Chapter 934: The Occupation of the Power of Faith
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In the next few days, Zhou Sen sent a large number of men and horses to harass the Tangbao barracks, and even dozens of super powerhouses who protected the emperor were sent out to attack the granaries of the Tanburg barracks.
In the face of the powerful offensive of Wuchao City, more than 100,000 crusaders trapped in the Tanburg barracks evacuated the Tanburg barracks on a dark and windy night, and at this time, the time from the Tanburg barracks to the hands of the Crusaders and back into the hands of the Han army was less than twenty days.
Among later historians, many regard this dramatic battle as one of the classics of encirclement and reinforcement, and before, the Nine Turns was also the voluntary withdrawal of the Crusaders.
After the Tangbao Barracks fell back into the hands of the Han Dynasty, Lu Axe also guarded the Tanburg Barracks again, but unlike before, this time, the Tanburgh Barracks was not only strong and strong, but also deployed hundreds of archers to defend against the Black-winged Kunpeng.
Here, it is worth mentioning that in this nearly month of tug-of-war, the black-winged Kunpeng of the Crusaders suffered unprecedented losses, and dozens or hundreds of black-winged Kunpeng were shot to death by the Huns' archers almost every day.
Under the powerful deterrence of the Xiongnu archers, the black-winged Kunpeng was frightened, and the range of activities became less and less, and in the later stage, he almost did not dare to leave the Tanbao barracks.
The rangers of the Hun archers became a nightmare for the Crusaders.
At the beginning, when the Crusaders invaded the Han Empire, the Crusader rangers were a nightmare for the ** team of the Han Emperor, they came and went like the wind, and they came and went, making millions of Han armies collapse in just one year, and now, the Crusader cavalry tried the power of the Hun Rangers.
In the vast snowfield, a group of dozens of Hun rangers, wearing white cloaks, was able to sneak attack thousands of Crusader logistics troops escorting grain and grass.
The Hun rangers did not rob the grain and grass, but burned it directly, and after setting it on fire, they immediately fled away.
In the face of the mobility of the Hun cavalry, the Crusaders had nothing to do, because the only black-winged Kunpeng who could give them an intelligence advantage had already been shot out of the guts and did not dare to leave the city at all......
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The bloodless recapture of the Tangbao barracks ushered in a turning victory for the Han Empire, which can be described as pivotal, because, in the previous battles, the Han army was on passive defense from beginning to end, and only after forming an alliance with the Xiongnu clan, the Han Empire had the upper hand in this kind of field battle for the first time.
In later generations, some military scholars regarded the use of the Huns against the Crusaders as a military model for using the Huns to defeat the Crusaders, and Zhou Sen, who made the Huns ally with the Han Empire, was respected as the god of the army.
In this month's tug-of-war, Zhou Sen showed his gangster side for the first time.
Hold accountable for the fall of the Tangbo Barracks!
All the civil and military officials who interfered with Lu Axe's deployment of troops were sent to the guillotine by Zhou Sen, even if General Wu Yuan interceded, it would be useless.
It was not until this time that some civil and military officials realized that the Lu axe was Zhou Sen's person, and moving the Lu axe was equivalent to moving Zhou Sen.
Anyone who is a little smarter knows that Zhou Sen is clearing the way for Lu Axe.
General Wu Yuan now spends all his energy on preparing for the establishment of a constitutional monarchy, and has no time to care about the military.
Through Zhou Sen's bloody purge, in Wuchao City, Lu Axe's position was completely consolidated, and some important departments had Lu Axe's henchmen, whose influence was second only to General Wu Yuan and Jingua Tianshen......
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After arranging the affairs of Wuchao City, Zhou Sen left Wuchao City without warning.
Zhou Sen didn't say hello to General Wu Yuan, because he knew very well that General Wu Yuan would never agree to let him leave, but Zhou Sen had to go, so he simply didn't bother to talk and left directly.
When he left Wuchao City, Zhou Sen took hundreds of monsters with him.
Leaving hundreds of monsters in Wuchao City, not only Zhou Sen is not at ease, but the pressure on the monsters is also very great, after all, they are all little monsters with shallow spells, and they are not the opponents of those super strong people at all, in case those super strong people are unhappy with them one day, wouldn't they be going to kill a river of blood.
Zhou Sen took away a group of monsters, in addition to being afraid that they would make trouble, the main reason was that a large number of monsters in this group of monsters migrated from the Honghuang area to the interior of the Han Empire......
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After leaving Wuchao City, Zhou Sen did not, and immediately rushed to the Honghuang area, but flew to Zhenshui Pass by the Starry Night Sword.
