The reason why Chu Ye became the commander-in-chief of the Northern Army was not because he was so outstanding, but because he was old enough.
Secondly, on the surface, he is rough and heroic, scolding his father and mother at every turn, and is in the air every day. But on the inside, he is cautious and cautious, with a humble attitude.
When I saw Li Li today, it was as if his knees had no bones. He knelt down at every turn and swore allegiance to His Highness to the death.
When I see Turing Tuo tomorrow, he feels like there are no bones in his waist. He keeps saying, "Old Marshal, Old General, I am always a soldier under your command."
Are you shameless? You, Chu Ye, were born in a traditional noble family and have always been gilded in the northern army. Only when you attacked the Yelan Principality, you once led a partial army to support Turing Tuo, and you didn't wait until Yelan arrived.
In Lan Duchy, the war is over.
When did you stay under the Duke of Turindor?
But only people like him can walk between Turingtuo and Lili. The position of commander of the Northern Army has been stable for so many years.
When it comes to fighting skills, Chu Ye only has two characteristics: thick skin, dark heart, and caution!
This cautiousness does not mean that this person is very careful, but that he is steady and fights according to the textbook.
He is just such a person, his knowledge is neither high nor low.
However, just such a person, when he saw hundreds of artillery bombardment on the south bank position, and then the troops crossing the river fell like wheat.
His heart twitched violently, almost to the point of stopping.
Then, there was ice cold all over his body, and cold sweat broke out on his back.
"The trouble is big, the trouble is big..." Count Chu Ye kept mumbling to himself: "I hope this thing doesn't hit too far, otherwise..."
Now, he was not only thinking about the battlefield on his side, but also the entire occupation, especially the separated Chinese army.
His first thought was to immediately send someone to inform Li Li to be careful of Sauron's new weapons.
Soon he found that he was overthinking. There was already a war on his side, and the separated Chinese army must have started a war as well.
Standing on a high place, he saw that the front row of the troops crossing the river were almost dead.
Those who were shot by small projectiles were fine, they only died. But those who were shot by chain projectiles were so miserable that their whole bodies were cut in half.
The first batch of 20,000 troops crossing the river killed at least 2,000 to 3,000 people in just one round of shelling.
The remaining troops crossing the river were completely stunned and at a loss.
Many people even don't understand what happened? Why was there a loud noise in front of me, and then many things came crashing down like heavy rain, the sky seemed to darken, and the people in front of me were dead.
At this time, Earl Chu Ye roared: "Continue to cross the river, rush over, rush over..."
Suddenly, the remaining more than 10,000 troops crossing the river came over in a daze, and hurriedly paddled as hard as they could, trying to cross the dozens of meters of river surface and reach the position on the south bank.
However, the round of shelling just now killed countless soldiers at the forefront of the troops crossing the river. There were hundreds of bamboo rafts, and the rafts lost control and collided with each other in random directions, blocking all the bamboo rafts behind them.
On the four-mile long river, one or two thousand bamboo rafts were crossing the river at the same time. It was too dense.
Earl Chu Ye immediately ordered and shouted: "Cover the army to cross the river!"
"Trebuchet, launch."
"Giant crossbow, launch."
"Archer, fire!"
Chu Ye's army tried to use intensive long-range attacks to cover Sauron's position and cover the army's crossing of the river.
"Swish, swish, swish..."
Hundreds of stone bullets crossed hundreds of meters of the river and hit the position on the south bank of Sox.
In the absence of city walls, the power of these stone bullets is amazing.
But again, the accuracy of the trebuchet is so impressive, it was entirely based on luck.
The momentum was astonishing, but the casualties caused were limited.
"Huhuhu..."
Immediately afterwards, the sky seemed to suddenly darken.
Thousands of giant crossbows were fired, and tens of thousands of archers fired volleys.
Arrows, like raindrops, suddenly hit Sauron's position on the south bank.
but……
The lethality was still minimal, because Sauron's army was in criss-crossing trenches, and all the cannons were in bunkers and bunkers.
