Chapter 66: The Battle of Taicheng (5) - Capture the thief and capture the king first
"Captain, you see, the Harvey Army has retreated, they have retreated!" An excited voice sounded in Ouyang Tong's ears, and he also saw from the magic mirror that the magicians sitting on the boat were also retreating quickly, and for a moment the boat seemed to be flying, what was going on? At this time, a large number of magicians suddenly came from the mercenary camp, and they came up against the corners of the ice wall, so they were not hit by the enemy's arrows. Ouyang Tong was even more surprised when he saw this situation, you must know that because of the mutual restraint of the troops, after the enemy archers began to attack, these noble magicians were sent to a distant place, except for a few magicians who stayed because of the use of observation magic, the rest went down, and now they came up again, what the hell is going on.
"Captain Ouyang, we're meeting again. An old magician said. This magician used to perform some mercenary tasks together in the past, and they were very familiar with each other.
"Old Peter, what are you doing here, you didn't see these boys, you are shooting happily!" Ouyang Tong said unhappily.
"Don't talk nonsense, the order of the army, let you assist us, you can help. Magicians, let's start!" Without waiting for Ouyang Tong to say anything, the magicians brought by Old Peter went to those archers one by one, picked up arrows and tied them to the magic scrolls, signaling those archers to start shooting. The soldiers looked at the strange movements of these magicians and looked at Ouyang Tong, who reluctantly subconsciously ordered: "The brothers of the third team listen to the command--take my long sword as the direction, the oblique angle is 50 degrees, and the three-quarter bow force is three-quarters of the strength of the bow, shoot--!"
So one by one the scenes that stunned them appeared, and they saw that those arrows flew out and were not much different from the ordinary ones. And Ouyang Tong because he considered that the magic scroll tied to the arrow would slow down the speed of the arrow, so let them shoot farther, as a curved shooting cannon, people generally know that in the middle of 70 to 90 degrees, the angle with a larger interval, in fact, the upper distance will not be too different, but if it is a low angle, it will be different, and the difference in distance of each degree will be very different. And the concept of 50 degrees is that after they shoot the arrow, they fly straight to the head of Taicheng, and directly explode on the head of the city. A scene that stunned everyone appeared.
At this time. Alexander was standing on top of the city, watching the countless arrows fly towards him, and at first they didn't take it seriously, in other words, he didn't pay much attention to the magic plus arrows they saw in the magic mirror. Even Alexander is the same, only Zhang Yiming has some feelings. In fact, this is also a common problem among people. For something new to emerge, acceptance always requires a process. And the reason why the mercenary army is quick to accept it is because they themselves are people who take victory as their only goal and complete the task as glory, so they can always accept the things that can meet the completion of the task, because these things are related to their own lives. And for the aristocracy, only the old ones are honorable and good. So they're always a little slower to accept new things.
"These dirt buns, thinking that they can knock us down by tying a magic scroll to the arrow, is really naïve, and I don't know how many magicians have tried it. If it worked, it would have been spread around a long time ago, and it would have waited until they came to do this kind of thing?" said an officer standing next to Alexander.
"Hehe, it's understandable that you are in a hurry to go to the doctor. ”
"Haha!"
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These people are full of taste here, but they are indifferent to the arrows that fly in, at this time, the attitude of those officers has a very great impact on their subordinates, seeing the calm appearance of the officers, those soldiers don't care too much about the arrows that fly over with magic scrolls. You must know that the officers don't care because they are masters themselves, most of them are seventh-level powerhouses, and most of those soldiers are only third-level swordsmen, and the officers have seen this kind of arrow attack from the magic mirror when talking about this kind of thing, and where have the soldiers seen it?
