Infinite War Begins with Cao Thief

Concubine Yan was happy.

Jia Xu was happy.

Dong Fei was also happy.

Dong Fei is the intelligence chief who stayed in Haojing. Recently, he has given Jia Xu two pieces of detailed information about Xiang Yan's army, including its detailed marching route, army supply points, ship docking points, information on various generals, and army composition.

These two pieces of information were sent to Dayu's naval forces by someone from the north of the Yangtze River, and from someone from the direction of Xiang Yan's camp in the south of the Yangtze River. Neither of them was independently obtained by Dayu's own intelligence organization. In fact, Dayu's intelligence organization has just been launched in this world, and its role is almost negligible.

Shortly after receiving these two pieces of information, Zhou Tai and the Sharks also brought some supporting information that could verify the authenticity of the two pieces of information.

"This is really interesting. Does the Chu army really hope that Xiang Yan will fail? I don't have such a person in Dayu."

Dong Fei seemed to have something on his mind.

"If there is, I will clean up the house for my husband."

Yan Fei, the number one master in Haojing, is murderous.

Facing this combination of love-minded and yandere, Jia Xu couldn't help but roll his eyes. He was a little worried about Fazheng's safety. He was really afraid that if Fazheng gave away thousands of women again, Concubine Yan would be disgraced. I can't help but want to kill someone.

However, it seems that Fazheng can also copy Dianwei's skills.

Do you want to remind the concubines in the harem of this?

Anyway, Fazheng can't be killed, so he must be willing to die to calm down the princesses, right?

Jia Xu noted this down, but with no expression on his face, he changed the subject and said, "We have also received information that was suspected to be sent by Li Yuan before. It is obvious that the conflict between Chun Shenjun and Li Yuan, who are in power within the Chu State, The situation has reached a fever pitch, and neither of them wants to cross the river for fear of being framed by the other side. It seems that Li Yuan is the better one this time, so Chun Shenjun, who was ordered to cross the river, has no choice but to sell Xiang Yan!"

"As for the traitors on Xiang Yan's side, they are most likely the work of frustrated agents of war. There are too many agents of war and it is difficult to align their interests. If some people gain Xiang Yan's favor, others may become cannon fodder. , then those who become cannon fodder will naturally become traitors in order to fish in troubled waters."

Just based on the existing information, Jia Xu analyzed the situation of the three major generals of Chu State to a close conclusion.

"My husband has said that the Prime Minister takes care of military matters on his own, and I am only responsible for killing people."

Concubine Yan nodded towards Jia Xu.

Concubine Yan's self-knowledge greatly benefited Jia Xu.

Jia Xu likes Yu Xin, a queen who can control the situation but doesn't care about worldly matters. She also likes Concubine Yan, a noble concubine who loves Dong Huang's career and is willing to take action but listens to advice.

The former is the last trump card and may not be used in the final fight against Zulong; the latter is a tactical nuclear weapon that is not a big problem if it is exposed at this stage.

"Don't worry, Your Highness Dongjun, Xu Zi will make arrangements."

When Jia Xu responded, he deliberately did not say "Empress", which every concubine can be respectfully called, but instead said "His Royal Highness Dongjun", the exclusive title of Concubine Yan.

As expected, Concubine Yan's lips curled up, and she could hardly hide her smile.

Concubine Yan is easily satisfied, or in other words, her concerns are different from other women.

In her opinion, other women are just toys for her husband. Only she is his unique Dongjun and the most noble god under him!

"Then please leave it to the Prime Minister!"

Concubine Yan said as the spring breeze blew across her face.

So, on a calm night, Zhuge Liang, who was observing the stars at night, went to the altar to do this and borrowed the east wind.

Dong Huang's navy, who had long known the specific location of the main force of Xiang Yan's navy, took advantage of the situation to attack and released a large number of fire ships towards Xiang Yan's navy.

The fire ship rushed towards Xiang Yan's warship under the strong east wind.

Xiang Yan's navy was awakened by tens of thousands of fireships galloping in. However, because Xiang Yan happened to land secretly in the past few days and went to Pengli to reorganize his troops, the deputy general who stayed behind did not have enough prestige to control the troops. In addition, this was Unable to command in the dark, Xiang Yan's navy suddenly fell into chaos and collapsed.

