Emperor Zhongxing always felt that his arrangement of troops should be correct. Although he had never been on the battlefield, he had read the art of war and knew the principles of attacking from all sides. Moreover, if the battle situation was as he expected,
, the Qingfeng Allied Forces achieved great results as soon as they started fighting.
The combat effectiveness of the Qinchuan army was indeed extraordinary. When they inserted themselves between Ruzhou and Raozhou, they not only suppressed Cheng Xianqing's 200,000 elite army in the Meizhou area, but even Zhu Zhao's army in Raozhou's capital city had to be separated.
A large number of troops were prepared to deal with the possible surprise attack by the Qinchuan army. Because of this, the tasks of the Eastern Army and the Qinglong Army led by Xiang Xing were greatly reduced. However, Yan Lege was also a warrior on the battlefield, and Zhu Zhao sent out troops from time to time.
The army harassed Xiangxing, and the Qinglong Army was rebuilt, so Xiangxing only suppressed Yan Lege in Shunliu County, which borders southern Raozhou and Shouzhou.
Compared with Xiang Xing and others, Zhang Cangxiong's Huai River army seemed to be much inferior. The entire army of 200,000 troops attacked, and Ji Lepinglang led an army of 100,000 troops to defend Shouzhou. Although Shouzhou city was easy to attack and difficult to defend, although Zhang Cangxiong
Although he had the advantage of military strength, the Huai River army had not made any achievements in the past half month. Faced with Emperor Zhongxing's accusation, Zhang Cangxiong flew into a rage and almost killed the forward general Zhang Shanhe to sacrifice the flag. Fortunately, Zhang Cangxiong was furious.
The generals begged for mercy, and Zhang Cangxiong was saved from death. Then he led his army into battle in person, but he still came back defeated. Looking at Zhang Cangxiong's gloomy old face that seemed to be dripping with water, even Gong Yangyidu, the Minister of Rites who came to announce the decree,
Don't dare to speak in front of him.
"Brother, how about I lead the navy to deal with the Eastern Japanese Navy first. As long as the Eastern Japanese Navy can be eliminated, then the Minghui Army on Jiangnan Road will no longer pose a threat to us, and it will also be easier for the navy to cooperate in operations."
Zhang Cangzong said tentatively from the side.
Zhang Cangxiong's face was livid: "Kato Taka and Ogame Saburo have 80,000 naval troops, and you only have 40,000 naval troops in your hands. Do you have the confidence to deal with others?"
Zhang Cangzong remained silent. Kato Takashi, a famous general, his old friend and the shortest-lived commander of the Dragon Legion, Liu Bi, was killed in the hands of the other party. If his 40,000 navy troops rushed forward, I am afraid that the other party would still have the chance to deal with him.
Mostly. However, the eldest brother's troubles are his troubles. As long as the eldest brother gives the order, even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire ahead, he will not hesitate. Of course, this is mainly because he knows that Zhang Cangxiong will never let him go.
Zhang Jiwei, the son of Zhang Cangzong, boldly said: "Actually, if we have two to thirty thousand more naval forces, even if we cannot annihilate Kato Taka's Eastern Japanese Navy, we can at least block the Dajiang defense line and prevent the Minghui Army on Jiangnan Road from deploying
Go to the Huai River Road to join the battle."
"Do we have any extra navy?" Zhang Cangxiong said fiercely, and Zhang Jiwei suddenly stopped talking.
Gongyang Yi looked helpless, looking at Zhang Cangxiong's appearance. Although he was the Minister of Rites and a confidant of Emperor Zhongxing, Zhang Cangxiong was fully qualified not to buy into his fault.
Zhang Cangxiong walked a few steps irritably, his brows suddenly jumped, and then he turned to Gongyang Yi with a smile and said: "Master Gongyang, in fact, my brother and Ji Wei have already discussed our problems just now. I also
I know that the imperial navy is now, well, but isn't the Qinchuan Navy cruising near Tiandu Shengjing? Anyway, they have no combat missions, and the Dongwa Navy is all concentrated on this side of the river. You see,
Could you tell His Majesty to transfer the Qinchuan Navy here? With Li Fengcheng’s 30,000 Navy, I guarantee that Shouzhou will be captured within half a month."
