Chapter 259 Night attack on the barbarian camp

After King Apocalypse's army retreated to a safe distance, they stopped retreating. Although the barbarian soldiers were frightened by the scene just now, they did not dare to run away directly with King Apocalypse around.

King Apocalypse immediately asked the soldiers to set up camp. He still had no intention of giving up attacking the Northern Kingdom.

Inside the coach’s tent.

King Tianqi and his generals sat cross-legged on the ground and did not speak for a long time.

After a long while, a grandmaster general under King Tianqi said: "Your Majesty, the fact that the soldiers from the Northern Kingdom did not chase them out proves that although the weapons they used are powerful, they are difficult to move, or the number of exploding iron balls is extremely large. limited."

"If we capture Ningbei City, the weapons used by the Northern Kingdom will fall into our hands. With such weapons, no dynasty city can resist our cavalry in the future."

After hearing this, King Tianqi said: "What you said makes sense, and I think so too. I am bound to get this kind of weapon from the North."

"Let the soldiers rest for two days. After two days, we will continue to attack Ningbei City."

King Apocalypse was definitely not willing to retreat just like that. They had failed in the Dayue Dynasty. If they had hit the wall again in the Great Xia Dynasty and returned without success, other barbarian tribes would laugh at them in the future.

He took hundreds of thousands of people and went out for a tour. So many people died, but he got nothing. This made him unable to gain a foothold among the barbarians in the future.

at the same time.

Ningbeicheng, inside the coach's barracks.

Mu Changtian and others are discussing how to fight this battle.

The grassland was too vast, and it was difficult to surround King Apocalypse's 400,000 troops and annihilate them. Moreover, they had basically seen from the barbarians' first attack that King Apocalypse was a cautious person.

The first time King Apocalypse attacked the city, he only sent a grandmaster general with about 100,000 barbarian soldiers to attack the city, and did not swarm them.

Their method of dividing their forces to attack also made it impossible for Lu Chen and others to eliminate the 400,000 barbarian army in a short period of time.

At this time, the spies sent by Lu Chen and the others came back, "Your Majesty, King Apocalypse and the others have indeed not retreated. They have already set up camp."

After hearing what the spies said, Lu Chen said with a smile: "It seems that King Tianqi is very unwilling."

At this time, Xiao Pengtian said: "Your Majesty, if King Apocalypse and the others have set up camp, then this is an excellent opportunity for us. We can take advantage of the night to transport the cannons out, bombard their camps, and then dispatch The cavalry charged and killed the fleeing barbarian soldiers.”

Hearing Xiao Pengtian's proposal, Li Feng also said: "Your Majesty, I think General Xiao's method is good. The barbarian army has traveled for so many days to reach Ningbei City, and the barbarian soldiers are also tired. Most of the barbarian soldiers are definitely You will sleep like a baby, so tonight is the most suitable time to attack the barbarian camp.”

Xuanyuan Chen reminded: "After they were attacked by artillery during the day today, they may still be on guard against Ningbeicheng. If they go out of the city to sneak attack the enemy camp tonight, my subordinates will feel that it is not appropriate."

Lu Chen thought for a moment, and then said: "General Xuanyuan is right, tonight must be the time when the barbarians are most on guard. If there is a sneak attack tonight, our soldiers may have been noticed by the barbarian spies as soon as they left Ningbei City.

"Since King Tianqi and the others have not retreated, they will definitely continue to attack Ningbei City, so we don't have to be too anxious. We can think of a way to confuse them and make them gradually relax their vigilance."

There is no need to rush into a war. Although Lu Chen does not have much military talent, he also understands that he cannot eat hot tofu in a hurry.

Lu Chen continued: "In the next few days, if the barbarians continue to attack the city, we will reduce the use of some artillery shells every day, and use catapults and bows and arrows to make them think that we are running out of artillery shells and try to make them relax their vigilance. ."

Upon hearing this, everyone said in unison: "Yes, Your Majesty."

After two days.

Seeing that their soldiers had recovered, King Tianqi once again led his army to the outside of Ningbei City, planning to launch another attack.

