"General Commander, these are the armies we can contact at the moment!" said the officer responsible for contacting the frontline troops: "We have lost contact with the Pioneer Army. The strongholds on the hills surrounding the Pioneer Army have also been occupied by the Xiliang Army in these days.
Unplug it, we have lost contact with the army entering the Grand Canyon.
Currently, the only ones that can be contacted are the troops behind the Grand Canyon. Excluding the troops that have lost contact, the number of troops that can still obey our orders for the time being is about 250,000!"
"These 250,000 people are all the troops we can contact now?" the commander-in-chief asked.
"Yes!" the officer whispered: "Xiliang not only cut off the connection between us and the forward, but also cut off our connection with the outside world!"
"Is there any news from the superiors?" The commander-in-chief is now more concerned about the opinions of those strong men. The next step is likely to be the final confrontation, and a large number of strong men will be dispatched from Xiliang.
If they don't have strong enough people on their side, they are likely to be eaten up by the Xiliang army. If those strong people are determined to fight with him here, they will fight against the Xiliang army.
Then other armies will definitely break through the defenses everywhere in Xiliang in the shortest time, and penetrate into the mining area from the other three aspects, and then they can be rescued.
The reinforcements from Xiliang have indeed arrived, but the number of these troops inside has not changed much. To launch a counterattack this time, troops must be mobilized from other places.
Only in this way can they fight back. Otherwise, how could it be possible to cut off their connection with the vanguard army in such a short period of time.
The Buddhist community must be very anxious now. The 30,000 warrior monks they have trained so hard are now besieged in the camp ahead.
With the strong fighting power of the Xiliang army, given them enough time, they will definitely wipe out the armies in front, so the Buddhist side will definitely send a large number of reinforcements again to help them fight against the Xiliang army!
This is a good time for them to deepen their connection with the Buddhist side!
Maybe this time they can still have a good relationship with the Mysterious World and Buddhism. Over the years, their relationship with the Mysterious World has been like a blood feud, and the Mysterious World is hostile to them.
They can't find a way to live in harmony with the Mysterious World, and they can't get in touch with the Mysterious World. No matter how many people they send there, or how hard they work in that world, as long as their identity is exposed,
They will all be abandoned by the Mysterious World, and they will all be hostile by the Mysterious World!
Perhaps this time is their best chance to establish a relationship with the Mysterious World. After all, according to the information they obtained, the Buddhist environment in the Eastern World of Mysterious World is not very good.
They are in urgent need of foreign aid and help to return to the Central Plains from their hearts. Although they are from the Blue Star World, the power and resources in their hands are enough to support Buddhism in returning to the Central Plains of the Eastern World.
"Sir, they said that we can fight with Xiliang with confidence. Experts above the level of Grandmaster will not appear on the battlefield!"
After hearing the news, the commander-in-chief became much calmer and showed a smile that he had not seen for a long time: "Then this battle will be fought. I want to see how Xiliang plans to destroy us."
Li Huo frowned as he looked at the defense fortifications built by the soldiers in the Blue Star World. Although he blocked the opponent's retreat, the opponent also built defense fortifications made of stones at those critical passes.
Originally, those places were positions set up by soldiers from the Xiliang headquarters. After the Xiliang army was defeated and they withdrew from this area, these positions became positions for soldiers from the Blue Star world.
They spent a little effort to rebuild these positions and turned them into fortifications with amazing defensive power!
In order to capture this place, they lost a lot of soldiers. Now it's the Xiliang Army's turn to experience how they attacked these positions!
The reason why Li Huo frowned was because each of these positions, which hindered the progress, was built on very dangerous places.
It is wide enough for four or five soldiers to pass through, and there are sharp spikes. Judging from the renovated soil, there should be many traps in those places.
Some seemingly very wide places have fortresses on the mountains on the left and right sides. As long as some archers or long-range attackers are sent inside the fortress, the soldiers in those wide areas can be massacred.
