Section 2037: First Confrontation

The army of the imperial family of the Eastern Empire was dumbfounded. What's going on? They have never encountered similar things before, but this time it happened. They also fought against the army of Cao's House of Merchant in the northern battlefield, but there was no such thing. People in the coastal area I have seen similar explosions, but they were all caused by artillery or something. Generally speaking, they are far away, and the sound can be seen and heard, but what is there now? Explode with nothing? What's this? Witchcraft or something else, they dared not advance one by one, and stopped one by one. If the general army stopped, it could be said, but this is His Majesty's pro-army, yes The most elite army in the entire empire, seeing them stagnating, His Majesty's face immediately darkened, what are you doing? Scared before the war? You can do such a thing, but I can't afford to lose that person.

"Bastard, what are you all doing? Do you remember who you are? You are all the Wu Weijun of the empire, you are the most elite army of the empire, and the honor established by your father with his own life is just given to you. Have you discarded it? How many times your father and brother have gone through many battles, many of them are much worse than the current one, but have they retreated? Not a single one, look what you are doing? What have you done, you are now simply It is their disgrace, it is simply the disgrace of the entire Eastern Empire, you are not worthy of the title of Wu Weijun, now raise your head up for me, you look in front of you. This is our territory, but let the people of Cao's firm show off their power here , Our Eastern Empire is the most powerful empire on the entire continent, you are the most powerful army in this most powerful empire, no one can defeat you, charge me, knocking down those wooden stakes is your victory, use Your lives are here to defend your honor, to defend the honor of Wu Weijun, even if you die, it is an honor." The general of Wu Weijun knew what was going on when he saw His Majesty's face. Just stand up and speak up. If you can't let your subordinates rush up quickly, the next order of His Majesty the Emperor is not known, and maybe all the more than 20,000 people in the phalanx above will be executed. It is normal for hundreds of thousands of people to die. Not to mention the 20,000 people in this area.

Wu Weijun does have their own honor. There have been many battles in history where they have won more with less. And they all won when they were at an absolute disadvantage. The aces of the other three empires have all failed under their hands, so their names are very resounding on the entire road. For His Majesty the Emperor of the Eastern Empire, this Wu Weijun is the last reliance in his hands. If they still can't win, he will really be ashamed, but his brain is not irrational, he knows Wu Weijun very well When are they capable of fighting? They are good at fighting in the wild and definitely not playing their role under the city walls. His Majesty the Emperor waved his hand slowly, and the Wu Weijun who were charging stopped immediately, and more than 20,000 people stopped in an instant. Come down, this also made Li Cong dumbfounded. With such a powerful army, even the guards on the earth have a certain gap compared with them. These Wu Weijun are indeed not ordinary troops.

"Don't be fooled by the enemy. They want us to rush up like this. If so, we will have a lot of casualties. We still have a lot of troops behind us. Everyone in the Wu Wei Army is very important. In this way The army was not lost in this way, order them all to come back,

Send the infantry there, as long as they are not allowed to build these fortifications. "His Majesty the Emperor looked at the front and said that the generals of Wu Weijun were very grateful, but the other generals and ministers didn't think so. On the surface, it seemed that the emperor cared about Wu Weijun, but in fact Is that also the case? Maybe not, maybe His Majesty the Emperor himself will be afraid of failure. If Wu Weijun also fails, it is impossible for the entire Eastern Empire to have such a powerful army. Then what army can compete with Cao Cao? How about countering these weapons of a commercial firm? This can be regarded as leaving a little comfort in my heart, and it is still okay to tell others Wu Weijun.

"His Majesty the Emperor has ordered that the Wu Wei Army retreat, and the Huben Army go up." Following the sound of one voice after another, although the faces of the Wu Wei Army were somewhat reconciled, they could only retreat slowly. The army is the most obedient to orders, and since their establishment until now, only His Majesty the Emperor can order them. Apart from His Majesty, they have never heard orders from other people. Now that the Emperor personally orders, no one will disobey orders. Huben The army can be said to be the most powerful infantry in the Eastern Empire, and the emperor's imperial conquest, the army here is naturally not half of the army.

