Seeing that Qilin Kingdom was developing smoothly, Li Zheng and others met with Qi Feihong and proposed to divide the existing army into four armies and station them in various cities. Qi Feihong listened to everyone's suggestions and thought it was feasible, so he ordered the army to be divided into four.
The first army is still an army of monsters, numbering one hundred thousand, commanded by Chi Yan, stationed in the newly built military camp in Qilin City, and responsible for guarding the outskirts of Qilin City. The monster army is difficult to manage. No one except Chi Yan can really make the monster army surrender, so the commander cannot be replaced.
The Second Army is commanded by Huangfu City, with 200,000 soldiers under his command, divided into four teams, stationed in Qilin City, and responsible for guarding the interior of Qilin City. The Second Army worked closely with Chi Yan's monster army to ensure that Qilin City was safe. In addition to the commanders of the first team Shangqing San and the second team Yinggu, the commanders of the fourth team of the second army also added Huangfu Yun, the commander of the third team, and Xiang Jiutian, the commander of the fourth team. The second army is the strongest, has the most soldiers, and is the main force of the Qilin Kingdom.
Half of the third army was brought by Li Zheng before, so it was commanded by Li Zheng and stationed in Shanhai City. As the main force in the acropolis, it resisted all enemies attacking Qilin Kingdom from the direction of Shanhai City. The Third Army has a total of 150,000 soldiers, all of whom are human soldiers, making it easier for Commander Li Zheng to manage them. The Third Army is also divided into four teams, each with a commander, who can fight together or separately.
The Fourth Army is a new army with a strength of 150,000. All officers and soldiers were recruited from Shanhai City, Huaiyu City and Xinyang City and require further training before they can be put to use. The commander-in-chief of the Fourth Army was Huangfu Xiaoming. The four commanders were all chosen by Huangfu Xiaoming himself. Qi Feihong did not interfere. The Fourth Army was temporarily stationed in the relatively safe Xinyang City, and Huangfu Xiaoming and others were responsible for training to enhance combat effectiveness.
There are too many officers in the army, so they must be regularized, otherwise it will easily cause management chaos and reduce combat effectiveness. Based on some of his own experiences, Qi Feihong ordered three generals, Xuannv Yuqing, Zheng Hong and Yuan Ying, to serve as supervisors of the Second Army, Third Army and Fourth Army respectively. They usually did not take care of the affairs of the army, but when the war came, they would represent them. Qi Feihong supervised the military operations.
Xuannv Yuqing was in the Second Army and still stayed in Qilin City. She was not only the general of the Qilin Kingdom and the supervisor of the Second Army, she was also Qi Feihong's trusted advisor and confidant. I don't know since when, Qi Feihong has placed great trust in this senior expert who made a joke with him before, and respects and trusts her.
Zheng Hong and Yuan Ying are in the Third Army and the Fourth Army respectively, but the two armies are stationed very close to each other, so it is easy for them to meet each other, and there is no pain of separation between the husband and wife. The two are also senior experts, but their relationship with Qi Feihong is far less close than that of Xuannv Yuqing. Of course, Qi Feihong still respects them, otherwise he would not entrust them with important tasks.
Not long after the army's management was on track, Li Zheng sent someone to send information. Lu Hao's army had assembled and was already heading towards Huaiyu City, where no army was currently stationed. Lu Hao gathered an army of 200,000 this time, with the obvious purpose of retaking the three cities of Shanhai, Huaiyu and Xinyang occupied by the Qilin Kingdom.
After Qi Feihong received the news, he immediately discussed countermeasures with everyone. Everyone thought that with Li Zai, Lu Hao would not be able to succeed easily, so there was no need to worry. Qi Feihong also felt that Li Zheng was enough to stop Lu Hao's army, so he ordered Li Zheng to lead his army to Huaiyu City and prepare a tight formation.
Li Zheng seemed to be very experienced in marching and fighting, and he was bold and careful. After arriving at Huaiyu City, he did not passively defend, but came up with various strategies, which made Lu Hao completely unaware of Li Zheng's combat plan.
Li Zheng first ordered most of the soldiers to set up defenses in Huaiyu City with great fanfare, and they had the potential to compete with the enemy in Huaiyu City. But secretly, Li Zheng sent an army of 50,000 people to ambush quietly where Lu Hao's army must pass, giving Lu Hao a sap in the head. The ambush made Lu Hao's army cry like ghosts and howl like wolves, and was completely defeated. The whole army was almost annihilated.
