The chaotic battle in front of Guiping Pass finally ended with Li Mu's cavalry retreating.
After the battle, the battlefield was a mess.
With the spiral cavalry assault tactic, Li Mu successfully destroyed two P1 cannons. That was the best Li Mu could do. He couldn't do anything to the remaining six cannons.
In this battle alone, more than 4,000 cavalrymen were killed.
Similarly, more than two thousand five hundred Barbarian Mountain Barbarian soldiers were buried here.
The spiral cavalry assault tactic was no different from a suicidal tactic. Killing 800 of the enemy, losing 1000 of their own. Even so, after this battle, Li Mu's name would be known in the wilderness.
For no other reason than that Li Mu had provided the wilderness army with an idea, a feasible tactic to use cavalry to deal with cannons. There was finally a way to deal with Shanhai City's P1 cannons.
The premise was that they were willing to sacrifice a great deal.
When the P1 cannons showed their power for the first time in Xuanwu Pass, the lords of the wilderness were terrified, and the military strategists of the various territories all cried out, "The wolf is coming!"
Some even asserted that with the existence of the P1 Cannons, any fortified city or fortress would be nothing in front of Shanhai City's army, unable to stop the advance of Shanhai City's army.
The only chance to win the war with Shanhai City was to seek a decisive battle outside the city. The traditional tactic of "defending the city" would be overshadowed by the P1 cannons.
The Yan Huang Alliance did not hesitate to invest a large amount of money to speed up the upgrading of the existing cannon technology.
But now, Li Mu gave a different answer.
"Amazing, truly amazing!" Han Xin couldn't help but applaud Li Mu's genius idea. Then, his expression changed, and his eyes flashed. "But, this is the end."
"Pass down the order, continue the bombardment!"
"Yes, sir!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The cannons sounded again, pouring down on Guiping Pass.
The strange thing was, no matter how the cannons bombarded, there was no response. After half an hour of bombardment, the top of Guiping Pass was dead silent.
"Your Excellency, the enemy won't retreat, will they?" asked the deputy general.
The deputy general was clearly worried that the scene of Xuanwu Pass's retreat would repeat itself.
Han Xin shook his head and said confidently, "Impossible. Guiping Pass is the last barrier. Once the enemy retreats, it is tantamount to giving up on Guilin County. "
"Then what should we do?"
"The enemy has obviously given up on defending the city and is preparing to fight us inside the city. Pass down the order. Have the cannons aim at the city and clear it first. The First Division would be the vanguard, and the Second Division would be responsible for supporting and attacking the city. Remind the two divisions to be careful and beware of any traps in the city. "
Han Xin had a deep understanding of Li Mu's cunning. The enemy had given up on defending the city. It was a helpless move, but it was also a very smart move.
As the saying goes, you can only gain if you give up something.
In the face of the artillery attack, Li Mu decisively chose to surrender the battlefront. This move of retreating in order to advance brought both sides back to the same level.
Moreover, the allied forces had the geographical advantage of fighting within the city.
There was a reason why he felt helpless. Li Mu's move was brilliant, but it was also quite risky. Once he failed to defend the city, Guiping Pass would fall completely.
Inviting a wolf into one's house also carried the risk of being eaten by the wolf.
It turned out that Li Mu had made meticulous preparations for this battle. No wonder he dared to make such a bold statement before the battle.
As soon as the First Division entered the fortress and saw the scene in front of them, they were all stunned. In addition to the area near the city wall that had been bombed into ruins by the artillery, the area further away had been directly transformed into a "trap concentration camp" by the allied forces.
Based on the existing buildings such as streets and houses, the allied forces had carried out extensive renovation of the fortress and set up countless traps. The barricades and arrow towers were all child's play. The most terrifying thing was the large pits in the streets and the hidden crossbows on the roofs.
God knew how many archers were lying in ambush on both sides of the quiet street.
If they really attacked like this, they would probably suffer heavy losses.
"Report the situation to the commander." Liao Kai, the division commander, did not act impulsively.
"Yes, sir!"
Han Xin didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he got the news.
"Is it necessary to do this?"
Han Xin was a little speechless about Li Mu. What kind of obsession did he have to go to this extent?
Li Mu's trap could stop the attack of the First Division, but it was only a temporary delay. In the end, it could not reverse the situation of the battle and achieve a decisive result.
The diplomatic offensive launched by Shanhai City had long shaken the will of the two major city-states. Taking down Guiping Pass was just to build momentum for the diplomatic activities and increase the bargaining chips.
Who would have thought that Li Mu was so stubborn?
"Do you have to completely drag the two armies into the swamp of war?" Han Xin was speechless.
As a Divine General, Han Xin not only knew how to fight, but also knew how to think about the overall situation. Han Xin was very clear about the strategic purpose of attacking Guiping Pass, so he was even more unwilling to pay for this battle. The sacrifice was too great.
"It seems that I have to use my ultimate move!" Han Xin's eyes flashed coldly. "Order the flying squad of the Withered Fortress to bomb Guiping Pass early tomorrow morning."
