Qi Lang briefly summarized the relevant situation of Credon, and personally wrote a long letter, which was sent to old Henry by Schukin's extremely industrious messenger, hoping to play a certain role in his next step.

Ruth's rebellion is very revealing, and from the so-called Saint King's risk of sending Ruth back, he is still quite afraid of the strength of the Hope Legion, and he is eager to grasp all the movements on Qi Lang's side before launching a full-scale operation. However, his eyeliner was knocked out, and although the flamingo pet used to deliver the message was not caught, Ruth's death made the big bird useless. It's just that before that, Lu Si must have also passed back some of the news from the side of the Zonghao Kingdom, hoping that the current situation of the legion's lack of skills is estimated to have been mastered by Credon for a long time, and that means that they are likely to take this opportunity to take action in advance.

Qi Lang must speed up the process, and the first goal is to overthrow the puppet regime of the great Jiang Ping brothers.

The previous meeting of the allies achieved the desired result, and the rebel forces put aside their past differences, and under the deployment of the old head of the Xiangshui Regiment, Wen Lun, they gathered from all directions, and completed the siege of Ningwan Town, the western gateway of Dongyang City, within the scheduled time. Most of the main force of the Hood Team, close to 50,000 soldiers, was trapped in that military town, and was planning to fight the trapped beasts.

This will be a crucial battle that will determine the development of the overall war situation, and the capture of Ningwan Town will mean that Jiang Ping's government has completely lost its minions, and will no longer have any strength to resist the attack of the rebel army, and if they hold on, even if it only lasts for a month or two. Variables are possible.

Ningwan Town is located 70 kilometers west of Dongyang City. It is the place where many tributaries of the Daxin River converge. Qi Lang had passed by here during his trip to Dongyang City, and had a certain understanding of this transportation hub, where the rivers are criss-crossed, the terrain is complex, and there are only a few hectares of flat land around the town for soldiers to be stationed in formation, which can be called a strategic fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

And with the good news of the rebel army, Jiang Ping's puppet regime thought that it had long seen that the general situation was not good, and it was in the process of shrinking and retreating. In addition to driving out all the residents of the town, he also carried out fortifications to renovate the entire town in just a few months. Now the walls around the town have been heightened and reinforced, the heavy gates have been re-erected, the moat under the city has been filled with oil, and the moat is covered with antlers, just like an iron city.

Although the 50,000 soldiers of the Hood Team are not strong in individual combat ability, they have also received a considerable degree of militarized training with the secret support of the Otto Empire for many years. The combat capability of the corps should not be underestimated. At the same time, they were well-armed, except for the standing strong bows, hard crossbows, swords, and spears. There is even a catapult that can throw boulders hundreds of meters away, and it is very powerful to launch an attack from a high position.

It's going to be a real battle, and it's more difficult than you can imagine – at least in theory.

The rebel army was mostly mobile and flexible guerrilla warfare before, and had never fought similar battles, only the 100th soldier of the Hope Legion had received relevant training in the Luman Empire, but the actual combat experience can be called very little, from the previous military history, it can be understood that the attacking side of this kind of tough battle often has to pay a considerable price, in order to finally achieve excellent results, in addition to bravery is a necessary condition, reasonable tactical arrangements and the application of superior forces, is the most important.

In terms of strategic and tactical arrangements, Qi Lang didn't worry too much, in addition to Jila's excellent staff officer, the head of the Xiangshui Regiment and the head of the Shanhai Society were all masters. These two elders were in their thirties when they first studied with Qi Lang's grandfather, Mr. Luo Wu, and had long missed the best opportunity to learn martial arts, which is why their knowledge focused more on marching and strategizing. Mr. Zhu Lai had highlighted these two people to Qi Lang, and he took a fancy to their advantages in this regard, Mr. Zhu Lai knew the situation of the Hope Corps very well, and he knew that what Qi Lang needed most was not a soldier, but a think tank that could play a vital role in the future construction of the country.

Under the careful deployment of Commander Wen Lun, the rebel teams were divided into four routes, and adopted a strategy of encirclement of Ningwan Town, supplemented by fighting, but psychological deterrence was the main intention.

The Holy Son Legion, which is known for its combat bravery, was arranged in the north of the relatively flat terrain, and they were assisted in the battle, as well as the super-first-class warrior Lance of the Love tribe and his huge beast pet Pubei, and at the same time, the Hope Legion also arranged for more than 30 stormtroopers such as Lamba to help. With the help of Sergeant Dong Hong and some of the Eastern soldiers who joined later in the Hope Regiment, Commander Wen asked them to skillfully maneuver and calmly advance and retreat.

