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On May 12, Ouyang Shuo returned to Shanhai City. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Year Beast Xiaoqing and the Wolf God descendant Xiaobai were promoted to the Territory Guardian Beasts, so they were even more reluctant to leave the Spirit Beast Pavilion. After Ouyang Shuo went to see Erxiao, as well as Xue'er, who was also cultivating in the Spirit Beast Pavilion, he returned to Shanhai City.

What will be the future achievements of the three elementary schools, Ouyang Shuo can only wait and see.

As soon as he returned to Shanhai City, Ouyang Shuo summoned Du Ruhui, Zhao Kuo and Cobra. More than half a month has passed since the strategy of attacking Leizhou was formulated, and Ouyang Shuo wanted to know the latest progress.

Cobra was the first to report: "The area of Leizhou is equivalent to that of the Lianzhou Basin. There are 27 existing territories, including 22 second-class counties and 5 third-level counties, and there are no first-class counties. ”

Ouyang Shuo nodded when he heard this.

If Leizhou is taken and Qiongzhou Island is excluded, the area of the territory is equivalent to doubling.

More than half a year has passed since the end of the Battle of Changping.

Even if there were no new battles during the period, the titles of the lords were still steadily rising through the suppression of bandits, and basically reached the second rank and above.

Among the members of the Shanhai Alliance, the lowest rank is already a first-class earl.

From this, the titles of Dichen and others are not far from the third-class marquises.

Ouyang Shuo remembered that the trigger point of the fourth battle in his previous life was when the fifth county city was born. There are now three county towns in China, as long as two of Di Chen, Chun Shenjun, Wolf Warrior and others are promoted to marquis, triggering the fourth battle, it will be within reach.

The task of advancing to the county town is not too difficult for the major forces.

Cobra paused for a moment and continued: "The territories of Leizhou have basically reached the upper limit of population, that is to say, the garrison of the second-level county town has a total of about five thousand people in two brigades. The five third-level county towns have all formed urban guard divisions. The total strength of the entire Leizhou region is close to 180,000. If you add the sporadic city defense troops in the affiliated territories, it is conservatively estimated that it will break through the 200,000 mark at least. ”

An army of 200,000 people, if they are all gathered together, it is enough to destroy the entire Longxiang army.

Thankfully, the situation is not at worst.

The eldest brother-in-law, Song Wen, has already replied to Ouyang Shuo, and the Leizhou region has joined the territory of the [Shanhai League-Tianshuang Alliance], a total of eight, all of which are second-level counties.

For these territories, when the army gained an advantage, Ouyang Shuo believed that they would see the situation clearly.

The news fed back by the Black Snake is that the infiltration of the five territories has been completed.

In this way, if more than 30% of the opponent's power is disintegrated.

Even so, with only the Second Division and the Praetorian Guard Division of the Longxiang Legion, it would be difficult to successfully take Leizhou, not to mention, there could be no major casualties.

Ouyang Shuo is confident, with the blessing of the characteristics of the territory, coupled with elite equipment and strong generals, the army of Shanhai City is one as three, and it is not a big problem.

If you count Bai Qi's command, even in the face of four times the enemy army, the army of Shanhai City has enough confidence to face the battle. A little more is a very big test.

Considering that the battle of Leizhou must be based on attacking the city, it will be even more difficult. Therefore, it is conservatively estimated that at least one or two divisions of troops need to be invested in order to successfully take Leizhou.

Of the four divisions of the Longxiang Army, the first division had to cross the 100,000 mountains, and the third division had to garrison Mulan Fortress, and the only one that could be mobilized was the fourth division led by Mu Guiying.

If the Fourth Division is transferred, it will have to take certain risks.

Because once the Fourth Division is transferred, the Praetorian Guard Division will have to go out again, and the defense of the entire Shanhai City will be completely pressed on the City Guard Division, and there will be no reserve troops all the time, which is very dangerous.

Ouyang Shuo thought about it, but decided to leave the three thousand feather Lin Wei in Shanhai City. Although he didn't think that the Yanhuang League would choose to find fault at this time, he had to take precautions.

Prudence is always the best virtue of a lord.

At the same time, the 1st Division of the Longxiang Legion will also postpone the time to cross the 100,000 Great Mountain, and they will temporarily be stationed near the 100,000 Great Mountain bordering Tianfeng Mansion.

After the battle situation in Leizhou is basically stable, Shi Wansui will lead the first division of the Longxiang Legion to start their difficult expedition, preparing to deal a fatal blow to Chiyou City.

In this way, there are the City Guard Division and the Yulin Guard Formation in the city, and the first and third divisions of the Longxiang Legion and the Tiger Ben Legion stationed in Yashan City outside the city, so it should not be a big problem.

Even if the Yanhuang League came to attack, it would not be able to take Shanhai City.

The dispatch of the Fourth Division can only be evenly matched.

Ouyang Shuo's goal was to quickly sweep the entire Leizhou territory with the momentum of destroying the withering and decaying. Therefore, the best thing to do is to invest in another division.

Thinking of this, Ouyang Shuo raised his head, looked at Du Ruhui, and said: "Order the Tiger Ben Legion, order its first division to be ready to enter the Leizhou battlefield at any time, and the second division to strengthen its vigilance and respond to Shanhai City at any time." ”

"No!" Du Ruhui nodded in response.

"Leizhou is close to the sea, and there are still sailors in Baoqi, and in this battle of Leizhou, the first formation of the North Bay Fleet will also be put into the battlefield and be responsible for monitoring the sea area. When necessary, you can also follow the inland river and enter the territory of Leizhou. ”

Although the North Bay Fleet cannot attack the city, it is still good as a surprise force. It is considered a water division, and in the battle of Leizhou alone, Shanhai City invested nearly 70,000 troops, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is pouring out.

