Chapter 118: The Horn of Counterattack
Liang Ming's vitality has been greatly injured since the bloody battle of Thorn Ridge, at this moment Chen Bing is twenty miles away from Yecheng, he is so happy, this is the second time he is approaching Yecheng, he knows very well that if he continues to lose miserably this time, he will never have the opportunity to attack Yecheng for the third time.
His soldiers transported all the remaining heavy weapons and ordnance from Thorn Ridge to the camp, and there were still about thirty percent of the weapons and equipment left, which would be the last guarantee for him to attack Yecheng.
The morale in the military camp is now low, how to save morale has become his biggest problem, and if he wants to fight to the death with the Yecheng defenders, he must have the momentum to see death as if he were home.
Liang Ming found the military advisor and said: "We have almost repaired in the past few days, and it is time to launch the final attack, but the morale is low, and we have to take measures."
"Since the general wants to fight a decisive battle, we will break the kettle and make a complete break with them, so that these people have no way to retreat, and they will fight to the death for victory," said the military advisor.
"Gather all the soldiers early tomorrow morning, then burn down the camp, smash all the baggage, destroy all except the weapons, and then start a decisive battle with them, this battle can only be won and not defeated", Liang Ming finally made up his mind.
Early the next morning, Liang Ming beat the war drums and began to gather all the soldiers, and asked the others to immediately set fire to the barracks, and all the materials except weapons and equipment were burned.
His soldiers suddenly became panicked, Liang Ming completely cut off their back road, this time he made up his mind to start a decisive battle, breaking the cauldron and cutting off everyone's retreat.
Zhao Yu and many soldiers were on the wall of Yecheng, and saw a huge flame rising from the enemy camp from a distance, "General Zhao seems that the decisive battle is today, Liang Ming burned down the military camp and is clearly going to fight to the death", Jiang Yuheng took a deep breath, the next battle is related to the battle situation in the world, and everyone is very dignified.
"Pass the order, all the soldiers of Yecheng are ready for battle, this battle allows us to completely disintegrate the ambitions of the Danyang Empire, let them return to dust and dust, and the time to serve the empire has come, the warriors are ready", Zhao Yu shouted loudly at the head of the city to boost morale.
In this battle, Zhao Yu almost moved the arcane ** at the bottom of the box, and in this battle, he wanted to completely wipe out Liang Ming's army, and he would never give him a chance to breathe. Jiang Yuheng also led this Shi Xuan to deploy on the city wall, their temporary combat ability far exceeded that of ordinary soldiers, and with their assistance, Zhao Yu was also much more relieved. On the city wall, countless crossbow arrows have been prepared, and many catapults have also been prepared, just waiting for the arrival of the imperial army, on the position in front of their Ye City, Shi Xuan and they have buried a large number of arcane ** overnight, waiting for their arrival.
Liang Ming is ready to fight against the water, his army has no way to retreat at this moment, and if they want to survive, the only way to survive is to capture Yecheng, which is their last way to survive.
Liang Ming led the army towards Yecheng and began to march, where the army passed, a large area of dust rolled up to cover the sky and the sun, very spectacular, the huge catapult was pushed by many soldiers, made a roaring sound.
On Yecheng, many soldiers stationed in Yecheng clenched their weapons and stared closely at the approaching enemy troops in the distance, both sides calculating the death date of the other party.
In Yecheng, many civilians have been temporarily evacuated from the city under Zhao Yu's arrangement, once such a war starts, the entire Yecheng may be in ruins, and these civilians can only die in vain in the city.
The current Yecheng is long empty except for the soldiers who defend the city, and everyone is ready for the final decisive battle.
The two armies got closer and closer, gradually appearing in front of them, Jiang Yuheng was nervously deploying, in order to minimize the casualties of the allies, he and Shi Xuan and a few people were ready to launch a surprise attack, "Do you see those towering catapults, this time we will find a way to completely destroy them, without these our soldiers can survive a lot?" Jiang Yuheng said.
