On the hematite mine, mutilated corpses can be seen everywhere, red blood flowing, staining the potted mountains red, and weapon fragments scattered around.

On the top of the mountain, there were hideous cracks everywhere, which were blown open by the Heaven and Earth Yuan Stone, and Chen Junshi of the Red War Vanguard Army walked to General Li's side with a serious expression and said, "General, you have successfully captured the first hematite mine." ”

At a glance, it was full of devastation, but General Li was not angry at all, but seemed very excited, laughed and said, "Okay, great, the first credit belongs to our Red War Vanguard Army." ”

Conquering a hematite mine ceded to Mingjiao is a great achievement in recovering lost territory, and this is also the first merit of the ancient country's Eastern Crusade, General Li can imagine that when this good news reaches the lord, he will definitely receive a great gift.

Chen Junshi was silent for a while, and said with a heavy face, "General, in this battle, we suffered a lot of casualties, more than 8,000 killed in the battle, and more than 13,000 seriously wounded. ”

In this battle, the Red War vanguard suffered such a big loss, but what it got was a dilapidated mine, which was a bit more than worth the loss.

The most important thing is that Chen Junshi always feels that there is an unknown conspiracy here, and it is really the evacuation of the Ming Sect that is too simple, as if it was deliberately giving up the mine.

The smile on General Li's face disappeared in an instant, his sharp eyes looked around, and he asked angrily, "With more than 20,000 casualties, how can there be such a large number of casualties?" ”

Chen Junshi said with a calm face, "The previous resistance of the Ming Sect was very tenacious, and there was the geographical advantage of the mine, as well as the explosion of the Heaven and Earth Yuan Stone, so..."

General Li thought for a while, waved his hand, and said, "It doesn't matter, it is worth it to take the first hematite mine and make the first contribution, even if the loss is greater." ”

Seeing that his own general had lost his due calm because he was immersed in the joy of victory, Chen Junshi had to remind, "General, the offensive and defensive identities between us and the Ming Sect have changed. ”

"So what?" Standing on the mine, looking down on the mountains from a high vantage point, General Li closed his eyes intoxicated, enjoying the mountain breeze.

Chen Junshi took a deep breath and said, "Before, we were attacking, but now, it has become us guarding the mine. ”

General Li opened his eyes violently and shouted in a deep voice, "Hmm... Shoushan... This is not possible, we are the vanguard, and our mission is to remove obstacles from the front of the army. ”

Besides, only by moving forward can the vanguard army always be rewarded for meritorious service, and this is something that General Li won with great difficulty.

Chen Junshi said with a wry smile, "But General, if this mine is not defended, it will be recaptured by the Ming Sect at any time." ”

"Then divide the troops and allocate a part of the troops to guard the mines." General Lee did not hesitate to give a solution.

Chen Junshi worriedly persuaded, "General, I'm afraid that this will be broken by the Ming Sect. ”

"Kill!"

As soon as the words fell, the Ming Sect's counterattack arrived, and tens of thousands of Sect Sect members wearing different colors of armor launched an attack from the back of the hematite mine.

If the hematite mine is divided into the front and back, then the front side is exactly facing the Oriental Avenue, and the back side is facing the mountains, and from the back side all the way down, there are one mountain after another.

The members of the five major altars of the Ming Sect were hidden in the mountains, and after receiving the order, they immediately sent tens of thousands of elites to launch an offensive from the back of the hematite mine.

Suddenly, the mountain was full of figures, and the people from the five major altars, such as the Divine Snake, Vermilion Bird, and Xuanwu, were all dispatched.

Chen Junshi's face was extremely ugly, he really guessed that the loss of this mine was really a conspiracy of the Mingjiao, "General, look, the Mingjiao is really here." ”

"It's still specifically from the back of the mine, and it won't give us a chance to block the cavalry at all."

If the Mingjiao people launched an attack from the front, then the hundreds of thousands of cavalry left by the Red War Vanguard Army on Dongfang Avenue at the foot of the mountain would be able to directly chisel through them on the spot, without the need for the soldiers above the mine to attack.

But now, Mingjiao is attacking from the back of the mine, which makes the cavalry units of the Red War Vanguard Army useless, and the real battle can only rely on the soldiers on the mine.

General Li was very angry, gritted his teeth and shouted angrily, "Damn, go and prepare the hematite boulder, and let them taste the impact of the rolling stone." ”

"There are no boulders left." Junshi Chen shook his head in disappointment.

General Li was stunned, "No... How could it be gone? ”

Chen Junshi pointed around and said with a bitter face, "General, you can see for yourself, the slightly larger red iron stones on this mountain have been hollowed out by the people of the Ming Sect. ”

General Li took a look, it was true, the top of the mountain was empty, not to mention big stones, even small stones are rare, and General Li, who was laughing angrily, shouted, "If there is no boulder, then prepare a bow and arrow, and you must not let the people of the Ming Sect rush up." ”

"Buzz..."

