The Sacred Ding

Chapter 1012: Deterrence strategy

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At the beginning of the year, Chen Hai, Fu Siyuan, Fu Shaoqun, Ji Du and Princess Qin Sixun led more than a hundred Dao Dan and Dao Fei realm experts from the three demon-blooded disciples surnamed Jiu, Ji and Ji to go north and rushed back to Lingzhou to preside over Defense affairs of Beiling County.

The upper reaches of the Nuchuan River is located at the western foot of Zibai Mountain and is more than half shorter than the Wantao River. However, the terrain on both sides of the Nuchuan River is more steep, so the water in the Nuchuan River is more violent, such as angry water dragons and water dragons in the deep and wide river. Rolling inside.

In the camp of the Anxi Defense Force in Qihuangling, General Lu's scoldings could be heard endlessly. In the past few days, every time there was a discussion in the main hall, the crowd became excited, claiming that they would retaliate against the "Beiling thieves". However, after the anger, they faced the reality. However, they had to discover that the most economical way for Yue and North Korea materials to enter the eastern foothills of the Hengduan Mountains was under the control of Beiling.

There are almost more than 80,000 demon-blooded disciples of the other three surnames. Most of them only have the cultivation base of the middle and late Tongxuan realm and the spiritual realm. Such a large group of middle- and low-level disciples wants to directly pass through the demons and control Zhongzhou. It is obviously unrealistic to go north from the Great Plains. Instead, hundreds of elite disciples of the Fu family will lead the way and first go west along the northern foot of Yunling Mountain, then enter the northeastern slope of Minshan Mountain controlled by Nanzhao County and then go north. This is a safe route. the way.

In addition to the children of the three surnamed Demon Blood Clan, as well as some elite children of the three surnamed Dao Dan and Dao Fei Realm, Chen Hai also secretly summoned the Blood Slaughter Liu Yafu and the Black Shark Yang Yin to Hailing, making them serve as Jiuzhen Lieutenant General.

Lu Gengshu knew that the Blue Whale-class warships built by Jiujunguo and incorporated into the Beiling Navy were each more than 200 paces long and 40 paces wide, and each one cost 40 million kilograms of Xuanyang fine iron to build.

It’s not that there are no direct passages across the Hengduan Mountains, but these passages are extremely dangerous. To move tens of billions of kilograms of materials across more than 20,000 miles of majestic mountains every year, how many people and vehicles need to be invested, and The materials consumed by the transportation itself were something Lu could not even imagine.

This group of troops lacked enough sophisticated mounts and moved slowly. They only reached the southern foot of Tianwu Mountain to rest before October.

At the foot of Caoling, there are thirty Blue Whale-class armored warships docked in a lake connected to both Jitian Canal and Nuchuan River.

If there is a small defensive array, Beiling can still build a more powerful super tank. It is even possible to gather several or even a dozen six-chamber heavy crossbows on one tank, so that the heavy tanks in the narrow space can be put together. The sharp arrows were so dense that it was beyond imagination.

However, at this time, the connection between Beiling County and Anxi County had been normalized. Every month, there were groups of Fengyan airships traveling between the two counties. This group of people took the Fengyan airship and had already arrived at the sea from Tianwu Ridge. Ling is on standby in the camp under the jurisdiction of the Hailing Guarding Envoy.

At this time, Lu Gengshu couldn't help but think that if Patriarch Lu Shang accepted Chen Hai's suggestion, pushed the Anxi Defense Force eastward to the Maozhen Mountains, and lent eighteen heaven and earth protection formations to Beiling, he would be able to deal with the demons' winter offensive. Not even a problem.

In this way, even if the demon soldiers cross the Wantao River and advance northward, they will have to retreat southward in just two or three months, and the destructive power they can produce will be even more limited.

Chen Hai has always hoped that Vietnam and North Korea could expand the scale of aid to Beiling County, but he has not received a positive response for a long time. This time Chen Hai rushed to Hailing eagerly, just across the river from Qihuang Ridge. If you can't even see King Zheng and Liu Fen, you can only rob Yue Dynasty's unconsumed inventory.

