Chapter 381: Offensive and defensive battles on Ningcui Mountain
Ningcui Mountain is a fourth-order spiritual mountain, because the intensity of operation is not as good as that of the Heavenly Saint Sect Mountain Gate, so the core area is only about a hundred miles, and within this hundred miles, there are three relatively high peaks and dozens of hills.
At this time, between these hills, there are countless shacks, more than 300,000 mortals are hiding in Ningcui Mountain, some buildings are being built on the mountain, but the number is not much, it is not yet possible for mortals to live, the first to protect must be the 50,000 monks stationed here.
The fifth-order mountain protection array surrounded this radius of a hundred miles layer by layer, and there were thousands of monks patrolling during the period to maintain the order of these 300,000 mortals, but fortunately, more than a hundred years ago, the martial country had established a perfect mortal management system, otherwise it would be a headache to manage so many mortals.
Ningcui Mountain does not have a mountain gate, but the terrain is flat in its northeast direction, and a road with a width of dozens of meters is built to lead directly to the core area of Ningcui Mountain, that is, it is regarded as the gate by default, and the demon beasts also choose to break through from here, so the defense focus of Ningcui Mountain is also here.
Lin Xiao let people build the battlefield early, in addition to the original tens of thousands of acres of spiritual fields were too flat to control, in the rear of the army, a number of simple city walls have been built, and a number of Yongdao roads have been dug out, these Yongdao are dozens of meters wide, and two Xuanjing cannons are arranged at the end, which can be bombarded to the end.
However, this is the second and third line of defense, the first line of defense is on the plain, Lin Xiao set up three large camps, distributed in a zigzag shape, each other is horns, supporting each other, there are 10,000 monks hiding in the camp, and the three Lingguang monks on Ningcui Mountain are also sitting in a military camp.
"Boss, this time the main force of Ningcui Mountain is our Heavenly Saint Sect, among the 50,000 monks, there are a total of two hundred and thirty people above the Purple Mansion, our Heavenly Saint Sect accounts for one hundred and eighty people, and twelve Daogang monks, all of them are our own people, plus three Lingguang Ancestors, to jointly defend the core area of this Ningcui Mountain within a radius of one hundred miles.
This is the defense plan we made, please see, our three battalions are the first line of defense, the northeast defense line of Ningcui Mountain has the flattest terrain, suitable for large-scale use of troops, both sides of the enemy and us have defaulted to the main battlefield here, as long as the demon beast army breaks through our camp, it can drive straight into and hit the main peak of Ningcui Mountain.
Three kilometers behind the camp of the second line of defense, we have dug more than 100 traps and trenches in these three kilometers, and the most important thing is that there are three tunnels from these two hills, and the corridors are straight, and two Xuanjing cannons have been erected on the far side of the corridors.
The third line of defense is ten miles behind the hills, these three hills form a pocket array, and a fifth-order killing array has been set up here, if the second line of defense is breached, the monks in the defense line will withdraw from here, and lure the demon beasts into the pocket array with a small number of people and horses, and when the formation is opened, the monks on both sides will kill and cooperate with the formation to strangle, and there are five hundred monks stationed here, and they will resist the pressure and intercept the reinforcements of the demon beasts.
If the pocket formation is broken again, it is necessary to open the fourth line of defense, and the mortals in each valley must carry the rations on these three main peaks, and resist with the formation on the main peak, and build a war fortress on the main peak, here..."
A monk named Li Wenxin explained to Lin Xiao the defensive battle of Ningcui Mountain this time, Li Wenxin is Li Yiwen's nephew, and because of his qualifications, he let him practice commanding operations, and stood out among the brothers and became the commander-in-chief of the defensive battle of Ningcui Mountain this time.
Of course, the highest authority is still in Lin Xiao's hands, but although Lin Xiao's command ability is not bad, it is not as good as these monks who specialize in conducting training, so under normal circumstances, Lin Xiao does not interfere with his command, but will accept his orders.
"Wen Xin did a good job, I am very satisfied with this plan, but have you ever thought that if the demon beasts come all over the sky, they won't drive straight in from the northeast?"
"I've thought about it, but the disciple thinks that the demon beasts won't do this, there are not many high-level demon beasts in the demon beast army, once they attack from all directions, they will have to surround this core area for a hundred miles, and then their simple command system will completely collapse, with the predatory relationship between the demon beasts, most of them can be killed or injured without our hands.
If we assume that the monsters can still have a command system, then the ravines, hills, rivers, and trees within a radius of a hundred miles will also be our best fortifications, and we monks are more agile than them, if they dare to attack like this, then we can break them into pieces and wipe them out in the forest."
"I see, you're doing well, after this battle, you're doing a lot."
"Thank you, boss"
"Ye Nanyu, Li Muxue, you know how to defend it, right?"
"Understood, Master"
"Don't worry, I don't think they can even break through these three battalions"
"Don't brag, the plan is to completely block them in the third line of defense, there are millions of demon beasts in front of us now, and the main force of the purple-eyed demon king is here"
"Hehe, master, I won't leave the big array to fight with them alone, what are you afraid of, if the purple-eyed demon king dares to come, I will bombard it with Xuanjing"
"It's a good thing to have confidence, I won't hit you, let's go back, early tomorrow morning, it is estimated that the demon beasts will start attacking, be careful"
Lin Xiao waved his hand, and both of them arched their hands and left, there is a tunnel under the three large camps, this kind of tunnel is very small, only suitable for monks to enter and exit, and it is extremely conspiratorial, it can be regarded as a killer weapon of Li Wenxin, if the demon beast attacks a camp with all its might, the other two camps can not only respond on the ground, but also transfer troops from the tunnel to help.
