Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 761 - 630: It’s Too Late to Regret (Thanks to Alliance Leader Jing 7 Shao)_1

Chapter 761: Chapter 630: It’s Too Late to Regret (Thanks to Alliance Leader Jing 7 Shao)_1

After less than one hundred and twenty breaths of the continuous gunfire from the Jin army, the dense formation of Evil Spirit Corpses in front began to scatter.

Whether alive or dead, as long as they have consciousness, they inevitably harbor a desire for survival and fear.

At this point, they are simply following their instinct to survive, frantically fleeing backward, attempting to escape this slaughter ground.

The Empress of Liao, Shulv Ping, who was dozens of miles away, did not forcefully control them to continue their charge. She even withdrew her intention from the battlefield, allowing these collected servants to retreat.

She knew that under such circumstances, forced impact would be meaningless and would only further deplete their military power.

At this time, her probing goal had been achieved. The power of the tens of thousands of "Rune Flintlock Rifles" was terrifying.

Under such circumstances, even if these servant forces were completely exhausted, it would not be possible to shake the opponent’s formation.

So rather than let them be wasted in this manner, it is better to withdraw them first, and use them as a boost for the next wave of offensive.

But then, the many artillery pieces of the Jin Army, with an effective range of up to ten miles, and the Rune Flintlock Rifles with a range of two miles, became their nightmare.

The Jin army’s two "Heyi" formations extending on the hill overlapped and attacked, turning the flat ground covering a range of ten miles at the valley entrance into an Asura Hell.

For every step these Evil Spirit Corpses retreated, a large number of evil spirits would dissipate, leaving behind a vast amount of decaying corpses.

The continuous gunfire and the deafening cannon fire shook the valley. Large volumes of blue smoke was blown by the southern winds, covering the entire battlefield.

It was only after a full moment that the gunfire ceased, and half an hour later, the cannon fire also stopped.

At this time, the entire battlefield was silent, with more than one hundred thousand corpses lying haphazardly on the plain that had been ravaged by artillery.

But the actual loss on the other side was far greater than this.

Many grudge ghosts were intangible, and once hit by Rune bullets, their entire spirit form would dissolve.

Some body forms of the Evil Corpses were completely melted under the concentrated fire of artillery elixirs!

"Is this the rifle and artillery you spoke about? The thing that the Great Jin Dynasty relies on to restrain the Mongolian Iron Cavalry so that they can rule the world? You should have stopped me earlier."

On the altar, Empress Shulv Ping of Liao finally managed to suppress the surprise in her heart, but her hands were still clasped tightly and her aura was as cold as ice.

During the previous ’probe’, she lost up to two hundred thousand servants.

Even though none of these Evil Spirit Corpses were her relied-upon "Pi Room Iron Cavalry", Empress Shulv Ping of Liao still felt regret and heartache.

She had to expend a great deal of effort to collect these ’servants’.

At this point, more evil spirit corpses could not be found in the entire Northern Border.

Empress Shulv Ping of Liao did not consider herself someone who stubbornly refused to listen to advice. Had Zhang Guanlan said a word or two earlier, she would have taken a more cautious approach.

Zhang Guanlan had no response. Several times he opened his mouth to speak but no words came out.

The Great Ancestor of Jin did indeed rely on the power of firearms to dominate, battling against the Mongolian Cavalry. But the three-eyed guns commonly used by the Jin Army were not so powerful.

Even due to the decay in military system, these firearms were mostly crudely made, far less powerful than at the time of Emperor Jad’s founding of the nation.

At last, Zhang Guanlan said with dry throat, "Empress, ’Rune Flintlock Rifled Gun’ is a type of firearm recently emerged in the Great Jin. I didn’t expect these would have such momentum when they were fired together."

Empress Shulv Ping of Liao did not criticize him further, she gestured slightly, and a dark war horse with black flames all over it quickly galloped over.

"Empress!" Seeing Shulv Ping mount the horse, Zhang Guanlan’s face showed astonishment: "May I ask what you are doing?"

"I am going to observe the enemy line!" Before Zhang Guanlan could finish his statement, Shulv Ping had already ridden out, her eyes filled with coldness: "I must take a closer look at the enemy line!"

She believed that she could not rely on Zhang Guanlan’s information and judgment any longer, before the two hundred and seventy thousand ’Pi Room Iron Cavalry’ were deployed into the battle, Shulv Ping wanted to use her own eyes to confirm the situation of the enemy.

At this moment, Shang Hong, the left Shilang of the Ministry of War, had already landed on Li Xuan’s command platform.

Li Xuan, with his hand on his waist sword, casted him a slanting glance, and then said with a smile, "It seems that Xueshi Shang finally has a bit of confidence in me."

This person, who had been staying in the cavalry at the top of the hill, was planning to hold the reserve forces after the collapse of the main army.

Shang Hong did this not because he was afraid of the war, but because he wanted to clean up the aftermath as much as possible after Li Xuan’s defeat.

"The power of these firearms is really beyond my expectation."

Shang Hong ignored the sarcasm in Li Xuan’s words, he said earnestly with honesty, "No wonder you attach so much importance to these ’Rune Flintlock Rifles’, these are indeed weapons of great importance to the country.

Before this, I would never have thought that these thirty-seven thousand ’Rune Flintlock Rifles’ would have such power. Of course, this is also due to the Marquis’ excellent training, the shooting speed and skill of these soldiers are impressive."

