Chapter 672: Decisive Battle Deployment
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In the first battle of the East Acropolis, Haibin once again won the victory with absolute superiority, completely annihilating more than 5,000 people in three army corps of the enemy, and for some reason, only more than 300 remnants were captured. However, the coastal side only paid the price of more than 200 dead and seriously wounded less than 50, which is a negligible loss for a battle in which both sides invested more than 10,000 troops.
At the end of the battle, the archers returned to the city to stay, the wolf head led the wolf cavalry to clean up the battlefield, and Fuller and Francis commanded the fifth army and the five thousand heavy cavalry that had been hidden in the city through the teleportation array and urgently transferred from the border, and had been hidden in the city to advance eastward, keeping a distance of twenty miles from the enemy's main force, and went straight to the Shenlong Pass, waiting for the final decisive battle. Wang Yong, Shadow Dance, Regan, and Morin did not pass with the group, but returned to the East Acropolis and rushed to the Shenlong Pass through the teleportation array to assist Mu Sen in defense.
At noon, Newman, who had already camped at the foot of the Shenlong Pass to rest, finally waited for the intelligence brought back by the reconnaissance force that had almost completely wiped out the army.
The distribution of the enemy forces was clearly described by the intelligence officer, and at least 10,000 enemy troops were guarding an unnamed hill fifty miles to the north, occupying a difficult terrain, complete with fortifications, and heavy weapons such as ballistae and trebuchets. Forty miles to the south, at least 10,000 cavalry troops of the enemy army were following, and they had already set up camp to rest. Needless to say, when Newman came to the foot of the Shenlong Pass, he had lost contact with Turce for a while, and Newman didn't need to think that Newman knew that Turce was more than lucky.
These pieces of information were all exchanged for blood and lives by soldiers who didn't have much reconnaissance, but when Newman read the above content, he was as entangled and unwilling as he arrived at Shenlong Pass and saw that the new city wall was not flying on the flag.
Looking at the latest standards on the map, although Newman had expected it, he couldn't help but be amazed after seeing the strong lineup of the Seaside Province, Newman was not amazed by the strength of the Seaside Province, he still didn't think that a Seaside Province would have so many soldiers and such strong combat effectiveness. Newman was amazed that the Empire was able to hide from the Empire's hidden intelligence agents and transfer such a large force here without realizing it.
After a long period of contemplation, Newman summoned all the corps commanders for the last military deployment meeting before the war.
After explaining the present form in its entirety, Newman did not give the officers a chance to give advice, but ordered the whole army to rest in an unquestioning tone, and in the evening took advantage of the darkness to launch a full-scale attack on the Shenlong Pass, under Newman's personal command. Moreover, Newman also ordered that all the remaining food should be distributed, and that the soldiers should be fed at dinner, and that the soldiers should be told about their current form and the difficulties they faced. If you want to survive, you have to recapture the Shenlong Pass, and all the troops abandon their baggage and light equipment to go into battle, fight against the water, and die if they don't win.
The specific deployment of this battle was that of the 25 corps of the logistics troops, five field infantry corps built a defense and held their positions at the foot of the mountain of Shenlong Pass, and the remaining 20 corps only brought siege ladders and individual equipment to storm Shenlong Pass with refueling tactics.
Attack hierarchy aspect. The first echelon is composed of three logistics cannon fodder units, and their role is to consume the enemy's physical strength, dull the enemy's weapons, and consume the enemy's heavy defensive equipment.
The second echelon consisted of seven field corps. Their task is to attack, non-stop attack.
The third echelon is composed of five hoplite legions, they are Newman's killer weapon, and if they lose 20,000 men, they will not capture Shenlong Pass. Then the defenders in the pass were also seriously damaged, and the soldiers were exhausted, so they attacked with 10,000 hoplites with full physical strength. Newman was convinced that he would succeed in retaking the Dragon Pass.
As for the remaining five legions, Newman is the reserve, firstly, if the enemy troops on the south and north sides rush to support the Shenlong Pass or flank their own side, then they can send this reserve to support when the five field legions that are defended after the break cannot resist, or they can use them to hold the city wall after capturing the Shenlong Pass to resist the enemy's counterattack. As for the five field legions after the break, Newman had basically given up, and their role was to buy enough time for the large army.
After the order was issued, the whole camp fell into a depression, when the soldiers learned of their situation, the reactions were mixed, some were surprised, some panicked, and some planned to flee or surrender, but these were only a very small number of people, most of the soldiers still adhered to the duties and duties of soldiers, fell asleep after eating, and waited for a desperate battle with the enemy.
On the aerial platform of Shenlong Pass, Wang Yong, Chris, Tie Mask, Kevin, Nuo Sen and others gathered together to observe the movement of the enemy troops under the mountain with a lookout scope.
Amy and the other magicians stood at the edge of the platform, familiar with the height of the platform and the distance from the city wall, but to their dismay, even the strongest Amy on this platform could only touch the city wall a thousand meters away with her magic range, let alone the others.
But fortunately, Mu Sen also took this into account, and he had already asked people to help dig two small stone chambers on the cliffs on both sides of the city wall, which were enough for the magicians. The two stone chamber gates face west, fifty meters above the ground of the city wall, and the magicians can hide on them without worrying about the enemy's closeness, only the enemy's crossbow arrows.
As the head of the magic group, Amy asked Shadow Dance to help set up a small teleportation array in the two stone rooms, and then after asking Wang Yong's opinion, the magicians were divided into three teams, Regan, Maureen, Rook, Quentin group, Hal Butler, Maury, Phoebe, and the military doctor Jacob group, respectively, went to the stone room on the cliff to assist in the defense, and the two female generals Lena and Sarah each brought a team of heavy shield hands to protect in the two stone rooms in case of emergency. And Amy, Daisy, and Connie usually cooperate the most tacitly, so they work in groups of three, stay below, and climb the city wall to support at any time.
Amy also deliberately emphasized that they should cooperate with each other, not to waste their magic, and that each time one person releases their magic, the others wait in order. And especially pay attention to the enemy magician, once the enemy magician makes a move, be sure to intercept it, but don't fight back, Amy and the three will take action to solve it.
Amy assigns the tasks of the magicians, and Noxon divides the high-end melee force into two teams, led by Kevin and Vani, who take turns supporting the walls and fighting against the enemy masters.
The Black Hand members of the Iron Mask will also gather in the Shenlong Pass when the war is in full swing, and they will have little room to play in large-scale battles, so the Iron Mask is ready to carry a large number of crossbows and crossbow arrows to the two stone chambers to cooperate with a group of magicians to attack. (To be continued......)