Early the next morning, as Lin Xiao said, the purple-eyed demon king arrived, and hundreds of thousands of forwards of the demon beast army had already lined up in front of Lin Xiao's big camp, and Lin Xiao could smell the fishy smell on the demon beast clearly.
"Boss, please look, it's the Split Mountain Ape, there are a lot of boulders around them, this monster beast has even learned the means of long-range attacks"
"This purple-eyed demon king must have a fifth-order intelligent demon beast under his command, this person's wisdom is not lower than that of the human elite, I am not surprised to come up with these, even if they are armed with siege demon beasts, it is possible"
"Then after the battle starts for a while, I will have people intercept and kill this group of Splitting Mountain Apes and stop them from throwing boulders, these Splitting Mountain Ape are infinitely powerful, and the boulders thrown are extremely harmful to low-level disciples."
"You don't need to inform me, it's your business how you command when the time comes, I'm only responsible for containing high-level demon beasts"
Lin Xiao shook his head, he didn't object, the demon beasts that attacked the Martial Kingdom were between two and a half million to three million, and there were one million who surrounded Ning Cui Mountain, while the remaining more than one million rushed into the hinterland of the Martial Kingdom.
Therefore, Lin Xiao didn't expect to be able to severely damage the demon beast army here, so he had to divide the number of demon beasts through the rest of the Spirit Mountain and kill them, and when the casualties exceeded the bottom line of the purple-eyed demon king, it was time for them to evacuate.
"Roar, roar..."
There were two beast roars in the demon beast army, and two hundred mountain splitting apes picked up the boulder beside them, and then threw them hard, and the boulder of thousands of catties spanned a distance of several kilometers and came towards the camp.
"Sword Qi, Release"
"Archer, put"
"Daogang keeps up with me"
In the face of these boulders, the camp side was also fully prepared, thousands of monks held array flags, formed a fourth-order array, inspired a huge lightsaber, constantly squeezed down the boulders, and at the same time, there was also a team of thirty Zifu monks composed of archers, shooting at the fish that slipped through the net, and shooting the boulders one by one.
In the end, there are three Daogang monks, if there are any remaining boulders, they will blow them up, and they must not be allowed to smash on the big array and consume the strength of the big array.
"The demon beasts are coming, be careful, the first wave of attacks is not just the triangular rhinoceros, they also have green-eyed spirit monkeys on their backs, the green-eyed spirit monkeys have poisonous claws, their bodies are thin and flexible, the Xuanjing cannon is ready, and the shield soldiers come forward"
The monk who practiced eye skills had been staring at the demon army, and when its vanguard was launched, he immediately found that there were several green-eyed spirit monkeys hanging behind the triangular rhinoceros that appeared in the first wave, and they wanted to catch the monk off guard.
"Boom, boom, boom"
Thirty Xuanjing cannons opened fire, firing at the triangular rhinoceros that entered the firing range, one of the triangular rhinoceros was directly hit by the Xuanjing cannon, the hard horns were suddenly smashed, and the huge body fell, but the green-eyed spirit monkey behind it jumped directly onto a triangular rhinoceros next to it.
The triangular rhinoceros kept accelerating, trying to hit the camp with its powerful impact, but five hundred meters in front of the camp, the rhinoceros, which had managed to escape many shellings, suddenly sank, and its whole body was stuck on the ground, and they stepped on the trap dug by the monk.
The triangular rhinoceros in the back didn't care so much, it stepped directly on the back of the rhinoceros in front, continued to attack, and then stepped on the trap, at a distance of five hundred meters, there were three trenches more than ten meters wide, and if you want to attack the camp, you must first fill these trenches.
"The triangular rhinoceros is coming, the monks are out of battle, the shield soldiers are protecting, beware of the green-eyed spirit monkey"
Li Wenxin saw that only a few dozen of the hundreds of triangular rhinoceros finally crossed the trench, and immediately ordered an attack, five hundred monks opened the gate of the camp and rushed out, and dozens of Zifu archers began to aim at those flexible green-eyed spirit monkeys to shoot arrows, and those with outstanding archery skills were often able to nail the green-eyed spirit monkeys to the ground with one arrow.
Five hundred monks and dozens of triangular rhinoceros and hundreds of green-eyed spirit monkeys fought to the death, and Li Wenxin did not send more people to support, because in front, more triangular rhinoceros and demon beasts stepped forward.
"Master, the fifth-order Iron Wing Eagle has come out, you can do it"
"Don't worry, let Li Muxue go"
Lin Xiao shook his head, and then transmitted the sound to Li Muxue, Li Muxue rushed into the sky with a flying sword in his hand, and one person stopped in front of thousands of iron-winged eagles, with a wave of his hand, the flying sword attacked, and dozens of sword qi wrapped around the flying sword and rushed into the iron-winged eagle group.
The fifth-order iron-winged eagle cried and rushed out quickly, Li Muxue took out another shield and a flying sword, and fought with the iron-winged eagle, and the previous flying sword was to continuously strangle the rest of the iron-winged eagles, and one by one the iron-winged eagles fell from the sky.
Seeing that Li Muxue was so brave, the morale of the camp suddenly soared, and many people shouted, rushed to the demon beast in front of them, and fought wildly.