"So what?" Ling Xiao's eyes shone, and he thought to himself that the position of the city lord could be so many years and was safe and sound. It seemed that the other party was not a good person, so he seemed to need to change his tactics.
"So Emperor Qiankun should only have you, a powerful general. He sent you here just to set off smoke bombs for us and ask us to give up resistance. How could it be so cheap!" He slapped the table suddenly, and the soldiers hidden around him immediately appeared, with eighteen weapons like swords, guns, swords, and halberds in his hand surrounded two or three layers from a distance to wrap around Lingxiao.
Ling Xiao clapped leisurely and looked at the city lord with praise: "No, good, the city lord really has a trick. Maybe you are right, I shouldn't have put a smoke bomb for you." He also stood up, and the soldiers around him immediately took a step backward, but the formation was not messy.
"Don't move!" said the city lord with a gloomy face: "No matter how powerful you are, so many people are so close to you, if you get on together, you can't escape unscathed, right?"
Ling Xiao looked around and shrugged and said, "It seems that yes, but it is necessary to sacrifice so many people and destroy me alone. Emperor Qiankun saw that I would not return on the deadline, then your city would be insured, and..." He narrowed his eyes and walked out from behind the table with his hands on his back: "Since you think I am a powerful general under Emperor Qiankun, why don't you think clearly that I will come alone?"
The city lord's face turned pale: "What do you mean?"
"I mean, even if I am the only one, it's enough. I have the power to massacre the city, so why bother to mobilize the troops?" The narrowed eyes gradually magnified: "What do you think?"
When he touched his slightest gaze, the city lord suddenly felt like he was in a hell of half ice, fire and half thorns. Fear blew like magma from the bottom of his heart, and quickly stormed all over his body.
After a confrontation for a while, the city lord finally sat back in his seat as if he had experienced ten years of vicissitudes and booed: "What do you want, do what you want, as long as you let the people of the whole city go..."
Seeing that the city lord was soft, Ling Xiao no longer pressed too much. He gave a sweet date with a stick. This was a necessary means of negotiation. His smile made people feel comfortable and impressed: "Actually, you know that Moon City was originally under the jurisdiction of Emperor Qiankun, and now he just wants to take back the sovereignty. So as long as the sovereignty is returned, I will not be able to do anything in the city. What should the people do? You are still the city lord, and the guards are still the guards, and they will not change."
"What..." The city lord didn't expect Ling Xiao would give him such good treatment, but then he said alertly: "There will not be a pie in the sky, you must have other plans. If you want to let me surrender without bloodshed, please show some sincerity."
Ling Xiao nodded: "It seems that the city lord is already his own person, so it is not impossible for me to tell him together. Actually, this is the case..."
The next morning, the city lord sent a general to defend the city and led Ling Xiao to become familiar with the operation of the entire city's troops.
The two climbed to the watchtower rising from the east of the city.
At this time, the sky was full of sunshine. Lingxiao faced the sunshine and took a deep breath of the cold and warm air unique to the morning, making his spirit even more excited.
Looking up, I saw that due to the special terrain of Moon City, there was a similar observation deck every kilometer in the city, with the distant head and tail opposite each other and connected into a fan. There were guards on it, and below the watchtower, there were also eight formation diagrams, and a small barracks were located within a radius of 100 meters. The guard general explained that once the air defense troops in those barracks attacked from the air, they could cooperate with the guards on the watchtower as soon as possible.
Ling Xiao nodded, walked down the observation deck, and observed on the spot on his own. Along the way, the guard enthusiastically introduced him to various types of troops and distributions. Armored soldiers and elite commandos were all in the main city, which was where Ling Xiao feasted last night. The patrol soldiers also used infantry and had super high close-fitting fighting skills. They could not only prevent riots in the city in a timely manner, save troops, but also fight head-on at the fastest time when a strong enemy broke in, drag down local forces, and allow the armored soldiers and commandos in the main city to prepare for battle. The guard continued to say that there were special troops from the north and south outside the city at a certain distance. At the same time, they were also engineer soldiers, each with diverse skills. Whether it was camouflage and repairing buildings, or long-distance and close combat, they all fought against one hundred.
Ling Xiao was secretly surprised when he heard this, thinking that if he had really encountered the special soldiers he mentioned yesterday, he would probably have some trouble dealing with them. The two walked back to the observation deck. At this time, Ling Xiao suddenly noticed that many people with the same color of clothes as the sand appeared in some sandy fields outside the city. He shouted secretly: "Is there anyone else who wants to attack the city?" Before he could think of it, the guard seemed to see his thoughts and said proudly: "That is the sand soldier unique to our Moon City. He is responsible for digging tunnels under the sand and attacking the enemy. When they attacked the enemy, they were unable to defend themselves~" Ling Xiao heard it and suddenly asked, "Is there no sailors?"
The guard general was stunned: "There are all deserts here, what do you want sailors to do?"
Ling Xiao shook his head and said, "Although I can see that the troops distributed in the city are just right and complement each other. Moreover, because of the shape of the city, these troops are specially arranged into the Yunlong formation with the main city as the origin. This formation, whether in front or behind, can protect the safety of the cavalry and the main city, and can also be used to break through the enemy. But after all, defense is greater than attack. If one day you plan to expand outward, no matter what the reason is, as long as it expands, there will definitely be war. If you reach the beach or the riverside, your combat power will be greatly reduced. So I suggest that you draw out some soldiers with high understanding and train as sailors.
