Chapter 310: The Western Army Enters the Pass Without a Fight
“boom!”

“Boom!”…

The fleet of the Xuanwu Battalion 1 arrived and wanted to break through the defensive shields of the enemy’s remaining three medium-grade treasure ships. Of course, it was not as difficult as it took Li Dingguo and Wan’er.

Following an order from Huang Zhanglong, the commander of the First Battalion of Xuanwu, nine medium-grade treasure ships emerged from the fleet that had been prepared for battle. Three of the medium-grade treasure ships had level-two top-grade magical weapon-level psychic cannons, each pointing their guns at one of the enemy’s medium-grade treasure ships.

Just one round of salvos was enough to blow up the defensive shields of the enemy’s three treasure ships.

Huang Zhanglong’s flagship, the Superior Treasure Ship, did not participate in the attack. Naturally, it did not want to sink the enemy’s three mid-grade treasure ships directly because of the powerful firepower of the third-level top-grade magical weapon-level psychic cannon on the Superior Treasure Ship.

Huang Zhanglong already regarded these large treasure ships of the enemy as his own, so how could he not think it through?

Not to mention anything else, the one high-quality treasure ship and nine medium-quality treasure ships that are about to be harvested this time are no worse than the current treasure ship transportation capacity of the Xuanwu First Battalion.

Although their Xuanwu Battalion has a large number of treasure ships, most of them are low-quality treasure ships. Compared with the Wang family’s large fleet, their transportation capacity is still far behind.

The huge harvest that was about to be obtained made Huang Zhanglong’s face burst into smile.

As soon as the Eastern Route Army of the Fuxing Army entered the pass, the number of medium-grade and high-grade treasure ships in the two naval battalions doubled immediately.

This was a huge surprise for their Xuanwu Camp.

The number of combat soldiers in their Xuanwu Camp is sufficient, but there have not been enough treasure ships, especially medium-quality and high-quality treasure ships, to use.

The soldiers of the Xuanwu Camp are capable of launching these huge treasure ships that are about to be obtained and quickly incorporating them into the Xuanwu Camp.

“Hey! This time Pan Jinghua will get the upper hand.”

“As for Huang Lan, after the western army enters the pass, they will definitely be able to obtain a lot of treasure ships, including some of the best quality ones.”

“The commander-in-chief has already issued an order that when the two armies march south, all the spoils captured must be used immediately as long as they can increase combat effectiveness immediately.”

“There is no doubt that this high-quality treasure ship that we have obtained this time will definitely be distributed to the three Xuanwu camps very soon, and even a few medium-quality treasure ships will be included.”

Huang Zhanglong thought so, and then he saw that the three enemy mid-grade treasure ships that were resisting stubbornly were attacked by his own psychic cannons. A volley of fire broke the defense shield. He immediately shouted, “Wu Xilin, Wang Dehua, each of you lead a team of 1,000 soldiers, go and seize a mid-grade treasure ship, and kill all the enemy warriors on board!”

After saying this, he led a team of a thousand soldiers who had been prepared behind him, activated the killing array that had already formed a military formation, transformed into the phantom of a Pixiu mythical beast, and jumped off the treasure ship.

This Pixiu mythical beast sailed on the water, and in the blink of an eye, it rushed onto an enemy’s medium-quality treasure ship, and launched a bloody massacre against the enemy warriors who were in chaos because the protective light shield of the treasure ship was broken!
In order to prevent any accidents from happening during the ship-seizing operation, the three commanders and deputy commanders of the Xuanwu First Battalion all chose to use the military killing formation and activate the formation’s magical power to attack.

This is not making a fuss out of nothing, but the treasure ship of this royal fleet and the large amount of spiritual food on board are too important to our side!

As long as all the treasure ships and a large amount of spiritual food can be successfully captured intact, it will be a huge blessing for the Restoration Army heading south.

It is no exaggeration to say that after this battle, the transport capacity of the two Xuanwu battalions, whose fleet size doubled, could be immediately doubled, bringing great convenience to the soldiers who were about to march south along the Jialu River.

The large amount of seized magical rice and magical beans can quickly alleviate the logistics department’s thorny problem of logistical material supply.

