"Report, urgent military situation!" The scout rode over.
"What happened? Tell me quickly!" Su Yi said.
"My lord, Lin Country has sent troops to Feixin Ridge.”The scout reported," There are about 20,000 troops stationed inside the Gourd Valley and 80,000 troops stationed outside. The two camps are fifty li apart."
The Gourd Valley was located on the Flying Message Ridge. It was one of the three passages that led to the outside world. It was shaped like a gourd and was named Gourd Valley.
The Gourd Valley was divided into an inner valley and an outer valley. The inner valley was twice as big as the outer valley, and the vanguards of the neighboring countries were stationed in the inner valley. The rear troops had yet to enter the Gourd Valley.
"So many?"
Su Yi was shocked. He had to annihilate the enemy outside the ling grains. Otherwise, once the neighboring country's army entered the ling grains, Su Yi's territory had not been consolidated and it would not be easy to fight.
"Immediately send someone to inform General Xu Shu and General Feng Sanbao to quickly gather the Vanguard Selection Army and the Divine Martial Army to gather at Feixin Ridge.”Su Yi said.
"Yes!" The scout received the order and left with a few soldiers.
"Fang Rui, continue to send out scouts to monitor the enemy's movements!”
"I accept your orders!"
" System Notification: Congratulations to General Guan Zheng, a subordinate of Descender Su Yi, for successfully occupying a Level 1 City, Scenic Creek City!”
Hearing this notification, Su Yi smiled.
Out of the eight cities of ling grains, he had already taken over Qingfeng City, Rong City, Gu City, Yang City, and Scenic Stream City. There were also Shi Hai City, Xin Pu City, and Qu Luo City that he had yet to take over.
The plan to occupy the ling grains seemed to be a little earlier than the expected three days, and there weren't many towns and villages in the ling grains, only fifty in total, because half of them had been abandoned by the war.
"It's not that easy!”Su Yi lowered his head and pondered. When he was taking over the ling valley cities, he would also take over those villages and towns. He would also take over the abandoned villages and towns. In the future, he would have time to develop these territories.
The most important thing for Su Yi now was to deal with the 100,000 soldiers of the neighboring country that had entered the Flying Message Ridge, and then deal with the remaining three cities of the Ling Valley Outsiders and the 60,000 soldiers.
Originally, the strongest power within the ling grains was Clear Breeze City, followed by the variant humans 'Shi Hai City, with 25,000 troops, including the navy. Xinpu City had 15,000 troops and a navy. Finally, Quluo City had 15,000 soldiers, which was a lot more than the other Outsider cities on the north bank, but their battle power was relatively higher.
Of course, the most urgent matter now was to repel the attack of the neighboring countries. The strength of 100,000 troops could not be underestimated. Their soldiers had all undergone long periods of training, so their tacit understanding with each other was definitely very high.
Looking at Su Yi's troops, the composition was complicated. It turned out that there were people from the five countries of Lingchuan. There were also some bandits, civilians who had just joined the army, and some who had been summoned. The soldiers under Su Yi had yet to complete their training, and they were still lacking in teamwork.
Of course, there were still a lot of troops under Su Yi who could cooperate with each other. The 110,000 soldiers were the 100,000 soldiers summoned by the Iron Eagle Guard and the summoning talisman.
With the Iron Eagle Guards as the main force, Feng Sanbao's Vanguard Selection Army, and Xu Shu's Divine Martial Army. Su Yi was absolutely confident in a head-on confrontation, but who knew how great the losses would be after the battle?
"My Lord, General Feng and General Xu have arrived.”Fang Rui appeared in Su Yi's field of vision.
"Let's go and take a look!" Su Yi said.
"I accept your orders!"
"My lord!" Feng Sanbao and Xu Shu bowed together.
"General Feng, General Xu, there's no need to be so polite.”Su Yi smiled.
Su Yi continued,"I've finally waited for you. The situation is a little urgent!"”
"Sorry to have kept my lord waiting!" Xu Shu apologized.
