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Raymond could clearly see where the breaking point of this war was. Ning Yuan, who had already taken the initiative in the war, knew more clearly how the enemy could turn defeat into victory.

Since Ning Yuan already knew what the enemy would do next, he naturally would not give the enemy any chance.

In order to stabilize the defense line of the Zagros Mountains, Ningyuan not only transferred elite troops from the mainland who were good at city defense and mountain warfare, but also transferred a large number of skilled craftsmen from the Craftsman Department.

When the multinational coalition led by the Beautiful Country crossed the Tigris River and launched an attack on the fortress in the Zagros Mountains, the Condor Army not only placed a large number of trebuchets in the fortress, but even placed trebuchets on the ridges on both sides of the fortress. Densely packed trebuchets.

These trebuchets are new types of trebuchets with ultra-long range. After being condescending, their range will become even further.

In order to protect these trebuchets, Ningyuan also stationed an orc army and an elven army on the ridges on both sides.

As long as the enemy dares to risk climbing the mountain, the combination of orcs and elves will immediately kill them without a place to die.

When Raymond led a siege army pushing countless trebuchets towards the fortress, before their trebuchets were placed, the trebuchets located on the ridges on both sides of the fortress had already opened fire.

As countless stone bullets kept flying down the ridge as if they were free of charge, the vanguard army led by Raymond was suddenly beaten and turned upside down.

However, even though the soldiers and trebuchets were suffering casualties and damage, Raymond did not issue an order to retreat. He directly sent a supervisory team and forced the siege army to continue to attack the city as planned.

It's not that Raymond doesn't want to retreat to reduce losses, but that he has clearly realized that this level is something they must face head-on.

Because the fortress leading to the Persian Plateau is there, if they want to invade the Persian Plateau, they must first break through the fortress in front of them.

If they want to break through the fortress in front of them, they must launch a storm against the fortress with the trebuchets placed on the ridge by the Condor Army.

They can temporarily retreat today, but what about tomorrow?

Won't they still have to face the indiscriminate bombardment of those trebuchets on the ridge tomorrow?

Could it be that the Condor Army would take the initiative to move those trebuchets away?

As long as they want to attack the Persian Plateau, they will not be able to avoid the stone-throwing attacks of the Condor Army.

But a strong attack is a strong attack,

Raymond did not just let the trebuchets on the ridge attack unbridled.

After calling several player generals and giving some instructions, two mixed coalition forces composed of orc players and elf players pounced on the ridges on both sides of the fortress.

Raymond knew that there would definitely be defenders of the Condor Empire on the ridge, but he had no choice at this time. He had to destroy the trebuchet positions on the ridges on both sides of the fortress as soon as possible, otherwise the trebuchets on their side would simply be destroyed. Can't install.

Anyone who has experienced climbing wild mountains must know how tiring it is to climb mountains and climbs where there are no roads.

Climbing up a boring slope is the most energy-consuming thing. It will be very tiring for a single person, let alone wearing weapons and equipment.

Although the physical fitness of soldiers is much stronger than that of ordinary people, blind climbing is also a huge consumption for them, especially in places with no roads and overgrown weeds and rocks.

It is already very strenuous to climb up from the bottom. If there are enemies above that keep firing cold arrows or throwing rocks down, then it is basically impossible to climb up against the cold arrows and rolling stones, even if there are people. No more.

Raymond also knew that it was very difficult to storm the hillside, so he directly sent tens of thousands of players to launch the attack.

However, what he didn't know was that there were also tens of thousands of Condor Army soldiers on the ridge.

The hillside that could have been easily defended by one or two thousand men now had tens of thousands of defenders on it. If they could withstand the attack, the defenders on the ridge would definitely be useless.

Obviously, it is impossible for a Condor Empire army known for its elite to contain wimps, so Raymond's plan quickly came to nothing.

As the screams of player soldiers continued to roll down the hillside, the foot of the mountain was soon filled with corpses of players from all over the world.

Seeing that the pile of corpses at the foot of the mountain was getting thicker and thicker, the troops attacking the mountain were getting smaller and smaller, and no progress had been made at all, Raymond finally chose to give in for the time being.