Now, Zhou Sen is surrounded by good hands, not only hundreds of monsters, but also the sea of clouds and golden withered heavenly god rats, and in the Shentai world, there are hundreds of Red Bull and Hideous Qilin.
What made Zhou Sen feel incredible was that whether it was Red Bull or the Fierce Kirin, they all showed infinite awe for the Heavenly Divine Mouse.
This Tongtian God Rat is really extraordinary, not only can it deter these rare birds and beasts, but even the Ares clone was forced away by it, which made Zhou Sen look at him with admiration, but the Tongtian God Rat didn't care what Zhou Sen thought of him at all, and he always looked like he ignored him.
Zhenshuiguan is still an isolated city, the only difference is that around this isolated city, there are a large number of civil resistance forces, they not only form a protective barrier for Zhenshuiguan, but also provide a steady stream of soldiers and food for Zhenshuiguan.
Zhou Sen returned to Zhenshui Pass, first went to see Wu Tiansar and others, and asked about the situation in Zhenshui Pass.
Compared to the perilous Wuchao City, Zhenshui Pass is much quieter, and large-scale battles are unlikely to happen in a short period of time, but small-scale and high-intensity battles occur almost every day, because the Crusader rangers are very active, they are galloping through the wasteland, burning and looting along the way, destroying some small towns.
In order to combat the arrogance of the Crusader rangers, Zhenshui Pass had to send a large number of infantry with a small number of cavalry to set up an ambush to chase and intercept, and in this kind of encirclement and interception, as long as you look at the face, it must be a tragic battle to the death.
This kind of small-scale and high-intensity war is no less serious than the casualties caused by large-scale wars, and the number of soldiers killed in the battle is in the hundreds almost every day.
In general, the Crusader rangers had the advantage at Zhenshui Pass, but because they could not launch a large-scale siege battle, they could only harass the Han people outside the city and create panic.
According to Yue Lao Sal's idea, they simply summoned the hunters of the meteorite belt from the Shentai world to wipe out the crusaders, but Zhou Sen vetoed this suggestion.
The Shentai world is now sparsely populated, in the time of wasteland construction, and many old, weak, sick and disabled need to be taken care of, if the hunters of the meteorite belt are dragged into the long war of the Han Empire on a large scale, it is likely to affect the development of the entire race, after all, the current Shentai world, because of the dragon vein, has derived countless Mengbeasts, plus the Mengmeng beasts that escaped from the meteorite belt are also growing, and human beings have not yet occupied an absolute dominant position.
Zhou Sen found his doppelganger.
The doppelganger is no different from before, but between the eyebrows, there is more anger.
Could it be that doppelgangers also need to be trained?
Zhou Sen retrieved his clone, and immediately, a tidal wave of information poured into Zhou Sen's brain, which was an indescribable feeling.
Theoretically, Zhou Sen is able to share the information of the clone, but because Zhou Sen cannot control the clone from a distance, the experience of the clone is not yet able to communicate with Zhou Sen's divine thoughts at any time.
After a large amount of information poured into his brain, Zhou Sen had a clearer understanding of the situation in Zhenshui Pass.
Although the small-scale battle at Zhenshui Pass was fierce, in fact, the Crusaders were also afraid of the expansion of Zhenshui Pass, and kept sending Crusader rangers mainly to contain the hundreds of thousands of troops at Zhenshui Pass.
This tactic of the Crusaders did contain Zhenshui Pass, making the Han army at Zhenshui Pass unable to cope with the anxiety all day, but it also made the Crusaders fall into the quagmire of war.
The crusaders' style of burning, killing and looting made the people of the Han Empire more and more disgusted, and more and more people with lofty ideals participated in the resistance.
If in the past it was only a few squires and tycoons who rebelled against the Crusader occupation, now, some ordinary people have also taken up arms against the Crusaders.
The resistance of the crusaders is getting stronger and stronger, and the scene of the former rangers composed of three or five people being able to kill a village several times is no longer possible, because the resistance of the Han people has become more and more intense, and often an ordinary contact is a never-ending fight......
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A tidal wave of information poured into Zhou Sen's brain.
Zhou Sen stood on the majestic city wall of Zhenshui Pass, looking at the snow-covered vast land, and entered a state of "quiet".
It's quiet.
Zhenshui Pass is a lonely city, there are not many soldiers and horses, and the cavalry is even more pitiful, and it is for this reason that Zhenshui Pass cannot control the surrounding small cities, and the Crusader rangers can burn and loot unscrupulously, in this environment, the Crusaders are fully capable of attacking Zhenshui Pass, but they did not attack.
