Chapter 54: Isn't It Just Robbing?
In the next few days, the Huya Army swept through Tiannan County, and wherever the cities passed by, the grain was taken away, and the army was taken away.
There are a total of thirteen cities in Tiannan County, Huya Pass is in the southernmost part, all the way to the north, and if you take some detours, you can pass through eight cities. Judging from the route of the march, Xiong Jun estimated that Li Yunyi would "ransack" all these eight cities.
A city has at least 500 troops, and a maximum of seven or eight hundred thousands, and it is estimated that five or six thousand troops can be gathered under eight cities. Plus the 3,000 Tiannan Army, which adds up to nearly 10,000 troops. There are a large number of troops, but in Xiong Jun's opinion, there is no meaning, these thousands of troops can be easily defeated with a single charge. There are so many more troops, but Xiong Jun feels that there is an extra group of people who eat dry food, which are all burdensome.
Xiong Jun has become a dog during this time, and Li Yunyi just gives orders and doesn't care about anything. Everything needs to be arranged by him, and he needs to implement it one by one, so many troops don't care about it, there will be chaos. Fortunately, the armies in the back cities are all absorbed, relatively obedient, and it is not so troublesome to reorganize after the disruption, but it takes time to form combat effectiveness.
Although every day is hard, Xiong Jun is in a surprisingly good mental state, and his happiest time every day is when he eats and rests.
Every day, he changes his tricks to make the cook a variety of relatively delicious dishes, and from time to time he sends a little fruit. Every day when I set up camp, I will personally deliver hot water, and I am very attentive. It's a pity that Su Yunyi eats very little every day, and he never gives him a good face, but Xiong Jun is happy to do it.
Time passed quickly, eight days later, the Huya Army went out of Tiannan County, the army really reached 10,000, and two or three hundred carriages were pulled behind all kinds of military materials.
When the army entered Tianjingjun, it was only ten days away from Jingcheng, and if you made some detours, you could pass through six cities. Xiong Jun consulted Li Yunyi, who directly told Xiong Jun that none of the six cities should be missing, and all of them should be "looted".
The Huya Army ransacked so many cities, and the news spread to Jingcheng again, and the court didn't bother to scold Li Yunyi. Li Yunyu doesn't care anymore, he can't do anything if he wants to manage it now, and there is no army to mobilize it. It's impossible to mobilize troops from Black Rock City to suppress it because of Li Yunyi's messing around, right?
Now there is another thing in the court, the strange thing that happened in Dongyuan County.
A mysterious army appeared on the side of Dongyuan County, all riding blood-red wolves, with red and bright pastel on their faces, and various bird feathers on their heads, dressed like witches. It doesn't matter if the Wu clan is not a Wu clan, the important thing is that this army is attacking the grain routes of the Cai army, destroying many roads and bridges, and also attacking five granaries with a large amount of grain and grass.
Sneak attack on the enemy's grain road, such a thing Jingguo also wants to do, and has done it. But Cai has 20,000 cavalry, and 10,000 is still the elite of the elite. This side has been chased and beaten by Cai Guo's army, do you want to dispatch too many cavalry defense lines? If you dispatch a small group of cavalry, what is the difference between that and delivering food?
Although Dongyuan County has fallen, there are still scouts spying on them. Heilongtai, the largest intelligence agency in Jingguo, has a large number of secret agents, and it has played a role at the moment. The mysterious reinforcements raided, which made the entire court excited, if the grain route of Cai Guo could be cut off, the crisis of Jingguo would turn around, and it might even win a big victory.
However, the spies found that the two strongest cavalry of Cai Guo had arrived in Dongyuan County and began to encircle and suppress the mysterious army. 10,000 against 1,000, the disparity in number is too great, and if the blood wolf cavalry is exterminated, it still can't change the overall situation.
Not only did Jing Guo pay attention to the mysterious blood wolf cavalry, but Cai Guo also paid attention to it at all times. This blood wolf cavalry, which only has a thousand cavalry, has now become a key point in the battle, and whether or not this cavalry can be eliminated is very important, and it is related to who of the two countries can win the final victory.
Jingguo launched an undercover agent, wanting to contact this cavalry and give some intelligence help or something. Before the spies could get closer, they were shot directly by the blood wolf cavalry. The cavalry came and went like the wind, and it was difficult for the spies to track their whereabouts.
There is one more thing, wherever this blood wolf cavalry passes, all the poultry and livestock, including the war horses, they take it directly, without a word of nonsense, and regardless of the pleading of the people. This matter was reported to the court, but it did not cause any sensation, but everyone seemed to have not heard it, and none of the imperial historians were impeached.
Compared with the life and death of Jingguo, a little poultry and livestock are nothing at all? Not to mention robbing some livestock, even if they loot all the way through and rob all the belongings, what is it? This bloody wolf cavalry is saving Jingguo and saving thousands of people in Jingguo.
