Realm of Power

The army is rolling in. Lanzhi City is an isolated city in front of the Long family army. The low earth wall has just been overthrown by the first row of Long family infantry who arrived. The earth is still collapsing and flying, and then the imperial crossbows are like rain. hit the advancing queue,

"ah"

The Long family soldiers suddenly fell on their backs, and the light infantry at the front who was responsible for clearing the roadblocks were even more unbearable. In front of the powerful imperial crossbows, a whole group of soldiers seemed to have hit the wall headfirst, and were hit by the roaring crossbows. The same thing hit the human body, and the arrows shot into it crazily. The human body exploded with bright red human blood. The Imperial Army's special Mitsubishi armor-piercing arrowhead was a sharp armor-breaking weapon. Even heavy armor with poor defense could hardly block it. Moreover, these Long Family light infantrymen didn't even have iron pieces on their bodies. Just some thin clothes, the better ones are covered with half a piece of hard leather armor,

There are only so many resources in the southwest, and concentrated iron ore is a precious material used to forge weapons. With the Long family's large-scale military expansion, weapons and ordnance have long been insufficient. What's more, the main force of the Long family marched north, taking away most of the weapon inventory. , to put it bluntly, these light infantry are just miscellaneous soldiers used to troubleshoot problems. They can have a side. The shield is pretty good. Only those at the captain level are qualified to wear the Long family's leather armor. With such a weak defense, when the front end of the imperial crossbow is shot through by the sharp triangle, there are many people who directly penetrate the body. The crossbow arrow penetrates the human body and explodes. The blood mist that was opened even caused the advancing Long family light infantry behind to pause for a moment.

But there was only a pause. The hundreds of thousands of troops attacked fiercely. The casualties in front of them were not even counted in the previous battle. Go forward, go forward, capture Lanzhi City. The Long family's passionate orders came one after another, driving the light troops in front. The infantry opened the way, followed by the Long family's regular army,

The iron armor of the real Long family flashed with a cold metallic light in the rain. The cold faces of the regular Long family soldiers were full of depression before the war, and both pairs of eyes were red.

"Hold on, stay in line?"

The captains of the Long family shouted loudly to their subordinates, and coldly raised their feet to cross over the fallen corpses in front of them. They had long heard that the Imperial Army Formation was a defensive array suitable for both near and far. Even the attack of the prairie cavalry could take up a small amount of time. It’s less than half cheaper. The only way is to queue up They fought in formation and collapsed the imperial army from the front. Therefore, even though these regular Long family troops could clearly see a black line of imperial crossbowmen in front of them, they still moved forward steadily and orderly. However, those who were responsible for clearing the roadblocks in front of them The light infantry complained endlessly.

We're already within a hundred meters, why aren't the ones behind us rushing? The light infantrymen were all moaning and cursing in their hearts, facing the rain of arrows coming towards them, crying without tears. They originally thought that as soon as they entered a hundred meters, the regular army behind them would pass over the clearing troops and launch a fierce attack in the direction of Lanzhi City, so they forced themselves to do so. He was facing forward with his scalp hanging, listening to the screams of his companions who were hit by arrows. Some of them fell down angrily after being hit by arrow clusters.

"Stand still in three columns, follow the order, aim at the light infantry in front, and shoot"

Facing the Long family's army that was covering up like a tide, the imperial crossbowmen fired their crossbows again with steady hands. In their eyes, they completely ignored the other Long family troops. The only target they raised to aim was the one at the front of the queue. Even if the light infantry only needs to raise their crossbows toward the sky, they can use arcs to hit the Long Family regular army behind the light infantry. All the imperial crossbowmen still just keep shooting straight.

shoot! shoot! shoot! The imperial crossbow has been improved several times, and the rate of fire has been increased to the level of three or four rounds per minute. The bow string trembles again and again, and every time the crossbow arrows fly out, they are like death scythes, easily harvesting the Long family's light infantry. life,

Why, when we are at such a distance, why don't you attack? You really have to use us all as cannon fodder before you are willing to do it?

The Long family's light infantry were in an uproar. They had no protection. Under the special care from the opposite side, they fell one piece at a time. The sound of bone cracking caused by the arrow clusters was so creepy. The sharp bloody arrows The sound that shoots through the back of a person's head without any hindrance is like the sound of breaking a solid shell,

The Long family's light infantry kept falling down, their confused pupils full of confusion, the people who were half-kneeling on the ground after being hit by arrows, bright red human blood dripping from the wounds, the lifeless corpses were covered with arrow clusters, and some The corpse was floating in the rain, and a large amount of human blood was floating on it like a thick layer of oil. The brush quickly gathered into the low-lying land and turned into a shocking red. A distance of more than a hundred meters actually caused the Long family's attack line to briefly stop again. The fallen corpses were piled on top of each other. There were actually four to five thousand of them, so that the Long family soldiers who were behind them couldn't find a place to set foot.

