strictlysupreme Chapter 280 The Troops Are Approaching The City
Chapter 280 The Troops Are Approaching The City
The sky was dripping with rain.
Li Guanting summoned 7,000 Tiance troops and explained the current situation.
"Seven thousand troops against half a million is beyond human power. Therefore, if you want to leave before the battle, it is also a favor."
"Whoever wants to leave the Tiance Army? They can all be taken under direct control. I will not punish them at all."
The continuous rain fell, and the beating water drops hitting the armor seemed to cover people with a layer of white gauze.
The Tiance army in green armor was silent, with only seven thousand pairs of eyes looking at their commander calmly and firmly.
Li Guanting looked at them and thought of the people of the world and the princes of the Manchu Dynasty.
"good."
"Set off."
…
Tianhe City, this is the gateway to Yuanzhou.
The Northern and Southern Qi Dynasties are bounded by the Dingzhong Mountains, Chiyan Gobi, Hengtian River, etc.
The main trunk of the Hengtian River lies in front of Huizhou and has been crossed by the demon army.
There is a branch of the Hengtian River flowing in front of Yuanzhou. Although it is shorter, the width of the river trunk and the turbulent water flow are no less generous than the Hengtian River.
The city with this branch of the Hengtian River as its moat was named Tianhe City.
With such a wide branch of the Hengtian River as a moat, Tianhe City has a natural barrier.
The only problem is that this branch of Tianhe City overflows every year during the flood season. Waterlogging occurs frequently, causing floods at every turn, turning hundreds of miles of land into a marsh country.
Later, a city defender happened to get acquainted with a famous craftsman at that time, in order to solve the tide and make the defense of Tianhe City more convenient.
After ten years of hard work, a super-large water storage mountain pond was finally built in the valley upstream of the Tianhecheng tributary.
This valley pool was named Tianchi.
With the Tianchi Water Conservancy Project, the water flow in Tianhe City's tributaries has been controlled and various flood problems have been solved.
And if someone wants to attack Tianhe City, they only need to open the valve upstream, and billions of tons of water will rush straight from the upstream to the middle reaches like a world-destroying flood.
At this time, if the enemy attempts to cross the Tianhe River while the water flow is small, they will be completely crushed by the unrivaled natural torrent surging from upstream.
After all, the average width of this tributary of the Hengtian River is nearly ten miles, and the width in front of Tianhe City is nearly thirty miles!
Billions of tons of river water rolled down here from high places. One can imagine how turbulent and violent the water flow was.
Even if an army of 500,000 people sets up a military posture, it will be difficult to resist such a torrent for a long time.
Especially if the two armies were fighting, the enemy wanted to cross the "dry" Dingtian River, and the defenders met the enemy on the river bank.
At this time, if water is released upstream, tens of thousands of enemy troops blocked in the river will be killed at once, and it is not impossible to completely disrupt the military situation.
Therefore, to put it bluntly, if the subsequent losses and costs are not taken into account, once Tianchi is released, a million troops will be unable to cross the thunder pond in one day!
Yuanzhou has such a gate guarding it. Not to mention it is impregnable, it cannot be easily attacked and destroyed.
However, Emperor Qi and his ministers actually wanted to release Huizhou, Tianhe City and Yuanzhou together!
This is something Li Guanting cannot tolerate.
If we give up all these without fighting, it will be equivalent to Nan Qi's backbone being interrupted by Mo Qi as soon as the battle begins!
In a world with a broken backbone, there is no possibility of turning defeat into victory.
Therefore, he would rather betray the imperial court and die in a border town than join the company of these arrogant people!
If he can return alive in the future, he will definitely kill these traitors!
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The defender of Tianhe City saw the flag of Tiance Army from a distance and was overjoyed.
When God General Tiance came to help in person, the defender of Tianhe City believed that there was no possibility of Tianhe City being captured!
However, in the end, only Tiance's seven thousand troops entered the city.
The defender of Tianhe City was stunned.
The main force of the demon army captured Huizhou and moved southward, now approaching the Hengtianhe branch.
It is conservatively estimated that at least 300,000 demon troops are about to cross the river. If it's more, half a million is not impossible.
Although Tianhe City has natural dangers to defend, there is only one chance to use the water flow impact.
Across the Hengtian River, there are only plains and city walls.
Therefore, the defender of Tianhe City thought that the imperial court would have to send 100,000 troops to rescue Tianhe City in order to stabilize the situation.
Now the Tiance Divine General and Tiance Army were dispatched, which greatly surprised him.
But... what about the 100,000 troops?
Li Guanting then told the truth.
The defenders were shocked and angry, and then fell silent.
Then, just ask him if he can win.
Li Guanting calmly replied that the only option was to fight to the death.
The total number of Tiance army and city defenders is only 10,000. How can they face an army of hundreds of thousands head-on?
The only good news now is that Tianchi is located in an abyss and is still under control.
If Heng Tianhe loses control, then there will be no need to fight this battle.
One day later.
The sky was so dark that it was almost impossible to see.
The billowing demonic clouds covered the sky and blocked out all light.
After dozens of miles, the earth seemed to have begun to tremble faintly.
Black clouds are pressing down on the city, threatening to destroy it.
Facing a strength gap of dozens of times, the entire Tianhe City was in an almost suffocating atmosphere of terror.
If it weren't for the name of Tiance Divine General and Tiance Army guarding the city, the three thousand defenders would have abandoned the city and fled immediately.
Even so, they were all trembling, their hands and feet were weak, and some even fainted, completely losing their fighting power.
Tiance's seven thousand green-armored troops stood solemnly, all in uniform, quietly waiting for military orders, without any intention of panic.
No wonder the defenders were panicked.
The difference in strength is dozens of times, and the demon army has always been famous. Now that the army is approaching the city, apart from the Tiance army, which other army can maintain its morale?
The demon army quickly arrived in front of Hengtian River.
At a glance, the black and blood armor is suffocating, and more than ten royal demon flags stand upright. Each royal flag represents at least 10,000 elite soldiers and horses.
The center of the military formation is even more terrifying.
A hundred-foot-tall golden-armored dragon beast carried an imperial chariot as heavy as a hill, and the dark golden imperial flag fluttered in the wind, commanding an army of millions.
Sitting in the imperial chariot was a sick and gloomy man. The imperial decoration represents that he is the powerful Demon Lord of the Northern Qi Dynasty.
The Demon Lord's eyes were indifferent and he looked disgusted with the world. He did not speak, but just threw out a sign that was as red as blood.
The red card broke through the bead curtain and landed in front of the imperial chariot. The general kneeling on the ground respectfully picked up the card, lowered his head and walked away backwards.
This sign means to let the Pioneer Group of Death Soldiers go to attack the city and explore the way.
In the upper reaches of the seemingly calm Hengtian River, there is a Tianchi that stores hundreds of billions of tons.
The demon army wanted to attack Huanglong directly, so naturally they had already figured this out.
Therefore, if you want to capture Tianhe City, you must attack in two waves.
The first wave put enough pressure, but the army behind them was ready to move forward and trick the water out of Tianchi.
Wait until the water subsides, then cross the river and capture Tianhe City as soon as possible.
And if we fight like this, the first wave of people in the vanguard camp will obviously be used as cannon fodder.
The Tianhe River is turbulent, and the army behind can only watch the water dragon block everything, allowing the enemy to do what they want.