"Sir, fifty miles further on, we will arrive at Nanchang City, should we move again at night. It's too revealing to go this way. Somewhere in the mountains, the commander of the 12th Division who came with Guo Jia asked.

"Where are the other two of our troops?"

The commander of the 12th Division replied: "They have marched in two directions, attracting most of the enemy's forces. It is estimated that it will be a few hours before the war will officially begin. ”

Guo Jia looked at the sky.

It's noon.

If it is exposed early, the enemy army will inevitably panic, and then they will not dare to go out of the city to fight again, and they will all retreat back to Nanchang. Then it will be even more difficult for him to capture Nanchang.

Guo Jia said: "Don't be in a hurry, wait for the enemy's troops to fight with our other two troops, and we can't pull away, and then we will go." It's probably going to be night, let the sergeants rest and rest, recuperate their spirits, and conquer Nanchang City in one fell swoop tonight. ”

"The last will obey."

He answered.

A few hours later.

Soldiers came to report, and the troops to the south and north exchanged fire with the enemy.

The battle was fierce.

The enemy transferred a regiment of troops from Nanchang City to support the north.

As a result, the troops stationed in Nanchang had less than one regiment.

Guo Jia really wanted to give an order immediately to seize Nanchang.

But reason told him that now was not the time.

Guo Jia's troops stayed in the mountains for half a day.

After dark.

He carefully explored the surrounding area of Nanchang and determined that there were no ambushes.

After that, he led the soldiers and horses and killed directly under the city of Nanchang.

The enemy is defenseless.

The castle tower was easily breached.

Guo Jia ordered a regiment under his command, as a vanguard, to take the lead in the city.

The rest of the troops followed.

They were all killed at the gate of the government before the enemy army organized an army to resist.

But...

The situation is already in their favor, and no amount of troops can be saved.

After resisting for a while.

Defeat on all fronts.

Guo Jia took advantage of the situation to capture the dangerous points in the city, the government office, the school field and other places, and took control of the granary and arsenal. In this way, the range of activities of the enemy army is quite limited.

"Nanchang is an important town in Jiangdong in the end, and even the government is so magnificent." Guo Jia took people to Nanchang Mansion, looked at Huihong's gate and decoration, and sighed.

"Compared to our Xuchang, what is this?" The accompanying brigade commander said.

"Go in and have a look."

Guo Jia led people into the house.

As soon as I walked to the door, I found a few people burning something in the yard.

Guo Jia hurriedly shouted: "That must be the enemy's confidential documents, you hurry over, put out the fire, and take down all the enemies inside." ”

"No..."

The soldiers rushed into the courtyard.

Keep the enemy in check.

Extinguish the fire on the ground.

Get busy for a while.

Save a few pieces of paper.

Guo Jia opened it and looked at it, and was immediately surprised: "It's not good, the enemy army in Jingzhou is about to arrive in Nanchang." There were three divisions. It seems that they already know that the army of our Huaxia Kingdom is about to attack Jiangdong Jianye. ”

"Sir, with our little strength, can we withstand the enemy's three divisions?" The generals asked.

"If you can stand it, you have to top it, and if you can't stand it, you have to top it."

Guo Jia sent soldiers to take down those who burned the documents and strictly examine them.

.......

Due to the capture of Nanchang City, the enemy troops who went to fight outside the city became lone troops.

When their commanders received the news from the rear, they all unanimously made a decision --- withdraw!"

At this time, only by evacuating Nanchang as soon as possible can it be safe.

A little later, surrounded by Guo Jia's troops and blocking the way, there is a danger that the whole army will be annihilated.

"No need to chase."

Guo Jia weighed the pros and cons and ordered all the troops to return to Nanchang City.

"Sir, why didn't you chase it? The enemy has just been defeated, and we will take advantage of the victory to pursue it, and we will surely win a great victory. Several of his regiment commanders felt pity.

"The enemy in Jingzhou is coming, we need to be prepared in advance..."

Guo Jia did not explain much.

It was only revealed that the enemy of Jingzhou was about to arrive in Nanchang.

He led his troops back to Nanchang and began to urgently deploy defenses.

This time the defense is different from the past.

The topography of Nanchang is also different from Yangzhou and Fancheng.

There are no treacherous mountains or rivers that can be used as a barrier. Nanchang is surrounded by open land, and in the distance are wheat fields, water fields, etc.

If you are fighting with cold weapons, this is the best place for field battles.

But fighting with thermal weapons has become very difficult.

In such an open area, it is not only difficult to defend, but also difficult to get support.

Because the supporting troops can't reach Nanchang, they have to be discovered by the enemy, gathered and annihilated.

Of course, it will be difficult for the enemy to break through here!

