Chapter seven hundred and twelve take the initiative to attack
"I'm not afraid to tell you that although this Shuishui Pass is located in a strategic location and has waterways extending in all directions, in fact, it is just an isolated city. We have no reinforcements and no food..."
"Isn't there plenty of food in Zhenshuiguan?" a cultivator asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"Yes, there is a lot of food in Zhenshuiguan. If you save some food, it will not be a problem until next autumn harvest. But the question is, what will we eat after next year's autumn harvest? Now, the Crusaders' rangers have completely controlled the suburbs.
, farmers are unable to work, even if they have planted crops, it is still a question whether the Crusaders allow us to harvest, so there will always be a time when the food in Zhenshuiguan is used up. Once the food in Zhenshuiguan is used up, then
, Zhenshuiguan will be defeated by itself..."
There was a silence that could be heard as a needle dropped.
Only after Zhao Yuan raised this issue did people realize the seriousness of the matter.
Zhenshuiguan is surrounded by fertile farmland, but as long as you leave the city, you will be in the territory of the Crusaders. In other words, it is impossible to grow crops at all.
Now, more than 90% of the territory of the Great Qin Empire is occupied by the Crusaders. This also means that Zhenshuiguan cannot wait for foreign aid. As for the emperor of Blackwater City, he is thousands of miles away from here. Even if he comes to kill him,
It also took a year and a half. By the time the Qin soldiers from Blackwater City came to kill them, the day lilies were already cold.
"Now, there is only one way, and that is to take the initiative to attack and expand the living space of Zhenshuiguan!" Zhao Yuan said word by word.
"General, we are all rough people and don't know much about the art of war. In short, if you ask us to go east, we will never go west!"
"That's right, the general's tactics are amazing. If you have any ideas, just tell me. Just leave the matter of killing people and stealing goods to us."
"..."
Everyone was talking again and again, vowing to express their loyalty and wishing they could dig out their own hearts and show them to Zhao Yuan.
"I wonder if you have noticed it? This huge Zishui Pass is located in a strategic area. The area it governs is hundreds of miles away. For such an important military town, there are only 80,000 defenders. What does this mean? It means that the Crusaders
The number of troops is tight. Think about it, our Qin Empire has a vast territory and a population of hundreds of millions. Let alone a million Crusaders, even if we double the Crusaders, we will not be able to defend every city. The advantage of the Crusaders is their high mobility.
They are very aggressive, but they don't have enough manpower to defend the city they conquered, so we have an opportunity..."
People's eyes are bright.
What Zhao Yuan said is very simple. Use the ability of Jianghu figures and cultivators to move up and down, use Zhenshuiguan as the radiation center, regain some surrounding towns, and then rely on the towns to expand the scope of the Crusaders' cavalry activities.
Gradually compressed, taking advantage of the population and resources, and bit by bit eroded the territory occupied by the Crusaders.
The biggest advantage of Jianghu characters and cultivators is that this is the territory of the Qin Empire, which has huge population resources. As for the Crusaders, if you kill one, you will lose one, and if you kill a pair, you will lose a pair. If things go on like this, the Crusaders will be annihilated.
In the art of the sea of people.
When the Crusaders invaded the Qin Empire, they had millions of troops and conquered cities and territories all the way. However, as the territories they occupied became more and more vast, the weaknesses of the Crusaders were exposed. This time, Bafang City and Zhenshuiguan were defeated.
The fall of the Crusaders clearly revealed the difficulties they faced.
If it had been at the beginning, it would have been several days at most when the army had already reached Zhenshuiguan. But now, it has been nearly a month since the fall of Bafang City, and the Crusaders' army mobilization has not been completed yet.
This shows that the Crusaders' army mobilization is no longer as smooth as before...
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The cultivators and heroes were so excited by the blueprint outlined by Zhao Yuan that they all geared up and wanted to fight on the battlefield immediately.
After some discussion, Zhao Yuan set his first target at the Hexagonal Pavilion downstream of Zhenshuiguan.
Hexagonal Pavilion is not a pavilion, but a place name.
Liujiaoting is a small town with a population of less than 50,000. It is located 60 miles downstream of Zhenshuiguan. According to the information provided by the troops surrendering at Zhenshuiguan, there are only 2,000 cavalry stationed in Liujiaoting.
Two thousand cavalry!
This is a quantity that is neither too much nor too little.
People's faces showed a look of embarrassment, especially the cultivators, who fell silent. On the contrary, there was a group of Jianghu characters and warriors, all of whom were ready to make a move.
Looking at the expressions of the cultivators, Zhao Yuan understood immediately.
In the Great Qin Empire, cultivators rarely participated directly in worldly wars. Even if there were cultivators working for the court, they would only fight against the opposing generals and would never use flying sword magic to massacre ordinary soldiers.