The soldiers and the spiritual beasts and war horses will be able to obtain large amounts of spiritual food supplements. The progress of this round of blitzkrieg will inevitably be greatly accelerated, and the time to achieve the first round of mission objectives will also be greatly shortened.

Even in the current situation, using the military killing formation to launch a concentrated fire attack is like killing a chicken with a butcher knife, but the three commanders and deputy commanders of the Xuanwu First Battalion all chose to do so at the same time.

The result is predictable. Under the attack of the military killing formation formed by the soldiers of the Xuanwu Camp using the killing formation magical power, in just a few moments, all the enemy warriors who were still resisting stubbornly on the remaining three medium-grade treasure ships were slaughtered!
“Report to the commander-in-chief!”

“Our soldiers from the First Xuanwu Battalion are boarding the captured treasure ships one by one. Soon, we will be able to start all of them and return to the big dock of the Binjiang Fortress City together!”

After the battle, Huang Zhanglong immediately ordered Wu Xilin and Wang Dehua to lead their soldiers to receive the treasure ships one by one. Then they flew to the captured high-quality treasure ship, saluted Li Dingguo, and reported.

After the soldiers of Xuanwu Camp arrived, Li Dingguo and Wan’er stopped the two golden eagles and did not intervene in the battle.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, giving the soldiers more actual combat practice will be beneficial in the future.

Seeing that the soldiers had easily won a victory with a crushing advantage, Li Dingguo nodded in satisfaction and said to Huang Zhanglong, “Send someone to notify Pan Jinghua’s Xuanwu Third Battalion to immediately go to the riverside fortress city west of the Guankou River to receive the treasure ship.”

“Of the ten treasure ships we harvested this time, five will be allocated to each of your two camps. This top-quality treasure ship will be allocated to the Xuanwu Third Camp as their flagship in the future.”

Originally, this navy outside the Great Wall only had one high-quality treasure ship, which seemed a bit shabby.

Everything is going well now. The two combat battalions of the Xuanwu Legion have suddenly gained so many treasure ships and also obtained a large top-grade treasure ship. After being incorporated into the large fleet heading south, they are finally in good shape.

Li Dingguo, who was used to seeing top-quality treasure ships on Lingshan Island, seemed very calm about having just acquired a top-quality treasure ship.

Wan’er beside her was the same, not feeling excited at all.

She was on Lingshan Island, and she often rode on the top-quality treasure ships, which was already commonplace for her.

For her, she would only be happy if she captured a top-quality treasure ship.

After all, there is a huge gap between the top-grade treasure ship and the ultimate treasure ship, they are not in the same league at all.

A quarter of an hour later, the soldiers who had taken over all the treasure ships that had just been seized formed a fleet twice as large as the previous one, and went upstream, returning to the riverside fortress city where they came from.

The soldiers will set out again tomorrow and head south towards Jiazhou City.

After reaching Jiazhou City, they captured this important city located at the junction of Qin and Jin in one fell swoop.

Then the Eastern Army Group will be divided into two, commanded by Li Dingguo and Wan’er respectively. One group will go directly south to Mizhi, and the other group will go along the river that turns northeast and head towards the important town of Shenmu in the northeast.

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“Ma Ruhu, you are quite sensible about current affairs.”

In the garrison hall of Desheng Fort, Cao Yongxiang, the commander-in-chief of the Western Army, looked at the respectful garrison officer Ma Ruhu in front of him and sneered, “Since you took the initiative to surrender to our Fuxing Army, I don’t want your life anymore.”

“Although you are a greedy guy, you have done some practical things for the people here in recent years, and your reputation among the people is pretty good.”

“For people like you, we in the Restoration Army have clear rules: leave half of your wealth and become a wealthy man in the future.”

“But within three months, you cannot leave Desheng Castle. You must stay in your family’s courtyard!”

“Don’t test the bottom line of our Renaissance Army. Once we find out that you have done something in private, your whole family will lose their heads!”

Cao Yongxiang’s words were not just talk, but were stipulated in the plan for the Fuxing Army to move south.

Those enemy commanders who voluntarily surrender will be treated in this way, unless they have committed heinous crimes.

Corrupt officials can never be killed off, and this is true in any era.

