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Chapter 81: A Boring Stalemate


No one expected such a result.

For two full months, neither the Black Cloud Empire nor the Black Cloud Empire dispatched a single soldier.

With the help of the Grand Duke of Kress, the army built countless earthen forts thirty miles away from Luohun Mountain Pass.

The continuous earthen forts extended densely, and countless soldiers were conducting daily drills inside.

Vancet has no intention of sending out the army.

In his idea, the army must cross the entire Black Cloud Continent to supply food.

He can slowly wait for tens of millions of people to consume all the food and then collapse, so why bother?

Those who suffer and those who fight to death and live with them But in fact, there is no such worry.

Kress has begun to form his own Kress Kingdom.

With the support of the army, he and his private army have annexed the lands of several nearby lords of the Black Cloud Empire.

With a firm grasp of one-third of the land in Black Cloud Continent, there is an endless supply of natural food, grass, and all needed materials.

Only Fanste was still having a sweet dream on the tower.

The trouble for the military is that there is no good way to deal with the perverted city wall at Luohun Pass.

After thinking for a long time, Wen Yuan could only think of one way.

The troops remaining in the rear would train some more city defense troops, and then let the fleet drop them directly from the sea into the rear of the Black Cloud Empire, and cause trouble for them in the rear.

It's time to see if Vanster is still willing to leave.

Moreover, Wen Yuan also issued an order to quickly produce a large number of explosives and artillery shells from the rear.

This is the only way to deal with such a city wall.

Another early morning, Wen Yuan stood stunned on the earthen wall of the earthen castle, frowning and looking at the dark city wall thirty miles away.

Qiong Daotian and a few people were turning over huge stones nearby.

He worked hard, and although he was at a stalemate now, he couldn't let go of his own skills.

At this time, the mournful trombone sound was heard in Yang Tian's camp, and about 200,000 people lined up neatly out of the gate of the earth castle, heading towards the Luohun Pass in the dusty sky.

In front of the phalanx were Genu, who was armed with super-large weapons and wearing heavy armor, and more than two hundred members of his subordinate stormtroopers.

As for Yang Tianze and Long Feng, they were riding alone and followed more than ten feet behind.

The place is obviously just for watching the excitement.

Wen Yuan shouted fiercely: "Captain Yang, Governor Yang."

But the distance was too far, and it seemed impossible for Yang Tian to hear his greeting.

In fact, even if Yang Tian heard it, he wouldn't pay attention to him, right?

Qiong Daotian The guy holding a stone weighing over a thousand kilograms was also dumbfounded and muttered: "I know you are bored, but there is no need to ask the soldiers to die.

Aren't you waiting for the explosives and artillery shells to be sent from the rear?

" Wen Yuan shook his head, suddenly laughed again, and murmured: "You guys are still as wicked as ever, why are all the 200,000 people recruited as recruits and you don't use any of your own men...

It's okay, Anyway, the morale of the soldiers is almost gone, so it’s better to make some big noise every day.”

He turned his head sharply and ordered to the generals behind him: "Assemble two hundred artillery pieces and follow the brigade.

Each artillery fires ten rounds and then retreats.

Concentrate the firepower and bombard them a little.

Let me see how strong their city walls are." ” The large group of people moved forward quickly, and in just two hours they arrived less than a mile in front of Luohun Mountain Pass.

Scattered arrows began to be shot down from the city wall, but the force was not very strong.

Yang Tian ordered : "Rest right here, damn, drink some water, eat some solid food, and see if they can come out."

The soldiers were already frightened and ran over without any siege equipment.

They stared at the ridiculously high city wall in front of them, as well as the three-layered muzzles and arrow holes inside the city wall.

A mere 200,000 people.

People, even if the Black Cloud Army doesn't resist, they will die from exhaustion if they climb up on a human ladder.

Genu was already yelling at the people on the top of the city: "A man from above came out to answer.

Don't hide in the city and tremble like a group of women who can't move their legs...

Come and play with me." . .

