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Chapter 68 Abandonment

"Princess Phedoa, do you think that you and your entourage still have considerable authority over the people of your kingdom? Or, will they still be happy to follow you?"

"Yes, I have always believed so strongly. The subjects of our Divine Light Kingdom are the most loyal people. We love them, and they love us. We do not lose the hearts of the people because of our violence and cruelty, but our failures, but simply because the army of the Black Cloud Empire is too powerful."

Wen Yuan smiled a little, ignored Yang Tian, ​​who was standing beside him and almost leaking water to Fidoya, nodded and said, "Then, as long as you can cooperate with us to appease the people of the Genshin Impact Kingdom and let them passively assist the army of the Black Cloud Empire, we will allow your kingdom to retain its own independent power."

Yang Tian came from the 'River Valley' city overnight, and nodded and said to Fidoa with a smile: "Yes, yes, you just need to send a few ministers out to contact the former nobles and people, and let them throw some poison into the food and grass supplied to the Black Cloud Empire, which will help a lot."

Fedoya smiled at Yang Tianyan and nodded gently. Wen Yuan raised his eyebrows gently, glanced at Yang Tian, ​​and frowned slightly. Long Feng's murderous aura flashed in his eyes, and he instantly returned to normal.

Wen Yuan sent an order: "Everyone is ready. We will force them back a thousand miles and leave us enough land. Then, it is the land of the previous Divine Light Kingdom. It is His Royal Highness Pedoya and those who are loyal to you. While our morale is upright, kill..." The generals Nuo stepped out of the general's mansion and led their own guards out.

The commanders were galloping wildly in the camp that stretched for hundreds of miles. The wolf smoke that led the soldiers soared into the sky. Hundreds of monks in black and alchemy clothes floated into the sky, and the light flashed rapidly. Amid the rumbling drum sounds, soldiers of the Celestial Empire, black armor, golden helmets and gold armor, silver armor, and other different costumes drove out the camp, gathering into a thick iron stream, rushing towards the city of "Red Rock".

Huge catapults, giant crossbows, new or old artillery were surrounded by groups of soldiers, following the large group of people and horses. The nine thousand disciples of the old ghost of the Black Sky were arrogant and arrogantly flying over the ground. The cavalry of the "Tiger and Wolf Army" and a large number of cavalry teams from the Western continent slowly walked on both sides of the infantry. The army of 2.3 million was engaged in this deterrent activity.

The soldiers of the Black Cloud Empire were frightened by the arrival of the reinforcements of the Celestial Dynasty. Seeing a large number of teams coming towards the "Red Rock" city where Strogen and their senior officials were located, a large number of cavalrymen were galloping out from the three nearby cities. Now, the total cavalry team of more than one million in the Celestial Dynasty was divided into three teams and fought against them arrogantly.

Just as thousands of artillery marching in the team were immediately set up, and after a little calibration, they roared at the enemy brigade several miles away. Smoke filled the gunpowder, and balls of fire rose from the ground. Countless black cloud cavalry screamed and fell off the horse, blood mixed with soil, dyeing the entire earth purple. The dense crossbow arrows were like metal waterfalls, constantly pouring down towards the black cloud cavalry. The bows and arrows falling from the sky had amazing strength, and countless cavalry were shot through their bodies or nailed to the ground.

With the command of the old ghost in Heitian, five thousand black auras swept out, and the whole world immediately turned into ghost creatures with miserable winds. The remaining four thousand disciples frantically absorbed the resentment of the dead souls, and continuously injected into the ghost tower of Heitian's old ghost.

Yang Tian led a group of his own troops and looked at the front of the fun with weak energy. Gnu was itchy all over and complained: "Why do we need to defend the city and not let us cut people? It's so uncomfortable to hold it in." Zeng Guoxuan said with a smile: "It's uncomfortable? Then find a girl to relieve the fire... Hahahaha..." These young men were very happy that they didn't have to go to the battlefield.

Long Feng gently rode his horse to Yang Tian and whispered: "Be careful, although Wen Yuan takes care of you for your sake, he is really loyal to the Heavenly Dynasty. Even if you and that princess are on the road, it doesn't matter if you go to the sky, just don't be discovered by him, otherwise you might be transferred back to the Heavenly Dynasty."

Yang Tian's eyes cold and he said coldly: "Wen Yuan and I have no feelings for each other. Then we will see if we have done it. No matter how many people there are around him, you can do it, right?" Long Feng nodded and suddenly exclaimed loudly: "I always thought that the countries in the Western continent had no combat power, and now it seems pretty good."

