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Chapter 246 Great Victory on the Western Front, Lu Ding's Miscalculation
It was February, and the cold air inside and outside the closed wall gradually went away, and the weather was already getting warmer.

But after several days of suppression and killing, the bloody wind enveloped the battlefield, the flags covered the sun, and the chill returned again.

Accompanied by the beating of war drums, the boundless formations of the Dingxi Army kept changing, and finally a square formation at the core of the Chinese Army opened up neatly.

There are not many people in this phalanx, only more than 2000 people. They are surrounded by many troops, and everyone has the arrogance of an elite army on their faces.

However, whether it is in the Dingxi Army or in Zhou Yuan's vision, this army does have the capital of arrogance.

The designation battle flag fluttered in the wind, on it was a large Lu character embroidered with gold thread, and the surrounding flags were full of fierce tiger shapes.

This is one of the trump cards that Lu Ding relied on to win the three counties of Dingxi, the Tiger Guards in the Tiger and Leopard Army.

Holding the army in the armor, the murderous aura is full of wildness, and a strong military spirit rises into the sky.

Although the siege of the city was frequent and brutal, there were not many soldiers who could be in the fighting position each time.

This also led to the fact that although the military spirit was thick, it was a little scattered, and there was no intimidating vision.

But now as soon as the Tiger Guards came out, the military spirit of the Dingxi Army seemed to have found its core, quickly condensed and formed, and finally turned into a fierce tiger army, coercing the guards in the pass.

Thanks to Xuanyiwei's intelligence, Zhou Yuan had a certain understanding of the tiger and leopard pro-army. His most famous battle was the victory of one thousand defeating the Daxu ten thousand county soldiers.

Combined with its daily combat performance, winning every battle and winning more with less is commonplace. Such a strong army is also the best of the best in the world.

According to gossip, at the beginning Zhou Bai was awarded the title of General of Subduing Demons and formed the Subduing Demons Army, which shined brilliantly. Later, the tiger and leopard army's target was the Subduing Demons Army.

Zhou Baili'an was in the Northern Governor's Mansion, and the whole county was in charge of military affairs, and Lu Ding also followed closely behind.

Even if he didn't have the innate skills passed down by Immortal Wu Ban, with his aristocratic background, he had obtained many mortal secrets.

Finally, after testing and screening, it was decided to be inclusive, and learn internal and external skills at the same time, in order to have a solid foundation and catch up with the supernatural effect of innate skills.

Coupled with the support of elixir and spiritual food provided by the Houtu Sect, the largest sect in Dingzhou, the Dingxi Army has indeed cultivated several armed forces.

Especially the Tiger and Leopard Army, even though they are not as good as the Fumo Army as a whole, they still have the ability to crush ordinary strong troops.

The overwhelming burning sensation of energy and blood, as well as the vicious tiger army in the sky, Zhou Yuan, as an innate realm, keenly judged the basic strength of this tiger guard army.

In this tiger guard army of more than 2000 people, everyone has exercised, and most of them have achieved great fitness. All the grassroots officers who carry the flag of recognition have true energy in their bodies.

Staring at him, there are five dazzling rays of light staring at him. Are they five innate realms?

This level of strength is already enough to compete with the Anbei Forbidden Army locally, and even overwhelm it.

But there are only a few tiger and leopard troops supported by Lu Ding, and the most you can see now is more than two guards and five thousand people. Including the remaining elite soldiers of the Chinese army, the total will not exceed 1.

On the other hand, the 2 soldiers of You Yijun and Tabai Army in my hands haven't moved much in the past few days, just waiting for you to be impatient.

After Huo Feiguang led the order to go down to the city to make preparations, Zhou Yuan immediately ordered again: "Order the white army to take over the defense of the city in an orderly manner, and the garrison to retreat to the second line. Order the Youyi army to be ready to cooperate with the cavalry to attack at any time."

Since the start of the war, the fight has been so intense that it almost turned the door into a grindstone of flesh and blood, just because Zhou Yuan didn't fully mobilize the forbidden army.

Most of the defensive operations were focused on by the garrison. Even so, the Dingxi army was beaten to death here, and the battalion flags of more than a dozen battalions no longer appeared.

"The casualties in the past few days made you feel that the pressure on our western front is a bit heavy..." Zhou Yuan licked his dry lips and murmured while looking at the menacing Tiger Guards.

As the Minister of the Ministry of War, leading the army to stand alone against the Dingxi country, and being ordered to do things cheaply, what he wants is not just to defend.

Hurt Lu Ding, reduce his prestige, and dispel his thoughts of interfering with the Eastern Front.

Great victory on the western front, he Zhou Yuan is going to decide!
woo~
Under the sound of the desolate horn, the ladders, catapults, catapults, battering rams and other siege equipment were all pushed up.

When the roaring stone bullets began to be thrown, two battalions of ordinary Dingxi soldiers held up their shields and began to advance towards the gate of Menjuguan.

They did nothing else, just to attract the firepower from the top of the city and minimize the casualties of the Tiger Guards.

When the overwhelming rain of arrows caused huge damage to these ordinary soldiers, the Tiger Guards did not move, but just watched silently.

