Shennong Dao Master
Chapter 417 - 37: Bombing the City, Breaking the Gate! (6K)_2

Chapter 417: Chapter 37: Bombing the City, Breaking the Gate! (6K)_2

This place nurtured some mixed-blood dragon species, the mounts of the Tiger Flood Dragon Army, which also came from Yalong Island.

The Ten Suns Cave Heaven’s top two strong armies both achieved top ranks in the Military Realm Grand Martial Display and secured a prominent position on Yalong Island.

Being able to ride dragon mounts was the foundation of a powerful army.

Therefore, although Xia Jing only brought over fifteen thousand men, he also had a Sixth-Rank Minister of Agriculture and priests for support, along with two thousand dragon blood beasts. This made his strength the strongest.

Liao Rulong’s Unit and Wen Shaoyang’s Division of the Divine Might Army combined were needed to match his strength.

Jiang Ming of the Zhenhai Army specialized in warships.

The warships of Great Zhou usually referred to airborne warships, and their numbers were generally quite limited.

Only vessels of the Fifth Rank were called warships, while flying boats were below the Fifth Rank.

The scale of warships signified the scale of the ’Divine Machine Camp,’ as the capacity to carry siege machinery depended on the number of warships.

Marquis Lan Hongming of Zhenhai Army tried every possible way to get two divisions of the Zhenhai Army onto the shores.

Li Que’s unit was unremarkable.

However, Jiang Ming brought an entire warship camp!

After learning that Zhao Xing had created Earth Fire Lotus for Fire Protection Robes, Jiang Ming promptly increased the stake.

He brought over many warships and flying boats!

There were a hundred and twenty Fifth-Rank warships alone!

There were more than five thousand flying boats!

Only the Zhenhai Army could call their fleet a ’camp.’ The Xuanjia Army and the Divine Might Army together did not have as many warships and flying boats as the Zhenhai Army.

Moreover, other armies’ warships were used solely for airborne purposes.

But Jiang Ming, shouldering Lan Hongming’s expectations for meritorious service, brought over warships where a third could be used both in the water and the sky.

There were even three unique Fifth Order Supreme Warships called ’Five Elements Warships’!

They could operate not only in the water and the sky but also burrow underground.

The flying boats configured with the three Five Elements Warships included many terrain-propelled flying boats and tunneling flying boats.

When Zhao Xing initially agreed to cooperate, Marquis Lan did not disappoint him, providing great support to the Zhenhai Army in terms of warships.

With the warships in place, Jiang Ming held his head high, walked with a swagger, and spoke loudly:

"Capital Commandant Liao, my unit can allocate half of our warships to the brothers of the Divine Might Army and Xuanjia Army!"

"Our Zhenhai Army’s Divine Machine Camp can control the Five Elements Warships to burrow underground and breach Fire Dragon Pass’s underground defenses."

"The underground alien races to the north and south of the pass can also be primarily attacked by us!"

"We have nothing but plenty of vessels!"

"According to the intelligence, we can at least paralyze the underground defenses and arrays within a twenty-mile span to the north and south of Fire Dragon Pass for three hours or more!"

Jiang Ming shouted, "Brothers on the ground need not worry about falling into pits during the battle or being ambushed by the Fire Demon Clan’s traps."

"Good, good," Liao Rulong said, cupping his hands and smiling, "then we’ll trouble the Capital Commandant Jiang."

"With the support of Capital Commandant Jiang’s warship camp, we can surely capture this pass!" Xia Jing also offered a compliment.

The wind of fortune turned, and Jiang Ming for the moment was upgraded to Capital Commandant Jiang, no longer ’that someone.’

There was no choice, as the Zhenhai Army only landed two partial units, unlike the Divine Might Army, Xuanjia Army, Xia Jing, Wen Shaoyang, and Liao Rulong’s unit, which were only part of their forces.

The Divine Might Army and Xuanjia Army were not only fighting the Fire Demon Clan in the Golden Feather Royal Court but also had deployments against the Holy Spirit Royal Court, Purple Dragon Royal Court, and Flame Light Royal Court in other battle zones.

Jiang Ming’s unit was the sole representative of the Zhenhai Army on the shore; whether they could achieve meritorious service depended on them. The resources mobilized by Lan Hongming were all pinned on this unit.

"Tonight our three armies will join forces and deploy a total of eighteen thousand men to cross Flame Mountain."

"Capture the southern and northern sections of Fire Dragon Pass, totaling four castles, aiming to destroy the Gate Defense Array."

"As long as one section is breached, the outside army can storm in!" Liao Rulong said, "To create conditions for the infiltrating units, the three armies will attack tomorrow at 7 p.m.!"

"The Thunder in the Gang Wind Layer is the signal!"

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At noon on September 14th, a total of fifteen thousand men started crossing Flame Mountain. Due to Zhao Xing and Chen Shijie already leading three thousand men a day earlier, the actual total was eighteen thousand.

Xia Jing led a four-thousand-man team to cross the mountain from a place called [North Pass Mountain] of Flame Mountain.

The command of the Xuanjia Army was temporarily handed to Deputy General Jin Ming.

Liao Rulong dispatched Yu Ziqi from the Divine Might Army as camp general to lead five thousand men to cross Flame Mountain from [South Pass Mountain].

Wen Shaoyang’s Division sent Fei Liangxun to lead six thousand men to cross from [Fire Pass Tail].

The Zhenhai Army’s men did not participate in the surprise attack and instead joined the main forces attacking the front of the pass.

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Time turned back to Chen hour on September 14th.

With Pang Guangyao leading the way, Zhao Xing, Chen Shijie, Long Xiao, Gao Jue, Xu Quan, Zhang Ying, and others, led three thousand men over the Fire Dragon Mountain Range and quietly arrived within the pass.

Using the high-order spell of Five Elements Fog Concealment to cover the three-thousand-man army, they silently left Flame Mountain’s patrol area and reached a dense forest outside a checkpoint city.

"Princely Heir, ahead is the ’Round Moon City Pass’ of Fire Dragon Pass," Pang Guangyao said, "It’s one of the foundation arrays of Fire Dragon Pass."

"Within a twenty-mile radius, there are twenty-one large and small cities, but others are merely outpost fortresses. Only Round Moon City is built on the fire veins, a primary element of the Fire Dragon Pass Gate Defense Array."

"If it’s destroyed, the Gate Defense Array within twenty miles to the south of Fire Dragon Pass will be entirely paralyzed. Even if backup arrays activate, their power would be reduced by more than sixty percent, and many underground alien races might even suffocate."