Chapter 2132: The Silly Prince
The frontline battlefield is full of gunpowder smoke. I really don’t know how the people of Cao’s House did it. The soldiers of the Southern Empire who were cleaning the battlefield looked at everything around them in confusion. So many people died on their side. There are more than tens of millions of people. In the past, such casualties were nothing to the entire empire, but it is completely different now, because it is only a day in this place, and what can be done in a day Well, this day will pass quickly if you mess around with your own time, but now this day is enough to make the high-level officials of the Southern Empire dumbfounded. They know that this is the most powerful period for Cao's business to attack, but let them and What the people of the Four Great Empires did not expect was that when the sun rose the next morning, the people from the Cao's House of Commerce would gather again for the second time. Didn't the people from the Cao's House of Trade have any casualties? That's impossible. There were many casualties in the Cao's House yesterday. The people from the Southern Empire are also absolutely confident. Although there are few casualties, there are definitely some. They didn't even heal their wounds, and the next attack was about to start, which made them feel as if they were not ready. How did these damned guys usually do it? How could they be like this? Don't you need to take a rest? The Southern Empire is really depressed, and they have to continue to send the reserve team up, and continue to wait for the attack of the Cao's House. The morale of the Cao's House is high. Although they did not break through their entire line of defense yesterday, but They also made some breakthroughs. If they follow the same path as yesterday, they will not suffer any losses. For them, offense is the best way to heal their wounds. Watermark Ad Test Watermark Ad Test
Will there be no casualties in Cao's House of Commerce? Impossible, 150,000 people were killed in one day. More than 300,000 people were injured, which also made the people of Cao's House feel very uncomfortable, but Li Cong knew that it was difficult for him. It is even more difficult for the Southern Empire. I must let them know the serious casualties, so that more people died on their side. Only in this way will they understand how to do things one by one, and they will also understand that sometimes it is not that simple, but they feel that the Cao's firm will not attack, but you will know by looking at today's situation up. The Cao's House of Merchant delivered tens of thousands of artillery pieces from the ship, and the other side of the earth urgently obtained millions of artillery shells with a teleportation array. This is the confidence for their attack today. The morale was broken, and even if they couldn't break through their defense today, it made them understand that the people from Cao's House would definitely continue to attack. To put it bluntly, it is to make all the people of the Southern Empire lose their resistance, and to let the people of this empire shed all their blood. It doesn't matter if they continue to increase their troops. Anyway, what I lost here was just some weapons. Today, Li never planned to let too many people join the battle, because such a loss is a bit unbearable for the Cao family firm. The loss of the Southern Empire is the Cao family. It is many times that of the commercial bank, but their population base is relatively large, much larger than that of Cao's commercial bank. If they lose 200,000 people every day, it is estimated that in about a month, Cao's commercial bank may not have a reserve team.
This time Li Cong gave up the plan of the all-out attack, and turned to focus on the attack. Yesterday, the all-out attack can be said to have failed. Although the people in the Southern Empire suffered a lot of casualties, Li Cong now None of them broke through the front wall. If they can rush over, it will be a victory for them. Of course, this is just a preliminary victory. They must rush over and hold it.
This is a victory, otherwise everything is nonsense, what's the use of killing enemies? Didn’t you see that people from the Southern Empire can quickly add it? According to the news, the Southern Empire has already formed a reserve force of more than 3 billion people in the rear. These troops are rushing to the front line day and night, almost every day. Tens of millions of troops came here. No matter what method the Southern Empire used, they brought people here. This is a great skill. Of course, this also gave birth to many resistance organizations, not this one. All the people in the country are warmongers. For them, this country did not give them anything before. Now this country asks them to dedicate their lives. How is this possible? Such a thing is for them It’s not very comfortable in their hearts. Sometimes they also know that their thinking is called treason, but this country has never given them anything, and they suck their own blood everywhere. Why should they work hard with him? My own brain is not the kind of person with faults, and it is best to honestly think about how to live.