The guard listened to his analysis and secretly praised him for not being a general. But it seemed too difficult to train sailors in Moon City. After all, there is only sand and no river water. Do you have to take off your clothes on the sand and play the so-called dry swimming? He told Ling Xiao his thoughts.
Ling Xiao was already confident: "I will arrange this freely. From now on, you will be the one who can be selected to select a few trustworthy generals, dispatch troops and speed up training. I will lead you to capture a city in ten days, which should be only half a month away from here. There is also a river flowing there. Once you occupy it, you can train the sailors and use it as a rush. Once someone attacks in the future, you can also contact each other."
"But we have never invaded other cities before." The guard general was shocked when he heard that he was about to start a war to the outside world so soon and said hurriedly.
Ling Xiao glanced at him: "The world is not peaceful, and you are just a temporary paradise. If you don't offend others, people will offend you. Since that's the case, we must also prepare in advance. This war is not an invasion, but a recovery of the surrounding boundaries and laying the foundation for future rest and peace."
The guards heard what he said, and he also knew that the current commander of Moon City was actually under Ling Xiao's hands, so he didn't say anything more. He was just confused. Ling Xiao seemed to be in his early twenties. In addition to his trembling martial arts, he also had a mind that would win thousands of miles away? Could it be that the gods really gave a person such a perfect soul?
Although Ling Xiao was confident on the surface, he was also very excited. This was his first time to command troops. The various military techniques and geography he mentioned before were actually learned from books and had not been really practiced. Once he took action, he had to face many variable factors, so he didn't know what would happen then. So this battle was just practice, and he could not take action in person every time in the future. Therefore, this "personal expedition" can be said to be a rare opportunity, and it also allows him to further understand himself from a realistic perspective.
Time flies. Ling Xiao led the rectified army to the surrounding area of Banshan City, and divided the troops of Yueliang City into four directions, surrounding Banshan City from four directions, forming four fronts, east, south, west and north. The east is an important road from Banshan City to the neighboring city. One thousand people were arranged to ambush and standby to block the retreat of Banshan City or harass the enemy reinforcements, so that the other party could not come to support in time;
The second battlefield was in the south, in order to confront the defenders of Banshan City, so that the head and tail could not echo, and were equipped with five thousand soldiers; the battlefields on the west were mostly cliffs. Although the enemy did not dare to attack Lingxiao's army from here, just in case, one thousand soldiers were arranged to be on standby at any time. The battlefield on the north was the first battlefield, and all 10,000 main troops were concentrated here to confront the Banshan City on the hillside.
If Ling Xiao chose this Banshan City, it is because although the Banshan City has a dangerous terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is far from the surrounding neighboring cities, and it is difficult for enemy reinforcements to be supported in a short period of time. The most important thing is that Banshan City is not like Moon City, with abundant supplies and a large amount of food. If Ling Xiao wants to fight this battle, he wants to plunder the military supplies of this Banshan City for the subsequent development of Moon City.
However, when he arranged all this and sent spies, when the first wave of scouts sent to report the news, Ling Xiao felt a little distressed.
The guards on the southern front are better. Although the opponent's army is large and powerful, they lack effective organizational training. The army on the southern front is at a disadvantage on the surface, but they can still insist on fighting under the city. However, on the southern front, the enemy has a natural barrier, and the city has abundant food and food. If the battle continues for a long time, it will only be a situation where the two sides confront each other and cannot compete. Moreover, once the opponent's reinforcements arrive, Moon City is located on the edge of the desert and is in short supply, so they have to plan to withdraw at that time.
As for the battle situation on the eastern front, it is even more unfavorable. The most important thing in the battlefield on the east is to block the enemy's retreat and the support of reinforcements. After all, Moon City lacks military strength. The only thing that can be done on the battlefield on the east is guerrilla tactics. Harassment can be done, but if it is facing head-on, whether it is the opponent's retreat or reinforcements, it will undoubtedly be defeated.
This is war, it is the result of the combination of military, soldiers, and tactics, but there is no difference between it and the commander's combat power. Even if Ling Xiao is powerful, he cannot fight tens of thousands of troops head-on. If he wins in the end, he is probably going to be ruined.
However, the name of a person, the shadow of a tree, and although the strength of Moon City has been greatly improved under the rectification of Ling Xiao, no one in the outside world knows it. Therefore, the city lord of Banshan City must have grasped the fact that Moon City was once weak in force, and he would not have made preparations since the beginning. Therefore, the battlefields on all sides would not have fallen into a life-and-death situation from the beginning. Moreover, according to the news of the city lord of Moon City and the guard general, the city lord of Banshan City could not make a life-and-death decision with the level of the city lord of Banshan City.
Moon City is short of troops and supplies. Under these two major disadvantages, this war can only be a quick attack and cannot fight a protracted war. This is Ling Xiao’s own judgment. When he just captured Moon City, he already understood these truths in his heart.
So when Ling Xiao just received a spy's report and the news that the distress signal from Banshan City had been conveyed, he felt a little anxious.