He could tell at a glance that these positions were the work of soldiers from Xiliang Headquarters, and only soldiers from Xiliang Headquarters would go to all the trouble to arrange such positions one by one.
If he has large war machines in his hands, he can use those machines to sweep the ground, destroy the traps and fortifications one by one, and then lead his army to kill them.
"General, the time for the general attack has passed. Should we also launch an attack?" the deputy general said from the side.
Li Huo looked around: "How is the progress of other army teams?"
He has the main army in the most frontal area, while the armies in other areas have already begun to attack.
"The army on the left has begun to enter the mountainous area. It has encountered strong resistance and the number of army losses is increasing!"
"The army on the right has not yet entered the mountains and is fighting the enemy on the position. However, it is expected that it will break through the position and enter the mountains tonight!"
"Let them take it easy!" Li Huo squinted his eyes and said, "Send someone to tell Li Yi to make him make more noise inside and attract more people!"
If he attacks directly from the front, the number of soldiers lost will be countless. These soldiers under him are all people trained by Xiliang who spent countless resources.
It would be too much of a luxury if they were thrown on this battlefield like an ordinary cannon fodder army.
Therefore, he wants Li Yi to inflict more enemies. Only by reducing the number of enemies in the front position, the troops on the left and right sides will go deep into a certain place, and then order the troops on the left and right sides to directly attack the enemy's center.
At this time, he launched an attack from the frontal battlefield and broke the enemy's main camp in one fell swoop!
Moreover, even if they stand still in front of the mountainous area, they can still contain a large number of coalition soldiers and prevent the other side from mobilizing more troops to leave.
This can also be considered as a contribution to the military in other regions.
"However, according to our plan with General Manager Li Yi, we should go straight to the enemy's main camp now and strive to end this war in the shortest possible time!"
Li Huo glanced at the deputy general: "To end this war, it is not necessary to destroy the enemy's main camp, nor to destroy the enemy's main army.
The coalition forces are divided into four groups, and the group we are facing now is just the most powerful of them!
I just said that the main force should stand still here and confront the opponent, but I didn’t say that the cavalry should not be dispatched!"
Li Huo already had a plan in mind. His lord used to be very skillful in encircling a point for reinforcements. He surrounded the enemy with one army to attract the enemy, and other armies came to rescue him.
Isn't this just like the war they are fighting now?
The main camp of the coalition forces was surrounded by them. The other three armies would definitely send people to rescue him, and his goal was the reinforcements sent by the other three armies.
As long as the effective forces that the opponent can mobilize are eliminated, how can the remaining troops of the opponent be their opponents?
"By the way, let Li Yi say something to the other armies, asking them to defend more resolutely, so that the enemy cannot see the hope of breaking the position or advancing."
The deputy general listened and said excitedly: "Yes, general, I will pass the news on now."
"Call General Templar over here by the way!" Li Huo still needs to discuss this plan with the Templars, because the next war will be started by the Templars!
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As Li Huo said, after the other three coalition forces received the news that the main army was besieged, some of them advocated increasing the offensive intensity, while others wanted to divide their forces to support the main camp.
In the end, the side that advocated increasing the intensity of the attack temporarily gained the upper hand. They stepped up their attack on the Xiliang position, but the Xiliang army had already received news from Li Yi.
As a result, the Xiliang headquarters soldiers on all sides showed a tougher attitude than before. Under the indiscriminate bombardment of the coalition forces, they not only did not retreat, but instead pushed forward.
As if they wanted to push out all the coalition soldiers in one fell swoop, the coalition generals thought that this was just a flashback and that Xiliang was pretending to be tough, so they launched a more violent attack, sent more troops, and fought with the Xiliang soldiers on that position.
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As they fought, they found that they could not defeat the Xiliang soldiers. Instead, their positions were lost bit by bit in the battle, and the Xiliang army continued to expand outwards.
They also changed from the offensive side to the defensive side, and the number of soldiers lost was more than the previous days combined. If Xiliang only acted tough for a while, they might think that Xiliang was pretending to be tough.