Guo Jia laid out several lines of defense outside the city, and also built some buildings similar to arrow towers, on which soldiers stood to accurately snipe the enemy on the opposite side. However, this kind of building must not be concentrated by the enemy's artillery, otherwise it will be crushed in one blow.

Seeing the enemy army arrive on the outer battlefield.

Guo Jia also began to set up the formation.

A big war is about to start in Nanchang.

...........

The Battle of Nanchang was basically a trench battle. The so-called trench warfare is that the two sides build a tight defensive position and advance step by step. While defending cautiously, it is attrition with the opponent.

This kind of battle is often the hardest.

The demand for weapons and ammunition is also huge.

Fortunately, when Guo Jia occupied Nanchang City, he captured a large number of weapons and baggage, otherwise he would not be able to resist the exchange of fire with tens of thousands of enemy troops from Jingzhou.

"How long are we going to be stationed, sir?" A regimental commander asked.

"Scared?"

"The last general is not afraid."

"It's good not to be afraid. Let me tell you, when two armies are at war, it is most taboo to fear the enemy. Because you are afraid of the enemy, the enemy's bullets are the easiest to hit you. Xu Ding told Guo Jia this.

was forever remembered by Guo Jia.

But as a strategist, he didn't have a chance to confirm this.

"Yes..."

Several regiment commanders responded.

"We're going to be there for a long time. Perhaps, two months. Guo Jia thought in his heart that in two months, the first and second armies should take Jiangdong.

Of course, the premise is that the enemy does not add more troops from the wormhole.

Once the troops are increased, the two group armies brought by Xu Ding will be in big trouble.

From this date.

Guo Jia is in a stalemate with the enemy army every day.

Although the enemy's offensive was fierce, it could not break through.

The two armies were unable to hold each other, but let Xu Ding be in the north and win successive battles.

Hefei.

Riverside.

After Xu Ding captured Hefei City, he mobilized eight divisions of heavy troops and tens of millions of Licheng. Prepare to cross the Yangtze River from Licheng to attack Jianye.

An army of 80,000 slaughtered Licheng with great momentum.

On the way, he passed through the mountain pass where Tai Shici was stationed.

Because the enemy army did not receive the news first, they never knew that Hefei had fallen, let alone that Xu Ding personally led eight divisions of troops to this battlefield.

In the Stone Forest area, three enemy divisions were stationed.

and Xu Ding's army, a fierce battle was launched in an all-round way.

This battle was a rare battle since Xu Ding formed the New Army, in which more battles were fought less.

The number of troops is three times that of the other side.

It also occupies a dangerous position, and there is plenty of ammunition.

They took the initiative to attack and took the advantage.

The two armies fought fiercely for half a day.

Only then did the enemy's main force find out that they were not facing one division of Tai Shi Ci, but eight divisions brought by Xu Ding!

Such a powerful military force is by no means something they can contend with.

Moreover, they also received the news that Hefei has fallen!

Once Hefei fell.

It means that the entire Yangzhou has fallen into the hands of Xu Ding.

"Your Majesty, the troops of the Western Shang Empire have fled in the direction of Liyang..." Zhang Liaodao.

"It's good to escape."

Xu Dingdao: "Send a brigade to pursue it." By the way, capture Liyang and raise warships. Our army then rushed to Liyang, and a few days later, crossed the river to fight. ”

"No."

Zhang Liao conveyed Xu Ding's order.

After the defeat of the enemy army.

The army camped on the edge of the stone forest.

Night.

Xu Ding rode a horse to Liyang.

From the mountain pass to Liyang, about twenty miles.

It only took an hour to arrive.

Why do you want to go to Liyang in the middle of the night?

Because Xu Ding found that his satellite monitoring system, at the mountain pass, was only a little bit away from being able to detect Wu County in Jiangdong. Kure is where the wormhole is located.

He wanted to see if there was an army coming out of the wormhole.

Besides, what kind of scene is around the wormhole?

Da Da...

Come to Liyang City.

Xu Ding stood on the castle tower, his eyes closed, using the satellite monitoring system.

I saw that in the middle of Kure County, there was a huge forest there. Now the woods have been cut down and trees are piled up around. There is a huge altar in the middle, and a white hole hangs in front of the altar. It was as if there were clouds stirring and spinning rapidly.

That's the wormhole.

There are two groups of soldiers in front of the wormhole, and there are also patrolling and standing guard troops around it.

The defense was extremely tight.

Xu Ding originally thought about whether he should send the Fenglin Volcano to Wu County, Jiangdong, occupy the wormhole, and join forces with the large army to destroy the enemy army in one fell swoop.

Now it seems that this thinking is wrong.

