Chapter 739: Chapter 301: Long Mountain Marches In, Defying the Enemy to the Death
However, Meng Ying immediately shook his head and said:
"The north side is our main offensive direction, the entrance is too small, we’ve only managed to bring in over six hundred people so far, while the Cloud Dragon Army easily has over a thousand. If Xia Hong personally leads the army to press up against us and block us, it shouldn’t be difficult."
Everyone wasn’t foolish and quickly understood the meaning behind Meng Ying’s words.
If three thousand Longyou Army attacked simultaneously, then Li Xuanping’s guess would indeed be reasonable. After all, Great Xia’s advantage is sheer numbers. Sending out ordinary Earth-digging Realm soldiers to deplete their forces, and finally having the Cloud Dragon Army intervene, would certainly increase their chances of victory significantly.
The problem is, the Longyou Army isn’t attacking simultaneously; they’re coming in sequentially from each entrance. The northside entrance, being the furthest from the building complex and larger than the others, can accommodate two people at once. That’s why Li Xuanling designated it as the main attack point, bringing in a large number of soldiers through it.
Yet despite this, in the past ten minutes or so, they’ve only managed to get in over six hundred soldiers. Even with this small number, if Xia Hong were to bring the Cloud Dragon Army up now, he would likely be able to block them.
Not to mention, at the start of the battle, they didn’t even have this many people in.
If Xia Hong brought his army over back then, it would have been even easier to block the entrance.
Therefore, Li Xuanping’s speculation that Xia Hong was using ordinary Earth-digging Realm soldiers to exhaust their forces clearly doesn’t hold water.
"Enough, whatever tricks Xia Hong is playing, Great Xia is bound to lose today. Have the soldiers accelerate their entry; you go inform the others. Have all soldiers quickly gather on the north side and prepare to siege immediately!"
Li Xuanling directly interrupted the speculations, giving orders to gather.
Several Cold Resistance Level officers immediately dispersed towards the outskirts of the building complex to notify soldiers coming through other entrances to converge here.
Li Xuanling turned her head to gaze at the building complex, her brows furrowed.
She couldn’t understand either why the Cloud Dragon Army wasn’t coming to block them, but dispersing the army through multiple entrances at the same time was an open tactic. Even if Xia Hong came to block them, a massive number of soldiers would still come down through other entrances.
"Have they figured it out, knowing they can’t stop us from coming down no matter what, so they’re gathering all the defensive troops to prepare for a final stand?"
Li Xuanling pondered for a moment, turning to look around the battlefield. She saw only three corpses of Longyou soldiers lying on the ground, with just over a dozen wounded, causing a faint cold smile to curl up on her lips.
During the initial exchange of arrows, they shot six to seventy people of Great Xia, with hundreds wounded, while they only lost three lives and had over a dozen wounded. This was the absolute dominating effect of the Longyou Army face-to-face with ordinary Earth-digging Realm soldiers.
"Even if you have over ten thousand people, you’ve got less than a thousand Cloud Dragon Army. The other nine thousand are nothing but rabble before my Longyou Army. Despite how many tricks or schemes you have, you’ll never make up for this massive gap in strength. If you refuse to leave Longyou, then leave your life here for me!"
With repeated clashes with Xia Hong ending mostly in defeat, a proud person like Li Xuanling could naturally not accept it. Now that she finally saw a chance for a great victory, her spirits were inevitably uplifted a lot.
The main district spans only about a three-kilometer radius. The Longyou soldiers coming down from the peripheral entrances quickly gathered on the north side under the guidance of Cold Resistance Level officers.
Li Xuanling looked at the Cold Resistance Levels in front, counted fifty-one of them, confirming none were missing, and her expression lightened significantly.
Xia Hong’s strength is formidable; Great Xia has many Cold Resistance Levels as well. Her biggest worry was having the army split into multiple groups coming down through multiple entrances at once, fearing someone might run into Xia Hong or the main force of Great Xia, causing casualties among the Cold Resistance Levels.
Luckily, none did, and it seemed the army came down smoothly as well.
"What about the casualties among the soldiers?"
"We had already taken count on the way; twelve dead, twenty-one wounded. Great Xia doesn’t seem to have organized any significant resistance. Out of a total of thirteen groups, none encountered Xia Hong. Four groups encountered Great Xia’s defenders, who were just ordinary Earth-digging Realm soldiers; they held out for a while before retreating into the building complex. The main force of the Cloud Dragon Army has yet to appear."
It was Cheng Guang who spoke, not only carefully counting the number of soldiers but also summarizing the encounters of the thirteen groups of soldiers post-descent.
"Enemy casualties?"
Cheng Guang’s expression perked up, quickly responding, "We didn’t count precisely, but after a rough estimate, we’ve killed at least over three hundred, with even more wounded."
Upon hearing this, the Cold Resistance Levels of Long Mountain were filled with exhilaration.
To penetrate the main district with such minor casualties showcases the strength of the Longyou Army!
"Big Brother, Second Brother, Third Brother, organize the army to advance. Xuanping, Xuanqiu, Meng Ying, Cheng Guang, Jiang Ping, Sun Yan, Song Kang, follow me in to scout the situation in the building complex to see what Great Xia is up to."
"At your command!"
With Li Xuanling’s order, she pointed out the seven stronger Cold Resistance Levels and headed directly towards the building complex, while the remaining Cold Resistance Levels quickly organized under Li Xuanyan’s trio to prepare for the assault on the building area.
The perimeter of the main district is not large, and after walking just over a hundred meters, Li Xuanling and her group of eight entered the building area. Sensing no presence of a Great Xia defender, they directly charged towards the main building.
"Did they tear down so many buildings?"
"The torn parts were all metal components; they must have set up barricades in the inner area. Great Xia intends to band together for a last stand."