Chapter 135: A Place of Seclusion
The next day, Prince Billay issued a statement announcing that the Osima family intended to rebel and sent people to attack him and the lords, generals and lords of the empire, and the witnesses had been captured. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info against the rebellious Osima family, the empire will take back their territory and send troops to suppress it. Any person or force within the Osima's territory must cooperate with the Empire, and if they resist, they are considered an associate of the House of Osima, and the Empire will treat them equally.
On the third day, the 100,000 elite army led by Jiang Mocheng took the lead in setting off, breaking through from the east and west sides of the Osima's territory and advancing rapidly.
Prince Billay led the army originally stationed in the north to attack from the front, advancing city by town. They were followed by a large number of imperial nobles and officials, who took over the captured towns.
For the first two days, the offensive of the frontal troops was met with stubborn resistance, while the raiding forces on both flanks advanced rapidly and had penetrated deep into the rear of the enemy. From the beginning of the third day, the situation changed abruptly, and the defenders on the opposite side were in disarray, unable to stop effective resistance at all.
From the mouths of the captive high-ranking personnel, it was learned that the Osima family had changed and fled the fiefdom, and their whereabouts were unknown. Now the towns in the fiefdom have lost their clear command, and there is chaos.
Because of the need to ensure stability over the occupied cities, the frontal forces did not advance quickly. For each city captured, the troops had to rest for a full day, and only after the officials of the empire had taken over the city did they move on.
Without the unified command of the cities within the fiefdom of Osima, there was no longer the confidence to resist. Some towns surrendered without any resistance even after the arrival of Prince Billai's troops. The casualties of the frontal forces began to decrease, and the so-called offensive was only symbolic.
The four fiefdom lords in the west and south did not make a clear statement in the final hours of the withdrawal of the fiefdom, but began to organize forces to make a confrontational move. Thus, the two armies under the command of Fabre and John, the two gods of war, began to conquer. They also began to carry out the decapitation operation according to the original plan, but because Prince Billay launched it in advance, the fiefdom lords were prepared, resulting in the decapitation operation not succeeding.
As a result, war broke out in the west and south of the Detullé Empire, and Fabre King, John Mark, and Blake Watt all took command of their men in the vanguard of the front line and began the first frontal battle.
A month later, the northern frontal forces led by Prince Billay attacked the central city where the House of Osima lived. Looking at the central city in front of him, where the gates were wide open and there were no defenders, Prince Billay felt a little bored.
The battle, which had become tedious due to the involvement of Sages such as Neo, did not give him a sense of accomplishment. However, he understood the Empire's decision, and this withdrawal must be resolved quickly and not cause greater disturbance in the Empire. After the removal of the feuds, if these fiefdoms are managed well, so that they can truly return to the embrace of the empire, it is the most important thing, and it is also the most test of his ability.
The situation in the south and west of the empire was also known to Prince Billai, who understood that his early launch had caused trouble there, which gave him a better understanding of the relationship between the global and the local.
Bilai, who had entered the central city, also stopped his advance and waited for the arrival of General Jiang Mocheng in the north.
The capture of the central city marked the complete repossession of the Osima fiefdom by the Empire. As a result, Prince Billay began to divide the frontal forces into several detachments, and the officials who protected the empire began to take over the other cities, while he sat in command of the central cities.
Sun Xiang, who had nothing to do, was a little puzzled, because Naio and the others had not come back yet. Jiang Mocheng in the north has already sent a letter, the content is very simple, that is, there is not much resistance there, and he is leading his troops to advance south, and he will be able to join Prince Bilai in about ten days.
In the next few days, Prince Billay was busy in the dark, and Sun Xiang worked from time to time to help Prince Billay share some of the pressure. Although he didn't agree with some of Prince Billey's methods, he stuck to the bottom line and never exceeded half a point, he knew that this was a good experience for Prince Billey, and it was also a good opportunity to gain Prince Billey's trust.
Ten days later, the interspersed troops led by Jiang Mocheng also returned. They were the most stubborn in the first few days because they were alone, but then, their resistance began to weaken and their speed began to pick up. According to the original battle plan, they successfully reached the northernmost part of the Osima fiefdom, and then, the two armies began to penetrate horizontally, and finally converged, forming a north-south flank attack on the Osima fiefdom.
But by that time, the so-called north-south flank had lost its meaning. By the time they attacked from the north to the south, Prince Billay had captured the central city of the Ausima fiefdom, marking the complete occupation of the Ausima fiefdom. Their attack turned into receiving, and after receiving the city from the north, they came to the central city and made peace with Billai.