Shanhai City is destined to amaze the world again.

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After the military discussion ended, the war machine in Shanhai City began to run at high speed.

After leaving the station, the 2nd and 3rd Divisions of the Longxiang Regiment did not assemble at Shanhai City, but took disguised merchant ships in batches in the sections of the Youyi River and the Shuishui River, and rushed down the river to Beihai Port to assemble.

The Praetorian Guard Division, also taking advantage of the night, left the royal city and rushed to Beihai Port.

With the development of Beihai City, a civil port has already been built on the other side of the city. Therefore, as a military port, the North Sea Port cannot be approached by any merchant ship, and the secrecy is extremely strong.

The 1st Division of the Tiger Ben Regiment will take a warship in Nanshan Port and go directly to the Leizhou battlefield.

The warships prepared for the first formation of the Yashan Fleet have already departed from the North Sea Port. After the warship was slightly resupplied at Nanshan Port, it would transport the 1st Division of the Huben Regiment to Leizhou.

In this way, before all parties knew it, Shanhai City had already completed the mobilization and assembly of troops.

The fleet of sailors plays an important role in it.

The entire North Bay is the jurisdiction and territory of the Shanhai City Water Division, and it can be galloped freely.

The strategy of maritime hegemony led by Ouyang Shuo has finally begun to harvest the fruits.

Because the troops dispatched are too large, and the first formation of the North Gulf Fleet can only transport the strength of one division at a time. Therefore, it was necessary to lay an outpost in Leizhou.

Fortunately, between Leizhou and Lianzhou, the shortest voyage on the sea is only one day; Even the longest voyage is four or five days.

Although it is also close to the sea, Leizhou and Lianzhou Basin are very different. The Lianzhou Basin has only one estuary, and the length of the coastline is also limited.

Leizhou is different, it is like a carrot, and most of the borders are buried in the sea. In terms of topography, Leizhou is characterized by the topographical characteristics of "narrow from east to west, narrow from north to south".

In view of the characteristics of the terrain, Bai Qi's combat strategy was as follows: the troops were divided into three routes and coordinated with each other.

The Northern Route Army is the Fourth Division of the Longxiang Army led by Mu Guiying; The Middle Route Army is the Praetorian Guard Division led by Lin Yi and the center of the whole army. The Southern Route Army is the first division of the Huben Regiment led by Fan Lihua.

Finally, the Second Division of the Longxiang Legion led by Luo Shixin, and the only cavalry division, used its strong mobility as the general strategy of the whole army.

Bai Qi's arrangement was to take the lead in clearing more than half of the territory before the lords of the Leizhou region could react with lightning speed, so that they could not be united.

Otherwise, once the twenty-seven territories are linked to each other, it will be enough for a headache.

In order to prepare for the Battle of Leizhou, Ouyang Shuo had to break the rules he had set at the Shanhai Alliance and purchase a thousand trebuchets from Lingxi City at one time.

Mu Guiying's division and Fan Lihua's division were each equipped with 300 trebuchets; The Janissary Division was equipped with 400 trebuchets at a time.

Basically, Ouyang Shuo swept away all the output of Lingxi City for three or four months.

In addition to trebuchets, Ouyang Shuo also purchased hundreds of siege vehicles and 500 siege towers, plus thousands of ladders manufactured by the Shanhai City Military Factory, these siege equipment will completely change the trend of the Battle of Leizhou.

Just to purchase this batch of siege equipment, Ouyang Shuo spent more than 35,000 gold coins.

Regarding Ouyang Shuo's behavior, Violet, as a liaison officer for the coordination of the military industry, complained a lot.

Ouyang Shuo had no choice but to apologize to the members one by one.

For Shanhai City's one-time purchase of so many trebuchets, the allies were naturally very curious, but they all held back and did not ask. Even if it's a violet, it's just words.

For the understanding of his allies, Ouyang Shuo was naturally grateful. The battle of Leizhou was really a war that Shanhai City could not afford to lose, and Ouyang Shuo had to be extremely cautious.

In addition to purchasing siege equipment, Ouyang Shuo also purchased a large amount of grain and grass from major chambers of commerce.

When the army gains a firm foothold in Leizhou, the merchant ships of the major chambers of commerce will transport millions of units of grain and grass directly to the border of Leizhou.

It is equivalent to saying that the Chamber of Commerce helped the army of Shanhai City and solved half of the grain and grass transportation problem.

After the grain and grass are transported to Leizhou, the transportation of grain and grass in Leizhou must be taken care of by Shanhai City. To this end, the War Readiness Administration has requisitioned 50,000 conscripts in advance and is ready to go to the Leizhou territory at any time.

If it didn't coincide with the end of spring sowing, it would be enough to recruit such a large contingent of conscripts.

You must know that the construction projects in Lianzhou County have never stopped, and the demand for craftsmen and laborers at major construction sites is very terrifying.

Roughly calculated, the investment in logistics materials alone, Shanhai City cost more than 60,000 gold coins, and the 50,000 gold coins intercepted in Ouyang Shuo's storage bag were consumed.

And that's not even counting the cost of supplies produced by the territory's military workshops and military factories themselves. If added together, it is estimated that it will be even more terrifying, and it will easily break through the 100,000 gold coin mark.

Otherwise, the war is fought by economic strength.

After a big war, if the pre-set strategic goals cannot be achieved, it is enough to completely drag down the economy of a territory. (To be continued.) )