However, an even greater disaster was yet to come. Three red fireworks bombs soared into the sky over the woods above, instantly exploding into a shower of flowers. At the same time, countless tongues of flames and sharp whistling sounds suddenly appeared from the edge of the dark woods.
Like a demonic sound filling the ears, countless arrows sprayed out flames and trailed long smoke, and they were as dense as a violent storm. In just a moment, the entire charge formation of officers and soldiers was filled with explosions and screams.
submerged.
Smoke rose and enveloped the entire formation of officers and soldiers. Firelight flashed in the smoke, and violent explosions occurred one after another. Then more smoke rose, plunging the entire battlefield into fog and panic.
The swarm of rocket launchers finally began to show off their power.
Lin Jue didn't want to do this. He didn't want to expose this thing. There is no doubt that the swarm of bees is the trump card of the Luoyan Army. The trump card is usually not used until the critical moment. If it is exposed too early, it will not be the trump card.
Like the tortoise box, officers and soldiers now also have countermeasures to protect themselves with rattan shields. This shows that for every new weapon that comes out, someone will eventually find a countermeasure. For this war, Lin Jue hoped in his heart that Guo Xu could overcome the difficulties.
Retreat. The previous destruction of the opponent's flame car and the rolling stone array on the slope were enough to intimidate the opponent. Lin Jue thought that if Guo Xu was smart, he should think carefully about whether it was worth it after experiencing these consecutive blows.
It's not worth it. However, Lin Jue was disappointed. Guo Xu obviously wouldn't give up until he achieved his goal. He had lost his mind.
In the afternoon, Lin Jue stood on the top of the hillside and watched Guo Xu personally supervising the battle. All the officers and soldiers were attacking upwards regardless of life and death. Lin Jue frowned and thought for a long time, and finally thought clearly. Guo Xu was the kind of person who didn't reflect, didn't
A person who can reflect on himself is a person who will not shed tears until he sees the coffin. He must give it a devastating blow before he will feel afraid and retreat out of fear.
In view of this, Lin Jue ordered his people to be prepared. Although only a dozen rocket launchers were produced in the Swarm, a dozen of this kind of killer weapon were enough. The only thing needed was to occupy the favorable terrain and maximize its use.
Power. So Lin Jue asked Ma Bin, Liang Qi and others to order the Luoyan Army soldiers and horses not to fight head-on with the opponent, but to focus on consuming the opponent's physical strength, without worrying about the gains and losses of the fortifications.
Therefore, the Luoyan Army gave up the mountain ridge and did not compete with the opponent for this important terrain. Early this morning, when the opponent bombarded them with crossbows, in fact, Lin Jue had already ordered most of the arrow towers and fortifications above to be abandoned, leaving only some troops.
The horse made a symbolic counterattack. Lin Jue wanted to lure them to the slope of the fire break zone in the forest, and let the 'swarm of bees' exert its terrifying power. There is no place more suitable than here. The swarm of bees can launch unscrupulously.
Making this decision was actually not easy. For Lin Jue, although there were irreconcilable conflicts with Guo Xu, Lin Jue still regarded himself as a member of the Great Zhou. In fact, the civil strife in the Great Zhou was not what Lin Jue had in mind.
Even though Lin Jue had announced his crusade against Guo Xu, he had yet to take any action. That was because Lin Jue did not want to fight with the imperial army. It was a complicated and unspeakable emotion. To put it simply, Lin Jue did not want to fight with the imperial army.
It causes internal chaos and consumes the national power of the Great Zhou Dynasty. In today's Great Zhou Dynasty, as long as there is internal chaos, it is likely to lead to complete chaos and trigger the invasion of powerful external enemies. Lin Jue is worried about this, so his mood has always been very contradictory.
,Very complicated.
But when a powerful enemy attacked and faced the disaster of destruction, Lin Jue naturally could not sit still and wait for death, but had to fight to the death and kill a large number of opponents. This was actually a conflicting point in Lin Jue's heart. There was actually a reason for his unwillingness to use swarm of bees.