With Jiang Mocheng's troops, Prince Bilai felt that he was more well-manned, and he was ready to divide Jiang Mocheng's troops into groups to protect the imperial officials to speed up the reception of the fiefdom. However, at this time, he found that Jiang Mocheng's army was very weak and urgently needed to rest.
After listening to Jiang Mocheng's explanation, Prince Bilai and Sun Xiang knew that the interspersed journey of Jiang Mocheng's troops was more about fighting against the harsh cold climate and harsh environment, and the attrition in this area was even higher than that during the battle with the enemy. If it weren't for Sun Xiang's proposal to increase the allocation of logistics materials, this kind of non-combat attrition would have been more.
After remorsing himself, the helpless Prince Bilai had no choice but to let Jiang Mocheng's troops seize the time to rest.
Hu Ba and Shao Zengjie came back safely. Hu Ba felt bored, while Shao Zengjie was very excited, because through this operation, his strength had recovered to the middle stage of the Great Swordsman.
While the three of them were chatting, Prince Billey sent someone to invite Sun Xiang, saying that there was an urgent matter to discuss.
Sun Xiang walked into the conference hall with Hu Ba and Shao Zengjie, and found that Prince Bilai looked down at a material, his brows furrowed, as if he had encountered a problem.
When Sun Xiang walked up, Prince Bilai raised his head, handed the materials to Sun Xiang, and did not speak.
Sun Xiang took the material and looked at it, and then, his brows furrowed.
The material is from Neo. It turned out that after they carried out the beheading operation, they found that a quasi-saint and two sons in law of the Osima family were missing. After careful interrogation, it was learned that the three men had gone with some of their men to bring rescue soldiers. The so-called rescuer turned out to be a hermit family living in seclusion in the fiefdom of Osima, and that family had a sage in charge.
Neo followed the clues, and it took a lot of effort to find the location of the hermit family. Then, they ran into trouble, and although the hermit family had a good attitude, they just didn't let Naio and the others enter. They made it clear that they would not prevent the Detulai Empire from recovering its fiefdoms, but they would not hand over the people of the House of Osima either. At the same time, they also stated to Neo that they would never allow the people of the Osima family to leave this hermitage and find trouble with the Etto Empire.
Of course, Neo wouldn't agree, so he sparred with the Sage, only to find that the Sage's strength was actually higher than his.
He only brought two quasi-saints, and the other party had three quasi-saints, plus the quasi-saints of the Osima family who fled in were four. Strength, they obviously do not have an advantage. And although the other party has the advantage of strength, he is afraid of the strength of the Etullai Empire, and he does not dare to make a move on Naio and others. Now that the two sides are at a stalemate, Naio thinks of Sun Xiang, but he can't leave there, lest the family migrate. So I had to send a letter to ask Sun Xiang to go and help think of a way.
The exposure of the hermitage made the family very angry and helpless, but they still proposed not to let more people know about it, so as not to be disturbed.
After discovering the hidden family and a sage, Bilai also wanted to go and see it, but there were so many things here that he couldn't do without him. After deliberation, Bilai sent a quasi-saint and Sun Xiang to go. One is to protect Sun Xiang's safety, and the other is to reinforce Nao.
Sun Xiang took Hu Ba and Shao Zengjie, under the protection of the quasi-saint, and followed the route indicated by Naio to the hermitage of the hermit family.
A week later, they met them in the snow-covered mountains with the Neo faction to meet them.
After two more days of walking in the mountains, they came to the entrance to a canyon. This entrance was obscured by a large formation, and they would not have been able to detect it at all if it wasn't for someone leading the way.
Neo and another quasi-saint were drinking a little wine outside the formation, chatting and laughing easily. Seeing Sun Xiang and the others arrive, the two didn't stand up until Sun Xiang approached, and Naio said to Sun Xiang, "I'm waiting for you." This place is freezing to death. Get things done early, let's leave early. ”
Sun Xiang was stunned for a moment and asked, "Do you have a way?" ”
Neo shook his head, "Is there a way I can still use you?" Stinky boy, I'll leave it to you here, can you figure it out? ”
Sun Xiang didn't expect this to be the case at all, he pointed at Neo and said loudly: "You, you... ”
Naio interrupted Sun Xiang's words and said decisively: "Don't talk nonsense, now you are in charge of negotiations, and we will protect you the Fa." Remember, the Hidden Family is also part of the Empire's power, and it is best to have a good relationship. Then, he took a step forward and sent a signal to the formation.
It didn't take long for five or six people to come out of the formation, and the leader was an old man, who saw that his cultivation was indeed at the holy level. When he saw his face, Sun Xiang was stunned. Because the other party actually had three strands of beard, this is definitely not the style of the Kuiyun Continent, but more like the style of the Shenzhou Continent.