empire wars

Chapter 165 Surprise Fortress Attack
"This time, I am ready to fight a protracted war. Even if we attack the city step by step, we must take Tianchuan and Yizhou."

Qin Yuan said to the generals.

Today, the territory of the world is basically divided.

The only one Qin Yuan has a legitimate reason to send troops to is Tianchuan Yizhou.

The reason, of course, was the war that started in Wenshan County.

According to the future plan that Zhuge Mo set for Qin Yuan before.

The first was to unify the Western Yongliang Prefecture and develop its economic strength, and then to conquer the Northern Qiang Grassland. It took several months to successfully capture it.

Today, it is Tianchuan Yizhou. After taking it, basically the entire western part of the Liehan Dynasty fell into Qin Yuan's hands.

Taking Yongliang Prefecture in the west and Yizhou in Tianchuan as the basis, we can attack, retreat in the middle, and rely on the mountains for defense when we retreat.

Tianchuan Yizhou is a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Even if other forces unite to take Tianchuan Yizhou, it will not be an easy task.

However, today's Tianchuan Yizhou has become a difficult problem for Qin Yuan.

Li Qian, the governor of Yizhou in Tianchuan, was very smart. He knew that he was no match for Qin Yuan's army in a face-to-face battle, so he set up checkpoints and fortresses to stop Qin Yuan's attack.

Basically, fortresses were built on every mountain, cliff, river, etc.

And it is very dense, the distance between the two fortresses is about five li for the shortest, and no more than twenty li for the farthest.

As for bypassing these fortresses and directly attacking the city of Yizhou in Tianchuan, it is also difficult.

There are so many high mountains in Tianchuan and Yizhou, and there is even only one road to and from some places, which must pass through the official road.

As for crossing mountains and ridges, especially when hundreds of thousands of troops act together, the difficulty is no less than taking down a fortress on their own initiative.

"In terms of resources and logistical support, don't worry either. In the next few months, we will devote all our efforts to Tianchuan Yizhou."

Qin Yuan said, this is also Qin Yuan's confidence.

After merging the Western Yongliang Prefecture and the Northern Qiang people, Qin Yuan's war potential truly exploded.

It is no exaggeration to say that Qin Yuan not only has an elite army of 150 million under his command, he can recruit another 100 million troops at any time as soon as he is recruited, and it will not cause too much impact on the cities in the territory.

As for logistical issues, there is no need to worry. The soldiers at the lowest level almost always have enough food, and even meat can be eaten every now and then.

"Understood, my lord."

Meng Tian, ​​Bai Qi and other generals said in unison.

"At this time, opposite us is a fortress called Tianjiang. It originally had a garrison and was not temporarily built. There are 30 Yizhou troops inside. The height of the fortress reaches more than [-] meters. If you want to attack from the front, It’s not easy.”

Meng Tian analyzed and said, "So, I have to ask the Lord's special arms to take action."

In Qin Yuan's hands now, the total of the three special arms is close to four thousand.

4000 people, all of them are warriors of acquired realm.

I am afraid that the other princes and forces, including all the acquired realm warriors under their hands, do not have so many.

You know, the Tiandao Army that swept the entire Liehan Dynasty back then was only known as 36 heavenly stars and 72 earthly stars, and there were only one hundred and eight warriors in the Houtian realm with names and surnames.

Many of them are even fake.

And Qin Yuan's 4000 people are real.

Moreover, every 100 people united have the strength to fight against the innate realm.

"Well, to attack the city and compete for the fortress, I can use the special elite under my command as the vanguard."

Qin Yuan nodded and said, "Both of you are in the innate realm, and you can't make a move for the time being, so you should do your best as a coordinator, command the army to fight, and plan the best strategy. Zhuge Mo's opinion should also be referred to."

"Yes, my lord!"

Bai Qi, Meng Tian and Zhuge Mo all stood up at the same time, and said with orders.

On the opposite side of the Dome Fortress is the Tianjiang Fortress.

At this time, the inside of the fortress was also brightly lit.

The army of Meng Tian and Bai Qi had taken the Qiongdi for two full days.

According to the rhythm of the past few months, tomorrow, the enemy will launch an attack, pointing directly at the Tianjiang Fortress.

As for defending the city, neither the high-ranking officers nor the soldiers under their command thought about it that way.

The important purpose of their garrison here is to take advantage of the fortress to continuously consume the enemy's strength and delay the enemy's attack speed.

"My lord, all the kerosene, fuel and other resources will be delivered in the afternoon. In addition, people will send logs to the city wall. Once the war starts tomorrow, we can launch a counterattack."

"Our mission this time is to block the enemy army for a day and a night."

"By midnight tomorrow, our army can withdraw in batches. Until the early morning, no matter how many troops are left, they will all withdraw from the Tianjiang Fortress."

"The retreat route is divided into land and water. The first batch of evacuation will go by land, the second batch will be allocated according to the actual situation, and the last batch will all board warships and go down the river."

"Also, is there anything wrong with the enemy?"