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But at this moment, Lin Jue knew that he had no choice
It was imminent. Naturally, he would not think too much. He ordered a dozen swarms to be arranged at the edge of the woods at a distance of forty or fifty steps, and was ready to lure the enemy deeper. He actually hoped that the other party would know
He could smell a hint of danger and chose to retreat. However, the opponent attacked relentlessly without any hesitation. Lin Jue had no choice but to order a swarm of swarms to open fire to block the attack.
When more than a dozen doors fire in a swarm at the same time, the scene is so spectacular. The swarm is a fan-shaped area covering the front area, and each door swarm can cover an area more than a hundred steps wide below. This makes the dozen doors swarm perfectly connected and completely blocks all areas.
At this moment, if you look down at the battlefield from a high altitude, you will find that the entire forest firebreak is a battlefield of chaos and killing. At the edge of the forest above, rows of rockets dragging green smoke and flames are shot out. The smoke at the tail
They were twisted and irregular. Some even flew sideways and formed a mess. But the damage they caused to the officers and soldiers was horrifying.
The shield has long been useless, because you can't know where the rocket is coming from. The rockets flying everywhere have no rules. Even if you can block the rocket, the explosion of the rocket is enough to shatter the shield in your hand.
The battlefield was chaotic and bloody, with flames burning, flesh and blood flying in the explosion, screaming arrows flying everywhere, biting people's bodies like poisonous snakes. There were flames everywhere in the smoke, the smell of blood everywhere, and everywhere
The pungent smell of burning flesh and blood. People bumped into each other randomly like headless flies, not knowing where to go. Many people were trampled to death on the ground.
This is no longer just a battlefield, but also a Shura field.
The swarm fired seven rounds in a row, shooting out all the newly made rockets. Each swarm could shoot sixty-four arrows at a time. After seven rounds, there were nearly 450 arrows. Fifteen swarms shot out in a short space of time
In a matter of seconds, six to seven thousand rockets were poured out.
Although there were only six or seven thousand rockets, the lethality they brought was really astonishing. The lethality of the rockets themselves, even if all six or seven thousand arrows hit, would only kill six or seven thousand people. In fact, it is impossible to hit them all.
Therefore, in fact, less than 3,000 officers and soldiers were shot and injured by rockets. However, the terrifying thing about a swarm of rockets is not the specific number of people killed or injured, but the power and frightening effect when they are launched. The sharp
Howls, loud explosions, scenes of blood and flesh flying everywhere, and suffocating smoke and dust. All of these give people a great fear that the end is coming and there is nowhere to escape.
Many officers and soldiers who participated in the attack had seen the power of firearms in the hands of Lin Jue. The battle on the long street and under the fortress of the martial arts school that night was unforgettable. They thought that was all the power Lin Jue had.
They had psychological preparation and preparedness. But at this moment, the power of this swarm of rockets was completely beyond their expectation. It was something more ferocious and cruel than the firearms of the day. This alone brought them to the verge of collapse.
How to fight against such an opponent?
The number of casualties among the officers and soldiers was as high as over 5,000. Some were injured by arrows, some were injured by explosions, and some were injured by trampling caused by chaos and panic. Under the fierce blow of the swarm of rockets, the officers and soldiers were on the verge of collapse.
At the edge. At this moment, the horns in the forest above were blaring, and the shouts resounded through the mountains and fields. At the edge of the forest, countless soldiers of the Luoyan Army rushed out with their swords raised high.
"Forward, forward, forward! We are the heroic Luoyan Army. We have our feet on the mountains and jungles of Luoyan Valley. We carry the hope of the village on our backs. We are an invincible army.
We are the children of the village... Listen, the mountain wind is howling, and our singing is so loud. Brothers, don't be afraid of hardship, don't be afraid of tiredness, brothers, don't be afraid of death, don't be afraid of injury, although today is bitter, tomorrow will be sweet, today after I die, people will
Live. Forward! Forward! Forward! Forward!"
