Chapter 204: The Clarion Call for a Counterattack
"Lord, there's already a war going on over there in Celestial Elephant Town."
In a hidden forest fifty miles away from Tianxiang Town, there were actually more than 10,000 heavy cavalry hidden, although they were far away from the battlefield on the other side of Tianxiang Town, whether it was soldiers or war horses, they were all silent, as if this was just an empty forest.
Lu Shuang received the specific battle situation from the scouts, and learned that on the side of Tianxiang Town, the defenders had already fought with the Yellow Turban Army, because they used carrier pigeons to transmit information, so the time difference in receiving information was not big, and it was all sorted out a quarter of an hour ago.
Celestial Elephant Town is built next to a large mountain, in fact, there is no geographical advantage to use, it is surrounded on three sides of the plain, it can only be said that there is less defense on the side, but more danger of being surrounded. In addition to the main battlefield in front, there are Yellow Turban troops sent by the domain on the left and right sides to put pressure, if there are no defenders on the flanks or there are fewer defenders, they will take the opportunity to attack, Tianyu has to divide forces to defend the two flanks, so as not to break the flanks, and the Yellow Turban Army outflanks the frontal battlefield from both flanks.
Although the number of the Yellow Turban Army on the front was as high as 800,000, and the Celestial Elephant Town only sent 80,000 people to meet it, plus the 25,000 people of the Heavenly Absolute Legion, it was only 105,000 people, which was still a big gap compared to the Yellow Turban Army. But this time the offensive and defensive battle of Celestial Elephant Town was different from the battle in Guandao, the strength of the soldiers sent was obviously stronger than the latter, and with the help of the Heavenly Absolute Legion, the Yellow Turban Army suffered a lot.
The war of hundreds of thousands of people, once the formation is deployed, the area is very large, the Yellow Turban Army fell a big heel after just fighting, due to the lack of discipline of personnel, most of the Yellow Turban Army only reached the strength of the fourth-order soldiers, but the integrity of the army was basically not reflected, but it was like a plate of loose sand, relying on the advantage of numbers to fight, which was very taboo in the head-on battle between the two sides.
If you don't have to think so much about the official road defense battle, it is not much of a problem to rush out a bloody road on such a narrow battlefield, or to pave the way for the army behind with corpses. But on such a wide plain, the Yellow Turban Army charged like this, without the assistance of other arms, in fact, it gave the Heavenly Absolute Legion a lot of opportunities, this Yellow Turban Army's poorly equipped 5,000-person forward, encountered the same 5,000 eighth-order archers of the Heavenly Absolute Army, the arrows shot by the Dragon Tongue Bow could directly penetrate their bodies, and the accurate shooting coupled with the relatively dense standing, a round of arrow rain down the forward to almost wipe out the entire army.
As soon as the eighth-order archers finished shooting, the seventh-order archers behind them immediately stood up and shot arrows, and after repeated rounds like this, there were very few Yellow Turban troops who could rush to the front of the formation, and before they could hurt any of the soldiers of the Heavenly Absolute Legion, they were shot a hedgehog, and the first round of confrontation ended in a complete victory for the Heavenly Absolute Legion.
Yu finally realized that the situation was wrong, what kind of casual archer was this, it was simply an archer of the seventh order, otherwise it would be impossible to shoot at a distance of two hundred meters. And it seems that there are more than 20,000 archers of such strength, if you don't want to find a way to solve this group of archers, and then continue to send such a Yellow Turban Army to fight, it is no different from giving points to the other party.
"Firebird, you let the Yellow Turban General and the Yellow Turban Army disperse, don't all of them swarm to attack one point, so that the blind can shoot people. Also, I allow you to use secret weapons against the opponent's archers. When Domain spoke of the secret weapon, his face was full of confidence.
"Yes, President." As soon as Firebird heard that he could use a secret weapon, his face suddenly became excited, because in his cognition, this secret weapon was like a talisman on the battlefield.
Soon the Yellow Turban Army responded, they relied on their own number of people to be several times that of the defenders of Tianxiang Town, and directly pressed the whole line, even if they spread out a ten-mile battle line, the number of people in each of them was still more than the defenders, and for a while, the defensive pressure of Tianxiang Town increased greatly.
And it wasn't just the Yellow Turban Army attacking, on several watchtowers built in Tianxiang Town, it was observed that the Yellow Turban Army was pushing three things covered with oilcloths, and they were slowly pushing towards the center. Tianyu guessed that this might be the secret weapon of the Yellow Turban Army, and it looked very likely to be a war weapon such as a catapult or a ballista, otherwise it would not have been taken out at such a time, and the herald immediately notified Zhou Zhen of this information.
"General Zhou, three items resembling catapults or ballistas have appeared a thousand meters ahead, please be careful."
There are tens of thousands of Yellow Turban Army charging in front, and the people of the Heavenly Absolute Army are in front of the formation, and they can't observe the movement of the Yellow Turban Army's rear, and only the seven or eight meter-high lookout platform can have a broader field of vision, so it is extremely critical for this news to reach Zhou Zhen's ears.