Corrupt officials like Ma Ruhu, the garrison commander of Desheng Fort, have a good reputation among the people, so of course they will not be held accountable. They will only confiscate half of their property.

From now on, the only way for him to live a comfortable life as a rich man is to behave himself and not cause any trouble in the territory of the Fuxing Army.

As for wanting to continue to stay in the officialdom of the Fuxing Army, it is definitely impossible.

The unique power created by Li Dingguo could not tolerate such corrupt elements.

Once we find one, we will deal with it without any mercy.

You want to get rich by corruption in the Renaissance Army, but you can’t afford the price.

If you insist on your dream of getting rich, you can quit your position in the Fuxing Army and do business legally. Even if you accumulate a lot of wealth, it is yours. In short, the Fuxing Army will have room for any law-abiding businessmen and wealthy people in its sphere of influence, but will not have room for any official businessmen or corrupt elements.

You can only choose one between promotion and getting rich.

“Thank you, General!”

“Since I, Ma Ruhu, have chosen to surrender, I certainly won’t think of causing trouble. Anyway, half of the wealth I have accumulated over the years is enough for me to become a wealthy man.”

Ma Ruhu was overjoyed when he heard this, and agreed immediately.

Immediately afterwards, he actively cooperated with the civilian personnel sent by the military to take over this border fortress and carried out various handover work.

Although this Desheng Fort has been well developed by Ma Ruhu in the past two or three years, it still needs to undergo a major renovation of the old city.

Especially in terms of infrastructure construction and sanitation, a large-scale transformation is needed.

This Desheng Fort is a hub fortress connecting the Wuding River Basin inside and outside the Great Wall. It is planned to be developed as a hub town.

Unlike the Ming Dynasty, Desheng Fort is no longer a frontier town in the future territory of the Fuxing Army, but a transportation hub.

Today, the entire Dongtao Plain is the territory of the Fuxing Army. Desheng Fort will be located in the heart of the country and will completely lose its function as a frontier fortress.

For the Western Route Army led by Cao Yongxiang, this Victory Fort will become an important material transfer base for their own forces in the next two to three years, and it is more important than the Yansui Town in the southwest.

For a long time to come, huge amounts of military supplies will be continuously transported through the Wuding River to the extensively renovated Desheng Fort.

At least a thousand large warehouses will be built here to store huge amounts of various materials all year round, providing sufficient supply for the Fuxing Army’s Qin territory attack plan.

This time, Hongmei brought more than 10,000 civil servants and tens of thousands of craftsmen of various kinds.

Just for this Victory Castle that is about to be completely renovated, three hundred civil servants and thousands of craftsmen will be deployed.

This is enough to show how much importance is attached to this fortress city.

“Hongmei, Tang Guangqiang.”

After Ma Ruhu, who had handed over government affairs to the civilian staff of the Fuxing Army, left the hall, Cao Yongxiang said to the two people beside him, “Our Western Army, with the cooperation of the military intelligence personnel, has occupied this Great Wall pass fortress without any bloodshed without any battle.”

“The soldiers have traveled 50,000 miles and need to rest here for a day.”

“Tomorrow at noon, Tang Guangqiang and I will lead the Azure Dragon Legion and the White Tiger Legion and head along the Wuding River to the Yansui Town, 5,000 miles southwest, and try to win the battle.”

“With the strength of our Western Army and the surprise attack, the You family army, which is already at the end of its strength, will not be our opponent at all.”

“According to the intelligence department, since Cao Wenzhao was promoted to the commander-in-chief of Jin Province, there are only two martial arts masters at the initial stage of the fifth level in Yansui Town, namely the two commanders You Shilu and Ma Chengen.”

“Of course, there is no need to say more about You Shilu. We already know him well.”

“As for Ma Chengen, he was transferred from Xuanfu by the court to check and balance You Shilu after Hong Chengchou took office as the governor of Qin.”

“Although the Ma family is a prominent family, they were called the East Ma and West Li family together with the Li family of Li Chengliang in Liaodong. They were a family of famous generals at that time.”

“But according to the intelligence department’s detailed investigation, although Ma Cheng’en appears to be very brave, he is actually a coward. He is far inferior to his ancestor Ma Gui and father Ma Jin, two generations of famous generals.”

