Song Zining put aside his concern for the Nineteenth Princess in a blink of an eye, and concentrated on arguing with Qianye. The Nineteenth Princess also seemed to realize her gaffe just now, and began to listen carefully. As for how much she listened to, she could tell from the way her eyes became more and more confused and her long eyelashes opened and closed countless times.
Finally, Song Zining rushed over, grabbed Qianye's neck, and shouted, "Stop arguing! Let's go down together! The Hall of Valor is used to guard the air passage. We are going to land, defend, and join forces. It's not about running away."
Qianye thought so too, the Hall of Valor originally existed as a deterrent to prevent the void from being blocked. Although there are those few frigates, it is still not a complete outer space team. It can be used as a surprise soldier, but it is very difficult to fight an air battle alone. And intercepting and killing Yongye's retreating fleet, or meeting Yongye's follow-up air reinforcements, is the mission of the Imperial Guard Fleet.
And their main battlefield will be on the ground next, pulling out the military strongholds of the dark races and breaking up their defenses. Then join forces with Zhao Jundu in the middle lane, and push the land control area outward, so as to gain control of floating land as much as possible. At this time, the battle situation has not yet started, and the two will divide their troops to rule, which is a bit early.
Now that Qianye nodded, Song Zining said with a smile, "Princess is tired from the journey, how about going to wash and rest first?"
Princess Nineteen didn't put on any pretense, she stood up generously, and obediently responded. Song Zining recruited a maid and brought the princess along to find a place to settle down.
As soon as the door of the war room was closed, the lazy smile disappeared from Song Zining's lips.
Qianye glanced at him and asked, "Does she have a problem?"
Song Zining pressed his forehead a little irritably, and said, "It's no problem."
Qianye smiled and said: "When you were discussing the offensive deployment, you wanted to compete with me for the candidate for the final stage. Could it be that you were playing a show for her? It's a pity that she didn't understand it from the beginning to the end, and she was sleepy."
Song Zining was stunned, and then yelled strangely, "You barbarian can actually see through this young master's plan!"
Qianye nodded solemnly and said, "I have cooperated."
Song Zining was so blocked that he couldn't speak, he waited for a long time before saying: "Qianye, you have become bad."
"She hasn't reached Warlord yet, has she?" Qianye continued to look at the remarked battle map, "On the big battlefield, a noble girl of the rank of warrior, who doesn't understand military affairs and doesn't bring any followers, Empress Li is a warrior who trusts us. power? Or do you not trust our combat power?"
Song Zining seemed to be reminded by Qianye's words, and thought of the nineteenth princess's secret method of disguise, frowned and said, "She is only seventeen years old, and it was impossible for her to reach the level of a warrior. But when you said that, I remembered. The secret method of making humanoid weapons." Seeing Qianye's puzzled expression, he explained: "It's the same principle as in the Eternal Night Continent where secret medicine is used to activate bloodline seeds and mass-produce warriors."
Qianye thought about it for a while, and said, "The price is very high, right?"
Song Zining nodded, "It's almost impossible to advance further, there is no fertility, and the life expectancy is the same as that of ordinary people."
However, in the face of survival, these are not important.
Neither of them cared about whether the Empress would become a humanoid weapon, they only discussed how to deal with it.
Song Zining had heard of this kind of secret method, and immediately said: "She is too young, if you use the secret method to promote growth, it will be at most ten or eleven levels, and the possibility of failure is very high."
"Let her stay in the Hall of Valor, with Carol around, it's enough to keep an eye on her." Qianye decided.
Low-level warriors can't make any tricks in the Hall of Valor, but it's different on the land battlefield. Just looking at the battle of the outer void, where the dark race's forwards were all grand dukes, one can imagine that the ground war will definitely not be easy. It is absolutely taboo to put an unknown person by your side at this time.
Song Zining also nodded in agreement, and the matter was settled.
The Hall of Valor is too important, Carol and Qianye must have a seat, and they cannot all leave. Therefore, this arrangement is the best in terms of tactics and security.
The Hall of Valor itself is powerful, and there is Carol stationed there, so there is no need to worry about safety. Although Qianye is not on the ship, all kinds of powerful attacks based on the earth dragon's talent are useless, and it can only be used as an ordinary battleship. But at least, there shouldn't be any Eternal Night Battleship coming to the door by itself.
And Qianye and Song Zining are used to working together, and they are very familiar with the troops and the situation of the floating land. Replacing Carol may not necessarily improve the overall combat power much.
