Chapter 280: Offensive Route
Li Mingyang is not good at the art of war and is not good at scheming, but he understands the truth that his strength is so strong. There are thousands of ways to win over people's hearts, but there is one that is absolutely the most immediate -- to make a profit.
This ragtag army is a temporary patchwork force, and it is also a force to say that it has combat power, but in the final analysis, most of it is just stragglers. While all the great commanders are dead, they will certainly surrender because of the personal combat power displayed by Li Mingyang, but there will inevitably be people who want to secretly obstruct them, and even want to take the opportunity to seize power.
The best way to do this is to bring all the benefits to the fore and let them choose.
Whether it is the original rebels of the Tianyuan Kingdom, or the Heavenly Dao Alliance that seems to be going to act for the Heavenly Dao, especially the three Central Plains armies killed by the Xuanyuan Realm, the reason why they want to start a big war here is nothing more than a good word.
The rebels hope that they can no longer be oppressed by the Tianyuan Royal Court, the Heavenly Dao Alliance hopes to achieve hegemony by chasing Tianyuan, and the monks of the Xuanyuan Realm have the clearest purpose - they only need spirit stones. Spending a huge price and taking a big risk to expedition to the other world is naturally for the sake of huge profits.
After seeing Li Mingyang vigorously and resolutely kill the eight commanders of the Eight-Nation Alliance, the commanders of the Changyun Army and Jiang Yaoming certainly had a new understanding of Li Mingyang's combat strength, to be precise, they had more vigilance against the fierce beast and the huge ram Wen, but the commanders were all killed, the already unstable foundation of the Eight-Nation Alliance Army was completely gone, and the dragons were leaderless, and they all planned to take the opportunity to enter the army to reap the benefits.
But Li Mingyang's sudden play made them completely confused.
"What is this kid trying to do? Don't want any benefits at all? Then what is he fighting for? Does he just like to fight?" Looking at Li Mingyang's calm face, he directly divided the treasure that was comparable to the value of hundreds of thousands of high-grade spirit stones, as well as his subsequent decree, Jiang Yaoming's brows were about to twist.
"My lord, are we still going to do it?" The generals of the Changyun Army surrounded their commanders and also came here secretly, but seeing Li Mingyang playing such a hand, they also asked with some hesitation.
Han Hu, the commander of the Changyun Army, had a calm face, and after watching for a long time, he said lightly: "Go back." β
"Why don't we do something?" asked a general.
"What can you do?" Han Hu glanced back: "Don't forget who he is, with only a thousand people in his hands, he can destroy tens of thousands of characters in the Xiliang Army and the Shu Army, whether it is boasting or some secret method, those people are all dead anyway." Let's go, don't be hard when it's too late. β
Han Hu said that he would leave, without the slightest nostalgia.
It is not accurate enough to say that he is afraid, Han Hu can survive a hundred battles on the battlefield in the Central Plains without dying, naturally he is not a superstitious person, but Li Mingyang's reputation is too fierce, and more importantly, the incident in Heping Town that came not long ago let Han Hu know the plans of the other two people.
Although it is now the Tianyuan Kingdom to the extreme chaos, the only ones who can be regarded as enemies by Han Hu are the Shu army and the Xiliang army, which is the superiority of their Central Plains monks. In Heping Town, the Shu army had obviously met Li Mingyang, but there was not even the slightest conflict, and he was directly let go.
You must know that the commander of the Shu army this time is Dou Jinhu, his own brother died in the hands of Li Mingyang, Dou Jinhu doesn't want to kill Li Mingyang, obviously he just wants to push this hot potato to others, Han Hu is not stupid, you don't want to provoke this killer, why should I get along with him. Besides, the melee in the Tianyuan Kingdom will continue, at least for now, it is too good to be an ally, and having an ally who can fight to help by your side is better than a mortal enemy.
Although Han Hu's whereabouts were secretive, how could Jiang Yaoming not see the appearance of such a big man, seeing that Han Hu turned around and left without saying a word, Jiang Yaoming's greedy thoughts immediately calmed down, and immediately said to Xue Yi: "Let's go." β
"The leader of the general alliance ......" Xue Yi looked puzzled.
Jiang Yaoming just waved his hand and didn't say anything more, but when he retreated, Jiang Yaoming's heart was full of puzzlement after all. Li Mingyang must also be from the Xuanyuan Realm, but he obviously only has two people, and now it seems that there are only two people and one beast at most, but this is such a lineup, which makes the commanders of the other two armies who are also from the Xuanyuan Realm not have the slightest idea of fighting against him.
"This person, does he have any deep background in the Xuanyuan Realm?" Jiang Yaoming could only think of this, after all, in his opinion, Li Mingyang certainly had strong combat power, but it was nothing more, and the only possibility that the commander with tens of thousands of elite troops could be so cautious about him, and the only possibility was the family background.
"Anyway, it's better not to provoke him. Jiang Yaoming suddenly said his thoughts, Xue Yi was confused when he heard it on the side, and couldn't help but look back at Li Mingyang, but there was a lot more awe in his eyes after all.