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"After that, He deliberately shook off the black iron armor on his body, showing off his exaggerated muscles that looked like big steamed buns, and then punched the air, and there was a crackling sound in the air. .

The troops under Yang Tian roared loudly, especially the more than two hundred members of the stormtroopers.

They were such good birds who fought and cursed in the streets of Shengjing all day long.

At that moment, they poured out the greetings they had mastered in Heiyun Mandarin.

Going out, although the translation level is not high and the words are a bit unclear, it is still clear that they want to have some kind of super-friendship and physical relationship with Vanste's mother.

Including Genu, this group of big men had enough energy, and their voices resounded through the sky, enough for the black cloud soldiers more than two hundred feet high and one mile away to hear these beautiful sentences.

Although the soldiers at the top of the city did not dare to laugh due to Vanst's relationship, the soldiers stationed inside the city wall had already burst into laughter.

Vanste's face was ashen.

He raised his eyes and looked around.

Seeing that there was no movement in the distant camp, he finally showed a cold smile: "Send troops, haven't the knights of Dark Soul been clamoring to avenge their commander?

Send them out."

If the 90,000 cavalry sent out cannot deal with these infantry, they will also There is no need to embarrass the empire."

The generals of several fallen legions nearby understood: "With the weakening of the strength of the last full direct legion, the empire's military will become our world.

Now that we have their Support, the combat power of just one dark soul is nothing."

Vance mobilized enough fighting energy in his body and made a huge noise as he headed towards the formation below the city: "You guys, step back and leave a battlefield open.

Our warriors will come out to duel with you...

You can see who they are.

Not bitches..."

His last words were deliberately directed at the Dark Soul Legion that was gathering in the city, making all the Dark Soul knights feel angry and hold the weapons in their hands tightly.

Yang Tian whispered: "Boss, this is not good.

If they dare to come out, they must be super elites.

Just these 200,000 garbage soldiers, aren't they just delivering side dishes to others?"

Long Feng said nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter if you die.

Anyway, you said that these 200,000 people were not recruited from your territory.

It doesn't matter if they all die.

It just can create some trouble for other governors in the future, right?"

Ah ha ha ha...

Let the artillery team behind them fire directly above their city gate to see if they can kill some of their senior generals."

Yang Tian made a gesture and pointed to the middle of the two towers directly above the city gate.

He immediately turned his horse's head and supervised the infantry brigade in front to slowly retreat, leaving a battlefield more than three miles long.

The hundred-foot-wide and one-foot-thick stainless steel gate at Luohun Mountain Pass slowly opened upwards.

There are thirteen gates like this.

Looking at the dense arrow openings on both sides of the gate, I am afraid I want to rush through it.

Those who enter only have the word "death".

Yang Tian whistled: "Aren't they tired of pulling up such a heavy iron gate?

How much hard work does it take to pull it up?"

Long Feng shook his head: "It's not manpower, it's something similar to a magic circle.

It relies on the power of magic crystal to open these iron gates...

Well, I didn't expect that all the wizards in the Black Cloud Empire are not idiots, even if they can't fight in the field , there are some good players in playing these things.

If possible, you’d better recruit some good ones.”

Yang Tian smiled: "Haha, it seems like it should be your business to recruit mages."

Long Feng flicked his fingers: "Really?

Maybe, probably...

Hey, seriously, are you sure about what will happen in the future?

With that territory, you should be able to achieve your goal smoothly."

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He Five small black fireballs appeared on his fingers, aiming right at the Dark Soul Legion wearing dark gold armor that rushed out from the city gate.

Yang Tian moved his horse back more than a hundred feet, and said with a mean smile: "This should be no problem, hehe...

It's better to retreat a little, so as not to hurt me...

Hey, I Speaking of soldiers, why don’t you fire?”

The artillery team reacted and opened fire at the top of the city wall directly above the city gate.

They had already adjusted the azimuth of the muzzle, and all they had to do was fire.

More than 10,000 Dark Soul knights just ran out.

Two hundred shells exploded above their heads.

The two hundred shells almost hit the same point.

