The seventh day of April, the darkness before dawn.
During this time, the whole world seems to be peaceful.
But not calm.
Yunzhou City in northern China was captured.
After a night of hard fighting, the human soldiers finally failed to stop the enemy's attack.
General Xu Fang was killed in the battle at the west gate of Yunzhou. Most of the 600,000 armored troops of the Sixteenth Guards of Tianlin were killed in the battle. A small number of soldiers retreated from the east gate and retreated to the east toward Wuzhou.
Zhan Ying, who was outside the Yumen Pass in the Western Region, was taking advantage of the darkness of night to lead the remnants of less than 150,000 Southern Border Beast Riders to quietly move to the depths of the desert in the Western Region.
On the way to retreat, he received news of the fall of Yunzhou.
Zhan Ying showed a trace of sadness and helplessness.
It is not the sadness for Pao Ze who died in the battle, but the sadness and powerlessness for the future war situation in the world.
As the gateway to Niangzi Pass, Yunzhou fell easily, which had a huge impact on the entire northern war situation.
Suzhou, Chenzhou, Wuzhou, Huaizhou, Ruzhou, Xinzhou, Yuzhou... seven of the sixteen states in the land of Yanyun will be completely exposed to the iron cavalry of heaven.
And Yanmen Pass and Niangzi Pass, which protect the inner pass, are even more in danger.
The Battle of Yunzhou has completely exposed that Niangziguan Da Commander Xu Kai's tactics of blocking the attack at all levels were wrong.
Xu Kai wanted to copy the classic case of the Battle of Longmen, relying on favorable terrain, setting up layers of defenses to block attacks, and consuming the enemy's vitality. The idea was good, but Niangzi Pass was not Yumen Pass, Yunzhou City, Chenzhou City and other cities, nor was it Longmen.
ancient city.
There are three differences.
First, the ancient city of Longmen was built with huge stones by monks from the Heavenly Lady Kingdom and was reinforced with formations. However, most of the Chenchis in Middle-earth are made of old wall bricks and cannot withstand the bombardment of the Celestial Destruction Legion.
Secondly, the reason why Longmen Ancient City was able to block the attack of the heavenly army was because of the new weapons and gunpowder, not because of the large number of people.
Thirdly, Zhan Ying led the Southern Border Beast Riders to block the main force of Heavenly Realm's southward army. Until now, Heavenly Realm's army of destruction has still not appeared in the sight of Longmen Ancient City.
This created the myth of the Battle of Dragon Gate.
In the northern battlefield of the human world, there is no gunpowder, and the city walls cannot stop the bombardment of the Skyfire Beast.
No matter how many people are sent, they are all sent to die.
Instead of killing a hundred enemies and losing three thousand, it is better to rely on the majestic pass of Niangzi Pass and hold on for a few months.
The future war situation will definitely change with gunpowder. As long as the Central-Earth court obtains gunpowder from southern Xinjiang and the Kingdom of Heavenly Lady, there is a possibility of a comeback in the northern occupation.
But Yunzhou fell too quickly, beyond everyone's expectations.
Zhan Ying expected that Xu Kai, the current head coach of Niangzi Pass, must be busy changing his tactics and transferring soldiers from several states outside Yumen Pass and a dozen hilltop positions back to the pass.
However, if you do this, you will definitely be deceived by the higher-ups in the heaven.
A distance of several hundred miles can be reached by cultivators in half an hour, but for the tens of millions of troops deployed on the periphery, it takes a long time to march.
Weapons, food, baggage... these all have to be transported to Niangzi Pass.
The main force of the Tianjie army has been stationed on the Yunzhou front line for many days. The reason why they did not rush to take action was because they were making arrangements.
Now that the trap has been dug, they are just waiting for the human defenders on the outside to jump into it.
Tianjie has mobilized more than 300,000 Storm Legions on the Niangziguan line. This group of six-legged beast riders, with only a thousand-man team, can slaughter 20,000 to 30,000 fully-equipped and fully-armed Middle-earth infantry in the wilderness.
