Chapter 793: Shrinking Defense
The scouts of the Qin army are the busiest of all the Qin troops, and as long as the Qin army receives information from the scouts, they can advance or stay. {[}
The scouts, on the other hand, had to do the necessary turnaround between the various targets, and sometimes the situation was serious, and they had to turn back to the Qin army camp to report the situation.
The farther they fought to the east of the Blue Star Empire, the easier it was for the Qin army, and in the later years, it was not like a war, but more like a rapid march.
The easternmost part of the Eastern Prince's jurisdiction is a narrow strip of land overturned by mountains, where the last fifty cities of the Eastern Prince's territory are located.
There was no longer a vast strategic space to move here, so Qin Ning ordered the millions of Qin troops to tighten their pockets, block this narrow strip, and order the Qin army to rest.
The remnants of the Eastern Prince's forces were all blocked by the Qin army at once, and if the Eastern Prince's forces wanted to make a difference, they had to go out of the territory defended by the Qin army.
Wang Jian was a little puzzled and asked: "General Qin, now that the Eastern Prince has been compressed into such a small space, as long as we work hard, we can completely solve the Eastern Prince." Don't know what you think, will stop here. ”
Qin Ning nodded, pursed his lips, and said, "The more we get to the end, the crazier the situation we encounter may be. The Death of the Nine Cities will always be a haunting nightmare for me, and I don't want to repeat the tragedy here. ”
Wang Jian nodded and said, "It's normal for General Qin to have such concerns. I do have an idea, General Qin, I am from this neighborhood, I grew up here, and I am quite familiar with the situation here. It's better to go and listen to the situation in person and get the most useful intelligence information for our Qin army. ”
Qin Ning thought for a moment. felt that Wang Jian was up to such a task, so he told Wang Jian to be cautious. Wan Wan took preserving his life as the first priority, and sent Wang Jian out.
Wang Jian just left. Qin Ning received a communication request from the Eastern Prince.
Connected to the communicator, Qin Ning felt that the Eastern Prince, whether it was his tone or his speech, was a little weird.
The Eastern Prince did not come up as usual to explain the situation like a storm, and then hurriedly turned off the communication.
Today, the Eastern Prince seems to have a lot of time and a special leisure and elegance to chat with Qin Ning.
For example, greetings, General Qin's health has been long-winded recently.
Qin Ning felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked, "Prince Dong, you won't contact me just because of these trivial matters, right?"
The East Prince smiled faintly: "There are some things, but there is plenty of time." General Qin, we're all old friends, can't we have a good chat?"
Qin Ning felt more and more uneasy, and said hurriedly: "Prince Dong, is there an emergency situation in your place?" If so, I will go over to pick you up." ”
"Hahaha......" The Eastern Prince let out a burst of laughter with a strong sense of sadness, "General Qin, I didn't expect that in the end, I would care about my life and death." It's actually you, a mortal enemy who doesn't share the sky...... It's really a trick, but anyway, I say thank you from the bottom of my heart. Chongtong keeps up with you, and he is also very blessed. ”
Qin Ning concluded. There must have been something big going on with the Eastern Prince, Qin Ning almost shouted: "The Eastern Prince, where are you now? I'll rescue you right away. ”
"No need, thank you again General Qin. I sue you for a heavy dà military situation. The mysterious messenger behind me has decided to give up all territory. It is entrenched in twenty-seven cities in the easternmost part of my territory. This guy is out and about setting up the fortifications, so I have time to make small talk with you. Hurry up, it's a hundred times better for the Blue Star Empire to be in your hands than in the hands of this madman. ”
When a bird is dying, its song is mourning, and when a man is dying, his words are good.
Qin Ning heard a kind of resoluteness from the words of the Eastern Prince.
"Prince Dong, your nature is not bad, tell me where you are, I really want to save you. ”
"General Qin, I know you are sincere. But since the black-robed messenger refined the millions of innocent people and countless warriors under my jurisdiction into two-legged wolves, I already feel that my sins are unforgivable. I once fought against the messenger with medicinal properties, but I can't control it anymore. Qin Ning, thank you for giving me a little spiritual comfort in my last moments. ”
After speaking, the East Prince turned off the communication equipment.
The prince took a mirror and carefully arranged his appearance in front of the mirror.
I don't know how long it took, the black-robed envoy appeared in front of the Eastern Prince.
"It's really hard for you, at such a critical juncture, you actually dress yourself like a!" the black-robed messenger's words were obviously angry.
The Eastern Prince threw the mirror in his hand out of the way in a very chic manner: "Messenger, what's going on lately? This is not in line with the demeanor of a heavenly immortal when you first came, and for a long time." Could it be that Qin Ning was beaten to the ground?hahaha......"
The black-robed envoy barely suppressed the thought of strangling the prince of the east, and snorted coldly: "Presumptuous, are you so kind of to the envoy benefactor who is trying his best to help you?"
