The sound of fighting within a radius of more than 100 miles outside Qingqiu Prefecture could be heard dozens of miles away. When the regular army of the demons joined the battlefield, the battle became even more intense, and more camps of the Datong Army were breached.
"Torches, use torches to lure them."
Someone among the staff of the Datong Army thought of how to lure the demons into a trap, that is, using torches.
Although most of the demons can see at night, it is definitely not as good as during the day. The light of the torches can become their psychological hint.
The action started soon. Some staff immediately made a plan. On the passages between the camps, if there is a direct access to the trap, then more torches will be set up, fewer people will be sent, and the demons will be allowed to pass. If they cannot reach the trap, then they will hold on tightly. Under the instinct of seeking benefits and avoiding harm, the demons rushing in will follow the route they set.
This was indeed the case. A trap camp soon welcomed a large number of demons. The demons rushed into the camp, but did not see any enemies. When they realized something was wrong and wanted to retreat, the way was blocked by various debris, and countless arrows flew from all directions, shooting them to death.
Arrows are just one type of trap. There are also digging pits, fire attacks, poisonous smoke, etc. Many methods are used together. There are more than a dozen trap camps. I don’t know how many demons were killed.
This battle lasted from day to night, and from night to day. Both sides did not dare to slack off. They were fighting desperately. There was no such thing as casualty rate. As long as they were not dead, they would continue to kill and retreat. The supervision team was waiting for you. Of course, both sides were elite, and the supervision team was not used most of the time.
At dawn, the situation of both sides was clear. On the demon side, more than half of the 100,000 regular troops had gone out and could no longer gather. They had long been scattered to who knows where. On the Datong Army side, the camp had fallen by about half, and the fighting was much quieter, but it was still going on.
"Your Majesty, the monsters will not send more people in."
"I know, the monsters have come to their senses. We can't wait any longer. I will lead the army to attack."
Lin Jiang nodded. The monsters are not stupid. They have been here for a whole day. They have come to their senses. They took the initiative to attack the camp of the Datong Army, which allowed the Datong Army to fully utilize its advantages. Naturally, they suffered a loss.
Lin Jiang led the team to attack, with his personal guards and other reserve troops. They went out of the camp and slowly approached the monster camp. Lin Jiang played the cards that belonged to the emperor and soon attracted the attention of the monster leaders.
"Huang Ji, is this the emperor of the human race?"
"Yes, this is the emperor of the human race. Those tribesmen in our north have always wanted to learn from the human race and establish a monster emperor to rule all of us monsters."
"Monsters are free and will not accept the emperor's control,"
Yun Ji said lightly. There are hundreds or thousands of monster races. How can an emperor govern them all? Unless this emperor has the power to surpass all monsters, but unfortunately he does not have it.
"Kill this emperor, this battle is over, right?"
"Yes, the death of the human emperor is a big blow to them, but this human race is despicable and shameless. I'm afraid it's a trap, just like last night,"
said Yun Ji. He listened to the howling of the monsters all night last night, and then he realized that they were fooled and calculated by the despicable and shameless human race.
"It won't happen this time. There is nothing around to block the view. There are only so many of them. Huang Ji, go ahead and kill the human emperor. I want to taste his blood and flesh to see what is different from other human races." "It's the same. Many years
ago, I tasted the emperor of Chen and those princes. They are all the same."
"Then I have to taste it too."
"Kill him, it's all yours,"
Yun Ji shouted. Without saying much, the two of them immediately began to form a team, and let the monster elite turn around and aim at Lin Jiang.
"The brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, follow me"
Lin Jiang kept approaching the monster battle formation. When they were two or three hundred meters away, Lin Jiang directly accelerated the speed of his horse and charged towards the monster.
At this time, all tactics are empty and what matters is hard power.
Lin Jiang charged, and Yun Ji also led the team to charge. The troops on both sides collided with each other. Yun Ji was gone in a flash, because he encountered Lin Jiang who used the secret technique of burning life.
