Chapter Ninety-Seven: Abandoning the Peaceful Barbarian City
If it is said that Yiqiē develops according to Wuyangping's prediction, then Pingmancheng can indeed hold on.
It's a pity that he seriously underestimated the strength of the Royal Knights.
The current Royal Knights are not the ordinary knights led by Prince Hicks who were killed by Zhou Yi at all, they are the absolute elite brought by His Royal Highness Feather Dance Amber Light from the Elven Imperial Capital.
This 30,000-strong knight group is all composed of big knights and high-level knights, and its strength is absolutely the best among all kinds of knights in the Elven Empire.
Fortunately, Wu Yangping's observation is amazing, and it was because the distance was too far at first that he misjudged. As the distance between the two sides got closer and closer, his face instantly collapsed.
"General Wang, it seems that we must evacuate Pingman City!" Wu Yangping suddenly said such a sentence without a head, and Wang Baobao was inexplicable when he heard it. Isn't this just arranged, there are pro-guard battalions and warrior battalions to change the head of the city, why did they suddenly change their hexagram again, and say what to evacuate Pingban City!
Ignoring Wang Baobao and Yun Xing's suspicions, he said to himself: "The strength of this knight group is really terrifying! There seem to be nearly 10,000 great knights comparable to innate martial artists, and the rest are all high-level knights with the strength of the eighth or ninth layer of the day after tomorrow! This battle can't be fought! If we don't withdraw, we will all have to fall here!"
After speaking, he turned his head sharply and stared at Wang Baobao.
Presiding over defensive operations, he can call the shots, but whether to continue fighting or retreat, Wang Baobao must take the idea!
"Whew......" Wang Baobao let out a long breath of turbidity, holding the battlements with both hands, his eyes staring at the approaching Royal Knights, his heart hesitating.
If it is withdrawn, Pingman City, which is the core of the defense line, will be lost, and the entire defense line will collapse. His father was still behind enemy lines in the south, and this result was too much for him to bear. But if you don't withdraw, then once the Royal Knights invade the city, you really don't have the hole cards in your hand that can be matched, and it seems that the Pingban City can't hold it, but will have to take the defenders in the city.
Okay! I suddenly made up my mind.
He turned around and said, "How can we evacuate safely? Where are we going to evacuate?"
Wuyang Ping saw that he had made a decision, and his heart was also a big stone to the ground, so he was afraid that he would insist on going his own way and defend this peaceful city. As long as the manager is determined, then everything else is easy to say.
"Two generals, according to the opinion of this king, it is better to withdraw to Nightingale City!" Yun Xing saw the two of them say this, thought about it in his heart, and said. Then he saw that they looked at him in surprise, for fear that they would misunderstand, and hurriedly explained: "Don't misunderstand, two! This king does not mean that the two of you will lead the army to block the elven army for the eight half-elves. Nightingale City is located in the Lianyun Mountains, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If you don't have someone familiar to guide you, you won't even be able to enter the mountain at all. Our army is deployed on the front line of this Pingban City, with the purpose of preventing the elves from continuing to move north.
At present, since Pingman City cannot hold on, we will simply give up all the surrounding towns to the elves, and we will lead the two major armies to retreat into the Lianyun Mountain Range. ”
"Wonderful! In this way, the elven army will not be able to encircle and suppress us, and hundreds of thousands of troops will be on their side, and they can attack and retreat and defend! If the elves dare to venture north, we will just go out to attack Pingban City and cut off their retreat. I think that if we are not cleared up one day, the elves will never dare to go north. In this way, our strategic goal has been accomplished. Wuyang applauded, and at the same time said all the words that Yunxing had not finished.
"General Wang, let's withdraw the Seventh and Ninth Army Corps to Nightingale City, and then send someone to contact Lord Chahan to form a joint force to threaten the elves! Moreover, during this period, we can also speed up the training of the eight new armies to further enhance their strength!" Yun Xing nodded, admiring Wu Yangping's vision and strategic thinking.
"Since we want to withdraw, we must withdraw cleanly! Destroy the military depot and houses of Pingman City, leaving them with an empty city and a dead city!" Wang Baobao had never done such a thing in the Great Yuan Army back then. Besides, Pingman City is a military city, and there are not many ordinary people at all, so he has no psychological pressure at all when he destroys the city.
"General Wang, Lord Yun, you go to arrange first, Wuyangping is here, stop them a little, so that they can't approach the city for the time being!" The three of them had already decided, and Wuyangping directly courteously asked the two of them to go down to the city first to arrange various evacuation matters, and he would preside over the defense of the city wall.
After all, the Royal Knights are menacing, and if they are allowed to enter the city, I am afraid that it will not be so easy for them to withdraw from the city safely.
"Pour out all the fire oil at the head of the city! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!" After Wang Baobao and Yunxing left the city, Wu Yangping hurriedly ordered the soldiers of the guard battalion and the samurai battalion to open a large number of fire oil barrels on the city and pour the fire oil out of the city.
Jia Nan saw that the entire city wall was full of Qinling people pouring black liquid, and naturally recognized that it was the kind of fuel that had just been used to attack the tree people. With a wave of his big hand, the knights behind him stopped one after another. Now there was a black liquid spreading everywhere on and outside the city walls, and the pungent smell made Kazuo frown.
Even though he was a Grand Knight, he didn't dare to try to get close to such a strange liquid.
Hula-la, the elven infantry who had been gathered in front of the city wall turned their heads and ran, but they saw with their own eyes that the power of this black liquid was sticking to the body and burning, and it could not be extinguished, and water added fuel to the fire.
In a few moments, the entire city was filled with thick black oil. Many elven infantry were also doused with fire oil everywhere, and the frightening sub-elves fled with shouts.
