In addition to the battlefield where the saints were fighting, there was another battlefield in Arano where fierce fighting was also taking place. That was the city wall in the east of Arano. The saints of the city of God rearranged the magic circle about two kilometers away from the city wall and launched an attack on Arano.
Since the pneumatic cannons were all used to suppress the attack led by Saint Dominic of the City of God, no additional pneumatic cannons were moved to this section of the city wall to deal with the newly built siege positions outside the city. After nearly half an hour of fireball attacks from the other side, the city shield generator in this direction was also about to reach its limit.
If the shield here is broken, all the repair efforts of Wang Jiyuan will be in vain. The entire shield will collapse at the same time. If one or two saints rush into the city at that time, the consequences will be disastrous.
At that time, Gabriel and his party had not yet been teleported here, and Chen Hansheng did not know about Xiao Chen. In desperation, he could only make a decision: to gather the remaining forces in the city and launch a surprise attack on the enemy positions outside the city.
The enemy's position must be guarded by a saint. Once this team passes by, they may be counterattacked by the saint, which can be said to be a life-or-death situation. Therefore, everyone knows that this is a death squad.
The only masters left in the city were Master Gordon and Master Edel, who came over from River Bay New City to provide support yesterday.
"This is suicide. I refuse to participate in such an operation." Edel said, "When I surrendered to the Tower of China, I said that I joined you as a consultant. I can also help with many things, but I will not participate in an operation where there is no possibility of survival."
"You are a mage. You have many ways to escape from the battlefield." Chen Hansheng said to Edel with a serious face.
"But the Saint has more means than me to stop me from doing that, and then kill me easily." Edel did not give in. "No one would take such an action if it were their turn!"
Chen Hansheng said coldly: "You'd better think about it. If you desert now, what kind of image will you leave in everyone's mind? You have been a prisoner once, are you going to be a deserter again? When you die, do you want to nail yourself to the pillar of shame or write yourself on the monument?"
"It's so easy to give orders," said Edel.
"I'll go by myself." said Chen Hansheng.
"I'll go too," Master Gordon followed.
"You are the mayor, which means you are the lord of the city!" Edel found it hard to understand Chen Hansheng's choice.
"If this city is destroyed, how can I be worthy of the mayor?" Chen Hansheng asked. He walked down the city wall first and said without looking back, "You have to think about it carefully."
When Chen Hansheng's team set out, Edel followed them. In addition to the two masters, Chen Hansheng also brought two mage squads, a melee platoon, and twenty snipers equipped with Saint Hunter sniper rifles. Finally, he brought two artillery groups, and they carried an experimental cannon in their storage rings. It was a magic crystal pneumatic electromagnetic cannon that he temporarily took out from the Arsenal Laboratory in Arano. It can be said to be an enlarged version of the Saint Hunter sniper rifle. This cannon is still under testing, but it is very powerful and is also prepared to deal with saints.
These snipers and gunners are the biggest confidence that gives Chen Hansheng the courage to go out of the city and fight.
This team of nearly 80 people, with Edel and Gordon working together to cover their tracks with illusion, moved forward from the forest to the position. This hiding method is actually quite crude. Although it can block vision, it cannot block hearing. Fortunately, there were sounds of artillery and fireball explosions everywhere, so their movements in the forest were not so obvious. However, they did not need to get too close to the enemy camp, as long as they could get half the distance, so that Gordon, a master who was particularly good at breaking magic, would have a chance to take action.
As they walked along the road, Edel said, “I didn’t expect that you, as the lord of a city, would do this yourself.”
"If I'm not here, how can I guarantee that you or anyone else will do their best to complete the task?"
"No one can guarantee anything on the battlefield. However, I admire you for coming out. At least, you are the biggest reason why I am willing to follow you." Edel smiled self-deprecatingly, "I just thought about it carefully. People like me are not necessarily afraid of fighting against saints, nor are they afraid of death. In fact, as a surrenderer, I am more afraid of being betrayed by the new master."
"So, you're happy to have me as a backup?"
"I can't say I'm willing. I'm just trying my best. Two things surprised me today. The first is that you would come out and take the risk yourself. The second is these people." Edel pointed at the soldiers who followed Chen Hansheng out. "I saw fear, terror, and panic in their eyes, but no reluctance. They know exactly what they are doing. Such an army is the most terrifying."
Edel sighed softly, "If the soldiers of the empire were like this during the war, perhaps the outcome of the war would be very different. Even if they could not win, the empire would not have declined to the point it is now."
"I just heard you say 'sorry to someone'. Are you talking about your wife? I heard that she died at the hands of those people in Shencheng?"
"Yes." Chen Hansheng seemed unwilling to say more.
"So you want revenge?"
Chen Hansheng walked for several steps with his head down before he said, "I used to be a soldier, and I still think that way. Everything I do has a tactical reason. If I let so many people take risks just for revenge and venting, she would definitely look down on me if she knew.
Kalanda has been a mercenary leader for a long time, and she takes good care of her team. Katarina is like her daughter, and some of the others are like her brothers. If I died first, she would not ignore the safety of others in order to avenge me. "
Chen Hansheng looked up at the shield that was still being bombarded by artillery fire and said, "This is a war, not about revenge. Of course, in my opinion, everyone in Shencheng deserves to die, but that's another matter."
"You are an interesting person." Edel nodded slightly and said, "However, speaking of war and tactics, I have an idea. If we go directly over like this and attack the enemy's shield, it may not be a good idea. Perhaps if we fail to destroy the enemy's magic circle, we will be killed by the enemy's saints."
"So what suggestions do you have?" Chen Hansheng asked.
"We need someone to act as bait," Edel said, "We need someone to lure the saints in the magic circle away from other directions. Then we will have time to break through the shield and destroy the magic circle."
Chen Hansheng said: "This is not an easy task, and this person's situation will be more dangerous than ours."
"It is very difficult." Edel said, "So, I am afraid I am the only one who can do this."