Chapter 347: Uncle and nephew fall out, Huang Taiji deploys troops
"Jiao'er."
"Li Dingguo was standing alone in front of the two armies. Why didn't you take the opportunity to lead the soldiers and quickly activate the military killing formation to surround and kill him?"
"With your ability, you can form a military killing formation with three thousand elite soldiers, and completely block the battlefield space, leaving them no way to escape!"
Cao Wenzhao reprimanded Cao Bianjiao, who had just finished fighting with Li Dingguo and jumped back to his flagship Shangpin Dabaochuan.
Previously, Li Dingguo had dared to leave the fleet alone and started a fierce battle with Cao Bianjiao on the river. It was a perfect opportunity to surround and kill him. Cao Wenzhao immediately used telepathy to give orders to Cao Bianjiao, but was sternly rejected by Cao Bianjiao.
"Uncle, I, Cao Bianjiao, would never do such a shady thing!"
Cao Bianjiao was filled with anger when he heard this, and he retorted, "I, Cao Bianjiao, have always been an upright person. I would never use such despicable means to plot against an equally upright Han genius!"
"If I can kill Li Dingguo head-on on the battlefield, I will naturally not hold back and will just kill him."
"But I, Cao Bianjiao, will never be so despicable and shameless as to lead my army to surround and kill a young Han genius who comes out to fight me head-on!"
"Besides, uncle, are you really sure that I can lead 3,000 soldiers and generals to surround and kill Li Dingguo?"
Cao Bianjiao sneered and said, "Then Li Dingguo's fighting ability is no worse than mine. If he doesn't have a trump card to save his life, as the leader of a million-strong army, will he come out and fight me head-on?"
"I bet that if I had followed your orders, not only would we not have been able to surround and kill Li Dingguo, but our army would have suffered heavy losses under his counterattack!"
"Don't forget what Li Dingguo's famous killer move is. His strange innate Dharma image that activates sonic attacks is the ultimate killer move to break the siege."
"We have people here. The people on those big treasure ships behind Li Dingguo are no less than the soldiers here!"
"Are you sure that our military killing formation can withstand the concentrated fire of one or two hundred psychic cannons and nearly a thousand psychic crossbow carts?"
"Just now when our fleets were confronting each other, you couldn't have seen the psychic cannons and psychic crossbow carts on all their treasure ships that were ready to attack, right?"
"With so many psychic cannons and psychic crossbow carts firing at the same time, I dare say that Li Dingguo will be fine. However, I will not be surprised if our large fleet, including the military killing formation, was destroyed by a wave of concentrated fire from the enemy!"
"Uncle, I think you have become obsessed with the court. Now you only care about being loyal to the court and the royal family, and you have almost lost your own reason."
Cao Bianjiao looked at Cao Wenzhao who was looking at him with red eyes, shook his head and said, "You are completely different now than before. You are no longer the uncle I once respected so much, but like a stranger."
"You are eager to kill Li Dingguo immediately and make great contributions so that you can get rewards from the court and bring honor to your family. This is not wrong."
"But you have to be self-aware."
"If Li Dingguo was so easy to kill, the grass on his grave would have grown so tall. How could he have led the Fuxing Army he founded to rise so quickly, to the point where it is now famous all over the world and has become the world's number one bandit?"
"Uncle, I'm a little tired. I need to go take a rest. Don't call me if there's nothing else, and don't come to disturb me if there's something else."
After saying that, Cao Bianjiao glanced at Cao Wenzhao whose face turned blue, jumped off the flagship treasure ship.
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"Big brother."
Wan'er said to Li Dingguo, who had just leapt back to his fleet's flagship, the Shangpin Dabao Ship, "This Cao Bianjiao is indeed as famous as he is said to be. Even you can't beat him. It's just a draw."
"I originally wanted to fight him, but now it seems impossible. I will definitely lose."
"Next, should we engage in a psychic artillery duel with this seemingly powerful government army?"
"I just don't believe that with so many of our psychic cannons and psychic crossbow carts, we can't defeat them even if we fire several waves in a row!"
"I just told the soldiers to be ready. If the government troops make any unusual moves, they must be bombed to the point of collapse and flee!"
This violent girl, seeing soldiers with good fighting ability for the first time, was looking forward to having a big fight with them to satisfy her desire to fight.
"Forget it, let's not bother with them for now."
