Chapter 558: General Attack

The rapid collapse of the Daoming Sect's main altar was definitely a hornet's nest for the Daoming Sect, and the large number of troops belonging to it began to be chaotic. A large number of troops, detached from the front line, hurried to the main altar, vowing to destroy this blasphemous enemy. There were also some high-ranking priests who took their troops to watch and see what would happen to the Daoming Sect. The armies, who had been coerced into joining by the packs, quickly surrendered in front of the battle.

Yinbo's department was indeed under considerable pressure in a short period of time. The hundreds of thousands of troops attacked in turn, without stopping, and they were exhausted, and it was not until four days later that the situation improved. A sufficient number of airship teams had gradually gathered to bombard the enemy gathered near the main altar for a whole day, and even covered all the surroundings of Yinbo's headquarters with fire oil bombs, although it was a little noisy, but they also had a whole day of rest. Then, the friendly forces in the three directions gradually advanced, getting closer and closer to the main altar, and the pressure on them gradually decreased. After destroying the main altar of Daoming Sect, the army that had been in a defensive posture in the direction of Anqing also advanced, and the forbidden army attacked from Anqing City in an all-round way, leaving less than 6,000 people in the city, which is almost the minimum number of people to defend Anqing and maintain the city defense of each post. With the addition of such a group of new forces, coupled with the continuous flanking attacks of the army integrated by Dai Yun and Fu Sinian, this battlefield quickly opened up the situation.

Compared with the direction of Anqing, the advance of the Chunnan army at Xunshan Pass is more alarming. Chang Hongquan took out his old bottom this time, and he didn't hide anything at all. The tactics are decent, leaving no flaws, but they are extremely resolute, that is, relying on the quality of the soldiers, command ability, and relying on the extremely sufficient intelligence support provided by Dongping to bully the miscellaneous army of Daoming Sect. Although the resistance encountered was increasing, Chang Hongquan advanced step by step and did not change his way of fighting. At the end of the day, he is the one who is least afraid of a war of attrition. Since it is impossible for these Chunnan soldiers to join the attack on Chunnan, and after the reunification of the mainland, I am afraid that they will also face inevitable reductions and reductions, and this final battle must be fought well no matter what. This is not only a matter of honor and face, but also a matter of dealing with them in the future. The better you fight, the better the severance terms you will get in the future, and those elite soldiers and horses can join the army of the new dynasty. They already had the experience of fighting side by side with Dongping, and they also had a certain understanding of Dongping's various tactics. Those of them who were interested in joining the army of the new dynasty had already inquired about Dongping's army evaluation standards, and the knowledge and experience they had now accumulated was undoubtedly extremely valuable.

At least, after these things, Ye Tao and Dai Yun have firmly controlled the command of Xiling's army. It is not the kind of power that is nominally granted, but the appeal that really makes the soldiers brave to serve the death. The two of them are very daring to use people in all aspects, and they also know how to give full play to everyone's abilities. Ye Tao's side has to care more about the right to speak in the Xiling Imperial Court, and he always has some inclinations towards the people they recommend, but Dai Yun led the army outside and didn't care about these at all, those talented children of the family were singled out one by one and given more power, and Dai Yun also intentionally or unintentionally "cared" about the future of these people. Dai Yun would often ask some talented generals in the military tent what they thought of Dongping, hoping that they would speak freely, and for those generals who felt good about Dongping, she would occasionally mention that she still had a lot of say in the armies in Yunzhou and the Blood Qi Army, and could recommend some talented generals under the age of twenty-five to enter these systems for further study...... The basic meaning is, "Well, you get the idea. "Being able to go through the baptism of these two systems, basically as long as you want, you can serve in the army of the new dynasty in the future, and after that, it depends on the individual's ability and creation. And there are out-and-out imperial relatives like Fu Sinian who are beating side drums for Dai Yun, constantly sighing that he has a relationship with the Yin family, and I am afraid that there will not be many opportunities to lead troops in the future...... The elite soldiers from various families in Dai Yun's hands gradually strengthened their unity in this subtle way.

Can Yin Jiayan not know about Dai Yun's methods? However, they really don't have much rejection of these things now. The Yin family could not continue to be in charge of the army, but Ye Tao was willing to give Yinbo a chance to enter the Blood Qi Army and directly serve as the battalion deputy - not the battalion deputy of the reserve army, but directly sent to the Central Theater of Operations, and under Tan Xiaopei's hands to command the troops to fight. And Tan Weixin has a lot of tips for several children who may participate in the business operation of the Yin family in the future. Tan Weixin is the most well-known God of Wealth figure in the world, and in the past few years, you can see how much money you make from the various businesses of Ye's Workshop and Inner House. Tan Xiaopei rebuilt the palace, greatly upgraded, to prepare for the future imperial industry, did not use a tael of silver from the treasury, a total of 11.7 million taels of silver budget, all from the treasury in full, Ye's construction bank now has a total of 25 construction teams, except for two large construction teams specializing in the construction of port customs, one in Yazhou, one in Yicheng, the rest of the construction team coefficient coefficient, fully invested in the construction of the palace. Now, Dongping has made it clear that it is building a "palace" instead of a "palace". Don't look at the difference between the words, everyone understands it.