At the beginning of the year, Chen Hai led the elite children of these three surnames to go north, and promised that they would first arrange for some of their children to choose islands overseas to settle and establish a clan.

After many discussions, they finally sent two more respected veterans to accompany Lu Gengshu to Hailing to meet with Chen Hai again, to condemn the banditry of the Beiling Army, and to wait and see the situation to see if there was any room for bargaining.

Chen Hai took a different approach at this time and sent Jiuzhen across the sea to plunder the coast of Yue Dynasty to make up for the lack of demon-controlling military resources in Beiling County. What could Fu Siyuan say

After all, the Beiling Army was very difficult in the early days. It mainly relied on the material support of Jiujunguo and Leiyang Sect to support and develop step by step. It was impossible to spend too much manpower and material resources to create something that seemed to be useless for controlling demons at the time. Specially helpful super battleship.

Chen Hai not only asked them to monitor Jiuzhen, but also asked them to use their pirate skills and hidden connections that had been abandoned for many years to find a foothold on the coast of Vietnam and North Korea, recruit more pirates to join the gang, and loot the coast of Vietnam and North Korea with a plan and purpose. , and even have to immediately find some plundered luxury items or bulk goods that are not in short supply in Beiling Kingdom and are inconvenient to transport to black merchants in Yue Dynasty, and trade them into urgently needed materials and transport them back.

Fu Siyuan was also present at the time, but he did not expect that Chen Hai's final decision was to ask Jiuzhen to lead this group of troops to go to sea to plunder the coastal cities of Yue Dynasty.

It is not that the Blue Whale-class iron-clad battleship cannot compete with it. A Dao Dan-level expert may be able to punch a hole in the Blue Scale-class iron-clad battleship's armor with one punch. But the problem is that if you fight hard to break through one layer of armor, there are still two layers inside. Armor, penetrated three layers of armor, only to find that the inside was just a watertight cabin with a radius of about ten feet.

In this situation, unless the Beiling Army assembles its troops and horses in time to engage in a decisive battle when the main force of the demon army is mobilized, otherwise during the entire winter offensive of the demon clan, I don’t know how many military fortresses at the garrison level will be destroyed. The demons conquered it.

This is obviously completely inconsistent with his understanding of "enlightenment of the vast heavenly way and thinking of the common people".

At this time, it may be necessary for a strong man of the Heavenly Realm level to actually tear apart the defense of the ship's defenders and attack close by, so that it is possible to dismantle a Blue Whale-class iron-clad battleship.

This is obviously completely inconsistent with his understanding of "enlightenment of the vast heavenly way and thinking of the common people".

"I'm just talking nonsense. My master has Concubine Dong and Concubine Su, and he's also in a relationship with Empress Dowager Yang and Fairy Zhou. How can he look at Yue girls? Boss Ning, don't get angry or take action...ah!" Ji Du! Just as he was begging Ning Chan'er for mercy, Chen Hai came over and kicked him out of the tent.

This is obviously completely inconsistent with his understanding of "enlightenment of the vast heavenly way and thinking of the common people".

Of course, Lu Gengshu could not take care of so much at that time. Qin Qian found him and proposed two conditions on behalf of Chen Hai, the king of Beiling County, which were completely unacceptable to Anxi County. He ran to the camp several times and shouted that he wanted to see Beiling. The king of the county, Chen Hai, was blocked by the guards and was eventually driven out of the city.

It only takes three months from the time the Wantao River and Nuchuan River are frozen to the time when the river ice is released.

Lu Gengshu did not expect that they would see the Beiling Army gathering thirty Blue Whale-class armored warships in Wu Chang City at this time.

However, Fu Siyuan found it difficult to persuade Chen Hai not to do these actions that would anger the princes and ministers of the Yue Dynasty.