When the arrow rain came, the soldiers in the trench could only raise their shields and block them all.
"Swish, swish, swish..."
In order to cover the troops crossing the river, Chu Ye's army used tens of thousands of soldiers to bend their bows and shoot arrows constantly.
Countless arrows really fell like a heavy rain.
In a short period of time, the entire south bank position was like a hedgehog, filled with countless arrows.
But, seven minutes later!
Hundreds of artillery pieces in Sauron's position on the south bank are ready for the second round of bombardment.
Count Chu Ye's more than 10,000 troops crossing the river were approaching within a few dozen meters.
But this time, Yan Naier ordered them all to be replaced with shotguns.
Give an order!
"Fire!"
"Boom boom boom boom..."
Hundreds of artillery pieces burst into flames and made loud noises again!
Then, an even more crazy and terrifying torrential rain slammed down.
Then……
There was the sound of rain hitting the beach!
Earl Chu Ye closed his eyes in pain and did not dare to look at it at all.
Because this time, the casualties were greater than in the first round of shelling.
This time all shotgun shells were used, and there were more than hundreds of steel balls in the cannonballs weighing several dozen kilograms.
Moreover, due to the disordered formation, more than 10,000 troops crossing the river were crowded together, scrambling to try to land on the south bank.
result……
After a hail of bullets, countless soldiers on bamboo rafts were seen emptying out.
Countless corpses fell into the water densely and were washed away by the water of the Nu River.
The originally turbid water of the Nu River turned out to be bloody.
The first batch of troops crossing the river totaled 20,000 people. After two rounds of shelling, they were reduced by nearly half.
The remaining half, crying like ghosts and howling like wolves, have already lost their souls.
Chu Ye's face was trembling, and his whole body was trembling.
With more than 10,000 people left, should we continue to rush forward? That is no different from committing suicide.
But if we just retreat like this, what kind of impact will it have on morale?
And at this moment...
"Swish, swish, swish..."
In Sauron's south bank position, tens of thousands of soldiers were bending bows and shooting arrows in the trenches.
Arrows rained down on the river one after another.
It has to be said that although tens of thousands of soldiers are shooting arrows at the same time very intensively, the lethality is far less than that of artillery shot.
After all, Sauron's soldiers stood in the trench and faced missiles from the air, and their hit rate was indeed very low.
The artillery was aimed at the crowd and fired violently. Countless projectiles rushed towards them like a giant net, making it impossible to escape.
Although the hit rate of the bows and arrows was very low, the troops crossing the river on the bamboo rafts continued to fall into the river.
The troops crossing the river with more than 10,000 people left were in even more panic and confusion, not knowing whether to retreat or continue to advance.
"Ming Jin, withdraw your troops!" Earl Chu Ye said painfully.
Suddenly, a clang sounded from behind the army.
The remaining troops crossing the river desperately turned their oars around and fled towards the north bank.
but……
Just halfway through the stroke.
The third round of bombardment has been prepared.
"Boom boom boom..."
Countless projectiles were once again thrown out like a torrential rain.
Because the distance was slightly farther, the lethality was smaller, but countless soldiers were still shot and killed immediately!
Immediately afterwards, Sauron's arrows were thrown one after another.
In the end, the surviving troops who crossed the river fled back to the north bank in embarrassment. Only 5,000 of the 20,000 troops returned.
The remaining 15,000 people have been buried in the Nu River.
Earl Chu Ye felt dizzy for a while.
Fifteen thousand people died, which is not much for an army of 250,000, less than 10%.
but……
It was only less than an hour before the battle started.
A mere 200 meters of the Nu River cost more than 10,000 lives.
The key is that with this approach, there is absolutely no hope of crossing the river.
If it were an arrow, it could be blocked with a shield. But the projectiles fired by the artillery shot directly through the shield and killed people.
Among these 15,000 people, 5,000 are the so-called southeast rebel army. Fully 10,000 people are the soldiers of his northern army, and they are the foundation for his family and life.