"It's good that you're here. It's already much faster than I expected.”Su Yi said.
"My lord, the 100,000 soldiers of the Vanguard Selection Army have arrived.”Feng Sanbao said.
"My lord, the 110,000 Divine Martial Army soldiers have arrived.”Xu Shu added.
"Yes." Su Yi nodded and said," The Vanguard Selection Army, the Divine Martial Army, and the Elite Warrior Battalion have a total of 220,000 people. They have the advantage in numbers. We already have a chance of winning this battle."”
Su Yi continued," According to the scouts, there are about 100,000 soldiers in the neighboring country's army. 20,000 of them are stationed in the inner valley of the Gourd, and 80,000 are stationed outside the valley. In your opinion, how should we take in these 100,000 people from the neighboring country?”
"My lord, do you want to take in these 100,000 people?”Xu Shu asked with a smile.
"Then what should we do?" Su Yi immediately asked.
" My lord, send out a superior force to besiege the 20,000 people in the Gourd Valley and lure them to reinforce. Then, ambush them on the road and surround the reinforcements with superior forces. At the same time, when the enemy reinforcements, send out troops to surround the remaining troops outside the valley and force them to surrender."
"Surround the area and attack the reinforcements?" Su Yi glanced at Xu Shu and said.
"Surround the area and attack the reinforcements. Well said, my lord is wise!”Xu Shu laughed.
"General Feng, what do you think?" Su Yi asked.
"My lord, I agree with General Xu's plan!”Feng Sanbao laughed.
"Alright, Yuanzhi will be the commander of this battle and will be in charge of commanding the battle.”Su Yi said. Su Yi was clear about his own capabilities, so he could just let go.
"Thank you for your trust, my lord!" Xu Shu bowed to Su Yi.
"Yes!" Su Yi smiled and nodded.
"My lord, the task of besieging the enemy forces in the valley will be handed to you!”Xu Shu smiled." How about the Iron Eagle Guards and the second and third guards of the Vanguard Selection Army?”
"Yuanzhi, I'll take it!" Su Yi said. With the two King level generals of the Iron Eagle Guard and the commanders of the second and third guards of the Vanguard Selection Army, Su Yi was not worried about surrounding the enemy troops in the inner valley.
"General Feng, please lead the rest of the Vanguard Selection Army to ambush and reinforce the enemy.”
"After dealing with the enemy reinforcements, please ask General Feng to send 20,000 people to support the lord in attacking the enemy camp in the inner valley.”
Xu Shu's speech was neither hurried nor slow as he issued the order.
"Understood!" Feng Sanbao nodded.
"The scouts of the Iron Eagle Guard have been dispatched long ago. They are under your command for the time being.”Su Yi said. Previously, he had only scouted the enemy and did not specifically investigate the surrounding terrain. Su Yi sent out again.
"Thank you, my lord!" Xu Shu and Feng Sanbao said in unison. This way, they wouldn't need to send any more scouts. The Elite Warrior Battalion was an elite unit, and the entire army could be used as scouts.
"My lord, let the entire army move out. We'll start attacking in two hours!”Xu Shu said. Two hours was enough for the other armies to prepare.
There was no specific plan for this operation. It was all based on the on-the-spot command of the generals at the front line. The leading generals were all King level and above, so it was naturally not difficult for them to command tens of thousands of troops.
The three armies gathered their forces and set off. Su Yi sent out the Iron Eagle Guards to clear the enemy scouts and sentries that they might encounter along the way.
Su Yi estimated that it should be 10:30 in the morning, and the army would start attacking at 12:00 sharp.
"How far are we from the enemy camp?" Su Yi looked at Fang Rui and asked. Su Yi's army had already set off for 20 minutes.
The other two armies had already entered the inner pass, bypassing the enemy camp and heading to the designated location. Although Su Yi was a little slow, he had just entered the inner pass.
"My lord, we are still twenty miles away from the enemy camp.”Fang Rui replied.
