Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 1925: Meng Tian devised a plan to lay a trap and capture three counties in a row, forcing the enemy to

Just as Huangfu Guhan was preparing to defend Lin'an to the death, Meng Tian and Yang Yanzhao, who had already swept through Pingyang County, also led an army of 50,000 and officially entered the area where Pingyuan County was located.

When they first entered Pingyuan County, the Pingyuan Luowang branch sent a message that officials from various counties in Pingyuan County, with the help of local noble families, had called up a large number of strong civilians from all over the country. With the help of various noble families, they distributed weapons to these civilians and organized them into an army.

Each aristocratic family still had some resources, although not many armors. After all, the imperial court had a rule that anyone who privately kept armors would be sentenced to death. Even for aristocratic families, armors had to be registered. After the world was in chaos, these restrictions were relaxed.

Therefore, even if each family has some armor, the quantity is definitely not large.

After all, under normal circumstances, they are not planning to rebel. Even if they would collect some armor and other things, they would not have the need to collect them on a large scale.

However, swords, guns, bows and arrows were not precious to them. Each family could basically produce a large number of them.

Moreover, the imperial court had never banned the use of swords, guns, bows and arrows, not to mention by the aristocratic families, even among the common people.

Of course, bows and arrows were useless. It was impossible to distribute bows and arrows and expect the newly organized people to be able to use them skillfully. After all, the people of the seven dynasties were still mainly engaged in farming, unlike the people of Beidi, who could become excellent grassland archers with bows and arrows.

In this respect, the Northern Di are unique even among the four barbarians.

It takes a lot of energy and time to train a qualified archer. In this regard, bows and arrows are inferior to crossbows.

After all, in theory, as long as the crossbow is properly strung, the lethality that a child can exert is the same as that of an adult.

But it’s different with bows and arrows. If your arm strength is not enough, you can’t even fully pull the bow. Even if you manage to shoot the arrow, it will not have much killing power.

However, just like the imperial court banned the possession of armor, it also banned the private possession of bows and crossbows. Violators would also die.

But no matter what, with the support of various large and small families behind it, at least this is the so-called army that has just been organized, and its appearance on the surface is still barely acceptable.

Anyway, most of them still have uniform equipment.

In this regard, it is much stronger than when the Tianshi Dao was just starting out.

When the Tianshi Dao was just starting out, except for a small number of people equipped with weapons, most of them still used farm tools such as sickles and hoes! The Tianshi Dao at that time fully demonstrated what a mob is.

Regardless of the actual combat effectiveness of these peasant soldiers today, at least on the surface they look somewhat capable.

"The noble families from all over the country have organized a large number of armies. This is indeed troublesome!"

As soon as he entered Pingyuan County, he received such news from Luo Wang, which made Meng Tian quite unhappy.

Although they were just some civilians who had just been organized, if they dared to leave the city, the Kwantung Army could guarantee that one would defeat ten of them.

In the era of cold weapons, even if they were equipped with weapons, what really determined the strength of two soldiers was the armor they wore. It would not be a big problem for one armored soldier to defeat ten unarmored soldiers.

But the problem is that first the other party has to dare to leave the city.

"General Meng, can you call these people an army?"

"The soldiers under my command can definitely easily defeat these so-called armies!"

Yang Qilang didn't take the army Meng Tian mentioned seriously at all. With such a high-quality army, he could easily lead two or three hundred cavalrymen to disperse the enemy's 10,000 troops. Moreover, he could also control the casualties within a very small range.

Although there is a reserve system in the Apocalypse Continent, the places with the most complete reserve forces are definitely the border areas and places like the Four Rivers. Although they are not border areas, once the border areas are in emergency, the troops must be led to the front at any time.

Therefore, in the Four Rivers, not only did the number of soldiers actually exceed the number of soldiers they should have, but also, even though they were all soldiers, their combat effectiveness was obviously not comparable to that of soldiers from other prefectures. The most typical example was the gap between the Hebei prefecture army and the Yannan prefecture army.

Apart from these areas, the reserve forces in other provinces are much less effective in implementation.

Besides, Da Cang has been in chaos for so many years, and the reserve forces of each sect have been almost exhausted.

The reserve forces refer to veterans who have just been discharged from the army for various reasons, or some civilians who receive military training during their spare time during farming. However, the number of these people is still finite and not endless.

Therefore, Yang Yansi did not take this so-called army seriously at all.

"Little Seven!"

"Don't be careless!"

"If these people go out of the city to fight in the field, they are naturally not worth mentioning! But if they defend the city, it will also be a trouble for our army!" Yang Yanzhao patted Yang Yansi on the head and said.

His younger brother was very brave, and was the most courageous and skilled in fighting among his brothers. Even in such a large family as the Yang family, his bravery was second only to Yang Zaixing.

However, among the brothers, he was the least calm one. He was also the one he was least confident of. On the battlefield, he could easily get carried away.

The Kwantung Army was certainly not afraid of these peasant armies, but with the addition of so many people, who knew how many soldiers would be killed or injured along the way.

Moreover, with the addition of these peasant soldiers, it would be difficult for them to reach Lin'an in the shortest possible time according to their previous plan.

"Although the combat effectiveness of these peasant soldiers is low, our army cannot just turn a blind eye to them. If we don't eliminate them one by one, we may not be able to reach Lin'an!" Thinking of this, Yang Yanzhao said worriedly.

If we fail to reach Lin'an in the shortest possible time and time drags on, there is a possibility that Yang Su's troops will return to support us.

By that time, it would be extremely difficult to capture Lin'an.

In fact, if things really go wrong, their 50,000 Guandong troops alone might not be able to capture Lin'an, and at that time Han Xin's troops would also need to arrive.