The cavalry in heavy armor in the Black Cloud Empire fell down one by one from the horse. The cavalry brigade of the "Tiger and Wolf Army" cut into a Black Cloud Cavalry team like the hardest awl and swept across. The cavalry from nomadic countries in the Western continent were wrapped in simple leather armor and the bows and arrows that were simple but they were the most in line with each other. They had no habit of confronting the enemy head-on, and they were dispersed into small groups of cavalry teams, and the long arrows shot down the enemy whose power was not as powerful as theirs from afar. In comparison, although the "Tiger and Wolf Army" had super powerful combat power, many people were injured, while these cavalrymen who fought guerrilla warfare did not have any injuries.

Yang Tian suddenly laughed: "These cavalry must still return to the Western continent in the future, right? If they knew, the army of the Celestial Empire could be slowly shot to death one by one like these cavalrymen of the Black Cloud Empire. What do you think they would think?"

Long Feng smiled and said softly: "Then, you need to light them a little fire. Why do you say that you are also the prince of Saint Dore, and you are still your own people with them."

Yang Tian nodded, sucked his seat and dismounted, shouting loudly: "Brothers, let them kill here. Let's go back to the 'River Valley' city. Damn, the girl by the river is so painful that it's heartbreaking." A group of young men laughed, mixed with an indescribable scent of obscene smell. This team of more than 10,000 people went out and solved a Black Cloud Cavalry Team with less than 200 people.

The commander of the Black Cloud Empire Cavalry Team immediately dispatched a team of more than 20,000 people to chase Yang Tian and the others. He thought that Yang Tian's team was going to sneak attack the rear. Long Feng threw out hundreds of huge fireballs, and the chasing team was blown up and overturned, and was instantly resolved by the cavalry that clashed over the "Tiger and Wolf Army".

At the top of the "Red Rock" city, the generals of the Black Cloud Empire looked at the siege team that was still moving forward slowly under the constant harassment and impact of the Black Cloud Empire cavalry brigade. Strogen sighed: "Their equipment is much better than us. Their artillery and our national strength are only 500. There is no way to fight this battle."

As the new army came, a prince supervising the war asked in confusion: "We have more troops than them, and we are also elite soldiers who have experienced many battles. Can't we deal with them?"

Tungulas patiently explained: "Your Highness, if it is a field battle, then we have a certain advantage, but they will definitely not fight against us. If we go out of the city to attack, then they will defend the city. If we are in the city, they will rely on the advantageous siege equipment to attack the city, and we have no way to deal with them."

Strogen sighed and said, "If we had the same artillery as them, then we can fight them fairly. Our soldiers are not weaker than them. Fight them first, and then abandon the city and retreat."

Tungulas agreed: "Rely on natural danger and they are guarding..."

The prince was angry: "Are you going to retreat and retreat back to the imperial capital? Are you aristocrat of the empire or a knight of the empire? Do you want to give up all glory and return to your mansion like a fearful devil, hide in the skirts of your wives and concubines and tremble?"

The prince's words were so ugly. Strogen glared at his eyes and a powerful and scary aura surged all over his body, saying word by word: "We are not defeated, we can transfer strategically when we really can't. Your Highness, if the Empire provides us with the same artillery as them, we can fight fairly, otherwise, for the lives of the Empire's soldiers, we must find another fighter."

The prince almost sat on the floor, and Strongen's momentum was so scary. Tungulas smoothed out and said: "In fact, they have about 5,000 artillery pieces. If we can kill their artillery, this is the ideal. If we ambush them with surprises, this combat goal can still be achieved. Of course, our own artillery production must be fast. We have suffered in their continents in the north before, but a large amount of the empire's funds were donated to the temple, and the development of artillery was only... "

Several great masters of the temple had a strange red light, and they angrily said, "Do you doubt the great god? Isn't it okay to dedicate money to the great god and let the great god bless the empire? It is incompetent for your military personnel to not develop enough artillery. Do you just want to use this excuse to insult the temple?"

Strogen pushed away Tungulas, who was already holding the hilt of the sword, and smiled at the masters with a smile: "That's not what Master Tungulas means, please forgive me, forgive me, now the army is in the forefront, Tungulas, you are going to take people out for a while, anyway, they dare not fire randomly when their troops approach."

Tungulas agreed angrily and went down the city tower. A small group of cavalry from the Celestial Empire ran back and forth near the city gate with great might. The armor on them was all middle and lower-level officers with low status or cavalry with the lowest status.

The prince who supervised the war poked his head out and pointed curiously, "These people are those aliens? What a strange costume. Can they defeat our empire?"

Strogen smiled, bent down slightly and said, "Of course not, my dear prince..."

