Chapter 308: The army officially enters the pass, and someone falls into the trap

“Great Commander!”

“Our fleet has arrived.”

In front of the towering Great Wall, on the large dock on the river bank that had just been urgently built by a large number of soldiers from the combat battalion, Li Dingguo and other high-ranking generals of the Fuxing Army stood with their hands behind their backs.

At this time, a huge fleet came from the distance on the vast river and approached the large dock rapidly.

Liang Hetang, the commander of the Qilin Legion, stood beside Li Dingguo, pointed at the large fleet approaching on the river, and smiled at Li Dingguo.

The aura of Liang Hetang also reached the peak of level four.

This was the welfare elixir that Li Dingguo refined and distributed to the commanders of the Renaissance Army half a year ago: a third-grade top-grade marrow cleansing elixir and a third-grade top-grade spirit nourishing elixir, which played the desired effect in the medicine.

After receiving the long-desired hair removal and marrow cleansing, almost all the commanders of the various legions of the Renaissance Army had their qualifications upgraded and evolved, becoming true evil geniuses.

With the help of the effects of those two rare elixirs, Liang Hetang successfully broke through to the late fourth level of martial arts half a year ago, and now he has reached the peak of the fourth level.

This enabled him to remain among the first-tier generals of the Restoration Army.

The world of practitioners is very different from the ordinary historical world.

In the world of practitioners, the strong are respected, this is an unchanging truth.

What’s more, the Fuxing Army has always been a place where the capable are promoted and the mediocre are demoted.

If you fall behind, you will have to retreat to the second line.

There is no way. If you do not have sufficient cultivation level to preside over the military killing formation, once you encounter a truly powerful enemy, it will not only be you who will be in trouble, but also the soldiers under you who are fighting against the enemy.

No one would be willing to follow an incompetent commander, as that would truly concern the lives of the soldiers.

Even Hong Chengchou, who was able to serve as the commander of the army, as a civil servant, relied not only on his outstanding strategies, but also on his own level of cultivation.

Now, he is already a fifth-level martial arts master, and only then can he intimidate those arrogant and powerful generals.

It’s not just Hong Chengchou. The commanders or main generals of all the major forces in this world must have their own cultivation ranked among the top echelons in the army.

Otherwise, you’d better just go to bed, no one will obey you.

“The Commander-in-Chief.”

Wu Hongai, the new commander of the Suzaku Camp, also spoke up, “The Great Wall along the Jialu River has no other entrances or exits for more than ten thousand miles. Our Eastern Army can only enter the pass along the Jialu River.”

“Otherwise, there would be no need to board the Great Treasure Ship and directly break through the barrier. The early offensive of this blitzkrieg would be much faster.”

“The Western Army, which is composed of the Azure Dragon and White Tiger Corps led by Cao Yongxiang and Tang Guangqiang, and the soldiers of the Black Tortoise Third Battalion led by Huang Lan, started from the source of the Wuding River, which is much farther away. However, they were able to enter the pass from Desheng Fort, which is secretly controlled by our intelligence department. I’m afraid their speed in conquering cities and territories in the early stages was much faster than that of our Eastern Army.”

Wu Hongai was promoted to take over Suzaku Camp after Hongmei officially left Suzaku Camp.

She has been serving as the deputy commander of Suzaku Camp since its establishment, and now she has finally been promoted to the position.

Her aptitude was not top-notch originally, but like Pan Jinghua, she successfully broke through to the late fourth level of martial arts after taking a marrow cleansing pill and a top-grade spirit nourishing pill half a year ago.

Today, her own qualifications have reached the level of a demon genius, and she has successfully remained among the core generals of the first echelon.

“Well, the Wuding River Basin has some advantages for the army to enter the pass.”

Li Dingguo nodded and said, “But Jialu River also has other advantages.”

“Our Eastern Army Group entered the country from Jialu River. Since there are not many defenders in Jiazhou and Shenmu, we can reach Jiazhou City and Shenmu City without stopping along the way.”

“In less than two months, we should be able to completely capture the northeastern corner of Qin territory.”

“Then our army will continue to move south and quickly capture Mizhi and Suide Prefecture.”

“At this time, Cao Yongxiang and Tang Guangqiang’s western army must have completed the task of capturing Yansui Town, and will move south to join our army, and then attack from multiple directions to capture Qingjian, Wubao, Anding, Yanchuan, Yanchang and other places one by one.”