The high death rate on this battlefield is also something that the common people need to consider. Although they all know that as long as they go to the battlefield, their own lives may not be saved, but the death rate they have never thought of. The thing is, as long as it is a place where the artillery of the Cao's House is fiercely attacked, it is said that no matter where you are, you will not be able to save your life. Even their seemingly strong city wall will not have any effect. As for the cavalry , let alone, now the main thing is defense, so basically there is no such thing as cavalry, but the cavalry has also gone out a few times, as long as they go out by themselves, they will definitely be killed immediately, Cao's firm That kind of chain crossbow is not only very fast, but also very accurate. The most important thing is that it has a very powerful penetrating power. Some heavy armor of cavalry used to be very effective against bows and arrows, but when encountering These things will be like paper in the future, and they will have no effect at all. These things are a very normal thing for them. Sometimes if these things really make a fuss, it is enough for the Southern Empire. People drink a pot, it is for one reason or another, what makes every soldier in the Southern Empire think about their own heads when they go to the battlefield, they are all worried about whether they can go back alive, so they encountered some desperate things Anyway, I just don't want to go there, because in their opinion, if they go out, they will definitely lose their heads. It's better to stay here honestly, at least they won't die.
The attack this morning was the same as yesterday. A large number of soldiers from the Southern Empire were awakened by the sound of the huge artillery when it was still dark. Li Cong used 3,000 artillery pieces as a rally point to officially launch today's offensive, all of which were focused on the offensive. Li Cong's request was to tear two holes in the 3,000-mile defense line of the Southern Empire today. Both openings must be wider than 50 miles. Use this as a breakthrough point to completely paralyze the defense line of the Southern Empire. Since the Southern Empire has not yet come to ask for peace, then everything should start from here. If you don't want peace, it doesn't matter. I will use artillery to have a good chat with you, let you know how powerful our Cao's firm is, and let you take the initiative to seek peace. At that time, you may not agree with the conditions we offer, but please also You can all understand that sometimes things are not that simple and you make mistakes. Just in time for our expansion, so your luck can be said to be the worst, and it is only at this time that you can all understand that some of our things will start in your country. Your land must become ours. Li Cong also hopes to obtain a piece of land of his own on the mainland, just like the Eastern Empire at that time. It is still your territory in name, but it is actually controlled It's not you anymore, but people from my Cao's firm. If you can satisfy this, then everything can be discussed properly, and we won't hide it.
"Tell the brothers below, today is the day when our Cao's House will be recorded in the annals of history. All of our usable attack power has been transported up. Let all the archers replace me with the best magic arrows." , If you see any place, if you can’t hold on, kill me there. Today, I must tear the opening of the Southern Empire. Our Cao’s Commercial Bank has been waiting for too long, so let these brothers today Let us give the people of Cao's House a huge victory, and let the people of the Southern Empire and the other three empires see that if you didn't put all the people here, I would have no other way. Today is considered a loss No matter how big it is, no matter how many things are wasted, this line of defense must be opened. A stalemate is not a good thing for the Southern Empire, but it is not a good thing for us Cao's Commercial Bank. Our morale may even be affected. It will be polished in front of this line of defense." Li Cong said in a low voice to a few people next to him, they are all senior officers of Cao's house, they immediately understood what Li Cong said, in fact, Li Cong What we need is the morale of the Cao's House. Although yesterday's attack was very morale-boosting, to be honest, Cao's House can achieve such a victory now, such a victory without progress, such a victory just now. At the beginning, many people may feel that it is very good, but in fact it is not like this. If there is such a result every day, the final result is that all people are used to it, and they will not think about it. Enterprising.
For the Southern Empire, as long as the Cao Family Firm did not break through their line of defense, everything would not be so important. Although many people were killed or injured, what are these people to the Southern Empire? In such a big empire, it is impossible for anything to happen. There are only tens of millions of people. In fact, the number of births in the Southern Empire may be much higher than this every day. If an empire as big as this It would be a joke if they couldn’t bear the losses. For the soldiers of the Cao’s House, if they only pursued this number of casualties, they would be fighting a war of attrition with the people of the Southern Empire. The war of attrition is not the Cao’s Commercial firms can fight, small-scale ones are fine, large-scale ones don't have so many people, Li Cong also felt at this time that his army was indeed too small, and wanted to support 10% or two battles The War of Independence is fine, but they don't have the ability to deal with the all-out war in front of them, so they must destroy the resistance morale of the Southern Empire I in the shortest possible time. Only people know what mistakes they have made one by one. At that time, some things will be easier to talk about, and the agreement will soon be in the hands of Cao's house. Li Cong now wants it more than the people of the Southern Empire. Peaceful, because some problems in the war have already manifested, and must be corrected quickly, but as long as the war does not stop, everything is empty talk, and it is impossible for anyone to say these things.
