Chapter 5288 All-out War
An Wenxiu, who was in charge of the central army, saw the continuous explosions and raging flames above the second line of defense of Niangzi Pass, and knew that his sneak attack plan tonight had failed.
He was surprised, and a bloodthirsty light appeared in his eyes.
Finally, he met a decent opponent.
In the battle in northern Shanxi last year, the central army of the heavenly realm almost did not encounter a decent battle, but it defeated millions of regular troops in the human world.
This made the central army from top to bottom fall into a misunderstanding.
The soldiers in the human world are vulnerable.
Xu Kai, the defender of Niangzi Pass, is a straw bag.
This idea of underestimating the enemy is still prevalent in the central army of the heavenly realm.
After this defeat, An Wenxiu faced the old general in the human world for the first time.
At the same time, he also realized that it would never be as easy as they expected to take Niangzi Pass.
The art of war says that the first blow is strong, the second is weak, and the third is exhausted.
Since the long sword has been unsheathed, it will not be easily retracted.
If the sneak attack fails, then turn to a frontal attack.
With the first line of defense, Qiankong Cliff, blocking in front, the fireballs of the Skyfire Beast could not be directly sprayed to the second line of defense of Niangzi Pass.
They could only attack from the front through siege ladders.
Now there was only one way for An Wenxiu, that was to destroy the catapults on the second line of defense of Niangzi Pass.
It was no longer realistic to destroy it from the ground.
Now they could only make a breakthrough from the air.
He ordered his more than 40,000 six-winged corps to press forward, and all the catapults on the human position must be destroyed before dawn.
As soon as the six-winged corps of the heaven moved, the air cavalry of the human world also moved.
There were two air cavalry units stationed on the front line of Niangzi Pass.
One was the Tianma Corps of the Tiannu Kingdom, with a number of 15,000. For several months, they had been stationed in a grassland a hundred miles south of Niangzi Pass.
The other was the Feiyu Corps of the Northern Frontier.
There were two actual controllers of the Feiyu Corps.
One was the Barbarian North Demon God Qi Lisi.
One is Zhan Ying, the general manager of Liaobei Road.
Because Yu Jizi, the real controller of the human world, has been thinking about weakening the power of the Demon Cult for many years, he wants to transfer the military command of Manbei to the court on the grounds that the barbarian tribes are not cultivators.
This is actually a good thing. Unified command is beneficial to the human world.
Although Tuoba Yu was unwilling to hand over the control of the northern border tribes, he was hindered by public opinion in the human world, and Yu Jizi had compromised with him a few months ago, making him one of the leaders of the human world.
In this context, Tuoba Yu also agreed to transfer the command of the northern border to the court. Of course, Qi Lisi, as the demon god of the northern border, still has the highest ruling power over the forty-seven tribes in the northern border.
Years ago, His Majesty appointed Zhan Ying as the highest military commander of Liaobei and handed over the command of the barbarian tribes to Zhan Ying.
After the beginning of spring, Zhan Ying predicted that the future battlefield in Liaobei would not be fierce. Next, the focus of the competition between the two sides must be on Niangzi Pass.
Therefore, Zhan Ying dispatched 40,000 Flying Feather Corps and 30,000 Griffin Eaglemen to a wasteland about 400 miles north of Niangzi Pass.
Once an air battle occurs, these 70,000 Manbei flying troops can reach the Niangzi Pass battlefield within an hour, and form a north-south pincer attack on the enemy with the Tianma troops in the south.
Since the air cavalry troops of the Northern Frontier entered northern Shanxi, they have indeed put great pressure on the central army of the Heaven Realm.
This forced An Wenxiu to move the six-wing corps' garrison 300 miles west to avoid being attacked by the Manbei air cavalry.
This afternoon, after the battle of Niangzi Pass began, the 70,000 flying troops of Manbei rebelled and sent 30,000 air cavalry to contain them, and the other 40,000 air cavalry went around 100 miles east of Niangzi Pass, forming a three-way encirclement of Niangzi Pass.
An Wenxiu also knew that once the air battle started in full swing, the 40,000 six-wing air cavalry in his hands would not gain any benefits.
But in order to destroy the catapults in the human world, he had no better way.
The commander of the Tianma Army was a relative of the female clan, named Nv Yuhe.
He had participated in the Longmen Battle a few months ago and had some experience in fighting against the Six Wings Army of the Heaven Realm.
There were two commanders of the Manbei Air Cavalry. The commander of the Feiyu Army was the chief of the Feiyu tribe whom Ye Xiaochuan had met before and exchanged five catties of salt for the straight bundle of the mountain.
The mixed air cavalry composed of flying tribes such as griffins and eagle people, and the commander was the chief of the eagle people.
In the Eagle Beak Cliff Battle ten years ago, the Northern Frontier Air Cavalry and the Six Wings Army also had several experiences of fighting.
When the main force of the Six Wings Army of the Heaven Realm was dispatched, the three commanders immediately ordered to press forward.
Originally, several air cavalry forces were just confronting each other from a distance in the air, and did not fight.
Now the full-scale battle has finally started.
If it was daytime, An Wenxiu would not be so aggressive.
It was night time, not suitable for large-scale air cavalry combat, and the power of the thunder rockets of the Tianma troops would be much weaker.
As long as the enemy's catapults were destroyed, this air battle would be a victory.
This made An Wenxiu feel that he could give it a try.
He divided the 40,000 six-winged legions in his hands into four groups.
Three groups entangled the Tianma troops, the Feiyu Legion and the mixed air cavalry regiment in the air.
The last group was responsible for attacking the second line of defense of Yumen Pass.
The scale of this air battle was much larger than the Longmen battle a few months ago.
All forces were paying close attention.
Xu Kai had already made preparations.
Thousands of eight-ox crossbows and hundreds of thousands of archers on the second and third lines of defense were all ready for air defense.
It is not easy for the six-winged army to break through the defense line and destroy the catapult.
The air battle in the distance has already started, and the offensive on the ground is not idle.
The heavens are still sending skeleton warriors to climb the city walls, and hundreds of crazy warriors are working hard to assemble siege ladders in the distance.
There is also a giant warrior carrying logs to hit the city gate.
Xu Kai has a hobby, smoking dry tobacco.
He held a huge golden pipe in his hand and looked at the dark sky.
Said: "Here it comes.
Let the boys prepare for the battle."
The defeat at the beginning has put Xu Kai under great pressure in the past few months.
If it weren't for the change of commanders at the last minute that would affect morale, the court would have replaced him long ago.
Xu Kai urgently needs a beautiful annihilation battle to rebuild his prestige.
This battle is the moment for Xu Kai to prove his ability to the world.
He has great ambitions. Not only does he want to completely disintegrate the enemy's attack this time, but he also wants to eat up several full-strength heavenly legions that have broken into the second line of defense.
He has the strength.
Until now, he has not revealed his secret weapon.
The six-winged giant birds no longer concealed their whereabouts. Thousands of giant birds flew low from the northwest towards Niangzi Pass.
They easily flew over the first Qiankong Cliff and dived rapidly towards the second line of defense.
