Chapter 1018: Wildfire's Determination
At that time, the wildfires were launched on time.
At the same moment, the subordinate territories of the first capital city of the world encountered a sudden attack by a large number of player troops, and dense troops appeared from the darkness in all directions, shouting and shouting, bringing the flames of war to the originally peaceful Fengxiang City.
Wuwei Town and Xuanming Town to the north of Fengxiang, Pojun Town and Sangzi Town to the south of Fengxiang, as well as Suruga Town and Doujia Town to the west, and then Dongzhu Town to the east, 13 of Fengxiang City's 16 affiliated territories in Qingzhou were attacked.
From this long-planned attack, the three dependent territories that were spared were the shipbuilding of the foreign land, the brewing of Baihua wine Du Kang, and the iron production of Ouyeel.
It is not difficult to judge that these three subsidiary territories did not become the targets of the first wave of attacks, not because the wildfire people showed mercy, but because these three subsidiary territories, which are extremely important to Fengxiang, have been upgraded to first-class cities and can enjoy the protection of the stone city wall. Although the wildfire strength was strong, they still did not have prince-level siege equipment, so they had to give up for the time being and attack the three city-level dependent territories. However, the Wildfire Kings believed that if the Wildfire Legion attacked Shun Lì in the first phase and destroyed one by one township-level dependent territories, the blow to Fengxiang City would be very heavy, enough to make a certain city lord feel painful.
The battle started in Qingzhou, and the Fourth Heavenly King of the Wildfire, Cain, who had been in charge of Qingzhou's affairs, became the organizer and commander of this raid. At the beginning of the attack, he was in Sea Soul City, which was adjacent to Feng Xiang, and kept an eye on the progress of the battle.
Fengxiang City shows a good early warning mechanism and adaptability.
Before the battle began, the whereabouts of the Wildfire Legion had been discovered, and by the time they launched an attack on the dependent territories, the subordinate territories had begun to raise their vigilance, which also made the Wildfire Legion start the war. The defenders were not taken by surprise, and the defenders of the dependent territories took advantage of the terrain to put up resistance.
Cain's left hand didn't care.
It is unrealistic for such a large-scale army to gather and approach, and it is unrealistic to want to hide from the patrol of the martial artists in Fengxiang City. In order to delay the detection of Feng Xiang as much as possible, the Wildfire Legion did not dispatch until the appointed hour. An hour may seem like a short time, but for an operation involving hundreds of thousands of troops, the preparation time is almost harsh. Fortunately, in the game, the NPC troops have good discipline and obedience, and they can barely complete the required arrangement in such a short time.
Now, a large number of Fengxiang's troops are not in the territory, or even in the Qi country, and the troops are very empty. Even if Feng Xiang discovered the change an hour in advance, the troops fighting in the field would not have had time to withdraw.
This is not just a sneak attack.
In the plan, this operation of the Wildfire Legion is just a prelude to the siege of Fengxiang City.
The goal of the first phase of the 500,000 troops of the Wildfire Legion is to attack the affiliated territories of Fengxiang and declare the coming of war with practical actions. The wildfire army is pressing, judging from the comparison of strength. It is difficult to keep the territory of Fengxiang, facing an attack of this scale. Feng Xiang is bound to be in chaos, and then Ah Niu will have to urgently recall the elite soldiers and fierce generals to deal with the territorial crisis.
However, even if Feng Xiangjun wanted to withdraw, he had to ask the opponent's opinion.
With the defection of Qingzhou Mansion, the Fengxiang Army on the front line. In the face of the encirclement and suppression of Qingzhou Mansion and Yuan Shaojun, it is still unknown how many people can return to Qi alive. The agreement between Qingzhou Mansion and Yuan Shao was still a secret, and even Guan Yu and Zhang Fei didn't know about it, so they were caught off guard. The Fengxiang army is likely to pay a heavy price, at least, the 3,000 Xiandeng dead soldiers who were sent to fight in Le'an have been labeled as death.
If it goes along with it, maybe Cao Cao's Yanzhou army will suffer a big loss tonight.
Take 10,000 steps back, even if the Fengxiang army fighting outside is shining brightly and retreats to Fengxiang City, it will not be able to escape the fate of annihilation. As soon as the front foot of the Feng Xiang army was withdrawn, Yuan Shao and the troops of Qingzhou Mansion could arrive on the back foot, and the Wildfire Army could fully support it, and they could also consume Feng Xiang to death. The Wildfire Heavenly Kings admit that Fengxiang City is indeed very powerful, but in any case, Ah Niu, who can mobilize the resources of the two counties, will never be able to fight Yuan Shao and Qingzhou Mansion together, it is the four northern states! The two princes' troops all had siege equipment, and by that time, the stone city wall of Fengxiang would be the siege equipment
Even if Cao Cao got involved, he couldn't save Feng Xiang.
In recent years, the Yanzhou army has been fighting for a long time, and the soldiers have long been exhausted, and it is not wise to join this war, and it is better to fight quickly and resolve quickly, once the war is protracted, the Yanzhou army will not be able to bear it. What's more, the strong and wildfire still have a back hand waiting for Cao Cao, and they will not let Cao Cao fight in Qingzhou with peace of mind.
In addition to Cao Cao, Ah Niu also has another big help, which is the fat dragon baby in Liaodong, and the wildfire will not ignore Liaodong either. However, the Liaodong Army and Yuan Shao suffered heavy losses in the battle for Youzhou, and Yuan Shao also prevented the Liaodong Army from coming in chaos, especially letting the second son Yuan Xitun soldiers on the Liaodong border, unless the fat dragon baby dared to abandon the nest, the wisest way for the Liaodong Army to do so was to honestly look after their own backyard.
The weighty foreign aid has been cut off, and Ah Niu can basically only rely on himself to defend the territory.
