Chapter 372: Arriving at the Second Battlefield in Time, the Insidious and Cunning Yue Tuo
"This Duke Cheng is indeed still harboring evil intentions!"
"It's a pity that he got away."
After leading his troops to defeat the western army led by Huang Taiji himself, Li Dingguo arranged everything and arrived at Yongningzhou City riding a golden eagle.
This large town located in the west of Jin Province had become useless after Lu Xiangsheng led the Tianxiong Army and the Datong Army eastward to join forces with Hong Chengchou's Qin Army to intercept and block the Tatar Central Army led by the brothers Dorgon and Duoduo.
Before Li Dingguo arrived, Huang Zhanglong led the soldiers of the Xuanwu Battalion and easily captured it.
Now, of the 50,000 soldiers of the Xuanwu First Battalion, except for 10,000 left to garrison in the city, the remaining 40,000 soldiers were formed into four battalions of 10,000 people, and they were separately carrying out a round of large-scale cleansing in the surrounding areas.
After listening to the report from Wu Xilin, deputy commander of the Xuanwu 1st Battalion, Li Dingguo was speechless about the Duke of Chengguo Zhu Chunchen who had escaped with such luck.
Although Zhu Chunchen is a good-for-nothing, he has good luck.
If he had launched the Western Expedition a few days later, he would most likely have been killed by Li Dingguo, who had arrived in time to join the Xuanwu First Battalion.
Even Shandong General Liu Zeqing was no exception.
However, it just so happened that Li Dingguo arrived a few days late, allowing the two traitors to escape.
"Great Commander, this Yongning Prefecture City is indeed a densely populated city. Compared with the prefectures of the same size in Qin, the population is about twice as much."
Wu Xilin then reported, "The natural disasters that Jin Province is experiencing are a level lower than those in Qin. There are not many refugees here, and business is very prosperous."
"The large caravan arranged by the military has taken over all the confiscated shops in the city yesterday. It is estimated that they will be able to resume normal business in three days."
"The new currency that our Renaissance Army has just introduced will also be implemented here soon."
"After the war with the Later Jin Tartar ended, I heard that the chief steward Hongmei is now in charge of government affairs in various places. I believe it won't be long before she arrives in Yongning Prefecture and restores order here."
The soldiers of the First Battalion of the Xuanwu Legion had to wait until the 10,000 new recruits and thousands of government officials arranged by Hongmei came to take over before they could leave Yongning City.
There is no point in Wu Xilin being anxious now.
For various considerations, the Fuxing Army's new round of offensive operations against Qin will not be officially launched until the Tatars' current round of invasion is over.
In the next few months, the soldiers of their six main combat corps will not have any battles to fight. They will assist the local government departments in carrying out major cleanups in various places and carrying out large-scale renovation projects in various towns.
Under Li Dingguo's strict order, no dirt or disorder was allowed in any of the occupied areas of the Fuxing Army, and the living environment of all soldiers and civilians had to be carried out according to the plan.
This is naturally to prevent the spread of the plague, vigorously improve the normal living standards of the military and civilians, stabilize all occupied areas as soon as possible, start a rapid development and growth mode, and eliminate worries.
"Well, that's good."
Li Dingguo nodded and said, "I have already made an agreement with the military. After I come here to set up a new defensive formation for Yongning Prefecture, I will head straight south to Jiaozhou Bay to meet up with Wan'er."
"If there is enough time, let's see if we can destroy the Tatar Eastern Army led by Yuetuo and Manggurtai."
"Even if we can't keep all of them, we must make those Tartar soldiers pay a heavy price!"
"The place where our Renaissance Army is located is not the enemy's backyard. We can come and go as we please."
This time, Li Dingguo was determined to kill his old rival Yuetuo.
It depends on how lucky he is and whether he can escape this disaster.
It would take only three days to get from Yongning Prefecture to Lingshan Island at the current speed of the Jin Dynasty.
As Wu Xilin took his leave, Li Dingguo began to set up a city defense formation.
He carried with him his innate divine artifact, the Human Emperor Cauldron, which contained a large amount of necessary supplies.
There are also plenty of materials for setting up various formations, and various basic five-element formations can be set up anytime and anywhere.
With the full cooperation of the giant golden eagle, Li Dingguo only spent a few hours to set up and activate the new protective formation for Zuozhou City.
From now on, as long as the soldiers and civilians carry the special identity tokens of the Restoration Army, they can enter and leave freely, and he doesn't have to worry about it anymore.
