Ding Kui leaned back and said calmly: "The key is whether you believe me or not. What I can tell you is that you can win the fight.
The Eighth Legion listens to me, the New Twelfth and Nineteenth Legions listen to me, and soon you will learn that the Twentieth, Twenty-first and Twenty-second Legions also listen to me.
I have at least 600,000 regular troops in my hands, and my goal is not to fight against the imperial court, but to unify the Shaodian Kingdom."
Cui Dun moved his buttocks and said: "Both the imperial court and the rebels have millions of troops, control several states, and hundreds of millions of people. It is not easy to unify Shaodian."
"Haha, it will certainly not be easy for them to join forces, but they are also enemies. Their main focus is not on me. I have opportunities to grow, just like City Master Cui has the opportunity to become a county guard or even a higher position in the future."
Ding Kui offered tempting terms.
This is trying to recruit me! Cui Dun knows it in his heart. This is very tempting to him, even if he is promoted to the county guard, it will be enough for him in this lifetime.
Judging from the current situation, the civil war will last for who knows how long. He can secure the position of city lord, but the chance of going up further is slim. There is no vacancy for the county governor in Nanzhao Prefecture, and there is no vacancy for him from other states.
Ding Kui has vacancies for county governors and there are more than one. It is not too late for Cui Dun to defect to Ding Kui. The most important thing is that there are not many people in Ding Kui's camp who are capable of managing a county.
"If you can really rescue Shaodianfeng, will you really support him as king?" Cui Dun found a way for himself.
"Of course." Ding Kui smiled brightly.
Cui Dun stood up, asked Ding Kui to stand at the top, bowed deeply, and said: "I would like to obey the orders of the supervising country and ask Lord Ding to appoint a tax commissioner to Shapu City."
"Hahaha!" Ding Kui put his hands in vain, "Old Cui, there is no need to be polite. For the time being, he is in charge of Shapu City. It is best to promote his subordinates to take over the position of city lord. Later, I will report to the Ming Dynasty Supervisor, who has a heavier burden.
Waiting for you to choose.”
"Thank you, Commander Ding." Cui Dun officially joined Ding Kui's camp.
"Brother Yu, order the special forces to rush to Zhongwan City immediately and take over the city defense. If there is resistance, shoot to death."
The special battle group was just outside Shapu City. Because Ding Kui had some friendship with Cui Dun, he personally came to persuade them and did not let the special battle group forcefully attack the city.
Cui Dun looked at Ao Yu who flew away and said: "Sir, Beizhi has a good relationship with Yu Long in Zengxi City. It is better for Beizhi to summon Yu Long and persuade him to surrender, so as to avoid a battle."
Ding Kui was about to answer when a servant hurried over and reported to Cui Dun: "Sir, the Magic Guild is critically ill. Please go and meet with your distinguished guest."
"What?" Ding Kui and Cui Dun were both surprised.
Magician Yu Ku is over ninety this year. Because he failed to break through to the level of magician who opened the tower, his lifespan has come to an end, which cannot be restored by medicine or magic.
Ding Kui and Cui Dun rushed to the Magic Guild and came to Yu Ku's bed. They looked at the haggard old man on the bed and felt very heavy.
There were only three of them in the room. The other magicians obeyed Yu Ku's instructions and all exited the room. "We meet again, young man." Yu Ku moved his right hand, trying to raise it to greet Ding Kui.
Ding Kui took a step forward, squatted next to Yu Ku, grabbed his right hand, and said, "Don't move, Mr. Yu, I'm here to see you." Cui Dun walked behind Ding Kui and looked at Yu Ku.
"City Lord Cui, you also know what the Magic Association means. You'd better sit down and talk. We were once comrades in arms and have faced life and death together. Don't get into a stalemate." Yu Ku met the servants of the City Lord's Mansion.
"Please rest assured, Mr. Yu, I have pledged allegiance to the eldest princess and am still Lord Ding's comrade-in-arms." Cui Dun quickly explained.
"I'm waiting for you to take good care of yourself and continue to fight side by side in the future!" Ding Kui gently patted the back of Yu Ku's hand.
"Haha," Yu Ku took a deep breath, "I'm about to go to the Eternal Temple. I'll leave the fighting and killing to you young people. There's something I want to ask you. I hope my old face is still useful.
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Ding Kui patted his chest and said: "You said, I will definitely do what I can do."
"Well." Yu Ku took a breath, "When you occupy Huashan County and take over the mining area, remember to take care of the Shapu City Guild. We are really too poor."
Ding Kui resisted the urge to take out the precious pills in the space ring, and said with red eyes: "Definitely! From today on, the Shapu City Magic Guild will no longer live in poverty!"
"Okay, okay, ahem, uh..."
An old man who was nearly a hundred years old passed away.
The Magic Guild had already made preparations and put Yu Ku's body in an ice coffin for the deceased to pay their respects before being buried.
"I really hope that people in the world can die like Mr. Yu with a smile. If you can't fight the war, you must not fight it. In this way, you send a message to all the cities in Huashan County. I will give them three days. Those who are willing to submit to me will reply within three days.
"If you don't want to, don't blame me for being ruthless." Ding Kui gave up his plan to raid Huashan County.
"Yes! I'll do my humble job right away."
Ding Kui had a connection with Huashan County. The first battle after joining the army broke out here, which made him famous in one fell swoop and established the military prestige of the 21st Army Corps.
