Chapter 290: Enemies on all sides, the clarion call for counterattack (1/2)

A mysterious space that exists in the gap between reality and illusion, based on the belief in gods.

The Imperial Archon, Ulysses, sat in the chief position, and in the two rows below sat the big men with great reputations in the Eternal Night Empire, who were either war zone commanders or lords of super territories.

"Your Excellency Archon, the stone men who invaded the north have all been stopped. Currently, only a few small-scale armies have broken through the first line of defense. Most of the armies have been blocked outside the first line of defense by us, and have not caused major damage to the border of the empire." Baron, the patriarch of the contemporary metal giant clan and the lord of the super territory, stood up and reported to his superiors.

The Stoneman Empire was coming with great force, and its army was too large, numbering almost a million.

Although the strength of most warriors is average and not particularly strong, due to the long border line in the north, some small troops still broke through the first line of defense.

Of course, a breakthrough is just a breakthrough, and other than it sounding bad, there is really no big loss.

There is nothing worth worrying about in the north. Even if the defense line is broken, the enemy will not be able to cause any damage for a while.

What's more, it is still unclear whether those small forces that raided in could defeat the militia organizations of the local vassal tribes.

"All the invaders from the west have been stopped, and we have begun to organize the legion to push back." Seeing this, the Dog Demon Lord also stood up to report the situation, with a hint of excitement in his voice.

The Eternal Night Empire has been peaceful for too long, and he has not experienced a large-scale war for a long time.

Regardless of the strength of the enemies invading this time, at least in terms of number and order, they seem to be pretty good, which should be enough for them to fight for a while.

"A total of seventeen territories around the ocean world have been attacked. The enemy is very powerful. I have ordered the Naga lords from all over the place to lead the elite legions to provide support." Seeing that no one else stood up, the Naga chieftain also stood up to report the situation. Among the three invading forces, the ocean world suffered the greatest impact.

It’s not that they are not strong enough, on the contrary, if the strength is converted, among the affiliated forces of the Eternal Night Empire, the Ocean Empire’s comprehensive strength is the strongest.

After all, strictly speaking, their size is equivalent to the sum of all the affiliated forces of the Eternal Night Empire on land, or even larger.

Apart from the lack of god players, there is almost no difference between them and some believers who specialize in developing sea people. In terms of combat effectiveness, they are even stronger.

But because of this, the border between them and the enemy's sea player's followers was ridiculously long. Even if they had been on guard, they could not intercept it all.

Some of the empire's affiliated tribes were even completely destroyed in this attack.

Of course, the actual losses were limited.

"The alien god forces bordering the empire have also been clearly identified."

A man stood up and used his mental power to project a map of the surrounding area of ​​the Eternal Night Empire, allowing everyone to have a more intuitive experience: "To the north of the Eternal Night Empire, there is a super empire dominated by stone men. They believe in a foreign god named the Lord of Mountains, Rivers and Earth. The overall strength of the Stone Man Empire is not strong, but it is said that the strength of that god is very powerful and has recovered to a certain extent, possessing the power of a true god."

"To the northwest of the Eternal Night Empire is an empire dominated by dwarves."

"The sea tribe forces that invaded the western sea area are..."

The man narrated the intelligence slowly and soon pointed out the general information to everyone. Of course, this information was mainly for Consul Ulysses.

Each lord has his own duties. Other lords only need to be responsible for their own territorial fronts, while Ulysses, as the consul of the empire, needs to coordinate the overall situation and grasp the trends of the entire empire.

Ulysses listened carefully, but his expression did not change at all, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking.

Six.

There are a total of six alien god forces surrounding the Eternal Night Empire, three of which have already made their attitudes clear and are the enemies of the Eternal Night Empire. As for the other three alien god forces, there has been no movement for the time being. It is unknown whether they are planning some big move or simply do not want to start a war.

