Chapter 1 The Tide Turns

Lei Su's appearance salvaged some of the crumbling situation, and the players of Niu Ren Tribe pushed the skeletons back again.

Nie Yan looked at the current statistics. During this period, Niu Ren Tribe had already lost more than sixty people. If the casualties exceeded a hundred, he would definitely abandon the city and retreat. It wouldn't matter if Soro Fortress was captured. His purpose was only to exhaust Qin Han's skeleton army. Once the city walls fell, there was no need to engage in close combat with the skeleton army.

Nie Yan's basic strategy was not to defend a single city or territory, but to use the city walls of each fortress to deplete Qin Han's skeleton army. Every time he gave up a city, he would make Qin Han's skeleton army pay a heavy price, exhausting their skeleton army to a certain extent before delivering a fatal blow.

As the Great Prophet, Nie Yan could mobilize the defending army of a city, but it would be somewhat difficult to wipe out Qin Han's skeleton army with only the seven or eight thousand NPC legions defending Carol City. Qin Han's skeleton army was too large, numbering as many as eight million, so the temporary strategy was to fight a war of attrition first.

Since Nie Yan mobilized the major guilds to stay away from Qin Han's skeleton army, not giving the skeleton army a chance to replenish, the skeleton army could only expand by clearing NPC villages and towns along the way, and its development fell into a stagnant state. This made Qin Han even more irritable, and he was even more eager to capture Soro Fortress, so he ordered the skeleton army to launch a more violent attack.

After another half day, the defending forces of Niu Ren Tribe consumed another hundred thousand or so skeleton soldiers, and they really couldn't defend Soro Fortress anymore, retreating steadily. They received Nie Yan's instructions: do not engage the skeletons unless absolutely certain, and try to avoid casualties as much as possible.

Even if the skeletons rushed in, the players of Niu Ren Tribe did not go up to fight them.

"Boss, we can't hold on anymore. The city walls are full of skeletons!" some players shouted anxiously in the team chat.

"Everyone retreat, leave from the teleportation array, warriors cover the rear, but don't sacrifice your lives, be orderly, the first team retreats first, the second team follows!" Nie Yan said. As soon as he finished speaking, the players immediately retreated in an orderly manner according to their formation.

"Boss, what about the ironclad catapults?"

"The ironclad catapults, attack for another three minutes, then smash them all, don't leave a single ironclad catapult for them!" Nie Yan said in a deep voice. There were sixty or seventy ironclad catapults, and although his heart was bleeding, there was no other way. If these ironclad catapults were not destroyed, they would fall into Qin Han's hands. However, the total number of ironclad catapults of Niu Ren Tribe had exceeded five hundred, so losing this little bit was not unbearable.

One team after another of players entered the teleportation array of Soro Fortress. Streaks of white light flashed, and they disappeared from their original locations.

The skeletons poured into Soro Fortress, crowding the narrow streets. Their movement speed could not keep up with the players' running speed.

Seeing that most of the players had retreated into the teleportation array, boom, boom, boom, a series of explosions rang out. The ironclad catapults lined up in the center of Soro Fortress were blasted into pieces by this violent explosion.

Nie Yan led the players of Niu Ren Tribe to retreat, and after everyone had left, he directly destroyed the teleportation array.

Qin Han finally climbed onto the city wall of Soro Fortress, and looked inside the city wall of Soro Fortress. It was empty. Where could he see the players of Niu Ren Tribe!

The people of Niu Ren Tribe had already left, leaving him with nothing but an empty city!

"Damn you, Kuangzei Nie Yan! I'm not finished with you!"

Qin Han cursed angrily. Nie Yan was too cunning. He lost nearly five hundred thousand skeleton soldiers, but in the end he only got an empty city and sixty or seventy ironclad catapults that had already been destroyed. The losses of Niu Ren Tribe were even less than a hundred. Although they also lost sixty or seventy catapults, for the wealthy Niu Ren Tribe, such losses were not unbearable.

He gradually understood Nie Yan's plan. If he had to lose more than fifty thousand skeletons every time he captured a fortress, it was estimated that his skeleton army would be exhausted soon.

Qin Han was ruthless, but Nie Yan was even more ruthless!

Near Soro Fortress, in the other two fortresses, Nie Yan was setting up a tight defense. The geographical location of these two fortresses was not as precarious as Soro Fortress. Nie Yan arranged relatively few defenses in these two fortresses. It would be very good if these two fortresses could consume two hundred thousand of Qin Han's skeleton army.

On the city wall of Ferso Fortress, Nie Yan and his party were looking into the distance.

"It is estimated that Qin Han is going crazy now. They have spent so much effort to capture Soro Fortress, but it is just an empty city." Lei Su laughed.

Nie Yan smiled coldly. He could even imagine Qin Han's twisted face. His heart was filled with coldness. Killing you is not easy. Don't think that you can do whatever you want with a skeleton army. No matter how many skeletons you have, I will still clean you up!