In the small cavalry team, a thin man suddenly took out a giant bow with a long steel arrow, pulling the bowstrings all over. Then, before he could hear the sound of arrows breaking through the air, a transparent hole appeared in the prince's head, and a small ink of blood shot out. The cavalry team cheered and quickly rode back. General Li was very proud. When he saw Strogen saluting the prince, he subconsciously shot an arrow at him. The person who could make the commander of a country bow was definitely a person of identity, right?

Strogen was stunned. The generals of the Black Cloud Empire around him were stunned. Several great wizards from the temple stood there stupidly. This prince was the royal family that the emperor of the Black Cloud Empire believed most. Now, in front of them, the prince was shot to death by the other party's archers. Everyone present would be charged with some crimes.

Strogen shouted wildly: "The hidden arrows hurt people, come and fight me." The prince made a 'clog' sound from his throat, and he fell to the ground, as if a mountain had collapsed, hitting heavily in the hearts of the people present. A general of the commander level asked stutterly: "How is that possible? That archer is at least 150 feet away from the straight line here, and the strongest archer in the empire cannot..."

Strogen took a long breath and said coldly: "I remember him, the most powerful and despicable archer among the aliens." He remembered the arrow that almost made the sword infused with powerful fighting spirit in his hand when he first fought with the Celestial Army. That is, the arrow that caused a skylight to open on the butt of the Empire's special envoy last time.

The siege army of the Celestial Dynasty slowly camped ten miles away from the city. Nearby, nearly two million cavalry were still clashing and assassinating each other on a battlefield of a hundred miles apart, but the siege army of the Celestial Dynasty ignored these things at all and set up camp in an orderly manner. In addition to the surprise of the Heiyun Empire military, the Celestial Army did not rely on its aura to attack the city.

The city of heaven only left a defensive force of 300,000 people, and other troops were all about 30 miles away from the cities garrisoned by the Black Cloud Empire, vaguely threatening their side, not allowing them to rashly support the "Red Rock" city. The offensive and defensive battle in "Red Rock" city will be launched again. The only difference is that the restraining army of the Celestial Dynasty received strict orders and prohibited from fighting. They just need to make the momentum bigger nearby.

Yang Tian's "River Valley" city became an isolated city near the cities occupied by the three Black Cloud Empires. His subordinates had a total of 500,000 troops, and the Black Cloud army of the three nearby cities exceeded 1.3 million. However, they could only watch Yang Tian's subordinates wander around the city. Their troops could not conquer the "River Valley" city, and their responsibilities did not allow them to risk the fall of the city and rescue the "Red Rock" city at all costs. The two sides were in a stalemate.

The cavalry battle lasted for three hours. When both sides were exhausted, both sides withdrew their troops at the same time. The supportive Black Cloud Empire Army could not break through the obstruction of the Celestial Army. The Celestial Army looked at their army with satisfaction and vaguely isolated the city of "Red Rock" from the reinforcements. Strogen, who calmed down, had already begun to think about how to make the army retreat safely. There were more than 600,000 troops in the city of "Red Rock" and the two camps in the south. He was not worried that he would be conquered by the Celestial Empire quickly.

The siege of the Celestial Empire delayed the city for three days. These three days were like a year for the entire Black Cloud Empire Army. All fronts were waiting to see the result of the first confrontation, but the Celestial Empire was still unmoved. These elite Black Cloud soldiers who had experienced many battles couldn't help but feel a little nervous. Some of the soldiers who had fought with the Celestial Empire in the Western Continent began to recall the situation of the crushing defeat at that time, which slightly affected the morale of the Black Cloud Empire.

A huge sand table was placed in Long Feng's room. Seeing that more than 10 million troops of both sides were gathered within a range of only a thousand miles, plus only a large number of local residents, Long Feng sighed depressedly: "This population density is comparable to the most perverted modern cities on the earth. There is no way to expand its troops in such a small battlefield... There are three armies to come. Damn it, how should we play at that time? Should we suggest it..." He rushed to find Yang Tian.

In less than a meal, Yang Tian sent a messenger to pass on his document to Wenyuan's camp. It was suggested that the three armies should not continue to travel here, but avoid the traditional sphere of influence of the Black Cloud Empire and land on another continent with weaker control, so that the Black Cloud Empire would be attacked from the back and forth, and that there would be too many troops here and problems with the allocation.

Wen Yuan pondered for a while, wrote a document quickly, and told him to send it back to Shengjing as quickly as possible, and then issued an order to attack the city.

