Chapter 1127: Siege and Interception
Although some lords took the initiative to form temporary alliances with each other in the face of such atrocities by Prince Terryth, under the bloody suppression of the opposing High Legion, these lords found that the more they resisted, the more tragic the result. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Even if he didn't personally lead the army to come over, he would send a legendary cavalry legion, or let the flying legion led by mythical creatures directly kill him, and in a short period of time, several more city lords who took the lead in the rebellion were captured by him.
And what scared the noble lords was that this Prince of Terres seemed to be very angry at their actions, and in the face of the captured noble lords who took the lead in forming an alliance to resist, they were directly killed! So for a while, these noble lords in the region no longer dared to openly form an alliance with each other.
At the same time, during this time, Lou Anqi and Bao Zhuoyi and others can be regarded as really seeing the command ability of their boss, in the case of going deep into the enemy country and facing the enemy on all sides, commanding a huge army of more than 60,000 people to rush left and right, every time they seem to be very critical, even when they have reached a desperate situation, a change of order or a plan, and then they leave unharmed, they will understand the reason afterwards, and fall into shock again and again.
As those who participated in the first battle of Emperor Cruyard, they also understand some of the real war, and they know very well the difficulties at the moment, you must know that on the one hand, they must keep attacking the city and breaking the enemy's confidence, and on the other hand, they must change their goals and plans at any time according to the encirclement and suppression routes of the coalition forces behind, or bypass or force the natural dangers and ambushes in front, and accurately control the distance between them and the chasing troops of the coalition forces in the rear.
In addition, there are reconnaissance and intelligence gathering that determine the key to each step, disrupting the opponent to complete the capture of territory according to money, so as to replenish their own food and grass that can only last for a few days, and so on.
It can be said that they are now like walking on a tightrope, as long as they take a wrong step, even if their elite troops are strong, they will be overwhelmed by the nearly 500,000 alliance army behind them, as well as the surrounding noble city lords who seem to be feared, but are actually eyeing each other.
Even if you don't count every siege raid and change in tactical tactics, if you add the contact and cooperation with Zhou Xun stationed on the border, secretly transport some wounded and sick people, including some of them elite prisoners and precious materials, in addition to the exchange of weapons and equipment, etc., because of the time problem, all this requires the commander to make the right decision within the moment of receiving the information, Lou Anqi and the others are a terrible thing just to think about.
If it was a day or two, it would have been forgotten, because they had prepared in advance, they could still act calmly, but a week passed, two weeks passed, and the Duke of Bandak, who was gradually familiar with their tactics, including those noble city lords around them, although they no longer dared to form alliances on the surface, but in various names, they privately set up more and more obstacles for them.
These included the Duke of Bandak, who had been chasing behind, sending a number of rapid jamming regiments to slow down their movements, setting traps and barricades in some dangerous places, sending wizards and assassins in the middle of the night in an attempt to poison their horses and mounts, and all kinds of sieges and intrigues and intrigues, both overtly and covertly, and on several occasions, their sources of information were interrupted for a time.
Two weeks later, Lou Anqi and the others, who seemed to understand the entire battle situation, felt as if they were in a swamp, they knew that in this case, if they were to command, maybe the next moment they would be inexplicably surrounded by these enemies who were more familiar with the terrain and environment, even if they gave themselves two or three times the number of troops, in the end it was inevitable that the whole army would be annihilated.
At this time, Li Ran was like a little light in the darkness, as his various orders continued to be issued, they either suddenly turned around halfway, or suddenly assembled in the middle of the night and began to march rapidly, or under the leadership of Xia Houben, Tang Zhi and Shadow Blade, they suddenly launched a surprise attack on the ambush soldiers hidden somewhere, but they led everyone through the crisis again and again.
At first, in the face of Li Ran's sudden order, in addition to being a little flustered, Lou Anqi was still a little uncomfortable, but after the facts of passing by the Grim Reaper again and again, she was more and more amazed by his excellent command ability, so that later, as long as she didn't find any movement in the legion for an hour or two, she would even have a feeling of unease.
On the other hand, she also saw the real transformation of this legion under the leadership of Li Ran, the boss, although because of the high-intensity battle, even these high-level troops above the super level were a little out of energy.