Isn't it just a robbery?
Isn't there a prince in the south who is robbing all the way? That prince is not to mention livestock, but even people. I haven't seen them kill a soldier of Cai Guo, it's quite powerful to kill their own people, and there are still a few heads hanging at the gate of Tiannan County...
The whole country is paying close attention, and no one cares about Li Yunyi, who went all the way north, although Li Yunyi's army reached tens of thousands, but they were all incorporated by hundreds of cities in one city. The army defending the city is the army with the weakest combat effectiveness, and it is no different from catching fast. The armies of so many cities are gathered together, and they are in a mess, I am afraid that they will be crushed by a cavalry at will, right?
In the battle outside Tiannan County, Li Yunyi blocked the news, and the captured Tiannan army did not enter the city, so the news could not be transmitted. Maybe the Su family got some news, but it couldn't reach the ears of Jingguo and Cai Guo's high-level officials in a short time.
So not only didn't Jingguo's side care, but even Cai Guo's side didn't care. What is the difference between this and 10,000 people? An army without combat effectiveness, even 100,000 is useless, and it will be defeated at the slightest attack. On Cai Guo's side, Wang Tai glanced at the news and didn't care, now they have a headache with the blood wolf cavalry.
Fast forward five days!
Cai Guo's green cavalry and purple cavalry had already caught up with the blood wolf cavalry, but the blood wolf cavalry did not fight with them at all, and the army ran away before they could get close. The speed of the blood wolf cavalry was too fast, and the green cavalry and the purple cavalry couldn't catch up, and the distance between the two sides was opened for dozens of miles in just an hour, and the speed was not at all a level.
The blood wolf cavalry swept all the way to the east, rushing along Cai Guo's grain transportation road. As long as there were grain trucks on the road, they swarmed up to escort the troops, killed all the soldiers who carried the grain, burned the grain on the spot, destroyed the roads that could be destroyed, destroyed the bridges that could be destroyed, and even the boats that crossed the river......
The 10,000 cavalry generals behind were so angry that they couldn't catch up, so they could only follow behind their butts and eat dirt. All the way to look at the burned grain cart and the killed Sergeant Cai Guo. The generals of the two horsemen were a little panicked, and the blood wolf cavalry rushed towards Cai Guo all the way, if they killed Cai Guo, it would be a lot of fun. Now Cai Guo's army is almost all here, except for the Royal Forest Army, which still has combat power, the rest of the army is vulnerable.
The military information reached Jingcheng, and the entire court was blown up. If the blood wolf cavalry does this, the Cai army's army will be in short supply, and how much grain and grass does the 80,000 army need every day? If this drags on for a month or two, Cai's army will collapse without a fight.
After Li Yunyu communicated with Zhou Xian on the front line, he urgently transferred many of Jingdu's defensive ordnance, and countless top-grade pills were also sent to the two great masters. Li Yunyu gave a death order, he must find a way to hold Black Rock City for more than half a month, that is more than half of the dead and wounded, and he must not retreat.
If Black Rock City is lost, Jingcheng will no longer have a barrier, and once Jingcheng is besieged by a large army, this will not be far from destroying the country.
Moreover, Black Rock City is not particularly far from Jingcheng, once Black Rock City is lost, the scattered army will not have time to retreat to Jingcheng, and Cai Guo's army will immediately surround Jingcheng if he drives straight in. There are not many troops left in Jingcheng now, only 5,000 Imperial Forest Army and 3,000 City Defenders.
On the other hand, Cai Guo's army was gloomy and demoralized. Although the news has been blocked, how can such a big matter be concealed? In the past, military rations were delivered every day, but now they have not been delivered for several days. So many large armies gathered here, waiting without attacking, those generals who have been frowning all day long, if there is no problem, no one will believe it.
Wang Tai has been under the most pressure lately, and he still has two ways to go.
Either the whole army retreats, first exterminates the blood wolf army behind, and then counterattacks when the domestic grain and grass come, which is a safe tactic. Either go it alone and storm Black Rock City while there is still food and grass available. As long as the Black Rock City is laid, and then the Jingcheng is defeated, the Jingguo will be destroyed, and the grain and grass problem will be solved, and the grain and grass hoarded in the Jingcheng will be enough for them to eat for a year and a half.
This decision is very difficult to make, and retreating will give Jingguo time to breathe, and no one knows what the battle situation will be at that time. If you attack directly, if you can't attack for a long time, the food and grass will be cut off, and the whole army will be wiped out.
"Wait another five days!"
Wang Tai finally made a decision, and some grain and grass were hoarded in the barracks, plus the grain and grass that he had robbed during this time, barely for half a month. In five days, if there is no confirmed news from the Blood Wolf Army, then a decision must be made, either retreat or launch a general attack.