Chapter 316: The news finally leaked, Hong Chengchou's method
"To fight or not to fight?"
At this critical moment of life and death, You Shilu himself wanted to fight to the death.
But his strong spiritual awareness enabled him to clearly observe the facial expressions of the soldiers behind him.
Looking at those confused yet familiar faces, his strong fighting spirit suddenly disappeared.
"You Hu, order the soldiers to lay down their weapons. We surrender."
You Shilu's face turned blue and red for a while, then he sighed and said to You Hu, the commander of the family generals beside him.
"Yes, General."
You Hu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly turned around to convey the military order.
As the 20,000 soldiers of the You family army on the scene laid down their weapons one after another, Cao Yongxiang felt relieved and ordered a cavalry team of 10,000 people to accept the surrender.
The threat from You's army had gone, and there were no more organized enemy troops in the huge city of Yansui Town, which could not stop the soldiers' subsequent purge.
This unexpected siege was finally a success.
At the same time, Hongmei led a group of 3,000 soldiers to the government office and arrested all the officials.
The personnel of the Military Intelligence Department immediately began professional interrogation.
Arresting people, confiscating homes, registering spoils of war, registering military merits, etc.
The busiest people were the clerks. They were really busy this time.
Yansui Town is a provincial capital no matter what, and is one of the top three cities in the entire northwest region of Qin.
It will take more than a day or two to clean it up thoroughly and finish all the chores.
Of course, Cao Yongxiang would not sit idle and let so many soldiers stay in the city without doing anything.
The soldiers of the army assisted the soldiers of the logistics camp, and together with the large number of craftsmen who came with the ship, they worked hard for three days and finally sorted out the affairs of this big city.
Seeing that the city was back on track, Cao Yongxiang immediately gave orders. The Western Army was divided into teams of 10,000 people each. Under the command of a Qi Refining Realm general, they swept in all directions towards the towns and cities around the Yansui Town.
At this time, within the scope of Yansui Town, except for the provincial capital, the garrisons in various places ranged from hundreds to thousands of people. They were all a motley crowd and could not withstand the attack of the elite cavalry teams of 10,000 people of the Fuxing Army.
First, the border military forts quickly fell into the hands of the Renaissance Army soldiers, and then towns and cities, large and small, were also quickly captured and firmly controlled by the Renaissance Army soldiers.
As the soldiers of the Western Corps of the Restoration Army launched attacks in all directions, the news that the Restoration Army had entered the pass could no longer be concealed.
The spiritual pigeons sent by spies from all over the country quickly spread this shocking news to all forces and all officials in Qin.
Even the various forces in the three northwestern provinces had overestimated the Fuxing Army founded by Li Dingguo in the past, and would never have thought that the other side would actually march into the pass in large numbers!
This unbelievable news came like a bolt from the blue, shocking all parties!
In particular, the entire Yansui Town, Jiazhou and other places have fallen one after another and have completely fallen into the control of the Fuxing Army. The successive reports of these shocking bad news have caused an uproar!
The Qin territory, where various rebel armies arose, was already in chaos, and now a dragon appeared across the river!
The strength of the Fuxing Army that brazenly entered the pass has been put on display before all forces, and you have to believe it.
When did such a powerful rebel group appear in the Ming Dynasty?
At present, the number of soldiers of the Fusion Army who have entered the pass has exceeded 500,000!
These are not a mob of rebels, but elite cavalrymen with two horses each, as well as several large armed fleets!
The most outrageous intelligence shows that both the army and navy of the Restoration Army are equipped with thousands of psychic cannons and thousands of crossbow carts!
How do they create these large spiritual soldiers?
Even if the three northwestern provinces of the Ming Dynasty were combined, there were not so many psychic cannons and crossbow carts.
Even if all the spiritual beasts and war horses of various forces were added together, they could not gather this many.
What is going on in this world?
Even such an incredible situation would happen?
For a moment, all forces were thrown into confusion.
