In the golden afterglow of the setting sun, Beimang Mountain runs across the north of Yingzhou. This is one of the narrowest sections in Nancang County. It is only thirty miles from the north to the south. A road is opened among the many mountains, passing through layers of peaks, greenery, and deep valleys.
It looks like a heavenly road in the golden evening light.
The ancient road passes through valleys in many places, and is generally built according to the mountains. Some of the mountain roads are undulating and winding, which are so-called dangerous passes.
But after all, the important military road was repeatedly destroyed and expanded by the Hu people during the wars on the grasslands in the past dynasties. Not only did most sections of the road become much wider, it could reach more than ten paces, allowing two large vehicles to cross each other. Now it seems that the total distance is not much.
For sixty miles, there were seven military strongholds scattered along the line. At this time, only the two near the south appeared to be intact, and the rest were in ruins.
Qin Lie stationed troops in two intact camps, collected the corpses of the veterans who were originally stationed at the beacon tower, and buried them in the cemetery with a silent tribute.
After the generals came out, they were all furious: "All the state soldiers have withdrawn to the county and city. What are you doing with the two beacon towers? Who are you showing them to?"
"According to the rules, some magicians should be left for long-distance reconnaissance... Even if ordinary magicians don't have real-person detection range, they can still give early warning and retreat." Counselor Wei Shaoyang also shook his head, feeling that no matter how weak the Yu family was,
It's not like he can't command the magician.
Qin Lie stopped on a hill, observed the surrounding mountains and terrain, and his eyes flashed: "He is reluctant to part with private magicians, but he is willing to part with public soldiers, that's all... I hate these idiots from aristocratic families, they will do all kinds of things if the war is unfavorable
A foolish move will cost the lives of our soldiers in vain..."
Without further ado, the civil engineering work on the north and south defense lines began again.
In addition to the traditional method of building civil barriers along the ancient road, the core of this sniper attack was Ye Huolei.
Five levels of sniper lines were laid out in the five abandoned camps to the north. These five levels of sniper lines were all buried with some real camouflaged underground fire mines. This was a newly improved version of Tianting.
"Underground fire mines are indeed very effective, but this time we are not here for sniper warfare, so we don't bring many..." Wei Shaoyang said regretfully: "And these underground fire mines also have other wonderful uses. Putting them here is just to delay the consumption of the enemy."
Troop strength is used to disturb the judgment of the opposing commander."
Qin Lie nodded and looked away. The two nearby military villages ten miles apart were at the core. They were in full swing and had gathered the most projects. They were even building large catapults. They stood behind the battle line one after another, looking like giant beasts in the sunset.
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"According to the master's plan, we have to set up camp on these last two layers of defense to resist the enemy. Not only do we lay underground mines in front of the defense line, but we also concentrate a large number of light catapults and large catapults at the back. It is bound to kill tens of thousands of Yin soldiers.
Good retreat.”
"Due to the short time, the grain and grass vehicles and heavy infantry have basically withdrawn to the county in advance, leaving only the light infantry, cavalry, and magician regiments that can facilitate the retreat. They only temporarily block the enemy here. Unfortunately, the throwing vehicles can only be abandoned...
"It doesn't matter. From the Heavenly Court, the Imperial Court, and even the Stupid Family, we have plenty of resources. As long as we can kill and injure the Yin soldiers, we can replenish them as much as we can..."
"Report——The Yin soldiers' front team has broken through the first obstacle line"
"What are the casualties?" Qin Lie turned to look at Master Yuan Shan with some expectation.
Master Yuanshan closed his eyes to communicate, opened his eyes again, and shook his head: "Less than a thousand... The underground fire and thunder ambush only hurt a little. The underworld is too powerful."
"...In this way, it will only be stronger at night, and the damage of the simple explosion will be weakened, so we have to look at the second and third arrangements."
The sound fell in the mountain breeze, the golden afterglow of the sunset disappeared on them, and night fell.
At the southern end of the ancient road, near the two military villages, the Ten Thousand Prefecture Army was making final preparations.
In the mountains and valleys in the north, the entire formation of Yin soldiers spread for twenty miles. They swam like black snakes along the long winding ancient road and went south to the ancient battlefield of Junxi, which was seventy miles south. The same army appeared in armor.
Three torrents rotated and approached within a radius of a hundred miles. Wind and clouds surged under the blue night sky. Several rays of light flashed quickly in the middle, carrying a vague aura of the outside world.
Yang Shen Zhenren's escape speed was extremely fast. Within two quarters of an hour, the message was transmitted back to the main formation of the Yin soldiers, and he reported the endgame in detail, with special emphasis on the situation near the ancient battlefield in the west of the county.
"Reporting to Master Zhang, Taoist Shui Yu discovered Ye Qing's main force at the ancient battlefield in the west of the county."
Zhang Jiao was startled and pressed his fingers on the tables: "Are you sure it's Ye Qing? How many people are there?"
"The flag is clear, the dragon's energy has been observed, the Jinyu Pavilion, the red armor cavalry are all there, there are also two thousand cavalry, and nearly 30,000 infantry archers... there are nearly 300 baggage vehicles."
"Three hundred vehicles... all the money has been moved here. It's time for a decisive battle..."
Zhang Jiao and several surviving fellow disciples looked at each other with gloomy eyes: "It turns out that the death of Taoist Baosong was due to this son's blood debt."
The Black Lotus Sect is also divided into various factions. There are twenty members of my own faction. There are only so many left who have fallen from the lower earth. Another one has fallen here.