However, when Xiliang carried out a counterattack for two full days, during these two days, the Xiliang army expanded seven or eight miles outward. The positions previously occupied by these coalition soldiers had now returned to the Xiliang soldiers one by one.
in hand.
Judging from the battle flags and attitude of the Xiliang Army, it seemed that the Xiliang Army was going to drive them all out.
There was also news from the main camp that their most elite Buddhist monks and infantrymen had been surrounded by the Xiliang Army.
If they don't go to support, the surrounded army will probably die. The longer they stay with Xiliang, the more they will understand that Xiliang's strength is not only reflected in the force value of its soldiers, but also in its strength.
It is reflected in Xiliang's powerful war machinery.
The changes in the situation on the battlefield quickly attracted the attention of all forces. This war attracted the attention of countless people from the beginning. All major forces sent a large number of observers here to observe the combat effectiveness of the Xiliang headquarters soldiers.
and the combat effectiveness of the coalition forces.
They saw a lot of things that they had never known before, especially the various war machines brought out from Xiliang, which made their eyes bright and at the same time a chill in their backs.
The most shocking thing was the emperor. He knew that Xiliang had a large number of yuan stone cannons, but he never knew that these cannons were so powerful, and judging from the number taken out by Xiliang, there were a lot of them!
The changes in the war situation have attracted the attention of countless people, and at the same time, the handicaps in various places are confusing at this time.
How could this war be without those gambling stalls? They were all betting on whether they would win by defeating Xiliang or by the coalition!
While the Chaos World was abuzz with discussions about the war on the Nanzhou Continent, Li Xiang was recuperating peacefully in Xiliang City, reading the battle reports coming back from the Chaos World from time to time.
The battle command power in the chaotic world has been completely handed over to Li Yi and Li Huo. Li Xiang's biggest task now is to guard Xiliang City and take good care of his hometown.
Eating and drinking delicious food every day made Li Xiang feel like he had gained weight.
Not long after Li Xiang returned to Xiliang City, Qian Duoduo came over from Jiuyuan City with a group of people. The children were all left at home. It was not easy for them to have free time together. It was impossible to bring them
Get those oil bottles!
"The wine from the Central Plains is delicious, but the price is too high!" Li Xiang took a bottle of fine wine from the Central Plains, took a sip and said, "Such a bottle of wine costs ten taels of silver.
"
Wu Yating put a piece of meat into Li Xiang's bowl: "You can't blame them. Now the war is raging in the Central Plains. The only area the court can control is the Zhili area. Outside the Zhili area, the north is better, and the central and central areas are better.
The south was now in ruins, the flags on the city walls were constantly changing, and the civilians were miserable.
Only the powerful landowners and aristocratic families still have extra grain to make wine.
The wines sold in the market now are produced by aristocratic families, so if you can buy them, it’s pretty good!”
"Yes, yes!" Qian Duoduo said with food in his mouth: "Many things brought from the Central Plains are very expensive now, but the price of food here has also increased because of those people from the Central Plains!
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"It seems that there should be a drought or other things in the Central Plains!" In the past two years, Prime Minister Li has focused on the small grasslands and the chaotic world. He knows little about the Central Plains, but according to the Central Plains, it can be cultivated.
Judging from the land, no matter how chaotic the place is, as long as there is no major disaster, people in most areas can still survive.
But judging from the current prices of goods in the Central Plains region, there must be a problem there!
"Well, there was a drought in the north, and a locust demon came out, sweeping across the entire north with countless locusts. The Zhenbei Army dispatched 100,000 troops to stop the locusts from raging." Wu Yating said, sneaking a look at Li Xiang and continued:
“In the south, a once-in-a-century flood occurred. Countless fertile fields were washed away, and nearly 10 million people suffered from flood disasters!
Nowadays, most places in the Central Plains are either natural disasters or man-made disasters. In other words, our Nine Plains are only affected to a relatively small extent. Your Majesty, do you think we should send more people to bring some people over?"