Dongping's treatment of the Yin family is really good, the Yin family was ready to give up power, and naturally there would be no backlash for Ye Tao, Dai Yun, and Wei Xin to quietly retract the soldiers and ministers. But just when the Yin family thought that Ye Tao would soon end the chaos in Xiling, Ye Tao ordered the whole army to suspend the advance, and the first priority was to stabilize the area under their current control. The issuance of this military order, which shook the whole army, was only twelve days before Yinbo attacked the main altar of Daoming Sect. Naturally, Yinbo's department would not be sacrificed, although the military order to stop the march was issued, Ye Tao and Dai Yun still organized a battlefield situation in three directions to cover the elite of Dai Yun's department to attack the general altar of Daoming Sect again, and respond to Yinbo's department to break through. With an army organization of hundreds of thousands of people, even in Xiling, there are not many generals who can play well, but Ye Tao and Dai Yun simply gave a few orders and let each party deal with it on their own, but the performance was almost perfect, so that Dai Yun could easily respond to Yinbo. After that, the three parties completely blocked the area controlled by the Daoming Sect, surrounded but not attacked, and all departments defended and trained on the spot.

It's not that Ye Tao doesn't want to solve the battle quickly, but the logistics supply is really not as good as the two country-wide wars. Suo Zheng personally flew twice to assist in the logistics supply problem on Xiling's side. Although Tan Weixin is talented, after all, she is not in good health, and she is a woman, so it is always difficult to supervise it on the spot. And Suo Zheng is different, he has been in the army for many years and has never led a leader to fight, but he has risen all the way up by relying on his ability in logistics organization and management, and now he is a genuine lieutenant general, and he is a top ten figure in the military. Organizing the logistics of two huge battlefields at the same time made Suo Zheng exhausted. The production is not insufficient, Ye's workshop has fully transferred to the wartime system, and the major domestic families have also actively supported, most of them are trying their best to supply the military, and Ye Tao spent a huge price to get up several railway trunk lines played a huge role, with the least manpower and material resources, the lowest cost to complete the transportation of massive materials. But as the war deepened, no matter which side of the battlefield was Chunnan or Xiling, the front-line ration and delivery forces became more and more tight. The main problem is that in addition to the Zhenzhou Front, the Jinzhou and Xiling Forbidden Army have never had the training and concept of overall logistics. When ordnance and other supplies arrived, the troops who passed through wanted to take a little more, and it was understandable that the army needed to have a certain margin in their hands. But when this margin affects the whole picture, that's the problem. Suo Zheng decisively sent six baggage battalions from Yunzhou to Xiling. This is more than 20,000 people, and there are a large number of horses and vehicles, etc., and the mobilization of 20,000 people alone fully shows the strength of Dongping's mobilization force and emergency delivery.

As soon as the baggage battalion arrived, the situation immediately improved. These people are specially trained specialists, and the specific number of troops in each unit is quickly grasped, and then according to the number of people, the regular balance and wear and tear distribution are calculated, not a little, but definitely not a little more. Originally, there were some people who looked down on these soldiers in the rear who specialized in transportation, but gradually, those Xiling's troops understood why those proud soldiers from Dongping respected these colleagues in the baggage battalion so much, they were really strong. The baggage battalion gathers the largest number of strong men, after all, there are too many opportunities to carry things in ordinary times, how can the strength be boiled up, their ability to pack up the ordnance is super strong, although they may not be very fine, but all the ordnance baggage battalions must have someone who will use it, each baggage battalion has its own field medical detachment of about 200 people, the means of these doctors greatly increase the chance of the soldiers to survive, and the most surprising thing is that the soldiers of the baggage battalion are also very strong in combat effectiveness, and they are by no means second-rate troops. When asked about this question, a battalion of a baggage battalion said coldly: "Guarding against enemy attacks and looting is only one of our jobs. Guarding against friendly forces taking more and taking more affects our work, and it is also a top priority. Our own people are very good at fighting, so we have to be even more able to fight. As soon as these words came out, the Xiling military was nervous from top to bottom, and the division of labor among the various armies in Dongping was really ...... It's scary.