Smoke and dust were everywhere, and large boulders fell downwards. , smashed into the city gate with blood and flesh flying everywhere, and the huge stones sealed the gate tightly.

The pile of stones as high as one person prevented people inside from getting out, and people from outside could not get in.

Yang Tian laughed wildly: "Brothers, come on, they are only 20,000 people outside, give me a hard chop..."

Before he could finish his words, he saw that the cheap 200,000 soldiers were already swarming in.

Go up.

The 20,000 dark soul knights outside the city gate were not panicked at all.

They formed a long queue and charged towards the 200,000 recruits who were not in formation at all.

Genu roared with excitement, and was about to charge forward with his big sword, but Long Feng had already appeared beside him, and two fingers gently pressed on his shoulders.

Genu's huge body was suddenly unable to move at all. , Long Feng smiled lightly and said: "You don't need to go up, just give these Give the new recruits a lesson, lest they think they are invincible."

The deeper words were not spoken: "Anyway, I just want them to die.

If you go up, the 20,000 knights are not enough for you.

It has no effect at all."

Fortunately, when the Knights of Dark Souls clashed quickly, the mid-level commanders of the recruits finally thought of the tutorials during training, and ordered the soldiers to set up long and short structures on the ground at various angles.

The spears formed a more or less defensive formation, and the soldiers holding machetes behind them waved the steel knives in their hands and shouted in support.

The sound of artillery from behind rang out again, one after another hitting the city wall above the city gate, and Vanst and other senior officers flashed out like dark green lightning long before the second round of shells flew. , hid far away in the safe fortifications at the rear, and then turned more than 20 turns inside the city wall, watching the duel between Dark Soul's 20,000 knights and 200,000 infantry through the narrow muzzle of the gun.

The first fountain of blood sprayed out, and hundreds of knights who rushed too hastily were picked up high by lances, but their impact also caused many of these recruits to fall down.

The galloping knights on the left and right turned their horses' heads suddenly and lightly, as if they were coming in this direction just now, like an awl, piercing the queue of these recruits.

The cheering recruits on both sides watched helplessly as the enemy right in front of them suddenly turned around and then rushed into the formation of nearby friendly troops.

Before they could react, a dark golden knight rushed over with a scimitar in his hand.

He drew a deflection of the sword nimbly, and chopped off his own head.

Yang Tian groaned: "Fortunately, I suddenly thought of checking their combat effectiveness.

If we do this during a big showdown in the future, I will definitely be loosened by them.

There is no combat effectiveness at all, but there is nothing I can do."

Compared with the soldiers, if you fight against the soldiers, you will die as miserable as you want."

Long Feng understood the meaning of his words and said calmly: "No one is born to be a warrior.

Didn't you slowly become what you are now?

Although they are not good now, will they still be a group of idiots a hundred years later?

" Yang Tian regained his energy a little and said gloatingly: "Ignore him, this group of recruits were recruited from the City of Paradise.

Anyway, they are thousands of miles away from my current territory.

If they all die, it will not affect them."

As far as I'm concerned, if they don't live up to their expectations and are killed by these 20,000 people, we'll just run away."

The sound of cannons from behind stopped, and each cannon fired ten shells.

There was only a small gap at the top of the city wall above the city gate.

For these walls made of monolithic boulders, the power of the current cannonballs It's still a little bit weaker.

In the battle formation, the new recruits who suddenly became unafraid of death due to fear have frantically gathered 20,000 dark soul knights into a group.

The soldiers surrounded them, stabbing with spears and hacking with machetes.

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The knights of Dark Soul were like a huge stone, but they were exploited layer by layer by these new recruits like running water.

Many extremely skilled knights killed their opponents, but the spearman behind the enemy stabbed himself in the abdomen without mercy. . .

Yang Tian began to brag again: "Who said that heavy armored cavalry can kill a single line of ten infantrymen from 20,000 to 200,000?

Isn't it just that they didn't win?"

A member of the stormtroopers asked murmuringly: "Boss, that seems to mean that when one kills ten, if it exceeds ten thousand, it will be useless."

