Heaven's Formula

It was the bright red organ beast that really tore through the line of defense.

The mobilized Chinese army just had time to throw a round of arrows, and Ning Wanjun had already reached the top of the slope, and the gun barrel thick as an arm swept left and right. Anyone who touched it was no different from a piece of paper, and fell to the ground with a broken bone. In severe cases, the organs burst.The soldiers found that the long guns in their hands against the cavalry were useless in front of the machine beasts. When the two collided, the huge impact force first affected the gunmen-they screamed and bounced away, and then they were run over by the machine beasts!

"Hold on, don't retreat! Anyone who retreats without permission will be cut off!" Qi Duming hissed on his horse, but the gap that could not hold the line was torn apart.

There are only more than 20 mechanism beasts, and the momentum of impacting the phalanx is even more amazing than that of a thousand horses.The Jinxia Army's forwards are not good at speed, and because of this, the pressure that can be greatly relieved after blocking the first wave of the cavalry's offensive disappeared without a trace on the mechanism beast.Every step forward of these black monsters seemed extremely solid, slow, but unstoppable.

Ning Wanjun uses an ax and spear, and close combat is her best combat method, but this is not the case for other mechanical beasts—this batch of Xuanwu improved models are all equipped with shield gun modules, with a large steel shield on one side and a large steel shield on the other. It's a heavy air rifle.When its own weight is no longer a combat defect, the design of the gun has become unrestrained: the caliber is increased, the pressure of the gas tank is increased, the capacity of the magazine is doubled, and the air compressor is directly equipped.Air-sensing users only need to move their fingers to complete operations such as shooting, compressing air, and reloading. The power of the air rifle has also improved several levels.

In terms of shortcomings, I am afraid that the only problem left is that the firearms are set on the side of the Xuanwu, which is not convenient for the driver to aim and shoot.But when these two-legged monsters charge into the enemy line, this disadvantage no longer exists.

Chapter 462 "Someone is waiting for her"

The soldiers of the Ganzhou Army were horrified to see that their men could not even get close to the black monster. The short guns held by the opponents did not emit light, and there was no obvious reloading process. They could only hear continuous and dull With a bang bang sound, the person who has been recruited by the party is almost flying with flesh and blood, and instantly collapses!Moreover, this kind of attack not only kills and injures the soldiers in the front row, but also affects the people crowded behind, several of them.

Seeing that the formation was not guaranteed, some generals who led the team simply wanted to lead their own men around to the rear to double-team the beasts, to see if they could find some opportunities in places that the Jinxia Army could not see.

It's a pity that the follow-up river crossing team has been continuously filled up.

The first thing these double-teamers hit was the living dead.

Qianzhi took the lead and rushed into the enemy's formation.

Seeing girls under ten appearing on the battlefield, the first reaction of most soldiers was stunned, and the second reaction was to kill them—they couldn’t beat the giant monsters, so couldn’t they beat a little girl? ?

Even if it is a person who is sensitive, a woman of this age is nothing to be afraid of!

But the moment they fought, they realized that they were wrong.

Qianzhi stuck the ice cubes on her body and hit them with the crowd like an iron ball. The gun shaft pierced from all directions, but it was difficult to penetrate the layer of ice.None of the soldiers in Ganzhou could block Qianzhi's "bear paws". She didn't even have to jump up, and she would break her legs if she slapped her legs directly. It is even more difficult.

"Hey!" "Ha!" Qianzhi yelled strange slogans, and punched with both hands in accordance with the rhythm of the slogan. Every sound was accompanied by a person screaming and falling, and the Ganzhou army collapsed in a blink of an eye. More than a dozen people!

"Monster, monster!"

"These guys are not human at all!"

"Where are the supporting alchemists? Where are they?!"

For a while, hysterical roars filled the entire front line.

Some soldiers also noticed the change in the rear.

"Look in the direction of Daying, all the high slopes are on fire!"

"Isn't that dragon already subdued?"

"Could it be that something happened to the Commander-in-Chief..."

Once the battle situation in the front is unfavorable, the negative impact of various movements in the rear will be magnified hundreds or thousands of times.The [-] soldiers in the central army are already the most elite combat force in Ganzhou, and many of them are veterans who have retired from the Leizhou frontier army. Shake.

