Chapter 373: Remote Consumption

The generals of the Evil Moon Empire were discussing, and of course, the leaders of the Sunset Alliance were also gathered, knowing that this battle was likely to be the last major battle in the west. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

When everyone was making the final arrangements, there was information to report that there was an abnormality in Huangsha City, and now the Evil Moon Empire only had Dingyang Town and Huangsha City, which were of course the key monitoring objects of the Sunset Alliance.

The news was updated every few minutes, Yi Chen and the others quickly confirmed that Huangsha City began to transmit on a large scale, and it seemed that they were preparing to abandon the city, and they were not surprised by this result, how important Dingyang Town was They naturally knew that if Dingyang Town was lost, Huangsha City would become an isolated and helpless city, and it was better to gather troops now to fight against the water.

"It's going to take time for them to teleport, so why don't we attack right away?" Liu Qiming said.

Yi Chen shook his head and said: "It doesn't make a difference if it's early or late, now Dingyang Town is estimated to have more than 200,000 troops, and we can't take it in a short time, so they have time to teleport, and it's just a matter of rashly attacking to increase casualties."

After hearing this, everyone also nodded in agreement, Dingyang Town is only so big, although they occupy an absolute military advantage, it is almost impossible to fight it quickly, the Evil Moon Empire is not a straw bag, and this battle is not something that can be done with a blitzkrieg.

Later, everyone discussed whether to increase the number of troops, because after the Western War, they incorporated a lot of Li Wentian and their remnants, and the army was about 100,000, and now they are scattered in the towns of the Sunset Alliance headquarters.

However, in the end, everyone rejected this idea, first of all, they have enough manpower, and the 850,000 army has been able to cover the dumplings of Dingyang Town, and there is no need to increase the number of troops, and those troops are all newly surrendered, and everyone is not sure to use them, if they do something, they will have a headache.

In the end, everyone's plan is to focus on consumption, supplemented by siege, to surround the entire Dingyang Town, and then divide it into two troops, attacking day and night, and they also have a lot of siege equipment, and they can use long-range attrition tactics.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the Sunset Coalition Army mobilized 400,000 troops to form a phalanx of 100,000 in the east, west, north and south of Dingyang Town, and at the front of the phalanx were trebuchet positions and artillery crossbow positions composed of several thousand people.

In front of each phalanx were at least a few hundred trebuchets of various sizes and giant cannon crossbows, which was terrifying.

When the trebuchet and cannon crossbow were pushed into the firing range, the Battle of Dingyang finally began, and the Evil Moon Empire was not a fool, they also had these weapons, and the range placed on the city wall was still farther than that of the other party, but it was inferior in number, not that they did not have enough resources, but the city wall was limited, and there were soldiers stationed there, so it was impossible to put all the trebuchets and artillery crossbows that occupied a very position, otherwise others would not attack the city with direct infantry with them.

When the Sunset Alliance's ranged troops were in place, they had naturally lost some equipment and manpower, but when the Sunset Alliance began to fight back, the scene was spectacular. Stones and huge arrows poured towards the city, after a round of attacks, the entire Dingyang Town city wall inside and outside is a miserable howl, the city wall is also a place where there are many potholes, of course, the opponent's counterattack also makes the Sunset coalition position difficult, casualties are inevitable, fortunately they have a numerical advantage, can suppress the opponent's attack to the greatest extent.

At present, it is only a long-range bombardment, and the Sunset Coalition Army has not sent a large army to attack the city, under such a flood attack, to attack the city is to send it to death, and now it is still mainly consumed, consuming the opponent's ammunition, consuming the opponent's city defense equipment, consuming the opponent's defenders, and consuming the opponent's will.

And several of Yi Chen's teammates were not idle, and now they were all hovering in the sky of Dingyang Town on big birds, pointing out the key targets for the army, and looking down from above, they could naturally find out where the opponent had more manpower and equipment.

The Evil Moon Empire obviously also discovered them, and transferred some crossbows to knock them down, but the difficulty of shooting on the back was already relatively large, and the other party still flew very high, so they had to give up after trying a few rounds without success, and let the other party accurately position, all they could do was to occasionally move the position of the equipment, but the effect was limited, the movement of large equipment was already difficult, and there were stone rains in the sky that kept falling, so it could only be said that it was better than nothing.