"Zheng Er, you really have a lot of troops in the Eastern Empire. What is the origin of this Tiger Army?" Li Cong watched the formation of the Eastern Emperor's army in front of him. In fact, it was less than 500 meters behind. During the journey, Li Cong had already planted tens of thousands of landmines. If the cavalry of the Wu Wei Army were willing to rush in, it is estimated that tens of thousands of people would confess here. Who knows that they still have rational minds. Just withdraw the troops like that, people did not follow your script, so the casualties that appeared in your script will not appear.

"Mr. Li, this Huben Army is an army of the Xianyu family in the eastern part of our Eastern Empire. It is because they have withdrawn from the Huben Army, and our intelligence agencies have also made some predictions about them. Now their combat effectiveness is less than half of what they were when they were strong, and some important low-level and middle-level officers are missing. They want to It is somewhat difficult to maintain the previous combat effectiveness, but even so, their combat effectiveness is very powerful, and their infantry phalanx is the most powerful, especially in siege warfare. Our powerful enemy is coming at this time, or Just deal with them well." Zheng Er said with a guilty conscience. As for the Huben army, Young Master Linghu once said that Wu Weijun only needs to rely on a single reputation, and there is no chance for Wu Weijun to fight in such a siege battle, but if the Huben army comes, their life will be difficult So much better, the infantry of the three major empires all have their own ace army pairs, but if you want to say the ace among the aces, this is still the Tiger Army, and Li Cong understood a little bit when he heard this. No wonder the armies of these three empires were no match for the Eastern Empire. This **** is powerful from cavalry to infantry, and I don't know what you guys are doing.

"Hehe, Zheng Er, you still don't need to worry. Since I told you young masters to stay here for ten days, it must be no problem. These tiger and cardinal troops still look good, but I think their losses will be even greater Yes, they may not be as good as those of Wu Weijun." Li Cong said with a smile. He saw the hesitation on Zheng Er's face. This guy may have lost confidence in himself. It's nothing. This is normal. After all, the army in front will increase by tens of thousands every hour. How many troops? Only His Majesty the Emperor knows about this. People’s reinforcements are constantly coming. Even if you use the tactics of refueling, you may not be able to persist in your city. This city does not have any support. Even if there is, it is some It's just spiritual support, it doesn't have much practical effect.

"Hu Ben army, attack." A few minutes later, two square teams of about 80,000 people came out from the dark army on the opposite side. This is the attacking side of the Eastern Empire infantry, and each square team has about 40,000 people. Look Going up is a square, and their marching steps are the same, and there are powerful shield soldiers on the periphery, all holding shields two meters high. The soldiers of this thing are all very powerful Hercules. It is not so easy to pass through their hands. Li Cong's several gun towers have already been tested, even if they use the latest technology. The crossbow can't pass through, it's really good, Li Cong also admired in his heart, if it's a traditional war on your planet, we really can't say this, but if I use my new weapon , yours is not enough to see, Li never let anyone do anything else, just continue to watch, our mines are prepared for you, your infantry phalanx is so dense, believe it The loss was worse than that of Wu Weijun on horseback. The first explosion sounded when the Huben Army had walked for less than ten minutes.

Because the people on this planet are more capable than those on the earth, the explosives in the mines are also used very powerfully. If it explodes in the crowd, it is estimated that the inside will be bloody. According to With their density, a landmine would have killed dozens of people. Unfortunately, such a situation did not happen. Among these people, only the innermost four or five people died, and the others were just a little panicked. for a moment.

"Mr. Li, although your weapon is powerful, but their defense is very powerful. The armor of the Huben army is specially made, and it is fine to withstand the attacks of sixth-level fighters. All of them They are strong guys, if they don't have that strength, it is estimated that none of them can live well here, each of these guys is carrying such a heavy armor, the damage to them is very low." Zheng Er said worriedly, in fact, he didn't pay much attention to this so-called Cao's business guy from the beginning. That's a different matter, how could these young masters trust him so much.

Li Cong nodded. It seems that things are really tricky. It seems that the attack power must be strengthened. "Send the order and fire the special crossbow." Originally, these were all things to be used in the second link, but now the situation is different. There is no room for Li Cong to have so much time to think about this issue. The chain crossbows on the hundreds of gun towers around him have started to draw their bows. Laughing, crossbows are the most commonly used weapons on the battlefield. They have been training for this thing for a long time. If crossbows are used to deal with them, at most they will only have some interference effect, and there will be absolutely nothing else the role of.

