Chapter 2505 Heavy Casualties
The trumpet mouth defense line is said to be hundreds of miles long, but in fact there are gaps in many places. The largest gap is the several-mile-long east-west gap on the north side of Yingbelly Mountain.
In order to fight this battle, Zhao Shiqu adopted the suggestion of his staff Mr. Zhuge and divided the trumpet mouth defense line into four defensive fortresses.
The first line of defense is the southern gate of Yingzui Cliff, guarded there by 1.6 million elite soldiers led by King Zhao Xun of Xiangyang.
The second line of defense is Eagle Claw Ridge, about five miles to the north, which is the area around the trumpet body that Zhao Menglin is guarding at the moment.
About five or six miles further north is the third line of defense, Yingbei Valley, which is guarded by veteran Feng Zhiang. Feng Zhiang has guarded Lingnan for many years. He is the real king of Lingnan. He has been fighting tribes in the mountains and forests of Lingnan all year round and has rich experience.
As for Yingbelly Mountain, which Zhao Shiqu personally guarded, it was the fourth and last line of defense in this battle.
Further north is Laojun Mountain, where His Majesty and the Queen are now supervising the battle. According to the original plan, the first line of defense guarded by King Zhao Xun of Xiangyang was very important. Not long after he wanted to fight, King Xiangyang actually ran away, so that the enemy attacked the second line at least ten hours earlier than expected. Dao Zhao Menglin
defensive line.
Zhao Menglin is not the idiot of King Xiangyang. He is twenty-eight years old and has been guarding Niangziguan for ten years. His courage and means far exceed those of King Xiangyang.
At this moment, Tianjie's forward army was blocked at the front line of Eagle Claw Ridge, suffering heavy casualties and unable to advance even an inch. Gu Yuqi had no choice but to send out the skeleton army who were good at climbing rock walls to attack again.
Zhao Menglin had learned from the mistakes of King Xiangyang in front of him and had already made preparations. When the skeleton warrior appeared in the field of vision, he immediately sent out Mo Dao Shou to form a death squad, and they had to fight to the death to save the defenses on the cliffs on both sides of the valley.
A fight on the cliff began.
The Mo Daoshou suicide squad member, with a rope tied to his body, slipped down from the top of the cliff and entered the fortifications of the Eight Bull Crossbows on the cliff. He soon came into contact with the skeletons climbing the cliff.
At that time, this fortification was built with insufficient consideration. They did not take into account the skeleton warriors who could vertically climb the cliff. Zhao Shiqu and his staff thought that as long as they dug out caves in the cliffs on both sides and placed eight-niu crossbows inside, they could occupy the power of the terrain and shoot at the enemies in the canyon, or drop rolling stones. Log. leading to a
There are only three eight-oxen crossbows placed at the entrance of the cave, and there are no stone paths or plank roads connecting them. You have to rely on rope baskets to enter and exit, forming an independent fortress. The cave is not big. After loading three Eight-Niu Crossbows and a dozen soldiers operating the Eight-Niu Crossbows, there is not much space left. The Mo Swordsman can only slide down through the rope. Due to the cave space, most of the Mo Dao Swordsmen cannot The kamikaze squad can only hang in vain
In mid-air, wait until all the human warriors in the cave below are almost dead, then continue to slide down to fight.
The battle damage was very heavy. Many of the suicide squad members were not killed by skeleton warriors, but were thrown to death.
After all, it is a rope. There are more than a dozen human warriors hanging on a rope. As long as the skeleton warrior finds an opportunity to cut off one rope, those human warriors will not be able to climb the vertical rock wall like the skeleton warrior, and they will all fall into the valley immediately. inside.
It is dozens of feet above the ground, and if it falls, your brains will be knocked out.
But Zhao Menglin had no other option. In order to protect the defensive offensives such as the Eight Ox Crossbows on the cliffs on both sides of the valley, he could only fill it with human lives.
According to statistics after the war, only one-third of the 400,000 Mo Swordsman death squads organized by Zhao Menglin were killed in battles with skeleton warriors. Most of the soldiers were beaten to death before they even came into contact with the enemy. The main force of Tianjie began to move like ants, slowly approaching the gate of Yingzui Cliff. However, the forwards only broke through the Wuli Canyon. The main force of the six legions consisted of millions of people. Only the skeleton legion and a small number of people rushed in. Madman Legion
, Giant Legion, the large army is still gathering outside Yingzui Cliff Pass to fight against the light cavalry in the world.
The enemy and ourselves were at a stalemate on the second line of defense, and both sides suffered heavy losses. You can see on the ground that not only the corpses of human soldiers are piled up, but also the corpses of many mad warriors and giant warriors. Although these heavenly warriors are huge in size, in front of hundreds of kilograms of large rocks falling from the sky, the thick shields of the giant warriors can be smashed to pieces, not to mention the densely packed eight-oxen crossbows placed on the cliffs on both sides of the valley. The cave
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In addition to the eight-oxen crossbow and huge rolling stones, jars filled with powerful fire oil were also thrown down from the cliffs on both sides. The canyon at least two miles long below turned into a sea of fire.
Seeing the countless celestial warriors killed and wounded in the valley, Gu Yuqi's heart was bleeding.
Although the fireballs sprayed by the Skyfire Beasts were far away, they could not cross the high Eagle Beak Cliff Pass. Gu Yuqi ordered three thousand Skyfire Beasts to enter the Pass and into the canyon, hoping to suppress the cliffs on both sides with fire. .
He knew it was dangerous, but he had other options.
The desperate fighting style of the world gave him a big headache. Those Mo Daoshou who were injured on the ropes fought with the skeleton warriors on the cliff, delaying the progress of the skeleton warriors. Now they can only bring in the Skyfire Beast. When three thousand huge and bulky Skyfire Beasts slowly entered Queguan, the rear area north of Yingzui Cliff received the news. The Skybat troops that had been well fed and drunk on the wasteland battlefield began to take off again, with more than 200,000 Every celestial bat, every celestial bat
They all carried a rough clay pot and flew quickly from the north.
The six-winged army has been dispersed. Now the Sky Bat Army and Dragon Rider Army in the human world firmly control the air supremacy of this battlefield. The chief of Baishan commanded his tribesmen to dive from high altitude, just like an eagle swooping down from the sky. When the warriors of the heavens thought they were going to be attacked by these ugly bats, the bats with human faces suddenly rose again, and then,
one after another, clay pots swooshed down.
They didn't hit others, but only those Sky Fire Beasts that could spit fire.
The chief of Baishan led his tribesmen away with a grim smile, and then saw dozens of huge fireballs on the distant mountains quickly smashed into the valley where the Sky Fire Beasts were.
Three thousand Sky Fire Beasts suffered a catastrophe as soon as they entered the canyon.
The blood in their bodies is a combustion aid, comparable to fierce fire oil. Now they are covered with fierce fire oil. Just thinking about the situation is terrible.
Seeing this scene, Gu Yuqi knew it was over.
It turned out that the phantom was right to persuade him to retreat yesterday. This long canyon is the death passage prepared for the warriors of the heavens. A fire outside the Eagle's Beak Cliff last night killed hundreds of thousands of celestial warriors. Now the number of celestial warrior corpses in the canyon has exceeded 100,000. If the fighting continues like this, the six legions will be crushed bit by bit by the meat grinder of the Eagle's Beak Cliff.