The encirclement that the team had spontaneously developed had stalled, and not only that, the striker had begun to retreat from the top of the slope, which was already a sign of the disintegration of the battle formation.

Asshole, asshole, asshole!

Qi Duming cursed in his heart, the enemy's sensitizers were harvesting his troops like scythes, and the alchemists from the Privy Council have disappeared, what are they doing for food! ?

This is a man brought out by himself!

His heart was still bleeding.

According to common sense, when the central army is attacked by the enemy, it should send cavalry to attack the enemy's flank. He did arrange a thousand-man team to wander upstream, but when he saw a new mechanism beast stepping on the river from the other side, Qi Duming Hesitated.

The Ganzhou cavalry are all light cavalry, and their impact is limited. It is hard to say whether they can interrupt the Jinxia Army's offensive.Besides, this cavalry team is an extremely valuable mobile force. Once it is damaged here, it will be difficult for him to compete with General Lu An for the commander-in-chief of Ganzhou.

Why did the Jinxia Army focus on Wang Shandu!

If I had known this earlier, I would have chosen Pingzhen myself!

During this hesitation, the morale of the front line finally collapsed, and the soldiers dropped their weapons one after another and began to flee in all directions.There may be only a few hundred people at first, but once the fear of fighting and panic spreads, it can quickly spread to the entire army.

"My lord!?" The lieutenant waited eagerly for the general's instructions.

Qi Duming finally did not issue an order to increase troops.

"We retreat."

He gritted his teeth.

Luo Bairen has not appeared so far, which means that he is also in trouble, and it is unlikely that he will take into account the situation of the army.The enemy has only landed about a thousand people so far, and they don't have a single horse. The pursuit is definitely not the director.At the same time, the river beach is not easy to expand. Only about half of the Chinese army is fighting fiercely with the enemy, and the other half is still maintaining a stable formation. Timely escape from the battle can greatly reduce the possibility of turning into a rout.

Of course, losses are inevitable.Retreating at this time is equivalent to abandoning all the soldiers who are fighting with the Jinxia Army in disguise, and it is normal to lose more than half of them in the end.This choice is nothing more than the lesser of two evils, and it is better to lose a battle than to wipe out an entire army.

"Where are you going? Wangshandu?"

"No, that small town has no danger at all, let's go back to Yecheng!"

Yecheng is also the nearest big city, with walls on all sides, which is very suitable for holding on.Qi Duming didn't believe that the princess would chase him there—would he rather swallow this little army, not even the huge Shenzhou?

He even thought about how to write the report: Although he lost Wangshandu, he restrained a large number of Three Princesses' troops and limited their main force to the Ganshen border.At this time, if Liuzhou and Qingzhou can quickly go south and attack the Jinxia army from both sides, they will definitely win a big victory!

The sound of gold ringing sounded, and the rear reserve team immediately turned into the front army, turned around and ran towards Yecheng.Qi Duming also threw the Green Dragon Saber to the adjutant, rode his horse into the Qing cavalry troops, and moved westward at an accelerated pace.

If the retreat of the rear army can barely be called orderly, the front line is a mess.A small group of troops didn't hear the sound of Jin Jin from the rear at all, and were still trying to hold their positions, while more people ran away like headless chickens.In a panic, many people fled in the opposite direction, biting the bullet and jumping into the Lichuan River.In such chaos, the factors that caused the biggest casualties of the Ganzhou Army were no longer machine beasts or air rifles. Pushing and trampling each other were the main causes of casualties.

Ning Wanjun did not take advantage of the victory to pursue and cover up the kill all the way, but took out the megaphone and shouted——

For a while, the slogans of "disarm, surrender, don't kill, Jinxia treats the prisoners preferentially" spread throughout the riverbank one after another.

This wave of capitulation immediately achieved excellent results.

As the targets of abandonment, the front-line soldiers had no intention of continuing to serve the general. Immediately, a large area of ​​the battlefield fell to their knees, and their spears and daggers were thrown all over the ground.

