Chapter 783 Unifying the South (Part 2)

Luoyang Hulao Pass.

When Shen Luoyan and Shuanglong arrived here, Yang Gongqing had been waiting with his men for a long time. After exchanging a few words, the two sides immediately came to a room in the General's Mansion of Hulao Pass, where a sand table with a topographic map of the surrounding Hulao Pass was placed, and began to discuss the battle against Li Mi.

"Li Mi's army is stationed here at this time, about 60,000 people, but we didn't find the other 40,000 people there."

Yang Gongqing immediately told the intelligence he had. This time Li Mi attacked Luoyang with more than 100,000 troops. The scout battle between the two sides has been going on fiercely. Yang Gongqing also paid a high price in the scouts to find out the approximate number of Li Mi's troops.

But unfortunately, this is only on the surface. There are still 40,000 people missing on Li Mi's side, and according to judgment, these 40,000 people are Li Mi's real main force. It is precisely because it is not clear where the 40,000 people are hiding that Yang Gongqing did not take advantage of Li Mi's camp and unstable foothold to launch a surprise attack.

The number of soldiers and horses at Hulao Pass was not large, only 10,000. It was not until Li Mi's army attacked that Shen Fei sent another 10,000. However, even so, the number was far less than that of Li Mi's troops.

Although Li Mi himself was suspicious and liked to take shortcuts, this did not mean that his military talent was poor. In fact, although Li Mi's military strategist ability was not as good as Li Jing, Li Shiji and others, he was much stronger than Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande and others. For example, his plan to attack Luoyang this time was well arranged.

The two forces, one bright and one dark, gave him a lot of time to set up camp. Unless the strength of the siege was very different, it would be very difficult to resolve the battle in a short time. The most reliable way was undoubtedly to besiege, and Li Shimin was the best at this trick.

I don't know how many cities were taken down by Li Shimin's trick, including Wang Shichong's Luoyang.

"Brother Shen's evaluation of Li Mi is that he is a qualified military strategist and counselor, but not a qualified leader, because he likes to take shortcuts. Such a person, if he wants to attack Hulao, will never honestly follow the steps to attack the city. His idea should be to lead us out of the city to fight. To achieve this goal, there must be a condition first. What does Military Advisor Shen think this condition is?"

Kou Zhong looked at the sand table map of the entire Hulao and talked confidently, but after half of the words, he shut up and threw the question to Shen Luoyan.

"Find a way to burn our food. In the case of insufficient food and grass, we can only win quickly."

War is fought on logistics. When Shen Luoyan was still under Li Mi's command, when the Wagang Army fought against the Sui Army, Li Mi often used this method to send masters or bribe traitors with a lot of money to complete his plan. Many of these were done by Shen Luoyan, so how could she not know it?

"But that was before. Now let's not talk about whether the Wagang Army can do it. Even if it can do it, it will not affect the overall situation."

Thanks to the temples such as Jingnian Zen Temple, Shen Fei now has abundant supplies. In addition, the emergence of mechanical beasts, hot air balloons and other technologies has greatly reduced the manpower and material resources required for the transportation of supplies, as well as time. This is when Shen Fei did not use space rings or swallowing capsules, incredible large wraps and other space-related abilities to help. If these are used, the transportation of supplies will be simpler.

"Yes, but if you want to reduce losses and make a quick decision, you still need to find the 40,000 people first."

This time it was Ma Chang who spoke up. He was Yang Gongqing's trusted guard and also Yang Gongqing's next successor. He asked Ma Chang to come here to build a good relationship with Shen Luoyan and other young people of Shen Tang.

Yang Gongqing is old. For him, official titles and the like are no longer of much concern. He only cares about two things. One is to avenge his dead family members, and the other is the thousands of loyal Yang family soldiers who have always followed him. In the original book, Yang Gongqing took this army to join Kou Zhong.

Although Ma Chang is not famous now, he is actually a rare general. In terms of military talent, he is a little stronger than Xuan Yong.

With the current military strength of Hulao Pass, even if they attack Li Mi by force, they will eventually win by relying on the power of the mechanical beasts, but the losses will be relatively large, which is not what a qualified general does.

As a qualified general, even if you have an absolute advantage, you must consider what to do if the situation is unfavorable. Even if the flying dragon rides on your face, you may lose.

"That's right." Kou Zhong nodded to confirm Ma Chang's statement, and then pointed to a mountain in the northeast of Hulao Pass on the sand table and asked.

"This is Cuiyun Peak. There is a Cuiyun Valley below, which has many temples. You mean that the Wagang Army is hiding here, which is indeed very likely." Ma Chang briefly introduced the situation of Cuiyun Valley to the people present, but then seemed to remember something and looked at Kou Zhong in surprise.