"Twenty li!" Su Yi never thought that the inner valley was actually not small.
The enemy camp was stationed in the center of the inner valley, so the circular inner valley had a diameter of 20 kilometers, while the outer valley had a diameter of 10 kilometers. The entire Gourd Valley tunnel was 30 kilometers long.
Using ling grains as a rectangular shape, it was about two hundred kilometers long and one hundred and fifty kilometers wide. The area of ling grains was half of the area of Linhai County. Linhai County was as big as a city in China, and it was a big city.
Su Yi suddenly found it hard to believe. The speed of his troops was so fast. In just over two hours, the Divine Martial Army and the Vanguard Selection Army were able to gather and march over a hundred kilometers to meet up with him.
"It doesn't seem to be that fast!" Su Yi was rather puzzled.
"Fang Rui, what is the normal speed of an army?”Su Yi asked.
"My liege, if we don't consider other factors, an infantryman can travel thirty miles in two hours, a cavalry can travel fifty miles in two hours, an infantryman can travel half the distance in a rush, and a cavalry can travel three miles faster.”Fang Rui replied.
"This marching speed is still very reasonable.”Su Yi thought, but the speed of the army was too ridiculous. It was almost ten times faster than what Fang Rui had said.
"Fang Rui, how long do you think it took for the Divine Martial Army and the Vanguard Selection Army to meet up with us from Ling An Town?”
"One hour!" Fang Rui replied. He immediately realized that the 200-kilometer journey had been completed in an hour, and no one in the army had noticed this anomaly.
" Lord, this..." Fang Rui was shocked.
"This should be the reason why the Altar of Heroes descended.”Su Yi said.
If what he said was true, Su Yi wanted to plan properly and make use of this time to earn a lot.
Finally, it was noon.
The enemy camp was not on high alert. The sentries outside had been cleared five minutes ago.
The army was hidden in the weeds and bushes one or two miles away from the enemy camp. The enemies in the camp could not discover Su Yi's army in disguise.
"The Iron Eagle Guards will launch a surprise attack. The second and third guards will surround the enemy camp. Fang Rui commanded the assault team, while Fang Xu commanded the encirclement team.”Su Yi ordered Fang Rui.
"I accept your orders!" Fang Rui and Fang Xu agreed.
Ta la…Ta la…
The Iron Eagle Guard charged forward, and so did the twenty thousand infantry.
The Iron Eagle Guard had already entered the enemy camp before the enemy had time to set up their defenses.
The enemy camp was about 500 meters in length and width. The 10,000 cavalrymen charged forward while setting fire to the enemy camp. They completed the charge task assigned by Su Yi in 10 minutes and finally surrounded the enemy camp with Fang Xu.
Not a single enemy had escaped, and Su Yi was a little anxious.
After about ten minutes, Fang Rui rode his horse to find Su Yi.
"My liege, how refreshing. We wiped out 5,000 enemy soldiers in one charge, wounded no less than 2,000 enemy soldiers, and wiped out 2,000 enemy cavalrymen. We even burned most of their supplies.”Fang Rui said happily.
"Good job. This way, the pressure on us to surround the enemy will be much less.”Su Yi laughed, then turned serious again." Didn't I say to send a few out to report?”
"My lord, it's not that I don't want to let them out, but the enemy general ordered the soldiers to gather in his direction. No one ran out.”Fang Rui looked bitter.
"Surround them tightly and then launch a feint attack. Gradually shrink their defense line and force them to break out and ask for help. The Iron Eagle Guard was divided into two parts, one in the southeast and the other in the northwest, to prevent them from abandoning the wounded and breaking out of the encirclement.”Su Yi immediately ordered.
"Their cavalrymen have been destroyed, and the Iron Eagle Guards are a great threat to them. I think the enemy won't dare to break out of the encirclement together, but we should still be on guard against them!”Su Yi added.
"Yes, my lord. I will do it immediately!”Fang Rui immediately agreed.
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