At this point, it was agreed upon that Song Zining would return to the Battle Patrol, while Princess Nineteen would stay in the Hall of Valor. After a while, the fleet slowly set off and sailed into the depths of the void.
After a full day of sailing, the fleet arrived at the scheduled location, and stayed here quietly for another three days. When the appointed time to attack, the Hall of Valor took the lead and led the fleet to the void above the scheduled landing point.
It wasn't until the Battle Cruiser appeared above the landing town that the dark race reacted. More than a dozen large and small airships rushed into the air and rushed towards the Battle Cruiser.
Those in charge of guarding the small town are all old warships, and the biggest ones are just frigates. The truly cutting-edge warships are all serving in the mobile fleet, so how can they be placed in the rear to be responsible for area defense. These dozen or so warships are like a group of hounds, but what they pounce on are real beasts.
They rushed halfway, and four of them were destroyed by the intensive artillery fire of the battle cruiser, and they couldn't stand the blow of the battle cruiser's main gun. The remaining warships mustered up their courage and continued to charge, but when they rushed into the void, they realized that there was still a real behemoth lying in the outer space.
One round of broadside salvo from the Hall of Valor destroyed two Evernight boats, and another round destroyed two more. The remaining boats lost their courage to fight and fled in all directions. The group of frigates surrounding the Hall of Valor, like a pack of wolves smelling blood, attacked immediately, chasing and annihilating the Eternal Night Battleship at an exceptional speed.
After the brief air battle ended, only two of the small town's guard fleet escaped. They didn't dare to slow down at all, and didn't dare to turn back, fleeing all the way to the depths of the void.
After defeating the guard fleet, the Hall of Valor was still hovering in the void, while the battle cruiser led the frigate group to walk around the battlefield, keeping an eye out for the Eternal Night Fleet that might appear at any time.
Until the huge landing formation entered the battlefield, Qianye did not see the appearance of the Yongye Mobile Fleet. It seems that in other areas, the Imperial Guard Fleet has completed its mission and firmly suppressed the Eternal Night Mobile Fleet, so that when such an important area in the rear was attacked, no mobile fleet came to rescue it.
Since the dark race handed over the air power, Qianye naturally had no chance of letting it go. As soon as he gave an order, a large number of modified gunboats rushed into the floating land first and entered the low-altitude area of the small town.
These gunboats are all refitted from neutral warships. They are a little soiled, but they are durable, with rough skin and thick flesh. After the modification, thick armor was hung on the belly of the ship, which further improved the defense.
The fleet composed of dozens of gunboats was densely packed, and the air was pressed down. The small town below was already in chaos, and the streets were full of people running around.
In a blink of an eye, there were sporadic fires shooting into the sky. Those who reacted quickly were firing with force guns. There were also a few force hand cannons among them. It seemed that there were many dark powerhouses in the ground team. The firepower became fierce in an instant, and several giant crossbows dragged their light tails into the air and bombarded the gunboat.
Sparks burst out from the body of the gunboat, and the gunboat hit by the giant crossbow shook violently. One of the gunships burned at the tail and fell obliquely to the city below. Neighborhoods were engulfed in flames.
The gunboat also began to fight back, and the gun barrel protruding from the bottom began to roar continuously, pouring bullets into the city below. Many gunboats are equipped with rapid-fire guns. These ancient gunpowder weapons are quite useful when dealing with urban targets. Although the powerful shells can't kill the strong, they can silence the fixed fire points one by one, and peel off the outer wall of the turret layer by layer, and then blow up the ballista on the turret.
The small town trembled, and the flames bloomed in the city, and there were people flying up with the explosion from time to time. The temporary houses were blasted into ruins, and the casualties in the city were rapidly expanding. Compared with the human race, the defenses of the dark race are always relatively weak.
The firepower of the gunboat hovering at low altitude became more and more fierce, as if the shells cost nothing. Compared with the original force guns, the old-fashioned gunpowder weapons are indeed as cheap as they are free.
The modified gunboat fought back fiercely while bearing the blow from the ground. The thick armor is very effective at this time. Ordinary force guns can't penetrate the armor with one or two hits. Only the ballista of the turret can pose a threat to the air gunship. But how difficult is it to hit a moving target? It's hard to hit enough hits without using homing bolts.
It is much easier for air gunships to hit the turrets, and almost all gunships concentrate their firepower on the only threatening turret.