They instantly raised the danger level of the Renaissance Army, and each of them had different thoughts in their hearts.
……
"Snapped!"
"Crackling..."
In the magnificent Chang'an City, in the meeting hall of the governor's office, Hong Chengchou rarely lost his composure.
He stood up suddenly, without a breath left, and threw the teacup in his hand to the ground!
"damn it!"
"How can this be?"
He couldn't help cursing loudly, "Li Dingguo, this little thief, has grown his Fuxing Army to such a level in just three years!"
"Moreover, among this revival army, there are three level five warriors and several level five spirit birds!"
"Li Dingguo's subordinates now have hundreds of thousands of elite cavalry and tens of thousands of elite naval forces. Even their Qi Refining Realm generals now number over a hundred!"
"This kind of extraordinary thing would happen in public?"
"Don't their soldiers need time to practice? Don't they need to consume a lot of practice resources?"
"Could it be that Li Dingguo, that little thief, got hold of the treasure left over from the previous dynasty?"
"Otherwise, how could it be possible to equip hundreds of thousands of troops with a complete set of spiritual weapon suits, as well as so many spiritual cannons and spiritual crossbow carts!"
"This situation, which seems like something out of a novelist's book, actually happened in reality. How can I, the governor of Qin, deal with it?"
This last sentence is the key point of what Hong Chengchou said in a rage.
If he could not lead the army in person to retake the northern part of Qin territory as soon as possible, under normal circumstances, he would not be able to continue his job as the governor of Qin territory.
Be it His Majesty or the high officials of the court, they will not be merciful and will definitely use him to take the blame!
At the very least, he will be dismissed from office and sent home, at the worst, the whole family will be beheaded!
How could Hong Chengchou, who had always been full of ambition, accept such an outcome?
The key now is: What can we use to defeat this Renaissance Army that has grown stronger?
The strength possessed by the other party was no longer something that he, the governor of Qin, could handle.
The imperial court must intervene and dispatch troops from all over the country to jointly encircle and suppress the rebels, only then will it be possible to wipe out this rebel army that has already gained complete strength.
According to Hong Chengchou's estimation, at least all the elite troops of the three northwestern provinces would have to be mobilized to achieve this goal.
"Sir, please calm down."
Hong Yuanfeng, the commander of the imperial guards, said in a hasty tone, "I don't know what kind of luck Li Dingguo had to develop the Fuxing Army he founded to such a great extent in just three years."
"But nothing can be achieved overnight. You can't create something out of nothing."
"Li Dingguo's Fuxing Army was established too recently, which is a major flaw."
"No matter how evil he is, no matter how great his luck is, this revival army has obvious strengths and weaknesses."
"Li Dingguo has just captured two prefectures. He relied on his surprise attack to catch us off guard, and was able to easily achieve this series of victories."
"If the defenders in various places had been prepared and activated the city defense formation around the clock, how could Li Dingguo's Fuxing Army succeed so easily?"
"Although the Renaissance Army's psychic cannons and psychic crossbow carts are numerous, using them in large quantities will consume a lot of magic cores, demon beast inner cores, and soul beads."
"They broke the defense formations of so many towns. These precious resources alone are enough to give them a headache."
Hong Yuanfeng was right. Psychic cannons and psychic crossbow carts are very powerful when used on a large scale, but the larger the scale, the greater the consumption.
If the enemy wanted to use these two large weapons of war to attack Chang'an City, they would have to launch at least dozens of rounds of salvos to break the protective shield of this super city.
The number of magic cores, soul beads, and spirit beast inner cores consumed would be at least hundreds of thousands.
How precious are these spiritual energy crystals? It is difficult for any force to sustainably supply them.
For example, the number of spiritual crystals in the government of Chang'an City would not exceed 300,000. Not to mention that Hong Chengchou did not have as many spiritual cannons and spiritual crossbow carts as the Fuxing Army, even if he had them, he could not afford to use them on a large scale.
This is also one of the main reasons why the Ming Dynasty court did not mass-produce more psychic cannons and crossbow carts even though it could have done so.