"What is the Imperial Army doing!"

A general of the Long family looked at the corpses of the Long family's light infantry in front of him. He frowned slightly and murmured in a low voice. The other party was obviously deliberately killing the light infantry! Why? Not to mention that the soldiers of the Long family couldn't figure it out, even the generals of the Long family were confused by the scene in front of them. There is nothing wrong with inflicting maximum damage on the enemy on the battlefield, but this precious long-range attack advantage is completely consumed by troops with no combat power. Yes, that would be stupid. The Long family has been in a series of wars in the past two years, and the Long family general group that emerged from it can also be regarded as shining stars. Each of them has considerable combat experience.

But the scene in front of them really made them feel dumbfounded. It was not that the Imperial Army's attack was too fierce, but that the Imperial Army's attack was completely incomprehensible, as if they originally thought that a fierce general would jump out in front of them. , who knew but a newbie who didn’t know the so-called jumped out?

Do you really think that killing more people means victory?

What a joke, these light infantry are just miscellaneous soldiers and have no combat effectiveness at all. No matter how many casualties they kill, how much impact will it have on the entire battle? On the contrary, the distance advantage of more than 100 meters is like a life-and-death line for the Imperial Army, which is good at long-range. The opponent's poor performance made the Long Family Army, who originally thought they would have to pay a heavy price, secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The Empire The army commander with no combat experience actually squandered such a precious 100-meter advantage! The line of life and death that could have made the Long family's regular army pay the price was now used to kill and injure the useless Long family's light infantry on a large scale!

Isn’t this a God-given opportunity?

Don’t wait any longer, go over there and you’ll find Lanzhi City! The eyes of the Long family generals were all bright, and they were full of excitement and loudly ordered the troops. There was no need to hide behind the light infantry anymore. The generals began to issue orders to their respective troops. The Long family regular army behind the light infantry finally started exert force

"Kill" shook the earth, and the long spears with cold light began to be lowered in rows, "Move forward, for Zhongbia, for the Long family, expel the aliens!" The Long family soldiers shouting slogans began to surpass the light infantry in front, As veterans of many battles with the prairie army who are good at archery, these regular armies know very well that the advantage of archers lies in long range. As long as they get close, these imperial crossbow archers are waiting to be slaughtered.

Within a hundred meters, the world is dominated by the imperial crossbows. Beyond this hundred-meter barrier, it is the world of the Long family. They can attack Lanzhi City in one go. At that time, even if the imperial army has the ability to reach the sky, they will have no choice but to give up on Lanzhi. ,

In the direction of Lanzhi City, Bai Wufeng watched with cold eyes as the Long family's regular army began to cross the front, having thrown away the light-armed infantry who had cleared the obstacles in front. The light-armed infantry who had suffered heavy losses had obviously slowed down, making these howling soldiers Regular troops go first

"The Long family has taken the bait and can order everyone to retreat." He turned around and waved to the messenger behind him. Lanzhi City has no external walls, which is its biggest weakness. Originally, Bai Wufeng had decided to abandon Lanzhi City, but the request from the emperor The order required Bai Wufeng to guard Lanzhi City. Bai Wufeng was in a bit of trouble, but the emperor's combat intention followed the next day, along with a defense map of Lanzhi City. Looking at the confused Bai Wufeng, his eyes fell on the defense map, and he was immediately stunned. His whole back was cold. On this defense map, there was still the undefendable Lanzhi City. It was like a dragnet. The place of death was simply too insidious. The insidious Lian Bai Wufeng suspected that the emperor's intention to encourage the expansion of Lanzhi City was to lead the Long family into this big hole. "Woooo" the horn sound representing retreat resounded through the heavy rain in Lanzhi City. The crossbow shooters on the periphery began to evacuate and quickly disappeared into the streets of Lanzhi City. When they saw the imperial army in front of them trying to run away, the Long Family regular army was already approaching the periphery of Lanzhi. Naturally, I don't want to.

