The darkness affected the line of sight, which was not only not conducive to the pursuit, but also not conducive to attacking the mountain, so the Mingjiao retreated, and the previous fierce offensive naturally stopped, and the Red War vanguard army defending the mountain also got a chance to breathe.

When the day came, the light shrouded the mountains and rivers, the war drums sounded again, and the Mingjiao attack on the mountain began again, this time there were not many troops, but there were thousands of people.

Moreover, this time Mingjiao took the offensive of wheel warfare, each time the troops ranged from thousands to tens of thousands, and the five major altars such as the Divine Snake and the Vermilion Bird took turns to fight, and the fierce fighting lasted until nightfall, during which the Mingjiao launched dozens of offensives.

Such a battle lasted for two days, the vanguard army of the Red War was dragged to death on the mine, and General Li tried to evacuate several times, but was dissuaded by Chen Junshi.

It wasn't until the third day that the cavalry of the Red War Vanguard Army, who was responsible for delivering military orders, hurried back from the rear and brought the latest order of the Red War General, "General, the Great General has come to order, the Red War Vanguard Army must defend the mines, and at the same time, it must also ensure that the Eastern Highway leading to the Eastern Cities is unimpeded." ”

Chen Junshi was embarrassed, frowned, and sighed, "With the strength of the vanguard army, it is possible to defend the mine, but it is impossible to ensure that the Dongfang Avenue is unimpeded, don't forget, there are as many as thirteen hematite mines." ”

"What should I do?" General Li also fell into a dilemma, just a hematite mine dragged down more than 100,000 Red War vanguard troops, and the remaining tens of thousands of cavalry did not dare to advance at will, for fear of being encircled and suppressed by the Ming Sect.

In the final analysis, the vanguard army is only exploring the way, and it is obviously unrealistic for them to independently complete a large-scale offensive battle.

The Eastern Avenue continues to move forward, which is the area of thirteen hematite mines, and according to intelligence, there are millions of troops distributed by the Ming Sect, as well as geographical advantages.

In a word, the strength of the Red War Vanguard Army alone could not fulfill the orders of the Red War generals at all.

"Attack, attack..."

The distress of General Li and Chen Junshi could not affect the actions of the Mingjiao, and when the new day came, a new round of attacks on the Mingjiao Vermilion Bird Branch began.

A dense rain of metal arrows flew up from the mountainside, and hundreds of red arrows rose into the air like fiery clouds, quickly enveloping the sky above the mine.

"Here we go again." General Li took a deep breath and shouted, "Military Division, I can't manage so much now, let's defend this mine first." ”

The new day of war began with the rain of arrows at the Suzaku Altar, and ended with the rain of arrows, and when the darkness covered the heavens and the earth, the people of the Ming Sect evacuated the mines one after another, and they did not give the Red War vanguard a chance to pursue at all.

At night, torches were lit on the mines, and large braziers were burning, and the light of the fire dispelled the darkness and brought warmth and light to the Red War vanguard troops in the mines.

In the military tent, General Li was thinking hard about countermeasures, Chen Junshi frowned and walked around, and a cavalryman of the Red War Army hurriedly came, standing outside the military tent and said loudly, "General, the general is here." ”

"Which general?" General Li subconsciously asked.

There were a total of four generals in the army of this Eastern Crusade, they were the Red Iron General, the Red Arrow General, the Red Fire General, and the Red War Army's legion commander Red War General.

The four major legions of the royal family are in one line, and no one obeys anyone in peacetime, and the Red War Vanguard Army is subordinate to the Red War Army, except for the lord of the country, they have always respected the orders of the Red War generals.

"It's me." A burly figure stepped directly into the military tent from the outside, he was three meters tall, wearing gold-veined flame red armor, a war knife hanging from his waist, a red cloak on his shoulders, and a red unicorn on his head imprinted with noble golden lines.

As soon as he stepped into the military tent, it was as if a volcano was erupting, and the fiery blood qi rushed straight into the sky, and behind him, there were also four great masters of the Law Phase Realm.

"General... Subordinates see General. General Li and Chen Junshi were shocked and hurriedly stepped forward and bent down to salute.

He is the supreme commander of the Red War Army, the general of the ancient country with the title of Red War.

