empire wars

Chapter 107
"Drive! Drive! Drive!"

The march of tens of thousands of cavalry is simply earth-shattering. If you look at it from the sky, it is an extremely spectacular sight.

"General, we found a battlefield ahead. The fighting has stopped. The two sides retreated. Wei Zeyuan led the guards to retreat in the direction of Liubo Town."

Gongsun Chi listened to the reports of his subordinates, and when they arrived at the battlefield, they found that the battlefield was indeed over, leaving only two or three thousand corpses.

However, most of the corpses were only wearing thin cloth clothes. As for the armor and weapons on their bodies, they were all stripped off. It was impossible to analyze the victory and defeat of the soldiers on both sides, and the side that fought against the Zhendiwei belonged to which side. .

"Based on the battlefield, it was a cavalry army fighting against the Zhendi Guards, and there were not many casualties on both sides, less than 3000 people."

Gongsun Chi analyzed and looked up into the distance. That was the direction in which the Killing God Army was retreating.

Immediately issued an order to send a thousand-man cavalry to catch up and inquire about the situation of that army.

In addition, Gongsun Chi personally led the army and chased in the direction of Zhendiwei's retreat.

"What do you think?"

Gongsun Chi looked at the few people beside him and asked.

"The other side of the war is also very strong. At least under the attack of the town guard, the casualties are not too heavy."

A general next to him said.

There were only more than 3000 corpses on the battlefield, which proved that the battlefield was either not very fierce, or the two sides were evenly matched, so no heavy casualties were caused.

If an ordinary army of [-] encountered the Zhendiwei army, the entire army would be wiped out.

But what they didn't know was that more than [-]% of the [-] corpses left on the battlefield were soldiers of the Zhendiwei.

Due to the reputation of the town guard and its strength is recognized as strong, they subconsciously believed that the cavalry was attacked by the town guard, and thousands of people were killed after the battle. Knowing the strength of the town guard, they took advantage of the speed of the cavalry, So we retreated smoothly.

This is also in line with the casualties caused by ordinary troops encountering Zhendiwei, but they did not expect that the killing god army is not an ordinary army.

"Commander, Gongsun Chi is chasing us."

A general with acquired strength said with a solemn expression.

Really escaped from the tiger's mouth and encountered a pack of wolves. In the autumn of troubled times, no one knows what will happen in the next moment. Even the extremely powerful Zhendiwei will also encounter accidents on the Yiyou battlefield.

"Don't worry about them, march with all your strength, and reach Liubo Town as soon as possible."

Wei Zeyuan focused on maintaining the escape formation all the time, maximizing the acceleration effect of the formation, which doubled the marching speed of the entire town guard several times.

"Commander, is the secret method you handed over real or fake? Will there be any accidents if the secret method of array control falls into the hands of the enemy?" Someone asked worriedly.

Wei Zeyuan glanced at the speaker, lost in thought.

"Don't worry, although the secret method can control the formation eye, it must follow the rules of the refining formation. Don't forget, the control of the formation lies in the hands of the sect leader."

Wei Zeyuan said indifferently, "In addition, investigate the enemy's details, and pass the news of the secret method of controlling the array back to Yidu City."

"It's absolutely impossible. Once you find out that you have leaked the sect's secret law, you will definitely be punished. If the head of the sect blames you, I'm afraid things will go wrong." Another person persuaded.

Although Zhendiwei was defeated, his strength is still strong. No matter in Tiandaozong or Tiandao Army, no one will underestimate Zhendiwei, but Wei Zeyuan's reputation will be damaged.

However, the news of the secret method of controlling the formation leaked, even if it was for the survival of the Zhendiwei, Wei Zeyuan would definitely be punished, ranging from execution to death, to being deprived of the post of commander of the Zhendiwei.

"I have a plan. If you send it to Yidu and hand it over to the head of the clan in person, nothing will happen to you."

Wei Zeyuan said to a confidant beside him.

The secret method of array control is the top secret of Tiandaozong, and countless people in the Jianghu and various forces want to get it.

But once the news that Bai Qi had obtained the secret method of array control spread, not only the Tiandao Army would be shocked, but also the imperial camp would definitely be shocked.

Facing the temptation of the secret method of controlling the formation, a temporary camp that was put together on the spur of the moment will inevitably cause waves.

This is a good time to split the imperial camp. Otherwise, facing the same enemy and the imperial forces that are single-mindedly hostile to the Heavenly Dao Army, the Heavenly Dao Army will not be able to withstand it. It can only split the enemy and let them disintegrate from the inside. What is a mere secret method? .

