Dynasty Conquest

Chapter 270 Stalemate Stage
The rushing beast horde destroyed the world, unstoppable like an avalanche, sweeping towards the unsuspecting dynasty army troops, and destroying wherever the beast horde passed.

The 6 soldiers of the Third Corps of the Central Army of the Dynasty were engulfed and submerged by the tide of beasts in an instant, leaving a place of stumped limbs and flesh, which was too horrible to look at.

The tough armor can't stop the sharp claws, and the huge army array is easily torn apart in the face of the landslide and earth-shattering wild beasts. , Pieces were swallowed up in pieces, and the formation of banner battalion by banner battalion was erased from the battle order.

The beast tide broke through the defense line of the central army, and swept towards the defense line of the garrison flag regiment of the provinces in the rear. In less than half a day, the defense line of the garrison flag regiment became riddled with holes and suffered countless losses.

The galloping warning horse jumped out of the forest and rushed to the headquarters of the conquest force set up in Luodian Town.

The scouts slammed into the wooden door of the headquarters, and the generals who were drinking wine all over the room looked stunned, and someone was about to scold them.

"Beast tide! A beast tide broke out in the dark forest, and it's coming here!!"

The scout's words made the generals in the room feel as if they had fallen into an ice cave. It was a beast tide. Thinking of the beast tide decades ago, the expressions of the generals present changed wildly.

Soon, countless fast horses galloped out from the headquarters of Luodian town, and countless troops were assembled to organize the defense line, and the atmosphere in the air suddenly became tense.

Faced with the sudden horde of beasts, Lan Yu, the commander-in-chief of the conquest force, was obviously caught off guard.

On the one hand, Sapphire sent fast horses to warn the rear, and asked local officials to evacuate the residents into strong forts and towns, and on the other hand, sent messengers to give orders to the troops in the forest to retreat and evade. His heart was heavy and his face was tense.

Now Sapphire is not worried about the residents in the rear but the army entering the forest. Because of the war, the residents with a radius of hundreds of miles have already fled to escape the flames of war. Now the only thing Sapphire worries about is the troops in the forest.

The three central army regiments under Lan Yu's command, more than a dozen provincial defense banner regiments, have gone deep into the dark forest for three hundred miles. Facing the terrifying beast horde, he is burning with anxiety. Those are his direct troops.

It is too late to order the retreat now, Lan Yu stared at the map and could only pray for the commanders of these troops to evade in time, so as not to cause too much damage to the troops, Lan Yu didn't know that his Third Army already had 6 people Swallowed by the beast tide...

"Master Marshal, we must immediately repair the fortifications to stop the beast tide!" Chief of Staff Wu Changfeng hurried over after receiving the news.

In order to trap the Nanchuan army in the forest, Lan Yu ordered the construction of countless fortresses and trenches on the outskirts of the forest, which were soon put into use and became the sharpest weapon to stop the beast tide.

The Dynasty army took action, constantly strengthening the fortifications to resist the coming beast horde, Sapphire sat in the command post, lost in thought.

"Why did the beast horde break out for no reason in the dark forest? Is it caused by the rebels?" Lan Yu asked Wu Changfeng, chief of staff.

Wu Changfeng had already calmed down, nodded and analyzed: "Nine times out of ten, it was the rebels. I didn't expect such a person among the rebels to be able to detonate the beast tide. It's not easy. Marshal, this person can't be kept." , if it is allowed to grow, it will be a great disaster for the dynasty in the future."

Lan Yu has a deep understanding: "Maybe it is the Lin clan. They are really tossing around. Just a few remnants of crimes can make waves and turn the dynasty upside down. This person cannot be kept."

On the outskirts of the forest, the Dynasty army moved quickly to strengthen the defense line, dig deep trenches, and set up traps, preparing for the baptism of the beast tide.

"Retreat!" The First Army Corps of the Central Army has gone deep into the dark forest, and the scouts galloped to report the incoming beast tide. Commander Haotian gave the order to retreat without hesitation, and the First Army Corps withdrew to the north.

Because Haotian moved quickly, except for the two banner battalions who had no time to escape, the rest of the troops hardly suffered much damage.

Not everyone is as lucky as Haotian. The Third Army Corps of the Central Army happened to be on the way of the beast tide. Facing the terrifying wave, almost all the more than [-] soldiers of the entire Third Army Corps were swallowed by the beast tide. The worst loss in military history.