During the month-long recuperation period, Ye Tao and Dai Yun were able to better grasp Xiling's army and implement their will, and the entire logistics system and command system were also improved. In this month, on the Chunnan side, Tan Weiming temporarily obtained the command of the Blood Qi Army, and through a series of layouts, successfully solved the threat posed by the three old generals on the Chunnan side, and finally found an opportunity to capture the three old generals, in the canal theater, there was no longer a large-scale force that could threaten Dongping, and a large number of materials could quickly arrive at the front line through the canal to hoard, which greatly reduced the logistical pressure and provided a solid foundation for the next large-scale military operation.

After a month of repairs, Ye Tao still did not launch an offensive, but transferred a large number of officers and instructors to assign a new training task to a large number of troops. Then, the troops, having completed a training task, will quickly receive an order to carry out the corresponding combat operations. Rush raids and sabotage of special battalions and the like are already routine operations. And several exercises and actual battles such as rope landing and parachute landing of different scales made the faces of those generals in Xiling look like earth: these tricks can be used to directly raid the palace or the army in the army. Advanced and complex tactics such as mountain warfare, saturation artillery bombardment, air-ground integrated movement pursuit warfare, and sniping and assassination combined with corresponding surprise attacks have been constantly introduced, and they have also continued to form combat examples and reports, which have been rapidly distributed to officers at all levels. At this time, the Yin family fully understood what Ye Tao wanted to do, he was trying all kinds of new tactics and practicing various combat possibilities, and his mind seemed to have endless ideas. Xiling's army has been mastered, there is no repetition, then these armies do not understand the new tactics at all, through training and actual combat to master, the difficulty of the new tactics can basically reflect the complexity of the tactics, and the soldiers' ability to accept, these tactics are only possible with the support of Dongping's military technology, and there is no need to worry about threatening themselves. And in terms of opponents, there is probably no better opponent than the Daoming Sect, which is becoming more and more chaotic now. Daomingzong has elite troops and miscellaneous soldiers who are carried, and their command ability and reconnaissance force are very average, and when the scale of the battle is strictly controlled, it can't make any waves at all. And the opponent Ye Tao chooses every time is the kind of army dominated by fanatics, if it is not exterminated, it may not have much effect in the future purely by relying on governance and education...... Although they practiced Dongping's tactics, all the people who died were Xiling's people, but surprisingly, Xiling didn't have any opinions on this, except that they were indeed deterred by Ye Tao and Dongping's war strength. You know, Dongping is now fighting a war at the level of two countries at the same time.

But the Yin family also has a place of depression, they clearly learned that since the situation in Xiling has stabilized, Tan Xiaopei has urged Ye Tao to go back to preside over the battle against Chunnan several times, and the matter on Xiling's side is handled by Tan Weiran and Chi Lei, a pair of old partners. But Ye Tao clearly had a good time in Xiling, and the attempts of various tactics and the sorting out of the lessons learned afterwards were almost all completed by Ye Tao and Dai Yun themselves, while Tan Weixin was already idle enough to start a census of Xiling's economic situation and formulate the future Xiling economic development strategy. This is actually nothing bad, for the people of Xiling, for the officials and families who care about the future development of Xiling, this is a good thing, but Ye Tao's family obviously regards Xiling as a vacation place. After all, Xiling is the remnant of the first dynasty, and has the longest history, those royal gardens, those ancient landscapes and buildings, and the majestic natural landscapes all attract Ye Tao's family, Ye Tao, Dai Yun and Tan Weixin have run a lot of places, and even later Tan Weiying, Sophie, and Dai Qiuyan all came to Xiling to "travel". But Ye Tao was still afraid of the cumbersome task of presiding over the national army in Dongping, so he was not willing to go back.

But in the end, Ye Tao still gave in, not because of anything else, but because Tan Weixin had to go back to Danyang, a place where the medical level was high enough, to recuperate. Tan Weixin is pregnant. For the Tan family, the Ye family, and even the entire Dongping, this is something that everyone absolutely did not expect. After years of recuperation, Tan Weixin's body has finally recovered all its functions and is healthy and happy...... But all of a sudden, she became an elderly woman......

When the matter reached Danyang, Tan Xiaopei personally drafted a telegram, scolded Ye Tao fiercely, and explained that if he didn't return to Danyang, then he would personally go to Anqing to arrest people. Ye Tao had no choice but to sigh and take the whole family back to Danyang. And before he left, Tan Weiran and Chi Lei had already arrived in Anqing, and after Tan Weiran teased his sister, he immediately took over the command of Dai Yun, and Chi Lei and Yinbo were in charge of Anqing's attack together. Chi Lei is not much older than Yinbo, but he is already a famous cavalry general in the world, and he is also known as the world's first scout.

