empire wars

Chapter 176 Straight to Jingzhou City

With the complete occupation of the entire Tianchuan Yizhou, Qin Yuan will soon face all the princes and all the powerful families in the entire land of China.

Of course, this is not Qin Yuan's best battle strategy. After all, he has already occupied three and a half prefectures, although they are all vast areas, and he can be called the number one prince.

However, the enemies he faces now are not one or two, but dozens of famous princes, and among them there are several princes who have the strength to reach the top.

For example, Yuan Zi, Gongsun Chi, Li Deyi and others, their sphere of influence is not much worse than that of Qin Yuan.

If Qin Yuan's own plan is followed, it must be done step by step to gradually eliminate the power of the surrounding princes, instead of fully blooming and becoming enemies with all the princes.

But things didn't work out as expected, the enemy would not allow Qin Yuan to develop so smoothly.

At the beginning, Qin Yuan occupied Xiyong Liangzhou and captured the Northern Qiang, which aroused the fear of many princes.

Under the sanctions of the Taishan Covenant, Tianchuan Yizhou was taken down by force. It can be said that this time it was the enmity with all the aristocratic families.

However, Qin Yuan had no choice in this regard. If he abided by the so-called innate treaty, the enemy would not only stop there, but would think that Qin Yuan was easy to bully and make more and more treaties to restrict him.

"My lord, for this crusade against Nanjiang Jingzhou, we plan to send a million troops, led by five generals, Bai Qi, Meng Tian, ​​Zhao Yun, Li Xin, and Ma Chao, to lead five legions, divided into five groups, and the elite troops led by you personally. The above are all the forces for this expedition. As for the other generals, they have already gone north to the Central Plains to prevent the attacks of various princes."

Zhuge Mo said to Qin Yuan.

At this time, Qin Yuan led the [-] Dragon Scale Army, [-] Zijin Dragon Guards, and [-] tenth-tier elite troops under his command.

Beside him were Guo Jia and Zhuge Mo.

As for Bai Qi and other five generals and their legions, they attacked Nanjiang Jingzhou from different routes after leaving Yizhou in Tianchuan.

A few days later, the fastest Bai Qi and the Killing God Army have all entered the territory of Nanjiang Jingzhou, like a sharp knife, pierced into the hinterland of Nanjiang Jingzhou, and captured five cities as bases, causing great harm to the enemy threaten.

The slowest one is Meng Tian's Xuanyong Army, which may have something to do with Meng Tian's character. They are fighting steadily and steadily. Now they have only reached the border between Tianchuan Yizhou and Nanjiang Jingzhou, and have not captured any cities.

However, with Qin Yuan's army of one million approaching, the Jingzhou side of the Nanjiang River seemed to be facing a formidable enemy.

Not only did more than a dozen cities on the border be abandoned, not only the army and family were relocated, but even the people were relocated.

It can be said that there are no people for thousands of miles, more than half of the occupied cities are empty cities, and there are very few people in the city.

Of course, the difficulty of taking it down is almost negligible.

Today, more than 2 elites led by Qin Yuan directly entered the territory of Nanjiang Jingzhou without any hindrance.

"Nanjiang Jingzhou is located in the south, and the rivers are criss-crossing. Many cities rely on rivers and rivers. They are easy to defend and difficult to attack. Although our army is all elite, we don't have a navy. Facing the army of Nanjiang Jingzhou , I am afraid it will be difficult to win."

Zhuge Mo said to Qin Yuan, and expressed his doubts.

The army is basically divided into land and water. In the southern region, naval battles often break out. Therefore, an elite navy is very important.

Qin Yuan's troops, the navy can be said to be almost zero.

After all, whether it is Xiyong Liangzhou, the land of Northern Qiang, or Tianchuan Yizhou, basically only the army is needed, and it is enough to attack the next city.

Sailors don't need to send field at all.

However, in the southern region, the navy is an indispensable arm.

"That's right, what's your plan?"

Qin Yuan asked.

The question is about strategies, not about training sailors.

A mature elite navy needs at least one year or even several years of training before they can go to the battlefield.

The most important point is that the navy must have a large number of warships, which cannot be manufactured in a short while.

Facing a great prince like the King of Southern Jing, the ordinary navy is useless at all, it is just to give the enemy military exploits.

And elite sailors are not so easy to create.

As for spending a few years to train elite sailors, Qin Yuan didn't have that much time, and the enemy would not give Qin Yuan this chance either.

As for the luck system, there are several units that are good at water warfare. However, only soldiers are exchanged, and there are no warships, which is also not very useful.

A navy without a battleship is equivalent to a soldier without armor, and its role is almost zero.

"My lord, since we don't have a navy, we can only avoid naval battles with the enemy. If we encounter important port cities, I'm afraid we can only let them go first, choose to capture some inland cities, and finally win most of the territory. , and then slowly capture those port cities.”

