Chapter 348 Emergency Military Situation, Countermeasures
"Chirp!"
A bird's cry was heard from the sky, and then a big black eagle flashed from the distant sky and quickly landed towards the City Lord's Mansion in Yumen Ferry.
Our own protective formation has marked the identity tokens of our military and civilians with the formation's mark. As long as our soldiers have identity tokens and magic tools on them, they can enter and exit the city defense formation freely.
Even the spiritual birds and beasts in their own home have special identity tokens on them and will not be blocked by the protective formation.
"Great Commander!"
This big black eagle, which had reached the middle stage of level five, had just landed in the backyard of the City Lord's Mansion when a figure jumped down from the bird's back and shouted to Li Dingguo.
The person who came was none other than Wei Jinfan, the head of the Military Intelligence Department.
Both she and Big Black Hawk's cultivation have now reached a higher level. Needless to say, this is the result of Li Dingguo rewarding each of them with a acquired top-grade large spiritual peach.
Li Dingguo was never stingy with his three most capable assistants, Wei Jinfan, Chang Liyun and Cao Yongxiang.
As long as the treasures and training environment can improve their cultivation level, they will be allowed to enjoy the benefits in this regard.
The effect of the acquired top-grade large spiritual peach is so magical that for a level five practitioner, it is equivalent to a peerless elixir.
Even if they only took one, it would be enough to raise the cultivation and qualifications of the three of them and the three level five black eagles to a higher level.
Unfortunately, this rare spiritual fruit can only be harvested once every twenty years, and there are only thirty pieces at a time.
Li Dingguo only got 26 of them two months ago, and now they have almost been used up.
As for the acquired middle-grade large spiritual peaches, there are quite a few, but the efficacy of that level of large spiritual peaches is far inferior to that of the top-grade large spiritual peaches.
Li Dingguo has been collecting the nine top-grade acquired phoenix blood fruits until now, but it is not time to eat them yet.
It would be a waste to use this spiritual fruit of inestimable value casually.
Li Dingguo must keep them to use for himself and several important helpers to reach the sixth level.
Dajin is qualified to take the Phoenix Blood Fruit, but it is now adjusting its condition.
After waiting for about half a month, it can return to the island in the middle of the lake, its base camp outside the pass, and meditate on the five-colored sacred tree to take the Phoenix Blood Fruit, striving to successfully break through to the sixth level.
As for Li Dingguo himself, he still needs to wait for a few months to improve his cultivation to the peak of level five, and then he can improve as much as he can.
Li Dingguo is a little anxious now.
His sixth sense told him that Cao Bianjiao would probably break through to the early sixth level soon.
After all, Cao Bianjiao has stayed in his current realm for too long, and has already improved himself to the extreme in all aspects.
Now that the destiny has changed drastically, Cao Bianjiao, who has great luck, might encounter another fortuitous encounter and break through the bottleneck of level six easily.
If Li Dingguo has not made a breakthrough by then, he will undoubtedly be in great danger, and there is a high possibility that he will be killed by Cao Bianjiao.
After all, Cao Bianjiao should also have a very good natal artifact, which offsets Li Dingguo's advantage in this regard.
The sonic attack from the Xuanhuang Chaos Bell was ineffective against Cao Bianjiao, who was protected by his natal divine weapon.
After the two fight, they ultimately have to rely on their own real abilities.
Li Dingguo often goes out and it is impossible for him to always have a group of personal guards with him. Once he encounters a level six master, he will not be able to use the military formation to fight against the opponent.
Even if one wanted to hide in the Human Emperor Cauldron and escape, it would be a luxury.
You hid in your natal space artifact right under the enemy's nose?
That's not about escaping, but about sending treasure.
The consciousness of a level six strong man will undergo another qualitative change. You will suddenly disappear from his sight, and your space artifact that was exposed to the outside world will be collected by the other party immediately.
Especially in two or three months, the army of the Later Jin Tartar will attack. God knows whether among those great masters of the Tartar, someone will break through to the initial level of the sixth level after the great change of destiny.
Any genius among human beings who can break through to the sixth level of cultivation in the first batch will definitely be regarded as a genius among geniuses and must have great luck.
