Chapter 656: Enemy Invasion
The third and fourth legions of the imperial standing army charged with the whole army, and more than 20,000 people were killed by two rounds of attacks by a thousand crossbow arrays, and then they collapsed and fled, which made Tian Hongtao, the leader of the new military camp in Andy City, his eyes light up, and without the slightest hesitation and hesitation, he immediately issued an order for the whole army to attack.
At this time, although the 200,000 troops of the third and fourth legions of the empire have completely collapsed, they have only lost more than 20,000 people, and there are more than 100,000 people left.
However, Tian Hongtao, the leader of the new army camp in Andy City, did not give the third and fourth legions of the imperial standing army a chance to collect the rout, and directly issued an order for the whole army to attack, and the 100,000 formed new army, under the leadership of commanders at all levels, launched a fierce pursuit of the rout of the third and fourth legions of the imperial standing army.
In the face of the new army of Andy City, which is formed, well-armored, sharp-armed, high-morale, and not weak in combat, more than 100,000 imperial soldiers who have no will to fight and whose confidence is destroyed by the crossbow array do not make senseless resistance, as long as they are caught up, they will directly put the weapons in their hands on the ground, kneel and surrender, and save their lives.
After all, Andy City did not openly raise the anti-flag, it is still part of the Emerald Country, they don't have much hatred with Andy City, there is no need to fight to the death, since they have been defeated, then, surrender!
Of course, the reason why the soldiers of the third and fourth legions of the empire standing are so easy to throw into, in addition to the fact that Andy City is also part of the Emerald Country, and the two sides have no deep hatred, it also has a great relationship with the fact that the imperial army has not gone through a major war for hundreds of years and has a weak will to fight.
An army that has not fought a big battle for hundreds of years and has not fought a hard battle, even if it is well trained on weekdays, its will to fight is not much stronger, not to mention that the training of the third and fourth legions of the Imperial Standing Army is not very good on weekdays, and the sense of battle is even worse, and it is normal to collapse under the blow of dense arrow rain.
In the evening, the 100,000 new troops of Andy City, with more than 100,000 imperial soldiers taking prisoners, returned to the cities within the sphere of influence of Andy City, which surprised the people in the city, and were amazed by the strength of the Andy City army, and were speechless for the fragility of the imperial army.
On the second day, the news that Andy's 100,000 new troops in Andy City defeated the third and fourth legions of the empire head-on, captured more than 100,000 elite imperial soldiers, and wiped out the 200,000 troops of the third and fourth legions of the empire, quickly spread throughout the entire Emerald Country, and the people of the entire Emerald Country fell into shock and amazement.
The people of the entire Emerald Kingdom were amazed by the powerful military power of Andy City, and they were also speechless for the strength of the imperial army! None of them could have imagined that Andy City, which had just been trained for more than a month and had only 100,000 new troops, could easily defeat the 200,000 elite troops of the Standing Third and Fourth Legions of the Annihilation Empire.
Is this the strength and combat effectiveness of the 100,000 new army in Andy City too strong, or the strength of the imperial army is too weak and too vulnerable! However, the vast majority of the people of the Emerald Kingdom think that it is not that the strength and combat effectiveness of the 100,000 new army in Andy City are too strong, but that the strength of the Imperial Standing Army is too weak, and under the peaceful environment of hundreds of years, it has long been decayed and has no combat effectiveness!
After getting the news that the 200,000 elite troops of the third and fourth legions of the Jade Country were easily defeated and annihilated by the 100,000 new troops of Andy City, the emperor of the Liuli Kingdom did not hesitate or hesitate, and immediately contacted Tian Hongguo, Feishui Country, Tianheng Kingdom, Anning Kingdom, Crescent Moon Fruit, Tianyin Kingdom, Roman Kingdom, and Flowing Fire Country, and the Nine Kingdoms sent troops together to attack the Jade Country.
Tian Hongguo, Feishui Country, Tianheng Country, Anning Country, Crescent Moon Fruit, Tianyin Country, Roman Country, and Flowing Fire Country, who also received the news that the Jade Country's army was vulnerable, also let go of a little worry in his heart, and he agreed to the proposal of Liu Fei, the emperor of the Liuli Kingdom, to send troops, and issued an order to the prepared army to send troops.
With the issuance of the orders of the emperors of the Liuli Kingdom, the Tianhong Kingdom, the Feishui Kingdom, the Tianheng Kingdom, the Anning Kingdom, the Crescent Moon Kingdom, the Tianyin Kingdom, the Roman Kingdom, and the Flowing Fire Kingdom, the four and a half million heavily armed armies of the Nine Kingdoms, at the same time, crossed the border and launched a fierce attack on the Emerald Country.
In the face of the attack of the 4.5 million fully armed and well-prepared armies of the Nine Kingdoms, the Emerald Country, which was transferred away from the elite border army, was powerless to resist, so that the 4.5 million troops of the Nine Nations easily broke through the border of the Emerald Country, entered the hinterland of the Emerald Country, and unscrupulously rushed to the depths of the Emerald Country's hinterland, with a posture of wanting to annex all the land of the Emerald Country in one go.
