Niangziguan is in danger, and ordinary people don't know this news.
The reports sent by the imperial court to various places in the human world every day only said that Niangziguan was attacked by the army from the middle road of Tianjie. The brave Niangziguan soldiers repelled the enemy's attacks time and time again.
With the precedent of Yingzui Cliff wiping out more than four million enemies ten years ago, the common people in the world felt that Niangziguan could recreate the victory of Yingzui Cliff. In this catastrophe, not a single celestial soldier would enter the heart of the Middle Earth.
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In fact, battle reports are meant to report good news but not bad news, so as not to damage the morale of the people.
Now the three major passes are in a tough battle, but Niangzi Pass is in a precarious situation.
The main reason was caused by Xu Kai's tactical mistakes before winter last year.
There are layers of obstacles, using the lives of human soldiers to consume the number of heavenly warriors.
This kind of strategy of killing one hundred enemies and losing three thousand to oneself is actually very disadvantageous.
In several states outside Yumen Pass, Xu Kai deployed heavy troops in the main cities and passes, and they were all elite divisions.
As a result, in less than a month, millions of human warriors were slaughtered under the fierce attack of the Skyfire Beast.
The entire Niangziguan defense line is said to have 27 million people. In fact, the number of elite troops is less than 10 million, and most of them are miscellaneous troops with low combat effectiveness.
More than half of the millions of elites in Xu Kai's hands were lost last year.
If it weren't for Zhao Zian's timely withdrawal of two million troops from Yumen Pass to come to support, Niangzi Pass would be in an even more dangerous situation today.
I thought that the first thousand-hole cliff defense line was impregnable. Even if the enemy could break through, it would only take several months and they would pay a heavy price.
Unexpectedly, An Wenxiu only used one move, commanding the Legion of Destruction to spray fireballs towards the first line of defense, rendering the first line of defense at Niangzi Pass useless.
Seven or eight days ago, the general offensive of the central army began. There were several truces in the middle, but soon Tianjie would organize a new offensive, and each time it became more fierce.
More than half of the black powder produced by the imperial court was now shipped to the Niangziguan defense line.
Of course, there is another reason why my wife is worried about the war.
Heaven has developed many new weapons of war.
Among them, the one that has the greatest impact on the battle situation is the Diamond Umbrella.
The most proud crossbows in the world, even the powerful Eight Ox Crossbow, have lost their advantages under the Vajra Umbrella.
In the past, when the enemy attacked the city, the soldiers would fire thousands of arrows, which would cause great damage to the enemy.
Now under the protection of the diamond umbrella, the enemy can rush to the city gate from a hundred feet away without much damage. This has a great impact on the battle situation.
After seven or eight days of continuous attacks, the second line of defense at Niangziguan was at the end of its strength.
The city wall collapsed in many places, and the most lethal rolling logs were destroyed again and again by the heavenly warriors, leaving gaps in many places.
If this continues, within three to five days at most, the second line of defense at Niangziguan will be completely destroyed by the heavenly army.
Only the upper echelons of the human world know about the war at Niangzi Pass. There are now frequent troop mobilizations throughout the northern part of the Huangyan River. Xu Kai has made preparations for the large troops to withdraw south to fight guerrillas on the front line of the Taihang Mountains after Niangzi Pass is broken.
Zhan Ying is also paying close attention to the battle at Niangzi Pass.
As the general manager of the march in North Liaoning Province, the battle status report Zhan Ying received was different from what was released by the imperial court, and was very close to the battlefield situation.
Now there is a war in the three major passes. Even in the northwest of Shanxi, there are millions of prairie wolf riders and northern border beast riders, fighting against the six-winged legion in the heaven.
Only in the northern Liaoning region, there was no war.
The higher-ups of the entire heaven seem to have forgotten that there are millions of people in northern Liaoning and tens of millions of people who have retreated from the Liaodong Peninsula in the Changbai Mountain area.
Now the Tianjie North Road Army has transferred its main force outside Shanhaiguan. It seems that after concentrating its forces to capture Shanhaiguan, it can then go back and clear out the remaining human beings in northern Liaoning.
