Chapter Twenty-Three: Ferris Ridge

The terrain of Moshi Province is not as flat as that of Luo Cang Province, and there are many mountains in the middle, and these places are also the best places for the Congyun Empire to block the Tianyun army.

And they must also block the army of the Tianyun Empire here, because the Moshi Province is bordered by the Tianyou Province to the north, the Luo Cang Province to the east, the Merlin Province to the south, and the Hongyan Province to the west.

The west of Hongyan Province is adjacent to Congyun Province, although the terrain of Hongyan Province is not as flat as Luo Cang Province, but there are not many passes to hold, it is difficult to prevent the Tianyun army from entering Congyun Province.

The Congyun Province of the Congyun Empire, like the Tianyun Province of the Tianyun Empire, is the province where the imperial capital and the imperial city are located, the central location of the empire, and the heart of the empire, and its importance is self-evident.

If the army of the Tianyun Empire is really allowed to attack Congyun Province, it means that at least half of the territory of the Congyun Empire will fall into the hands of the Tianyun Empire, and the Congyun Empire will also face the danger of being destroyed.

For Zhou Xiaojun of the right army, Tianyou Province is a difficult bone to gnaw because there is a Burst Bear Legion there, and Moshi Province is also a difficult battle for the middle army and the left army.

As long as one of the three armies loses, it will inevitably affect the other two armies.

But if they win, he will not only add two more provinces to the territory of the Tianyun Empire, but also be able to attack the Congyun Province in the east and north, directly threatening the imperial capital of the Congyun Empire

It has been nearly forty days since they left Taniguchi City, and it has been half a month since the Fengyun Division entered Moshi Province, but the Fengyun Division, which had an extremely fierce offensive momentum, was forcibly blocked.

At this time, the Fengyun Division was blocked in a place called Ferris Ridge.

The Fengyun Division entered the Moshi Province in the early days, taking two cities in five days, but after capturing the second city, this place called Motianling became their only way.

As soon as you hear the name, Motianling is just not a good place to walk, there is a city on Motianling called Motiancheng, and Motiancheng is the next city that the Fengyun Division needs to capture.

The terrain of Motianling is dangerous and difficult to defend and difficult to attack, and there are heavy guards on it, and the 250,000 people sent by the Congyun Empire to block the middle of the Tianyun Empire are on the Motianling, of which 150,000 are in the Skyscraper City, and 100,000 are stationed in the soldiers of the Motianling.

The Fengyun Division was stationed five miles below the Ferris Ridge, and half a month ago, the Fengyun Division arrived here, but it failed to move forward, and it did not attack once.

The main tent camp of the Fengyun Division.

"Third brother, we've been in the bottom half of the Motianling for half a month, and we haven't attacked once, you won't take us here to see the scenery, right?" Zhou Yunlong complained.

"Look at the scenery, you think it's beautiful, this division has more than 100,000 people, and they have come here from thousands of miles, you actually say that you are here to see the scenery, you can really think about it!" Zhou Yunfeng, who was sitting on the main seat, gave Zhou Yunlong a big roll of his eyes unceremoniously.

In the big tent, seventeen people sat on the left and right sides of Zhou Yunfeng on two sides, with Long Hao on the right and Wei Tianquan on the left.

After more than a month of hard fighting, the Fengyun Division captured the seven cities again, according to the old method before, every time a city was captured, Zhou Yunfeng would select 3,000 to 5,000 people from the city guards who surrendered in each city according to the original selection method, and supplement them to the Fengyun Division.

It is precisely for this reason that every time the Fengyun Division attacks a city, there are casualties, but the strength of the division has not decreased, but has increased.

Originally, in addition to the bloody killing team, the Fengyun Division had a total of more than 140,000 people, and it was fully composed of 140,000 ** teams, of which there were only 24,000 infantry. But after continuous consumption and replenishment, the Fengyun Division has now reached more than 160,000 people, not including the bloody killing team led by Zhou Yunhu.

Because the extra personnel are not enough to form another 10,000 ** team, all the extra people are scattered in the 16 10,000 ** teams, which means that these 16 brigades are all full, and some are even overstaffed.

Because the city guards did not have many war horses, and the quality was not high, and the war horses were also consumed in the battle, the war horses obtained from the cities were only enough to replenish the consumption.

Because there are no extra war horses, the two expanded 10,000 ** teams are infantry brigades, which means that there are now a total of 16 10,000 ** teams in the Fengyun Division, including two wildebeest cavalry brigades, ten light cavalry brigades, four infantry brigades, and in addition to a bloody combat team.

In other words, the total strength of the Fengyun Division at this time was about 170,000.

"If you don't come to see the scenery, why don't you attack the Sky Ridge?" Zhou Yunlong said.

It has been ten days since the army arrived at the foot of the Sky Ridge, but Zhou Yunfeng has no intention of attacking, which makes the enthusiastic soldiers a little unable to wait, and Zhou Yunlong is one of the representatives.

"Wait for the opportunity!" Zhou Yunfeng said lightly.

"What opportunity are you waiting for? Could it be that the Central Army on the Sky Ridge can directly let us go up?" Bai Shan couldn't help but say.

