Chapter 232: The Battle of Failure

Lin Mu stood at the foot of the mountain and looked up at the soldiers who were constantly attacking the caves.

The soldiers of the True Dragon Legion, wearing wolf shields or fine steel shields, advanced slowly on the rugged mountain road like a snail. When they were about to approach some caves, countless black arrows suddenly erupted from the cave entrance, buzzing like bees. The arrows hit the shields or armor, making a clanging sound. However, some unlucky soldiers were shot into some parts of their bodies that were not well protected by arrows. With a few puffs, the soldiers groaned, splashed several streams of blood, and were rescued by their comrades behind them.

After the buzzing black arrows, a burst of red "iron ore block fire rain" suddenly erupted from the cave entrance. These "rains" were accompanied by a little bit of fire water, which bounced on the mountain grass and made a hissing sound.

That was the ore that the craftsmen in the foundry base melted into fine iron. It was casually put into the furnace to heat it, and then thrown out to be used as supplies for defending the city.

Some soldiers were hit by the "iron ore rain", and a series of hissing sounds accompanied by a smell of meat suddenly appeared on the battlefield. The injured soldiers wailed and the soldiers were a little panicked. The helpless team leader and the military commander ordered to slowly retreat and not advance for the time being.

Lin Mu frowned when he saw this. This is not good. Before they confronted head-on, they were suppressed by the soldiers defending the city, and their morale was greatly hit. Lin Mu is not the commander-in-chief, and I don’t know if the system will have prompts about morale decline.

Unfortunately, the True Dragon Corps currently has no top counselors, and this situation caught the True Dragon Corps off guard.

The True Dragon Corps can only rely on Liu Feng, He Yuan and other generals to make their own plans for the battle. They are definitely not vague when they charge into battle, but it is really difficult for them to plan and layout.

In the previous anti-bandit campaign, the True Dragon Corps was prepared in advance, and Feng Zhong and others were planning behind the scenes. Now, facing the sudden change in the battlefield situation, the Corps’ response is a bit delayed.

Although the ranks of the soldiers of the True Dragon Corps are relatively high, war is not only about strength, but also about strategy and tactics. In addition to the ranks of the soldiers, the True Dragon Corps still needs to improve in other aspects.

This is a lesson, a lesson for Liu Feng and other generals to review, and a lesson for the soldiers of the True Dragon Corps to review themselves.

"Liu Feng, when we were carrying out the Wushan bandit suppression mission before, did the soldiers also behave like this when facing the difficulties of siege? They panicked on their own!" Lin Mu asked seriously.

Lin Mu did not participate in the Wushan bandit suppression mission, but its results were brilliant. Lin Mu did not go into detail about the process and did not know the specific performance of the soldiers.

Now, in this attack on Xu Zhao's Qinglong Village, the performance of the soldiers is somewhat unsatisfactory.

"Reporting to the lord, everyone used to have a plan and a routine for attacking the city. Now, when we launched the attack, we were late to react. The soldiers guarding the city were already on high alert, so it was difficult to open up the situation, and the soldiers inevitably made mistakes." Liu Feng knew that the soldiers had not achieved any results after more than a dozen advances, but the number of injured soldiers increased, which caused some psychological loopholes in the soldiers who had been fighting smoothly. But as a commander, Liu Feng still needed to defend the soldiers.

"The soldiers of the True Dragon Legion are invincible when fighting a favorable situation. But fighting a situation against the wind is not satisfactory. In the future, as a commander, you need to strengthen training in this area. I will also let Feng Zhong pay attention to this aspect of training when I go back."

Feng Zhong's current training plan is to speed up the advancement and level of soldiers, as well as the level of some skills and specialties. However, as the battles encountered by the sergeants become more and more difficult, the battlefield literacy and battlefield reaction ability of the soldiers also need to be improved.

At the same time, Lin Mu's desire for counselors has reached a peak. To complete this strategy, we must bring back a counselor.

"Liu Feng, order the soldiers to retreat first, don't attack for the time being, conserve their energy first, and restore everyone's morale and physical strength." Lin Mu instructed Liu Feng.

"Yes!" Liu Feng had no better way, so he could only give the order. Liu Feng's command ability is still immature and needs to be improved urgently. It's okay to fight bandits with backward equipment and lack of supplies for defending the city, but if it is against the army led by super generals like Cao Ren and Yu Jin, it will be like delivering food.

The golden ocean on the mountain slowly retreated, and I believe the Qinglong Army defending the city also breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Mu gathered Liu Feng, He Yuan, Wang Sheng, Zhang Xiaohu, Shangong and other generals together, sitting on a mountain lawn to discuss the situation of this battle.

It's not that he ignored the 5,000 elite soldiers besieged in the cave, but there was no way to advance for the time being. Lin Mu also believed in the strength of Tianjia 78 and others. In the narrow cave, they can hold on for a long time. The five thousand elite soldiers carried enough food and grass, so they were not worried about being trapped to death.

