Chapter 472: The Army of Flying Heaven
The plains outside Longgang have frost all year round, but they are thinner in summer and thicker in winter. At this time, a thin layer of frost was crushed by the countless military boots that had been stepped on, and became a few small streams of sewage, which flowed under the grass roots, or was splashed, and stuck to the leggings of the soldiers, rushing to the battlefield ahead.
The trumpets sounded and the drums thundered, an order to attack, urging the army forward towards Fujikawa. The 300,000-strong army was menacing, led by heavily armed shield soldiers, who were at the forefront, and could raise their shields in the face of anything, protecting the safety of the archers behind them and providing them with a safe environment.
The Great Xia Alliance's active attack was not to rush into Fujikawa Castle, but to launch a long-range attack after crushing the city. Although this kind of attack has little effect, even if the opponent's curved wheel powerhouse will be pinned down into the silent world, there are too many bunkers in the city, and it is difficult to shoot the target every time, but it can always kill thousands of people. Moreover, the main purpose of this offensive is to increase morale and expand advantages.
When he arrived at the battlefield the day before yesterday, he could already smell the corpse of the southern merchant. They had been piling up here for a long time, and only the vultures were still happy to tear them apart and stuff them into their stomachs, and even military dogs couldn't bear to eat such a disgusting thing. Disgusting people, the internal organs and skin are disgusting.
The army continued to move forward, and the figures of Xia Xiao and Jumang A Candle had appeared in the rear of the army. The army was extremely attentive, but the soldiers guarding the catapults habitually saw them as soon as they looked up.
Xia Xiao and Ah Candle were originally celebrities in the barracks, and after burning Nanshang's grain and grass, the few negative comments became heroic and powerful praises. Therefore, it quickly attracted attention, and the soldiers told Lin Tian, but the latter could not fly, so he could only jump on the top of the catapult and wave them down.
"How's your recovery going?"
"It's fine, but you can't join the fight. ”
"You just watch this battle, you don't have to participate, this is a congratulatory gift for you. ”
Lin Tian was confident and looked at the distant front of the army. There were cultivators who traveled lightly, and their vitality searched the surroundings to ensure the safety of the army. There are bound to be traps on the ground, which is why they are walking so slowly, and why the cultivators are walking in front of them in a formation.
Xia Xiao and Ah Candle could hardly see the flaws in the ground with their eyes, but soon, a piece of land had been lifted. Among them, some of the soldiers and cultivators shot up like a bamboo, launching an extremely fierce attack. The sword stabbed out, the flames, thunder, lightning and strong winds all rose, and the thorny vines and water pillars and rocks were approaching.
The cultivator who had just had a premonition reacted at the last moment, but it was difficult to resist the surprise attack, and suddenly a wounded person appeared. However, as a cultivator of Great Xia, he should withstand such a fierce attack.
Immediately, the shield soldier strode forward and pressed in front of the cultivator. In the gap of the round shield, there were the resolute eyes of the soldiers, and the spears and spears that pierced. They sliced through the air quickly, stabbing the flesh of the Southern Merchant, sending their blood flying out.
When a shield soldier is knocked down, a shield soldier immediately rises to the top. The shield soldier was only responsible for holding the shield on his head, pressing down and rushing forward, and the cultivators looked for an opportunity to take advantage of the gap to continuously release their vitality, but this battle line still suddenly stagnated, and it was difficult to move forward.
Seeing that the sword kept slashing at the round shield, bursting out with sparks, Ah Candle asked Xia Xiao:
"Can we win?"
"It's difficult, it all depends on the determination of the army. ”
Xia Xiao glanced at the distance between here and Fujikawa, and estimated:
"Even if you have the blessing of the talisman array, you still have to go five miles ahead, and the distance is a little far, and it is difficult to walk. But once you start drawing your bow, you can take advantage of it. ”
"What's that?"
Ah Candle raised his arm and pointed to the sky, where a hundred cultivators had descended from the sky. Although the scale of cultivators is not as large as that of the cultivators on the ground, and even less than one-tenth of the number of cultivators, the momentum is like a rainbow and it is extremely fierce. Like a goshawk swooping down the flock, even if the big sheep are strong, they have become their bag, and it is difficult to escape the sharp iron hook and eagle claws.
Whether it was the Escape Land or the Flying Army, it showed that Nanshang had been prepared for a long time and wanted to leave the army of the Great Xia Alliance here. If you continue to push forward the front in this way, I am afraid that there will be danger. Xia Xiao could guess that this situation was under the control of Wang Ling, so he wanted to remind Lin Tian to order him to withdraw his troops, or to stabilize his army here.
Although Nanshang is fully prepared, he can only make a surprise attack, as long as the army of the Great Xia Alliance is calm and calm, he can rise up and counterattack, turn these imposing guys into food, swallow them up, and retreat before Fujikawa's army arrives. They are all guys who can't eat enough, how much combat power can they have?
Before Xia Xiao went to Lin Tian's side, the loud order had already echoed among the many soldiers.
"Set up a shield array, and arrow to the sky!"
At this sound, the heavily armed shield soldier stomped on the soles of his feet, and the raised shield fell violently, shaking the earth and mustard on the ground. Behind the shield soldier who stepped forward, the soldier pulled the wounded brother back, and then took up the shield and sword, leaving no gap for Nanshang. And this nearly two-meter-high shield wall had separated itself from most of the ordinary soldiers of Nanshang in the moment it was formed.
