Chapter 204: Forward (5)
The wolf's tooth army charged very fiercely, and in the rumbling sound of horses' hooves, the earthquake trembled and yellow dust rolled. Seventy or eighty thousand elite horsemen seemed to have crawled out of hell, and everyone's eyes were fierce and murderous, as if they were vowing to crush the mountains and rivers to the ground.
In the face of such a wolf tooth army, of course, the 60,000 remnants of the Guards did not dare to be careless, and while waiting for the strict formation, Malen also stood in front of the formation again, with a solemn face and a calm face. Just waiting for the other party to arrive in front of the battle, he used his cultivation to stand alone in the world to block the iron hooves of the wolf tooth army.
By this time, the true divine power of the guards had been exhausted, and these 60,000 monks could only rely on Maren to fight against the Wolf Tooth Army. The latter knew that he had a great stake, so he did not dare to be careless.
However, when the Wolf Tooth Army arrived at the front of the formation, it unexpectedly did not raise the strength of the soldiers' battle formation, but turned a big bend under the leadership of the front team and rushed forward along the parallel line of the Guards battle formation.
The soldiers of the front team of the Guards ate a nose of dust, but in the end they found that the Wolf Tooth Army was gone, and there was no intention of charging into battle at all.
Mullen's face darkened.
Immediately afterward, he saw that after shouting around, the Wolf Tooth Army returned to a place three or five miles away from the Guards battle formation, and confronted them from a distance.
This distance is not far or close, if the Guards attack, the Wolf Tooth Army can retreat calmly, and if the Guards withdraw, the Wolf Tooth Army can easily rush to kill.
Ma Lun seemed to see the angry banter on the faces of the Tang Army soldiers.
Faced with the scene in front of him, it is certainly not difficult for Malen to imagine what Li Ye is planning. The other party didn't want to fight to the death with them now, but he would definitely not let the 60,000 guards withdraw, this is relying on the strength of the elite cavalry to bully people!
Mullen felt bad.
"Li Ye wants to consume, we will accompany them to consume!" Ma Lun issued a military order to the generals, asking the 60,000 remnants to maintain the formation and continue to retreat westward. Fortunately, they are all monks, there are flying blankets under their feet, and the wasteland is vast, so it is not difficult to do this.
If the Wolf Tooth Army has the potential to charge, then stop.
The reason why he didn't stay where he was, waiting for the 100,000 guards who had withdrawn earlier to come back, Mullen also had his plans. He wanted the Wolf Tooth Army to move, continue to consume energy, and delay the recovery of the monk's aura. In this way, when the 100,000 new forces arrive, they will have a lot of energy and will have a great advantage.
And in the current situation, this advantage is likely to be a victory.
In order to mobilize the Wolf Tooth Army and make the other party feel that there is an opportunity to take advantage of it, so as to make more attempts to charge the formation and spend more energy, Malen from time to time let the Guards deliberately show some flaws, so that part of the formation is slightly scattered.
"Mullen is very smart. ”
After several attempts to charge the battle and fail to catch the flaws of the guards, a chill flashed in King Qi's eyes, and he said to Li Ye: "He doesn't want us to give up the pursuit, it seems that he plans to wait for the 100,000 fresh troops that were withdrawn earlier to come back, and then work together to defeat our tired division." ”
Li Ye pondered for a moment, "Let's slow down a bit, we can't really give the other party a chance to surround us." ”
King Qi frowned, after all, he didn't say anything, and there was no better way now, the strength of the Wolf Tooth Army had not yet recovered to the point where it could quickly defeat the 60,000 guards.
Shangguan Chengcheng suddenly said, "Your Majesty, where is the Lingnan Sea Master now, and what is the situation?"
Hearing her ask this question, Li Ye had a smile in her eyes, and she was the first to react among the crowd, which was not what Li Ye expected.
In the king of Qi is slightly puzzled, probing
In his eyes, Shangguan Chengcheng explained: "We are biting 60,000 guards to the death, in fact, the danger we face is far greater than the possible gains, after all, the further we go, the more the army will eat." And those 100,000 Guards will definitely meet us before the Tiger Guards and Yulin Army catch up, they are something we can't deal with in the short term.
"The reason why His Majesty insists on chasing Malen is that the minister thinks that there should be other considerations. ”
King Qi nodded when he heard this, the Tiger Guards and the Yulin Army were chasing the Wolf Tooth Army, and the 100,000 Guards turned around, that is, they were coming head-on, and they would naturally arrive first, and they had not withdrawn for too long before, and the distance was not too far, so they would arrive a lot earlier.
"The Lingnan Sea Master has already met with the Great Food Fleet, and there is a fierce battle right now. If the battle goes well, the Lingnan Fleet will not only be invincible at sea, but will also be quick to support the land. The more time we can hold off the Guards, the easier it will be to fight in the future, and even seize the opportunity to win. ”
Li Ye didn't say more, whether the Lingnan Haishi can win or not is still unknown. After the battle of Dumoshui was over and Li Ye could be distracted, he appeared on the Lingnan Sea Division battleship with the Eye of the Emperor, so he knew the battle situation there very well.
The Lingnan Naval Division's Chang'an Ship, Li Ye, the incarnation of the Eye of the Emperor, was accompanied by Yang Xingmi, looking at the turbulent waves in front of him, the spiritual light was like smoke, and the fierce battle scene of thousands of sails and thousands of people was crisscrossing and horizontal.
The front of the Exocet ship and the big spell weapon warship fought together, you and I have me, I have you, especially the hundreds of ships at the front, both sides no longer have their own clear formations and camps, and they have completely fallen into a situation where each ship is fighting on its own.