Half an hour later, when the short hundreds of meters of road were covered with the corpses of ordinary soldiers, they still did not move.

Until the Dingxi army paid a huge price, put a ladder on the gate, and pushed four or five tall double-story cars to the edge of the city, when they could suppress the archers at the top of the city, the Tiger Guards finally moved.

These ruthless and strong soldiers, in accordance with the formation of skirmishers, agitated the blood in their bodies, and rushed towards the Guancheng at full speed.

Thanks to the sacrifices of countless ordinary soldiers in front of them, as well as the extreme speed of the Tiger Guards themselves, the hundreds of meters on the road to death did not kill too many soldiers.

They climbed up by climbing ladders, or threw hooks by powerful men, or even led by innate generals to climb the city with bare hands.

After several days of crossbow arrows and stone bombardment, the originally smooth wall became potholed, and it was not a problem for soldiers who were good at light skills to climb with their bare hands.

This method of warfare first appeared in Dingzhou in the first battle of the Anbei Army's attack on Ruinan. At that time, Jiao Tu led five hundred soldiers to attack Shuiyang City at night, using the method of hooking and climbing with bare hands.

Such siege methods cannot be used by non-martial arts soldiers, but now they are copied by the Tiger Guards.

In the middle camp of the Dingxi Army, a high platform several feet tall stood quietly, on which stood Dingxibo Luding and his accompanying senior officials, surrounded by heavily guarded guards.

The soldiers of the tiger guards in the distance ascended the city at an extremely fast speed, and the endless rolling logs, stones, arrow rain, and golden juice could not stop them. This is not the first batch of warriors who ascended the wall.

At the moment when the banner of the Tiger Guards stood on the top of the city, nearly [-] troops cheered and shouted mighty!

"Look, the Miao army envoy has led his own soldiers to climb up first, and the victory is in his hands!"

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, it took seven days to finally enter the customs!" The general with excellent eyesight couldn't hold back his reckless temper, and he was already congratulating Lu Ding in advance.

The reason why the achievement of ascending first is called one of the greatest military exploits is because in historical city offensive and defensive battles, being able to ascend the city first often means that the defenders are at the end of their way.

Few of the soldiers on the side of the city were able to fight bravely and reverse the situation.

Moreover, most of the generals on the high platform have practiced martial arts and their level is not low. Naturally, they know how much destructive power an innate leader with more than ten acquired talents can cause.

"In the past few days, I have figured out their background. It seems that the king of Anbei will conquer the country from the south, and there is really no need to assign soldiers." The cautious civil counselor also said the same.

Lu Ding naturally understood this truth, he was happy in his heart, his face was still calm, and he pretended to be calm and threw the binoculars in his hand to the civil servants aside.

"The Qianlijing produced by Anbei is a good thing. I will clean up the battlefield later. Remember to search for it. All the advisers in the army must be equipped with one."

Seeing that Lu Ding was so calm, with the look of the temple in mind, all the civil and military people were even more in awe.

"The catapult is blasting towards the city, don't aim at the top of the city..." The deputy commander in charge of military affairs did not forget to add details at this time.

However, the commanding soldiers on the high platform hadn't finished firing the flag order, and there were swift and fierce whistling sounds in the direction of Guancheng.

Is it the Anbei Army's catapults that are working hard?
bang, bang...

As the stone bombs fell to the ground, the phalanx of catapults on the front line of the Dingxi Army suffered a devastating blow, and the catapults that were originally at the same level as the top of the city were also smashed to the point of collapse.

No, what kind of stone bomb is this, with such great power.

"Your Majesty, this is the top secret of the Anbei Kingdom. The counterweight trebuchet was useless before. I thought I would take it all to Longfeng."

"Don't worry, the Tiger Guards are now fully occupying the city wall, so it's too late to counterattack." Dingxi really attached great importance to the rising Anbei, and soon a general reported relevant information.

It's just that his subordinates know themselves and the enemy, which makes Lu Ding even more uneasy, and a bad premonition emerges in his heart.

In the dark, the military strength and luck of the Dingxi Army suddenly dropped, and it showed an irreversible trend.

"Your Majesty, the situation of the battle has changed, please prepare quickly!" At this time, a Daoist Pei Yin came out from a hidden small tent in the Chinese army, and warned loudly.

It's a pity that it's all too late. The two armies are fighting with flesh and blood, and the military spirits of the two sides are facing each other head-on. It is difficult for the monks in a suppressed state to detect the changes in their luck in time.

The evil tiger Junsha, who was above the gate, suddenly stopped coercing the defenders. After a wail, he retreated dozens of steps, as if he had been attacked by something.

Lu Ding's face turned pale, and he was no longer as calm and calm as before. He saw the Consolidated Army Sha appear inside the closed wall: "Pixiu?"

"The Anbei Kingdom has forbidden troops here, and judging from their strength, it is obviously not a small army of one or two thousand."

"Hurry up, Ming Jin withdraws troops, urgently order the whole army..."

The hasty military order was still being issued, and the closed door that was being hit by the battering ram opened with a bang. In the face of such an offensive, the Anbei Army never blocked it.

