It was already two days later that Gu Xingdong led the army to move to the next strategic hub. But at this time, 80,000 elite troops, more than 6,000 artillery pieces, and more than 5 million artillery shells had gathered!
Five million cannonballs, what’s the concept? They can build a city wall!
On the northern front, Gu Xingdong met Huo Shisong, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Tang Dynasty.
Huo Shisong is a very serious-looking, even somewhat cold-hearted general. However, he has obviously received information about the war situation from Nangong Zhi's side.
When he saw the mountain of artillery shells, and when he saw that Gu Xingdong had begun to direct his men to open the artillery array, the corner of Huo Shisong's mouth twitched a little.
However, he did not stop him. He also wanted to see what Nangong Zhi said about the indiscriminate bombardment. He could destroy the opponent from a distance of more than thirty kilometers.
Nowadays, due to the large-scale use of artillery on both sides, the distance between camps is mostly about thirty kilometers.
The artillery range of the Qixia Kingdom is generally 40 kilometers. The outside world does not know yet, but the Qixia Kingdom has begun to equip thunder cannons with a range of up to a crazy 80 kilometers.
Gu Xingdong and Huo Shisong met, had a brief exchange, and prepared to order an attack.
"Wait!" an angry voice floated over, and then he saw a god-incarnation wearing Xuanzhen sect clothes flying over.
Gu Xingdong stood up straight, and when the other party approached, he immediately smiled and said, "Senior, what do you call me? Junior Gu Xingdong, the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Army of the Kingdom of Qixia."
"I know you! I, Hongyazi, am one of the elders of the Law Enforcement Hall!" Hongyazi said in a somewhat exasperated tone, "Let me ask you, why can't you fight well? Is it fun to play like this!
To conquer a stronghold, it cost millions of high-grade spiritual stones. If we were to fight the entire battle, it would cost hundreds of millions of high-grade spiritual stones! Then there would be so many high-grade spiritual stones in the entire Fertile Continent!
What a child’s play!”
Why is Hong Yazi angry? Because Xuanzhen Sect has to pay for all the consumption in the end! Xuanzhen Sect does not want to lead the charge, but wants others to be cannon fodder. This is fine, but it wants the horse to run fast and eat less.
, this is obviously impossible. Therefore, Xuanzhen Sect must compensate 120% of the war consumption.
As for the Qixia Kingdom's legion, luckily, only a part of the legion arrived before the main army arrived. An attack the day before yesterday destroyed more than four million high-grade spiritual stones!
If the Qixia Kingdom army arrives and attacks like crazy, your Qixia Kingdom army can bring down the entire Xuanzhen Sect!
But when Gu Xingdong heard this, he immediately became serious, "Senior, I have some objections to what you said. I dare to ask senior a few questions.
First, is continuing the confrontation here the correct way to fight? What should I do if the fighter plane is delayed?
Second, we have excellent artillery and can win without sacrificing soldiers. Is there anything wrong with that?
Thirdly, apart from this method, I wonder if the seniors have any clever ideas?"
Hong Yazi was immediately stunned.
When Gu Xingdong saw him, he didn't express anything on the surface, but he felt a slight sense of superiority in his heart: It doesn't matter that you are in the stage of transformation, you don't understand the situation on the battlefield at all!
No matter how powerful one is in the transformation stage, it cannot replace the general's talents on the battlefield.
Hong Yazi held it in for a long time and finally said: "But it is too wasteful for you to attack like this. These many shells can be of greater use."
"No! This is how these artillery shells should be used! Our attack must be like a fist, like a hammer, knocking open the opponent's shell and destroying the opponent's defenses.
Such defensive capabilities cannot be built overnight, but we can destroy them overnight.
Destroying a stronghold can destroy the opponent's army of hundreds of thousands.
Destroying two strongholds can destroy the opponent's army of more than 200,000 troops and affect more than 500,000 troops.
Destroy three strongholds, and the opponent's defense line will collapse, morale will collapse, and the opponent's strategy will be completely disrupted.
Then we launch a general attack before the opponent can react. We can break through the opponent's defense system in one fell swoop. We can even kill millions of enemies. If we can bite the enemy's troops, we may be able to kill the opponent's second line of defense in one go, and even use the driving force to
Way to break through the opponent's second line of defense.
In war, the most important thing is time! Victory in a short time is the most economical!
Therefore, we must squeeze the opponent's time at all costs! We must prevent the opponent from reacting and make the opponent confused.
Instead of playing a war of attrition with the opponent. In that case, you will end up killing one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred to yourself!"
Hong Yazi was said to be unable to refute. He thought for a long time and couldn't help but ask: "Are you sure of tearing apart the defense of the imperial capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty? The current defense of the imperial capital cannot even be broken through by the gods. We are here
We have attacked several times, but they have all failed and even suffered heavy losses.
We also tried to set up the Heaven-Sealing and Earth-Sealing Formation, but the opponent was already prepared. With the two-pronged use of ballistae and artillery, the Heaven-Sealing and Earth-Sealing Formation was impossible to set up.
We also tried to use artillery and other concentrated attacks, but with little effect. Slight damage can be easily repaired by the opponent."
Confidence flashed in Gu Xingdong's eyes: "I went over to take a look at the opponent's defense. The defense is strong, but the defense is rigid. It is already evening now, and I will be able to give senior an answer tomorrow morning!"
Hong Yazi turned his head and looked at the pile of shells, frowned, and finally nodded slowly. But then he asked: "You just leave the shells like this, aren't you afraid of exploding?"
"Isn't there a senior here!" Gu Xingdong flattered him first, and then said: "We have special small formations to protect us. These formations are not big, but they form protective layers.
The cannonballs are built together with the cannonballs, and there is a larger formation protection outside. It is basically guaranteed to be foolproof.
We have tested that even if it is directly hit by a shell, it will not explode. This is also a technology we re-developed after the previous explosion on the warship. It is not big, but it is indeed effective."
Hong Yazi nodded. "Well, I want to see your answer tomorrow morning!"
Gu Xingdong smiled, turned his head and ordered to the artillery: "Aim at the front left of the target. Focus your fire on me and smash that corner!"
After giving the order, Gu Xingdong turned to Hong Yazi and said: "Senior, look at the left front of the imperial capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty, close to the hills. The ground is solid and rocky. The rest of the place is mostly rivers.
After our analysis, we believe that rivers, silt, etc. can absorb the aftermath of the explosion. But rocks cannot. Instead, they will be shattered bit by bit by the aftermath of the explosion.
A powerful formation must be integrated with the earth. If we can shatter the foundation and the opponent's defense, etc., they will naturally collapse."
It sounded reasonable, and Hong Yazi nodded again. Then he asked: "How many shells will it consume?"
Gu Xingdong turned his head and looked at the pile of shells, and said slowly: "These should be enough."
Hong Yazi:......
If you continue fighting like this, Xuanzhen Sect will go bankrupt in half a year!
(I got up at five o'clock to type. I'm not sure about the update time tonight. Something really happened~(gt;_lt;)~)