Of course, this time it was still a tentative attack. He wanted to know if the mysterious weapons in the North had been used up.

If they were not used up, why did they stationed themselves not far from Ningbeicheng for two days, and the Northern army in Ningbeicheng did not chase them out? It must be that the weapons were about to be used up or there were not many left, so the soldiers from the Northern Kingdom were Don't dare to counterattack rashly.

Lu Chen stood on the city tower, looking at the dark barbarian army in the distance. The corners of his mouth raised slightly. It seemed that they had guessed correctly. King Apocalypse was really not frightened by their cannons, and they would still continue to attack Ningbei City.

At this moment, the horns of the barbarian army sounded, and a general under King Apocalypse led a hundred thousand barbarian army to attack again.

Just when the barbarian army was about to approach the city gate, Ningbeicheng's cannon fired again, and the shells exploded among the barbarian soldiers, ruthlessly reaping the lives of the barbarian soldiers.

However, the cannonballs were also mixed with stones and bows and arrows, unlike the last time the barbarians attacked the city, they were completely cannonballs.

Seeing this scene, King Apocalypse was overjoyed. He laughed and said: "I just said that the North Kingdom cannot have too many such terrifying weapons. It seems that I guessed it right. They used stones and bows and arrows this time. There is a high probability that There aren’t many iron balls like that anymore.”

Having said this, King Tianqi said to a general next to him: "You lead an army of 100,000 people and attack from the east city. I want to see how long they can hold it!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Then the master generals around King Tianqi led a hundred thousand barbarian army, quickly went to the East City, and launched an attack on the East Gate of Ningbeicheng.

Of course, the barbarian attack was only a tentative siege, so the barbarians did not achieve much results. Tens of thousands of barbarian soldiers were killed. There were suddenly more wounded soldiers with broken arms and legs in the barbarian military camp. .

The day ended quickly. In the coach's camp, the barbarian generals were extremely excited. They celebrated with a sip of wine and a bite of meat.

"Your Majesty, your guess is indeed correct. There are not many iron balls in the North. When we attacked the city again this afternoon, they basically used stones and bows and arrows. Only our soldiers were close to the city gate. That’s why you use that kind of iron ball!”

Another barbarian general said: "If this process continues, it won't be long before we can use up the mysterious iron balls in their hands."

After hearing what the generals said, King Apocalypse laughed and said: "It is simply unreasonable to think that you can use that kind of iron ball to stop me!"

At this time, a barbarian general said curiously: "But having said that, I don't know what their luminous iron balls are made of. If we can also make them, the king will unify the barbarian tribes and it will be just around the corner!"

After hearing this, King Tianqi took a sip of wine and said, "According to my guess, a living fifth-grade warrior may be needed to make that kind of iron ball."

Hearing what King Tianqi said, the generals in the military tent were startled.

King Tianqi continued: "As far as I know, most warriors from the Central Plains use a special skill. As long as they focus their whole body skills on their Dantian, their bodies will self-destruct. When they self-destruct, the people around them will also be affected. Killed or injured."

"The way the iron ball explodes is very much like a warrior self-destructing. I suspect that they used some method to seal the warrior's skills in the iron ball, and then used the iron ball as a weapon. "

Hearing this, a barbarian general said: "Then to make so many iron balls, wouldn't it require a lot of murderous warriors?"

King Tianqi laughed and said: "This just shows that the people of Daxia know that they are not our opponents, so they can only use this method of dying together to stop us from moving forward."

"I would like to see how many warriors they plan to sacrifice in order to stop me from advancing. If this continues, the warriors and soldiers in the Northern Army will rebel sooner or later. We just need to continue to waste it!"

In the view of King Apocalypse, after all, living people are used as weapons, so the warriors in the Northern Army may be afraid that one day they will be made into weapons. As long as the pressure from the barbarians is enough, sooner or later the warriors and soldiers in Ningbei City will Will rebel.

When the time comes, the barbarian army and the rebellious soldiers will cooperate internally and externally, and they will easily be able to disintegrate the 200,000-strong army of the Northern Kingdom.

