"Have you set off? Then let's make a move and let the 72nd Division feint towards Huatongcheng. The cavalry troops will be ready to go out. The scout troops of the 74th and 75th Divisions will go to the predetermined location."
Ding Kui first received the regular military information from the base camp, and then received the message from Qian You in the evening.
"Don't say that the second uncle wants to use my people. If he uses me, he has to use me. In fact, it is a good thing. The second uncle can provide a broader stage. If you have the ability, you can't do it in the military? It saves me the peace of mind that I don't have to take care of her." He He doesn't mind if his people are poached by Jiang Xi.
"The prince regent has sent people to the military, and Commander Jiang has let go of his hands. No need to be polite, my lord, try your best to get what you want." Fei Ze had something to say.
"First drive away the enemy, and the rest will depend on the situation. Has the 72nd Division arrived at the scheduled location?"
To maintain the deterrent against Xia Fan, Ding Kui could not lead the troops in person. He could only sit in the central military tent and command new actions remotely.
"arrive."
At present, the South Camp is full of Red Army troops protecting the country. Hua Mo's people have disappeared. The execution ability of the 72nd Division is one of the best among the Eighth Army.
"Hmm, it depends on how Ji Kou responds."
Yudi paid close attention to the movements of the Eighth Army, and the new changes in Huatong City and Jizhou City aroused his high vigilance.
The Fourth Northern Army Corps is a relatively intact force among the troops in Nanqiu County. It has more reserve teams for operations on the southern front, which is more conducive to dealing with Ding Kui, who likes to engage in mobile warfare.
"The troops in Juyang City and Tuofeng Mountain cannot move, the troops in Juncheng and Chunlu City cannot move, and only Jiaxin City can move. The question is, what is the enemy's real combat goal?" Yudi held a meeting to discuss countermeasures.
Gong Yelei circled Huatong City on the map, pointed at it and said: "The most likely way is to attack Huatong City, followed by luring our troops out of the city to fight in the field, and the possibility of attacking Jizhou City and Jiaxin City is less likely."
The Bingjiangzhou Theater Staff Headquarters was also unable to determine the specific intentions of the Shaodian Army.
"Order the 38th North Division to be on standby. Feng Run must attack at the right time to pin down the enemy troops outside Xixuan City!" Yudi hesitated again and decided to hold his troops.
The next morning, bad news kept coming. The 201st, 203rd and 205th Divisions camped under Jizhou City and sent a small number of troops to tentatively attack the city. Traces of the 72nd Division were found in Huatongcheng. The refugees on Huatong Mountain came down in large numbers, suspected of cooperating with the regular army. ; The scouts near Jiaxing City were attacked, and contact with the outposts on the main road was lost.
"It seems that the enemy wants to capture Jizhou City, and Huatong City should be a feint attack." Gong Yelei made a judgment.
"How is Xixuan City? Where is Ding Kui?" Yu Di tried to clear away the fog of the battlefield.
"Ding Kui and Ding Yu are still confronting Master Xia in Xixuan City." The staff officer who received the information immediately replied.
Yudi walked to the map, knocked on the point of Jizhou City, and said: "The number of the enemy's 21st Army Corps has reappeared, and it should not be under the command of the enemy's 8th Army Corps! Order the 38th North Division to quickly go to Jizhou City , Fengrun arranges the troops to attack!"
Jiaxing City has three roads connecting other cities, one leads to the county town, one leads to Huatong City, and one leads to Ximu City. There are also paths through the mountains and forests to other places, which are not suitable for large numbers of soldiers and horses.
There happened to be a group of people hiding in the wilderness with no village or shop in front of them. They came from the direction of Huatong City last night and hid beside the main road leading to Ximu City.
After the sun came out, this group of people were still hiding in the woods and grass, and no one walking on the road could find them.
Bang, Dong Ba slapped himself on the cheek, "There are so many bugs in this broken place, my palms are calloused."
Not far away, someone burst out laughing and whispered to his companion: "I think that callus was made from his beard."
"Hush!" Shao Diancheng said, pretending to be serious, "Don't make irresponsible remarks about General Dong." The smile in his eyes could not be concealed.
There was a rustle, and someone was running outside the jungle.
"Who?" one of Dong Ba's soldiers asked in a low voice.
"It's okay, that's my brother." Langbach waved to the soldier.
Sure enough, Lang Nunu dove into the jungle, and the soldier released his grip on the sword hilt.
"Reporting to Mr. Dong," Lang Nunu saluted Dong Ba first, "there are troops leaving Jiaxin City."
"Which way to go?" Dong Ba's copper bell eyes got a little bigger.
"Coming toward us." Lang Nunu was in charge of guarding the perimeter. He immediately rushed over to report the enemy's situation.
"Hahaha, it's not for nothing. Everyone is here, ready to fight!" Dong Ba jumped up.
woo woo woo woo!
The watchtower of the south camp of Xixuan City blew the horn.
Ding Kui and Ao Yu looked at each other and smiled, "Here we come! The attack by the wolf-faced woman shows that the enemy has responded." Ding Kui had already dressed up, picked up the cracking wind cone and flew into the air.
Outside the east gate of Huatong City, the 72nd Division put up an attack formation, but it never entered the attack position. A line of people came from the direction of Huatong Mountain. A closer look revealed that there were women, children and old people in the group, but they were not led by Shao Dianfei.
militia team.
At this time, Shao Dianfei was already in the formation of the 72nd Division. "I humbly arrange for five thousand people to go down the mountain first. They didn't bring any luggage, so the journey is not too slow." He reported to Hua Mo.
