Chapter 298: Constructing a protective formation, this time we have to rely on the firearms battalion
"Hongmei, and everyone else, this beast tide is unusual. It's a conspiracy by those big Jin merchants..."
Li Dingguo explained the general process of his trip to the north to a dozen core generals of the Fuxing Army present.
This is because the current situation has changed, and we must figure out the causes and trends of the beast tide so that we can arrange the next battle as soon as possible.
"Let's ignore those Jin merchants who are behind this for now. The most urgent task is to destroy those Qi Refining Realm monsters that are about to attack."
Li Dingguo then looked at everyone solemnly and said, "In this battle, our target is to kill all the attacking Qi Refining Realm monsters, as well as some third-level monsters."
"As for those low-level monsters of level one and two, they are not within our intentional killing range. We should let them go if we can."
"Once all the Qi Refining Realm monsters are dead, they will naturally disintegrate."
Ever since he learned that there is cause and effect karma in this magical world, Li Dingguo made this decision on his way back to reunite with the main force of the Fuxing Army.
Except for the forces that are hostile to our own Restoration Army, there is no need to kill most ethnic groups.
In the world of cultivators, all living beings are part of the universe.
Existence makes sense.
The existence of a large number of low-level monsters is beneficial to this world of cultivators.
The colorful world of cultivators is made up of the flourishing of all kinds of creatures from all races, and it appears to be full of vitality.
If this world were without demon beasts and monsters, it would surely decline rapidly, and the remaining human cultivators would not live any better, but would also decline rapidly.
A world of cultivators with healthy and cyclical development is in the common interests of cultivators of all races.
As long as Li Dingguo doesn't want his fortune and that of the Fuxing Army to plummet, he cannot wantonly slaughter those low-level monsters.
Otherwise, such behavior that is detrimental to the healthy development of the universe will inevitably greatly damage one's fortune and even bring upon oneself a massive amount of karmic karma.
Li Dingguo then explained to everyone his understanding of this big world.
"good."
"The commander-in-chief is right. We were short-sighted before."
"That's true. We used to think too simply."
"Fortunately, we understood it in time and can quickly adjust our strategic goals in the future."
"As for those monsters that actively attack us, they have formed a causal relationship with us, so there is no need to indulge them. Killing them will not incur any causal karma."
"Also, for those monsters that wantonly slaughter ordinary humans, killing them will not only not reduce your luck, but may actually increase your luck."...
The core generals of the Renaissance Army present at the scene were at least at the early fourth level of martial arts cultivation. They were certainly not stupid, and after a little thought, they all had new opinions.
"Well, if we want to completely resolve this man-made beast tide crisis, we must quickly choose a battlefield suitable for our four Marine artillery battalions to fully exert their strength!"
Li Dingguo began to give orders, saying, "This battlefield does not need to be secretive. Instead, it must be flat and wide enough to better exert the power of the spiritual cannons and spiritual crossbow carts."
"Just now when I was in the sky, I observed the nearby terrain. About a hundred miles northeast of here, there is a plain with a radius of about a hundred miles, which meets our current needs."
"Pass the order down, all soldiers march quickly and rush to the designated battlefield as soon as possible!"
"Da Jin and I will go ahead and set up a level 3 ultimate formation to protect the safety of the soldiers, so as to prevent them from being attacked from all directions by various monsters and causing serious unnecessary casualties."
This battle is different from previous ones. It is the first large-scale battle between the Renaissance Army and a large number of monsters. Therefore, it is never too careful.
When Li Dingguo was returning quickly southward, he even discovered that there were rat-like monsters attacking, and the number was at least tens of thousands.
In addition to the groups of snakes, scorpions and other monsters seen along the way, there were also several groups with a number of over a thousand.
Fortunately, they are unlikely to arrive at the same time, so the soldiers of the Renaissance Army can intercept and hunt them one by one.
Otherwise, the massive amount of monsters rushing towards the Renaissance Army this time could be described as overwhelming!
"Yes! Commander-in-Chief!"
All the core generals also realized the extraordinary nature of this war. After receiving the orders in unison, they began to return to the various legion barracks, quickly commanding their soldiers, changing the direction of advance, and began a forced march.
Li Dingguo first went to the military supply and logistics camp and fetched enough magic cores to set up a small Five Elements Sky-covering Array. He then quickly arrived at his destination riding on a giant golden eagle.
With his current level of cultivation, he can easily determine the nodes of the formation while at low altitude.
He mobilized his spiritual power and internal energy, and directly from low altitude, used his skill to accurately drive the magic cores of various levels into the designated nodes of the formation on the ground. In just a short while, he had set up this third-grade formation.
At this time, he planted the five hundred-year-old demon-luring grasses in his hand at the entrance to the specially opened external formation portal.
Just as he finished arranging the formation, soldiers from various battalions of the Fusion Army had already arrived at the scene.
This main force not only had soldiers riding spirit beasts and war horses, but even the artillery battalion and the logistics battalion were equipped with sufficient spirit beasts and war horses and four-wheeled carriages.
A mere hundred miles of land can be crossed in less than half an hour.