The shouts were mixed with loud singing, which was the war song of the Luoyan Army. More than 10,000 soldiers of the Luoyan Army descended from the mountain like tigers and pounced on the chaotic enemy formation. The officers and soldiers who were already on the verge of collapse still had the slightest intention of resisting, although they
The number of soldiers was still several times that of the Luoyan Army, but their psychology had collapsed and their morale was completely gone. As soon as the two sides fought, the officers and soldiers were defeated, and a great rout was staged.
The soldiers of the Luoyan Army shouted for chase and pursued them all the way down the hillside. The officers and soldiers on the hillside behind did not know what was happening. Seeing the big rout in front, they hurriedly turned around and ran down the mountain. The Luoyan Army pursued them fiercely until they reached the bottom of the mountainside and the top of the ridge.
The officers and soldiers hurriedly organized crossbow carts and archers to block the attack. Only then did the Luoyan Army stop their pursuit and disappeared into the mountains and forests above.
This battle started at Chen hour and ended in less than an hour and a half when both sides ceased fighting, but it experienced a great reversal. The officers and soldiers lost their helmets and armor, suffered heavy casualties, and huddled on the mountain ridges and never dared to attack again. Although the Luoyan Army failed to regain the entire
Dongpo, but annihilated tens of thousands of enemies and defeated their opponents. Luoyangu Dazhai remained unmoved, and all the soldiers had high fighting spirit.
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In the valley, Guo Xu was dumbfounded as he witnessed the army being chased and driven back to the mountain ridge by the Luoyan Army. Seeing a large number of wounded and defeated soldiers fleeing down the valley, he roared angrily.
"What happened? Why retreat? No retreat is allowed. Violators will be killed without mercy!"
A general rushed down the hillside with blood on his face and came to Guo Xu. Guo Xu recognized him, Bai Qi, and roared: "Bai Qi, why are you retreating? Why don't you conquer the top of the mountain in one go?"
Bai Qi wiped the blood on his face, knelt down and shouted: "Your Majesty, we were ambushed, and the army suffered heavy casualties and had to retreat. They... they had unknown ferocious firearms. We were ambushed in the mountains and forests above, and all the soldiers and horses were
It’s a mess…”
Guo Xu shouted in surprise: "What kind of ferocious firearms? How many soldiers and horses do they have? How could my army be ambushed by them? It's a big joke. Where is Zhao Yuankang? Where is he? I will punish him severely!"
Bai Qi shook his head helplessly and sighed: "I have not seen any sign of the commander. But this is not the fault of the commander, but the opponent... the opponent is really difficult to defeat. Your Majesty... I would like to advise you, we... we should retreat.
This stronghold cannot be captured."
Guo Xu stared and shouted: "Bai Qi, do you dare to shake the morale of the army? I will kill you."
Bai Qi sighed: "I am thinking of the overall situation. Your Majesty's personal expedition has already exhausted all the troops and bones. This time, a large number of elite soldiers, horses, material and financial resources were consumed for a small village, which is not good for our overall situation. Take advantage of this opportunity.
Since our losses are still small now, it is best to withdraw our troops."
Guo Xu's face was livid, he jumped off his horse, drew his long sword and pointed at Bai Qi. He wanted to kill this guy who had deceived the soldiers and shaken their morale. Bai Qi knelt on the ground and lowered his head without moving, neither begging for mercy nor making any excuses.
Yan. Guo Xu rushed to him and raised his sword high, staring at Bai Qi for a moment, but did not cut it down. It was not appropriate to kill the general at this moment, not to mention that Guo Xu didn't know what happened, so he decided to clarify the situation before talking.
"Pass the decree that all Bai Qi's officials and titles will be dismissed and detained pending trial. Immediately call Zhao Yuankang to see me, immediately, immediately!" Guo Xu slashed his long sword heavily on the ground and chopped a piece of bluestone into two pieces.
