Chapter 984: Breakthrough to the North
The two blood evil demon shields condensed from the Blood Refining Demon Array were slashed by more than two thousand spiritual swords and magic weapons, and were shot by hundreds of thousands of heavy arrows, but they were broken in three or five breaths. The demon village and the tens of thousands of demon soldiers who entered were completely exposed.
The demon soldiers in this demon subsistence were completely treated as consumables to delay the advancement of the Longxiong Army. There was no demon-level existence in charge, and only a few made mistakes and angered the great demon king Wu Zhen and several unlucky demon marquis from Qiu Shan were sent here.
If you have the opportunity to defend for two or three days, the elite forwards who guard the main force of the Eastern Front crossed Chiying Peak, met with the Great Demon Lord Qiushan and then came from behind, or if the Great Demon Lord Wu Zhen did not hesitate to lead 40,000 winged demon elites to kill from the flanks, these unlucky demon marquis might still find ways to support them, but there is no hope or opportunity to win at the moment. None of these demon marquis dared to go forward and fight desperately.
The demon marquis and the demon general escaped. As a result, the remaining demon soldiers who ran slowly were like a reed, and were frantically harvested by heavy crossbows and six heavy crossbows.
This scene made the Great Demon King Wu vomit blood in anger. However, he led 40,000 winged demon elites in less than two hundred miles away, but he did not dare to approach the main force of the Longxiang Army's front army.
The 20,000 elite birds, under the leadership of Chen Hai, Zuo Er, Cang Yu and others, stared at the 30,000 elite birds led by the great demon king Wu Zhen. The remaining 10,000 elite birds were cooperated with the chariots that were advancing forward and the 5,000 heavy armored cavalry to spread to the two wings. They did not hesitate to scatter the heavy-headed arrows to the fleeing demon soldiers and the heads of the demons, and kept chasing them for a hundred miles before stopping their pursuit.
Although the battle was so exciting that one soldier could almost kill 100,000 demon soldiers without being injured, and 200,000 to 300,000 miscellaneous demons were defeated, the formation of the forward army was somewhat loose, which still interfered with the march. The front army formed two formations on the spot, guarding the east and west wings of Kuyue Ridge and resting. At this time, the central army had arrived in front of Kuyue Ridge, and the central army turned into a front army, quickly passing through the roads cleared by the front army, and continued to advance north without delaying any time.
After two hours of repair, the front army removed more than 20 broken Tianji war chariots and dragged the remaining vehicles to a thousand-foot rift valley east of Kuyue Ridge and pushed them into the middle army and continued to embark on the way to break through the north.
The rear army must be guarded against the 500,000 elite demon cavalry led by the Great Demon Lord Qiu Shan, which should be slower, but before midnight, they stepped into the Kuyue Ridge and advanced northward.
The Longxiang Army advanced too quickly, and for the first time on the Eastern Front battlefield, the Tianji chariot and heavy crossbow were used in such a large scale. Wu Zhen and Qiu Shan led the demon cavalry and the winged demon elites, and did not dare to push them too close. They pulled the distance further away before continuing to advance northward.
At this moment, the great demon king Wu Zhen and Qiu Shan believed that the Longxiang Army was going to take the route from the northern foot of Yanquan Mountain, four or five thousand miles away, and set out on the way to retreat west. In addition to staring behind the Longxiang Army, they also ordered the 600,000 demon soldiers stationed on the western slope of Yanquan Mountain to advance northwest from the forest valley on the western foot of Yanquan Mountain at the fastest speed, into the west bank of Longchuan River, and use all means to prevent the Longxiang Army from crossing the river.
The Longxiang Army was fast, but it took three or four thousand miles to take the pass from the northeast foot of Yanquanling to reach the east bank of Longchuan River through the pass between Yanquanling and Huangfenzi Mountain. Moreover, the pass between Yanquanling and Huangfenzi Mountain is quite narrow, and the terrain has been destroyed in advance by them. The Great Demon King Wu Zhen and Qiushan predict that no matter how fast the Longxiang Army is, it will be delayed there for two to three days.
