"They will not miss any opportunity, and even if they don't, they will try their best to create opportunities..." Gui Jing analyzed more deeply.
Ding Kui thought he knew Yang Feng well enough, but he couldn't compare to Gui Jing's analysis.
Analyzing the enemy's commanding character is the basis for formulating tactics. If Ding Kui wants to win quickly, he must give the bandits a chance to fight tooth and nail and annihilate most of the bandits in one battle.
Xuanyuan Xiong and other commanders also wanted to end the war as soon as possible. The cost of hiring 300,000 troops and paying the navy was too high, and a huge amount of gold coins would be lost every month.
The crusade army immediately launched a fierce offensive after landing, chasing the previous blocking troops and recovering many cities and counties one after another.
In order to avoid the West Sea Fleet, Yangfeng made a long detour and returned to Yinsha Island two days later than scheduled. By the time he joined forces with Chu Kui, a quarter of the city on the island had been lost.
"What's going on? Can we gain a foothold on Silver Sand Island?" Chu Kui obviously lacked confidence and could not see the way forward.
"It is estimated that the pressure from above is too great. The Thousand Island Alliance does not dare to use large-scale troops. Yinsha Island can only rely on ourselves." Yang Feng was also helpless.
It turned out that they thought they could get help from the Thousand Islands Alliance, at least to contain the Shaodian Kingdom's naval power at sea, but in the end the Thousand Islands Alliance did nothing.
"If it doesn't work out, let's go to the Thousand Islands Alliance. It's better than waiting to die here."
The Yang family has moved to the Thousand Islands Alliance. Chu Kui was trained by the Yang family, so he naturally wants to go with the Yang family.
"The Yang family can go to the Thousand Islands Alliance to establish a foothold, and so can you and I, but there are still 200,000 brothers down there, and the Thousand Islands Alliance will not let us bring such a force there."
"What should we do?" Chu Kui didn't want to say the words of abandoning the army.
"Actually, we still have the capital to delay, but Xuanyuan Xiong and the others are in a hurry. As long as we disperse and hide in groups and use the terrain to fight guerrilla warfare, it won't be a problem to delay for three to five years. How long can those companies that provide funds for the enemy's army last?
"Yangfeng hit the nail on the head.
"Although those families won't last long, the imperial court will not sit idly by." Chu Kui had stayed in the commander-in-chief's mansion and knew that the higher-ups would definitely deal with them after they calmed down.
"If Zhenjing City continues to send people, we will withdraw!"
Chu Kui understood clearly that Yang Feng wanted to use guerrilla warfare to consume the enemy and at the same time consume his own people.
This is a poisonous plan that hits the enemy, reduces one's own burdens, and creates a good reputation for not giving up.
"No!" Shaodianzhi disagreed.
He is the secret and nominal leader of the Yinsha Island bandit army. Nearly half of the current bandit army is the private army of the former prince's palace.
After returning to Yinsha Island, he took control of the Prince's Mansion with the help of Yang Feng and Chu Kui, and put everyone in the family under house arrest, especially his eldest brother.
"Instead of procrastinating for three to five years, it is better to move to the Thousand Islands Alliance immediately. The people below can stay on the island and pretend to be common people. Let them mine my mine as they please, which is worthy of them." He did not want to procrastinate for a long time.
Originally, Prince Yinsha's palace was very wealthy, but after the seven-year civil war, Shaodian Yong, who proclaimed himself king, spent seven to eight hundred and eighty-eight dollars. Now what is left is not enough for him to squander, and he really doesn't want to support so many people to continue fighting with the court.
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His father's rebellion had not been successful for several years. He did not expect Yangfeng and Chukui to accomplish anything on Yinsha Island. He just wanted to run away with the remaining family property.
Yangfeng and Chukui could not ignore Shaodianzhi's opinion. The people of Yinsha Island only supported Shaodianyong's family.
