Huge armies broke out of their camps and headed south one after another, leaving thick ruts and animal hoof prints on the hard frozen soil.
Before leaving, Li Qingyan summoned his generals to hold a military meeting against the barbarians.
Although it says a lot, it can actually be simplified into three words.
Discover, catch up, destroy.
The most critical of these is the first discovery.
Just like the champion in the previous history, the difficulty is not winning the war, but finding the main force of the barbarians is rare.
Although the barbarian army has been winning battles under the leadership of the foreign king, its military strength is much weaker than when it detoured to the north and sealed the city to the south.
Li Qingyan went out of the city to attack the camp and killed a group of people, stormed Beifeng City and killed a group of people, and defeated the sect's army of 300,000 and killed a large number of people.
In Xu Yuan's words, although the barbarians are full of momentum, more than half of their manpower has actually been consumed.
Insufficient manpower meant that the barbarians could only win battles all the time, and win big, in order to complete the eternal feat of ants eating elephants. The wealthy Dayan Dynasty could lose, but as long as they were allowed to win once, the barbarians would be doomed.
This is probably the tragedy of the strange king of the barbarians, or the entire barbarian tribe.
The day after breaking camp and heading south was very busy, but for Xu Yuan it was quite boring.
For the same reason, he, a layman and a layman, was not qualified to participate in the military.
However, Li Qingyan became so busy that he had no time to sleep with him.
A brand new day,
When Xu Yuan woke up from his sleep, he immediately saw Li Qingyan sitting at Jian's table opposite, looking at the military situation.
It is estimated that this woman has not slept all night again.
After the war machine began to operate at high load, many matters required the commander-in-chief Li Qingyan to review and make decisions.
A good general is not just responsible for leading troops to fight.
She needs to review the marching speed and routes of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people, communication with friendly forces, ordnance losses, and supplies delivered to the grassroots.
Xu Yuan sat up from the soft couch, rubbed his eyebrows, and opened the window curtain to look outside.
The carriage was modified from a military baggage cart and had a large interior space, larger than the two RVs in Xu Yuan's previous life.
Outside the beast chariot, all that could be seen were the Beifeng troops wearing white armor.
More than a hundred Beifeng guards riding tall demonic horses guarded the beast's chariot where the commander was. Their armor was glowing with metallic luster. The friction of armor as the heavy armored soldiers walked sounded inexplicably hot. In the distance, there was a giant beast chariot filled with baggage. From time to time it would make a low groan, leaving thick ruts on the ground.
On the way south, everything went in perfect order.
However, compared to the bright sun when we set off, the clouds in the sky have condensed again at this moment, as if the essence of them will fall to the earth at any time.
Withdrawing his gaze, Xu Yuan looked at the red-armored woman in the carriage:
"Where are we now?"
Li Qingyan replied softly without raising his eyes:
"It's still about a hundred miles away from Beifeng City."
"Where are the barbarians?" Xu Yuan asked the question he was most concerned about.
Li Qingyan's Beifeng Army was considered the vanguard of the coalition forces. If an encounter occurred, their vanguard would be the first to come into contact with the barbarians.
Li Qingyan shook his head gently:
"Nothing was found. I have arranged for flying scouts to cooperate with the sect's heavy cavalry to explore Beifeng City, but the Barbarian King seems to have simply abandoned Beifeng City."
Xu Yuan chuckled lightly when he heard this:
"How can Beifeng City be defended when its northern wall has collapsed?"
Li Qingyan finally raised his eyes after hearing this, with a smile on his lips:
"You had this in mind when you were going to blow up the city wall, right?"
Xu Yuan stood up and walked to the opposite side of the simple table in the car, took out a futon and sat down:
"No, I simply want to use the barbarians' swords to chop off the 300,000 elite members of the northern sects. Moreover, even if the northern city wall is still built, the barbarians will not defend Beifeng."
Li Qingyan gently put down the file in his hand and chuckled:
"Yes, if there is no Yunqi Bomb, the barbarians may take advantage of the blizzard and the weather to defend Beifeng. After all, with the help of the weather, they can attack the reinforcements outside the city at any time. But with the Yunqi Bomb, the barbarians will defend Beifeng and wait. die."
But halfway through speaking, Li Qingyan suddenly changed the subject and sighed softly:
"But the Barbarian King guessed that we didn't have many Yunqi bombs, so he retreated into our Great Yan territory, hoping to wait for us to use up all the Yunqi bombs."
A very simple inference,
If Dayan had enough Yunqi bombs, he would never be as cautious as he is now, just open the way with Yunqi bombs and rush south.
Thinking of this,
Xu Yuan didn't say anything, and casually picked up the report Li Qingyan put down and took a look at it.