In the seat above, a middle-aged general named Li Kunyuan said in a low voice.

The plan he mentioned was basically formulated for Qin Yuan's army.

In this way, basically every fortress can block the enemy for four to five days.

Even if a few fortresses are lost in a month, it is nothing to the entire Tianchuan Yizhou.

On the contrary, they have such a long time, which is enough to dispatch troops, and even continuously recruit soldiers to strengthen their strength.

Qin Yuan's strength is recognized as extremely powerful.

However, as the Li family, they are not afraid at all.

Even if he dies on the battlefield, he will never surrender to the enemy.

Under the leadership of Li Qian, the state pastor, they decided to rule Tianchuan Yizhou and take the road of hegemony. From that moment on, they had no way out.

For example, if the families under their control are defeated, they can submit to Qin Yuan.

However, once the Li family is defeated, they will only end up being ransacked and exterminated like the former Xiyong Liangzhou state herdsman.

"No changes were found."

A general said aloud.

"However, a few days ago, Qin Yuan completely conquered the Northern Qiang clan, and sent 60 troops to Yidu County, as if he wanted to take control of the Central Plains."

A general said, "According to Qin Yuan's behavior, I'm afraid this is just a cover. In fact, he is preparing to attack our Tianchuan Yizhou with all his strength."

"That's right, we must guard against this." Li Kunyuan nodded and said.

As for Qin Yuan's special elites, the news has already spread all over the world, and all forces know about it.

While shocked, she was also very afraid of Qin Yuan's strength.

After all, they are all acquired warriors.

How extravagant it is to let acquired warriors form an army.

You must know that an acquired martial artist, in the hands of any princely force, will at least become a general of an army, commanding an army of five thousand or even tens of thousands.

If it is a descendant of a family or a descendant of a prince, he can even become the commander-in-chief of an army, commanding hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses.

"Message to the Patriarch and ask them what they think."

Li Kunyuan thought for a while and said, "At the same time, Bai Qi and Meng Tian in the enemy army are innate warriors. Although they didn't make direct moves, they erupted in every battle, which dealt a great blow to the morale of our army. I hope The head of the family can invite an ancestor to come to hold the line."

"If only one person comes, I'm afraid it's not enough."

A general from the direct line of the Li family hesitated. "If the enemy recklessly breaks the covenant and takes action against our ancestors, I'm afraid the balance will be broken."

"You're right. In the battle of Liangzhou City, Qin Yuan killed an innate warrior. Now the Wei family is trying to provoke forces everywhere to attack Qin Yuan."

Li Kunyuan sighed, "There is nothing we can do. We can only delay for a while longer. I hope the lobbyist of the family head can persuade other princes to join forces to attack Qin Yuan."

When the others heard the words, they fell silent immediately, and all of them looked unhappy.

This was the most frustrating battle they had fought. The result of every war was nothing but failure.

Even after a fierce battle, the fortress was defended, but when the time came, they still had to obey the order and withdraw from the fortress.

It was late at night.

On the high mountain on the right side of the Tianjiang Fortress, in the dark jungle, there were suddenly green spots of light.

Taking a closer look, it turned out to be extremely ferocious green wolves.

The mountain environment is not conducive to marching, not conducive to fighting with horses, but for Qinglang, this is their home field, even if it is an infantry regiment, it cannot compete with them in the mountains.

Among the tens of thousands of blue wolves, thousands of even larger black wolves appeared, all covered with indestructible armor, surrounding the weak points of the body.

On Hei Lang's body were serious and murderous soldiers, holding mace knives, motionless, looking very solemn.

At night, it is the time when the Black Wolf Emperor Cavalry is the strongest.

And in the Tianjiang Fortress below, thousands of soldiers were standing guard and patrolling, but they didn't find so many beasts quietly appearing on the cliff, and there was even an extremely powerful special unit hidden.

"It's noon, send the enemy on the road!"

General Hei Yi hoarsely issued a battle order. "The first team, as the vanguard, took the lead in rushing into the enemy's sentry team. The second team directly attacked the camp to disrupt the situation. The third team attacked the center of the fortress and killed the enemy's general. The fourth team led the blue wolf and fully entered the fortress. The ninth team seized the dock and did not allow the enemy to escape by boat; the tenth team led ten thousand green wolves to the rear official road and did not allow any enemy to break through."

"This time, wipe out all the enemy troops, and don't let a single person go!"

"As ordered!"

A deep voice responded.

When the sound fell, the surrounding Heilang emperor cavalry disappeared into the night, and silently charged towards the Tianjiang Fortress.

In the distance, at the Fortress of the Vault, Qin Yuan stood on the high ground, blowing the cool night breeze, but looked extremely comfortable.

Looking at the brightly lit Tianjiang Fortress in the distance, a smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The prologue is about to begin.

To win Tianchuan Yizhou in an all-round way, it starts from Tianjiang Fortress.

Although it was already late at night, the hundreds of thousands of troops in Qiongdi Fortress were all on the move, obeying orders at any time.