Just like some countries in Li Dingguo's previous life, even if you can afford a large number of new fighter jets, if you don't have enough fuel to use them, they can only be left in the hangar to collect dust.
The bigger the plane, the more fuel it consumes.
Especially something like an aircraft carrier, even if you build it, not many countries can use it normally.
"grown ups."
Seeing that Hong Chengchou's expression had eased a little, Hong Yuanfeng continued to suggest, "We should immediately report to the court the situation of the Fuxing Army's large-scale entry into the pass."
"Hasn't Ma Chengen and his Ma Family Army been wiped out by the Fuxing Army?"
"We can completely put the blame on Ma Chengen, saying that after he led the Ma family army to settle in Yansui Town, he was only concerned with fighting for power and profit, and made Yansui Town a mess, which allowed Li Dingguo's Fuxing Army to march straight in and capture Yansui Town and the surrounding areas with great momentum."
"In this case, you will not be punished by the court and can completely shirk your responsibilities."
"With your ability, the high officials in the court are aware of it. It is impossible for them to abandon you now. They still want to use your ability to stop the Restoration Army from continuing to attack cities and even destroy them."
"The methods used by this Restoration Army are extremely cruel. According to the intelligence we have obtained, wherever they go, corrupt officials and those who are rich and unkind will be killed!"
"If the Fuxing Army continues to capture cities and territories, once it succeeds and expands, which of the officials, gentry, and powerful families in the current dynasty will not be afraid?"
"Can their actions help them avoid the future slaughter of the Renaissance Army?"
"Whether these people are willing or not, they will find ways to eliminate Li Dingguo and the Fuxing Army as soon as possible."
"For these nobles, all the rebel armies in the world combined are not as threatening as the Restoration Army."
Hong Yuanfeng is indeed the most capable assistant of Hong Chengchou. Not only is he proficient in both civil and military affairs, he is also a genius with extraordinary strategies.
His words are rough but true.
Just as he said, what Li Dingguo and his Fuxing Army had done since entering the Pass had hit the sore spots of these dignitaries.
According to the Fuxing Army's style of doing things, they are naturally sworn enemies with these dignitaries.
Naturally, they needed Hong Chengchou, a man of outstanding literary and military skills, to help them eliminate Li Dingguo and the Fuxing Army.
As long as Hong Chengchou could find an excuse to write to the court, he would most likely be safe and sound and escape the disaster easily. Not only would he not be punished by the court, he would also have a great chance of being promoted.
This official position must be not small, such as the Governor-General of Three Borders, which is very suitable for Hong Chengchou.
It's a blessing in disguise. In all likelihood, you'll be lucky this time.
In the court of the Ming Dynasty today, the emperor is actually just a decoration, and most of the power of the entire Ming Dynasty is concentrated in the hands of these dignitaries.
"Yes, Not Bad."
Hearing this, Hong Chengchou completely regained his composure, nodded, and said, "Yuanfeng, your growth rate has exceeded my expectations of you. From now on, you can finally stand on your own."
Hong Chengchou was of course well aware of what Hong Yuanfeng had just said, and his own plan was even more complete than Hong Yuanfeng's.
How could Hong Chengchou not understand the trick of taking advantage of the fire?
Hong Chengchou was very pleased that Hong Yuanfeng, his right-hand man whom he had personally cultivated, had grown so fast.
Compared to He Renlong who was defeated by him, Hong Yuanfeng is much stronger.
"Yuanfeng, if I had the power to mobilize all the officers and soldiers in the three northwestern provinces, I would not be afraid of Li Dingguo and his Fuxing Army at all."
"As you just said, nothing can be achieved overnight."
"Li Dingguo has so many elite cavalry, spiritual cannons, and spiritual crossbow carts, so what can we do?"
"There are more than a million spiritual beasts and war horses. If we want them to stay in peak condition, the various spiritual herbs and beans consumed every month is a terrifying number."
