"From my point of view, attacking Dongcheng, regardless of victory or defeat, as long as we fight, it will be beneficial to Yancheng's prestige."
"As long as we go to the vicinity of Dongcheng, even if we just leave without doing anything, we can greatly enhance the prestige of Yancheng."
"There may be traps near Dongcheng, but as long as the army is not damaged and its strength is still there, they may not be able to do anything."
"Moreover, once Dongjun is defeated, even if we leave immediately, we can move the population and clear the country. Let the entire Dongjun become a battlefield, completely destroy Dongjun, and make it impossible for Dongjun to provide a single stone of food to Gongzi Xi's army for several years. .”
"The most important thing is that the situation is different."
After saying that, Jun Chengyu looked at Jiang Hua happily. He was still relatively optimistic. Immediately, Jiang Hua looked at Taoist Changkong beside him.
"Since the Lord became a great official, many small families in the One Hundred and Seventy-Three families came directly with their whole families and defected to him. Many big families also sent Taoist priests here again."
"Today, the number of Taoist priests in Yancheng has increased from more than 20 before January to nearly a hundred today."
"Moreover, Taoists from other territories have been coming to us recently. Most of these Taoists have special skills. Although most of them are just warlocks in terms of cultivation, this does not mean that no Taoist priests pay attention to us."
"On the contrary, there are at least dozens of Taoist priests paying attention to us now, covertly or covertly. This is why I suggested fighting this battle. No matter we win or lose, we can gain huge reputation and let those Taoist priests who are still on the sidelines see us. Determination."
"Most of these Taoist priests are not afraid of death. All they want is a master who will resist to the end."
"This battle, regardless of victory or defeat, will show them our determination. If we win, these Taoist priests with hatred will happily join us. Even if we lose, many Taoist priests will join us."
"Now, everyone is watching and waiting for Yancheng's subsequent performance. If Yancheng can show determination and strength, then a large wave of Taoist priests will come from all over the Chao Kingdom. Yancheng at that time will It will become the hometown of Taoists from the entire Chao Kingdom.”
"At that time, we can even defend Dashiguan while setting traps near Dashiguan to delay the enemy, and at the same time dispatch elite teams to various places in the Chao Kingdom to support those Taoists who are still resisting, and even fully bloom..."
Using Yancheng as the base and establishing branch bases one after another throughout the Chao Kingdom, this tactic feels inexplicably familiar...
Hearing this, Jiang Hua couldn't help but sigh. If I hadn't read the future predicted by the Book of Heaven, I probably would have agreed.
Even in the future predicted by the Book of Heaven, Yancheng did not lose, but the victory was not clean enough. Although the victory was achieved, the army suffered a lot of losses. It's just that this kind of victory is not what Jiang Hua wants. Yancheng's foundation is too weak. If such victories come a few more times, Yancheng will perish in victory.
However, what the three said makes sense.
Now that Yancheng's strength is ready, it can indeed try to cook the Hu family and Dongcheng together.
The Taoists in the entire Chao Kingdom are indeed looking at Yancheng. Almost as soon as Taoist Qingmei arrived outside Dashi Pass, relevant information was placed in front of Jiang Hua. There are many Taoists like Taoist Qingmei.
"The Battle of Dongcheng is indeed unavoidable, but even if it is fought, it cannot be in Dongcheng, nor in a place where Hu is well prepared. This decisive battle can be at Dashiguan, or in Yancheng, but it must be in a place in Yancheng that is well prepared That’s it!”
Speaking of this, Jiang Hua glanced at the three followers: "A few days ago, I accidentally peeked into Tianji and saw a glimpse of the future, and then asked Feng Yi and others to investigate."
The three people immediately walked out: "There is a tributary of the Chao River near Dongcheng. Recently, the water in the tributary of the Chao River has begun to slowly decrease. The decrease is not much every day. It looks like it has entered the dry season early."
"Near the Liucheng area where the Hu family is located, there was a suspected earth dragon turning over, and many rivers were directly cut off. In the past, I just thought it was an earth dragon turning over or someone doing it, but this is actually a sign that the power of the water veins has been taken away too much."
"We are on the east side of Dong County. If you start from this direction, there is a big river on the only way to Dongcheng. This big river is a tributary of Chao River and is called Yang River. It has a large flow and there are more than one little demon in the river. If the army passes here and someone uses the water of the Chao River to attack the army, no matter whether they win or lose, the army will suffer heavy losses."
"The Hu family has been making a lot of small moves recently..."