"Yes, sir!" The messenger turned around and left.
The purple Magnetic Ore worn by Ouyang Shuo could produce one blue Magnetic Ore and two green Magnetic Ore every month, and the green Magnetic Ore could drive the pseudo-aircraft.
Since leaving Atlantis, Ouyang Shuo had saved three blue Magnetic Ore and six green Magnetic Ore. All of these Magnetic Ou Stones were used to form a flying team.
When Zheng He led the ocean-going fleet back to the port of Gibraltar, under Ouyang Shuo's instruction, he purchased 12 pseudo-aircraft from Atlantis at one time.
As soon as the Battle of Chibi ended, the 12 pseudo-aircraft were transported to a secret base in Lianzhou Basin. The General Administration of Military Affairs recruited the first batch of pilots from Shanhai City and trained in this air force base.
Two months later, the secret flying squad of Shanhai City was finally going to show up in the wilderness. For their first appearance, they chose the battlefield of the Northern Region.
As early as during the battle of Xuanwu Pass, Han Xin had applied to the General Administration of Military Affairs to temporarily borrow the flying squad. Considering the requirements of the actual combat test, the General Administration of Military Affairs approved Han Xin's application.
The battle of Xuanwu Pass went smoothly, and the flying squad did not have a chance to appear on the battlefield.
At this moment, it was finally time for them to show up.
Before the flying squad arrived at the front, Han Xin ordered the First Division and the Second Division to temporarily withdraw from Guiping Pass, officially announcing the end of the first day of the battle.
That night, the First Division set up camp in the wild and made do for the night.
…
On the morning of October 29th.
Facing the morning light, the defenders of Guiping Pass who were still asleep suddenly heard a roar. Before they could react, special "incendiary bombs" fell from the sky and exploded.
This incendiary bomb was a "bomb" specially developed by the No. 7 Research Institute for pseudo-aircraft. Naturally, it was incomparable to the incendiary bombs used in modern warfare, but it was small and easy to carry.
A pseudo-aircraft could carry ten special "incendiary bombs," and one incendiary bomb was enough to set a house on fire.
The flying squad consisting of nine pseudo-aircraft dropped all the "incendiary bombs" into Guiping Pass in just ten minutes and then began to return.
After returning to the Withered Fortress to resupply, the next round of "air strikes" would come as scheduled.
Although the incendiary bombs made with indigenous methods were not as lethal as modern incendiary bombs, they were enough to ignite barricades, arrow towers, thatch, wooden houses, and all other easily flammable targets.
Because there was no aiming device, the newly trained flying squad relied entirely on experience to grasp the timing of the bombs. Naturally, it was a mess, and the bombs were thrown here and there.
If it were modern military officers, they would probably all be eliminated.
Even so, for an ancient army like the Allied Army, it was enough to make them tremble with fear. The psychological impact caused by it was unprecedented.
Also, by accident, an ambush soldier hiding in the thatch was set on fire by an incendiary bomb.
Because of such an unprecedented attack, the entire Allied Army was in chaos. Sparks of fire spread everywhere in the fortress, which was quite a spectacular sight.
"Put out the fire! Put out the fire!"
The regular army was instantly turned into a fire-fighting squad.
Li Mu patrolled back and forth in the city, his face dreadfully gloomy. He did not expect that the enemy had such unheard of war weapons other than cannons.
For the first time, Li Mu lost confidence in the war.
Before the garrison of the fortress could come to themselves, another roar came from the sky. The flying squad returned. With the experience of the first time, the second round of air strikes became more accurate.
The fire that had not been put out was burning again.
The soldiers of the Allied Army wanted to cry but had no tears.
"Brother, you can't do this!"
After going back and forth three times, it was already noon.
The flying squad regarded the air strike as a flight training and used Guiping Pass as a live target. They dropped incendiary bombs again and again, bringing nightmares to the enemy.
The endless bombardment completely crushed the will of the Allied Army.
To make matters worse, the fire in the fortress was burning more and more fiercely, and it seemed that it could not be put out any longer. If they stayed any longer, they would really die with the fortress.
"General, let's retreat!" The deputy general looked at the chief general's dark face and said carefully, "If we continue to persist, I'm afraid that the troops will explode and it will not be easy to clean up the mess."
In fact, it was Li Mu's credit that the Allied Army could persist until now. It was Li Mu's prestige in the army that kept the soldiers from collapsing on the spot.
Even so, there was a limit to how strong they were.
Li Mu looked lonely and said bitterly, "I understand. Order the retreat!"
The defeat of this battle was not the fault of the war.
It was precisely because of this that Li Mu felt even more sullen. He now truly felt how powerful Shanhai City was. It was not just a gap in military strength.
A sense of helplessness rose in Li Mu's heart. No matter how much effort he put in and what novel tactics he came up with, they could not withstand the bombardment of the enemy.
Li Mu felt that when he returned, he needed to make up for it.
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