In these more than ten days, the army led by Zhu Zhao left a very deep impression on the entire Qingfeng Empire. Starting from the time when Zhu Zhao's army went down the river to attack Pennsylvania, in just more than ten days, Zhu Zhaoxian headed westward
He captured the Li family's Hezhou in Qinchuan, and after massacring the city, he again captured the Baidi City fortress of the Song family in Yizhou.
In Baidi City, Zhu Zhao easily defeated Song Yu's defenders, and then followed his methods in Hezhou and expanded the army to more than 300,000. Not only did he complete the three legions, but even Cheng Xianqing's personal soldiers
It expanded to 50,000. Of course, the rebuilt Yan Lege Corps has been temporarily led by Yi Wuyan, who survived the catastrophe, as its commander, and Zhu Yaping as its deputy commander.
After Zhu Zhao captured Baidi City, his army went straight to Yuzhou City. After attracting the attention of the Song family in Yizhou, Zhu Zhao's army suddenly went north and defeated the Sixth Army of the Song family's veteran Song Lingyun near Zishan County in Yangzhou.
Ten thousand troops. Fortunately, Song Lingyun was quite experienced on the battlefield. As soon as he saw something was wrong, he immediately gathered the remaining troops and retreated to Yangzhou, the capital of Yizhou Road, and defended Yangzhou together with the 50,000 troops led by Song Zhengfeng.
After all, Yangzhou is the hometown of the Song family. After driving hundreds of thousands of people to besiege the city for two days, Zhu Zhao's 350,000-strong army still failed to capture Yangzhou at the cost of more than 60,000 soldiers. With no choice,
, Zhu Zhao had no choice but to lead an army to completely sweep the area around Yangzhou, causing at least 800,000 civilian casualties, and had to choose to leave.
The Li family and his son had already deployed a total of 150,000 troops, including the Red Eyebrow Army, to the west of Xiangzhou to prevent Zhu Zhao's army from attacking Xiangzhou directly from Yangzhou to the east. However, Zhu Zhao led the army after a false shot.
Return to Yuzhou, enter Hezhou from here, and then pass by Li Bicheng's army in the old formation, force through the gap between Li Tiezhan's army, and go straight to Ezhou, the backbone of the Li family's empty defense.
Ezhou is the capital of the Li family, and it is also the center of the Li family's rule. At that time, there were only 50,000 soldiers led by Li Xuancheng in the city, and Zhu Zhao's army was marching all the way to catch strong men. Although it lost at least 10000 soldiers after entering Qinchuan Road,
Fifty thousand, but the current total strength is still close to 300,000. Li Xuancheng is responsible for the important task of defending the city, so naturally he does not dare to go out of the city to intercept the Ji Le army, so he can only defend the city. Zhu Zhao adopted the method of encircling the points to call for reinforcements, and attacking Ezhou was just a cover.
The real purpose was to plot against Li Tiezhan and the 100,000-strong army led by Li Bicheng. Fortunately, Li Tiezhan was one of the best generals in Qinchuan after all. He was relatively well-known even in the former Qingfeng Empire. He saw through Zhu Zhao's intention in time and used his own
Li Xiaomo led 50,000 elite soldiers from Xiangzhou directly into the rear of Zhu Zhao's army, forcibly broke through Cheng Xianqing's 50,000 soldiers, and drove Cheng Xianqing away.
They fled in all directions. As a result, the Holy Sect was in chaos. At this time, Li Tiezhan also devoted all his troops to counterattack. Although Zhu Zhao later successfully got rid of the front and rear attacks of Li Tiezhan's uncle and nephew, he still suffered a battle loss of more than 80,000 soldiers.
Moreover, the 30,000-strong army including Shaofu Wei and others were completely wiped out.
After being out of danger, Zhu Zhao did not bypass Ezhou and head northeast to Yuzhou Road, Qiuzhou, and return to Yangzhou Road from here, as Li Tiezhan and others expected, but suddenly went south to the south of Ezhou. Although Li Tiezhan's uncle and nephew won,
However, more than 50,000 elite troops were lost. Moreover, Minghui led his own legions to intercept at the back, making it impossible for the Qinchuan army to pursue smoothly. Taking advantage of this precious day and a half, Zhu Zhao repeated his old tricks and once again attacked
The army was replenished to 250,000. Then, after gathering the Minghui Army, it headed east, with a faint tendency to pass through Pingzhou and enter the eastern part of Huai River.