Even if he was a master of the Later Jin Tartars, there was a high probability that he would have his own magical weapon.
Once targeted by such a top-level expert, Li Dingguo would have no chance of escaping unscathed.
"Wei Jinfan, is there any urgent information that requires you to come here in person on the Big Black Eagle?"
Li Dingguo looked at Wei Jinfan who had just arrived and asked with some confusion.
You should know that there are a large number of well-trained spirit pigeons in the current Renaissance Army, including quite a few level three spirit pigeons.
For most of the intelligence, Wei Jinfan uses a third-level spirit pigeon that he carries with him at all times, which is enough to safely and effectively transmit various emergency military information.
Now that she has come in person, she will undoubtedly use the speed of the Level 5 Black Hawk to report this urgent intelligence to Li Dingguo as soon as possible.
"Commander-in-chief, I do have very important military information to report to you."
Wei Jinfan's face was solemn, and he said, "Many of our intelligence personnel in Liaodong have sent back messages via spirit pigeons."
"Huang Taiji has issued an order that the army will set out immediately after the spring begins and enter the pass in three groups!"
"Now, the entire Liaodong Later Jin clan is preparing for this large-scale entry into the country."
"Their movements are so loud that they will naturally reveal a lot of information and be known by our intelligence personnel."
"Among them, the Eastern Army of 600,000 soldiers, led by Yue Tuo, consists of two red flags and a bordered blue flag, and three flags of the Mongolian army and three flags of the Han army with the same flags. They plan to enter the pass from Dushikou in Xuanfu and head straight for Lingshan Island outside Jiaozhou Bay."
"There is no doubt that they want to wipe out our Renaissance Army in one fell swoop."
"Yue Tuo is not a simple person. I heard that he is a master of both civil and military affairs. His ability to lead troops in battle is enough to rank among the top three among the Later Jin Tartars!"
"There is also the leader of the Zhenglan Banner, Manggurtai, in charge of the army. He is a great master whose martial power is comparable to Lu Xiangsheng."
"Commander-in-chief, although our Lingshan Island's Renaissance Army has many spiritual cannons and spiritual crossbow carts, it does not have any level 5 masters in charge."
"I think Wan'er needs to rush over as soon as possible."
"Although the Restoration Army of Lingshan Island is very good, the soldiers have not undergone any high-intensity combat experience. Once the Tartar army of 600,000 people approaches, they are likely to be thrown into disarray."
"Let Wan'er take Da Meng to Lingshan Island. Only with these two late-stage level five warriors in charge can we stabilize the morale of the army."
There was some anxiety in Wei Jinfan's words. The enemy that the Renaissance Army was about to face was too powerful.
If there is no brave general on the battlefield to take charge of Lingshan Island, the military and civilians are likely to fall into chaos, and the enemy will seize the opportunity to capture Lingshan Island in one fell swoop.
The military intelligence personnel in Liaodong sent back several reports in succession about the specific situation of the Eight Banners Firearms Battalion of the Tatar Han Army.
Those Western white master craftsmen, leading the hard work of tens of thousands of Han craftsmen, have built more than 200 psychic cannons and thousands of psychic crossbow carts for the Later Jin Tartars.
The Tatar navy had been reorganized, and by plundering the Goguryeo navy, they obtained a large number of treasure ships of various levels.
According to conservative estimates, the current strength of the Tartar navy is about half of that of Lingshan Island.
With so many large treasure ships, it is entirely possible to take the sea route, transport the Eight Banners of the Han Army to the waters of Lingshan Island, and launch a continuous concentrated fire attack on the island protection formation.
If the Restoration Army on Lingshan Island loses its composure, the situation will be extremely dangerous.
Under normal circumstances, the soldiers could use the range advantage of their own psychic cannons to easily defeat the Tartar navy, causing heavy losses to the other side and returning empty-handed.
But the Fuxing Army on Lingshan Island now not only occupies Lingshan Island, but also occupies hundreds of islands of different sizes. The Tartars are best at besieging and attacking reinforcements, and dividing the troops to defeat the enemy.
As long as they sent heavy troops to besiege Lingshan Island, and then divided their forces to attack other islands, they would successively break through the protective formations of various large and small islands that housed a large number of people, and land on the islands to launch massacres again and again.