That night, more than half of the ships of Xiang Yan's navy were burned, and about a third surrendered under the attack of Dayu's army, with only a few able to escape.

The image is no less miserable than Cao Cao after the Battle of Chibi.

After the great victory, the navy of Dayu Army went straight to Pengli Lake (equivalent to Poyang Lake) and appeared behind Xiang Yan's army.

Xiang Yanjun was shocked.

Only then did Xiang Yan realize that his navy was completely destroyed overnight.

What does the defeat of the navy mean?

Not only is Chun Shenjun's troops unable to get through, but it also means that Xiang Yan's army's food route is cut off!

At this time, there were not so many granaries in Jiangnan, and the cities near Pengli Lake did not have long-term food reserves to supply an army of 500,000.

Prior to this, Xiang Yan's army mainly relied on waterways to transport food and grass; and these feudal princes naturally ate in their own fiefdoms.

Now the problem is serious.

The hundreds of thousands of troops who were his proud capital before, suddenly turned into a rope that could kill him!

"Let the county soldiers return to their respective lords' fiefdoms, leaving only 50,000 people to transport grain and serve as logistics. I will personally lead the army to Jiuzi! Send an order to each lord, and each lord must report to Jiuzi within fifteen days. We are hereby transporting food and grass for 10,000 people for three months! Anyone who disobeys this order will be killed!"

Xiang Yan decisively issued military orders.

There is no word for "burning the boat" yet, but it has the same meaning.

Xiang Yan could not escape the blame for the defeat of the naval army. If Xiang Yan continued to flee without fighting during the land battle, then all the responsibility for the loss of the land south of the Yangtze River west of Pengli Lake in Chu State would be placed on his head.

It won't be just him who will die by then, his eldest son who just had dozens of concubines and his other sons will most likely suffer as well.

With no other choice, Xiang Yan decided to fight to the death.

First of all, he dismissed most of the county-level soldiers to save food. In this way, the food and grass that could have fed an army of 600,000 for ten days was enough for him for a month.

Next, he will lead his elite troops directly to Jiuzi for repairs, make final additions at Jiuzi, and then go straight to Jinling - he already knows that the main force of the Dayu Army is gathered there, and he also knows that the Dayu Army has no military formations .

How strong can an army without military formations be, no matter how strong it is?

You must know that among the 30,000 elite soldiers under his command, 10,000 are private soldiers of the Xiang family. They have practiced the art of military formation coordination since childhood, and now everyone is a part of the military formation.

The military formation of the Xiang clan is not simple.

The current main military formation of the Chu State mainly inherits the fragments of the military formations left by Wu Qi. However, the Xiang family has integrated the elements of the fragments of Sun Wu's military formations on the basis of the fragments, creating a "style" unique to the Xiang family. "Lin Huoshan" military formation is extremely adaptable and powerful.

In addition, the remaining 20,000 regular troops, each of 5,000 men, can also form a miniature military formation inherited from the Chu royal family.

With 30,000 strong soldiers and 80,000 elite troops, Xiang Yan was really fearless in land battles. Even the elites of Qin Dynasty dared to resist, let alone Dong Huang's army without military formations.

"However, does Dong Huang's army really have no military formation? Is the main force really in Jinling?"

Xiang Yan sighed slightly.

At this time, he could not guarantee the accuracy of the known information. It was just that a spy spread the news that about ten or two hundred thousand Yu troops had appeared near Jinling.

But now that the matter has come to this, Xiang Yan can only take a gamble.

If you really can't find the main force of Dayu's army, then take the opportunity to attack the city and regain the lost ground!

Xiang Yanjun's movements were closely monitored by the beasts tamed by Dong Huangjun.

However, it may be because of the participation of war agents. After the agents noticed that Hai Dongqing was always in the sky, they couldn't help but wonder whether Dong Huangjun had trained a flying eagle to monitor Xiang Yanjun.

Regarding the situation reported by the war agent, Xiang Yan was stunned at first, and then finally understood why the Yu army was finally able to find the weakness of the Chu army.

"I see!"

Xiang Yan raised his eyes to look at the sky, suddenly bent his bow and arrow, and shot an arrow through a sea turtle high in the sky.

"General's sharpshooting!"

The war agents and the generals under Xiang Yan applauded.

At the same time, Dong Huangjun's general Hua Xiong covered his eyes and cried out in pain: "My bird!"