However, if the time really comes, can they still be credited with the merit of conquering the enemy's capital and destroying the country?
Although he was also a general of a main army, Han Xin was also the commander-in-chief of the Yannan Road and held the imperial seal. Even Meng Tian was under Han Xin's command.

If Han Xin came in person, in the end, the greatest credit would still go to Han Xin, and the rest of them could only share some of the soup. Besides, if the time wasted was too long, if the other side waited for the reinforcements from the Tianshi Dao, the situation would probably change again.

"Turn a blind eye?"

“Why can’t our army just turn a blind eye to it?”

Hearing what Yang Yanzhao said, Meng Tian seemed to wake up from a dream.

"Pass my order, the entire army will head straight to Lin'an!"

"The Golden Fire Cavalry hide on the side and seize the opportunity to fight!" Meng Tian gave the order directly and decisively.

"I see!"

"General Meng's plan is brilliant. Let's see if the enemy will get anxious!" Yang Yanzhao immediately understood Meng Tian's meaning and gave him a thumbs up.

"Although this is the case, our army cannot really go straight to Lin'an!"

"We have a sure win, why take all these risks!" Meng Tian shook his head.

He would not really lead 50,000 troops directly to Lin'an, but was merely pretending to be so, in order to force the defenders of the counties along the way to come out of the city to fight.

Or, if they wanted to lure the counties along the way to cut off their retreat, the five thousand golden fire cavalry were prepared for these enemies. If anyone really had any evil intentions and wanted to cut off their retreat and threaten their food supply, the five thousand golden fire cavalry would be enough to deal with everything.

After all, if they completely ignore the troops along the way, if the enemy really doesn't leave the city, if they don't stop them, and if they don't attack their food supply routes, and if they fail to capture Lin'an in a short time, once the enemy's troops come back, that would be a big deal!

I'm afraid their troops will be in deep crisis.

When it comes to fighting for the merit of conquering the enemy's capital or destroying a country, no matter it is Meng Tian or Yang Yanzhao, they will not give up easily.

However, fighting when necessary does not mean that they have to risk the lives of 50,000 brothers. After all, the current battle situation is a sure win for them. The only difference is who gets the final credit.

As a result of Meng Tian's action, the counties along the way began to get anxious.

Although Lin'an had organized a group of peasant soldiers at this time, the number of troops that could really fight was less than 10,000, and the rest were of little combat effectiveness.

It was still too difficult to deal with these 50,000 ferocious Kwantung troops.

Therefore, if these counties along the way really do not care, then they will just have to watch the Dongcang Kingdom fall into crisis.

However, there are at least some real soldiers in the capital, but in their counties, there are not even these soldiers. They are almost all peasant soldiers who have just been organized.

With such troops, even if they were worried about the situation in the capital, they did not dare to try to stop the advance of the 50,000 Kwantung Army by their own strength.

It is precisely because of this that the only thing they can think about is the food supply of Meng Tian and Yang Yanzhao.

The counties along the way were not taken down, and several key nodes of the troop carriers were still in the hands of the counties. Therefore, the subsequent problem of food and grass transportation could not be solved by troop carriers.

At this time, if we rely solely on manpower to transport food and fodder, it will naturally be more laborious and time-consuming than using troop transport vehicles.

Once one batch of food and grass is cut off, there is no possibility of delivering the second batch of food and grass in a short time.

Moreover, at this stage, food is still quite stimulating to the people of Qingbei.

The entire Qingbei was short of food. Not only the common people of Qingbei, but even the noble families of Qingbei did not have large quantities of food and fodder.

The four imperial merchants represented by the Nangong family did not simply impose economic sanctions on the common people, but on the four regions of Qingbei, Qingnan, Heyang and Donghai as a whole.

Relying on their huge wealth, these noble families will not face the same food crisis as ordinary people. However, it is unlikely that any of them still have large quantities of food and fodder.

Even if these noble families wanted to purchase in large quantities, they did not have so many channels to do so. The deterrent power of the Four Imperial Merchants in this regard was not just for show. Unless they could open up a channel outside of Da Cang like the Tianshi Dao, and this channel had to be extremely solid.

Therefore, even with the support of so many noble families, Qingbei still suffers from food shortage.

Using these grains as incentives did indeed excite these peasant soldiers. At least, the superficial stimulation was there.

The three counties along the way all chose to attack Meng Tian's grain route.

However, facing Meng Tian who had been prepared for a long time and facing the sudden attack of the Golden Fire Cavalry, these peasant soldiers who had just been expelled were almost entirely unarmored combat units. Facing the charging Golden Fire Cavalry, they were like lambs to be slaughtered under the iron hooves.

Each of these three counties has tens of thousands of peasant soldiers, and this time they are almost out in full force. However, even when facing an enemy that is six times their number, the difference in the quality of the troops between the two sides still makes this battle like a massacre.

And at this time, the army of Meng Tian and Yang Yanzhao, which seemed to have headed straight for Lin'an, the capital of Dongcang, turned back in time and took the three counties directly into their pockets as if it was effortless.

This battle became another great victory since the start of the Southern Expedition.

In this battle, from the attack of the Golden Fire Cavalry to the capture of three counties by the Kwantung Army, the total casualties were just over a hundred.

However, the results of this battle were extremely fruitful.

Not only did they capture these three counties, but they also gained another 25,000 prisoners in their military camp.

In addition, Meng Tian and Yang Yanzhao also received a large amount of food and fodder.

At that time, Qingji was extremely short of food, so after the food and grass from various places were collected, they were distributed centrally by the county governments in various places, with priority given to the military and then the people.

It was precisely because the grain in the hands of the people was confiscated and distributed uniformly, so when the three counties were captured, this batch of grain also fell into the hands of Meng Tian and Yang Yanzhao at the same time.