Chapter 768: Three More States (I)
More than 500 air cavalry fell rapidly, and the Yanzhou army, which was originally killed and injured by their own arrows and was depressed, once again cheered up under the scolding and encouragement from above, and reloaded the bed crossbow with the fastest speed, not to mention other crossbow arrows and bows, and had already raised and aimed at these 500 or so southwest air cavalry who were not afraid of death.
This time, with the suppression of the officers, everyone gritted their teeth and waited for this group of southwest air cavalry to enter the firing range, did not shoot in advance, everyone was holding a fire in their hearts, even if the result was still a failure, then these five hundred southwest air cavalry had to be left behind, otherwise it would really be faceless to see the hometown fathers!
And those strong people who have already taken off and flown into the air, they are also holding their stomachs and flying towards Zhang Jiasan's five hundred air horses, the southwest air ride above, because they fly too high, these strong people who can fly do not have the ability to rush to such a height, so they can only stare at the bottom, and now they see that there is finally a vote of people who don't know how to live or die and land down, so why don't you kill them quickly, otherwise how can you be worthy of spending a lot of money to hire your own people?
Thousands of powerful crossbow arrows the size of a man's arm flew into the sky, and everyone clenched their fists and prepared to cheer, because the power of this crossbow was enough to pierce through the thick walls, and it would be no problem to kill these empty cavalry within range!
It's just that these people obviously neglected one thing, and regarded the mounts of the air cavalry as horses and horses, thinking that these air horses had no ability to resist, so when the powerful crossbow arrows were shot at the air horses, these flying jellyfish, flicking their tentacles, easily entangled the crossbow arrows, and then shook their heads upside down, and directly inserted the soldiers in charge of the bed crossbow into a gourd and inserted it into the ground. Some of the soldiers who were not dead immediately howled in misery, while others were so frightened that they took a few steps back.
Everyone's faces turned a little blue, and when they saw the air riders rise into the air to dodge, they thought that these air riders were afraid of the attack of the bed crossbow. Now it seems that it is not the same thing at all! People are too lazy to waste time with their own people to ignore it, not because they can't resist attacks!
And what made them all stiffen even more was that these air riders flicked their tentacles directly at the flying powerhouses who flew over, and countless thunderbolts struck them like this, crackling and chaotic sounds, and a charcoal-like corpse fell down like this, and the remaining flying powerhouses turned around and fled quickly without saying a word.
Seeing this scene, everyone's hearts were cold. How to fight this war, it is not at the same level! If the entire southwest army only has these 500 or so air cavalry with such ability, there is still a way to grind them out, but if hundreds of thousands of southwest air cavalry have such ability, then there is no need to fight, and it is better to surrender directly.
While these people were thinking nonsense, the five hundred horsemen in the sky had already descended to a certain extent, and directly spread to the entire defense line, and with the order of each army commander, the iron pimple in his hand was urged to throw it down.
Some of the iron bumps were embedded directly in the towers and bunkers. Some directly smashed people to the ground, and before these people could react, a series of loud noises and huge fires were so loud, and countless stumps and broken wood scattered in all directions. Thick smoke rose into the sky. From the air, this section of the attacked line was all in flames.
The army of air horsemen who were about to leave suddenly stopped, and then, the dense air horses flew down again. Directly scattered on the entire defense line, and then bursts of roaring explosions sounded one after another, and countless smoke and fires directly covered the entire defense line of Yanzhou.
When the smoke and dust dissipate. The entire defense line disappeared completely, only some wreckage and curling black smoke remained, and the army that stayed here had already rushed towards the interior of Yanzhou if it was not blown to pieces. It can be said that the defensive front formed by Yanzhou with countless manpower and material resources was scrapped with such a high-altitude bombardment by the air cavalry.
As a result, not only Yanzhou was dumbfounded, but even Shen Fei was stunned for a while, especially after the intelligence reports from Shanzhou and Chuanzhou came up. The defensive formations of Shanzhou and Sichuan are placed on the steep passages, which can be described as invincible, but this is only for the infantry, for the air cavalry, this kind of defensive formation that makes itself like a turtle is completely the object of casual ravage, and in some places, an iron lump thrown into it can blow up the establishment of a battalion. Some places that are particularly steep and have to withstand crossbow arrows from all directions if they want to attack, the air cavalry simply give up and directly attack the transport troops on the periphery, directly trapping these troops in the precipitous territory, and also viciously destroying the opponent's up and down mountain roads, so that the opponent cannot get out of trouble even if he hoards drinking water and food.
