Chapter 983: Withered Moon Ridge
On the night of early spring, the mountain breeze is slightly cool, blowing on the exposed skin, for Chen Hai, who has long been cold and hot, he can feel the breath of the earth's recovery, but there is an indescribable comfort, as if there is a new Taoist intention growing in the chest.
After a busy day, the Red Dragon Ridge had already rested at this time, and no one was active except for the sentinels on duty, except for the occasional few powerful magic senses sweeping over, so quiet that people forgot that this was a bloody battlefield, and forgot that the land with a radius of tens of thousands of miles on the left and right had long been wiped out.
Early tomorrow morning, the already assembled Long Xiang army will begin to break through to the north, and this may be the last night when the 600,000 soldiers can have a good rest.
At the top of the Red Dragon Ridge, Chen Hai stood with his hands in his hands, facing the bright moon, and continued to deduce the deployment of the forces of the two sides.
On Chen Hai's shoulder, Ji Du was lying on his stomach with his eyes closed, and bursts of distant aura from heaven and earth faintly emanated from his body.
Demeng Chen Hai taught the fetal spirit immortal scroll, even if there is only a demon fetus left, it won't take long to exert the strength of the Heavenly Realm, but it always feels that it has no body, just like standing naked in front of everyone without clothes, or picking up the body of a white-feathered Yanying who was killed by the demon clan in the mountains and cultivating it as a physical body.
The two sides have been fighting fiercely at the western foot of the Murowei Mountain for many years, and it is not that there are no stronger bodies available, but the stronger the body, the more difficult it is to cultivate to the realm of the unity of spirit and flesh.
The reason why Dragon Emperor Cangyu borrowed Jidu's body was that he hoped to be born to participate in the war and exert his greatest combat effectiveness in the shortest possible time, and if he had been borrowing Jidu's body, it might not take him a hundred years to expose some extremely serious problems.
Of course, the Dragon Emperor Cang Yu takes the Tai Void Dragon Soul Ding as his true body, but he is not afraid of any hidden dangers and things that will go wrong when he cultivates the clone outside the body, and the big deal is that he will abandon the broken clone outside the body when the time comes, but Ji Du can understand that his previous body is used up badly, and he doesn't want to think that Cang Yu will return it, so it cultivates a new body and goes to the realm of unity of spirit and flesh, so it can't choose a body that is too strong.
The white feather swallow eagle is a small spirit bird that is a specialty of the Murwei Mountain, it is difficult to be a mount, the Northern Court sect and the clan often raise it to investigate, and the body of the white feather swallow eagle is used as a new physical body to cultivate, and the careful thinking is to be ridden by Chen Hai to play in the future.
The surroundings were quiet, and suddenly, a ray of light flew up from below and quickly landed beside Chen Hai. The brilliance faded, and Dong Ning's dignified figure was revealed.
Seeing Dong Ning snuggling up, Chen Hai had a look of pity on his face, he shook his shoulders slightly, and the plan that was closing his eyes and cultivating screamed miserably, and was bounced out from afar.
Ji Duxin's physical body cultivation had not been a few days old, and he rolled in the air for a while before he vibrated his wings and stabilized his body. He just wanted to make a few noises downward, but when he saw Chen Hai's fingers seemed to be unyielding, and a sword aura was like a wisp of cloud and mist at the end of his fingers, he felt a chill in his heart, and he couldn't stop shaking his head and flying down far away.
Looking at Ji Du's appearance, Dong Ning couldn't help but sneer, this smile was full of flowers.
After tonight's quietness, how many fierce battles will she have to go through before it is possible to break out of the encirclement, although Dong Ning has already cultivated the Dao Fetus, but she has been in danger along the way, and she does not dare to guarantee that she will be able to complete the journey smoothly this time.
Taking advantage of such a rare time, she naturally wanted to snuggle up to Chen Hai's side and enjoy a rare opportunity to preserve.
The two sat side by side, whispering, and the conversation was rambling.
And in the dark night, a bottle of succubus stood proudly in the distance, a pair of eyes like amber glanced at Chen Hai and Dong Ning from afar, but disdained to join in the fun; and among the clouds in the sky, Zhou Wanqing's white clothes were like snow, and the clouds were faintly like one, faintly blooming with their own brilliance.
The night was calm, and the sky gradually turned blue, like glaze.
In an instant, the entire Red Dragon Ridge seemed to come to life, and soon the heavenly chariots, baggage chariots, and wind and flame airships in the camp were roaring, and groups of people began to assemble quickly and orderly.
Today is the day when Chen Hai led the crowd to the north to break through.