No matter how good the special forces are, it is impossible to break through the enemy's ironclad defenses.

What's more, there are still tens of thousands of enemy troops in Jiangdong, and their strength is very strong.

"There's no movement yet, but it's okay..." Xu Ding looked at it for a while, and secretly rejoiced in his heart.

If the enemy crosses the wormhole again, increase the number of troops to the east of the river.

He didn't have to fight this battle.

You can directly guard against Yangzhou.

Next.

Lu Su and Jia Xu led a large army to come.

Set up camp behind the city.

Inside the Council Chamber.

Xu Ding Chaozhong Wenwu said: "After my careful investigation, I found that the Western Shang Empire, in the Jiangdong region, still has three divisions, two brigades, plus some guard troops, which must add up to about 40,000 people. ”

"This time, we mobilized eight divisions, with more than 80,000 people."

"In addition, we can also transfer troops from Yangzhou, and we can increase the number of troops to 100,000. On the Nanchang side, there was also Fengxiao sitting in the town to resist the reinforcements from Jingzhou, the enemy. ”

"I hope that everybody will have faith. Work together to take Jiangdong within a month and completely seal the wormhole! This is the ultimate goal of this operation. ”

After Xu Ding finished speaking, Jia Xu came out and said, "Your Majesty, if you want to seal the wormhole." Is it possible to send the Wind Forest Volcano there, they are the best at doing this. ”

"It's not like I haven't thought about it..."

Xu Ding glanced at Jia Heng behind him.

Jia Heng arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, the last general is willing to go." ”

"Who said you went, I'm not sure." Xu Ding did not agree.

Because he thought carefully that even the most elite special forces unit would not be able to complete this task.

"Your Majesty, didn't you say that the components of special forces are designed to complete some tasks that other troops can't complete. Now destroying the wormhole is the top priority, and all armies can't do it, but I, Fenglin Volcano, am willing to give it a try. Why didn't Your Majesty agree? Jia Heng asked.

Jia Xu also said: "Your Majesty will agree, let them try." ”

Xu Ding glanced at the two fathers and sons.

Especially I don't understand, Jia Xu knows that this task is very dangerous, why do he want to let his son go. Isn't this letting Jia Heng and Fenglin Volcano send them to death?

Xu Ding was silent for a while...

He asked, "Jia Heng, are you really willing to go?" ”

"The last general is willing."

"Okay, I can promise you!" Xu Dingdao: "However, I still have to study carefully how to carry out this task. You can be ready to standby first. ”

"No."

Jia Heng responded excitedly.

Xu Ding continued: "The rest of the troops, after three days, will all sail across the river when the warships arrive. We must show a momentum to let the Western Shang Empire understand that our Huaxia Kingdom is not easy to invade. ”

"Yes..."

The crowd shouted loudly.

.........

Time flies.

In the blink of an eye.

Three days later.

The naval army stationed in the port of Guangling sent ships to Licheng to listen to it.

Xu Ding successively Jia Xu, Zhang Liao, etc., let the soldiers take a warship and go to the other side of the river.

But...

The first troops to Jiangdong, in the middle of the Yangtze River, were intercepted by enemy troops and suffered more than 2,000 casualties.

According to Zhang Liaoyu, who came back, the enemy had five large fighting ships in the middle of the Yangtze River, and countless artillery pieces were placed on them. As soon as a ship passes, they will immediately strike with precision.

The vanguard troops sent before were all beaten back in this way.

"Large fighting ships?"

Xu Ding glanced at Lu Su and asked, "Jiangdong, are there any large fighting ships?" ”

"It turned out that there was none. However, the Western Shang Empire, which has occupied Jiangdong for more than a year, will they transport large fighting ships from the wormhole? You must know that their fighting ships are much stronger than ours. Lu Su said.

"Is that possible?"

Xu Ding didn't believe it.

Because he found that the enemy could only transport some small goods over. The biggest thing, no more than a car, a tank.

If you are transporting a warship, that wormhole will not fit.

"Yes!"

Tai Shi Ci has a different opinion.

He thinks the same as Lu Su.

"The enemy must have brought a ship from the wormhole. Otherwise, how could our vanguard have been defeated in just half an hour? Tai Shi Ci said.

"Ahem..."

The generals in charge of commanding this battle all bowed their heads secretly.

"Wenhe, what do you think?" Xu Ding asked.

Jia Xu smiled and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks... It may be that the craftsmen of the Western Shang Empire, in this year's time, transformed the original warships in Jiangdong to have this large fighting ship. ”

"That's a good thing for us."

"If we can capture their warship, let's study it. Maybe we can make it too. In the future, it will be easier to control the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. ”

Jia Xu's words can be regarded as speaking to Xu Ding's heart.