Chapter 1034: The War Zone Head Coach Finally Arrives
"Commander Sun, are there any new battle reports from last night?" Jiang Xi was still in Jianyang City and had to process the latest intelligence sent from across the country before preparing to go to Nanjing City.
"Yes." Sun Jianing is Jiang Xi's accompanying staff officer, who plays the role of a personal secretary. "Yesterday, the Crown Prince made a big move. He first captured Huatong City in a surprise attack, then used a trick to ambush 20,000 cavalry, and finally attacked Baiting City at night. At this moment
Baiting City should have been captured."
After several battles in Nanqiu County, Jiang Zhi would be notified as soon as possible. Jiang Zhi would sort it out and send it to Jiang Xi, so Sun Jianing could know the latest battle reports.
"Haha, don't flatter him. Jiang Zhi should be helping him behind the scenes. He fought three battles in a row and mobilized tens of thousands of troops to cooperate. This is already a commander-level command ability." Jiang Xi was very satisfied with the results of the battle.
"The news from the chief of staff said it was the prince's plan."
"Don't you understand? The old men in the legion want to honor Kui'er as the honorary commander. Of course, any credit should be given to Kui'er first. In fact, they don't have to do this. Just because Kui'er is the master knight, he is qualified to be the honorary commander.
"Jiang Xi raised his hand to stop Sun Jianing from continuing to defend.
He did not think that Ding Kui could command such a large-scale battle now.
"Well, there is also a new battle report from King Zhouzhou." Sun Jianing took out the bottom document in his hand and said, "Yesterday the Tenth Army was defeated."
"What?" The smile on Jiang Xi's face disappeared instantly, "With the Ninth Army on its side, how could the Tenth Army be defeated?"
"This is the only news coming from the capital." Sun Jianing looked at the short line of words on the document, and he couldn't figure out why it was like this.
The Tenth Army suffered a heavy loss in the Cao Kingdom and normally had not yet recovered its strength. However, due to the fierce fighting situation, Wangzhou was threatened by the rebels, so they rushed to the battlefield after recruiting new soldiers. They cooperated very well with the Ninth Army.
Even if they face an enemy several times their own, they will not be defeated, not to mention that there are still the 4th and 15th legions nearby.
This battle just ended yesterday. It is normal that no detailed battle report has been transmitted to Yangyuan Prefecture. It is estimated that the people in the commander-in-chief's office in the capital are not very clear about it.
In fact, the Tenth Army was defeated by a special force. This force came from the Thousand Islands Alliance and was known as the Giant Shark Army. It was one of the most elite armies of the Thousand Islands Alliance.
This legion has special equipment, and the materials used come from a kind of deep-sea shark, hence the name Giant Shark Legion.
Their armor is made of shark skin, and its defensive power is comparable to fine armor, but its weight is lighter than the leather armor worn by archers. It can be called the lightest high-defense armor; the weapon they use is a bone spear, made of the same kind.
Made from polished shark bones, it is very hard and weighs only one-third of an ordinary military spear.
Because there are not many deep-sea sharks, the entire Thousand Islands Alliance can only be equipped into one legion, so only the strongest warriors are eligible to join the giant shark legion.
The Tenth Legion was too arrogant. It was the first time they met the Thousand Island Alliance's army, and they didn't take the Giant Shark Legion seriously at all. In addition, the Giant Shark Legion had its own unique tactics, which were specially used to deal with cavalry, killing them as soon as they engaged.
The Tenth Army was defeated.
It wasn't until several Shaodian troops fought against the Giant Shark Legion that the characteristics of this Thousand Island Alliance Army were gradually discovered.
The defeat of the Tenth Army shocked the government and the public, and soon the news reached Ding Kui through special channels.
"The commander-in-chief probably knows the news and will come to remind us not to underestimate the enemy." Ding Kui mentioned the Tenth Army Corps in the chat in Baiting City.
"Before, the Ninth Legion was defeated, and now the Tenth Legion has been defeated even more miserably. Do they still have the qualifications to compare with us?" Hua Mo was very disdainful and had always been hostile to these two elite legions of the royal family.
"Many elite regiments have false reputations. Like the Northern Third Army Corps, I don't realize how strong they are in combat." Shu Li thought of the battle in Huatong City.
Ma Ju objectively commented: "Actually, the 30th North Division is not weak. The 6,000 men defending the city held out against 20,000 of us for a short while. They did not surrender until the Prince Consort's special operations battalion went out to fight."
"The special operations battalion is really powerful. I don't have such an elite group under my command, and the weapons they use. Prince, Ding Shuai, can you give me some?" Shu Li had never really seen the power of the crossbow until yesterday.
"I want it too!" Hua Mo and Ma Zhi spread their palms together.
"Uh, let's talk about this later. I don't even have enough! The materials for the crossbow are hard to find, especially the bow string, which is particularly difficult to make. Half of my red army protecting the country are not equipped with it." Ding Kui doesn't have any spare parts.
Give them the crossbow.
"I see that all of your special operations battalions are extremely powerful. Do you have special skills for training them?" Shu Li paid great attention to the special operations camps.
"Indeed, this team spent a lot of gold coins and also practiced the Ding family's body training secrets. In terms of physical fitness, they are all comparable to the general-killing warriors. They cannot be trained by the regular army."
Ding Kui's words made Hua Mo, Shu Li and Ma Zhi a little disappointed. This condition was too harsh.
"It's a pity that we can't promote it in the legion. But then again, it's a good thing that such troops are rare. Otherwise, how can we have the shame to claim to be the elite of the kingdom?" Shu Li comforted himself.
