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On the towering fortress, two long-barreled heavy guns erected on the enemy platform began to be test-fired.

Although this kind of heavy artillery is only a black powder weapon, it adopts a low-level spiritual weapon forging technology when casting, and the cannon chamber has a very strong bearing capacity, and the charge is super large.

And Seki Castle was originally built on a high hillside. The heavy artillery mounted on the enemy platform in the city can be doubled when the elevation angle is adjusted and the maximum charge is fired condescendingly.

The five-kilometer wilderness under the Guancheng, except for the section close to the side of the Holy Light Alliance's main camp, was almost within the range of the heavy artillery on the Guancheng.

Of course, at such a distance, there is no need to count on the quasi-head.

Even because of the existence of extraordinary strength, the professional gunners of Earth II have extremely keen eyesight and intuition, and the hit rate is extremely high--the gunners of the Holy Light Alliance, regardless of the gunners of the Imperial side, within a distance of three hundred meters, can operate the cannons that are familiar with the characteristics of the artillery, and can almost hit the designated target in 100 shots.

But at a distance of one thousand meters, it can only look like two or three out of ten. Beyond a kilometer, the hit is all a matter of luck.

Like the two heavy guns, which were supposed to be fired at two boarding vehicles. The boarding cart was used to transport soldiers directly to the head of the city, and it was so large that it even exceeded the height of the city wall.

For such a conspicuous target, the shells fired by the two heavy guns were deflected by dozens of meters.

However, the Holy Light Alliance's army poured out, and it was no longer possible to evacuate the formation of the Guò wilderness as it had done in the past.

When the various units were advancing, they were in an extremely tight dense formation, and the momentum was indeed huge and terrifying, but this also made the long-range firepower on the city possible, as long as the muzzle of the cannon was roughly aimed at the crowd, it could hit one at a time -- to deal with designated targets such as boarding vehicles, it was difficult to hit directly because of the distance, but for the army that was overwhelmed by the black, it was basically difficult to miss.

There are 10,000 people, boundless and shoreless, and it looks like a sea of people. The Holy Light Alliance poured out, and tens of thousands of troops were even more crowded, and it was possible to miss out on the cannon into the sea?

It was precisely because of the dense formation of the Holy Light Alliance that even the two shells that bombarded the boarding vehicle deviated by dozens of meters were not wasted because they did not hit the boarding vehicle.

They plunged into two infantry phalanxes, shattering several of the Light Alliance minions to pieces.

After the test firing of the two heavy guns, a total of 18 long-barreled heavy guns with a long range on the six enemy platforms in Guancheng began to speak at the same time. A deafening roar of heavy artillery rang out on the city walls. Heavy cannonballs roared towards the advancing army of the Holy Light Alliance.

Hitting infantry with solid shells is ideally a ricochet. Heavy and huge solid shells fell in the infantry phalanx, bouncing all the way through a bloody alley, throwing out a piece of severed limbs and stumps along the way, that scene was shocking and could greatly damage the morale of the enemy army.

Unfortunately, the terrain of Seki was too high, and the shells fell in a parabola at a large angle, and it was almost difficult to form a ricochet.

In addition, there are many streams and depressions in the five-kilometer field, and the land is soft and damp, and as soon as the shells hit the ground, they will plunge headlong into the mud, releasing energy from the mud and unable to bounce twice.

However, even if it could not form a ricochet, the servants of the Holy Light Alliance at the first landing point of the cannonballs were often beaten to pieces, and their flesh and blood flew everywhere, causing a great shock to the demoralized servant army.

The Holy Light Alliance forces were to pass through a five-kilometer stretch of field in Guò, and the rest of the area was covered by the eighteen heavy guns, except for an area about a kilometer or so near the side of the coalition camp.

The coalition forces marched forward in formation, but because of the rugged terrain of the wilderness and many depressions and streams, the speed could not be fast at all. This made it necessary for the coalition forces to withstand the fire from the fortress for a long time, and for a long time, they could only be beaten and could not fight back.

To be honest, eighteen heavy artillery pieces is actually very thin for an army of tens of thousands of people.

In particular, due to the terrain, it is not possible to form a ricochet, only at the first landing point, and the rate of fire of the heavy artillery is slow, so it can be said that even if the eighteen heavy artillery shells of the imperial side are not missing, each cannon can take several lives, and the allied forces will not lose much under the eighteen heavy guns when they pass through this field.

Two or three hundred people were lost in the sky. But for an army of 80,000, what is the loss of two or three hundred people?

Under normal circumstances, this casualty is by no means enough to shake the morale of the army.

