Chapter 674: Black Hand
The Millennium Dryad was personally mentioned by the mastermind behind the scenes, and naturally began to operate in secret.
The roots of the tree full of demonic aura flew through the ground, and when they noticed the blood of the monks of the Heavenly Master Academy, they immediately divided into side branches and poked out of the surface to take advantage of the chaos to loot.
A group of monks with eyes above the top, who were taught to behave by the marines of the Eagle Gilly Empire Expeditionary Force with musket volleys, watched their partners fall one after another, gritted their silver teeth in anger, and vowed to take revenge.
Fortunately, they were not stupid people who were carried away by anger, and finally remembered the fact that the "Great Mercy" Baiyun Master Fei also retreated, and hurriedly greeted them, and each of them showed their proud escape skills and left the battlefield on their own.
A seriously underestimated Erqian female Heavenly Master, who wanted to save her brother who was very watery, held a nine-section Xuantie whip and spun it quickly, condensing into a gossip shield out of thin air, and blocking and retreating to avoid the main force of the invaders.
Because of her identity and hard work, she attracted the attention of some of the soldiers of the Eagle Gili Empire Expeditionary Force, and the lead bullets that shot over were like rain in many places, and on the conjured gossip shield, fried beans sounded.
On the Xuantie Whip Festival, the dazzling sparks were polished, almost blinding the eyes of the Erqian Female Heavenly Master, but she didn't care about it at all, and her free left hand firmly grasped her brother's collar and dragged it vigorously to safety.
Seeing this scene, Ye Zhiqiu was moved by the emotions of the brothers and sisters who were rare on the battlefield, and summoned a cloud of mist that could not be blown away by the wind through the thousand-year-old tree demon, covering the two of them to retreat calmly.
"Alas...... After all, I am soft-hearted! I can't see the blood and sacrifice of my own people. ”
At this moment, Ye Zhiqiu stretched out his hand and twisted it gently, and the "earthen mines" buried on the bottom of the sea floated one after another, and they were all around the gunboats of the Eagle Geely Empire Expeditionary Force.
The experienced sailors on deck, with a keen sense of danger, allow them to quickly spot anomalies on the sea. With the help of the warm sun, the sailors found that the ship was filled with "drifting bottle bombs" that had been very impressive several times.
The dense drifting bottles were so dense that the sailors couldn't help but go crazy and howl out of their hearts!
Reverend John Gross also noticed the signs of bad luck and ran back in a panic, his mind so confused that he forgot to spread his bare wings.
Ye Zhiqiu looked down at this person with a smile, revealing the face of a mortal in the face of the crisis of annihilation, and it was not at all the "Silver Healing Hand" that had saved more than 1,900 people by himself just now.
John Grossa ran for some distance before he came back to his senses and vibrated the light wings on his back, like a young eagle that had just learned to fly, gliding close to the ground for a moment before soaring into the sky.
"Hmm...... Push it to the fastest in one go!Supreme God Priest Light Wing Limit Speed, start!"
Ye Zhiqiu has always been very patient, watching John Gross fly over the fleet in a breath, giving him hope of recovering everything, so he detonated all the homemade "mines" in a hurry.
Hundreds of dried gourds exploded in an instant, and the shock wave was like a passing hurricane, sweeping everything with a roar.
The military chaplain John Gross, who relied on his bare wings to fly in the air, did not even have time to regain his breath before he was blown away by the hot wind set off by the explosion.
It stands to reason that one or two earthen mines exploding can't cause any damage to the gunboats of the Eagle Jili Imperial Expeditionary Force, and two or three hundred can only slightly damage the weak position and the one-foot-thick side of the ship, but Ye Zhiqiu's little trick is to explode at the same time, which makes the explosive power of the originally insignificant earthen mines continue to accumulate and superimpose.
For a time, in the sea area where the Eagle Gili Empire Expeditionary Force fleet was located, a black, red and white mushroom cloud rose into the sky, the bottom was a huge amount of sea water rushed up with the big explosion, and in the middle was a rapidly rising flame stream, scarlet as the color of blood, I don't know how many lives were devoured, and the black smoke that kept gushing out from the top was the ashes of the sailors and soldiers left behind.
When the military chaplain John Gross, who flew back again, saw this desperate scene, he couldn't help but feel sad, and his pure heart was suddenly swallowed by a monster called remorse.
Abandoning his duties and leaving his post without the approval or even consent of the supreme general, he finally gave the enemy hidden in the shadows an opportunity.
"If I had been stationed at the flagship, this would certainly not have happened. John Gross clenched his fists: "Careless!