"Leave the credit to others, and don't blame me for being passive and fighting." Earl Chu Ye thought to himself.
Then, he suddenly ordered: "Launch all trebuchets, giant crossbows, and archers to annihilate the enemies on the south bank."
As soon as these words came out, the other generals were stunned.
A civil servant from the Southeast Province next to him said: "Your Majesty, don't you... cross the river?"
"Cross your mother's acupuncture point." Count Chu Ye secretly thought in his heart.
Next…
On the north bank of the Nu River, the fight is in full swing!
The giant crossbows, archers, and trebuchets of Chu Ye's army fired frantically towards the south bank position.
The hit rate is very low and it won't cause much casualties to Sauron's army. Chu Ye knows this, but he only needs to show that he fights desperately.
After all, the arrows were provided by Ji Li, and they were free of charge. But every soldier in the Northern Army was the foundation for the Chu family's survival, and it would be a pity to die even if one of them died.
Anyway, I'll just keep fighting. How many enemies can be destroyed, then... I'll let you decide.
As soon as the war started, Suo Shi's defense line on the south bank of the Nujiang River was severely damaged. So Count Chuye was ready to start paddling and was passive and idle in the fight.
…
Earl Chu Ye can steal the chicken, but neither can Li Li nor Turing Tuo. They have no way out.
The fierce battle at Fenglei Castle's defense line, go all out from the beginning!
Facing a four-mile-long defense line, the siege army dispatched by Jili in the first battle numbered a hundred thousand.
His strategy is very simple, just use human lives to pile up!
More than twenty infantry phalanxes continued to advance under the cover of giant shield vehicles and giant siege vehicles.
The densely packed giant trebuchets and giant crossbows moved within 500 meters.
"Launch... launch..."
The trebuchets on the far side began to fire volleys, and thousands of giant crossbows began to fire volleys.
Hundreds of boulders smashed hard against the wall of Fenglei Castle's defense line, and countless giant arrows were shot on the wall.
The power was astonishing, and I felt that the entire city wall was shaking.
but……
The walls of Fenglei Castle's defense line are more than ten meters thick and cannot be smashed by a mere trebuchet.
After the trebuchet and giant crossbow are launched.
Turing Tuo stood on the back of the gryphon and roared loudly: "Charge the army, capture the defense line of Wind Thunder Castle, and kill Sauron!"
Amidst the shocking sound of war drums, countless infantrymen rushed toward the Fenglei Fort defense line a few hundred meters away.
Li Li and Turing Tuo are crazy!
In the first round of attack, 50,000 infantry were sent directly.
On a battlefield that is more than four miles wide and one mile long, 50,000 infantrymen are actually deployed. And the second wave of 50,000 infantrymen is also ready to rush out at any time and attack the city in a relay.
This is all done at the cost of human lives. How can there be such a dense battlefield?
Amidst the shocking drums of war, Li Li's siege army quickly entered within a 500-meter range!
"Launch, launch..."
Sauron gave the order!
"Swish, swish, swish..."
There were hundreds of trebuchets on the defense line of Fenglei Castle, and countless giant crossbows were fired wildly.
At this distance, Sauron didn't use artillery!
Although the artillery fires farther and has a higher hit rate, each salvo takes six to seven minutes, and this time is enough for the separated infantry to rush through the several hundred meters position and reach under the city wall.
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Moreover, Sauron now only has gunpowder and no powerful explosives, so even if there are explosive bombs, the lethality is very small.
Although the lethality of using solid bullets to hit infantry is good, it is not as good as a trebuchet, let alone using a trebuchet to throw gunpowder packets.
Therefore, unless there are high explosives, Sauron will never use explosive ammunition to attack infantry. It is too useless.
He has a very clear strategy for using hundreds of artillery pieces, which is to wait for the enemy to get close and then fire shotgun shells!
…
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
The hundreds of trebuchets on the Fenlei Fort defense line all ejected gunpowder packets, ranging from dozens to hundreds of kilograms of gunpowder packets!
