That night, Zhao Yuan summoned the senior generals of Zhenshuiguan, including Tu Laoer and other squires from Bafang City.
Zhao Yuan made a surprising decision and started a large-scale military operation to regain the territory of the Qin Empire with Zhenshuiguan as the core.
Zhao Yuan's decision made everyone look stunned.
It is freezing cold now, the ground is not covered with snow, blizzards are raging, and the climate and environment are harsh, making it simply not suitable for military operations.
Almost everyone held objections, but when Zhao Yuan stated his reasons, everyone fell into a long silence.
Zhao Yuan's reason is simple.
Although the winter in the Great Qin Empire is harsh, for the soldiers and civilians who were born and raised in the Great Qin Empire, winters are almost the same every year and they have adapted to them. On the contrary, the Crusaders are not adapted to the winter in the Great Qin Empire.
After careful consideration, everyone found that Zhao Yuan's words were very reasonable, because the Crusaders had not held any large-scale military operations since the beginning of winter.
There is no doubt that the Crusaders were even less good at fighting in ice and snow.
In addition, humans will not go out in the winter, and the resistance forces in some big cities will suspend some actions because of the difficult winter, which will help consolidate the Crusaders' regime. If the Qin army does not take action, then it means that the Crusaders will
The army was given a long winter to consolidate power.
Now, the Great Qin armies in Heishui City and Zhenshuiguan are all thinking about launching large-scale military operations when spring comes next year. But the problem is, not only the Great Qin soldiers think so, but also the Crusaders. So, this
The long winter gave the Crusaders plenty of time to make preparations.
The defense of the city has always been the weak point of the Crusaders, but after months of preparations, the Crusaders were able to turn any city into a strong fortress that can be guarded by one man.
In addition to the above reasons, there is another reason that is ignored by everyone.
It is winter now, and both soldiers and farmers are idle at home. Once spring comes, they will sow seeds, which requires a lot of labor. At that time, the recruitment work will encounter resistance and the supply of soldiers will be tight...
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Zhao Yuan did not put forward the concept of faith war, because it is difficult for ordinary people to understand, and they actually do not care about these things.
For ordinary people, what they care about is food and clothing.
After a period of discussion, everyone did not object to Zhao Yuan's use of troops. However, people believed that with the power of Zhenshuiguan, on the plain without city walls, it was impossible to fight against the Crusaders' rangers and could only be slaughtered by them.
In addition, if Zhenshuiguan takes action, then Heishui City must cooperate with the military action, otherwise Zhenshuiguan has no chance of winning.
However, people's concerns were quickly dispelled by Zhao Yuan.
Now, the main task of the Crusaders is to defend. In this extremely cold weather, it is impossible for them to assemble a large-scale cavalry team. So, it means that as long as Zhenshuiguan captures the city occupied by the Crusaders, the Crusaders will be short-lived.
No military action will be taken within this time.
In winter, another biggest advantage is that most of the rivers are frozen, and soldiers and horses can walk on the rivers, and the normally dangerous rivers can still walk on flat ground.
What Zhenshuiguan has to do is to attack the city and capture the territory. To defend the city, they can temporarily form an army locally and recruit soldiers. After all, the Great Qin Empire had millions of troops back then, and those millions of soldiers were absolutely useless.
Most of them are hidden among the people. As long as you call them, followers will definitely gather.
Regarding the source of troops, neither Zhao Yuan nor the senior generals at Zhenshuiguan were worried, because the Crusaders had only occupied the Qin Empire for a short time and had not yet effectively controlled it. As long as they won the battle, the people of Qin would still be more willing to support Qin.
Military pair.
However, Zhao Yuan still could not convince everyone on how to defeat the Crusaders' rangers. After all, there were only a thousand cavalry in Zhenshuiguan, and among the two thousand cavalry, in addition to a group of captured war horses, many of the war horses were retired war horses.
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To use two thousand cavalry against the Crusaders' rangers is to risk death. You must know that there are no assassin cavalry in Zhenshuiguan. Most of the cavalry in Zhenshuiguan are Qin cavalry, so the combat effectiveness can be imagined.
The cavalry has always been the weakness of the Qin Dynasty. There are very few cavalrymen in the Qin Dynasty who are good at riding and shooting, and their combat effectiveness is even more depressing.
Finally, Zhao Yuanqing came up with his trump card and convinced the senior general of Zhenshuiguan - Blood Man Niu.
More than five hundred bloody bulls are enough to destroy any powerful existence.
