Chapter 620: Counting is Counting
After the end of the First World War in Zhongzhou, Lin Yun first went to Qianzhuang, ransacked all the gold coins in Qianzhuang, and crashed into the storage ring to be used as a weapon.
Then Lin Yun personally came to the dock to inspect dozens of ships.
The ships at the Zhongzhou dock are very important, as long as these ships are captured, the coalition forces can successfully attack the royal city.
And if you can't capture these ships, you won't be able to send hundreds of thousands of coalition troops to Wangcheng, which Lin Yun knows, and the top level of Beiyan naturally knows.
Since the top management of Beiyan knows this, why not transfer these ships from Zhongzhou Wharf in advance?
As long as the ships are transferred out of Zhongzhou, the coalition forces attack the Zhongzhou dock, which is equivalent to fighting in vain.
There is no reason for the top management of Beiyan to leave these ships in Zhongzhou City, unless these ships are otherwise tired!
Ordinary people can't figure out the enemy's tactics, but Lin Yun can figure it out clearly.
If he were a high-level member of Beiyan, he would also not transfer these ships, but would do something on these ships.
Sure enough, as Lin Yun expected, he soon found some cats on these ships.
Inside each ship, a remote detonation array is installed.
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These detonation arrays do not have any vitality fluctuations, and they are installed in such a hidden location that it is impossible to find them without using the Mind Eye.
Unlike normal detonators, these detonators are controlled by the main detonator. As long as the main detonation array is simply operated, these detonation arrays can be collectively detonated from a distance of 100 miles.
The detonation array is extremely powerful, and once it explodes, the ship will be dismembered in an instant. The high-level of Beiyan is in control of the detonation of the main array, which is equivalent to controlling the fate of all ships.
The top brass of Beiyan obviously planned to detonate all the ships collectively when the coalition forces were preparing to land, so that all the coalition forces would fall into the water, and then take the opportunity to launch a fierce attack on the coalition forces.
More than ninety-eight percent of the soldiers in the coalition forces were only at the level of martial arts cultivation. They don't have the vitality to condense and can't condense the vitality on the soles of their feet like the samurai do, and then step on the surface of the water to fight.
Once these soldiers fall into the water, they will be paralyzed and completely incapacitated.
Ninety-eight percent of the soldiers were paralyzed, and the remaining two percent of the soldiers, no matter how strong they were, were doomed to be outnumbered.
This plan of the top management of Beiyan can be said to be very perfect.
It's a pity that they met Lin Yun, and no matter how perfect the plan is, it will fall short.
There were more than sixty ships in total, and Lin Yun ordered the detonation arrays in the fifty ships to be dismantled, leaving more than ten undismantled.
Although many soldiers didn't understand Lin Yun's approach, they didn't dare to ask, so they could only honestly follow Lin Yun's requirements.
After all this was done, Lin Yun ordered the four city gates to be opened, and all the people in the city were released.
Although the Northern Yan and the Southern Xia were hostile, these people were innocent. Lin Yun would not be cruel enough to attack the people, otherwise what would be the difference between him and when Northern Yan invaded Southern Xia?
Moreover, these people did not cultivate, even if Lin Yun killed them, he would not increase any cultivation because of this, so Lin Yun ordered all these people to be released.
After all the people were expelled from the city, the coalition teams that had been divided to capture different cities also rushed to the main city of Zhongzhou one after another to fight Lin Yun's main force.
The first to come back were the troops led by Nangong Yingzheng and Shangguan Baiqi, and then the troops led by Hua Mulan and Su Lie.
Then the troops led by Prince Nangong and Shangguan Xia Yan, as well as other kingdom generals.
That evening, all the coalition forces that had been separated were all assembled.
None of the gold-level generals fell, only three silver-level lieutenants fell, and only the bronze-level generals fell a little.
The original 800,000 troops, when they regrouped, also lost more than 200,000 horses, leaving only a scale of more than 500,000.
Tens of thousands of them stayed behind to defend the captured cities, and more than 100,000 died in the battle.
However, most of the sacrifices were the armies of other kingdoms, and the army lost by Southern Xia was only more than 20,000.
All of this was within Lin Yun's budget, and it was enough to use the remaining 500,000 troops to attack the royal city.
Zhongzhou City is rich in materials, and the most important thing is food.
That night, Lin Yun ordered the whole city to be blocked, and the soldiers were full of food and drink in the city, and then rested for a good night, and recuperated to prepare for the attack on the royal city.
After having eaten enough, Lin Yun successively summoned the king of the Zhen Kingdom and the two generals of the East China Sea Kingdom.
"Fifty thousand scarecrows ready before dusk tomorrow." Lin Yun ordered directly to Zhen Guojun.
"Your Majesty, is it just trying to do the trick?" Zhen Guojun was very scheming, and immediately guessed Lin Yun's thoughts.
Lin Yun didn't speak, just nodded expressionlessly.
"I'll do it." Zhen Guojun hugged Lin Yun with a fist, and then turned to leave.
As soon as Zhen Guojun walked out of the lobby, Donghuang Taiyi, Donghuang Taier, and two Donghai generals just appeared.
"I've seen the Commander-in-Chief." The two generals greeted Lin Yun with sincere fear, they didn't know what this young king, who had defeated the marshal of the Warring States and admired the heads of the eight countries, summoned them late at night.
"I heard that you East China Sea warriors are proficient in water, so I have an important task to hand over to you." Lin Yun looked at the two of them and said in a light tone.
The two of them clasped their hands into fists and replied respectfully: "Although the commander commands, the last general will guarantee the completion of the task." ”
"Good." Lin Yun nodded with satisfaction, and then told the two of them his plan.
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The next evening.
500,000 coalition troops boarded 50 ships in an orderly manner.
The total number of coalition forces now totals 550,000.
Each ship has a capacity of 10,000 people.
550,000 people boarded fifty ships, each of which was overloaded by 1,000 men, and it seemed a little crowded.
And there were fifteen ships, but they were empty and unoccupied, but the decks were filled with scarecrows.
The officers and men of the coalition forces were puzzled by this, why did they have to let the 550,000 troops crowd into 50 ships when there were 65 ships, and deliberately vacate 15 ships?
In addition, there is another problem that the coalition soldiers can't figure out. Why did you wait until sunset to let the coalition forces go out when they could have set off early in the morning?
Isn't it good to march and fight during the day? Do you have to go for a night walk?
All the soldiers couldn't figure out Lin Yun's thoughts, and they couldn't figure it out at all. Some soldiers even doubted in their hearts whether Lin Yun, the young king, had any experience in marching and fighting, and whether his decision-making was reliable.
Despite such doubts in their hearts, the soldiers still did not complain. Military orders are like mountains, this is the most basic belief of every soldier. Even if they knew that the commander-in-chief's command was wrong, they had to carry it out.
With doubts in their hearts, the coalition set sail and embarked on the road to the royal city.
Fifteen warriors of the East China Sea, who were proficient in water, drove fifteen unmanned ships with scarecrows on their decks to clear the way.
Fifty overcrowded ships followed far behind, keeping a distance of several kilometers from fifteen unmanned ships at all times.