Yang Tian pouted at him: "Damn it, you have to talk too much, but it looks like I am well trained.

This kind of rubbish can also kill 20,000 elite knights."

The so-called ants kill an elephant.

Having lost the impact of their horses, the Dark Soul Knights could only drag their heavy armors and attack the recruits as many as ants.

After a while, after wiping out more than 30,000 recruits, Their bodies were also piled on the ground.

At the gate of the city, the knights of Dark Souls who did not rush out roared.

If they were present, there would be no chance for these garbage soldiers to perform.

They were just desperate, using their fists and weapons to chop and hit the boulders in front of them. , trying to open a passage, some knights who were too angry had already left their horses, took off their armor, climbed up the stone wall as high as one person, and were ready to rush out and fight.

Long Feng laughed sinisterly: "You want to avenge your companions?

As you wish."

The five small black fireballs that had been playing with for a long time flew out of his hands and gathered into a huge dark purple fireball in the air. , hit the stone wall at the city gate hard, a dazzling light flashed, followed by a huge explosion.

The first iron gate at the Luohun Mountain Pass had been slightly distorted by the huge explosion.

In the several hundred feet long city gate passage, there were no bones left of the thousands of dark soul knights, and some residual limb fragments were sprayed When it hit the new recruits more than two miles away, some soldiers who were not very good at heart vomited violently.

Long Feng said easily: "I'm sorry, I used a little too much force."

The artillerymen behind him had their eyes wide open and were speechless.

Long Feng's attack was more powerful than the two thousand shells caused by them.

The damage seems to be much greater.

However, before they had time to marvel, the red-eyed dark soul knights had already rushed out like a dark golden python, rushing in front of the stunned recruits in an instant, and slashed hard with their sharp scimitars.

The first knight who drew the scimitar immediately turned his horse's head and charged at an angle of 45 degrees.

He rushed into the ranks of the recruits without any head.

The knight behind him followed up with a chop.

Then he rushed out in another direction.

The recruits didn't have time to react.

When they were about to retreat and form a pocket to wrap up the knights, they were shocked to find that the knights had already pierced the two wings of their pockets and rushed over from behind.

The first attack cost these new recruits 20,000 people.

However, as Yang Tian said: "Whoever their supreme commander seems to have a good head, it can be useful."

The new soldiers, already in groups of several hundred, dispersed violently, allowing the dark soul knights to rush into the gaps between their small groups.

Then, all the soldiers frantically gathered in the center, slashing and killing with all their might.

He wrapped those high-speed dark soul knights into his own team, restricting their movements, like a huge sponge, absorbing the torrential rapids.

Yang Tian applauded softly: "Yes, yes, this commander is a talent.

Remember him, go back and transfer him to our own army for a good training."

Long Feng sneered: "Sorry, your talent seems to have been killed by the opponent's commander, so it is impossible to transfer him to your team for training."

Yang Tian suddenly opened his mouth and was speechless.

Come.

Waving his hand, Long Feng ordered the artillery team behind him: "Commander Wen asked you to come here, just to fire a few cannons and then leave.

Why are you still delaying here?

If they kill all the infantry and rush over, we won't be able to take care of you."

"The artillery commander, who was fascinated by the excitement, quickly ordered to retreat towards the earth forts in the rear.

Blood splattered everywhere on the battlefield, and from time to time, handsome horses fell to the ground covered in blood.

Often, a dozen recruits would rush towards three or five knights, grab their thighs and drag them down.

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After they fell to the ground, they would pick up their weapons and chop them down hard.

In the process , often several soldiers were maimed or had their heads chopped off by the knights beside them.

Vancet looked coldly at the troubled Dark Soul Legion, and said coldly: "Put down the city gate, they are hopeless."

Behind him, the generals of the Fallen Legion showed a sinister smile, and some other generals of the regular legion.

Regardless of virtue, the order was quickly passed down.

Thirteen thick iron gates were slowly lowered, cutting off the possible escape route for those dark soul knights.

The former deputy commander of the Dark Soul Legion, who was commanding in the battle formation and temporarily acting as the head of the legion, watched blankly as the city gate was lowered.

