Chapter 22: The Great Defeat (I)

Prince Hicks sat in the tent of the Chinese army, with a letter in his hand and a scout kneeling on the ground.

"All right, go down and rest!" said Prince Hicks, smiling happily after reading the letter, and waved his hand to let the scout go down. Then he walked up and down in the tent, thinking about his next move.

"Your Highness, has the Manchuan Pass been taken?!" General Simpson couldn't help but ask as he watched the prince spin his head from the sidelines.

"Well, not only did we take Manchuan Pass, but we also completely annihilated one division of the Emperor Fule Holy Legion, defeated one division, and killed two division commanders of the Qinling people, and our army's losses were negligible!" Prince Hicks turned his head and said excitedly.

"Ah?!...... General Simpson could guess that he would take Manchuan Pass, but he never imagined that it would be such a big result, and he was dumbfounded and dumbfounded when he heard it.

"Haha, aren't you surprised! This king was also shocked when he first saw it, but Duke Isaiah Darkleaf would never dare to say anything about military affairs. So this should be true!" Prince Hicks was even happier when he saw Admiral Simpson's look.

"Your Royal Highness, can we encircle and annihilate the Qinling army in front of us?" Capturing Zhao Ti and Huangfu Lesheng alive, presumably the temple will also pay more attention to His Highness!" General Simpson came back from his surprise and immediately mentioned it.

"General, this king orders you to give an order immediately, and the army will assemble in formation! This king must have a good understanding of this number one master of martial arts in the Qinling Empire! Haha......" Prince Hicks was happy in his heart, and immediately became kind.

"Yes, Your Highness!" General Simpson immediately turned around and went out of his tent after receiving the order, and ordered the armies to assemble and line up.

"Woo............" The unique horn sound of the elf clan sounded, and suddenly the camp boiled, and as soon as the three horns passed, the army had been purged.

The 360,000-strong army rushed out, forming a neat phalanx outside the camp, with heavy infantry in front, longbowmen in the rear, and 10,000 wildebeest light cavalry on each wing; guarding the Chinese army were 10,000 imperial royal knights, all high-ranking knights and grand knights; and inside were the magician team and the command center of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Knights are the product of faith civilization. The knight devoutly believes in the gods, and the gods will give the knight a power seed exclusive to the gods, and then exercise this power seed to obtain supernatural divine powers.

According to the strength of the power seed, knights are divided into beginner, intermediate, advanced knights, grand knights, grand knights, paladins, and divine knights. The Great Knight is equivalent to the strength of the Innate Realm in the martial arts of the Qinling Empire, and the Great Knight Chief is quite a martial artist in the foundation building period.

As for the knight level in front, it is just the level of the acquired martial artist, and when it comes to the paladin, he can already fight against the holy court sage of the Qinling Empire, and the divine knight is a demigod-level powerhouse, which belongs to the legend.

The Kunya Elven Empire believes in the goddess of life, and these knights are all knights of life.

The sound of the horn piercing the sky also alarmed Huangfu Lesheng and the others, who knew that this was the war horn of the Elven Empire, and hurriedly ordered all divisions and regiments to assemble and line up, and at the same time notified Zhao Ti and others.

"Knock knock knock ......" The earth-shattering war drums sounded in the Qinling camp, and the soldiers of each battalion quickly gathered in the open space, gathered one squadron after another, and then gathered under the banner of the captain, and only the brigade level had a battle flag.

The triangular battle flags of the brigade with handles converged towards the battle flag of the regimental commander, and the gap between the two legions was really visible at this time. After the first drum beat of the Ninth Army fell, basically all the flag regiments had already converged towards the division and regiment flags; the Seventh Army Corps was still in a commotion, and Huang Fu Le Shengzhi frowned, and Zhao Ti also blushed a little.

Seeing that His Royal Highness King Yue and the commander of his own regiment had a bad face, the senior officers of the Seventh Legion took out their horsewhips and rushed to the battalions to smash them, scolding and scolding in their mouths: "Dog, don't you even know your own battle flag?

Although he had known that the Seventh Legion was unbearable, Huangfu Lesheng found that he still overestimated them, adding a little haze to the next battle.

After a period of panic, the two legions were finally assembled, and Huangfu Lesheng directly took over the command, ignoring Zhao Ti's reaction at all. However, although Zhao Ti had some unhappiness on his face, he didn't speak out against it, which made Huangfu Lesheng feel that he was still interesting.

Huangfu Lesheng directly ordered six divisions to begin formation outside the main camp, with heavy infantry in front, pikemen following, sword and shield soldiers hiding around pikemen, and finally crossbowmen. Soon the six large phalanxes formed three defensive lines, and the special arm of the Seventh Legion was the heavy cavalry, which, together with the chariot battalion of the Ninth Legion, was arranged by Huangfu Lesheng in front of the Chinese army, ready to attack at any time.

In order to effectively command the Seventh Army, the samurai battalion was sent directly to the three divisions to serve as overseers, in case their senior officers escaped.

Zhao Ti rarely did not come to the battlefield, hiding in the Chinese army camp to watch the battle, he sat on the war horse, followed by the pro-soldier camp, and a pro-soldier followed behind him with the banner of the legion. Since he didn't come to point fingers, Huangfu Lesheng was also happy to let him stay in the camp.

The sound of neat footsteps in the distance came, and a black line could already be seen. The elves are light in their footsteps, and the intention of striding forward at this time is quite obvious, which is to enhance their momentum and put pressure on the side of Qinling.