As one of the main streams flowing north into Xian'e Lake, Yanquanling and Huangfenzi Mountain are only the source area of its upstream. However, although the river here is only a few dozen meters wide, it is extremely deep and dangerous. The Great Demon Lord Wu Zhen and Qiu Shan believe that even if the main force of the demon soldiers on the eastern front cannot come here in time, they will definitely be able to cause the Longxiang Army to suffer a lot.
At this time, the Eastern Demon Soldiers were sent by one soldier. From the time the Dragon Xiang Army abandoned Chilong Ridge, there have been almost ten teams, a total of about 20,000 Qingscad Demon Guards, who crossed Chilong Ridge as fast as possible. However, Qiushan and Wu Zhen did not allow this Qingscad Demon Guard to meet them, but instead ordered them to advance to the west bank of Longchuan River through the Yanquanling Pass controlled by the demons, from the forest valley on the western foot of Yanquanling at a faster speed.
Wu Zhen and the two demons of Wushan plan to deploy more tight and stronger forces to break the Longxiang Army's intention to cross Longchuan and retreat in the west, hoping to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Longxiang Army on the east bank of Longchuan River. Then the main force of the demon soldiers calmly approached Zibai Mountain.
Ten days later, on the one hand, on the eastern foot of Yanquan Ridge, the Longxiang Army rushed northward. Wu Zhen and Qiushan demons led 500,000 demon cavalry, and the 40,000 winged demon elites were almost six or seven hundred miles away. On the other hand, on the western foot of Yanquan Ridge, a large number of demon soldiers, like a black tide, also rushed northward. At this time, there were still continuous elite demon soldiers crossing Chilong Ridge, crossing Yanquan Ridge, and entering the forest valley of the western foot of Yanquan Ridge, and also advancing northward at the fastest speed. This is also necessary for the demon clan to ensure that the advantage of military strength can completely suppress the Longxiang Army's advantage in heavenly war machinery when the decisive battle along the Longchuan River.
At the same time, the more and more demon soldiers passed through Chiying Peak every day, and faster and faster. As the seventh and eighth days passed, every day, the more troops the demons could use on the western foot of Shiwei Mountain would increase by 80 to 100,000.
After being delayed by the Longxiang Army on the eastern front for nearly two years, the great demon Shang Mou was so angry that his bones were itchy. On the third day, it had already rushed over to meet Wu Zhen and Qiushan demons, and then directly brought a guard to the west bank of Longchuan River to take charge, waiting for the demon soldiers behind to rush over and join it, and completely blocked the passage for the Longxiang Army to retreat west.
The Longxiang Army arrived on the east side of the pass between Yanquanling and Huangfenzi Mountain, and stayed there for a day. When Wu Zhen, Qiushan, Shang Mou and other demons knew that the Longxiang Army would advance westward from this entrance, and would tear open the last crack from their not-so-complete blockade when they fled west, the Longxiang Army continued to advance north along the eastern foot of Huangfenzi Mountain for a whole day.
At this moment, Wu Zhen, Qiu Shan and Shang Mou were all stunned.
Huangfenzi Mountain to the north of Yanquan Mountain is not very steep, but to the north of Yanquan Mountain, in addition to Huangfenzi Mountain, there are several mountains extending from north to south that extend from three to five thousand miles in a longitudinal direction. Several rivers flowing to Xianmo Lake have also developed between these mountains. In these areas, it is only conducive to large-scale north-south movement of troops, not to mention that the Longxiang Army also carries tens of thousands of heavenly war vehicles and baggage vehicles.
"The Longxiang Army is going to detour from the northern foot of Longyang Mountain and retreat westward along the southern foot of Dajin Mountain?" The Great Demon King Wu Zhen was also confused at this moment. They stood on the top of a cliff like a black cliff, unable to understand the intentions of the Longxiang Army for a while.
"At this time, Xi Tongguang had led his troops to retreat south. Although Fang Pu's Great Demon Lord did not dare to force Zibai Mountain too close, he also led his troops to occupy Motianling at the middle foot of the Dajinling. Fang Pu's Great Demon Lord had enough time to block the passage on the south side of the Motianling Ridge. Could it be that the Longxiang Army took a detour from the northern foot of Longyang Mountain and turned southwest? He wanted to make a big circle with us?" The old demon Qiushan asked with a big mouth like a bird's beak.
