After the fairy disappeared

Chapter 1479 Chain Reaction
Xin Yi nodded: "I will never miss the opportunity if it comes."

A strong wind blew by, making a whistling sound and bending the reeds along the river bank.

"The wind is blowing..." He Lingchuan spread out his five fingers, as if combing the autumn wind, "The wind direction has changed recently, blowing from the other side at night."

"You've been observing this?"

He Lingchuan nodded: "We originally had the right time, right place, and right people. But now, the situation is about to change."

Once the weather changes, the battle is about to begin.

……

He Lingchuan's intelligence was very accurate, and the Bega army indeed arrived at the front line two days later, but the hidden dangers in Jin Yao's country also began to erupt at this time.

Twenty thousand Xiluo troops were stationed at the front line, and their supplies were basically all dependent on the Jinyao Kingdom, which was already a little stretched. Fortunately, the grain harvested during the autumn harvest season filled the reserves.

Just at this time, Xin Yi burned the transfer warehouse, and several other groups of people sent by He Lingchuan also burned several large granaries in Jin Tao's country, and about 50,000 stones of grain were burned.

You know, He Chunhua tried his best to raise 20,000 shi of grain for the northern front of Yuan Kingdom, which was enough for Zhao Pan's 50,000 troops to eat for a month; the fires in He Lingchuan directly burned up the food rations of the enemy front line for several months.

Jin Yao State did not expect that he would not only burn down the front-line transfer warehouses, but also burn down the large warehouses in the country. Now, let alone supplying the Xiluo army, Jin Yao State even had difficulty feeding its own people.

Just at this time, the Bega army arrived.

It was in a hurry and didn't bring much baggage with it, so when it arrived it had to ask the Jin Tao Kingdom for food and drink.

The Xiluo army still had 23,000 men, and the Bega army had 15,000 men, which together amounted to nearly 40,000 men. The Jinyao Kingdom was suddenly under great pressure.

The transfer warehouse was burned down, but the army could not go hungry for a day. Jin Yaoguo had to plunder food from the country again to supply the front line.

This time, the civilians were not happy.

Many of the things that the Jin Yao State officials looted were the people's life-saving grains or seeds. To rob even these is to take lives.

The civilians could not understand why the authorities were so brutally snatching food from them in order to supply foreign troops and support their invasion of Panlong territory!
This war has nothing to do with the Jintao Kingdom, so why should the people of the Jintao Kingdom suffer?
The grain-collecting issue caused a great uproar, with conflicts between officials and the public and civilian uprisings everywhere.

While the Jin Yao Kingdom was in a state of panic, the Xiluo army and the Bega army on the front line were also urging for food without stopping for a moment.

However, the two armies were well aware that the Jin Tao Kingdom really could not afford their supplies, and in the end they would have to provide for their own food and drink.

Where can I do it?
Naturally, both sides turned their attention to the Maohe Plain.

This autumn, the Maohe Plain had another bumper harvest. Although Yuhengcheng led the farmers to rush to harvest the grain, the land was vast and the grain was abundant, so how could they harvest all the grain in a short time?

If the Bega and Xiro people want to have enough food, they have to go to the Mao River Plain to rob!
However, He Lingchuan had thought of this step long before setting fire to the granary. The Maohe Plain was on high alert and guarded against it.

If the two armies hiding at the border of Jinyao Kingdom wanted to enter the Maohe Plain, they had to either break through the obstruction of Yuheng City, in which case there was a vast fertile land behind the city where they could rob as much as they wanted; or they had to enter from Takigawa.

After several years of management by Wen Daolun, Yuheng City had abundant financial resources and was willing to spend money on defense. A camp city was built at each of the two gaps in the original border defenses, which was also used as an auxiliary city to garrison troops. The three cities were distributed in a triangle, supporting each other and guarding each other. In addition, they were coordinated with other defensive fortifications, which made the Xiluo army, which had underestimated the enemy before, suffer a great loss as soon as they arrived.

If they were to charge at Yuheng City, it would be like trying to grab a mace with bare hands. The Bega army felt overwhelmed, so they gave priority to the second option, which was to take the Takigawa route.

Unlike the previous guerrilla harassment by the Xiluo army, this time the Bega army had to tear a gap in the defense of the Maohe Plain and establish a foothold before they could rob food, kill people, and advance on the Maohe Plain.

Although Takigawa has been developed into a land of fish and rice, the terrain here is very complex and is also called the Thousand Islands Numa River. General Fushiyama Retsu once occupied Takigawa for more than a year and returned to draw a detailed map and make annotations for the military, which served as important information for the attack on the Maohe Plain.

However, when the Bega army tried to enter Takigawa from the upper reaches of the river, they found that the terrain here had changed. Some islands were merged together, some large islands were cut into small pieces, and the waterways and tides were no longer the same as before. But in general, the waterway became narrower, only four or five small boats could run side by side, and the water depth in various places was a mystery, so large ships could not enter at all.

If we can’t move big ships, we can’t transport strong troops.

Of course, there is a wide lake deep in Takigawa, but there are water barriers set up by Yuheng City everywhere, and the water under Takigawa is not safe in the first place.

Water monsters are rampant.

After Fushan Lie was driven away, all the aquatic monsters in Takigawa were incorporated into Yuheng City. Those who refused to surrender either died or fled, and none of them could stay. In the eyes of these monsters, no matter how famous Beijia was, he was not as good as the one in charge of Yuheng City.