Zhang Cangxiong is extremely nervous now. He has already seen the methods of the Holy Sect of Paradise on Qinchuan Road and Yizhou Road. Now there are only 250,000 soldiers in Huai River. Even if Zhu Zhao no longer implements such methods in Huai River, just relying on
The 250,000 troops in his hands were able to break through his defense line west of the Huai River and rush to the Raozhou and Shouzhou areas. Moreover, with the nature of the Holy Sect of Paradise, wherever they passed, there would be no growth.
The destructive power of the Holy Sect of Paradise is indeed astonishing. In just over ten days, all thirteen counties of the Song family in Yizhou, including Baidi City, were burned to the ground. More than 1.2 million people died here.
They were killed in the raging war. The situation of the Li family was even worse. In addition to the whole of Hezhou, 11 counties were completely burned. At least 1.7 million people became victims of this war. Especially Hezhou.
The prefecture area is even more desolate and desolate. In terms of strength, the Zhang family is simply not as good as the Li family and the Song family. In addition, there is a Hirang Corps to the east of the Huai River and a 150,000 land and sea army of the Guards Shitsukawa Hyakushinda.
, if attacked from two sides, even if the advancing Eastern Army is willing to try its best, Huai River may not be able to escape.
Haotian sat on the war horse, and the war horse under his crotch moved slowly, like a walk. Haotian wanted to go faster, but the women sitting on the war horses couldn't drive their mounts at all.
A little too fast, and they were on the verge of collapse. For this reason, Haotian had to let the cavalrymen who gave up their horses temporarily act as stable boys.
Haotian's carriage also gave way. This luxurious carriage that usually accommodates Haotian and his wives has now been occupied by seventeen or eight women. If it weren't for the limited maximum carrying capacity of the carriage, I'm afraid there would be at least one more in the carriage.
Five or six women were put in. Luo Xiang and Xuanji were also sitting on horses, and all their carriages were given way.
"Military advisor, what is my old father-in-law doing now?" Haotian asked casually.
"His Royal Highness King Weiyuan is busy arranging troops. General Zhang Keliang is leading 50,000 soldiers to defend the city of Pingzhou. Zhang Cangwu and his son are stationed in Danzhou with 50,000 soldiers. Zhang Jiwei is guarding Binzhou with 50,000 soldiers. Mistress Yuewan
The 40,000-strong naval force of General Zhang Cangzong is confronting the navy of Sichuan Baixintian near Shouzhou. His Highness King Weiyuan personally leads 100,000 soldiers to defend Cheng Xianqing's Ji Le army in Dangyang County, west of Pingzhou." The mystery is detailed.
Said in detail.
Haotian nodded: "Well, the situation in Huai River is not good. No wonder my old father-in-law keeps urging us to move forward. But with our current situation, how far can we go in one day? It's really troublesome. Let's talk about other aspects.
matter."
"Under Li Xiaomo's insistence, the navy of the Li family in Qinchuan is still stationed in Pingzhou together with the imperial navy, and is now docked at Shunfengjin. Under the attack of Li Fengcheng Aibin and Mistress Yuewan, the Dongwa River
The division has tried its best to avoid fighting now."
Haotian chuckled: "Li Xiaomo really has good vision. Haha, Li Tieming must have been preparing to mobilize the navy to cooperate with the army in the Changzhou area to attack the Holy Sect of Bliss. He also didn't think about the fact that the water surface of the Huangyang River flowing through Changzhou was not
If it is not spacious, the navy will only become a moving target for the Holy Sect after entering here. However, the effect of staying in Pingzhou is different. Not only can it win a good reputation, but it can also help the Zhang family resist powerful enemies and reduce their own problems.
pressure.”
