Chapter 688: The First Battle (2)
The border city of the Vatican Kingdom is full of art. The Brahman is a country with developed agriculture, and at the same time the business is also doing well, and the belief here is also the god of light, unlike in the novel, this country, the business travelers from the dark god country, can also trade freely in the Brahman, as long as they pay double the tax.
Liubai City has a specialty, a white gem with a large size, which can be used to make statues, large formation templates, and the higher quality ones are used to make runes.
The city of Liubai was built on the mountains, with plains on the other side. Among the mountains, there are dense caves, producing bright gems. These gemstones will be processed and sold directly in Liubai City, and sold to countries within a radius of tens of thousands of miles.
Because it is relatively wealthy, the city defense of Liubai City is very good, of course, it is to guard against robbers.
To the south of Liubai City is the land of the Brahma Kingdom, and to the north, it is the Black Man Kingdom. The Black Man Kingdom believes in the Martial God and has little conflict with the God of Light, but for the sake of interests, the army of the Black Man Kingdom may disguise itself as a grab and sack the White City.
In Liubai City, there is a ninth-level great priest, and his own combat power is equivalent to the powerhouse of Jindan Eightfold, and he is one of the best figures in the Brahma Kingdom.
Solve the Liubai City, if you can kill this ninth-level great priest by the way, the blow to the Van Kingdom will still be quite big.
Ying Yang wants to rely on 5,000 people to defeat Liubai City, which is tantamount to a fool's dream. There are 80,000 garrisons in Liubai City, and there are more than 200,000 mercenaries. The mercenaries in this world are not untrained guys, but like the regular army, they are systematically trained and led by powerful generals.
200,000 mercenaries is an imaginary number, and the number of mercenaries operating in the mountains near Liubai City must be far exceeded. Mercenaries don't occasionally play the role of robbers as in the novels, they just need to maintain law and order, and occasionally do something risky, such as going deep into the mountains. Hunt monsters, go on an expedition to some ancient ruins or something.
There is also a mage association in Liubai City, this kind of thing will not exist in Eastern Qin, the qi refiner has its own sect, and the Twelve Dao Palaces control all the Dao sects in the world. Small sects simply don't have much autonomy.
As for the Mage Guild itself, the headquarters is set up in the Second Empire of Light, and the God of Light allows the existence of mages and gives them a high status, which is different from other gods.
The Mage Guild has built hundreds of spell towers in Liubai City, which are themselves part of the city's defenses. These towers, part of the space, are used for refining weapons, and are also open to magicians.
Among these mages. Most of them are mages who tend to be light, and there are few mages in the dark system. In the Spell Tower of the Light Mage, the success rate of refining those runes will be much higher.
The whole Liubai City, from the inside out, looks beautiful, and the stone slabs on the streets are covered with delicate patterns, in fact. It's a city full of spells and magic, and a sufficient number of mercenaries. 80,000 kingdom elites, plus nearly 10,000 Templar Knights.
These forces originally appeared to defend the mines. Now it's the trouble for the Don.
The paper eagle puppet flew in the sky, getting faster and faster, and with the information provided by Tang He, Eagle Yang's brows furrowed. He's a pioneer. The goal is to lure the enemy out of the city, first inflicting heavy damage on some of them.
But the entire Liubai City is very well defended, if you want to bypass Liubai City and attack those mines. It was necessary to abandon the horses and chariots, and to face the attack of almost thirty fortress garrisons.
Coupled with the mercenaries wandering in the mountains, basically they will lose most of their 5,000 people before they can destroy the defense of the mine.
The vanguard battalion of 5,000 people, but they did not carry peacock warships, only medium and small Thunderbird ships, and without the five-element cannons, it was impossible to bombard those fortresses.
The fortresses of the Evil God Kingdom are all huge stone piles, reinforced with spells, and the problem cannot be solved by trebuchets.
Some demon plants that destroyed the city's defense structure, and it would take months to destroy the fortress. This is also due to the fact that there is no temple altar in the fortress.
Look at these five thousand horses, five hundred on heavy horseback, and five hundred on light horseback. The distinction between light and heavy cavalry in the Eastern Qin Empire is not whether it is used to impact the enemy's formation, but whether it is functional. The function of heavy cavalry is single, mainly field warfare, and the functions of light cavalry are diverse, and the defensive power is inferior to that of heavy cavalry.
Of the remaining four thousand, there were no spearmen, five hundred axemen were given, and the rest were sword and shield men. Eight tanks, two hundred engineers, two more tanks. Logistics did not have it, but there were eight additional transporters.
The manpower is so small, and it's very simple, how to attract the enemy to come out and fight?
Ying Yang thought hard in his heart, and suddenly he thought, what would happen if the young master came to do it?
Soon, he had an idea and directly promulgated the plan, and the generals of the pioneer battalion rejoiced, this kind of play is still good.
Soon, the forward battalion came to the vicinity of a fortress, and by this time, the forward battalion had dispersed, with only two chariots and two hundred sword soldiers left.