Li Dingguo waved his hand and said, "As long as the government troops do not send a large fleet upstream to attack our upstream river fortress towns, there is no need to pay attention to it."
"I have to say that Cao Bianjiao is a true hero, worthy of being a genius of his generation."
"He clearly had the opportunity to lead his 3,000 soldiers to attack me, but he was so upright that he turned a blind eye to that good opportunity."
"It's a pity that such a peerless genius is our enemy."
After saying that, Li Dingguo shook his head. Seeing that the large fleet of government troops on the opposite side began to turn around and leave, he immediately ordered his own fleet to return to the large dock in the rear.
These government troops knew that they had arrived at the front line. If they wanted to start a war with their own side, they would most likely mobilize a large army and attack Yumen Ferry.
However, according to Li Dingguo's speculation, Hong Chengchou would not do so in the short term.
Hong Chengchou's personal guard army has not yet been trained. He must take advantage of this rare opportunity to speed up the progress of his training by obtaining the large amount of money and materials from those aristocratic families.
The established history from now on will slowly change beyond recognition as the Fuxing Army enters the pass and captures half of Qin territory.
Although he was gradually losing his advantage of foresight, Li Dingguo did not regret it.
If I can't change the future, and I've traveled through time and space and been reborn into this world, wouldn't that be a waste of time?
The change in established history is a good thing for Li Dingguo and all the Han people.
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Liaodong, Shengjing City.
Huang Taiji sat on a high seat, looked around and said, "Yuetuo, this time our army will enter the pass in three routes. You will lead the eastern route, which will consist of two red flags and a pure blue flag."
"You lead the eastern army, enter the pass from Dushikou in Xuanfu, and head directly south to Jiaozhou Bay in the land of Qi and Lu to destroy the Lingshan Island force founded by Li Dingguo."
"After your Eastern Route Army arrives at the large dock near Lingshan City, a fleet of treasure ships assembled by Shanxi merchants will be waiting to assist your Eastern Route Army in attacking Lingshan Island by water."
"After you win, use the treasure ships of the Lingshan Island Restoration Army and return to Liaodong by sea with all kinds of spoils."
"In order to deal with the spiritual energy cannons and spiritual crossbow carts of the Renaissance Army, Dahai will lead the two red flags and the blue flag of the eight flags of the Han Army. They will set out from the sea on a large ship, carrying hundreds of spiritual energy cannons and hundreds of spiritual crossbow carts, and go directly to Lingshan City to cooperate with your Eastern Route Army."
"Those white Western craftsmen brought by Kong Youde have already built more than 200 spiritual energy cannons and thousands of spiritual crossbow carts under the huge profits we promised them. They are enough for our troops to use in three routes this time."
The plan formulated by Huang Taiji to lead a million-strong army to invade the Pass was actually composed of 800,000 combat troops from his own army, 1 million Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers, and 200,000 Han Eight Banners soldiers.
The total number of troops has reached two million.
The logistics battalion was composed of the Eight Banners Han army soldiers who also served as the firearms battalion.
Both the Later Jin clan and the Mongolian soldiers had no shortage of magical beasts and war horses. Even the soldiers of the Han army's firearms battalion were equipped with two horses each.
After learning that Li Dingguo's Fuxing Army was all using low-grade Jiao-scale horses to pull carts for the Firearms Battalion and the Logistics Battalion, greatly increasing the marching speed, Huang Taiji immediately gave orders to do so.
Liaodong had no shortage of Han craftsmen of all kinds, and the tens of thousands of carriages they designed and built, although not as good as the four-wheeled carriages of the Fuxing Army, had quite good performance.
In the past two years, in order to build enough spiritual cannons and spiritual crossbow carts for his own use, Huang Taiji ordered soldiers from all flags to march into Changbai Mountain in large numbers, cut down enough spiritual trees, and dig up enough spiritual minerals of various kinds.
With the joint efforts of more than a dozen white Western master craftsmen and tens of thousands of Han craftsmen, the Han Army Eight Banners Firearms Battalion was finally established, and it is now in full shape.
It doesn't matter if there are not enough magic cores to use. In the past two years, Huang Taiji has ordered the armies of each flag to act separately, razing most of the ghost domains in the Liaodong area and obtaining soul beads of various levels that are enough to fight several major battles.
After Huang Taiji's combined attacks over the past two years, the strength of the Later Jin clan has at least doubled compared to two years ago.