Ow!

The howling of wolves came from the mountains on both sides of Tianjiang Fortress.

Immediately afterwards, tens of thousands of blue wolves rushed out from the mountains and rushed towards the soldiers in the fortress like crazy.

And long before Qing Lang launched his attack, thousands of Black Wolf Emperor Cavalry had already taken the lead.

No one can observe the whereabouts of a group of one hundred Black Wolf Emperor Riders in the dark night.

Assaulted directly into the Tianjiang Fortress, all of the severed heads of the thousands of soldiers standing guard and patrolling did not even make a sound.

Immediately afterwards, important positions such as the camp, loyalty, city walls, docks, etc. were attacked one by one.

Almost every second, dozens of hundreds of heads fell to the ground.

When many soldiers picked up their weapons and left the camp when they heard the sound of enemy attack, they saw a terrifying scene.

Countless green wolves glowing with green light opened their bloody mouths, exposing their sharp fangs, and came towards them to kill them.

Even soldiers who have experienced many battles have no fear in the face of the enemy.

But it was the first time in their lives to fight fierce beasts.

Before he even had time to react, he was attacked by a group of blue wolves, and his life was ruined.

"What's going on outside? Has the enemy started attacking the city?"

Li Kunyuan got dressed, and asked with a little anger, a little dissatisfied.

However, no one's voice came from outside the door.

As a general, Li Kunyuan suddenly felt abnormal.

Even if the enemy attacked the city, it would be difficult to take down the Tianjiang Fortress in a short while. There were 2 soldiers in the city.

According to his plan, in the face of the enemy's full-scale attack, there is no problem at all if he persists for a day.

What's more, his place is the core of the entire fortress. If this place falls, then the situation of the entire fortress may be beyond his imagination.

Li Kunyuan picked up the sharp sword next to him and drew it out.

But the next moment, there was a loud bang on the door.

Li Kunyuan saw a huge black wolf biting towards him.

Li Kunyuan turned pale with fright, turned sideways quickly, and dodged to the side to avoid the black wolf's slaughter.

But then, his eyes were wide open, and on the back of Hei Lang stood a cold and ruthless man, holding a wolf's toothed knife, and slashed across his neck.

Black Wolf, soldier.

Black Wolf Emperor Cavalry, a special elite team composed entirely of warriors in the acquired realm.

How did they appear here.

Li Kunyuan's head flew out, and in his last consciousness, he saw fighting scenes everywhere in the fortress outside the door.

There are countless black wolf emperor cavalry that are exactly the same as those around him, and there are even countless green wolves, constantly culling and killing soldiers on the battlefield.

Finished!

This was Li Kunyuan's last thought.

Unfortunately, there was nothing he could do at this time, whether it was commanding the army to fight back, or passing the news to Li Qian, he couldn't do anything.

The appearance of the black wolf imperial knight represents a more terrifying news behind it.

Qin Yuan himself will definitely come in person.

Tianchuan and Yizhou are in danger.

If the previous combat method is adopted again, the entire Yizhou Army will inevitably suffer a big loss.

Other strategies must be adopted in time to resist Qin Yuan's army.

Especially the thousands of special elites, if they cannot be stopped, one can imagine what will happen to Tianchuan Yizhou.

However, who can deal with the situation where the innate warrior cannot take action.

If the innate martial artist made a move, it would just give Qin Yuan a chance to make a move.

Qin Yuan's rise is extremely fast, but his background is very solid. Not only does he have innate strategy, but his two generals also have innate combat capabilities.

There were even rumors that Li Shide of the Li family, the priest of the Wolf God of the Northern Qiang, surrendered to Qin Yuan's subordinates.

There is also a monster wolf king with innate combat power.

Calculated in this way, Qin Yuan's side has at least six innate combat power if they are not considered special elites.

Tianchuan Yizhou, can it stop it?

"Damn things!"

In Yizhou City, in the city lord's mansion, Li Qian threw the teacup out of his hand angrily and cursed angrily.

Down below, dozens of officials and generals looked embarrassed and did not dare to speak.

The night before, the 2 troops in Tianjiang City were wiped out, Li Qian's cousin Li Kunyuan died tragically on the spot, and none of the [-] troops survived.

Not only that, more than 30 fortresses in Tianshan County fell overnight.

The news was not delivered to Yizhou City until the afternoon of the third day.

During a war, intelligence is very important, and real-time battle reports are even more important.

However, they didn't know what happened the day before yesterday until the third day, which was a serious mistake.

Because of this, Qin Yuan's army took the opportunity to launch an all-out attack, and many checkpoints and fortresses behind Tianjiang Fortress were breached without even reacting.

In less than three days, Qin Yuan's army drove straight in, disrupting Li Qian's plan and deployment.

Now it has taken the entire Chuanshan County, and the army is not stopping, pointing directly at Yishan County.

And Yishan County is where Yizhou City is located, and it is the most important place in Tianchuan Yizhou.

(End of this chapter)