The new army in Tacheng has basically completed training, and the overall situation in Zheng State has gradually become clear. During the process of establishing the Western Expedition Corridor, Qianye conveniently wiped out the remnants of the second prince's forces. Let those who doubted his force completely silence.
And the other princes were not the opponents of Nan Ruohuai, who held the imperial army in his hands. He was defeated and fled to the death, leaving only two or three diehards still stubbornly resisting. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that these princes are gone, even if they win a battle or two, it will be useless. Even if the entire forbidden army is wiped out, Qianye will turn around and wipe them out.
Now that the overall situation is clear, there will be fewer people resisting, and Qianye will not need to spread a large number of mercenaries to maintain the occupation. He left 3,000 mercenaries in Xudong Island, 2,000 in Liaocheng, and all the remaining 5,000 mercenaries were transferred to Tacheng. At the same time, Qianye also sent people back to the neutral land, transferred another 20,000 mercenaries, and at the same time ordered Dark Fire to recruit 50,000 new recruits to start training.
During this period of time, besides dealing with military affairs, Qianye practiced non-stop day and night. The force of dawn advanced by leaps and bounds, and three days before the expedition to the west, Qianye's nine force vortexes had been fully cultivated.
At this moment, he looked inside and could see that the vortex of the original force was like a sea of golden light. The original force was already extremely dense, flowing and rotating slowly, and it was filled with countless golden particles. Above the original force vortex, golden flames were burning everywhere, extremely hot.
There is no way to enter such a vortex of original force. Even if it is carefully polished with the Song family's ancient scroll, the condensed original force will no longer be absorbed. The current Qianye, as long as he takes a small step forward, he can cross the gate of the gods and achieve the great cause of not many people in the empire.
However, just as he broke through, Qianye suddenly discovered a fatal problem!
It is precisely because the morning light in the original force vortex is too pure, the density of those golden raw liquids is extremely high, and the bits and pieces have already been natural crystallization phenomena during the period. It is not easy to condense them again, all of which are crystallized by liquid? At least when Qianye tried, he tried his best, but he couldn't compress the original liquid enough to crystallize.
In other words, relying on himself, I am afraid that he will never be able to break through the barrier of the gods.
When he discovered this, Qianye stayed for a long time. People in the world are worried about the fact that the original force is not pure enough, and they did not expect that too pure will have adverse effects.
After being stunned for a while, Qianye was not depressed at all. Back then, due to his old injuries, each level required several times the force of the normal force. At that time, it was even impossible to be promoted to a general, so he didn't come here. If relying on one's own strength is not enough, then look for external opportunities.
Qian Yexing spread the news of the Western Expedition throughout the Zheng Kingdom, and all the officials in the court reacted differently, but the mainstream voice was actually against it.
In the past few days, the ministers headed by the chief assistant tried their best to persuade Nan Ruohuai to find a way to stop Qianye's westward expedition, and even the words became so fierce that it was like a face-to-face quarrel.
The chief assistant's claim is that once Qianye's expedition to the west is successful, the Great Corridor will surely fall into his hands, and the entire exit of Zheng State will be blocked, and there will be no way to expand. So what is the future
Looking at the impassioned ministers below, Nan Ruohuai, who was sitting on the throne, felt angry and ridiculous.
In the past few decades, Zheng Guo has lost more and more victories against the dark races in the western region, all relying on the defense system of the tower city. The dark race has built the fortress to the door of the house, and it is still expanding? The ability to keep Tacheng until now is due to the talent of a general named Xu Jingxuan. If it was a different person, I am afraid that the dark race has already poured in like a tide.
Now these civil servants are all afraid that Qianye will take advantage of it, and they will not allow others to take things that they cannot get. Probably the mentality of these people.
Thinking of this, Nan Ruohuai calmly asked, "Then how can I stop this king?"
At present, all the ministers are offering suggestions, and there are all kinds of tricks, and there are even those who are internally and externally compatible with the dark race, and attack internally and externally. This is really the rhythm of doing everything in order to kill Qianye.
Nan Ruohuai listened quietly, until the ministers talked dryly and had to come to an end, Fang said: "The strategies you have offered are very good. Now, who is willing to lead troops to go out and take the tower Can the city take it back for the king?"
Above the court hall, there was a sudden silence.
Qianye, who was in Tacheng, was naturally unaware of these little episodes in Zheng Guo's court hall, and what happened in Zheng Guo's country was not important to him at all.
On the day of the Western Expedition, Qianye did not hold any ceremony, but issued orders as usual, and the assembled army set off one by one as planned. As for boosting morale, no speech is as powerful as a group of floating battleships in the sky.
In the middle ground between the dark race and the human fortress group, because it is used as a battlefield all the year round, there is basically no human population, and no dark race tribes survive. Others are just Revenant wandering the middle ground, trying to hunt something. They are ferocious and cunning, always looking for opportunities.
However, in front of Qianye's air fleet, any wilderness hunter has become a prey. Looking at the huge shadows whistling past their heads, these hunters, no matter the human race or the dark race, can only hide themselves desperately, praying not to be caught. Discover.
The entrance of the large corridor began to shake like never before. The roar of naval guns shook the mountains, and the earth trembled. Stone castles collapsed, and small fortresses were engulfed in flames by shells falling from the sky. The defenders of the stone fortress and fortress fled in a panic, but what awaited them were gunboats circling at low altitude, and mercenaries who landed outside the fortress in advance on transport ships.