Li Mingyang's co-optation work was done very efficiently, after dividing the treasures worth hundreds of thousands of high-grade spirit stones without blinking his eyes, and vowing to absolutely implement the policies he promulgated, the twenty-three captains returned to their hearts directly, even if there were a few half-hearted, but for the sake of the spirit stones, they still stayed here.
Easily incorporated the Eight-Nation Alliance, Li Mingyang did not make any drastic changes to this miscellaneous army, except for the sake of stabilizing the morale of the army, more importantly, Li Mingyang did not expect to rely on this miscellaneous army to fight much beautiful battles, anyway, as long as they can fight with themselves.
The only change was to change the name, the name of the Eight-Nation Coalition was too awkward, and finally under the auspices of Li Mingyang, the Eight-Nation Coalition Army was renamed the Jinzhu Army. No one knows why it was changed to this name, but originally these miscellaneous armies didn't like the name of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and since it was the boss who spoke, they changed it, and no one delved into why it was changed.
Only Ram Wen smiled and whispered: "This kid misses his daughter-in-law." β
In the original city lord's mansion in Xiapi City, the main hall once again gathered the bigwigs of the current tripartite forces in Xiapi City. It had been a while since the army had conquered the sixth line of defense of the Tianyuan Kingdom, and the three armies were unwilling to wait any longer, so they decided to attack together in ten days. Xiapi City, as a large army all the way, naturally has to cooperate accordingly. The reason why it is regular for ten days is because all walks of life need to be adjusted, after all, there are hundreds of thousands of monks, and there is no unified scheduling, so it will naturally take a period of time to buffer what arrangements are made.
This was the first time Li Mingyang had participated in this kind of meeting, and he was very silent at the meeting, watching the commanders of the Heavenly Dao Alliance and the Changyun Army arguing with the generals, and the content of the argument was naturally the sharing of tasks after the attack. No one wants to be used as cannon fodder in a big war, so naturally they have to argue endlessly.
The twenty-three captains all followed Li Mingyang, and when they saw that the people of the other two groups of forces kept talking about things and things, their boss seemed to be closing his eyes and recuperating, and he couldn't help but start to be a little anxious.
In fact, in the previous meeting, the Eight-Nation Coalition suffered some losses in the debate over the division of duties. After all, they were a ragtag army, and although there were six real spirit realm powerhouses at that time, in the end, there were many real spirit realm powerhouses among the other forces, so no one was really afraid of them. Now, although the eight commanders are not there, and the Eight-Nation Alliance Army has also been changed to the current Jinzhu Army, seeing that the disadvantages at the meeting are still there, several captains can't help but step forward and whisper to Li Mingyang: "My lord, do you want to say a few words too." β
"What should I say?" asked Li Mingyang.
A captain's expression froze, and he was speechless for a while: "This...... This ......"
Seeing the other party's expression, Li Mingyang realized that he had a question, and immediately changed his words: "It's the first time I've come, I don't know about Xiajinguan, and I don't understand what they're fighting for.
The reason why Li Mingyang never spoke was because he couldn't understand what they were fighting for, and in fact, the three areas of Jinguan under the attack had been divided, and in Li Mingyang's opinion, no matter how they were fighting, naturally there was nothing to fight about. However, seeing that his subordinates seemed to have some ideas, he asked.
The captain hesitated for a moment and said, "Actually, the three offensive areas are similar, and they also have their own advantages and disadvantages, so they will argue endlessly......
Li Mingyang didn't want to listen to his tirade, so he interrupted him and asked, "You just say, which way do our people want to attack." β
The captain glanced at Li Mingyang in surprise, and finally said, "Most of us want to focus on the middle lane. β
"Why?"
"Xiajin Pass is built on the mountain, but the peaks on the left and right sides are not dangerous, and if you invest troops, you can attack the city. Seeing that Li Mingyang was about to ask another question, the captain simply explained: "The reason why this is the case is not that the people who built the city back then were stupid, but it is precisely the way of TongguΓ² that allows the defenders in Xiajin Pass to come out and deploy more dispersed." β
"In this way, once the troops in Xiajin Pass are insufficient, won't it leave an opportunity for the enemy to take advantage of out of thin air?"
"But there has never been a shortage of troops in Xiajinguan, especially at this time. The captain explained with a smile: "So the left, middle and right three sides of the attack are also different, the middle of the strong attack, need to face the most fierce resistance in the lower gold pass, but as long as we can withstand the strongest wave, we can break through the city, and then there will be no more danger, relying on real skills to fight." On the left and right roads, the offensive routes are all mountain roads, and the defenders of Xiajin Pass arrange various ambushes along the road, although they will not die in a large number of times in a short period of time like a frontal attack, but the blunt knife cuts the flesh, and many people will still be lost along the way. β
Listening to the explanation of the captain under him, Li Mingyang couldn't help laughing, shook his head and said: "There are dead people both horizontally and vertically, what is there to fight for, it's not the same to pick any way." In his opinion, it was really ridiculous for these people to argue about such things.
But the captain smiled strangely and said lightly: "My lord, this is very different. β