Chapter 730

"What exactly does Shanhai City want?"

[Yunnan city-state] The Allied Army Command, the main lords of the city-state are all listed. What everyone is discussing now is the abnormal behavior of the enemy army on the opposite side. Shanhai City's army stood still, which made them very aggrieved.

"Could it be that the enemy intentionally paralyzes us and waits until we relax our vigilance before launching a surprise attack?"

"It's possible, our enemy is very cunning." Qin Feng nodded in agreement, and said, "I have ordered the frontline troops to be vigilant and be ready to fight at any time."

Hearing this, a local lord of Mengding County explained: "I don't think it's that simple. Mengding County is dominated by hilly landforms, which is not suitable for large-scale cavalry charges. Even if the enemy launches a surprise attack, it will have little effect. For a little advantage Therefore, setting up doubts is too petty, not like Shanhai City's style. I guess, there must be other reasons for this."

"What's the reason?" The lords' heads exploded, "You can't be teasing us, right?"

"Whatever his purpose is. In my opinion, we might as well launch an offensive." Someone suggested.

"no!"

Almost at the same time, five or six lords spoke out against it.

Qin Feng was also one of the opponents, saying: "We can resist the attack of Shanhai City, not only can we get the assistance of other city-states, even Handan City has promised to send troops. However, if we take the initiative to attack Shanhai City, the nature will change. At the very least, other city-states will not help us contain the Shanhai City army."

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, what should I do?"

"Just wait and see!"

"That's right, the most important thing now is to stay calm and don't take the initiative to make mistakes."

"I think Shanhai City will not just drag on like this, and there will definitely be big moves in the near future." Qin Feng concluded.

The meeting hall fell into a sudden silence.

This silence is the last calm before the storm.

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September 17th, Lingxi City.

The dots of starlight in the night sky were shrouded in dark clouds, dim.

At this time, the curfew time has passed, and everything in the city is completely silent. Except for the night guards and watchmen, there is no living person to be seen in the streets and alleys.

Occasionally, stray cats jumped over the eaves, stomping on the roof tiles, causing dogs to bark. In a blink of an eye, the wild cat jumped into a certain courtyard and disappeared.

The night returned to silence.

At this moment, the East City Gate, which was supposed to be closed, quietly opened from the inside, lowering the suspension bridge.

On the official road outside the city gate, an armored army appeared at some point. Looking around, the army stretched for more than ten miles, with iron armor clattering, swords and guns everywhere, and the end could not be seen at a glance.

The army marched quietly and quickly along the specially "cleared" streets to the teleportation array in the outer city.

In order to prevent spies, according to regulations, the teleportation array in the outer city will stop operating after the curfew time.

Therefore, whenever the curfew time came, the area around the busiest teleportation array during the day was empty. No one would go to the teleportation array to see the scenery at night, at the risk of being inspected.

It was different tonight, the teleportation array that had stopped originally burst into mysterious blue light again. The army directly entered the teleportation array without stopping at all, and then disappeared.

Because there were too many people teleporting, the whole process lasted for two hours before it came to an end.

Immediately afterwards, the East City Gate was closed again, the suspension bridge was raised, and Lingxi City shrouded in night, as if nothing had happened, regained its tranquility, silently waiting for the sun to rise again.

Because of the careful arrangement, everything went on quietly. No one knows what kind of impact this secret operation this night will have on the upcoming battle in southern Xinjiang and on the pattern of the entire China region.

The night was getting darker.

Even the last bit of starlight was hidden in the clouds and disappeared. The entire southern border is shrouded in the dark clouds of war, and there is no peace.

Under the dark clouds, who is the chess player and who is the chess piece?

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It's night, Lingnan Province, Zhenhai City.

Outside the lonely territory of Zhenhai City, there is a pawn embedded in the heart of [Lingnan City-State] by Ouyang Shuo. Ruan Ping and others tried to remove this nail several times, but all failed.

After a lot of experience, Song Wen, the city guard, has grown up rapidly. He is not surprised by changes, and acts calmly. Xiao He, the Director of Administration, spoke highly of Song Wen, and intends to recommend Song Wen as the post of sheriff.

Ouyang Shuo was very appreciative of Xiao He's proposal, as long as the timing is right, Song Wen's promotion is just around the corner.

Obviously, the sons of the Song family in Shanhai City committed murder in the street before, and the old man of the Song family's intentional favoritism did not affect Ouyang Shuo's trust in the two brothers Song Wen and Song Wu.

On the contrary, Song Jia's father, Song Tianxiong, was quite disturbed, and not only consciously strengthened the restraint on the family children; when Ouyang Shuo returned to Shanhai City, Song Tianxiong even came to the door to apologize.

Ouyang Shuo was also very pleased with the understanding of the old man. He doesn't hope that before the founding of Shanhai City, there will be people acting as "relatives of the emperor" to run amok in the city.

