Chapter 41: A bit of a play
After saying this, Wang Yi felt that he was a bit out of a play, which should be because he didn't learn "Actor's Self-cultivation" very well.
Fortunately, Qingyang didn't care much about Wang Yi's acting skills, but pointed to the corpses under the field and the ghost army that was being repaired and said: "The ghost army surrounded it last night, there were as many as 300,000, and there was no way to repair it, so it began to attack the city overnight." ”
"Our army held a night and repelled several attacks by the ghost army. However, the number of ghost armies continues to increase, and according to reports, the ghost army outside the city now has more than 600,000 people, and has surrounded Tongzhou. Lord Xun has already released carrier pigeons and gone to Yanjing for help. ”
This time the ghost army fought too fiercely, there were only more than 200,000 soldiers in Tongzhou, and after the wind cavalry army representing the mobile force was eliminated, the remaining people wanted to hold the siege of the 600,000 ghost army, it was not impossible, but it was bound to be a hard battle.
And that's not the biggest concern right now.
Since the emergence of large space nodes has been confirmed, then the large-scale reinforcement of the ghost army will continue. More than 300,000 troops were added in one night, and as long as the ghost army started a war of attrition, Tongzhou was estimated to not be able to hold it for long.
Now the ghost army has erected a forbidden immortal array around Tongzhou, and the immortal cultivators can't fly. The only thing that gave the Tongzhou soldiers some comfort was that Lord Xun had already asked for help.
"It's foggy. ”
Qingyang looked at the clouds and mist floating in the ghost army with a solemn face, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
It was the first time Wang Yi had seen the ghost fog, but he had a certain understanding of this thing.
The strength of the ghost clan is mainly reflected in the night, and under the strong light, the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. Therefore, the attack of the ghost clan is usually at night, and as long as the human race defends at night and survives this section, they can fight a counterattack during the day.
The ghost fog is a common means used by ghost fairy warlocks to counteract the effects of bright light, and in positional warfare, it usually starts as soon as dawn starts. Although in the ghost mist, the combat power of the ghost clan is not as strong as at night, but at least it will not be weakened too hard by the sun.
And the ghost fog also has a weakening effect on the human race, at least the visibility, which is much worse.
Wang Yi looked at the ghost fog with a thoughtful look.
He came in with the "Taikoo General History" on his back, and the situation in front of him looked extremely critical, but in fact it was not the case at all.
In the previous invasion wars, although the ghost army also played tactics with the Terrans, they were generally petty fights. And this time, the destination of the ghost army directly pointed to Yanjing as soon as it came up, in fact, it wanted to serve the imperial room of the Northern Capital.
This operation of the ghost army not only used the small space node explosion technology for the first time, but also successfully defeated the wind cavalry once. In the siege battle, he skillfully applied classic routines such as striking the east and attacking the west, and darkness Chen Cang, which caught the Terran army off guard.
In this defensive battle, if it weren't for a little luck on the part of the Northern Capital Imperial Family, it might have been slaughtered by the ghost army.
And once Yanjing City falls and the Northern Capital Imperial Family falls, then the human race will inevitably be in chaos. The Ghost Army may be able to develop on this land.
"It's a pity that the Wind Cavalry Army was lost, if it weren't for that, our army wouldn't be so passive. ”
In the battle against the ghosts, cavalry is a very important type of troops. The ghost clan is good at positional warfare, because the longer the forbidden immortal array is arranged, the stronger the power it will exert. In addition to the Forbidden Immortal Formation, the same is true of the other formations. Once it is moved, then means such as ghost fog are actually of little effect.
If there is no loss of the Wind Cavalry Army, as long as Xun Cheng nails this force near the space node and specifically attacks the ghost clan who are still marching outside during the day, it will definitely be a dozen and one accurate.
It's a pity that the Wind Cavalry is gone, and there are no cavalry troops in Tongzhou.
"Yesterday, if I had listened to what Brother Wang said and been cautious, maybe I wouldn't have been so passive. Qingyang sighed, this is also the reason why everyone is in a hurry to find Wang Yi. "Brother Wang, in such a situation, I don't know what you think?"
Wang Yi actually doesn't understand the importance of cavalry to the ghost army's combat, otherwise he might have mentioned it yesterday and suggested replacing it with infantry or something.
Of course, it is more likely that there is no mention of history for the sake of respect.
"I don't think it would be a big problem to hold on for a few days with our military strength in Tongzhou. Wang Yi touched his chin and said.
You know, this ghost army is constantly increasing. Qingyang said with a frown.
"Feeling. ”
Qingyang glanced at Wang Yi with some surprise, "Feeling?"
"Well, it feels. ”
Wang Yi's feelings are different from ordinary people's feelings, and he has a historical basis. This is also the reason why the ghost clan played tactics this time.
Don't look at the fact that there are more than 600,000 ghost troops outside now, and they are still reinforcing them, but when the ghost fog rises and the visibility is reduced, the ghost army will begin to withdraw on a large scale.
Now is the only time in the following period of time, the only time you can see the full picture of the ghost army in visibility, the purpose of the ghost army is to let everyone in Tongzhou see it, there are a lot of people outside you, you should be ready to defend it!
By the way, I also have to ask for help by the way.
According to historical records, at noon today, the number of ghost troops outside will drop to about 300,000. 150,000 in the north city, 50,000 in the east, west, and south, and then attack the north city every day, consuming 3-50,000 people, and then continuously replenished by the nodes.
The battle that consumed 3-50,000 people in one night was actually quite fierce, and at that time, Wei Gao, the general of the Tongzhou Hussars, was seriously injured, and Xun Cheng was still in a coma in bed. There are no radicals, and there is no leader to preside over the overall situation, and everyone's idea is to hold on, wait for support, and drag on for a day.
Tongzhou has plenty of grain and grass, and there are 200,000 troops stationed in it, so you can defend it for a long time.
It's a pity that they didn't know that the cavalry sent by Yanjing to support was ambushed by the ghost army halfway. Also 3 days later, Yanjing was surrounded by more than a million ghost troops.
The transportation capacity of more than one million is basically the transportation limit of the first stage of large-scale space nodes. For the next period of time, this space node can only ensure a small-scale transmission rhythm and ensure the replenishment of the encirclement of the Tongzhou army.
This time lasts about 5-7 days.
In other words, as long as the ghost clan withstands the first wave of the Terran army's counterattack and survives the second large-scale delivery, then the supporting armies of other cities can be stopped or even annihilated. Once Tongzhou and Yanjing are isolated, when the third delivery is opened, the Terran army will basically be unable to balance the ghost army.
In fact, Yanjing garrisoned 350,000 troops and sent 50,000 cavalry to sweep the space nodes and rescue Tongzhou. The remaining 300,000 defenders, let alone counterattack, faced with an army of more than one million ghost clans, had to defend only one road.
The other cities were far away, and the army could not catch up with them for 7 days.
This plan is close to seamless, and it is an attack plan made by a prince of the ghost clan after lurking in the realm for a long time. Among them, the only weak link is the 50,000 dragon riders sent by Yanjing.
Similarly, it was these 50,000 dragon riders who turned the tide at the last moment.