It was his Hai Dongqing who was shot through by Xiang Yan.

It happened to be his turn to monitor Xiang Yanjun that day, but he didn't expect to encounter such a thing.

Hua Xiong was furious.

So, I got angry.

Hua Xiong, who is bound to be injured when he is in the vanguard, has learned well.

He is no longer the impulsive and irritable Hua Xiong. Now, even if he rushes into battle, he will let the five tigers of the Han family go first.

The Five Tigers of the Han family are the five Xiliang warriors who were sent to reunite with their families after the old man Zhao Yun was furious in the novel.

In the novel, military generals who are evaluated as "brave beyond all measure" usually do not end well.

However, other generals of Dong Huangjun liked Hua Xiong as the vanguard, because they found that as long as Hua Xiong was the vanguard and was injured, then they would definitely win a big victory.

This is a bloody lesson learned from twenty-three years of fighting in several worlds.

Of course, the blood is Hua Xiong’s blood.

Back to business.

On the other side, Xiang Yan, who shot Hua Xiong's bird, seemed to have done something insignificant and said casually: "If you find anything unusual again, call me immediately!"

Xiang Yan is a descendant of an orthodox military strategist. When he practices military formations, his strength will be greatly improved. Now he has already entered the second level of myth. With the addition of military formations, his strength is even stronger. His arrow shooting is only at level nine. The flying birds are just at your fingertips.

"General, what if Dong Huangjun can train other beasts?"

Gongye Defei couldn't help but pull Xiang Yan quietly.

Gongye Defei's temple has been upgraded to the second level, and many useful abilities have appeared. Naturally, he is more aware of the annoying mess of War Agent's abilities, especially some auxiliary abilities.

Gongye Defei himself also has a very annoying auxiliary ability, which is also his last trump card.

"Don't worry about him, just proceed as planned!"

Xiang Yan chose to ignore it.

Xiang Yan can naturally think of the problems that Gongye Defei can think of, but what can he do? You can't let people kill all the animals along the way, right?

Shooting birds is to boost morale. If you shoot a random wild beast, it will be a frightened bird. If you don't need to shoot it, your morale will collapse first.

In fact, for Xiang Yan, encountering this kind of situation is really nothing. Back then, the Yue Kingdom tamed animals, used poison, exorcised corpses... without any weird methods, the Chu Kingdom still wiped out the Yue Kingdom.

To defeat ten groups with one force, in front of the Chu State's military formation, all heresy is a tactic that cannot be put on the table.

Your poison, your beasts, and your corpses can't break the exorcism effect of our army's murderous aura. Even if there are some that can exorcise ghosts, the ghosts will be directly impacted and killed by the army's evil aura. Am I still afraid of a bird?

What's more, there are really no strange people in Chu State?

Furthermore, do you think "Fenglin Huoshan" just has a nice name?

[I hope you think of me as that good-for-nothing Jing Xing! 】

Xiang Yan even wished that Dayu's army despised him, and he didn't mind being surrounded by Dayu's army.

If he puts himself to death and survives, he will let the Yu army know how powerful he is!

Xiang Yanjun's response was quickly detected by Dayu Jun.

Seeing Xiang Yan, he almost immediately disbanded the army, leaving only elite soldiers and strong generals. Zhou Tai, the naval commander who was the first to get the information, couldn't help but praise Xiang Yan's decisiveness.

To Zhou Tai and others, people like Xiang Yan are considered figures in history books, and they always have a sense of familiarity and contempt.

Just like a time traveler always feels that he will be better than the ancients, Zhou Tai also feels that in terms of Xiang Yan's achievements in historical time and space, he can be better than him!

Especially after two months of swimming in the water and successive victories, which finally allowed him to break through to the first level of mythology, Zhou Tai was even more confident.

He even wanted to challenge Xiang Yan in a duel.

[The grandson hasn’t been born yet, so I’ll give grandpa a good beating first. Is that okay? 】

Zhou Tairu thought.

If possible, he also wanted to spank the underage Xiang Yu.

"I want to go ashore!"

Zhou Tai, who was full of confidence, said to Lu Su and Lu Xun.

"Does the governor want to pursue the Chu army's scattered troops, expand the results of the battle, and disrupt the morale of the main force of Xiang Yan's army?"