"This kind of long-term and huge consumption is something that even a ten-thousand-year-old family cannot afford, and even the current imperial court cannot afford it."
"The same goes for those massive psychic cannons and psychic crossbow carts. No force can afford to consume them continuously."
"Li Dingguo's current territory only consists of the Dongtao Great Plain outside the Great Wall and the two northern prefectures of Qin. How can it possibly supply such a huge consumption?"
"As long as we block Li Dingguo and the Fuxing Army's eastward and southward routes, even if we don't attack them, they will automatically collapse in a year or two."
Under normal circumstances, Hong Chengchou is right.
But he and Hong Yuanfeng could never imagine where Li Dingguo's real foundation lay.
Let’s talk about the large number of spiritual beasts and war horses first.
Li Dingguo, who occupied the entire Dongtao Plain, set up a complete five-element spirit gathering formation in various spiritual grass pastures of different sizes.
The huge amount of spiritual herbs produced every year is enough to meet the needs of millions of spiritual beasts and war horses.
With the help of the Renaissance Army's increasingly large fleet, they can easily transport massive amounts of harvested spiritual herbs to the interior of the country to ensure the daily consumption of their own spiritual beasts and war horses.
The logistics department of the Fusion Army is definitely the most efficient logistics department in the world today, without a doubt.
Ensuring the army's food and fodder supply is not a big problem for the current Fuxing Army Logistics Headquarters.
Through water transportation, there are more and more convenient and fast treasure ships, which provide greater and greater help to logistics work.
This new force of the Renaissance Army is very different from other forces.
Most of the basic training resources for the army's soldiers are provided by each main combat corps themselves.
Li Dingguo and his soldiers were already very familiar with fighting to support the war.
It is precisely through the three-year model of fighting to support fighting that the Fuxing Army has been able to maintain rapid development and growth.
With the help of the Human Emperor Cauldron and the Five-Colored Divine Tree, the various precious and top-grade elixirs in the current Renaissance Army are the precious cultivation resources that the soldiers have been longing for.
Therefore, Hong Chengchou and Hong Yuanfeng were destined to be disappointed.
But they were both right about one thing.
That is, magic cores, monster inner pills, soul beads and other spiritual energy crystals, which are simply not long enough for all the firearms battalions of the Renaissance Army to use.
In most of the wars that the Renaissance Army will face in the future, the soldiers will not be able to use the psychic cannons and psychic crossbow carts in the army freely, and can only use them selectively.
In every round of the war, every concentrated fire attack launched by so many psychic cannons and crossbow carts consumed a large amount of this kind of spiritual energy crystals, which made the soldiers, including Li Dingguo, feel distressed.
It is not feasible to use these two large spiritual weapons as conventional weapons, but it is still feasible to use them in some key wars.
This is also the reason why Li Dingguo could have dismantled a few more medium-quality treasure ships to refine a large number of psychic cannons and crossbow carts, but he never put it into action.
At present, the various firearms battalions of the Renaissance Army have reached a limit in their current size.
For a long time to come, the various firearms battalions of the Renaissance Army will not be able to continue expanding.
Even if you refine a lot of psychic cannons and crossbow carts, it will be useless if you don't have enough spiritual energy crystals to use them.
After a while, Hong Chengchou and Hong Yuanfeng completed their discussion on the response plan and began intensive preparations.
The most important thing, of course, is to write a letter to the court as soon as possible and push all the responsibility for this incident onto Ma Chengen and the Ma family army.
It is better to let my friend die than to let me die. Hong Chengchou has mastered this principle and is extremely skillful in his operation.
After the military report reporting the bad news to the court was written and tied to the leg of a third-level spirit pigeon at home, Hong Chengchou finally breathed a sigh of relief as he watched it fly rapidly towards the capital.
For Hong Chengchou, the impact of the Fuxing Army's massive entry into the pass could be big or small.
After releasing the spiritual dove, he did not sit idle, but summoned his elite officers and soldiers with great fanfare and made various preparations in advance.
(End of this chapter)