If it was before, Ning Wanjun might have to go back and forth two more times, but now that she has been influenced by Xia Fan, she always feels that the guys who give up resistance in front of her are no longer enemies, but resources that can be used one by one.

Of course, the princess would not care about things like cleaning the battlefield. This round of pursuit was not over, and she had to immediately throw herself into the next battle.Two quarters of an hour later, Ning Wanjun left 1000 people to escort the captives and guard the river beach, and continued to advance westward with fifty mechanism beasts and a thousand elites.

She knew that Xia Fan would be waiting for her in front.

Chapter 463 Wanting More

After running forty miles in one breath, Qi Duming ordered the army to stop advancing and rectify for a while.

It's not that he doesn't want to return to Yecheng sooner, but if he keeps running like this, the army will run away by itself.

Fortunately, the third princess did not chase after her tail. It seemed that she focused on maintaining the results of the battle and taking in the prisoners, which made Qi Duming heave a sigh of relief.He took a rough look at the team at the back, and there were at least 5000 people who could keep up with the lineup, and the loss was a little less than expected.

Having said that, this was already an extremely heavy blow to him-whether it was the central army or the ingenious battalion that could manipulate crossbows and copper cannons, they were all elite soldiers he had cultivated little by little, and now half of them were thrown away. Wang Shandu is equivalent to breaking one of the two hands, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a serious injury.

Qi Duming called a messenger, "Go to Pingzhendu and tell General Lu that the main force of Shenzhou is attacking Wangshandu, so let him quickly strengthen the defense on the other side."

"My lord, don't you want to report the battle here?"

"Nonsense! It's good if I can remind him!" Qi Duming said angrily, "If he loses, he might not even notify me."

"My subordinate understands."

After the messenger left on horseback, Qi Duming asked the adjutant to open the map to confirm the next journey of the army.

"We are now in the area of ​​Wanhua Road, about [-] miles away from Yecheng. If we let Qingqi go with a large army, we will definitely not be able to arrive before dark." We must choose a place to camp tonight."

"Let's set up a camp, if I leave first, I'm afraid I will chill the hearts of the brothers below." Qi Duming sighed, he left the troops that were still fighting, and leading the entire army to retreat was already a self-defeating approach. In the next period of time, he will have to pay more to appease people's hearts. "But when the time comes, the scouts will be doubled, let them keep an eye on the rear, and don't let the Jinxia army come over again."

"Yes."

Just as the adjutant responded, two cannon shots suddenly came from the forest on both sides of the official road!

The troops who had just stopped to rest suddenly gathered together like frightened birds, staring at the direction of the forest.

"My lord, this—" the adjutant was stunned.

"Don't panic, it must be a bluff!" Qi Duming said decisively, "This is within the territory of Ganzhou, it is impossible for them to divide their troops and go around!"

There is no river nearby, and Jinxia can't regard towns as strongholds like them, and transport supplies by land, how can it be possible to play the trick of dividing troops to block them?A troop of more than 2000 people must arrange luggage to follow. If they do this, at least they have to act four or five days in advance, otherwise there is no need to fight, and a long-distance march will collapse themselves.

Those who can rush here in one go without being discovered by the locals in advance must be a detachment of less than a hundred people, or simply scouts.Relying on looting houses and bringing their own dry food, they can go deep into the enemy's rear to fight, but it is absolutely whimsical to stop his large army!

However, after half a quarter of an hour, Qi Duming realized that something was wrong.

There are figures running out of the woods on both sides, the number is probably more than [-], it is absolutely impossible to be just a scouting team!

How can this be?

The distance between the two sides was gradually narrowing, and within half a quarter of an hour they had already approached about one mile, so he had to make a decision immediately.

"Let everyone move and continue to evacuate west! The light cavalry is responsible for blocking Jinxia's army!"

It is impossible to fight. The morale of this large army is running low. At this time, the field battle is very likely to be routed.

The adjutant stared at the front of the official path with a look of astonishment, as if he had seen something extremely incredible.

Qi Duming turned his head, his heart suddenly sank to the bottom - he saw a row of dark mechanism beasts appearing in the distance, just like the monsters he saw in Wangshandu, but there were more mechanism beasts in this group out a lot!

