The roaring sound of artillery swept across the entire battlefield, and the fighting situation between the two sides showed a one-sided trend.
Donglan's defeated army, which had just experienced a major defeat, collapsed in an instant. The soldiers had no fighting spirit and fled in all directions.
On the ridge, Cao Ning looked at the retreating ghost army below and couldn't help but have a doubt.
"Hey, Lao Kong, why can't I understand what medicine this Chen Youliang is selling in his gourd?"
"It stands to reason that with Donglan's disastrous defeat ahead of him, he should have realized that we have artillery and should be more cautious."
"But now, he has asked these 40,000 to 50,000 people to form a formation and charge at me. Could it be that he wants these people to be used as cannon fodder?"
"Also, additionally, didn't the intelligence say that that girl from Beilan also came with 20,000 soul beasts? How come I didn't even see any fur from the beasts?"
After giving the order for the artillery to fire, Cao Ning realized that something was wrong. Those guys holding Xuanwu flags on the opposite side looked like they were here to die.
With just one round of shelling, the Donglan army on the opposite side was completely defeated.
They said they were here to fight, but it looked more like they were here to gather numbers and bluff people, without posing any threat at all.
No wonder Cao Ning couldn't understand Chen Youliang's intention.
In fact, the morale of the Beilan Army had already been completely lost in the previous round of fierce battles. Now, whenever they hear the rumbling sound of artillery, they will instinctively recall the previous nightmare.
All they can do now is to run for their lives instinctively. It is simply unrealistic for them to fight back.
"Well, this matter is indeed very abnormal. I think this Chen Youliang must have some back-up plans."
Kong Ming looked at the situation below and analyzed: "Judging from the flags, it is indeed Donglan's Xuanwu Army that was bombarded on the opposite side."
"But judging from the formation they put up, it doesn't look like an offensive formation or a defensive formation. It looks like it was improvised."
"With such a lineup to compete with our army, even without artillery support, it will be difficult for them to achieve anything."
"But if they are just pretending to distract our troops, then what is the other party's real intention?"
Having said this, Kong Ming suddenly looked at the artillery position behind him: "No, they probably want to use the remaining troops below as bait just to find the artillery position?"
"What, using them as bait? Isn't that too cruel?"
Cao Ning later realized that Kong Ming's words did make sense after thinking about it carefully.
At this moment, dozens of black shadows suddenly rushed up from a cliff adjacent to the artillery position.
They were extremely fast, and they made no sound when they attacked the sentry, without even making the slightest sound.
In the blink of an eye, these black shadows eliminated all the soldiers stationed on the cliff, but they never thought that their actions would be discovered by the hidden sentry.
"Someone is attacking, someone is attacking!"
The secret whistle hurriedly sounded a warning, and hundreds of guards on duty immediately surrounded him.
The man holding a gilded phoenix-winged hammer rushed out first. Dozens of black figures behind him responded immediately, and a group of people rushed towards the guards to kill them.
Although these shadows are very few in number, they are extremely powerful. Facing nearly ten times the number of guards, they can still come and go like the wind.
Dozens of black shadows were like shooting stars in the dark night, dancing among the crowd, and the silver-gray sword blades passed through armor after armor.
The next second, shrill screams were heard one after another from the guard formation.
"ah!!!"
"Leave no one alive, kill!!!"
As the man yelled, the dozens of black shadows under his men became more and more fierce, leaving only wailing wherever they passed.
In just a moment, most of the guards were lost!
"They have indeed set their sights on this place... No, these guys are elites!"
Kong Ming carefully looked at the dark figures below, and suddenly frowned.
Because he discovered that those people actually had the strength of the Ghost King.
Obviously, Chen Youliang gathered all the elites of the army just to capture the artillery positions.
"Haha, Chen Youliang really gave me face. He dispatched so many ghost kings at once. I'm afraid he took out all the bosses, right?" Cao Ning sneered.
Obviously Chen Youliang's saying, "The first battle is the decisive battle, and the outcome will be decided in one battle" is not an empty statement.
Being able to show off these assets is enough to prove that he really treats this battle as a decisive battle.
Although Chen Youliang's main force was nowhere to be seen on the frontal battlefield, Cao Ning was sure that as long as the artillery position was destroyed, the hidden main force would come out immediately.
Until then, it will be the real decisive battle!
"What should we do now? Immediately order the Second Battalion to return for reinforcements. They are closest to the artillery position." Kong Ming suggested.
Kong Ming knew very well that most of the current advantages of the Black Flag Army were brought about by artillery.
Once the artillery position is destroyed, they will have to return to the confrontation between the two armies.
At that time, it will really come true. When we meet on a narrow road, the brave one wins.
Just when the situation was extremely critical, Cao Ning rejected Kong Ming's proposal.
"No, don't they just want to destroy the artillery position? Then let them destroy it."
"What!!! Let them destroy it?"
Kong Ming once thought that Cao Ning was crazy, but based on his understanding of Cao Ning, this guy didn't seem like someone who would suffer.
Could it be that he was stimulated?
At this time, Cao Ning also expressed his opinion: "Weren't you just wondering where Chen Youliang's main force is hiding? As long as the artillery position is gone, won't he just pop out on his own?"
"You want them to destroy the artillery positions?"
Kong Ming took a deep breath and couldn't help being surprised!
It is absolutely unwise to exchange artillery positions for Chen Youliang to send troops.
So he quickly dissuaded us: "That's true! But if the artillery position is gone, we will lose our absolute advantage, and then it will really become a hand-to-hand battle."
"Hey Lao Kong, even if there is a duel between the two armies, it's not necessarily us who loses?"
Cao Ning put his arm on Kong Ming's shoulder and joked with a smile: "Have you forgotten who got these iron lumps? Since I have a way to get them, I have a way to get another batch."
"Don't you just want to destroy my artillery position? Then let them destroy it. Let's be more generous!"
"..."
Hearing Cao Ning's explanation, Kong Ming rolled his eyes immediately.
I bet he was anxious in vain, he already had a plan.
"It turns out that you have already thought about how to plot against Chen Youliang. I thought you really wanted to be a prodigal."
Kong Ming took a deep breath and said disdainfully: "Humph, I have such a cunning opponent like you. I'm very lucky that I was dragged into the pirate ship by you. Otherwise, I would definitely be the one who is in trouble now."