Gong Yangyi frowned and looked hesitant. The Qinchuan Navy was not directly under the imperial court, but it was the only water force of the Li family. Even if His Majesty wanted to mobilize them, he must first obtain the Li family's water force.
Agreed, if Qinchuan Navy is transferred here, who knows what Zhang Cangxiong will do with it.
Thinking of this, Gongyang Yi couldn't help but said to Zhang Cangxiong: "Your Majesty, this matter involves King Jingxi. I can't guarantee it, but I will immediately return to the Holy Capital of Tiandu to report to His Majesty and let His Majesty make a decision.
"
When Zhang Cangxiong heard this, he was a little disappointed and said: "In this case, I'll leave everything to Master Gongyang."
Gongyang Yi said quickly: "The prince is joking. In that case, I will retire first."
Zhang Cangxiong cupped his hands and said, "I still have military aircraft and important matters on my mind, so I won't send them away."
Gongyang Yi didn't take it seriously. If Zhang Cangxiong sent him out, he would think it was abnormal. After all, Zhang Cangxiong is the head of the Zhang family that has dominated the Huai River for hundreds of years. He is a figure of the same generation as Emperor Xianlie, and he is only
He is just a minister of etiquette.
"Brother, he's gone." Zhang Cangzong took a very careful look, then turned to Zhang Cangxiong and said.
Zhang Cangxiong sneered: "It's better to leave. If you don't leave, it will be an eyesore if you stay here. Hum, I knew he had bad intentions, so I asked him to attack Shouzhou with all his strength as soon as he arrived. I don't even think about it, if Pinglang is really that good
To deal with it, I would have taken action long ago."
Zhang Cangzong also nodded: "Although Shouzhou is easy to attack and difficult to defend, Pinglang is not a simple person. He is very good at defense. I heard that although he is not as good as Bian Zhongxing of Hetao, he is also a defensive master. These things
We have already suffered a lot of small losses with our tentative attack today. If we attack with all our strength, who knows if Yan Lege will suddenly ask the Eastern Legion to come for reinforcements."
Zhang Cangxiong said in agreement: "I also understand that such a crude general plan can only be formulated by an idiot. Lao Liu, your navy should be careful. This is the foundation of our Huaishui navy. We can't do it anymore."
Something is lost.”
Zhang Cangzong said quickly: "Brother, don't worry. Kato Takashi currently only has 80,000 sailors in his hands, and one-third of them are Japanese pirates before Ogame Saburo. It will take some time for Kato Takashi to tame them. Liu
Bi Ye is really amazing, under those circumstances, he actually managed to kill half of the Dong Japanese troops."
"The Imperial Navy is finished. Compared with us, the Qinchuan Navy is inferior both in nature and nurture. Therefore, in the future, the task of decisive battle with the Dongwa Navy will still fall on our Huai River." Zhang Cangxiong sighed.
His tone was full of words, but now was not the time. He finally turned to Zhang Cangzong and said, "Lao Liu, what do you mean by the message Yue Wan sent?"
Zhang Cangzong pondered for a moment: "Since Yue Wan asked us to be careful not to seek merit but to seek no fault, she obviously meant something, but she didn't know the specific reason. But eldest brother, Hetao and the Paradise Alliance fought
They have the most contacts, and they have Chu Xiangcheng and Luo Jiuyuan, plus the mystery of Tianji Valley. Any one of these three people is an immortal adviser who can turn the world into muddy water. And so are Xue Sha and others under Hetao.
They are so cunning, I think they may have seen what the Bliss Alliance is doing, but they are not sure yet, so they give us a warning first."
