Socially anxious people transmigrate to another world; living in seclusion is too difficult.

Seeing that Baron had led his troops back, Abner hurriedly asked what was going on. Baron gave a brief description of the situation at the north gate and said urgently, "Our army of 100,000 has suffered 20,000 casualties. Although we still have the ability to break through the city, we can't afford to delay any longer."

Before Abner could speak, Baron saw the ironclad wagons retreating back into the city and hurriedly asked, "What's that?"

"I don't know. It's incredibly sturdy. That iron roller is coated with Drowning Stone Powder, making it difficult for elemental attacks to work." Abner shook his head; he was also powerless against that iron contraption.

"I've never heard of humans possessing such weapons. What do we do now? Should we continue charging towards the city walls?"

Abner looked up at the sky and said, "Let's call it a day, rest for a bit, and think about how to break through the city. If the city doesn't fall and the vanguard is wiped out, how can you and I bear the heavy responsibility?"

At a command, countless demon soldiers began to retreat, giving the Third Army defending the city a chance to catch their breath. Zhang Huangning walked down the city wall and found Lü Yi, hurriedly asking, "The demons have only temporarily retreated. They will come back soon. Where are the reinforcements?"

Lu Yi shook his head and said, "There's still no news of reinforcements."

As Zhang Huangning pondered the next steps in defending the city, a rider came galloping from afar, dismounted, and ran up to Zhang Huangning, saying, "General Zhang, I am a messenger under General Li Man of the Twelfth Army. I have come to inform you that the Twelfth Army will arrive in one hour. General Li said that he hopes you will hold out for another hour."

Zhang Huangning was overjoyed upon hearing this and immediately ordered a messenger to relay the current battle situation at Yumo City to Li Man. At the same time, he also had the news of reinforcements sent to the entire army, a message that greatly boosted the morale of all the soldiers defending the city. Meanwhile, Abner and Baron were discussing countermeasures during their retreat.

"The main reason we haven't been able to break into the city is the problem with our siege equipment. With so many soldiers, we only have a few dozen ladders, which is too crowded and means that many soldiers can only wait idly at the foot of the city walls," Baron said, pinpointing the biggest problem at the moment.

“Hmm, perhaps it’s because we haven’t fought in a long time that some of our tactics have become outdated. I think it would be better to have a thousand men take turns using flight magic to fly up to the city walls and fight,” Abner suggested.

"But the flight technique consumes too much energy. Not to mention they have Drowning Stone Powder, even if they successfully fly onto the city wall, will they still have the elemental reserves to fight?" Baron raised another practical question.

"Then the siege ladders will also be used at the same time. Soldiers flying to the city wall will provide cover for the soldiers climbing the siege ladders. Select a few groups of elite soldiers at the fourth and fifth ranks to climb the siege ladders."

"Okay, I'll go pick one out."

Baron returned quickly, and with a troubled expression, he said to Abner, "Of our remaining 80,000 men, I have only been able to select about 3,000. The army is currently in retreat, and we cannot select more men at the moment."

“Then let’s wait until we stop before making our selections. Three thousand men are definitely not enough. You’ve fought that commander before. If he’s also in Ximen, three thousand men won’t be enough,” Abner said.

"Then I'll send another force to attack the north gate and lure him there."

"We should divide our forces into four groups to surround and attack the Demon City. I estimate that they don't have many defenders, and if we divide our forces to guard the four city gates, we will definitely be short of troops."

"Okay! Let's do it this way after the repairs are done."

Just as Baron was getting excited, someone came to report: "Generals, the rear guard reports that the Third and Fourth Armies, with 100,000 troops, have been ordered to come and provide support. They will arrive in less than half an hour."

Abner and Baron exchanged a glance upon hearing this, and Baron spoke first: "If the 100,000 men in the rear army arrive and join the siege, then we will definitely be able to break through the city."

"Are you stupid? These 100,000 troops aren't from our First and Second Armies, they're from the Third and Fourth Armies. If we let them participate in the siege, half the credit for capturing the city will be taken from them for no reason. Immediately issue the order to stop the rest and attack the city as we just agreed!" Abner didn't think so. He still believed that if his 100,000 troops needed help to capture the Demon City, it would not only be a loss of merit for him, but also a great humiliation!

Under strict orders, the vanguard turned their horses around and charged towards the Demon City once again. The Third Army, which was resting on the city wall, heard the earth-shaking sound of hooves and immediately picked up their weapons and came to the front of the city wall to prepare for battle. Zhang Huangning stood on the city wall and saw the demon army that was about to reach the city suddenly split up. He immediately realized that the demons were going to besiege the city and hurriedly ordered the garrison at the west gate to split up and go to the other three gates.

Abner, mounted on his horse, shouted to Baron beside him, "Time is of the essence. We'll split up and participate in the siege. You go to the north gate, and I'll go to the south gate!"

The two then parted ways, heading north and south respectively. Zhang Huangning witnessed all of this and quickly summoned Li Yu, saying, "The enemy's main generals have split up to go north and south. You take a few deputy generals to the north gate to block them, and I will go to the south gate to block them. We must not let them break through the city before reinforcements arrive!"

As soon as the two left the West Gate, they saw countless demon soldiers fly up to the city wall and fight with the soldiers of the Third Army. Although the combat power of the demon soldiers who flew up was greatly weakened, they were still numerous and fought wave after wave, which greatly depleted the elemental reserves and physical strength of the defending soldiers.

The battles at the North and South Gates were also fiercely contested. Despite the support of adventurers, each gate had fewer than 5,000 defenders. Facing an enemy force four times their size, even with the city walls to defend, the fighting was extremely difficult. If a soldier was knocked down and not replaced in time, he would immediately face attacks from three or four enemy soldiers at the same time, and the battle became a stalemate.

At this moment, bad news came first from the North Gate: Advisor Li Yu and a group of deputy generals were no match for Baron and were all killed after twenty minutes of fighting. Although it caused considerable damage to Baron, he was still capable of fighting. With Baron's arrival, the North Gate was in dire straits. When the news reached the South Gate, Zhang Huangning almost lost his footing and was hit by Abner's knife several times, but he still fought to the death. Encouraged by him, his deputy generals came to help him and barely managed to drive Abner back to the city.

But the good times didn't last long. The North Gate eventually fell, and a large number of demon soldiers rushed into the North City area from the North Gate. They were already bloodthirsty and killed anyone they saw and burned any house they saw. Instantly, the North City was engulfed in flames. Lü Yi led the few remaining soldiers and the spontaneously organized civilians to fight back in the North City and try their best to stop the demons from advancing.

When the news reached Zhang Huangning, he was extremely anxious, but he was unable to leave to provide support. He could only pray that reinforcements would arrive soon, but instead of reinforcements, soldiers reported that a large amount of dust was rising from the direction of the west gate.

"Ximen!? The demon reinforcements have arrived..." In an instant, Zhang Huangning felt dizzy and the world was spinning. The Demon City was truly about to fall.