"Your Excellency Archon, the enemies invading from the north this time are not very strong. Of course, I feel that they are not serious, but even if it is just a tentative attack, the strength they showed is still too weak." The lord of a super territory in the inner part of the northern continent stood up and said.

"If you have any ideas, feel free to speak up."

Ulysses tilted his head to look at him, nodded slightly, and chuckled.

"I don't think we need to continue defending."

The human lord smiled coldly, and then said: "Although we are facing the invasion of three alien gods, I believe that with the strength of the empire, we can easily deal with them. It's time for us to launch a counterattack, sweep out those garbage, and invade their homeland."

"I think so too. With the strength of those alien god armies, there is no need for us to defend. We can launch a counterattack."

"Leave the elite troops of the empire headquarters to defend the homeland, and send out the other legions. The empire hasn't been at war for a long time, and it's time to pull the troops from all over the country out for training, otherwise they won't know how to fight!"

The other lords and commanders held the same idea after hearing this. The Eternal Night Empire had been living in peace for too long. Even though the basic quality of the army's soldiers had been improving, they had not experienced the baptism of a major war, so there was still something missing.

Therefore, regarding the invasion of the three alien gods, many lords were not afraid, but rather very excited.

Haven't we lived this long just to fight?

The worst that can happen is death. There's nothing to be afraid of. Just do it!

Ulysses:.
After a long silence, he slowly spoke, "Let's focus on defense first. As for the counterattack, I will discuss it with the elders later. After all, this is not a trivial matter." Ulysses did not reject everyone's suggestion. In fact, he himself was quite supportive of the counterattack.

It has always been their Eternal Night Empire that has had the right to fight others. It is unreasonable for them not to fight back when being beaten up.

But as consul, he must be responsible for the entire Eternal Night Empire.

We must fight, of course we have to fight, but we can't just act rashly and gather the troops and rush in to do it.

Although the people of the Eternal Night Empire are not afraid of death, they cannot die so meaninglessly.

After the corresponding plan is formulated, a real counterattack can be launched. This is what war is all about.

Like the Stoneman Empire, they just casually sent out troops, thinking of occupying a few cities first. What kind of war is this? It's too petty!

If we have to fight, then we should fight hard with the goal of destroying the country.

So, two months later.

The armies of the Eternal Night Empire were dispatched in all directions, and hundreds of thousands of troops were deployed on various borders, including those alien god forces that had not yet come into conflict with the Eternal Night Empire.

As for the three alien god forces that were clearly identified as enemies, the Eternal Night Empire took the initiative to attack and sent a vanguard expeditionary force to conquer them. Except for the ocean world, which was not dealt with due to its large territory and lack of monitoring methods, the dwarf army and the stone man army in the other two directions had all been swept away.

For the Eternal Night Empire, this is very simple and is just a matter of giving an order.

After all, compared with the legions of the Eternal Night Empire, those invading miscellaneous legions were really too weak.

As long as you can find their location, you can easily clean them up.

In the northern land, a black-armored army numbering up to 300,000 marched towards the Stoneman Empire.

This Eternal Night Army is well-organized and its momentum is extremely powerful, far beyond the reach of ordinary armies.

Each of these legions possessed the basic strength of at least a sixth-order guard.

Even the Metal Giant Legion, which had performed extremely well in the previous Northern Campaign, would be just an ordinary legion in this army.

It is no exaggeration to say that any legion in this newly formed Northern Expedition Army possesses top-notch strength below level seven.

This is the regular army of the Eternal Night Empire, a truly elite force.

Similar to the Stoneman Empire's previous strategy, the Eternal Night Empire also planned to first plant a stake in the enemy's territory, gain a foothold, establish a logistics supply point, and then mobilize the servant army to slowly start a war of annihilation.

Because of the space props, there is no heavy logistical pressure, and the soldiers and mounts are of high extraordinary levels, so the army's marching speed is very fast.

In just a few days, the Eternal Night Army crossed the border and entered the territory of the Stone Man Empire. Like the northern border of the empire, this place was also a barren land.

