Volume 5 Chapter 15 Win or Lose
Through this guerrilla tactic, I, with only 2,000 soldiers, pinned down the 80,000-strong army of Jiucheng on the outskirts of Pojun City. Of course, I couldn't delay them for too long, because with every harassment attack, there were always some knights who were unfortunately killed. We couldn't replenish our troops here, and one less person was one less. When our numbers were not enough to break through the opponent's formation, it would be difficult to pose a threat to the Jiucheng troops.
I led the remaining 600 men and launched two more attacks. The commander of the front army of Jiucheng was also afraid of the power of our cavalry. Moreover, his cavalry division in the front army had suffered heavy casualties. Although he could transfer some cavalry from the middle and rear army, if they came too few, they would not be a match. If they came too many, he was afraid that the enemy would have ambushes. The middle and rear army did not have enough mobile forces to protect them. What if they were severely damaged? So he simply sent all the melee troops to form a defensive square around us, and the long-range troops huddled inside, shooting wildly when they saw us show our heads.
I charged twice, but with little effect. I failed to break through the enemy's defense line again, and instead lost over 200 men. At this time, each of the four squadrons that attacked the center and rear army had only 20 to 30 cavalrymen left, and the combined strength was less than 100. They were no longer able to launch an attack on the enemy.
But my goal has been achieved. Calculating the time, I have delayed them for nearly an hour. Moreover, the enemy's formation is not conducive to marching, and the forward speed is as slow as a turtle. So I gathered all the troops together, showing a little face from time to time, which made the enemy cavalry want to chase but dare not, and they dare not change the formation at will to speed up the march.
So the two sides dawdled in this wilderness. When the enemy finally determined that we had only 500 men left and no other ambushes nearby, two complete cavalry divisions came in furious pursuit, and the main force moved forward quickly without hesitation. However, more than half an hour had passed since the scheduled start of the battle, and they had not even reached halfway. By the time they arrived at Yinyue, the reinforcements from all the gangs would have arrived. Why should they fear the attack from Jiucheng? Since my mission was successfully completed, I would not be stupid enough to fight against the enemy's 4,000 cavalry. I led my subordinates to escape! Jiucheng lost because they were not familiar with the road and never caught up with us. They watched the enemy slip away and cursed in anger.
I escaped back to the headquarters successfully, and someone immediately came up to report to me: The Thunder Regiment successfully completed mission number one with very few casualties, and is advancing towards target number two!
"Bang!" I couldn't help but snap my fingers. It was so beautiful! In order to cooperate with the Thunder Group's mission, I immediately teleported to Pojun City and submitted an application to the system NPC.
It turned out that before setting out to attack the Nine Cities troops, I applied to the system and declared war on a small gang affiliated with the Iron Blood Alliance!
At the same time, the Thunder Corps advanced at full speed towards the base of that small gang. I chose the target carefully. This small gang is not too far away from the Thunder Alliance, and the Thunder Corps can arrive within an hour!
The timing was perfect. As soon as the war started, the Thunder Regiment appeared in front of the gate of the enemy's base. At this time, all the troops of the small gangs affiliated with the Iron Blood Alliance had been withdrawn to attack Sui Yue Qing Kuang. There were not many defensive personnel left in the base. Although the enemy had received the declaration of war an hour ago, Sui Yue was far away in the south of Pojun City. They could not get back to defend in time. As a result, they were defeated by the Thunder Regiment. In less than twenty minutes, they took down the enemy's headquarters!
According to the plan, if the Thunder Regiment suffered heavy losses in the attack, they would immediately rush back to the headquarters to rest; if their combat power was still intact, they would continue to attack the second target!
This series of actions targeted the opponent's weaknesses, and the Iron Blood Alliance had no countermeasures. More than an hour later, the second gang was also successfully captured by the Thunder Group!
At this time, news came from Sui Yue that the Iron Blood Alliance could not break through the coalition's defense line even a step after several fierce attacks, and finally admitted defeat and retreated!
However, we did not win a complete victory... Han Jiang is back, and most of him and his eight thousand subordinates came from the Samsara Hall of our alliance.