"Fairy Shenglanxin from the Jade Palace in Yaochi has just informed us that they have prepared some medicine, which should have a better effect on the women in our army, and are now preparing to transport it to Pingzhou Fucheng. The leader of the Shenzhou Martial League, Jiao Zhongxin, also
We are also trying our best to collect the antidote for Su Gu Powder, and the effect is quite good."
Haotian said with some curiosity: "Saint Orchid Heart? Oh, she is really everywhere. We owe this favor to Yaochi Jade Palace first. Haha, but I really didn't expect that from the Jiao Alliance Leader
To be so enthusiastic about this matter, I thought his attention was completely focused on Youyun Sixteen States."
"Leader Jiao is a truly passionate man. Although his brothers are from rough backgrounds, they are also passionate people." Xuanji said with a smile.
"There are heroes in the wilderness. Aren't they like the Blood Marshal and the Dushuai who were born in the wilderness? Every time someone slaughters a dog in a righteous way, haha, these men are indeed worthy of respect." Haotian said with a smile.
Xuanji also smiled. Although Haotian's mother, Qin Shang, was from the martial arts world, Hao Fei was from a scholarly family ranked among the best in the Qingfeng Empire. What Xuanji was worried about was that Haotian was discriminating against people from the martial arts world.
However, it seems from these years of experience that Haotian still has a good impression of people in the martial arts world, and even takes certain care within the scope of the law.
Jiao Zhongxin's Shenzhou Martial League has been active in the Yangzhou Road and Youyun Sixteen Prefecture areas in the past few years. They either assassinate the enemy's generals or burn the enemy's food and grass, causing great trouble to the Bliss Holy Sect and the Three Northeastern Kingdoms. In the past two years,
During that time, at least 50,000 households from the Holy Sect of Paradise and the Three Northeastern Kingdoms died in their assassinations.
There are more than 30 Qianhu at the rank of lieutenant. Even the Mandan general Tumen Tutu had his head shattered by one shot from Jiao Zhongxin's Overlord Spear. It was just a mystery that I didn't expect that Jiao Zhongxin was so thoughtful and kept thinking about it.
As soon as Haotian's army heard about the women in the army, they immediately dispatched their men to collect the antidote.
"Military advisor, continue." Haotian nodded.
"The Song family suffered heavy losses due to the invasion of the Holy Sect of Paradise. The plan originally formulated by Song Junlin to suppress the four tribes in southern Yunnan had to be postponed due to the loss of strength. The four tribes in southern Yunnan also got enough time to rest and recuperate.
The more than 80,000 remaining members of the Keshui tribe led by Shui Zheng, the chief of the Keshui tribe, had no choice but to move northward.
After passing the Yinping Ancient Road, they entered the Huangzhou area of Hexi Road. Wei He, the governor of Hexi Road, personally greeted them. However, Wei He ignored Shuizheng and others' request that the Keshui people still live together. Instead, under the instruction of Lord Chu, he
The Keshui people were divided into more than ten blocks and were placed in a wide area stretching from Anxi Road to Xizhou in the west and Hexi Road to Shazhou in the east."
Haotian said nonchalantly: "Well, Mr. Chu's approach is very correct. The Keshui tribe, huh, is the head rat at both ends. Now it has become a drowned dog. Only then did it know that it took refuge in my Hetao. What were you doing before? But there are only 80,000 left.
People from many ethnic groups still want to use this as capital to negotiate with us, and they are overestimating their capabilities. Do they have any ideas?"
Xuanji smiled and said: "What can they think? We in the Loop did not confiscate their property, and we absolutely guaranteed their safety. What else do they want to be dissatisfied with? Humph, it would be better if they dare not be satisfied. A few days ago, Tianbian
Mr. Shuai and Mr. Chu are still complaining, saying that there is a shortage of laborers in Hetao No. 3 Road. If they dare to plot evil, these 80,000 people can provide at least 30,000 laborers, right?"
Haotian also smiled. Hetao is indeed short of labor now. After the ravages of aliens outside the Great Wall, despite four years of recovery and development, the labor force in Hetao No. 3 Road is still very tight. In addition, there are more than 700,000 soldiers in the army.