Li Zheng only dispatched 50,000 soldiers in this battle, but the result was a complete victory. After Qi Feihong found out, he personally asked Li Zheng what happened during the battle, and only then did he know what the situation was like at that time.
It turned out that Li Zheng divided the 50,000 ambushed soldiers into three teams. One team ambush at the entrance of Sleepy Hollow, a dangerous place where Lu Hao's army must pass. After Lu Hao's army passed, he immediately launched an attack to cut off Lu Hao's army's retreat.
The second team was lying in ambush at the end of Sleepy Hollow. When they saw the signal from the first team, they immediately rushed out to prevent Lu Hao's army from moving forward and trapped them all in Sleepy Hollow.
The third team was lying in ambush on the high ground on both sides of Sleepy Hollow, preparing a large number of crossbows, rolling stones and the like. After seeing the signals from the first and second teams, they immediately rushed out and attacked the unprepared Lu Hao from a high position. The army was defeated.
In this battle, Lu Hao's 200,000-strong army suffered more than 40,000 casualties, nearly 100,000 surrendered, and only 50,000 or 60,000 escaped by chance. It can be said to be a great defeat. Li Zhengchu won the battle, and it was a great victory. When the news came back, the whole country rejoiced. Qi Feihong was also in a good mood and rewarded Li Zheng and the soldiers who participated in the battle.
Li Zheng's army brought all the surrenderers back to Huaiyu City, and after training, they became officers and soldiers of Li Zheng's Third Army. The number of soldiers under his command increased to 250,000 in just a few days. The growth rate was astonishing.
Li Zheng's approach has actually been done by others before, but it is really rare for him to accept 100,000 surrendered troops at once.
Li Zheng became famous in this battle and was regarded as the God of War by many people. After Qi Feihong learned about it, he named this eldest brother the "God of War", making the nickname Li Zheng justified. Since then, Li Zheng has been nicknamed "God of War". When everyone sees him, they don't call him commander or lord, but call him "God of War".
Not long ago, Li Zheng received news that Lu Hao was defeated in the first battle and suffered heavy losses. He returned to Feihu City, the capital that had been returned to him by the Immortal Golden Immortal not long ago. He angrily beat and scolded his generals for being useless, and even personally beheaded the commander-in-chief Pang Si. .
After Pang Si died, his brother Pang San was so angry that he said some disrespectful words and was imprisoned by Lu Hao. The four Pang brothers, who were originally devoted to Lu Hao, died and were imprisoned. They really fulfilled the old saying: a man who accompanies you is like a tiger.
As a result, of the four generals of the Pang family under Lu Hao, only Pang Pang and Pang Er were left. Lu Hao's army was short of lieutenant generals, and the army's combat effectiveness had dropped a lot. Lu Hao had no intention of attacking the Qilin Kingdom for the time being, and quietly ordered the army to rest and reorganize. At the same time, he also secretly searched for generals to lead the army in place of the dead Pang Si and the imprisoned Pang San.
After all, Lu Hao still lacked the ability to rule the country and did not pay attention to cultivating talents. Only after the war with the Qilin Kingdom, there was a shortage of talents. Maybe he will pay attention to this in the future, it depends on whether he has time to cultivate excellent talents.
Lu Hao will no longer cause trouble for the time being, and the Immortal Golden Immortal and Yu Wenxian are in a bitter battle again. They cannot be disadvantageous to the Qilin Kingdom for the time being, and the Qilin Kingdom has ushered in a golden period of stable development.
Qi Feihong cherished this opportunity. While ordering to speed up the construction of Qilin Village so that more people could live in Qilin City, he also had the idea of continuing to expand his territory.
Qi Feihong expanded his territory for no other reason than to have more common people and more people. He always believed that people are the foundation of a country, and always wanted to increase the population of Qilin Country as much as possible.
Qi Feihong even proposed a policy to encourage existing Qilin citizens to have children, but was opposed by almost everyone. Because everyone thinks that immortal cultivators should have fewer children and spend all their time and energy on cultivation. This is a rule that has been established in the world of immortality for countless years. It will take time to break this rule.
Qi Feihong knew that the world of immortality was very different from the mortal world where he was born, and it was difficult to insist on it. He could only use the most direct method to expand the population, which was to continue to conquer Lu Hao's city and increase the population by occupying the city.
In fact, this is a way to quickly increase the population. Each city has a large population. If it is directly occupied, the increase in population must be very optimistic.
