8th August, Luofeng City.
The orange sun rose slowly from the top of the mountain opposite the canyon, casting a bright halo at the entrance of the canyon. The tower of Luofeng Castle looked even more dazzling under the sun.
With their backs facing the sun, Huo Qubing and Meng Tian stood side by side again.
Last night, the two of them had been talking until late into the night, combining their experiences inside and outside the array to complement each other. They had almost solved the array that Lian Po had set up.
Today was the day that the Great Xia imperial guards would officially charge.
"If only we could test it for another day." Meng Tian felt a little regretful. After all, they only had one afternoon, and the two of them still had some doubts about the array. These doubts could very well be hidden dangers.
They could wait, but the Flame Army couldn't.
Perhaps due to the appearance of the Great Xia imperial guards in Luofeng City, Wu Qi led the three armies of the Great Zhou Dynasty and successfully surrounded the Flame Army yesterday, completely cutting off their path to the north.
The surrounded Blazing Flame Army was on the verge of death. They could be wiped out at any moment.
Under such circumstances, Luofeng City could only take a risk and quickly break out of the encirclement to win a chance of survival for the Flame Army. Otherwise, the Great Jin army would really be defeated.
Huo Qubing was optimistic and said with a smile, "Nothing is guaranteed on the battlefield."
"Yes."
Meng Tian nodded, turned around and saluted Huo Qubing. "In that case, I'm counting on you!"
Huo Qubing returned the salute and said confidently, "Leave it to me!" With that, he turned around and left the tower to make the final preparations before the battle. Near the gate, the three legions of the Great Xia imperial guards had already lined up.
"Let's go!"
Huo Qubing didn't do much and directly gave the order to go to battle.
For the Great Xia imperial guards, war was already a common occurrence. There was no need to mobilize them as they had their own way of doing things.
As the gate opened, teams of cavalrymen rushed out, facing the sun. They were especially lively, and their scarlet cloaks fluttered in the wind as if they were cheering for the imperial guards.
This battle could only be won, not lost.
Above the tower, Meng Tian looked at the Great Xia imperial guards who were like dragons emerging from the sea, deep in thought.
…
At the commanding heights of the imperial guards' camp.
Lian Po also seemed to have a premonition that there would be a fierce battle today, so he came to the high ground early, ready to welcome the challenges of the new day. However, when the gates of the Phoenix Castle opened and the Great Xia imperial guards rushed out, Lian Po was surprised.
"Are we going to take turns?"
It was normal for the enemy to choose such a rotation tactic when they had the advantage in numbers. However, for some reason, Lian Po still felt a little uneasy when he saw that it was the imperial guards of Great Xia.
"Could it be that I'm really old, and I'm subconsciously afraid of the imperial guards of Great Xia?"
Lian Po's expression was a bit ugly. He wasn't deaf or blind. Lian Po knew that His Majesty privately had a negative opinion of him, but what could he do?
While Lian Po was in a daze, the Great Xia imperial guards had already charged into the formation and started a monstrous massacre.
The Great Zhou Dynasty's imperial guards had already suffered during their first confrontation. Firstly, Huo Qubing had studied the enemy's formation thoroughly. Secondly, the Great Xia Dynasty's imperial guards were stronger than the Great Jin Dynasty's imperial guards.
In the first round of cavalry charge, the Great Xia Dynasty's imperial guards picked up their lethal weapon, the strengthened version of the lance. Together with the cavalry's high-speed charge, they were simply lethal weapons.
No matter how skillful the imperial guards were, there was only one way for the Great Xia Dynasty's imperial guards to break through, and that was to force their way through. The rows of lances gleamed coldly as they formed a killing machine.
Wherever the army passed, there was only a pile of flesh and blood, and not a single living thing could be seen on the ground.
The imperial guards in the front row didn't even have the time to let out their last cry before they were crushed by the rolling torrent. They couldn't even cause a ripple.
Huo Qubing wasn't just saying that he wanted to use force to break through the enemy's formation.
The three legions of the Great Xia Dynasty's imperial guards were like three sharp blades that formed a trident that stabbed into the enemy's abdomen. Under Meng Tian's command, they advanced triumphantly.
Trap? Useless!
Human wall? Even more useless!
Encirclement? They couldn't do it!
The Great Xia Dynasty's imperial guards were like a group of ferocious beasts, or rather, like a beast tide that appeared in the wilderness. They charged in with a rumbling sound, not caring about anyone's feelings or fear of death.
Compared to the Great Jin Dynasty's imperial guards, the Great Xia Dynasty's imperial guards were much more bloodthirsty and brutal.
Perhaps, this was also a form of war aesthetics.
Violent aesthetics!
Faced with such brutal Great Xia Dynasty's imperial guards, the Great Zhou Dynasty's imperial guards were clearly unprepared.
The battle yesterday had already tortured them badly and caused them to suffer heavy casualties. It wasn't easy for them to rest for a night, and before they could fully recover their vitality, they had to face a more severe challenge.
Some of the soldiers had already recognized that the enemy was the famous imperial guards of Great Xia.
The imperial guards of Great Zhou were no strangers to the Great Xia Dynasty's imperial guards. It could even be said that they were the troops that fought against the Great Xia Dynasty's imperial guards the most in the wilderness.
In every battle, the two troops would have to fight once.
In the end, the imperial guards were defeated every time, and even their commander, Lian Po, was traumatized, let alone the imperial guards who were beaten black and blue by the Great Xia Dynasty's imperial guards.
The fear of the Royal Guards immediately showed on the battlefield where life and death was at stake.
