Take the earth to enshrine the gods

Chapter 168 The Ancestor of Mobile Warfare
Just because Qingqiu didn't send troops, it didn't mean Qianyuan had to wait.

No one has ever said that the Spring War can only be when the monster race takes the initiative to attack the human race, and the human race cannot attack the monster race.

April [-],
The independent cavalry brigade of the Southwest Corps, commanded by Di Qing, stepped onto the war stage for the first time. Under orders, the troops left Hulao Pass and bravely entered the territory of Qingqiu Kingdom.

Officially declared war on Qingqiu.

At the same time, under the command of the fifth Ziyue, the Second Division of the Southwest Corps guarding the Yiyi Mansion sent troops out of Tengshe Pass and Red Viper Pass to attack the Qingqiu Kingdom Demon Army guarding the opposite pass.

Each of the two major passes is guarded by a thousand demon troops.

Qian Yuan didn't know whether Qingqiu Kingdom had no cards yet and was confident, or if it was really arrogant and used to it, and really thought that the human race would not dare to take the initiative to attack.

Apart from the garrison, there were no reinforcements around.

With the cooperation of the cavalry brigade, the two major passes fell one after another in just two days.

Victory came too easily.

"What the hell is Qingqiu country doing?" Qian Yuan really couldn't understand now, even so, he decisively instructed the second division to enter the two passes that he had captured one by one.

So far, the four passes in the two prefectures have all fallen into the hands of Qian Yuan.

With the four passes in hand, Qian Yuan completely controlled the initiative of the war. Even if Qingqiu had any conspiracy, the fiefdom army had a huge strategic space.

Qian Yuan is not satisfied yet.

On April [-]th, the Southwest Corps marched westward across the board and set off a round of massacres on the border of Qingqiu Kingdom. One was to try to provoke Qingqiu to send troops, and the other was to loot along the way.

Qingqiu country is rich in monsters and spirit grass.

This time, the border of Qingqiu Kingdom suffered a serious crime. In just one week, more than [-] tribes, large and small, were ransacked by the Southwest Corps and turned into ruins.

The sins and pains that the monster race once inflicted on the human race were returned by the human race.

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Qingqiu country, Zhenbei Daying.

As the base camp of the Northern Route Army, after hundreds of years of operation, this place has slowly developed from a large military camp to a super military town.

Nearby is Qinghu City, the largest city in the north of Qingqiu Country.

"bump!"

After receiving the battle report from the front line, the Green Fox King was furious, and smashed the long wooden table in front of him into powder, leaving the room in a mess and full of evil spirits.

No one dared to approach.

After last year's defeat, feeling the threat of Zhennan King, the North Route Army once again expanded a team of 5 people, reaching an unprecedented [-] people.

In the past year, King Qinghu devoted all his energy to recruiting and training soldiers, hoping to get rid of his humiliation, completely flatten Qingqiu Mansion, and behead Zhennan King.

But there is a major premise for this, which is to obtain the promise of Zhulong Kingdom.

If the Candle Dragon Kingdom does not withdraw its troops from the border, the Qinghu King will not dare to come out. Otherwise, if the Torch Dragon Kingdom does something bad, the northern part of the Qingqiu Kingdom will suffer a great crime.

As the strongest of the three major demon kingdoms, Zhulong Kingdom has never given up its ambition to unify the demon clan.

After nearly a year of negotiations, after Qingqiu Kingdom promised various conditions, Zhulong Kingdom finally let go and expressed its willingness to withdraw troops from the border, but it was not spring, but autumn.

The sinister intentions really made the Qinghu King gnash his teeth.

He had no choice but to give up the thought of going to war in the spring and prepare for the war with peace of mind. In order to paralyze the enemy, he didn't even garrison at Jigu Daying Camp, nor tried to take back Hulao Pass.

The current Zhennan Palace is no longer what it used to be.

King Zhennan has 5 tigers and wolves under his command, and he has the advantage of the geographical location. Even if the North Route Army has [-] people, King Qinghu dare not say that he has the confidence to win.

With Qianyuan becoming a vassal, in just two years, the military strength of the two tribes in the southwest region has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Before, the Dagan Dynasty's garrison in the entire Zhaoyao County was nothing more than a full-scale division. Excluding the defensive force against the Quicksand Kingdom in the south, it was only [-] troops that were really used to fight against the Yaozu.

After Qianyuan took charge of southwest defense, the size of the army doubled.

The same is true for the North Route Army of Qingqiu Country. In just two years, it has expanded from 3 to 5 people, which has greatly tapped the war potential of Qingqiu Country.

This is basically the limit of the Northern Route Army.

It seems silent, but when I look back suddenly, I realize that it has changed a lot. It feels like the gentle river of history has suddenly been accelerated because of the arrival of the Qianyuan Dynasty.