The battle is still going on until dark, but today's night battle is very special, everyone fights blindly, because no one dares to illuminate, if the torch is raised, it will become the target of the other party, and they are far away, they can't see anything at all when it's dark, they can only estimate the blind fight, especially the Evil Moon Empire, afraid that the sunset coalition army will attack the city at night, and the attack will not dare to stop at all.

Everyone's long-range positions were positioned during the day, and now they must change positions while taking advantage of the cover of night, so although the fight is very lively, the casualties are very limited.

The Evil Moon Empire was afraid that the Sunset Alliance would attack the city at night and did not dare to stop, while the Sunset Alliance was planning to use the strategy of exhausting troops and did not dare to stop, so everyone fought blindly all night! At the dawn of the day, the Sunset Alliance's attacking troops, tired from a day's work, went to rest, and the 400,000 troops who had rested before came up to operate their equipment to continue the attack.

The Sunset Alliance is two shifts, the Evil Moon Empire does not have such a good treatment, the Sunset Alliance is a full-scale attack, they have few manpower and a large defensive area, only a very small number of people can rest a little, and the rest are already tired after a day and a night of fighting, but they don't dare to stop, even if they don't fight back from a distance, who knows if the Sunset Alliance will attack in full force while they are distracted, so they all have to keep their eyes open and cheer up!

"Marshal, I'm staring here, you go and rest for a while, and it's not safe here, there are too many stray bullets!" A general said to the marshal, who was standing in a hidden place observing the battlefield.

The marshal frowned and said: "The war is so tight, how can I have the heart to rest, leave me alone, you go and go about your own business!"

Another day has passed, and the two sides are still fighting from a distance, but the Evil Moon Empire's counterattack is obviously much less than the first day, because it takes strength to operate these equipment, and the iron man can't bear it for two days in a row, so many people give up fighting back and start resting, but this rest is not sleeping, just relying on the city to recover their strength, who knows if the Sunset Alliance will suddenly attack, so they have to hold their ground.

Sunset Alliance rear barracks.

"The other party is obviously tired, and the counterattack is much weaker, should we simply launch a general attack with a sudden attack now?" Someone suggested.

Yi Chen shook his head without thinking about it, "It's only been two days, although the enemy's fatigue is certain, but there is still the strength to fight, if the attack is now although there is a possibility of success, but the casualties will be much larger than expected, there is no need for that, anyway, we can afford to spend it, drag them to death!" ”

Someone worried: "After all, we don't know much about the Evil Moon Empire, and if the time drags on for a long time, we are afraid that there will be some variables, if they increase their troops again, won't we miss a great opportunity!"

This is also very reasonable, some people agreed, Yi Chen did not dare to deny this possibility, but after thinking about it, he still spoke: "We are all the lords of a city, and the soldiers we brought this time are our own soldiers, if the battle damage is too great, how to explain to the people, how to explain to their relatives and friends, how to explain to our own conscience, so, even if this battle does not go well, it is a big deal that we return to the headquarters to hold on, and I don't plan to use human lives to fill this big hole, of course, this alliance is everyone's, although I am the leader of the alliance, There is no right to decide such a major matter on your own, all of you look at it, if everyone is in favor of attacking the city immediately, our Sunset City will not lag behind, and Xuanwu has a point, there are always variables on the battlefield, and there are indeed many uncertainties if it drags on. ”

After Yi Chen finished speaking, he spread his hands, saying that he had finished saying what he wanted to say, and then handed it over to everyone to express his position.

"The lord of the Yi Alliance is serious, you are the leader of the alliance, we must listen to you, and what you said is also very reasonable, these soldiers can trust us, so they followed us to fight in the north and south, we naturally have to be responsible for their lives, now the siege is a bit hasty, I also think that the current situation is good, or in a few days Dingyang can almost be self-defeating, no need to rush for a while." A city lord spoke.

Yi Chen has spoken, although a few people still think that it is better to attack the city immediately, and the number of casualties must be large, but this is more secure, but Yi Chen's prestige is getting worse, they don't dare to openly contradict, and let their soldiers and people know that they don't care about their life and death, so they can't help it.