It records some non-combat casualties last night. In short, it is the defeat of the sect and the fights that occurred between them.
After pondering for a while, Xu Yuan frowned and asked:
"The sect is dishonest?"
Li Qingyan replied nonchalantly:
"What happened during the handover of food and grass last night was that they thought there was too little food and grass, and the border troops knew very well that they had become cannon fodder for the Xing disciples. It is normal for some conflicts to occur in such a mood. But these are not important, as long as the food and grass are in hand Here, the generals on the sect side will find a solution on their own."
Xu Yuan smiled hoarsely:
"That's right. They don't know that their mountain gate is going to be gone. They are still a family. If they choose to rebel, it will give the court a reason to move them."
After a pause,
Xu Yuan turned around and asked:
"But now that we can't catch the main force of the barbarians, what are we going to do?"
Li Qingyan pursed his lips and smiled, turning his eyes sideways:
"Do you want to hear the truth or lies?"
Xu Yuan pulled the corner of his mouth and smiled:
"lie."
Li Qingyan chuckled and touched the table with his long and delicate fingertips:
"Block the pass of Beifeng City, send high-level cultivators and flying scouts to explore the mountains and prevent them from detouring back to the snowfields. At the same time, arrange for the sect's heavy cavalry to go to the territory to find them. This will trap the barbarians in the territory of Dayan."
Xu Yuan thought briefly after hearing this:
"Nowadays, the northern border is frozen by a snowstorm. Except for the cities in the northern border and the castles built by some landlords and gentry outside the city, the people in the towns outside are either frozen to death or have fled. The natural strong walls are clear and the wilderness is barbarian. If you dare to attack the city for food, your position will be exposed."
Li Qingyan stared at her and said with a smile:
"What you said is right, Prince Consort, but unfortunately it's a lie."
"."Xu Yuan.
"Prince-in-law, do you want to know what the truth is?"
"I don't want to." Xu Yuan had a bad feeling and stopped talking.
Li Qingyan raised his hand and used Yuanqi to pry Xu Yuan's head back:
"I think you want to."
Sighing, Xu Yuan looked into her bright eyes and asked:
"Why?"
"The scouts sent near Beifeng City came with news that the corpses of the sect's frontier soldiers, the corpses of the barbarians, and even the three-headed ice beast giant statue only had half of its body left."
As he spoke, Li Qingyan narrowed his eyes slightly and whispered: "Consort, how long do you think the barbarians can survive relying on these "food and grass"?"
The corners of Xu Yuan's eyes twitched and he was silent for a long time:
"It seems that the Barbarian King has been transporting "food" during the free period in the past few days."
Li Qingyan took a deep breath and then exhaled, his tight chest not rising and falling:
"That barbarian king is really smart. At the end of the war, he was already planning to use the stolen "food" to spend it with us. There is such an army hidden in my territory of Dayan. We simply don’t dare to transport food northward on a large scale, so we can only rely on Xumijie for supplies, which we can’t afford.”
Speaking of this, Li Qingyan clenched his fists slightly:
"Furthermore, my father and the others also need the Northern Feng Army and the Black Scale Army to participate in the annihilation of the Northern Sect. The longer the delay, the greater the risk of exposure."
The high-level cultivators within the mountain gate are different from ordinary people. No matter how tight the precautions are, they may escape. And once during the secret massacre of the sect, even if only one person escapes, the entire northern sect will be captured in a short period of time. This news.
The Beifeng Army and the Black Scale Army must invest in it to ensure that nothing goes wrong.
After a moment of silence, Xu Yuan suddenly asked:
"It is impossible for such a huge army of barbarians to disappear without a trace. Can it be tracked?"
Li Qingyan said helplessly:
"The wind and snow directly covered up all their traces. It is not easy to track them with a time difference of nearly ten days."
Xu Yuan was quiet for a long time and whispered:
"So you want to go deep alone? Use yourself as bait to lure the barbarian army to encircle and suppress you?"
"yes."
"But what if the barbarians return to the snowfields of the north along the mountain road they came from?"
"Mr. Zong has given a fatal order, asking the high-level experts accompanying the army to each be responsible for high-intensity patrols in an area between the Wanren Mountains and the Tianxue Mountains, without giving the barbarians any chance to detour northward."
"."Xu Yuan.
The lives of high-level cultivators are very valuable, and generally they will not do high-risk tasks such as patrolling, because once discovered by the main force of the barbarian army, a totem will send their souls to the west.
But similarly, as long as something happens to them within the patrol area, they can be sure that there are barbarian troops in that area.
It seemed that Zong Qingsheng and Li Qingyan had already made up their mind to resolve the matter quickly.