"Just three catapults?" Zhou Zhen wanted to laugh a little when he heard it, in such a battlefield where each side invested more than 100,000 people, three catapults could play a very little role, at most it was a deterrent effect, and it would be too naïve to use these three catapults to deal a blow to their legion. Moreover, the Yellow Turban Army is attacking on all fronts, and now it is not good for all the Heavenly Absolute Legions to be concentrated in one place, so that the Yellow Turban Army within their range may be severely damaged, but the Yellow Turban Army in other places may break through the defense line, and the Heavenly Absolute Army will also be targeted by catapults because it is too concentrated.
"Listen to the orders, and you will take your troops with you to support the defenders on both sides. Even if the Yellow Turbans break through the defenses, they will have to pay a heavy price. "In the military system of Flying Sky City, a captain commands a force of five thousand people, and the Heavenly Absolute Legion has five captains, except for one who is a captain of the crossbowmen, the remaining four are all in command of four thousand seventh-order archers and one thousand crossbowmen, and the remaining five thousand eighth-order archers are led by Zhou Zhen himself.
It takes time for the Yellow Turban Army to transfer troops and attack from the order, and the soldiers of the Heavenly Absolute Legion are all seventh-order soldiers, and their movement speed and action efficiency are far superior to those of the low-level soldiers.
The defenders of Tianxiang Town are not afraid, and take the initiative to attack when the Yellow Turban Army is approaching, although many Yellow Turban soldiers in the Yellow Turban Army have been promoted to the fourth order, but they did not receive military training at the beginning, and the equipment on their bodies is also extremely poor, and the defenders of Tianxiang Town, the lowest strength is the fourth-order peak soldiers, with iron guns and leather armor, and they are quite powerful in fighting on the battlefield. And in the eyes of the players, these Yellow Turban Army are no longer enemies, they are a stepping stone for them to improve their own strength, just like the Qin State after the Shang Dynasty changed the law during the Warring States Period, the Qin soldiers saw the soldiers of the Six Kingdoms as if they saw the wealth of the knighthood, how could they not fight with all their might?
At the same time, the elite of the Heavenly Absolute Legion and Celestial Elephant Town caused a huge increase in the casualties of the Yellow Turban Army, and the domain had to send valuable sixth-order soldiers to save the situation. After all, there are a total of 80,000 sixth-order Yellow Turban troops in the domain, and the number is still several times that of Tianxiang Town, almost from the moment the sixth-order Yellow Turban Army joined the battlefield, the whole situation is one-sided, and the defenders of Tianxiang Town can't withstand the fierce impact of the sixth-order Yellow Turban Army, and they are killed out of a few gaps.
The war has continued, and the sixth-order Yellow Turban Army and catapults have become a sharp weapon to overwhelm the defenders, but the Heavenly Turban Army has not been threatened in any way, even the sixth-order Yellow Turban Army must take a huge risk to attack, and there are countless Yellow Turban elites who have died under the archers, even if the sixth-order Yellow Turban Elite breaks through to any part of the Heavenly Absolute Legion, they will be shot back by the improved crossbow, and tens of thousands of Sixth-Order Yellow Turban Army have died under the arrows of the Heavenly Absolute Army.
"Pass my military order, all sides step up the attack, and give me to deal with this archer army." After Yu learned about the casualties on the front line, he was so angry that his teeth itched, the sixth-order Yellow Turban Army was one of his elite troops, and the number of people killed in the battle with the sixth-order soldiers of Tianxiang Town was only thousands, but they also replaced thousands of sixth-order soldiers on the other side, and the sixth-order Yellow Turban Army that fell under the arrows was as many as tens of thousands, but they didn't even touch the opponent's hair, it was simply a cold weapon against a hot weapon.
However, the domain was also a little happy in his heart, judging from the strength of the Heavenly Absolute Legion, the arrows shot were so far away, and the continuous combat ability was stronger than their fifth-order archers, and it was obviously a legion composed of high-level soldiers, if it could be destroyed at a greater cost here in Tianxiang Town, it would still be very worthwhile, otherwise when the imperial court forces attacked, with such an archer force, the victory rate of the Yellow Turban Camp would be greatly reduced.
As soon as he thought of this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise, fantasizing about taking their equipment for himself after destroying the Heavenly Absolute Legion, and then running rampant and domineering here in Hailing County, and even hitting other counties, the domain ordered the Yellow Turban Army on both wings to also step up their attacks, attacking from three sides, and striving to take Tianxiang Town in one go.
Domain's idea is very beautiful, but reality can always surprise him, not long after he ordered a three-sided attack, suddenly a herald rode quickly in front of him, bringing a horn for the counterattack of Celestial Elephant Town.
"The president is not good, the troops in charge of the right wing of Tianxiang Town were killed from the rear by a sword army, the opponent's strength is extremely strong, and the right wing of our army has been wiped out!" 2k reading web