The most urgent task now was to break the strong defense of Qinglong Village.

"He Yuan, you are rushing in the front. Have you seen the general of Qinglong Army who is good at archery?" Lin Mu asked as soon as he gathered.

"Yes, he is tall and strong. He is about six feet tall, about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, with a dignified face, well-developed arm muscles, and strong and powerful. But the most conspicuous thing is that he has a scar under his right eye, which looks ferocious and fierce." He Yuan recalled.

"Is the scar under his right eye crescent-shaped?" Lin Mu asked immediately.

"Hey, lord, have you seen him?" Wang Sheng next to him asked suspiciously, indicating that Lin Mu was right.

"Could it be him...it should be him! But how could he join Xu Zhao's army and become a member of the Qinglong Army?" Lin Mu had a guess in his heart, muttering.

In the mythological world, the faces of generals generally do not leave any scars. If they are injured on the face, they can be cured with some elixirs. Only some scars have special meanings and are left. According to his memory, Lin Mu knew that only a few top generals would have scars on their faces.

According to He Yuan's information, Lin Mu thought of a person and guessed and asked: "How is his combat power? What level of strength is he at?"

"We fought with him at that time, but he never tried his best, as if he was worried about something. Judging from our Huang-level Xuan-level strength, we guess that he should be above the Earth-level strength. The weapons he used were tiger-headed spears and bows and arrows. He swept the eight-direction spear with one hand, which was superb. We only supported two rounds and retreated. When we used the sharp knife plan, he took out the bow and arrow on his back and shot a high-level general with one arrow. Four arrows hit four, like a sharpshooter." He Yuan was a little frightened and said bitterly.

"Okay, I already know the details of this general defending the city. Let's talk about the situation of this siege." Lin Mu turned the topic to the siege.

"Liu Feng, now everyone is calm, how do you think this battle should be fought?" Lin Mu asked.

Lin Mu asked Liu Feng, He Yuan and others about the intelligence of the Qinglong Army, but it was useless. Although they were members of the Qinglong Army before, they were only peripheral, responsible for some recruits training and other matters, and could not reach the core level of Xu Zhao, so they knew very little about Xu Zhao.

"Lord, I can't think of it for the time being." Liu Feng said with some difficulty.

The original plan was to sneak attack at night, open up some caves, and then slowly advance, slowly occupy other caves, and then occupy various exits, surround them to death, use this to threaten them, force them to surrender, and achieve the greatest results.

Unfortunately, things did not go as planned, because the troop transport sneak attack plan was discovered, the defenders were prepared, and the True Dragon Legion attacked hastily, resulting in failure, falling into a disadvantage, and being helpless.

This Qinglong Village still has more than 100,000 defenders, which is not made of paper. Even if the True Dragon Corps has 200,000 elite soldiers, it can only show its combat effectiveness in battle. Now it is restricted by their means of defending the city. Everyone is holding back a breath and morale is a bit low.

There is a generally accepted theory for siege: only an army with ten times the combat power of the defenders can break the city head-on. The True Dragon Corps is not currently ten times more powerful than the Qinglong Village, and it is not a regular siege and defense battle.

"What about you?" Lin Mu was a little disappointed, and then asked He Yuan, Wang Sheng and others, and several of them shook their heads.

Lin Mu was disappointed, but not desperate. Liu Feng and others had experienced very few battles, and had read even fewer military tactics and military books. Moreover, there were basically no military tactics and military books in Yinglong Valley. They were all passed down by word of mouth by Feng Zhong, and they were taught relatively little.

It was indeed difficult for them to come up with a good strategy.

Lin Mu patted Liu Feng and the others on their shoulders and said softly, "Don't be discouraged. You lack experience and have little experience in observing and analyzing factors such as the right time, the right place, and the right people. You can improve in the future. This battle is a lesson."

"Since you have no other options, use the strategy I just came up with. You can learn from it." Lin Mu said a strategy that he had thought of.

"In marching and fighting, in addition to the strength of the soldiers and logistics, there are also auxiliary factors such as the right time, the right place, and the right people. Today, I will let everyone see the power of the auxiliary factors." Lin Mu said slowly.

"The Qinglong Army is defending the cave, and it is difficult to attack for a while, but the Qinglong Village is built in the cave. Its function is to cast weapons, so there is a huge disadvantage: heat!"

"Hot?" Liu Feng and others asked in confusion.

"Yes, it's heat. Heat includes many things. The first one is geothermal heat. Casting weapons requires building many furnaces, which require very high temperatures, so the mountain must be very hot. Another thing is that the air circulation in the mountain is more difficult than in an open city, and the air is turbid. This is geothermal heat! As long as our soldiers pour some cool water into the holes that discharge black smoke, a large amount of hot steam will inevitably be generated. Due to the relationship between geothermal heat and geothermal heat, the defenders will inevitably be greatly disturbed. When the time comes, we can launch a strong attack, which will surely be very effective." Lin Mu put forward an immature strategy.