If this is true, they are not afraid. In this case, the Longxiang Army will have a longer journey, and they will have more time to gather more troops in the north or northwest of Cangling City, and to strangle the Longxiang Army.
"Will the Longxiang Army not think about retreating to the Zibai Mountains at all, but used the same trick again, crossed the Jiuyuan Pass again, and then returned to Tianluo Valley through the wasteland between the Dajin Mountain and Xuanyin Valley?" Shang Mou suddenly thought of a more incredible possibility.
Qiushan and Wu Zhen’s two demons thought it was impossible at first, but thought carefully. If they believed that the Longxiang Army might break west along the mountain ridge at the southern foot of the Dajin Mountain, and let Fang Pu Damo Lord lead his troops into the south of Motianling Mountain in advance to prepare for interception, wouldn’t it be that the north of the Dajin Mountain and the Xuanyin Valley, and the troops were still empty and they did not have the ability to intercept the Longxiang Army to retreat west to Tianluo Valley?
"What should we do?" Qiu Shan and Wu Zhen looked at Shang Mou at the same time. The Four-cups Great Demon Lord of Xuanyin Valley has always been led by Shang Mou, and at this time, he also wanted Shang Mou to take the last main force.
If the Longxiang Army decided to cross the Jiuyuan Pass and go north, they would lead the most elite mobile combat power to chase him. At the same time, they would also let Fang Pu Da Demon Lord retreat north of the Motianling to intercept him. The time for advancing west would be delayed for at least three or five months. At that time, it would be impossible to catch even a human hair in the west of Zibai Mountain!
If the Dragon Xiang Army was now allowed to cross the Jiuyuan Pass, Qiushan, Wu Zhen led the elite demon cavalry and the winged demon elite to advance westward at the fastest speed, he could still block the 980 million ordinary people from the human race west of Tianhechuan as a captive food.
"No, the Longxiang Army must be destroyed, and it cannot be allowed to become a climate anymore!" The Great Demon Lord Shang Mou slapped the clutches, and slapped a kilometer-high cliff to collapse, and said resolutely, "The soldiers and horses west of Longquan River, advance north with all their might, and follow me to enter Xian'e Lake and west of Longshou Mountain to ensure that the Longxiang Army enters westward from the northern foot of Longshou Mountain. I will only have 700,000 demon cavalry and 60,000 winged demon elites to you. At the same time, the Great Demon Lord Fang Pu will lead his troops to withdraw from Motianling and enter the southern wing of Xuanyin Valley for interception. You must do whatever you want to kill this Longxiang Army in the Demon Realm... The long journey will consume a lot of Tianji combat vehicles. Once the Longxiang Army loses most of the Tianji combat vehicles, even if there are a large number of heavy crossbows in hand, it is not enough to be afraid!"
The range of the heavy-bore crossbow is still too close. What they dare not attack at this time is actually a battle formation that integrates the Tianji chariot and the heavy-bore crossbow. After all, hundreds of thousands of elite magic cavalry hedge against tens of thousands of heavy-bore crossbows, and does not have much advantage. Once the front line is delayed by a large number of heavy-bore crossbows, the accumulated damage of the continuous shooting of the heavy-bore crossbow is the most deadly.
The Longxiang Army's chariots gathered and set out from Tianluo Valley to Chilong Ridge. No war occurred, and nearly half of them were lost. At this time, if they wanted to return along the original road, tens of thousands of miles of rugged roads, even if they did not take action, the Longxiang Army could save two thousand Tianji chariots and retreat to Tianluo Valley, which would be the best.
In fact, as long as the Dragon Xiang Army's Tianji Warriors are only three or four thousand vehicles, they will meet with millions of ordinary demon soldiers led by Fang Pu Da Demon Lord and annihilate the Dragon Xiang Army in the vast wasteland. There will never be any major problems.
Twelve days later, the Longxiang Army arrived at the eastern foot of Longyang Mountain. During this process, almost thirty or forty Tianji combat vehicles and almost a number of tracked logistics vehicles were abandoned on the road due to various problems. However, at this time, in addition to the six or seven hundred thousand demon cavalry chasing behind him, the great demon king Shang Mou gathered demon soldiers at the western foot of Longyang Mountain.