"Shut up!" the tone of the Eastern Prince was full of majesty, as if he had returned to the momentum of a high-ranking king, "Benefactor, is it a favor to me to turn millions of my subjects into two-legged wolves and let countless innocent lives fall? If this is also a favor, I should kill you to be able to repay your kindness." ”
The black-robed envoy trembled and turned his head to the Eastern Prince: "Do you still want to be presumptuous to me in the endless pain and torture of poison?"
"Hmph, I don't think you have the patience to keep me, right? ”
The black-robed envoy lifted the veil on his head, revealing a face that was so pale that there was no blood. The black-robed envoy sneered: "Originally, I wanted you to survive, but since you are so ignorant, let you make the final contribution for me." ”
The Eastern Prince suddenly felt that his eyes were suddenly attracted by the eyes of the black-robed envoy, and the eyes of the black-robed envoy seemed to be a bottomless deep pool, and the Eastern Prince felt that all his divine consciousness was immersed in it.
Slowly, the Eastern Prince felt his sense of autonomy disappear little by little. In the end, the Eastern Prince no longer had any fluctuations in his divine sense.
"Hmph, a clown who jumps off the beam dares to be so self-conscious! This is fine, he becomes a puppet, and he will say whatever he wants. ”
And on Qin Ning's side, the communication was cut off, and he immediately felt that things were extraordinary.
So Qin Ning hurriedly ordered 10,000 Qin army soldiers, broke away from the large army, and quickly rushed towards the hinterland of the only remaining territory of the Eastern Prince.
Qin Ning didn't expect that in the last territory of the Eastern Prince, all the cities seemed to have been ransacked, and there were ruins everywhere, as if they had experienced a catastrophe.
But Qin Ning had no time to care about this, Qin Ning led 10,000 Qin army soldiers, galloping eastward like a lightning speed.
After passing through more than twenty cities, Qin Ning was stunned by the scene in front of him.
The city in front of it was wrapped in thick rocks and demolished walls, and it is no wonder that the city that had just passed through had become like that, and it turned out to be demolished to strengthen the last fortified buildings.
In the thick defensive structure, Qin Ning could clearly see the Sensen cannon muzzle hidden inside.
Qin Ning suddenly understood the meaning of the Eastern Emperor to let him attack quickly, and the black-robed envoy wanted to use a strong city defense to resist the attack of the Qin army, so as to achieve the purpose of delaying time.
Judging from the ground, even if the heavy artillery battalion of the Qin army was dragged over for a non-stop attack, it was impossible to be sure that it would be blasted out little by little in two months.
Qin Ning flew into the air, and was surprised to find that the remaining more than twenty cities of the Eastern Emperor were all covered by thick solid rocks and walls.
This is a typical turtle defense posture, even if the Qin army can break through the city gate, in such an environment, the Qin army's large army will not be able to deploy at all, and the poisonous snake guide Yi who can absolutely suppress the two-legged wolf will no longer be useful here.
The most fatal thing is that the black-robed envoy chose to stick to the terrain of the city, and the two sides were squeezed by the uplifted terrain, and the million-strong army could not be deployed here at all, and due to the terrain being limited to the front of the city, a heavy artillery battalion of the Qin army could not be effectively deployed.
Qin Ning watched for a long time, but he didn't come up with an effective way, and after thinking about it, Qin Ning ordered the Qin army to send 400,000 troops with a heavy artillery battalion to rush here.
It's really similar to Qin Ning's estimate, within the effective range of heavy artillery, there is not a single heavy artillery battalion in front of the city.
Qin Ning tried to let the reluctantly swing heavy artillery bombard the city, and after a few rounds of blows, only a small half of the rocks and walls piled up outside the city were cut off.
And if you want to extend the artillery bombardment, the Qin army's heavy artillery will have to move forward, so hiding in the direction of the Qin army's heavy artillery shooting dead angle, there are countless strongholds and heavy artillery waiting.
Such a situation was unexpected by Qin Ning.
After thinking about it for a while, Qin Ning ordered the heavy artillery troops to withdraw, and the 300,000 troops put on a defensive posture, so don't do it for the time being.
Returning to his camp, Qin Ning fell into deep thought. According to the effect of the heavy artillery strike just now, as well as what he saw in mid-air, if the Qin army wants to take all the remaining cities, it will not be able to do it in half a year.
But not to mention half a year, it is two months, which is quite a luxury for Qin Ning.
Qin Ning couldn't sleep all night, repeatedly deducing one battle plan after another, but all the plans could be won, but time did not allow it.
In a moment of despair, Qin Ning even thought of using his good energy to solve the final battle on the side of the Eastern Prince. But this idea was immediately vetoed by Qin Ning, the loss of good energy is not something that can be replenished casually, although there is still a steady stream of good energy gathered now, but at every critical moment, he can't use it indiscriminately after all.
After all, for the cultivation realm and the Blue Star Empire, it may not be a good thing to forcibly solve the trouble with the power of one person.
Besides, there is also the side of the Northern Prince, and the more ferocious opponents he will face in the future!
Qin Ning didn't dare to make any wrong moves!(To be continued......)