"Buddhism? Although it is very possible, I guess there must be a trap inside. Li Mi can't fail to guess that we will go there to investigate."

The relationship between Buddhism and Shen Tang is almost torn apart. In this case, there is a valley not far from Hulao Pass that is basically full of temples. Naturally, it is impossible not to investigate.

Any qualified general will not fight a war based on a guess, even if the probability of this guess reaches 99%.

"Let me go."

Speaking of exploring the specific situation of Cuiyun Valley, Xu Ziling took the initiative to ask for help before Kou Zhong could discuss who to send.

"Then it will be troublesome, Mr. Ling."

Kou Zhong naturally has great faith in Xu Ziling's strength, especially Xu Ziling's accomplishments on Fengshen's legs. Even if he meets Ning Daoqi now, as long as he wants to leave, Ning Daoqi can't stop him.

Kou Zhong is also a bit worse than Xu Ziling in this aspect of practicing the Wind God Legs. Speaking of which, Xu Ziling and Nie Feng are indeed a little bit similar. In time, they may be able to reach the point where Nie Feng can ride the wind.

Soon Xu Ziling came back from Cuiyun Valley. The distance of a few kilometers was not that far for him who used the Fengshen Legs.

"It's a trap. There are only about two thousand people in it."

Xu Ziling immediately told all the information he had observed. In terms of camps, there were indeed thirty or forty thousand people in Cuiyun Valley, but this was just an appearance. In fact, those camps were all just a cover. Once they thought it belonged to Li Mi, If the main force is to dispatch the Hulao Pass army, then they will fall into a trap.

"This will cause trouble. I wonder if there is any news from the eldest lady."

Forty thousand people sounds like a lot, but if they are gathered together, it looks even more. After all, once the number of people exceeds 10,000, it seems boundless. However, if these 40,000 people enter the Mangshan Mountains, 40,000 people will really be Not much left.

"Let the agency Suzaku be dispatched to observe the situation in Mang Mountain from the air, and also have people investigate the surrounding villages around Mang Mountain to see whose family is missing people and has not returned."

When Kou Zhong was thinking about how to contact Zhai Jiao and others, Shen Luoyan suddenly spoke out her thoughts.

"So that's it, I understand."

As soon as Shen Luoyan spoke, everyone present immediately understood what Shen Luoyan meant. Forty thousand people were moving in Mang Mountain. Even if they were careful, they would definitely be discovered by people who went into the mountain to cut firewood, hunt, etc. Due to the hidden nature of Li Mi's march, there is only one result when encountering these people, and that is to silence them.

In this way, as long as the people in the village who checked out did not come back on time, it was very likely that they encountered the Wagang Army and were silenced.

"found it."

After a two-pronged approach, in one day, with the help of the missing Orion villages around Mang Mountain and the search of the Suzaku mechanism in the sky, Li Mi's main army was finally found.

"I actually want to go around." Comparing Li Mi's marching route, Kou Zhong and others immediately guessed Li Mi's purpose. Among them, Shen Luoyan looked at the Wagang Army's camp and secretly shook his head.

I don’t know if they were confident that they would never be discovered, but the Wagang Army’s camp was a bit perfunctory. Although the overall terrain was chosen well, it was a hillside, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but there were not many defensive elements in front of the camp. thing.

Setting up camp for the marching troops is a very important thing. Not only the terrain must be selected well, but also various defensive measures must be in place. You cannot cut corners just because there will be no enemies to attack. You must know that you should not be afraid of ten thousand, but be afraid of ten thousand. one.

It stands to reason that Li Mi is also experienced in battles, and it is impossible for him to make such a low-level mistake. Who knew that he would just make it, which really makes people speechless.

"It is indeed the main force of the Wagang Army. It is ready to take action."

As the saying goes, the imaginary is real and the real is fictitious. After finding these 40,000 people, Kou Zhong and others also carefully observed the situation of this army to avoid being deceived. For example, they said that 40,000 people were just ordinary Wagang. Army, the real elite of the Wagang Army is hidden among the 60,000 people.

After confirming the situation, Kou Zhong and others immediately took the machine Suzaku back to Hulao Pass and began to mobilize their troops. They directly dispatched 10,000 people, equipped with eight machine white tigers, four Potu Saburo, and eight machine Suzaku and Twenty mechanism bats.

The Shen Tang army that came out of Hulao Pass set up camp about three kilometers away from Li Mi's camp, preparing to launch an attack early tomorrow morning.

