Chapter 572: St. Peter

The number of troops of Wei on the expedition to the south was about 1.1 million people, excluding the 100,000 troops who stayed in Beiping and the 400,000 troops deployed by Tuoba Ying in Shandong.

And in terms of tactics, the loss will definitely not be only 20,000 or 30,000, so Zhu Yong, the marshal of Wei and the general of Zhu State, has enough prestige to lead this strategy.

At least for the first few days, though, it went very well.

Wei Xiaokuan and Yuwen Otter gave full play to their personal abilities as strong or nearly strong, evaded the total annihilation of the white-robed army countless times, fled to the scattered troops alone, and once again organized more than a thousand troops to harass the white-robed army.

This smooth early stage did not change until June 6, when the white-robed army broke into the second line of defense.

Although the other pillar kingdoms have to obey Yuwen Otter, but hearsay is shallow in the end, at least this is what He Ba, who is known for his recklessness, thinks.

Of course, Heba didn't intend to let the strategy fail completely, so he only led 10,000 soldiers to attack Chen Duyun.

In terms of command skills alone, he is not stronger than Gao Lanling, but Gao Lanling is far inferior to him in killing the enemy. Because the whole army is attacking instead of defending, and it is fully assisted in his personal strength.

It's a pity that Heba's long-standing "killing the enemy's courage" failed to appear, and Chen Duyun did not fight with him, but in turn tactically realized their strategy - to consume Heba's 10,000 soldiers little by little, and finally succeeded in inflicting heavy losses on Heba.

With the counter-example of Ariga Ba in the forefront, the others stopped trying to defeat the white-robed army, and on June 8, when Chen Duyun began to storm the third line of defense, another terrifying aspect of this grand strategy began to show.

Since Chen Duyun has been moving south without sleep, under normal circumstances, it will be difficult for the troops that have fled to the north to catch up even if they are integrated, and even if they can catch up, the effect is only the same as that of other troops, with no obvious characteristics, but in vain.

Therefore, Yi Zhuyong slightly revised Wei Xiaokuan's strategy, and rewarded He Ba - perhaps you have already seen that the people who caught up behind were all large group armies, and they adopted different tactics from the front and flank troops, and they only wanted to fight hard as soon as they came up.

It should be noted that this is slightly different from the original 80,000 people who were in high sorrow, and in order to enhance the strength of the charge, they were all cavalry. While mounts can share the damage of knights, cavalry is not a good unit for defense.

And the group army that caught up in the rear did use mounts in the process of pursuit, but it was a regular formation with shield soldiers in front and archers and mages behind.

Indeed, but Zhu Yong is also here, and they have been following behind him to give Chen Duyun military psychological pressure, if they really want to fight, they can definitely win, and they can continue to maintain without injury, but this will undoubtedly increase the consumption of the troops, and mental fatigue - they have been on the road without sleep for a week.

And it turns out that not looking back is the clear choice.

On June 9, Chen's march slowed down even further as he began to encounter makeshift fortifications and areas where magic traps were planted.

On 11 June, the troops pursuing in the rear were changed from a three-day rest to a one-day break.

On June 13, Yi Zhuyong tried to throw the group army into the front for a "cutscene" - a simple rush and then retreat, not seeking to kill the enemy, but only to force Chen Duyun to use magic to deal with it.

On June 17, Chen Duyun broke through the seventh line of defense, without a single defeat, no casualties, and no less than 50,000 enemies, but the entire army was on the verge of collapse.

Yuwen Otter thought twice and decided to carry out a thorough attack in advance.

On June 19th, the 150,000 army led by the generals of the Seven Pillar States slaughtered the location of Chen Duyun's army, and then-

"It's ...... Magic Trap?"

"The fortifications we built?"

"They...... How can there be such energy?!"

Repeated explosions, subsidence, poisonous fog...... About 30,000 soldiers were shocked in the area of the magic trap, and the sudden fall of the fortifications from the sky in the form of ruins was enough to stop 30,000.