Zhu Gemo suggested. "The current situation in Nanjiang Jingzhou is no different than before. It has been repeatedly attacked by several princes and the Heavenly Dao Army, and its military strength has been greatly reduced. Facing our tiger and wolf division, as long as we advance slowly, there is no major problem. We want to What we are guarding against is the reinforcements of other princes, beware of them uniting to deal with us."

"Well, that's a way."

Qin Yuan nodded slightly, and looked at Guo Jia who was on the side.

Qin Yuan was very curious about the famous Guo Fengxiao in history. Of course, he also wanted to see Guo Jia's talents.

"Ahem, my lord, according to the intelligence analysis these days, King Nanjing's territory is only two-thirds of what it was in its heyday. As for the strength of the army, it is no more than 70 at most. Facing our army of one million, it can be said to be a piece of cake. Take it down, in the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy, strategy, and strategy will have no effect at all."

Guo Jia said with a faint smile, "Strategy is generally used in the situation of winning more with less. We don't need these things at all, just crush the enemy with strong strength."

"this one?"

Qin Yuan stared at Guo Jia, I was looking forward to it so much, so you just told me this?
"of course."

Guo Jia smiled, "In the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy will be superfluous, but my subordinates also have a suggestion, to capture the king first, as long as the king of Nanjing and other important leaders are dealt with, then Nanjiang will be regained." Jingzhou will become easier and at the same time reduce the casualties of our soldiers."

"With these elites under my lord's hands, I don't think there is any problem in taking down Jingzhou City."

Guo Jia looked at Qin Yuan and smiled.

"Go straight to Jingzhou City, this is a dangerous plan!"

Zhuge Mo said, "Mr. Guo's words, I agree with one point, but the last point, I really can't agree with it. The lord is a man of gold, how can he take risks."

"What you said makes sense."

Qin Yuan smiled and said, "However, I just like challenges. If I just rely on the army to push across, it doesn't make much sense. Also, we don't have much time. Although King Nanjing didn't have a clear plan The attitude of cooperating with the aristocratic family does not mean that they will never cooperate. If they unite and take Nanjiang Jingzhou as an occupation, delaying our pace, and waiting for the armies of other princes to gather, then we will face millions of people. The army, by then, I am afraid it will be really difficult."

"So, I decided to surprise Jingzhou City, take down the King of Southern Jing, and lay a solid foundation for occupying the entire Nanjiang Jingzhou."

Qin Yuan said firmly,
Undoubtedly, no one can voice any objection to Qin Yuan's decision.

Zhugemo sighed, he had followed Qin Yuan for a very long time, knowing how tempting this strategy would be for Qin Yuan himself, it can be said that Qin Yuan would never give up this approach, even if he knew the way to go Difficult and dangerous, even life-threatening.

Guo Jia smiled, this strategy is naturally not a good one, but it is very appetizing to Qin Yuan.

No, the result did not exceed Guo Jia's expectations.

Just do it.

Qin Yuan immediately issued an order to let the army give up capturing the cities along the way, and move forward all the way, bypassing the cities and small towns, like a sharp sword, rampaging and smashing into the hinterland of Jingzhou on the Nanjiang River.

The army led by Qin Yuan was all cavalry, and they were extremely fast.

In just two days, they arrived at Nanjiang City, which is the second largest city in Nanjiang Jingzhou.

As for the largest city, it is naturally Jingzhou City.

The distance between Nanjiang City and Jingzhou City is only a hundred miles. If you march with all your strength, it will only take an hour or two.

"Recently, has King Nanjing made any moves?"

Qin Yuan stood on a mountain top, looking at Nanjiang City in the distance.

"The troops in Jingzhou on the Nanjiang River are mobilized very frequently. Almost all of their troops have been transferred to several important cities. Among them, Jingzhou City has gathered an army of no less than 30. I am afraid that our operation this time has long been overwhelmed by Nanjiang. King Jing knows that going there may be very dangerous."

Zhu Gemo said with worry.

Although Qin Yuan did not act together with the other five armies, he also led more than 2 troops under his command, and he did not hide his whereabouts, so it is impossible for the enemy not to know.

Especially after the news of Qin Yuan in this army was known by the enemy, King Nanjing knew Qin Yuan's purpose.

Naturally, all forces were dispatched to defend Jingzhou City.

Once Jingzhou City is broken, it is imperative that the entire Nanjiang Jingzhou fall.

In particular, once Jingzhou City is destroyed, the life of King Nanjing may be lost.

If the enemy is on guard, then Qin Yuan's beheading operation on this trip may be even more difficult.

According to Zhu Gemo's meaning, it is natural to cancel the action, otherwise, he will fall into the encirclement of the enemy.

Moreover, such a big move by Qin Yuan is not without any effect.

Knowing Qin Yuan's actions, the King of Nanjing naturally shrunk his troops and put all his strength in several important cities.