The previous fiasco was enough to wake up the Green Fox King.

Even, the Green Fox King is preparing to borrow troops from the royal court to ensure that the revenge plan is foolproof.

"But damn..."

The Qinghu King never expected that he would show weakness like this and swallow his anger, while the Zhennan King would go further and go against the norm of the human race and take the initiative to declare war on the Qingqiu Kingdom.

It disrupted the layout of the Green Fox King at once.

It has to be said that the psychological advantage of fighting against the human race for thousands of years has penetrated into the bones of the monster race and paralyzed the nerves of the monster race. They have never taken the human race seriously.

This time, they finally paid a heavy price for their arrogance.

Not only the Qinghu King, but also the entire Qingqiu Kingdom fell into anger. Warlike voices were everywhere in the country, and people were excited, clamoring to overthrow the Daqian Dynasty.

If we really want to conform to public opinion, this battle is not easy to fight.

Not to mention that the Zhulong Kingdom did not withdraw its troops from the border, and even the North Route Army itself did not make a plan to start a war in the spring. Temporary changes in the battle plan would cause major problems.

To be honest, the Green Fox King has no confidence in winning.

Even the Green Fox King suspected that the human army was so aggressive in order to provoke them and seek a decisive battle with the Northern Route Army.

The Green Fox King will not be fooled.

However, under such circumstances, as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Route Army, King Qinghu was facing enormous pressure from public opinion in the country, and even the old accounts of the previous defeat were turned over.

It's almost like being criticized by thousands of people.

Fortunately, there is still a sane person in Qingqiu Kingdom. That person is the supreme being of Qingqiu Kingdom, Lord Fox, who personally vetoed the proposal to start a war.

He just ordered the Northern Route Army to drive away the invaders as soon as possible, and restore peace to the border.

The Green Fox King was so grateful that he immediately sent a team of [-] people to the border to drive away the human army that was showing off its might, and recapture the Jigu Camp.

Abandoning the Jigu camp was originally a strategic mistake of the Green Fox King.

Of course, Master Hu's patience is also very limited. He ordered the Qinghu King, if he can't avenge his shame in the autumn battle, the only way to wait for the Qinghu King is "self-judgment".

The demon clan cannot tolerate repeated losers.

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Finally, when the demon army of Qingqiu Kingdom arrived, the Southwest Corps immediately retracted its defense line, and some troops even retreated directly to the pass to prevent the pass that was finally captured from being taken back by the demon clan.

Two city guard brigades also began to move toward the border, ready to support the front line at any time.

At the same time, in order to spy on the reality of the Yaozu army, the Southwest Corps left a part of mobile troops on the border, surrounding the tribes of all sizes, and constantly launched local contests with the Yaozu.

At this time, the strength of the two generals Xue Rengui and Fifth Ziyue was revealed.

Especially Xue Rengui, a generation of famous generals.

He commanded the first division, and even played hide-and-seek with the demon army in the demon tribe's territory, leading the demon army by the nose from beginning to end.

By interspersing, ambush, detour, etc., they continue to form force superiority in local areas. While training troops, they continue to expand the results of the battle and nibble away at the demon army's troops bit by bit.

The cavalry brigade led by Di Qing also haunted the border.

For thousands of years, the battles between the two races of humans and monsters have basically been carried out around the passes of the Zulong Mountains. The main battles are offensive and defensive battles between the passes, which belong to positional warfare.

For such a large-scale mobile warfare, Yaozu is really not good at it.

The human race is not like this.

Even the extremely talented Fifth Ziyue, compared with a famous general like Xue Rengui, looks quite bleak. The results of the Second Division are obviously not as good as that of the First Division, and the losses are even greater.

For Xue Rengui, Di Qing, and even summoned generals such as Yue Yun and Hua Xiong, engaging in mobile warfare is simply commonplace.

In a sense, this is the battle that best utilizes their strengths.

Xue Rengui and Di Qing are two generals who are like ducks in water, forcibly using weak forces to play with the demon army in the palm of their hands.

The Qinghu King got the reward, and he had mixed feelings in his heart. He already regarded the Southwest Corps as a strong enemy, but he still underestimated them unexpectedly.

If you continue to fight like this, you will probably lose.

Should another reinforcement be sent up?The Green Fox King really couldn't afford to lose this man.

Fortunately, the Green Fox King is not an ordinary person. After analyzing the advantages of the enemy and himself, he decisively ordered the two demon generals to give up entanglement with the enemy at the border and go straight to the pass.

This is called exploiting strengths and avoiding weaknesses.

The plan worked.

The pass is not only the advantage of the Southwest Corps, but also the Achilles' heel of the Southwest Corps. Seeing the demon army heading straight for the pass, they had no choice but to withdraw from the border.

In this way, the two sides stopped fighting.

(End of this chapter)