Chapter 210 Weighing the pros and cons and adjusting strategy
"Something's wrong!"
"These Tartars are behaving somewhat abnormally."
He Guang used all his strength to operate the breath-retaining and concealing techniques that had reached perfection, and used telepathy to transmit the message to Wei Jinfan who was not far away from him, "These Mongolian Tartars are marching south day and night. Since Lin Danhan was defeated and fled, when has their morale been so high?"
A few months ago, He Guang discovered in time that a large enemy fleet was about to attack from inside the pass, which enabled the Fuxing Army not only to avoid a major disaster, but also to achieve a complete victory and reap the largest amount of spoils to date, thus establishing first-class military merit.
Because of his outstanding contributions, he was officially promoted to Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Military Intelligence.
After returning to the Military Intelligence Department to take up his post, He Guang immediately went to the logistics headquarters and spent a large amount of his military merit points to exchange for a third-level nourishing spirit pill and a third-level qi and blood pill.
Then, he took elixirs and practiced in seclusion in the secret room of Lingdao that was open to the public. He successfully broke through the bottleneck of the peak of the Body Refining Realm and became one of the few Qi Refining Realm masters in the Renaissance Army.
The current Military Intelligence Department, with two Qi Refining Realm masters, Wei Jinfan and He Guang, has initially established a high-level team.
Not long ago, when Li Dingguo was sorting out the treasures left behind by the remnants of the Jiehu, he discovered an ancient and unconventional martial art: telepathic communication.
The conditions for practicing this unconventional technique are quite stringent, and only practitioners who have reached the Qi Refining Realm are eligible to practice it.
Only after a cultivator has broken through to the Qi Refining Stage and transformed his mental power into Divine Thoughts, can he use Divine Thoughts to transmit sound.
Li Dingguo certainly would not keep this rare skill to himself. After he successfully practiced it, he passed it on to all the Qi Refining Realm generals in the army.
This unique ancient skill is like a magical skill to the Qi Refining Realm generals in the Military Intelligence Department.
This magical skill can be combined with the breath-concealing technique and the concealment technique, so that one can communicate with companions in the Qi Refining Realm through telepathy anytime and anywhere, without having to worry about being detected by the enemy.
Now He Guang and Wei Jinfan were talking silently not far from the enemy army using telepathy.
It is extremely convenient. There is no need to worry about being heard by the enemy and it will not make any noise.
This time the Tartar army came with great force, and they sent out a large number of scouts along the way, who were roaming around the army for hundreds of miles.
It was extremely difficult for the Fuxing Army's scouts and military intelligence personnel to obtain real-time military intelligence on the Tartar army. Wei Jinfan and He Guang, two Qi Refining Realm masters of the Military Intelligence Department, decided to go out in person in order to obtain the latest real-time intelligence.
Wei Jinfan and He Guang had practiced the art of breath-concealment and concealment, and had reached perfection two months ago. They tried their best to conceal all their aura, so they naturally did not have to worry about being discovered by the Tartars.
After hearing He Guang's telepathic voice transmission, Wei Jinfan also used telepathic voice transmission to tell him, "It must be that Fan Yongdou who told the Tartars' commander how rich our Fuxing Army is, which aroused the greed in the hearts of these Tartars, leading to their current high morale."
"These Tartar troops are heading south to achieve more than one goal. They are also planning to destroy our Fuxing Army and then go to the northwest border of the Ming Dynasty to make a big deal with the Fan family."
"The thousands of spirit beasts and war horses that were freed up in the two armies of the Tartars should be the commodities that the Tartars brought to trade with the Shanxi merchants."
"I roughly counted and found that there are more than 8,000 spiritual beasts and war horses being traded."
"Not long ago, I received a piece of intelligence from the intelligence team in Qilu. The intelligence sent back in time showed that the Fan family may have reached a big deal with Liu Zeqing, a lieutenant general in Shandong."
"Seeing these spiritual beasts and war horses being traded as commodities, I can be sure that the news of the deal between Liu Zeqing and the Shanxi merchant Fan family is true."
Wei Jinfan's tone was a little surprised. "Liu Zeqing from Shandong is just a lieutenant general. Where did he get so much wealth to be able to afford such expensive 8,000 spirit beast war horses!"
"Among these eight thousand spiritual beast war horses, there are hundreds of middle-grade dragon-scale horses, dozens of high-grade dragon-scale horses, and the rest are all low-grade dragon-scale horses."
"Some of the less powerful thousand-year-old families in the inner city can't afford such a large number of spiritual beasts and war horses."