After the three of them finished telling the information about the recent investigation, Jun Weiyan's brows almost knitted together: "If you hide in a big river, we really can't detect it. The big river itself is a tributary of the Chao River, and it is very deep and large. It’s so long that you can’t even detect it if you hide it.”
"If the Hu family is really hiding here, manifesting the true form of the water fox at the critical moment, and inducing the water of the Chao River, it will indeed be a big trouble. But now that I know..."
Speaking of this, Jun Weiyan looked at Jiang Hua with deep emotion.
Shaojun has grown up!
This is what Jun Weiyan, Jun Chengyu, and Changkong Taoist are thinking at this moment.
In the past, the relationship between them and Jiang Hua was like Zhuge Liang and Liu Chan.
Is Zhuge Liang loyal to Shu Han?
loyalty!
Is Zhuge Liang capable?
There are few who are more capable than him in the five thousand years of Chinese history.
Is Zhuge Liang loyal to Liu Chan?
certainly!
However, is the actual person in charge of Shu Han Zhuge Liang or Liu Chan?
Zhuge Liang!
With Jiang Hua's recent series of actions, he established Caifeng Pavilion, Jinyiwei, Cabinet, and issued official newspapers...
The most important thing is that Jiang Hua made a breakthrough a few days ago and is now a serious Taoist priest. His strength changes everything.
If Jiang Hua was still a warlock, no matter how talented he was, it would not change the fact that he himself was Yancheng's biggest weakness and flaw. But when Jiang Hua became a Taoist priest, the situation was different.
Feeling the changes in several people, Jiang Hua said confidently: "Now that we know Hu's plan, this battle will be easier to fight."
"In fact, no matter how many preparations Hu made, they were all arranged around Dongjun. If Hu loses his power, no matter how many arrangements Hu makes, they will lose their effect."
"So this time, we will first capture a county in Dongcheng, which is Yanghe County. Yanghe County is very close to Liucheng, only one county away. Then we will concentrate our efforts to conquer this county, and then use this county as a basis to attack Liucheng."
"The attack on Liucheng was not a true attack, but a pretense of attack, causing Hu to make a misjudgment."
"At that time, no matter how many arrangements they made in Dongjun, they can only quickly return to Liucheng. This time we are the ones waiting for work, and we are the ones who set the trap in advance."
"When the Hu family's ministers are dealt with, we can turn around and attack Dongjun. Without the power of the Hu family, Dongjun alone is no longer an opponent of Yancheng. By then, even if the young master likes to lead With the reinforcements arriving in time, they are still capable of fighting!"
"The Battle of Dongcheng will still be fought, but we have the final say on how it will be fought!"
…
With Jiang Hua's breakthrough, everything became different.
More cultivating families have moved here, more extraordinary resources have poured into Yancheng and Dongning Island, and more and more Taoist priests have joined the academy. Although it has only been a few days, the overall trend is towards The good situation is too obvious.
Jun Weiyan followed Peng Bing's path and with the help of everyone, he successfully returned his bloodline to his ancestors and reached the level of the second-generation minister.
Originally, he had to brew and brew, but this time, he broke through directly with the help of Tao soldiers. During the most difficult time, there were many Taoist soldiers who helped him share the pressure, and he gradually adapted.
However, like ordinary second-generation ministers, there are risks for Jun Weiyan to do this.
If an ordinary second-generation minister relies on his own will to tame his bloodline, he will age rapidly when his will is no longer as firm as before. And Jun Weiyan relied on Tao soldiers to help him share the pressure. When the number of Tao soldiers fell below a certain level, his control over the bloodline would quickly decline.
At that point, if you still want to live, you will have to downgrade your bloodline.
This problem can be solved in the future. As of now, the new version of the Battle of East City has begun.
It is actually inappropriate to call this new war the Battle of Dongcheng, so Jiang Hua called it the Battle of Liucheng in an internal meeting!
In just a few days, several more county towns were defeated one after another. The army was only fifty miles away from Dongcheng, the seat of East County, and the entire East County was shaken!
There are more than a dozen counties under the jurisdiction of Dongjun. Although only one county was conquered by Yancheng, whether it is the county or other counties, there is a phenomenon of dragging families and families to escape at this moment. A large number of nobles and Chinese people rushed to escape.
The local county magistrate and county guard did not dare to stop it.
One or two, either this guy's relative or that guy's nephew. A humble person can always get in touch with big people.
In Yanghe County, under the county seat, Jun Weiyan is talking to Jiang Hua through treasures.
"Are you ready?" This is Jiang Hua.
