Chapter 698: Military Fundamentals
Candle Jiu smiled and asked, "What's the matter?"
Yun Ji glanced at Candle Jiu, then looked at the round light mirror in front of him and said, "Cultivation opportunities are all obtained by comprehending heaven and earth, and they are not enough for outsiders." Ran Wen Xiao? Said ?.? r?a?n?? If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have to. Fighting is not just about spells and mystical skills. ”
"That's right. Candle Jiu closed his eyes and "scanned" the round light mirror in front of Yun Ji, and said, "Just like the situation you are encountering now, isn't it also a fight?"
Yunji and Candle Nine have been fighting for a hundred days, and now the worldly things have changed several times.
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Since Candle Jiu suddenly slashed the three Daozi of Snow Valley, the remaining Northern Dao Alliance Formation, which had no cultivators in charge, was like a blind fly in Xianyu's eyes. When this army array first entered Jiulongling, it was quickly divided by the complex and staggered terrain.
Lacking the support of heavy firepower, the mountains and forests could only be penetrated by soldiers on foot, although the laborers led by Xianyu were only a few days early, and the combat strength was insufficient, but the defending side could still do it, and the other party was not a hundred battles.
In particular, this kind of deep mountain forest, complex terrain, and sparsely populated place is the place that can best embody the cultivation of humane law and mystery, without the support of the three paths of the snow valley, it is almost impossible to know where the enemy is, and many times often step into the trap without knowing it.
Occasionally, Xianyu would lure the Northern Alliance soldiers deep into the formation, and then be wiped out by the concentrated firepower. There are many more soldiers of the Northern Provincial Alliance, who have been killed and injured by all kinds of simple traps, and in such deep mountains and old forests, once injured, it is often not easy to get timely treatment, and even the situation of abandoning the wounded soldiers.
Knowing this situation, Xianyu asked the laborers to rescue these abandoned soldiers of the Northern Dao Alliance, and treated them carefully, giving them food and clothing, and instantly gained people's hearts.
In fact, these soldiers of the Northern Provincial Alliance did not have a very specific understanding of the escape from the labor struggle, and most of these people only acted on orders. Most of the soldiers recruited by the Northern Dao League were selected from the people who had broken into the Northern Wilderness, and most of them had experience in the army.
What Xianyu needs most at the moment is precisely these people who have served in the army and know how to fight. But he also saw from this that the bottom of the combat strength of the soldiers of the Northern Alliance lies largely in this army, which has no idea what it is fighting for, and lacks the power to guide and gather the beliefs of everyone.
An army, no matter how sophisticated the weapons and equipment are, if it lacks the military spirit, the morale of the army is weak, the morale is low, and it is not even an army at all. In the war in Kyushu back then, if you talk about armaments and ordnance, it is not as good as today, but there is no shortage of strong troops who are brave and good at fighting and dominate the world.
The reason for the existence of such an army is nothing more than that these armies have very clear beliefs from top to bottom, either to defend the homeland and the country, or to carry forward the teachings, or to restore peace to the world, only when there is a clear and direct belief in the heart, such an army has combat power, otherwise it is a rabble.
The purpose of the army's fighting, not for personal gain. The army is not a merchant, if the soldiers are like a businessman, then the army does not have to fight, because human life is the greatest benefit of the world, if it is lost, it will lose.
The soldiers are still like this, and if the commander of the army also has the heart of profit, then it is even more troublesome. The profit-making commander leading the army is not only corrupting military discipline, but also arrogant soldiers and harming innocent people, and such an army is no different from bandits.
Xianyu understood this, so he attached great importance to these soldiers of the Northern Dao Alliance, and he needed to let these soldiers know why their group of laborers fought and fled. Sometimes, righteousness is not necessarily a moving word, but it can also be the most ordinary conversation.
In the past few days, most of the soldiers of this group of injured and abandoned soldiers of the Northern Provincial Alliance have been probationed, and in terms of daily livelihood, these soldiers are more than better than laborers, barely enough to eat and wear, and don't expect to support their families. If you are disabled on the battlefield like now, the bereavement pension will be stripped layer by layer, and there will not be much at all, and you may have to rely on your family for the rest of your life.
Talking about the wealthy businessmen who controlled the wealth of the Northern Wilderness, the soldiers of the Northern Dao League were also resentful, but they all had the vast number of cultivators behind them, and no matter how capable the soldiers of the Northern Dao League were, they could not deal with the cultivators.
Therefore, at the beginning of the march, when these soldiers knew that there were cultivators with them, they naturally took it for granted that this group of fleeing laborers had only one way to die, and the soldiers of the Northern Dao League were at best used as cannon fodder to clean up the battlefield and go to the front.
Who would have thought that the cultivators who accompanied the army would disappear after coming to Jiulongling, and the commander who led the army did not dare to ask more, so he had to follow the order and lead the army into the mountain, and the result was a complete defeat. Even the commander of this army was wounded by a cold gun, fell into a pit, and was poked into several large holes by wooden thorns, and died on the spot.
From then on, Xianyu was completely sure that this army was originally accompanied by cultivators, but when they came to the outskirts of Jiulong Ridge, they encountered an unexpected situation and disappeared from then on. Almost at the same time, there was also the owner of the Zhongshan Cave Mansion, Candle Jiu's predecessor.
Of course, Xianyu couldn't restrict Candle Jiu's whereabouts, but he felt that the other party didn't even say hello, which was a pity. Xianyu guessed that it might be Candle Jiu's seniors secretly helping, but this kind of thing can only be hidden in his heart, not only can he not publicize it, but he can't expect to have such good luck in the future.
Faced with these Northern Alliance soldiers, Xianyu let them choose their own future path after their injuries gradually recovered. If he wants to stay, he will join the struggle with many laborers, and if he wants to return to the army, Xianyu can escort them away, but the next time they meet, they will still be enemies.
After all, Jiulongling is a remote place, far away from people, and some soldiers still do not believe that Xianyu's struggle with the laborers can last long, and can block this attack, but may not be able to stop the next one.
Xianyu would not force them to stay, but just took away their guns and ammunition, escorted them all the way to the edge of Jiulong Ridge, and then let them go. Xianyu naturally has his intentions in doing this. When these wounded soldiers returned to the barracks, they would inevitably be suspicious, and if they could publicize the situation in Jiulongling, it would actually help Xianyu's career.
After this battle, Xianyu clearly realized that it was not enough to mobilize the laborers, but also to mobilize a wider masses, and only by spreading the will to resist and struggle in the hearts of the people could the struggle against exploitation and oppression be victorious.
After the remnants of the army retreated, they did not dare to invade again, so they could only retreat quickly, originally planning to be stationed and waiting for other support from the Northern Daomeng. However, it didn't take long for a labor force of more than 1,000 people to pour in from the rear, which broke up the military formation of the Northern Dao Alliance at once and headed straight for Jiulongling.