Faced with this situation, would the defenders of Lingshan Island just sit back and do nothing?
This is impossible.
In this way, the defenders of Lingshan Island would naturally fall into the enemy's trap when they drove a large fleet out of the island to counterattack.
Given the absolute gap in strength, their failure is inevitable, and may even lead to the destruction of the Lingshan Island's revival army.
Not only Wei Jinfan but Li Dingguo was also aware of this foreseeable situation.
"Let Wan'er ride Da Meng back to the base camp, take the two peak level five goshawks with her, and go to Lingshan Island to take charge."
As soon as Wei Jinfan finished speaking, Li Dingguo immediately thought of a countermeasure. "Tell Wan'er not to stay on Lingshan Island. We can use the speed advantage of our treasure ships, plus the range advantage of the spiritual cannons and spiritual crossbow carts, to use guerrilla warfare tactics to sink all the Tartar treasure ships first."
"Don't land and engage in direct combat with the Tartars unless it is absolutely necessary."
"Let Wan'er take a few hundred acquired middle-grade large spiritual peaches, and give some to Liang Liping, Xiao Shitou, He Lijing, Mo Xiaoyong and other core generals who have reached the peak of level 4 for their retreat."
"I believe that with their monstrous aptitude, they should be able to successfully break through to the initial stage of level five cultivation."
"In this way, even if we encounter the Tartar army, we can form a military killing formation and fight against the enemy head-on."
"With Liang Liping's wicked intelligence, it is impossible that she would not think of using the advantages of our firearms battalion to launch a devastating covering fire on the Later Jin Tartars."
"As long as we have Wan'er and three level five peak spirit birds to stabilize the morale of the army, we can completely defeat the Tartar army by using guerrilla tactics!"
"I will let Wan'er take three top-grade acquired spiritual fruits. The two big eagles have been meditating on the Five-Colored Divine Tree for a month. They can now consume the acquired top-grade Phoenix Blood Fruit and break through to the initial stage of the sixth level in one fell swoop."
“At that time, Wan’er can bring two level six goshawks and lead the soldiers to actively attack Yuetuo’s army!”
"Although Yue Tuo is very powerful and is better at commanding operations than Liang Liping, he is still a poor cook without rice. Facing the superiority of our army, he is doomed to be defeated again."
Li Dingguo had long been aware of Huang Taiji's army's entry into the pass, and had already prepared several plans to deal with their arrival.
He explained to Wei Jinfan the arrangements for the Restoration Army on Lingshan Island.
"Well, this way, we don't need to worry about Lingshan Island anymore."
Wei Jinfan's expression relaxed when he heard this, and he said, "I will go find Wan'er and convey your order. Tell her to make preparations today and ride Dameng back to the base camp tomorrow morning."
"Then take the two great eagles with you at the peak of level five and set off directly to Lingshan Island to take charge."
"Liang Liping has very good abilities. I believe that with her assistance, Wan'er will be able to handle it and win this battle smoothly."
"I want to see if Huang Taiji can still smile after the navy he painstakingly assembled was annihilated."
"The Commander-in-Chief."
Wei Jinfan paused and continued, "The Later Jin Tartars entered the pass in three routes this time. The central route was composed of two white flags led by the brothers Dorgon and Duoduo, two Mongolian flags with the same flags, and two Han army flags."
"Their mission is to enter the pass from Wayaokou and go straight to the Northern Zhili region of the Ming Dynasty, wantonly attacking cities and territories, while also plundering the local areas with all their strength."
"This central army of the Later Jin Tartars is the main force against the Ming Dynasty this time, and is also the powerful enemy that the Ming Dynasty has to face."
"According to our military intelligence department, the two white flags of the brothers Dorgon and Duoduo are the two flags with the largest number of soldiers and the strongest combat effectiveness among the eight flags of the Later Jin Dynasty."
"Even the two yellow flags led by Huang Taiji and his son were slightly inferior to the two white flags."
"If the Ming Dynasty fails to respond properly, it will most likely suffer another disastrous defeat."
"Unless Hong Chengchou personally leads the army to arrive in time, he will be able to fight this Later Jin Tartar army head-on."