“In half a year at most, before Hong Chengchou’s army arrives, we will completely occupy the northeastern part of Qin and gain a foothold.”

“Completing this first round of blitzkrieg plan will be enough for our army to gain a foothold inside the Great Wall.”

“Once our Renaissance Army has cleared all the occupied areas, we will have a stable rear base and no longer have to worry about the next operation.”

While a few people were talking, the large fleet had already approached the large pier and was anchoring one by one.

Several figures jumped down from the flagships of the first and third Xuanwu battalions, flashed in front of Li Dingguo, and saluted him in unison.

“Commander-in-chief, you are finally here.”

Huang Zhanglong said happily, “The two water forts ahead have been fully expanded and renovated, and are large enough for our soldiers to temporarily stay.”

“Of the 50,000 new soldiers sent by the military yesterday, 6,000 have been assigned to take over the two water forts. Various supplies have also been prepared. Our army can march south at any time.”

Huang Zhanglong finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the arrival of the new recruits sent by the military yesterday.

Otherwise, at least half of their navy would have to stay and garrison in the two newly renovated riverside fortress cities.

This was a terrible situation for the soldiers of the Xuanwu Camp.

Everyone wants to make achievements and receive awards, and no one wants to stay here to garrison, so it will be very troublesome to arrange personnel at that time.

Fortunately, the follow-up fleet sent by the military delivered 50,000 new recruits in time yesterday, which made Huang Zhanglong and Pan Jinghua both put their minds at ease.

“Well, pass the order down, all troops board the ship, go to the two pass fortress cities to rest today, and then set out south tomorrow.”

“Huang Zhanglong! Pan Jinghua!”

Li Dingguo said to the two naval commanders, “During the rest period of the army, you must strictly patrol all river sections within a radius of 100 miles inside and outside the blockade pass, and make sure that the news of our Fuxing Army’s large-scale entry into the pass is not leaked.”

“Earlier, you were almost driven away from the water fort by two spirit pigeons to report to Hong Chengchou.”

“Fortunately, I instructed two golden eagles to follow your fleet and hunt down the two spirit pigeons in time, so that the arrival of our army was not leaked.”

“Although this is not the fault of your two battalions of navy, you must be more vigilant in the future. If there is any siege operation, you must arrange a team of archers in advance to hunt down any targets in the air!”

This time, the army is marching into the pass, which is a matter of great importance, so Li Dingguo will certainly make preparations for both scenarios.

He and Wan’er brought Da Jin and Da Meng with them as a double insurance, in order to try to ensure that the news would not leak out so quickly.

At least before achieving the first strategic goal, try to prevent the news from leaking out.

Once the Fuxing Army has gained a foothold inside the Great Wall, there will be no need to be so nervous.

“what……”

“This……”

As soon as Li Dingguo finished speaking, the faces of Huang Zhanglong and Pan Jinghua changed.

They didn’t understand this until now, so they were naturally shocked.

While feeling regretful, I immediately kept this mistake firmly in mind to avoid making the same mistake again.

Following Li Dingguo’s order, the cavalry soldiers from the three main combat corps, the Suzaku Camp, the Qilin Camp, and the Royal Guards, began to board the ship in an orderly manner under the command of generals at all levels.

This large fleet of Xuanwu Camp, in addition to having its cabins fully loaded with various logistical supplies, was empty this time to pick up people.

There were dozens of large treasure ships, enough to transport the 200,000 soldiers and spirit beasts and horses here, including the land warfare firearms battalion.

In the past few days, Xuanwu Camp has added three medium-grade treasure ships and eight low-grade treasure ships.

The origins of these treasure ships are obvious; they were all intercepted by the Xuanwu Camp and were from unscrupulous merchants who were preparing to go out of the country to trade.

The fleets of these merchants, big and small, are experiencing bad luck.

Because the section of the Jialu River outside the Great Wall had been completely occupied by the Fuxing Army, they had originally planned to transport supplies out from this section of the Great Wall, the only exit, and then immediately take the land route to the prairie for trade.

As a result, they happened to encounter the Fuxing Army entering the pass and quickly captured the water forts on both sides of the waterway pass.