There are barren yellow hills everywhere, and few green plants can be seen.

As soon as they entered, the Eternal Night generals couldn't help but frown.

"Why is the spiritual environment here so bad? It feels inferior to our affiliated planes!" An Eternal Night general in the Holy Realm had a look of surprise on his face after feeling the poor spiritual energy around him.

This concentration of spiritual energy is quite low, not to mention compared with the Eternal Night Plane. Even compared with the small planes surrounding the Eternal Night Plane, it is still a bit low.

Too bad, too bad!
"With such a poor spiritual environment, it would be difficult to even break through to a higher level. Can a powerful empire really be born?" Another general also laughed out loud.

"Don't underestimate them. None of the imperial forces favored by the gods are simple." The commander of the army stretched out his hand, clenched it, slightly mobilized the power of the army, and laughed softly.

The commander of this army was named Chang Li, a powerful man at the ninth level of the Holy Domain. He could be said to be an early commander of the empire.

If he fights alone, his strength may not be top-notch, but in terms of the ability to command a large army, in the entire Eternal Night Empire, there are only two commanders who can stand shoulder to shoulder with him. As for anyone who can surpass him, there is not a single one.

From this we can also see the Eternal Night Empire’s firm attitude towards this counterattack.

Chang Li led the black-armored army and marched quickly. The harsh environment had no effect on them.

Finally, they stopped in front of a huge fortress.

This fortress stands like a giant mountain beast, with barren mountains on both sides stretching for hundreds of miles with no end in sight.

The city walls were hundreds of meters high, the steel gates were tightly closed, and the walls were filled with fully armed defenders, archers, mages, and various siege weapons, all of which showed the solidity of this fortress and its tight defense.

"interesting."

Looking at the war fortress in the distance, Chang Li smiled.

"They are truly terrifying soldiers. Just by looking at them from afar, I can feel their power." The soldiers defending the city on the city wall had already received news of the enemy invasion and had made sufficient preparations. However, looking at the dark army of Eternal Night in the distance, they couldn't help but feel a little panic and uneasiness in their hearts.

It's like a sheep encountering a wolf.
Just looking at it gives people a creepy feeling.

Countless Sky-Splitting Demonic Eagles were circling in the sky. They were extremely huge, with a wingspan of dozens of meters, like fighter jets.

No soldiers are needed, they themselves are the top sky army.

On the ground, giant metal warriors, generally over 30 meters tall, stood in the front, forming an indestructible steel wall. Behind them were the Earth Dragon Knight Corps and the Dark Human Warrior Corps, which were over three meters tall. The core was the Dark Magic Corps and Archer Corps, which were not good at close combat.

Siege warfare is not easy to fight.

However, although it is difficult to fight, they have to fight. Only by breaking through this fortress can they carry out the subsequent series of operations.

The soldiers took out siege equipment from the large space props they carried and began to assemble them on the spot.

A row of holy-grade magic cannons were neatly arranged and clearly displayed before the enemy's eyes.

The stone man leader on the city wall couldn't help but twitch his mouth when he saw this.

Aren’t these props a bit too many?
Are you here to attack or to settle down? Why bring so many things with you?
Chang Li was not in a hurry to launch an attack. He gathered the troops together and began to deploy them slowly.

Boom——

With a loud bang, a space crack across the sky suddenly appeared thousands of meters above the sky, and then a war fortress rushed out of it, followed by a series of magic warships. In just a short while, hundreds of magic warships appeared, and finally another war fortress emerged from the crack.

Two war fortresses and hundreds of magic warships, not to mention anything else, just to maintain the most basic operation, tens of thousands of magicians are needed.

"Gods, what is this thing!"

"Oh my god, am I dreaming? Why is the fortress flying?"

Looking at the strategic units above the sky, all the stone warriors were stunned.

"attack!"

Chang Li was ready and launched the attack without any hesitation.

(End of this chapter)