Qianye raised his head and saw Wei Bainian's expression, the thought turned in his mind, and he understood what he meant.
The headquarters of the Expeditionary Army is still deploying the theater here in accordance with conventional warfare, but the strength of the dark army has obviously far exceeded expectations. If the front of the army sweeps across, several divisions stationed in this area of Sanhe County will be severely damaged, and it is even possible to One or two divisions were canceled.
However, if Wei Bainian's strategy of defending the city alone can be successfully overcome, he can preserve his strength to the maximum extent. When this war is over, under the ebb and flow, there will be a situation in which Wei Bainian's 7th Division dominates Sanhe County. At that time, with Qianye's military achievements, and taking the opportunity to expand the size of the mercenary group, he will have the qualification to occupy a city alone.
Qianye heaved a sigh of relief, admiring Wei Bainian very much. Song Hu once told him that Wei Bainian's way of using troops is better than defense, so his reputation is not well-known. Most of the powerful empires that people talk about are the titans who charge into battle. But Qianye didn't really understand the meaning of the word "defense" until today.
And Song Hu is really not a good person, he once had the opportunity to sit in the position of chief of staff of the first division of the main army, so he guessed Wei Bainian's intentions only from the clues, and listened to his previous words, so cruel to Wei Bainian's layout Also very much agree.
These people, in this position, really don't have a fuel-efficient lamp.
Qianye suddenly felt a little headache. If he followed the current trajectory and started to move forward step by step, as Wei Bainian promised him, it would not be impossible to occupy a city after the war and gain another land or even a county in the future. At that time, the people he will deal with, whether friends or foes, will be people like Wei Bainian and Song Hu. Compared with them, it's no wonder that Song Hu felt disapprovingly that Gu Liyu was not good enough from the beginning.
It's just that although Qianye can understand and understand this kind of layout, he always feels a little indescribably depressed.
Looking at the empire, perhaps there is only one Zhang Boqian who never engages in such devious things. His behavior is really unscrupulous, he can do whatever he wants, most of the time even the imperial family is ignored. But no matter what Zhang Boqian did, he would only win overwhelming applause. Those who dared to risk their lives to criticize Zhang Boqian would really die.
Qianye didn't know why at this moment he thought of Zhang Boqian, who he was not familiar with and had only heard rumors about. Perhaps like many passionate young people in the empire, subconsciously yearn for Zhang Boqian's behavior style even before the passion is wiped out by reality.
Zhang Shuai never relents when he kills.
The situation was just as Wei Bainian expected, the army of darkness was unstoppable, and directly wiped out all the towns between Heiliu City and the border. Tens of thousands of cannon fodder, tens of thousands of regular soldiers, including all major races from werewolves to demons, such an army has no weaknesses at all, and it can only face it head-on without fear of all sneak attacks and ambushes.
Wei Bainian shrunk the front line ahead of time, and gathered all the people and things that could be retreated to Heiliu City. The civilians who were willing to retreat with the army all entered Heiliu City, and those who refused to retreat had no time to persuade them, and were all left where they were. Needless to say the fate of these people when the army of the dark race crossed the border.
The entire Seventh Division retreated to Heiliu City, not even sending out many scouts, and the range was only around the city.
Every corner of the city was rushing to work day and night. Large machines that had not been used for a long time were spewing steam. White water mist enveloped most of the city from morning to night, and a fortress gradually took shape.
All daily life revolves around defense, and all supplies are unconditionally requisitioned as long as they are military supplies. Naturally, there are many people in the city who rely on their status and background and resist the dispatch and requisition. Some even hoard and want to take advantage of the turmoil to make a fortune. At this time, Wei Bainian showed his thunderous methods, killed several young masters, and shocked everyone all at once.
Now the population of Heiliu City has reached more than 100,000, the entire army of the Seventh Division is stationed here, and 20,000 temporary soldiers have also been recruited. Heiliu City is like a hedgehog curled up in a ball, waiting for the beast to come.
Wei Bainian's move was impeccable tactically, but it was not without trouble. In the military law of the empire, the responsibility to defend the territory is the top ten law. If Wei Bainian let go of the defense zone and let the dark race pass through, he will be criticized a lot, and may even be dismissed on the spot.
However, Wei Bainian was very calm. The military merits of beheading the two generals were enough to offset the punishment of retreating without fighting. This was also his intention of gathering troops to suppress the front line from the beginning.
Seven days after the celebration reception, Heiliu City finally ushered in an army of dark races.
When tens of thousands of dark troops appeared outside the city, all the people who had clamored to go out of the city and fight for every inch of land were silenced. The numbers are not enough to make people despair. What really makes people dare not look directly is the thick clouds above the densely packed battle formations that have turned into huge whirlpools, slowly swirling with the dark army as the core.
At the center of the vortex, you can see five faint pillars of light rising into the sky, connecting with the center of the vortex. This is a shocking scene that can only be produced when the power of the dark side releases its aura and causes the original force to move between the heavens and the earth. In other words, there are actually five warrior-level powerhouses commanding this army!
