Chapter 61: Death
Three miles outside the south gate of Manchuan Pass, at this time there was already a dense elf army, and all kinds of military flags were displayed, which was spectacular!
"Uncle Wang, are you ready?" His Royal Highness Feather Dance Amber Light, dressed in military uniform, sat on a pure white horned horse, and asked Prince Hicks, who had just returned from the front.
Since the last time she was captured by Zhou Yi's army, Yu Wu has changed her previous aristocratic dress and replaced it with a military uniform.
was captured, although he did not show his face in front of the army, but the vast majority of soldiers knew about their capture, such a great shame, if you don't take revenge and come back, how can you get rid of the hatred in your heart!
"As soon as it is ready, just wait for His Highness to give an order, and wipe this Manchuan Pass from the ground!" Prince Hicks was much older than before, and was toyed with several times by a young man who was not as weak as the crown, making him physically and mentally exhausted!
Yu Wu's gaze looked through the heavy military formations and woods, looking at Manchuan Pass in the distance, and then in the distance, it seemed that he could see Zhou Yi who had returned to Luojing City!
Eyes returned to the closer, falling on Manchuan Pass, faintly revealing a trace of unbearability, it is indeed simple to give an order, but more than 200,000 lives of the two major legions in this pass will be annihilated. The hesitation in my heart was quickly shattered by reality, and the relief of hatred was only one aspect, the lives of tens of millions of people of the empire were in danger, how could a mere Baiyue County accommodate the entire empire! If we could not quickly pull out the Manchuan Pass, how would we settle the ordinary elves who had landed in batches behind them! Great goddess of life, forgive me for my selfishness! After all, I am still an elf!
"Your Highness!" Prince Hicks could not help but remind his niece of the hesitation in his eyes.
Thousands of magic crystal cannons have been ambushed here, almost all of the Imperial Navy's warships and inventory magic crystal cannons have been gathered. The heavenly amount of magic crystals is piled up, and a large number of magicians are gathered, everything is ready, just waiting for the order!
Since Zhou Yi led the army back to Manchuan Pass and vomited blood and was injured, His Royal Highness Yu Wu took over the command and ordered no longer to harass Manchuan Pass. The Qinling generals in this city are getting less and less scouting, and the focus has been on defending the city. Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to sneak to such a close distance outside this pass and bring the entire Manchuan Pass into the range of the magic crystal cannon, and the Qinling army still knows nothing!
Yu Wu's eyes gradually became firmer, and he slowly drew out the long sword on his waist, as if he was trying his best to exert all his strength, and shouted in a coquettish voice: "Order, attack!"
"Yes, Your Highness!" Hicks saw her order, his eyes immediately froze, a smile bloomed on his face, and he shouted his order.
What happened outside the city, Gong Hao and Zheng Taihong, who stayed in the city, knew nothing.
Zhou Yi returned to Luojing, and the eldest prince Zhao Mu led the Seventh and Ninth Army Corps and the Guards Legion to Pingman City to rest. This Manchuan Pass left the two of them to defend, waiting for the imperial court to draw reinforcements from the north to the south, and then regain the lost territory.
Recently, the elven army has stopped harassing in the north, and the two of them are also happy to be leisurely, in addition to sending regular patrol sentries every day, they drink and have fun in the house, and talk about literature.
"Recently, there has been some distraction in the army, and there has been news from the Lin Yuan in Luojing, and the palace will be forced to seize power in the near future! Calculate the time, and in these few days, the Yuan will tell us to be prepared for contingencies! Once the seizure of power fails, we have to put on a posture of withdrawing from Manchuan Pass and letting the elven army enter the pass, forcing the Academy of Literature to give in!" Gong Hao took the wine glass in front of him and drank it all, and then said drunkly.
said that the army was scattered, but he didn't know it in his heart, it was precisely because of their carelessness that the upper beam was not right and the lower beam was crooked. The sentinels they arranged had less and less exploration in the direction of Nanyue City! Even the commander didn't care, and the ordinary soldiers below naturally thought that the elves would not attack Manchuan Pass. Under the effect of going up and down, Yu Wu and the others led the army to approach under their noses!
"Hehe, our military academy is not what it was decades ago, and it may not be impossible to wrestle with the academy. If you want me to say, then Lin Bo is too indecisive to do great things! If he hadn't been stimulated by Zhou Yi to the sore spot this time, I'm afraid he wouldn't have made up his mind. Having said that, Zhou Yi, this kid, really can't stay any longer, in the blink of an eye, he is already a great master of the Holy Dao! Thinking that he was still a little jinshi here at that time, I was a little flustered in my heart. ”
Zheng Taihong was also drunk, squirting wine, just a whining. He really didn't look down on that Lin Bo, and he never understood why the Holy Church chose such a hesitant person to be the head of the house! In his opinion, this Gong Hao in front of him was definitely more suitable for the position of head of the house than Lin Bo!
Gong Hao stretched out his hand to stop his whining, although he recognized what he said in his heart, he still admonished: "Brother Zheng is cautious, we know it in our hearts! However, since Lin Zhangyuan has decided to fight to the death, it is always a good thing for our military academy, we still need to cooperate well, beware of a defeat in deeds, and the literary academy will kill all the people in our military academy!"
