Chapter 92: Counterattack
Vaughn would never have imagined that a thousand-mile attack full of confidence would end up in failure and end up with a loss of troops. can only personally lead the army, from the heavy encirclement of the Snow League, and fight a bloody way. The Snow Alliance pursued and fought for hundreds of miles, until they came out of the Ice and Snow Ridge, and they had not given up.
Glacier City's 20,000 elites came in, and there were only about 8,000 left when they withdrew.
"No need to chase anymore." Zhang Mu stopped pursuing, "Vaughn has arranged for an army of tens of thousands to be behind, once the frost trolls meet, in the field situation, we will be disadvantaged." ”
The morale of the Snow Alliance was temporarily mobilized, but a rabble is a rabble, and besides, they have been hungry for many days, and it is impossible for them to fight for a long time.
The frost trolls came back and forth, and the snow allies could not stop them in the field.
Vaughn's strategy is a blitzkrieg, relying on the sharpness of the troops and the advantage of mobility, allowing the vanguard to run thousands of miles, without giving the Snow Alliance time to react, retreating in a battle, not seeking to kill the enemy, just to destroy the altar. Once the altar is breached, the Snow Alliance will inevitably collapse, and a few days later, the main army will join the vanguard and launch another round of attacks to defeat the Snow Alliance's team.
This battle was undoubtedly a failure, and Vaughn was in a hurry. In fact, Long Hao deliberately let the spaceship pass over Vaughn's head, and took the initiative to show his strategy, just to stimulate the frost troll and let Vaughn know that he was discovered, lest the Snow Alliance have enough time to prepare, and he was in a hurry to speed up the march.
This is the consequence of underestimating the enemy.
Vaughn underestimated the morale of the Snow Alliance and underestimated the combat ability of the Snow Alliance. Vaughn should have changed his strategy at that time and told the vanguard army to stop and wait for the Zhu army to rendezvous. Although the battle of the main army is not as good as the elite of the vanguard army, let alone the elite troops can shuttle freely in the ice and snow ridge, there are many of them, and there is no problem with supplies.
It's too late anyway.
Glacier City failed.
Vaughn returned with less than half of the elite and joined the main army on the third day, and Glacier City had no strength to attack. Because Vaughn himself fell into a state of weakness, Long Hao, Lei Ming and the gang made trouble in the rear again, and had to temporarily return to the assessment.
Xue Ling saw that the warriors carried all the corpses one by one, selected the whole corpses, and placed them all under the altar, ready to perform the ritual of the dead.
In this battle, the Snow Alliance lost 30,000 soldiers, and the undead lost about seven or eight thousand, even if they waited for work at ease and fought more and less, they still paid 3 times the price of casualties, which was enough to reflect the strong combat effectiveness of the elite army of the Frost Trolls, as well as the huge gap between the Snow Alliance and the Ice Army.
Of course, of the 30,000 people lost by the Snow Alliance, about 10,000 or so were not killed by the Frost Trolls, but Zuihou cracked Vaughn's trick, and the solidified energy fell off and fell to the ground, turning back into pure energy release, which caused a heavy loss at one time.
Fortunately, Zhang Mu successfully stopped it, if the skill was directly detonated, with the dense crowd at that time, about 40,000 people near the altar would die, which was a big disaster.
By the time Aurora returned to Icehill, it had largely run out of energy.
This time the loot grabbed a large amount of supplies, and because Vaughn gave the order to destroy it in time, the food harvest was a little smaller than the image. However, less is less, Zhang Mu's promise can be fully realized, at least everyone can have a full meal.
Xue Meng was not stingy, and took more than half of the food to greatly reward the whole army.
The originally lifeless Snow Alliance Army, after a battle, was rejuvenated.
Xue Ling personally bowed down to several humans: "Thank you. ”
Zhang Mu, Long Hao, Lei Ming, Huang Tian, if there were no four people, Xue Meng would definitely not be able to win, let alone keep the altar.
"Although we won a battle, the results were obviously not enough, because through this war, we have not changed anything." Lei Ming was not much happy, "The Snow Alliance's supplies are still insufficient, the Snow Alliance's strength is still weaker, and the main force of Glacier City is still there, the supplies are sufficient, and the number of troops and the army are even stronger." Vaughn is not a general, and after this defeat, he will become more cautious! ”
Long Hao asked Lei Ming: "How many days is enough food for us to bring back?" ”
Lei Ming replied: "Not much, even if it is calculated with the minimum consumption, it will last about two days at most!" ”
"Only 2 days?"
Lei Ming nodded: "Under the minimum consumption, it is two days. If the standard consumption is calculated, there will be no food again tomorrow! ”
The crowd looked sad.
What can you do in two days?
After two days, the Snow League will run out of food again, where will I get it this time? Vaughn eats a sting and a long wisdom, and the three towns and even the ice and snow pass will definitely not hoard too much food, so he can't go directly to Glacier City to grab food, right?
Huang Tian sighed: "There is no way, our team is too bloated!" ”
Among the current Snow Alliance Army, there are not many regular formations and training, and the real army was wiped out as early as the Battle of Ice and Snow Pass, and the current Snow Alliance Army is composed of young and middle-aged residents. The harsh environment of the Desperate Ice Field will make the people fierce, but compared with the regular army, there is a big gap.