"Catch up." The swooping regular army of the Long family rushed directly into the streets of Lanzhi City. As a result, they were greeted by earthen fortresses built on the streets and alleys of the two places. On top were Imperial heavy infantry wearing heavy armor, and a handful of Empire's The heavy guns raised densely packed spear points in front, which was normal in the Long family. While the army was still in a daze, the crossbow shooters from the rooftops on both sides of the street strangled the Long family soldiers below with staggered shots. Arrows flew down like a rainstorm, and even the shouts of fighting that shook the sky just now were heard. For a moment, everything between heaven and earth seemed to be quiet for a moment. Then there were all kinds of shouts, fights, screams and screams that doubled in number!

"There is an ambush, retreat quickly"

The Long Jiajun who rushed into the street felt something was wrong, but it was over. They saw people swishing out of the roofs on both sides of the street. It was not that they had never been attacked by arrows, but they did not expect to be so passive. The opponent was condescending, shooting arrows directly at the vital points of the body, even a shield could block it. Unable to help it, the sudden encounter made the Long family soldiers feel like a strong man forcing a beautiful woman into an alley. Unexpectedly, the beautiful woman with no way out in front of her suddenly transformed into a mace in her hand. , beating them all over the head and face, they looked to both sides in horror, densely packed with imperial crossbowmen.

The soldiers of the Long family who wanted to figure out the situation were hit by arrows that were like lightning. "Pfft," a Long family officer who shouted that there was an ambush was shot through the protection of his helmet by the falling sharp arrows. On the forehead, the corpse fell heavily to the ground. Even in the cold weapon era, both sides Fighting in formation, charging forward, such a shameless ambush is rare, and as these elite soldiers of the Long family pressed the bottom of the box, three to four thousand people were filled in at once. When the generals of the Long family behind felt By the time it was wrong, more than 3,000 casualties had been reported.

"Pull everyone back first, and immediately send someone to figure out the situation in the city!"

Veteran General Long Shan's livid face looked like he wanted to eat someone. He didn't expect that the Imperial Army would actually set up an ambush in Lanzhi City, and use the chessboard-like streets of Lanzhi City to set up such a killing spree. The person who died this time was not a random soldier. But the real combat power of the Long family is the number of Elite soldiers trained by the Long family in the past years of fighting with the prairie people. Such soldiers have experienced several battles. They possess combat experience and tenacity, as well as equipped with sophisticated weapons. Their loyalty to the Long family is even ten thousand years old. Even a miscellaneous soldier cannot be exchanged for one.

In the Long family's headquarters, there are definitely no more than 30,000 such elites. This is the real backbone of the Long family's Western Army. But just now, they filled up 3,000 at once, and one-tenth of them were lost like this. It's pitiful. These Long family warriors don’t even understand the internal situation of Lanzhi City.

Longshan could only order to temporarily set up camp

"The other side had implemented full martial law three days ago, evacuated the people in the city, blocked all the streets with earthen ramparts, and heavily guarded them. There were crossbowmen on the heights of the houses on both sides, and wooden planks were built as passages. , you can pass at will... It is conservatively estimated that the imperial garrison in the city is no less than 20,000 people." "And I also saw heavy ballistas deployed in important streets. Because I didn't dare to go too deep, that's all I got." A scout who had sneaked back knelt in the tent, making all the Long family generals dumbfounded. The dignified Imperial Army actually resorted to such tactics. The generals of the Long Family Army were twitching from the corners of their eyes.

What an undefended Lanzhi City, this is basically a super large fortress. The intention of the imperial army to fire at the light soldiers in front of them has become quite obvious at this time. It is to lure the regular elites of the Long family into street fighting. "A The general of the Long family said angrily.

"The situation in Lanzhi City is unclear. If we attack without authorization, we will probably fall into a passive position. Attack Lanzhi by force. How many lives will be lost after we take down these streets one by one? Even though our Long family has many troops, we cannot sacrifice them in vain like this." "Drop it." A Long family general looked at Longshan with a serious face. More than 100,000 Long family troops came to take Lanzhi City with great interest. No one expected such a result.

"Are you kidding? Just because thousands of people died, hundreds of thousands of troops dare not move forward?" Longshan's face was gloomy, and he snorted heavily, stood up, and looked at the northwest map on the wall. Liang Liang said in a cold voice, "I know this battle is hard and even requires human lives, but moving forward, Lanzhi City is an unavoidable existence. Only by capturing Lanzhi City can we advance." Northwest, withdraw the troops? This time, our Long family came out in full force, gathering all the troops from the Long family's base camp, and just went back in despair. What's the difference between being slapped hard in the face, not to mention embarrassing? The most important thing is that I am afraid that the series of invincible achievements made by the main force of the Long family since the northwest will be lost because of this battle. The Long family cannot afford to lose this face! (To be continued.)