"My lord, Gongsun Chi's army has just left, and there is news that they have gone to Liubo Town to pursue the town's guards, and let us quickly go to support."

It was still the battlefield where the battle broke out just now. Not long after Gongsun Chi's army left, Qin Yuan led the Longlin Army and the Great Qin Tiger Guards to arrive.

Qin Yuan jumped off his horse and looked at the battlefield, looking at the iron shield that was split in half by a sharp weapon, the broken limbs and broken arms, the broken sword blade and gun handle, the fracture was very smooth and bright
There is no doubt that the weapon that can cause such damage to the weapon shield must be an extremely sharp weapon that cuts iron like mud.

"It should be that Bai Qi fought with the Zhendi Guards. Judging from the situation, the Killing God Army won."

Qin Yuan smelled the murderous aura still lingering in the air, as well as the scattered corpses of war horses, and immediately analyzed the outcome of the battle.

Although many armors were picked up on the battlefield, there were still some broken armor weapons and shields that were divided into two halves. These were not equipment for killing the army of gods, and the number of dead horses was very small, so From the analysis of the armours of the two sides in the battle, it is easy to draw a conclusion, that is, the killing god army won the war.

Although Gongsun Chi was able to analyze some information from the battlefield, he didn't know which side the broken equipment left behind belonged to, so he couldn't analyze who the winning side was.

Moreover, Gongsun Chi preconceived that it was Zhendiwei who won the battle, and did not investigate the situation on the battlefield in depth, otherwise he would find some clues.

"General Bai Qi should have retreated to Wuyou Village. Gongsun Chi pursued Wei Zeyuan and headed towards Liubo Town."

Zhuge Mo said beside Qin Yuan, "The town over Liubo Town is completely within the sphere of influence of the Tiandao Army. It is only thirty miles away from Yidu City. The enemy's reinforcements will soon be able to support it."

"Send someone to contact Bai Qi first, and ask him to join our army. As for Wuyou Village, wait for me to go."

Qin Yuan thought for a while and said. "Let's help Gongsun Chi. Since the Killing God Army can gain an advantage in confronting the Zhendiwei, coupled with the two elites of the Dragon Scale Army and Gongsunchi, there is a chance to take down the Zhendiwei in one fell swoop."

Qin Yuan quickly made a decision and led the Dragon Scale Army to go in the direction where Gongsun Chi left.

On Bai Qi's side, not long after returning to Wuyou Village, he saw a group of thousands of cavalry sent by Gongsun Chi, and beat them away without saying a word.

Bai Qi picked up the secret method of array control and watched it carefully.

According to the description in the book, I know the importance of Worry-free Village, which is the magic circle that exists as the eye of the transit circle.

The refining formation is composed of multiple formation eyes, each formation eye exists independently, but is inextricably linked with the main formation eye.

If it is classified by authority, these formation eyes can be divided into three levels.

The first level, that is, the highest authority, is the eye of the main formation, and there is only one. According to the geographical distribution of the refining formation in the book, it is in the north, and it is undoubtedly in Yidu City. The formation eye has the highest control authority.

The second level is the transition formation eye in Wuyou Village, which has the functions of absorbing blood, transmitting blood, refining energy, improving strength, etc., and there are eleven ordinary formation eyes under his hand. Have control.

The third level, which is also the lowest level of common formation eyes, only have the three functions of absorption, transmission, and promotion, and they exist to serve the formations with first-level and second-level authority.

Bai Qi followed the unfamiliar operation of the secret method and experimented. After trying it several times, he finally turned on the function of absorbing Qi and blood.

Immediately, the formation started to run quickly, and the qi and blood in all directions were drawn and moved towards the direction of the formation, gathering into blood mist and blood water one by one. with.

Bai Qi tried to turn on the teleportation function again. There are two kinds of teleportation functions. One is that the third-level formation eyes transmit qi and blood to the transit formation eyes, and the second is that the transit formation eyes transmit qi and blood to the main body. At the eye of the formation.

The refining function is to convert qi and blood energy into a pure energy body. After absorption, it will not cause much harm to the human body.

The promotion function is to distribute these refined energies so that the warrior's physical strength can be improved.

No wonder Wei Zeyuan personally led Wei Zeyuan to Wuyou Village. This secondary-authority transit formation is very important. Once it is occupied by the enemy, it is equivalent to losing one transit formation and eleven ordinary formations. The refining formation The effect is reduced by at least one-ninth.