However, the servant army of the Holy Light Alliance, in the fierce battle in the first two weeks, suffered heavy casualties and achieved nothing, and their morale was already extremely low. The situation of being unable to fight back after being beaten has greatly demoralized the coalition forces.

The coalition soldiers who were a little far away from the place where the shells landed were okay, and the coalition soldiers near the point where the shells landed watched the shells fall on their heads, but they couldn't even dodge because they were in formation, so they could only pray that the shells would not fall on their heads.

When the prayer was fulfilled, the soldier who was not hit by the cannonball had time to rejoice, and his face was splashed with the blood and flesh of his comrades. And another of his fellow mutilated was not dead for a while, but fell to the ground and wailed. The terrifying scene made even the surviving soldiers tremble in fright, and their morale was completely lost.

As a result, the formation of the coalition forces near the landing point of the eighteen shells began to disorganize after only one round of firing from the eighteen heavy guns. Some hesitated, some turned and retreated, and some moved forward blankly...... Acting inconsistently and even contradictory, some coalition columns were quickly crammed into a mess.

Li Qing and the others in the city were keenly aware of the chaos of the coalition forces.

As soon as Li Qing was about to instruct the eighteen heavy artillery pieces to continue firing at the location where the chaos was occurring, so as to intensify the chaos of the coalition forces, he saw a dazzling golden aura suddenly burst out at the location where the chaos occurred. Under the spread of the golden aura, the panicked coalition soldiers quickly became calm, and under the command of the officer, they resumed their formation and continued to advance.

"It's the Battle Priest of the Radiant Holy Sect!" The little dragon girl frowned and said, "That aura is the famous glory aura of the Radiant Holy Sect. ”

The Aura of Glory is a group blessing magic unique to the Battle Priest under the command of the Lord of Radiance.

All soldiers who are blessed by the aura of glory, within half an hour, their body, strength, and agility will be increased by one percent, and their morale will become extremely fanatical, and they will not be fearful, but they will not lose their minds.

What's even more powerful is that the effects of the Glory Aura stack. Up to three auras can be stacked at the same time at a time.

Under the superposition of the triple aura, the soldiers' body, strength, and agility will be increased by three percent, and they will receive a layer of holy light shield equivalent to ordinary knight's plate armor. Morale is even higher and fanatical, and it is not affected by low-level mental spells such as Dread, and it also has the ability to heal itself at the level of "healing minor injuries".

Even a servant army with low combat power and low morale can be transformed into a steadfast and fearless elite warrior after being blessed by the aura of glory.

But......

"Isn't the aura of glory only available to battle priests above level ten?" Li Qing has always paid great attention to collecting intelligence on the enemy, and he has long understood the strength of the Radiant Saint Sect: "Eighteen glory auras appeared at one time just now, could it be that the coalition forces invested more than eighteen battle priests at one time?" ”

The Battle Priest isn't a big deal.

In particular, the number of mid-level battle priests above level ten is even rarer than that of the Guardian Knights.

In the last battle of Zhongshan Island, the Holy Light Alliance sent eleven Silver Shield Knights, ten Holy Warriors, and twenty Holy Priests to participate in the battle, but there were only five battle priests in the army. This shows the scarcity of the number of battle officers.

Although the enemy battalion in this battle had tens of thousands of troops, it was far less elite than the original Amaterasu army.

You must know that at the beginning, the Amaterasu Army selected elites from the national land divisions to form 20,000 land divisions, and the main force of the navy poured out again, and there were a large number of pillar country-level and gold-level powerhouses in the army, as well as a legendary mage.

Such a powerful sea and land alliance army only sent five battle gods to accompany the army, how could the Holy Light Alliance servant army with average combat power under the city have more than eighteen mid-level battle gods?

Xiaolongnu said: "Maybe there aren't so many battle priests, it's just that each priest has released several glory auras?" As soon as she said this, she shook her head and denied Fang Cai's words: "No, those eighteen glory auras just now were activated almost at the same time. And even a great priest above the sixteenth level could not release more than two glory auras at the same time. ”

"In other words, there really are more than eighteen battle officers in the enemy army?"

Li Qing nodded, smiled instead of anger, and said, "This can better prove my previous speculation." If it weren't for the Guancheng where I was sitting as a breakthrough, how could there be more than eighteen battle priests in the alliance servant army opposite?