Silver Moon has fallen!
It took Han Jiang more than an hour to lead 8,000 troops to reach the Yinyue base after rushing. At this time, the Jiucheng army was still halfway on the way due to being blocked by our cavalry!
But what Han Jiang saw was that a large number of enemy troops had broken through the Yinyue defense line, and the Yinyue defenders were relying on various buildings in the garrison to make a final desperate resistance!
It turns out that the Nine Cities sent out not only their own 80,000 troops! It can even be said that these 80,000 people were just used to attract our attention. They expected to be intercepted halfway!
The status of the Ninth City in Lianzhen City is similar to that of the Iron Blood Alliance in Pojun City. It has many small gangs affiliated with it. This time, the Ninth City mobilized most of the troops of these small gangs and sneaked into the Pojun City beforehand. Since the intelligence organizations of various gangs generally do not pay attention to these small gangs, they were concealed from the eyes and ears of all the gangs in our alliance. These small gangs were divided into small groups and marched towards the Yinyue base separately, and would not gather together until the time for war had arrived. In an instant, they formed an army of 200,000!
These small gangs under Jiucheng are not like the Iron Blood Alliance that were recently conquered, with their organization, management and coordination still in a mess. They have long been under the Jiucheng and have been cooperating and fighting for a long time. When they cooperate, they are no worse than an army of 200,000 under the unified command of a complete large gang. Their combat effectiveness is much stronger than the ragtag army of the Iron Blood Alliance, and Yinyue has only a pitiful 50,000 defenders at this time!
This was also due to the fact that Yin Yue's boss Meng Tian Bingyue had only opened one transmission channel from his faction to Pojun City in the past in order to save money, and it had never been upgraded and could only transmit one hundred people per minute. This time when the alliance was established, each gang had to build a secondary channel leading to the Pure Land in Troubled Times, and he was quite reluctant. If it were not for the unified regulations, he would not have been willing to open this channel. Therefore, the throughput capacity of Yin Yue Guanghua's transmission array was only six hundred people per minute.
Although other gangs in the alliance had prepared a large number of reinforcements, they could only send a maximum of 36,000 people to Silver Moon within an hour. Together with the 20,000 troops they left behind, the total number was only more than 50,000.
This amount of troops was obviously not enough to defend against the attack of an army of 200,000. In less than half an hour, all the fortifications were breached!
I don't know whether Wu Meng, the boss of Jiucheng, took into account the limited number of Silver Moon Channels and chose him as the target. If so, his intelligence capabilities and strategies should not be underestimated!
Han Jiang is a taciturn person who often looks cold, but he is actually very brave and no less lonely. Moreover, he never compromises when carrying out the tasks assigned to him!
If someone else took charge of the army and found that things were impossible, he might have to withdraw his troops to maintain his strength. But since Han Jiang received the order to lead the troops to support Yin Yue, he led his troops to attack without hesitation!
The Nine Cities coalition forces were thrown into a slight panic by the sudden attack from behind by this fresh force. The morale of the Silver Moon defense forces was boosted, and they almost turned the tide of the battle!
However, this coalition army was actually commanded by Wu Meng, the boss of Jiucheng himself!
Wu Meng is extremely talented in military affairs. He quickly turned the attack on Yinyue Headquarters into defense and at the same time sent out the reserve force, the most elite force under Jiucheng, the "Great Wall"!
The status of the Great Wall in the Nine Cities is equivalent to that of the Thunder Corps in the Thunder Alliance, but the guiding ideology of its army building is completely opposite to that of the Thunder Corps. I formed the Thunder Corps in the hope of having a powerful field force that can be used for attacks at any time, and changing the passive situation of the Thunder Alliance, which has only a defensive posture when attacked by others due to its small number of people. Therefore, the Thunder Corps focuses on offense in training, and they do have super strong offensive power. Although it does not mean that the Thunder Corps cannot be used for defense, but relatively speaking, they are strong in offense and weak in defense, and even when defending, they apply the tactics of offense as defense. This has not changed even after the Thunder Alliance has grown stronger.