At this time, in the main hall of the Wu Chang City Protector's Office, Chen Hai already knew that Lu's envoy was chasing after him again, but he was not very concerned. His eyes fell on the detailed list of supplies copied by Feng Yichen for the seizure of 200 ships this time. , smiled with Qin Hushan: "The Lu family is getting closer to the Yue Dynasty now. The Yue Dynasty is also thinking about turning Anxi into their vassal state. There are actually a thousand demon-slaying chariots in this batch of supplies - look Our espionage work in Vietnam and North Korea was not detailed enough. We did not detect it beforehand, and almost let these thousand demon-slaying chariots escape through our fingers."

However, none of the Lu family's generals expected that the Beiling Army would act so rogue and seize friendly supplies and ships at the slightest disagreement.

"If we can come to terms with each other, why bother using such low-level tactics that won't get us on the stage?" Chen Hai said with a bitter smile to Fu Siyuan and Cang Yu, "Does Mr. Fu feel that Chen Hai's actions are a bit extreme?"

Liu Yafu and Yang Yin did not expect to be able to return to their old profession after so many years, so they were naturally very excited.

Dachong has been beaten to pieces by the demons. The Yue Dynasty and Tiannancai each sent four or five true kings with more than a million soldiers and horses to participate in the battle. The supporting materials were almost all to ensure the supply of the soldiers and horses they dispatched. Obviously, it is far from being called going through the ordeal together.

In Haidong Continent, Tiannan, Chong, and Yue coexisted. Before the Demonic Tribulation, the national power of Yue Dynasty and Tiannan was slightly weaker than that of Dachong, but they both had 120 billion mortals living and reproducing within their jurisdictions. There are hundreds of heavenly true kings supporting the rule of their respective nations. The number of elite soldiers and horses may be far less than that of Yongjing and the Eight Domains combined, but the standing troops and horses each have tens of millions.

The loss of two batches of supplies is not a big deal. Once this waterway is blocked, the consumption of four to five hundred soldiers and horses on the Tianqi defense line will soon become a problem.

The traditional naval battleships of Chong and Yue were mainly driven by water-bending arrays and supplemented by wind-bending arrays. However, the iron-armored warships built by Fusanghai in the past twenty years were driven by the wind and flames and the restriction of heavenly secrets as the core. The flame box is the driver.

Hailing was formerly a garrison headquarters under the jurisdiction of the Protectorate. It had a standing garrison of 100,000 troops, mainly stationed in the riverside fortresses at the eastern and southern foot of Xianzhu Mountain. At this time, more than 80,000 people with three surnames were recruited. After leaving, the camp suddenly became much emptier.

Fu Siyuan had something further in mind.

However, Lu Gengshu and others flew to Xinhailing City, but were blocked by the guards. They sent people in to inform them, but they only said that the king of Beiling County was no longer here, and the newly appointed garrison envoy Qin Qian was not interested in seeing them...

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"Once the main force of the demon army advances north, I will personally lead the Long Xiang army, but I can only hold back part of its main force, delay and slow down its march, and cover the evacuation of the soldiers and civilians along the line. The side of Wu Chang City will be left to you, Master Fu. Come and take charge..." Chen Hai said.

Lu Gengshu knew that he could not convince Patriarch Lu Shang and King Zheng to cooperate with the Beiling Army. Even if he could succeed, it would be less than a month before the demons launched their winter offensive and it would be too late.

Wuchang City is located on the south bank of the Nuchuan River.

In particular, rare gold and iron such as tungsten silver, black tin, and fine black gold, which are special products of the Yue Dynasty, are added to the Xuanyang fine iron through infiltration methods, which can greatly improve the performance of the forged armor and heavenly weapons. , is the material they most urgently want at this time.

However, none of the Lu family's generals expected that the Beiling Army would act so rogue and seize friendly supplies and ships at the slightest disagreement.

Refining high-level spiritual sword magic weapons takes too long. After the previous inventory was exhausted, even before Beiling County was officially established, the three sects continued to expand the scale of their respective weapon refining institutes, forcing all timid disciples to After entering the Weapon Refining Institute to await appointment, the number of newly refined spiritual swords, magic weapons, Taoist talismans, and elixirs each year has increased several times compared to before the calamity, but it is still far from enough for battlefield consumption.

