The world did not become peaceful with the departure of Ye Xiaochuan, the chosen son.
On the contrary, I became even more nervous.
With the beginning of spring, the ice and snow melted, and everything revived. The heavenly army also intensified its offensive against dangerous fortresses everywhere in the human world.
In the past few months, the fighting at Yumen Pass has never stopped, but it has never been intense.
The Phantom Princess just dispatched a large number of destruction legions to spray waves of fireballs at the defensive fortress of Yumen Pass more than ten miles away.
Before the Spring Festival, only two or three giant legions and skeleton legions were sent to close combat.
Those few times were just exploratory attacks, looking for weak points in the defense of Yumen Pass. No heavenly warriors successfully climbed to the top of the city.
After the Spring Festival, the Celestial Legion's offensive obviously changed.
The frequency of fireball ejection has not changed, and hundreds of thousands of sky fire beasts are still attacking Yumen Pass in sixteen shifts.
However, the attacks of several other legions have increased significantly.
The day before yesterday, Phantom sent two giant legions fully equipped with talismans, holding high shields, and escorted thousands of madman legions and tens of thousands of skeleton warriors to the bottom of the city gate of Yumen Pass.
The skeleton warrior bit the broken weapon and began to climb the vertical city wall that was dozens of feet high.
A small group of soldiers actually attacked the front line of defense on the Yumenguan City Gate.
Fortunately, Yumen Pass was strong and the city was fortified. The human soldiers relied on the caves to transport troops and quickly sent reinforcements to the forward positions, thus repelling the enemy's offensive.
After a day's rest, the Phantom's offensive came again.
This time the offensive was even more grand and fierce than the last one.
After the Skyfire Beast fired tens of thousands of fireballs, turning the first line of defense at Yumen Pass into a sea of fire, the heavenly army to the west began to blow the horn of charge.
Some soldiers passed through the reserved observation hole and saw countless reorganized Celestial Legions appearing darkly in the wilderness to the west.
There are so many people that you can't see the edge at a glance, like a black tide rushing towards Yumen Pass.
The flames at the Yumenguan defense line were so intense that even the stones seemed to be burning.
In the flames, the dull sound of war drums suddenly sounded.
At this moment, the genius was bright and Zhao Zian was still sleeping. When he heard the sound of war drums, he jumped up and immediately got out of bed.
Since the second Gate of Catastrophe appeared, Zhao Zian rarely took off his armor. Even when sleeping, he still wore his armor.
In fact, as the head coach of the three armed forces, he does not have to do this.
But he just wants to tell his subordinates through his actions that he is on guard every day to prevent his subordinates from relaxing.
Zhao Zian held the handle of the knife and said, "What's going on?"
A General Xuanjia walked in quickly from outside the tent.
This Xuanjia general was tall, with a beard all over his face, and even the black armor could not completely cover his body. It seemed that every bulging muscle in his body contained powerful power.
General Xuanjia clasped his fists and said: "Commander, the enemy has begun to attack the pass again."
Zhao Zian nodded and said, "Let's go up to the Bird Tower."
Que Tower is actually the commanding height of the third line of defense. Zhao Zian changed it into an observation room and gave it a nice name, Que Tower.
The sound of war drums coming from the front line of defense was the best rallying order. There was no need for Zhao Zian to send someone to convey the message. The senior generals and staff living in nearby caves or tents hurriedly came out.
Seeing Zhao Zian walking towards the Que Tower, these people didn't say anything and followed him quickly.
Not long after, dozens of senior staff appeared behind Zhao Zian.
These staff members include veteran generals who were born in the army, as well as Confucian scholars who are not very capable but are well versed in military literature.
They are all Zhao Zian's think tanks, giving advice to Zhao Zian and helping Zhao Zian manage the 30 million troops in Yumen Pass, as well as a large number of civilians.
These people are just staff and have no real power.
Those who really have real power are the mighty generals or the generals who govern the country.
The mighty general has an army of 100,000, and the general who governs the country has millions of soldiers. These generals who hold real power usually stay in their own troops, eating and sleeping with their subordinates. Only when Zhao Zian summons the leading generals
They will only come when you come for a meeting, otherwise they will not leave easily
of one's own troops.
It can be seen from this that Zhao Zian is indeed good at managing troops.
Arriving at the high-altitude Que Tower, you can have a panoramic view of the movements of the heavenly army to the west.
When he saw that the Heavenly Army had dispatched tens of thousands of people this time, Zhao Zian's brows gradually wrinkled.
He knew that from today on, there would be no peaceful days at Yumen Pass.
The scouts quickly collected detailed information about the Celestial Army's operation.
A captain said: "Commander, this time the Phantom has sent four armies to attack the pass, including one army of the Giant Army, one army of the Madman Army, and two armies of the Skeleton Army."
Zhao Zian nodded, then squinted his eyes and looked at the billowing dust and smoke rising from the plain area to the west.
The senior staff behind Zhao Zian began to discuss in low voices.
Everyone seemed shocked that the Phantom actually sent out so many people.
The Xuanjia general who had been following Zhao Zian said: "Phantom still hasn't sent out the bull-headed horse face?"
The captain shook his head slightly and said: "There is currently no sign of the Netherworld Legion dispatching."
A senior staff member wearing Confucian robes said: "Four armies and eight divisions, nearly 60,000 troops, this phantom should not be a probing attack."
An old general beside him said: "If it is a main attack, the Netherworld Legion should not be left behind."
Everyone was also puzzled.
The military establishment in heaven is different from that in the human world.
Many counting methods in the world usually use the decimal system.
For example, captain of five, captain of commander, captain of centurion, captain of thousands, etc.
The heavenly realm uses the sexagesimal system.
Sixty people are one armor, six armors are one talisman, two talismans are one unit, and two units are one army.
The number of people in an army, including combatants, fire-head troops, legion commanders, and logistics support personnel, all add up to about 14,000 people.
This time, the Phantom dispatched four armies to attack Yumen Pass head-on. The number of troops dispatched was approximately 56,000.
This is dozens of times more powerful than before when only a few full-numbered talismans were sent to attack Yumen Pass.
Obviously, Phantom was not feinting or testing.
However, with the huge Nether Legion, why hasn’t Phantom taken action yet?
The millions of bull-headed and horse-faced people from the underworld have not actually taken action on the battlefield in the Western Regions. Until now, Zhao Zian and others have not been able to intuitively evaluate the combat effectiveness of the bull-headed and horse-faced soldiers.
This is the first time in millions of years that the heavens have mobilized bull-headed and horse-faced people to fight in the human world, and there is no experience to follow.
The bull-headed horse-faced man has been reluctant to take action, and Zhao Zian and others always feel unsure in their hearts.
Everyone discussed for a while, and then someone reminded Zhao Zian that the Phantom might launch a full-scale attack on Yumen Pass today, and they had to prepare countermeasures.
There is actually no need to worry about troops coming from the ground.
The walls of Yumen Pass are high and there are many soldiers. Phantom wants to capture Yumen Pass with the help of the Eight Divisions of the Fourth Army and tens of thousands of troops. This is a daydream.
What needs to be guarded against is not threats from the ground, but threats from the sky. The several lines of defense at Yumen Pass must be prepared to be attacked by the six-winged legion.