Chapter 876: Running around
The people in the city were frightened by the rumbling explosions and the deafening shouts of killing, and they hid in their homes and did not dare to come out.
Chima County is the forefront of the battle line of the Yuanhe Empire, the number of defenders here is naturally a lot, there are nearly 100,000, the Dongsheng Empire side, only 50,000 only, although the number of people is at an absolute disadvantage, but the morale and combat effectiveness are far higher than the other party, especially the bombardment of twenty airships, has bombarded the morale of the Yuanhe Empire to the point of nothing, the result is that the defenders of the Yuanhe Empire held on for less than an hour, after losing tens of thousands of soldiers, the commander here decisively ordered to abandon the city, and retreat east to Qingxia County to make plans.
Chima County was recovered, the people in the county cheered, but the forbidden army did not have time to enjoy this glory that belonged to them, and took a short rest, leaving a minimum number of men to maintain law and order, guarding the prisoners of war, and the rest of the men and horses immediately set off and marched east with the defeated army.
Most of the forbidden troops are equipped with war horses, but even so, the speed is still far inferior to the air force, so they can only pick up leaks in the back and easily annihilate Xiao Gu's rout. Twenty airships have been following the head of the rout army in Chima County, constantly bombing, destroying the will of the other party, harvesting the lives of the other party, occasionally because of nervousness or excitement, some airships did not control the height well, and were shot by bows and arrows on the ground, but they received almost no damage, those bows and arrows were all strong outer armor At the moment, only one of the grenadiers was scratched by the bow and arrow when he stretched out the window when he threw the bomb.
The ghost of the airship overhead did not disperse, and the rout army on the ground had no choice but to disperse and flee, and as a result, the airship in the sky was also scattered, and the two planes formed a formation and continued to bomb the rout with a large number of routs.
In this way, the rout army was separated again, turned into a smaller group, this time, the incendiary bombs of the air force are not very useful, but the Dongsheng Empire is not only the air force, but there are a large number of cavalry to follow up, as a result, these small units in the face of cavalry troops and even the power of resistance were annihilated one by one, I was spared, and in the end only a few thousand people successfully escaped into Qingxia County, and none of the rest were spared, all killed, yes, the forbidden army of the Dongsheng Empire did not leave a living mouth, and there was no time to collect prisoners of war, they were all killed.
At the same time, Yuqing's main air force has arrived in Rizhao County, and without waiting for the ground troops to arrive, Yuqing directly ordered the bombing, beating the enemy army to the point that they had no power to fight back, and lost the heart of resistance, but they did not flee, they hid in the city, their main general was very shrewd, knowing that as long as they stayed in the city and used the people as hostages, these air forces would not dare to throw the canister of fire oil again.
Soon after the stalemate, the ground troops arrived, easily occupied the city wall and started a street battle with the enemy, at this time, the air force was useless, leaving ten airships in case of emergency, Yuqing ordered the other airships to resupply in the air, replenish the incendiary bombs consumed, and then levitate in the sky over Rizhao County and began to enjoy a delicious lunch. The ground was in full swing, but the air force in the sky began to eat leisurely, all of which seemed so weird.
Lunch, is the marching food carried at the time of departure, the food of the air force is good, the flatbread baked overnight, the taste and taste are quite good, pickles, not ordinary pickle gnocchi, there are a lot of cured meat in it, the taste, indescribable fragrant.
A quarter of an hour to eat, the supply was completed, the battle on the ground had continued for a long time, and after Yuqing communicated with the ground troops, he left ten airships on guard, and rushed to the last lost place with the remaining airships, Weixian.
The commander of the ground forces is Chen Xin, Yuqing's speed like thunder and lightning chasing the wind caught Chen Xin off guard and helpless, so he could only follow the wild chase on the ground, as a result, when they rushed to Weixian without rest all night, the city wall of Weixian County had become a sea of fire, no way, go on, Chen Xin was angry and raised his middle finger at the airship that lit up the searchlight in the sky to illuminate his siege troops, and ordered the siege of the city.
Two days, it took only two days, the lost territory of the Dongsheng Empire was all recovered, the Yuanhe Empire suffered heavy losses, there were almost no prisoners, and the 300,000 troops only fled back less than 100,000, so far, the first step of the counteroffensive plan to regain the lost territory was successfully completed, and all the troops ushered in a day of repair time after the high-intensity operation, replenished consumption, stored physical strength, and prepared for the more difficult counterattack that was about to begin.
The time of the day passed quickly, the soldiers were still in the excitement of a big victory, the first two days of the battle can be said to be the most exciting day they have been soldiers, for the forbidden army, many of them are the first time to set foot on the battlefield, such a one-sided battle makes them more confident, is to chase the air force to run, the physical strength is a little not enough, the officers feel that they have lost face, and secretly decided to go back and practice well.
For the Dongzhou Army, which has been fighting all year round, this battle is too easy, there is no suspense, and it is the easiest battle since being a soldier.
After the repair, Yuan Fang, Yuqing, and the two fronts marched eastward again, Yuan Fang and Tang Jian Changxun cooperated tacitly, and the momentum was like a bamboo, and wherever they went, they would rather the defenders have no power to resist.
On the Yuqing side, after Chen Xin's earnest and pleading talk, Yuqing finally slowed down, and now, the army finally breathed a sigh of relief, and no longer had to catch up with the footsteps of the air force tired and out of breath.
Yuqing and Chen Xin's side is relatively smoother than Yuan Fang's side, they are a real counterattack, attacking the territory of the Yuan and Empire, each city is the people of the Yuan and Empire, the air force no longer has any scruples, and there is no need to worry about accidentally injuring its own people, it is a wild bombardment, until the other party opens the city and surrenders.
When the emperor of the Yuanhe Empire and the Emperor of the Rather Empire got the news, the Yuan Front Army had recovered Guangyuan County, was attacking Anping County, and had captured most of the county seats, and now, only the lonely county town and a few small county towns to the east of the county town remained, and the defenders in these cities learned from the mouth of the rout army that the Dongsheng Air Force was terrifying and powerful, and saw the tragic situation of the wounded soldiers who were burned to the black, and they couldn't raise the slightest bit of resistance. As soon as the east appeared, they abandoned the city and fled, defending it? it, between honor and life, most people will choose the latter.
Yuqing and Chen Xin's front army has gained quite a lot these days, and they also captured a whole county, so that the defenders fled in the wilderness, Yuqing and Chen Xin followed closely with the elite cavalry and air force, and the infantry behind them chased after them, when they finally caught up with the vanguard, the battle was over, the opponent's defenders surrendered, and these infantry began to appease the people, take over the city defense, and stabilize law and order.