In the past, the Beiling Army could go to the seaport cities of Yue Dynasty to buy these precious gold and iron through ships from the Fusang Islands. Jiang Yin died in vain, and the news that Liuyang Palace used the Beiling Army to resurrect spread, especially after the Battle of Taoyuan River , Vietnam and North Korea not only completely suspended the material leasing assistance plan to the Northwest Territories, but also completely drove away merchant ships in the Fusang Sea.

"..." Fu Siyuan also smiled bitterly and said, "Use extraordinary tactics in extraordinary times - if Anxi and Yue Dynasty are generals who can conquer and dare to fight, there is no need to use such biased tactics."

Once the river ice melts, and the main force of the demon soldiers does not withdraw at this time, and the Blue Whale-class armored battleship enters the main channels of the Wantao River and the Nuchuan River, the main force of the demon soldiers may be trapped in the muddy Wantao River and Nuchuan River. It is difficult to move on the plain between the Chuanjiang River.

One day later, a batch of 100 ships of supplies that had not entered the mouth of the Wantao River and were still more than 10,000 miles away from Wanghai City were seized by Beiling Navy General Wei Zhe's battleship.

The violent emperor was imprisoned, the fierce emperor succeeded to the throne, and the vassals were divided. Beiling was also officially established as a county, and normal relations with the Yue Dynasty were restored. The soldiers, horses, supplies, and warships from the Vietnam Dynasty entering Anxi basically passed through Hailing City and Wanghai City. between the rivers.

The garrisons in these military fortresses and the civilians who had not had time to evacuate to the north would inevitably become victims of the evil catastrophe.

In terms of protection, we also gave up the time-consuming refinement of forbidden-level defensive arrays and used multi-layer watertight cabins and multi-layer decks to enhance the resistance to impact and damage, allowing the three islands of Fuso, headed by Jiujunguo, to mass Its manufacturing volume far exceeds that of traditional Kunpeng-class naval warships.

However, Chen Hai is currently on the southern line. In addition to Taihua Mountain and Lingzhou City north of Danxiadu, which have heaven and earth protection formations, only Tianshui, Xinhai Lingcheng and Wuchang City have heaven and earth protection formations deployed.

However, the children of the three surnames gathered together on the Fengyan airship to go north. Lu Gengshu, a child of the Lu family who came to discuss cooperation between the two armies on behalf of Anxi County Prince Lu Shang and Zheng Wang Liu Fen, saw this scene and was completely confused about the demon clan's upcoming attack on Beiling Kingdom. During the winter offensive, instead of integrating the three surnamed children into the Hailing Army to strengthen the defense force here, why were they transferred together

However, Beiling wanted to obtain some supplies from the Yue Dynasty. Although the Yue Dynasty did not completely refuse people thousands of miles away, they were still determined to deliver the goods. Naturally, the generals in Beiling were full of complaints, but they had not had the chance to explode. Just come out.

Lu Gengshu and the others were still more than 200 miles away from Wu Chang City when they were intercepted by a group of scouts outside the city. After submitting the envoy's letters and talismans, they were allowed to continue flying to Wu Chang City with their swords.

However, Fu Siyuan found it difficult to persuade Chen Hai not to do these actions that would anger the princes and ministers of the Yue Dynasty.

Liu Yafu and Yang Yin did not expect to be able to return to their old profession after so many years, so they were naturally very excited.

Yes, this batch of supplies obviously cannot be returned.

At this time, Jiuzhen was ordered to plunder the coast of Yue Dynasty. It was impossible to say whether this would be done, but if it were to be announced to the public, Fu Siyuan doubted that Beiling would be applauded by everyone.

Lu Gengshu did not expect that they would see the Beiling Army gathering thirty Blue Whale-class armored warships in Wu Chang City at this time.

Yes, this batch of supplies obviously cannot be returned.