As the old demon Shang Mou expected, the Longxiang Army once again did not choose to break westward, but continued to advance northward to Jiuyuan Pass. After a month, it arrived at Jiuyuan Pass on the western foot of the Great Jin Mountain. It was already the summer of the 41st year of Jianxing, and it had been ten years since the outbreak of the demon calamity.
It has been nearly forty years since Chen Hai entered the Xingheng Domain from Yanzhou.
When a large number of Tianji war chariots advanced eastward, they were extremely worn out. When they broke through north, Chen Hai controlled the speed as much as possible, but could not control more and more Tianji war chariots to get stuck and scrapped, and Chen Hai had to stop at Jiuyuan Pass for rest.
At this time, more and more demon soldiers rushed to the south of Jiuyuan Pass. Although they were not in a hurry to attack the steep terrain, there were only a few passes of Jiuyuan Pass, but they also completely blocked the possibility of the Longxiang Army going south and entering the Northern Court. If they wanted to go, they could only continue to go north and go deep into the Demon Realm, looking for opportunities to break through the south...
However, with so many soldiers entangled the Longxiang Army, the Longxiang Army had no chance to obtain supplies from the outside. Fortunately, there were many disabled villages and cities along the way, and the food stored in them was not cleaned up by the demons. Before the Jiuyuan Pass, the 600,000 generals and soldiers of the Longxiang Army would not have been hungry, but from the Jiuyuan Pass to the north, they would completely lose the opportunity to obtain supplies.
At this moment, the Great Demon King Wu Zhen led the gathering of up to 60,000 winged demon elites to block the west side of the Longxiang Army's march route, and made a situation where 60,000 winged demon elites and 30,000 winged demon elites fought against the Longxiang Army's 30,000 winged demon camps to fight both sides, and to prevent the Longxiang Army from obtaining supplies from the outside through the Fengyan Airship...
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Tianhechuan in August is still cool.
Ji Jiangye stood on a lonely peak on the north bank of Tianhe River, looking at the misty clouds and sky in the northeast direction.
"President Ji, the Longxiang Army is still at Jiuyuan Pass today?" Xi Tongguang flew up to the lonely peak, walked to Ji Jiangye's side, and asked.
Half a month ago, Xi Tongguang had already led his troops to retreat to the north bank of Tianhe River to meet Ji Jiangye. It was only then that he learned that Chen Hai decided to lead the Longxiang Army through the Jiuyuan Pass and enter the Demon Realm to find a way to break through.
"Yes, the Longxiang Army is still at Jiuyuan Pass and will continue to move north in two days." Ji Jiangye said sadly.
"Mr. Chen is still too strong. He and Qin Zhenjun and others led 100,000 disciples above the Piling Realm to withdraw. They were not allowed to abandon the 400,000 soldiers of Tongxuan Realm. Who can blame them for the 500,000 soldiers?" Xi Tongguang sighed, "Although these disciples cannot be saved, we will make up for their families as much as possible..."
Ji Jiangye sent Jiang Yuwei to Cangling City to persuade Chen Hai to retreat west first, but Chen Hai decided to go to pick up Qin Hushan's troops. However, even if Chen Hai transferred 20,000 Tianji chariots from Tianluo Valley to meet, Ji Jiangye and Xi Tongguang did not think that Chen Hai could bring back 500,000 and 600,000 generals and soldiers from the east line. The demon soldiers who were pursuing and intercepting them were too powerful. From Yuzhou, the mountains of mountains and mountains from east to south, and the unfavorable chariots broke through the west. No matter how long the Longxiang army counted, it would be impossible for them to withdraw completely.
They hope that Chen Hai can give up ordinary soldiers, give up all the heavenly war machines, and lead the elites of the 100,000 elites above the Piling Realm to retreat to Zibai Mountain, which will give more opportunities for the Northwest Region.
However, when did Chen Hai really listen to their suggestions?
At this time, Chen Hai led the Longxiang army to retreat north to Jiuyuan Pass, and probably made up his mind to fight for 400,000 or 500,000 ordinary generals to the end and not escape alone.
Although Chen Hai's move objectively won at least three or five months for the withdrawal of the northern dynasty's civilians in the west, if the Longxiang Army was completely wiped out in the depths of the vast demonic realm, it would be an immeasurable huge loss!
Chapter completed!