Chapter 0587: Retreat to Tianqiao Branch (1st update)
However, practice has proven that Guiche Ancestor's estimate of the situation is still too optimistic.
When the demon army advanced to Black Rock City, the core area of the Dizhou Branch, they encountered desperate resistance from Nantian Pavilion.
Obviously, Nantian Pavilion also learned the news that the Ghost Chariot Department was going to take over Nantian Pavilion. They hoarded heavy troops in Black Rock City and started a life-or-death contest with the Ghost Chariot Department.
On the Nantian Pavilion side, the headquarters is at Tianshang Branch, and has established a stable rear area. With the wilderness at its back, there is no need to worry about the rear being attacked.
After all, when the demon clan invaded on a large scale, the grievances between the four continents of the human world and the wilderness had already taken a back seat.
When necessary, the Savage Land must even join forces with the four continents.
Only by joining forces can the two places hope to compete with the demon clan. If the demon clan is defeated one by one, it will be a bitter defeat. Once the four continents fall, the next step that will be unlucky will definitely be the barbaric land.
Although the wilderness is powerful, it is only slightly stronger than the four continents.
But the demon clan has an overwhelming advantage.
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The battle in Black Rock City was extremely fierce. The demon army launched crazy attacks again and again. The humans, on the other hand, relied on equipment and tactics to break the attacks of the demon army time and time again.
It can be said that this level of battle is beyond the endurance of Black Rock City. Although the human army fought bloody battles, Black Rock City's defensive disadvantages continued to show up under the wave after wave of monster attacks.
This bloody battle lasted for a full month. The number of casualties on Nantian Pavilion exceeded 500,000, and the number of demon clan casualties was more than three times that of humans.
After a month of stalemate, Blackstone City was finally breached. The defensive army retreated to Tianqiao Branch.
The Tianqiao sub-rudder is a Tiangang-level sub-rudder. The defense strength of the main city is at least five times stronger than that of Black Rock City.
The Ghost Vehicle Department suffered heavy losses. Although they were not injured, they were unable to advance all the way. After all, after breaking through Black Rock City, what awaited them was almost an empty city.
A month of stalemate gave the humans enough time to retreat.
As a result, the Ghost Vehicle Department's plan to resupply on the spot failed again. Without the opportunity to resupply on the spot, it was obviously impossible for their army to advance quickly.
Ancestor Guiche was very depressed. The advantage of the demon clan was that they were powerful in numbers, and they were swept in like a storm, rolling in the wind and leaving clouds, making them invincible.
Once this momentum cannot be continued, the advancement speed is limited, and local supplies cannot be provided, it will be a big trouble for the demon clan.
After all, the most indispensable thing in the human world is food of flesh and blood. A branch has a population of tens of millions, and a large branch has a population of over 100 million.
Once a sub-rudder is captured, it can sustain their army's supplies for a month.
However, Nantian Pavilion's strategy is very clear, which is not to give them the opportunity to resupply on the spot. Even if they have to pay a heavy price to defend, they must give the civilians enough time to retreat.
"Ancestor, Nantian Pavilion is very courageous. Leave behind the Dizhou rudder, the Diyin rudder, and the Diming rudder, and retreat directly to the Tianqiao rudder. The Tianqiao rudder is a Tiangang-level rudder, and its defense capability is the Earth's.
More than five times that of Zhou Fenduo. And it has certain forbidden defense."
Ancestor Guiche stared blankly at the map of Nantian Pavilion. He was also very troubled in his heart.
It seems that Nantian Pavilion has left a large area for them, giving them the territory of three branches, which looks very generous.
However, the ancestor of Guiche knows better than anyone that this may seem like a hot potato, but it may not be a hot potato. If the demon army advances across the board and enters the hinterland of the three major rudders, it will be far away from the Shura Sea and lose the Shura Sea.
A rear area that can provide timely supplies.
Once the supply base is lost, the Ghost Vehicle Department will soon fall into the embarrassing situation of food shortage if there is no timely supply of supplies.
If we do not leave Dizhou and Fenduo Yunluo City, then the battle line will be stretched very long, and we will not be able to concentrate all the advantages of our troops, and we will not be able to take advantage of the large number of people.
The most important thing is that Nantian Pavilion retreats to Tianqiao Branch and has an innate geographical advantage. In front of Tianqiao Branch, there is a natural barrier, which is the Qinggu Mountains stretching for thousands of miles.
This mountain range leads to Tianqiao Branch. Except for a few fortresses that have been opened up, there is no way forward at all.
Or, you can only go over the mountains and ridges.
However, climbing over mountains and ridges is not that easy. The Qinggu Mountains themselves are high, and after being dug by Tiange, they have long been built into a natural barrier. This barrier is almost perpendicular to the ground, and the slope is extremely steep. Unless it is a demon
A strong person above the king level, or a flying demon spirit.
"Everyone, Nantian Pavilion is very cunning. Leaving such a large area for us is to tempt our army to go deeper."
"Ancestor, why are you so polite? Let's just march westward. I think Nantian Pavilion's defense, like the grasshoppers in autumn, can't jump around for more than a few days!" The Great Sage Feixiang has a carefree personality.
"Fei Luan, what do you think?"
Fei Luan is the number one think tank under Patriarch Gui Che, and he and Great Sage Fei Peng are the two great sages who are best at using their brains, and they are deeply relied upon by Patriarch Gui Che.