"Very good, you take them to the designated place, and two thousand infantry will escort them to Baiting City. When Jizhou City is captured, this will be the next place to be liberated. By then, all the people on the mountain can go home."
Hua Mo’s mission is not to capture Huatong City. This visit has several functions:
First, to confuse the enemy and cover up the tactical intentions of the Shaodian Army; the 72nd Division comes out to wander around, who knows what they want to do? All commanders of our own army cannot ignore them.
Second, scare our troops in Jiaxing City and cut off a road leading to Jizhou City; if Jizhou City is attacked, our troops will definitely have to rescue them. Most of the 72nd Division will not dare to go to Huatong City.
three.
Threatened the defenders of Huatong City and cooperated with the transfer of the people on Huatong Mountain; Ding Kui did not notify Shao Dianfei to lead the militia to join the battle, but asked Shao Dianfei to remove some people. The soldiers in Huatong City could not come out, and the people could go there safely.
Bai Dinh City. When you arrive at Bai Dinh City, local officials will help the people.
Fourth, guard the main road and coordinate the retreat of the cavalry troops; Dong Ba and others went to Jiaxin City from the place where the 72nd Division was holding, and they need to control it in their own hands if they return here.
Fifth, it can be converted into a mobile force and wait for opportunities to threaten our own troops on the north and south fronts; the 72nd Division can go to Jizhou City, cross Huatong City to Ximu City, go to Jiaxing City, and return to Xixuan City. It has extremely high
flexibility.
Ding Kui can only feel most at ease if he sends Hua Mo over. Others may not have the experience to handle multiple tasks.
Fan Yuzhen and the Luoli Brigade were stationed in a town. They were responsible for escorting the people to Baiting City. Whoever won the competition would take command.
This time, Fan Yuzhen's brigade killed more enemies again. The presence of the golden bamboo crossbow almost guaranteed that every enemy scout could be wiped out every time they encountered it. On the other hand, Xie Luoli's brigade always let a few escape. Although they attacked more times,
The number of kills fell behind.
Afterwards, Ding Kui made a "fair" decision. Since Fan Yuzhen had a crossbow borrowed from the special operations battalion, he ruled that the two brigades were tied, which saved face for both divisions.
"Your Excellency, you are such a prophet. You have so cleverly avoided the conflict between the 74th and 75th Divisions. I definitely can't do it." Gong Le was filled with admiration, while Fei Ze just smiled meaningfully at this.
After Ding Fen asked again and again, Fei Zecai secretly told her, "Do you think the lord asked you to open the market to win money? Did you borrow the crossbow as Battalion Commander Dou to win the bet? That was all done intentionally by the lord.
The purpose of opening the betting market is to test everyone's opinions, and to understand who has a better chance of winning, and how big the difference is between the two brigades; Dou Xiaoqi borrowed the crossbow to help Fan Yuzhen win, and it can also conceal the true intention of the lord; the draw between the two brigades was due to the lord's calculation
of.
Of course, there may be other purposes. I am too stupid to realize it. My master must be doing this for the good of everyone, and everyone will be happy with the result. What I told you are all speculations, so please don’t tell others nonsense."
Ding Fen couldn't understand it at all. She only knew that Ding Kui controlled everything. In addition to feeling that the master was very powerful, he also felt that he had an obligation to keep the secret.
Kong Xing, who had been defeated before, would naturally not be idle. The Kong family army launched a forceful attack and stormed the outskirts of Ximo City. When they encountered the main force of the Northern Third Army, they retreated, but did not go far. They adopted the posture of "when the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy retreats, we advance."
situation.
The advance of Shaodian's army and our own army disturbed one-third of Nanqiu County, involving nearly 300,000 troops.
The most exciting part is of course the linkage between the 71st Division and Ding Kui's cavalry. These 15,000 cavalry raided the 38th Northern Division.
The battle lasted for less than half an hour in the northern suburbs of Jiaxing City. The 38th Northern Division was defeated. More than 2,000 defeated troops fled back to Jiaxing City. The Shaodian Cavalry retreated safely.
Ding Kui and Ao Yu guarded the South Camp, blocked the crazy attack by their country's magicians, and cooperated with the crossbowmen to shoot down their troops who came out of the city. Feng Run symbolically filled in a few infantry tunnels and returned to Xixuan City.
Although there were only more than 20,000 soldiers and horses left in the military camp outside the city, there were not many troops inside the city, and Feng Run could not devote too many troops to attack the South Camp.
After a brief discussion, Ding Kui decided to send the 72nd Division to Jizhou City to support the old commander Zhang Jie.
It is of great strategic significance to capture Jizhou City as soon as possible. The Shaodian Army on the northern and southern fronts can be connected, supplies from the base camp can be transported to Qinglan City faster, and the people on Huatong Mountain can be rescued earlier.
After Hua Mo and other cavalry troops withdrew from Huatong City, they immediately commanded his men to circle the city westward and rush to Jizhou City overnight.
Zhang Jie set up camp and launched a fierce attack. The 201st, 202nd and 205th Divisions took turns to attack the west gate of Jizhou City. They bulldozed all the fortifications outside the city in one afternoon and attacked the city wall several times.
The 21st Legion came this time with the Huashan County Magic Guild to coordinate operations. The number of magicians far outnumbered the defenders, and they could completely control the sky above Jizhou City. If Zhang Jie had not been worried about excessive damage and did not want to engage in street fighting, he would have occupied the west gate.
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The key is that Ding Kui sent the news in time. Zhang Jie knew that reinforcements were coming, so he adopted a relatively stable strategy and waited for tomorrow to divide his troops and attack the city in multiple ways.