It is not only a game between human soldiers and heavenly soldiers, but also a game between human veteran Xu Kai and heavenly rising star An Wenxiu.
An Wenxiu knew very well that the armies of heaven and earth had been at odds with each other for several months, but so far they had not yet penetrated the inner reaches of Central Earth.
If you want to break this deadlock, the starting point is Niangziguan.
Yumen Pass has many soldiers and generals, and the defense line is impregnable.
Shanhaiguan is known as the most majestic pass in the world. It is far more majestic than Niangziguan. In addition, Shanhaiguan is only a dozen miles away from the Bohai Sea in a straight line. Once the heavenly army puts great pressure on Shanhaiguan, the Chinese and Turkish courts can rely on a huge fleet to land from the Bohai Bay.
You can add more troops to Shanhaiguan, or you can
To transport soldiers to the rear of the Celestial Army for sneak attacks.
From an overall perspective, Niangziguan is the only weak link in the defense line between China and Earth.
The Heavenly Army is fighting away from home, and there is a huge time difference between the two realms. This makes the Heavenly Army face greater difficulties in the human world than the people in the human world imagined.
The first is the issue of manpower resources.
In the human world, new recruits can be added to the regular army with signs from far away from the mainland, but this cannot be done in the heavenly world.
Since the Gate of Catastrophe is outside the Great Wall, the Celestial Army seems to occupy a vast area of land, but whether it is the Western Region, Manbei, or Liaobei, they have all been cleared in advance.
This has prevented the Heavenly Army from forming a servant army so far.
The heaven is very hot, and the soldiers of various legions in the heaven are not used to the severe cold of winter in the human world.
Therefore, Tianjie rarely launches large-scale offensives in winter.
Once soldiers lose too much, they cannot be replenished in time.
Next is food and grass.
The area of the heaven is actually not larger than that of the human world. The reason why it is said to be larger than the human world only refers to the land area.
70% of the world is water and 30% is land.
In the world of heaven, it is just the opposite. The area occupied by oceans and lakes is very small, while the land is very large.
Water is the source of life. If there is less water, there will be more wasteland.
Even though the land area in heaven is nearly ten times that of the human world, most of it is hot and wild land, which is not suitable for growing food crops at all.
This time, the heaven sent nearly ten million troops down to the lower realm. These tens of millions of troops were not human beings. They were an army of madmen and an army of giants. They had huge appetites.
The Six Wings Legion and the Storm Legion both eat meat.
The grain and meat consumed by tens of millions of troops every day is not 10,000 to 20,000 jins, but mountains of food and supplies.
The human world is hard and clear, and the farmers growing in northern Liaoning are now in a period of drought, which makes the supply of food and grass for the heavenly army very tight.
Only then did the high-level officials in Heaven, led by Phantom, realize that the food and grass currently available was only enough to supply the army with consumption for the next month.
The heavenly army must invade the heart of the Middle Earth within this month before the food and grass are exhausted.
Only the splendid and prosperous Middle Earth can support the tens of millions of troops in heaven.
Different from the scratching battles at Shanhaiguan and Yumenguan, the battle at Niangziguan is much more intense.
Starting from the afternoon, Tianjie's main force began to attack Niangziguan's defense line. The attack continued until late at night, but Tianjie still did not withdraw its troops.
Like the battle at Yumen Pass, An Wenxiu did not send out bull-headed and horse-faced troops in the battle at Niangzi Pass.
The main siege forces of the Heavenly Legion are still the Giant Legion, Madman Legion, and Skeleton Legion.
After dark, An Wenxiu sent out a small number of six-winged legion, trying to destroy hundreds of catapults on the second line of defense at Niangzi Pass.
The catapult's range and destructive power are much higher than that of the Eight Bull Crossbow. In addition, it is located in a condescending position, so the range is greatly improved.
The second line of defense in Niangziguan is built against the mountain. The city wall is very high and there are rolling stones and logs. It is difficult for the skeleton army to climb up.
The best way to siege a city is to build a siege ladder.
The siege ladder is very tall, requiring hundreds of huge rods to build, and weighs hundreds of thousands of kilograms.
If you want to retreat outside the battlefield, you must pass through the canyon under Qiankong Cliff, the first line of defense at Niangzi Pass, which can be easily blocked or destroyed.
The best way is to use giant warriors to transport logs one by one to the open space in front of the second line of defense, build a siege ladder nearby, and then push it to Niangzi Pass.
The original plan was perfect.
Unfortunately, An Wenxiu forgot that there were hundreds of catapults on the defense line of Niangziguan.
The solid stone balls thrown out by these catapults were also poured with heavy fire oil. Although the accuracy was a bit off, they were thrown far away.
The siege ladders Tianjie assembled and built under Niangziguan shattered and collapsed under the attack of several waves of stone balls.
An Wenxiu knew that those catapults on the top of the city were a very big threat.
When the catapults were just launched, his men suggested that they immediately send out the six-winged legion to attack from high altitudes and destroy the catapults on the city wall.
This proposal was shelved by An Wenxiu.
He has the Six-Winged Legion in his hands, and the world also has the Flying Feather Legion in Northern Xinjiang and the Pegasus Troops in the Daughter Kingdom.
In particular, the Pegasus troops are equipped with new weapons, black powder, and are extremely powerful.
Once the Six-winged Legion is dispatched, it is very likely that it will be attacked from the north and south by the human air force.
Therefore, the Six-winged Legion has never directly participated in the war, but has been confronting the human air force in the air.
After dark, An Wenxiu felt that the time had come, so he secretly sent a group of about three hundred six-winged giant birds to try to destroy the fortifications and catapults that his wife had closed.
The plan was good, but it was a pity that An Wenxiu was facing Xu Kai.
Although Xu Kai made some strategic mistakes at the beginning of the war, he adjusted them in time.
As a veteran commander who has been in the army for decades, Xu Kai's experience in commanding before battle far exceeds that of An Wenxiu.
Xu Kai naturally knew that the catapult was very dangerous to the heaven, and An Wenxiu would definitely destroy it in a targeted manner.
When three hundred six-winged giant birds appeared silently above the Niangziguan defense line, what awaited them were thousands of eight-oxen crossbows with their bowstrings drawn.
Each crossbow gun on the Eight Ox Crossbow is tied with a thunder fire bomb.
The fuses of the thunder and fire bombs were cut off, so that they would explode in the air.
In addition, thousands of archers have also been waiting for a long time.
When the six-winged giant bird battle group began to swoop downward, the leading air cavalry discovered the crossbows that had been prepared on the city wall.
Someone shouted: "Get out of here! It's a trap!"
late.
With the sound of drums.
More than three thousand crossbows tied with gunpowder, and more than five thousand iron-feathered arrows also tied with thunder bullets, rushed into the sky with a whooshing sound.
The bow strings vibrated and buzzed at the same time, which made people feel extremely harsh.
Immediately afterwards, above the second line of defense at Yumen Pass, there was a burst of sound like mysterious thunder.
Countless six-winged giant birds in the sky screamed in pain, spinning and falling down.
None of the three hundred six-winged giant birds survived and all fell. Due to the extremely tenacious vitality of the six-winged giant birds, some giant birds and the aerial cavalry on them fell into the city gates and did not die. They started a brief battle with the soldiers defending the city.