The soldiers of the engineering battalion dug two pits, planted two dryad trebuchets, and then allocated a hundred new stone shells, and withdrew.
There were still ten cavalry left beside Ying Yang, and these ten cavalrymen, according to his orders, gently bypassed the fortress and secretly approached the other end of the road.
On the road, there is a freight convoy passing by, and twenty large trucks are fully loaded, which are guys who go directly to the pit to buy ore. Not everyone buys the finished product. Half of the ore in Liubai City was sold without processing.
Around these twenty carts, there were more than 100 mercenaries guarding them. These mercenaries, with scattered equipment, are of good quality. The ten cavalrymen rushed forward directly, and without waiting for the other party's mercenaries to ask, they simply opened their bows and arrows, and ten small talisman arrows flew over.
These light horsemen, not archers from the fairyland, do not have the ability to shoot arrows, and use small compound bows. It's just that the distance is so close, and it uses a disposable rune arrow, which is not small.
The more than 100 mercenaries did not expect that the ten cavalry approaching from a distance would dare to make a move, and as a result, the ten most gorgeously dressed mercenaries were directly taken away by this round.
The rest of the mercenaries drew their weapons in horror and rushed forward. The opponent's feather arrow was too terrifying, and when an arrow came over, a huge hole directly appeared in the body of the experienced companion.
Is that a magic arrow?
Ten light horses, replacing ordinary arrows, shot another round, and the mercenaries who rushed up hung up four more. Then the ten light horsemen urged the eagle beast to flee to the flank.
The mercenaries didn't dare to let them shoot with arrows continuously, and while letting the merchant guards on foot take shields to defend and save their lives first, more than fifty mercenaries on horseback forcibly rushed up.
Without the use of talisman arrows, it is really difficult to kill these mercenaries in full armor. The ten light horsemen suppressed the urge to draw their swords, and they didn't want to waste the talisman arrows, so they simply fled farther away.
The leader of the mercenaries was still alive, and he saw the hilly area in the distance, and there were more than a hundred people approaching here.
He immediately gave up the idea of pursuit, and shouted, "Go to the fortress in front!"
Only then did the merchant come to his senses, and hurriedly urged his men to rush to the fortress along the main road. Ten light horsemen, who at once came back and fired arrows in the back, left behind a large cart.
With the more than 100 infantry, the light cavalry drove the remaining nineteen carts into the fortress, and the mercenaries followed, and the gate of the fortress was quickly closed and the iron gate was lowered.
A fierce-looking infantryman was elected, and someone teleported a text on his goggles, which was written in the pronunciation of Dongqin language, imitating the local language.
The soldier was outside the fortress, shouting and cursing, asking the other party to give the goods.
The light riders behind looked like robbers and were pulled away by the cart left outside.
The garrison in the fortress consisted of only twenty men, and they suddenly became anxious. The other party's equipment is so high-end, it is not a thief at all, it may be from a neighboring country, disguised as a thief, this may be the rhythm of starting a war!
The commander of the garrison said to the merchant, "Don't be in a hurry, there are six forts near here, and two of them have priests. There are not many people on the other side, so I will launch flag flowers and ask the nearby mercenaries to come and help. ”
The merchant said, "Can the villain take part in the battle? I have twenty more here." ”
"Okay, let them guard the drain at the back door, lest the enemy play any tricks. ”
All this, Ying Yang saw in his eyes, this place is the farthest away from Liubai City, let's start with this scourge, if you kill six fortresses, at least one-third of the mine passages will be cut off by yourself, in this case, Liubai City will definitely send regular troops out.
According to the number of garrisons in Liubai City, that is, two thousand people were dispatched.
If there are only 2,000 people, as long as the coach is not so good, he can eat it himself. Kill the opponent's 2,000 men, and the opponent will attract the attention of the opponent, and then send more troops to destroy himself. At that time, the army of the Tang River was almost approaching. Cutting off the back routes of these armies will almost really weaken the strength of the city.
Ying Yang was satisfied, the other party might as well be a little rash here, the garrison is too small, six fortresses, here is the smallest one, only twenty people, and the largest is only one hundred and fifteen. But the scale of the fortress itself is not small, and it is not a problem for this fortress to garrison 500 people.
Ying Yang didn't know what to do, the other party built a fortress, and it was possible to accommodate mercenaries, and there was no need for the regular army to send so much. Liubai City has not encountered a war for hundreds of years, and it is normal for the surrounding area to be lax.
And Liubai City, which itself has a great array of magic to protect the city, is unlikely to encounter a surprise attack.
Therefore, Eagle Yang's trick of luring the snake out of the hole is correct. As long as the enemy comes out, lacks the help of dense spell towers, and the number does not exceed five thousand, Ying Yang is sure to destroy it.
The garrison in the fortress, firing flag flowers, and asking for help from the nearby fortress, is simply a stubborn posture that cannot be defended. And more than a hundred infantrymen only blocked the gate on one side, and the gate on the other side, and there were twenty cavalry wandering nearby.
Give the other party a chance to ask for help, only if there are more people in the fortress, there is value in using the Dryad trebuchet. (To be continued......)