“It is about the same strength as the You family army. Ma Chengen also has 20,000 elite soldiers under his command, including 5,000 cavalry.”

“But even if their combined strength is combined, they are no match for our Western Army.”

Cao Yongxiang looked at Hongmei and said, “Hongmei, you have already told Xiaojin to patrol the sky and hunt down all the spirit pigeons and other spirit birds that fly out of Desheng Castle.”

“In this way, the news that our army has entered the pass in large numbers and occupied the Victory Fort will not spread so quickly.”

“Tomorrow our Western Army will follow the Wuding River to the Yansui Town. The enemy should not be informed of the news in advance, so it will not be a problem to defeat them in one battle.”

“In that case, Hongmei, why don’t you lead 10,000 guardsmen to stay in this Victory Castle first, clean up all the internal troubles in this vital border fortress, and build a stable rear base for our army.”

“After the Azure Dragon and White Tiger Legion capture the city of Yansui, you will lead 10,000 guardsmen south to join us.”

“Anyway, we have 10,000 military intelligence personnel led by Wei Jinfan, who are always in contact and cooperating with us. The government troops in Yansui Town will not be able to cause much trouble.”

“In the entire Yansui Town, only Yulin City is in trouble now. The rest of the places are occupied by local garrisons, and their military preparations are lax. It is impossible for them to stop our army’s advance.”

“After we capture Yulin City, we will divide our forces into multiple routes and attack simultaneously. In less than three months, we will be able to capture the entire Yansui Town.”

Ever since Cao Yongxiang broke through to the fifth level of cultivation, his entire temperament has undergone a drastic change compared to before. Not only is he full of confidence, but he has also become more stable.

Together with the naval officers and soldiers, he now commands the Western Army Group, which has a total of 210,000 soldiers.

With such an obvious advantage, there is no need to worry about whether the two enemy forces in Yansui Town can be defeated, but rather the question of whether they can be completely wiped out should be considered.

Ma Chengen had a history of fleeing from battle several times before, so he had some black material against him.

If this guy knew that the Restoration Army was approaching, there was a great possibility that he would abandon the city and flee.

In the three northwestern provinces, Ma Chengen is comparable to the escaped general Wang Pu. Both are examples of those who, seeing that the situation is not good, slip away and get away with it.

“Well, that’s okay too.”

Hearing this, Hongmei nodded and said, “This Victory Fort is too important for our Western Army Group. It is related to the logistics support of the entire army.”

“Although Wei Jinfan is leading thousands of military intelligence personnel to conduct a major investigation in the city, it is impossible to catch all the spies from all sides and merchants with ulterior motives in one fell swoop.”

“In order to ensure that our Western Route Army’s retreat is unobstructed, we must conduct a comprehensive cleanup.”

“With the help of a large number of three-tailed iron-backed demon wolves that came with the army, it won’t be difficult to clean up this Victory Castle with a very complicated population.”

“Especially since the Wolf King is here too, with his current level 5 early stage cultivation, it will be difficult for anyone with ill intentions to escape the Wolf King’s perception.”

“Let’s decide.”

Hongmei stood up and said to Cao Yongxiang and Tang Guangqiang, “You two will lead the army south tomorrow. After you capture the city of Yansui Town, send a message back in time so that I can make corresponding preparations.”

“Now the commander-in-chief is personally leading the Eastern Army Group to the south to fight. If nothing unexpected happens, the speed of attacking various places will be much faster than ours.”

“Perhaps they arrived at the border a few days earlier than us and have already entered the border and headed straight for the strategically important Jiazhou City.”

“We, the Western Army Group, must also hurry up to capture Yansui Town as soon as possible, head south to join the commander-in-chief and defeat the reinforcements sent by Hong Chengchou.”

Whether it is Hongmei, Cao Yongxiang or Tang Guangqiang, they all have absolute confidence in Li Dingguo’s abilities.

They all knew that under the personal leadership of Li Dingguo, the Eastern Army Group would be unstoppable in this blitzkrieg.

In the northern area of ​​Qin, it is difficult to find an enemy that can compete with the Eastern Army Group.

The three of them discussed for a while, then dispersed and each of them was busy with their own work.

(End of this chapter)