Chapter 456: Tough Bones
Something so big happened, the Soul Luck City Lord naturally didn't dare to hide it, and immediately reported the news to King Yelan.
At this time, Xirong Po had also returned to the side of King Yelan.
When King Yelan received an urgent message, he immediately found Xirong Po and discussed what to do.
Xi Rong Po also frowned at this battle report.
If it were Xirong Po himself, according to the route of the attacking army from Lingtu City, Xirong Po would not dare to do so.
The defense line of Jiuqugou, Xirong Po has also seen it, it is basically a desperate defensive stronghold, but it is still taken down by people so beautifully, the most fatal thing is Wuqing and his 6,000 troops, they can't see anyone alive, they can't see their corpses, this is a hundred times more difficult than killing them all.
Now there are only two ways, one is to abandon the outlying strongholds, retract and return to Soul Luck City, and use the dangerous river outside Soul Luck City to deal with the enemy. Because the geographical location of Soul Luck City is very special, and the surrounding cities are also blocked by the river outside Soul Luck City, if you increase the troops, you have to send them by boat, and if there is any accident in other places, it is too late to return to the army.
The other is to increase the troops in Panlongling, use the strongholds on the periphery to delay the enemy's attack, and consume the enemy's sharp energy and vitality little by little, so that even if you are defeated and retreat to Soul Luck City, you will have something to gain.
Xirong Po said his thoughts, and King Yelan also felt troubled.
"Qin Ye boy, cough, I knew that this person was my confidant, but I have repeatedly cleaned up, and I have been saved by this kid. That's it, now this kid is using the Lingtu City army to invade my border, it's really a ruthless and vicious plan to kill two birds with one stone. Let's just make a break with this kid and the second prince, so that I can eat the 100,000 soldiers and horses. The vitality of the second prince is greatly damaged, and it is not enough to cause trouble. can also hit Qin Ye so that he doesn't dare to underestimate us. ”
Xi Rongpo nodded and said, "I understand what the prince means." You want to increase your troops and bring down this part of the army. If this is the case, let the enemy in, it is better to rely on the stronghold, fight step by step, consume the enemy of sharp energy, and then face the great river danger of Soul Fortune City, and then have a weak heart. ”
"Okay, you're the commander of the army, you can do it. ”
Xijon broke the order. On the one hand, he ordered the Soul Luck City Lord to be ready for battle, to be prepared for a tough battle with the enemy, and asked the Soul Luck City Lord to divide 10,000 troops to assist in the defense of Panlong Ridge.
On the other hand, Xirong broke several other cities that were mastered from the Seven Star Iron Wall, and each transferred 10,000 troops to rush to Soul Luck City day and night.
Before Lingtu City and Soul Fortune City had yet to fight, the intelligence departments of all parties were busy non-stop.
Qinning is still two days away from Panlong Ridge. I received information that Soul Luck City had divided 10,000 troops and built a strong fortification on the front line of Panlong Ridge. It has the meaning of blocking the army of Lingtu City in Panlong Ridge.
This time, Qin Ning did not let Tanma carefully investigate the enemy's defense, but personally went to Panlongling to investigate on the spot.
The Soul Fortune City side received a stern order, and no one dared to slack off. In the main camp of the main peak of Panlongling, all moved forward to the front slope of Panlongling.
Because Jiuqugou was dug up. This time, the temporary camp of Panlongling extends in all directions, leaving no dead ends. The camps communicate with each other, only recognize the password and do not recognize the person, and if you can't say the order, you can be killed on the spot!
Qin Ning didn't expect that in the second stronghold outside Soul Luck City, the enemy would put on a posture of duel between male and female.
Along the terrain, the defenders of Panlongling from low to high, built three fortifications, each fortification, is a ring fortification, there is no dead end, if you want to break through the defense line, you have to attack, and no matter which point of attack, it is a frontal attack, the high-grade alchemy ordnance prepared by the place has no meaning of snow hiding at all, all placed on the bright side.
This means that it depends on how you take it.
Qin Ning's face was extremely solemn, Qin Ning understood that Panlong Ridge was really a difficult bone to gnaw.
Back in the camp, Qin Ning called all the generals together to discuss how to attack Panlong Ridge.
The generals expressed their opinions, and the mainstream opinion was that they could concentrate all their forces, first break through one point of the first line of defense, and then clear the first line of defense, gain a firm foothold, and then find an opportunity to fight the second line of defense.
Qin Ning thought for a while, according to the configuration of the enemy's defensive line, there was no better way, the troops on both sides were all deployed, they could be opportunistic, and there was no possibility of winning by surprise.
Now, it is a hard power to compete with the fighters, ordnance and materials, and the wisdom of the commanders on both sides.
Thinking of this, Qin Ning looked around at everyone: "Which general is willing to take the lead?"
"The last will go!"
Qin Ning saw that it was Qiu Lie, a general born and raised in Lingtu City.
On the one hand, he wanted to lead the cronies of the second prince to facilitate the "surveillance" of the second prince, and on the other hand, he also brought a lot of generals who were excluded, because the dirty work was tiring, someone had to do it, and these jobs could not be done by the cronies of the second prince.