Nie Yan understood that after Qin Han captured Soro Fortress, he would definitely go straight to Cripps Fortress. Cripps Fortress was the main city of Niu Ren Tribe and must not be lost. There were five fortresses in front of Cripps Fortress. Nie Yan had to fight these five fortresses well. The area outside Cripps Fortress was the battlefield for the final battle.

Nie Yan began to mobilize forces from all sides, preparing for the final battle of Cripps Fortress. Including the main force of Niu Ren Tribe, the elites of the major guilds, the NPC legions of Carol City, etc., all those that could be used were gathered together.

Since Qin Han captured Soro Fortress, the skeleton army under his command had stopped moving, probably to rest and adjust their tactics.

Qin Han realized that it would not work to continue fighting like this, and he would eventually become passive, so he simply stayed put.

Upon receiving the news from the front line, Guo Huai sent a message to Nie Yan and asked, "Nie Yan, Qin Han's skeleton army has stopped moving, what should we do?"

"It's best if they don't move. Quickly collect materials and build ironclad catapults!" Nie Yan said. In the previous war, he found that the role of the ironclad catapults was too great, and they were definitely super weapons with unparalleled lethality.

"Okay." Guo Huai nodded.

"What is the production capacity of our guild's ironclad catapults?"

"With full production, if there are enough materials, we can produce an average of twenty units per day, but the materials are a bit tight, and it is estimated that we can only support it for three days at most." Guo Huai said.

War is all about productivity. The productivity of Niu Ren Tribe is definitely very amazing. Other guilds can only produce two or three ironclad catapults a day, which is very good, but Niu Ren Tribe can build twenty units a day!

"Let the Holy Roman Empire, the Galan Temple, and the Light Holy Flame help collect materials and produce at full capacity!" Nie Yan said. At this time, we must release all our productivity!

"I'll do it right away!"

Even if they lost sixty or seventy ironclad catapults, Niu Ren Tribe still has a full five hundred ironclad catapults, of which three hundred and fifty are ironclad catapults, and the rest are ballistic catapults, all of which have been accumulated during this period, and with a production speed of twenty units per day, there is nothing to be afraid of. Even if some are lost, they can be replenished quickly.

After arranging everything, it was time to log off, and Nie Yan and Xie Yao exited the game.

Nie Yan made a phone call to Lei Su, and Lei Su quickly replied to him.

"The Second Conference Hall of the First Military Academy, come over quickly, someone wants to see you." Lei Su said on the phone.

Nie Yan looked at Xie Yao beside him. It was better not to tell Xie Yao about things related to the Tianwang Organization for the time being, otherwise Xie Yao would definitely worry. Ordinary people would definitely have some fear of mysterious organizations like the Tianwang Organization, because they were too powerful, and they could easily control the fate of ordinary people.

Looking at Xie Yao's pure smile, Nie Yan would rather Xie Yao know less things, he wanted to protect her smile forever.

He was very close to the Tianwang Organization. Nie Yan clenched his fists. No matter what, he must join the Tianwang Organization, so that he would have enough capital to deal with Qin Han's Monet Consortium and Cao Xu's Century Consortium.

The Monet Consortium and the Century Consortium were swords hanging over his neck. If he was not careful, he might be destroyed by them.

Therefore, Nie Yan wanted to pursue more powerful forces.

Nie Yan and Xie Yao had breakfast together and went to the First Military Academy together. After the two separated, Nie Yan went straight to the Second Conference Hall that Lei Su had mentioned.

In the minds of the teachers and students of the First Military Academy, the Second Conference Hall was a very special existence. It was built with money donated by the Tianwang Organization. They occasionally held gatherings there, and a few small conference halls were not allowed for ordinary students to enter.

Nie Yan walked in from the entrance of the Second Conference Hall, and a student-like person immediately greeted him.

"You must be Nie Yan, my name is Luo Lin, and I am a peripheral member of the Tianwang Organization, please come with me." The student named Luo Lin was very polite.

"Okay." Nie Yan nodded and followed Luo Lin inside.

From Luo Lin's steady pace, Nie Yan could feel that Luo Lin's physical fitness was very good. Such an excellent person was actually just a peripheral member of the Tianwang Organization.

Nie Yan had always had a doubt in his mind, why would the Tianwang Organization choose him?

In comparison, there were many people in the entire First Military Academy who had better conditions than him. If it was because of the Tiangxia Group, the Tiangxia Group had not grown to the extent that it could be valued by the Tianwang Organization. Was it because of himself, but what exactly did he have that made the people of the Tianwang Organization so fond of him?

With these doubts in his mind, Nie Yan walked all the way in. After passing through a long corridor, the two stopped in front of a closed door.

"The Generals are all waiting for you inside, go in quickly." Luo Lin looked at Nie Yan.

General? Nie Yan frowned slightly, probably the code name of someone in the Tianwang Organization. He naturally wouldn't associate it with the military. Which members were in the Tianwang Organization had always been a mystery. The Tianwang Organization only showed the tip of the iceberg to the outside world, and its huge energy had already made many large consortia and forces feel fear.