As for other functions, before Bai Qi had time to test them, he received the news from Qin Yuan, personally delivered by the Great Qin Tiger Guard.

Bai Qi put away the books and walked out from the eyes of the refining formation.

He taught the methods of absorption and transmission to Yan Zhengquan, the riding capital, and left a force of a thousand soldiers to guard the formation of Wuyou Village.

Among them, the transmission function is naturally closed to the transmission channel to the main formation eye, but the transmission channel of the third-level formation to the intermediate formation eye is naturally open.

As for refining and improving functions, Bai Qi groped for a while, and he felt that the qi and blood energy in this berserk state was quite good, just suitable for the soldiers of the killing god army to practice. As for the pure energy after purification, it not only lost the murderous and violent attributes , the effect is greatly reduced, and a lot of energy is lost in the purification process.

"How's the battle going?"

Qin Yuan soon arrived at Liubo Town and saw a city wall only seven or eight meters high, which was rarely seen in small towns.

Generally, towns rarely build city walls, only cities have them. It seems that Liubo Town is an important military town. Rows of ballistas are lined up on the city walls, and there are densely packed crossbowmen and city guards.

At this time, the gate of the city was open, and many soldiers of the Heavenly Dao Army poured out of the city.

Less than 300 meters away from Liubo Town, a pursuit battle is erupting.

Gongsunchi's Beidi raiders finally caught up with Zhendiwei and got entangled together.

However, judging from the battle situation, the Zhendiwei didn't seem to love to fight. While defending against the charge of the Beidi Raiders' cavalry, they retreated towards the gate of Liubo Town.

"Okay, these people are enough, first block the enemy's charge."

Wei Zeyuan watched at least thousands of soldiers rushing out to assist in the battle, and shouted towards the top of the city.

When the generals of the Taoist army guarding the city heard that that day, their expressions changed slightly and they stopped sending soldiers out of the city. As for the soldiers who were already outside the city, they did not rush into the city, but took the initiative to make way for the soldiers of the Zhendi Guard to enter the city first. And they are responsible for the break.

The Beidi Raiders took advantage of the cavalry and kept crashing into the defensive line of the Zhendiwei, but they were blocked one after another.

Seeing this, Wei Zeyuan couldn't help but frowned. He was also a cavalry soldier, but Gongsun Chi's Beidi raiders were obviously weaker than the Killing God Army.

Sure enough, it was Gongsun Chi who led the army in person. If he had delayed for another quarter of an hour, he might have been intercepted and killed on the way.

"General Gongsun, this is the famous Zhendiwei."

Qin Yuan looked at the dark and deep shields, followed by the strong and fierce shield soldiers. They were all tall and powerful, and they looked very powerful.

No wonder, in the face of the cavalry's charge, the defensive shield wall is extremely strong and difficult to break through.

"That's right, every soldier in Zhendiwei is a warrior, and his realm will not be lower than the fifth level of body training. Coupled with the unique formation blessing, even if he stands still and attacks ordinary troops, he is still unable to break through. "

Gongsun Chi turned around to look, and after finding out that it was Qin Yuan, he said aloud.

"It's a pity. I think the guards of the town are not as powerful as before. If we encounter them in the wild, with our strength, we will definitely be able to take them down. It's a pity that they hid in Liubo Town, and there are more than 2 people inside." Heavenly Dao Army, we want to break through the city wall, it will be even more difficult."

While speaking, Zhendiwei entered Liubo Town smoothly by relying on his unbreakable tortoise shell.

The Beidi raiders who lost their target had no choice but to kill the thousands of Tiandao Army soldiers who supported them with their sharp blades.

"City closure!"

Wei Zeyuan, who came to the top of the city, looked at Gongsun Chi in the distance, and then looked at the battlefield outside the city.

At this time, most of the soldiers of the Tiandao Army had retreated into the city, and there were less than a thousand soldiers left, fighting with the Beidi raiders. The battle between the two sides was very stalemate.

"Yes!"

The general who defended the city had no expression on his face and could only obey the order. He also knew that once the city was closed, the remaining soldiers would be abandoned, but he had no choice but to give up. Otherwise, if they were allowed to enter the city, the Beidi raiders, as a cavalry force, would inevitably They will rush into the city together.