In the next half month, King Apocalypse led barbarian soldiers to attack the city from time to time, but they still attacked the city tentatively and not so desperately.

Soon the barbarian soldiers discovered that Ningbeicheng was using that terrifying iron ball less and less frequently. Later, the weapons used by Ningbeicheng's defenders were basically bows, arrows and slings.

Several times the barbarians attacked the city, and the barbarian soldiers rushed to the city gate. King Tianqi and the barbarian generals became more and more convinced of their judgment. They all thought that Ningbeicheng's iron ball weapons were probably going to be used up. It won't be long before Ningbeicheng will be captured by them.

This idea spread wildly among the barbarian soldiers. The barbarian soldiers gradually no longer feared the terrifying iron balls in Ningbeicheng, and they gradually became less nervous than after the first siege battle.

In recent days, Lu Chen found that the barbarian soldiers were becoming more and more active in attacking the city, and he felt that the time was almost ripe.

In the evening, Lu Chen immediately summoned the generals to hold a military meeting to prepare for a decisive battle with King Apocalypse tonight.

Looking at the generals in the room, Lu Chen said: "The time has come. Let's attack the barbarian camp tonight!"

Hearing this, the soldiers were very excited. They had been waiting for this moment. In the past half month, Lu Chen restricted their use of artillery, which made them hold their breath in their hearts. It was clear that the barbarian soldiers had rushed up. But they just couldn't kill them.

Now they finally have to take the initiative, and they can use firearms freely.

Lu Chen continued: "Tonight's operation will begin at midnight. Even if our operations are discovered by barbarian spies, even if we wake up the barbarian soldiers immediately, they will not be able to react."

At this time, Mu Changtian reminded: "Your Majesty, King Tianqi is the great master. You must be careful when the time comes."

Once a full-scale war begins tonight, if the great master, King Apocalypse, is angered, he will most likely take the initiative to cause trouble for Lu Chen.

Lu Chen smiled and said, "As long as Palace Master Chen is here, this king will be fine."

Having said this, Lu Chen glanced at Chen Wanrong at the door, and then said to her: "Palace Master Chen, I leave my safety to you tonight."

Chen Wanrong didn't speak, she still stood quietly, thinking in her heart that it was finally over.

In the past half month, she had always felt uncomfortable watching the soldiers from the North using artillery. It wasn't that she sympathized with the barbarians being bombarded, but she was just worried that one day Lu Chen would point the muzzle at Xuan Xuan. Moon Palace.

Although the power of the artillery is not as good as Xuanyue Palace's artifact, it can be made if it cannot hold up the artillery, and the amount of ammunition is very large.

You don't know how long it will take for Xuanyue Palace's artifact to be used once before it can be used a second time. Moreover, the conditions for use are very harsh and cannot withstand so many artillery attacks.

Lu Chen continued to say to Mu Changtian and the others: "After tonight's battle, the artillery will be aimed at the barbarian military camp for half an hour, and then the cavalry will pursue the barbarian soldiers who have not run too far."

"Okay, let's get ready."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Then the generals left the room and began to prepare for tonight's operation.

at the same time.

After attacking the city for a day, the barbarian soldiers were very tired and began to rest.

They were still dreaming that after the terrifying iron balls in Ningbeicheng were used up, they would rush into Ningbeicheng, burn, kill and loot.

At this time, the barbarian soldiers did not realize that the northern soldiers in Ningbeicheng were already carrying ammunition and would set off fireworks for them at night.

The waiting time at night was long. For the first time, the soldiers in the North felt that time passed so slowly. They felt that a few hours were longer than the half month they had spent in Ningbeicheng.

The soldiers could no longer resist their inner impulse and wanted to give gifts to guests from afar.

At almost midnight, Ningbeicheng's army was dispatched. The soldiers quickly pushed the cannon out, and the prince Lu Chen also helped push a heavy cannon.

Although the artillery is very heavy, for warriors, the weight of the artillery is nothing. A great master like Lu Chen can easily lift the heavy artillery made in the North, but most of the artillery battalions are ordinary soldiers. , so transporting artillery is still a problem.

