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

"General, let's abandon the city and retreat!"

"Yes, General, the demon reinforcements have arrived. If they surround us, it will be too late!"

All the lieutenants were urging Zhang Huangning to retreat as soon as possible, but they were met with Zhang Huangning's angry rebuke: "Can't you see that Lü Yi is leading the people in a fierce battle in the north city! The people of the city are fighting to the death, how can we abandon the city and leave? Anyone who mentions abandoning the city again will be executed!"

The anticipated breach of the West Gate did not occur. It turned out that the reinforcements of the Third and Fourth Armies were led by Fang Rongxue, the commander of the Third Army. After they arrived at their designated positions, they saw the vanguard attacking the city from afar. The deputy general next to him asked, "General, should we go and help?"

Fang Rongxue rejected this suggestion, saying bluntly, "The vanguard of the First and Second Armies is attacking the city and is gaining momentum. It won't be long before they break through. If our Third and Fourth Armies' support troops participate, wouldn't that be blatantly trying to steal credit? What will Abner and Baron think? Besides, our mission is not to attack the city. Order the entire army to set up camp on the spot!"

The soldiers defending the West Gate had already given up hope, but seeing that the demon reinforcements had not come to attack the city, they were momentarily confused, but a glimmer of hope rekindled in their hearts, and they continued to hold their ground. As a result, the demon armies at the West Gate and the North City were unable to make any further breakthroughs despite their tenacious resistance. When this news came, Zhang Huangning's hope increased even more. Although he did not understand why the demon reinforcements were not participating in the attack, the current situation was enough for him to buy time until the reinforcements arrived.

Time ticked by, and if one were to look down from a high vantage point, one would find an extremely humorous scene unfolding around the Demon City: the Third Army and the vanguard of the demons were locked in a life-or-death struggle within the city, a group of demon soldiers were digging and felling trees to build a camp on the western outskirts of the city, and not far away on the eastern outskirts of the city, Li Man's Twelfth Army was advancing at full speed.

Abner was filled with frustration. Every time he was about to execute Zhang Huangning, a group of people would come to obstruct him. The city gates remained unconquered, and although the north gate had fallen, the troops there were blocked by a group of civilians. What angered him even more was that the northern troops set fire to the city as soon as they entered, resulting in collapsed buildings that separated the troops, cutting off communication and their retreat. Although the absence of reinforcements from afar gave him some reassurance, wouldn't he be ridiculed if he failed to capture the city and returned home?

Seeing that he couldn't defeat Zhang Huangning, Abner took advantage of Zhang's injury to turn his horse around and head straight for the East Gate, where there had been no news for a long time. When he arrived at the East Gate, he ran into Baron, who was covered in blood.

"Weren't you at the North Gate?! How did you end up at the East Gate?"

"Don't even mention it." Baron was furious. "Those bastards set fires everywhere as soon as they entered the city. By the time I was bandaged up and entered the city, the city was blocked by collapsed houses everywhere. I couldn't go anywhere and could only come to the east gate to take a look."

"Reinforcements have arrived, but they haven't made a move. Right now, the enemy's commander has been wounded at the south gate. Let's work together to take the east gate and break through the city as soon as possible!"

The two hit it off immediately and quickly joined the attack. They flew up the city wall and had just killed a few people when they saw dust billowing outside the city. Baron asked in bewilderment, "What, do we have reinforcements at the east gate too?"

Abner wanted nothing more than to slap Baron off the city wall. He shouted angrily, "Fool! Those are human reinforcements!"

"Then we retreat?"

"What retreat?! Quickly open up the east gate and fight our way to the west gate. Once the gate is breached, we're done for. Then we can call for reinforcements."

After agreeing on their strategy, the two further increased their elemental output, quickly slaughtering the guards at the East Gate. They then led the remaining 10,000-plus men into the city, with Li Man's 12th Army following closely behind, plunging the city into chaos.