After another quarter of an hour, the nearly 100,000 soldiers heading north entered the area covered by the formation and began to quickly arrange the battle formation under the command of generals at all levels. The four land artillery battalions that served as the main force of this battle now each had 3,000 soldiers, 90 medium-sized spiritual magic weapon cannons, and 600 spiritual crossbow carts.
With the spiritual energy cannons and spiritual crossbow carts equipped by the Renaissance Army's land combat firearms battalions, it is estimated that they are already the top of all major forces in this world.
In terms of firepower, it is undoubtedly the number one.
That is to say, Li Dingguo possessed a magical supreme innate divine artifact, the cauldron, which allowed him to be so generous and achieve this level.
Spiritual weapons have always been extremely precious in this world.
It's not just because master craftsmen and formation masters are scarce, but also because various spiritual materials are becoming increasingly scarce, which is a major reason.
Because of the huge role of the treasure ship, all forces used most of the spiritual materials of various levels that they had obtained at great cost to build the treasure ship.
Only because Li Dingguo had an incredible natal divine weapon, the cauldron, could he rely on ordering the dismantling of treasure ships to obtain various levels of spiritual materials and mass-produce various magical weapons and spiritual weapons sufficient for the use of his own combat camps.
Today's Renaissance Army soldiers are equipped with all levels of magical weapon sets, and their equipment is the best in the world.
"Duh!"
"The Small Five Elements Sky-Covering Formation, rise!"
Seeing that the soldiers were already in their positions, Li Dingguo raised his hand and made a seal. A stream of five-colored light flew out from the palm of his right hand, transformed into a five-colored rune, and sank into the center of the formation on the ground in front of him.
"Buzz..."
Rays of light rose from all directions within the area of 100 miles in radius, and colorful lights flickered everywhere.
The five-colored lights in the sky immediately formed a five-colored protective shield and then quickly disappeared.
From the outside, this area looked no different from usual, even for tens of thousands of fully armed soldiers.
In fact, the Fusion Army soldiers were surrounded by an invisible array shield on all sides.
Before breaking the protective shield of the formation, no harm can be caused to the soldiers inside.
In order to better fight against those Qi Refining Realm monsters and protect the soldiers, Li Dingguo even activated the formation's magical power restrictions that were only applicable to the outside but not the inside of this protective formation.
The soldiers inside the formation can attack externally smoothly, but the attacks from monsters outside the formation will be blocked by the formation shield.
This kind of magical power of formation is very common in this magical world.
Almost all third-level magic arrays have this kind of magical power.
For example, all the official towns in the Ming Dynasty, the guardian formations all possessed this kind of formation magical power.
After the city defense formations of various towns are activated, any attacks from the outside will be blocked by the formation shield before the protective light shield of the city defense formation is broken, and will not be able to harm the soldiers defending the city, or even any grass or tree in the city.
The formation is the main reason why humans, who are in a disadvantaged group in this big world, can survive and develop.
If there were no formations to protect us, humans would have been destroyed countless times by those powerful races.
"Whoosh!"
At this time, a fourth-level black eagle spirit bird flew very quickly from the northern sky and came in front of Li Dingguo, who had just landed in front of the external gate of the formation with a golden eagle.
"Great Commander!"
The visitor was none other than He Guang, the deputy director of the Military Intelligence Department. He jumped down from the back of the big black eagle, saluted Li Dingguo, and hurriedly reported, "I left the main force half an hour ago to scout the enemy situation. I have already discovered the first three groups of demon beasts. They will be able to reach the battlefield in a quarter of an hour at most!"
"Among them, there is a group of iron-armored ant monsters, a group of blue-tailed scorpion monsters, and a tri-colored tiger-spotted ground thrush bird monster."
"The total number of their Qi Refining Realm monsters exceeds one hundred."
"Among them, the most powerful ones, the Ant King, the Scorpion King, and the Tiger Thrush King, are all at the early stage of Level 5."
"The total number of monsters from these three groups of monsters exceeds 30,000, with the Iron-Armored Ants being the largest, accounting for more than half."
Although He Guang's tone was a little anxious, his expression was very calm.
He knew that with the strength of his own main combat army, and with the help of the protection of the formation, it would not be difficult to launch a counterattack and destroy the Qi Refining Realm monsters from the three monster tribes.
"okay, I get it."
Li Dingguo nodded to He Guang and said, "Our army is ready for battle. You should take your spirit eagle with you into the battle formation, or you will be attacked by those monsters if you are not careful."
This time their side was using formations to conduct defensive operations. Li Dingguo was very confident and not panicked at all.
As He Guang led the Big Black Hawk into the battle and reported the military situation to Hongmei again, the order to prepare for battle was quickly conveyed. A thick murderous aura emanated from the soldiers in each barracks, and the murderous atmosphere filled the area.
Fortunately, there was a protective formation, which locked the murderous aura within the formation shield and did not let it spread outside the formation.
The four Marine Firearms Battalions at the forefront of the army, under the command of an officer, began to load magic cores and crossbow arrows into the psychic cannons and crossbow carts, preparing for firing.
A unique battle is about to break out!
(End of this chapter)