"Hmph, what's there to prepare!" He stood up suddenly, staggered to Gong Hao with a wine glass, sat down cross-legged, and said with drunken eyes: "I have also seen his plan, with the Holy Sage taking action, the Academy of Literature will be caught off guard, and the emperor will definitely be able to control it." Coupled with our armies in the outer and inner cities, we will be the first to attack the palace and the imperial city, and the Academy of Literature will inevitably be helpless. As long as we don't exterminate them, the Holy Hall of the Academy of Literature will definitely not make a move, and who doesn't know about those saints!
Speaking of this, he took another sip of the wine in his glass, put it on the table, and then said: "Besides, even if they fail, with our disciples who are released to lead the border army, will he dare to fight the price of internal strife and division in the empire and kill us all!?"
This Zheng Taihong is by no means as arrogant as he appears, in fact, he is a showman. Therefore, Gong Hao actually respects him very much and attaches great importance to his opinions.
And he also has a lot of respect for himself, since he studied in the military academy, he has always respected himself as a senior. Over the years, the two have been sent to serve in the army, and they have cooperated very tacitly. He has a fiery temper outside, and he plays an unfathomable appearance, which also calms many people.
"Well, having said that, let's ......"
Before he could finish his words, the sound of an earth-shattering roaring explosion suddenly sounded outside.
"What's going on?" After a while, the two of them woke up from their drunkenness in an instant, and looked out of the house with pale faces.
The dense explosions of "boom, boom, boom and ......" resounded in the closed city, and the sound of people shouting and neighing horses everywhere was heard into the house.
"Magic Crystal Cannon!" The three big words instantly appeared in the minds of the two.
Gong Hao threw away the wine glass in his hand and walked quickly to the door, and then the scene in front of him made his eyes black, his legs were weak, and he almost fell, and his hand quickly held on to the door frame to stand still.
Outside was already a mess, the fire was blazing in the direction of Nanguan, the smoke and dust covered the sky, and the elf's magic crystal cannon was still roaring.
"Big handsome! big handsome! ahem...... Our army has suffered heavy losses, and there are almost no survivors in the direction of Nanguan!" a pro-soldier stumbled in, shouted loudly, and then choked on the smoke and dust and coughed. However, what he said made Gong Hao's hearts even colder, and his face was pale!
It was afternoon drills, and all the sergeants were resting in the barracks.
"Damn elves, actually pinching this time to raid!" Zheng Taihong scolded hatefully, even if he thought with his toes, he could estimate the heavy losses of the army.
"Hurry! Hurry up and give orders! Everyone rush to Beiguan! Arrange defenses!" Gong Hao was awakened by his scolding, and hurriedly ordered loudly. As soon as the cannon stopped, the elven army would attack, and the two armies of his own two were now in chaos, and his heart was on fire. If Manchuan Pass is lost, behind this is the endless Great Plains, and no matter how dangerous the Xiongguan Pass is, he doesn't dare to think about this kind of consequence anymore.
"Boom ......" didn't wait for his subordinates to turn around and give orders, and a series of artillery rang out, this time it had already covered the Chinese army garrison, not far from the mansion.
"Let's go!" Zheng Taihong suddenly jumped up, grabbed Gong Hao, and leaped out of the yard.
"Boom!" a magic crystal cannon hit the room where the two of them had just stayed, and the rain of rubble and broken bricks was scattered and scattered by the impact of powerful magical energy.
"Bah, bah!" Gong Hao spat out the flying dust splashed in his mouth, and when he looked back, the small courtyard was already unrecognizable, and the guards who had just been guarding the courtyard had all fallen to the ground, covered with rubble, wailing and struggling.
Stupid, he was completely stupid!
The elves are so ruthless!Is this going to wipe out the life of Manchuan Guansheng!?
"Let's go, hurry up! Withdraw, quickly withdraw from Manchuan Pass!" Zheng Taihong didn't care about patting the dust on his body, stepped forward and pulled him, and rushed towards Beiguan. He was like a walking corpse, carried away.
Along the way, there were scattered stragglers running in all directions, and the elven artillery fire had begun to spread, and hundreds of artillery guns roared each time, covering the direction of Beiguan. Among them, it began to be mixed with magic, and this was the elven magic legion that had approached the city to release magical attacks.
It's hateful, if it weren't for the fact that they were caught off guard and suffered heavy losses, how could they let them release magic so unscrupulously!Zheng Taihong thought with grief and indignation in his heart.
Looking at the north gate that had been opened, and the subordinates who were running away from the city, he had no time to say anything, and the sound of cannons kept approaching not far away. Summoning up all the holy power of his body, he pulled Gong Hao, who had a sluggish face, and quickly ran out of the north gate.
The two kept running, and only when they reached a high ground not far from the gate of Beiguan City, he put down Gong Hao, his legs were weak, and he fell to the ground, panting for breath. The Holy Dao Cultivator was indeed inferior to the Martial Dao in terms of physical cultivation, and this was something he had to admit at this time.
If it is a martial artist, it is only a continuous rapid journey of less than ten miles, how can he be so tired!
Seeing the two marshals stationed here, the surrounding scattered and fleeing sergeants slowly converged on this high ground. Zheng Taihong slowly glanced at these routed troops, wanting to cry without tears, less than 10,000 people! There are more than 200,000 people in the two fully formed armies, and there are only 7,000 or 8,000 remnants of the defeated army left!