Upon hearing that the East Gate had been breached and receiving news of reinforcements' arrival, Zhang Huangning was immediately struck by the sounds of battle raging within the city. Confused and unsure of the situation, he hurried back into the city and was met with Abner and Baron leading demon soldiers in a fierce charge towards the West Gate, followed closely by Li Man leading reinforcements in pursuit.

"General Li! Send troops to reinforce the north city!" Zhang Huangning shouted at him.

Upon hearing this, Li Man immediately ordered the troops to be divided, and then shouted to Zhang Huangning: "The rest of the reinforcements will arrive at noon. I will take over the defense of Yumo City for now!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Huangning finally breathed a long sigh of relief and slumped weakly to the ground. The long battle had already exhausted his elemental reserves, and he fainted as soon as he closed his eyes.

Abner and Baron fought their way to the West Gate, breaking through from the inside out. They quickly gathered their remaining troops and prepared to turn their horses around to attack Li Man's Twelfth Army. However, Baron said, "Our soldiers are exhausted. We should retreat now!"

“Are we going to retreat and be ridiculed?!” Abner disagreed.

Helpless, Baron could only bring up Cai Ran: "If the vanguard is wiped out, how can the commander let us go? We should retreat first, gather the remaining 100,000 troops, and attack again with reinforcements. Anyway, the city gate has been breached, so there will be plenty of opportunities!"

Thus, Abner angrily ordered a retreat. Seeing the enemy retreat, Li Man stopped pursuing them and ordered the city gates to be repaired as soon as possible to prevent the demons from attacking again.

During the retreat, Abner ordered a headcount and discovered that of the 100,000 vanguard troops he had brought, only 40,000 remained, a loss of 60%. This enraged Abner, who blamed Zhang Huangning for it all and vowed to capture Zhang Huangning alive and cut off his head.

When Fang Rongxue saw Abner and Baron return with their troops, he guessed that the siege must have failed. So, with a happy expression, he deliberately congratulated them, saying, "Congratulations to the two generals for achieving the greatest merit!"

Seeing that the two men remained silent, he feigned concern and asked, "Why do you two generals look displeased? Could it be that the siege failed?"

"Stop your nonsense! Humans were prepared long ago. You wouldn't have made it either!" Abner cursed.

Fang Rongxue did not continue to mock them. Knowing that the two of them had failed in their siege and were in a bad mood, he kept quiet and simply ordered his men to speed up the construction. Then he returned to his own tent alone.

Seeing this, Baron stepped forward and comforted him, "Now is not the time to argue. I have sent someone to gather the remaining troops. We also need the support of Fang Rongxue's 100,000 men. Let's go over and discuss it." Abner was pulled by Baron and reluctantly walked into Fang Rongxue's tent.

“General Fang, although we have failed in our siege, the west, north and east gates of the Demon-Suppressing City have been breached. If it weren’t for the arrival of enemy reinforcements, we would be celebrating our victory in the city right now,” Baron said.

"So, General Baron, you want to borrow my troops to attack the city again?" Fang Rongxue saw through his thoughts at a glance and asked in a calm and unhurried manner.

“That’s right. This is the first major city since the start of the war. If we fail here, not only will we be unable to explain to the commander, but it will also affect morale. I have ordered the remaining 100,000 troops to be gathered. With your 100,000 troops, we will surely be able to conquer the city if we attack again. The credit will be split equally among the three of us. What do you say?” Baron suggested.

"Hmm..." Fang Rongxue pondered for a long time before standing up and saying, "For the sake of the Demon Clan, I will certainly do my utmost to help. However, my 100,000 troops also bear heavy responsibilities, and I can only allocate 50,000 troops to assist you. What do you say?"

"Yes! With the 40,000 troops we brought back, we'll have nearly 200,000. Once everyone is assembled, we'll attack again."

"No!" Fang Rongxue interrupted, "Since the enemy's reinforcements arrived in such a short time, it means they were prepared. There will definitely be a lot of reinforcements coming. We should immediately muster 50,000 troops, plus 40,000 defeated soldiers, and launch another attack. We can't wait for your 100,000 troops."