There is no shortage of flying beasts in the south, but there is a lack of beast tamers, and they cannot tame fierce birds as an air strike force like the beast tamers in the northern cang, so they can only rely on their spirit masters above the Heavenly Vein Realm to carry out surprise attacks.
Many spirit masters miss the warhawks flying on the grasslands of the northern cang, and those warhawks have brought them countless glory.
Liang Ming's army finally arrived in front of the battle and began to deploy, preparing for a final charge, the huge catapults adjusted their range under the push of the warriors, and they were ready to attack.
Zhao Yu calmly commanded his catapult at the head of the wall to adjust the range and prepare for battle, and many soldiers shouted loudly to boost morale.
"Tell the general that the catapults are in position and ready to attack," Liang Ming's men reported.
"The warriors of the Danyang Empire, Yecheng is in front of you, smash their city, for the Danyang Empire", Liang Ming shouted loudly, and for a while a huge catapult launched an attack, and the two sides poured a large number of heavy arcane ** towards the local position, and a huge arcane ** swept across the sky and exploded sparks above the opponent's position, and in an instant, countless warriors were instantly killed in the firelight, and the battle was about to break out.
Above the city, countless heavy crossbow arrows shot fiercely at the enemy, and the heavy troops of the Danyang Empire were unable to resist such terrifying firepower, and the Danyang army launched a desperate charge, and the army reached the forward position and was instantly blown up by the buried Arcane **, and countless people turned into dust, and even screams could not be made.
However, there was no way to retreat, the people behind trampled on their corpses and continued to charge, and the huge arcane ** fell on the city, and a large number of defenders were killed in the artillery fire, and someone immediately rushed up to replenish it.
Jiang Yuheng said: "It's now, a few of us will immediately arrive at the local position as quickly as possible and destroy their heavy weapons", Jiang Yuheng said to Shi Xuan and the others.
Shi Xuan nodded, he brought enough arcane **, and several people flew into the air in an instant, and quickly flew towards the distant position.
Liang Ming naturally saw a few people flying in the air in the military formation, "Heavy arrows and crossbows, knock them down."
A burst of heavy arrows and crossbows launched an attack on Shi Xuan and the others, Shi Xuan and the others propped up their shields, and with their superb excitement ability, they drew a beautiful arc in the air, dodging the attacks of many arrow feathers, and rushed towards the catapult in the distance.
Many whistling heavy arrows passed by, Shi Xuan was not moved at all, just when the firepower was the most intensive, Jiang Yuheng and several people flying in the sky suddenly disappeared in the air, the shadow talisman, Shi Xuan They activated the shadow talisman to cover their actions at the most critical moment.
The enemy's crossbow arrows suddenly had no target, and they could only shoot indiscriminately into the sky, Shi Xuan's surprise soldiers finally had an effect, and suddenly a burst of arcane ** poured down from his spirit, and above the enemy's heavy weapon position, a large spark lit up, and several heavy catapults instantly turned into dust, and their surprise attack began to show results.
Without the suppression of firepower, their forward troops were suddenly attacked by the defenders of the city, and countless charging soldiers fell on the battlefield in pieces.
And Zhao Yu's catapult fiercely intimidated the imperial army, and a huge arcane ** fell on Liang Ming's position, and a large number of warriors fell in the sea of fire.
At this moment, the city wall of Yecheng has been opened by their heavy weapons, and the city wall has collapsed in a large piece, but Zhao Yu's dense firepower still effectively suppressed the enemy's charge.
Liang Ming looked at the imperial army with discouragement, many of his heavy weapons were completely destroyed by Jiang Yuheng's surprise attack, the charge they wanted to be in was completely sending them to death, this battle, Zhao Yu was not stingy at all, he put a large number of arcane ** into the battlefield, to ensure the survival of his own personnel to the greatest extent, the enemy's positions were suppressed by his firepower again and again, and pieces of enemy troops fell.
The many charges launched by the empire were fiercely repelled under his fierce firepower, leaving countless severed limbs and wreckage on the ground, and the Danyang Empire also tasted the power of the arcane **, and they finally paid the price for themselves to take the lead in using this powerful weapon.