After the beast horde, there was a mess, and the soldiers of the Nanchuan Army followed closely behind. Many dynasty army troops who had survived the beast horde encountered the Nanchuan Army's attack head-on. The entire defense line collapsed, and the entire forest was full of killings.

The originally menacing Dynasty army suffered heavy losses in the face of double blows, and the original encirclement like an iron wall suddenly collapsed. The Nanchuan army, led by the sergeants personally trained by Lin Chuan at the beginning, faced off in the dense jungle. The dynasty army launched a brutal hunt.

Because the beast swarm was man-made, when the beast swarm swept three hundred miles and reached the edge of the forest, although its scale was unprecedented, the power of the long-distance raiding beast swarm had been greatly reduced.

Under the calm command of the commander Sapphire, the troops of the Dynasty Army relied on the solid fortress layer by layer to resist the tide of consuming beasts. They escaped into the forest again, and the terrifying beast tide ended.

Looking at a messy battlefield with heavy casualties, Commander Lan Yu looked gloomy, stabbed a rhinoceros to death with a sword, and ordered: "Contact all the troops quickly, I need to know the situation of the loss."

The sudden horde of beasts not only caused heavy losses to the Dynasty Army's troops, but also wiped out all the early efforts of the Dynasty Army.

The loss was soon reported. The first and second legions in the forest were not on the way of the beast horde, so the loss was not big, but the third legion could not be contacted at all, and there was another The news that made Sapphire angry was that the rebels who had disappeared for a week appeared a hundred miles away from the forest and were fighting the Dynasty army.

The beast horde destroyed many of the Dynasty's army. In the vast forest, the Dynasty's army no longer had enough troops to form a huge encirclement circle to encircle the Nanchuan Army. The war entered a stalemate.

Under the leadership of Lin Chuan, the Nanchuan Army easily defeated a banner regiment of the Dynasty Army, but when the generals were about to pursue, they were stopped by Lin Chuan.

"General, we can take this opportunity to get out of the jungle and out of the encirclement, why don't we chase after him?" the generals asked puzzled.

Lin Chuan smiled and did not answer, pointing to General Ming Yang and said: "You explain to them."

Ming Yang was radiant at the moment because of the victory, and stood up with two coughs: "The purpose of our coming to Luoshan Province is to hold back the imperial army's troops, and now we have firmly dragged them to the dark forest, they are powerless to deal with Nanchuan The province launches an offensive, if once we leave the forest, hundreds of thousands of imperial army troops will devour us like wild wolves that smell like fish, do you think it is safe here or outside?"

"But we have run out of food. What will you eat if you don't go out?" An officer asked, but there is another reason he didn't say, that is, in the dark and humid forest, the soldiers have already stayed enough and can't wait to get out of the forest , bathed in sunlight.

"We don't have military rations to snatch the enemy army. The animals all over the ground are military rations. It's really impossible. Let's eat wild vegetables and berries. No matter what happens, we need to drag the imperial army here."

Lin Chuan made up his mind, relying on the vast jungle, holding back the dynasty army, leaving enough time for the Nanchuan province to develop and form a new army. This is the sacrifice Lin Chuan's army must make.

The war has entered a stalemate since October. After being baptized by the beast tide, the Dynasty army is unable to organize a large-scale siege. It can only engage in a tug-of-war with the Linchuan Army in the jungle. The two sides launched a bloody battle in the dense jungle. killing.

In order to cooperate with the actions of the Linchuan Army, the Xia Ge Army of the Nanchuan Army also stepped up its attack on the northern area of ​​Luoshan Province. Lan Yu, the commander of the conquest army, had to mobilize troops to encircle and suppress.

The trend of offense and defense changed, and hundreds of thousands of Dynasty troops fell into the quagmire of war, and were dragged by the Nanchuan Army on the front that stretched forward for miles, unable to look at each other from head to tail.

The news that made Commander Lan Yu even more troublesome was that Prince Long Rui had fallen into the hands of the rebels. Wang Jing was furious. If Prince Long Rui could not be rescued, Lan Yu's head would have to be moved.

The troops of the Dynasty Army fell into the quagmire of war in Luoshan Province and could not get out. The Nanchuan Army in Mucheng was speeding up the reorganization of troops. Two new legions were formed. In the Austin area of ​​Luoshan Province, the active Wu Jing cavalry troops provided logistics supplies for the Dynasty Army. This created a threat in the eyes, which made the commander Lan Yu sleepless day and night. For the first time, Lan Yu felt a deep sense of powerlessness. With hundreds of thousands of troops in the air, there was nothing he could do to the rebels.

(End of this chapter)