Man Yushu led more than 10,000 soldiers of the Shanhai Society to guard the east of the town, on the one hand, cutting off the retreat of the hood team, and at the same time carefully guarding against the reinforcements of Dongyang City, the task was particularly arduous. However, the calm elder had already made up his mind, and adopted a strategy of besieging but not attacking, only trying to put the trapped enemy army in a desperate situation, in order to breed a sense of slack.

Directly west is the main battlefield of the attack, which is mainly attacked by the main force of Qi Lang's Hope Corps and more than 5,000 soldiers of the Xiangshui Regiment.

Early that morning, when Gulf sent Syukin around the battlefield on all four sides for a week, the battle officially began.

The attack from the north was the most violent, and the huge arrows of the siege crossbow flew in the air, which could be clearly seen from far away, and the loud sound of the mountain coming from there was probably the giant of Lanse who was chiseling the thick and heavy city gate with a huge axe. The south and east roads still seem relatively quiet, but it can be seen from the busy movement of the defenders on the city wall that the beginner sage Dong Hong should have approached the city gate smoothly, Qi Lang only hopes that he will not recklessly use the flying technique and go deep into the enemy alone, although he now holds the sword of loyalty in his hand, and his combat effectiveness has been greatly improved, but the legion combat is no better than a personal duel, and the slightest mistake will cause him to lose his life.

"The dragon monster lifts off!"

With Qi Lang's order, the main battlefield on the West Road also began to be launched.

Parry's carefully trained ten-headed drakes flew up from behind with huge wings, each with three or five Legion of Hope archers tasked with delivering suppressive attacks from the air in order to reduce the stormtroopers' casualty rate. Although the ten-headed dragon monsters provided by the Luman Empire are not like the fire dragons of the Otto Empire, they can spew fierce flames to attack, but the scale armor on their bodies is thicker and harder, more powerful, and most importantly, they are more obedient and powerful in fighting with the legions.

It stands to reason that Gulf, as the number one archer, should have appeared on the back of the drake and used his magical phantom arrow to create a series of dazzling attack effects, but unfortunately, he still did not get rid of his fear of heights to this day, and after prevaricating for a long time, he finally gave up his place to Jira.

The ten-headed dragon monster can be called the nightmare of the hood team, the arrows shot up in the air one or two hundred meters away, basically lose the killing power, the dragon monster only needs to gently flap the giant wings, the whirlwind brought up is enough to blow those arrows down, and their catapult flat shooting down still has some power, if you want to overcome gravity, the target is those overlords in the air, the final result can only be to throw stones but smash their own brains.

The aerial cover of the dragon monster made it difficult for the army defending the city to organize an effective bow and arrow defense, and the arrows flying out sporadically were basically blocked by the shields held high by the Xiangshui Regiment, so more than 5,000 soldiers successfully advanced to the front of the battlefield, and the siege vehicles were also erected one after another in a very short time. Behind those siege vehicles, there were more than a dozen iron shield vehicles, and a huge iron horn was placed on the roof, and the loud and loud shouters kept launching a psychological offensive.

"The king of Zong Hao, the divine soldier descended from the sky, the puppet rebel thief, and brought about his own destruction!"

The warriors of the hood team were already frightened by the attack of the two wings, and then they were attacked by the dragon monsters in the air with teeth and claws, and they were even more panicked and almost collapsed. But their commander seemed to be a die-hard loyalist of the great Jiang Ping brothers, and while forcing the soldiers to step up their resistance, they ran to the iron barrel horn and shouted and cursed: "Shameless villains, it is you who dare to risk the condemnation of the world to become enemies of the people and bring about your own destruction! Our Protector Army is full of righteousness and has long put life and death out of the question, so let your horses come and see if you die or I die today!"

The commander was fat and clumsy, and he didn't look like a skilled warrior, but he probably had gained the trust of the puppet regime through his loyalty and intelligence. However, in spite of the awe-inspiring shouts of his words, the Hooded Soldiers on the walls did not seem to get any encouragement from them, and still raised their shields vigorously, without organizing any effective response.

"How about I make a start?" Gulf walked up to Qi Lang with his bow and arrow, "That guy is probably their head, as long as I shoot an arrow through his throat, the hoods will definitely not be able to sing." ”

Old Captain Wen Lun agreed with Gulf's suggestion, but Qi Lang was a little moved by the upright guy and stopped Gulf's action: "Our goal is not to kill them all, but to destroy the hypocritical banner that is high above, so let's do it." ”

Taking off the Holy Blood Bow, attaching the arrows, and pulling the bowstring, Qi Lang glanced at it and shouted, "If you still believe in those lies, I ask you to raise your heads and take a look, because he has collapsed!"

"Whew!"

A flaming arrow shot out like lightning!(To be continued......)

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