Chapter 1057 Reclaiming the Territory and Biting the Bones
Chunlu Henan Ferry was in a mess, with corpses of our own soldiers lying staggered on the ground. Shaodian's army captured the place with a single charge.
"A fight broke out at the west entrance of the outpost. The defenders ran away, leaving only the magicians and level 6 warriors." Ding Kui was translating in his mind the message conveyed by the virtual copper clam bead.
When he passed through Port City, he secretly discussed with Ao Yan and made an appointment to exchange news about today's operation. It was mainly Ao Yan who told him the situation.
There were more and more Chinese warships on the Chunlu River, and they were worried that the group at Nandukou would cross the river and head north.
"Your Majesty," Dong Ba came over, "Where are you going next?"
"Go to Juyang City and eliminate the enemies in the city."
"Aren't you going to Baini Town?"
"The enemy's magicians are more numerous over there, so we can't make any gains. Let's give them a way out. We need to defend Juyang City first, lest the enemy get mad and set fire to the city." Ding Kui was really afraid of people from his own country setting fire to Juyang City. Juyang City was his foundation.
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The cavalry troops came and went suddenly. The defenders did not understand the situation and hesitated to abandon Giant Sheep City. When they discovered that they were coming again, it was too late to cause damage.
Half of the three thousand local troops fled. If Ding Kui hadn't ordered a search of the entire city, the more than one thousand local troops would definitely not have been able to escape.
When Gong Jun led his troops to withdraw from Tuofeng Mountain, they did not encounter the 77th Division. Luo Tao was still cleaning villages and towns on the way, and the forwards of the two groups of troops had just entered Baini Town.
Under Haotong's repeated insistence, Gong Jun led his army towards the Chunlu River crossing. The country's masters and magicians occupied and retreated, and also moved towards the Chunlu River, where they could easily get assistance from the county.
It's better than the Lengshuipo Camp which has been almost emptied out.
Yudi left Lengshuipo Camp when the Eighth Army entered Nanqiu County, moved the headquarters to the county town, and used the communication system established in the county town to command various ministries. Lengshuipo Camp has become an ordinary military stronghold.
"Report," Shaodian said, running up on a flying horse, "The search for the Lord's Mansion has been completed. Except for the backyard, there were varying degrees of damage."
"Hmph, Jiman, Gong Jun and other respectable people dare to destroy my backyard, I will kill them at their house!"
Ding Kui could probably guess this result. After all, there were members of the royal family at home. If it was wantonly destroyed, it would be extremely disrespectful to the royal family and the Ding family, and he would definitely take revenge in the future.
"Aren't we going to attack Baini Town or Lengshuipo Camp?" Dong Ba came over and asked again.
He didn't encounter many enemies along the way, so he didn't fight them hard.
"It is not advisable to go to Lengshuipo to attack the fortress before the enemy's situation is clear. Let's do this. You take five thousand people to look for fighters between Baini Town and Yudi Town. The remaining people follow me to sweep the old and new docks." Ding Kui knew that his army fled to the ferry.
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There are troops of our country's navy at the old and new docks, so they are naturally no match for thousands of knights. However, the warships left the shore early and were out of the attack range of the ground troops.
"Hmph! He Lianyu is too greedy, otherwise the navy of Meng will come to drive away these flies." Ding Kui did not dare to say it, as the deal with Meng cannot be put on the table.
Luo Tao accelerated his march and rushed to Baini Town, just in time to coincide with Xi Xiu leading his army from the royal outpost. The two forces worked together to easily break through the military camp guarded by a small number of own troops.
The two groups of the Eighth Army successfully joined forces, basically announcing the recovery of Juyang City.
Ding Kui accidentally discovered Ding Zhong who was hiding in the city to recover from his injuries.
"After poisoning the stable in the county town, the enemy discovered it. The brother who was acting with his subordinates was unfortunately killed. The subordinates managed to escape with serious injuries. Later, they hid in the pile of dead people and were transported out of the county town... They walked all the way around at night.
Escape to Giant Sheep City." Ding Zhong recounted his previous experience.
"Everyone's sacrifice was worth it. In that battle, we wiped out more than 30,000 enemy troops and took the opportunity to recapture Baiting City. Both the Security Bureau and the Intelligence Department made great contributions!" Ding Kui was checking Ding Zhong's injuries and operating.
Get angry and give treatment.
"Now that the enemy is strictly controlling the actions of the Shaodian people, it will be difficult for us and the people from the Intelligence Department to do anything."
"It doesn't matter, let's see the real chapter on the battlefield next. Our army has surrounded the enemy!" Ding Kui said domineeringly.
Strictly speaking, at least one side of the Tongyuan River controlled by our own troops is safe and cannot be said to be surrounded. Ding Kui exaggerated a bit.
Half of the borders of Juyang City are still threatened by our own troops, and it cannot be considered a safe place for the time being, even if the 71st, 77th and 79th Divisions continue to advance into the city.
"We can resume production in Baini Town, Yinye Town, Feisha Town, Hot Spring Town, Kumu Town and Yeliu Town first." Liu Yu came from Hengfu City.
He, the mayor, can get back to work.
"How about the other four towns and Juyang City?" Ding Kui discussed it in front of the generals, without hesitation.
"You can send young men and armed merchants to return first, repair the damaged facilities and houses, and set up outposts along the river to prevent enemy naval forces from coming ashore to plunder." Liu Yu already had a case.
Xi Xiu asked: "Which troops will stay here?" He knew that some of them would definitely be transferred back to the headquarters.
"Everyone here must return to the headquarters. I will mobilize the Red Army to come back to garrison, and at the same time, let the 80th Division stay at the outpost and port city."
"Aren't we going to attack the county city?" Luo Tao thought that we should cross the river and go north to attack Nanqiu county city directly.