Zhang Cangxiong naturally knew how powerful Luo Xiang and Chu Xiangcheng were. When they were officials in the same dynasty, the three outstanding talents were in their prime, and Zhang Cangxiong was also young and vigorous. However, the talents of the three of them were indeed unparalleled. Fortunately,
, Hao Fei was already dead. Of course, they were still love rivals at that time. As for the mystery, although this person was not a show-off, but thinking about the power of the national master Pang Ye, as Pang Ye's disciple, he was not good at it.
Not going anywhere. However, even the three of them couldn't figure out what the Bliss Alliance planned.
No one expected that the fiercest battle would be where the Eastern Green Dragon Army led by Xiang Xing and the Yan Lege Army of Bliss fought. Yan Lege was the most powerful general of Bliss and was best at frontal breakthroughs. Although Xiang Xing was old, he was still
He is also a fiery person. Although Ma Ying of the Qinglong Legion is a son of a noble, he is also a man who is keen on fighting on the battlefield. Otherwise, he would not have resolutely followed the heroic emperor and stayed in Xuzhou City for more than half a month.
, although the marching army of 200,000 was partially restrained by Zhu Zhao, it was still able to mobilize about 150,000 troops. Yan Lege set out with the entire army, and the army of more than 200,000 launched a battle near Shunliu County.
A series of battles.
Yan Laige is brave, Xiang Xing is heroic, and Ma Ying is fierce. Naturally, this battle is fierce and fierce. The Yan Laige Legion is a new legion composed of veterans recruited by Zhu Zhao and other legions plus newly captured young men. It has not yet been obtained.
Fully integrated. The Eastern Army can be regarded as a capable army in the empire, and its combat effectiveness is also very strong. With the help of Ma Ying's Qinglong Army, even if Yan Lege is unstoppable across the southeast, he will have to
Take a strategic defensive stance.
Fortunately, upon seeing this, Zhu Zhao's Legion frequently mobilized troops to harass Liu Gelong's department of the Qinglong Legion, which was responsible for monitoring his Raozhou army. Most of the soldiers in the Qinglong Legion were new recruits and had only been trained for more than a month. Liu Gelong was determined to kill the enemy, but
The quality and combat effectiveness of the soldiers severely limited his abilities. Zhu Zhao's legion was the most elite legion of the Holy Religion of Paradise, and its combat effectiveness was even higher than that of Cheng Xianqing's 100,000 protective soldiers. And Zhu Zhao's ability to connect blood
Sha and others must look at each other, and Liu Gelong naturally did not dare to underestimate him. Because of this, Xiang Xing and Ma Ying had to retain a certain reserve team to prevent Zhu Zhao from jumping over the wall. The Huai River area was originally densely covered with river networks.
Zhang Yuewan relied on an army of 70,000 land and sea troops to hold off Yan Lege's army of 100,000 men. This was because here the army could only exert its tyrannical combat effectiveness with the cooperation of the navy.
The Holy Sect of Paradise does not have a naval force, but retreating is always easier than pursuing. Relying on the dense network of rivers and lakes here, as long as Yan Lege retreats, Xiang Xing and Ma Ying will be unable to do anything to him. Originally, it was expected that Emperor Zhongxing would be able to mobilize
The Suzaku Army, suitable for fighting in the Jianghuai area, overran the Yan Elegy Army from the south, but Emperor Zhongxing never allowed it, and Xiang Xing and his two men were unable to do so, and the two sides reached a deadlock.
"They are all a bunch of brainless people." Luo Xiang said with disdain when he saw the battle report sent back by Soul Eater. Yan Lege and the other three are all considered to be brave generals on the battlefield. When it comes to killing generals and seizing the flag, every
They are all talented generals, but when it comes to strategy and planning, the three of them combined are not in Luo Xiang's eyes.
Haotian sat aside and said lazily: "The world is so big, how many people can be compared with Sir? But the fight between them was really exciting. Between you and me, more than half a month
, the number of soldiers who died in the battle was less than 20,000, do you think they were playing house or performing a juggling act?"