After Ye Tao left Anqing, the lord of Xiling performed his power as the supreme commander of Xiling for the last time, and issued a general attack order to the three-way army, ordering a full-scale attack to completely exterminate the bandits of the Daoming Sect. In fact, this time to be able to let the lord of Xiling State issue such an order, even if it is only a formal performance of the supreme power, but it also makes many people in the Yin family secretly happy, you know, several armies under his command are from Xiling, Dongping and Chunnan, Chi Lei and Tan Weiran also brought a small number of Northern Liao officers to learn and train...... Even in Xiling's heyday, he had never had such a face-saving thing. But after having this face, the lord of Xiling can no longer find it, when the war to exterminate Daoming Sect is in full swing, he has already taken the most important group of people in the family, boarded the airship, flew straight to Danyang, and went to hand over Xiling's last letter of state to Tan Xiaopei......

In just a few months, when Dongping and Chunnan were in full swing, Xiling was merged into Dongping in this form, which shocked Chunnan up and down. Xiling's strength is above Chunnan, and it may be slightly worse than Chunnan in terms of financial resources and cultural governance, but it is also very limited, but Xiling actually chose such a path. Financial resources and civil rule really did not play such a big role in the dynastic war, not to mention, even if Chunnan was stronger than Xiling, could it be stronger than Dongping? Xiling's campaign of extermination was lackluster, lasted less than three months, and ended before the start of summer. Chi Lei and Tan Weiran are now very experienced in the restoration of post-war governance, and the two generals temporarily took charge of the local administration, but they also did a good job, which really surprised the Xiling soldiers and civilians. Who will be appointed to take charge of Xiling's territory, or will the several states of Xiling be governed separately, and only the governor will be appointed instead of the Jingluo Prefecture? Tan Xiaopei didn't think about it, so he had to leave it like this for the time being. Tan Weiran and Chi Lei cooperated with each other, plus the assistance of Sun Boping and Lei Huang, but they didn't worry about what could go wrong. The Xiling side also proposed to send a large army to assist Dongping in attacking Chunnan.

It's also a really clever trick. Xiling is almost surrounded by mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and only a small number of troops are needed to defend the place and maintain political stability. However, the deployment of a large number of Xiling troops requires a lot of time and money, at least for a short time, Dongping does not have suitable personnel, and there is no heart to take care of this matter. The entry of the Xiling army into Chunnan, on the one hand, was to contribute to Dongping's Chunnan strategy, and on the other hand, the departure of the Xiling army from its original territory also made it easier for Dongping to strengthen the local governance of Xiling. In the future, Xiling's military strength can be calmly reorganized, and even the reorganization and demobilization work can be completed on the land of Chunnan. With such a request in one fell swoop, Tan Xiaopei quickly agreed, assigned Fu Sinian, Yinbo, and Yinzhi to command the army, and temporarily transferred Zou Shuangwen over to assist them in liaising with friendly forces. This arrangement is very satisfactory to all parties.

Before the beginning of summer, before the arrival of the typhoon season, Yazhou completed the landing operation in the south of Chunnan, and occupied the three most important ports of Xiazhou Port, Fuzhou Port, and Quanzhou Port, and put all the fleets at the doorstep of Chunnan. The north and the south are in trouble, there are no reinforcements from outside, and there are hidden worries inside, and this battle is getting more and more difficult. In April, there were cases of the army surrendering and surrendering in the southern part of the country, and when the army was pressurized, it was not uncommon for the army to symbolically resist or even surrender the city without resistance. But Danyang's instructions are the same as in the past: steady progress.

Now it is the Dongping side that wants to drag on the war a little. Outcome? Is this still a problem? Troops, soldier quality, etc., Dongping has the upper hand in an all-round way, but Dongping doesn't want to pay too much loss, and doesn't want to accept a broken Chunnan, what is it doing on the table that is so lively? It is only true to push forward the work of persuasion and persuasion in private. And the more serious problem is that after beating Chunnan, no matter how much talk about Xiaopei, he should be called the emperor, this enthronement ceremony must be carried out in a big way, and all kinds of preparations, now Dongping has not finished even half of it. The palace is still under construction, can it be against a bunch of scaffolding to carry out the enthronement ceremony? Even if it can be delayed for a while after reunification, and find a good day and auspicious day, it can't be delayed for too long? Now, all that can be done is to drag the war on. You must know that I was going to finish fighting Xiling in Chunnan before, and it is estimated that it will take two or three years at the earliest, but now, Xiling is so sincere...... Dongping's internal affairs office, the Ministry of Rites, and the internal court's large and small functional departments are all embarrassed. Everyone really hopes that the unification of the world will come soon, but not so soon.