In the center of the battle formation, five figures of different heights but with the same imposing manner slowly lifted into the sky, looking at the Heiliu City that was waiting for the formation.
"It's a bit troublesome."
"What kind of trouble is this? It's just a small town."
"But how many casualties will our soldiers have?"
"They have only one general."
"Don't forget, both Brahms and Sodo died at the hands of this man. You can't stop him, and neither can I. A despicable human powerhouse will leave the battlefield if the situation is unfavorable. If he's gone, it's pointless."
Among them, the four dark warriors quickly exchanged views, but they were all quite troublesome about the Heiliu City, which was armed to the teeth. According to the conventional method of attacking the city, a certain price must be paid.
It was difficult for them to agree, and finally their eyes fell on the thinnest figure in the center, only he remained silent.
This powerful earl from the Monroe family has lived for seven hundred years, and has steadily overwhelmed the other four regardless of blood background or personal strength. He was silent for a long time before saying in a hoarse voice, "We still have a long way to go, and this is just the first stop."
The other four generals were silent for a while. If too many troops are consumed in Heiliu City, it will definitely affect the subsequent battle situation. They all knew some of the real background of this war, and they were deeply impressed by the mobilization of troops. Among other things, nine of the members of the Eternal Night Council were mobilized!
In a war of this scale, if something is lost because of their delay, no one can bear the responsibility.
At this time the earl said again: "Also don't forget that the mission of our operation is not to occupy cities and lands."
The other four generals nodded. The circumstances of this battle are special. As for why they received such an order, even they are not qualified to know the inside story.
Seeing that the rest of the people did not object, the blood count said slowly: "That's it, let's go to the next city."
The dark army didn't stay for long before waiting for a new order, but instead of attacking the city, it retreated. This made many violent dark warriors very dissatisfied. The human city was right in front of them, filled with fresh flesh and blood. Why didn't they fight such a small city
There are many races in the Eternal Night camp who are irritable and impatient by nature, but they forget that the gentle and indifferent blood races are also ruthless, and the Monroe clan with the flower of fear mandala as their family emblem is even more famous for bloodthirsty. Immediately, dozens of clamoring fighters were dragged out of the team and killed directly in front of the formation.
The blood and brutality of the earl finally overwhelmed all dissent, allowing the army to return to its own will.
When the dark army finally left, countless people in Heiliu City couldn't believe their eyes. They finally knew that they should respect the new master of the Seventh Division, the gentle-looking warrior from a family.
The dark race also left a small army stationed on the spot, obviously to monitor the movement of Heiliu City. At this time, most people in Heiliu City had returned to "reason", and no one proposed to go out of the city to annihilate this army.
From this moment, the flames of war were ignited throughout the Eternal Night Continent. The dark race mobilized an unprecedentedly large army, divided into dozens of groups, and invaded the human territory from all directions. In just a few weeks, dozens of divisions of the expeditionary force were defeated, and nearly ten counties were lost one after another. The same number of counties were in jeopardy. The defenders had already suffered heavy losses, and the defense line might collapse at any time.
All of a sudden, the expeditionary army as a whole was severely hit. If this trend continues, the imperial expeditionary army will be completely defeated in less than two months, and then the human forces will be cleared out of the Eternal Night Continent for the first time in thousands of years. .
The Empire finally reacted. One month after the war started, the Ninth Legion entered Eternal Night. Another week later, the leading troops of the 17th and 21st legions arrived in Yongye. Two months later, the elite legions such as Broken Wing Angel, Red Scorpion, and Raging Flame Soldier sent teams into Eternal Night one after another.
Among the four major clans, the Bai family and the Zhao family began to send strong men into the eternal night, and fought desperately with the strong men of the dark race. In the most tragic battle, the two sides killed eleven warrior-level powerhouses in total.
This is an all-out war. The entire empire, and even the two camps of Eternal Night and Dawn are involved in the situation and have begun to take action.
Lin Xitang, who has always acted mildly, suddenly launched a large-scale attack on the Beifu Corps under his command, launching a violent attack on several cities occupied by rebels in western Xinjiang, and for the first time adopted a high-pressure policy in some areas where the rebels are active. Shoot without warning.
Thunder's method naturally brought about rich results. In just a few days, tens of thousands of rebels were captured and killed, almost more than in the past year. Naturally, accidental injury was unavoidable, so some of the ministers of the empire criticized Lin Xitang at the court meeting, saying that he ignored human life. However, it didn't take long for this person to be imprisoned for selfishness and fraud in his foreign post five years ago.
As soon as the situation in the western border stabilized, Zhao Weihuang's Bee Smoke Army, who was in the same town, moved, and nearly half of the main force left the defense area and rushed to the Evernight Continent.
Zhang Boqian, another marshal of the Empire's Shuangbi, never liked this roundabout method. He led a small number of elite troops to disappear. A few days later, the battle report came that they had brazenly invaded the Twilight Continent, the blood clan's stronghold.