In the era of cold weapons, in addition to the factors of equipment and strength, morale is also a very important key to victory or defeat.

Huangfu Le Saint rode on his war horse, rushed out of the military formation, drew his war sword in front of the formation, and the flag bearer followed him closely with the handsome flag.

Running along the left flank of the military formation towards the right flank, Huangfu Lesheng waved his sword and shouted: "Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng......

Every time his figure passed through a phalanx, the military array would make the sound of swords, shields, and weapons, and the sergeants looked at the majestic figure on the horse, frantically tapping the weapons in their hands, and shouted in their mouths: "Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng!"

After a circle, Huangfu Lesheng returned to the Chinese army and waved his hand to the flag officer. Shuai Qi immediately pointed forward, and the Shenji battalions of the two major army corps quickly marched forward to the rear of the military formation, chanting in unison: "Lin" and "Bing"! The word "Lin" boosts morale, and the word "Bing" enhances the body! This is the nine-character holy word of the imperial army formation.

A cloud of green light suddenly condensed above the military formation, and then turned into a shower of light and fell on the soldiers, which immediately made the morale of all the soldiers high, the body doubled, and the momentum of the entire military formation became more majestic.

The Shenji Battalion is an establishment that all the legions of the empire will equip with, if the commander is from the Holy Academy, there will naturally be a Holy Academy to allocate a powerful Shenji Battalion for them;

The strength of the scholars is weak, and most of them are famous for showing off their talents or raising their reputations, which also causes the Shenji battalions of the two major legions to only bless the first two words of the seven-character holy word.

"Boom, boom, ......boom" A sound of neat footsteps sounded, and the phalanx in the first row began to move forward neatly, heading towards the direction where the elven army was coming.

"Woo......" The direction of the elven army also sounded the horn, and the entire queue stabilized and began to form a phalanx again, slowly advancing towards the Qinling Legion.

Soon, when the two armies were a kilometer apart, they stopped advancing and rearranged their formations.

"The so-called holy power of the Qinling people is nothing more than that, and the Holy Dao Sect people who are configured by the two legions can only bless two states, which is really getting worse and worse!" Hicks Amber Light said as he sat on his horned horse and pointed at the Qinling Legion in front of him.

Although the Elven Empire is isolated overseas, it still spares no effort to collect intelligence from the Qinling Empire. As for the strength of the Qinling Holy Dao Sacred Academy, the elf high-level knew a thing or two.

"Wouldn't that be better, Your Highness?!" The weaker the enemy, the more territory we can occupy!" Simpson Darksong said with a relaxed expression as he rode his horse.

"Haha, this king has already said that since the emperor is looking for death, this king will fulfill them! Order the magic crystal cannon to be charged! Let these turtles taste the taste of the imperial weapon!" Prince Hicks has a great feeling of not being a strong enemy and seeking defeat alone, but his face immediately became stern, and he said with a murderous aura.

After the elven army on the opposite side stabilized its position, the phalanx in front of it split up and launched dozens of bronze cannons. Seeing the swarthy muzzle of the cannon facing his side, a hint of foreboding surged in Huangfu Lesheng's heart. Although he had never seen this so-called giant cannon, he had also heard that the reason why the Nanyang Naval War Empire was completely wiped out was because of this secret weapon.

"Shenji Battalion! Defense!" Huangfu Le Shenggu Gu ordered the flag officer, and roared at the Shenji Battalion of the two legions.

Although the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, whose scalps were blown up by his roar, did not know what was going on, they still knew from the enemy's strange actions and the warning voice of the Imperial Marshal that the situation was urgent. The officers of the battalions quickly organized, and the officers began to chant the common defense mantra in one command.

Although the word "all" in the Nine-Character Sacred Word has the best defensive effect, it is a pity that no one here has the ability to recite it to communicate the Holy Dao.

"Immovable as a mountain!!"

A thousand scholars chanted in unison, communicating the holy way, and a pale cyan halo instantly enveloped the entire army, putting on a pale cyan protective cover for the army. At this moment, the elf's magic crystal cannon was fully charged, and with a wave of the command flag, dozens of cannons roared in unison, and a huge magic light bomb bombarded towards the Qinling army array.

Seeing that the Shenji Battalion had finally completed its defensive blessing before the elven bombardment, Huangfu Lesheng's tense heart relaxed slightly. Then the energy fluctuations caused by the bombardment of the magical light on the holy power shield came, pushing the soldiers to the ground one by one, but fortunately there were no casualties.

As the magic light clusters bombarded the holy power protection shield one after another, everyone could clearly see that the pale cyan holy power was getting lighter and lighter, and it disappeared with the bombardment of the last magic light cluster.

Huangfu Le Sheng's heart was amazed by the power of the elven cannon, it was better to be famous than to meet, it was indeed a weapon of war!

As long as the elven cannon has enough magic crystals, it can continuously hit its own side, and the Shenji Battalion can't fight endlessly, and their spiritual power can't withstand it.

Looking at the Imperial Scholars and Divine Machine Battalion soldiers who were paralyzed on the ground in the rear, Huangfu Lesheng decided that he had to fight back and change the situation!

"Chariot battalion, heavy cavalry battalion, all cavalry, charge !!" Huangfu Le Shenggao sat on his war horse and raised his war sword towards the elven army, slashing into the air, and roared out.