At this time, farther away, the Rakshasa Demon Soldiers next to the Red Shadow Peak were still cleaning up the narrow mountain path that had been blocked by Qin Hu Mountain's earth-shaking talisman.
In order to send troops into the west of Chiying Peak as soon as possible, the front part cleared the soldiers and horses blocking the gorge, and the Great Demon Lord Shang Mu used the elites of the Demon Guard level or above the Blue Scale Demon Guard, and the speed at which they advanced forward was also extremely fast, smashing all the large and small falling rocks, and smoothing out the rugged places as much as possible.
When more than 100 fire demons spewed flames, melting the rocks and turning them into magma to flow into the crevices of the rocks, while cleaning the gorge, they also widened the gorge as much as possible, so that more soldiers and horses could pass at the same time in the future.
According to the current progress, it will not take three days to clear the gorge of more than forty miles on both sides of the Red Shadow Peak, and by that time, the westward advance of the rolling demon tide will no longer be contained!
More than 200,000 remnants of the Northwest Qinwang Army, after being reorganized into the Longxiang Army, will be divided into three divisions to break through to the north.
The front army of 150,000 horses, with Qin Hushan as the main commander, Yu Cang, Cangyi and others as deputy generals, when the sky was just dawning, they set out from the camp at the western foot of the Chilong Ridge first, cleared the obstacles of the small group of demon soldiers in front, and opened the mountain and opened the road.
The Chinese army of 150,000 horses, with Wu Zhidong as the main division, and Xie Jueyuan, Peng Chengbi and others as deputy generals, was in the center to respond to the north and south.
The rear army of 250,000 horses, Chen Hai personally served as the commander, with Lei Yangzi, Miao Fengshan and others as deputy generals, and shouldered the most arduous task of the palace.
In addition, the elite of the war bird battalion, as the most mobile combat force with the strongest combat effectiveness, is also the rear army of Chen Hai's guard battalion, with the left ear, Cang Yu, Mo Yi, Fu Siyuan, Yun Shi, Peng Chengbi, Yuan Yanxue, Zhou Wanqing and others who have captured the remains of Jidu as generals, and the subsequent army is responsible for the rear of the palace together, and can reinforce the front and middle armies at the fastest speed if necessary.
The chariot battalion was also divided into three divisions, which were organized into the front, middle, and rear armies, and were mainly devoted to strengthening the rear army, which was responsible for the heavy task of the rear army; 500 wind and flame airships, which were dismantled from airbags, davits, and other parts, and filled with 3,000 or 4,000 baggage wagons and retreated north with the army.
The target of 500 Storm Flame airships is still too big, and the vulnerable airbags cannot be deployed in the air before the necessary time - of course, at this time, it will take some time to disassemble all the parts and assemble them halfway.
The soldiers and horses of the three roads were mighty, gathering about fifty miles before and after, almost sticking to the mountain range at the northwest foot of the Chilong Ridge, and heading to the dry moon ridge five hundred miles away to the north.
More than ten days ago, when Zuo Er and Zhou Wanqing led a chariot cluster through the dry moon ridge that stretched for three or four hundred miles, but the main peak was no more than a thousand meters high, there was no soldier of the demon clan stationed there, but at this time, this low mountain ridge sandwiched between Yanquan Ridge and the western foot of Murowei Mountain had hundreds of thousands of demon soldiers and three or four hundred thousand miscellaneous demons gathered in just ten days.
The old demon of Qiushan and the old demon of Wu Zhen also personally led the demon horse, and the elite of the winged demon adhered to the eastern foot of Yanquan Ridge, almost parallel to the Long Xiang army, and walked slowly to the north, ready to find an opportunity to give the Long Xiang army a blow to the waist - the distance between the two sides is less than three hundred miles, and the powerhouses of each other's Heavenly Rank Realm and Heavenly Demon Realm can even directly attack each other.
Of course, the Great Demon Lord Wu Zhen and Qiu Shan did not think that the deployment of a dozen demon soldiers and three or four hundred thousand miscellaneous demons in the Dry Moon Ridge could really block the pace of the Long Xiang Army, but the purpose of their dispatch of troops and horses to the Dry Moon Ridge was only to delay the speed and pace of the Long Xiang Army's breakthrough as much as possible.
