"What do you think of the saint?"
In a forest not far from the confrontation between the two armies, the Red Lotus Saint was quietly observing the battlefield ahead with her two maids and the chief protector Huang Tiansheng, one of the four major protectors in the sect.
Huang Tiansheng looked at the constant turmoil on his side, frowned and then looked at Su Yu and asked.
Su Yu also frowned, and after observing for a while again, he said in a heavy voice: "I originally thought that those common people had been oppressed by the government for so long, and they should hate the government to the core.
But now it seems that even though they still have hatred in their hearts, they still have more fear in their hearts. "
The Great Protector Huang Tiansheng nodded and said: "The fear of the government has been deeply ingrained in the hearts of these people, and it is not easy to eliminate it.
Originally, we planned to let these common people get their hands stained with the blood of other local officials step by step. As long as their hands are stained with the blood of officials, their awe for the officials will gradually disappear.
Unfortunately, the imperial army arrived before they could, and they could only be dragged onto the battlefield in a hurry. "
"Even so, I think the number of people sent by the imperial court should not be 200,000, right?"
Su Yu watched from a distance, roughly estimated the number of imperial troops on the opposite side, and had some doubts in his heart.
In response, Huang Tiansheng smiled and said: "Holy girl, you don't understand. The imperial court has always liked to bluff when sending troops, and it has been the same in history. They clearly only had 100,000 troops, but they dared to use the banner of 500,000.
In fact, the other 400,000 are all auxiliary troops transporting supplies.
What's even more exaggerated is that they even included the number of civilian husbands, so they had such an exaggerated number.
Now that they are on the battlefield, those auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands are naturally not allowed to go on the battlefield, thus exposing the true number of troops in the imperial court.
According to my scruples, the imperial court said it has 200,000 troops this time. I guess it would be good to have 100,000 regular soldiers. "
Huang Tiansheng was very confident in his own judgment.
Su Yu also nodded slightly in agreement.
He immediately said: "If that's the case, then wouldn't it be certain that we, 300,000 people, would win against the court's 100,000 people?"
Huang Tiansheng shook his head: "Saint, combat effectiveness is not calculated in this way, there are also issues with equipment and the quality of soldiers.
We are not as good as the imperial court in this regard.
But as the saying goes, an elephant in numbers can kill an elephant. Even though they have the advantages of better quality soldiers and equipment, we have three times more people than they do. My subordinates estimate that we will be able to win miserably in the end. "
"A tragic victory?"
Su Yu's brows suddenly frowned again.
"Yes! After a tragic victory, it will be good if only tens of thousands of the 300,000 people are left in the end. However, there is no need to feel that there are heavy casualties behind them. They are just ordinary people. There are so many in the world, and there are even more in the south. There is no place to stand.
And these tens of thousands of people who survived the bloody battle can become the trump cards of our Holy Religion in the future.
They are veterans who can compete with the imperial soldiers. We can rely on them to quickly expand our power, and by then we will be able to get back everything we have lost. "
Huang Tiansheng's face became more and more excited as he spoke, and he seemed to have seen the picture of him commanding tens of thousands of elites to attack and be invincible.
Su Yu disagreed with this: "Huang Protector, isn't it bad for us to do this? Those people are all our followers!"
Unexpectedly, after hearing her words, Huang Tiansheng's face suddenly darkened and he said coldly:
"Holy girl, the leader's intention is to expand the strength of the Holy Cult, not to make you have the kindness of a woman!
In the past, the imperial court had no time to deal with us, but now since the imperial court can send people the first time, it will send them a second time. Even if we win this time, what if the imperial court sends someone more powerful?
The only thing we have to do is to keep all the elite members of the congregation and save them everywhere, and eventually we will have an elite team. "
Seeing Huang Tiansheng's appearance, Su Yu lowered her head. It seemed that at this moment, Huang Tiansheng's status was much higher than that of a saint like her.
However, this is also a fact. Although Su Yu is the Red Lotus Saint, in the Red Lotus Sect, the status of the leader is always higher than that of the Saint.
As for the so-called four guardians, two of them were arranged by the leader to monitor him.
So generally speaking, what he, the saint, said was effective, but when the two guardians sent by the leader spoke, what she, the saint, said became ineffective.
Now that Huang Tiansheng had spoken, Su Yu understood that even if she disagreed, the Holy Cult would do the same. She sighed and stopped talking silently.
The two of them continued to look at the battlefield.
At this time, something unexpected seemed to have happened on the battlefield.
Under the instigation of the true believers of the Red Lotus Sect, the 300,000 members finally couldn't bear it anymore. Even though they knew there was danger, they overcame their inner fear and launched an attack on the imperial army on the opposite side.
As soon as he realized this, Li Dingguo quickly changed his policy. He knew that he could not delay it any longer and had to be ruthless, otherwise it would be too late by the time the army was routed.
Just as Li Dingguo was preparing to go on a killing spree.
Huo Qubing, who had been hiding aside, suddenly took action.
Like a pack of wolves that smelled blood, they suddenly rushed out from one side of the 300,000 religious troops.
Then, amid the shock and astonishment of the three hundred thousand Red Lotus Cult troops, it was violently inserted into their middles!
Immediately afterwards, they attacked and killed the high-level command post in the middle!
The whole process went smoothly and took less than a quarter of an hour, so fast that no one could react!
When the senior leaders of the Red Lotus Sect in the middle of the army realized that the purpose of the opponent's cavalry was actually them, they immediately began to mobilize manpower to return reinforcements, hoping to drown the cavalry with their numbers.
However, they had just given the order and the front army had not had time to turn around or deploy manpower. Li Dingguo, who discovered the clues, immediately came to support.
Directly ahead, the original archer put his bow on his back again, replacing it with a repeating crossbow that had never been used.
Following an order, the overwhelming barrage of crossbows immediately gave the Red Lotus Cult Army a shock due to their superior weapons!
The repeating crossbows, which were like cutting grass, instantly forced the front army, which had dedicated some manpower to support the Chinese army, to organize manpower to resist. However, it seemed that there were not enough men for the opponent to harvest like this, and they were unable to support the Chinese army at all.
At this time, among the 300,000 religious troops, Huo Qubing and his cavalry were already amazing!
It was as if a hot knife had cut into butter, breaking through all the obstacles with ease.
It's as relaxing as taking a walk!
The fighting power of the army composed of Red Lotus Cult members really opened Huo Qubing's eyes, and it was actually able to be so weak.
In just a moment, his seven thousand men had rushed to a place less than a hundred meters away from the central command group of the army. He could even clearly see the panic on the faces of the heavily protected senior officials of the Red Lotus Sect. color.
But what made him frown was, didn't it mean that the Red Lotus Sect was now headed by the Red Lotus Saint?
Why didn't he see the woman among this group of people?
What he didn't know was that for safety reasons, the Red Lotus Saint did not personally command the army at all, but quietly hid not far away. At this moment, she was watching with horror on her face as he rushed into the center of the army so easily!
"This...is this imperial army so powerful? How could a mere seven thousand cavalry charge in so easily?
If we were there at this moment, wouldn't we be in the same boat? "
Su Yu felt both shocked and happy.
What was shocking was that the combat effectiveness of the imperial army was actually more powerful than she thought. Fortunately, she did not go to the battlefield with the army.
...(End of chapter)