"Your Majesty, the Yanghe County seat has been conquered now. Thanks to our good reputation in the past, when the county's forbidden law barrier was broken and the county wall was lost, the other party took the initiative to surrender and avoided street fighting. occur."
"Only after entering the city did I realize that our army arrived too suddenly. Although the Yanghe County magistrate had repeatedly ordered the villages under his control to prepare, not many responded to his orders."
"At that time, all the nobles in Yanghe County were busy doing business with us, buying low and selling high, so there were many familiar faces, and many of them are our old friends."
"It is precisely with the help of these old friends that this time it went so smoothly."
"Thanks to their greed, the county magistrate's previous orders did not work. When we came to fight, there were only three thousand soldiers and horses gathered in the county. When the city was broken, they surrendered neatly."
"During our investigation, although the county magistrate himself has been talking about resistance, he has also been doing business with us. Therefore, we have also discussed with the county magistrate. If he cooperates with our work, we will install him A reputation that would rather die than give in and run away halfway.”
"His family has been released in front of him. Tonight, there will be a story about the tortured county magistrate, who took advantage of the army to break camp and escaped directly."
Hearing this, Jiang Hua nodded directly. This county magistrate is also a talented person. How great would it be if subsequent county magistrates were like this?
The Chao Kingdom is so big, it can't be that all county magistrates are idiots, right?
"Today, there are a total of 12,000 troops near Yanghe County, of which 10,000 are county soldiers and 2,000 are Tao soldiers."
"These two thousand Dao soldiers belong to Brother Peng and me respectively."
"Tonight, these two Dao soldiers will set off directly."
"Tomorrow during the day, an army of five thousand people will set off directly to Liuhe County next door. Liuhe County borders Liucheng. They will capture Liuhe County and the entire Hu family will be shaken."
"Liuhe County is the first county we have officially attacked with our own strength. We don't have the forbidden law barrier information in Liuhe County. How are we preparing?" Jiang Hua asked directly.
"Don't worry, my lord, Changkong Sacrifice Wine has already gone to Liuhe County, and we are just waiting to take action tonight. Although I don't know what Changkong Sacrifice Wine plans to do at this moment, but now that Changkong Sacrifice Wine has taken action, the prohibition law in Liuhe County will be concluded this time." If there is no boundary, then it must not be a problem!”
"Good, Uncle Yan just go ahead and do it."
Jiang Hua nodded, ended the communication, and started communicating with Taoist Changkong.
Although he had some doubts, Jiang Hua was not prepared to remotely control the specific military operations on the front line from hundreds of miles away.
Jiang Hua did not intend to ask about these details, such as where the army was to start, which way the army took, the deployment of the troops when the army passed by, and the deployment of logistics.
Micromanaging hundreds of miles away is the skill of Han Xin and Sun Wu. Jiang Hua believed that his military skills were far inferior to theirs. Since he was not on the front line, he didn't care about these details.
This is both delegation and trust.
He trusts Jun Weiyan's abilities and fully trusts his own abilities.
"Uncle Master, Uncle Yan is almost ready. He plans to leave tonight."
Taoist Changkong nodded slightly: "This point has been communicated. Although Liuhe County has a forbidden enchantment, when I officially take action, everything will no longer be a problem."
It doesn't matter, I will take action!
In an ordinary village, the outer wall is an earth wall, mainly to resist some wild animals and a small number of bandits.
In ordinary towns, stone walls will be built on the outside to resist ordinary fairies and large numbers of bandits.
In an ordinary county town, it is necessary to set up a forbidden law barrier. Without the forbidden barrier, there is no way to stop the Taoist priest who unites the five elements. As long as a Taoist priest stands there and continuously casts spells, it won't be long before one person can control a county.
And today's Taoist Changkong is already a Taoist priest who has understood Yin and Yang.
Just the day before yesterday, after detailed reference to Lin Er's Huangtian World and Peng Bing's power of Qi and Blood, Changkong Taoist also made a breakthrough.
Only the county city not only uses forbidden magic barriers, but also uses forbidden magic materials as building materials. The combination of the two can not be afraid of Taoist raids. And the Liuhe County in front of us is just a county town after all.
"For a long time, we in Yancheng have never had a Taoist priest or a second-generation minister, so our understanding of Taoist priests and second-generation ministers is limited to what we have learned. This is a major hidden danger for us. From then on, From now on, this hidden danger will disappear." Looking at the sun in the sky, Taoist Changkong was already ready to take action.
(End of chapter)
