Cultivation of empire in the world of immortality

Chapter 59 Siege of Donghai City Reinforcements

Qin and Han Dynasty placed the reward spirit stones in Tianma Yuanling Qianxi in front of all the soldiers based on the secretary's military merit statistics report, and instructed the logistics department of the Second Army to apply for the corresponding military tickets from the spirit coins and send them to every soldier as soon as possible.

With the boss of Qin Han watching, the battle merit rewards that originally took five days to be distributed to the soldiers were delivered in two days. After a day of waiting, no soldiers reported the problem to the secretary. The Second Army Logistics Department, Military Law Department, Secretary Some of them reported to the commander of the Second Army and the superior in charge respectively, and completed the merit reward process.

Qin Han held a pre-war mobilization meeting at the Second Army Headquarters to discuss response plans for various situations.

"Reporting to the army leader, commander, I think the northern front should attack the Youxian King's troops first, and then encircle and annihilate the northern barbarian reinforcements. We can make full use of the poor coordination between the enemy's two armies to defeat them one by one."

"The seventh brigade commander said it well, does anyone else have anything to add?"

"Military leader, commander, I think we can defeat King Youxian's tribe first. If the one hundred thousand people who were forced to conquer become chaotic, we can solve the enemy at the minimum cost and give the people of King Youxian's tribe a chance to retaliate against the northern barbarians."

"Military leader, commander, I have different opinions on what the eighth brigade commander said." Seeing Qin Han and Qin Bei smile and nod at him, he continued, "Our Qin army builds its glory with military exploits. The regular army of the northern barbarians should be sent by our Qin army." Solve it instead of letting it down.”

"Sixth Brigade Commander, do you know how many casualties this will increase for our army?"

"In war, there will be casualties. Our Qin army officers are not afraid of casualties."

"you…"

"Okay, let's continue talking about the plan. Don't argue about these post-war matters." Qin Bei, the commander of the second army, interrupted the argument among his subordinates.

"Military leader, commander, I think we should divide our forces and use two brigades to cooperate with the flying cavalry regiment to fight all the way. King Youxian claims to have 200,000 troops, but the real combat effectiveness is only more than 10,000 cavalry. Fighting Youxian The king's troops used surprise tactics to disrupt their camp, and when attacking the northern barbarians, they used kite-flying tactics to drag their troops to death."

"What the fifth brigade commander said is right, let's talk about it. One person is smart, but everyone is wise. Let's talk about it," Qin Han said when he saw the generals who were eager to try.

Then all the generals expressed their opinions, allowing everyone to express their thoughts.

"Commander of the Second Army, you can make up your mind. You are the only Second Army in the north. I will leave three flying cavalry regiments and two temporary reserve regiments," Qin Han said to Qin Bei.

"Military leader, our second army will go out in two groups, the fifth and sixth brigades plus three flying cavalry regiments to attack King Youxian's tribe. The seventh and eighth brigades and a flying cavalry regiment will attack the northern barbarians. The twelfth regiment will be Reserve support for all parties." Qin Bei reported his thoughts to Qin Han.

"You have the final say on how to fight. We need to capture more mounts from the Northern Barbarians. The next army will be a mounted heavy infantry army. My brothers who have not yet formed an army have been studying this for a long time." Qin Han laughed to the crowd.

Although the tasks they received when the Privy Council was established were not all cavalry and infantry construction, they had thoroughly studied each branch of the military. Hearing that Qin Han said that they were going to expand their army, the commander of the fourth regiment was especially nervous and excited. In terms of combat merit, he is on par with Qin Zhong, the commander of the third regiment. As long as he works harder, he can lock in the position of commander of the fourth army.

The Qin and Han Dynasties led a Qin Wei Army Flying Cavalry Regiment to the third support. Yulin and Qimen drew a centurion to the 12th Qin Wei Army Flying Cavalry Regiment to make the second army full. Five centurions led two temporary reserves. The regiment took the "captured" relatives and more than 100,000 people from their tribe and headed towards the location of the Third Army.

The Qin and Han Dynasties arrived at the location of the Third Army after two days of urgent march. The place was full of wartime urgency. It turned out that the reinforcements from Donghai City had already set off, and they were walking very fast together.

The Zhao family sent out all the remaining cavalry. Although the 10,000-strong Wang family's army was not strictly military, they were all wearing spiritual armor, which made the Third Army attach great importance to them.

The Qin and Han Dynasties did not expect that Donghai City would send troops first, and King Youxian was still waiting for the Northern Barbarians. It seemed that the 10,000 Wang family troops gave him a lot of confidence. The aerial detective reported that there were a large number of crossbows in the Wang family army, and crossbows must also be standard equipment. The power of the infantry's crossbow array made the Qin and Han Dynasties nervous. In the previous life, the powerful magic weapon that the Chinese infantry could defeat the cavalry was the crossbow array. Seeing that the Third Army did not pay enough attention to the power of the crossbow formation, he asked the Third Army to conduct a simulation with the surrounding armies. Gather those equipped with crossbows, bed crossbows and catapults, and let them dismount and form a formation to fight the cavalry. The range of the crossbow is slightly stronger than that of bows and arrows, but this is what makes the power of the crossbow array soar. With the combination of bed crossbows and catapults, Long-range strikes prevent ground cavalry from attacking, and they cannot shake the crossbow array at a huge cost. The only thing the enemy considers is the number of arrows.