In particular, Huang Taiji spent a huge price to recruit 100,000 dead soldiers of Sauron for his own use, which made the strength of the Later Jin clan soar.
The Sauron dead soldiers who have the blood of the demon race are all white-armored soldiers of the Houjin clan. They are very powerful and brave in charging and fighting. Among the 100,000 Sauron dead soldiers who have been hired for heavy profits in the past two years, there are more than a thousand white-armored soldiers in the Qi Refining Realm, and the rest are all fierce men at the peak of the Body Refining Realm!
In terms of combat effectiveness among human races of equal numbers, the Sauron race is undoubtedly the number one in the Eastern land.
Even the warriors of the Later Jin Dynasty, who were known for their bravery, were far inferior to the Solon tribe, a branch of the Jurchens.
In the history of the same period of Li Dingguo's previous life, the shock troops serving as the white-armored soldiers of the Later Jin Tartars were basically composed of the dead soldiers and warriors of Sauron.
These true barbarians are extremely strong and charge into battle without regard for their lives. Their individual combat power is also very strong.
In this magical world, the soldiers of the Sauron tribe are incredibly powerful and cannot be regarded as a human race.
So far, the Solon tribe, a branch of the Jurchens, is the only known human group with demon blood.
They are tall and hairy, looking like savages, with brutal and aggressive personalities, but they love to eat the Han people's rice and various spiritual foods as their staple food.
It was precisely this special living habit that gave Huang Taiji the opportunity to hire them at a great profit.
These Sauron people are not only powerful in combat, but also keep their word. They never go back on their promises and will find ways to fulfill their employer's requirements, even at the cost of their lives.
All these aspects added up to the origin of the famous Sauron's Dead Soldiers.
Among the 800,000 Later Jin army soldiers who entered the pass this time, there were 100,000 white-armored soldiers, who were composed of the dead soldiers of the Sauron tribe.
They also divided their troops into three groups and followed the various armies to invade the Ming Dynasty, taking on the main roles of charging into battle.
"Hauge, Eyidu, your Bordered Yellow Banner, together with the Plain Yellow Banner led by Turgu and Yangguli, Amin's Bordered Blue Banner, and the three Mongolian and Han Army banners with the same banners, will form the Western Route Army. I will lead them personally and we will head straight to the pass north of the Yellow River, charge into the Qin territory occupied by the Fuxing Army, and fight to the death with the main force of Li Dingguo's Fuxing Army!"
“Even if we cannot destroy Li Dingguo and the main force of the Renaissance Army in this battle, we must severely damage this new Han Chinese force with unlimited potential.”
"Otherwise, with the incredible growth rate of the Fuxing Army, the threat to our Later Jin clan will be far greater than that of the Ming Dynasty!"
"Dorgon, Dodo!"
Huang Taiji looked at the Dorgon brothers again and ordered, "The Central Army will consist of the two white flags of the two brothers, the two Mongolian flags of the same flags, and the two Han army flags. Together with the 40,000 dead soldiers of the Suolong tribe, they will enter the pass from Wayaokou in Datong Prefecture and fight all the way to Beizhili of the Ming Dynasty!"
"This time you must show your abilities. Use all your strength. Burn, kill, and plunder as hard as you can. Try to inflict a heavy blow to the Ming Dynasty!"
"Everyone!"
Huang Taiji issued the military order and said to the core generals of the Later Jin clan present, "Although we only deployed 40% of the troops of the Eight Banners of the Great Jin Dynasty this time, it is also a long-distance raid that we will do our best."
"All departments must complete the selection of soldiers entering the pass as soon as possible, and make follow-up arrangements for the warriors who remain behind. We must not allow our backyard to catch fire due to various conflicts after our two million troops enter the pass."
"If no one can do it right, then someone else will be the flag master!"
"We in the Great Jin clan don't have much else, but we have many warriors in the Qi Refining Realm! We won't have any trouble finding talents to serve as the flag masters of each flag!"
In fact, when Huang Taiji ordered the army to enter the pass this time, he also wanted to take the opportunity to eliminate a group of troublesome confidants who were pretending to obey his orders but actually disobeying his orders.
For example, Amin, the leader of the Bordered Blue Banner, who he designated to march westward with the two yellow banners, was on his blacklist.
Whenever Amin makes a mistake on the battlefield, don't blame yourself for being cruel to this brother.