Xuanji smiled slightly: "My lord is really elegant. Yan Beige has always been good at cutting off the queen. As long as he stops there, except for Xue Shuai, Xin Shuai and Du Shuai, who are brave generals who are unworthy of all men, there are few people in the world today who can take advantage of him."
Rush past? As for Commander Xiang, you don’t know that he always loves his soldiers like his own son, so naturally he is not willing to use the lives of his soldiers to fill holes. Besides, the special terrain of Huai River also limits their combat effectiveness.
Performance, so the result is just that."
Haotian thought about it and felt that it was indeed the case. Although he had never seen Yan Lege, the only one who could fight so many moves with Xin Ke was Waller, the first warrior of Qiu Ming in the Battle of Kezhou. And Xiang Xing
, he knew this old friend very well. Thinking of this, Haotian couldn't help but feel guilty and said: "Sir, military advisor, you said that the king asked my old father-in-law to be as cautious as possible. Is this hindering the imperial court?"
Luo Xiang smiled and said: "My lord is overthinking. This plan of Emperor Zhongxing is simply impossible to succeed. The Holy Sect of Paradise is not made of clay, and Zhu Zhao and others are not soft persimmons, not to mention that there is a half-dead person lying opposite us.
Cassimbas. I think if we are not careful in this battle, we may be in some trouble."
Haotian frowned and finally said, "It's right to be careful. To be honest, I'm really a little wary of Kasimbas. Over the years, the best we've ever had with him in Loop is a draw.
I never really won."
Xuanji quickly consoled him: "Master, why are you doing this? Cassimbas has been outside the Great Wall for sixty years and is the number one general outside the Great Wall. For decades, no one except Tie Shuai dared to guarantee that he could remain undefeated in front of him. And
He has never been defeated in a hundred battles in his life. This reputation is not something Baijing boasts about himself, but is the realization of our General Qingfeng. It is already rare for us to be able to draw with him."
Haotian also knew that what Xuanji said was true, but thinking about such a strong opponent, Haotian was still a little worried. Feeling annoyed, Haotian immediately asked: "Has there been any special situation recently?"
"The Li family of Qinchuan has mobilized 50,000 troops to enter the Qiuzhou area, and the nominal officials of the imperial court have slowly withdrawn to Tiandu Shengjing." Xin Jiao stood behind Haotian and carefully prepared a pile of information.
He took out some of the signs and read.
Haotian smiled disdainfully: "The King of Jingxi is really impatient. He has not seen Yangzhou Road yet and is already eager to take over the western part of the Yuzhou Road. By the way, we still occupy Luozhou now. I don't know whether the King of Jingxi is sending
Is there anyone to urge me?"
Luo Xiang snorted coldly and said, "Does he have the guts? But this time Li Tieming sent troops to Qiuzhou, Li Xiaomo disagreed. Now after the total force left in Qinchuan has been reduced to 50,000, there are only 150,000 regular troops left.
.The current movements of the Paradise Alliance are unclear, so Li Xiaomo believes that the troops should be withdrawn to Ezhou and not expand the territory at this juncture. Moreover, Li Xiaomo advocates contacting us in Hetao to first pull out the thorn in Ruzhou, and then encroach on Xuzhou step by step, completely
Cut off the connection between the Three Northeastern Kingdoms and the Holy Sect of Paradise. However, Li Tieming obviously disagreed with his views. Li Xiaomo had no choice but to go back to the Holy Capital of Tiandu alone with 500 soldiers to sulk."
Xuanji nodded: "Li Xiaomo has a very strategic vision, but it's a pity that Li Tieming is greedy for profit. The King of Jingxi back then relied on his talent to overtake the Song family and become the head of the three vassals. But now, is he getting old?
Are you all confused?"
Haotian said angrily: "Then look at old Cassimbas, is he stupid? This old man is getting better and better as he gets older. I even wonder if he has become a bastard."