Zhang Mu rubbed his temples, thought for a while and said, "2 days of food?" Almost! In these two days, we will go all out to create undead spirits and expand the army as fast as possible! Let's start with an army and go straight to the Frost Trolls and capture the lost towns. ”
Someone immediately said, "Isn't it too early?" ”
Long Hao shook his head and pointed out: "Bingxue Ling is back to the three towns, there are several days away, and we have to think about it, that is, no matter what, we need to starve for a few days. Morale will be greatly damaged, and we must start a counteroffensive to retake the villages and towns before they are exhausted. If under the banner of pursuing and recapturing the homeland while the victory is taken, the Snow Alliance can best preserve its combat power with the support of faith. ”
Vaughn doesn't know about the Snow King at this time.
The Snow Allies basically didn't know.
Some high-level leaders of Snow Spirit, although they know about the Snow King, they don't know when the Snow King will be successfully transformed into an undead. It has been almost twenty days since the Snow King was put into the coffin of the Hades King, and the Snow Alliance has no time to continue waiting, although the overall strength is not hot, and it is not the best time for the decisive battle, but there is no choice.
"Then let's do it!"
Vaughn was weak and did not dare to go out easily.
It's not the best time, but it's also the right time. If you miss the opportunity, you may never get it back.
After some deliberation, Zuihou made a decision to draw out a relatively elite army of 100,000 first, bring more food first, and try to maintain it for a day or two, and the rest of the army or the undead stayed in the Ice and Snow Ridge, of course, there was not much food, and they could only hunt for a while, and they would not starve to death for a short time.
After Zhang Mu dismissed the meeting, he was about to return to his residence, but was intercepted by Chen Tingting halfway.
"Brother, you come with me!" Chen Tingting took Zhang Mu's hand and ran directly into an igloo, "We're eating stewed meat, come and help!" ”
Zhang Mu smelled an enticing fragrance.
There was an ice stove in the igloo, and everyone used magic fuel to make a fire, and the water was boiling slightly as soon as some slices of meat were placed in the pot, and the tempting aroma gradually diffused. Du Rongrong and Qin Xiaoshi swallowed saliva and waited beside them.
"Wood, come and help!"
Zhang Mu had no choice but to help cook, and at the same time used several cooking techniques, after magic processing, this pot of food immediately rose a few grades.
"Alright."
Several people share a pot of stew.
Du Rongrong cooed, and drank half a bowl in one go, "It's so fragrant." She touched her stomach, "I haven't eaten in days, I'm almost hungry." ”
Chen Tingting also devoured it and ate it all.
"Brother Zhang Mu."
Qin Xiaoshi brought a bowl to Zhang Mu, on her beautiful and delicate little face, her eyes were as clear as black gems, very clean, pure and flawless, such a person is already very rare among human beings.
Zhang Mu smiled slightly and said, "xiexie." ”
Qin Xiaoshi was shy, and her face turned red directly.
Du Rongrong haha laughed: "Xiaoshi is shy!" ”
Qin Xiaoshi hurriedly argued, "I didn't." The voice was soft, just like the one she was.
Chen Tingting said to Zhang Mu: "Brother, today is simply handsome. Use a fire-breathing skill to block Vaughn's big ice hockey ball, or we'll all die. Xiaoshi admires you so much, whenever you have time, you pester me to inquire, and you are annoyed to death! ”
Qin Xiaoshi was embarrassed.
Du Rongrong and Chen Tingting are two ghosts, lively by nature and like to be funny, while Qin Xiaoshi is a standard good girl, quiet and always teased. Zhang Mu looked at the three girls playing, but his heart was very warm, their physique was not high, they had not eaten enough for many days, and they were frozen in the ice and snow.
No complaints, though.
Instead, stay optimistic.
Some adults can't do it.
Zhang Mu knocked on Du Rongrong and Chen Tingting's heads alone, "Don't make trouble, eat and drink well, rest early, we will leave tomorrow." ”
At this time, there was a sound of footsteps, and the rest of the Huangquan Core Regiment all came.
"I guess you're here."
Everyone walked in with a smile, everyone brought food, Zhang Mu was the only chef in the core group, and anything could only retain the strongest effect after being treated with magic. Because of this, everyone is recruited.
The fat man carried a jar of wine, "I've got some wine, boss, let's have a few drinks!" ”
And they all ate and drank together.
Some of these people followed Zhang Mu at the beginning, and some joined one after another halfway, each with a different personality, but unconsciously, they have become trusted companions of each other and built a family.
Lei Ming said while eating: "The Dawn has not much energy, and it can only walk tomorrow, so if you come, you are afraid that it will be discovered by Vaughn, what should you do if it is intercepted or sneak attacked on the way?" ”
Zhang Mu had already thought of it.
But there is no way, even if you know that you will be attacked, then you have to kill it back, at least take back a town. Because of the recapture of a town and the recapture of the use of the airport, then humanity has the means to contact the camps and bring in a batch of supplies in time, to solve the most troublesome food problem to a certain extent.