These guys are everywhere. Although they don't fight the army head-on, it's easy for them to damage ships, attack sentries, and tip off the military and civilians in Takigawa.

Although Bega is known as the "Monster Country", the journey from here to the local area is too long, and the aquatic and amphibious monsters in the country cannot come here at all.

The Bega army tried several times here and found that it was really difficult to gain a foothold.

There were outposts everywhere in Longchuan, some of which were left by former pirates, and some were added by Yuheng City later, and they were scattered all over the water like nails. The Beijia army finally managed to pull out a few of them, but they stabbed their hands and bled, and they were taken back by the enemy within two days.

In this narrow, cramped, damp and dark place, the Bega army could not even display one or two percent of their abilities.

How difficult it was for Yuheng City to attack Fushan Lie and the Takigawa bandits back then, and the Bejia army now also feels that deep pain.

The commander of the Beijia army, Bai Moji, had been fighting with Yuhengcheng in Longchuan for six or seven days, and felt that his patience was running out. He brought his troops here to cooperate with Beijia's "concern" for Panlongcheng's northwest line; if there was no fighting on the northwest line, Beijia and Panlongcheng would not be considered to have officially torn their relationship, and he could not formally launch a large-scale attack here.

Therefore, what he could do now was only a small-scale "competition", which was no advantage in front of Yuheng City. After all, the Beijia army was unfamiliar with the place, and they wanted to suppress the local tyrants right after arriving, which was just making things difficult for themselves.

Bai Moji also knew that this way of fighting was wrong and weakened Bega's prestige.

Originally, wherever the Beijia army went, it was like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves and cutting through the Gordian knot, so outsiders were in awe of them; the soldiers and civilians of Yuheng City must have been afraid of Beijia, but if they were allowed to win a few battles, their awe would plummet.

Psychological games have always been one of the main factors determining the outcome of wars.

But Bai Moji also knows his own suffering. The Xiluo Army and the Beijia Army together have nearly 40,000 people. The Jinyao Kingdom really cannot afford their daily food, drink, and defecation. Even if Bai Moji throws the King of Jinyao into the pot, he can't squeeze out much money.

The army's food supply was reduced, which was a huge blow to morale. Beijia's army was rampant wherever they went, so why couldn't they even get food when they arrived at the Jinyao front?

So Bai Moji turned around and reduced the Xiluo army's food quota. The other side had more people than them, so if they ate less, wouldn't they be able to eat more?
All of a sudden, the Xiluo army was in chaos.

Originally, they were unwilling to attack the territory of Panlong City. They were forcibly conscripted by the monarch and had no subjective motivation. After arriving, they were first beaten badly by the Yuheng Army, then intimidated by the Beijia commander-in-chief, and ordered around at will by the Beijia army next door. Now they are not being fed?
I quit. I really can’t do this anymore.

As soon as the rumor of grain cuts came out and before the order was issued, two battalions of the Xiluo army ran away.

They knew they could not defeat the Bega army, and they did not intend to rebel, they just wanted to escape. The swords of the supervisors were blunt, but it did not stop them from fleeing, and several supervisors were dragged down and killed.

Fortunately, there is a river between Jinyao Kingdom and Yuheng City, and now is the flood season, the river is turbulent, and the other side can't get through for a while. Otherwise, the Yuheng army will take advantage of the chaos to rush over and kill, and the Beijia army will definitely have a headache.

It took a lot of effort for the newly appointed commander-in-chief Lu Wushuang to quell the riot, and then he went straight to Bai Moji to discuss a solution.

"General Bai, there are actually two solutions right now." She was pragmatic, "Either, we can ask Lingxu for food and fodder..."

Before she finished speaking, Bai Moji frowned and said, "Ask for food from the country? Do you want to ask for some for your Xiluo Army as well?"

"If you can get it, that would be the best." Lu Wushuang smiled, "Don't bother two people with one thing."

Bai Moji said angrily: "You have to understand that the food shortage on the Jinyao front is not my problem! My army hasn't even arrived yet, and the food here has been burned. Lu Zhifu, you've failed in your duty!"

His army had not had any food to eat before the war even started. It had been a long time since they had encountered such a harsh environment.

Even during the war with Yuan State twenty years ago that made the whole country shudder, Bega's army never went hungry for a single day.

I don't know what route Qing Gong took in Lingxu City to send such a female disciple with no experience in commanding the army!
What was even more unfortunate was that he had to cooperate with Lu Wushuang.

Lu Wushuang knew that the Bega army had plenty of experience in long-distance combat, but on the one hand, they were all small-scale battles, and on the other hand, they hadn’t tackled such a tough challenge for a long time.

She had not yet had a direct battle with Yuheng City on the opposite bank, but she knew that the other side's leader was no simple man. He had almost forced the Xiluo Army to collapse before she arrived. When she had just arrived at the Jintao front line and was not yet familiar with the work, he set fire to several large granaries of the Jintao Kingdom.

The fire in the transfer warehouse was indeed beyond her expectations.

As soon as she arrived, she realized the problem of food shortage and specially strengthened the control of the granaries in the rear. She had no control over the other granaries in Jin Yao, but the transfer warehouse was ostensibly managed by the Xiluo army, but in fact it was guarded by Qing Palace disciples she sent. Their cultivation and spiritual perception were far beyond that of ordinary soldiers, and there was also a magic array secretly guarding it.

Even so, five of the seven large warehouses were burned down, leaving only one warehouse of grain.

(End of this chapter)