But in order to cooperate with tonight's operation, Lu Chen specially asked the fifth-level warriors of the Black Cavalry to cooperate with the artillery first. After the artillery was transported to a specific place, they would then wear heavy armor.

With the cooperation of the black cavalry, the artillery and ammunition were quickly transported to specific positions.

In order to prevent the artillery positions from being overtaken by the barbarian soldiers who reacted, the artillery battalion divided the artillery positions into three places. Even if one artillery position was destroyed, it would not affect the other two.

There was no moonlight tonight, and everything was pitch black, as if God was helping Lu Chen and the others.

None of the barbarian soldiers on night patrol noticed the movements of the Northern Kingdom at the first time. In addition, it was already midnight, and the barbarian soldiers did not think that the soldiers of the Northern Kingdom would come out of Ningbei City at this time, which made them relax their vigilance.

After everything was ready, the sound of huge drums instantly broke the quiet night, followed by countless deafening cannons.

In an instant, the barbarian camp was under fire, and the sleeping barbarian soldiers were blown up all over the sky.

Soon, the barbarian soldiers were awakened by the loud sound of cannons. After a while, the sound of cannons mixed with the sound of barbarian horns echoed in the dark night.

King Apocalypse also woke up from his sleep. After hearing the sound of cannons, he immediately left the camp and saw the corpses of barbarian soldiers flying around. King Apocalypse was stunned.

At this moment, a barbarian master general rushed to King Tianqi's side, "My lord, it's not good! The army of the North Kingdom is coming!!!"

As soon as the barbarian general finished speaking, a cannonball fell next to him. He was suddenly frightened and his face changed. King Apocalypse jumped over and stood in front of the barbarian general.

The next moment, the shell exploded, but it did not hurt King Tianqi and the barbarian general. A golden shield appeared around their bodies, blocking all the shell fragments from the golden shield.

At this time, King Tianqi was furious, "Despicable Daxia people! I will kill you!"

Then he shouted loudly: "Gather the soldiers and follow my king to counterattack!"

"Since they dare to come out, don't even think about going back alive!"

Then, amid the artillery fire, some barbarian soldiers quickly gathered together and followed King Apocalypse out of the bombing zone.

After rushing out of the barbarian camp, King Apocalypse quickly saw the artillery position of the soldiers from the Northern Kingdom. He immediately said: "Follow me and kill!"

The horn sounded immediately, "Woooooooooo~~"

Seeing that the barbarian cavalry actually rushed out, Mu Jingwu, who was at the artillery position, immediately asked the cavalry in the artillery battalion to adjust the angle of the artillery and aimed the artillery at the barbarian cavalry.

Then Mu Jingwu's artillery position aimed at King Tianqi's cavalry and bombed them indiscriminately. For a time, the men and horses were shattered, and countless barbarian cavalry were killed and blown up.

However, after the cannonball fell next to King Tianqi, King Tianqi was fine. Seeing this scene, Mu Changtian in the distance couldn't hold it any longer.

King Tianqi is a great master. If he rushes to the artillery position, will the soldiers in the artillery position still be alive?

But at this moment, Mu Jingwu said to the soldiers in the artillery battalion: "Aim the artillery at King Tianqi and blast it!"

After the words fell, Mu Jingwu personally controlled a heavy cannon and aimed it at the position of King Tianqi.

The next moment, more than a dozen cannonballs exploded around King Apocalypse at the same time, but as the fire and smoke dissipated, King Apocalypse was still there.

At this time, King Apocalypse's horse had been killed, but there was still a golden shield around his body. He himself was fine and not even injured.

Seeing this scene, Lu Chen in the distance was stunned for a moment.

Is this the strength of the Grand Master?

Sure enough, the cannonballs were still of no use to the Grand Master. It seemed that he and Chen Wanrong would personally deal with King Apocalypse later, otherwise King Apocalypse would not only die, but would also cause them a lot of casualties.

While Lu Chen was thinking this, Mu Jingwu continued to command the soldiers in the artillery position, and more than a dozen cannons continued to fire at King Tianqi.