Chapter 697: Retreat is the advance, and the land is divided
The Overlord Golden Beetle was like a heavy-tonnage tank, directly rushing into Zhouzhuang in the most savage way, bang, with a loud bang, a stone wall located on the periphery was suddenly hit by the huge force angle in front of the Overlord Golden Beetle's head, and countless "chaotic" stones splashed out, and the Holy Sect soldiers who heard the thunderous sound of the ground outside rushed out of the house in disheveled clothes, and were smashed by the "chaotic" stone.
The irregular stones were like sharp knives, like lead bullets in shotguns, and suddenly pieces of blood exploded on the bodies of the unarmored Holy Sect soldiers in the courtyard, and before they fell to the ground, most of these soldiers were still drowsy and not awake at all.
Pei Yuanqing took the lead all the way, and he rammed through like a crab, and behind Pei Yuanqing was Xie Xuan's six hundred Beifu elites, these six hundred Beifu soldiers were all over seven feet on average, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, burly and strong, and equipped with the most guessing tiger roaring heavy armor, and the weapons in his hands were not knives, but one-handed heavy battle axes. [
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Compared with the knife, the axe's chopping power is greater, and those who have to have a strong force can't bear it, but Xie Xuan's six hundred Beifu axe soldiers are all selected by a thousand, and when recruiting the hundred generals, they are bathed in the blood "liquid" of the Red Devil giant, and their innate physical strength is abnormal.
Yes, in terms of physical strength and strength, these six hundred axe soldiers have an innate advantage, and when they reach the earth spirit in the future, their combat effectiveness will be greatly improved, Pei Yuanqing crossed all the way, but the six hundred axe soldiers followed, and those who had not yet recovered from the Holy Sect soldiers were swept by this group of wolf-like axe soldiers like autumn wind sweeping leaves, and the body did not seem to be intact.
And following behind these 600 axe soldiers, it is the baggage soldiers of the baggage battalion, the baggage soldiers have always belonged to the existence of auxiliary soldiers before, and most of the soldiers are composed of the remaining soldiers selected by the army, and the status is low, but after Leng Zhuo served as the logistics transfer envoy of Chuzhou, the "sex" nature of the baggage soldiers has changed.
Completely referring to the standard training and rationing of front-line soldiers, but the banner of the baggage battalion, after all, it is not as good as the three major army corps, most of the people recruited by Leng Zhuo are young and strong and few academy soldiers, before joining the army, most of them are working in the fields, or working hard, and the quality is good, but they have no combat experience.
Six hundred axe soldiers swept through like a cloud of wind, leaving behind a mutilated corpse, and although they were accustomed to seeing dead people, the recruits vomited and followed again and again.
Zhouzhuang's breakthrough did not have too much suspense, and it almost didn't take a quarter of an hour to kill a pair of holy sect troops who couldn't penetrate Zhouzhuang, and they finally woke up, like a boiling pot, shouting constantly, and teams of soldiers and horses appeared on the street one after another.
At the other end of Zhuangzi, Pei Yuanqing turned a corner and entered Zhouzhuang again, but this time instead of hitting the house, he swept the street directly.
The battle in Zhouzhuang is in full swing, and the camp scattered on the side of the Zhoushui River outside the village is even more unobstructed, as the so-called blessing and misfortune rely on Zhoushui in the east, which is a natural barrier, and the west of Zhouzhuang is occupied by the Holy Sect, although there are occasionally some gate valves, they are also suppressed in the place, and it is thankful that they can protect themselves, so the Holy Sect Army in Zhouzhuang is not worried about security at all.
The Holy Sect Army itself is not a regular army, so it will not be like the regular army, when camping, the defense is arranged, and the Holy Sect military camp next to Zhou Shui is like a girl who has stripped off her clothes, without the slightest obstruction, and the soldiers and horses led by Ma Chao and Wang Yanzhang entered the camp without the slightest obstruction.
It's the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, it's not too much, the Holy Sect Army didn't form a little resistance at all, almost after the pass, it was a mess, and the Holy Sect soldiers who reacted turned their heads and ran, and even lost their weapons, so they didn't look like a soldier at all.
Just as Xie Xuan expected, the Holy Sect Army, which was completely taken by surprise, did not have any command at all, the banner of "chaos", and there was no structure at all, especially the soldiers, let alone this group of farmers who picked up weapons, if it was in a tailwind battle, the situation would be better, but at this time, the Holy Sect Army was completely numb, and even those invincible Saint Sect disciples fled in panic in the crowd.
The consequences of a group of wolves slaughtering into the flock, you don't need to think about it to know that nearly 30,000 Holy Sect soldiers and horses did not last for half a day, and all of them collapsed, except for the soldiers who were driven out of Zhou Shui, the rest of the Holy Sect soldiers became prisoners, and the number was no less than 20,000. There is no way, Zhou Shui's existence is equivalent to a net, directly killing the Holy Sect soldiers.
"Zhouzhuang is a great victory, the soldiers led by General Xie, Ma, Wang, and Pei Si attacked and broke the 30,000 Holy Sect soldiers and horses arranged here in Zhouzhuang, breaking the Holy Sect's offensive against Xiangshan County in the north, and Zhouzhuang is located in the northeast of Xiyan County, from here all the way down, it can even cut into the hinterland of Xiyan County, directly cutting off the back road of Dongping County!"