Li Qingyan stood up resolutely, glanced back at the silent Xu Yuan, and said:
"Now, dividing and encircling with more attacks and fewer attacks is the only chance for the foreign king of the barbarians to turn defeat into victory. As long as I can hold back the main force of the barbarians and detonate the Yunqi bombs, allowing Mr. Zong to come to the rescue, I can determine the situation in the northern border in the shortest time. .”
Half a day later,
As the vanguard, the Beifeng Army first arrived at Beifeng City and began to reorganize.
One day later,
The Black Scale Army led by Zong Qingsheng arrived at Beifeng City.
After the two armies handed over the necessary baggage and ordnance, Li Qingyan led the Beifeng Army from the two towns and Luo Qingfeng's 20,000 frontier troops, directly crossed Beifeng City in the wind and snow and continued southward to track the barbarian army.
One thing to say, one thing to say,
Xu Yuan did not agree with this kind of risky behavior, especially since this risk might involve his own life.
But it's a pity that others speak lightly and don't mean what they say.
Even though he was surrounded by armored warriors, and even though there was a crazy woman like Li Qingyan beside him, Xu Yuan still felt very insecure while marching in the blizzard.
Fortunately, Zong Qingsheng generously assigned most of the Black Scale Army's scouts to Li Qingyan's command.
Hundreds of well-trained scouts cruised in front of the army, continuously relaying information back to provide early warning to the Chinese army.
As Li Qingyan's personal guard and consort, Xu Yuan could read these military intelligence reports even when he was bored.
The information that can be reported to Li Qingyan is basically important information that has been screened by the lieutenants below.
Well, relatively important.
On the first day, there was no military intelligence, but due to the natural disaster of the blizzard, two of the scouts were injured in non-combat situations.
On the second day, two villages destroyed by the snowstorm were discovered to the southwest and southeast of the army. The frozen bodies of the people inside were untouched.
On the third day, a small number of flying scouts encountered the barbarian bone-winged birds, injuring seven of them. The ground scouts were ambushed by the barbarian wolf riders in a canyon. Nine people died and thirteen were missing. The army turned towards the abnormal canyon. Chase.
On the fourth day, the fighting between the scouts of the two armies began to become more frequent, with over a hundred casualties reported in one day.
On the fifth day, the scouts brought news that there were only a few injured barbarians in the canyon, and they were all wiped out by the Grand Master accompanying the army.
On the sixth day, the army entered Ningyuan County and forced the local gentry to donate grain and supplies.
On the 13th day, the barbarians launched a small-scale attack, and the sect's frontier troops lost 137 people, including 14 non-combat casualties.
On the fourteenth day, the barbarians attacked on a small scale, and the Zongmen's frontier army lost thirty-six people, and the Beifeng army lost seventeen people.
16th day
"Snapped!"
Xu Yuan casually threw the file in his hand on the table in the beast cart, sat back on the soft couch, and let out a long sigh:
"No, when will this guerrilla war end?"
This barbarian king is really as oily as a loach. The Beifeng army has been wandering around in Tianshuizhou in the far north for almost a month, but they have not been able to catch them. On the contrary, the entire army has been harassed by the barbarians. And exhausted.
It is a matter of understanding how to play guerrilla warfare.
Li Qingyan stood up and walked to sit next to Xu Yuan. The soft couch sank slightly and said warmly:
"Consort, nine out of ten people are unhappy in life. Isn't that what you said? It's simply impossible for the barbarian king to just go all-in and attack. After all, war is not a child's play. If he loses the bet once, the entire barbarian tribe will be doomed. "
"."
Xu Yuan lay on the soft couch with his hands behind his head, crossed his legs and stared at the ceiling of the carriage and suddenly said:
"Hey, how about we put some pressure on that barbarian king?"
"Pressure?" Li Qingyan raised his eyebrows.
Xu Yuan looked at her cold side face and whispered:
"Tell him directly that your uncle Mu went to the darkest place to raid their hometown."
"." Li Qingyan was slightly startled.
Xu Yuan looked back with strange eyes:
"Why, you can't tell the Barbarian King this information?"
"No, of course."
Li Qingyan's phoenix eyes flickered for a moment, and he smiled sweetly: "Such a damaging move, consort, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Xu Yuan slowly sat up and whispered:
"It takes time for Dali Mountain to reach the extremely dark place. If the barbarians also have long-distance communication methods, they may be able to alert the enemy. Wu Chenghou has probably arrived for some time now."
Li Qingyan's eyes flickered for a moment:
"The ideal of that barbarian king in his life is to obtain a place of survival for his people, but now it is known that all their women and children have been slaughtered."
As he spoke, Li Qingyan's eyes narrowed into two crystal crescents, with excitement in his mouth:
"It would be fun to think about it."
or2
(End of chapter)
