Chapter 177: The Ancient Stone Decisive Battle, the Power of the Clear Source.
Although the other three battalions were additionally restocked, the preparation time did not delay for long.
In less than an hour, the remaining thirty or so trucks in the town were ready to set off and head for the front line.
Goodern and Erin, on the other hand, rode in a modified special off-road and mixed in the group.
At the same time, Noros was in a truck behind him, following closely behind.
The speed of the journey at night is slightly slow, but in terms of mobility of the vehicle, except for the driver and the security personnel, the rest of the people can sit in the car and close their eyes and rest.
And if you can sleep, it's a good place to rest.
On the other side, the three battalions that received the information learned that the orcs had stopped advancing and chose to stick to the ancient stone city, and the young master also personally brought it to command.
The previous news did not feel anything, but the arrival of the young master made them nervous immediately, and they rushed to the predetermined place overnight to meet them, regardless of all the equipment they could bring with them in the rest belt.
After arriving at the predetermined location and setting up camp, the two commanders felt still uneasy, and sent a convoy to meet them.
It was only when the sky dawned the next day that they arrived at the scheduled camp and began to change their garrison and replenish the ammunition for the other three battalions.
After getting out of the car, Goodern looked a little surprised when he saw Els, who was wearing a circle of bandages.
"What's the matter with you? Hurt like this?"
"Hehe, it's nothing, it's just that I was accidentally stabbed twice in the face by the opposite side, and it's not a big deal to have a barrier to protect it."
Ells scratched his head and said with a smile, he didn't care about it.
Gooden could also guess the fierceness of the battle, nodded slightly and encouraged, and then took the officers of the four battalions to the temporary command post and began to arrange the arrangement.
"The Imperial Army has not yet been contacted, the Qingyuan Army is currently stationed here, and pay attention to the movements of the orcs, and when Emperor You*** arrives, I will negotiate and arrange the task."
"In addition, if you want to attack the ancient stone city, it is inevitable to help the emperor, but with the presence of residents, it is not good for us to concentrate artillery attacks."
Listening to Gooden's arrangement, everyone began to record and prepare, and Gooden's battle plan on the front line lasted for more than half an hour before it ended.
After a night of traveling, Goodern found a camp to rest after arranging his mission.
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It was eight or nine o'clock in the morning.
After a day and two nights of forced marching, the emperor *** 600,000 people, and finally pursued and arrived outside the ancient stone city.
After a high-intensity pursuit, Emperor *** was actually exhausted, so he stationed in a plain area ten kilometers away from Gushi City.
At the same time, the Imperial Brigade also sent an invitation to the Qingyuan Army stationed not far away, asking its commander to discuss a joint attack.
As a proud imperial team, it is impossible to involve an imperial lord's private soldiers in such a combat discussion under normal circumstances.
But the situation of the Qingyuan army shocked them, and it only took one person to block the 480,000 orc army for a day.
It created a crucial time for them to pursue the Orcs, and was praised as the leader of the Empire's most elite griffin legion.
And told that if it was necessary to attack Gushi City, with the help of the Qingyuan army, the probability of Emperor ***'s victory could be increased by two percent, and the number of casualties could also be greatly reduced.
With the words of the griffin commander, the officers who led the emperor *** also had to give face and let the people of the Qingyuan army participate in this offensive discussion.
After receiving the invitation, Els personally informed Goodern.
"Young Master, the Emperor has arrived, and invited us to participate in the coordination of the attack, and it was ordered by the griffin commander himself."
For the invitation, even if the other party did not come, he would go in person, but now with an invitation, it will be much easier.
Taking Erin's hot towel, Goode wiped her face and said casually.
"How's the investigation of Ancient Stone City arranged?"
"After the Griffin Legion found out about the investigation in Ancient Stone City, they took our people to the sky to observe it, and the general distribution has been grasped."
Hearing that the Griffin Legion was taking the scouts of the Qingyuan Army, Goodern's face showed a hint of surprise, but he thought that Hoggz should have paid attention to the situation of the blocking battle and seen the combat effectiveness of the Qingyuan Army.
