Chapter 648 Air Raid
Five days later, Tianshan Mountains.
At the hour of Hai, heavy snow began to fall in the mountains again. The snowflakes were dancing in the air, and the cold wind made the torches crackle.
The vanguard of the 800,000 Jue Ji coalition forces had arrived near the fairy pond where Wei Changtian had killed the white-feathered red bird. As it was already late at night and there was a sudden heavy snowfall, they set up camp by the lake to rest.
Not far away, the soldiers had set up densely packed tents, built a bonfire, and were now making a fire to cook.
By the lake, several people who looked like generals were looking at the icy lake in front of them and whispering about something.
"Logically speaking, this lake should not freeze all year round. Could it be that the previous intelligence was wrong?"
"Not necessarily. Maybe it's just a little colder than usual this year."
"By the way, is there any new news from the capital in the past few days?"
"Keep your voice down. I heard that the prince is very powerful and Prime Minister Liu will be dismissed and sent back to his hometown soon."
"Alas, His Royal Highness is really cruel. He even killed his own father..."
"Hush, Brother Zhang, be careful with your words. There is no final conclusion on this matter yet. Besides, we only need to follow the orders of the Ministry of War. What does the court dispute have to do with us?"
"That being said, the emperor has only fallen into the hands of the enemy, not passed away. Why doesn't the prince talk to Daning first?"
"Brother Zhang, compared to the throne, what does being a father mean?"
"Besides, His Royal Highness may just not want to be controlled by Daning."
“.”
You said something and I said something, both of which were extremely disrespectful.
It is obvious that these generals must have a good relationship, otherwise they would not be so frank with each other.
But even so, they still kept their voices low, for fear that they might be accidentally heard by others and thus given a handle by those incompetent censors.
The cold wind howled across the ice, shredding their conversation into the night and drowning out the noisy sounds of the surrounding soldiers cooking and setting up camp.
The army has entered the Tianshan Mountains for more than ten days, and in another four or five days they will be able to get out of the mountains and reach the border of Liangzhou.
During this period, the Jueji coalition forces never encountered even the slightest harassment, and apart from occasionally encountering a few monsters, no other battles took place.
This is consistent with the intelligence from Liangzhou.
Daning deployed a large number of troops in Liangzhou City and refused to come out, which made it clear that he wanted to fight them there.
Therefore, the Jueji coalition forces will certainly not be too vigilant now.
“Hoo, hoo, hoo!”
The sky was covered with snow and wind, the stars and the moon were invisible, and even the vast snow-capped mountains around were hidden in the darkness.
The generals by the lake had finished their talk and were preparing to return to their camps to rest.
However, at a certain moment, they all stopped.
"Brother Zhang, did you hear that?"
A general frowned and asked, "Why do I seem to hear someone shouting something?"
"It seems so"
Another general named Zhang also narrowed his eyes, and after a while he shook his head.
"Maybe it was the wind."
"Um."
Everyone looked at each other and turned to leave.
But the next second, when the urgent cries in the wind sounded again, the expressions on everyone's faces became extremely shocked in an instant.
Because this time they finally heard the voice clearly.
"Enemy attack!!!"
"Enemy attack!!!!"
“Hula!”
The cold wind was whistling like a knife, and Chu Xianping looked at the snowflakes rushing past him with a calm expression.
The eagle demon under him flapped its huge wings, like a black cloud in the night sky.
There were thousands of flying monsters around him, forming a dark cloud that was solemn and depressing.
That's right.
On the fifth day after Chu Xianping arrived in Liangzhou, after a series of preparations were completed, the Ningshu coalition forces finally launched their first attack on the Jueji coalition forces.
This was part of Chu Xianping's new combat plan, so he ignored Wei Changtian's dissuasion and decided to lead the team to carry out this "air strike" personally.
Five thousand flying monsters belonging to the Tengu Army, carrying five thousand barrels of "black gunpowder", set out at nightfall, arrived at the Immortal Pond at midnight, and returned at a moment after midnight.
The tactics and objectives of this battle are simple.
They will not engage in direct combat, will not be greedy to kill the enemy, and will not tangle with the enemy.
All they had to do was fly over the enemy company and drop barrels of gunpowder.
Although it sounds simple, this mission is not without danger.
Because after many tests, if you want to ensure the accuracy of "bombing", the monster cannot fly too high.
If the enemy had known that the Tengu Army had such an "air force", they would certainly have prepared "air defense" measures long ago.
Therefore, once you are "shot down" and fall into the enemy's camp, there is no possibility of survival.
It was for this reason that Wei Changtian was unwilling for Chu Xianping to go into battle personally.
But the latter insisted, saying that the battle was of great importance and no accidents could occur. Only then did he reluctantly agree.
“.”
"call!!"
The eagle's wings trembled, and its feathers became as black as ink.
Chu Xianping leaned over and lay tightly on the eagle's back, with all he could see were the rugged snowy rocks.
If nothing goes wrong, after jumping over this mountain, we should reach the fairy pond.
According to the latest information reported by Zhang San and Huang Sheng, the enemy's 150,000 vanguard troops are currently stationed around this not-so-large fairy pond.
It is densely populated and surrounded by mountains.
This is the best environment for a sneak attack and the best opportunity to deter Yan Huaiqing.
“Hula!”
The eagle raised its head high. At this moment, the eagle monster was only a few dozen feet away from the mountain below. From a distance, it did not seem to be flying, but rather running rapidly along the mountain wall.
As he got closer to the top of the mountain, Chu Xianping's breathing began to speed up.
Then, just as a huge rock rolled down with a "boom", he finally passed the top of the mountain and saw the valley below, which was as bright as day.
Countless torches illuminated the long stretch of military camps, the frozen fairy pond, the dark masses of soldiers who looked up, and the densely packed longbows and crossbows.
Immediately afterwards, countless arrows flew out with the help of his internal strength and shot towards him from bottom to top.
Chu Xianping was not at all panicked when he saw this scene.
He suddenly pulled the rope in his hand, and the eagle demon under him continued to fly upwards, climbing dozens of feet in an instant, greatly increasing the distance from the valley bottom.
In this way, even though the range of these arrows enhanced by internal force far exceeds that of ordinary bows and arrows, most of them can hardly touch him at all.
Only a few arrows were obviously different. Even when the other arrows had already lost their strength and fell, they still continued to fly upwards at an extremely fast speed until they pierced through the bodies of several monsters.
"ah!!!"
The terrified shouts fell from the air and were soon lost in the wind.
It is obvious that these "unique" arrow feathers should have been shot by middle-third-grade or even upper-third-grade warriors, which is why they are so powerful.
But this limited killing power cannot change the overall situation at all.
"Everyone! Listen to my orders!"
At a certain moment, Chu Xianping shouted in the strong wind:
"put!!"
(End of this chapter)
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