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
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On the walls of Taicheng, the small boat between the ice wall and the city wall, there was a constant sound of magic, and the huge destructive power made those magicians and soldiers, including officers, who were not prepared in the slightest, dumbfounded all of a sudden. The numerous archers standing above the city, watching the arrows that were less than two meters above their heads explode directly, this was the last time most of them saw the world, so to speak, because they did not have the slightest defense, so that the entire Harvey army suffered heavy losses on the side of the southern city. There are almost no ten archers in the city, and almost none of the magicians who attacked the ice wall in small boats survived, and even the ten archers died because of carelessness, and the other three were seriously injured, and as for Alexander, because of the protection of the magic scrolls and magicians, they did not suffer much damage, but they shook all the internal organs and injuries, and their faces were even more hideous. Accepting new things always comes at a price. And this attack also made these Harvey officers who personally felt it greatly shocked, and they also accepted this new thing at the first time, but in order to accept such a new thing, they paid the price of more than 50,000 lives, including more than 10,000 archers, more than 5,000 magicians, including more than ten saints. For the entire Harvey Fifth Legion, this is a high price, because it was not only the southeast and southeast sides that there was a battle that day, in order to cooperate with the battle on these two sides, the other two sides also carried out archers attacks on Taicheng, especially when the attack method of magic and arrows came out, the entire four city walls were blown up beyond recognition by the mercenary army.
Seeing that the arrow plus the magic scroll achieved such a great effect, Ouyang Tong was stunned for the first time.
"Oh my god, who invented this thing, it's so fucking powerful. A mercenary next to him said.
"Captain, captain, you see, many archers at the head of Taicheng City have been killed, numb, and they have been crushing us for most of the day. These things are finally dead, and it's time for us to get out of here. After a mercenary finished speaking, he rushed directly to the top of the city, pulled his bow and arrow away, and shot the arrow tied to the magic scroll directly into a large building on the head of Taicheng, where was the control room of the active magic array on this side, and this soldier had been observing this for a long time. I saw that the arrow was nailed straight to a window at the top of that building, and then exploded directly, and the power of a seventh-level magic was released in an instant, and the magic was over. Seeing that the building was still there, safe and sound, the mercenary scolded, but he didn't expect the control room of the magic array to be so tightly protected. The other mercenaries saw him go up for a while, but he didn't suffer any damage. Standing on it arrogantly and posing like this, many soldiers stood on top of the broken ice wall one after another. They shot the arrows in their hands. Since they were facing Taicheng, the mercenaries didn't need to give any orders, and shot directly at the place they wanted. All of a sudden, the entire city wall of Taicheng began to be destroyed, after all, each magic array has its own range of bearing, and many arrows flew to the back of the city wall before exploding, which made the damage to the city wall even greater. This is where the most fatal weakness of the magic array lies, because under normal circumstances, people always carve the defensive magic array in front of it, as the wall of the carrier of the magic array. Historically, there has been no shortage of examples of destroying the city wall from behind and taking the city, and the entire city wall in the south of Taicheng has been almost destroyed. The power of the example is infinite, because of the way of fighting on both sides of the southeast, Kong Ming notified the other two directions at the first time, so the battle on these two sides also began to use this attack mode, and Harvey's fifth legion because of the concentration of magicians in the south, for the operation of breaking through the ice wall, and the center of the two armies is separated by an artificial valley, so it can only attack with arrows, there is no task, just responsible for containment, plus everyone is watching the results of the battle between the two sides in the southeast, but the battle on these two sides is not as fierce as imagined, but the two sides use bows and arrows You shoot me, I shoot you, but when this attack method is transmittedThey also used this attack method for the first time, and the two directions in the northwest were as lively as the other two sides for a while. The walls on all sides were fiercely attacked, and at this time, the water belt between the two armies became a line of defense for the Harvey army, and the mercenary army could not attack Taicheng for a while. It can be said that this artificial river has now become the defense line of Harvey's Fifth Army to buy time.
In the City Lord's Mansion, Alexander and Zhang Yiming returned to the City Lord's Mansion under the protection of the guards. At this time, there was a sound of magic attacks all around Taicheng, and the whole process was carried out for a long time, and in order to make the Harvey army even more nervous, the mercenary army came from time to time with such an arrow with magic, which made them really unbearable.
"Now, we are under the magic attack of the mercenary army on all sides, and the damage is very severe, I think as long as the water recedes, the enemy will definitely attack, everyone, but what is the best way?" Alexander sighed, originally thought that only the city wall of the east city was broken by the mercenary army, and he could use the other three sides to block the enemy's attack, let the snow wolf mercenary army in, and sit on a closed door to fight the dog, who would have thought that the plan was not as fast as the change, and for a while, the magic array on the four city walls was destroyed by the mercenary army, and the plan was stillborn.