Seeing Zhou Tai's confident look, Lu Su, who was afraid that he would lose his mind and fight Xiang Yan, quickly patched him up.

"Ah? Yes, yes!"

Zhou Tai nodded repeatedly: "That's exactly what I meant!"

"The army can also send troops to Huishui (equivalent to Qingyi River in Anhui) to harass along the river."

Lu Xun also quickly patched Zhou Tai.

He emphasized the word "harassment", which was to remind Zhou Tai that except for water battles, it is best for our navy not to go on land. If we go to land, just harass, and not lead the navy to a decisive battle.

Zhou Tai nodded again and again: It's all Jiang Dongshui's fault for not being able to fight on land!

Of course, he himself is definitely not a Jiangdong naval general. As we all know, he followed Dong Huang all the way out of the Central Plains, but as one of Dong Huang's four major bodyguards, he is still very strong in land warfare! It can only be said that the naval force is too weak, which hinders his performance.

"Bo Yanke's commanding army went to Huishui, taking Han Powu with him and Shark half with him. I first went ashore to attack the Chu army's skirmishers to prevent the Chu army's Li Daitao from covering the main force from escaping in the chaos, and then went Meet Boyan."

Zhou Tai gave a reasonable reason.

After deciding on the plan, Zhou Tai took action immediately and launched an attack on places around Pengli Lake that could be reached by waterways.

The Chu army, which had been scattered, suffered more defeats than victory. Only Chen Wu, Xu Sheng, Song Lian and others under Zhou Tai were defeated in separate operations. Chen Wu was almost killed in battle. Thanks to the enemy's lack of elite troops, this Just have to take it off.

There are also fierce men under the command of the agent of war, and there are even veteran generals who are famous in history or famous in the world that Dong Huangjun does not know. Even Dong Huangjun cannot completely cut the melons and vegetables to achieve unparalleled power.

However, in general, the Yu army returned with a great victory, annihilating one hundred thousand enemies, and capturing and burning more than a dozen of the little feudal lord's lairs. The scene was still fair.

After that, Zhou Tai no longer wanted to fight, and asked Lu Su to lead some ships to continue to control the river and cut off Xiang Yan's army's logistics. He personally led the army to support Lu Xun and Han Shizhong's troops.

However, on the way, Zhou Tai received news that Dayu's army was defeated at Huishui.

The Dayu army took advantage of Xiang Yan's army to cross the waterway and launched an attack on the Chu army. General Hua Xiong's formation killed the Chu army's vanguard. Han Shizhong and Lu Xun directly blocked the water. This battle directly defeated the Chu army's 30,000 to 40,000 troops.

【Finally no need to get hurt! 】

Hua Xiong, who was overjoyed, personally led his army and rushed towards the last two thousand or so of the Chu army's troops crossing the river.

Then, something unscientific happened.

"Mountain! Mountain! Mountain!"

In the end, the two thousand or so people suddenly shouted in unison, and a calm and heavy momentum like a mountain rushed towards their faces.

Hua Xiong's troops felt as if they had hit a big mountain, their heads badly bruised and bleeding.

General Hua Xiong was shot through the abdomen by one of the leading generals in the enemy formation.

Han De simply rescued him in time, and the enemy troops remained calm and did not pursue him. Only then did Hua Xiong escape with his life.

Under normal circumstances, there are many tactics available to deal with a slow-moving army. However, the Chu army's performance has just begun.

"Wind! Wind! Wind!"

A new roar sounded.

A Chu army cavalry force of more than 2,000 people, under the personal leadership of the enemy general Xiang Yan, crossed the river directly and immediately launched an attack on the injured general Hua Xiong's troops.

Even Hua Xiong's eighth-level personal guards and trained troops were unable to resist. Everywhere Xiang Yan passed by, men and horses were shattered. Any ordinary soldier under Xiang Yan's command actually had the strength of ninth level!

The five tigers of the Han family were eager to save people. The father and son worked together to figure out the secret of a joint attack, but they were knocked down by a young general of Xiang Yanjun's gun. They didn't know whether they were alive or dead.

At the critical moment, Han Shizhong led his personal guards ashore, and Zhao Yun, who was in charge of the response, led his personal guards to fight out and rescued Hua Xiong and others.

