Daqin: I, Fusu, can summon the undead

Chapter 74 Li Mu's Concerns

Zhao State, Yanmen Pass.

Odebiao led millions of undead to guard the pass. The entire Yanmen Pass and the canyon outside the pass to the north were filled with skeleton-like undead.

To the south of Yanmen Pass, there are densely packed tents that stretch endlessly with no end in sight.

Those were the armies of Zhao, Yan and Qi, totaling 1.25 million. Their strength was enough to compete with the undead stationed at Yanmen Pass, and their commander was Li Mu.

On the wall of Yanmen Pass, Odebiao looked at the densely packed coalition tents outside the pass, and the fire of his soul fluctuated violently. If he had flesh on his face, it would be full of pain.

If there was a ghost wizard or a skeleton wizard here, he would definitely be excited about having so many enemies, because his army would grow larger and larger.

Unfortunately, among the more than one million undead he led, there was not even a single skeleton mage. Among the more than one million undead, the loss of one would be a loss.

It’s not that he doesn’t want it, but Fusu won’t give it to him, not even a high-level undead.

Now, Fusu did not allow him to take the initiative to attack, and asked him to defend the city.

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In the coalition camp, Li Mu looked at Yanmen Pass in the distance with a solemn expression, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Behind Li Mu, Yan Dan and Zhao Nu Lianyang came. Yan Dan saw Li Mu's serious expression and immediately wondered: "Why is General Li Mu so worried?"

"Nothing!" Seeing that it was Yan Dan and Zhao Nu, Li Mu shook his head.

Seeing that Li Mu was unwilling to speak, Yan Dan simply proposed first: "We must win this battle! I wonder how confident General Li Mu is?"

Li Mu's face was full of bitterness: "Only 30%!"

"Only 30% is too low. Can it be increased? Half is also fine!" Yan Dan asked hurriedly after hearing this.

The State of Yan sent out 150,000 soldiers and horses, which is half of the State of Yan's total strength, but ~ the winning rate is so low.

Li Mu shook his head helplessly and said, "30% is already the highest!"

If that bad premonition was true, let alone a 30% winning rate, we wouldn't even have a 10% chance. Now we have a 30% winning rate, and that's even without taking into account that bad premonition, and we have taken all the advantages, which is the ideal situation.

Of course, he would not say this to Yan Dan, otherwise this guy would most likely lead his troops back.

"30% is already the highest? Does that mean it could be even lower?"

Sure enough, when Yan Dan heard that a 30% winning rate was the highest, he immediately frowned and looked hesitant.

"This boy!"

Seeing Yan Dan's hesitant expression, Li Mu knew that Yan Dan wanted to withdraw his troops, and immediately turned cold: "The Crown Prince of Yan State is not planning to withdraw his troops and let the other five countries attack the Lich King, so that Yan State can take advantage of the situation?"

Hearing this, Yan Dan laughed awkwardly and said, "Hahaha! How could this be! The Lich King wants to kill all living beings in the world, how can Yan State remain immune! Dealing with the Lich King is everyone's responsibility. Yan State will naturally not escape, otherwise it would not have sent troops. I'm just thinking about how to increase the chances of winning!"

Li Mu's expression softened: "Then have you come up with any solution?"

"Uh!" Yan Dan choked and shook his head. "I don't know much about the undead, so I have no idea! How to fight depends on you, General! I wonder if you have thought of a battle plan?"

Hearing this, Li Mu shook his head: "There is no specific strategy at the moment, but..." Yan Dan quickly asked: "But what?"

Li Mu said with a serious face: "When fighting against the undead, we should avoid close combat and nighttime combat, and focus on long-range consumption! Surprise attacks are useless against the undead!"

"The surprise attack didn't work! Why?" Yan Dan's heart tightened and he asked quickly.

The winning rate against the undead is already low, and if surprise attacks are useless, they will undoubtedly have to fight the undead head-on at this winning rate.

Li Mu said helplessly: "There are always bird ghosts scouting in the sky, and rat ghosts eavesdropping underground. Let alone sending troops for a surprise attack, even the layout of our military camp is clearly known to those ghosts. Maybe the ghosts know our conversation at this moment! So we can only take steady steps and never pin our hopes on surprise attacks!"

(｀Д)!!
After hearing this, Yan Dan was dumbfounded.

According to Li Mu, every move and every arrangement they made was carried out under the eyes of the undead.

Yan Dan looked unwilling and asked, "Is there really no solution?"

Li Mu shook his head: "Unless you can shoot down the bird undead from a thousand meters high, or eliminate the rat undead hiding deep underground, otherwise, there is no other way. We can only take steady steps! In addition, we have to avoid close combat with the undead, and avoid being attacked by the undead at night. We have to push the defense forward step by step!"

Yan Dan was shocked after hearing this. According to Li Mu, not only would a large number of soldiers have to be sacrificed, but also a huge amount of manpower and material resources would be consumed. No wonder even Li Mu, who was already a famous general, only had a 30% chance of winning when the difference in military strength was not big.

Yan Dan hesitated for a moment, and asked Li Mu again: "General Li Mu, do you know how many undead souls there are?"

Li Mu thought about it carefully, "I don't know the exact number, but ~ there are about 100 million undead in the Western Regions, at least 110 million here in Yanmen Pass, and about 130 million in the Undead Mountains. The total number will definitely not be less than 340 million. In addition, there are about 20 cavalrymen from the Xiongnu and Donghu vassal armies."

"If the Central Plains cannot unite and form a solid foundation, then it is only a matter of time before the undead defeat them one by one. It won't even take ten years for all six Central Plains nations to perish."

'340 million!'

When Yan Dan heard this number, he was shocked and worry was written all over his face.

The military strength of the undead is almost catching up with the total population of Yan State. I am afraid that even the combined forces of Qin, Zhao and Chu will find it difficult to contend with them.

Seeing Yan Dan's expression, Li Mu shook his head.

What he was most worried about was not the huge number of undead troops, but the fact that when he was taken to the Hetao Plain and passed through the Undead Mountains, he luckily saw very large monsters in the mountains. They were lurking in a canyon like a mountain, and there were quite a few of them.

If that kind of monster appeared on the battlefield, he believed that even if he racked his brains, he would only have less than a 10% chance of winning.
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Three days later, Li Mu made sufficient preparations and finally ordered the army to advance.

This time, unlike previous battles, the army is really advancing.

The army in the front row was pushing a ten-meter-high wooden wall forward, just like pushing a series of wooden city walls.

Behind the wooden wall were thousands of catapults and at least three thousand crossbow carts.

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"Finally here! What a mess! I don't know what the king is planning!"

On the city wall of Yanmen Pass, Odebiao couldn't help but complain as he watched the Central Plains coalition forces approaching by pushing the wooden city wall.

Fusu gave him a bunch of low-level undead and didn't let him take the initiative to attack!

(End of this chapter)