The number of mercenaries airborne was small, but they were extremely fierce, and the firepower was even more unbelievably dense. A small army of more than a hundred people was so powerful that the firepower of the fortress guards with five or six hundred people could not lift their heads.
The back road was cut off, and many dark races broke out violently, charging the mercenaries brazenly. They have always looked down on the human race, and always feel that Zheng Guo soldiers are cowardly and cowardly representatives. No matter how many troops there are, they can be crushed with a single charge.
However, they didn't know that what stood in front of them this time was not Zheng Guo's army, but Qianye's dark fire mercenaries.
The extraordinarily ferocious firepower harvested most of the dark warriors halfway, and the werewolf's proud short sprint was like a joke in front of the stormy metal jet. The werewolves fell down halfway, with at least dozens of bullet holes in their bodies.
There were more than 500 dark fighters, and when they rushed to the front of the defense line, there were only a few hundred left. The dark warrior was not discouraged, but even more excited, urging himself into a bloodthirsty state. In past experience, as long as they break into the human defense line, a dozen dark fighters can defeat hundreds of human fighters. Melee combat at close range has always been the domain of werewolves.
Although the werewolf rushed into the line of defense, the mercenaries did not panic. They threw down their force guns, drew their sabers and long swords, and jumped forward.
The remaining dark warriors only felt that they had hit a metal wall in an instant. Their swords and claws couldn't help the heavy armor on the mercenaries. On the contrary, the strength of the mercenaries was beyond imagination. The werewolf split most of it.
With just a counter charge, there are only a dozen dark fighters who can still stand. They only survived for more than ten seconds before being beheaded in the second counterattack of the mercenaries.
Similar scenes played out everywhere at the front of the large corridor. Qianye's troops continued to attack, destroyed the castle, intercepted the fleeing enemies, and pulled out the strongholds outside the two large fortresses one by one. The cooperation between the fleet, transport ships and ground mercenaries is very tacit and well-organized, nibbling away at the troops of the dark race one by one.
All this happened so quickly that before the werewolves in the two fortresses could fully react to what happened, most of the small fortresses and stone castles in the outskirts had already fallen, and tens of thousands of dark warriors either died or died. captured.
The order from the commander of the fortress came late, and it was impossible to organize an effective counterattack on the spot. The only option was to recall the fortress first, but under the full interception of the dark fire fleet, only half of them could successfully retreat.
The assault on the first day did not come to an end until nightfall. When the generals collected the statistics of the battle results and reported them, Qianye was also refreshed.
In this battle, more than 40 outlying strongholds were removed, and more than 15,000 dark race troops were wiped out, including more than 6,000 prisoners. Most of the captives were werewolves, and there were also a few nerubians and vampires.
In this way, although there are still more than 20,000 defenders in the two major fortresses, but without the outer barriers and 15,000 soldiers, the difficulty of attack has been greatly reduced.
When Xu Jingxuan came to meet Qianye, his eye circles were deeply sunken, and he looked extremely tired. However, he was very excited and brought the defense maps of the two fortresses and reported the attack plan.
The plan he came up with was very detailed and comprehensive, even taking the advantages of the fleet into full consideration. According to his plan, attacking the fortress required the sacrifice of two or three thousand people.
It stands to reason that it is completely acceptable to attack such a large fortress with so few casualties. However, Qianye clicked on the sign of the main cannon of the fortress, and asked, "You put all your energy here?"
"Yes, my lord. According to the existing information, only your battle cruiser's firepower can destroy this main gun and at the same time resist its bombardment. During this period, there must be enough support firepower to suppress other turrets in the city at the same time to prevent them from concentrating fire Battlecruiser."
Qianye nodded and said, "Leave this turret to me, you can revise the plan again."
"My lord, you..."
"Execute accordingly."
"Yes!" Xu Jingxuan hurried away, feeling a little excited amidst panic, he was finally able to see Qianye make a move!
What Qianye said just now, in tactical terms, is the assault of the strong. Although in theory the strong decides the outcome of the battlefield, when it comes to real battles, the strong attack is not a routine option, and there are fewer people who put on the top combat power at the beginning. Especially when the opposite is a fixed position, it is difficult to predict the level of danger. Once something goes wrong, the battle will collapse immediately.
Although Xu Jingxuan knew that Qianye was powerful, he broke into the fortress alone and wiped out the main cannon. Even if Liu Zhongyuan was still alive, he would not dare to try such a move.
In the early morning of the second day, when the morning light illuminated the land, the Darkfire Fleet had once again lifted off, like a dark cloud, rushing towards the fortress Spike.
As soon as the fleet arrived above the fortress, Qianye jumped down from the battle cruiser and rushed towards the main gun of the fortress.
And the ready-made main gun in the fortress roared, and the muzzle spewed out an astonishing flame, and a ball of blazing fire blasted towards Qianye head-on!
In the real field of vision, an extremely thick line of dark force rushed towards his face. This cannon is really of an excellent standard. The personal target is so small, and Qianye's action is sudden, and he can actually aim it accurately. However, Qianye's figure flashed, and disappeared from the original place. The blazing fireball blasted into the air, continued upward, hit a gunboat that couldn't avoid it, and completely shattered its rear.