Chapter 1144, retreat, iron triangle
That night, Xiong Xiaoguang first secretly arranged a Bear Man Imperial Guard to sneak into Jiukongqiao Village.
The Bear Guard under Xiong Xiaoguang's command had just stepped down from Jiukong Bridge. Lang Wuque, who had received the news, immediately led the werewolf army to Jiukong Bridge Village.
Ten thousand werewolf warriors and one thousand bear men heavy infantry directly built the entire Jiukongqiao Village into an indestructible fortress.
After learning that the army of our knowing about it successfully entered Jiukongqiao Village and had completed the defense, Xiong Xiaoguang and Lang Wubian no longer hesitated and directly retreated all the Bear Man Imperial Guards from the Colorful Bridge, and then rushed straight to Jiukongqiao Village.
The orc army of Dashi Kingdom was under the surveillance of the Northern Expedition Coalition's owl scouts.
The Bear Man Imperial Guard had just withdrawn from the Colorful Bridge, and the Tauren heavy infantry located on the other side of the Colorful Bridge quickly ran along the bridge deck and directly occupied the entire Colorful Bridge and Yangshu.
After learning that the Taurus heavy infantry on his side had regained control of the Colorful Bridge and Yangshu, Sun Junyi immediately started to fire the Cloud Piercing Arrow.
As dozens of cloud-piercing arrows turned into gorgeous fireworks in the night sky, the two Northern Expedition coalition forces located in Pengzhuang Village and Shengjiawu walked out of the fortifications in neat steps and headed straight for Jiukongqiao Village.
Since Shengjiawu is only two kilometers away from Jiukongqiao Village, before Xiong Xiaoguang and others arrived at Jiukongqiao Village, the mixed legion of the Northern Expedition Alliance, composed of dwarf heavy infantry and elves, came to the outskirts of Jiukongqiao Village first.
Faced with the heavy infantry and werewolf soldiers who were ready for battle, this mixed legion of the Northern Expedition Alliance did not rush to launch an attack.
They first set up their formations in the southwest direction of the village, with dwarfs and heavy infantry in front and elves archers behind.
After making the formation, the dwarf heavy infantry began to cover the elves archers to carry out long-range strikes on the orc army in Jiukongqiao Village.
They stopped at a place one hundred meters away from the orc defense line, and set up a needle-punch jungle formation there, waiting for the orc army in Jiukongqiao Village to take the initiative to attack.
Faced with the Northern Expedition Alliance's bullying style, many bear soldiers were furious, and they raised their shields and wanted to rush out.
"I'll come back. Without my orders, no one can act rashly. Those who violate the order will be killed without mercy and will be punished."
Seeing some bear warriors trying to rush out, Xiong Ergou immediately yelled loudly.
He knew that these irritable guys were not afraid of death, but they cared about their relatives in the tribe very much, so he directly used the lives of their relatives to stop them from being stupid.
After hearing that disobeying military orders would implicate his relatives in the clan, the blood-congested bear soldiers stopped immediately after running out for more than ten meters.
They forgot the positions of the Northern Expedition Alliance unwillingly, and all retreated with a pale face.
In this way, the orc army stationed in Jiukongqiao Village did not rush out on its own initiative. The Northern Expedition Alliance, located in the southwest of the village, took advantage of the opponent's weakness of no long-range attack methods and kept pouring rain of arrows into the village.
This elves ranger army of the Northern Expedition coalition was divided into three parts.
Some of the elves archers were responsible for launching rockets to set fire in the village and providing long-range lighting for other companions.
Some elves archers are responsible for launching covered arrow rains. Wherever the orc defenders are densest, their arrow rains will cover them.
There are also some elves archers responsible for long-range sniping. They kept swimming around the village, picking orc warriors who showed their flaws to fire cold arrows.
With the cooperation of three elves archers, orc warriors in Jiukongqiao Village accidentally caught arrows every moment.
As long as the bear soldiers with thick skin were not shot into the vital position, they would continue to stay on their posts just like nothing happened.
Werewolf warriors whose physical strength is similar to that of humans and elves is not good. Even if they are not shot in the vital parts of their bodies, they will immediately lose some of their combat power.
As the werewolf warriors in the village continued to lose their ranks, Lang Wuque's forehead was soon covered with dense beads of sweat. He stood at the bridge and looked southeastward, hoping that Xiong Xiaoguang and others could come over as soon as possible.