Liang Ming frantically ordered a general charge, but did not seize the position for them, on the contrary, such a charge completely buried his few hopes.
"General, let's withdraw quickly, the main force is about to be lost, and there is still a glimmer of life in retreating to Night City", the general came to his side in embarrassment and said.
"I led hundreds of thousands of troops here, and now with a few remnants of the defeated will how to explain to Your Majesty, even if I die on the battlefield today, I will not hesitate, I Liang Ming is ashamed of Your Majesty", Liang Ming looked at the tragic battlefield, he had completely turned the tables hopelessly.
Seeing that the imperial army was no longer able to launch an effective charge, "General Zhao, it's time to beat the water dogs, now their morale has fallen to the extreme, and the time for harvesting has come", Jiang Yuheng watched indifferently as the enemy army was defeated.
"Pass my order, the army will follow me out of the city, completely strangle their last hope, capture alive the enemy's commander, the general will be promoted to the third rank, and the reward will be 10,000 gold", Zhao Yu shouted loudly.
The soldiers of Tianyang cheered loudly and slaughtered frantically outside the city of Yecheng, and the soldiers of the Danyang Empire were in a hurry, and they broke up like a desperate person, and there was no longer the courage between them.
Liang Ming looked at the defeated army around him, he stood in place in frustration and waited for his fate to come, he only now realized that what he had inherited from the Shadow Moon King was just a mess, and his fate had been doomed since he took over as the general.
Zhao Yu's army was difficult to handle, and they swarmed in, ruthlessly harvesting the remnants of the Danyang Empire.
"Those who surrender live, resist death, lay down their weapons, and leave you alive", Zhao Yu's army surrounded a large number of enemy troops and shouted loudly.
Many soldiers threw away their weapons in order to survive, and became prisoners of the Tianyang Empire, Liang Ming was found by Zhao Yu's subordinates in the chaos, and he committed suicide in the chaos for the last dignity of the family, and since then the Danyang Empire has been completely defeated in the land of Tianyang.
Zhao Yu's army completely disintegrated the ambition of the Danyang Empire to annex the Tianyang Empire, and this battle also sounded the clarion call for the Allied forces to counterattack the Danyang Empire.
Shi Xuan did not rejoice in the victory of this war, he knew that there were still many tough battles to be fought in the future, Night City was still in the hands of the Danyang Empire, and the other three major fronts were still struggling to resist, and the war was far from over.
At this moment, around Yecheng, the soldiers of the Tianyang Empire let out cheers to celebrate the victory of this great battle, even though the walls of Yecheng collapsed in half, but they successfully held the attack of the empire.
The next day, the crown prince of the Tianyang Empire, on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor, came to Yecheng to express his condolences to all the soldiers guarding the city and the many disciples of the Tianhua Sect and the Jingyue Sect, thanking them for their great efforts for the empire, and saying that their Tianyang Empire would always support their two major sects in the future.
Liang Ming's army was wiped out like a hurricane blowing into the world, whether it was the Tianyang Empire or the Danyang Empire, the news spread almost quickly across the four major fronts, such a big victory greatly boosted the morale of the allies, the Danyang Empire finally tasted the bitter fruit of defeat, and now the Dark Night City will also be in danger, General Zhao Yu is ready to take advantage of the situation to recover the Night City in one fell swoop, completely wipe out the enemy troops in the Tianyang Kingdom, and push the battle line to the Shadow Moon Valley.
Lin Zixu and Dai Mengli, who were on a mission in Tianheng, also got the latest battle report, General Zhao Yu's name almost spread all over the world, and successfully defended Yecheng three times, and successively defeated the empire three times to attack Yecheng, this war is a huge turning point since the start of the war, the Danyang Empire is no longer able to launch an offensive against the Tianyang Empire, and the Dark Night City has turned into a defensive stage.