The Great Wall is an iron wall force carefully built by the Nine Cities! Whether it is defending the city or forming a defense line in the field, they have unparalleled defense power. All members are heavily armored. Although there are a few magicians and archers, they are also selected for their high physical strength and HP. They are considered to be the kind that can withstand attacks among players of the same profession.
In a word, the function of the Great Wall is to defend, defend, and defend. It is impossible for any commander to use them to launch an active attack!
Sacrificing offensive capability in exchange for super strong defensive power, Wu Meng sent this army out to block Han Jiang's attack!
It is worthy of the name of the Great Wall, even though there are only 5,000 people, and even though they did not form a thick array to expand the defense range, no matter how hard Han Jiang attacked, he could not break through that seemingly thin line of defense!
After stabilizing the battle situation in the rear, Wu Meng no longer gave Yin Yue any chance. The army launched a fierce attack like a tide, and the remaining soldiers of Yin Yue were finally unable to resist. Although support troops continued to come out of the teleportation array, they were far less than the speed of loss. When the location of the teleportation array was also captured, the defenders completely lost their fighting spirit, and the headquarters soon fell!
At this moment, Han Jiang's mission has failed, but even if he wants to retreat now, he can't!
At some point, Wu Meng sent out two teams of 10,000 people, which quietly encircled us from both wings, went around behind us, and surrounded Han Jiang's 8,000 troops!
The 20,000-strong army was like a heavy hammer, and the 50 million-mile Great Wall was like an anvil. Han Jiang's troops were caught in the middle, enduring one hammer after another. Especially after the fall of the Yinyue headquarters, the 200,000-strong army surrounded them. A single salvo from the long-range troops was enough to wipe out more than a thousand of Han Jiang's men!
In the end, only one or two out of a hundred were able to escape from this tight net, and the rest were wiped out!
When Han Jiang was resurrected, the Thunder Group had just conquered the first gang and was heading towards the second target. After he reported the battle situation, the Thunder Alliance headquarters fell silent. The Alliance had been doing very well recently, but suddenly lost 8,000 people in a battle. More importantly, it was the first time that the tactical goal was not achieved. Although that was because the ratio between the enemy and us was too disproportionate, it was still a big blow to us.
I frowned slightly. It would not be a good thing if everyone's morale was low because of this. Fortunately, at this moment, the Thunder Group sent back news that the second gang had also been captured. This good news finally made everyone happy again.
Too many things happened today, and everyone's mood was up and down, so I said calmly: "Hanjiang, you have worked hard. Today our alliance has made a good harvest and conquered two gangs. It's late now, everyone should go back and rest, and make a battle summary tomorrow."
The next day, before I had time to make a summary within the alliance, a notice came from the Pure Land in Chaos, asking the leaders of each gang to go there and convene an alliance meeting. In fact, this was indeed necessary, so I rushed over immediately.
Meng Tian Bingyue, the former leader of Yinyue Guanghua, whose gang has been disbanded, was also there. Seeing his grown man's expression that looked like he was about to cry, I couldn't help but feel sympathy for him. I knew very well how hard and difficult it was to build a gang, and Yinyue was reluctant to even spend the money to build an extra transmission channel. I guess Bingyue was not a rich man either. Now, not only has all his efforts been wasted, but the financial loss is also incalculable.
However, what is rather strange is that although all the bosses spoke to comfort Bingyue, I saw that except for three or four people who had worried expressions, most of the others only spoke a few empty words. Few people were worried about the destruction of Yinyue and the heavy blow suffered by the Grand Alliance. One or two people even had a smug look on their faces!
Sure enough, when the leader of Fengchi Tianxia Laiqu Rufeng spoke, he said, "Brother Bingyue, you don't have to be too sad. I have helped you get a small revenge. Last night, when the Iron Blood Alliance attacked Sui Yue, I secretly sent troops to the Fire Dance Sect and took them down. I finally wiped out a force that depended on the Iron Blood Alliance. As long as my great alliance works together, we can always wipe out those small gangs one by one, and finally launch a general attack on the Iron Blood Alliance. After that, we will send troops to the Nine Cities and we will definitely destroy the other party to avenge you!"