When all the gun turrets on the ground were destroyed, the entire small town lost all its air defense capabilities, and could only watch helplessly as the gunboats in the sky wreaked havoc.
At this moment, more airships appeared in the sky, and they were clearly the troop carriers for the landing battle. Although the bloated and cumbersome style made them slow, it also meant a huge number of personnel and equipment to be carried.
The gunboats in the air gradually spread out, moved towards the edge of the small town, and set up a fire net on the outer edge of the city to cover the landing of the troop carrier.
Before the large number of troop carriers came to a complete stop, the hatches were already opened, and countless soldiers in various battle uniforms poured out of the cabins, shouting and roaring, rushing towards the small town.
The tops of several high-rise buildings in the center of the small town were blown into ruins. At this moment, several strong men of the dark race appeared in the windows of one of them. In the middle was a demon descendant with a livid face, and he could hardly suppress his tyrannical aura.
A werewolf earl next to him said: "My lord, I can't stop it anymore, let's get out!"
The Marquis of the Demon Race looked at the dark fire mercenaries pouring in like a tide outside the city, his breathing became more and more rapid, and there was a heavy thunder echoing in his nose. He obviously couldn't suppress the anger in his chest, and wanted to rush out.
Earl Werewolf pulled him back, shook his head and said, "My lord, there must be strong people on the other side. Judging by their attire, they look like mercenaries from a neutral place. In other words, this is Qianye and Song Zining's troops .”
These two names were like ice water, instantly calming down the Marquis of the Demon Race. No matter how conceited he was, he knew that he was definitely no match for Qianye and Song Zining, especially Qianye. All kinds of rumors in the maelstrom have long shown that he already has the ability to kill the Marquis.
Earl Werewolf said again: "This is not our problem. The mobile fleet in outer space has gone for some reason, and let such a large-scale fleet of the opponent rush here. If it is said that it is defeated, the mobile fleet should bear at least half of the responsibility!"
These words finally had an effect, the Marquis of the Demon Race twitched his cheeks a few times, and finally said: "Retreat!"
The sound of the horn could not be suppressed even by the roar of artillery fire, and a large number of dark race fighters jumped out of their bunkers, preparing to retreat. However, they immediately discovered a problem, where should they withdraw
There are troop carriers landing on all sides of the small town, only the direction leading to the edge of the landmass is weak, it seems that there is a natural breakthrough. But anyone with a little military knowledge knows that the edge of the landmass is a dead end. Even if the imperial army didn't follow, the extremely harsh environment in the fringe area alone could put most ordinary soldiers to death.
The strong men in the heights were also aware of this problem, and they all looked at the Marquis of the Demon Race. He gave the order to retreat, and he should choose the direction of retreat.
The Demon Marquis gritted his teeth, struggled for a moment, and finally said, "Retreat to Zell Town!"
The small town of Zell is the target that Qianye planned to capture. There is one of Yongye's three largest take-off and landing fields in the floating land, and there are several military supplies and material warehouses. One of several important transit stations.
As long as you withdraw there, it means safety. But it was obvious that Song Zining and Qianye would never let them have such an easy time.
There are obviously more troop carriers in the direction of Zell Town than in other directions, but the attack from this direction is not very strong. Obviously, Song Zining and Qianye had plans, and their strategic intentions were very obvious. A large number of soldiers did not join the battlefield immediately after they landed, but built positions on the spot, preparing for a long-lasting battle, completely cutting off the connection between the small town and the town of Zell.
While attacking, build the next step of defense. This is a very clever battlefield scheduling. However, it is bad news for the Eternal Night powerhouses.
Under such circumstances, breaking out to the town of Zell might have to pay a heavy price.
The other Eternal Night powerhouses all looked at the Marquis of the Demon Race, but did not act immediately. They obviously also knew the risk of breaking out towards Zell, and it was very likely that they would bump into Qianye in that direction.
The life and death of cannon fodder are not in the hearts of these strong men, but their own life and death cannot be ignored. At this moment, no one was willing to face Qianye, that terrifying opponent who could see life and death with a single strike.
The Marquis of the Demon Race said in a low voice: "No matter which direction you go, you may encounter Qianye. Think about his legendary spatial ability. Don't think too much about it, and follow me to break through with all your strength. As long as we reach the town of Zell, we will be safe gone."
Before he finished speaking, a voice suddenly sounded behind him: "You don't have to go anywhere."
The sound was still in the ears, and the field of vision of the Yongye powerhouses was filled with criss-crossing blood lines.