Chapter 754: Co-optation
"Military formation! It's military formation again!How many military formations does Xia Fan have to use!?" Long Tieshan stood on the head of the city of Longxu Pass, looking at the scene below, and couldn't help but be shocked and annoyed.
But all the generals on the battlefield know the benefits of a military formation, not to mention that it is quite tempting to increase the combat effectiveness of the army by a large margin, so no matter which country's generals hope that their army can have a military formation. But the fact is that there is such a thing as a military formation, which does not mean that it can be had, first, it needs to have a proper and appropriate formation, second, it needs to be trained and run-in in order to form a tacit understanding, and third, it is a chance to form a military formation, which condenses everyone's fighting spirit and bloody spirit into one.
When all three are present, it is possible to form a military formation and eventually condense an illusion sufficient for battle.
Because the formation of military formations is different, it is extremely precious, and many countries will have old legions that have been inherited for tens or hundreds of years, in fact, in order to stabilize the inheritance of military formations and prevent them from dying out.
Although there were a lot of troops brought by Long Tieshan before, although they were able to arrange arrays, they couldn't condense powerful illusions, so they couldn't be regarded as a complete military array.
It was precisely because he knew how difficult it was to form a military formation, that when Long Tieshan saw that Xia Fan's army had casually formed two military formations, one large and one small, he felt extremely shocked, and at the same time he was envious and jealous, and he felt very unhappy.
"Attack the city with me and break the formation!" Bu Fenghou shouted loudly, taking the lead, leading an army of 90,000 to continue to advance. And the behemoth beast above the military array also seemed to feel the fighting intent and determination of the people below, and also began to attack, opening its teeth and dancing its claws, constantly impacting the light curtain of the large protective array that enveloped Longxu Pass, making a loud bang.
In this attack on Longxu Pass, Xia Fan did not lead the troops alone, but brought the Marquis of Bufeng, and at this time, this kind of charge was naturally handed over to him. It's not that Xia Fan is being the big shopkeeper again, but it's to hone the tacit understanding between the Marquis of Bufeng and the army, so that when he has something to leave in the future, someone can still take the army to provoke the beam.
Of course, Yu Kong Yue can also take on important responsibilities, but as a commander, who would think that there are many elite soldiers and strong generals under his command who can take on heavy responsibilities? Of course, if you have the opportunity, you can train it well, so that you can need it in the future
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When Xia Fan's siege battle was in full swing, Long Xuguan's request for help was also quickly sent to Long Xiaoshu, the lord of the Holy Dragon Kingdom.
"Damn! This Xia Fan really deserves to be killed! I just defeated my army, invaded the border again, and now I am attacking Longxu Pass, which is really too deceitful!" After Long Xiaoshu finished reading the recital, he couldn't help but be angry and killed, and he couldn't wait to personally lead his troops to Longxu Pass to fight Xia Fan and kill him. It's just that Long Xiaoshu also knows very well that this is an unlikely thing, you must know that it is never a trivial matter for the lord of the country to drive in person, no matter whether he wins or loses, it will have a great impact, even if he is now in the Holy Dragon Country, no one dares to disobey, but this kind of thing is not something he can come from temperament.
However, he is very aware of the importance of the Dragon Whisker Pass, if this place is really captured by Xia Fan, it is equivalent to the door of the southeast territory of the Holy Dragon Kingdom being opened, and then Xia Fan can lead his troops to attack the hinterland of the Holy Dragon Country at any time, and the threat to the Holy Dragon Country will skyrocket. Based on this alone, Long Xiaoshu would never allow Xia Fan to succeed, even if he took another two or three hundred thousand soldiers and horses, he would keep Xia Fan out of Longshu Pass.
Now the only thing that makes Long Xiaoshu feel fortunate and relieved is that the current situation in Longxu Pass is relatively stable, and at the same time, Long Tieshan retreated into Longxu Pass with 20,000 remnants, firstly, it has increased the defensive strength of Longsu Pass, and secondly, with Long Tieshan in charge, presumably Longsu Pass will be more stable.
Although Long Tieshan's previous fiasco made Long Xiaoshu very annoyed, he still trusted Long Tieshan more than the current Shou Yuan of Long Xu Pass.
"Pass the decree, let the military department send troops and horses to reinforce Longxu Pass as soon as possible, and send another will to Long Tieshan, let him take over the defense of Longxu Pass, and defend Longxu Pass for me to the death, not an inch of land can be lost, if he can block Xia Fan, he will be counted as guilty and meritorious, and the previous sins will be written off, otherwise, then there is no need to come back alive." Long Xiaoshu said coldly.
"In addition, I urge the local defenders to work together to eliminate the enemies who invaded the borders of my Holy Dragon Kingdom as soon as possible, if I hear the news that the enemy army is wantonly destroying in the country but no one can contain them, hmph, if there is a problem in any place, I will dismiss the officials of the local government and kill their heads, and I can't even do such a trivial thing as defending the land and the people, what is the use of keeping them. After thinking about it, Long Xiaoshu once again made an even more murderous will.