The labor force is even more insufficient. However, the area of Hetao No. 3 Road is too large and is surrounded by hostile forces. Therefore, it is even more urgent to build a good road network to improve the response ability of the Hetao army. Now the Hetao is speeding up the construction of Anxi Road and Xiazhou
The road leading to Mengzhou on the Bloody Plateau, because Wubi Cangxiong of the Luoxe Dynasty has become more and more closely related to Sashan in recent years, and Sashan has always had ambitions for Hetao. It is difficult to say that they will not take advantage of the lack of troops in the Bloody Plateau.
It's time to add insult to injury.
Haotian pondered for a moment and said, "Tell Bian Shuai and Guanying to keep a closer eye."
Xuanji nodded and continued: "In the Holy Capital of Tiandu, Emperor Zhongxing ordered Anning Hou Aibin to lead the navy to return to defend the Holy Capital of Tiandu as soon as possible, and let the Eastern Army and Liu Nanshang's Suzaku Army quickly return to defense. Dragon Rider
The legion requested to enter Tiandu Shengjing to assist in defense, but was rejected by Emperor Zhongxing. Now Tiandu Shengjing’s Imperial Guard Corps and Yuzhou Army are mainly deployed in the southwest to prevent Zhu Zhao’s Paradise Army from suddenly attacking Tiandu Shengjing.
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Emperor Zhongxing is indeed very anxious now. What he can rely on are Liu Nanshang's Suzaku Army and Xiang Xing's Eastern Army. Huang Jie's Imperial Guard Army and Chi Zhongtian's Yuzhou Army are simply unable to compare with the combat effectiveness of these two armies. As for the
Emperor Zhongxing did not believe in the Dragon Cavalry Legion at all. This powerful field army had a close relationship with Hetao and had lessons learned from past mistakes. It is easy to invite gods but difficult to send them away. If the Dragon Cavalry Legion refused to leave after entering the Holy Capital of Tiandu, Emperor Zhongxing would have no choice.
.As for Ma Ying's Blue Dragon Legion, which only had more than 10,000 people left, it was not within the scope of Emperor Zhongxing's consideration at all.
"Your Majesty is someone who has never been on the battlefield after all. In the Holy Capital of Tiandu, the two legions plus the private soldiers of the nobles, there are 300,000 troops anyway. Moreover, the defense of the imperial capital is so tight, compared to the Jiayuguan Pass, which is the first pass in the world.
Not inferior to him, with the two to three hundred thousand troops in Zhu Zhao's hands, as long as he doesn't mess up, there won't be any danger at all." Haotian said with disdain.
"Anle King Liu Nanshang refused His Majesty's military order because he believed that it was impossible for him to rush back to Tiandu Holy Capital in just five days, and the Dahu Road was now the foundation of the empire, and he must assist Jingnan Duke Ouyang Jingzhong
Stabilize the situation on the Dahu Road to prevent the four tribes in southern Yunnan and Jinhua Mitsukoshi from coming back. Zhongyong Hou Xiang Xing originally wanted to obey the order and evacuate to Tiandu Shengjing, but Pinglang personally commanded 50,000 soldiers to hold him tightly. Wan Cheng from Guazhou
Dong has personally led 50,000 soldiers into Raozhou territory, obeyed Pinglang's deployment, and restrained the Dragon Cavalry Army."
Haotian's eyebrows furrowed together: "Is the letter engraved? Didn't he lead 20,000 cavalry near Tiandu Shengjing?"
"Xin Shuai's army is in the Qiuzhou area. Xin Shuai is worried that Zhu Zhao will pass through Yuzhou Road in a plan to build a plank road in the dark to use Chen Cang, so he has been careful here." Xuanji quickly explained.
Haotian's eyebrows finally relaxed, and he nodded and said, "That's fine. But it's really unclear what Zhu Zhao's plan is now. He ordered the army to be on guard and increase their marching speed as much as possible.
Get to Pingzhou as soon as possible. If we run into Zhu Zhao's army here, we will be in real danger. According to our speed, when will we be able to enter the Zhang family's control?"
"Two days, if we march day and night, we should arrive tomorrow afternoon." Xuanji made an estimate and said.