At this time, most of the crossbow arrows on the wings of the Exocet did not shoot non-stop, judging from the density and firing frequency of the bow and crossbow, there were a total of eight magic circles with four magic circles on each side, and only some of them were in operation most of the time. This is a requirement of the battle situation, or it may be that some magic circles have been damaged, but the Great Food Monk is still very brave in battle.
In terms of size and sturdiness, the Great Eater Battleship is comparable to the Exocet Ship, and the number is slightly more. But their bow and crossbow "firepower" is not on the same level as the Exocet ship, not to mention that there is no super-powerful "heavy firepower" such as a bed crossbow, and the number of ordinary bows and crossbows is much smaller.
In this case, the Great Eclipse Warship is not the opponent of the Flying Fish Ship at all, if the two armies lined up in formation and shot at each other from a distance, the victory would have been known long ago.
However, in the initial battle, Monchitaz saw the advantages and disadvantages of both sides, so as soon as the Great Eater Warship appeared, he forcibly rushed into the formation of the Exocet, which avoided the situation that they had been beaten.
Up to now, the Great Eclipse Warship has suffered countless damages, several times that of the Exocet Ship, but as the battle progresses, the monks on the Eclipse Warship have also understood the Expocet Ship's tactics to a certain extent and have made effective responses.
In addition to the monks on the warship, who jumped and fought from all directions to avoid being shot by the bow and crossbow of the Exocet, some magic warships saw that their own battle situation was unfavorable, and the hull was heavily damaged by the bed crossbow shot, so they actually drove the battleship to ram the Exocet.
When the warships of both sides were damaged by a violent impact, the bow and crossbow arrays on the Exocet ships did not have to avoid being affected, and some of them were too badly damaged, and even capsized and sank with their opponents.
The qi cultivators of the two armies fought when the warship capsized, catching and killing each other, and many soldiers did not hesitate to die with their opponents, some sank into the sea, and some withdrew to their own warships nearby.
As a result, the Exocet suffered heavy casualties
Increase.
Such a battle scene made both Yang Xingmi and Monchitaz very painful, and the magic weapon warship was extremely precious, and it was indeed unacceptable to use such a reckless tactic to defeat it. But Monchitaz did not order the Great Eclipse Warship, abandoning this method of warfare, after all, if the ship does not collide, the Great Eclipse will be at a disadvantage.
Comparatively speaking, Yang Xingmi was very annoyed, the Flying Fish ship had the advantage of a bow and crossbow, and it would definitely win if it didn't collide with the ship.
However, at the moment, he can't give more military orders, and the hundreds of ships in the front line of the complete melee, fighting on their own, can no longer effectively carry out the military orders, and letting them retreat will only make them die, and only by fighting with the Great Food Warship to the end can they achieve the final victory.
It was also at this time that eighteen cruisers, with the rear warships of the Exocet, met the large manibal-eating warships that broke through and bypassed the melee battlefield.
Li Ye narrowed his eyes slightly.
Victory or defeat will depend on the outcome of the cruiser.
If the Lingnan Naval Division could not quickly break the enemy, and wait until the Great Food Warship was surrounded on all sides and attacked from inside and outside, it would be in a desperate situation. Even if some ships were able to break out of the encirclement, the battle would have been lost.
Monchitaz was secretly relieved to see that the various parts of the fleet were approaching the designated positions one after another.
"The warships of the Tang Dynasty are indeed extraordinary, not comparable to those opponents we have encountered before, and we can't effectively deal with their bows and crossbows, except for colliding ships. When the encirclement was completed, ordinary warships had to swarm up under the cover of magic warships, and use the method of colliding with ships to limit the side-chord bows and crossbows of Tang Dynasty warships, creating opportunities for monks to jump and tie up battles. ”
Monchitaz summoned his lieutenant and laid out his next tactics for him. The other party had just led the team to fight against the Exocet, and was not lightly injured, and was sent back by the Grand Monk, if it weren't for Monchitaz's personal action, the other party might not have been able to get up in one breath and fall.
Hearing Monchitaz's words, the adjutant general was inexplicably surprised.
He said: "The side-chord crossbows of the Tang Dynasty warships are very strong, and ordinary warships rushing up can indeed restrain them and buy time for the monks to jump and tie, but most of them will inevitably suffer serious losses!"
"After all, there are a lot of warships in the Tang Dynasty, and in the end, we may not have many ordinary warships left, and the ordinary soldiers on it will fall into the water one after another because of the sinking of the warships, so our army will definitely suffer heavy losses. In the future, if you want to land in the eastern part of the Tang Dynasty and quickly open up a battlefield to attack the city and seize the land, it will be very difficult!"
Monchitaz glanced at him, his eyes cold, and the anger he was trying to suppress showed signs of uncontrol.
This gaze made the lieutenant general's heart tremble, and he lowered his head and didn't dare to say more.
The sorrow and bitterness in Monchitaz's heart can only be understood by himself.
"Before encountering the Tang Dynasty sailors in front of me, I thought that our fleet was invincible, and I was even glad that we could solve the Tang Dynasty sailors here early and clear the obstacles to landing in the eastern part of the Tang Dynasty.
"But there are too many strong warships in the Tang Army, and the tactics are so effective, we have not gained the upper hand, and we are still being led by the nose.
"The battle has developed to the point where we are in the present situation, and we have no way to conserve our strength, nor do we have the energy to think about landing in the eastern part of the Tang Dynasty in the future, because you and I cannot guarantee victory. Now we have to do our best to win!"
After saying this, Monchitaz closed his eyes in pain and exhaled a long breath before he suppressed the irritability and anger brought about by the sudden experience of a huge gap in his heart. This kind of impotent anger that arises because he is not strong enough, Monchitaz does not bother to show it.