As the drumbeat of Ming Jin's retreat sounded, the soldiers of the multinational coalition retreated like a tide.

In this way, in the first defensive battle, the Condor Empire got off to a good start with zero casualties, while the multinational coalition not only lost a large number of troops, but also lost hundreds of trebuchets, which was a bad start.

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"Who can tell me how to fight this battle?

You said you are doing something wrong and insist on launching an absolute air ban plan throughout Central Asia and the Middle East.

Okay now, just shoot yourself in the foot.

If there is no restricted air zone, we can send a flying legion to fly up and immediately destroy the enemy's trebuchet positions on the ridges on both sides of the fortress.

This damn forbidden area directly makes the Condor Army's defense line like an iron wall. Even if we spend our lives to fill it up, we still can't fill the Zagros Mountains in front of us! "

After returning to camp, Raymond got angry at the meeting.

Today's siege was the most frustrating one he had ever fought in his life. They had lost tens of thousands of people, and they couldn't even touch the bricks on the wall at the top of the city. This was simply a great shame!

Seeing that Raymond was so angry, no one else in the camp dared to say anything for fear of setting themselves on fire.

Seeing that everyone in the camp was speechless, Raymond took a deep breath and asked: "As far as I know, this forbidden air realm is not irreversible. Do you know how to lift the forbidden air realm? "

"Your Excellency Raymond, only His Excellency Ibn Haidar knows best about the forbidden air realm. You should ask him directly!"

This time someone finally spoke, but it was just nonsense without much nutrition.

Seeing that the player mentioned Ibn Haidar, Raymond couldn't help but curl his lips.

Originally, Ibn Haidar had been staying at the coalition camp, but because he had refused to send troops to attack the Persian Plateau before, Ibn Haidar left in anger.

It is still unknown where Ibn Haidar is located in Iraq, so after letting out a long sigh, Raymond could only turn his attention to other people in the camp again.

"Except for Ibn Haidar, does not one of you know the secret of how to lift the forbidden air realm?"

"Sir Raymond, although I don't know much about this in detail, as far as I know, if you want to lift the Nine Forbidden Domains, you must use the Unlocking Divine Stone.

This Unlocking Divine Stone was also produced on the Nine Forbidden Divine Peak. Now the entire Nine Forbidden Divine Peak has fallen into the hands of the Divine Eagle Empire. I am afraid that even if we find a way to unblock the forbidden stone, we will not be able to unblock it because we can't get close to it at all now. Nine Forbidden Divine Peaks. "

Seeing that Raymond did not want to look for Ibn Haidar, Turkmenistan's Guli Mukhatov had no choice but to take the initiative and tell some of the information he had.

After hearing what Guli Mukhatov said, Raymond was speechless. In the end, his relationship could not overcome the hurdle of Ibn Haidar!

After glancing at the people in the camp, Raymond asked in a deep voice: "Your Excellency Guli, does Your Excellency Ibn Haidar have the unblocked sacred stone you mentioned in his hand now?"

"Probably not, because His Excellency Ibn Haidar escaped all the way from Guchang County this time.

In order to escape the pursuit of the Condor Army, he traveled lightly along the way.

When he escaped from the Zagros Mountains, he didn't even have any baggage on him. I really couldn't see where he could hide some stones. "

Recalling the miserable appearance of Ibn Haidar at that time, Guli Muhatov shook his head.

After learning that Ibn Haidar was now completely useless, Raymond immediately shook his head in disappointment.

If they cannot break through the forbidden airspace covering the Zagros Mountains, then the Zagros Mountains will be an insurmountable barrier for them.

In the era of cold weapons, he really couldn't think of any way to break through such a moat-like defense line in a short period of time.

During the ancient cold weapon wars, the enemy and ourselves could fight continuously for several years or even decades around a strong fortress.

Some countries and even emperors have changed several times, but they still have not been able to break through those solid fortresses located on steep terrain.

Now the troops of the Condor Empire are constantly launching coastal invasion wars against the coastal areas of the Arabian Peninsula. The Ayyubid Kingdom's troops on the Sinai Peninsula have also withdrawn to the area west of the Suez Canal.