The mastermind behind the scenes personally killed the main force of the Eagle Jili Empire's expeditionary fleet, and immediately felt that the suppressive force that was as heavy as a mountain had been reduced a lot, and immediately smiled: "I made this risky move in order to continue the luck of China, not the national fortune of the Barbarian Empire." ”
Afterwards, Ye Zhiqiu raised his eyes and looked at it, and found that there were still many masters of the Heavenly Master Academy still alive: "According to the probability calculation, the chance of the leading party appearing is very high! It seems that I don't have to worry about it!"
Immediately afterwards, Ye Zhiqiu used the identity of the "Black Mountain Old Demon" to continue to point out the future of the thousand-year-old tree demon "Grandma": "The war is over, you have gained a lot of money, you should hide the body, disperse the foundation, dive into the depths of the earth, and integrate the skills of the monks of the Heavenly Master Academy, and there will be a time to emerge in the future." Then I will open my mouth and call you to the world. ”
The Millennium Dryad also felt that his strength had suddenly increased like this, and it really needed a period of polishing and precipitation, so he nodded vigorously and agreed.
The main fleet of the Eagle Gilly Imperial Expeditionary Force was completely destroyed, and the loss of personnel was not too great, after all, there were 2,000 marines who landed early, and there were also many sailors and naval officers who were lucky enough to escape, especially the latter.
Most of them are nobles of the Eagle Gilly Empire, with extraordinary talents, and their bloodlines are directly traced to the period when the Holy Empire ruled the Euro continent, and they are all descendants of the so-called old gods.
Not only are they all blood cows, but their self-healing ability is also outstanding, as long as they didn't die in the big explosion just now, and lay on the surface of the sea for a while, the wound will slowly heal.
In the next scene, as Ye Zhiqiu expected, the survivors of the Eagle Jili Empire Expeditionary Force, whether they were arrogant and arrogant officers, or sailors who were lucky enough to survive, when facing the Great Empire of the Far East, they couldn't help but put away their arrogant thoughts and put their opponents on the same level, that is, as the powers of the European continent.
Because of this, the masters from the Heavenly Master Academy in the capital, as long as they did not die, were treated with considerable courtesy, and the original butt of the gun was changed to punching and kicking. Every living Celestial Master was stripped of their joints, and the military priest John Gross even instructed the officers to use the holy relics to "seal" them essentially.
Ye Zhiqiu, who did not slip away in a hurry, was fortunate to see the methods of the Eagle Geli Empire against prisoners on the battlefield.
"The Isaiah god pattern, and it's also in the form of a chain, it's really rare. I can be sure that the Eden Cluster does have an impact on this world, and with the Demon God Rebellion that I personally started, the angelic legions were nearly wiped out, and the Supreme God must have been weakened slightly. This can explain why he did not hesitate to spend majestic divine power to carry out the resurrection technique, but it was just to show his authority, and in essence, he was strong from the outside! ”
Ye Zhiqiu couldn't help but shake his head slightly, and no longer watched how the Eagle Jili Empire Expeditionary Force cleaned up the mess, so he sneaked away to the north without looking back.
The thousand-year-old tree demon "Grandma" transplanted a lot of trees and hid her body in the forest, but she dispersed the demon qi to all the rhizomes, and devoted herself to learning and digesting the skills of the monks of the Heavenly Master Academy.
The Eagle Gilly Empire Expeditionary Force was worthy of being the elite of the Empire, and quickly emerged from the tragic defeat and collected the corpses of their comrades, lest they be defiled by the pagan gods of the Far Eastern Empire.
The Supreme General died in the Big Bang, and now it is the turn of the Chief of Staff to take charge of this revenge war against the Great Empire of the Far East.
He sent people to count the weapons, ammunition, food, fresh water, and other baggage, and found that the situation was worse than he had imagined.
"First, through our channels, whether it is a commercial partner or a well-bought spy, we ask for reinforcements from the fragrant harbor of the base camp. Second, I can conclude that the Far Eastern Empire sent heroes such as the Golden Demigods to snipe our marines on the frontal battlefield. However, the anomalies formed by earth, rocks, grass and trees, and the unprecedented heavy damage to the fleet are not the same group at all. Thirdly, in order to put pressure on the Barbarian Imperial Government, I think it is necessary to continue the march and not think about retreating as soon as possible. Only by showing our opponents our strength and our determination to continue fighting will we be safe, reliable and secure in this strange land full of enemies. ”
The words of the Supreme Commander were agreed by the chaplain John Gross, and the other officers looked at each other and had no opinion.
