59: Minotaur Killing Formation

Han Huohuo was a bit disbelieving; how could there be such a coincidence?

He couldn't figure it out, and the riverside was really cold. After being startled, he turned around and returned to the city to calm his frightened little heart.

After the new Hero Ma Xiaosuo joined, the task of training Spearmen and scouts was handed over to him.

Some Spearmen had already started standing guard and patrolling.

Tongtian City was becoming more standardized day by day.

The Barbarian King's actions were also very fast. On the third day, a unit of Minotaur was dispatched. The leader of this unit was a Minotaur Hero named Sardin.

At first glance, Han Huohuo particularly disliked Sardin because this Minotaur was extremely arrogant, looking up at the sky, and not even willing to look Han Huohuo directly in the eye.

"You are the Fire Barbarian God!"

"I am!"

"Nothing special. I thought the Barbarian King's brother would be a strong individual, but it turns out he's just a skinny kid, haha!"

Sardin laughed wildly, and the Minotaur behind him burst into laughter as well.

Han Huohuo was a bit annoyed. These were truly Barbarians, completely lacking in manners. If it weren't for needing them to deal with the Griffons, Han Huohuo would have wanted to drive them away on the spot. What the heck, didn't they know that disrespecting him was disrespecting the Barbarian King?

Passing by Hua Mulan, Sardin pointed at Hua Mulan and said, "You are a traitor to the Barbarians. How could you follow such a kid?"

Hua Mulan ignored him. Not only did she not get angry, she didn't even look Sardin in the eye. Their relationship was already bad when they were in Ke City.

Sardin was arrogant and overbearing, not caring about any plans. He just arbitrarily marked out a piece of land and built a military camp. Dozens of Minotaur lived in the camp, completely refusing to interact with humans. If they needed anything, they would just shout for Han Huohuo to find someone to deliver it.

Too arrogant!

Mu Jiu was so angry her face turned pale. She hated it most when people didn't follow the rules.

Han Huohuo could only comfort the little girl who was on the verge of exploding, "Don't bother with these Barbarians. These guys have always been vulgar and ignorant of etiquette. They are just here temporarily to help us fight, and they will leave in a few days."

After much persuasion, he finally pacified Mu Jiu.

Hua Mulan quietly explained to Han Huohuo, "Lord, this Sardin is known as the second bravest warrior among the Barbarians. He doesn't even respect the Lord Barbarian King, but since he hasn't defeated the Lord Barbarian King after several attempts, he can only submit. His unit is indeed very powerful and a force we can use."

Han Huohuo nodded, "I know. Since we need their help, it's fine for me to endure it for a while."

Fortunately, although this group of Minotaur was arrogant, they stayed in their large camp all day and didn't cause any trouble.

Just as Tongtian City was planning how to attack Nine Dragon Mountain, unexpectedly, Nine Dragon Mountain attacked again.

They seemed to have received strong reinforcements, and this time Nine Dragon Mountain was aggressive.

Scout information came back like pieces of paper, and Zhang Xiaoping on the watchtower didn't dare to be negligent, observing carefully and meticulously.

This time, in addition to a large number of crossbows and catapults, as expected, a large number of Griffons appeared. These Griffons flew in mid-air, their bodies huge, covering the sky and the sun, looking like several hundred of them.

It was indeed very scary.

Hua Mulan sneered, knowing that Nine Dragon Mountain had a new tactic and felt confident again.

The people of Nine Dragon Mountain were simple-minded. They just felt that the biggest threat to their siege from Tongtian City were those two arrow towers, which had long range, great power, and specifically targeted Nine Dragon Mountain's catapults, rendering their siege equipment useless.

These Griffons were specifically used to deal with the arrow towers.

Using overwhelming numbers of Griffons to fly over the city walls and directly attack the arrow towers, while Tongtian City's ground Spear soldiers were completely helpless, these people had already begun to imagine how desperate the Heroes of Tongtian City would be!

Full of confidence and aggressive, they charged forward.

Hua Mulan sneered.

She was already prepared, because Tongtian City had received intelligence about the Griffons in advance, they naturally made extensive preparations and had a countermeasure.

Griffons' feathers are as hard as iron and stone, and they also have iron armor on their bodies, providing very strong defense against ranged attacks, making them very suitable for siege warfare.

Nine Dragon Mountain's troops stopped in the distance. They were worried about their catapults being destroyed, so they stopped outside the range of the arrow towers. After the Heroes coordinated the attack formation, the ground troops advanced together with the Griffons.

