Chapter 224: Layout and Changes
Miao Xi's words made Yang Mu's heart soften.
I have to say that a demon girl is a demon girl, and her ability to charm men is leveraged, sometimes she can let go, and sometimes she wants to refuse and welcome, even if Yang Mu is on guard in her heart, sometimes it is easy to fall into a gentle township.
In the end, Yang Mu had to agree to her request and decided to take her to the battlefield with her.
After all, Miao Xi had already broken through the innate realm half a year ago, and he was also a congenital master, although he couldn't say that he could take the head of the enemy in the military formation of hundreds of thousands of people, but he could still protect him, the emperor.
The third year of Taiding, June.
After capturing the six cities of Leyuan County in Cangguo, the army of Dongguo once again marched forward.
The Blue Dragon Legion and the White Tiger Legion were ordered to lay out, and Li He's army of more than 400,000 was deadlocked.
According to Sima Hong, with the ability of the two major legions, there is no need to defend the city at all, and it is completely possible to open the city to meet the enemy and kill the army without leaving a single piece of armor.
Yang Mu gave an order and taught him a hard lesson.
Sima Hong is a military general, not a strategist, and his eyes are only on the present, which is a very normal phenomenon.
But as an emperor, he couldn't think like that.
Once the Dong State suffers a loss, it is very likely that it will immediately return to the country, and then confront Cangguo on the border for a long time, just like the confrontation with Sheng Guo in the past ten years, and the two countries will inevitably fall into a quagmire from which it is difficult to extricate themselves.
Therefore, in the final analysis, it is better to lure the army of the Cave Kingdom and conduct a decisive battle.
On June 12, Yang Mu made a big fanfare, drove a personal expedition, and arrived in Linshui County.
When the news reached the Dong Kingdom, it immediately caused an uproar among the princes and soldiers of the Dong Kingdom, and then there was confusion.
Cangguo, even regarded Sheng Guo as the main enemy?
At the same time, Deng Zhi led 500,000 soldiers of the Sheng Kingdom to cross the Yihe Armistice Zone, and the troops came to the city of Cangguo, and launched a small-scale battle with the Vermilion Bird Legion.
At this time, Li He, the commander of the Eastern Expedition of the Cave Kingdom, quit.
Take advantage of this opportunity, why don't you hurry up and seize the city of Cangguo?
As a result, the battle situation of the Cang army showed a decline.
If it weren't for Li He's vigilance, I'm afraid that at this time, he would have already launched all his forces to attack Cangguo.
"......Is the time ripe?"
Yang Mu stood in front of the map, and on the side was Han Tong, the general of the Vermilion Bird Legion, and the battles with Sheng Guo in the past few days were all formulated by the two of them.
In a sense, although Shengguo and Dongguo are cooperating, they still don't trust each other, and no matter which side they are, they all hope to gain the advantage and gain the strategic initiative as soon as possible.
"Your Majesty, Sheng Guo dispatched cavalry this time, should we accept it when we see it?" Han Tong asked from the side.
"What about the cavalry of your Suzaku Legion?"
"At present, the cavalry of the Suzaku Legion has been deployed in Anling County, where the terrain is open and suitable for cavalry combat, and if our army wants to fight head-on with the enemy, it can reach the front line in half a day."
"Hmm...... Just stay there and hide it for now. Yang Mu waved his hand and said: "In three days, your two major armies will attack together to meet the Sheng army, and you must achieve victory, and then take the opportunity to break into the territory of the Sheng country, on the one hand, to deter the Sheng army, on the other hand, to improve the atmosphere of the war, and create a situation that our army will fight to the death with the Sheng army." ”
"Yes!"
Han Tong nodded, he also understood what His Majesty meant, and at the same time had some small regrets in his heart.
Such an earth-shattering battle, is it destined to be lost with the Suzaku Legion?
That night, taking advantage of the night, Yang Mu took Miaoxi and a group of guards and set off secretly.
This time, the destination is Leyuan County.
Leyuan County, calculated according to the area, is equivalent to half of China's province, due to the special geographical location, so in the past, when the country was prosperous, it can only be regarded as a border area, that is to say, the location is important, but the living conditions of the people are not very good.
In the year since it was incorporated into Cangguo, due to the policy of trade and people, the life of the common people has generally improved a lot.
For those ordinary people who have stayed in a small place all their lives, they don't really care which country they are, as long as life is better than before, they agree very much.
Therefore, when Yang Mu arrived in Leyuan County day and night, he saw a very surprising scene, many ordinary people on the official road were helping to transport goods, and some villagers along the way carried pots and pulp to deliver food to the soldiers who escorted grain and grass.
What a picture of the situation between the military and the people.
This made the soldiers of the Blue Dragon Legion who came to greet him greatly increase their faces, after all, among them, their local garrison also had a great merit, and the strict military discipline and style made the local people regard them as their own.
What other honor can have more face than being seen by His Majesty the Emperor himself?
When Yang Mu arrived at the barracks on the front line, the soldiers were eating in batches.
The entire legion was silent, except for the sound of pots and pans, and probably only the sound of eating.
Military discipline is good!
With admiring eyes, Yang Mu walked through one camp after another, and was very satisfied with the style of the Blue Dragon Legion.
From this small incident, it can be seen that the spiritual outlook of the entire army of the Blue Dragon Legion is quite similar to the way he participated in military development training before.
A mighty and majestic army of victories should look like this.
Because it was a secret arrival, only Wei Zhongquan came to greet him with a few personal guards, including the soldiers who greeted him before, who were required to keep it a secret strictly.
On June 18, news came from Linshui County that the Suzaku Legion deliberately released water and fought with the Sheng army.
On June 19, the Xuanwu Army suddenly launched an attack on the Sheng army, and 50,000 well-equipped infantry and 3,000 cavalry broke through the Sheng army's camp in one fell swoop and entered the territory of the Sheng country.
This battle quickly spread throughout the surrounding countries.
It was also at this time that everyone discovered that Cangguo was not only a cavalry unit with the Qilin Legion, but even the Xuanwu Legion was equipped with thousands of brave cavalry.
It can be deduced from this that the other three major legions, is this also the case?
Soon, news came out that His Majesty the Emperor of Cangguo personally commanded the Xuanwu Legion, vowing to attack the hinterland of Sheng Guo and force Sheng Guo to retreat.
This news is conveying a message to the outside world, Cangguo's purpose is to force Sheng Guo to stop, and he has this ability!
Li He, who got the news, was worried.
Once the Shengguo truces, doesn't it mean that the Cangguo can go all out to confront the Dong Kingdom?
As early as a year ago, perhaps Li He still had this confidence.
This time is different from the past, even if he is conceited, he does not dare to say that with the strength of the Cave Country alone, he can confront the powerful Cang army head-on.
This worry kept him awake all night.
However, another piece of news came that shocked him.
On June 21, Cangguo issued an edict, denouncing Dongguo's renegade on the covenant, demanding that Dongguo hand over the crown prince Ji Haokong, and declare war on Dongguo, as long as the prince of Dongguo does not die for a day, he will not stop fighting for a day, and he will not die.
This time, it frightened Li He.
Cangguo is no longer the soft persimmon of the past, if it really negotiates peace with Sheng Guo, and then attacks the cave country together, then won't the cave country be the same as last year's Sheng country, will it be pressed and beaten?
Immediately, Li He sent someone to send a war report back to the imperial court, stating the benefits.
At the same time, a letter was repaired, and it was quickly presented to Deng Zhi, the coach of the Southern Expedition of Shengguo.