This is what Lu Gengshu is most confused about. In another half month, the Nuchuan River and Wantao River will gradually freeze. Can these Blue Whale-class armored warships still play any role if they are sealed in the glacier

Sixteen years have passed since the outbreak of the Demonic Tribulation. Counting Yanzhou, the Demonic Tribulation has lasted in Beiling for more than forty years. Seven or eight hundred million people in Yanzhou have died in the calamity. More, less in the Northwest Territory. Over the years, hundreds of millions of mortals have died from attacks and killings by monsters. Although most mortals in Beiting were able to evacuate westward, famine and epidemics along the way and even continued famine after entering the Northwest Territory, the population The loss is almost a billion—

Liu Yafu and Yang Yin did not expect to be able to return to their old profession after so many years, so they were naturally very excited.

The demon clan of Xuanyin Valley and the remnant troops of Tiancheng Mountain, under the leadership of Demon Lord Guixi, have advanced to the south of Wuhou Ridge. Their troops are constantly extending to the south of Wantao River and westward, which means that the demon clan is in This winter, there are tens of millions of soldiers and horses in hand, which can be used to crush the southern defense line of Beiling County.

In order to resist the demon calamity, the generals who sacrificed their lives in Beiling, including the generals who sacrificed their lives in Tashan defense line in Beiting and Northwest Territories, have accumulated to more than 30 million. It can be said that the materials consumed in these years have been completely exhausted. After squeezing Beiling dry, more than half of the Dao Dan realm generals did not have decent spirit armor or spirit cavalry, let alone the larger Mingqiao realm generals.

Old Demon Guixi and Old Demon Xinshan both exist in the upper three realms of Heavenly Demons, and there are also eight great demon kings in the third realm of Heavenly Demons under their command. Once the rivers and lakes are frozen solid, it will be very beneficial for the main force of the demon soldiers to move.

The sword training camp, which has the strongest fighting capacity among all the armies and is usually used as a bodyguard for the general, has been shrinking in size. In the final analysis, too many spiritual sword magic weapons have been damaged.

At the foot of Caoling, there are thirty Blue Whale-class armored warships docked in a lake connected to both Jitian Canal and Nuchuan River.

Liu Yafu and Yang Yin did not expect to be able to return to their old profession after so many years, so they were naturally very excited.

Advancing Anxi's defense eastward to the Maozhen Mountains can narrow the defensive surface of the Beiling Army's southern line by 10,000 miles; and lending the eighteen heaven and earth protection formations to Beiling, Beiling can ensure the garrison level of the southern line. Military fortresses can hold up until the moment reinforcements arrive.

In other words, the existence of these Blue Whale-class iron-clad battleships is only to deter the demons from evacuating before the river ice is unsealed.

The latter is where Yang Yin and Liu Yafu do their best. Jiuzhen cannot do these things well without the assistance of Yang and Liu.

Ji Du was thinking about going to Yue Kingdom with Jiu Zhen and others to rob. At this moment, he felt the murderous intent behind his head like a knife. He turned around and saw that Ning Chan'er had already used the Nine Yin Evil Blade, and the blade light was coming towards the back of his head little by little. .

Lu Gengshu thought that he could take these ships and the guards back and talk about other things.

Liu Yafu and Yang Yin did not expect to be able to return to their old profession after so many years, so they were naturally very excited.

However, Fu Siyuan found it difficult to persuade Chen Hai not to do these actions that would anger the princes and ministers of the Yue Dynasty.

The twenty-four cities where the garrison headquarters are located will be difficult to sustain for too long once faced with an attack by millions of demonic soldiers.

The Beiling Army, which is at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, has little chance of winning a hasty decisive battle with them, even if the number of Tianji chariots has greatly increased in recent years.

Fu Siyuan had something further in mind.

"You take my warrant, take the people on the Fengyan airship, and go to Quyan Valley first. There are three Blue Whale-class and thirty Silver Shark-class armored battleships waiting for you to take over..." Chen Hai handed the warrant to Jiuzhen, Ask him, Yang Yin, and Liu Yafu to immediately use his warrant to secretly gather the troops and set off, and not to delay here any longer.