"This means that behind Liu Zeqing, there is a top force that is vigorously supporting him."
"Liu Zeqing, a mere lieutenant general, can't come up with so much money and supplies to reach this deal with the Fan family."
"I ordered the intelligence team in Shandong to find out who is behind Liu Zeqing's actions, so as to avoid any more trouble for our Fuxing Army in the future."
As one of the senior figures in the army, Wei Jinfan was aware of some of the major plans agreed upon by Li Dingguo and Hongmei, and it was necessary to prepare for a rainy day in advance.
At this time, the rapidly marching Tatar cavalry army was almost five miles in front of them.
"go!"
Wei Jinfan made an extremely secretive gesture to He Guang and left quietly with him.
The two of them must report the military intelligence they have personally investigated to the commander-in-chief Li Dingguo in a timely manner using spirit pigeons to allow the Fuxing Army to prepare for a timely response.
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"Da da……"
In the vast night, the sound of crisp horse hooves rang out.
A moment later, a man riding a top-quality dragon-scale horse quickly arrived in front of Li Dingguo.
The man jumped off his horse, saluted Li Dingguo, and said, "Commander-in-chief!"
"After four days and five nights of forced march, under the guidance of a member of the Military Intelligence Department, our vanguard army, the Qilin Legion, has now successfully arrived at the designated ambush location!"
"The Qilin Corps, which arrived at the destination first, selected a location and prepared an ambush site under the command of Commander Liang Hetang!"
This knight was none other than Tang Huai, deputy commander of the Qilin Legion who served as the vanguard of the army.
He is a true intelligence genius, very meticulous, and in this respect he can be compared to Intelligence Minister Wei Jinfan.
The Qilin Legion led by him and Liang Hetang is the most stable and reassuring legion among the five main combat legions of the Renaissance Army.
That is why Li Dingguo personally designated the Qilin Corps to serve as the vanguard of this military expedition.
In order not to delay matters, Tang Huai, feeling at ease, personally rode back to report military intelligence to Li Dingguo.
"Ah, very good!"
Upon hearing this, Li Dingguo looked at Hongmei beside him, waved his hand and said, "Tang Huai, you go back to the Qilin Corps first and help Liang Hetang set up the ambush site as soon as possible. I will lead the army and arrive soon."
"Yes! Commander-in-Chief!"
Tang Huai then said goodbye and left, galloping away on his horse, disappearing in a moment.
"Red plum."
Li Dingguo frowned slightly and said, "I have a vague feeling that this round of ambush may not go smoothly." "According to the intelligence sent back by the intelligence department, judging from the march of the Tartars in the past few days, it is very likely that Fan Yongdou and his group are among the Tartar army."
"This guy is extremely cunning and treacherous. He won't fall into our ambush so easily."
"With him constantly reminding the Tartar commander, it will be difficult for us to ambush successfully."
"According to the military intelligence department, the Fan family has several pairs of large black eagle spirit birds that have been passed down for generations. They have been trained very well and can be said to be the best scouts."
"In the past few days, our military intelligence personnel have occasionally spotted a large black eagle circling above and around the Tatar army."
"As expected, this is a spiritual bird, a large black eagle, that Fan Yongdou brought with him personally when he led his men out of retreat this time."
"The rumor is that the big Jin merchant family, the Fan family, has a total of six high-quality spiritual birds, the Big Black Eagles, all of which are level four spiritual birds."
"The two strongest black eagles among them had already reached the late stage of the fourth-level spirit bird a few years ago."
"Even though they have not yet been able to break through to become level 5 spirit birds due to their bloodline limitations, their aerial advantage is too great."
"With so many of our cavalry soldiers, no matter how hard we try to hide, we can't escape the detection of that big black eagle."
The big eagle has excellent eyesight. Even in Li Dingguo’s previous life, those ordinary big eagles could easily spot a hare on the ground when flying rapidly in the air ten thousand meters, and then quickly start hunting and hit the target with one shot!
Not to mention that in this magical world, the big black eagle, as a top-grade spiritual bird, can probably clearly see a small poisonous snake on the ground from an altitude of thousands of feet.
How could the current expeditionary force of the Restoration Army, with such a large cavalry force, be hidden from the detection of the big black eagle?
"Hey……"
Hongmei shook her head and sighed, "It's a pity that the golden eagle you just got, Brother Dingguo, is about to lay eggs and hatch offspring, so it can't come with the army this time."