They will also be happy to help with this kind of early reconnaissance mission, after all, this is to improve the combat efficiency of their side.
"Yes, you and I can go to the meeting over there with the emperor, and let Marz preside over the deployment of the camp, Irene, you can come with me too."
Goodern commanded, tossed the towel back into the basin, and immediately boarded the car and set off.
The Qingyuan Army now has a certain basic strength, and many things no longer need to be carried out in a concealed manner.
Take a special off-road ride and follow the invited soldiers to the camp of the Imperial Army.
The appearance of the magic off-road vehicle made of pure iron really frightened the imperial soldiers stationed on guard.
Fortunately, there was an explanation from the answering officer, so he put down the weapon and arrow crossbow in his hand.
With curiosity, he watched as the magic buggy drove into the camp.
Goodern, led by the soldiers, came to a large tent in the center of the camp.
Inside the tent, more than a dozen high-ranking officers of the empire were discussing the deployment task here, and when they learned that the person in charge of the Qingyuan Army had arrived, everyone stopped and looked at the door of the tent.
Entering the tent, Goodern looked around slightly, and he already sensed three transcendental, plus a large number of master officers.
Of the three transcendents, two were known to him.
"General Taylor, Captain Hogz."
Seeing the two, Gooden was the first to greet him.
And seeing that it was Gooden's arrival, the faces of the two were also a little surprised.
"Lord Goodn? Why are you coming to the front line too?"
Taylor asked with a hint of surprise when he saw this, although there had been some accidents when he took Servis before.
But the end result was good, and some of the information that Servis had given was very useful to the Empire on the battlefield, and had already relied on it to achieve a number of crucial victories.
For Goodern, Taylor still has a good impression.
"The orcs gathered an army to attack Qingyuan Town, this account is not finished yet, and now it is difficult to block them, I brought a group of personnel and equipment to support overnight to help a group of imperial troops."
Hearing Goodern 'hold a grudge', Taylor also responded with a smile.
"Yes, Hogzi said that your men are very strong, and I am very much looking forward to your performance in this battle."
"Liao praised, Liao praised."
Goodern was still very modest about the toution.
And Hogtz saw that the greeting was almost over, and he also gave Goodern a brief introduction to the people present.
"This is General Karlov, in charge of the command of the Eighth Army Corps......
After a brief introduction, Goodern also had a brief understanding of everyone present.
Hogzi then went straight to the point, asking Goodern.
"Lord Goodern, how many of those ranged weapons have you brought with you? I've seen the power of that kind of weapon, and if we can gather it together, it won't be a problem to break through the defenses of Ancient Stone City."
The weapon Hogzi said was artillery, and Goodern didn't hide it, but directly said the number.
"There are thirty-nine gates, the arrangement of the attack on the ancient stone city, I will cooperate with the actions of the emperor, as long as there is an arrangement, even if it is the main attack, I will let my subordinates do their best to help."
Hearing Gooden's assurance, the three transcendents nodded slightly, and the favorability of Goodern in the hearts of the other officers also increased by one point.
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It was Gudeen's Qingyuan Army who were invited to participate in the meeting, but it did not mean that their actions could be deployed in their own way.
After all, the army's offensive planning has strict deployment arrangements, and if foreign troops are allowed to fight at will, it will be a very troublesome thing for them, and even in serious cases, it may interfere with the overall combat efficiency.
And now that the other party is willing to accept the deployment cooperation, this can be regarded as a lot easier for them.
"You don't need to attack the main attack, you just need to let your subordinates do long-range suppression, and the task of the main attack will be handed over to the Imperial soldiers."
Hogtz was also very comfortable with Gooden's words, and the other party was still a person of His Majesty's concern, so he still had some care for him.
A military deployment meeting lasted more than two hours, and all the deployments were finalized.
The attack time will be placed on December 11 tomorrow, and the task of the Qingyuan Army is to provide fire support for the emperor, and the battlefield is assigned to the rear position, and it is to defend the large army stationed outside the rear of Gushi City.
At the same time, the main attack site is also placed in the east of the ancient stone city, which can take care of the firepower coverage of the Qingyuan army, and at the same time, it can also be convenient to block the orc army stationed outside.