This war is like a plague that infects the soldiers of the Empire, a negative emotion is always pressed on the soldiers of other fronts, they have no advantage over the four empires at all, the wind direction of the war may change at any time, and the situation is gradually out of their control.
Whether it was the Han Yunyi brothers and sisters who were fighting in Tianxing and Taiwei, or Yin Qianxi and others, they all received the news of the great victory of the allies, which gave them great hope.
"Brother, Shi Xuan, they are really powerful, I didn't expect them to win first, you have to work hard, don't let the limelight be stolen by the disciples of Tianhua Sect when the time comes, you represent the face of our mainland rangers", Han Yunxi said to this brother.
"You girl, no big or small, when did you dare to teach your brother? It must be that you and Shi Xuan and a few of them have learned badly together, you should stay away from them in the future", Han Yunyi was speechless at his sister, and now he began to teach him a lesson.
Han Yunxi smiled proudly, but Han Yunyi was still very satisfied with this news, their front had been struggling to resist the attack of the empire, such news undoubtedly boosted their morale, and he also had the confidence to help the allies win the victory.
At this moment, the disciples of the Blood Ring Sect and the Sea Shark Palace are blindfolded, the purpose of their coming to the Danyang Empire to aid is to carry forward the prestige of their two major sects, and now the limelight has been robbed by the Tianhua Sect, and the battle between the Blood Ring Sect and the Tianhua Sect is even more deadly and wounded, and the face is lost.
After this battle, Shi Xuan and they finally ushered in a chance to repair, Zhao Yu took the opportunity to sweep all the positions of the surrounding enemy forces, and re-pressed the battle line to the periphery of Night City, they completely recovered the vast territory this time, and many refugees once again set foot on their long-lost homeland and started a new life.
The news soon entered the core of the Danyang Empire, and Danyang City was now talking about the fall of Liang Ming's army, and many people began to panic, fearing that the Danyang Empire would be captured by the enemy.
At this moment in the court, everyone was trembling and facing Jiang Bingkun, and no one dared to speak nonsense, for fear of angering Jiang Bingkun's Long Yan.
Jiang Bingkun looked a little decadent, his eyes were full of disappointment, he had high hopes for Liang Ming's army, and even sent the central garrison army to support them many times, but he didn't expect to get the end of the annihilation of the whole army.
Now Jiang Bingkun no longer has enough soldiers and horses in his hands to support the four major fronts, which also means that he may not have a chance to take the Tianyang Empire, and it is even possible that the enemy will launch a counterattack against him, and the original good situation will suddenly become very bad.
The silent Jiang Bingkun is terrible, there is no minister who dares to disobey him, now he is more terrible than then, moody, and his deep obsession with unifying the continent has penetrated into the bone marrow, for this obsession, he killed his brother and usurped the throne, rebellious, and was scolded by countless people, and now he is brazenly launching a full-scale war, and he is the enemy of the world, once he was pushed into the abyss by his own obsession, he has no way to retreat, but his future is also the abyss.
The Danyang Empire had already recovered from the war of a hundred years ago in the hands of his grandfather, father, and elder brother, and his national strength was growing stronger day by day, but in just twenty years, he turned the once famous Danyang Empire into a country that was all enemies of the world, and the prestige that had been established by countless generations was gone.
If the major forces are gathering today, sooner or later the righteous army will come to liquidate him, and he will not escape the sanction of fate.
Inside the Shadow Moon Fortress, the Shadow Moon King couldn't sit still at the moment, Liang Ming's fiasco gave him a profound lesson, and many of his descendants were also lost in this battle, even if Jiang Bingkun let him out of the mountain again regardless of his previous suspicions, then what he took over was just a hot potato.
At this moment, he was wandering in the hall, calculating the future, "General, there is no other way, soon we will see the situation of the four major fronts of the empire gradually collapsing, and then the enemy forces will join forces to attack the Danyang Empire, we may have to be ready to deal with such a situation at any time", Zhang Tiancheng said.
"I believe that Jiang Bingkun will definitely let me accept the defense of Night City again this time, I am not interested in such a mess," said the Shadow Moon King.