Wu Yangping stood at the head of the city, sneering on his face, looking at the knights of the Royal Knights with a trace of disdain.
"Ignition!"
With his military order, a field of torches was suddenly thrown from the city.
"Hoo ......", the entire southern outside of Pingman City suddenly turned into a sea of fire, and the raging flames spread along the black fire oil, and many elves were even more unlucky, stained with fire oil and caught a little bit. Fleeing in a panic, the fire is everywhere.
The infantrymen who survived next to them saw their comrades suffering so much, and their eyes were full of joy and fear. They didn't dare to come forward to help, this devilish liquid had a pungent smell, and if it was accidentally touched, it would be like a magic fire that could not be extinguished until it burned people to black coal.
"Go down to the city!" Wu Yangping laughed and ordered the defenders at the head of the city to go down to the city immediately.
"Huhuhu......" Just when Jia Nan looked at the sea of fire in front of him with an angry face, a large number of boulders flew out of the city again.
This is the Qinling defenders are playing with their lives to release the trebuchet, and the area where the elven hedgehogs are gathered right now is within the range of the trebuchet, and it is densely packed together. There is no better target for trebuchets to vent, and Wu Yangping will naturally not let go of this opportunity.
If you want to take the barbarian city and not let you knock out a few big teeth, wouldn't it be too cheap for you!
The raging fire and the boulders falling from the sky made the elven army outside the city suffer not only hardship, but also pay a heavy price.
"Hmph!" Jia Nan suddenly shook the big sword in his hand and slashed a boulder falling from the sky. The anger in his heart has exploded now, if it weren't for the sea of fire to stop him, he would have been eager to kill all the people of Qinling to vent the hatred in his heart!
But he had just made a heavy oath in front of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to personally take Pingman City. But what's going on now, are the defenders of the Qinling Mountains going to burn the city with fire!?
No matter how angry and resentful he was, in the face of the supernatural fire, he could only hold back and wait for the fire to go out.
This oil is actually surface oil, but it has been refined by the Qinling military and the Ministry of Industry, and some unknown materials have been added to constitute such great power today. The amount of fire oil hoarded in Pingman City was beyond imagination, enough to burn the entire city.
Of course, this was not prepared in advance by Chahan in anticipation of the enemy's opportunity. Instead, when Lin Bo was in charge of the military department, he was going to be transported to the front line of Manchuan Pass, handed over to Zheng Taihong and the others, and temporarily parked in Pingman City. These oil oil is an important material for the military, and is generally only given to the northern defenders to use as a weapon to defend against the northern orcs. If it weren't for the fact that Zheng Taihong and the others were descendants of the Military Academy, Lin Bo would not have been so generous and transported so much.
Now that Manchuan Pass is lost, it is cheaper for Chahan and Wang Baobao.
No matter how powerful the oil is, only when it is burned will the flame be extinguished. However, this was enough to calm the withdrawal of the army of Barbarian City.
Looking at the city from afar, Wang Baobao and the three of them stopped in front of the hill ten miles outside the city.
The black plume of smoke was getting thinner, and the skyrocketing fire had dissipated.
"This time, we have to make them suffer a big loss! If you want to take our Pingban City, you have to pay some price!" Wang Baobao stood in front and said coldly.
He had already arranged a large army, and arranged fire oil and all kinds of fire-burning materials all over the city, and all the equipment and materials for defending the city were carried away if they could be carried away, and those that could not be carried away were also sprinkled with fire oil.
The dead are also ready, just waiting for the elves to enter the city!
Jia Nan's eyes were bloodshot, and he stood outside the fire, with 30,000 royal knights and 100,000 infantry behind him.
When the flames were finally extinguished, looking at the silence on the city, he had already roughly guessed the plans of the Qinling people in his heart. They must be trying to escape, huh!
If it weren't for his own purpose to capture the city, he would never let go of this Qinling army. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at the Chinese army. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's orders and intentions, he knew in his heart: As long as he captured the towns on the front line of Pingman City and established a solid foothold, his strategic intention would be achieved, and he could quietly wait for the Qinling reinforcements to come to a decisive battle.
His enemy is not the Qinling army in front of him, but Zhou Yi who is about to go south!
"Rush!" With a wave of the sword, the Royal Knights and the infantry regiments swooped down on the walls.
"Boom!" Jia Nan came to the city gate, and the strength of the great knight chief was exerted, and with just one blow, the entire city gate was torn apart. Then he leaned his sword against the scorching walls of the city gate and kicked lightly. He also tried his best to strike just now, and after the blow, even his strength needed to take a good breath.
The knights of the Royal Knights, the elven infantry, poured in from the city gate, and the remaining sergeants also rushed towards the other three gates at a speed. There were even royal knights who strode towards the north gate, trying to pursue the Qinling deserters.
Sure enough, these Qinling rats really abandoned the city and fled!
Without hearing the sound of a fight, Jia Nan's heart couldn't tell whether he was happy or resentful!
He sheathed his great sword and walked slowly into the city with the flow of people.
Huh!No!What is this smell!?Why is it so familiar!?Standing in the street, next to the hurried infantry, he suddenly smells a pungent smell. Immediately, his face changed drastically, and he exclaimed, "Withdraw! Withdraw! It's a demonic fire!"
He remembered that this was the smell of the magic fire liquid he had just smelled outside the city, just as pungent, and even stronger!
The sergeants around him were stunned by his loud roar, and then they also smelled the smell. They were at first carried away by the victory in front of them, and they didn't pay attention to the familiar smell that permeated the air. At this time, when I looked around carefully, I was suddenly horrified.
The city was full of this black liquid, and the gutters were full, even overflowing!