The dispatch of 10,000 troops cannot be compared with the speed of Kou Zhong's previous troops. It will naturally take time. When the action started here, Kou Zhong also told Zhai Jiao the relevant information.

"Do it."

With an order, Suzaku, the agency, immediately began to dispatch, throwing black fire oil from four directions towards the camp in Wagangzhai. At the same time, the Thunderbolt Smoke Ball and the Divine Fire Flying Crow developed by the Sha family began to activate.

The power of existing firearms is very weak, but they are very good for creating chaos. This kind of poisonous gas bomb is mainly made of arsenic, saltpeter and other materials mixed together. It cannot kill people, but it can extremely Greatly disrupt the enemy's combat effectiveness.

"It seems that the future war situation will change."

Kou Zhong, Shen Luoyan, Ma Chang, Yang Gongqing and others looked at the effects of the Suzaku mechanism from behind and sighed in unison. With the emergence of the Suzaku mechanism, the situation of the war has undergone earth-shaking changes. It is no longer the two sides. It needs to be a head-on confrontation, but it depends on which of the two sides has control of the air.

If you have a sufficient number of mechanical Suzakus and a large amount of black fire oil, in this era, it will be an air raid battle that is unprecedented in history.

"what is that?"

The sudden chaos caused Li Mi to roar one after another, trying to regroup the army. Unfortunately, at this time, the Wagang Army had little fighting spirit in the face of the subsequent attack.

Fortunately, Li Mi's personal guards responded very promptly. After executing the Wagang army who was afraid of death and wanted to escape, their morale finally recovered.

"Kill, behead Li Mi and you will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of gold and promoted three levels."

The poisonous smoke quickly dissipated. After all, this was a forest, and with the materialization of gunpowder, the poisonous smoke did not cause much casualties to the Wagang Army, but the impact on morale was very great.

"Monster."

The Wagang Army, which had already recovered some morale, immediately lost its fighting spirit when they saw the Mechanical White Tiger and the Earth-breaking Saburo appearing not far in front of them.

"Shen Luoyan, I know you are here, come out."

Looking at the mighty Mechanical White Tiger and the Earth-breaking Saburo, Li Mi immediately realized that he was late today. The tall Mechanical White Tiger and the Earth-breaking Saburo were obviously not for show. Not to mention that his Wagang Army was beginning to collapse, even if they were intact, there was no way to fight against them.

He had just seen with his own eyes a powerful master of the Nanhai School who wanted to sneak attack the Mechanical White Tiger, but was hit so hard that his chest shriveled and he fell to the ground with blood gushing out of his body. It was obvious that he was not going to make it.

"Li Mi, today is the day for you to pay the price." Shen Luoyan did not come out, but Shuanglong appeared. Kou Zhong held the Moon in the Well, and Xu Ziling held a long spear tightly. Long weapons always have some advantages on the battlefield.

"Kill."

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling rushed to the inside together. At the same time, two mechanical white tigers also rushed to Li Mi.

Dang.

As Xu Ziling's long spear and Li Mi's spear collided, Li Mi's body couldn't help but tremble several times, and finally he couldn't help but retreat several steps. In comparison, Xu Ziling only retreated one step.

"Li Mi, you are dead today."

Li Mi, who had just retreated, immediately welcomed Kou Zhong's Moon in the Well. For Li Mi, Shuanglong wanted to kill him in his heart. If it weren't for him, Su Su wouldn't have suffered that kind of experience. Now that Wang Bodang was killed by Shen Luoyan, he could only kill Li Mi to avenge Su Su.

Bang.

Facing Kou Zhong's condescending knife, Li Mi's spear immediately shook and faced Kou Zhong's Moon in the Well. However, at the moment when the two sides touched, Li Mi felt a cold Yin Qi spreading through his meridians, which made him retreat several steps. At the same time, a trace of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

Facing Kou Zhong's attack, Li Mi thought it was the same burning Qi as Xu Ziling's, and he was ready to deal with it in advance. As a result, he never expected that Kou Zhong's Qi was actually Yin and cold, the ninth level of ice and fire. Li Mi was not feeling well.

This was not only physically uncomfortable, but also psychologically uncomfortable. He didn't look down on Shuanglong at all back then, but now, even if he fought alone, he was not sure of winning.

"Li Mi, accept your death."

Just as he was silently dissolving the two streams of cold and hot Qi in his body, Zhai Jiao led Xuan Yong and others to rush towards Li Mi.

Zhai Jiao bravely led the way, holding a large Guandao in her hand, and wielding it with great power. Under the cold light of the sword, no one could stand up to her.

After Zhai Rang's death, Zhai Jiao practiced martial arts hard just to kill Li Mi today.