This gave Zhan Ying a relatively relaxed battlefield environment.
Some time ago, Zhan Ying was inspecting armaments in "Chang'an City" in Liaodong. Now he has appeared in the bay, which is only more than a hundred miles away from Shanhaiguan.
This general manager is different from other general managers in the world. He is not as good as Zhao Zian, Xu Kai, Li Xianjing and others. He is at his station from beginning to end and does not dare to leave for a moment.
Zhan Ying was not lucky, he wandered around all day long without seeing the end of the dragon.
In the early morning, it was raining lightly. Zhan Ying, wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat, was sitting on a large five-tooth ship, fishing leisurely.
Wanhuhou Wanyanku, a peerless warrior on the battlefield, was standing behind Zhan Ying at this moment.
A scout sent word that there was an urgent call of eight hundred miles away.
After Wan Yanku read it, he said to Zhan Ying: "There is news from the north that 500,000 of the one million high-quality war horses we bought with money from the grassland have arrived in Baicheng.
The remaining 500,000 horses will take a month to be delivered."
Zhan Ying said calmly: "So long?"
Wanyanku said: "There is nothing we can do about it. Now all the tribes on the grassland have retreated to the Blackwater River. The remaining 500,000 war horses need to be driven from the Blackwater River, and they have to avoid the Storm Legion. It really takes a lot of money.
a little time."
Zhan Ying hummed and said no more.
Wanyanku saw that this young man was still thinking about fishing, and couldn't help but said: "Commander, the battle report from Niangzi Pass is not optimistic. If this continues, in a month at most, how many people will be in Niangzi Pass?"
Every line of defense will be breached."
Zhan Yingdao: "I am the general manager of the march in Liaobei Province. If we talk about the division of responsibilities, Shanhaiguan is not under my control, let alone Niangziguan."
Wanyanku said: "Commander..." Just at this moment, Zhan Ying's fishhook moved.
Zhan Ying easily pulled a big fish weighing twenty or thirty kilograms onto the boat.
Zhan Ying seemed dissatisfied with this and kicked the big fish back into the sea.
Then, Zhan Yingcai said to Wanyanku: "Fighting is like fishing, there is no rush.
Only the most steady people can catch the biggest fish.
Although Xu Kai's fighting style is stiff, he has many soldiers. If Tianjie wants to sweep all the defense lines of Niangzi Pass, it cannot be done overnight.
Just wait, don't be in a hurry."
Wanyanku said: "Then how long do we have to wait?"
Zhan Ying reattached a piece of fish bait to the fishhook and threw it into the sea.
Said: "Wait until the big fish takes the bait.
Wanyan, according to our original plan, we will distribute war horses to our carefully selected warriors as soon as possible, so as to form combat effectiveness in the shortest possible time."
Wanyanku wanted to discuss the current war with Zhan Ying, but Zhan Ying waved him off.
Wanyanku is feeling aggrieved now.
Ten years ago, he followed General Jebie to participate in the decisive battle in the wilderness of southern Xinjiang. It was so high-spirited.
As a result, I followed Zhan Ying and spent the whole day traveling around the mountains and rivers. Fortunately, I was still fishing on the sea.
This made Marquis Wanhu, who was brave enough to win the three armies, very unhappy.
But the military orders are like mountains, and he cannot disobey them.
After Wanyanku went down, Zhan Ying's eyes gradually became sharper, and he murmured: "The time has not come yet, the time has not come yet."
Until these 500,000 cavalry have reached the expected combat strength, Zhan Ying will no longer interfere in the battle at Niangzi Pass or Shanhaiguan Pass.
Last time Niangzi Pass was in a tight situation, he dispatched air cavalry and orc cavalry from Northern Xinjiang to support it. This was the only thing he could do for Niangzi Pass.
The next step is to wait.
Wait for a suitable time.
As for the more than 20 million defenders at Xu Kai and Niangzi Pass, they were all bait released by Zhan Ying.
Zhan Ying knew that it was destined that Niangzi Pass would be breached.
What he planned was to take a piece of flesh from Heaven in this destined war situation.
A piece of meat that is enough to break the bones of the army in the middle of Tianjie.