When these news came up, it was said that the so-called defense line formed by the shield state was simply a joke, and it had no effect at all except for wasting manpower and material resources. And these are nothing, the air cavalry who were ordered to attack and harass the shield states did not think that after destroying the defense line, even if the raiding work was completed, they began to rush into these three states, and did not attack the cities above the county seats, and scattered their men and horses to target those county towns to attack.
Most of the strong are concentrated in the big cities of the state and county, and it is good that the county seat can have a strong person of the individual rank, and the strong of the human rank will definitely not be able to get out under the siege of the thousand cavalry and air cavalry, yes, the air cavalry is not stupid, and they did not divide the team too loosely, but formed a team of thousands of people to attack these counties separately.
And these air cavalry adhering to the order of raiding, or eliminate or capture or drive away the strong people in the county, they will loot the materials in the county official office, with the carrying capacity of thousands of empty cavalry, easily move away the wealth of the official office of a county town, and when the state and county send reinforcements, they can only face the official office that has become a ruin, in addition to carrying materials from the state and county, can only collect a batch of materials from the people again. The action of the air cavalry to only rob the officials' homes, as well as the action of the shield state to collect taxes again, made the people's hearts that were originally biased towards the shield state a little inclined to Shen Fei's side.
With hundreds of thousands of air cavalry scattered in the shield three states to wreak havoc and loot, the three states directly fell into a state of collapse, what was blocked by Shen Fei's attack and counterattack before was directly mentioned, if it weren't for the air cavalry just ransacked the county level of the city, and did not kill people indiscriminately, I am afraid that these three states will collapse directly, and the county level is not without finding a way to solve the situation of the air cavalry flying in the state.
First of all, a division of power makes them have to take care of their own affairs, even if you control the general power of the state city, you can only manage your own territory, and you can't reach out to other counties, and the power of the county is simply unable to resist the attack of a thousand air horses, and when those strong people rush over, the air horses have already run away. In the case of an ambush, as soon as the air rider realized that something was wrong, the air rider jellyfish emitted countless lightning bolts, and the air rider dropped countless bombs, and then ran away with a swish.
If you are lucky enough to kill some empty horses, hum, then the empty horses will get into trouble with you, and you will directly mobilize tens of thousands of empty horsemen to come over, and if you don't kill the murderers, you won't loot all the powerful territory, and you will definitely not leave! What if the empty horses can't deal with it? The worshippers of the worship mansion, who had been impatient for a long time, immediately went out and directly exterminated this kind of strong man who jumped out.
After coming down a few times, all the county towns below the three states of the shield were looted, countless officials, soldiers and strong men were killed, and it was not only the problem of money that made the various forces distressed, but also the loss of personnel. But when no one was available and could only use the scribes, these powerful forces were shocked to find that the scribes under their command were so rare that they were terrifying, that is, there were very few scholars, and the only ones who could use them were only those masters who would only intrigue and damage the public and private interests!
After a frightened investigation, I reluctantly found that the clerks under my jurisdiction, and even some masters who thought they had some skills, as well as the shopkeepers of various shops, all went to the southwest region to take the civil service exam!
In the face of this unusable scene, not long ago, the leaders of the power who were ready to die with Shen Fei couldn't help but feel bitter for a while, although the middle and high-level talents are still in their hands, but this is useless, most of these middle and high-level talents are just mouthful, and the people who really do things are still grassroots personnel, and now that most of the basic personnel are gone, it is not much possible for this power and this system to operate!
Thinking of the situation when their own power stopped running, all the leaders of the power couldn't help but sigh, there was no need to play, there was only one way to go to Shen Fei. After seeing the power of the air cavalry, no one thinks that there is anyone in this world who can resist the southwest army, I am afraid that only the army of the founding period of Great Qin can resist it, and now in the situation that each state is doing its own thing, there is no one in this world who can compete to win that Shen Fei!
So countless envoys rushed to the southwest region again, and this time these powerful leaders were more self-aware, and only asked to keep their family wealth and be able to enjoy food, and no longer specify what official position they must give as before, and what treatment their own children must receive.
The head of the Sixth Academy, who got the report, naturally reported to Shen Fei in a hurry, but Shen Fei jumped to his feet and scolded: "Damn! It's like this again! Why is it like this every time! I don't even think about expansion! Why do they always surrender and surrender? I just sent troops to attack and disturb them! I didn't think about occupying their land now, is it necessary for them to surrender directly?!"
The head of the Sixth Academy was a little crying and laughing, I'm afraid that this master is the only one in history who treats surrender like this, right? Only this master obviously has the strength to sweep the world, but he is slowly expanding step by step, and he is not willing to take the world in his arms at once and directly ascend to the supreme throne......, right?