Chapter 435: World Chapter: The Xuanyong Army Rising to Resistance (11)

Time passed slowly until noon.

While the people in thousands of city-states within the territory of Xuanyong were enjoying a wonderful lunch time in peace and preparing to take a comfortable nap, on the other side of the canyon battlefield, the bloody offensive and defensive battle was still continuing madly.

Here, the shouts and sounds of killing were endless. The two armies belonging to different forces were all crowded on the high ground and entangled together. At this time, none of them could retreat, because everyone knew that only by fighting to the death could they survive. Today's battle was a duel of life and death!

However, unlike the evenly matched situation before, the Xuanyong side at this moment has unknowingly shown signs of exhaustion under the long and crazy continuous attacks of the federal army!
There is actually nothing we can do about it.

The reason why the Xuanyong Army led by Shang Yang has been able to hold on until now is not because the overall combat quality of the Xuanyong soldiers is higher than that of the federal soldiers, but because there has been a large number of reserve troops continuously providing support from the rear of Xuanyong.

To put it bluntly, the reason why Xuanyong can continue to resist the Federation is entirely due to the human wave tactics.

However, the reality is that many things will reveal their true colors once they are compared!

Even though they have a huge advantage in numbers, the reserve army is far inferior to the regular army in terms of comprehensive combat capability, not to mention that their opponent is the Federal Corps, which is far superior to the regular army.

So naturally, with the gradual passage of time and the continuous retreat of the front line, finally under the repeated attacks of the Federal Army, the defense line of the Xuanyong Central Highlands was suddenly broken!
"charge!!"

"Break down their defenses in one fell swoop!"

"Kill them all!!"

When they saw that they had finally forced a gap in the enemy's impregnable formation, the morale of the federal soldiers instantly soared as they saw the hope of victory.

For a moment, amid countless roars and shouts, accompanied by a large amount of artillery fire that followed, the terrifying golden crowd of the Federal Army swept towards the Xuanyong Army with an overwhelming momentum. Wherever they passed, blood splattered and all the enemies were defeated and fell!

The most violent attack has begun!

Faced with the devastating collective charge of the federal army, the Xuanyong melee soldiers who were already struggling to hold on at the front were almost destroyed. Not only did their defense line collapse on the spot, but they were then rushed under the defense tower by the federal soldiers!
Perhaps they did not expect to suffer such heavy losses during the attack. The deaths of their relatives and friends had already made the federal soldiers lose their minds, so they did not wait for the more destructive artillery support from the rear. When the federal soldiers, who had already been blood-thirsty, faced the enemy defense tower that had taken the lives of countless comrades, they began to attack the defense tower like crazy, just like a bullfight seeing a red cloth. In just a moment, they actually cut a big hole in the wall of the enemy defense tower. As a result, its mechanism was damaged, and eventually the defense tower's artillery fire went into a state of shutdown!
As the defense tower was overwhelmed and about to collapse——

The rear of the Xuanyong Army.

Unlike the people around him who were at a loss, when Shang Yang saw from afar that the front-row soldiers were overwhelmed and the enemy was about to destroy the defense tower, their most important firepower output point, he still relied on his terrifying willpower to force himself to remain calm.

"Our soldiers, gather immediately, in centurion units, don't be left alone!"

Amid the loud voice of command, Shang Yang looked around with great determination; this highland defense battle had lasted too long, and the morale of his own side was gradually declining, while the dense federal army continued to pour in from the front.

The situation is very unfavorable!

Seeing that the situation was not good, Shang Yang made a prompt decision. He raised his sword and shouted to the Xuanyong soldiers who were slowly surrounding him: "The time to perform our duties has come. Please follow me to snipe these beasts and take back the defense tower! Let these invaders see what a Xuanyong man is!!"

After saying this, regardless of Yingyu's cries to stop him, and regardless of the fact that he was already covered in wounds, Shang Yang took the lead and rushed towards the federal army alone. As soon as they met, he swung his butcher knife and killed several enemies at his feet. His momentum was incomparable!
On the battlefield, the performance of the commander will often directly affect the morale of the entire army. Shang Yang's heroic fighting at the critical moment greatly encouraged the already exhausted Xuanyong soldiers. Amidst the deafening responses of tens of thousands of people, the Xuanyong army immediately organized a powerful counterattack!
During the melee, the blades of many Xuanyong soldiers had already been blunted, but even so they remained fearless. Some of them simply rushed forward with bare hands, holding the enemy and rolling around, using fists, kicks, knees, elbows, and even teeth as weapons!
This time, the close combat once again left the ground covered in blood and limbs flying everywhere, but even so, the enemies still kept rushing forward endlessly!

Of course, Shang Yang was by no means a reckless man. He knew very well that he could not defeat the federal army in a head-on confrontation, so he did not blindly fight with the federal army. Instead, after forcing back the federal troops who were besieging his defense tower, he quickly arranged for some soldiers to erect a temporary wall in front of him with tree trunks and other objects; wooden fences to resist the enemy, while arranging another group of soldiers to repair the damaged defense tower on the side.

This ability to be flexible and adaptable often best reflects the level of a general!