"Ancestor, the strength of human beings is incomparable to our demon clan. They were able to deal with the demon clan in previous holy wars because of their tactics and geographical advantages. Nantian Pavilion directly retreated to Tianqiao Branch, which is nothing more than
I want to take advantage of the Qinggu Mountain Range." Fei Luan looked at the map and analyzed.
Ancestor Guiche nodded: "It is this advantage that gives them confidence."
The Great Sage Feipeng said with a smile: "Although the Qinggu Mountains have some advantages, once the elites of our Ghost Vehicle Department are dispatched, they are not vegetarians. I, Feipeng and Feiluan, have enough elite flying demon soldiers.
Millions of people, pushing forward with all their strength, breaking through the defense of this natural barrier will definitely not be a big problem!"
The Great Sage Fei Luan nodded and said: "Fei Peng is right. If we are willing to send out elite troops to take down the defense of the Qinggu Mountains, and directly attack the sky and control the city, it will not be too troublesome. The problem now is supplies.
.If humans continue to retreat and we are unable to obtain supplies, we will be in great trouble. Our elite flying demon spirits have captured the Qingu Mountains, but other armies can only use those few passages to slowly enter. In this case, in terms of time,
It will take at least half a month. During this half month, if humans launch a strong counterattack, our army will be cut off. If there are enough supplies by then, we are not afraid of their counterattack. If the supplies cannot keep up, they will be in chaos!
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This is the biggest problem, supplies!
The ancestor of Guiche sighed: "After all, it's still supply. I have to say that Nantian Pavilion's tactics are very successful, but they don't allow us to supply on the spot."
The Great Sage Feipeng looked at the map and suddenly had an idea. He pointed at the map and said: "Ancestor, look at this area, north of the Diming and Diyin sub-rudders, there is such a large area of sub-rudders, all of which have been conquered by other brothers.
Take it. Especially this Tianman branch, it is a large Tiangang class branch with a population of 200 million. It seems to be controlled by the Cangqi clan now."
"The Cangqi clan?"
Ancestor Guiche was moved in his heart, "Feipeng, what do you mean?"
The Great Sage Feipeng smiled leisurely: "Ancestor, with the respect that the Great Sage Cangqi has for you, if you ask him to borrow tens of millions of human flesh and blood, how can you allow the Great Sage Cangqi to shirk you?
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Ancestor Guiche was really moved in his heart and slapped the table: "Yes, we just want to supply supplies on the spot, can't we ask other departments? That's right, Feipeng, you personally go on behalf of me to visit Cang
Great Sage Qi, just say that I, the ancestor of Gui Che, will lend him thirty to fifty million blood food, and I will return the full amount to him after I capture Nantian Pavilion."
Thirty to fifty million blood food is enough to support the Ghost Vehicle Department for several months!
The Great Sage Feipeng was very proud. He had offered such a strategy and was accepted by the Guiche Patriarch and sent him to go there personally. How much reliance was this?
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God's destiny is to divide the rudder, and all the giants are gathered here.
Obviously, Nantian Pavilion also intends to defend the important stronghold of Tianqiao Branch. On both sides of Tianqiao Branch, there are Tianjian Branch and Digu Branch, and in the rear there are Tianshou and Diyong Branches. When necessary,
You can concentrate the power of the five major rudders to help defend against the clever rudders.
As for Nantian Pavilion's current combat effectiveness, it has the advantage of nearly half of Tiange's divisions, and its military strength is over 30 million.
This troop strength is actually no less than that of the Ghost Vehicle Department.
Since Murong had displayed extremely good tactical skills in the previous battles, this time the defense of Tianqiao Branch was still led by Murong, and assisted by Yan Canglan, Mu Tianji, and Xie Tong, the commanders of Tianqiao Branch.
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Five million soldiers have been amassed, preparing to use the natural chasm of the Qinggu Mountains as a barrier to keep the monster army at bay.
Everyone knows that if the Tianqiao branch is lost, Nantian Pavilion will have no choice but to retreat to the Tianshang branch headquarters. At that time, except for the Tianshou branch and the Diyong branch that can serve as barriers, there will be basically no other buffer.
Therefore, it is also an extremely dangerous gamble to directly give up the three major branches of Dizhou, Diming and Diyin this time. Of course, Nantian Pavilion also knows very well that it must fight for every inch of land with the monster clan, and humans cannot afford it.
Even if Nantian Pavilion can defeat the Ghost Car Department, a steady stream of monster armies will continue to pour in. Fighting for wealth will definitely be a disadvantage for Nantian Pavilion.
"Tianji, you are good at calculations. Can you figure out whether the demon clan will take over the pie we throw out?" Li Yifeng really valued Mu Tianji's magical ability to calculate heavenly secrets.
Mu Tianji smiled and said: "Tao Zun, I have calculated it once before. The demon army will definitely advance. There is no doubt about this."
"Oh? So, even though they know that we are leading them deeper, they will still push forward? Are they not worried about supply issues?" Yan Canglan was very curious.
"As for the supply problem, if my prediction is correct, they will ask for it from the adjacent sub-rudders. Except for the sub-rudders under our Nantian Pavilion, the other sub-rudders have basically fallen except for a few strongholds. The Tiange organization has hundreds of
Hundreds of millions of civilians, taking whatever they ask for. Alas, the creation of the zenith has done a lot of evil!"
Murong sighed softly, he still regrets the strategy of not resisting the Zenith of Creation.
While everyone was talking, a ray of light suddenly shot through, and Xiaobai's dharma body appeared on the spot, saying: "I just found out a piece of news. The Ghost Vehicle Department is demanding 30 million civilians from the Cangqi Department, which is occupying the Tianman sub-rudder next to it.