That night, Zhao Yuan summoned the high-ranking generals of Zhenshui Pass, including Tu Lao Er and other squires of Bafang City.

Zhao Yuan made a startling decision to start a large-scale military campaign to recover the territory of the Great Qin Empire, with Zhenshui Pass as the core.

Zhao Yuan's decision made everyone look sluggish.

Now it is freezing cold, the land is not covered with snow, the blizzard is raging, the climate and environment are harsh, and it is not suitable for military operations at all.

Almost everyone was opposed, but when Zhao Yuan gave the reason, everyone fell into a long silence.

Zhao Yuan's reason is simple.

Although the winter of the Great Qin Empire is harsh, for the natives of the Great Qin Empire, the winter of each year is almost the same, and they have adapted to it, but the crusaders are not used to the winter of the Great Qin Empire.

After careful consideration, everyone found that Zhao Yuan's words were very reasonable, because, only after entering winter, the crusaders never held large-scale military operations.

Undoubtedly, the Crusaders were even less adept at fighting in snow and ice.

In addition, human beings will not go out in winter, and the resistance of some large cities will suspend some actions due to the difficult winter, which will help the Crusaders to consolidate their power, if the Great Qin army does not act, then it means that the Crusaders have gained a long winter to consolidate their power.

Now, the Great Qin army in Blackwater City and Zhenshui Pass are all thinking about launching a large-scale military operation when the spring flowers bloom in the coming spring, but the problem is that not only the Great Qin soldiers think so, but the Crusaders will also think that then, this long winter, the Crusaders have plenty of time to prepare.

Historically, the defense of cities has been a weakness of the Crusaders, but after months of preparation, the Crusaders are able to turn any city into a strong fortress.

In addition to the above reasons, there is another reason that is overlooked.

It is winter, both soldiers and peasants are idle at home, once the spring flowers bloom, they will have to sow seeds, which requires a large amount of labor, and at that time, the conscription work will encounter resistance, and the supply of soldiers will also be tight......

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Zhao Yuan did not put forward the concept of believing in war, because it was difficult for ordinary people to understand, and they actually didn't care about these things.

For ordinary people, what they care about is to be fed and clothed.

After a period of deliberation, everyone did not object to Zhao Yuan's use of troops, but it was believed that with the strength of Zhenshui Pass, on the plain without city walls, it was impossible to confront the Crusader rangers, and they could only be slaughtered.

In addition, if Zhenshui Pass takes action, then Blackwater City must cooperate with military action, otherwise, Zhenshui Pass has no chance of winning.

However, the concerns were quickly persuaded by Zhao Yuan.

Now, the main job of the Crusaders is to do a good job of defense, in this extremely cold weather, it is impossible for them to gather a large number of cavalry, so it means that as long as Zhenshui Pass captures the city occupied by the Crusaders, the Crusaders will not take military action in a short time.

In winter, there is one of the biggest advantages, that is, most of the rivers are frozen, soldiers and horses can walk on the river, and the ordinary river is dangerous, and they can also walk on the ground.

What Zhenshui Pass has to do is only need to attack the city all the way and defend the city, you can temporarily form an army in the local area and recruit soldiers, after all, the Great Qin Empire had millions of troops back then, and most of those millions of soldiers were hidden among the people.

As for the source of soldiers, whether it is Zhao Yuan or the senior generals of Zhenshui Pass, they are not worried, because the time for the crusaders to occupy the Great Qin Empire is still short, and there is no effective control, as long as the battle is won, the people of Great Qin are still more willing to support the Great Qin army.

However, Zhao Yuan still couldn't convince everyone about how to defeat the crusaders' rangers, after all, there were only 1,000 cavalry in Zhenshui Pass, and among the 2,000 cavalry, in addition to a batch of captured war horses, many war horses were retired war horses.

With 2,000 cavalry against the Crusader rangers, it is simply to send them to death, you must know that there is no stabbing cavalry in Zhenshui Pass, and most of the cavalry in Zhenshui Pass are Daqin cavalry, and the combat effectiveness can be imagined.

For a long time, cavalry has been the weakness of Great Qin, and the cavalry of Great Qin, who is good at riding and shooting, is pitiful, and its combat effectiveness is even more frustrating.

In the end, Zhao Yuanqing came up with a killer idea, which persuaded the senior general of Zhenshui Pass, the Blood Barbarian Niu.

More than five hundred bloody bulls, enough to destroy any powerful existence.