"Li Xinyi, what are you doing?" The Red War General naturally sat on the main seat, his burly body suppressed the Quartet like a hill, and his bright eyes were like burning flames, "After receiving the military order from the general, why did the vanguard still move, do you want to die?" ”

"And, what's going on with this mine?"

After receiving the battle report of the vanguard army on the front line, the general of the Red War could not sit still in the rear, and in order to solve the problem as soon as possible, he personally rushed to the hematite mine with the four major generals under his command.

The order given by the lord of the country to the Red War Army was to pass through and control the Eastern Avenue as soon as possible, and open the door to the East for the Eastern Expedition of the ancient country, but the vanguard army was unable to advance for a long time, which made him, the general of the Red War, lose face, and in order to save face, he had to come in person.

As a result, what I saw was that tens of thousands of Red War iron cavalry were stationed under the mine, and the remaining 100,000 cavalry gave up the war cavalry and ran to the mine, which made the Red War General very angry.

Li Xinyi is General Li's name, and during the questioning of the Red War General, he bent down and spread out a map, saying, "Look, General, the Eastern Avenue is close to this mine, and if it falls into the hands of the Ming Sect, our army may be attacked when it advances." ”

The Red War General glanced at it and continued to ask noncommittally, "The order I gave you is to ensure that the Eastern Avenue is unimpeded, but what are you doing now?" ”

Li Xinyi lowered his head and explained, "Back to the general's words, the last general personally led the vanguard army to capture the first hematite mine, but Mingjiao was unwilling to give up, and has been launching a counterattack from the back of the mine, wanting to recapture the mine. ”

"That's why your vanguard is so slow?" The Red War General frowned dissatisfied.

Li Xinyi didn't dare to raise his head, bent over and said, "Yes, the general, the vanguard army has limited strength, and it can only hold the first hematite mine, and it is difficult to continue to advance in a short time, please punish the general." ”

The Red War General slapped the table and scolded angrily, "Stupid, why don't you organize forces to kill the Ming Sect." ”

Li Xinyi shouted bitterly, "General, you really can't blame me, we have also organized a killing operation, but the people of the Ming Sect are very cunning, and they retreat to the depths of the mountains as soon as they see that something is wrong." ”

"We... Our vanguard army is all cavalry, and we are not good at fighting in the mountains at all, and the result is that we cannot kill them, but we have lost thousands of soldiers because of this. ”

"Knock knock..."

At this moment, suddenly the drums of war sounded in the darkness of the night.

"What's going on?" The Red War General stood up violently, and the flames surrounded him.

Li Xinyi confidently explained, "The general is angry, this is the people of the Ming Sect beating the drums, they make trouble every night, this is not giving us a chance to rest, we are all used to it." ”

Only then did the general of the Red War relax and sit down again, the sound of war drums made him think that his whereabouts had been leaked, and the Ming Sect had sent an army to surround and kill him.

However, he was still very dissatisfied with Li Xinyi's use of more than 100,000 troops to defend the mine, "How many troops does the Ming Sect have to attack the mountain, and you need to mobilize more than 100,000 troops to defend it." ”

Li Xinyi had a headache as soon as he mentioned this problem, "The Ming Sect is very hateful, the number of people they attack the mountain is changing all the time, sometimes it is as high as tens of thousands, and when it is few, it is only thousands. ”

"Shame... You are simply a disgrace to my Red Army. The Red War General was so angry that he pointed at Li Xinyi and scolded.

Li Xinyi knelt down on one knee and bowed his head to plead guilty, "The last general is incompetent, please ask the general to surrender." ”

"Hmph... Is my 300,000 vanguard army going to be trapped and die in this mine? The Red War General snorted coldly, looked at Chen Junshi and asked, "Chen Junshi, you don't have anything to say?" ”

"Uh... General, the strength of our vanguard army is less than 300,000. Li Xinyi raised his head slightly and said, "In several days of bloody battles, the Red War vanguard army suffered more than 30,000 losses, so..."

"Smack." The general of the Red War couldn't bear it anymore, got up and strode in front of Li Xinyi, slapped it down, and with a bang, Li Xinyi was shot out of the military tent.

"The general is angry." Chen Junshi was so frightened that he knelt down, and he didn't dare to see whether Li Xinyi was dead or alive.