"Of course, it is impossible for the Central Army to let us go, otherwise other people will come from afar with 250,000 people, not Lang Fei Food!" Zhou Yunfeng smiled and said: "The battle to attack Motianling will definitely start within three days, I am calling everyone today just to see if you have any good suggestions? The terrain of Motianling is dangerous, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if it is attacked, let alone whether the 100,000 troops above us will let us pass, even if it passes, the Fengyun Division is afraid that it will suffer heavy losses, this is not what I want to see." ”

Before, everyone was enthusiastic, although only Zhou Yunlong and Bai Shan were talking, but from their eyes, it could be seen that their hearts were full of war intent, and they were eager to attack Motianling, but now when Zhou Yunfeng asked about the strategy of attacking the mountain, everyone frowned.

After the wind and rain division arrived at Motianling, although they did not attack once, but on the day the army arrived, they went to survey the terrain, and they deeply understood the difficulty of Motianling.

At first, they thought that the commander of the Central Army had underestimated the enemy, but when they saw Motianling, they realized that they would not underestimate the enemy, but even if only 50,000 people were left, they could completely defend the place, but now they have arranged 100,000 people.

From the deployment of the troops on this Ferris Ridge, it can be seen that the deputy corps commander in command of this central army attaches great importance to their Fengyun Division, and when the strength is superior, they all send heavy troops to guard the Ferris Ridge, and the purpose is obvious, that is, to block the enemy who will attack in the future, so that they cannot advance half a step.

Of course, the purpose of the Central Army is not just to defend, if there is an opportunity, I believe they will not be polite.

"Our strength is not as good as the enemy's, and they have a dangerous enemy in their hands, we have no possibility of attacking at all, and if we fail to attack, our morale will inevitably be greatly affected, and then I am afraid that it will not be our attack on Motianling, I am afraid that the people above will also come down to attack us!" Jun Tian stroked his beard and said in a deep voice.

"It's true that Motianling is difficult to attack, but if we stay here all the time, we can't do it! Not to mention that not attacking for a long time will affect morale, even the consumption of grain and grass for these hundreds of thousands of troops is also a huge problem, so no matter what, we can't stop moving, otherwise after a long time, the morale of the army will inevitably be weakened!" Bai Shan said with a wry smile.

More than a dozen people nodded in unison, the army arrived at the pass, if it did not attack for a long time, it would inevitably affect morale, resulting in a discouragement of the army, and it was really difficult to say who was going to attack whom.

"Since everyone thinks that you can't attack by force, but you can't attack without attacking, then there is only one way left to outwit. Zhou Yunfeng nodded, looked at Zhou Yunhu and said, "Second brother, tell me about the road you found!"

Ten days after the Fengyun Division reached Motianling, although Zhou Yunfeng did not give the order to attack the mountain, he was not idle.

The Ninth Squad of the Dragon Tooth, which was originally sent by the Blue Dragon Legion to cooperate with Zhou Yunfeng's siege, is still there, but it was originally to cooperate with the Fengyun Mercenary Regiment and the Blue Dragon Legion, and now it is to cooperate with the Fengyun Division.

On the battlefield, the role of the dragon's teeth is not to fight head-on the battlefield, their role is to infiltrate and build a forward station for the army's attack, and the purpose of this front station is intelligence.

When the Fengyun Division had just entered the Moshi Province, Zhou Yunfeng had already received detailed information about Motianling and Skyscraper City, and at that time he had already begun to prepare to attack these two places, and also sent a hundred-person team from the bloody killing team to secretly go to Motianling.

Five days later, the Fengyun Division came to the foot of the Motian Ridge, but the members of the hundred-man squad did not come back, so Zhou Yunfeng did not attack the mountain once, so he ordered to set up camp.

This wait is a full ten days, originally Zhou Yunfeng thought that he would continue to wait, but just yesterday, this team of 100 people came back, although only more than 70 people came back, but they also brought back a way to attack Motianling.

It was precisely because of the return of this team that Zhou Yunfeng would gather all the commanders under his command to discuss the matter of attacking Motianling.

"Okay!" Zhou Yunhu nodded.

"Half a month ago, according to the information we received in advance, the division commander transferred a battalion from the assault battalion of the bloody battle team and sent it to Motianling, and the brothers of this battalion had just returned last night. After losing more than 20 brothers, they finally didn't sacrifice in vain, they brought back what we wanted!" Zhou Yunhu continued.

Although the Fengyun Mercenary Regiment has changed its name to the Blood Killing Team, the establishment inside has not changed, and it is also composed of six battalions of Wind, Cloud, Dragon, Tiger, Assault, and Wolf Cavalry, with one hundred people under each battalion and ten people as a team.

Thinking of the more than twenty brothers who had lost, Zhou Yunfeng, Zhou Yunhu and others inevitably felt a little uncomfortable in their hearts, so Zhou Yunhu suddenly stopped when he said this.

"That road has not been traveled before, only very few people know about the road, if it weren't for our Fengyun Division here, I'm afraid even if we found this road difficult to pass" Zhou Yunhu paused for a moment and continued.