They lined up side by side, moving towards this side in an orderly manner. Although it was the thinnest "stripe formation", he couldn't even think of rushing to the front line to break through.

Everyone is made of flesh and blood, so how can they possibly compete with this monster made of metal and wood?

What made Qi Duming's scalp tingle even more was that he also saw a giant fox.The size of that fox is larger than that of a mechanical beast, and with the two tails of different colors, it has an indescribable sense of oppression.

Horses are like weak lambs in front of such monsters.

"My lord...we are surrounded." The adjutant swallowed.

It sounds incredible, but it is true.

A large army of 2000 troops ran rampant in Ganzhou without being discovered, and set up an ambush early on their retreating road, as if they had expected that they would not be able to block the strong attack of the troops crossing the river.

Qi Duming didn't know what to say for a moment.

Is this some kind of conspiracy?Not really.It's just a simple detour and pincer attack, cutting off the back path, the strategy is only one level.

Then why can't he think of it?

It's almost like asking why people can't fly.

Because apart from flying, he couldn't think of how the other party could do this.

"My lord, it's not good!" Another bodyguard stepped forward and reported, "The scouts reported that they found the princess's troops fifteen miles behind, and they are still trying to chase us!"

"Lord Qi, choose a weak point to break through!" The adjutant urged loudly, "The enemy may not be able to catch up with Qingqi without horses, and the general is willing to stay behind!"

"No...no...no need." Qi Duming was silent for a long time, and then said three no words in succession—the moment he said these words, he seemed to have aged ten years suddenly. "Let everyone put down their weapons and surrender to Jinxia."

"grown ups--"

"This is an order!" Qi Duming shouted.

The adjutant stared at him for a while, then lowered his head deeply, "Your officer... I understand."

"By the way, find another rope, tie me up, and escort me to the Jinxia army." Qi Duming closed his eyes, "Just say that the blame for this battle is entirely my fault, and you have meritorious rebellion. Your Highness should I won’t embarrass you any more.”

When he escaped from Wangshandu before, he had heard the phrase "Jinxia treats prisoners preferentially".

Since there is no chance of winning the fight, and there is no possibility of a comeback, doing so may save the subordinates from dying.

However, what made Qi Duming feel embarrassed was that he did not meet Her Royal Highness or the commander of the army as he wished, and no one could say the generous speech he had planned.Jin Xiajun neither beheaded him to claim credit, nor treated him differently because he was a general, let alone staged a scene where the lord untied him himself.

Like other soldiers, he was escorted back to the east, and the Jinxia troops in charge of guarding only had about 500 people.

The army of thousands of people who merged not long ago and those biped mechanism beasts seemed to have disappeared.

They...don't they go back to Shenzhou?

Looking at the sparse escort team, Qi Duming suddenly felt an indescribable chill rising from the soles of his feet.

If these people have the ability to outflank Wangshandu without knowing it, then they can use the same method to patronize Pingzhendu!

The purpose of the princess is not only for him to enlighten Duming, a part of the Ganzhou army!

She wants more.

Chapter 464 The Crushing Potential

Xia Fan did move earlier than Ning Wanjun.

At dawn, a force of 500 soldiers and 150 Xuanwu machine beasts crossed the frozen river from the lower reaches of Icheon and entered the border of Ganzhou.

Since this place is not a conventional ferry at all, the surrounding area can be called uninhabited, and the terrain is dominated by undulating hills. If conventional horse-drawn carts or two-wheeled vehicles are used to transport luggage, the efficiency will be unacceptably low.

But this is not a problem for the unit.

Mechamon is both a combat unit and a carrier unit.

These basalts were not equipped with steel shields, but they hung the extra hanging points on the storage baskets, which contained the supplies needed by the entire army, and even brought a bunch of canned fruits.

They didn't always choose to toss and turn on the hills and slopes—through Wulie's investigation, Xia Fan quickly determined the shortest distance from the shore to the official road. advance rapidly.

Of course, some people witnessed this strange army along the way, but they couldn't understand where they came from. After all, the southern end of the road pointed to Baiyao Mountain, and they couldn't possibly have jumped out of the deep mountain.