When he brought out five hundred bloody cattle from the Black Forest, Zhao Yuan was still restrained and tried not to use demonic beasts to participate in the war, but when he saw General Gore unscrupulously summoning gods to fight, destroying lives and killing innocents, he had no psychological barriers.

In the cultivation realm, there are still some rules that need to be followed, for example, do not use spells and magic weapons and flying swords to slaughter ordinary soldiers, and do not use divine beasts and demonic beasts to deal with ordinary people, but this rule has been broken by the crusaders, who not only use the advantage of the black-winged Kunpeng to attack the Great Qin army first, but even summon the gods to fight at critical times.

Nature has a wonderful balance, and when the balance of one side is broken, it will inevitably cause a chain reaction.

Just as the Crusaders had a large number of cultivators to help in the war, it would inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the cultivators of the Great Qin Empire, and it was for this reason that more and more cultivators were involved in this national war.

After convincing everyone, Zhao Yuan wrote a letter for the Yunhai Golden Eagle to send to Blackwater City, and then, immediately took action.

Zhao Yuan's decision stunned the generals.

After months of training, the army in Zhenshui Pass has exceeded 200,000, and of course, these 200,000 are mixed.

Two thousand cavalry.

100,000 infantry.

10,000 logistics troops.

After an hour of preparation, the 110,000-strong army drove out of Zhenshui Pass under the cold moonlight.

On the snowfield outside Zhenshui Pass, Zhao Yuan rode on the tall evil unicorn, and behind him, there were more than 500 powerful bloody bulls, fiery and red, like a blood-colored ocean, which made people palpitate.

Seeing Zhao Yuan, who was like a god, riding on top of a fierce monster, the soldiers were shocked at first, and then they became enthusiastic one by one, and their eyes were filled with endless fanaticism.

There is no doubt that Zhao Yuan is a legend.

In the eyes of the soldiers, Zhao Yuan is a legend who creates miracles and an undefeated god of war.

The anti-heaven monkey sat on top of the evil unicorn's head, holding the horns of the evil unicorn with both hands, and was closing his eyes to recuperate......

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Because the Yunhai Golden Eagle went to Blackwater City, Zhao Yuan lost his eyes and ears, but Zhao Yuan didn't hide his eyes and ears at all, and his direction was Tongzhou, one hundred and fifty miles away.

Tongzhou is known as the sister city of Zhenshuiguan, because, like Zhenshuiguan, Tongzhou also has rivers extending in all directions, and it is located side by side with Zhenshuiguan in the hinterland of the Great Qin Empire.

Zhao Yuan took Tongzhou election as his first goal, and he also took a fancy to its special geographical location.

As long as Tongzhou is occupied, it will be able to form a distant echo with Zhenshui Pass, and the most important thing is to cut off the Great Qin Empire into two sections, because, from the Russian Empire to Heishui City, it is necessary to pass through Zhenshui Pass and Tongzhou, once a defensive line is established between Zhenshui Pass and Tongzhou, it is equivalent to cutting off the supply of the crusaders operating around Heishui City.

Of course, it was obviously impossible to cut off the logistics of the Crusaders with the two cities of Tongzhou and Zhenshuiguan, but as long as Tongzhou and Zhenshuiguan fell into the hands of the Great Qin Empire, the Crusaders had to take military action.

Anyone with a little military knowledge knows that as long as Zhenshui Pass and Tongzhou form a distant echo trend, the crusaders will not be able to sleep well......

An army of 110,000 troops, of which 10,000 were mainly pack horses, with tents, food, and some small siege equipment.

Because without the help of the Yunhai Golden Eagle, Zhao Yuan had to ensure the speed of the march, and only by increasing the speed could he be able to catch the crusaders off guard.

It was impossible to conceal the march of the 110,000 army, but the crusaders did not know that the Zhenshui Pass would take a large-scale military operation in such bad weather, and most of them would not believe it, at most they thought that a small group of Great Qin soldiers were sneaking attack.

What Zhao Yuan had to do now was that when the crusaders confirmed the information, the 110,000-strong army had already arrived at the city.

A large number of scouts were sent out.

Zhao Yuan changed the head cow of the blood barbarian cow as a mount, because, after the anti-heaven monkey closed his eyes for a while, he couldn't sit still, and drove the evil unicorn to explore the way around, and the evil unicorn did not dare to resist, so he could only be at his mercy......