"If we have ten special operations battalions, we can sweep through any division in the country. Forget it, don't think about it. Prince, what should we do next? Should we attack Jiaxin City or Huatong City?" Hua Mo only fought one battle.
Strictly speaking, it can only be regarded as a half-battle, and I am not willing to do so.
"Next, the enemy army should organize a counterattack. There is no chance for us to gain another victory. Instead, Xixuan City needs to provide support, otherwise the military camp built with so much effort will be occupied by the enemy army." Ding
Kui once again disappointed everyone.
His plan revolved around Xixuan City. Capturing Baiting City was already one of the best results, and he had no energy left to further expand the results.
Baiting City is located at the outermost edge of our army's occupied area and is the farthest away from our army's mobile forces. It requires several times the effort to rescue it. On the contrary, Shaodian Kingdom's troops can be deployed at any time.
"In this case, I'll stay here while you go to Xixuan City." Shu Li took the initiative to ask to stay.
His troops needed to rest and recuperate after days of fighting, so they should give the opportunity to Hua Mo and leave Ding Kui with the impression of being a good man.
Our own army is not a dummy. They will not fight back if they are hit or scolded. Yudi mobilizes frequently. First, the remaining troops of the Northern Fifth Army Corps rush to Xixuan City to defend the last city in the Fengrun defense zone; secondly, they send two additional troops of the Northern Third Army Corps.
Three divisions went to Huatong City and firmly defended the areas with minerals. Finally, the Northern Fourth Army gave up attacking the boundary city and built fortifications in Jizhou City, Ximu City and Wangxia City.
The 72nd and 76th Divisions failed to reach Xixuan City before our own army, causing the East Camp to fall into the hands of our own army. Dong Ba, Wang Chou and Zhang Dingyuan could only defend the South Camp, West Camp and Beida Camp.
Jiang Zhi ordered the 72nd, 73rd and 76th Divisions commanded by Ding Kui to attack Xixuan City. The 71st Division returned to Qinglan City to wait for orders. The 75th Division stayed in Kada City and the 74th Division was still responsible for transporting baggage.
Luo Tao captured Yeliu Town with the help of Hengfu City. Liu Yu organized nearly 50,000 civilians to assist the 77th Division in building a military stronghold in the town and firmly guarding the exit of the Great Swamp.
The Red Army protecting the country under the command of Zhong Wei was supplemented with six full-strength crossbow battalions and four infantry battalions, as well as four auxiliary battalions, with a total strength of 7,000 people, to cooperate with the 79th Division to press the Shanxi Pass on the Hump.
Jiang Xi, the commander of the Nanzhao Prefecture War Zone, finally arrived in Nanjing City. He first ordered the construction of a war zone camp in Huashan County and sent the heavy troops of the New Eleventh Legion to the war zone camp. Then he signed a letter of appointment and appointed the master knight Ding Kui as the eighth legion.
Honorary commander; finally ordered the Kong family army to take over the border city, the 21st Army Corps to go to the war zone camp to wait for orders, and the 20th Army Corps to guard the southern border.
Our country is completely at odds with each other. The Northern Army launched an attack on the border of Nanzhao State and threatened to start an all-out war without peace talks. More troops gathered near the southern border of Shaodian State in a gesture of expanding the war.
"Oh, that series of operations was really planned by Ding Kui." Jiang Xi received a detailed report from Jiang Xi, "Well, only he can think of mobilizing people from the Intelligence Department and local people.
Haha, that's good. After seeing that there are no war horses in Xixuan City, I thought of the enemy commander's troop deployment, taking advantage of the enemy's loss of reconnaissance capabilities to engage in mobile warfare, and even setting traps specifically for the war horses.
It seems that my nephew has initially acquired the ability to command an army. With Jiang Zhi’s assistance, there is no problem in leaving the Eighth Army to him, and it will save me a lot of trouble."
"Sir, what should Fu Dun and others do?" Sun Jianing took the opportunity to ask.
Fu Dun and others were later sent to the General Staff Department, where they were interrogated by people from the Military Law Department and found that they had violated many military laws and were sentenced to death by hanging in accordance with military regulations. Among these people were officers and soldiers, and the death sentence required to be reported to the commander of the legion for approval.
"Humph, who is the Fu family? They are so ignorant. They dare to disobey Ding Kui's orders. I don't need to give them face. Let's behead them." Jiang Xi had read the file, but there were too many things to do and he forgot about it for a moment.
Handle it, Sun Jianing did not dare to remind.
"The prince killed Zhong Jiong..."
To be honest, there is no real evidence for Ding Kui's murder of Zhong Jiong. Jiang Xi has to be informed of the procedure. The military judge had quite some complaints about this matter. If Ding Kui had not had a quarrel with the military judge back then, and the Eighth Army was Ding Kui's world
, there will be trouble for the military judge to find Ding Kui.
"Hey, young man." Jiang Xi shook his head slightly, "Kill him or her. If the military judge has any objections, you can come to me. Shouldn't the person who delayed the military plane die?"
"I understand, I will handle it properly."
Sun Jianing's position was not high and he did not dare to make decisions without authorization. He had to have Jiang Xi's statement before he dared to act according to Jiang Xi's wishes.
Ding Kui didn't know that Jiang Xi was wiping his butt, and he was having a headache. He didn't have enough magicians on hand, so Xia Fan ran to Xixuan City to deal with him and Ao Yu, and gathered all the remaining magicians from the Northern Fifth Army to defend the city.
Magical power prevails.
The Northern Third Army sent additional magicians to Tuofeng Mountain to block Tan Shang, Ding Kun, Shi Jiang and Ao Yan.