The first crossbow arrived in their simulation soon, just as they thought. It is true that no waves were caused. If this was an ordinary army, it would probably be in chaos now because of these things one by one, but these guys stopped the person who had been directly shot to death by crossbow arrows, and the rest Moving forward, Li Cong also admired these troops a little. Even crossbow arrows can't cause any harm to them. These guys are really worthy of the title of trump card. The faces of other soldiers on the city wall were terrible when they saw this. They had already thought of the matter, and some soldiers were watching Li Cong secretly. They want to know what ability this guy as the commander has to solve this matter. It can't just be stroking his beard and watching with a smile. He should have other ways, otherwise let alone ten days, even if it is today, it is impossible to pass. They are like a living fortress. It is simply impossible to open their iron sheets. The Eastern Empire spent a lot of money on them.

The emperor of the Eastern Empire also looked at all this with great pride. Every soldier of the Huben Army is amazing, not to mention that their armor is worth hundreds of taels of silver. And every year during training, 50% of the people need to change a batch, that is to say, 13 million Huben troops need to replace 6.5 million pieces of armor every year, and this item alone costs 6.5 billion taels of silver every year. It's just a legion. You must know that there are thousands of legions in the entire Eastern Empire. In addition to their military expenditures, the annual military expenditure of the Huben Legion has reached a record-breaking 12 billion taels of silver. This is more than a dozen provinces. Taxes have been paid, and more than a dozen provinces have come to support this legion. If their combat effectiveness is not enough, is it right to afford the money? The emperor of the Eastern Empire saw that they had already reached the barbed wire fence, and a smile appeared on his face.

"After so many years of training, the Huben Army really did not raise them in vain. The skills they can display really make me feel gratified. If the order continues, if this battle wins, the whole army of the Huben Army will be able to support them." Reward, order the entire empire's army to learn from the Huben Army." As soon as His Majesty Jinkou opened, the officials below all took action one by one. It has been a long time since they heard such a happy thing. The army has always been the strongest thing in the Eastern Empire, but after such a rebellion and the northern battlefield, there has always been a low morale among the Eastern Imperial Army. Most soldiers think that they are no longer able to do it. The generals also felt that they were a little old, or that they couldn't catch up with the world. These were all hit by Cao's firm, especially some troops in the south. Now it's finally time to feel proud.

It's just that it's too early to be happy at this time? Not all the Eastern Emperor's troops are as optimistic as His Majesty the Emperor, but there are also many sad factions. They now feel that the person on the city wall must have his own ideas. The Cao Family Firm has not been in the Eastern Empire for a long time. However, Cao's House of Commerce has caused a lot of damage to the Eastern Empire, especially in terms of the army. Whether it is a war on the southern coast or a war in the northern frozen forest, they have all suffered under the hands of Cao's House of Trade. The man on the road is known as a man of ever-changing, he has many schemes and many new weapons, maybe some new weapons will appear on this battlefield, they glanced at His Majesty the Emperor sadly, now get down It is too early to draw conclusions! If the Huben army fails, then His Majesty has lost enough of this person, and the army he just praised has failed. How does this make the people of the entire empire think.

There must be many flatterers around His Majesty the Emperor. These people don’t care what the current situation is. What the Emperor thinks and what he says is the biggest thing for them. If this is not the case, the head of the imperial guards will immediately pick it up Saying, "What His Majesty said is true. The Huben Army is the statement of our Eastern Empire. We must let the entire empire's army see whoever says that we can't beat Cao's House. This is simply farting. We sent out before. The army is naturally not the opponent of Cao's House, but now the troops we have brought out are all very powerful troops, all of which are led by your majesty the emperor. How can these troops be the same as other troops? In this battle, Cao’s House of Commerce can be beaten to the ground.” This guy relied on flattery to flatter him to the position of the head of the imperial guards. Such a person can also be in such a position. It is really a kind of Eastern Empire. Sad, other people of insight can only shake their heads.