They were not prepared at all and had no time to escape before they were successfully intercepted by the soldiers of Xuanwu Camp, which was equivalent to walking into a trap. If nothing unexpected happened, the Fuxing Army would at least intercept dozens of treasure ships of various levels as it entered the pass along the Jialu River and Wuding River and headed south.

With the current combat effectiveness of the Renaissance Army, even if they encounter a high-quality treasure ship, they can easily capture and plunder it.

There are two level five spiritual birds, golden eagles, blocking the way in the sky. The fleets of all forces, big and small, can forget about escaping.

Today, the speed of the two top-level spiritual birds, Da Jin and Dameng, has reached an unbelievable level.

When these unprepared merchant ships saw them coming, it was too late to activate the protective magic circle on the treasure ship, and they didn’t even have time to use psychic cannons and crossbow carts to launch concentrated fire attacks.

“Dudu…”

An hour later, the soldiers of the three main combat corps had all boarded the ships. As the navy’s unique iron-clad ox horns sounded, the treasure ships filled with soldiers began to slowly leave the dock and sail downstream towards the gap in the Great Wall, their speed getting faster and faster.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the large fleet entered the river inside the pass and suddenly split into two.

The soldiers of the Suzaku Legion and the Royal Guards went west, while the soldiers of the Qilin Camp went east, and they each went to a riverside fortress city along the coast to rest for a day.

Li Dingguo and Wan’er, along with two level five spirit dogs, Dahuang and Xiaohuang, and two level five dragon scale horses, Xiaohei and Xiaoxue, went to the riverside fortress city in the west for a temporary rest along with the Royal Guards and the Suzaku Legion.

Hongmei is not with the Eastern Army Group. Instead, she is with the Western Army Group, along with Xiaojin, the Demon Wolf King Laohei, and the top-grade dragon scale horse Baixue, three level five early stage spirit beasts, in order to deal with any possible level five peak powerhouses that may appear in the enemy’s arsenal.

“Brother, this water fort has been renovated very well by the craftsmen and soldiers of the Craftsmen’s Camp!”

Wan’er had just stepped onto the big dock and looked around the new riverside fortress city. She said to Li Dingguo in surprise, “Compared to the Jiexiu city we visited last time, this new city is much neater and cleaner!”

“Unfortunately, I have never been to any of the big cities in the Ming Dynasty, and I don’t know how this fortress city compares to them.”

Not to mention her, even Li Dingguo only looked down from the sky at the big cities he passed by riding the golden eagle, and had no idea what those famous big cities in the current Ming Dynasty were like.

I have to say, this is a pity.

But this regret should be made up in a few years.

Within three years, he was determined to conquer the entire Qin province.

Chang’an City in Qin is a famous city, and even in the entire Ming Dynasty, it can be ranked among the top ten.

“Yes, Not Bad.”

Li Dingguo stood on the big dock, looking around at this brand new riverside fortress city, then turned to Huang Zhanglong who was standing not far from him and said, “Huang Zhanglong, your Xuanwu First Battalion and tens of thousands of logistics soldiers helped the craftsmen of the Craftsmen Battalion to build this new city, which is quite good.”

“Looking at the planning of this city, it completely meets my expectations.”

“From now on, we will do this in all the towns occupied by the Restoration Army!”

“In our future, we must prevent waterlogging and keep the city clean and beautiful.”

“If anyone can’t do it well, someone else will do it!”

He spoke these last words to the generals who followed him and the thousands of civilian staff who came with the army.

Li Dingguo knew that people’s hearts were fickle and unpredictable, but he believed in strict systems.

As long as the institutional planning is reasonable, everyone must act in accordance with this framework.

Anyway, there is always a large number of people in the Chinese nation who want to become officials.

If you don’t want to be a good official, there are plenty of people lining up to be that person.

There are so many members of the Huaxia clan that there is no need to worry about not finding enough talent.

“Yes! Commander-in-Chief! We have made note of it.”

“We will definitely strictly follow the rules and complete all the old city renovation work within our sphere of influence in the future with guaranteed quality and quantity.”

Hearing Li Dingguo’s stern tone, the generals and officials at all levels on the scene were startled and quickly responded.

They knew better than anyone that Li Dingguo, the leader of the Fuxing Army, had made his fortune through bloody slaughter.

So far, there has never been a precedent of letting the enemy go.