In addition to the not very smooth battles on the border, what has made Long Xiaoshu feel troubled recently is the twists and turns of being attacked by the enemy in various places in the entire southeast.
The naval army led by Ge Changhe and the barbarians led by Al Zhanhu were like two knives inserted into the stomach of the Holy Dragon Kingdom, and then wantonly destroyed, anyway, it was not on their own land, and they naturally had no worries about what they did, and they did everything to burn and plunder, and the people of the Holy Dragon Kingdom were really a scourge.
Although there are garrisons in various parts of the Holy Dragon Country, most of them are local heroes and some families who are raised by the family, not only lack of training but also often dissatisfied, usually to catch a thief or something may be able to use, but in the face of the regular army, it is basically only the part of being tortured and killed, so Ge Changhe and the water army can rush all the way to kill, as if entering a no-man's land.
As for Al Zhanhu, because of the intelligence support provided by Xiao Fan, he was always able to avoid the army of the Holy Dragon Kingdom that came to encircle and suppress him in time. Otherwise, two or three thousand barbarians would have penetrated deep into the enemy's hinterland, and they would have already been discovered, how could they stay in peace until now without being grabbed by the tail.
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Yukutsuki is busy gathering the army.
In the previous battle, Yu Kongyue seized the short-term confusion caused by the impact of the defeated army, so he made a decisive attack and directly defeated the 130,000 troops on Lan Haolin's side on the spot, and then captured more than 110,000 prisoners alone.
As Xia Fan's territory became larger and larger, and the army needed was also increasing, Yu Kongyue naturally would not let these prisoners go, let alone give the remaining old and weak soldiers to Lu Chuan in vain as he did at the beginning. It was helpless to do that at the beginning, after all, Xia Fan didn't have any territory that couldn't accommodate so many people, and he couldn't support so many people without a sufficient supply of food and grass, plus he had just formed an alliance with Lu Chuan, so he also needed to use this way to increase mutual trust, and to enhance Lu Chuan's strength, so that he could share Lan Haolin's attack.
Now, Xia Fan occupies the Yunhuan Lake Basin, not only has a larger territory, but also has sufficient grain and grass, so naturally he doesn't have to worry about not being able to raise soldiers. At the same time, although Xia Fan's side and Lu Chuan's side are still allies, they both know in each other's hearts that this relationship is not as strong as it was at the beginning, maybe one day when Lan Haolin is finished, it will be time for the two parties to turn against each other.
Under such a premise, Xia Fan's side naturally would not send extra soldiers and horses to Lu Chuan, otherwise he would really become an enemy.
Since you don't give it to others, of course, you have to find a way to digest these captives. 110,000 captives is really not small, and it is not easy to be recruited, but fortunately, Yukong Yue has done this kind of thing before, and she has already had experience, and among the 130,000 troops she carried, many of them were originally recruited by Lan Haolin's soldiers and horses after they were captured, so they all know the current captives, and they only need to let them stand up and speak and then agitate a little, and it is not difficult to subdue the hearts of these captives.
Of course, when the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, and after there are more people, their minds are naturally different, some are willing to take refuge in Baishi City, and of course, there are those who are loyal to Lan Haolin.
For this kind of person, Yu Kongyue admires their courage and loyalty, but he will not spare their lives because of admiration, as long as he finds this kind of person, one counts as one, and all of them are killed. Although this is a bit simple and crude, it works, at least temporarily, and saves a lot of trouble.
At this time, the army is marching and fighting, and it is already very laborious for Yu Kongyue to absorb a large number of enemy troops, where is there still time to slowly subdue these people, but it is not appropriate to let them go, so the best way is to kill them.
After killing a group of diehards, and then clearing out a group of old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers, it was really useless, and Yukong Yue still got nearly 80,000 people. This made the total number of soldiers and horses in her hands skyrocket again, reaching as much as 210,000 in one fell swoop. Although the overall strength of the army inevitably decreased due to the addition of a large number of recruited people and horses, and the morale of the army was not as stable as before, Yu Kongyue didn't care, because he believed that as long as he fought a few battles with Lan Haolin's army, these people would be able to hone it immediately.
In addition to getting 80,000 soldiers and horses that originally belonged to Lan Haolin, Yu Kongyue also had some unexpected joy, that is, there were also 5,000 remnants of the Holy Dragon Kingdom who surrendered to her.
Chased and beaten by Yukong Yue before, it has already made these remnants of the Holy Dragon Kingdom panic like lost dogs, and the situation can be described as quite miserable, and in the previous battle, they were driven by Yukong Yue's army to attack the enemy formation, and they were attacked at both ends. Although they survived in the end, the arrogance of the elite of the Holy Dragon Kingdom was also exhausted, and now they just want to live well, in order to be more comfortable, they absolutely took refuge in defeating them and chasing them for so long.
For their contribution, Yu Kongyue naturally will not refuse, and also deliberately gives them privileges, so that they can become an army alone. In the name of respecting them, in reality it is easier to spy on them. If these guys really want to fight against the water, it will be easier to annihilate.
(End of chapter)