"If it goes as expected, after the Ming court learns that the Later Jin Tartars have broken through the pass, it will most likely immediately issue an order for Hong Chengchou to lead the army back to the capital to provide assistance."
"Perhaps even the eastern army that Lu Xiangsheng is currently building to target us will also be transferred northward."
"In the court of the Ming Dynasty, those civil and military officials were very afraid of death and would definitely do this."
"Even though they knew that it would be difficult for the Later Jin Tartars to capture the capital this time, they did not dare to have any chance. This is the true face of those high-ranking officials in the court who are greedy for life and afraid of death."
"Humph……"
Wei Jinfan snorted disdainfully when he said this, "This situation has been the same in every dynasty, from ancient times to the present."
"These old officials in the imperial court are all very afraid of death. In order to enjoy a few more years of wealth and luxury, they are willing to do anything and will certainly not put themselves in danger."
"These old bastards, once their sanctimonious skin is torn off, they are nothing at heart. Calling them scum is an overstatement."
Wei Jinfan has served as the head of the military intelligence department of the Fuxing Army over the years. Through what he has seen and heard, he has long seen through the true faces of these high-ranking court officials.
This type of high-ranking court officials throughout history and in all dynasties have been the same.
Don't be fooled by their appearance and usual elegant life, they are all full of nonsense. They talk grandly, but once you peel off their skin, you will find that their essence is worse than those hooligans on the street.
Once they heard the news of the invasion of the ferocious Later Jin Tartars, they would have trembled in fear and urgently dispatched troops to rescue the capital!
As for the so-called Restoration Army and the rebel army, how can they be as important as their own safety?
"Commander-in-chief, when the armies of Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng and Li Ding return to the capital, we will have nothing to worry about and can focus on dealing with the western army led by Huang Taiji!"
Wei Jinfan continued to report the movement of the main Tatar army. "Our intelligence department has confirmed that in a few months, the 800,000-strong army led by Huang Taiji will arrive at the pass north of the Yellow River."
"The Tatar army in the west is composed of two yellow flags and a blue-bordered flag, including the three flags of the Tatar headquarters, as well as the three Mongolian flags and three Han army flags with the same flag numbers."
"This army is the most powerful among the three Tatar armies that invaded Ming Dynasty at the same time, and it also has the largest number of soldiers."
"The Tartar army, including the firearms battalion and the logistics battalion, are all cavalrymen with two horses each. There are also 30,000 large horse-drawn carriages accompanying the army, and the carriages are also pulled by low-grade dragon-scale horses."
"This makes the Tartars' long-range attack much faster than any previous one."
"Even if it is not as efficient as our Fuxing Army, it is much stronger than any army of the Ming Dynasty."
"Our intelligence personnel have also discovered a piece of news that has not yet been confirmed: Huang Taiji is the number one expert of the Later Jin Tartar clan!"
"I didn't expect that Huang Taiji could hide so deeply and so well!"
"I even suspect that Huang Taiji, who is said to be in poor health, has a chance of having a divine weapon on him!"
"Otherwise, with so many things going on every day, it would be impossible for him to improve his cultivation so quickly."
Wei Jinfan's face was solemn, and he spoke of his guess, "This life artifact is probably an innate artifact, which can help Huang Taiji achieve such an achievement."
"There is another rumor. The imperial seal that Huang Taiji seized from Lin Danhan is also a very powerful acquired divine weapon. It is rumored that it was made by the immortal master Ou Yezi from the Immortal Qin period."
"This is a very special luck artifact with a very magical power. Not only can it suppress luck, but it can also use the power of the family luck of the owner of the jade seal to launch an attack power that exceeds its owner by a major realm!"
"Once Huang Taiji launches this miraculous jade seal attack, we will only have the great tripod, the innate destiny artifact of yours, to deal with it, or even restrain it."
"Great Commander, this is an extremely rare opportunity! It is a good chance to take back the imperial seal of our Chinese clan."
"If you, the Great Commander, can successfully seize the imperial seal of our Chinese race from Huang Taiji, the gains from this war will be huge."
"This treasure of our clan definitely hides many secrets, and it is extremely important to our Chinese clan."
This last secret information was the main reason why Wei Jinfan came in person to report military intelligence to Li Dingguo.
(End of this chapter)