The war was very tragic at the beginning. Li Cong personally commanded one of the two attack points. The other Li Cong dispatched both Wu Zuoxi and Tuoba Yuanye, and today the two sides are also starting to compete. Li Cong has his own commanding skills, but Tuoba Yuanye believes that he will never lose to Li Cong's. So Li Cong must understand. Sometimes some things are not as simple as you think, and it must be possible for everyone to cooperate well. Otherwise, sometimes there will be some problems. For example, Tuoba Yuanye disobeyed himself. On this battlefield, the strong speak, and you want others to appreciate your ability. That's very simple, as long as you use your own military exploits to shut them up, this kind of ancient war Li Cong is really not as good as Tuoba Yuanye, but the war here is almost the same as the modern war, Li Cong It is definitely possible to win. At the beginning, Li Cong didn't intend to let his people rush up like yesterday, but kept firing all the 500,000 rounds of shells. The bombardment took two full hours. On the waste area in front, hundreds of thousands of troops were all killed, and even their own minced meat could not be found. At this time, Li Cong ordered the airship to start moving forward. He dropped bombs on some troops that still had an organizational structure. Finally, he let his own people pass by and build a passage for them to enter. The soldiers of the Southern Empire had never encountered a similar attack, so They all suffered losses one by one, and they all felt that this was impossible, no one came up, how could they be breached, but that is the truth, just look at the gap in front of them, there is no one No one from Cao's House died, so they went in from here. When some soldiers from the Southern Empire saw the crowds of soldiers from Cao's House, they had nothing to do but surrender.
The soldiers of Cao's House of Merchant never act alone when attacking, they basically advance in rows, and when the distance is far away, they will definitely use their signature weapon, the chain crossbow, to attack the people inside. Do strafing, whether it's hiding behind a wooden board or something, as long as they come over, they will definitely kill you all. Besides, they have other weapons now, and it's not easy to see the front In other words, a few grenades were thrown over the dangerous place immediately, the good guy, it was quiet immediately, and the road ahead immediately became safe. As for other things, there is no need to think about it at all. Things can be solved, sometimes some things are so simple, and wars can also be carried out so artistically, this is what the people of Cao's House of Firms do. Of course, today's war is fought by the troops of Cao's House of Firms. After entering the city wall, their formation had to be dismantled, because all the soldiers of the Southern Empire rushed up like a tide, there were millions of troops, and the appearance of running together could kill some animals and everything. Scared away, Li Cong also saw such a scene of pretending, but it's impossible for you to regain your lost territory. Li Cong waved his hand, and dozens of super serial crossbows came out. They can kill 30 people every minute. Multiple people, even more under such intensive attacks.
In fact, a super serial crossbow can kill hundreds of people per minute, and their casualties are around 5,000 per minute. It's an impossible gap. They have tried many ways to rush across it. As long as they can start close combat, the army of Cao's House of Firm will definitely not be able to, but the army of Cao's House of Firm will not let you pass. The range of 200 meters is your last way, and it is absolutely impossible for you to pass. This war is either you or me. However, in the later period, although more and more people died, the Southern Empire The corpses of the people in the Cao's House are already much bigger than those of the Cao's House, and their cavalry rushed out. Since the infantry's speed is not very fast, the cavalry is fine. The crisis of the Cao's House is coming at this time , if there is a distance of 1,000 meters, no matter how many cavalry come, it is useless, but now the distance is only 200 meters. For the cavalry of the Southern Empire, it is a matter of minutes to go there. Finally, After paying more than 100,000 cavalry casualties, the first cavalry rushed into the defense line of Cao's house, which caused the entire defense line of Cao's house to shake a little, but soon the reserve team in Li Congnong passed When they were ready, all the soldiers who rushed in were also taken down, but for the people of Cao's business, they also lost nearly 2,000 people. This is also the first time that the people of Cao's business suffered casualties of. It seems that the air strike just now did not kill them all, otherwise there would not be so many casualties now, these damned guys.
