"This is what I plan to do …"
In the meeting hall, Ruan Tianque began to elaborate his battle plan.
There was only one week left for Annan. If they wanted to break the three attacks of Great Xia, they had to take the initiative to attack and have a head-on battle with Great Xia.
In addition to mobilizing 900,000 combat professional players, they also had to rely on the power of the imperial guards.
Ruan Tianque analyzed, "With the combat power of the Great Xia army, we have to deploy at least three times the number of troops if we want to win."
After the discussion, the deployment of the three armies was as follows.
In the south, 200,000 imperial guards and 200,000 combat players would fight against the second legion of the Great Xia imperial guards and the second legion of the city guards.
In the east, 200,000 imperial guards and 200,000 combat players would fight against the first and third legions of the Great Xia imperial guards. The 160,000 soldiers in Haifang City were mainly used to resist the naval attack of Great Xia.
In the north, 200,000 imperial guards and 400,000 combat players would fight against the first, third, and fifth legions of the Great Xia imperial guards.
After the arrangements were made, there were only 200,000 imperial guards and 100,000 combat players left in the capital river.
Ruan Tianque was full of confidence. "As long as the three armies are stable, the capital is located at the rear and can naturally sit back and relax. Hence, there is no need to leave too many troops to guard."
The matter was thus settled.
…
On April 22nd, Annan's counterattack officially began.
600,000 imperial guards and 800,000 combat players walked out of the capital river, divided into three groups, and took the initiative to fight against the three armies of Great Xia. They were determined to annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop.
Before leaving, the Annan players held a grand oath ceremony at the city gate.
"If we don't destroy the enemy, we will not return home!"
The sound of the oath was like a tsunami, resounding through the sky and shaking the entire land of Annan.
This was the will of a nation.
After receiving the news of Annan taking the initiative to attack, Great Xia immediately adjusted its combat strategy. The northern army and southern army stopped attacking the city and turned to garrison, waiting for the arrival of the Annan counterattack army.
For Great Xia, this was a bitter battle. Both Huo Qubing and Shi Wansui were unwilling to increase losses before the war, so they chose to conserve their strength.
At the same time, the three armies of Great Xia began to strengthen the construction of their stations and gather as much food as possible to make the most comprehensive preparation for the upcoming war.
When the Annan side received the news, they naturally had a different interpretation.
"Great Xia is afraid!"
For a time, the crowd was excited and their morale was greatly boosted, and the gloominess from before was swept away. The three armies unwittingly sped up, eager to engage the enemy as soon as possible.
The first collision occurred in the north.
On the afternoon of the 25th, Annan's 600,000 troops arrived at Xuanguang City. Ten kilometers north of Xuanguang City was the encampment of Great Xia's northern army — Pingxiang City.
The two sides each occupied a small city and confronted each other.
The Annan army naturally didn't think so. After resting for a night, they immediately left the city and took the initiative to launch an attack on Ping Xiang City. It was as if Mount Tai was bearing down on them.
Unfortunately, they still underestimated the elites of Great Xia.
In accordance with the unified deployment of the command center, Shi Wansui defended the city instead of attacking. No matter how the Annan side chose or how harsh their words were, he remained unmoved.
If Annan wants to fight, then let's attack the city!
The price of attacking the city was too high. Annan was not stupid and would not be fooled.
Thus, the battle on the first day ended anticlimactic.
On the 27th, the Annan army could no longer sit still because news had just come from Hanoi that another group of merchant ships had left the North Sea Port and were heading towards Annan.
Without a doubt, this was the second batch of Great Xia's expeditionary army. There was not much time left for Annan.
There was no other choice but to attack!
With the determination to succeed or die trying, the 600,000 troops surrounded Ping Xiang City and launched a fierce attack as soon as they arrived. The foot of the city walls were densely packed with Annan soldiers.
If every Annan soldier had a pair of good teeth, they would probably be able to eat Ping Xiang City alive.
Annan's fierce attack was like a violent storm, powerful and heavy. It was like stormy waves, continuous and endless, wave after wave, from morning to night, without any intention of stopping.
When an army went berserk, it was a very terrifying thing.
Even the elite city guards suffered heavy casualties under such a perverted and ferocious attack. Fortunately, there were 210,000 city guards, and it was not that easy to break through.
Both sides had no way out, so the war naturally became cruel.
Ping Xiang City was like a huge blender that involved the soldiers of both sides and crushed them into pieces. Each of them was badly mutilated, and blood flowed like a river.
The khaki city walls were dyed bright red within a day.
"Are these guys crazy?"
Even someone as brave as Shi Wansui had never seen such a scene. The opponents of the city guards this time were really different from ordinary people. Each of them disregarded life and death and only cared about killing the enemy.
An Annan soldier rushed to the top of the city wall. When he saw that he was about to be stabbed to death by the city guards, he actually pounced on a city guard soldier and jumped off the city wall calmly, perishing together with the enemy.
The eyes of the mutants who were captured were also bloodshot. They climbed up the city wall in different ways and galloped unhindered in the enemy's formation. They were not afraid of death and even deliberately rushed into the crowd just to kill a few more enemies.
They never thought of going back alive. There was only the enemy in their eyes.
"Kill! Kill! Kill! "
The killing intent condensed by the 600,000 soldiers materialized and formed a huge blood-red cloud. It covered the sky above Ping Xiang City and kept churning up and down.
As the war went on, the red cloud became bigger and thicker. The color also changed from light red to light red, then red, and finally to a dazzling deep red.
The red was oppressive and bewitching.
Under the stimulation of the blood-red cloud, the Annan army became crazier. Every one of their eyes was bloodshot, and some soldiers even went berserk and turned into bloodthirsty demons.
The war was getting more and more intense, and no one could stop it.
Such an enemy was really frightening. Shi Wansui had no choice but to personally go to the front line and display his heroic spirit to cheer for the city guards. This was the only way to maintain the morale of the city guards.
But after a day, more than 20,000 city guards died in battle.
It was very rare for the Great Xia army to suffer such a large number of casualties in such a short period of time.
The price paid by the Annan army was nearly 80,000 deaths. The corpses piled up at the foot of the city wall, completely blocking the moat, and it was horrifying.
After the system update, the corpses of the NPCs wouldn't be refreshed.
These corpses piled up at the foot of the city wall and became a great help for the subsequent siege army. They stepped on the mountain of corpses of their compatriots and enemies and launched an even more fierce attack on the city guards.
Regardless of whether it was the Annan Imperial Guards or the combat players, they had all turned into ferocious ghosts and lost their humanity.
It wasn't until nightfall when they could no longer see each other that the Annan army woke up and retreated to the camp like a tide.
Retreating was just an expedient measure. The Annan soldiers shouted, "We'll fight again tomorrow! We won't rest until we die!"
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