1199 Heroic Spiri (1/2)

Chapter 1199 – Heroic Spirit

8th month, 9th day, evening.

Great Xia's 200 thousand Guards Legion Corps cavalry appeared at the border of Jingdu Province, causing an uproar.

The Battle of Jin was the focus of the entire battle of the mid plains and was the pinnacle battle of the Battle of China. It would decide the powers in China, so everyone focused on it.

Not only the China region players, but even the entire world was paying attention to this huge battle.

Around Great Jin, Great Xia fought a battle of intellect and skill with the six country alliance, giving the players the fight of the century. At the 8th month, 8th day, the six countries alliance with Great Zhou at the helm still held an advantage.

Jingdu still stood tall, while Great Jin was on the verge of being wiped out.

Silver Hand was naturally delighted, cheering for this hard-fought victory. Even Azure Badge heaved a sigh of relief, as they did not wish for Great Xia to truly unify China.

However, in just one day, the battle situation faced a sharp turn, which caught the tongue of everyone.

The panicked Di Chen prepared the border for battle. At the same time, he ordered Wuqi to come back to save the capital. He also thought of other methods to see if he could find more reinforcements to defend Handan City.

This was a sleepless night for Handan City.

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The next morning, the well-rested Great Xia Guards Legion Corps officially charged into Great Zhou.

Their first target was Great Zhou's grain hub at the border - Pingshan City. All the frontline resources that Great Zhou transported basically went through this city, and this was their overall logistics base.

Since it was a logistics base, there were troops defending it.

Truthfully, even if the frontlines were at a standstill, Pingshan City would still have 50 thousand troops defending. Now, they had a total of a legion in strength to defend the city.

Great Xia's Guards Legion Corps consisted entirely of cavalry, so could they siege the city?

At least the Great Zhou defending general did not think so.

Although Pingshan City could not be considered a huge city, and it did not have city protection rivers, it had five meter high city walls. The Great Xia Guards Legion Corps did not have infantry and did not have siege weapons, so how would they even breakthrough the city?

Even if they wanted to copy the Mongol cavalry's psychological battle, it was too rushed.

Putting it bluntly, Pingshan City had 80% and above of the grain of the Great Zhou army. The safety of this city directly concerned the outcome of the Battle of Jin.

Even if Great Xia's Guards Legion Corps killed all the civilians in the surrounding villages, Pingshan City would not surrender.

Di Chen was not worried that Pingshan City could not be defended but that the Guards Legion Corps would go around Pingshan City and head right into the core area of Jingdu Province, charging right for Handan City.

If they did that, the Pingshan City defending troops would not dare to intercept them out of the city. If they were careless, they might fall for a trap.

However, the actions of the Guards Legion Corps once again surprised Di Chen. For some reason, early in the morning, the Great Xia Guards Legion Corps surrounded the south, north, and west directions of the city and left the east empty.

”Wow, they really are going to siege. Aren't they a little too confident?”

The Pingshan City defending general stood on the city wall. Looking out at the majestic Great Xia Guards Legion Corps, uneasiness rose up in his heart for the first time. The Great Xia Guards Legion Corps were no fools, and they would not waste time doing something they did not have confidence in.

”Do they have a secret weapon?”

He actually guessed it correctly.

After the Guards Legion Corps formed up outside the city, at the backlines of each legion, there were movement. Behind the normal cavalry was the legion's subordinate iron armored cavalry regiment.

Qiongzhou's iron armored cavalry bases were on the right track since a long time ago. As the trump card of the entire army, the Guards Legion Corps were naturally the first to have a direct iron armored cavalry regiment.

There were two reasons for doing that.

First, to use these troops as super heavy armored cavalry. They would be thrown into the battle at the crucial moment to take down the most difficult enemies.

Secondly, to help the army carry the heavy equipment.

Compared to war horses, although the iron armored beasts were weaker in terms of stamina, in terms of carrying weight, they were miles better. Their size meant that they could even drag some heavy machines.

The secret weapons of the Guards Legion Corps were carried by this regiment.

Under the command of the engineer soldiers, the soldiers took down weird shaped parts from the iron armored beasts. In the hands of five artisans, they were formed into a giant arcubalista.

To say that it was giant was not an exaggeration.

The three bow arcubalistas were considered the biggest amongst all crossbows, but this giant arcubalista was actually three times in size.

More amazingly, with the development of the Mohists, it could be split up into hundreds of parts. After taking it apart, the iron armored beasts could easily transport it.

Only beasts like the iron armored beasts could manage to drag these for long periods of time. One must know that to strengthen the explosiveness of the arcubalista, more than half of the parts were made of steel and not normal wood.

As it was too cumbersome, each legion only brought one.

Very quickly, the assembled giant arcubalistas were pushed to the front and were aimed at the three city gates.

”What monster is that?”

How could the Great Zhou army ever have seen such a giant arcubalista? They could not help but chatter about it. Although they could not deduce the killing strength of the arcubalista, just that arm thick arrow was enough to make them shiver.