Such signs must be killed in the cradle.

It's just that I have wronged my wife, Song Jia, and it's quite difficult to let her be caught in the middle.

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This night, Zhenhai City, thousands of miles away from Lingxi City, was also uneasy.

The army that disappeared in Lingxi City walked out of Zhenhai City's teleportation array one by one, and after lining up, under the leadership of the officer, they silently entered the prepared barracks to rest.

The whole process was equally silent.

They are also waiting for the sun to rise again.

If you observe carefully, you will find that the army that appeared in Zhenhai City is larger than the army that was sent from Lingxi City. In other words, there are other troops teleported from other cities.

Obviously this is a large-scale military mobilization, not a temporary intention.

Even the barracks where the army is stationed has been built early, and tens of millions of units of grain have been hoarded in the granary in Zhenhai City early, it seems that they have been waiting for this moment.

Stationed in Zhenhai City is the third army of the Huben Army, which was formed at the latest. All the soldiers come from the garrison divisions of various counties, and the commander of the army is the female general Fan Lihua.

The tents of the Chinese army are brightly lit.

Fan Lihua did not sit in the main seat, but sat first on the left. Sitting next to him was Elai, the commander of the City Guard Corps, and opposite was Shi Wansui, the commander of the Second Corps of the Longxiang Army.

At the top sits a young military general who is very heroic. It is the genius general Huo Qubing.

It is obvious that the three main battle armies that were quietly ordered to be sent to Zhenhai City this time are the Imperial Guard Corps, the Second Army Corps of the Longxiang Army, and the City Guard Corps.

Every legion has made great achievements in battle.

Speaking of which, the City Guard Corps and the Huben Army's Third Corps were formed just before Ouyang Shuo went to sea. At that time, the establishment of these two armies was due to the need for military expansion, and the second was for this war.

It was not without reason that the Third Corps of the Huben Army chose Zhenhai City as their base.

A small coastal city is stationed with a well-organized field army. No one will believe it.

The reason Shanhai City gave was to prevent [Lingnan City-State] from raiding Zhenhai City. The following facts also proved that without the Third Army, it really couldn't cope with the several attacks of [Lingnan City-State].

When Ruan Ping and the others figured out that there was a field division stationed in Zhenhai City, they completely extinguished the idea of ​​​​taking Zhenhai City in a short time, and the flags and drums died down.

"It's crazy!" Ruan Ping complained at the time.

Even so, Ruan Pingping didn't think about it. After all, Shanhai City's attitude to the outside world has always been to focus on the Western Expedition, while the Eastern Front is mainly defensive.

As for the City Guard Corps being sent to Hard Rock City for training, the intention was even more obvious.

Therefore, for today's big battle, Shanhai City has been preparing for more than half a year, taking into account all aspects of the army, supplies, intelligence, and publicity, which can be described as painstaking efforts.

Otherwise, Ouyang Shuo would not be full of confidence.

After the Imperial Guard Corps and the Second Corps of the Longxiang Army arrived at the border and set up their camps, they quietly left in the dark and went out all the way day and night, shuttling through the territory of Kunming County, and quietly entered Lingxi City.

Ouyang Shuo made a high-profile appearance in the City of Consonance, and then went to inspect the Third Army of the Longchamp Army. All the military parades and exercises were held to attract the attention of all parties. , draw fire, and provide cover.

Even the previous mergers and press conferences served this purpose.

Of course, it is also to further confuse [Lingnan city-state].

As a result, the focus of all parties was on Ouyang Shuo. No one would have guessed that two thirds of Bai Qi's army, who had been ignored all this time, would quietly withdraw.

Perhaps until now, Qin Feng and the others thought that the Baiqi army stationed on the border of Mengding County were the three major armies, not the solitary first army of the Longxiang Army.

Ouyang Shuo's strategy, or performance, was obviously very successful, confusing all enemies. Apart from Qin Feng and others being fooled, the most pitiful one is probably [Lingnan City-State].

Before the battle of Chibi started, Ouyang Shuo was aggressive, directing his troops at [Yunnan city-state]. The most elite Imperial Guard Corps under the account did not even participate in the Battle of Chibi, and went to the border of Mengding County with a high profile.

The Battle of Chibi has just ended, and the cloud of war has been hanging over [Yunnan City-State]. Players all over China know that Shanhai City is determined to attack [Yunnan City-State].

How could you imagine that since the very beginning, the General Administration of Military Affairs has formulated a battle plan to wipe out [Lingnan city-state] first, and then go back and deal with [Yunnan city-state].

The reason is simple.

Looking at the map of China, it is not difficult to find that [Yunnan City-State] is an isolated land without strategic depth. You can take it anytime you want.

In contrast, the situation in [Lingnan City-State] is much more complicated.