Inside, a young general in red armor rode out abruptly on a dragon horse, and a row of soldiers pushing a battering hammer was picked up by a single rider, followed by the sound of horseshoes shaking the ground. In such a situation, it must be a group of heavily armored cavalry charging .

Didn't you bring five hundred dragon riders with you?Could it be that Zhou Bai is here?
At this time, the Tiger Guard Army flag at the top of the city has quietly disappeared, and those Tiger Guard soldiers who bravely climbed up are facing the siege of soldiers several times their number.

A brave man died, even the envoy of the Tiger Guards in the Xiantian Realm, General Miao was covered in blood, with fatal wounds on his body.

He looked terrified, and fought back desperately, the elite bodyguards around him fell down one by one, and the other innates not far away were the same, unable to do anything about the situation.

It's just because those who besieged them had more than double-digit innateness, and this was an enemy they never thought of.

"I have been trained by the Houtu Immortal Sect. There has never been a shortage of Lingmi, Yaoyao meat, and medicinal baths. In addition to the recent addition of great luck, I have such a state."

"You Anbei... How early is Bu Wu..."

"Tiger Guards listen to the order and withdraw!"

The meridians were broken, and the innate qi poured out from the whole body, and the Miao army made a desperate fight.

"General!"

"go!"

He didn't retreat by himself, but rushed to rescue the other subordinates who were besieged. He was already mad and fighting for his life, even the innates of the Anbei Forbidden Army could only temporarily avoid the edge.

Seeing the two innate lieutenants leading a part of Tiger Guard soldiers to save the ladder and retreat, the chief general of the Tiger Guard finally raised his head and fell off the city wall.

It was only at the last moment of his life that he saw an even more desperate scene. The retreating soldiers were surrounded by countless Anbei Forbidden Army who rushed out.

In addition to wearing heavy armor, there are also [-] or [-] imperial soldiers?
The tiger and leopard pro-army, the tiger army is gone...

In the continuous formation of the Dingxi Army, the horn sounded again, this time in addition to being desolate and majestic, it was also a little more hasty.

An orderly soldier named military soldier passed through the military formations of all parties, conveying urgent military orders.

Several innate generals of the Chinese army, seeing that they could not make it, even shouted with innate qi, shaking the sky.

It's just that the shouted military order is not majestic.

"Defensive formation, meet the impact!"

"Shanzi Battalion, Fengzi Battalion, soldiers of the two armies step forward to prevent the Anbei Imperial Army from invading!"

The foreign recruit has just returned from victory, and with luck, even if he suffers a sudden setback, his morale will not plummet to the bottom.

Most of the Dingxi soldiers still have the confidence of victory, thinking that as long as they obey the command, they will surely win.

Even in the offensive formation, it quickly changed into a defensive formation, and the number of soldiers surrounding the high platform was reduced by half in an instant, and they drove directly to the front army.

"It's too late. If the soldiers were placed in the front army earlier, even if there were [-] Anbei Forbidden Army, they would not be able to break through the front line of defense. Our troops will always be superior." The deputy commander looked flustered, while mobilizing the rear of the army Form a dense line of defense while expressing your own judgment to Lu Ding.

Lu Ding was born in a family in Dingzhou, and he is a heavenly dragon. He is regarded as the pinnacle of Dingzhou's outstanding talents in all aspects. How can he not see that a disastrous defeat is imminent at this time.

Before the door was closed, the place was so big that the [-] Dingxi troops couldn't cover it all.

Huo Feiguang led five hundred heavy armored dragon cavalry, like bulldozers, breaking through layers of defense until the momentum was exhausted.

Before the Dingxi cavalry came up to try to encircle and suppress them, they charged out from the flank again, not thinking about killing a few more people at all.

Now that the line of defense has been pierced, there will be two armies of You Yi and Ta Bai in the follow-up.

Seeing rows of ex-soldiers being mowed down by the Anbei Forbidden Army like mowing grass, Lu Ding's heart was bleeding.

Those who followed him in the Northern Expedition this time were all elites, not military pawns, but also military pawn reserves, and they would all be trained in the future.

General Lu Ding was summoned by the military officer, and asked in a low voice: "The Thick Earth Sect has not made a breakthrough so far? If we could find out the strength of Anbei's army earlier, how can we have such a disastrous defeat today?!"

The Taoist official didn't answer first, but looked up to the west, where was the fighting area between the monks of the Houtu Sect and the Taoist regiment of the Anbei Army.

A moment later, a flying sword crossed the battlefield. It was extremely fast at the beginning, but after being suppressed by the military spirit, it became wobbly. Fortunately, there was a military officer to respond.

"Returning to the Lord, Houtuzong responded that the enemy Taoist group is powerful, and there are three real people blocking luck."

"In the past few days of fighting, the Houtu Sect has killed thirteen first-level fighters and five second-level fighters."

There is no hope for monks on the battlefield, Lu Ding sighed: "Forget it, everyone will go to stabilize the overall situation. If the enemy dares to go too deep, they will bite down at all costs."

It's just that this battle will eventually be a disastrous defeat, and it will be difficult to make progress on the western front.

(End of this chapter)