This simulation also shattered the Qin Army's illusion that the cavalry was omnipotent. The generals of the Third Army quickly studied how to deal with the crossbow formation. Combining the advantages of the Qin Army, they explored several innovative ways of fighting, which made Qin and Han quite satisfied. The third regiment of the Qin Wei Army also came to support the Third Army. They also heard rumors that the Fourth Army was about to be established. The most advantageous competition The latter are their third and fourth regiments. This time, the north and south lines are their respective arenas, so the soldiers of the third regiment of the Qin Wei Army are working hard to fight.

The reinforcements sent by Donghai City have traveled more than a thousand kilometers, and the four Qin Wei regiments have begun to tentatively attack the Wang family army. Especially the third regiment is bold in style and flies at a low altitude. But the Wang Jiajun reacted quickly, and the crossbow projectile almost hit the Pegasus, which frightened the low-flying third regiment and quickly dispersed. The fallen arrows smashed into the infantry phalanx in front, causing screams. This situation also shocked the Qin Army in the sky. I didn't expect the Wang Jiajun Crossbow to be so cruel. I really feel sorry for their teammates.

After some testing, the approximate strength of the Wang Family Army was learned, and the Third Army also made corresponding adjustments and deployments. In the early stage, the flying cavalry was mainly used to slow down its marching speed, while the light cavalry of the third army searched for the enemy's supplies and completely cut off the enemy's connection with Donghai City. The Qin and Han Dynasties also did not believe that the military supplies needed by the 20,000-strong army could be achieved without relying on rear logistics supplies. Space rings or cloth bags are very rare in the barren Xizhou. For thousands of years, the Qin family has only had two, and they are only about ten square meters.

After several days of searching, their baggage transport team was indeed discovered at night, consisting of more than 300 carts and a thousand cavalry escorts. Worried about being tipped off by the "enemy" in the city, Zhao divided the baggage into parts and marched day and night to guard against the Qin army's flying cavalry spies. When the Qin Army's flying cavalry was attracted by the main force, the logistics transport team immediately received an order asking them to speed up their march. Something happened immediately after this, and the detective cavalry noticed it.

After learning about its transport team, the light cavalry of the Third Army immediately attacked and surrounded the transport team before dawn. After a fight, the Qin Army's light cavalry easily defeated the escorting cavalry of the transport team. Just as they were about to call the enemy to surrender, several vehicles burst into flames. This made the Qin Army's cavalry very angry. They immediately charged and shouted, " Those who surrender will not be killed, those who lay down their weapons will not be killed, and those who resist will be killed without mercy."

After shooting those who tried to escape, the cavalry leader led the team to find the manager of the baggage train team. Under some "friendly" questioning, this "hard nut" confessed all the intelligence information he knew. From his mouth, he learned that the Zhao family sent at least three transport teams, or because they were all hired by the Zhao family's children because they were fat men, he only knew that there were three transport teams because he had contact with the other two teams.

After making a promise, Zhao's captured baggage captain agreed to write to the other two departments, and the code words and contact information between them were also found out. Two thousand cavalrymen pursued Duxin and went off, and succeeded without any surprise. The escort was just mounted infantry, and they actually wanted to fight with them on horseback, but it was nothing.

The reinforcements from Donghai City fired arrows at the Qin army and learned that the entire baggage transport team had been wiped out. This made the army unstable. Although the generals said various words, the military supply gradually decreased, which made the majority The soldier complained. When he saw the Wang family's soldiers wasting military rations, they became even more dissatisfied.

In the past, it was difficult for the Wang family's army to have any rivals. They could requisition military supplies wherever they went, so they developed a bad habit of extravagance and waste. What's more, this time they were helping my uncle's family to fight the war. If they didn't have good food and drink, then don't expect them to contribute. .

After the food crisis occurred, Zhao Dongsheng, the general of the Zhao army, decided to change the status quo and feed the enemy. This place is more than 2,000 kilometers away from the newly conquered tribes of the Qin army, and the food reserves can definitely last there. He ordered his troops to be divided into three groups, to stay in hiding during the day and to go out at night, and not to fight with the Qin army.

It was drizzling that night and the visibility was not good, but the reinforcement camp in Donghai City was quiet, which made the flying knights in the sky puzzled. In order to find out the situation, some of them went back and contacted the ground cavalry to cooperate with the investigation.

The ground cavalry sneaked up outside the camp and lurked. After more than an hour, a large group of people came out of the camp and headed west. There were more than 5,000 people but no horses. The detective captain ordered the two brothers to go back and report the news, while he continued to lurk.