Li Cong stood on the airship and looked at the people below as if ants were fighting a war. The difference was that the little ants on his side seemed to be all neatly dressed. You can see them at a glance even in the sky. In addition, the people in front of him are not very good, and each of these people is a bit chaotic. And looking at it from here, many people don't have much will to fight anymore. These people all seem to run backwards, like waves. They rushed over and went back. In the eyes of these people, the people on the opposite side were like a group of gods of death. If it weren't for them, they might not have needed to be on the battlefield. The soldiers of the Southern Empire hated the Cao family very much. People from the firm, but they have no other way. They can only watch all this honestly, without changing their fate, they can only let their lives drift with the wind, speaking of these people are also poor people. But Li Cong has already passed the time for mercy. War is like this. If he fails, he doesn't know what excessive conditions the people of the Southern Empire will impose. At that time, he doesn't know how to deal with them. Therefore, it is necessary to win. The people watching themselves have firmly established their foothold on the city wall. The installation of more than 2,000 cannons that have advanced 1,000 meters over there has been completed. They are all ready. Next It has already sent a signal to Li Cong.
"Tell the artillery below, fire, tell them, shoot all the shells at once, and let the infantry hide for me. What I want now is to kill these people in front, and then send out 200,000 cavalry, Heavy cavalry, let them drive away the remaining Southern Empire infantry in front of me. They must not be allowed to gather again. All of them must stand firm for me. It is very easy to take this position, less than five A few minutes is enough, but it is not so easy to hold on, and in the afternoon, the war has just begun." Li Cong said, and his adjutant immediately went down to deliver the order, and Cao's House of Business 30 seconds later 2,000 artillery pieces began to bombard the northern part of the city wall that belonged to the Southern Emperor Army. The troops here were already about to rush over. One of the three of them died, but the remaining two were still under the control of the super serial crossbow. They rushed in front of them, but unfortunately, the gunfire rang out. They were very familiar with the sound of the cannon, just like now, they were scared. Yes, the shell exploded less than 30 meters away from them. The shrapnel quickly killed these two people, and their bodies flew up. The people around them were basically the same as them, and none of them had raised their interest. They were already unable to hold on. The army of the merchant firm is starting to cheer now. In fact, their most fatal moment has passed. Now with the help of artillery, they can easily hold this place. People in the Southern Empire don't even think about it. to come over.
The powerful destructive power of the artillery was immediately revealed. The soldiers of the Southern Empire who thought they could rush to the defensive position of Cao's House were dumbfounded. Only one of them died on average could rush up. Unexpectedly, the people who went up like this were immediately killed by the soldiers of Cao's House in such a round of shelling. The soldiers of Cao's House wiped the sweat off their heads one by one. They are also a little worried. After all, this matter is really a little scary. If they don't do that, they will probably come up. Damn, there are too many of these people. Their chain crossbows have to wait for ten bows and arrows at a time It was changed, and the soldiers behind added it, but even this couldn't stop those damned people, they didn't care about the bows and arrows on their bodies at all, some people were pierced with two or three holes, but those people still Continue to rush upwards, as if they don't know how to live or die. This is the first time they have seen such a person. In fact, this is the wrong thinking of the soldiers of Cao's House. The soldiers of the Southern Empire are really not so desperate. Yes, in fact, these guys couldn't stop one by one, because the people behind them were pushing them away. They also felt very helpless about such a thing. In the eyes of the soldiers of Cao's House, it was them Fearless is dead. In fact, they are cursing the people behind them hard, but they are also the first batch of people who can go up. It is a pity that the artillery directly blows them up, and everything returns to the original zero point. up.