"Boom boom boom boom..."
Hundreds of gunpowder packets smashed into the formation of the Li army, causing earth-shattering explosions.
Even a few miles away, I could feel the ground shaking.
And every time there was an explosion, whether it was a giant crossbow or a trebuchet, it was torn apart like a toy and thrown into the air.
As for the soldiers, it was even more shocking. They were blown to pieces.
Si Li, who was riding a griffin beast and looked down at the battlefield, could see clearly when a giant gunpowder bag fell on the infantry formation.
Although the infantrymen were already running around quickly.
But...after a loud noise...
The entire infantry formation seemed to be completely empty. I don't know how many people died.
Seeing this scene, Li Li's face turned blue!
Sauron's gunpowder is amazing!
Just now, the first salvo fired by Li Li's trebuchets and giant crossbows against the Fenlei Fort's defense line had very little damage.
And one of Sauron's projections caused at least several thousand casualties.
"Sauron's gunpowder is indeed an anti-dragon power, anti-traditional, and its power is so amazing." Zhili said with lingering fear: "Now I finally know that Gui Xingfu was so defeated, how could Uncle Zhiwei be so powerful?"
The army has been destroyed."
Duke Turingto said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, it will take more than half a quarter of an hour to fire a single volley from the giant trebuchet. In this time, our soldiers have already rushed under the city wall. Such a terrible bombing is only one round."
Lili said: "After rushing to the city wall, Sauron also threw kerosene, right?"
"Yes." Turing Tuo said: "But the second round of attacks by our trebuchets will also throw fish oil bombs. If they smash kerosene barrels down on the city wall, they will probably be burned alive. And we have
Fire-proof shield, fire-proof siege vehicle, fire-proof cloak. Sauron's fire-oil tactics are no longer as lethal as before."
"Go, go, go..."
The soldiers who escaped the first round of gunpowder bombing ran wildly towards the walls of Fenglei Castle.
The distance is getting closer, getting closer...
Three hundred meters, two hundred meters, more than one hundred meters!
At this moment...
Sauron roared: "All artillery ready!"
"All trebuchets, ready!"
"put!"
The entire Fenlei Fort defense line was densely packed with hundreds of artillery pieces, all of them opened fire!
"Boom boom boom boom..."
It looked as if the entire city wall suddenly spit out fire.
The soldiers on the city wall clearly felt that the entire city wall shook violently.
Then, countless metal lights flashed!
Hundreds of thousands of projectiles, like the densest rainstorm, slammed towards the most secretive siege army.
At the same time, hundreds of trebuchets fired their second round.
The ejection distance this time was very close, less than 200 meters.
However, the gunpowder packets thrown out were very large.
Hundreds of gunpowder packets fell into the crowd of the siege army, and after an earth-shattering explosion.
What was shot out was not only fire, but also countless shrapnel, countless projectiles, and countless lead bullets!
The most original cluster bomb!
At this moment, on this battlefield of only 500,000 square meters, more than one million projectiles exploded suddenly and fired wildly.
Millions of projectiles were fired randomly in such a narrow space!
Such a crowded battlefield was densely packed with soldiers everywhere.
Li Li could see clearly in the air.
After the flames burst out, the narrow battlefield felt as if a metal rainstorm had been blown violently.
Then……
That area seemed to be empty!
Immediately afterwards, a cloud of blood mist suddenly rose into the sky.
In an instant, Li Li felt a sudden chill on his back!
Then, my mind went blank!
Now, he finally knew why the 100,000-strong navy lost so miserably and was almost completely destroyed!
And Turing Duo also trembled violently, and his eyes instantly opened to their maximum!
This, perhaps, is the most horrific killing in the history of the Kingdom of Raging Waves?
Although the previous fire attack burned hundreds of thousands of people to death in one fell swoop, it took a long time after all.
But at this time, it really just clicked.
In just a moment, a metal rainstorm slammed through.
Then, countless people died!
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