Chapter 195: Puppet Corpses

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"It's a force composed of masters from three to six grades, and it's really strong, but if there are only a few hundred people, it shouldn't be able to make any big waves." Bolton pondered and said: "Daoqin's words are not unreasonable, after all, a Xuantie battle armor can easily cost hundreds of catties, and his skills are slightly worse, and it is difficult to dress and walk, let alone fight." Those armors should just be imitations of ordinary stainless steel armor. But don't be too careless, although that mysterious army is far inferior to the Huya Army hundreds of years ago, it is already a rare elite division in the world. It's a pity that there are only a few hundred, and if there are thousands, it will be a real headache. Sect Master, look at this mysterious army......" he said, casting his eyes on Tuo Jin.

Tuo Jin knew what he meant, so he nodded and said, "My puppet corpse army can participate in dealing with the mysterious army. But it is not easy to refine puppet corpses, and thanks to the emperor's strong support over the years, the number can only break 1,000. If the casualties are too great, the gains outweigh the losses. It also needs the emperor to send 10,000 personal soldiers to eat the mysterious army cultivated by Yongtai himself at the smallest cost. ”

When it came to the puppet corpse, Daoqin's expression couldn't help but froze, quite chilling. It's just that the kind of monster called the ironclad corpse is enough to compare to an ordinary seven-grade and eight-grade master. If it weren't for stiff joints and sluggish movements, it would be okay to say that you can't fight hard for five or six masters. It is characterized by its infinite strength, as if it is never tireless, and its defense is amazing. In addition to the iron-armored corpse, there is also a more powerful copper-armored corpse, and the combat power of a copper-armored corpse is comparable to that of a fourth-grade master. As far as Daoqin knows, Tuo Jin also has some silver armor corpses, which are far from being comparable to those ordinary puppet corpses, not only are they extremely powerful, but they are also as agile as human beings. Even if it is a first-class master, it is extremely difficult to kill it alone. However, this kind of puppeteer is not easy to refine, not only does it require a variety of rare materials, but it also needs one main material, that is, a human with a strong body. Although it is called a puppet corpse, it is made of living people. The methods are complex and brutal. The person who was refined into a puppet corpse was destroyed by all kinds of drugs and lost everyone's surname, and became fierce and fearless of death.

The success rate of refining the puppet corpse is not high, and it took countless painstaking time and money. The total number of puppet corpses owned by Tuo Jin is only a thousand, of which ninety percent are iron-armored corpses, only ninety copper-armored corpses, and silver-armored corpses are even rarer, only ten.

Those ten silver-armored corpses, even if Daoqin goes head-to-head with them, the chances of winning are not big. You can see how taboo it is. What makes Daoqin jealous the most is that inferring from the name, there should be a golden armor corpse on it. is just a silver armor corpse, and it can already be taught by a first-class master. What if it's a golden-armored corpse? Can you be worthy of a grandmaster? Fortunately, this puppet corpse is extremely difficult to form, and the higher the level of the puppet corpse, the higher the requirements and more difficult. Otherwise, is there anyone in this world who can help Tuo Jin? Even if he was in the same camp, Dao Qin couldn't bear and was dissatisfied with the emperor's secret and strong support for Tuo Jin to refine these puppet corpses. Because he knew that the source of materials for many puppet corpses came from the army. Only the physique of a soldier after rigorous training can better withstand the cruelty of the refining process.

"Your Majesty, if possible, the soldiers of that mysterious army can capture as many as they can." Tuo Jin's cold voice sounded again: "The stronger the physique, the higher the cultivation level, the better the refining effect. Those masters of the third to sixth grades are the best to use to refine silver armor corpses, if they can catch hundreds alive, even if the combined success rate is less than one percent, the emperor can have dozens of silver armor corpses under his command. Your Majesty, you should know that the Silver Armor Corpse is powerful. ”

Dozens of silver-armored corpses? Although Bolton also doesn't like these puppet corpses, he has to admit that these puppet corpses are powerful. If you can add dozens of silver-armored corpses, what kind of combat power is that? What's more, those powerful grandmasters of Da Zhao have always been a pain in his heart, dozens of silver-armored corpses, even if they are grandmasters and masters, they are entangled, and it is difficult to get out, right? In the blink of an eye, Bolton thought of a tactic to lure the Grandmaster into taking the bait, first hooking the Grandmaster out with one or two silver-armored corpses, and ambushing the silver-armored corpses around him. Unlike normal humans, the Silver Armor Corps can't breathe, and the ambush there is like some stones, and the Grandmaster's spiritual sense is difficult to detect.