As the fourth brother, Amin has always had a lot of opinions about Huang Taiji, the eighth brother. He believes that since he is the older brother, it will never be the turn of Huang Taiji, the younger brother, to sit on the throne of the Khan.
Even if it is not his turn, the position of Khan should be handed over to his younger brother Dorgon.
No matter what, Huang Taiji, as the eighth son and born a bastard, was not qualified to ascend the throne of the Great Khan.
Huang Taiji was completely fed up with this guy Amin and had long been thinking about finding an opportunity to get rid of him.
This time the army enters the pass, it is undoubtedly an excellent opportunity.
It is impossible to say that Li Dingguo did not have a strong trump card since he was able to create such a big momentum.
It is very likely that as the Black Dragon King said, Li Dingguo has his own innate divine weapon.
Although Huang Taiji did not intend to kill Li Dingguo this time, after all, a young genius like Li Dingguo must have great luck and would not be so easy to kill.
But what if?
There are always unexpected things. If the army can enter the pass and kill Li Dingguo personally, the gains will be huge.
Because the Later Jin clan had not yet formally established a country, the Black Dragon clan had not yet been named the national guardian beast. Even the current Later Jin clan, with their tremendous luck, could not withstand the consumption caused by their wanton killing.
It would not be worth it to take them along this time. After all, the luck of the clan is the foundation of everything.
Therefore, when the army entered the pass this time, Huang Taiji did not notify the Black Dragon King's clan.
Huang Taiji knew very well that the reason he had been successful in all these years was most likely due to the great fortune of his clan and his own good fortune.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be so smooth, everything would go as planned, and there wouldn't be a single failure so far.
No, at the beginning of last year, I suffered two big losses in a row at the hands of Li Dingguo.
Just on Lingshan Island in Jiaozhou Bay, the Later Jin clan lost half of its navy, two peak level five Saker Falcons, and most of its treasure ships!
Not to mention that inside the Great Wall, the little thief Li Dingguo successively wiped out half of the fleets and caravans of the big Shanxi merchants.
This time he ordered a big deal with the top ten Shanxi merchants, but big problems arose again.
The head of the Kang family, Kang Baiwan, disappeared. According to Huang Taiji's guess, it was most likely related to Li Dingguo.
There were also the Wang and Fan families, whose large fleets loaded with all kinds of spiritual food that wanted to go out of the country to complete transactions with the Later Jin clan were also intercepted by Li Dingguo's Fuxing Army.
As for the Tian family, their large fleet at Yumen Ferry was also intercepted by Li Dingguo.
Even almost all the core members of the Tian family, including the head of the Tian family, Tian Shenglan, have disappeared recently.
All these things pointed to Li Dingguo and the Fuxing Army as the culprits.
The combined effects of all these losses dealt a heavy blow to the Later Jin clan.
The various tangible and intangible losses are immeasurable.
If it weren't for the other six big Shanxi merchants who completed the big deal with Huang Taiji on time, the Later Jin clan would now be stretched to the limit and couldn't even supply their people with daily spiritual food.
Another major reason why Huang Taiji was in a hurry to lead his troops into the pass this time was that the various resources of the Later Jin clan were about to be exhausted, and they had to plunder the Ming Dynasty on a large scale before they could replenish them in time.
Li Dingguo had caused so many troubles in succession, many of which were detrimental to the Later Jin clan. Huang Taiji made up his mind to enter the pass and give him a good lesson.
Otherwise, if Li Dingguo continued to mess around like this, the Later Jin clan would soon face a crisis of various resource shortages, which would lead to civil unrest.
The rise of Li Dingguo and the Fuxing Army is even more incredible than the rapid rise of the Later Jin clan led by Huang Taiji.
This would be impossible if he didn't have incredible luck.
Although Huang Taiji was not sure that he could kill Li Dingguo after leading the army into the pass this time, he still held out some hope.
If we can achieve our goal and get all of Li Dingguo's treasures, then sorry, these treasures will have no chance to be with the Black Dragon King.
Other treasures can be given up, but when it comes to ancient artifacts, especially innate artifacts, Huang Taiji will not give them up even if the Black Dragon King has become his natal spirit beast.
In terms of value and long-term interests, any innate divine artifact is so precious that no cultivator would agree to exchange it for the Ming Dynasty.
How could the value of a mortal dynasty be compared to that of an innate divine artifact?
Thinking of this, a flash of light appeared in Huang Taiji's eyes.
(End of this chapter)