After more than ten years of awakening, Lin Jiang signed in to the system every day, and got another three or four thousand years of life. He couldn't use it up, and he couldn't use it up at all.
So Lin Jiang didn't think of saving a little at all, just use it.
The thirty-meter sword aura was too weak, and the life span burned and increased to forty meters.
In this way, Lin Jiang led 10,000 or 20,000 people to break through the elite monsters of 30,000 or 40,000 people. When he rushed to the end, Lin Jiang turned back and started slaughtering again.
The leaders of the monsters died in battle one after another, but the monsters still did not collapse and were still fighting fiercely. However, in the camp, Xia Liang saw that Lin Jiang was so fierce, and he was overjoyed. He immediately issued an order for the whole army to attack, and all fronts were fully counterattacked.
Later in the battle, Lin Jiang was surrounded by more people than enemies, which made him feel restrained, fearing that he would be hurt by mistake. So Lin Jiang ran directly to the gate of Qingqiu City, broke the gate with a knife, and then rushed into the city.
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Three days later, outside Qingqiu City, thousands of demon servants were digging pits. After the big pits were dug, someone sprinkled lime and threw the bodies of the demons into them one by one.
A layer of corpses, a layer of lime and a layer of soil were added, and then all were covered until they were almost level with the ground. On the other side, on a beautiful hill, there were also a large number of demon servants busy at work. They dug a lot of pits, about one meter deep, and then carefully carried the dead Datong soldiers down and buried them. After burying them, they would also erect a tombstone.
"We will arrange some disabled veterans to guard the graves of these brothers who died in battle. When we collect their remains in the future, we will give them a thick coffin and replace their tombstones with stone ones. As long as Datong continues to exist, people must come here to worship every year."
Lin Jiang looked at the scene in front of him and said to all the senior officials. They won a great victory in this battle, but it was a tragic victory. More than 250,000 soldiers died in the battle. There were so many people that Lin Jiang had people cut down all the nearby trees, but there were not enough coffins. So they simply didn't need coffins and treated everyone equally.
But even so, these soldiers who died in battle were enough to cover three or four hilltops. They were so dense that they looked extremely tragic. One general's success was achieved at the cost of thousands of lives.
"Your Majesty, the north wind is very strong today, and it will snow in the next two days. Just leave some people here to guard it. We should take Qianzhou immediately."
"Okay, and let Mizhou and other places speed up the transportation of food and supplies. We don't know how much has been seized in Qianzhou, so we will send as much as the rear can."
"Yes, your majesty."
"This winter, we must not only recover the lost 18 states, but also wipe out all the monsters in these territories. General Xia, I will take 200,000 people to Qianzhou to capture the former capital of the Chen Kingdom. Su Yu will lead people to clear out the remaining monsters in various states. Qin Yong will lead the team to directly infiltrate the Yuanzhou area to monitor the monsters in the territory of the Immortal Kingdom. If they go south, you will resist step by step. If they don't move, try your best to repair some passes. Old General Xia Liang will stay in Qingzhou to guard the rear for our army."
"Yes, your majesty."
"Go back and prepare, and set off in two days."
Lin Jiang waved his hand. He paid a heavy price, and now it is finally time to reap the rewards.
Two days later, Lin Jiang led his team to attack Qianzhou. At this time, the monsters in Qianzhou were already in a state of panic. A few monsters escaped from the battle of Qingqiu Prefecture and brought back the news of defeat.
Most of the monsters in Qianzhou were old, weak, women and children. There were very few young and strong monsters. No one was in charge and they were in chaos. Some wanted to escape to the north, some wanted to escape to the nearby mountains, and some wanted to fight to the death.
Lin Jiang didn't think so much. A group of old, weak, women and children could not compare with the regular monster army. They swept across like autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves. When Lin Jiang stepped into the Kyoto Imperial Palace, heavy snow had covered the whole world.