"Those battle officers who appeared in the coalition army are probably just arriving. After all, in the first two weeks of fighting, there were no battle officers. Among the coalition forces, only ordinary Radiant Holy Priests had appeared before. If there were so many battle priests, why wait until now? ”

Xiaolongnu said: "The coalition forces will let the battle god take action now, there is no intention of hiding their strength, it seems that they really want to crush us with a dignified military strength." ”

Li Qing agreed: "Yes, if I am the commander of the coalition forces and I have a trump card in my hand, I can also play it openly." In terms of troops, I have an absolute advantage. In terms of the strong, I have the upcoming group of strong people. The enemy, on the other hand, must guard the level, and even if he guesses my intentions, he can't retreat, so he can only fight hard with me. ”

Xiaolongnu said: "Use the cannon fodder that is not distressed to be exhausted to consume the elite of the enemy army." Then use the elite corps to make a final decision, although this method of operation is simple, but because of its uprightness, it cannot be broken, and can only be carried by strength. ”

The dignified teacher is the most difficult to deal with.

If you change an army and an imperial general to guard this level, even if you guess the intention of the coalition forces, you will have nothing to do except ask for help from the rear, you can only grit your teeth, fight hard with the enemy, and wait for reinforcements to arrive.

But this response is too reactive.

The enemy launched first, and you have been fully prepared, how can you wait for the opportunity for reinforcements to arrive?

When Li Qing led his troops to Guancheng yesterday, he set off at 5 o'clock in the morning, forcibly marched for seven hours, rested for half an hour, and then continued the forced march for six hours, which took a full 13 hours before arriving at the destination.

This is also because all the elite members of the mixed army are carefully selected from the servant army, which is comparable to the elite army of the regular army of the empire, which can carry out a high-speed march for thirteen consecutive hours.

And even with the elite of the mixed army, after rushing to the city to take over the defense, they have to rest for a night before they can recover their combat strength.

If you immediately enter the battle after just a day of rapid marching, even the Tailong hoplites with the best endurance may only be able to exert less than fifty percent of their combat power.

At present, even if Li Qing asks for help from the rear, even if Su Su sends a message with a spell, after the Zhennan City Headquarters receives the letter for help, it will take time to transfer troops and horses and send generals, and it is impossible to receive the letter immediately. After the deployment of troops, they had to march quickly to Guancheng.

Even if you don't stop for a moment, at least you can't get to Seki until after nightfall.

And in the rugged mountainous terrain, how much combat effectiveness can a cold-weapon unit that marches all day still have?

Ordinary cavalry can't gallop in the mountains, and even if the reinforcements are wolf cavalry of the Mu Xiao tribe that can gallop in the mountains, it is impossible to have much combat power left after a long day of rapid marching.

Besides, how could the Holy Light Alliance's reinforcements not arrive until after nightfall?

Maybe you can get there in the afternoon or even at noon!

If the strong reinforcement of the coalition army is really as Li Qing guessed, it is the five major Guardian Knights led by General Lei Prison, then with the strength of the Guardian Knights, even if they forcibly march for a day and night, after arriving on the battlefield, they can quickly enter the battle, and the combat power will not be greatly weakened.

If Li Qing was a thunder prison general, even if he led the five major Guardian Knights to arrive at the battlefield at noon, he would not immediately enter the battle.

We had to wait for the servant army to attack again for another afternoon, and wait until dusk, when the Imperial army was most tired after a hard day's fighting, and then lead the five major cathar knights who had rested for half a day and regained their full prosperity, and with a thunderous blow, they would definitely be able to conquer the fortress before dark.

For a few imperial generals, after being attacked by the Holy Light Alliance with 80,000 servants regardless of attrition, they were struck by the five major Guardian Knights led by General Thunder Prison again...... So what else can be done besides martyrdom with death?

By the time the Imperial reinforcements arrived, the Holy Light Alliance had already occupied Guancheng and were waiting in the city. The reinforcements of the Imperial side, which are in a hurry all day and cannot rest, let alone counterattack the fortified city, can protect themselves under the fierce attack of the coalition forces, it is unknown.

The tactics of the Holy Light Alliance were not unusual. But it's a conspiracy that people can't see through.

This can be done because the Holy Light Alliance side has the advantage of troops and resources, and it is also the attacking side, so it can gather elite groups at will and choose a point to attack at will. And the empire, as the defender, is more passive.

You can only deploy everywhere on the long defensive line, passively waiting for the enemy to attack.

Even if you can concentrate elite forces on an important line of defense and strengthen your defense, how many sections of a whole front can be called an important line of defense? As far as Li Qing knew, there were at least thirteen important defensive lines like Guancheng, which he was sitting in, on the southern front.

The Holy Light Alliance can choose any of these thirteen important lines of defense as a breakthrough point. However, the Imperial side could only distribute its forces evenly among the thirteen defensive lines, and it was impossible to predict which place the Holy Light Alliance would choose as a breakthrough point and focus on deploying defenses there.

