Chapter 152: The Eve of the Great War
Although the auction achieved the expected goal, the entire Tianhai tribe was unprecedentedly united, and the military salary, grain and grass, weapons and other materials were being continuously gathered, and the people who signed up to join the army were also coming in a steady stream, and people's enthusiasm was high, swearing to defend the country and their homeland to the death.
But it can't be said that this auction is perfect, it still has a little flaw, a little sequelae. One of them was the tall and mighty woman, who was now wandering in front of the palace every day, to be the princess of the sky, and after being expelled by the guards, she made a big noise in front of the palace, saying that Princess Dianchun was a big liar, and after wearing the necklace, she did not have the blessing of good luck, let alone become the princess of the sky. Every day in front of the palace, she sent out a soul torture question, could it be that the royal family of the Tianhai tribe is so untrustworthy and does not keep their promises? After no one paid attention to her, she went to buy nine hundred and ninety-nine roses, made people put in a heart shape in front of the palace gate, and confessed to the sky, the sky leader is the most handsome and chic, the most eloquent, the most gentle and kind, the most talented strange man she has ever seen, her admiration for the sky, like the surging river, endless, she will not marry the sky in this life, if the sky does not marry her as a princess, she will die in front of the palace gate, well, she is ready, in this life, born as a person in the sky, died as a ghost of the sky family, this fact is not changed by anyoneγ
In the end, even Zhao Chun was shocked, and persuaded the sky: "Chief, you can marry her, anyway, you already have more than a hundred princesses, there is not much more than her, and there is no less than her." If she continues to make trouble like this, the image we have worked so hard to build up and the great anti-war situation will be ruined by her. β
Sky said angrily: "Nonsense, I'm trying to reduce the number of princesses now, how can I still marry again? Isn't this a slap in the face? What's more, I have no emotional foundation for her." β
Zhao Chun said: "Chief, you are hypocritical when you say this, I don't believe that you have married more than 100 of your concubines because of love, since you can accept other women, why can't you accept her? β
The sky was anxious, and said: "Mr. Zhao, don't bury me, I'm already in my fifties, and I'm already in the last years of my life, isn't this hurting her? In the blink of an eye, he sold his two sons.
Sky Wolf hurriedly shook his head and said: "I already have a sweetheart, I promised her this, I only love her one in this life, and I can only marry her." β
And Providence simply said: "I'm still young, and I'm not interested in women!"
When the sky heard this, he almost fainted, what kind of strange reason is this, you...... Seeing that his son didn't want to share his father's worries, he could only sigh weakly and said with resentment: "Good son, can't you share a little sorrow for your father? Dad is ready to retire now, and the Tianhai tribe will be your world in the future, and you must have the spirit of having the courage to shoulder heavy burdens." β
Heavenly Wolf and Heavenly Will shook their heads in a rare tacit understanding and said, "We can share your worries about other things, but we can't do anything about this matter." β
Zhao Chunbai glanced at him and said, "Don't cheat your own sons anymore, they are still young, they should start their own careers first." There is such a strange woman who loves you to the bone, you should be content. Don't shirk anymore, this matter is decided, choose an auspicious day another day, and do your marriage. β
This made the sky blush, he felt that he was really old, in this matter, none of the sisters, sons, and ministers present supported him, causing him to be alone, and he had to accept this marriage that seemed extremely unfair to him. You only think about yourself, have you thought about the sky and my feelings? He shouted to the sky.
Well, but with Zhao Chun's final decision, this matter can be regarded as a perfect solution.
The second is that after the auction, Zhao Chun was robbed by Laura and sold one of her worn underwear to him at a sky-high price of 100,000 taels of gold, and more than a dozen unequal treaties were attached, which made Zhao Chun want to cry without tears.
Well, except for these two flaws, the auction was still perfect, and Zhao Chun began to prepare for the expedition.
He first asked Tiancang to lead an army of 200,000 (including her own headquarters and another newly recruited unreformed soldier) to rush to the border pass, showing a decisive battle posture of vowing to live and die with the border pass. But both he and Canopy knew that it was impossible to defeat the Black Ice Tribe with these 200,000 troops alone. So he just let the canopy attract and delay the forces of the Black Ice Tribe, so that he would have time to set up an ambush in some favorable terrain in the Tianhai Tribe.
According to his original plan, it was to set up an ambush outside the Tianhai tribe, which was the most ideal and the most beneficial to the Tianhai tribe, but the rebellion of Tianye made this risk infinite, and he ran outside to set up an ambush, and the exposure was very large, and when people came to an anti-ambush, he would no longer be able to return to the sky. Therefore, after careful consideration, he still decided to set up an ambush within the Tianhai tribe, so that the secrecy work is easier to do, and the chance of winning is also greater, but in this way, the Tianhai tribe will have to make a major sacrifice, after all, with the brutal urine nature of the Black Ice tribe, once the Tianhai tribe loses the battle at the border pass, they will drive straight in, and even innocent people may be slaughtered by them.
