At this time, Gil Fito's thoughts were racing, but after thinking about it, he seemed to have only one choice at this time.

Following his order, artillery units lined up thousands of meters away and launched an artillery bombardment towards the mountains and forests in the distance.

The flying cannonballs continued to fall into the mountains and forests, and their powerful power easily destroyed each of the big trees.

Faced with such shelling, Wang Meng immediately issued an order: "Everyone retreats and gets out of the enemy's shelling range."

An artillery bombardment like this cannot continue forever. The other party's purpose is simply to use the artillery bombardment to cover their own soldiers' rush into the forest.

After their army approaches, the shelling and cover will be stopped in order to avoid hurting their own people.

What's more, these artillery shells are not cabbage in the field. Each one is expensive to make. In this situation where the target cannot be seen at all, who can afford to play like this just for cover.

The mountain forest is full of big and strong trees.

Because of this, the complexity of this mountainous terrain has skyrocketed.

Restricted by this special terrain, the Nordic army, which could no longer maintain its overall military formation, had to break into pieces and disperse into small groups, keeping vigilant and covering each other to advance slowly.

It was also at this moment that the dominance of this battle shifted.

One after another, figures quickly shuttled through the branches. Their movements were swift, but very light. The Nordic soldiers below did not notice their presence at all.

Until the sharp arrows whizzing towards them mercilessly penetrated their bodies.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!!"

Amid the shouts, the Nordic soldiers looked around like frightened birds in panic, trying to locate the attackers.

However, the elf troops hidden in the mountains and forests are not so easy to find.

What's more, there are more than one elf army hidden in this battlefield.

Looking at the panicked Nordic soldiers, another unit on the southern border of Daxia also quietly moved into action.

Intense gunshots came from all directions, and the flying bullets accurately hit the Nordic soldiers.

"The enemy is over there! Fire! Fire quickly!!!"

Accompanied by bursts of shouts in Nordic, the Nordic soldiers immediately launched a counterattack.

Facing the counterattack, the troops quickly hid behind the trunk of the big tree to avoid the incoming bullets.

The sudden attack of this force instantly attracted the attention of the Nordic soldiers, which allowed the elf guerrillas hiding on the big branches to remain hidden.

In this attack, the two forces cooperated with each other, which can be said to be quite a tacit understanding.

Looking at the group of Nordic soldiers below who were staring at the hiding place of the human assault troops and firing wildly, the elven guerrillas also bent their bows and arrows and began to harvest the lives of the enemies.

In this battle, although the troops garrisoned on the southern border of Daxia did not have an advantage for the time being, with the support of the terrain and environment, they had the upper hand as soon as the battle began.

At the same time, due to the limitations of the terrain, it is not easy for the enemy to get rid of their interference and break through their cordon.

Wang Meng, who was always checking the needles through the intelligence that was constantly sent back, felt a little relieved.

According to the current battle situation, as long as the elven guerrillas and the human assault troops maintain this tacit cooperation and continue to deal with the Nordic army on the opposite side, they will presumably be able to buy them a lot of time.

However, just as he was thinking this, several roars suddenly came from the surrounding forest, and Wang Meng couldn't help but feel startled.

"Go and confirm the situation!" Wang Meng urged the scout beside him.

And at this moment, in the battlefield outside the mountain forest, under the impact of the explosion, the splashing flames instantly ignited the surrounding trees.

Suddenly, flames rose and thick smoke rose over the mountain forest.

Someone soon realized that this was the Nordic army on the opposite side, and there were soldiers carrying oil barrels!

In such an environment, once the oil barrel explodes, carrying sparks and flying fuel, you can imagine what a threat it will pose to the mountain environment!

In the surrounding mountains and forests, the fire is rapidly spreading to the surrounding areas.

After receiving the news, Wang Meng frowned and issued a temporary retreat order.

Looking at the current situation, the other party must have brought more than one oil barrel. Under this premise, as long as their side is stronger, there is a risk of detonating the oil barrels, causing the fire to get bigger and bigger.

Looking at the fire spreading in the mountains and forests in the distance, Kil Fito, who was located at the rear of the battlefield, had a smile on his face, and a look of pride flashed through his eyes.

"Send the order and have the troops withdraw temporarily!"

He didn't want his soldiers to perish in the flames. Now that the fire had spread, he just had to watch the show outside.

