Chapter 5264: War Begins

In the human world, Yumenguan.

The world did not become peaceful with the departure of Ye Xiaochuan, the chosen son.

Instead, he became even more nervous.

With the beginning of spring, the ice and snow melted, and everything revived. The heavenly army also intensified its offensive against dangerous fortresses in various parts of the human world.

In the past few months, the fighting at Yumen Pass has never stopped, but it has never been intense.

Phantom Princess just dispatched a large number of destruction legions to spray waves of fireballs at the defensive fortress of Yumen Pass more than ten miles away.

Before the Spring Festival, only two or three giant legions and skeleton legions were sent to close combat.

Those few times were just tentative attacks, looking for weak points in the defense of Yumen Pass. No Celestial Warrior successfully climbed to the top of the city.

After the Spring Festival, the Celestial Legion's offensive obviously changed.

The frequency of fireball sprays has not changed, and hundreds of thousands of skyfire beasts are still attacking Yumen Pass in sixteen shifts.

However, the attacks of several other legions have increased significantly.

The day before yesterday, Phantom sent two giant legions fully equipped with talismans, holding large shields high, to escort thousands of madman legions and tens of thousands of skeleton warriors to the bottom of the Yumen Pass.

The skeleton warrior bit the broken weapon and began to climb the vertical city wall that was dozens of feet high.

A small group of soldiers actually attacked the front line of defense on the Yumenguan City Gate.

Fortunately, Yumen Pass was strong and the city was solid. The human soldiers relied on the caves to transport troops and quickly sent reinforcements to the forward positions, thus repelling the enemy's offensive.

After a day's rest, Phantom's offensive came again.

This time the attack was even more grand and fierce than the previous one.

After the Skyfire Beast fired tens of thousands of fireballs, turning the first line of defense at Yumen Pass into a sea of ​​fire, the heavenly army to the west began to blow the horn of charge.

Some soldiers passed through the reserved observation hole and saw countless reorganized Celestial Legions appearing darkly in the wilderness to the west.

There are so many people that you can't see the edge at a glance, like a black tide rushing towards Yumen Pass.

The flames at the Yumenguan defense line were so intense that even the stones seemed to be burning.

In the flames, the dull sound of war drums suddenly sounded.

At this moment, the genius was bright and Zhao Zian was still sleeping. When he heard the sound of war drums, he jumped up and immediately got out of bed.

Since the second Gate of Catastrophe appeared, Zhao Zian rarely took off his armor. Even when sleeping, he still wore his armor.

In fact, as the coach of the three armed forces, he does not need to be like this.

But he just wants to tell his subordinates through his actions that he is on guard every day to prevent his subordinates from relaxing.

Zhao Zian held the handle of the knife and said, "What's going on?"

A General Xuanjia walked in quickly from outside the tent.

The black armored general was tall, with a beard all over his face, and even the black armor could not completely cover his body. It seemed that every bulging muscle in his body contained powerful power.

General Xuanjia clasped his fists and said, "Commander, the enemy has begun attacking the pass again."

Zhao Zian nodded and said, "Let's go to the Que Tower."

Que Tower is actually the commanding heights of the third line of defense. Zhao Zian changed it into an observation room and gave it a nice name, Que Tower.

The sound of war drums coming from the front line of defense was the best rallying order. There was no need for Zhao Zian to send someone to convey the message. Senior generals and staff living in nearby caves or tents hurriedly came out.

Seeing Zhao Zian walking toward the Que Tower, these people didn't say anything and followed him quickly.

Not long after, dozens of senior staff appeared behind Zhao Zian.

These staff members include veteran generals who were born in the army, as well as Confucian scholars who are not very capable but are well versed in military literature.

They are all Zhao Zian's think tanks, giving advice to Zhao Zian and helping Zhao Zian manage the 30 million troops in Yumen Pass, as well as a large number of civilians.

These people are just staff and have no real power.

Those who really have real power are the mighty generals or the generals who govern the country.

The mighty general has an army of one hundred thousand, and the general who governs the country has one million soldiers. These generals who hold real power usually stay in their own troops, eating and sleeping with their subordinates. They will only come when Zhao Zian summons the leading generals for a meeting, otherwise they will not leave easily

of his own troops.

It can be seen from this that Zhao Zian is indeed good at managing troops.

Arriving at the high-altitude Que Tower, one can have a panoramic view of the movements of the heavenly army to the west.

Zhao Zian's brows gradually wrinkled when he saw that the Heavenly Army had dispatched tens of thousands of people this time.

He knew that from today on, there would be no more peaceful days at Yumen Pass.

The scouts quickly collected specific information about the Celestial Army's operation.

A captain said: "Commander, this time the Phantom has sent four armies to attack the pass, including one army of the Giant Army, one army of the Madman Army, and two armies of the Skeleton Army."

Zhao Zian nodded, then squinted his eyes and looked at the billowing dust and smoke rising from the plain area to the west.

The senior staff behind Zhao Zian began to discuss in low voices.

They all seemed shocked that Phantom actually sent out so many people.

The Xuanjia general who had been following Zhao Zian said: "Phantom still hasn't sent out the bull-headed horse face?"

The captain shook his head slightly and said: "There is currently no sign of the Netherworld Legion dispatching."

A senior staff member wearing Confucian robes said: "Four armies and eight divisions, nearly 60,000 troops, this phantom should not be a probing attack."

An old general beside him said, "If it is a main attack, the Netherworld Army should not be left behind."

Everyone was puzzled.

The organization of the army in heaven is different from that in the human world.

Many counting methods in the human world usually use the decimal system.

For example, squad leader, platoon leader, centurion, thousand-man leader, etc.

The heavenly world uses the sexagenary system.

Sixty people are one Jia, six Jia are one Fu, two Fu are one Dept., and two Depts are one Army.

The number of people in one Army, including combatants, firemen, the personal soldiers of the army commander, and logistics support personnel, adds up to about 14,000 people.

This time, Phantom sent the four armies to attack Yumen Pass head-on, and the number of people dispatched was about 56,000.

This is dozens of times stronger than sending only a few full-strength Fu and a thousand to attack Yumen Pass before.

Obviously, Phantom is not feinting or testing.

But why did Phantom delay the dispatch of the huge Netherworld Army?

Millions of Bull-Headed and Horse-Faced Warriors from the underworld have not really fought in the battlefield of the Western Regions. Until now, Zhao Zian and others have not been able to directly evaluate the combat effectiveness of Bull-Headed and Horse-Faced Warriors.

This is the first time in a million years that the Heaven Realm has mobilized Bull-Headed and Horse-Faced Warriors to fight in the human world, and there is no experience to follow.

The Bull-Headed and Horse-Faced Warriors have not taken action yet, and Zhao Zian and others have always felt very uncertain.

After a few discussions, someone reminded Zhao Zian that the Phantom might attack Yumen Pass in full today, so he still had to prepare for it.

There is no need to worry about the army on the ground.

Yumen Pass has high walls and many soldiers. Phantom wants to take Yumen Pass with only tens of thousands of troops from the four armies and eight divisions. This is a daydream.

What we need to guard against is not the threat from the ground, but the threat from the sky. The multiple lines of defense of Yumen Pass must be prepared to deal with the attack of the six-winged army.