"Indeed, this situation is beyond our expectations, no one would have thought that that thing would be so stakeful, destroying the entire Taicheng, if it wasn't for the artificial river they built themselves, they would have already attacked it by now. Zhang Yiming said.
"That's not necessarily, if they hadn't built that ice wall and made a river, they were at a low place with us, nearly two hundred meters shorter than us, and they were attacked by us before they could attack us, and now they are only two hundred meters away from us, and they have the ice wall as a cover, so they have some capital to fight against us. Alexander said.
"Now the only way to exchange life is to exchange life for life, and to exchange life for place. Zhang Yiming said fiercely.
"How?" asked Alexander, and the other officers were looking at the famous wise man of the Harvey Empire.
"With the house as a cover and the team as the basic combat unit, in the entire Taicheng City, directly do a hand-to-hand battle with the mercenary army, defend step by step, and require all the people not to retreat a single step, only in this way can the 500,000 army have a little dignity when fighting against 2.6 million. What's more, if we want to win this battle, we must defeat the mercenary army of Snow Wolf, and their commander-in-chief Kong Ming is the main target we are dealing with, as long as Kong Ming is eliminated, then no one will come forward to command the entire mercenary army, you must know that without Kong Ming, no one will obey anyone, at that time. Even if the mercenaries are just a flock of sheep, what do we have to worry about? Zhang Yiming said.
"Then how can we get rid of Kong Ming?" an officer asked all the people present, and said the truth, the word Kong Ming for a while. It is the word they hear the most, and it is also the word that is the most sensitive. And Kong Ming's intelligence also made the Fifth Legion simply backwards. The third prince who recruited Kong Ming, that is, the waste man, made these Harvey soldiers curse even more. So as soon as they heard that they could get rid of Kongming, they couldn't help but look forward to the war in the future.
"The secret of heaven must not be revealed, so you will prepare for the defense of your respective districts, and change every house into a suitable place for us to fight. And the enemy is the place where the hands and feet are tied. Zhang Yiming said sternly.
Alexander saw that everyone looked over and knew that they had to make a statement at this time, otherwise they would simply have no fighting spirit: "Yiming is right, now just wait for the time to come." A qiē will be revealed, and you will go back and get ready immediately. ”
After all the people dispersed, Alexander looked at Zhang Yiming and said, "Are you so sure that someone will help us get rid of Kong Ming?"
"Hehe, that's right, if my guess is right, it should come. Zhang Yiming pointed mysteriously to the sky.
"Really?"
"There are eight layers of certainty, but in order to cooperate with the operation, we still have to organize a commando team, and when fighting, seize the opportunity to go straight to the enemy's general headquarters and clear them out. Zhang Yiming looked at Alexander and said.
General Headquarters of the Mercenary Army. At this time, the commanders of the four major corps came here. Kong Ming pointed to the sand table in front of him with a wooden stick, and told the three commanders about the plan.
"Is our south gate starting to drain?" Kong Ming asked, looking at Lu Qinghu, the commander of the Second Corps.
"I had already started drying according to your notice before I came, and now that I think there should be no problem, if it is a qiē shun lì, I think we should be able to drain all the water before twelve o'clock in the evening. Lu Qinghu, commander of the Second Corps, said.
"Well, today's defense of Taicheng on all four sides of our four sides should be almost destroyed, they can no longer use the high city walls to defend, and now what we have to do is to capture the entire Taicheng as much as possible, so that they don't have any time to prepare for the second defense, but I think after today's genius idea, they should not use the magic array to defend again. Kong Ming said this, all the people who participated in the meeting laughed, originally everyone was worried about the city wall of Taicheng, and then Kong Ming came up with a way to siege the city with ice, and then I didn't expect that someone actually came up with this kind of genius idea in the battle, which directly made the mercenary army give up the original plan that had been prepared for a long time, although it was said that a lot of manpower and material resources were directly wasted, but it made them more excited, because the appearance of this kind of thing directly reduced the process of the battle by half, and it was completely possible in the sixth, Accomplish this one before the Eighth Legion arrives.