"What you said is very correct. In the past, I guess that the generals in the army underestimated the Cao's House of Commerce. Now we show our strength and let the Cao's House of Merchants see that it is the Huben Army that is now leading the battle. , destroyed these so-called barbed wire fences, and Wu Weijun went up at that time. By then, the city will be ours. The Linghu family lost such an important pass, and they will not be far from failure in the days to come. On the contrary, we But I have seen the dawn of victory." All the ministers around were racking their brains to say things they didn't agree with in their hearts, there was no way, His Majesty the Emperor liked to hear such things at this time. Do you want to tell him that there may be someone behind Cao's firm? We'd better be cautious. If you say that, His Majesty the Emperor will be in a bad mood immediately. If His Majesty is in a bad mood, how can these people around have a good life. A companion is like a tiger. This is not just a joke.

Li Tong on the city wall also began to slowly observe the Huben army. In the past, he also had his own contempt, and he didn't think how powerful the army of the Eastern Empire was. He also felt that the Eastern Empire's army was sometimes a pair of idiots, but now he felt that this Huben army was stronger than the Wu Wei army in front, and the elite troops of the Eastern Empire were no joke. The armor on them is like an iron shell, and the grenade may not have much effect wherever it is thrown, but one grenade is not very effective, but several of them together form a super bomb. If this super bomb is thrown in Then there is something to read, Li Tong snapped his fingers, and of course the people behind him knew what their boss meant, the messenger's command flag flew up, and the crossbow arrows from the surrounding gun towers were kicked out again, the same as before. The difference is that each crossbow bolt is tied with eight grenades, which is the first time this kind of thing has been done.

All the officials and soldiers of the Eastern Empire were dazzled by the victory at this time. The second line of defense of the barbed wire was already in front of their eyes. They did not expect to break through the two lines of defense so easily. In fact, from the northern battlefield to the It has been so many years now, and the plan of the barbed wire has been thoroughly eaten by the people of the Eastern Emperor's Ministry. He didn't expect that there is no way to deal with this kind of thing. After all, the Northeast is also a country. In a huge empire, there are a lot of talents inside. If one or two people can't think of a solution, a few people can always figure it out. Three cobblers are worth one Zhuge Liang. If this algorithm is used here, several Zhuge Liangs may come out Yes, it is not surprising that there is such a method. The purpose of their creation of the Huben Army is to break such barbed wire. After several years of training, it can be said that it is finally time to report on the performance. How can it be shameful? Li Cong felt a little ashamed.

The crossbow attack this time is completely different from the last time. After the crossbow went in this time, the soldiers and generals of the Eastern Empire opened their mouths one by one. They didn't believe that such a thing would happen. , They couldn't believe that the things in front of them were all facts. How could this be possible? How could the explosive power of these things be so huge? Seeing the crossbow arrows around them flying into the crowd, His Majesty's face was finally a little bit I can't hang on anymore. A few minutes ago, I praised these troops well, but after a few minutes, these troops seem to be useless. How long has it been? How can they be useless so quickly? Many The Huben army felt that they had failed too much, and they were not afraid of death, but before they saw their opponents, they would go to heaven by themselves. Such a way of dying is not very good.

Zheng Er was still worried about what he would do just now. More than a dozen generations of his family have lived here, and they all lived with the Linghu family. Now if the Linghu family is gone, his life will definitely be difficult. Yes, I would never dare to think about such a thing in the future. I didn't expect that it was only two minutes. I wanted to kill myself just now, but now there is nothing left. These damned guys have been blown to the sky Oh, hehe, I really dare not think about such a thing. No wonder the young master would hand over the matter here to this guy in front of him. Without this guy, it would be impossible for anyone in Linghu's family to turn this place into a mess. In such a situation, although there are many people in the Linghu family who can fight, none of them can fight like this.

"What... what's going on, what's going on with my Huben Army, tell them not to retreat, and kill them if they retreat." His Majesty the Emperor also panicked. Some imperial forest troops around him also started to move. Although the attack distance of crossbow arrows is far from here, His Majesty the Emperor can no longer stay here. If he continues to stay here, there may be some Some bad things, if any lucky guy directly hits the crossbow arrow here, His Majesty the Emperor will definitely not die. He is a ninth-level fighter himself, but it is not a joke to get ashamed No, it will be their entire Royal Forest Army who will be ashamed at that time. Thousands may be beheaded.