Most of the Chinese cavalry are inside the pass, and only two to three million cavalry are deployed outside Yumen Pass.
The cavalry of the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions are also mainly concentrated on the Yumen Pass line.
Currently, the only cavalry that can support the battlefield at Niangziguan is the approximately four million cavalry stationed at Hemu Grassland, about 800 miles away from Yunzhou.
But now the road is blocked by heavy snow, and the cavalry is marching very slowly.
Moreover, even if these four million cavalry arrive outside Niangzi Pass within a few days, they may not be a match for the 300,000 Storm Legion.
Therefore, Zhan Ying is now very worried about the situation at Niangziguan.
If Niangzi Pass was breached, it would be meaningless for them to hold on to Yumen Pass.
Just when Zhan Ying felt powerless about the future battle situation, the leader of the Dayan clan came over on a beast.
He said: "General, I just received news that the forty-seven foreign tribes in Northern Xinjiang have sent troops."
Zhan Ying was stunned and said: "Northern Xinjiang sent troops?
The battlefield in northern Liaoning?"
Patriarch Dayan shook his head and said: "The foreign tribes from Northern Xinjiang are not rushing to aid the battlefield in Northern Liaoning, but are heading towards Niangzi Pass."
Zhan Ying raised his eyebrows and said: "Now that the Black Forest is covered with snow and the mountains are closed, how can the aliens from Northern Xinjiang mobilize on a large scale?"
Chief Dayan said: "They only dispatched the Feiyu Legion and the Northern Xinjiang Beast Cavalry Legion. Judging from the news, the Feiyu Legion is heading towards Niangzi Pass and should reach the Niangzi Pass battlefield within two days.
The Beast Cavalry Legion headed southwest, bypassing Changbai Mountain and heading towards Mobei."
Wanyanku on the side said: "Mobei?
I remember that there were about four million steppe cavalry stationed in Hemu Pasture in Mobei.
The Northern Border Beast Riders should join forces with them.
If the Northern Border Beast Riders participated in the battle at Niangzi Pass, then the Chinese soldiers outside Niangzi Pass would be saved.
The combat power of the Northern Border Beast Riders is no worse than that of the Heavenly Storm Legion. With their help, the Storm Legion will not take any advantage."
Zhan Ying's eyes flickered, he had never thought of saving the troops stationed outside Niangzi Pass.
Unexpectedly, at this time, Northern Xinjiang actually sent troops.
Although only the Feiyu Legion and the Beast Cavalry Legion were dispatched, it was enough to relieve the pressure on Niangzi Pass.
This operation was simply a stroke of genius that turned things around.
Li Ziye and Xuan Ying, each riding a beast, also retreated westward with the army.
After the battle at Longmen, they came to see Zhan Ying.
Originally, we planned to take Zhan Ying directly to China, but Zhan Ying refused.
Zhan Ying must complete the Western Region Blockade War before he is willing to leave.
Today happens to be the fourth day. After losing more than half of the Southern Border beasts, they began to move by night.
Xuan Ying and Li Ziye also wanted to see Zhan Ying's commanding talents, so they have been staying with Zhan Ying's team these days.
I heard the conversation between Zhan Ying and others.
Li Ziye smiled and said: "Xuanying, do you think Ye Xiaochuan has defeated his inner demons?"
Xuan Ying said: "It shouldn't be that fast. His inner demon is very powerful and it will be difficult to defeat it within three to five days."
Li Ziye said: "If this kid hadn't recovered his mind, how could Northern Xinjiang suddenly send troops to support the battlefield in China?
The foreign races in Northern Xinjiang have always been controlled by the Holy Fire Cult of the Western Regions. Tuoba Yu is not a man of faith and will not decide to send troops within just a few hours after Yunzhou is attacked.
Didn’t I hear that Ye Xiaochuan has been in the temple these days? I think the dispatch of troops to Northern Xinjiang must have something to do with this guy."