Cao's House of Commerce has already penetrated into the Southern Empire's defense line in the two key offensive areas. Especially on the side commanded by Li Cong, Li Cong has already asked his soldiers to establish three defensive positions, while Wu Zuoxi and his side have just stood firm. This is the difference in the understanding of modern warfare between the two sides. . Wu Zuoxi will also carry out shelling. But they didn't know that the infantry should follow up quickly, and as long as it was well controlled. Cannons and infantry cooperate to fight. The effect produced in this way is definitely not as simple as 1+1=2. It will definitely produce more results, and more results that are beneficial to oneself. The people on Li Cong's side have already started to use cement to build some relatively strong defensive positions. Li Cong also told people from several other empires that the army of my Cao's firm is not only good at defending, but it is also good at attacking us. They are good at it, of course, because they are close to the bows and arrows of the Nandi army, their losses are not small. The army of the Cao's House of Commerce also carried down more than 30,000 corpses. These people were all heroes of the Cao's House of Commerce, most of them were recruits from the Cao's House of Commerce, and they all rushed up after seeing the Southern Empire. One by one was in chaos, and I didn't know what to do. It was because they were all in chaos that the effective results of the people of Cao's Commercial Company were almost reduced. Sometimes these people were very depressed, so Because of a small negligence of my own, I lost my head and the heads of my friends, but this matter can't be said, sometimes the world is like this.
The war went on for two hours, and finally there was an intermission. The people on the Southern Empire side had already been driven off the city wall. The progress of the war was much faster than Li Cong expected, mainly because of the area. A large number of recruits have been added. Some of the recruits in the Southern Empire basically have no fighting power. They used to be ordinary people. They didn’t think about helping the Southern Empire at all. What they wanted was to go back here. Go back with their own heads, so when they saw a large number of people dying, they started to run away. At the beginning, there were one or two, but later on, a dozen or twenty ran away. The officers of the Southern Empire Although he killed a few people who ran back, as more and more people ran away, he couldn't kill him, and later on, those who ran away also killed him, such a thing Probably the officer didn't think about it. Many people know that recruits going to the battlefield is the most depressing thing, but they didn't expect to be depressed to the level in front of them. Just like now, none of these people know how to run What is it for, I just know that I can't stop. In their eyes, those soldiers of Cao's House are the gods of death. Each of them can kill hundreds of them. Yes, they must not stay, if they stay If there is no other result except death, their escape brought about the retreat of the entire battle. Because they escaped, the Southern Empire paid a price of more than 200,000 people. This price is not very big. The biggest thing is that they want to It is impossible to maintain a complete second line of defense. That is to say, from now on, they can only prepare for peace talks with Cao's house or establish a third line of defense.
"Bastards, they are all a bunch of useless things. Yesterday, the people of Cao's Commercial Bank used so many people and failed to break through our defense line. Why did they beat you down today? I don't care what you have The reason, let me tell you, these people in front of you are not just enemies, they are also devils, if you don’t want me to chop off your heads, go back and continue fighting, and send me an additional 500,000 troops, I don't believe it anymore, everyone is the same person, even if their weapons are better, but look at how much more people you have than others, how can you not be their opponents, I don't ask you how powerful, As long as you can hold that position for me, this is the best thing, if you can't even complete this, you will all die to me." In the command post on the front line, the second prince was already angry, damn it , His Majesty the Emperor handed over this place to me less than two days ago, there were so many things going on, how could there be so many things going on when the prince was here, I originally wanted to go around here to see Let's go to the surrounding barracks, and by the way, put a few of my own people in. It's all over now, nothing has been done, and the people from Cao's House of Commerce are about to call, what the hell is going on. He can be comfortable as a marshal, but I'm a scapegoat? He finally felt a little envious of the prince who had returned to the capital. He didn't need to worry about it anyway, and he was still thinking about when he would be escorted back.