When he brought 500 bloody bulls out of the black forest, Zhao Yuan had restrained himself and tried not to involve the war beasts in the war. However, when he saw General Gore summoning the clones of gods to fight unscrupulously, killing all living beings and killing them indiscriminately.
If he is innocent, he will no longer have a mental disorder.
In the world of cultivation, there are still some rules that need to be followed. For example, there is no need to use magic weapons and flying swords to kill ordinary soldiers, and there is no use of mythical beasts and magical beasts to deal with ordinary people. However, this rule has been broken by the Crusaders. The Crusaders did not just use black weapons first.
Winged Kunpeng took advantage of it to attack the Qin army, and even summoned a clone of the gods to fight at a critical moment.
Nature has a wonderful balance. When the balance of one side is broken, it will definitely cause a chain reaction.
Just as the Crusaders have a large number of cultivators to assist them, they will definitely arouse the dissatisfaction of the cultivators of the Qin Empire. It is for this reason that more and more cultivators are involved in this national war.
After convincing everyone, Zhao Yuan wrote a letter and asked the Yunhai Golden Eagle to send it to Heishui City, and then took action immediately.
Zhao Yuan's decision stunned all the generals.
After several months of training, the army at Zhenshuiguan has exceeded 200,000. Of course, these 200,000 are mixed.
Two thousand cavalry.
One hundred thousand infantry.
Ten thousand logistics troops.
After an hour of preparation, the 110,000-strong army marched out of Zishui Pass under the cold moonlight.
On the snowfield outside Zhenshuiguan, Zhao Yuan was riding on a tall evil unicorn. Behind him were more than 500 powerful blood bulls, which were fiery red, like a sea of blood, making people feel heart-stopping.
Seeing the god-like Zhao Yuan riding on a ferocious monster, the soldiers looked horrified at first, and then their blood boiled with excitement. There was endless fanaticism in their eyes.
There is no doubt that Zhao Yuan is a legend.
In the eyes of the soldiers, Zhao Yuan was a legend who created miracles and an undefeated god of war.
The Heaven-defying Monkey is sitting on top of the Evil Qilin's head, holding the Evil Qilin's horns in both hands, closing his eyes to rest...
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Because the Golden Eagle of the Sea of Clouds went to Heishui City, Zhao Yuan lost his eyes and ears. However, Zhao Yuan did not hide his eyes and ears at all. His direction was Tongzhou, which was one hundred and fifty miles away.
Tongzhou is called the sister city of Zhenshuiguan because, like Zhenshuiguan, Tongzhou also has rivers extending in all directions, and it stands side by side with Zhenshuiguan in the hinterland of the Qin Empire.
Zhao Yuan chose Tongzhou as his first target because of its special geographical location.
As long as Tongzhou is captured, it will be able to form a distant echo with Zhenshuiguan. The most important thing is to cut the Qin Empire into two parts, because from the Er Empire to Heishui City, one must pass through Zhenshuiguan and Tongzhou. Once
A line of defense was established between Zhenshuiguan and Tongzhou, which effectively cut off the supplies of the Crusaders operating around Heishui City.
Of course, it is obviously impossible to cut off the Crusaders' logistics using the two cities of Tongzhou and Zhenshuiguan. However, as long as Tongzhou and Zhenshuiguan fall into the hands of the Qin Empire, the Crusaders will have to take military action.
Anyone with a little bit of military knowledge knows that as long as Zhenshuiguan and Tongzhou form a distant echo, the Crusaders will have trouble sleeping and eating...
There are 110,000 troops, of which 10,000 are mainly pack horses, carrying tents, food, and some small siege equipment.
Without the help of the Golden Eagle of the Sea of Clouds, Zhao Yuan had to ensure his marching speed. Only by increasing his speed could he catch the Crusaders off guard.
It is simply impossible to conceal the march of 110,000 troops. However, the Crusaders had no idea that Zhenshuiguan would take large-scale military operations in such bad weather. Most of them would not believe it. At most, they thought it was a small operation.
A large number of Daqin soldiers are making a sneak attack.
What Zhao Yuan has to do now is that when the Crusaders confirm the information, 110,000 troops have already arrived at the city.
A large number of scouts were sent out.
Zhao Yuan replaced the head bull of the Blood Barbarian Bull as his mount, because after the Heaven-defying Monkey closed his eyes and meditated for a while, he couldn't sit still. He got up and drove the evil unicorn around to explore the way. The evil unicorn did not dare to resist and could only let it go.