Seeing this situation, the ministers didn't bother to say anything. Hastily pulled His Majesty the Emperor and began to retreat. In fact, their place is absolutely safe, but who would want to stay away from this danger? If he continues to be here, no one is afraid that he may just confess to be here. Nobody thinks that way.

The army of the Eastern Empire was not so easily defeated. Especially the tiger ben army in front of him. Although the people in the two phalanxes were all injured to a certain extent, the rest of them had absolutely no intention of fleeing, and they all remained the same as before. It would be really good to be able to train such an army. If he could receive these troops into his arms, it would be a real victory for Li Cong, but Li Cong also knew that this was not right. It is possible that these people have worked for the emperor for generations, and it is absolutely impossible for them to choose to betray the emperor. Although one or two may betray the emperor because of such and such things, it is impossible for the entire army.

Since this is the first time the two sides have fought against each other, Li Cong will definitely win all the battles. With the shooting of those crossbow arrows, there are also some noises under the Huben Army, and a large trap with a length and width of more than 200 meters appears. It can be said that such things appear on the battlefield is a very normal thing, but for the army of the Eastern Empire, they think that if the opponent's general is Li Cong, such things will not appear. Li Cong often uses some new weapons Those who came to fight, how can you use things like traps? Isn’t this too cheap? No matter what you think, anyway, all of your first batch of vanguard troops died here, and later captured about There are more than 10,000 people, but all of these people would rather die than follow. In the end, they all committed suicide. Li Cong still thought about recruiting them. Even if he couldn't, don't we have medicine? I didn't give myself this chance, so I just got it.

Even if the first tentative confrontation between the two sides is over like this, Li Cong's losses here are not small. First of all, he saw the powerful battles of these legions, and it is definitely not head-on. The army on his side can resist , although there are two million cavalry in the city, it is estimated that Wu Weijun's 500,000 troops can solve them all. You must know that the current war is still in the era of cold weapons, basically killing one thousand enemies and destroying eight hundred At that time, the three-to-one casualty rate was considered very serious. Li Cong would never let the troops in the city leave the city. If that were the case, there would be no possibility of defending the city.

The Dongdi army was also a little scared. They thought it was impossible for such a county to stop them, but they didn't expect that they really did it. There was news that people from the Linghu family It is starting to shrink in an all-round way, and now what they need is time. If the Linghu family cannot be surpassed in the incident, the Linghu family will become a cancer in the future, which is absolutely impossible for the future life Yes, and the people of the entire empire are watching this war. The failure in the past was because it was not started within the territory of the Eastern Empire, but this time it was all within the territory of the Eastern Empire. If it cannot be won, It is estimated that the emperor of the Eastern Empire really has no face to go out to meet people.

"Bastard, how did this attack happen? Did you see what it was just now? How should we proceed tomorrow?" After returning to his big tent, His Majesty the Emperor no longer had the kind of attack just now. Panic, to be honest, this guy can be said to be barely qualified to be an emperor, but he is not qualified to be a marshal at all. Tens of millions of troops died and 80,000 people can be said to have no damage at all. , but in this guy's heart, the failed scene just now left a big impression, just like a shadow this time, it's a bit funny to want to continue to lead the army to fight with such a psychological quality Well, the generals around them don't know what to say anymore.

"Your Majesty the Emperor. Those things are things that can temporarily take advantage. As far as I know, those things have to travel long distances to transport them from the Northern Empire. Even if you use an airship, it is not a simple problem." , let’s just say that this speed is amazing. After such a high-intensity attack this time, they must not have much left. Tomorrow we will continue to follow our attack method, and some of our sieges tomorrow The equipment will be delivered, and it is still unknown who will live and who will die. Don’t think that they will be fine if they can hide in the city. And anyway, today is just a short trial. Tomorrow our real army will come Then everything will be different, our army will definitely be able to stand on the city wall, and the Linghu family will definitely be finished, and everything today will never happen again.” At this time, there are still many flatterers of. It's just that His Majesty the Emperor can't listen to a word of his words now. When the emperor did not regard himself as a fool. If the situation just now cannot be resolved, tomorrow will still be a failure, and more people may die. He slapped the sycophant aside with one slap, and that guy's cheeks swelled up immediately.