The straight line distance from Yangshu to Jiukong Bridge is about five kilometers. This five-kilometer journey is not only a torment for Lang Wuque, who is stationed in Jiukongqiao Village, but also for Xiong Xiaoguang and Lang Wubian.
Since their every move was under the surveillance of the Northern Expedition Alliance, they were soon caught up by the elves of the Northern Expedition Alliance player who came out of Pengzhuang Village.
Although the elves were blind at night, under the warning of the owl scouts above their heads, the several ambushings arranged by the wolf without disease were successfully resolved by the players.
The elves are in a group of ten, with four people in each group holding torches to light up, while the other six are responsible for placing bows and arrows to launch long-range attacks on enemies entering range.
They were not in a hurry to shorten the distance with the enemy, and just hung it in a short distance, and then kept attacking the orc warriors responsible for the palace's back with the rain of arrows.
This mode of lowly attack continued from the west of Dinglou Village to Jiukong Bridge.
On these three kilometers of road, werewolf warriors would be caught in arrows and fall to the ground, and then quickly harvested by those elves who regard merit as their lives.
Faced with the extremely shameless long-range sneak attack tactics of the Northern Expedition Alliance, Lang Wubing and Xiong Xiaoguang were both at a loss.
They could only arrange as many orc warriors holding shields as possible to take charge of the rear of the temple, and then increase the speed of the marching as much as possible without leaving the rear of the temple.
"Little Prince, General, you have arrived here. If you arrive a little later, I don't know if I can defend Jiukongqiao Village."
When Lang Wuque, who was standing on the Jiukong Bridge like a husband-looking stone, saw Xiong Xiaoguang and Lang Wubian's figures, he immediately came over excitedly.
"Wuque, how is the situation in Jiukongqiao Village? I saw the fire here from a distance. Is the enemy's attack very fierce?"
After giving Lang Wuque a heavy hug, Lang Wuming asked while walking.
"The enemy has been using long-range firepower to suppress us, and the firelight you see should be those houses that were ignited by rockets.
Although the enemy has not officially launched an attack on Jiukongqiao Village, and it is just using long-range attacks to consume us, the enemy's long-range firepower is too strong, and the werewolf legion under my command has suffered a lot of losses.
You don’t know how afraid I was just now that the enemy would suddenly rush over. Fortunately, you came here in time.”
Lang Wuque let out a long breath and briefly introduced the situation here in Jiukongqiao Village to Lang Wubing and Xiong Xiaoguang.
"General, there seem to be many enemy pursuers hanging behind you. Jiukong Bridge is so narrow. Do you think the enemy wants to surround us and kill us in Jiukong Bridge Village?"
Looking back at the dense torches like fireflies in the distance, Lang Wuque's heart, which had just been put into his stomach, raised up again.
"There is a possibility, but at this time we have no choice but to rush forward with the bullet and rush forward.
Wuque, hurry back to Jiukongqiao Village to command the army’s defense, and do not let the enemy attack in.
The little prince and I stayed on the bridge to command the army across the bridge, and tried to bring all the brothers back safely."
After sighing, Lang Wuqing patted Lang Wuque's shoulder and stopped directly.
When the orc army withdrawn from Yangshu began to cross the bridge, the elf players who had been falling behind immediately surrounded him like a piranha who smelled the smell of blood.
They surrounded the bridge in a fan-shaped formation and kept pouring rain of arrows onto the bridge deck.
Some elves even went down the river bank directly and stood in the water to shoot on the bridge deck.
Since Sun Junyi did not want to fight with this orc army, he just wanted the elves to send off the enemy and bite another piece of meat from the enemy before evacuating.
Therefore, the orders received by the two Northern Expedition coalitions were to disturb the enemy at a long range, and they would not really launch an attack on the enemy's array.
If Sun Junyi wants to keep this enemy army, then there will be more than a few player elves legions behind the enemy, and the Taurus heavy infantry legion that recaptured Yangshu and the Colorful Bridge will also follow.
So although the thunder sounded loudly on the Northern Expedition Alliance made Lang Wubing and others worried, in fact, the rain was not heavy at all. In the end, Lang Wubing, Xiong Xiaoguang and others retreated without any danger.
Taking advantage of the night, Lang Wubing and others ran all the way and came directly to Luqiao Town where Lang Dapeng was stationed.
After meeting with the wolf Dapeng in Luqiao Town, they left Luqiao Town without stopping, and everyone retreated to Taiping Town, 17 kilometers away from Luqiao Town.