Why?
Could it be the reason for the Heavenly Rat?
Immediately, Zhou Sen rejected this idea, because, as can be seen from the battle of the Tanburgh Barracks, the Crusaders still have a killer weapon that has not been used, at least, they can use some kind of secret art to summon the gods to fight.
And now, there has been no god in Zhenshui Pass.
Something is wrong!
Zhou Sen kept ruling out all kinds of possibilities, but in the end, he denied them one by one.
According to intelligence, the Crusaders have hundreds of thousands of infantry on the territory of the Han Empire, and the reinforcements are still increasing, while the Han Empire, only Zhenshui Pass and Wuchao City have wars, theoretically, the Crusaders have enough military strength to use troops against Zhenshui Pass.
Why?
Zhou Sen was puzzled.
For Zhenshui Pass, Zhou Sen will not give up easily, not only because Zhou Sen has made great efforts in Zhenshui Pass, but most importantly, the people of Zhenshui Pass have high hopes for Zhou Sen, especially some squires and tyrants.
On the occasion of going to the flood area, Zhou Sen had to settle down in Zhenshui Pass, and his attention to Zhenshui Pass can be seen.
Now, Zhou Sen wants to sort out the situation and ensure that there will be no danger in the short term of Zhenshuiguan.
At present, the soldiers of Wuchao City are strong and strong, the Hun cavalry alone exceeds 200,000, plus the army of the Han Empire, the total number has reached 500,000 people, as long as there is General Wuyuan in charge, even if there is danger, the crusaders will never be able to break the city in a short time.
As for the god of war Ares, Zhou Sen was not worried, because, Tongtian God Rat said that the combat effectiveness of the doppelganger of the god of war Ares was not long-lasting, that is to say, it was impossible for Ares to hold out until the capture of Wuchao City.
In addition, summoning a god clone also requires a huge amount of energy from the summoner, and because of this, General Gore cannot continuously summon a god clone to fight.
Normally, it is only when the war is reversed that General Gore summons a doppelganger.
At present, after General Gore set foot on the territory of the Han Empire, in addition to summoning a god clone in the Tangbo barracks, there was also a time in the imperial capital, and it was that summoning the gods that defeated the invincible General Wuyuan, which greatly demoralized the crusaders and defeated them.
The crusader's greatest reliance is the Black-winged Kunpeng, and the Black-winged Kunpeng has been pinned down by the archers led by Fan'er and cannot move.
After figuring out the details of the crusaders, Zhou Sen was no longer worried about the safety of Wuchao City.
Now, Zhou Sen is most worried about Zhenshui Pass.
Intuition told Zhou Sen that the Crusaders would never let Zhenshui Pass remain in this state of being controlled by the Han Empire for a long time.
Why didn't the Crusaders act?
Zhou Sen racked his brains to reason about the idea of the Crusader commander.
If he is the commander of the Crusaders, when the battle in Wuchao City is in a stalemate, and Zhou Sen and Tongtian Divine Mouse and others cannot be separated, they will take a thunderous action and capture Zhenshui Pass in one fell swoop.
Some things, not quite reasonable.
In the eyes of outsiders, Zhou Sen is a bold bandit, but in fact, Zhou Sen walks on thin ice every step, although he often takes risks, however, he does not like to take risks, he prefers to think carefully and think twice.
When Zhou Sen escaped from Mogan Prison, he understood the pressure of one mistake and he would die, and now, when the two armies are at war, personal wrong decisions will no longer affect Zhou Sen's personal safety, but its influence is more far-reaching, not only related to the national fortune of the Han Empire, but also related to the lives of thousands of ordinary soldiers.
With great power comes great responsibility.
Now, Zhou Sen has a title of "Prime Minister", although this title has not been fully announced, it is only an internal decision, and it is in name, but the political reform of the entire Han Empire is planned and promoted by him, so he must assume this responsibility......
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Suddenly, Zhou Sen thought of a problem, he had been paying attention to Zhenshui Pass and Wuchao City recently, but he hadn't noticed the movements of the Crusaders.
According to intelligence, nearly a million infantry have landed in the territory of the Russian Empire from the distant sea, so what is the huge army doing?
Thinking of this, Zhou Sen immediately combed through all the relevant information he had, and soon, he made an astonishing discovery.
The hundreds of thousands of troops who had rushed to the Han Empire had already been distributed to various territories of the Han Empire.
Moreover, in some of the slightly larger cities of the Han Empire, some huge buildings were being built.
Huge building!