"You can call it sick and recuperate and refuse to go out of the expedition, the most important thing for us to preserve our strength, and when they and the four empires are defeated, we will clean up the mess," Zhang Tiancheng planned.
"Yes, the most important thing is to preserve the strength now, even if the Tianyang Empire takes the Dark Night City, it will inevitably lose its troops, and if they want to face our Shadow Moon Fortress, they will also have to consider the consequences", the Shadow Moon King said.
Within the Danyang Empire, in the face of this military defeat, there was a huge panic, from the ministers of the court, the villagers of Daoshanye, all felt great worries about the future of the empire, the defeat of Beicang and the defeat of Yecheng showed that the empire seriously underestimated the strength of the hostile forces, since the start of the war, the Danyang Empire has paid a heavy price for this war.
Soon Jiang Bingkun responded, he ordered the restoration of the Shadow Moon King's royal title to the sea of clouds, agreed to let him serve as a general again, and ordered him to immediately go to Night City to resist the army of the Tianyang Empire.
However, at this time, the Shadow Moon King had already planned, he would not clean up the mess for Jiang Bingkun, his reply to Jiang Bingkun was that he was seriously ill and could not go on the expedition, he shirked the position of general under the pretext, and continued to shrink in the Shadow Moon fiefdom, constantly enhancing his strength, he had expected the next predicament facing the empire, he began to preserve his strength, and cleaned up the mess in the future.
In the Danyang Imperial City, Jiang Bingkun received a letter from the Shadow Moon King, and above the court, Jiang Bingkun was very annoyed, "Gui Yunhai actually dares to openly disobey my orders and refuse to serve as a general?"
"Your Majesty, since Gui Yunhai is reluctant to go on an expedition, perhaps we should completely eliminate the threat that their Shadow Moon Family has posed to the imperial court over the years, revoke his title of Shadow Moon King, and demote him to a commoner," Wei Wuji said.
"Your Majesty, at the moment, the Shadow Moon Fortress is defending the border safety of my Danyang Empire, once we remove the Shadow Moon King from the title at this moment, the Shadow Moon Fiefdom will inevitably be in turmoil, and the Night City will also become precarious, which will shake the foundation of the country, the Shadow Moon King has no real power, he is not a threat to the imperial court now, there is no need to make a big move", the military department Shangshu said.
The Shadow Moon King still has a lot of supporters in the court, and now it is difficult for even Jiang Bingkun to attack him directly.
"The enemy army is approaching Night City in front of you, who else is in charge?" Jiang Bingkun asked.
However, everyone in the court and the central government began to fall silent all of a sudden, and many people did not speak, everyone knew that this was a hot potato, and whoever took it was unlucky.
Just when everyone was silent, the generalissimo of the Central Garrison Army walked out, "Although the old man is old, he is willing to share the worries of His Majesty, and I will fight this burden."
"The marshal is old, and he is not suitable for the labor expedition, so it is better for young people to take it, and you are still needed to sit in charge of the three armies in the country", Jiang Bingkun looked at the elderly Wen Boru.
"Since you don't have a better candidate, let me choose, the Central Garrison Army, the right wing general Li Hui will take the post of general, immediately rush to the front line to block the enemy army, be sure to stick to the Dark Night City, and buy time for the other fronts", Jiang Bingkun directly pointed to the general.
Although Li Hui resisted in his heart, the military order was like a mountain, and he had to provoke this mess by the emperor's favor.
Li Hui was ordered to rush to Night City to organize a large army to prepare a siege plan to defend against the Tianyang Empire.
The Shadow Moon King, hiding in his fiefdom with peace of mind, keeping an eye on the changes in the battlefield situation at any time, now Jiang Bingkun is no longer able to make other punishments against him, the Shadow Moon Fiefdom is an important military fortress, once there is turmoil, the Dark Night City at the forefront will inevitably be affected, Jiang Bingkun thought twice, and still did not choose to attack Gui Yunhai.