Lu Gengshu did not expect that they would see the Beiling Army gathering thirty Blue Whale-class armored warships in Wu Chang City at this time.

"When I came out this time, why did the guards bring so many generals with three surnames with them? It made Ji have trouble sleeping all day long. He was worried that they might be bewitched by the demons and harm the master. I didn't expect you, master. This plan has been planned for a long time - it turns out that the master has not wanted to talk to the people named Lu and Liu!" Jidu came over excitedly, chirping and calling for a fight, "Let Jidu do this for the master. Please share your work. I know that there are some things in my master’s heart that I can’t express directly, and Jidu knows it. Yue girls have three good qualities: they have a clear voice and a soft body... "

Still in the late Liuyang Empire, Prince Shangque ensured that the northern expedition to the Demon Realm could proceed smoothly. Between Wuchang City on the south bank of the Nuchuan River and Tianshui City on the north bank of the Wantao River, a tunnel was excavated on the basis of a part of the river to connect the two major cities. The water system is Jitian Canal, which is more than 10,000 miles long.

The latter is where Yang Yin and Liu Yafu do their best. Jiuzhen cannot do these things well without the assistance of Yang and Liu.

However, Fu Siyuan found it difficult to persuade Chen Hai not to do these actions that would anger the princes and ministers of the Yue Dynasty.

Only then did they realize that they had not seen the Beiling Army's mobilization information on the Nuchuan River for more than half a month. The number of soldiers and horses gathered by the Beiling Army in Wuchang City was far beyond their imagination.

The five main gathering points of the Beiling Army on the southern front are all more than 10,000 miles apart.

The transportation of these materials takes the sea route through the Wantao River. Even the most ordinary ships that rely on sails and do not carry water-bending arrays do not need 10,000 ships to be able to do it.

Even if they are built, there are only some test cars.

In addition, the other twenty-four cities where the garrison headquarters are located all have only three to five forbidden-level defensive formations, and the defense level cannot be compared with the heaven and earth protection formations.

"It should be possible..." Fu Siyuan said with certainty.

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If Chen Hai's fundamental goal of gathering Blue Whale-class iron-clad warships in Wuchang City is to deter the demons, the demons only have three months to launch a winter offensive, and there is really no way to cross the Wantao River and advance too far north.

Fu Siyuan had something further in mind.

The construction of this behemoth was extremely fast, but the cost was extremely high. They had previously estimated that the Fuso Mishima, with all their efforts over the years, would build no more than thirty or forty Blue Whale-class armored warships.

When he was in Anze City, he persuaded the Lie Emperor Qin Ran to accept Chen Hai's proposal for a vassal alliance on the grounds that Chen Hai had understood the way of heaven, had the common people in mind after the catastrophe, and would not start a war lightly. Although Qin Ran Ji Yuanfeng and Ji Yuanfeng are still worried, and hope to contain Chen Hai in the future with a more thorough enfeoffment. But at this time, it seems that if Chen Hai can really survive the catastrophe, Chen Hai may not really stop fighting...

Lu Gengshu thought that he could take these ships and the guards back and talk about other things.

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At this time, countless civilians were unloading large quantities of materials from the ships and transporting them into Hailing City on baggage trucks.

At present, Chen Hai has gathered nearly half of Yanzhou's Tianji master craftsmen and craftsmen in Lingzhou City, which is built on the majestic ridge at the southern foot of Zibai Mountain to the north of Danxiadu, so that Lingzhou's ability to produce Tianji war machinery has increased. In just one year, it has surpassed Dongdu Mountain, Tianying City and other places, and Scorpio Chariot has already built a batch of test models. It is no problem to complete the transformation in two months, and even most of the time will be wasted on road transportation.

The latter is where Yang Yin and Liu Yafu do their best. Jiuzhen cannot do these things well without the assistance of Yang and Liu.

To deal with the upcoming winter offensive by the demons, Chen Hai must do everything possible to delay it for two months before he can find a chance to counterattack and win...