Zhou Sen remembered that he remembered that when Zhenshui Pass was captured, there was a magnificent building under construction in Zhenshui Pass, and now, the building is in a semi-abandoned state.
Thinking of this, Zhou Sen immediately jumped up and disappeared into the vast darkness, and a group of monsters wearing soldier armor were all shocked.
In the eyes of the demons, Zhou Sen's mana has become more and more powerful and unfathomable, and just this speed of transformation and displacement is already difficult to capture with the naked eye......
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Zhou Sen arrived at the magnificent building.
Zhou Sen looked at the building in front of him blankly, inexplicably, he had a feeling of insignificance.
As far as the eye can see, the minaret is towering, with pointed arches, large windows and glass painted with written stories.
When Zhou Sen was on the earth, he devoured some of the earth's religious buildings, and he found that this huge and magnificent building used pointed rib vaults, flying buttresses, and slender beam columns in the design to create a light and slender sense of flying sky, which was shocking.
In the surroundings, as well as the new frame structure to increase the strength of the supporting roof, the whole building is made with straight lines, majestic appearance and open space in the church, which, combined with the long glazed windows, creates a strong religious atmosphere in the building. The floor plan of the building is still largely Latin cross-shaped, but a pair of tall towers have been added to the sides of its western end door......
After Zhou Sen, who was shocked in his heart, slowly walked into this building that made people look up, his whole person was stunned, he had seen this building from a distance before, but he didn't expect that there was such an atmosphere in it.
It is no exaggeration to describe it as magnificent.
The huge dome depicts some mythological figures, and around it, there are some sculptures that are too small to be true.
Many of the sculptures are semi-finished products.
Some of the dome paintings are only halfway through.
Obviously, the construction of this building was stopped because of Zhou Sen's sudden appearance, but it is only this semi-finished product, and the visual impact is extremely shocking, and if it is completed, it will be done.
The church is not deserted, there are many clergy in robes praying in the church, and below, there are still many ordinary people of the Han Empire......
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Looking at those pious Han people, Zhou Sen's mood became heavier and heavier, and he actually ignored one of the most important things - the power of faith.
Obviously, the spark of the Zhenshui Pass made the crusaders realize that war was only a secondary means, and the most important thing was to change the faith of the common people of the Han Empire.
As long as the beliefs of the common people of the Han Empire are changed, it is believed that soon, the common people of the Han Dynasty will join the crusaders to fight against the armies of the Han Empire.
The follow-up army of the crusaders did not come to fight, but to stabilize the territories already occupied by the Han Empire, create a peaceful environment in a short period of time, and then, through religious brainwashing, let the common people of the Han Empire change their faith.
It is very difficult to change the beliefs of human beings, but it is not as difficult as imagined, especially in times of disaster, disease and war, when human faith is most easily shaken.
Usually, some human beings who are not strong in willpower will choose religious beliefs that are beneficial to them.
And now, the Han Empire is in chaos, the Han people have suffered a lot, and everyone wants to live a stable life, and at this time, the religious beliefs of the crusaders take advantage of the void, and it is easy to gain a group of loyal believers.
After the first believers have obtained some material and spiritual things, the subtle change of faith has been completed......
Thinking of this, Zhou Sen inexplicably shuddered.
The territory of the Han Empire is vast, Wuchao City and Zhenshui Pass are insignificant, as long as the army drags the army of the Han Empire in Zhenshui Pass and Wuchao City for some time, when the time comes, even if the army of the Han Empire fights back, there will be no response.
A war is not uncommon to fight for ten years and a hundred years, and it is clear that the Crusaders are no longer in a hurry to capture Wuchao City and Zhenshui Pass, but are focusing on the places they occupy.
It is no wonder that General Gore took the initiative to abandon the Jiudaogui and the Tanburg Barracks, and they did not even think of exchanging huge casualties for temporary victory.
In fact, only after the Xiongnu formed an alliance with the Han Dynasty, it was impossible for the Crusaders to eradicate the Han Empire, because, behind the city of Wuchao, was the vast and rich Xiongnu steppe.
The winter of the Han Empire is very long, now, the winter has only started for more than a month, at least more than two months, and these two months, the crusaders are enough to complete control in the Han Empire, and when the spring flowers bloom, Wuchao City counterattacks, I am afraid that it will be attacked one city and one pool, with the national strength of the Xiongnu steppe, it is impossible to fight a lasting war of attrition......
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No, the military rhythm of the crusaders must be broken!
Zhou Sen glanced at the towering buildings in the night, and strode away, his steps firm, leaving a series of deep footprints on the snow, and his face was murderous......