These words may seem comforting, but in fact they are like another stab in the heart for Meng Tian Bingyue. Yin Yue was destroyed, but you took advantage of it and are showing it off?
However, coming and going like the wind was just the beginning. The bosses of various gangs expressed their opinions one after another. One said, "I have destroyed a certain faction," and another said, "I have destroyed a certain gang." A total of eight gangs launched a counterattack last night and took down the eight small gangs under the Iron Blood Alliance!
Humph, what a big alliance! No boss actually informed others before such a big event. I'm afraid they all hope that they are the only ones who can come up with this clever idea, and the other bosses are all idiots. Why don't they take the opportunity to expand their power?
But, hey, my style is not more noble than theirs! And when it comes to picking peaches, the fastest ones are the Thunder Alliance!
I raised my eyebrows and said, "I am not very talented, but I also destroyed two gangs under the Iron Blood Alliance last night. If Brother Bingyue is confident that he can make a comeback, I am willing to lend you a helping hand. Brother, you can apply to establish a gang again. As long as it becomes a subsidiary gang of the Thunder Alliance in name, I can transfer one of the bases to you to save your construction funds. You can also call back all the old brothers from Yinyue, and you may be able to do something. If you want to set up your own gang in the future, I will have no objection (Note 1)."
The gang leaders were shocked at first, and then they regretted it greatly. Why didn't they think of this idea? They even mocked and provoked Bingyue. Yinyue Guanghua was a big gang with tens of thousands of people. They thought that since they were disbanded, they would disappear from the sky. Mengtian Bingyue would also fall from being a gang leader to an ordinary player with no power. Everyone looked down on him, so even if they comforted him, it was just a courtesy. Some people even said something with thorns. Unexpectedly, I provided him with a chance. Bingyue could make a comeback. Although it was impossible to recall all the original gang members, those who were willing to return to his side must be loyal backbones. Their strength should not be underestimated. Yinyue became a subsidiary gang of Jinglei League, which greatly increased the power of Jinglei League!
Meng Tian Bingyue was surprised and delighted when she heard this. There are many people who add icing on the cake, but it is precious to help others in times of need. Therefore, she was grateful to me and kept thanking me.
Everyone felt a little uncomfortable, but for the sake of face they had to congratulate Bingyue and compliment me a lot, saying that I was eager to do good and help people in need, etc. Of course I had heard these words.
Then the alliance meeting was formally held. After summarizing, the battle was evenly split. The coalition forces of Iron Blood and Nine Cities achieved their strategic goal and conquered a gang of the Grand Alliance, but their losses were probably much greater than they expected. Eleven of the thirty-four gangs under the Iron Blood Alliance were destroyed in one fell swoop (there was also the one that declared war on Time. Because the attack on Time failed, the gang was disbanded and its base was also accepted by Little Demon)!
For the big alliance, the main loss is prestige. A big gang was destroyed in the first battle. The other neutral small gangs in Pojun City will probably be more optimistic about the strength of Tiexue and Jiucheng. If they side with them, we will be in trouble!
The countermeasure we came up with is to intensify the publicity about the destruction of eleven gangs by the Iron Blood Alliance. This will serve as a deterrent to those small gangs. We can't do anything to the Iron Blood Alliance itself for the time being, but you little cats and shrimps, the big alliance can destroy whomever it wants, so don't stand on the wrong side!
Both sides dispatched a large number of troops in this battle. The total casualties of the Iron Blood Alliance, the Nine Cities Alliance, and the Grand Alliance exceeded 300,000, and a large amount of money was consumed. Both sides felt a little exhausted, so they kept their troops in place for the next few days, accumulating strength and preparing for the next battle!
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Note 1: Subsidiary gangs are different from allied gangs. The two sides have a hierarchical relationship, and only the subordinate gangs and the leading gangs can transfer their bases, as long as a handling fee is paid to the system.