There are many lines faintly appearing on the shield, like runes. In the blink of an eye, they were painted into three rune arrays, echoing each other, blocking the attacks of cultivators and swords, and maintaining an unshakable sturdy appearance under the rune array of the Nanshang rune master.
As the soul of an army, shield soldiers and archers have a very high tacit understanding. And when the shield soldiers and cultivators moved, the archers leaned on the quiver at their feet, drew their bows and shot arrows in a row.
Under the sound of breaking strings, the arrows shot towards the sky, and the intensity made most of the cultivators feel cold and embarrassed. The army of the Great Xia Alliance had already suffered thousands of casualties in their hands, and they flew through the air like man-eating monsters. Every time you glide at a low altitude, there is a surge of vitality that overturns the crowd. But these soldiers were still calm, and they were not disorganized by Nanshang's raid.
Before coming, Lin Tian had expected this situation, so he had countermeasures, but he didn't expect it to really come in handy. In his heart, Lin Tian believed Xia Xiao's words a little more, just like he said, Wang Ling would not give up, as the prince of Nanshang, he would do his best to find a breakthrough point in various things, this is his duty, and it is also a kind of truth between him and himself.
Xia Xiao knew that Wang Ling would not stop comparing with himself, and this raid was done well, at least under the current situation, Nanshang had used no more than 3,000 people to kill 5,000 soldiers in Great Xia, or even more soldiers.
It has always been Daxia that has the upper hand, and now that NCB wants to boost morale, Daxia will not agree at will.
"Catapult ready, cultivator to the shield!"
Lin Tian always rushed to the front line, because he had the identity of a general, and he was still the commander-in-chief here, so he needed to make decisions, and he also needed to make big and small battles achieve the goals he wanted. He sealed his hands and rushed out of the talisman array, and when he landed, countless thorn vines broke out of the soil, entangled with the flame sword qi of the Nanshang cultivator.
The Spinosaurus descended into the world and led the thousand-headed contract beasts to push the battle line forward, and the army was finally preparing for fuel like a catapult that could shoot down the sun, moon and stars. These dozens of stone carts will throw boulders like meteors, and even if the cultivator is hit, he will suffer heavy damage.
There were arrows in the air, and the sharp sound was like hundreds of thousands of desolate beasts and sparrows, chirping non-stop, as if they wanted something, but what they wanted was their lives, and what they wanted was to pierce the southern merchants. At the sound of it, a thousand contract beasts were like wolves driving away flocks of sheep, and they kept bombarding their lair, as if waiting for them would be death under their sharp teeth.
"Put!"
Lin Tianchong was at the forefront, and it was not him who gave the order at this time. When the general shouted, dozens of catapults fired in a volley, and the boulder rushed towards the Nanshang camp under the cover of arrows, causing the ground to bombard, and the cultivators and soldiers were blown into the sky.
When the first round of catapults threw powerful boulder flames, the cultivators of Great Xia and their contract beasts began to retreat so as not to hurt themselves. However, the cultivators and contract beasts that were entangled before became the shield of the Southern Merchant, and they were injured under the boulder and sacrificed in the sword vitality of the Southern Merchant.
As soon as the Bactria retreated, the southern merchants rose rampantly, and began to rush forward together with the troops rushing out of Fujikawa Castle.
The arrows and boulders are still struggling, wanting to kill more people, but Xia Xiao has seen the results, and the end of this battle will definitely be an attack, but the casualties on Daxia's side will probably be less than that of the other party. This is what Great Xia wants, and it is good to be able to meet that kind of request. Such a small fight is not a big deal, but what Xia Xiao is worried about is the wanton attack after Nanshang recovers the grain and grass.
Although the Holy Lord has approved the strategic plan proposed by Xia Xiao, when to retreat, it is necessary to grasp the opportunity, and if you don't pay attention to it, you will have unnecessary losses. At present, it seems that they will definitely have to fight Nanshang a few times, but before that, before the grain and grass are decided, Xia Xiao will make them exhausted.
Just like Xia Xiao said to Ah Candle, they are not stupid, they can't burn grain and grass anymore, but no one needs to go to Fujikawa to risk tonight, and they can make a lot of trouble.
The sound of trumpets and drums still echoed in the heavens and the earth, but soon the order to retreat was given. Many people on the side of Great Xia have the illusion that they can compete with Nanshang, because there is a degree of advance and retreat, and Nanshang can't keep them, but Nanshang's terrifying army is being hidden, and when it really exerts its strength, it is estimated that their fate will be very bad.
When boosting morale, we must not forget to stabilize the morale of the army, and impetuousness is not the result that the generals want to see. Lin Tian ordered that all armies should be mentally prepared and prepared to fight again at any time, and then he took off his armor full of blood and gave it to the guards, asking:
"Where's Xia Xiao?"
"I'm discussing with the Great Cultivator, do you need me to summon him later?"
"No, I'll go myself. ”
Lin Tian moved extremely quickly, washed his face, washed away the bloody qi, and then went to find Xia Xiao. Now in this situation, it is not stopped, it is not stopped, and he wants to ask again if there are any other hints from the academy master.
Next to the tent, a pot of tea, three people drink together. Lin Tianlai bowed and said:
"Excuse me. ”
"Sit down, there's just no cup. ”
Lin Tian wanted to sit and stop, but Xia Xiao pinched his fingers, and tiny vines grew on the ground, making a teacup.
"Now there is. ”