And Qiu Shan, Wu Zhen led 500,000 demon horsemen and 40,000 winged demon elites out of Yanquan Ridge and assembled at the eastern foot of Yanquan Ridge. Parallel to the north, they didn't think that they really wanted to immediately stop the waist and attack the Long Xiang army, their purpose, on the one hand, was to make the Long Xiang army vigilant, not daring to open the formation and advance at full speed, not daring to attack the withering moon ridge unscrupulously, on the other hand, when the vanguard elite of the Eastern Front demon soldiers came to meet as soon as possible, they could bite the tail of the Long Xiang army, and at that time, they might not even need the cooperation of other soldiers and horses, and they might roll up from behind the ass and destroy the Long Xiang army.
Of course, at this time, the combat power of the rear army of the Long Xiang army was too strong.
Under the leadership of Chen Hai and other ten Heavenly True Monarchs, the combat power of the rear army of the Long Xiang Army was so strong that the old demon of Qiushan, who led 500,000 elite demon soldiers and 40,000 winged demon elites, did not dare to directly launch a strong attack, nor did he dare to force too close.
There was a distance of five hundred miles from the northwest foot of the Red Dragon Ridge to the Withering Moon Ridge, and the elite Long Xiang sergeants had already approached the periphery of the Withered Moon Ridge before evening.
Although he had a clear understanding of the combat power of the Long Xiang Army, he saw the rapid passage of the Long Xiang Army in the barren spring between the Yunquan Ridge and the mountain range at the western foot of the Murowei Mountain, rolling like a giant dragon with billowing smoke and dust, which also made Wu Zhen and other demons frightened.
Although the most elite cavalry of the human race must have more than that, the problem is that when there are interceptions in front and chasing soldiers in the flank, the Long Xiang army can still march so quickly and orderly, so that Qiu Shan thinks that it is difficult to lead the most elite demon cavalry soldiers.
When there were still thirty miles away from the Withering Moon Ridge, at this time, the eight or nine hundred Heavenly Machine Chariots located in the front of the Longxiang Army's marching array did not stop the whole array in the slightest, and directly roared and roared, spreading out the formation and charging towards a remnant city occupied by demon soldiers at the southern foot of the Withering Moon Ridge......
Next came five thousand heavy armor riders fanning out behind the chariot array......
Seeing this scene, Wu Zhen and Qiu Shan, the two old demons, were even more shocked, thinking that the Chenglong Xiang Army relied on such a small number of soldiers and horses in the front, so they thought about storming down the city where they were garrisoned by 100,000 elite demon soldiers in front of the Dry Moon Ridge?
Anyway, the Great Demon Lord Wu Zhen roared, and with the 40,000 winged demon elites, it roared, like a black flowing cloud, along the ridge crest on the east side of Yanquan Ridge, and flew towards the north at the fastest speed.
Although the demon soldiers stationed in the Withering Moon Ridge were consumables destined to be sacrificed, it had to contain the front of the Longxiang Army from the flanks and fully unfold the formation—at this moment, the Longxiang Army's battle bird battalion that followed the army also waited for the opportunity to move, and rushed north from the mountain ridge of the Eastern Front against the Chilong Ridge, almost at the same time as the Winged Demon Cluster.
30,000 Imperial Bird Elites, 20,000 moved to the left flank, quickly crossed the marching array of the front army, and joined with the flank escort on the left flank composed of 500 celestial chariots, threatening the Wing Demon Elite led by the Great Demon Lord Wu Zhen to approach regardless of approaching, while the other 10,000 Imperial Bird Elite directly joined the forward chariots and heavy armored cavalry clusters that had dispersed the formation and advanced to the six or seven miles of Mosai, and continued to approach forward.
Two Blood Refining Demon Arrays were quickly formed in the Demon Block, but it was a pity that Qiu Shan and Wu Zhen Old Demon did not think that they could really stop the Long Xiang Army in front of the Dry Moon Ridge, and the more than 100 Witch Demons who formed the Blood Refining Demon Array in front of the Dry Moon Ridge were the highest, and they were only a dozen Demon General-level existences, and how powerful could the two Blood Refining Demon Arrays formed by the two Blood Refining Demon Arrays formed by the Great Demon Lord Wu Zhen personally lead him.
Seeing the condensation of two huge blood shields in the sky above the Demon Plug, Chen Hai, who rushed to the front of the army to supervise the battle, just smiled contemptuously, and at this time, the Demon Saili cheered, and hundreds of improvised crude stone-throwing crossbows creaked, throwing out pieces of boulders weighing hundreds of catties or even thousands of catties.
Chen Hai smiled coldly, and with a wave of his hand, he shot out nine hundred and eighty-one purple gold sword qi, and smashed seventy or eighty stone bullets in mid-air, as if the stone rain was sprinkled down, and there was no need for the elite of the sword cultivation camp below to make a move.