After arranging the battle plan, Els immediately returned to the camp with the combat mission and began to deploy the operation, while Goodern continued to stay in the Emperor's camp.
After all, in addition to the 600,000 troops in the emperor's camp, there are three transcendentals, and he still knows two of them, so there will be no accidents no matter what, right?
There was no ambiguity about Gooden's arrangement, the emperor's *** team was not ambiguous, the independent camp area, plus the exclusive standby logistics stove, the proper treatment of the general, and there was also a team of personal soldiers belonging to Taylor, who temporarily served as his guards.
The rest in the Imperial army was not bad, and by the next morning Goodern had woken up to the rumbling of the rally.
The assault on Ancient Stone City has officially begun!
The assembly and advance of the army was divided yesterday afternoon, and they came together this morning, and after breakfast and dinner, they were able to attack and deploy directly according to their respective combat positions.
The distance of more than ten kilometers can be spent in less than two hours for the emperor, and the Qingyuan army, which has long been prepared, has already arranged its own positions on the front line.
Twelve one-shell cannons, twenty-four battle guns, plus three magic cannons that had been temporarily mobilized, were already ready in the position.
As the Qingyuan Army, which is responsible for opening the gap in the city wall, it seems that they are burdened with a very important task, but for them, this task is very easy.
When the army was assembled, with an order, except for the magic artillery, the rest of the artillery began to concentrate on attacking the city gatehouse.
The terrifying lethal and destructive power shocked all the imperial soldiers present, especially the emperor who voted for it.
They still had a lot of doubts about this weapon, and prepared a second set of backup plans to eliminate the Qingyuan Army as the main force to break the city.
But looking at the flying debris of the city wall and the stumps of the orcs, they had no doubts in their hearts, and they were also very shocked and afraid of the help of artillery.
The attack of thirty-six standard guns, less than a base blow, the city wall of the east gate of the ancient stone city has been reduced to ruins.
Although the main tower is still there, the gate below has been completely shattered, leaving the ground full of wreckage and debris piled up behind the gate.
"The whole army is attacking, and the opportunity to gain a lot of military merit is just around the corner, destroy all the orcs, and recover the western part of the North!"
The array of hundreds of thousands of troops attacked, this scene, even Gooden, who had seen many big scenes, had a trace of shock in his eyes.
Although the big scenes he has seen are all special effects made from movies or TV series, but actually watching the formation of hundreds of thousands of troops attacking, the earth-shattering momentum and coercion are not something that movies and TV series can show.
With each step forward of the Imperial army, Goodern could faintly feel the shaking of the ground even from the rear.
The attack of the imperial army, the Qingyuan army did not sit idle like this.
More than a dozen modified military trucks also drove to the front line together
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Inside the military card, in addition to the necessary machine gunners, there is also a vote of demolition sappers.
Their mission was to destroy the walls as quickly as possible, so that the Imperial army would not have to fight beyond them.
And the task of blasting the city wall, in addition to the cover of the military card, there are also the elite troops of the emperor to help charge and cover.
However, the heavy machine guns carried by more than ten military trucks have formed a fire suppression on the battlefield, so that the orcs on the eastern wall of the ancient stone city can't raise their heads at all.
This kind of suppression has brought great help to the advance of the imperial army, and the imperial officials in the rear are also very hot in their eyes when they look at this weapon.
Just the thousands of people in the Qingyuan Army can exert such terrifying power with this weapon, if the emperor can also be equipped with this weapon, wouldn't it be able to flatten the whole continent?
As soon as the battlefield situation came into contact, the two sides did not have any tentative behavior, and they all went all out.
Under the suppression of heavy firepower, the blasting sappers have also completed the installation of explosives, and with the sound of a whistle, the Qingyuan army and the emperor who attacked on the eastern city wall began to retreat one after another.
Seeing this scene, the orcs on the city wall were still a little strange, how long has it been since the war started, and the emperor's *** team will not be able to retreat?
But before he had time to think about it, as a sapper pressed the detonation button, the 100-meter-long wall explosives were activated at the same time.
In an instant, dozens of deafening explosions erupted from under the eastern city walls.