Under Shang Yang's excellent command, a jaw-dropping scene appeared on the originally extremely tragic and bloody battlefield; while the soldiers in front were fighting desperately, a group of soldiers next to them were methodically setting up wooden fences, building walls with bricks, and repairing defense towers.
It seemed that they realized that once the Xuanyong Army built wooden fences and restarted the defense tower mechanism, they would suffer heavy losses once again. The federal troops immediately launched a fierce charge. Under Shang Yang's command, the Xuanyong Army once again formed a defensive formation. Countless Xuanyong melee soldiers held shields in one hand and long swords in the other to attack the federal army through the shields. For a time, the federal army was unable to break through the enemy's steel defense line formed by shields, and instead, countless people were stabbed to death or injured!
In the end, with nothing else to do, the federal army even stopped attacking and began to desperately hold up the shield formation of the Xuanyong soldiers with their bodies, intending to forcefully push down the enemy's shield line with pure force!

"Push them down! Push them down!!"

"withstand!!"

"They can't hold on any longer! Push harder!!"

Amidst the earth-shaking roars and shouts, the Xuanyong soldiers were defeated step by step. Just when their shield line was about to be forcibly pushed down by the federal army, a large number of Xuanyong soldiers began to retreat under the command of Shang Yang, leaving only a small number of shield soldiers to remain in place and continue to struggle against the federal army.

The federal army was naturally overjoyed when they saw this, thinking that the Xuanyong Army was about to be defeated and flee. However, before they had time to be happy for too long, after a while, the Xuanyong shield soldiers continued to form a new defensive line further back.

It should be said that enemies like this indestructible cockroach are the most troublesome on the battlefield!
When the federal soldiers rushed over again, cursing and trying to repeat their old tricks—

The federal army rushing in the front, as soon as their bodies touched the shields of the Xuanyong soldiers, they retreated repeatedly with violent screams. The people behind took a closer look and found that the temperature of the Xuanyong soldiers' shields was frighteningly high at this moment!
It turned out that most of the Xuanyong soldiers had just gone to the rear to let the magic soldiers heat up their shields. Defensive battles can actually be fought this way!
Even though each of them was made of the best federal soldiers, they couldn't help but be daunted at this moment! This high ground was simply impossible to capture! !
What caused the defeat of the Federation Army was the restoration of the enemy's highland defense tower, which restarted its attack mode.

Whoosh, boom, boom, gurgle, boom!!

Accompanied by a series of violent explosions, gorgeous mushroom clouds of fire began to explode one after another in the federal army. The terrifying power of the explosion killed and knocked over countless people, and the number of casualties of the federal army began to soar sharply in an instant.

The war had come to this point, no matter what, Shang Yang could already be called a brilliant general of his generation!
finally--

Unable to move forward no matter what, and under the collective carpet bombing of enemy defense towers, magic soldiers, and artillery vehicles above, the Federal Army collapsed and retreated. Countless soldiers began to flee to the rear one after another amid the flames, one by one moving away from this sea of ​​fire in hell.

This war, which was fought with countless corpses, was a contest of perseverance and courage. The final result was Shang Yang's complete victory! !

"Shang Yang, we, we won!"

Looking at the enemy army that was so fierce yesterday but was now retreating one by one like the tide, Yingyu grabbed Shang Yang's hand and finally couldn't help crying.

That’s right, they won!!

They held the impossible high ground!!

They beat back the enemy!!

With the specifications of a reserve army, we fought against the strongest legion and finally protected our homeland!

"Oh ho!!!"

Countless Xuanyong soldiers, their faces still covered in blood, began to shout and roar. It was the release of tears of joy! It was the joy of surviving a catharsis! It was also the release of pride and dignity!
"We won!!"

"See? We actually beat back such a terrifying enemy!"

"Long live Xuan Yong! Long live Xuan Yong!!"

"Shang Yang! Shang Yang! Shang Yang!"

The earth-shaking cheers resounded throughout the entire canyon. At this moment, the glory did not belong to those heroes, but to this group of soldiers!
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The most complete despair often follows the greatest hope.

[“Hoo~Aohoo~!!”]

Mixed in the endless tide of joy, there was only one sound: a long, heavy, loud, creepy and terrifying roar, which suddenly came from the distant sky without any warning.

At that moment, the world suddenly became quiet!
Because this roar is not something that can be found in the human world.

Countless eyes began to look in the direction of the sound, and in the next second, people's laughter was all frozen on their faces, and the joy of the previous second disappeared in an instant, while fear, panic, and helplessness began to appear on people's faces one by one!
With a clang, a curled up long sword fell heavily to the ground.

A soldier just stared blankly at the distant sky, the expression on his face was no longer just one of fear, it could almost be said to be ashen!
"What is this thing?"

"It's huge."

"Haha, hahaha! Damn it, we're done"

"Where did these things come from?"

"Hey, isn't that the hero standing there from before?"

Countless despairs, countless questions, countless fears, countless whispers of heartbreak, ultimately all converged into one terrified scream.

"Dragon!! That's a dragon! The dragon is coming!!!"

(End of this chapter)