However, not many people were willing to submit to him, and the situation was only a little better than that of Tunchang County and Chongxi County. Two city lords responded within three days. One was Cui Dun's friend Yu Long of Zengxi City, and the other had long ago
Jiang Yuan, the lord of the city, wanted to join Ding Kui.
Putting aside Huashan County, the situation in Chongxi County developed for the worst, and the New Twelfth Army encountered fierce resistance in Cheng'an City.
The division was the first to launch an attack on Cheng'an City. Wei Shiwen, the captain of the Nanzhao Prefecture Guards Corps, appeared at the city gate, leading 5,000 troops from his headquarters and 10,000 city defense troops from several nearby cities. They stayed in the city behind closed doors.
Although Wei Shiwen was commanding the local army, he did not fall behind in the face of the new soldiers who lacked siege equipment. The purely defensive battle was fought vigorously, and the casualties on both sides of the attack and defense were about the same.
Han Ruren commanded two divisions to attack for two days, but failed to take advantage. The morale of the new soldiers dropped rapidly, so he had to stop the siege and concentrate on building siege equipment.
On the morning of the third day, Liang Chong arrived with his division, and happened to encounter three local army divisions coming from Nanjing City. Han Ruren ordered the 112 Division to block the door, led the 111 Division to support Liang Chong, and worked together to fight back.
The local army came to rescue Chengan City.
However, the local army did not go far and retreated thirty miles to the north to set up camp, threatening the rear of the Twelfth Army.
Liangchong commanded four divisions to expand the military camp, seal the exit of Cheng'an City on land, and isolate the local army in the rear.
"With tens of thousands of troops, Shao Dianxi is quite capable." Liang Chong was a little impressed.
"How did they avoid the base camp's detection?" Han Ruren was puzzled.
Liang Chong explained to her: "The magicians remain neutral, as do the magicians accompanying the army. The detection capabilities of both the enemy and ourselves are greatly reduced. The enemy army behind us set out when we entered Tunchang County."
"Are you sure?" Han Ruren found it strange that Liang Chong could determine the time when the enemy would set off.
"It can be seen from the appearance of the troops that it is impossible to keep the flags tidy during a hasty march. Moreover, it rained two days ago. There are no mud spots on the enemy's boots. It is obvious that they did not march in the rain. It is not difficult to deduce the time of their departure. ." Liang Chong observed many details during the battle.
Han RuBian stroked his palm and said with a smile: "I admire you, I admire you! Chief of Staff, you are as meticulous as a hair, and you have control over the enemy's actions."
"General Han can also praise others, it's really rare! Is Wei Shiwen so difficult to deal with? He can block your attack." Liang Chong believed that the combat effectiveness of the 111th Division was higher than that of the local army.
"The terrain of Cheng'an City is suitable for defense. It is difficult to deploy siege forces. Moreover, Wei Shiwen has an elite force on hand, about five to six thousand people. A forced attack will cause heavy casualties."
Han Ruren's most powerful force was the Longshuang Brigade. Even though they were used to attack the city, they failed to attack the city. The ratio of casualties to the defenders was one to one. She didn't want to waste all her main troops here, anyway, the legion's large troops would Come to support.
"Well, the people of Qingma City should not have gone far. They are probably in Cheng'an City. We can just block the exit and fight with their reinforcements to save them from having to defend in other cities."
Liangchong did not plan to attack the city, but decided to encircle the city for reinforcements and consume the reinforcements sent by Nanjing City outside Cheng'an City.
Now let's take a look at Huashan County, Huairou City, Zhongwan City, Guyan City and Kaiwu City, which were attacked by the Red Army to protect the country at the same time.
Su Muqiu, the lord of Huairou City, took office after the invasion of the Three Kingdoms. It had been almost six years since he had just established his prestige and assumed full military and political power. However, at this time, he received a summons from Ding Kui demanding submission.
After much thought, he still refused Ding Kui's solicitation because he heard from the county guard that reinforcements had been sent from Nanjing City and would soon arrive to help him resist Ding Kui's army.
When the city defenders discovered that unknown armed forces were approaching, they immediately ordered the city gates to be closed, and the city defense troops went up to the city to fight.
The armed forces came to the city, raised the banner of the Red Army to protect the country, and sent soldiers to shout to the city tower, asking the city defense troops to open the city gates and give up resistance, otherwise they would be killed without mercy.
"How many enemy troops are there under the city?" Su Muqiu rushed to the city tower in person, worried that the commander of the city defense army would flee in fear of the battle.
The commander of the city defense army replied: "There are less than two thousand people. It seems that there are hundreds of crossbowmen and more than a thousand infantry."
In fact, there is only one crossbow battalion, one infantry battalion, and a thousand auxiliary soldiers under the city.
Su Muqiu looked down at the city and muttered: "There are strong crossbow regiments and battalions, infantry regiments and battalions. What is a regiment? What is a battalion?"
"I don't know, please forgive me." How did the commander of the city defense army know?
Except for special departments, no one cared about the establishment of Ding Kui's private army. How could local officials have such information?
Su Muqiu's face turned dark, and she was about to curse when a shout suddenly came from below the city: "People in the city, listen, I'll give you one more time to burn incense. If you don't come down to the city and surrender, our troops will launch an attack!"
"How dare you, shoot him to death!" Su Muqiu pointed at the shouting soldier fiercely.
"Shoot!" the commander of the city defense army gave the order, and a hundred arrows flew out from the string. The archers on the city took the lead in taking action.