Chapter 956: Decisive Victory
"What are you concentrating your forces for? Another air raid and bombing? Remember, he was the one who was blocked in front and back this time, and I think he didn't leave to appease the hearts of those trapped soldiers. β
This statement made most of the officers nod, and in two days, their own legions had established a preliminary defense system and besieged them, and the enemy army could not fly.
Once Downton leaves, there is a good chance that these desperate soldiers will surrender, so it is better to take them to the death of the enemy, and in the end, he can still leave in a battleship.
"If I am replaced, I will definitely change my son, not abandon my son!"
"Downton didn't leave, maybe it was because he was seriously injured, the intelligence said that he was counterattacked when he rushed up the stairs, according to the deserter's account, two days ago, they saw a huge impact erupt in this castle, and the group of magicians accompanying the team did feel violent elemental fluctuations!"
"Whether or not we can kill Downton, this is a good opportunity to annihilate an enemy army, and we desperately need a victory to boost morale now. β
The main battle faction was in the majority, and they looked to the Supreme Commander.
The commander raised his head, looked at the top of the big tent, and listened to the sound of the autumn rain hitting it, his face solemn.
At noon, the Frankfurt army launched another tentative breakout attack, and the soldiers who had just picked up their rice bowls had to put down and hurriedly run to the defense area to operate the catapult.
A moment later, a wooden bullet made of wooden stakes was ignited and smashed into the cavalry that had rushed down from the mountainside.
"Commander, Downton is personally leading the team to charge!"
After seeing Downton's handsome flag, the scout came to report it as soon as possible.
"Let's go, let's see!"
The commander was startled and immediately got up, and the other generals hurriedly followed.
"Is that Downton?"
Using the monoculars, the commander saw the young man who rushed to the front on a scorching nightmare. It's really a young mess, and when you see him, you will unconsciously make people sigh, the years are really in a hurry.
The generals are silent, is it this man who beat the country all over his body?
"Except for the red-skinned guards. It's all us Samosaians!"
Some officers resented, but this was also reasonable, and a tentative attack to find a weak area of the defensive line was naturally to send troops to death.
Soon, under the suppression of the projection car and the rain of arrows, these soldiers who had lost their fighting spirit began to run back, and the scolding of those guards was completely useless, and Downton had no choice but to return with an annoyed expression.
"This time back. He's probably going to kill a lot of people. β
There are soft-hearted officers who sigh.
"What do they do? Defecting to the enemy and treason is a capital crime!"
Ignoring the clamor of his subordinates, the commander looked at his personal magic advisor, "How?"
"Downton is indeed seriously injured, and I feel that his soul fluctuations are very weak, and his vitality seems to be drained. β
The advisor in the mage's robe specializes in soul magic, so in a word.
"The order goes down. Continue to garrison and notify the major corps. Be sure to get here within three days, otherwise it will be dealt with by military law, and another notice will be sent to the country, and all the scepter steps will be dispatched, this is a golden opportunity, if you kill him when Downton lands the ship. Those airships are ours!"
The commander-in-chief gave up the intention of attacking immediately, and decided to continue to gather forces so that the battle would be won or lost.
"How?"
As soon as Downton returned, Trist came up and grabbed the reins.
"If I show up, I should be able to slow down the enemy's offensive. After the notice, except for the garrison troops, the others should seize the time to rest. β
Downton was bullying the enemy, because he didn't even think about breaking through, he didn't tell the Red Turban Army, so that these guys thought they were being used as cannon fodder, so the expression on his face was panicked and frightened, full of deception.
In the past few days, Downton seized the time to recuperate, and during this period, he continued to send troops to harass, and in the end, the other party had changed from focusing on dealing with it to being lazy.
"Cheer me up, this is a feint, and when you are careless, the real attack will come. β
The officers patrolled the camp and kept admonishing that in the face of Downton, who had made such a brilliant record, no one dared to underestimate him.
"Duke, the enemy army gathered at the foot of the mountain has exceeded 150,000, and behind the castle, there are also 100,000, if you have any plan, hurry up and implement it, otherwise when the ratio of forces reaches an extreme, any tactics will look pale and powerless!"
Parr's face was ugly, and he thought that Downton had seen no hope of escaping and was ready to change his son.
"Presumptuous, what does the master do, it's not your turn to teach!"
Jackson has an airship to sit on, so naturally he doesn't have to worry, otherwise he would have cried and let Downton break through.
"Trist!"
Downton asked.
"The General Staff has made an assessment, after the air raid, there are nearly 200,000 enemy troops stranded on the border, excluding the missing and escaped, it should be in the left 170,000!"
Trist flipped through a text jiΓ n folder and handed the number jΓΉ to him.
"Well, it doesn't make much sense to wait any longer. Downton took out his pocket watch and glanced at it, "Notify the whole army, bury the pot and make food, and at one o'clock in the afternoon, the whole army will assemble and start a general attack!"
Parr didn't care about Downton's words, it seemed to him that the young man was arrogant and didn't want to say such a disappointing word as a breakthrough.