"Then buy more time for mining and refining. If you want to leave, you can't take advantage of Xuanyuan Xiong's group of traitors." Yang Feng had no choice but to adjust his strategy.
Half a month later, the left and right branches of the expeditionary force made smooth progress and basically occupied the southern seaside of Yinsha Island.
The bandits on the island took advantage of the complex terrain to lay down layers of defenses. The crusade in the middle was struggling, and the distance it advanced to the north was less than half that of friendly forces.
Ding Kui landed on the island and came to the largest city in the south of Yinsha Island, Yinshao City.
This is the logistics base of the crusade, where food, grass and supplies are all stored.
"Prince Yinsha's Mansion is guarded by Chu Kui's old troops. No one is allowed in or out without a warrant, and no one can get close. It is said that their second son is being held hostage in the Yangfeng Army." Ding Zhong came to report in time.
"It's just a cover-up. Where did a traitor in Yangfeng get his troops? Shao Dianzhi didn't give him the troops. It seems that Shao Dianyong's family has fallen into Shao Dianzhi's hands. It's not that critical." Ding Kui felt relieved.
He should be worried if Shaodianzhi was in Chukui's army. The troops taking orders from the Yang family would not be merciful to the children of Shaodian.
"After arranging the seeds, you can go back and stay with the ladies. I'm not at home so they can inquire about the news."
Ding Kui gave up rescuing Shao Dianyong's family because he knew that no matter how rebellious Shao Dianzhi was, he would not kill his own family.
Silver Sand Island will be conquered sooner or later, and will not be divided up in a short period of time. The Security Bureau does not need to station espionage personnel here permanently, but it needs to plant seeds, which may be useful in the future.
Currently there are scouts all over the island, and the most timely and accurate source of intelligence is military intelligence personnel.
At this time, the city suddenly became tense, with fewer pedestrians on the streets, patrols coming and going frequently, and a group of people flying into the sky.
Ding Kui knew something had happened, so he went to the city lord's mansion to learn about the situation.
There were too many people coming and going at the Lord's Mansion in Silver Spoon City, which affected his retreat, so he refused the arrangements given to him by the crusade and found a place to live alone in the city.
"When the supply troops are attacked, the logistics battalion must organize troops to go to the rescue." The temporary city owner is the commander of the logistics battalion.
"Oh, the bandits dare to split up and attack the grain transport team?" Ding Kui was surprised.
300,000 crusaders are all on Silver Sand Island. Apart from the 50,000 soldiers and horses guarding Silver Spoon City, the number of troops on the front line is tens of thousands more than the bandit army. Counting the help of magicians and level 6 combatants, the bandit army is not enough to protect themselves.
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The logistics commander guessed: "This time to transport food and grass to the left army, the commander-in-chief sent two divisions to escort the transportation. The number of bandit troops who dare to make a sneak attack must be at least 20,000 people. If the general guessed correctly, there should be more, I estimate.
No less than 40,000 people."
"The Left Army has only 50,000 men. If we can use 40,000 to attack the grain road, why not surround the Left Army?" Ding Kui did not expect that Yang Feng would fight so unrestrainedly.
"Both the Left Army and the Right Army were entangled by 30,000 to 40,000 enemy troops. The Center Army had 70,000 to 80,000 enemies in front of them. It is estimated that the enemy had pulled out all the remaining troops."
Ding Kui used his fingers to draw on the map, trying to analyze the enemy's tactics, while the logistics commander and several staff officers were watching.
"Forty to fifty thousand bandit troops cannot eat up the grain transport troops at once. Even if they can burn all the grain and grass before the reinforcements arrive, it will not affect the left army's persistence for another ten or eight days.
To put it ten thousand steps back, if they tried their best to eat the two divisions transporting food, they would definitely not have enough time to escape the pursuit and encirclement of our army. If they survived, they would have suffered one-for-one battle losses.
This can't get rid of the current predicament! No, no! Could it be that the enemy wants to attack the east and west, abandon his troops, and turn around to attack the right army?" He couldn't figure it out.