The Fengxiang army is not easy to deal with, but this time, Yuan Shao, Qiang, and Wildfire are determined enough to destroy Fengxiang, especially Qiang, and they will not hesitate to give up a qiē in order to destroy Fengxiang City. The three parties who cooperate all have a deep grudge against a certain city lord, and they are willing to pay enough price to achieve their goals.
Feng Xiang is too powerful and grows all the time, and no one wants to raise a tiger legacy.
In any case, there is no chance that Fengxiang City will survive!
Information from the front is constantly coming.
Less than ten minutes into the battle, Cain received good news: the town of Xuanming and the town of Dream were breached at about the same time, and the Wildfire Legion unceremoniously reduced the two towns to first-class villages, and then completely destroyed them.
Cain wasn't surprised in the slightest, two players settled in a territory that the lord usually didn't take seriously.
Thirty minutes, Qixing Town was breached!
A smile twinked at Cain's lips.
Although Qixing Town is only a first-level township, it is not comparable to the player's settlement territory, and the town is the martial arts training base of Fengxiang City. As we all know, the martial artist power is one of the most representative forces of Feng Xiang, and Cain is satisfied with being able to take Qixing Town at a relatively low cost.
According to feedback, the attack on the other ten dependent territories was fiercely fighting.
Cain sneered, "The battle of the trapped beasts...... Comprehensive defense, which seems to be determined, can only be in the end, and it is really stupid to consume a small number of troops in vain. I'd like to see how long you can last! There are also ten subordinate territories, all the way away, or let's bet on it, when will the next subordinate territory be breached? I'll bet for half an hour! ”
Shaking his head silently all the way, he was still interested, obviously not interested in this bet.
Cain sighed helplessly, ignoring the ride, and instead waited for the battle report ahead.
Half an hour passed quickly, and there was no good news.
an hour.
An hour and a half......
Cain finally couldn't sit still anymore and began to ask about the situation ahead. He couldn't understand it at all, attacking a township without the protection of a stone wall, and not taking it for so long?
The wildfires attacking the ten dependent territories all reported that the defenders were either strong in force or possessed a large number of large yellow crossbows, and the attacking forces of the Wildfire Army were unable to make progress and suffered heavy losses. So far, one of the subordinate territories that has made the best progress has just broken through the outer defensive lines of the defenders, while the troops that have attacked several military cantonment dependent territories have been beaten bitterly.
A front-line commander cried: "They blocked the front with heavy infantry, we couldn't attack at all, and watching the militia inside, easily shooting in the back with a big yellow crossbow, it's too lazy!" ”
Another front-line commander vomited blood: "There are wooden men on the road that must be passed, and no flesh and blood can resist the smashing and sweeping of wooden people!" I was going to use corpses to limit the space of the wooden man, but seeing that the wooden man couldn't move, who knows...... Who knew that the wooden man would be able to move, and the defenders removed the fixed poles, dragged them a few steps behind, and continued to work......"
Cain was puzzled.
It's no secret that Fengxiang produces a rhubarb crossbow. As for the wooden man, other players may not know, but Wildfire has colluded with Yuan Shao, and he is also mentally prepared for Feng Xiang to defend the city with a wooden man.
What Cain couldn't figure out was, how could Fengxiang City have so many troops to defend the city?
Prior to this, Fengxiang had launched a "Le'an exercise", in which 50,000 troops entered Le'an to eliminate rioters. Considering the size of the territory and the upper limit of conscription, as well as various intelligence, even if 50,000 troops is not the upper limit that Feng Xiang can send, it must not be far behind, and the necessary left-behind troops may have 10,000 or 20,000, and Feng Xiang's total strength should be between 60,000 and 70,000.
According to reliable information, Feng Xiang currently has 30,000 foot soldiers in Jinan County (10,000 in East Pingchang and 20,000 in Yuan Shang), 2,000 flying wing cavalry, 5,000 Taran cavalry in Jinan County, plus 3,000 Xiandeng dead soldiers in Le'an State, and the number of troops dispatched abroad has reached 40,000. In other words, the defenders of Fengxiang City still have twenty or thirty thousand people at most, even if the Fengxiang Mountain Character Battalion is all heavy infantry strength, and it is absolutely impossible to block the siege of the Wildfire Legion by dividing troops to defend ten township-level territories!
According to feedback from the front, the number of regular troops in the dependent territories in the war is about 3,000 to 5,000.
One subordinate territory is three or five thousand, and ten subsidiary territories are thirty or fifty thousand, which has exceeded the maximum value of Fengxiang's military strength set by wildfire. Moreover, there are three city-level subordinate territories and the main city of Fengxiang, and it is impossible for four cities to give up defense, judging from the troop statistics alone, the number of troops on the front line is very ridiculous!
But Cain didn't dare think so.
Cain understood that with the strength of the Wildfire Legion, if Fengxiang's town-level subordinate territory did not have three or five thousand regular troops to defend it, it would be impossible to block the attack of the wildfire.
You know, the wildfire has been preparing for this decisive battle for a long time.
First, they don't care about casualties at all, this group of troops is dead, and they can also recruit a second wave and vow to carry forward the tactics of the sea of people; Second, although the strength of the attacking troops was not as strong as that of the Fengxiang Mountain Battalion, the wildfire had purchased rhubarb crossbows through various channels for several months, and all of them were issued to the troops for equipment this time, and their combat effectiveness was greatly improved.
The inability to capture one or two dependent territories can also be regarded as accidental, but the fact that all ten dependent territories are like this cannot be explained by chance.
Cain sighed: "This Zheng Aniu really doesn't make people worry...... However, no matter how many troops you have, when the strong side succeeds, no matter how many Fengxiang troops there are, it will not help. (To be continued, the novel is better and faster!)