Under the premise that there had been no rainfall for a week, his high-purity fuel was the best combustion aid. In just a blink of an eye, the mountain forest in front of him turned into a raging sea of ​​flames.

Looking at the sea of ​​​​fire, Kilfito even began to sing a ditty.

Really, he needs a victory now.

From the very beginning of the war initiated by the declaration of war, he had been suffering. Although he had promised one during his tenure, from the perspective of interests, that battle could only be regarded as a victory.

If it hadn't been for the mines, he would have definitely failed in the end.

Not to mention, as soon as he turned around, his border fortress would be breached.

At the beginning of the all-out war, his light cavalry troops were ambushed by the opponent and were completely wiped out.

After successive defeats in the war, Kilfito's mentality was in a terrible state, and the pressure on him was increasing.

Under such circumstances, one can imagine how important a victory is to him and the troops under his command.

"Burn it, burn it, burn it more vigorously! Ah, hahaha..."

Gil Fito cheered in his heart and laughed.

However, as time passed, he found that the fire seemed to be under control and the fire was gradually getting smaller.

"What's going on?"

A general next to him replied: "Great Emperor, I am afraid that the other party has cleared the isolation zone in advance. Without burning materials, the fire may not be able to burn in."

This is indeed the case. With Kil Fito's attitude of being burned wherever he goes, how could Wang Meng not be prepared in advance.

In this mountain forest, he had already cleared several isolation zones in advance, just to prevent the other party from doing this.

Although this method cannot completely prevent the forest from being burned down by the fire, it can at least stabilize the fire and prevent the entire forest from being burned down by setting off a fire.

For this mountain forest that blocks the path that his army must pass through, it can be said that Kilfito is bound to win, and there is absolutely no way he will just give up.

In the next few days, as the battle continued, Kil Fito had already assumed a posture to welcome the enemy, and his soldiers began to rush into the forest carrying oil barrels.

If there is an isolation belt, then he will burn it in layer by layer.

In terms of military strength, as a human civilization, he does not worry about this problem at all. In addition to the main army on the front line, there are also 20,000 troops in the rear, escorting grain, grass and war resources.

This time, he is bound to make that damn Chinese pay a heavy price!

I have to say that Gil Fito's hard-hitting moves are still useful.

With the large-scale reduction of mountain forest area, the existence of elven guerrillas was inevitably exposed to the vision of the Nordic army.

Looking at the reports that have been sent in the past few days, if we only look at the number of enemies killed, the garrison troops on the southern border of Daxia seem to have been winning battles, and their results are very good.

Although the existence of the elven guerrillas has been exposed, with their swift skills, coupled with their rapid offensive and their use of surrounding tree shelters to avoid enemy attacks, ordinary human soldiers have nothing to do with them.

However, this still does not change the fact that this mountain forest is gradually being burned down on a large scale.

It can be said that this time, Kilfito was completely fighting for casualties in order to destroy Wang Meng's terrain advantage.

The elf army is a force that relies heavily on terrain.

The more complex the environment, the greater the advantages that elves can exert.

But once the mountain forest is burned into a bare mountainous area, the combat effectiveness of the elf troops who have lost their environmental advantages will also be greatly reduced.

Kilfito is also aware of this, which is why his offensive has become so aggressive and tough in the past few days.

The wheels of the cannon crushed into this scorched earth. After several days of fire attacks, the Nordic army was advancing step by step.

Although the cannon's own weight is extremely exaggerated and it is very difficult to advance in such undulating terrain, this does not prevent Kil Fito's follow-up attack.

In this war, he even used the gold-level Total War token.

What's more, now there is no need to worry about military expenses and time, so all kinds of equipment are naturally brought.

Leaving those cannons behind for the time being, the mountain cannons specially designed by my concubine for mountain warfare were quickly pushed out.

The next battle will depend on them.

the other side.

Large tracts of mountain forest were burned down, making countless elven soldiers furious.

However, as the top commander of the large-scale border defense force, Wang Meng naturally could not let the elves fight against the Nordic army on the opposite side.

Following the issuance of an order, after losing the cover of the lush trees, Wang Meng directly ordered the elf guerrilla troops to retreat, and quickly moved forward several other troops suitable for attacking strongholds.

The next battle, for Daxia's southern garrison, is a truly unavoidable and tough battle!
Chapter completed!