"Puff puff!!"

For a while, the rain of arrows burst out from the top of the mountain, and the metal arrows pierced through the Mingjiao warriors, but unfortunately, the Red War vanguard army did not have many arrows, and after more than a dozen arrow rains, they had no arrows.

"The Xuanwu shield is in front, and the Vermilion Bird Feather Arrow counterattacks."

"The Blue Dragon Spearmen and the White Tiger Warriors are ready to fight in close combat."

"The Divine Serpent Scimitar Guard is ready to take the mountain."

"Attack, attack..."

"Kill!"

Without the threat of arrow rain, the warriors of the five major altars of the Ming Sect began to attack, they took the shield of the Xuanwu branch altar as the first, and counterattacked with the arrow rain of the Vermilion Bird branch altar, killing all the way to the top of the mountain.

Immediately afterwards, the three major altars of the Divine Snake, the Green Dragon, and the White Tiger climbed the mountain and began to kill, only to see the scimitar of the Divine Snake Altar being unpredictable, the spear of the Qinglong Altar being sharp and sharp, and the war knife of the White Tiger Altar being like an axe to kill, and the Red War Vanguard Army that had just captured the hematite mine ushered in a huge challenge.

The Red War Vanguard Army, which had no experience in defending the mountain at all, was caught off guard, and they did not have the innate conditions such as trenches and fortresses to defend the mountain, so they could only fight against the Ming Sect.

"Bell, bell..."

The fierce fighting lasted until nightfall, and just when General Li and Chen Junshi thought that this war would continue, Mingjiao withdrew his troops.

"Withdraw." Thousands of Mingjiao warriors fought and retreated, and rushed down the mine with great speed, leaving mountains full of corpses and blood.

General Li subconsciously wanted to lead the army in pursuit.

Chen Junshi hurriedly grabbed him and reminded him in a loud voice, "The night is falling, the general must not chase after him at this time, it will be very dangerous to rush into the mountains." ”

General Li calmed down at this time, looked up at the darkness covering the sky and covered the earth, and then looked at the exhausted soldiers around him, he stopped helplessly.

"Whew... It's such a terrible Mingjiao, aren't they all afraid of death? ”

"I have heard for a long time that the Terran Ming Sect fought bravely, and today I finally saw it."

Many soldiers of the Red War Vanguard Army held their weapons and sat on the ground without any image, discussing in a low voice.

Chen Junshi sat next to General Li and said in a low voice, "General, I'm afraid this battle will not be easy to fight. ”

"Or give up the mine?" General Lee made a suggestion.

Chen Junshi shook his head violently, stood up, walked to the edge of the mine, pointed to the Dongfang Avenue below and said, "Don't do it, General, I can see that the Ming Sect wants to use the mine as the main battlefield." ”

"Once we do give up the mines, then they will take back control of the hematite mines."

"When the time comes, the Ming Sect will be able to condescendingly attack the Eastern Avenue, and the army of the ancient country's Eastern Expedition will suffer heavy losses."

General Li also got up and walked to the edge of the mountaintop, looking at the torches lit below, he was very angry, "Damn, this is a big trouble, the ancient country should not give up the thirteen hematite mines to the Ming Sect." ”

"It's just nonsense, isn't this handing over the lifeblood of the ancient kingdom in the East to the Ming Sect?"

The Eastern Highway was the only way for the ancient kingdom to go east, and if it was attacked from the mines while the army of millions was advancing, then the losses would be huge.

Standing in the mine, this is a strategic place that chokes the throat of Dongfang Avenue, and the Ming Sect can give up, but the Chiyan Ancient Kingdom can't do it anyway.

In this way, the Chiyan Ancient Kingdom will be very passive, there are a total of thirteen hematite mines, if you go to take the mountains one by one, it will definitely take a long time, but the problem is that you can't take it if you don't take it.

Chen Junshi sighed lightly and said, "Alas... It's too late to say anything, no matter what, we must defend this mine to the death, and we must not retake it back for Mingjiao. ”

In order to ensure the unimpeded flow of the Eastern Avenue, the thirteen hematite mines must be under the control of the Chiyan Ancient Kingdom, and the first one that was finally won must not be given up.

"This will cause my Red War Vanguard to suffer heavy losses." General Lee was worried.

Chen Junshi said categorically, "General, I can't care about so much, I must defend the mine." ”

General Li pondered for a while, shook his head and said, "I can't make a decision on this matter without authorization, I must immediately send a message to the general to see what the general's order is." ”

"I agree with the general's decision." Chen Junshi nodded.