Those generals gave the second prince a cold look. To be honest, they really didn't see how much the second prince knew about military affairs. In their view, this guy is no different from a second-generation ancestor who eats, drinks and has fun. This guy has no other abilities other than how to call, how could it be said that he is the prince who knows the military best, but they soon understood that princes have to be famous outside . This means that they have to know one specialty. If they don’t have one, this matter will not work. They have to work hard. Otherwise, when people talk about him in the future, they may not remember anything. Yes, then this prince has nothing special about him, how can people remember him? It doesn't matter whether the common people remember this, the important thing is that His Majesty the Emperor and the ministers remember him. All the princes didn't want to say that they knew military issues best, because they all knew very well that their subordinates could help with other matters, but no one could help you with military matters. And if you have your own power in the military, His Majesty the Emperor will feel unsafe in his heart, even if you are his son, if other families see that their son is so powerful, Only those who are happy will definitely not have any other ideas, but it is different here. What the emperor fears most is that his son will understand military affairs. For them, this is a nightmare.
No one knows if there was something wrong with the second prince's mind at the beginning. He even let those under him brag outside that he knew some military things, and several "acting" events held in the imperial capital Among them, this guy also tried his best to send money to several old ministers of the military department, and asked them to help him win the victory. Of course, there is nothing wrong with the common people. Even if some governors encounter something, speculators will have no problem tracking them down. These are small things to say, and he has done a good job, but today's This thing is completely different from what he did in the past. Today is a war, a real war, a war that sweeps across the entire empire, and a war that involves most of the people. They There is no way to solve this problem. Those princes and lords in the capital have already thought of this second prince. If you don't push you up at this time, can you be fair to yourself? It was you who said that you were familiar with military books, and we did not force you. Speaking of which, this matter is very simple for you. None of us are capable of it. Just look at how good this job is. The 2 billion troops on the front line are all under your command, and you will become the most powerful person in the country in no time. Besides His Majesty, what if you are a prince? Does he have that many troops in his hand? Impossible things, no one is so powerful.
In this way, the second prince unexpectedly became the marshal of the front line. Everyone in the Southern Empire said that their second prince is a god of war. This word has not appeared in the official of the Southern Empire for a long time. It is the magicians union. Some people in the camp also came out and said that the Second Prince would certainly be able to make a breakthrough in the battle situation ahead. Now that after two days of war, the battle situation has indeed made breakthrough progress, but this is not from the Southern Empire, but from the Southern Empire. It's Cao's House, and the Southern Empire's side has made a breakthrough retreat. The second line of defense they have spent a lot of manpower and material resources on is already in jeopardy. If they can't take it back tonight, Then I'm sorry, you have completely lost any hope. If you want to continue to rush up, it is impossible. Of course, this so-called second prince of the God of War has to retire, and he may go to a certain county I will go to the teacher for a lifetime, and even when I die, I will not be able to return to the capital. It is really that what this guy has done is too useless. At this moment, the second prince feels that he has been bullied by those bastards in the capital. Well, at the beginning, he didn't feel this way, but later on, this feeling became more and more intense. He was being bullied by them. These bastards didn't even give him a chance to fight back. There is no chance, unless the Southern Empire can win this war, but when he saw the loss of 50,000 troops but still did not attack, this is already the first time he has attacked.
He didn't know how many times this was the first attack, but Li Cong on the airship clearly remembered it. This was the fifteenth time, and it was also the most powerful. The fifteenth attack on the Southern Empire had at least lost There are millions of people, and today both sides have reduced the scope of the war. Maybe no one can afford the loss like yesterday, but it is such a reduced war that makes the entire Southern Empire feel the pressure. Their There is not much hope for people. Some generals in the Southern Empire even have less than a hundred people left, and their army of over ten thousand is gone. This is completely a refueling tactic. It can be said that the war This is what is taboo, but their commander-in-chief seems to have not noticed this, and they are still increasing their troops.
"It seems that the second prince of the Southern Empire is really an idiot. It has been four hours, a total of 35 attacks, and 7 million people have no fighting power. I really don't know what this guy is doing, but like this It's not bad, order our people to stand by and wait for help, and wait for the result of Tuoba Yuanye. As long as we can occupy these two places today, the rest will be easy to handle, even if it is The people from the Southern Empire are here, and it is impossible to drive us into the sea. Speaking of which, what Cao's House is best at is defense. Let our engineering troops move faster, and we cannot give the enemy time to prepare. When we wake up tomorrow, a new city wall will have to be built, and they must not pass the city wall." Li Cong said proudly, and a large amount of cement had already been delivered.