In the world of cultivation, many cultivators often kill innocent people indiscriminately and steal goods. However, no matter how evil a cultivator is, they will still show off, cover their ears and deceive others, and are unwilling to join the army and massacre soldiers. Some cultivators who claim to be upright do not dare to cross the line.
First of all, unscrupulous cultivators like Fairy Caixia are very rare. It is precisely because Fairy Caixia goes her own way that she becomes a figure on the list of villains.
After understanding the whole story, Zhao Yuan immediately promised to send five thousand soldiers to fight together, led by warriors and Jianghu figures. The cultivators only needed peripheral cooperation to disrupt the morale of the Crusaders.
After receiving Zhao Yuan's promise, the cultivators breathed a sigh of relief.
If they only cooperate on the periphery and do not need to face ordinary soldiers directly, the cultivators will naturally not shirk.
Cultivators do not kill soldiers on the battlefield. However, this does not mean that they do not kill, but the way of killing is different. For example, there is no problem in killing enemy generals. In addition, cultivators are most afraid of killing ordinary soldiers with force.
Weapons such as huge flying swords and magic weapons, because mortals have no ability to resist these weapons in the world of cultivation, this will form a massacre in a sense, and may very well lead to a catastrophe.
If a cultivator kills people with physical force instead of using spiritual energy, naturally there will be no natural disaster.
Warriors like the Four Heavenly Gods are able to kill enemies on the battlefield because the martial arts they practice are the original power possessed by human beings, the energy of heaven and earth, which cannot be sensed, and naturally cannot cause heavenly catastrophes.
Of course, when a warrior's strength reaches a certain level, it will also cause heavenly catastrophe. However, most of the warriors who can cause heavenly catastrophe are about to ascend and usually will not participate in worldly wars...
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Zhao Yuan selected a group of people.
Two hundred masters.
Among the two hundred people, there were twenty cultivators, sixteen warriors, and the rest were all heroes.
It is worth mentioning that these two hundred people did not lead the 5,000 Qin soldiers to raid the Liujiao Pavilion. After all, they were all reckless heroes and had no experience in leading troops in war.
Zhao Yuan arranged for 500 real soldiers to divide the 5,000 people into groups of ten. These 500 soldiers were either active soldiers or retired soldiers. They all had rich experience in military operations and would not let the 5,000 people become
Become a mob.
In order to ensure that this operation was foolproof, Zhao Yuan equipped five thousand people with a large number of crossbows, and the weapons were also equipped according to the standards of the Qin Empire.
The opponent only has 2,000 men, but those 2,000 men are all cavalry, so the numerical advantage is meaningless.
The best way to deal with the cavalry is to fight to the death. Once they escape and come back, it will be a huge disaster.
There is no doubt about the terrifying lethality of the cavalry. Even a cavalry team of several hundred people can escape and defeat five thousand infantry. Therefore, this operation can only succeed and cannot fail.
Two hundred masters plus five thousand soldiers armed to the teeth can be said to have an absolute advantage against two thousand light cavalry. After all, five thousand soldiers are equipped with crossbows.
The supreme leader of this army's assault force was Tu Laoer.
When the sun was about to set, Zhao Yuan, Lan Cai'er, and some sharp archers from Zhenshuiguan all boarded the tower to hunt down the Crusader rangers moving around, and even sent a small group of sharp archers to attack on horseback.
This small-scale, high-intensity attack prevented the Crusader Rangers from approaching Zhishuiguan without scruples.
In order to put psychological pressure on the Crusaders, the Sea of Clouds Golden Eagle and the Heaven-defying Monkey were also sent out.
Never let the news leak out.
Without the Sea of Clouds Golden Eagle, Zhao Yuan would not have been able to completely block the news. After all, the opponent's black-winged Kunpeng was still moving around, and with the Sea of Clouds Golden Eagle out, those black-winged Kunpeng did not dare to approach Zhenshuiguan...
Night falls.
Under the cover of night, two hundred masters and five thousand soldiers of the Qin Empire, under the cover of the golden eagles of the sea of clouds and the sky-defying monkeys, quietly lurked out of the city.
If he walked to the Liujiao Pavilion, he might not be able to arrive at dawn tomorrow. Even if he arrived, he would be exhausted. Zhao Yuan finally chose to take a boat.
At Zhenshuiguan, there were many large ships passing by. Tu Laoer had already contacted the two large ships. In order to conceal the situation, the boarding place was not at the pier, but at an abandoned natural port downstream of the pier.
Take a boat from Zhenshuiguan and go down the river to reach the Liujia Pavilion. It happens to be dawn, and at that time, it is also the time when the human spirit relaxes.
Now, the most critical thing is to ensure that we arrive at the Hexagonal Pavilion silently. Once the target is exposed, it will be a disaster.
Although the two cargo ships are large, it is still difficult to carry more than 5,000 fully armed people. People are crowded together like sardines, chest to back, densely packed...