"Continue to investigate and find the last traces of Taoist Baosong..."
Yang Shen Zhenren can detect a radius of thirty miles, and the five people swept across the area in succession. The scope of the investigation was quite large, and soon there was a new report: "In the jungle in the northeast of Qinglin County, it was discovered that the aura of this region was left behind and was a phantom array battlefield.
Some have been analyzed..."
"...In this way, Taoist Baosong must have had his illusion broken by the enemy, causing thunder and disaster, and fought to the death.
"Wait a minute, Taoist Baosong's last move should be conveying something... Search for the remaining small group of Yinqi for me. I want to know the detailed battle situation last night."
"Yes" Immediately a Taoist got up and went out.
The other Taoists all looked back: "Master, do you want to change your plan? Or should you wait for the detailed battle situation last night to come back?"
"Since we want to change it, we don't need to wait. Since Ye Qing is here, we don't have to go to the east of the county and directly annihilate his main force. Nancang County will have no resistance and can be disbanded on the spot."
Zhang Jiao thought for a while, frowned, then relaxed, and looked down at the crowd: "Success or failure depends on this one move.
All the Taoists looked at each other and said one after another: "Nancang County must be captured."
"Yes, kill Ye Qing and make his clone fall."
"Paves the way for Zhang Zhenren's reversal in Xiatu"
Listening to these verbal statements, Zhang Jue didn't care. He now held their fate in his hands and commanded them with the general trend. These guys wanted to fight for their lives, but they didn't dare to obey them.
When the Chinese military chariot was about to enter the ancient road, he asked again: "How is the new military situation on the ancient road?"
"Two Taoists Ming Yu and Ming Chen came to report that the ancient road was full of civil obstacles. They had cleared part of it. In the second half of the two enemy defense lines, they found the flag of the state army. The enemy numbered 10,000, and a large formation was raised.
With protection, it is difficult to behead enemy generals.”
Zhang Jiao asked sensitively: "State Army, whose banner is it? Is Ye Qing here now?"
"It seems to be the Qin-character flag, and the luck is the black tiger, not the dragon... Ye Qing's 30,000 troops are confirmed to be still integrating various departments around the ancient battlefield, and there is no movement yet... No, there is movement now, and Ye Qing has also moved out of camp.
"
All the Taoists were startled and secretly said, "Ye Qing is here now, so we can't let him run away. All his efforts will be completed in one battle."
"The Stars and Ten Directions Fairy Spirit Formation is ready... We have a hundred-man formation, which is more than enough to crush..."
"Don't be so aggressive, you may easily be robbed by lightning from the outside world..."
"What are you afraid of? Once these 400,000 Yin Domain self-circulation formations are established, they will monopolize spiritual energy within a ten-mile radius and not even a single breath will leak out."
"I'm overthinking it. Ye Qing won't wait for our main force to crush him step by step. He will run away if we can't beat him. So the key is to get a favorable terrain to completely surround this guy. Now he's seventy miles north, and we're sixty miles south.
, It just takes some time to pass the ancient road, we must not let him block it at the mouth of the valley."
"If we want to seize time, we encountered an ambush just now, which means that the state army is also somewhat prepared. I am afraid that the casualties will be greater in a forced charge..."
At this time, all the Taoists couldn't help but look up.
"Don't be afraid of losses. Since the front line of defense is not Ye Qing's army, just push it forward. Now that we have to fight here decisively, we are not afraid of losing tens of thousands. We can forcefully rush out of the ancient road to confront Ye Qing's main force and completely annihilate it."
Zhang Jue ordered calmly, closed his eyes and rested his mind, saying nothing more... How can a mortal really understand the power of 400,000 Yin soldiers without actually seeing it?
Your strength is here, your enemies are here, the stage has been set, what more do you need to say?
The mantis's arms are used as a chariot, but that's all...crush it over, that's all.
The night is getting darker and darker. Looking up, the moon tonight is particularly round, like a silver dinner plate.
The feast of military exploits was about to begin. Qin Lie was pacing on the hills, feeling a little anxious in his heart.
"We should be able to deal with Ye Qing and the Yin soldiers. They don't pay much attention to their own side. All of this is calculated and unintentional..."
But he always felt that there was something missing, so he frowned. Not long ago, he asked a real person to observe the luck in the north and south, but it seemed that there was no change.
After a while, Master Yuanshan came over to report: "The magician group has laid the Yellow Dragon Formation. The superposition of 20,000 spiritual stones. If Tu De specializes in defense, even if the opponent has the same strength of 20,000 Yin generals,
, you can also resist it... But according to the new military information released by the state city, the total number of Yin soldiers is 400,000, and the large formation is exhausted, and our spare spirit stones may not be able to last for an hour."
"How long exactly?" Qin Lie asked without looking back.
"More than a quarter of an hour, or that's the limit, unless new spiritual stones are transported to Nancang County. I heard that the transport team has already set off."
Qin Lie frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head: "It's too late to send it here. We can't hold it to the limit before leaving, so we only need half an hour. The lethality must be guaranteed... Shaoyang, Ye Huolei on the cliff
Have you buried it?
Wei Shaoyang perked up and knew that the enemy's underworld was extremely powerful this time, and his own arrangement was the most powerful weapon. He smiled and said: "They have all been buried in the cliff, specially restored and disguised, and there is no sign of spiritual power inside.
Even if the enemy anticipates this plan, it will be difficult to investigate them all. The damage caused by large-scale rockfall can be reduced to some extent, but it cannot be completely avoided. This is a frustrating loss that you have to suffer even if you don't eat it..."