"Otherwise, the big black eagle in Fan Yongdou's hand would not be a problem at all. It would not even last a single round under the attack of the level 5 golden eagle."
The golden eagle, a top-level spiritual bird, has a very low reproductive capacity due to the rich blood of divine beasts in its body.
Like the golden eagle's current situation, even if the sky falls, it will not give up its opportunity to reproduce offspring.
This time of reproducing offspring may be its only chance in its life.
In addition, its vitality is now severely damaged, and its combat effectiveness during pregnancy is only one tenth of what it was, making it difficult to defeat the top-grade spiritual beast, the black eagle, that Fan Yongdou brought with him.
Under such circumstances, not to mention that it does not want to go out and fight with the army, it is impossible for Li Dingguo to force the other party to do something against its will for his own selfish reasons.
In any case, the Restoration Army will not be able to use sneak attack tactics to face all enemies in the future.
The ultimate and main means of combat is to engage in a head-on confrontation with the enemy with an upright army.
The combined strength of these two Tatar armies is very close to that of the Fuxing Army, making them the best targets for bloody battles and military training.
Ever since the Fuxing Army completed its regular reorganization, Li Dingguo has been looking for a suitable opponent and a suitable opportunity to have a head-on confrontation in order to verify the true combat effectiveness of the Fuxing Army soldiers.
An army that has never experienced a direct battle with a powerful enemy and then defeated it can never be called a strong army.
Li Dingguo understood this principle, and many generals of the Fuxing Army also understood it.
Thinking of this, Li Dingguo immediately made a decision and said to Hongmei, "Instead of taking risks and letting the enemy discover us in advance and catch our army off guard, it is better to let all the soldiers be on high alert and prepare for a big battle, and start a fair battle with the enemy!"
Since he knew that the failure rate of his ambush was so high, Li Dingguo naturally would not act according to the original plan.
If a side is not well prepared for a head-on battle, it will be easy for the enemy to take advantage of the opportunity to use the military killing formation and launch a group charge, which will break down the side's formation in one wave, causing heavy losses to the soldiers of the Renaissance Army and even leading to the defeat of the army.
No matter how powerful a force is, it will not work if they want to sweep the world by relying on a set of sneak attack tactics.
This requires the use of various tactics to flexibly adapt to the situation on the battlefield.
To become the commander of an army that is always victorious, one cannot be so naive.
"Yes! Commander-in-Chief!"
Hongmei's face darkened when she heard this. She also thought about the pros and cons of this matter, so she immediately accepted the order and rode on Baixue, the top-quality dragon-scale horse she was riding, to gallop forward at a rapid speed.
Since this sneak attack is impossible and her own tactics have to be temporarily changed, she must rush to the site of the decisive battle with the enemy as soon as possible and command the soldiers to make corresponding preparations.
There are about two hours left at most, and the enemy army will arrive in the early morning, so the time arrangement is very tight.
This is the first time that the Restoration Army has faced an equally powerful enemy so far. The upcoming head-on confrontation will probably begin at noon after midnight.
"Pass the order down, all soldiers, speed up the march!"
"After arriving at the destination, all soldiers will immediately rest and eat on the spot, feed their spirit beasts and horses, and conserve their energy!"
"Our army's plan has changed temporarily! We are not going to ambush the enemy, but to engage in a head-on confrontation with the enemy!"
"Let the commanders of each legion quickly pass on the latest military orders to all soldiers!"
"Send out all the scout teams and do a good job of guarding the surroundings of the army. Kill all the enemy scouts and block battlefield intelligence!"
"We must not allow any enemy scouts to get within ten miles of our army!"
After Hongmei rode away on her horse, Li Dingguo immediately gave orders to a team of messengers around him.
“As ordered!”…
This team of about ten messengers received the order in unison, rode their horses forward quickly, and conveyed Li Dingguo's latest orders to the generals of each legion.
As the emergency military order was issued, in the dark night, the soldiers' marching speed suddenly increased, and they advanced rapidly towards the designated battlefield ahead.
The commander-in-chief Li Dingguo ordered a direct war with the Tartars, and it was a war in which the strength of the two sides was almost the same!
The communication of this latest military order made the soldiers of the Fusion Army, who had never been defeated so far, extremely excited!
But they knew how powerful their commander was and would never fight a battle they were not sure of winning.
Now that the commander-in-chief has made the decision, we will just follow his orders and do it when the time comes.
Now that we have so many psychic cannons and psychic crossbow carts, are we still afraid that we cannot defeat those Tartars?
(End of this chapter)