Then, Chen Duyun led 7,000 men to kill the remaining 90,000.

It is still more than 7,000 people, but it is not the exhausted team that people expect, and there is only a trace of spiritual strength left to support it.

They are still the terrifying white-robed army at the beginning, and they have never changed, just like majestic.

Chen Duyun once said that he wanted to name his troops "Beiwei", not to say that they had to carry the pressure of a mountain, but to say that they were as reliable, strong, and persistent as a mountain!

"Destroy them!"

There's nothing more likely to collapse than after encountering a huge psychological gap and then suffering a painful blow. For a while, the Wei army was defeated, and the 60,000 soldiers also turned around and fled in line with the strategic goal, but Chen Duyun rarely led the troops to chase and kill for a while before returning.

However, it is also reasonable.

Chen Duyun knew that he could not control the strategic level, so he could only find a breakthrough point in tactics, so he ordered everyone to pretend that they were about to reach the limit, so as to deceive the Wei army to besiege them, so as to return the blow, kill the future, and kill the peace.

Don't forget, the grandmaster level can mobilize the power of heaven and earth, and when it comes to the sage, there is no reason why he just gets the new power and the old one is not improved again, even if his own strength is the most important, but he can use the power of others, why not bother to do it?

As for magic traps and fortifications, it's even simpler, Liu Tian has long taught him to use the terrain and make use of everything, and the most powerful place for his spatial attribute is "transfer", in this case, why avoid and destroy when encountering things arranged by the enemy?

Of course, he is still very witty and knows how to leave traces that seem to destroy everything.

"Next, we're going to be a lot easier, aren't we?" said an officer.

Not only him, but everyone was beaming, but at the same time with imperceptible tiredness.

Even if they can use the power of heaven and earth again, it will only raise the limit, not no limit, if they can stop and rest a little, the situation will be much better, but ...... No, maybe it's time to rest.

"Wait, everyone, I'll count ......"

However, before Chen Duyun had time to calculate, people felt a chill to the bone.

This is the cold breath that circulates in the environment and is transmitted between heaven and earth, and this power makes the complementary effect of the power of heaven and earth on them completely weakened.

"Remarkable, sage of the Southern Song Dynasty. ”

A sound came from the ice, but it felt more like absolute zero coming from the deepest part of the universe, enough to stop everything.

"Southern Song Dynasty?" said Chen Duyun.

"Having lost a large area of land in the north, are you still qualified to call yourself the 'Great Song'?" the voice laughed.

Everyone was on fire, but they couldn't, because the cold didn't make them angry.

"Don't be quick to talk, are you Zhu Yong, the marshal of Wei?"

"Exactly, but rest assured, I'm not here to fight you...... Your Highness, Your Majesty has asked me to execute you. ”

The chill disappeared, and it was obvious that Zhu Yong didn't intend to listen to any quibbles and persuasion at all, and just declared death like a shadow...... As a result, he has been exceptionally successful in doing so.

Tuoba Ming, who had recovered his body temperature, trembled, angry and afraid, and couldn't say a word. The crowd was frightened and about to be furious, but the next scene made them dumbfounded.

Ahead, the opposing fortifications lay there.

Yes, fortifications.

A huge castle carved of ice, several kilometers long, appeared on the ground out of thin air, the cold was overwhelming, obscuring the sky and the sun, and everything around it, even time, was frozen by the cold of this castle.

Even if he didn't have to try, Chen Duyun knew that this thing couldn't be transferred, and even if it did, it would quickly collapse, but as long as it was here, it would be a real city.

That's right, this is magic, no one stipulates that the people of Wei can only learn from the Song Kingdom, at least not that is what Zhu Yong thinks.

Yes, this is the fortification stunt magic "Hermitage".

"Next, shouldn't all castles like this be in the way?" Ma Niancai muttered as everyone panicked.