It is precisely for this reason that the empire has to gather a large number of troops in Zhennan City, which is the command center of the Southern Theater.

On the one hand, it is necessary to use Zhennan City as the rear to reinforce the defense line that is being attacked by the Holy Light Alliance at any time.

On the other hand, if it is too late to rescue, it is necessary to use Zhennan City as the second line of defense, so that the offensive of the Holy Light Alliance will stop before Zhennan City, the southern gateway of the empire.

However, once the war was to be carried out around Zhennan City, it would be very disadvantageous to the Imperial side.

Based on this, the Holy Light Alliance can claim that it has entered the interior of the empire and won a phased victory in the war against the empire, so as to boost the morale of the client states.

The morale of the empire will inevitably be shaken by this - the Holy Light Alliance has not yet entered the territory of the empire, because the empire is under pressure from one country against the world, so there are many people who are pessimistic, and there are even traitors who have forgotten their ancestors. If the army of the Holy Light Alliance really enters the territory of the empire, then there will be more pessimists and traitors leading the way.

And some of the servant armies on the imperial side are not particularly determined, and I am afraid that they will also be shaken by this.

In short, if you can't keep the enemy out of the country, the negative impact will be too great.

If it weren't for Li Qing and the others sitting in Guancheng today, then the consequences of the Holy Light Alliance officially breaking through the borders of the empire and driving a large army into the territory of the empire would be almost unavoidable.

But it's a pity that Li Qing and the others rushed to this gate just yesterday when the Holy Light Alliance Army had selected a breakthrough and was about to carry out a thunderous blow.

This is not to say that Li Qing and the others are stronger than the strength of the empire. The strength of the entire Eastern Empire can easily crush Su Su at this stage.

But...... The strength of Li Qing and others just has the ability to turn the tide at a critical time and place.

"The Holy Light Alliance is really dead." Li Qing said with a smile: "It's not good to choose where to make a breakthrough?" It is necessary to choose the level where the general sits. This time, the strong man of the Holy Light Alliance Army must be taught, and there is no return! ”

"You can't blame the Holy Light Alliance for making a mistake. Who would have thought that a mere imperial major general would have such a strong person around him and so many good cards in hand? The little dragon girl said a fair word for the Holy Light Alliance Army quite understandingly: "I can only say that the luck of the Holy Light Alliance is really too bad. ”

It's like fighting a landlord. The Holy Light Alliance holds a trump card in hand, and under normal circumstances, it can win by playing.

But who expected that Li Qing had a bomb hidden in his hand, and he also took a dragon Changshun. If you don't know your hole cards, it's hard to tell whether you're going to win or lose. But now that you have put your hole cards on the surface, then look at your cards playing, how can there be a reason to not win?

"The Holy Light Alliance has produced a battle priest, and the hole cards are almost clear to us."

Li Qing held the battlements in his hands, looked at the coalition army that was no longer plagued by low morale and continued to advance under the blessing of the glory aura of the battle officers, and braved the artillery fire, and said with a smile: "My bomb is ready, next, it depends on when the Holy Light Alliance will come out with a king." "It's a breeze.

But...... The strength of Li Qing and others just has the ability to turn the tide at a critical time and place.

"The Holy Light Alliance is really dead." Li Qing said with a smile: "It's not good to choose where to make a breakthrough?" It is necessary to choose the level where the general sits. This time, the strong man of the Holy Light Alliance Army must be taught, and there is no return! ”

"You can't blame the Holy Light Alliance for making a mistake. Who would have thought that a mere imperial major general would have such a strong person around him and so many good cards in hand? The little dragon girl said a fair word for the Holy Light Alliance Army quite understandingly: "I can only say that the luck of the Holy Light Alliance is really too bad. ”

It's like fighting a landlord. The Holy Light Alliance holds a trump card in hand, and under normal circumstances, it can win by playing.

But who expected that Li Qing had a bomb hidden in his hand, and he also took a dragon Changshun. If you don't know your hole cards, it's hard to tell whether you're going to win or lose. But now that you have put your hole cards on the surface, then look at your cards playing, how can there be a reason to not win?

"The Holy Light Alliance has produced a battle priest, and the hole cards are almost clear to us."

Li Qing held the battlements in his hands, looked at the coalition army that was no longer plagued by low morale and continued to advance under the blessing of the glory aura of the battle officers, and braved the artillery fire, and said with a smile: "My bomb is ready, next, it depends on when the Holy Light Alliance will come out with a king." ”