Coupled with the tide-like attacks of the Great Xia Dynasty's imperial guards, the line of the imperial guards began to loosen up. The coordination between the divisions was also not as smooth as when they faced the Great Jin Dynasty's imperial guards.
The entire formation began to slow down.
Meng Tian, who was in the tower of the Phoenix Castle, saw this and didn't have time to lament. She immediately seized this rare opportunity to lead the Great Xia Dynasty's imperial guards to launch an even more violent attack on the enemy's position. Every time, they would attack the enemy's key points.
The imperial guards' position was a whole, and in order to operate, it relied on nine key points. Nine of the most elite and valiant divisions of the Imperial Army were deployed here.
The Great Xia Dynasty's imperial guards loved to bite off tough bones.
With the cooperation of Meng Tian and Huo Qubing, the three legions seemed to be tireless as they destroyed one stronghold after another. Every stronghold that was destroyed would paralyze the imperial guards' position.
By the time the fourth stronghold was destroyed, the position could no longer be connected.
Lian Po, who was on the high ground, became more and more powerless. The situation of the battle had begun to get out of his control, and the entire position was in a mess. His command was also seriously disrupted.
The only thing he could rely on was the imperial guards themselves.
In other words, with the formation paralyzed, the Great Xia Dynasty's imperial guards and the Great Zhou Dynasty's imperial guards were on the same starting line, and they were competing with their own strength.
On this point, no army in the world could challenge the Great Xia Dynasty's imperial guards.
In the process of invading the Great Jin Dynasty, the imperial guards had already lost a portion of their soldiers. In the battle yesterday, tens of thousands of people had died under the swords of the Great Jin Dynasty's imperial guards. The total number of soldiers they had was not much of an advantage compared to the Great Xia Dynasty's imperial guards.
In a battle of equal strength, the Great Xia Dynasty's imperial guards had never lost.
"How dare a loser speak so boldly?"
Under Huo Qubing's command, the three fierce generals, Ma Chao, Lu Bu, and E Lai, each led a division and started a monstrous massacre in the enemy's formation. They were like giant beasts in human form.
The three of them were top-notch generals. After Gaia's update, their martial arts skills had skyrocketed. Their weapons and armors were all reforged by the generation's Grandmaster, Ou Yezi, and were comparable to divine weapons.
Apart from E Lai, who was still riding the Rakshasa, Ma Chao and Lu Bu had even changed their mounts.
After their equipment was upgraded, the three of them had terrifying destructive power in the battle formation. Every time there was an obstacle at the front line, the three generals would personally lead the troops to charge, and no one could stop them.
In battle, they were like nuclear warheads.
This battle was earth-shattering, the sun and moon changed color, and blood flowed like a river. The blood and murderous aura that condensed in the sky above the battlefield were mixed together, rising up and down. The color was so bright that it was frightening, as though it was bone-chilling.
After this battle, the Great Zhou Dynasty's imperial guards would probably be trampled into the mud, never to rise again.
On the high ground, Lian Po could no longer maintain his composure. He resisted the temptation to retreat and gave a death order, "Pass the order to all divisions, gather together, form a camp, and defend against the enemy's attack."
"Yes, sir!"
Among the three legions of the Great Xia Dynasty's imperial guards, other than the fourth legion which had a group of infantry, the rest were all elite cavalry. If the imperial guards dared to retreat at this time, they would probably be devoured by the enemy.
The only way out was to defend to the end.
No matter what, the Great Zhou Dynasty's imperial guards still had the geographical advantage. As long as they did not panic, kept their composure, used the camp as a stronghold, and defended to the end, there was a high chance that they would survive.
Old Lian Po once again displayed his rich combat experience.
Unfortunately, Lian Po misjudged the enemy's intentions. In his opinion, the enemy naturally wanted to annihilate the imperial guards before rescuing the Blazing Flame Army.
If it was just the Great Xia Dynasty's imperial guards that broke out of the encirclement, they would not be able to change the situation in the north.
Therefore, as long as the imperial guards defended to the end, endured the most difficult day, and took a breather, there was a possibility that they could persist in the battle tomorrow.
Even if the Great Jin Dynasty's imperial guards were involved, Lian Po still had the confidence to defend.
At the very least, they could delay for another half a day.
In a day and a half, even if the Blazing Flame Army did not die, they would be crippled. In this way, Lian Po could be considered to have barely completed the task given to him by the king.
The problem was, from the beginning, the allied forces did not intend to directly rescue the Blazing Flame Army.
Seeing that the enemy had returned to defend the camp, Huo Qubing decisively commanded the army to charge outside the entrance without Meng Tian's command. There was no hesitation throughout the entire process.
In just half an hour, the Great Xia Dynasty's imperial guards swept through the camp of the Great Zhou Dynasty's imperial guards like a flood. Without a trace of reluctance, they rushed out of the canyon, leaving behind a mess.
"What?"
Lian Po was stunned. "There's something wrong with the situation."
The Great Xia Dynasty's imperial guards did not play by the book, which made Lian Po feel even more uneasy. Unfortunately, the enemy did not give him a chance to reconsider, because at this moment, the gates of the Phoenix Castle opened again.
The Great Jin Dynasty's imperial guards, who were ready to go, took over from the Great Xia Dynasty's imperial guards and rushed in.
"Stop the Great Jin Dynasty's imperial guards!"
This was Lian Po's subconscious reaction. Until now, he still firmly believed in his previous judgment that the Great Jin Dynasty's imperial guards wanted to fish in troubled waters, so they followed behind the Great Xia Dynasty's imperial guards and rushed out of the canyon.
If the Great Jin Dynasty's imperial guards rushed out of the canyon, Lian Po would rather die.
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