arm bow, these specially made door panels have three layers.

The outermost two layers are thick wooden boards, and the middle layer is soft animal skin.

In order to prevent the defenders on the city wall from using fire attacks, they also deliberately wet the thick wooden board facing the city wall with water, and then covered with mud.

Sure enough, as soon as this huge three-layer baffle came out, the divine arm bow archers on the city wall immediately became silent.

After seeing that the Divine Arm Bow could not shoot through the enemy's thick wooden baffle, the Divine Arm Bow shooters on the city wall immediately retreated to the second line and gave the shooting position to the Elf Divine Arm Bow shooters holding the power of nature.

However, facing the Persian Immortal Army wearing chain armor, the power of nature could not be fully exerted.

In addition to the fact that some arrows with tricky angles can gain something, the rain of arrows shot by the elf archers is also difficult to bring too much casualties to the enemy.

Seeing that both the two long-range attack methods were invalid, William Storm, who was responsible for commanding the battle on the city tower, immediately stopped the long-range attack and prepared to face the upcoming hand-to-hand combat on the city wall.

As the siege tower entered an effective distance, the orc warriors located on the siege tower immediately cut off the ropes on the suspension bridge.

After a roar, all the suspension bridges on the ten siege towers were placed on the top of the city.

Just as the powerful orc warriors on the siege tower wanted to kill the city head along the suspension bridge, a gust of wind broke out quickly.

After a scream, the orc warriors in front of the siege tower immediately fell down.

"Hurry, raise your shield to defend."

"No, the power of this crossbow arrow is too great, and the shield can't stop it!"

......

After the army was not successful, the orc warriors on the siege tower immediately began to save themselves.

However, at such a close range, the iron-packed shield in their hands could not resist the shooting of the Divine Arm Bow, and many orc warriors were shot through with humans and shields.

Seeing that if this continues, they will be shot to death on the siege tower. Some orc warriors who are far behind can only escape from the siege tower with helpless expressions.

"Quick, give us a few pieces of the third-layer door panel, otherwise we will not be able to approach the city."

"What should we do if the planks are given to you? Do you want us to be the living targets for enemy shooting below?"

"Fuck, if you don't give us wooden boards, then will we still be a living target after we go up?"

"Then we don't care. Our mission is to protect the soldiers behind with the door panels.

After you give the door panel, not only will we die, but the others behind will also be easily shot to death by the enemy as a living target."

......

Because the preparation time was too hasty and the materials available on hand were very limited, the number of three-layer door panels Ibn prepared for the siege army was very limited.

The problem is now very obvious. Whoever holds the three-layer door panel will have a higher chance of survival, and will be directly shot into the shape of a hedgehog by the God Arm Bow.

Therefore, in order to compete for the three-story door panel, a huge conflict broke out between the orc warriors under the city wall.

Seeing that this continued, before the city was attacked, there was a physical conflict between them first. The officers responsible for commanding the siege could only order the entire army to retreat temporarily.

So, a magical scene appeared again, and the siege tower that had just been laid on the top of the city was pulled back by the siege army in a blink of an eye.

......

"Abbas, what's going on? Who asked you to take it down?"

Seeing the sudden retreat of the siege army, Ibn was immediately furious and the veins on his forehead were beating.

"President, it's impossible not to retreat. We are seriously lacking armor that can withstand the Divine Arm Bow, and the soldiers on the siege tower cannot rush up at all."

Seeing Ibn Thunder furious, Abbas looked aggrieved.

He didn't want to let others laugh at it just by slashing the ground, but if they forcefully attacked the city, then countless casualties would be inevitable.

Because the distance was too close, many soldiers' shields were broken. By then, before they could attack the city, the troops near the city wall would have lost nothing left.

“Didn’t I prepare a lot of three-layer door panels for you?

Why can't those three-layer door panels stop the shooting of the God Arm Bow?"

Seeing Abbas's grievance, Ibn immediately asked with concern.

"President, the third-layer door panel can indeed defend against close-range shooting of the Divine Arm Bow, but the number is too small.

If we can defend the city, we cannot defend the siege tower. If we can defend the siege tower, the soldiers under the city will be exposed to the direct shooting of the divine arm bow.

Moreover, the three-layer wooden board is as big as a big one, it is difficult to lift it onto the siege tower, and ordinary shields cannot withstand the direct shooting of the Divine Arm Bow at close range.

So in order to avoid greater casualties, I can only choose to withdraw the army."

Abbas explained with a depressed look on his face.

"That divine arm bow is so powerful that even the shield in the orc warrior can't stand it?"

After hearing what Abbas said, Ibn immediately looked solemn.

"President, you can go to the siege tower to check it out and look at the corpses of orc warriors on it. Many of the shields in their hands have been shot to death by the divine arm bow."

In order to make Ibn believe it, Abbas immediately pointed to the siege towers that were pulled back in the distance.

"Let's go and have a look."

After understanding Abbas's intention, Ibn immediately suggested to several player leaders from other countries beside him.

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"What kind of crossbow is this? Why is it so penetrating?"

"If I didn't look at these crossbow arrows, I would even think that these orc warriors were shot and killed by small crossbow trucks."

"No wonder Ning Yuan only arranged more than 100,000 people here to defend three cities. It turns out that he has a trump card in his hand!"

"Look at this shattered iron shield, it is twice as thick as the light shield on the hands of the Persian Immortal Army, but it is still shot to pieces. It can be seen how lethal this divine arm bow is at close range."

"Why do we make more big shields like three-layer door panels?"

"The third floor is probably not enough, come and see.

These three-layer door panels were actually shot in full holes, and they were almost shot through directly.

If I read it correctly, when the enemy was shooting at the third-layer door panel, the distance was between forty and fifty meters.

The siege tower is only more than ten meters away from the city wall.

The distance has been shortened so much at once, I am afraid that the three-layer door panel may not be able to block the direct shooting of the Divine Arm Bow at close range.

I suggest that the army should take a day off and prepare more shields on the orc army on the siege!

Otherwise, just by the direct shooting of the Divine Arm Bow, we would have to lose a large amount of army."

"But there are no big trees nearby, where can we get so much material?"

"If it really doesn't work, the carriages that transport food and supplies will be demolished. As long as the city can be broken down as soon as possible, there will be no big impact on fewer carriages for the time being."

"Okay, then do it like this. I immediately asked someone to leave all the carriages that had not returned yet, and then dismantle the carriage to create thicker wooden shields."

......

Amid the discussions of the crowd, a vigorous activity of dismantling carriages and making shields was launched in the camp of the Central Asian and Middle East coalition forces.

Two days later, the Central Asian and Middle East coalition successfully added nearly a thousand thick shields made of three layers of wooden boards and two layers of cowhide.

With a thicker shield, Abbas once again led the siege army to attack the city guarded by the Condor Empire army.
To be continued...