After finishing his work, he went to collect the official seal that represented the fortune of Yongning Prefecture City, gave a few instructions to Huang Zhanglong who came to see him off, and then rode up into the sky on the big golden eagle, flying rapidly towards Jiaozhou Bay in the southeast direction...
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"Commander Wan'er!"
On Lingshan Island, Liang Liping reported to Wan'er, "Yuetuo ordered the remaining 650,000 elite Tartar soldiers to intercept all kinds of merchant ships passing by in the area of Langye Mountain, Zhaitang Island, and the Nanlong Bay estuary in front of Xiahe Village."
"In just seven days, they gathered more than a hundred treasure ships of various levels, including a top-quality treasure ship that the Ye family from Fuqing sent to them for use."
"It seems that the Ye family where Ye Xianggao from Fuqing is located cannot be kept!"
"After we completely defeat the Tartar Eastern Army and launch an offensive against Denglai Prefecture, we must find time to dispatch a large fleet to directly wipe out the Ye family's old nest in Fuqing!"
"It would be a huge disaster if this kind of treacherous family continued to stay!"
Even though Liang Liping was a steady and calm person, she was disgusted by the Donglin Party leader Ye Xianggao this time.
The Ye family is capable of even such an open act of treason. It shows that they have completely lost their moral principles.
If the Tartar army had not obtained the top-quality treasure ship, even if they had gathered a large enough fleet to attack Lingshan Island, we would not be afraid of them at all.
However, with the defensive capabilities of the protective formation of the top-notch large fleet, when its own defense is fully activated, it can withstand at least five or six waves of concentrated fire from its own psychic cannons and psychic crossbow carts.
Taking advantage of the time gained, the Jin Tatars' strength in the future is enough to form an army of 100,000 people into a military killing formation. Under the leadership of a commander at the peak of the fifth level of martial arts, they can approach the protective formation of Lingshan Island and then launch a powerful attack, quickly consuming the central energy of their own island protection formation.
The intensity of an attack of this level is enough to shake one's own protective formation.
If the enemy is allowed to maintain high-intensity attacks, the protective formation of Lingshan Island will be broken by the Tartar army within a day.
This would inevitably force the defenders on the island to form a military formation and fight back, thus achieving Yuetuo's plan.
"Not bad!"
Wan'er was also furious at the news and cursed, "Then the Ye family in Fuqing, just wait!"
"After this battle, I will personally lead a large fleet to destroy their Fuqing old house and vent my anger."
"I believe that big brother will arrive in time within the next two days."
Wan'er said confidently, "Although Huang Taiji is said to be very powerful and his million-strong army is very powerful, he is definitely no match for my eldest brother!"
"I can even say with certainty that Big Brother will quickly defeat the million-strong army led by Huang Taiji, and make those Later Jin Tartars, Mongolian Tartars, and the three banners of the Han army pay a heavy price!"
Wan'er has always had absolute confidence in Li Dingguo.
In this world, she is the person who knows most of Li Dingguo’s true cards, no one else.
"Commander Wan'er," Liang Liping continued to report, "Our soldiers have spent several days evacuating all the soldiers and civilians from the Fushan Front that we captured earlier to Lingshan Island."
"This is to prevent Yuetuo's army from attacking Fushan Qianzuo directly, which would cause our army to be defeated one by one by the enemy."
"In a direct offensive and defensive battle with Yuetuo's army on land, our army is no match for them. We can only avoid the front for the time being."
In fact, the forces on Lingshan Island have trained nearly one million warrior recruits. In terms of the number of warrior combatants, it is nearly twice as many as Yuetuo's army.
However, these warrior recruits are all rookies without any experience in large-scale battles, and cannot go head-on with the elite Tartar army.
Nowadays, Lingshan Island, a new major force, has too few generals with level five cultivation, which is a huge gap compared to the dozens of level five generals in Yuetuo’s army.
The top strong men are only Wan'er, Da Meng and two big goshawks, and their overall strength is far inferior to that of Yuetuo's army.
The Tatar army led by Yuetuo has experienced numerous battles. Except for being slightly inferior to the Fuxing Army in terms of armament, it is not comparable to the new force of Lingshan Island in any aspect.
In order to avoid dispersing their own forces and giving Yue Tuo an opportunity to take advantage, they had to temporarily abandon the Fushan front position that they had previously captured.
"Chirp!"
At this moment, Da Meng, who was staying beside Wan'er, suddenly looked up at the northwest sky, neighed with joy, and immediately flapped his wings and flew high. Like a golden lightning, he flew out of the island protection formation in an instant!
"This...it must be my eldest brother!"
"That's great!"