Qiu Lie belongs to the latter, and he can only rely on his military merits to rise step by step, and he is also a general of the actual combat school.
"Well, General Qiu took the lead, and I was relieved. But I would like to ask General Qiu, how are you going to open up the situation?"
Qiu Lie took a bamboo in his chest, and saluted: "Strategist, I think so, the last general will lead five thousand people to use the newly developed hand cannon of our Lingtu City, this thing has been reduced in size, but the usable cannonball is a top-level alchemy ordnance, and the power is extremely great." I blasted a gap with a squad of cannons, and then led the brethren to fight it, spreading along the gap to both wings, so that victory could be won. ”
Hand cannon, Qin Ning knows. The power of that thing, Qin Ning really wanted to assemble the Qin army on a large scale. But the "own people" in charge of the materials said that the quantity of this thing was too small to be touched, and only when there were more in the future could they get some oil and water.
"Okay, the hand cannon can be completely transferred to you, General Qiu, I hope you will win, and I will hold you down. ”
Qiu Lie received the order, received all the hand cannons of the forward battalion, ordered 5,000 people, lined up in formation, and rushed to the foot of Panlong Ridge.
The first line of defense of Panlongling saw the movement here, and immediately sounded the alarm, and after an uproar, that side was also ready to fight.
Qiu Lie ordered the shield bearers to take cover in front, allowing the soldiers with hand cannons to approach the first line of defense of Panlong Ridge little by little.
The enemy's high-grade alchemy arrow feathers were rained down like a torrential rain, and despite the cover of shield hands, many hand gunners were killed.
At the cost of falling more than twenty people, the hand gunners reached the range of the hand cannons. Adjusting the formation slightly, the hand gunners immediately returned fire fiercely with their hand cannons.
Don't look at the hand cannon is only an arm's length, and the cannonball is only the size of a potato, but this is a newly developed product of top-notch alchemy. Hit far, the explosion is powerful. Although its cost is far less than that of a tracer bullet, it can be consumed, and it is also a bottomless pit of money.
Something of value always has something unique about it. After only two rounds of hand cannon fire, the long-range counterattack of the first line of defense of Panlongling weakened.
By the time the fourth hand cannon strikes, the first line of defense has no strength to fight back.
Seeing that the first line of defense had been blown open, Qiu Lie immediately drew his saber and shouted, "Brothers, follow me." ”
The shouting and killing sound resounded through the clouds, and Qiu Lie led five thousand people to rush up, and without the blow of the high-grade alchemy arrow feather, it didn't take much effort to rush into the gap.
Entering the gap, Qiu Lie immediately dispatched about 5,000 men to pursue the enemy on both flanks.
The shock brought by the hand cannon was still very great, and the soldiers of the first line of defense immediately began to flee.
At this moment, the sound of Mingjin came from the second line of defense. As soon as the soldiers of the first line of defense heard this, they immediately threw down the qiē in their hands and retreated to the second line of defense.
Qin Ning paid close attention to the battle situation in Panlong Ridge at the foot of the mountain, Qiu Lie's bravery, and the power of the hand cannon, all of which made Qin Ning very satisfied.
Seeing that the first line of defense was about to arrive, and the enemy of the first line of defense had also fled, Qin Ning suddenly had a bad feeling.
At this time, why did the defenders of the second line of defense see that the first line of defense is tight and cannot be reinforced?
Wrong!
"Quick! Mingjin retreats!"
As soon as Qin Ning's words fell, the roar of rows of heavy artillery sounded in the second line of defense.
These heavy cannons, although they are not top-level alchemy products like hand cannons, are also high-grade alchemy products, and they make up for the gap in quality with their size.
Of course, these heavy cannons were still much worse than the defensive cannons refined by Qin Ning.
One after another, the fiery snakes, like the end of the world, flew to the first line of defense, causing a violent explosion like the earth shaking the mountains.
Under two rounds of indiscriminate bombardment, the first line of defense did not even have a decent fortification wall. Of the 5,000 people brought by Qiu Lie, some of them heard Mingjin's voice and withdrew decisively, so that the entire army was wiped out without guidance.
But this battle was very miserable, 3,000 were killed, Qiu Lie died heroically, and the result was that the first line of defense in Panlongling was completely gone.
Qin Ning had no intention of attacking, and hurriedly asked people to save the wounded, retreated twenty miles, and set up camp.
Concentrated on the generals again, all the generals had a grim look on their faces.
The huge blow of the first battle of Panlongling seems to have a great psychological impact on the generals.
Qin Ning saw that the generals were speechless, and said with relief: "Everyone, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, only by winning without arrogance and defeat can we gain a long-term foothold in the military circles, otherwise, if we lose the battle, we will collapse, and there will be no decent army in the world." ”
"Military advisor, the last general has an opinion, I don't know whether to talk about it or not. ”
Qin Ning saw that he was a general who was good friends with Qiu Lie, his name was 6 Ling, and he was also a general born in Lingtu City.
"6 The general said that it doesn't matter, I don't make a word here, as long as it is an opinion, whether good or bad, you can put it forward. ”
Qin Ning knew that those who dared to speak at this time must be the ones who had goods in their stomachs, otherwise, no one would be able to bear it at this time. (To be continued!)
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