As long as they are identified as enemies, they will be killed directly to avoid wasting food and polluting the air.

People like them don’t have the courage to raise objections, such as demanding preferential treatment for civil servants and not punishing doctors.

In Li Dingguo’s eyes, all these things should be ignored and would never be allowed to appear in his power.

Anyone who dares to commit a crime against the wind must be prepared to lose his head.

“Okay, you all still have a lot of things to do, so go and arrange your work.”

Li Dingguo waved to the people at the scene, indicating that everyone should not gather here, and immediately complete their work to avoid delays.

“Wan’er, let’s ride on our war horses and go to the first regular city within the territory of the Renaissance Army.”

After everyone went off to do their work, Li Dingguo flew to the back of Xiao Hei, a level 5 spiritual beast warhorse beside him, and said to Wan’er.

This riverside fortress city is the first large city built properly by the new and powerful force of the Renaissance Army. He will definitely go around and take a look and conduct on-site surveys.

If you find any problems, make changes in time.

“Okay, big brother.”

Wan’er had long wanted to see this fortress city which was very new to her. Upon hearing this, she happily flew over and sat on the back of Xiaoxue, a level 5 spirit beast warhorse.

“drive!”……

The two men then rode their horses forward, along the bluestone avenue connecting the large wharf and the city, and with their two level five spirit dogs, Da Huang and Xiao Huang, they galloped at a moderate pace towards the center of the city, which was mainly built of stone and wood.

……

“Wang Fu, this time when we went north from Jialu River, we didn’t see any treasure ships returning to the interior. This is not right!”

Wang Dengfa, the younger brother of the great Jin merchant Wang Dengku, felt a little bored, so he walked out of an exquisite attic on the treasure ship, came to the wide deck of his own high-quality treasure ship, and spoke to Wang Fu, the chief manager of the Wang family who was in charge of all the businesses in Qin, who was accompanying him.

Because the transaction volume was so large this time, for safety reasons, he personally led a group of elite servants from his family to escort the large fleet consisting of ten treasure ships northward.

Although he had heard that in the past month, all the caravans that went out of the border to trade had never returned, he had no choice but to take the risk given the huge importance of this major transaction with the Later Jin clan.

The big Shanxi merchants had already learned the secret news that Huang Taiji was going to personally lead a million troops to invade the Ming Dynasty in the early spring of next year.

Especially the Wang family headed by Wang Dengku, as one of the three major Shanxi merchants with the grassland pass issued by Huang Taiji himself, could not refuse this round of big deal that Huang Taiji paid special attention to.

There was no way. Last year, not only the Ming Dynasty suffered from severe drought, but the Liaodong area also suffered severely.

The Later Jin Tartars already had insufficient amounts of high-quality rice to eat, and now the shortage became even greater.

This made Huang Taiji extremely anxious, and he mobilized the remaining pair of level five spiritual birds, Saker Falcon, to convey a secret message about large-scale trading of spiritual rice to all the big merchants in Jin Province.

In order to prevent complaints from the soldiers of the Later Jin Dynasty, Huang Taiji had to ensure that all his soldiers had enough magical rice to eat before entering the Pass next year.

This is not only to allow the tribe’s warriors to recuperate and prepare for the invasion of the Ming Dynasty after the beginning of next spring, but also to obtain more spiritual rice to recruit a group of Sauron’s dead soldiers, in order to use them to charge into battle after the invasion of the Ming Dynasty in the spring of next year.

The Solon tribe, a branch of the Jurchens, have extremely strong combat capabilities because they have the blood of the demon tribe. They can be said to be the human race with the most powerful comprehensive combat capabilities in the world today.

They are influenced by the demon blood in their bodies. Although they are a little brainless, the Sauron Jurchens, with a population of only one million, can at least reach the initial level of third level cultivation as long as the males reach adulthood.

Any adult male from the Sauron tribe is a fearless warrior who is almost invincible in his level!

In recent decades, the Later Jin clan has found ways to lure a large number of dead Soldiers from the Sauron clan to serve them for their own purposes.

This is why the Later Jin clan has been able to conquer cities and territories with success in recent decades.

Huang Taiji both liked and feared the Solon Jurchens.

Recruiting them to work for the Houjin clan and reducing the population of the Sauron clan through a series of major battles is undoubtedly the best way to kill two birds with one stone.

(End of this chapter)