More than 200 huge rocks rose up in the air and roared towards the head of the "Hongyan" city. Several huge rocks with insufficient strength had no choice but to intimate with the outer wall of the city wall, and brought down a large piece of bricks, earth and rocks, and the head of the city shook a few times. Then, with the sound of flesh and blood rupture, pieces of black cloud soldiers were swept out, wrapped in meat sauce on the huge rocks, and rolled into the city.

Five thousand cannons slowly raised their tubes and aimed at the city wall of "Red Rock". Although in Long Feng's eyes, these cannons were nothing more than some small-caliber field cannons, and the most primitive, but for this world that is still in the age of cold weapons, it is already extremely terrifying firepower.

For more than five miles, countless fireballs emerged from the northern wall of the "Hongyan" city. The dull explosion made the entire ground tremble. The guards on the city wall screamed shrillly, but were completely covered by the sound of cannons.

Under the cover of gunpowder and fire, more than a dozen supplies were quickly pushed under the city wall, containing more than three thousand kilograms. In the era of Longfeng, the earth was called the strong medicine. More than a hundred soldiers from the Celestial Empire lit the fuse and then ran desperately towards their camp.

They quickly ran more than 200 feet, and the burning speed was slightly faster and the medicine truck exploded, and their figures were also swallowed by huge fireballs. The powerful shock wave blew up one-third of the northern wall of the "Red Rock" city, and then destroyed a large number of buildings inside the city. Under the power of this medicine that exceeded the times, these civil-structured houses were shattered like destruction.

Ten miles away from the city, the soldiers of the Celestial Empire felt the powerful heat wave coming and the huge tremor on the ground. Wen Yuan and a group of senior generals opened their mouths wide and stared blankly at the small, weird mushroom cloud above the "Red Rock" city.

In this service, more than 20,000 soldiers guarding the Red Rock City in the Black Cloud Empire had been deaf for life. After awakening from the powerful explosion, Strongen and Tungulas roared and issued an order to completely retreat. When the Celestial Army entered the Red Rock City, there were only corpses all over the ground and tens of thousands of "Red Rock" residents struggling and groaning on the bloody ground.

Wen Yuan was silent for a long time, and he asked in a low voice: "How many of these medicines have we brought?"

One of his adjutants stammered: "Five ships, more than 200,000 kilograms."

Wen Yuan nodded and ordered: "In the future, the warehouse where these medicines are placed must leave the base camp for more than thirty miles. When marching, the transported vehicles cannot approach the queue twenty miles. Those who violate the order shall be killed." The order was quickly conveyed.

Yang Tian and others were drinking at the top of the 'River Valley', watching the black cloud soldiers leaving the city slowly and slowly retreating to the south. At the same time, a big fire lit up in the city. Yang Tian exclaimed: "Damn it, these bastards are setting fire to the food that they can't take away, rush it for me to put out the fire... After burning all the food and grass, there is no food to eat at most, and the gold, silver and jewelry are burned..."

Before he could finish his words, Zeng Guoxuan and Jiang Chunshui had already jumped off the top of the city. An unlucky guy sprained his foot and a strange sound started to yell under the top of the city.

Long Feng smiled bitterly. He had just seen everything that happened in the "Red Rock" city with his divine thoughts. The Celestial Army, which had mastered the strong medicine, did not try its power, and just rashly put it on the battlefield? More than 3,000 kilograms*... They actually put it on like this, and they still used human hands to ignite the fire.

The Black Cloud Empire retreated very carefully and gave up a large area of ​​land. The army of the Celestial Empire slowly saw it off behind and at the same time took over the regime along the way. Those who suddenly emerged and declared that they were nobles of the certain kingdom were all dealt with by the killers of the secret camp.

Wen Yuan did not dare to order the retreating Black Cloud Army. They were ready to counterattack at any time. Wen Yuan was unwilling to blindly consume his own strength in a battle that could not take advantage of it. So, the two sides were separated by thirty miles and walked for more than twenty days. The army of the Black Cloud Empire finally stopped on the other side of a big river in the east and west direction, and set up a new line of defense based on this river. The Celestial Army also stopped and laid countless fortresses on this side of the river to prepare for the next assault.

Strogen's letter of request was sent to the imperial capital like snowflakes, and the Black Cloud Empire began to make all his efforts to manufacture the weapons he needed. In the letter, Strogen made a judgment based on the current situation: "If more than four thousand cannons and corresponding fires cannot be provided within three months, the Black Cloud Empire will definitely destroy the country... I can only hold on for three months."

In order to obstruct the preparations for the march of the Celestial Empire, the Black Cloud Empire sent small troops to cross the river at night to carry out suicide attacks, but also burned a lot of ships, wood and other items, which gave the Celestial Army a headache for a while...
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