Although in order to avoid public outrage and siege, the Red Sea Fleet of the Condor Empire withdrew from the Mediterranean, and their route between Cyprus and Syria was once again open.

However, the Condor Empire has also occupied most of the Sinai Peninsula, and is eyeing the Kingdom of Jerusalem, which has lost its troops.

If the Condor Empire were to capture the Kingdom of Jerusalem, their logistics base in Syria would immediately face the threat of the Condor Empire.

Once Syria is occupied by the Condor Empire, their million-strong army in the Tigris River Basin will really become a turtle in the urn.

Thinking of these aspects, Raymond couldn't help but feel a headache.

If he had known that the situation in the Middle East would deteriorate to this extent, he would not have got involved.

Anyway, their beautiful country does not border the Condor Empire.

The Condor Empire occupied the Middle East, and the players in Africa and Europe should be anxious. This time, he was purely blocking the swords for these guys.

"Do you know how many troops Reno still has in Jerusalem?"

After thinking of the logistics base in Syria, Raymond suddenly asked.

"Sir Raymond, as far as I know, Renault's Kingdom of Jerusalem claims to have 400,000 Blue Crusaders.

These so-called Blue Crusaders are all composed of indigenous people, and their combat effectiveness is at the top level among the human race.

After experiencing two major defeats in succession, Lei Luo's Blue Crusade estimated that there were only about 100,000 left.

It is difficult, very difficult to resist the attack of the Condor Empire with one hundred thousand Blue Crusaders. "

Seeing that no one answered Raymond's question, Syria's Assad Hussein took the initiative to stand up.

“What about the player army?

Isn’t Renault a French player?

What about his fellow Crusaders? "

When he heard that Renault probably only had about 100,000 Blue Crusaders left, Raymond immediately frowned.

"Reno's Kingdom of Jerusalem has been at war with neighboring countries like us for a long time. With the small amount of land in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Reno cannot afford to support too many troops.

So between the aboriginal army and the player army, Renault decisively chose the former.

After making the choice, although Renault did not refuse Crusader players to join and participate in the war, he only recruited elite players. Ordinary Crusader players who wanted to come to the Kingdom of Jerusalem to participate in the war had to bring their own food.

Fighting is not only expensive; it is also expensive.

In order to attract money, Renault not only opened Mount Sinai to European players for a fee, but also opened the Stations of the Cross and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in the holy city of Jerusalem to all European players, and then charged per person.

Renault's move directly angered countless European players, and even many French players disliked him very much.

During the last siege of Aqaba County, Renault used the player troops of the Kingdom of Jerusalem as cannon fodder. This once again aroused players' dissatisfaction with him. Many players completely gave up returning to the Kingdom of Jerusalem after resurrection.

Therefore, except for the remaining Blue Crusaders, it may be difficult for Renault to get support from European players. "

Sometimes the person who knows you best is often your enemy. Assad Hussein just falls into this category. During the years of hostility with the Kingdom of Jerusalem, he almost studied Reno thoroughly.

"The Kingdom of Jerusalem cannot fall, and neither can the Kingdom of Jordan, otherwise we will have to face the attack of the Condor Empire in the west."

After muttering to himself for a while, Raymond immediately looked at everyone in the camp. After scanning around, he said in a deep voice: "Everyone, it is impossible to make any breakthrough in the Zagros Mountains in a short time. of.

If we cannot resolve the two trebuchet positions on the ridge, then we will not be able to pose any threat to the fortress in the valley.

Since the Zagros Mountains are destined to be a long and protracted battle, we cannot be impatient and must fight steadily.

If we want to fight steadily, we must have a safe and stable rear area.

Now that security has been restored to the Mediterranean Sea, what is left is Syria where we are hoarding supplies and gathering troops.

We must ensure absolute security in Syria.

Therefore, I decided to temporarily slow down the attack on the Zagros Mountains, and immediately mobilized all the cavalry to urgently return to the Kingdom of Jordan and the Kingdom of Jerusalem. At the same time, I sent all the troops that had arrived in Syria to these two countries to assist these two countries in resisting Attack of the Condor Empire. "