The autumn rain is bleak, hurting the body and heart.
In the square in front of the gate of the castle, the soldiers stood with solemn expressions, and the audience was silent, and even the birds and insects felt this oppression, many far away.
Even the natives of the hills, who have always been heartless and lungless, have a dignified face at this time, not to mention the Red Turban Army, all the men and horses on their side combined, but only 30,000, and Ersingbao has been surrounded by more than 300,000 troops, breaking through downward, there are too many enemy troops, breaking through upward, even if they escape, they will enter the Samosai realm, and the final outcome will definitely be exterminated.
This place has become a place of death, and they are a group of dying people.
"The duke has arrived, everyone is upright!"
The military commander standing at the front roared, and all the soldiers reflexively put their feet together, raised their hands in salute, and the sound of military boots stepping on the floor resounded in the sky.
Downton returned the salute, rode the Nightmare, and stopped directly in front of the Legion.
"My warriors, after today's battle, you will destroy the kingdom of Samosai with your own hands. Let it disappear from the map of the Western Earth Continent!"
Airplanes!
There was a slight exclamation in the square, this is still Downton's prestige is strong enough, if it were replaced by another commander, these soldiers would have fried the pot long ago.
This is a joke, no matter how you look at it, it is your own army that will be destroyed!
"I know you don't believe it, and that's okay. In half an hour, you'll see the results!" Downton turned his head and ordered the Krupp guards, "Give the signal, the general attack begins!"
As the magic fireworks burst into the sky, Downton walked outside the castle and looked condescendingly at the camp below, which stretched for dozens of miles with large tents.
The voices of the people are boiling, and the smoke is curling!
Soon, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief appeared outside the camp with the officers, behind them. It is a group of guards made up of magicians.
"Damn, they're going to break out!"
The deputy commander's face was so gloomy that he could almost drip ink, and the scepter-level powerhouses had not all been in place until now, just the two of them, and sending them out would be sent to death.
The Supreme Commander was very helpless, when was it, those families were still not united, calculating the gains and losses. But come to think of it, the Scepter Rank is the extreme force of a family. If there is an accident, the family will be destroyed.
"When the war starts later, the Seventh and Eighth Corps will do their best to hold Downton back, and we must not give him a chance to board the battleship!"
The Supreme Commander-in-Chief decided to use the tactics of the sea of people to kill Downton.
The whole camp was a running assembly of soldiers, like ants, for fear of bombing. Therefore, the distance between the tents is relatively scattered, so it will be a waste of time to assemble them.
"Commander, something isn't right, why hasn't he attacked yet? The defence is solid, and it will be even more difficult for him to break through. β
Some experienced officers saw that something was wrong.
"This guy can't be fooling us, is he?"
Some officers thought of Downton's actions in the past few days, and felt that this answer was more reliable, that guy was deliberately depleting the soldier's body, after all, he had few people, and it was more convenient to disband and assemble.
The commander frowned, looked through the binoculars, and found that the officers on the opposite side had a determined expression, but as they did not move, their morale was falling, and their faces were confused.
"What the hell does this guy want to do? Could it be to see the scenery?"
The Supreme Commander-in-Chief did not understand.
Time passed minute by minute, and just when everyone was waiting impatiently, someone suddenly spoke.
"What do you see?"
As one of the hearing magician officers spoke, the others turned their heads and listened intently.
"Indeed, there is a voice, coming from above, as if thousands of war horses are galloping?"
"What are you kidding, the terrain here is not at all suitable for a cavalry charge?"
"And what do you say is this sound?"
The officers argued, because of the unknown, everyone's attitude was too bad, and the tone became heavier and heavier.
"I ...... I know what it is?"
One of the officers spoke, and the others immediately looked at him, and they saw that his face was pale and his lips trembled, as if he were about to experience the end of the world.
"What's wrong? Are you talking?"
When the deputy commander saw his appearance, he was angry.
"Mountain...... Mountain ......"
The officer's voice trembled, unable to speak.
"What is the mountain?"
Someone questioned, and the deputy commander simply rushed over, waved his hand and slapped him a few times, and the corners of his mouth cracked and bloody.
"Torrent!"
The officer was in a good mood and finally roared, and this sound also made the surroundings seem to drop to freezing point in an instant, and everyone was dumbfounded.
"What did you say?" someone was still asking, "where is there a flash flood at this time?"
"What are you going to do, let the soldiers hurry up and move to the nearby high ground!"
A quick-reacting officer looked at the camp and, without waiting for the commander's order, ran away and took refuge under his command.
Boom! Boom!
The sound from the mountain grew louder and louder, and the soldiers stopped, followed the sound and looked at Ersingburg, and saw a huge flood peak, rushing down from the mouth of the waterfall on its right, because it was so great that it not only flooded the forest on both sides, but even some rushed down from the other side of the castle.
In the next moment, the soldiers turned around and ran, this terrifying natural disaster is not something that manpower can withstand. (To be continued......)