Zhao Dongsheng saw that the team that had set out previously was not discovered. Half an hour later, another 5,000 people were sent out. They marched south, half of them cavalry. Shortly before 4 a.m., he sent a third force, this time 500 men with more than 6,000 horses, marching northwest. The last group was obviously sending horses to the first group to leave the camp. He prepared to send out troops in three groups, but two groups had already set off. He himself led 10,000 Wang's troops to march north to attract the Qin army's attention.

If only Flying Cavalry was conducting reconnaissance, his plan would have a high probability of success. Rainy nights were Flying Cavalry's biggest obstacle. When visibility was poor, lightning strikes had to be prevented. Flying Cavalry hated rainy days the most. But what a coincidence, the cautious Flying Cavalry actually attracted a ground detective, who was still watching his every move in the camp.

At dawn, Zhao Dongsheng ordered the Wang family's army to get on a cart, put a few dummies on each cart, and prepared to break out of camp and march with great fanfare. As expected, his action attracted a large number of flying cavalry and face-mounted cavalry, and he was secretly thankful for God's blessing. .

The Third Army received the division of troops from Donghai City last night, which made the generals of the Third Army overjoyed and asked for battle one after another. But Qin Bao decided to take advantage of the situation and let the two groups of soldiers and horses go farther away so that they could defeat each other. The enemy pretended to be suspicious, so he followed suit and secretly dispatched two brigades and a flying cavalry regiment to deal with the two groups of troops. He led two brigades and three flying regiments to create a great momentum, making the enemy think that the entire army was here.

Even if Zhao Dongsheng missed something, he would not keep up with the changing news, so he was controlled by others step by step. He led the Wang family's army to the north in a cart, but the Qin army continued to harass him as usual.

The Wang family army has been out of camp for more than a hundred kilometers, and is still about fifty kilometers away from the next ideal camp, but there is a military formation blocking the front, and the crossbows are also in front. Zhao Dongsheng originally wanted to remind the generals of the Wang family, but the generals of the Wang family who were so angry did not listen to him at all. They set up their formations and wanted to decide the winner. They were fed up with the unbeatable crushing of the Qin army's flying cavalry, and he He even hoped to fight head-on with Yiyang so as to weaken the Qin army.

Both sides fired target arrows. Whoever crossed first would be hit by the arrows first. More than a hundred were arranged in formation and waited for the enemy to cross before launching an attack. Qin's bed crossbows are all second-level weapons, and their range is nearly twice as high as that of Wang Jiajun's bed crossbows. The Wang family army pushed the cart and marched towards the Qin army's formation. When they reached three kilometers, the Qin Army's first wave of crossbows had been launched. Hundreds of thick-wristed crossbow arrows destroyed the protection of the Wang Family Army in the front row. The weapons of the Wang Family Army soldiers scattered for a moment. The crossbow array collapsed instantly, but fortunately the people behind got on top of it in time. The short notice was more than one kilometer, and the Wang Family Army suffered ten rounds of strikes before they entered the range of their crossbows. Because of the spiritual armor, the Wang Family Army only lost more than 500 people, but it also made them crazy.

Just as they were launching, the big rocks thrown by the Qin army's catapults smashed the bed crossbows. Wang Jiajun realized that they had been deceived and hurriedly rushed forward.

The Wang Jiajun's crossbows that slipped through the net were blocked by the Qin army's catapults and shields, and only one or two unlucky ones were killed.

Gradually, the Qin army completed the siege of the Wang family army, leaving only one in the north for them to move. The Wang Family Army tried to move east, south, and west, but was suppressed by force and could only move toward the north.

Seeing that he had become a turtle in the urn, Feiqi wrote the Qin army's treatment on a piece of paper and withdrew it from the Wang family army. The first propaganda war began.

Although it was collected in time, some people took a curious look at it. The conditions were okay for them, but they were far from enough to rebel and surrender. See the treatment is not attractive enough. This time Fei Qi threw stones instead of slogans. After sweeping away the depression in his heart, he went into battle.

The other two groups traveled more than 500 kilometers at night and day without any danger. The two groups of cavalry were moving in a hurry. They did not dare to stop. They had to approach their tribe before the Qin army could react, so as to save the situation.

There was a row of cavalry on the top of the slope looking at the galloping Donghai City cavalry, waving a flag behind them, and the rumble of horse hooves immediately sounded from behind, making the general of Zhao Army realize that they had fallen into a trap, and ordered his troops to disperse and flee. He no longer had the courage to fight with the Qin army in the field. He must have been too excited to pretend to be a horse bandit last time, and he was afraid of Qin.

He decisively gave the order to escape, allowing the group of cavalry to run away with more than 2,000 people. The Qin army bit him, and after running for a day, his spiritual power was exhausted and he became a prisoner of the Qin army.

The other road first went south and then turned west. The encounter was the same, but the selection of generals was different. This general ordered the entire army to charge towards the Qin army. Courage is admirable, but foolish. Using one's own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strong points will definitely result in half the result with half the effort. In the end, the entire army was wiped out, and only a few people managed to escape.

The Wang family army was being surrounded and became the training target of the Qin army.

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