"Don't fart me here, how can I have a group of you guys, all of you can do nothing but talk empty words here, and say some useless things, and don't even look at what is already there It's time, now is the time when we can decide. You'd better pray that tomorrow the battle situation will change as you said. If there is no adaptation, I don't think you will need your head tomorrow. I will use your head to sacrifice the flag." His Majesty said viciously, and then went to the nearby tent, His Majesty has his own privileges even on the battlefield, and it is not comparable to ordinary people. The flatterer just now The guy is really scared now. If he was in the capital, his head would not fall off so easily, but now he is on the battlefield, and everything here is different from the capital. Today Tens of thousands of people died, and if there is one more person tomorrow, there will definitely not be any changes. The ministers around who were about to flatter looked at this guy with some sympathy. Just now, I still felt that it was this kid. I took the opportunity of myself, I didn't expect that the person who speaks first will not only have benefits, but also may have disadvantages, just like now, losing his head is also possible.

That night, the emperor of the Eastern Empire vetoed the plan of several generals to attack the city at night. Too many soldiers have seen today's failure. Now their mood has not calmed down. If they continue to attack at night If they fail again, it is estimated that they will really have no fighting power tomorrow. It is better to let them have a good rest at night, but it is not so simple for you to want to rest. Li Cong will definitely make good use of the night time.

"Lord Cao, are we going to attack their camp this night? Isn't that a little too bold? The total military strength in our city is less than four million. It's only five million yuan for ten thousand laborers, which is too far behind their strength, and it is impossible to fight against them. Isn't it too hasty for us to go out of the city now?" Li Cong proposed the plan At that time, the city lord of the city vetoed this matter. Now they must cherish every soldier. It has only been half a day since the ten days. Yes, even tens of thousands of casualties are not acceptable. The millions of tens of millions of casualties of the Eastern Empire court army are no problem, because they have a steady stream of reinforcements, but they don't have any reinforcements.

"Hehe, don't get me wrong. Of course I know this matter better than you. It's just that we have to take risks. Don't worry, our people will not make too many sacrifices, and there is no danger. I think Recently, my people have also trained them. The task of your people is to shoot arrows with a chain crossbow. At night, the main attack is not them, but my airship. My battle plan is like this , my 40 airships will carry a large number of grenades. The weather tonight can't be better. They have to spread out in the sky. They are not allowed to turn on the lights. They can only attack by groping, mainly because There are many masters around the emperor. If you drop bombs at an altitude of 1,000 meters, the emperor's soldiers may counterattack. When their camp is in chaos, your 100,000 archers can forcefully smash the opponent's camp. Shoot the arrows. In the past, you all used parabolic shooting. Although you were safe, the hit rate was not high. Now you have to rush out and shoot in a straight line. That is to say, you have to be 400 meters away from them. I know it's dangerous, but according to my plan, it is absolutely impossible for them to organize people to attack you, and then you will be the biggest contributors this time." Li Cong said with a smile, It can be said that this city lord has never participated in a war. In his opinion, even if the airdropped grenade is successful, the entire camp will not be chaotic, but Li Cong knows very clearly, especially in this era, the number of troops is getting bigger and bigger. If there are too many, it will be more difficult to manage. It can be said that there is no way to manage. If there is chaos in one place, the same riots will happen in several other camps. At that time, tens of millions of people will be trampled to death by their own people There may be many of them. If the previous two solutions are all right, Li Cong even wants to let the cavalry go out to charge for a while.

"But if heavy casualties are caused, this..." The city lord was still a little unwilling to go, and he wanted to go out himself. It was only at this moment that he realized why he was unwilling to go. It turned out that he was afraid of his own life. lost.

"Master Linghu said when I came, Zheng Er, you should tell this guy what rights I have. Now I will order him to do such a thing at night. If he doesn't do it, I think you should I know how to do it." There is no need to talk nonsense with such a person, Li Cong went out directly, Zheng Er took a look at the city lord, he believed in Li Cong during the day, and he believed in Li Cong at night, so Because this guy has given people too many miracles, and failure is also possible, but I really don’t think there is such a thing as failure in this guy. Many people, including Zheng Er, believe that he can win. (To be continued..)