On the walls of Zhenbeicheng, the largest, most populous and wealthiest city in the three northwestern provinces of the Emerald Kingdom, 30,000 imperial soldiers wearing shabby armor and holding shabby weapons looked at the hundreds of thousands of heavily armed elite troops thousands of kilometers below the city wall with worried and vigilant eyes.
The 400,000 elite troops under the walls of Zhenbei City are all Tian Hongguo's elite forces, and under the leadership of Marshal Tian Hongguo, they are ready to capture Zhenbei City in one fell swoop and destroy the last resistance of the three northwestern provinces of the Emerald Kingdom.
The three northwestern provinces of the Emerald Country do not have much armed force, only 100,000 elite border troops and the Imperial Standing Fifth Legion, after the 100,000 elite border troops and the Fifth Legion were transferred by the Emperor Long Kun to encircle and suppress Andy City, there is no strong armed force in the three northwestern provinces of the Emerald Country.
Because there was no decent armed resistance, Tian Hongguo's 500,000 troops easily captured more than ten cities in the three northwestern provinces of the Emerald Country, leaving 100,000 troops to take over these ten cities, and the other 400,000 elite troops, under the leadership of Marshal Tian Hongguo, went straight to Zhenbei Chengxia, the largest city in the three northwestern provinces of the Emerald Kingdom.
As long as Tian Hongguo captures Zhenbei City, he can seriously deal a blow to the morale of the Emerald Kingdom in the three northwestern provinces, greatly weaken the influence of the Emerald State in the three northwestern provinces, reduce the resistance of the people in the three northwestern provinces, so that Tian Hongguo can arbitrarily run rampant in the three northwestern provinces of the Emerald State, disperse the army, fully occupy the three northwestern provinces, take over all the cities in the three northwestern provinces, and incorporate the three northwestern provinces into the territory of Tian Hongguo.
"The people on the city wall all listen, you have been surrounded by the 400,000 troops of our Tian Hongguo, hurry up and lay down your weapons, open the city gate and surrender, we can let you live, otherwise, when our warriors of Tian Hongguo forcibly open the city gate, you people will be ruthlessly killed!" An officer of Tian Hongguo, riding a war horse, ran to the bottom of the city wall in the north of the town and shouted loudly.
Hearing Officer Tian Hongguo's words, the defenders in Zhenbei City changed their faces slightly, and they set their eyes on a middle-aged man with bright armor, wanting to see something from the face of the middle-aged man.
Feeling the gaze of everyone, the middle-aged man with bright armor snorted coldly, took off the bow and arrow on his back, put an extremely sharp armor-piercing arrow on the bowstring, pulled into the full moon, and shot towards the shouting officer under the city wall.
In the face of the attack of the armor-piercing arrow, the officer Tian Hongguo, who was riding on the war horse and shouting, had already in his heart, and hurriedly pulled out the sharp broadsword on the horseback and slashed towards the armor-piercing arrow.
Bang! With a crisp sound, the sharp broadsword slashed at the armor-piercing arrow, knocking the armor-piercing arrow crooked, causing the armor-piercing arrow to deviate from its direction, not hitting its chest, but shooting it into its arm, piercing the armor on its arm, piercing its arm, and flowing red blood from its arm.
The officer in charge of shouting, endured the pain in his arm, glared at the middle-aged man above the city wall with resentful eyes, rode back to Marshal Tian Hongguo's side, and reported loudly: "Marshal, the defenders of Zhenbei City refuse to surrender Kaicheng!" ”
"I know, you go down and heal!" Hearing the words of the shouting officer, Marshal Tian Hongguo nodded lightly.
After speaking, Marshal Tian Hongguo set his eyes on the city wall of Zhenbei City, and ordered with a calm face: "Pass my order, the whole army of the First Army will be dispatched, and it is impossible to capture Zhenbei City for me before sunset!" ”
With the issuance of Marshal Tian Hongguo's order, 100,000 elite soldiers of Tian Hongguo's First Army launched a fierce attack on Zhenbei City, carrying improvised ladders, pushing crashing vehicles and arrow towers.
Looking at Tian Hongguo's army approaching quickly, above the city wall of Zhenbei City, a middle-aged man wearing fine armor flashed a cold light in his eyes, and ordered loudly: "Push up the crossbow array and trebuchet I bought from Andy City, I want to let Tian Hongguo's army taste the power of the crossbow array and trebuchet!" ”
The name of this defender general in Zhenbei City is Zhang Jun, who is a relative of Zhang Dapang, a merchant of the Emerald Country, and has obtained a lot of excellent armor and weapons from the Zhao Clan's weapon shop in Andy City, as well as a large number of war weapons.
Because he had a large number of real weapons and sophisticated armor and weapons in his hands, Zhang Jun dared to confront the 400,000-strong army of Hetian Hongguo with the help of the city wall defense of Zhenbei City.
"Yes, General!" As soon as Zhang Jun's voice fell, a big man wearing sophisticated armor and weapons behind him hurriedly responded loudly.
Immediately afterwards, I saw three thousand private soldiers dressed in fine armor, armed with sharp weapons, with high momentum, and their eyes full of anticipation, launching two hundred crossbow arrays and one hundred trebuchets, aiming at the 100,000 soldiers of Tian Hongguo's First Legion who were approaching under the city wall.