Rumble!
The battle outside the city was still going on. Unexpectedly, Wei Zeyuan was more ruthless and directly closed the city gate, cutting off the retreat of the soldiers of the Heavenly Dao Army. At the same time, he did not give Beidi raiders a chance to rush into the city.

Swish swish!
Before either the Tiandao army outside the city or the Beidi raider cavalry had time to react, the archers and ballistas on the city launched at the same time, and thousands of bows, arrows and crossbows fell from the sky and fell on the fighting soldiers from both sides.

Chi Chi!
Some Tiandao Army soldiers had confusion in their eyes and expressions of disbelief on their faces. They were not killed by the enemy, but died at the hands of their own family members.

The Beidi raiders also did not expect that under normal circumstances, once the armies of the two sides entered hand-to-hand combat and the soldiers were mixed together, they would not attack with long-range weapons.

Ahhhhh!
As the dense arrows fell, the attack of the Beidi raiders also slowed down, and they turned to deal with the arrows' attacks. If they were just ordinary arrows, as long as they were careful not to be shot at vital points, the armor on their bodies could resist some damage.

But in addition to arrows, there are also crossbow arrows comparable to long spears. The crossbow arrows fired by this kind of ballista not only have a long range, but are also very powerful. Even the body of a warrior can penetrate, and the powerful impact is also It can knock soldiers back several meters and hit other soldiers.

Facing the powerful ballista attack and the dense bow and arrows, the Beidi raiders had to retreat. After all, they did not have the strong defense capabilities of the Zhendiwei.

"Wei Zeyuan, if you have the guts, go out of the city and fight!"

Gongsun Chi shouted loudly to Wei Zeyuan on the top of the city.

"Why don't you dare, you leave [-] sword guards and iron cavalry, I only need [-] soldiers, and I can kill you without armor and armor."

Wei Zeyuan sneered disdainfully, "If you don't dare, don't talk about it with me. I don't have much ability, but my tone is not small."

"Huh, I've long heard that the ground guard has unparalleled defense and is the best turtle shell in the world. I didn't expect that when I saw it today, it turned out to be the case. Why is one layer of turtle shell not enough, and a city wall is needed as a turtle shell?"

Gongsun Chi was also honest and immediately ridiculed him.

"It's hard to deal with it now. The enemy is defending the city and it's really difficult to capture it."

Qin Yuan frowned and said, there are sharpshooters in the Killing God Army, but compared to the crossbows in the city, their firepower is far from enough. As the attacking side, it must be at least several times stronger than the defending army to grasp it. Take it down.

Gongsun Chi's [-] elites, whether they are sword guard cavalry or Beidi raiders, are good at encounters, not siege warfare, which is one of the shortcomings of cavalry.

It's not that it is impossible to siege the city, but the siege effect is not as good as that of ordinary troops carrying siege machines.

Otherwise, if a city is taken and ten or twenty thousand cavalry are killed, not even Gongsun Chi or even Qin Yuan can afford this price.

Cavalry is much more precious than infantry, and it is too extravagant to use it to attack a city.

Even when the Northern Qiang cavalry attacked the city before, they usually pretended to attack or make a surprise attack. When they actually attacked the city, they cooperated with the secrets in the city, opened the city gate, and entered the city in one fell swoop, successfully capturing the city.

"It's just that I didn't expect that the defense of Liubo Town is not weaker than that of ordinary cities. We really have too little preparation."

Gongsun Chi said regretfully.

There are [-] Tiandao Army soldiers in the city, plus the ground guards, relying on the city wall for defense. Without [-] troops, it is really impossible to win. Moreover, this is still a protracted battle.

If the enemy has reinforcements, it will not be as simple as a siege.

"Gongsun Ce, take someone around Liubo Town to investigate the situation."

"Gongsun Lu, contact the friendly forces of nearby forces to see if they have siege equipment."

"Xiao Jingyuan, there is a Fenglin Town not far away. I heard that it is the territory of Ningyang Prefect. I sent someone to inquire about the situation."

"What are your plans for attacking Liubo Town? What are your chances of winning if you attack by force?"

After giving instructions to his subordinates, Gongsun Chi turned to Qin Yuan and asked.

"The first strategy is to attack the army, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the army, and the second is to attack the city."

Qin Yuan thought for a while, and pointed to the distance. Some forces heard the news of the town guards and were leading their troops, "If you unite multiple forces and storm Liubo Town, there should be a [-]% chance of winning. It's just a price. I don't know if General Gongsun can do it." bear it."

(End of this chapter)