Just as he was thinking about why this was happening, a thin soldier shot him.

He stabbed him in the throat.

After his body fell to the ground, more than a dozen recruits who had learned to distinguish the rank symbols of the Black Cloud Empire rushed forward and snatched his head. . .

This is a great achievement.

The morale of the Dark Soul Legion was instantly low.

There were still more than 50,000 people alive, and they froze up like chickens caught in the cold.

They were cut down one after another by soldiers who were far less powerful than them.

Finally, very simply, the 20,000 knights dismounted and became prisoners.

Of the 200,000 recruits under Yang Tian, ​​only 100,000 are still intact at this moment.

Yang Tian laughed: "I really have to thank their commanders in the city, otherwise we would have lost this battle."

Long Feng nodded: "So, in the future, you have to pay attention to your subordinates' struggle for power...

It seems that the guy who just answered on the tower was covered in green.

These people are wearing dark gold armor.

Doesn't that fool know that he is here?

Do we have to cherish every bit of combat power in war?”

Yang Tian murmured in a low voice: "If possible, I would rather sacrifice Lao Qiong...

Unfortunately, his big brother is too strong.

Unless I kill him secretly, he will be surrounded by thousands of troops. , I’m afraid I can rush out too.”

Yang Tian loudly ordered the recruits who were frantically competing for battle glory - that is, cutting off the heads of the high-level knights and snatching their military rank marks: "Hurry up and clean the battlefield, be careful of the 300,000 vengeful knights rushing out.

You're dead."

He patted the horse on the head and said with great malice, "Are your legs as fast as those of a horse?"

After saying this, he revealed a vicious smile.

The soldiers who were fighting over the badges of several mid-level generals came to their senses after hearing this.

They stopped one after another and refused to take away the credit.

Under the orders of the officers, the whole team gathered, cursorily treated their wounded, and quickly led the prisoners away.

He ran towards his base camp.

Four hours later, Yang Tian stood upright and reported the situation in Wenyuan's simple hall: "We sent out 200,000 new soldiers, wiped out nearly 70,000 senior knights of the opponent, and captured 20,000 people...

Well, I lost 90,000.

Thirty thousand soldiers, more than 7,000 wounded."

Wen Yuan tapped the table gently: "The prisoners' confessions have come out.

They turned out to be one of the five legions directly under the royal family of the Black Cloud Empire.

Unfortunately, they were commanded by another legion, who is also the current supreme commander of the Black Cloud Army.

Vanste has been betrayed...

Hey, that's it, otherwise none of your 200,000 troops will be able to escape."

Yang Tian said seriously: "Commander, it's not that my command ability is not good, but that these recruits are too weak.

I taught them for three months and trained them here for another two months, but their combat literacy is still the same."

Too bad, I request to use my 100,000 new soldiers in exchange for 20,000 Tiger and Wolf Army soldiers."

Wen Yuan flatly refused: "Don't even think about it.

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The Tiger and Wolf Army is now a commando brigade under the Chinese Army, and we can't let it be messed up in your hands...

Those new recruits are just cannon fodder anyway.

You can do whatever you want with them.

Everyone If there is nothing else, just rest, General Qiong will stay.”

Yang Tian made a face and walked away with a smile.

This time he went into battle rashly without receiving the command.

He originally thought that he would be fined half a year's military pay no matter what, but he didn't expect that he killed a powerful army of the opponent. , surprisingly I got some credit, I really made a profit. . .

There was a trace of ugliness on Wen Yuan's face: "Two thousand shells actually didn't do much damage to their city wall.

What do you think we should do?"

Qiong Daotian said viciously: "Get them millions of kilograms of explosives, dig a tunnel to blow up their foundations, and see if they are still cool."

Wen Yuan smiled bitterly: "We never brought anything more than 200,000 jins, and after we got here we successively made another 50,000 jins.

However, the craftsmen have already lost more than 2,000 people, and millions of jins.

Hehe, it takes two years of hard work to achieve something rare."

