Chapter 356: The Roar Doesn't Stop
Huangfu Song couldn't help laughing when he saw this effect, and said: "Then roar, I want to scare their courage, I want to roar their souls out of the body, I want to make them can't stand the torture of this voice, and obediently open the door and come out to surrender." So the soldiers who were infected by the emotions became extremely excited, and drove the green fire wolves one by one, roaring so that the sky shook and the earth trembled. Until Huangfu Song himself couldn't stand it anymore, shouting: "You guys don't shout anymore!" rushed into his big tent, arched into his quilt, and never came out again.
The earth-shattering roar outside finally subsided, and all the people were in a state of trance that was stunned, and they couldn't recover for half a day.
That night, the tired Blue Fire Wolf and their cavalry camped on the spot, and the two sides were safe. Before dawn, in the darkest hour of the night, countless soft ladders fell silently from the walls of the city guard. The men in black nightcoats climbed down the improvised wooden bridge laid by the enemy, crossed the moat, and unknowingly approached the enemy's camp.
In the past few days of battle, the soldiers of the Eastern Saint Kingdom are exhausted, and they generally believe that the Black Cloud City Country has few people and is too weak, so they can only defend, and they dare not attack rashly.
So although they sent sentry posts and patrols, no one would be on duty seriously. So when the first sentry woke up from his sleep and saw countless dark shadows scurrying not far away, it was too late for him to scream loudly, and an inevitable catastrophe was coming.
Originally, the green fire wolf's sense of hearing and smell was also good, and it was much more sensitive than a human. But these days, the soldiers of Black Cloud City have been using fire attacks, and the battlefield is full of unburned waste, which is not only full of green smoke, but also smells great. It invisibly effectively concealed the actions of the Blue Dragon Kingdom's sneak attack troops.
This time, the sneak attack mission was carried out by the second-tier team of the Blue Dragon Flying Tigers, which was a reserve force. There are a total of 10,000 people, commanded by Liang Xu. The hard crossbow they use is a fine iron version of the "Legend of the Grim Reaper", although its lethality and range cannot be compared with the Taihe iron version, but it is no problem to far exceed the ordinary bow crossbow.
In addition, these people have undergone countless days and nights of strict and cruel training, and they completely surpass the Qilin Tiger Army in terms of physical fitness, and can perfectly meet the requirements of the front-line troops, so their combat effectiveness is very terrifying.
Their first target was the Green Fire Wolf Cavalry Army, which had been making trouble all day during the day.
The green fire wolf is large and wild, but it is not invulnerable. At this time, they slept on the floor with their masters, completely unaware of the impending catastrophe.
The formation of the sneak attack troops was very neat, showing the excellent tactical literacy cultivated by daily training. They weren't spotted until they were only thirty meters away from the opposing camp. One of the awakened sentries shouted, "Sneak attack!—" but his voice quickly faded into chaos.
The first row of sneak attackers, who were in a neat formation and walked in unison, fired an overwhelming rain of arrows in a soldier-standard kneeling position under the commander's short and powerful command. More than a dozen sharp arrows poured out from each person, carrying a huge amount of power, and swept through the sea of humans and wolves like a hurricane.
Suddenly, the screams erupted, and the undead men and wolves let out all sorts of strange and heart-rending wails. Some of the men and wolves were frightened, and frantically got up from the ground and scurried around. Countless longing black shadows at the scene were mixed and chaotic.
After a rain of arrows, the soldiers in the first row quickly retreated. The men in the second row trotted forward, and at the sound of the password, the second wave of arrows whistled again.
After three waves of arrows like this, the attacking soldiers hurried back to the defense line of Mingyang Fort. It was only then that some of the officers of the Eastern Saint Kingdom reacted, roaring hoarsely and organizing troops to counterattack.
To be honest, their response was still very fast, and the quality of the grassroots cadres in the army was very high. They didn't line up at all, and soon a tide poured out from all corners to pursue the retreating soldiers of the Blue Dragon Kingdom.
It's easy for 10,000 people to pull out of the castle without interference, but it becomes very difficult to quickly withdraw to the castle in case of an emergency.
Fortunately, the cadres of the Flying Tigers are also very effective, they organize the troops in an orderly manner, which part of the cover, which part of the withdrawal to what direction, which part of the covering force, these things that have been repeatedly discussed before the war, are particularly important at this time.
The receiving troops on the city wall were also in good order and had a clear division of labor. In particular, the rockets of the covering troops, under the command of the experienced Liang Xu, concentrated their forces on the areas where the enemy was too concentrated to blockade in advance and fired intensively, and the results achieved in this were very remarkable.
The sneak attack troops outside the city adopted the method of withdrawing in batches and covering each other, and gradually retreated without panic. When the fierce battle reached dawn, they finally withdrew safely within the defense line of Mingyang Fort under the pressure of the pursuing soldiers.
Huangfu Song was furious at the sneak attack. According to post-war statistics, this sneak attack caused the army of the Eastern Saint Kingdom to lose more than 10,000 people, and a considerable part of them were the Blue Fire Wolf Cavalry Army. And the Qinglong Kingdom only paid the price of more than a hundred people for this, which was almost insignificant.
In retaliation for the attack of the Northern Alliance, Huangfu Song ordered a full-scale attack, and the defense line of Mingyang Fort soon fell into the greatest pressure since the start of the war. The Eastern Saint Kingdom gathered most of the infantry and cavalry, divided it into three teams, a total of more than 100,000 people, and began to attack the defense line of Mingyang Fort in turn. Their officers were all mad, staring at blood-red eyes and brandishing broadswords to supervise the battle step by step, and any soldier who rushed to the post slower would be immediately punched, kicked, and even threatened with a knife.
The momentum of this attack was very strong, exceeding the energy of any previous one. The soldiers of the Eastern Saint Kingdom rushed to the city wall in the first wave of attacks, and extremely fierce hand-to-hand combat broke out with the defenders. The second wave of attacks was even more formidable, and the entire line of defense seemed to be shaky. The top and bottom of Mingyang Fort were littered with corpses, blood, and severed limbs. Due to the excessively critical situation, Luo Mingde did not give the order to put the Qilin Tiger Ben Army of Quanzhonghan into the battlefield early.
By the evening of the same day, the Qilin Tiger Army was still unable to support itself after being transferred to the front line. Luo Ming had no choice but to pull Liang Xu's Flying Tigers up, and finally withstood the opponent's fierce attack.
The battle lasted until midnight, and the enraged Huangfu Song killed more than a dozen generals and strictly supervised the battle, but still failed to break through the defense line in the slightest. Exhausted, under the persuasion of his subordinates, he finally agreed to temporarily withdraw his troops and fight again tomorrow.