If the sun never sets on the empire fails miserably for the first time, and if they don't get back, even if they are all noble officers, they will definitely go to court-martial, and at that time, it will not be an individual who will be disgraced, but the entire family.
Because of this, the officers of the Eagle Gilly Empire Expeditionary Force, who were shrouded in the shadow of defeat, immediately reached a consensus and led the remaining army of only 3,000 men to march to the capital of the Barbarian Empire.
The second battle of Gukou ended here, but a new battle began immediately.
Although the Eagle Gilly Empire Expeditionary Force has lost its top general and most of its gunboats, the morale of the soldiers who have undergone the Great Resurrection Technique is so high that it explodes on the spot, after all, when they are in a foreign land, there is still a ubiquitous supreme god watching over them.
If it weren't for that, the military chaplain John Gross would not have risen to the position of the number two man in the expedition and become the spiritual father of virtually all people by virtue of his magic alone.
After all, having such a powerful pastor by your side is equivalent to an extra life. Of course, in the big explosion, the comrades whose bodies evaporated and disappeared in an instant, even if they want to save them, it is difficult to save them, there is not a single cell left, how can they be saved?
As a result, the remnants of the Eagle Geely Empire Expeditionary Force, who had firm convictions, set up the correct strategic goals, packed up a little, and set off without hesitation.
This mourning army, shrouded in sorrow, because of the impetus of faith and responsibility, has once again become a-stirring stick for the corrupt and incompetent barbarians who stir up the backwater of the imperial government and the opposition.
Not long after Ye Zhiqiu, the mastermind behind the scenes, left the stage, the remnants of the Eagle Jili Empire Expeditionary Force advanced rapidly, and under the guidance of the monks of the Heavenly Master Academy who had been transformed on the spot, they launched an attack on the Grand Canal outside Jincheng City.
In fact, under the combing of the Tianli Sect to form the Tiandao Sect, the Jincheng Cao Gang had already transferred a large amount of materials in advance, but they could not withstand the hundreds of ships and thousands of sails on the canal, and they were constantly transporting taxes, food, and various ordnance materials into Beijing.
Although the remnants of the Eagle Gilly Empire Expeditionary Force were discovered by the Cao Gang on the canal before they could attack, the chaotic ships were crushed together because they did not belong to each other and did not obey orders, and were finally dumpled by the invaders.
Those who dared to resist were all killed by the volleys of musketeers.
These good men with only the courage of flesh and blood, in the face of the swarthy iron pipe, suddenly swung their knives forward, but they were shocked as if they had been hit hard, and then fell forward and fell into the river.
The turbid water of the river was flooded with a large cloud of blood in the blink of an eye, and it didn't take long for a section of the river to be stained red by the blood of the warriors.
A series of water gods, such as Hebo, who received the filial piety of the Cao Gang, felt the unfathomable divine power behind the military priest John Gross, which was beyond the vast divine power above the gods and not under the emperor, so they carefully did not show their faces, but kept the bodies that fell into the water properly, so as not to be desecrated by the fish and shrimp in the river.
The remnants of the Eagle Gilly Empire Expeditionary Force won a long-awaited victory, not only receiving a large amount of supplies, but also seeing the truth about the Far Eastern Empire.
Except for a few brave but reckless samurai mercenaries, most of the low-level civilians did not have the pride of the people of the Empire, and their straight backs were tamed by the Barbarian Empire, both physically and mentally.
It can be seen from this that the Far Eastern Empire has a vain name, but its essence is rotten from the roots.
"This is by far the biggest takeaway! We have swept away the fog of history and discovered the truth behind the legends. When the conservatives of our Imperial Senate know this news, they will definitely change their stance and support this revenge against the Far Eastern Empire, and even a direct war in the future, it is not impossible!"
Chaplain John Gross pondered the Chief of Staff's words, and then nodded silently.
To be honest, he's in poor physical condition right now. The Great Resurrection Technique has almost drained John Gross of his vitality.
However, for the sake of the stick boys of the Imperial Expeditionary Force, he still has to continue to hold on, and even single-handedly deter the pagan gods of the Far Eastern Empire, such as the god of water and the god of wealth, who dominate rivers and transportation.
All of this is the will of the supreme god of Euroland, and although John Gross perceives the pervasive malice and even deadly threat, he willingly endures it until the turning point comes.
The pawns planted by the Eagle Gilly Empire in this land have begun to move, and the information that reinforcements are needed has been transmitted, and it is believed that it will not be long before the flag of the Imperial fleet appears on the sea.
"Next march, the capital of the Barbarian Kingdom!"