"Okay, well done, the siege of Xiangshan County was solved in one battle, plus our victory here, it seems that it is not impossible to hold half of Xiyan Mansion!" Leng Zhuo was in a good mood, originally he was still very pessimistic about resisting the Holy Sect army, after all, the other party could break the empire's remaining elites, and the strength should not be too bad, and the soldiers and horses on hand were mostly relegated soldiers who had not been on the battlefield, so he was not very confident, but now, the situation was not as bad as he imagined.
"What's going on in Osan County?"
"The situation in Wushan County is not good, but from the situation we have gotten, Taohua County has been lost, and the ferry has fallen!"
"It's fallen, there should be a cavalry brigade of Wei Qing and Huo Quai's in Wushan County, right?" Leng Zhuo was stunned when he heard this, Wushan County is also a plain terrain that is not dangerous to defend, but it is conducive to cavalry action, in view of this, Leng Cao directly transferred half of the cavalry brigade of Huo and Huo from the guard guarding the Weeping Blood Valley, plus a baggage battalion in Auri, although the strength is not strong, it is not too small.
"The specific situation is not very clear, but from the news, it should be voluntarily abandoned!"
"Isn't there a connection? There should be no place to hide in Osan County except for Osan in the south, right?"
"Maybe General Wei has a plan, it's uncertain!" Guo Jia said.
The generals under Leng Zhuo's command, but they are all masters of war, or how to call them famous generals, in the general direction, there are naturally military advisers and staff officers to give advice, but in the specific implementation, Leng Zhuo completely delegated power to the generals, and rarely "intervened" in them, after all, Leng Zhuo did not think that his talent could compare to these famous generals.
Leng Zhuo didn't bother at the moment, it was Wei Qing who led the army in Wushan County, just because of this, there was nothing to worry about, and Leng Zhuo also sent Li Yuanba and Li Cunxiao over, with these two tiger generals, it should be regarded as a double insurance.
"That's right, young master, there is also the latest news from the Weeping Blood Valley, the patriarch of Nangong came to Weeping Blood Castle in person, the family matter has been decided, it is estimated that someone in the castle will come over in two or three days, in detail, in addition, the patriarch of Nangong also brought a not good news!"
"What news!"
"The name sought by the young lord may be in vain, the news that the Nangong family got from the imperial capital, the new emperor still seems to be interested in Pingnan Marquis Chen Nan, and sent the minister to Chuzhou, it seems that he intends to take charge of Chuzhou, and the Chuzhou rebel army may also be disbanded!"
Leng Zhuo frowned when he heard this; Isn't there any news from our intelligence network?"
"It may be later, but it won't be bad!"
"Do the advisors have a solution?"
"The situation is still unclear, so we can only speculate on the situation, if things really develop like this, the young master may lose his current position as a logistics transfer envoy, and even get any real title, and once he does not have this hat, Nanping may be taken away, and even the several baggage battalions that the young master has carefully formed will be swallowed.
"And in order to deal with this situation, the Military Division has listed three strategies for the middle and lower!" Guo Jiadao.
"Oh, what are the three strategies?"
"The next policy, support the army and stand on its own, although the young master's connections are not broad, but he already has a considerable foundation, if the soldiers and horses outside are retracted, the young master can occupy the three southeastern provinces of Nanxing Mansion in a short period of time, Nanlin Mansion, Dawan Mansion, and the three southern counties of the northern forest mansion can also be successful, and the available soldiers and horses are not less than 50,000, which is enough to support the army and respect the side, but the disadvantages are also very big!"
Guo Jia Lengzhuo was silent and continued; The middle strategy, take the initiative to attack, seize the military power of Chuzhou, and before the arrival of the Qin mission, integrate the existing soldiers and horses in Chuzhou, form an iron plate, once the young master has real power, the emperor's side has to consider the fate of the brute force, "force" the new emperor to recognize the rights of the young master, but although this strategy has some buffer room than supporting the army, but the emperor's side is afraid of the young master's ambitions, although it is taken in the overall situation, but the young master must be guarded against!
"Where?"
"Strategy, to retreat as advance, from the current situation, the situation is almost carried by the young master alone, along the Xiangshui line, although there are other emperors, but the main force blocking the Holy Sect army is our side, Nanhu County in the north, Xu Da, Chang Yuchun and other generals resist the Holy Sect army outside Nanhu County!"
"Xiyan Mansion, our side may have won two big victories, in a short period of time, it is difficult for the Holy Sect army to attack again, ensuring the safety of the Vermilion Bird Mansion, and to the south, the situation in Jialin Mansion is also quite clear, especially the Panlong City in the south of the Nine Mansions is occupied by the soldiers and horses led by Mrs. Liang and Mrs. Qin, and the aristocratic rebels are already like turtles in an urn and are locked in a cage!"
"Almost the entire front is a series of military generals of the Young Master, as long as the Young Master gives up the Xiangshui line, the Holy Sect Army will soon be able to occupy the west of Chu, and other intelligence shows that Li Tang is ready to go south, and he may go south at any time, when the time comes, it will be the north and the west will be attacked on both sides, and it will be difficult to resist with the current strength of Chuzhou. ”
"To retreat as advance, do you want me to give up first? When the situation is out of control, I will send troops!" Leng Zhuo groaned.
"That's right! When the situation in Chuzhou can only be cleaned up by the young master, even if the young master does not seek a high position, someone will send it!"
"Giving up the front line of Xiangshui will have a great impact on you!"
"Maybe the Holy Sect Army will be happy to divide the land with the young master!" Guo Jia blinked and said.
"What do you mean?" (To be continued.)