Along with the stone rain came a dense torrential rain of throwing spears.
The strength of the elite Rakshasa Demon Soldier was amazing, and at this time, he saw tens of thousands of iron spears and bone spears, like a rain of spears, separated by more than 4,000 steps of the void, like the screaming of death, towards the war bird camp that was approaching the Demon Fortress.
Each iron spear and bone spear are powerful, and they are the front line of the concentrated shooting of the war bird battalion, if there is not enough defense, hundreds of royal bird elites will be shot in an instant, but in a battle of this scale, such an offensive is also insignificant.
The demon chariot in the chariot cluster had already entered the predetermined position at this time, and quickly stretched out the defensive spirit shield with a radius of more than ten zhang on seven or eight sides, protecting the front of the nearest war bird battalion that was approaching the demon plug - and the military attachés and generals on the forward line also sacrificed Dao talismans one after another, propping out defensive spirit shields one by one to strengthen the defense.
The sword cultivation camp even sacrificed more than 2,000 spirit sword magic weapons, like a bright galaxy, across the head of the war bird battalion, ready to plug the leaks and fill the gaps......
At this time, the Longxiang army can be said to be the entire Northwest Regions, The most elite Terran warriors in the Northern Court, the number of disciples above the Spirit Clearing Realm is simply amazing, after the rendezvous and reorganization, the 600,000 Long Xiang army has the elite military attachés who have the cultivation of the Spirit Clearing Realm as the foundation, as many as 120,000, and the total number of elite generals above the Ming Realm is more than 10,000, such an elite combat force, if it is frustrated in front of the Dry Moon Ridge, it will really be laughing off people's big teeth, and now the key thing is that the front army, with the cooperation of the war bird battalion, can tear the demon soldiers defending in front of the Dry Moon Ridge to pieces in the shortest amount of time.
The commander of the demon soldiers stationed in front of the Dry Moon Ridge may feel that it is hopeless to hold on, or maybe it is the Great Demon Lord Wu Zhen who directly ordered, and saw that more than ten simple villages on both wings of the Demon Fortress were opened together at this time, and three or four hundred thousand monsters rushed down the terrain like a black flood.
At this moment, the heavy crossbow roared wildly!
Considering the durability and reducing the wear and tear of the chamber when firing at high speed, and ensuring the continuous shooting time, the Tianji chariot and the demon chariot are loaded with six-chambered heavy crossbows, which are all cast into the Xuanyang fine iron and more rare rare gold and iron, which are relatively bulky, each weighing almost 3,000 catties.
The weight of the heavy crossbow equipped by the elite of the Imperial Bird has been reduced to 800 catties.
Previously, Chen Hai had not been able to use heavy crossbows and six-chambered heavy crossbows in the war on a large scale on the Eastern Front, mainly due to the limitation of logistics supplies, and this time with the eastward movement of the chariot cluster, carrying a total of more than 300 million heavy arrows, Chen Hai would never mind using up 10 million or 20 million heavy arrows in the first battle of the breakthrough......
The Great Demon Lord Wu Zhen has been reminded to be careful of the Dragon Xiang Army's concentrated use of Heavenly Machine Chariots, and to be careful of the Long Xiang Army's concentrated use of heavy crossbows, but he was really stunned to see six hundred six-barreled heavy crossbows and three thousand heavy crossbows, shooting out more than 60,000 heavy arrows with each breath, tearing their previously invincible demon group charge to smithereens.
Almost every breath I watched hundreds of monsters, torn to pieces by the sharp and dense clusters of arrows, and fell without seeing their original form, and soon saw a mountain of corpses piled up in front of the chariot array of the Long Xiang Army, and the red or toxin-doped and blackened demon blood flowed down the stone ditch and stone crevices like a stream, and soon gathered a blood pond with a radius of more than ten acres in a large pit below......
Occasionally, the fish that slipped through the net could not escape the plugging and filling of the gaps in the sword cultivation camp of the Long Xiang Army, and they were also killed in front of the battle!
When the subsequent monsters collapsed and were no longer driven by the witches behind them to flee in all directions, almost hundreds of thousands of monsters had been shot in front of the formation, and at this time, not a single monster had been able to rush into the front chariot assembly of the Long Xiang Army.
The Long Xiang Army had more than 20 celestial chariots, but because of the rugged terrain, they broke their tracks and lay down during the rapid charge.
The only luck of the Great Demon Lord Wu Zhen at this time was that he did not rashly lead the Winged Demon Elite to attack the flank of the front army of the Long Xiang Army......