Fu Siyuan was also present at the time, but he did not expect that Chen Hai's final decision was to ask Jiuzhen to lead this group of troops to go to sea to plunder the coastal cities of Yue Dynasty.

Seeing the situation inside and outside Wuchang City, the Beiling Army should have adopted a strategy of shock and deterrence to prevent the demon soldiers from infiltrating across the Nuchuan River to the north. However, thinking of the casualties that the Beiling Army would bear by adopting such a strategy, Lu Gengshu sighed in his heart. I thought that I would have to bravely represent the Lu family and rush to King Beiling to beg men, ships and supplies aggressively. I felt extremely depressed and wanted to turn around and leave now.

This is obviously completely inconsistent with his understanding of "enlightenment of the vast heavenly way and thinking of the common people".

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Although its most elite demon cavalry advanced at an extremely fast speed, they did not dare to stray too far from the main force in the face of the brave and skilled Beiling Army. From this point of view, if the demons advanced to the south bank of Nu River, they would not be able to capture even one or two. As important cities serve as strongholds, they need to evacuate south before the river ice is lifted.

The latter is where Yang Yin and Liu Yafu do their best. Jiuzhen cannot do these things well without the assistance of Yang and Liu.

The garrisons in these military fortresses and the civilians who had not had time to evacuate to the north would inevitably become victims of the evil catastrophe.

Lu Gengshu's return trip was delayed for seven or eight days, and he clearly felt that the cold evil between heaven and earth was getting stronger. The big rivers were difficult to freeze due to strong winds and waves, but some small streams and rivers had already formed thin ice.

Lu Gengshu returned south angrily. When he returned to Qihuang Ridge, he learned that a new batch of 120 or 30 ships of supplies that had just sailed from Wanghai City into the Wantao River was still two thousand miles away from Hailing City. He asked Beiling Navy General Feng Yichen to lead his warships to seize him.

This group of troops lacked enough sophisticated mounts and moved slowly. They only reached the southern foot of Tianwu Mountain to rest before October.

Even if they are built, there are only some test cars.

If resisting the demons' winter offensive is destined to cost the lives of millions of soldiers, no one wants such a heavy price to fall on themselves.

Even if they are built, there are only some test cars.

Later, a talisman came from Chen Hai, claiming that these two batches of materials were used to offset part of the money owed by the Anxi Defense Force for the previous purchase of Tianji war equipment.

Fu Siyuan was also present at the time, but he did not expect that Chen Hai's final decision was to ask Jiuzhen to lead this group of troops to go to sea to plunder the coastal cities of Yue Dynasty.

Although the heavy-duty Tianji chariot built by Beiling at this time has quite strong defensive power, without the installation of a first-level defensive array like the four-pillar demon-slaying array, the Beiling Kingdom can no longer afford this kind of time-consuming refining. A labor-intensive luxury.

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Fortunately, Chen Hai, Fu Siyuan and others led the guards and made a lot of noise. The Anxi Defense Force also had spies on the north bank of the Wantao River. Lu Gengshu and others followed Chen Hai's footsteps and arrived at the south bank of the Nuchuan River three days later. Wu Changcheng.

Even if they are built, there are only some test cars.

To deal with the upcoming winter offensive by the demons, Chen Hai must do everything possible to delay it for two months before he can find a chance to counterattack and win...

In other words, the existence of these Blue Whale-class iron-clad battleships is only to deter the demons from evacuating before the river ice is unsealed.

Without a defensive array that could move on the battlefield, Beiling couldn't take the risk of building such a super tank, as it would be too easily destroyed by a concentrated concentration of magic soldiers.

At the foot of Caoling, there are thirty Blue Whale-class armored warships docked in a lake connected to both Jitian Canal and Nuchuan River.

If resisting the demons' winter offensive is destined to cost the lives of millions of soldiers, no one wants such a heavy price to fall on themselves.

In other words, the existence of these Blue Whale-class iron-clad battleships is only to deter the demons from evacuating before the river ice is unsealed.