Mixed in with the entire army were several Heroes, surrounding a Lord, hiding at the very back.

Han Huohuo looked from afar, and the white-clothed youth was indeed Wu Qiming. He had seen him once at the Wang family. At this time, he was still wearing white clothes, very conspicuous among the surrounding Heroes.

He was quite brave, coming to the front line himself. It seemed he was very confident this time!

Hua Mulan came over and whispered in Han Huohuo's ear, "They have an ambush in the back."

Han Huohuo nodded, thinking that it was no wonder this guy was so arrogant this time; it turned out he had made so many preparations. The intelligence work this time was very accurate, and the Thief Guild had rendered great service.

Before the start of war, the importance of intelligence cannot be overstated.

The enemy had entered range.

Crossbows and the Floating Turret on the city walls fired at each other. Because the Floating Turret had a better position, the crossbows clearly did not have the advantage. One after another, crossbows were destroyed, and the soldiers operating the crossbows suffered heavy casualties.

But Han Huohuo wasn't watching the ranged exchange; he was curiously staring at the Griffons. These Griffons stirred up strong winds, flying over in a dark, dense mass.

Some Floating Turret turned and began to shoot at the Griffons, but these armed Griffons had metal armor on their weak points. Coupled with their extremely fast flying speed, they quickly passed through the Floating Turret's laser defenses and directly pounced on the arrow towers.

Wu Qiming's palms were sweating. As long as the Griffon army destroyed these two arrow towers, the catapults behind could rush up and bombard the defenders, making breaking the city effortless.

This camp's defense was too tight, and Wu Qiming hadn't even figured out Han Huohuo's details. After suffering a big loss last time, he gained strong reinforcements this time, so he returned with full confidence.

Seeing the Griffons about to approach the arrow towers, using ballistic weapons like Plasma Cannon against flying targets was simply a joke. How could they accurately hit fast-flying Griffons?

Artillery soldiers fear close combat and flying units the most.

Just then, Hua Mulan's expression remained unchanged.

Suddenly, she let out a loud shout, "Rise!"

A siege ladder-like mechanism suddenly rose up. This kind of siege ladder is usually used for attacking cities, helping one's own soldiers climb onto the enemy's city walls, but Hua Mulan unexpectedly used it for defense.

The siege ladder quickly rose to the same height as the arrow towers.

Dozens of Minotaur soldiers blocked the front of the Plasma Cannon.

"Roar!"

The Minotaur soldiers swung their terrifying giant axes, chopping at the Pounce Griffons. The defense of these Griffons was completely ineffective against the Minotaur's giant axes, as if it didn't exist.

The sky was filled with the Griffons' mournful cries, and feathers were flying everywhere. Upon initial contact, the Griffons had already suffered heavy casualties.

The Minotaur were too strong. One swing of an axe could split a Griffon in half. The sky was filled with bird feathers and shattered armor fragments; it was too brutal.

In just the short time it takes for an incense stick to burn, half of the Griffons had already been chopped down by the Minotaur. The Minotaur only suffered some minor injuries, with no fatalities.

Wu Qiming was so scared he almost fell off his horse, asking his subordinates, "What kind of ghost unit is this? How can they be so brutal!"

A Hero beside him said tremblingly, "King, this is the Barbarian's Minotaur unit, known as battlefield butchers."

Wu Qiming's heart ached terribly. He had spent a lot of money on these Griffons. He quickly ordered the Griffon unit to retreat, but it was already a bit late. Close to seventy to eighty percent of the Griffons died in the Minotaur's cruel slaughter.

"Retreat!"

"Everyone retreat!"

All the troops retreated in a panic. Wu Qiming was now certain that this kid was so arrogant because he had long since received the Barbarian King's support. Otherwise, how could he have surpassed him in the first event and become the first place?

These Minotaur were clear evidence. Who knew what other hidden Barbarian armies this kid had in the city.

Nine Dragon Mountain stopped fighting, and the army began to collapse.

Watching the enemy flee in disarray.

The Minotaur were already bloodthirsty, jumping down from the siege ladders, and then leaping from the city walls, ready to pursue and kill the enemy.

"Come back!" Hua Mulan roared.

These Minotaur completely ignored the advice. Their eyes were bloodshot from killing, and they all rushed forward bravely, charging out.

The Minotaur were tall and strong, taking long strides, running extremely fast. Dozens of them charging felt like a thousand soldiers and ten thousand horses.

Truly Barbarians!