"Okay, I promised you, even if the casualties were greater, I would capture the mysterious army of those masters." Bolton quickly made up his mind, and according to his estimates, the mysterious army numbered less than a thousand. With his own 10,000 personal guards, as well as Tuo Jin's 1,000 puppet corpse troops, it is not impossible to capture as many people as possible. Although capturing alive may cause greater casualties, there is not much to worry about at this time. Houjin, I can't afford to lose anymore.

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In ancient times, the snooping and transmission of all kinds of information was extremely difficult and slow. Of the news received by the Bolton army, only 50,000 or 60,000 men were wreaking havoc in their own territory. But he didn't expect that he would face more than 140,000 horses. As for the 70,000 or 80,000 horses of Da Zhao, aren't they active in the territory of the Tatar Kingdom? Zhao Zhe played with them about such a psychological tactic, which made people mistakenly think that he was only facing so many troops, and he was completely sure that he could eat it. This is a psychological misleading tactic, but don't underestimate this psychological misleading tactic used by Zhao Zhe, the various new army routes of the two armies have been extremely strictly calculated and planned. Depending on the situation, sometimes they deliberately let people know that they are traveling on a certain route, and sometimes they sneak in the wrong direction. Judging by all kinds of intelligence, people thought that the two armies were only operating separately on the two borders, and the marching routes would not be linked together.

On top of that, that's two separate countries. Although the two countries are currently in a state of cooperation. However, cooperation is cooperation, and at most it is a communication with each other with carrier pigeons and the like in important situations. There are a lot of details that will definitely not be shared. It was also because of this that Bolton and others misjudged. In anyone's eyes, they are just staring at the Great Zhao Army in their own territory, and in a sense, they have a tacit division of labor, and each of them solves the Great Zhao Army in their respective territories.

Some people may think that the two armies will meet, but even if they do? It's just that under the encirclement and suppression of the four armies, they are just broken to pieces. At this time, no matter how much the Houjin Tatars thought about it, they could not have imagined that the two Great Zhao armies had already joined forces now, and they had already marched to a distance of less than two hundred miles from Boton.

Just like Bolton and the others couldn't deduce the true strength of the Huya Army, Zhao Zhe had no way of knowing the true number of Tuo Jin's puppet corpses. The work has been done, and all that remains is fighting and resigning to fate.

Two days, two days. Zhao Zhe was not idle, and took a few grandmaster-level tiger tooth soldiers to get a clear picture of the battlefield environment for dozens of miles around. What big rivers, small rivers, small hillsides, woods, etc., were drawn into drawings, and a model of the battlefield was made by a special person. In terms of war, Zhao Zhe was not too arbitrary. Instead, they called the heads and brains of each army to meet together to study the battlefield model and assign their own work.

This is a decisive battle involving 300,000 people, and it is unlikely that everyone will make an appointment and charge head-on to fight. Although Zhao Zhe thought that he had an advantage in terms of strength at this time, he also wanted to eat the army of Bolton at a smaller cost. If the fight is too bad, where will the Dzole army be eaten again? It's very good to be able to run back to Da Zhao in embarrassment.

Generally speaking, such a large army will have a wide range of activities for its scouts. At least, it was also ten miles behind his own army. Ahead, in particular, will be a little farther away, most likely thirty miles away. Killing some scouts is an extremely easy task for those masters under him. It's just that once the other party finds that the scouts from a certain direction have not returned, they will immediately become alert, and then send a large number of scouts to that direction.

In the process of observing the terrain, within a dozen miles of the surrounding area, there are more than a dozen woods and other places that can be used as hiding places for ambushes. The so-called hiding place is not used to wait for the local army to walk under the nose, and then shout to kill or something, and then rush into the enemy army, and kill everyone on their backs. It's not a realistic thing to do. The scouts of either army were performed by some of the most elite and astute warriors. Can they let their army pass by, right next to a wood, without going through it thoroughly? Maybe it's okay to hide a few dozen people, but to hide tens of thousands, tens of thousands of troops, that's a pure joke.

The scout's range is called a safe distance. Experienced generals will intensify their efforts to investigate a certain place based on the information fed back by the scouts, especially such as woodland, cliffs and mountain streams. If you don't find out clearly and make sure that you are safe, you will not be able to rush into the dangerous place. If an enemy attack from outside the safety zone, they will have time to set up and meet the enemy. Instead of being slapped on the head.

Zhao Zhe's so-called ambush can only be an outflanking assault in the general direction. Ambush on its flank first, and the scout blind spot more than ten miles away on the flank. And use the top scouts who are hiding their tracks to check the march of the opponent's army, and if they are within range, they will start to move towards that side. At this point, the scouts of the two sides began to compete.

If you can silently destroy all the scouts of the opponent, then even if the assault is successful, you can at least sneak within a range of miles. Although it can be judged from the situation that the scout does not return, whether there is an enemy situation. But there's a time lag in that. It is by taking advantage of this time difference that a surprise attack can be carried out.

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(To be continued)