Although the soldiers, horses and supplies of Beiling County are constantly gathering towards the southern front, once the Wantao River and Nuchuan River freeze, the southern front of Beiling County will lose the danger of mountains and rivers. It is difficult for Lu Gengshu to imagine that he can only rely on his two How can the southern defense system formed by the three governor's offices and the twenty-four governor's offices withstand the demons' winter offensive? !

Even if they are built, there are only some test cars.

The demons are not stupid, Chen Hai's deterrence should be effective, and in this way, the loss of Beiling County this time, even if it will be extremely heavy, will not seriously damage the foundation of the Beiling Army.

What is really terrifying is that the side of the cabin of the Blue Whale-class ironclad battleship is densely packed with a hundred heavy-bore guns with a range of more than a hundred miles, as well as heavy-bore crossbows and six-bore heavy crossbows that are densely packed like a hornet's nest in close combat...

At this time, countless civilians were unloading large quantities of materials from the ships and transporting them into Hailing City on baggage trucks.

If resisting the demons' winter offensive is destined to cost the lives of millions of soldiers, no one wants such a heavy price to fall on themselves.

Liu Yafu and Yang Yin did not expect to be able to return to their old profession after so many years, so they were naturally very excited.

This was also the main reason why Anxi had two batches of nearly 200 ships of supplies. Although there were nearly 20,000 escort troops, they immediately gave up resistance when they saw the Beiling Navy dispatching the Blue Whale-class armored warships.

Lu Gengshu arrived at Xinhailing City and saw the river port inside the fork of the Tongji Canal on the west side of Xinhailing. The first batch of more than 120 sea-going ships that were impounded were docked neatly there, but the Vietnamese were responsible for guarding them. Thousands of officers and soldiers from these ships have been imprisoned elsewhere.

The five main gathering points of the Beiling Army on the southern front are all more than 10,000 miles apart.

The generals and ministers of the Lu family did not agree to send troops from the Tianqi defense line to march eastward, and Patriarch Lu Shang and King Zheng Liu Fen of the Yue Dynasty did not want to see Chen Hai at this time. The root cause was here.

Each Blue Whale-class armored battleship usually has a thousand generals, but Lu Gengshu flew nearby and saw that the troops on each Blue Whale-class armored battleship were reinforced, with a few having three thousand elite soldiers. When boarding a battleship, all the generals must have at least Tao Fei Realm cultivation.

However, Fu Siyuan found it difficult to persuade Chen Hai not to do these actions that would anger the princes and ministers of the Yue Dynasty.

If resisting the demons' winter offensive is destined to cost the lives of millions of soldiers, no one wants such a heavy price to fall on themselves.

Liu Yafu and Yang Yin did not expect to be able to return to their old profession after so many years, so they were naturally very excited.

However, none of the Lu family's generals expected that the Beiling Army would act so rogue and seize friendly supplies and ships at the slightest disagreement.

This is obviously completely inconsistent with his understanding of "enlightenment of the vast heavenly way and thinking of the common people".

Even if they are built, there are only some test cars.

If resisting the demons' winter offensive is destined to cost the lives of millions of soldiers, no one wants such a heavy price to fall on themselves.

The soldiers and horses of the Beiling Army were stationed on a grass ridge on the south wing of Wu Chang City. Through the clouds and mist, they could see the tents in the camp spread out.

Lu Gengshu did not expect that they would see the Beiling Army gathering thirty Blue Whale-class armored warships in Wu Chang City at this time.

At this time, countless civilians were unloading large quantities of materials from the ships and transporting them into Hailing City on baggage trucks.

Yes, this batch of supplies obviously cannot be returned.

At this time, countless civilians were unloading large quantities of materials from the ships and transporting them into Hailing City on baggage trucks.

However, Fu Siyuan found it difficult to persuade Chen Hai not to do these actions that would anger the princes and ministers of the Yue Dynasty.

Lu Gengshu thought that he could take these ships and the guards back and talk about other things.

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