Why don't we just stare at them here for two years?

Don't tell me that Your Majesty will be so angry that I will commit suicide in shame."

Qiong Daotian licked his lips: "But this is the most direct way...

Otherwise, we need to train new recruits in the rear more quickly.

If three million soldiers can be sent to cause trouble in their rear, their defense force at Luohun Pass will It will also be greatly weakened.”

Wen Yuan typed the bill: "We don't dare to move now.

If all our armies go to the north of the Black Cloud Continent, take a boat to bypass this mountain range, and land directly on that continent, the Black Cloud Empire will be able to attend in full force.

Juan Heiyun Continent and our current rear base camp, everything we have worked so hard to manage is gone."

Qiong Daotian was also in great distress: "I just hope God can help me.

I can just split this mountain range with a thunder and lightning...

Can Lao Buddha Krishna" Wen Yuan laughed, shook his head repeatedly and said: "How is it possible?

Lafayette is also a human being, after all, he is not a god.

I hope he can...

Hey...

The immediate plan can only wait for the new recruits at the rear.

We can achieve results soon, but the strength of the Black Cloud Empire is also increasing, and the prospects are worrying." xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Three days later, Yang Tian looked at the order Wen Yuan gave him with a headache.

This time, all the millions of new recruits in the army were assigned to him, saying that he wanted him to practice the combat skills of these new recruits in actual wars.

Ability, the formation must not be as scattered as it was a few days ago.

With no choice, Yang Tian could only take turns to get up early in the morning with hundreds of thousands of soldiers every day.

While the weather was still relatively cool, each of them carried a big leaf.

After bringing enough water, he ran outside the city wall to scold the formation.

From Fansi Te's daughter has been sending greetings to his daughter's thirty-seventh generation ancestors, hoping that Fangster will send a few more people out to have a lively fight.

But every day, Vanste just sat on the top of the city and watched the soldiers laughing.

Each recruit had a big leaf on his head and sat in a square formation on the ground, stunned, with the scorching summer heat above his head.

The sun was shining brightly, and occasionally a few guys who were not in good health fell down due to heat stroke.

Vancet was not in a hurry, and finally got rid of the last thorn in his side.

Inside the capital, the commander of Dark Soul's injury seemed to be healed, but his legions were either wiped out or surrendered to the enemy.

Even if he came to the front line, he could not compete with him.

Great power.

Grain and grass, large military equipment, artillery shells, ammunition and other items from the rear are constantly being transported.

The civilian service has opened countless caves and tunnels in the vast valley behind the city wall to accommodate all the soldiers and supplies.

Now here It is simply impossible to be broken.

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The only issue of troop strength that worried Vanst at first has been solved very well.

All the unqualified militiamen among the remaining eight million troops have been transferred back and replaced with well-trained recruits. , the combat power is already equivalent to that of the enemies outside the city, and with such a city wall that may be the strongest and most majestic in the world, there is no need to worry about the enemies outside the city.

What's more, hundreds of thousands of enemy troops come to perform acrobatics outside the city every day, which makes Vanste extremely happy.

Although the scolding is a bit unpleasant, Lord Vanste, who has just been promoted to the Duke of the Empire, has a broad mind and will not be so stingy.

Send people out to fight. . .

Vancet deeply felt the benefits that the war had brought to him.

Wasn't his father also given the title of prince by Jin because of his military power?

This was the first prince with a foreign surname in the empire in thousands of years. . . .

Therefore, when the army really had nothing to do against Luohun Pass, and Vanst refused to fight, the two sides slowly reached a stalemate.

If it hadn't been for the food support of the old man Kress, I'm afraid the army would have had to retreat because of hunger, as planned by the top leaders of the Black Cloud Empire.

As for Yang Tian's helpless parade every morning, which was almost like homework, it had become a joke among the armies of both sides. . .

It became the only color in the really boring confrontation between the two sides.

Even the recruits who were forced to get up early every morning began to sing loudly during the march, and they often received unanimous applause from the armies of both sides. , it may not be a bright spot in the history of war

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