After returning to Taiping Town in a mess, the group didn't bother to eat and drink, so they found a place to lie down, and then they fell asleep.
As the orc army of the Dashi Kingdom evacuated from Luqiao Town, the war surrounding Luqiao Town and the Colorful Bridge finally came to an end, and the Dashi Kingdom was completely defeated.
After learning that all the enemies had retreated to Taiping Town, Sun Junyi and his group brought the Tauren heavy infantry army to Luqiao Town for defense.
Looking at the dilapidated city wall of Luqiao Town, Sun Junyi shook his head helplessly, and then arranged for the soldiers to carry water, mud and build the wall again.
The recapture of the Colorful Hongqiao and Luqiao Town is only a new beginning for the Northern Expedition Alliance. Next, they will engage in a more cruel offensive and defensive battle around Luqiao Town and the orc army stationed in Jining City, Taiping Town and Zoucheng.
After taking a look at the topographic map in the north of Luqiao Town, Sun Junyi's joy that had just recaptured the Colorful Bridge suddenly disappeared without a trace.
His face was full of bitterness, and he had to admit that this time, Chu Ba was still better at his skills.
Although the orc army of the Dashi Kingdom had just experienced a big defeat, they had a huge home court advantage next.
The Northern Expedition Alliance, which crossed the river to the south of Luqiao Town, wanted to go north, the first thing they had to face was the iron triangle defense line composed of Jining City, Zoucheng and Yanzhou City.
To the east of Dushan Lake, Mengshan and Nishan divide the entire east bank into two parts, north and south. Only a river valley passage between Mengshan and Nishan can be accessed. Pingyi County and Sishui County, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack, are located in the northern half of the river valley passage.
Now, the Dashi Kingdom has successfully taken over Sishui County and Pingyi County from the Mahayana Buddha Kingdom, blocking the river valley passage that communicates between the north and south sections.
Although there are cavalry regiments of the Northern Expedition Alliance in Linyi and Zaozhuang, several heavy cities are still under the control of the Dashi Kingdom. Therefore, if the Northern Expedition Alliance wants to attack the Dashi Kingdom, they can only bite the bullet and fight from Luqiao Town.
Jining City, Zoucheng and Yanzhou City are at the same momentum, firmly blocking Luqiao Town between Dushan Lake and Nishan Mountain. Taiping Town is located right in front of this iron triangle, and it forms a new iron triangle with Jining City and Zoucheng.
Jining City and Zoucheng City have high walls, easy to defend but difficult to attack, and cannot be captured in a short period of time.
If the Dashi Kingdom had arranged heavy troops to guard Taiping Town, then before attacking Jining City and Zoucheng, the Northern Expedition Alliance must first capture Taiping Town.
Then they can use Taiping Town as a base to dispatch heavy troops to cut off the connection between the three iron triangles and defeat them one by one.
If they ignore the enemies of Taiping Town and go around from both sides of Taiping Town to attack Jining City and Zoucheng, then the enemy troops in Taiping Town may cut off the two siege troops at any time and surround them.
So whether Sun Junyi and the others are willing or not, Taiping Town is a hurdle that they cannot bypass.
If they fail to overcome this hurdle, even if they succeed in establishing a firm foothold in Luqiao Town, they will not want to attack the land of the Dashi Kingdom, let alone the hinterland of the Dashi Kingdom.
After staring at Taiping Town and the iron triangle behind it for a long time, Sun Junyi shook his head gently and said to the two people beside him with a wry smile: "Second brother, Brother Wu, this Taiping Town is definitely the hardest hard bone to crack on the east bank of the Grand Canal.
If we want to bite this hard bone, we will probably be broken into pieces.
There will be no possibility of taking any tricks in the next battle. It depends on which side has stronger hard power and who has greater psychological endurance.
I think my psychological pressure ability is OK, but I can't bear the responsibility of a large number of casualties in the army, so the task of the three of me ends here.
Next, we will quietly wait for the president to come and command the battle here. Only the president can bear the responsibility for a large number of casualties."
After recapturing the Colorful Bridge and Luqiao Town, Sun Junbo and Wu Qitian were not satisfied. They also wanted Sun Junyi to continue to expand his results and earn more military achievements before the senior executives of other Northern Expedition Alliance arrived.
Sun Junyi has always agreed with all his requests to these two brothers who have always supported him very much.
Chapter completed!