Therefore, Baiqi Mengtian and other five major armies captured the city very fast and advanced very smoothly without any difficulty.

"My lord, there is still news from the envoy of King Nanjing here."

Zhu Gemo said again.

"Oh, what news?"

Qin Yuan asked.

"The King of Southern Jing wants to negotiate peace with the lord, and even wants to cooperate with the lord."

"Cooperation?"

"Yes, the aristocratic family contacted the King of Nanjing, wanting to form an allied army to defeat Qin. The King of Nanjing will be their vanguard. The King of Nanjing means that the two of us will cooperate, and then we will ruthlessly kill the side of the aristocratic family." the power of the princes."

Zhu Gemo said. "I think this plan is pretty good."

"It's nice, but we don't need it."

Guo Jia smiled and said. "The enemy is an enemy after all, and no one knows if we cooperate with it. Whether the King of Nanjing will fight against the enemy, or even make a plan. The King of Nanjing was launched by the Allied Forces of the Qin Dynasty, and he deliberately used it with us, and then he understands our side. The movement of the army."

"This"

Zhu Gemo fell into deep thought, this is not impossible.

However, I learned from the letter that King Nanjing's willingness to cooperate is very strong.

It can even be said that King Nanjing and the power of the aristocratic family are inseparable, and there is no possibility of sitting down and cooperating.

Especially before this, King Nanjing had been suppressed by the power of the aristocratic family, otherwise, he would not have fallen into this situation today.

"Okay, we've come to this point, or let it go, wouldn't it be anticlimactic."

Qin Yuan thought for a while and said.

In Jingzhou City, the King of Nanjing looked very solemn.

"Qin Yuan, do you have a reply?"

King Nanjing's hoarse voice came out.

In recent days, it can be said that the King of Nanjing has been beset by enemies.

The pressure from the aristocratic family continued to drop. If the King of Southern Jing did not cooperate with the aristocratic family, then the army that defeated Qin might become an army that punished the south.

In particular, the armies of Tianwu Prefecture and Nanhuang Yuezhou have entered the territory of Nanjiang Jingzhou.

On the surface, it seems that they are allies, but in fact, they took advantage of the Nanjing King's shrinking territory and occupied a lot of cities.

In just a few days, the actual control area of ​​the King of Southern Jing has shrunk significantly, and now it is less than one-third.

As for the army, there are only 80.

Among them, 50 are veterans who have experienced wars, and have even trained for a long time.

The remaining 30 are forced recruits, whose combat effectiveness can be imagined.

It's okay to fight against the wind, but if you fight against the wind, you may fall as soon as you touch it.

Especially facing Qin Yuan's team, the elite recognized by the world, was extremely powerful and invincible.

This is not something to brag about, but a reputation gained through countless battles.

In addition to the coalition of powerful princes from aristocratic families, there is naturally Qin Yuan's army.

There are six armies, five of which are 20 each, for a total of 100 million elite troops.

The sixth route is the elite of Qin Yuan's headquarters who came directly to Jingzhou City.

"No news at all."

One of his subordinates said worriedly, "According to the latest news, Qin Yuan has already arrived in Nanjiang City. I am afraid that he will arrive in Jingzhou City in less than half a day."

"Close the city, prepare to meet the enemy!"

King Nanjing said with a serious expression.

Qin Yuan's actions did not stop at all because of his peace talks.

From this point, it can be seen that Qin Yuan has no idea of ​​cooperating with King Nanjing at all.

Now that it has come to this point, as the King of Nanjing who has controlled Jingzhou in Nanjiang for decades, he naturally makes an immediate decision and puts aside all thoughts.

"Yes!"

The officials below all breathed a sigh of relief when they heard King Nanjing's words.

In fact, they are not very inclined to cooperate with Qin Yuan.

Cooperating with the family is the best choice.

In addition, although the elite led by Qin Yuan is powerful, Jingzhou City is a state city after all, and has gathered more than 30 troops.

In the city, there is not only King Nanjing, who is a martial artist in the innate realm.

If there is a last resort, Nanyang City not far away, where many aristocratic families gather, will even send at least one innate warrior to support and prevent Jingzhou City from being breached.

Under several layers of protection, Jingzhou City can be described as an impregnable fortress.

Qin Yuan wanted to take it down with only tens of thousands of troops, which can be described as whimsical.

As for the beheading operation, if Qin Yuan really dared to come, then he would be a turtle in the urn and let Qin Yuan stay forever.

"My lord is ordered to seal the city immediately, and no one is allowed to enter!"

"My lord is ordered to seal the city immediately, and no one is allowed to enter!"

At the city gate, a voice came from afar.

"City closure?"

Suddenly, the queue that was waiting in line suddenly became chaotic, and countless people rushed into the city desperately.

The thick city was slowly closed under the push of dozens of soldiers.

"go!"

Among the chaotic people, a group of strong men protected two heroic young men and took advantage of the chaos to enter the city.

(End of this chapter)