Chapter 419: War on the Ruins
Tamu City, the first heroic city in the northwest developed from a military fortress, has long since lost its former appearance. To be precise www.biquge.info the three words of Tamu City are only left with symbolic meaning, as a prosperous northwest city, it has been completely erased from this land, leaving only historical ruins for people to hang on.
On the other side of the frozen Tahe River, Monton stood on the snow-covered slope of the mountain, dressed in armor, looking at the vanished city in the distance, and behind him was the endless camp of the Northern Frontier Army.
He paused for a long time, but finally shook his head.
Monton had an indescribable sense of grievance, with nearly 100,000 troops in his hands, and 30,000 elite cavalry of the Ice Plains Army blocking the back road, such a strong military advantage, but there was nothing he could do against the more than 30,000 vampire troops huddled in the ruins.
He remembered the short but fierce war five days earlier, and he felt a pang of fear.
Before the outbreak of the war, everything went extremely smoothly.
According to the plan with Nalan Xue, he allowed the people of the secret agency to infiltrate Tamu City to make final preparations for the destruction of Tamu City, and most of the defenders were replaced by death row prisoners and prisoners of war, and everything was carried out in an orderly manner in a very secret state.
As the earth shook and the mountains shook, the last of the walls and buildings of Tamu City were submerged in the dust that rose into the air.
The deliberately created illusion looks extremely real, and the city is full of stumps and broken arms. Even those who were lucky enough to not die were bleeding from their mouths and noses, wandering around like lonely ghosts, and finally fell to their deaths in the ruins.
At the same time that Tamu City was destroyed, the Vampire Legion appeared, and they poured out their nests to attack Tamu City directly. However, they were greeted by a rain of arrows from the Northern Frontier Army.
Surrounded on three sides, the Vampire Legion suffered heavy casualties, and they began to flee north in a hurry, and before they could completely break out of the ruins, they met the 30,000 elite cavalry of the Ice Plain Legion in a hurry, and they suffered heavy losses again.
They had to retreat back to the ruined city, the snow-capped ice fields were unobstructed, and if the vampire army were pursued by these 30,000 elite horsemen, they would not be able to escape even a single riding boot.
Obviously, the leading generals of the Vampire Legion also realized this, and they no longer tried to break through to the north, but relied on the ruins to form a formation and put up stubborn resistance on the spot.
With the twilight advantage of the last battle and the night battle, the vampire legion actually relied on the ruins to hold on to the square inch with great difficulty after paying a heavy price.
In line with the principle of encircling three and missing one, the Northern Frontier Army continued to attack, and the Ice Plain Army began to retreat, completely letting go of the encirclement, trying to break the opponent's military heart, but to Monton's surprise, the Vampire Army did not have the slightest intention of escaping, like a turtle in its shell, it would rather be scarred than give up its position.
In Mengton's view, there must be a demon when things are abnormal, and the other party's will is terrifyingly tough, not at all like the opponent who fled from Tamu City in a hurry years ago, and Monton can't understand what the other party's chances of winning are?
The opportunity to decide the outcome of the battle was in front of him, and it was impossible for Monton to give up the excellent opportunity for no reason, just when he was about to make a desperate bet to press the last 50,000 elites on standby, so as to completely annihilate the enemy in the shortest possible time, Guo Wu and Fu Tianlou, who had disappeared for many days, suddenly appeared.
They brought with them the terrifying news that the long-vanished Necromantic Legion was hiding at everyone's feet, and beneath the ruined city, there were 50,000 necromantic armies.
What's even more terrifying is that Brahma Heart, the master of the Necronomicon Legion, is very likely to have arrived in Tamu City not long ago, and she will bring the Necromantic Legion back to life at any time.
Monton finally understood what the strength of the opponent's stubborn resistance was, and perhaps the devil hidden in the darkness was also waiting for the order of his whole army. The other party's calculations are the same as his, and they all want to settle the battle together. If there was no news from Guo Wu and Fu Tianlou, this ruined city would have become the burial ground of the Northern Xinjiang Army.
He immediately ordered the attacking legions to feint and retreat, and the 50,000 elites on standby quickly retreated to the Tahe River, covering everyone's retreat to the camp on the other side of the Tahe River.
However, his calculations were still seen through by the other party, and nearly halfway through the retreat, the necromancer finally appeared, and one skeleton after another crawled out of the ground. Their withered palms reached out of the ground, sharp finger bones piercing into the soldier's ankles, and they fell to the ground in a scream of terror.