Wan'er cheered and jumped up from the ground, looking up at the direction where Da Meng left with surprise.
"Chirp!"
"Chirp..."
In the blink of an eye, two large golden eagles were seen flying side by side into the island protection formation and quickly landed in front of Wan'er where the City Lord's Mansion was located.
"Whoosh!"
A figure jumped down from Dajin's back and looked at Wan'er with a smile. It was Li Dingguo.
"Big brother!"
"You finally came!"
Wan'er shouted happily, "I knew you would get to Lingshan Island in time."
She raised her fists high in the air and waved them a few times with some pride, and said excitedly, "Let me tell you! I led the navy of the Fuxing Army and not only defeated the attacking Tartar navy and logistics camp, but also destroyed the large fleet assembled by the Shanxi merchants!"
"We took the opportunity to launch a surprise attack on the Lingshanwei City's large dock. We used the long-range attack advantages of the psychic cannons and the psychic crossbow carts to wipe out more than 100,000 elite Tatar soldiers and breathed a sigh of relief."
In front of Li Dingguo, this girl always seemed like a girl who had never grown up, and could not wait to show off her achievements in battle.
"Ha ha……"
Li Dingguo knew Wan'er's innocent and straightforward nature very well. Hearing this, he chuckled, rubbed her little head with his hand, and said, "Not bad!"
"Wan'er, Liang Liping, you did a great job this time and did not disappoint me."
"By the way, what's the situation now?"
He then asked about the latest situation on Lingshan Island.
"Commander-in-chief, the current situation is..."
Liang Liping then began to explain to Li Dingguo the general situation of both sides.
"Humph!"
After hearing this, Li Dingguo's eyes flashed with coldness, and he said coldly, "Since those Shanxi merchants and the Fuqing Ye family are determined to oppose us, we must find a chance to get rid of them after this battle with the Tartars."
"These guys think that our Renaissance Army is beyond their reach. They really think too much."
"Now our Fusion Army is no longer what it used to be. We are no longer in a defensive counterattack posture. It is the general trend to launch continuous and active attacks in the future."
"After this war is over, we will take some time to wipe out the Fuqing Ye family's lair!"
"These Donglin Party members are too arrogant. It's time to teach them a profound lesson. Don't think that they can plot against us just because they are far away from us."
The Restoration Army was able to rise rapidly thanks to its elite navy and a large number of psychic cannons and psychic crossbow carts.
In this world, no one knows better than Li Dingguo the great role of a top-quality treasure ship.
Now that Yuetuo has obtained a top-quality treasure ship provided by the Ye family, he undoubtedly has hope of capturing Lingshan Island.
If Li Dingguo had not arrived in time, with Yuetuo's ability, he might have had a chance to capture Lingshan Island in one fell swoop.
As long as the Tatar army can get close to the protective formation of Lingshan Island and form several military killing formations composed of 100,000 elite soldiers, they can completely blow up the protective formation of Lingshan Island within an hour.
Li Dingguo was also glad that he arrived in time and avoided a potential major crisis.
"The Commander-in-Chief."
Liang Liping then reported, "The intelligence department that Mo Xiaoyong is in charge of has concluded based on the various actions of the Tartars that they will come in a large fleet to attack our Lingshan Island base in two or three days."
"Yue Tuo has learned his lesson. In order to eliminate the threat of our psychic cannons and psychic crossbow carts, he is conducting corresponding tactical drills for dealing with sea encounters and attacking Lingshan Island."
"Their method of response is to promptly dispatch a military killing array of tens of thousands of people to attack our fleet when it appears."
"In this way, even if our army encounters them at sea, we will not be able to gain any advantage, and we may even be defeated by the Tartar army in one fell swoop."
"In order to increase our chances of winning, we must rely on Lingshan Island's protective formation to gain a certain firepower advantage over them."
"We will also lose the opportunity to fight flexibly and can only engage in a brutal offensive and defensive battle with the enemy."
The latest situation Liang Liping mentioned is also the most difficult problem at present.
This means that we have to give up the flexible and changeable guerrilla tactics in order to have a certain degree of confidence in fighting the enemy army.
It has to be said that Yuetuo, the Tartar general, is indeed an outstanding commander comparable to Hong Chengchou. He easily came up with a solution to eliminate the advantages of the Fuxing Army in psychic cannons and psychic crossbow carts.
Such a tricky enemy, leading six or seven hundred thousand elite soldiers, is the most difficult enemy that the Lingshan Island Renaissance Army has encountered so far.
Liang Liping thought about it over and over again, but couldn't figure out how to crack the opponent's move.
(End of this chapter)