"The time for the offensive is scheduled to begin at seven o'clock tomorrow sharp, and all corps will begin to attack at the same time, and the attack will not be divided into the main attack and the assist. Today, everyone will start to arrange as soon as they go back, and I don't want someone to want to retain their strength or plot against their companions at the moment when the fighter plane arrives. Tell them, we don't just want to take down Taicheng, we will also take more places in the future, as long as Harvey's main battle army is cleared, the land of the Harvey Empire is a place we can trample. Kong Ming said proudly, sometimes the speaker is unintentional, the listener is intentional, Kong Ming didn't know that his last sentence was remembered by all the people present, and soon spread throughout the mercenary army, all the people had different reactions after hearing it, some were in tears, this kind of person was a person who fled from Harvey, Kong Ming's words gave them hope; some people suddenly felt that they had become witnesses of a piece of history, most of these people were knowledgeable people or mercenaries from various countries to support; and some wanted to go on a walk, for the dream of the mercenary army in their eyes。
"What's the matter, you've been sullen since the meeting. Is there anything else that can't be done?" Yi Yiyi said as she looked at Kong Ming. Indeed, after the meeting, Kong Ming has always been like this. Now they were waiting for the commanders of their armies to come over and arrange the task, and there were also a few people sitting inside who had been following Kong Ming for a long time.
"This could be my last battle in Xavi in this war, and it could be the last fight of my life. Kong Ming's answer surprised Yi Yiyi.
"How is it possible, 2.6 million against 500,000, and we are still taking the initiative to attack, how can you think of some bad ideas. Yi Yiyi said in surprise.
"Hehe, if it's facing Harvey's Fifth Legion on the opposite side, where do I get this worry? What I'm worried about is ......" Kong Ming didn't finish speaking, when he heard someone report outside:
"Report, commander-in-chief, the city lord of Hairong City has come to visit with four unknown people. ”
"Let them in. Kong Ming said, after thinking about it, I really don't know what happened to the cunning city lord coming here at this time, and for a while, I forgot what I just said to Yi Yiyi, and Yi Yiyi heard that the city lord of Hai Rong was coming, and she was not in the mood to speak, in her opinion, when Kong Ming was in a bad mood, maybe it was a good way to see after the city lord came.
Kong Ming stood up and walked out of the door of the tent, just as he saw the city lord of Hai Cheng waiting outside with four people covering his head and face, after hearing Kong Ming's voice, he was about to take people in, but let the mercenaries stop the few people who did not show their faces, and wanted to say something, but saw Kong Ming come out.
"Hehe, the city lord doesn't enjoy the snow scene and drink hot wine in Hairong City, why did he come to our cold place?" Kong Ming asked strangely. Although he didn't have much contact with the sea lord Kong Ming, this person was really convenient for the mercenary army, which was very admirable, and it was impossible for the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army to develop into what it is now without his support, and until now many of the wounded of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army have also been healed there.
"You think I'm coming, it's not for your life! "The Sea Fall City Lord is obviously very dissatisfied with the fact that the people of the empty sky are blocking him. After hearing this, Kong Ming said: "Haha, then the city lord came at the right time, the captain of the guard, so let all the people leave the tent fifty meters, except for a few commanders, the rest of the people left here." ”
The five people followed Kong Ming into the tent, only to see the big sand table on the ground, which was a miniature version of Taicheng.
"Kong Ming, do you know that your life is in danger?" The city lord of Hai Rong obviously wanted to be silent and endless, and his words also made Yi Yiyi and the army commander stand up for a while, and their faces were not kind to several people, you know, if the commander-in-chief is killed at this critical time of siege, the entire mercenary army will be in danger of collapse. Only Kong Ming seemed to have known about this for a long time, and did not react much.
"I've known about this for a long time, but it's always hard to ride a tiger! Now I'm worried about it!" Kong Ming sighed.
"How do you know?" the city lord asked strangely, and the other people also looked at Kong Ming strangely, Yi Yiyi thought about Kong Ming's strange words just now, and thought that Kong Ming already knew something they didn't know.
"Hehe, I looked at the examples of several mercenary army failures in the march to Harvey, and I have long been conjecturing like this, but I didn't expect them to make a move so late. Kong Ming smiled bitterly and said another puzzling sentence.
"Then do you want to avoid this death calamity?" the Sea Fallen City Lord then asked. (To be continued......)
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