This is indeed a difficult choice to make a decision, but in order to defeat the Black Ice Tribe and prevent more creatures from being lost, Zhao Chun had to reluctantly choose the second option, because once they are defeated, the people of the Tianhai tribe will suffer even more, war, there are always countless white bones accumulated, too much mercy, can only add a few more white bones.
Zhao Chun didn't know if his choice was right, and he couldn't guarantee that he would be able to defeat the Black Ice Tribe with this arrangement, after all, the information on the battlefield changed instantly, even if he was a god of war, he couldn't guarantee that he would be undefeated in a hundred battles. Under the influence of many complex factors such as people, once a certain factor changes, the originally favorable battlefield situation will immediately tilt towards the other side, which is something that is difficult to control, Zhao Chun is not an immortal, and he can only try to let his own side occupy more advantages within his ability.
In fact, there are many people at the top of the Tianhai tribe who don't understand Zhao Chun's arrangement, but Zhao Chun didn't explain too much, just said that this arrangement is to prevent the Black Ice tribe from arranging a backhand and suddenly attacking from other directions, if that's the case, it makes no sense even if the whole country's army is transferred to defend that border pass.
The high-level of the Tianhai tribe was persuaded by Zhao Chun, so under the leadership of the sky, a grand departure ceremony was held for these 200,000 soldiers, which can be described as imposing and spectacular.
Before leaving, Zhao Chun gave another explanation to Wang Zhen and the others, and asked them to secretly lead the remaining 200,000 troops to the predetermined ambush site in batches. On the other hand, he kept making people create illusions, so that the other party could not figure out the direction and strategic intentions of this army, which was not an easy task, after all, there were many black ice tribes in the Tianhai tribe, and if he was not careful, all the strategic intentions would be completely exposed in front of the enemy's eyes......
Zhao Chun used the method of rapid marching, and it took only five days to walk hundreds of kilometers to reach the border pass, and this march was also a good test for those recruits, if they did not fully mobilize their will to fight, there would be no way to fight this battle in the future.
The so-called border pass is a fortification between the mountains and mountains at the border. If you want to enter the Tianhai tribe from this direction, this is the only road, surrounded by towering cliffs, unless it is a flying soldier, it is impossible to cross at all, so the Tianhai tribe has always been very confident in this Xiongguan, thinking that it has a husband and a man, and it is a natural obstacle for the Tianhai tribe, not to mention, they also sent the tribe's most capable veterans and the most elite 50,000 elite soldiers to defend here. Moreover, after hundreds of years of operation here, this Xiongguan is as strong as an iron wall, and even if the Black Ice Tribe has 500,000 elite soldiers, it is unlikely that it will be able to break through from here.
So when Zhao Chun and Tiancang led the army to arrive, and Zhao Chun proposed to dig a large number of trench tunnels in the open area outside the city and inside the city, Tianmen, the veteran general guarding the pass, clearly objected, thinking that Zhao Chun was painting snakes and adding to it, and if even this Xiongguan couldn't stop the army of the Black Ice Tribe, what was the point of digging those trench tunnels?
However, Zhao Chun knew that since the Black Ice Tribe was supported by thermal weapons such as cannons from the Huoyan Country, the war could no longer use the traditional offensive and defensive methods, this seemingly impregnable Xiongguan could not withstand it for long in the face of those powerful thermal weapons, not to mention that the Black Ice Tribe not only had the advantage of numbers, but also had the advantage of weapons, and it was also a battle-hardened army with a hundred battles, and it was really difficult to rely on Xiongguan to resist them alone. The most fatal thing is that they are likely to have joined the forces of the Great Prince, and with the presence of this guide, there will be no secrets in all the defenses of Xiongguan.
In the end, it was the canopy, in the name of the acting leader and the supreme commander of the army, who forcibly ordered them to carry out the task of digging trench tunnels.
Of course, Zhao Chun just tried to make as many preparations as possible before the war, because building tunnels, trenches or something, in the Huoyan country, where thermal weapons are prevalent, has long been a compulsory course before the war, and in view of this method of warfare, the Huoyan country, which has experienced thermal weapons warfare all year round, has already developed a series of fighting methods for trenches and tunnel warfare. And last time, Zhao Chun had already used this kind of tunnel warfare to make the Black Ice Tribe suffer a big loss, this time, will they learn the lesson of last time and have a way to deal with the tunnel warfare?