At the same time, the flames and smoke rose into the sky, accompanied by the sound of explosions, mixed with the sound of debris collapsing.
Dozens of seconds later, as the smoke cleared, a hundred-meter-long ruin appeared in front of everyone's eyes on the right side of the entire eastern wall of the ancient stone city.
Many areas have been completely bulldozed, and the emperor does not need to set up ladders or siege vehicles to enter the city to fight.
And the gap of hundreds of meters is not a narrow area like the city gate, and the orcs only need to deploy a small group of personnel to withstand it.
Taylor, who had already been prepared in the rear, looked at the scene in front of him and his tone was also a little excited, and he immediately ordered the command.
"Attack with the whole army, cross the collapsed city walls, and rescue the inhabitants of the city first!"
There are also seventy or eighty thousand imperial people in the ancient stone city, and in order to prevent orcs and dogs from jumping off the wall, it is also necessary to save people.
Moreover, once the inhabitants of the ancient stone city can be emptied, the artillery of the Qingyuan army will be able to use all their advantages to attack the orcs with unscrupulousness.
Taylor, who had seen the power of artillery, also hoped to use this weapon to kill and injure orcs as much as possible to reduce the army's losses.
Tens of thousands of emperors rushed towards the gap in the city wall, and at the same time, the artillery positions were also replaced with smoke bombs, preparing to replicate the tactics of attacking Jinyuan City in waves.
The isolation of smoke bombs is equivalent to giving a barrier to the imperial soldiers who attack the ancient stone city, as long as they appear from outside the barrier, they must be enemies.
And with the barrier, the orc army can't find out their movements in the first place, and can't make the most effective decisions.
This allowed the Imperial soldiers to quickly take control of an area while waiting for the orcs to come through the smoke for support.
There are more people bullying fewer people, and in this way, the orc army can be regarded as finally experiencing a normal combat situation.
Merely...... At present, there is also the troublemaking of the Qingyuan Army, so that the situation on the battlefield has just begun to appear a serious imbalance.
Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Hadri left for the army behind the Ancient Stone City to go out from the right flank to support the breach in the eastern wall, and try to extend the suppression, trying to penetrate the imperial defense line from the flank.
However, this action happened to collide with the four battalions of the Qingyuan Army that were already waiting outside.
The orcs who came by surprise were more than a meter, and the heavy machine gun that had hidden its strength for a long time directly and decisively fired and suppressed.
Dozens of tongues of fire crossed the battlefield and slammed into the position of the orc army, while the artillery that had been prepared was mobilized and turned from aiming inside the ancient stone city to outward.
The roar of artillery and the firing of guns made the participating emperor team see the power of guns in war for the first time from the bottom to the top.
Countless orcs died in the charge before they could make contact with the enemy.
The roar of the artillery, as soon as it was fired, directly hit a vacuum area of tens of meters.
This kind of terrifying killing efficiency is terrifying even for the battle-hardened emperors, and the sober enemy does not use this weapon.
Otherwise they really don't know how to dodge and fight against such an army.
Looking at the battered raiding army, Hadri's face was a little embarrassed, not only him, but also Miviko's face was very embarrassed.
They originally thought that the range of weapons in Qingyuan Town was only one or two hundred meters, and as long as it was outside this range, it would be safe.
But the performance shown at the moment made them realize that the previous Qingyuan Army had been hiding their complete physical strength, and they had not shown it until now.
This kind of forbearance and scheming successfully deceived them, and also brought them huge losses.
Beyond the Ancient Stone City, there was a great plain, where tens of thousands of orcs were mercilessly slaughtered hundreds of meters away, like targets that would not resist.
Even if the defense was prepared in advance, this defense was like paper paste in front of the powerful artillery.
But orcs are orcs after all, even if they suffer such a serious blow, they can still withstand such an offensive and drive out the first batch of emperors who invaded the city.
With the cover of the residents of the town, the artillery fire was also stopped, and accidental injuries were avoided.
The orc army, which realized something, also began to shrink and gather military strength at this moment, and began to pull and confront the emperor with the collapsed city wall as the battlefield.
A scorching and tragic battle has officially begun......