In all directions, more and more necromantic spirits rushed out of the ground, they pounced on the overwhelmed Northern Xinjiang soldiers, Sen Ran's teeth bit the throats of the soldiers, and these new Northern Xinjiang troops who had not experienced the war of the necromancy collapsed almost instantly.
The confusion spread to the entire retreating legion at the first moment, and the soldiers of the new army, unable to resist the oppression of fear, fled like headless flies.
For a time, wails were everywhere, and corpses were everywhere.
The vampire army took advantage of the chaos to counterattack, and the Northern Frontier Army experienced an unprecedented rout. Under the cover of the 50,000 elites who responded, the defeated soldiers retreated to the other side of the Tahe River overnight by taking advantage of the frozen Tahe River, and cut through the ice as soon as possible, so as to stop the pursuit of the Vampire Legion and the Necromantic Legion.
Immediately after the war, Montondi reorganized his army and counted the number of casualties. The results of the statistics made him heartbroken and a little glad that after the great rout, the losses of the Northern Frontier Army were about 24,000 men, of which two-thirds were the New Army.
This was undoubtedly a devastating defeat, but in terms of casualties alone, it exceeded the most optimistic estimates.
The generals of Northern Xinjiang speculated afterwards that such a result should be due to the feint attack of the Ice Plains Legion, which contained the pursuing Vampire Legion and Necromantic Legion, and covered more Northern Xinjiang soldiers to flee the battlefield.
However, Monton disagreed, as far as he knew, although the feint attack of the Icefield Legion had a certain effect, it could not have brought such a significant effect, and it looked like the enemy in Tamu City had finally let him go!
In order to find out the intentions of the other party, Monton gritted his teeth and launched another attack, and after being easily defeated by the Necromantic Legion, he had to retreat to the large camp on the other side of the Ta River again.
After this attack, Monton was even more confused, and the terrible skeletons seemed to have become polite gentlemen, who seemed to be content to hold on to the ruins of Tamu City, to protect the remaining 30,000 or so vampire legionnaires, and once they were out of this line, they would stop fighting and retreat into the ruins.
In the days that followed, both sides simply maintained a low-intensity battle.
In the ice and snow, 100,000 soldiers eat horses and chew, the food and grass of the Northern Xinjiang Army are already quite tight, and even the rich Ice Plains Army is a little unable to stay.
The Vampire Legion is even more scarce in food and grass, but they have no intention of leaving the ruins, they seem to be determined to defend this ruin, guarding the only gap between this ice field and the Empire.
Menton couldn't help but sigh as he thought back to what had happened before. He and his generals have already deduced countless times, but they still have no good solution, so they can only sit and watch the vampire army embedded here like a nail.
Prince Wen's accession to the throne is imminent, but Tamu City has been gained and lost, and the recent reward made the generals of the Northern Frontier feel ashamed, only to feel a hot pain in their faces, if they can't drive out the vampire army before the Bright Emperor ascends the throne, the Northern Frontier Army in the northwest will become a big joke for the imperial military!
Could it be true that we have to wait for the new generation of His Majesty the Bright Emperor to drive in person?
In that case, even if the Vampire Legion and the Necromantic Legion are defeated, the Northwest Jingluo Mansion and the Northern Xinjiang will have nothing to do with each other, and the independence and discourse power of the Northern Frontier in the empire will be greatly reduced, and they can only sit back and wait to be eaten away by the royal family step by step!
This is unacceptable to Monton and even all the generals of Northern Xinjiang, the reason why Northern Xinjiang is Northern Xinjiang is because from the beginning of the establishment of the Guangming Dynasty, she is a unique existence, her loyalty, bravery, perseverance and independence have never changed. And among all these qualities, independence is the foundation of everything.
It is precisely because of this independent will that in the battle of Yinshan in the past, Guo Zizhong dared to Chen Chongbing in the wolf city, and only took nine thousand wolf horses to the foot of Yinshan to rescue the driver. In Guo Zizhong's heart, there is no thought that "the emperor can be replaced, and the northern frontier must not be broken".
It is also for the same reason that Guo Zizhong will decisively refuse Ye Chong's wooing, he is loyal to the will of the Northern Frontier - the Northern Frontier is the guardian of the entire human race, not a tool in the hands of a member of the royal family, even if the other party is the Emperor of Light or the closest friend.
In Northern Xinjiang, everyone has a strange idea - if Northern Xinjiang was at the mercy of the selfish royal family, the Guangming Dynasty would have died long ago!
This is a strong self-confidence for no reason, and it is also an unshirkable sense of responsibility, and it is under this belief that Monton, who has long been born of life and death, will insist on surviving.
His tall body was as heavy as carrying a whole mountain: the northern frontier must not be lost in his hands!