What he regretted most now was that when Li Xuan asked the court for more ’Rune Flintlock Rifles’, he did not firmly support him.

If he had known this, he would have tried his best to increase the order of ’Rune Flintlock Rifles’ to 50,000 to 60,000.

The Ministry of War is indeed short of money, but some expenses can still be squeezed.

If he had sixty thousand flintlock riflemen here today, what would he fear of the opposing two hundred and seventy thousand ’Pishi Army’?

Shang Hong had also made up his mind that after this battle, he would go back and issue a law to prohibit the "rune flintlock rifled gun" from flowing into the public, and not let any flintlock rifle flow into the prairie.

Seeing him like this, Li Xuan didn’t feel good enough to be sarcastic anymore.

"Xueshi Shang overpraises me. All this is the merit of the generals under my command, I myself actually didn’t put much effort into it."

Next, however, Shang Hong opened his mouth to advise him again, "In the opinion of the lower official, Shaobao may move the two cavalry units forward. Also, it seems that we have amassed too many troops on both sides. The lower official thinks it may be possible to deploy the soldiers from the six Wei units behind the formations in the left and right Shenji camps."

Six units of Wei, that’s eighteen thousand people.

Li Xuan gave him a blank look, then burst into laughter, "It seems Xueshi Shang still doesn’t believe that this Marquis could break through the enemy."

What about moving forward with the cavalry, and the soldiers from the six Wei units forming the rear of the Shenji camp, are all measures taken for easy ’cutting off of the rear’.

This Daxueshi intended to use these cavalry and infantry from Weisuo Institute to cover the retreat of the troops from the left and right Shenji camps.

Shang Hong knew he couldn’t keep his intentions from Li Xuan, so he said with a straight face, "Your Lordship is wise, we can’t afford to lose the left and right Shenji camps!"

His idea was to ensure the retreat of the ’left and right Shenji camps’ even if all of the Weisuo troops in Jizhou were lost.

As long as these forty thousand riflemen were still standing, and if they withdrew safely into the pass, Jizhou would be as stable as Taishan, unshakable.

But Li Xuan shook his head, "Ignorant views!"

He doesn’t necessarily have to hold onto the two camps on both sides. According to Li Xuan’s estimate, the forty thousand ’left and right Shenji camps’ he had were enough to break through the enemy.

The ’square formation’ battle method has strong defensive capabilities against the flanks and the rear.

But the existence of these two camps can reduce the casualties of this battle to within a thousand.

The condition is that they are sturdy and unshakable.

Even though Shang Hong only intended to withdraw eighteen thousand soldiers from six Wei units from them, it would reduce their defensive power by seventy percent, and they would definitely be seen as a breakthrough by the Empress of Liao.

Shang Hong was about to speak when the left Jiandu Yushi Wei Zhen, said with a gloomy face: "Xueshi Shang, I would like to ask you whether you are Guanjunrongshi or the commander of these one hundred thousand troops? Or do you, Xueshi Shang, think that your military strategy surpasses that of the General Zhenji and many other generals here?"

He, a good Guanjunrongshi, was reduced to a secondary position, and he was furious inside.

The key is the scene just now of the rifles firing in unison, which gave him confidence.

Shang Hong’s eyebrows slightly furrowed and his face turned pale.

At this time, Li Xuan suddenly looked up at the sky and looked surprised. He saw a golden crow threading through the clouds and descending from the sky.

This was the ’Fire Eye Golden Crow’ nurtured by the royal family, landing in front of him like a streak of light and shadow.

Li Xuan took out the letter from the message tube under its feet, and then his face changed slightly, turning a little pale.

Shang Hong immediately looked over: "Does Your Majesty or Jianguo have any decrees?"

Shang Hong really wanted to see the contents of the letter, but Li Xuan put the letter in his sleeve with a smile: "It’s nothing, Jianguo just sent a message wanting to know the situation here."

Li Xuan’s face was as calm as usual, but at the same time, his eyes swept over Dongfang Liang standing beside him with an incomparably cold look.

Dongfang Liang shuddered as Li Xuan had just conveyed a clear intention to him through his Divine Consciousness.

Cut off all rune papers, rune letters, and birds carrying message tubes within a radius of three hundred li!

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After riding her black horse around the battlefield for several rounds, the Empress of Liao, Shulv Ping, returned to the altar. Then she furrowed her eyebrows and looked thoughtfully at the opposite side.

"The pass and the two camps cannot be attacked forcefully, only their two flanks, I still do not understand. I don’t know what the enemy commander intends with those small square formations. No one has ever arranged a formation like this before. It seems to have too many flaws, which actually confuses me."

Zhang Guanlan was immediately alert: "Doesn’t the Empress have the confidence to defeat the enemy?"

"How is that possible?" The Empress of Liao, Shulv Ping, sneered, "It’s just a matter of more or less casualties."

She then lifted her head, looked at the sky, and saw that it was nearly dusk.

Shulv Ping knew that she couldn’t delay any longer.

By all accounts, all powers of the dead will be greatly increased after nightfall.

But Shulv Ping must enter the Dragon Vein and complete that ceremony before her sacrificial day arrives—

Otherwise, within at most ten days, she herself will return to dust.

The eyes of the Empress of Liao, Shulv Ping, became increasingly sharp, "Heavenly Master, stop the rain and find a way to push back this south wind! I can only give you a moment——"

Just at this moment, all twenty-seven thousand horsemen of the Pishi Iron Cavalry move in unison towards the opposite side, making a rumbling noise.