"The enemy controls the waterway, which makes it easy for us to capture this place. They don't worry about us attacking the county from Juyang City." Dong Ba saw clearly that the cavalry was the least likely to forcefully cross the river.
"Where did our naval forces die? They never show up when we need them." Luo Tao was very angry.
"Just like the enemy can't defeat us on the ground, we can't defeat the enemy on the water. Just bear with it. Tomorrow the 71st Division will defend the city, and the 77th and 79th Divisions will attack the Lengshuipo Camp!" Ding Kui has not forgotten the last battle in the Juyang City area.
threats.
The next day, our own army put up a symbolic resistance at Lengshuipo for a while, then escaped from the barracks and boarded a warship, and evacuated safely under the cover of the navy.
"News came from the headquarters that the 111th Division was stationed in Jizhou City, and the 2o1, 2o2 and 2o5 Divisions marched to the west of Ximu City to camp; the 74th Division and the 8o Division completed the handover and marched to Port City, and the 8o Division escorted the baggage
Arriving at Xixuan City; the Red Army Protecting the Country was ordered to rush to the royal outpost. The chief of staff asked you to return to the headquarters as soon as possible." Qian You brought military orders from Hengfu City.
"Haha, that's fine. Let my subordinates guard my territory." Ding Kui did not object to Jiang Zhi's more reasonable arrangements. In terms of combat effectiveness, the 74th Division was not as good as the 8o Division.
"How are we, the sixth-level warriors, distributed?" Tan Shang was more worried about his own country's masters sneaking up on scattered friendly forces.
Nowadays, Haotong and others do not need to concentrate on defending a certain place. They can run around when their own troops are not threatened. It is impossible for all Shaodianguo's masters to stay in Juyang City, and it is not possible for them all to go to the headquarters.
"Well, Brother Yu and Yanmei will stay in Juyang City and occasionally show up at the ferry to threaten the county city and Chunlu City. The rest will follow me back to the headquarters and must put a certain amount of pressure on Jiaxin City and Ximu City."
Ding Kui will definitely separate from Ao Yan. The two can communicate over long distances and can teleport. Separation can improve flexibility and restrain the enemy to the maximum extent. Ao Yu is left behind to think more about water battles. He can come and go at will.
Upstream and downstream of the Dew River, the support headquarters is very fast.
After Lei Feixiang led the Red Army to protect the country and returned to Juyang City, Ding Kui led three divisions and rushed to Xixuan City.
"Can the county be recovered within this year?" Jiang Zhi asked when he saw Ding Kui.
"As long as our army has twice as many magicians as the enemy's."
Jiang Zhi sighed: "This is impossible!"
Although the casualties of our own army are not small, the losses of magicians are not big. There are still about three legions of magicians. In addition, the magicians of the navy army are still slightly better than the Shaodian army.
"The southern border is tight. The Southern Demon Branch has allocated more than half of the magicians in the state to the 20th Legion. After subtracting those who stayed at the Zhongwangzhou border and Tongyuan River Bank, the rest have all come to Nanqiu County. The magicians of one legion are worth
With five counties, we can't dominate." Jiang Zhi couldn't create more magicians.
"There are still nine cities in Nanqiu County in the hands of the enemy. The ones our army can directly attack are Ximu City, Wangxia City, Jiaxin City and Chunlu City. The other five cities can be defended by the enemy with 20,000 to 30,000 people.
In other words, no matter where we attack, there will be at least 40,000 to 50,000 defenders. It will be difficult to capture it in a hurry, and it will definitely give the enemy a chance to counterattack us. The best way is to lure the enemy troops out to fight in the field."
Ding Kui tasted the benefits of several field battles and began to like fighting with the enemy.
This is related to the fact that the troops he commands are elite, and conversely, if he is allowed to command his own troops, he will not choose this tactic.
"Then Yudi is not stupid. He started to build military strongholds in strategic places. Ximu City, Wangxia City and Jiaxing City formed a chain defense line. The area around Juncheng and Chunlu City was like a hedgehog, so they could attack us.
ambush."
When Ding Kui went to Juyang City, Jiang Zhi sent troops to attack many times to test his own army's defense line.
"Then it depends on your duel with Yudi." Ding Kui looked at Jiang Zhi affectionately.
"Don't be like this, I'm so scared." Jiang Zhi felt unnatural, "The combat effectiveness of the Kong family army is not good, and there is still insufficient strength for a full-line attack." He understood what Ding Kui meant.
Ding Kui is currently unable to command more than 100,000 to 200,000 troops to fight across several cities. He has to rely on Jiang Zhi and Yu Di to compete with each other.
"I will lead a group of troops to eat hedgehogs. Master Tan will go to Ximu City to help Dong Xun and separate the enemy's sixth-level combatants first." Ding Kui could not solve the problem of troop strength and could only take on part of the important tasks.
"The 75th Division will be given to you, as will the 77th and 78th Divisions. In addition, I will try my best to organize civilians to help you."
No matter how difficult the battle was, it had to be fought. Jiang Zhi was anxious to recruit Ding Kui back and wanted him to lead his troops to the front line of the county and city.
Baiqiu Town is located at the intersection of Jiaxing City, Juncheng and Chunlu City. It is famous for its numerous mounds and is administratively under the jurisdiction of Chunlu City.
Ding Kui, who led an army of 30,000, captured Baiqiu Town without any effort, and immediately ordered the construction of a military camp with the town as the center, because ten miles further ahead was the camp in the western suburbs of Nanqiu County.
"Who is willing to challenge the enemy's camp? Let's see which army is blocking our army's path." Ding Kui was promoted to a soldier in the camp.
"Let me go, I haven't moved my muscles for a long time." A tall general walked out.