The price was that Han Shizhong was injured by the Chu army, the Yu army was defeated, the space soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and all the generals and guards were basically killed and injured, and Zhao Yun at the rear was even ignored by Xiang Yan who was chasing Zheng Huan and was eager to expand the results. Give responsibility to the soldiers under his command.

Perhaps in Xiang Yan's view, a pawn of the first level of myth was not qualified to ask him to specifically stop.

Seeing that Pao Ze and the generals suffered heavy casualties, and that he was not only ignored but also forced into an absolute disadvantage by a group of small soldiers, Zhao Yun was furious.

Zhao Yun's various characteristics were fully activated, and he actually broke through to the second level of the myth. The spear shot out like a dragon, and the shadow of a white dragon appeared at the tip of Zhao Yun's spear. Each spear was able to take away one of Xiang Yan's soldiers, and Xiang The Yan army's attacks were either dodged by Zhao Yun or they made mistakes such as stumbling forward, but none of them were effective.

There was also Xiang Yanjun who fired a cold arrow at Zhao Yun, but accidentally shot his own robe.

It's a good thing that Zhao Yun is not a woman, otherwise the effect of fighting with Dong Huang's blood would be even more terrifying.

"Whose general is this? So brave?"

Xiang Yan, who was chasing Dayu's army to expand his victory, saw that his army was about to be broken through the key points by Zhao Yun on his own, so he could only turn around and chase Zhao Yun.

All formations must have a core, and the same is true for military formations. For example, in Zheng Qiang's military formation, the core is him, and the secondary core is the twelve peak ninth-level experts who can reach the first level of myth in the military formation. With their cooperation, the momentum of so many people in the military formation can be achieved. Can be put together and integrated into a whole.

The same is true for Xiang Yanjun.

However, Xiang Yanjun's training level was obviously much higher than Zheng Qiang's. If ten or eight nodes of the soldiers died, there would be personnel to replace them immediately. Even because many of the dead were members of the Xiang clan, brothers and relatives, all of these people After his death, the legion's momentum rose instead of falling, and they wanted to kill Zhao Yun for revenge.

Looking at Xiang Yan rushing over, Zhao Yun laughed loudly, then turned around and left.

He is brave, not stupid.

There are more mythical first-level warriors in the enemy's military formation than his generals and guards. In this case, it is necessary to challenge Xiang Yan, a strong man who has already entered the mythical second-level and has military formation bonuses and a bunch of subordinates. , isn’t that stupid!

Jia Xu, who used the ghost hidden under the corpse to see Zhao Yun escape from a distance, let out a long sigh of relief.

Originally, Jia Xu was prepared to use force once Zhao Yun was in crisis - long before this battle began, Jia Xu had hidden two strange creatures near the battlefield who had captured other war agents from Yingzhou. They added Xiang Yanjun happens to be a three-party force. Once he uses force, unless Xiang Yanjun finds these two guys and kills them, he will be trapped here!

"The military formation is very strong. Let Lu Boyan retreat."

Jia Xu, who had not suffered such a defeat in many years, seemed not to care about the defeat. He squinted his eyes like a Maitreya Buddha.

In fact, Jia Xu really didn't care much.

In this battle, he did not use natural troops at all. The main force was space troops, in order to have a more comprehensive understanding of Xiang Yan's army's formation.

As for tens of thousands of space soldiers being killed or injured in the process, he really didn't care.

As he has experienced more and more mission worlds, Jia Xu has confirmed that the space soldiers who are difficult to break through the limitations of their own ranks are actually the transitional cannon fodder provided by the infinite war space to the war agents. They are basically the elite arms of the world. In the next world, they will become ordinary soldiers or even cannon fodder. The replacement speed is too fast and there is no value in focusing on training.

What Space really wants to be cultivated by War Agents is the natural human military force.

In this world, chivalry is the norm, and the folk customs are more generous and heroic than in the Three Kingdoms era. If the operation is done well, the natural soldiers that can be obtained are probably more than those in the Three Kingdoms era, and the growth rate is definitely not bad!

In this case, it doesn't matter how great the loss of space soldiers is, since more space soldiers can be bought immediately.

Not counting the previous gains in Yingzhou and Dong Huang's land of Baiyue, the gains of the Great Yu navy since the Yu-Chu War alone were enough to purchase three times the number of space troops lost today.