But the strange thing is that at this time, the mental state of each soldier is very full, and more importantly, in her opinion, because of the usual arrogance of the higher classes, including those alien beast creatures, it is inevitable that sometimes there are some times when it is not smooth in command.
But during this period of time, after experiencing such a complex and high-intensity situation, and dealing with various emergencies at any time, after maintaining a battle that must be won at every time, not to mention those minotaurs with a bad temper, even the originally unruly guys under Auguston were able to do the order and prohibit it at this time.
Looking at these soldiers who are becoming more and more regular on weekdays, only after entering the battlefield will they be like crazy demons, and the shock is getting stronger and stronger, although the number of troops has changed from more than 7,000 people before to less than 6,000 now, but Lou Anqi feels that their combat effectiveness is stronger than before.
The advancement of the warriors is one thing, after experiencing such an intensive and high-intensity battle, there are many warriors in this army who have advanced, but what shocked Lou Anqi the most is the change in their mentality, they are trapped in the enemy camp but they will win every battle, such an impressive record gives these soldiers the confidence to be invincible.
The same is true for the centaurs under her own control, Lou Anqi even found in their eyes the pride and contempt that unconsciously arises after seeing the enemy, even the elves who were a little shy and timid before.
Unlike ordinary arrogance and rudeness, their pride and contempt at this time come from the belief of the soul, the absolute belief that they believe in their companions, in their own skills, and in the absolute belief that their side will eventually defeat the enemy, which also makes them more willing to participate in the most brutal battles, more willing to pay for their comrades, and more willing to sacrifice their lives for this belief.
That night, looking at the unwillingness in the eyes of another group of wounded people who were secretly sent away, in addition to being surprised, Lou Anqi felt the most was deeply shocked, one was for these tenacious and unstubborn soldiers, and the other was for himself to be able to witness the growth of this army of kings.
"Bandak's coalition army is still seventy kilometers away, if nothing else, we should have three or four more hours, just me and Tang Shi here, you can get off the line and rest for a while" Looking at the escort convoy in the distance that gradually dissolved into the night, Li Ran said with a smile.
And after hearing his words, all the teammates present also breathed a sigh of relief, this period of continuous fighting, not only the soldiers under them, but also a test of their individual strength, after all, it has been a week or two, and they have not slept a peaceful night.
However, at this moment, Shadow Blade said with some worry: "It doesn't matter if Hugh doesn't rest, I'm just a little worried about tomorrow's siege battle, after all, we haven't attacked the territory for six days, and there is only such a medium-sized city around now, it is said that the Duke of Bandak will definitely be on guard, but not only did he not rush there this time, but he didn't even send a fast army to assist in the defense, which is really unreasonable."
Hearing him say this, the teammates next to him also nodded secretly, and Zhang Debiao hurriedly asked, "Brother Ying, do you mean that there is fraud here?" Maybe this duke is also being dragged down by us? ā
Shadow Blade shook his head and said: "Although on the whole, this duke has led the coalition army to run more than us, but they don't need to fight, and they have sufficient food, grass and logistics support, plus we also know later that in the second half of the period when he is chasing us, the troops are all marching in batches, although there will definitely be some physical exertion, but it will not affect the point that they can't even launch a rapid march, not to mention that they still have those amazing number of cavalry legions."
"Maybe they're reserving their stamina, and they want to surround us in one fell swoop while we attack the city. Haven't they done it twice before? At this time, after this period of getting along, Bao Zhuoyi, who is also familiar with everyone, couldn't help but speak.
Hearing Bao Zhuoyi's analysis, everyone present at this time also nodded, and said that there was such a possibility, but all this was just speculation, so there was no final result in the end.
At this time, Li Ran also nodded and said: "Your analysis is very good, and from the current point of view, if this Duke of Bandak does not send a fast legion to support tonight, it means that there is indeed a problem with this medium-sized city that we are targeting, and the result is nothing more than the dangerous terrain here, or the strength of this city lord is far beyond that of ordinary medium-sized cities, so that the Duke of Bandak behind us has every reason to believe that it can delay us for at least half a day in our siege."
Seeing Li Ran's slight smile, everyone knew that he already knew it, so they were also a little relieved, but at the same time, they began to worry about the problem of military rations, they had not been supplied for nearly a week, if this city was not captured, the nearest city would still be hundreds of kilometers away, even if it would take three or four days at their approaching speed, they really didn't dare to imagine the situation at that time.