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When the game restarted, the Northern Expedition Alliance, which had been forced into a desperate situation, immediately launched into full force.

Soon, a series of actions of the Northern Expedition Alliance were reported one by one by Seraph scouts to Ning Yuan on the plains of eastern Henan.

When Ning Yuan learned that the Northern Expedition Alliance had assembled a large number of troops in Jingzhou and Yueyang, he guessed what the Northern Expedition Alliance wanted to do.

Facing the Northern Expedition Alliance who wanted to use the Colorful Bridge to reconnect the north and south sides of the Yangtze River, Ning Yuan did not order the naval fleet on the Yangtze River to intercept it, but directly ordered all fleets there to retreat to the waters of Jiujiang.

The naval fleet withdrew, and all the Condor troops located there also withdrew.

Soon, without any threat, the Northern Expedition Alliance successfully built two colorful bridges in Jingzhou and Yueyang.

After all three Colorful Bridges on the Yangtze River were put into use, the Colorful Bridge in Xiangyang City has also been erected and put into use.

After all the colorful bridges were put into use, the Northern Expedition Alliance, which had decided to make a desperate move, began to continuously transport troops and various strategic materials to the Nanyang Basin.

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While the Northern Expedition Alliance was actively preparing for war, the Condor Army located on the plains of eastern Henan still used the tactic of throwing ice balls from trebuchets and attacked the surrounded city unhurriedly.

At noon on January 25, 1934.

Kaifeng City, which had resisted tenaciously for a week, was finally completely buried by the ice hockey.

After repeatedly confirming that there were not many living people under the frozen layer in Kaifeng City, the Condor Army immediately pointed their troops towards Zhongmu County, the gateway to Zhengzhou.

At the same time as Kaifeng City, other county towns such as Tongxu, Taikang, and Dancheng were also frozen.

The Divine Eagle Army located in the middle of the Eastern Henan Plain is moving forward bit by bit, encroaching on every county town of the Northern Expedition Alliance in the middle of the Eastern Henan Plain. They are approaching Xuchang bit by bit with a clear goal.

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While the Condor Army pressed forward step by step, Li Yufeng, who personally took command, finally completed the assembly of the army.

On the afternoon of January 25, Li Yufeng led an army of 500,000 people and successfully passed through the passage between Fangcheng and Wuyang.

Appeared on the plains of eastern Henan.

After learning that the siege troops of the Condor Army had arrived outside Zhongmou County, Li Yufeng immediately sent someone to notify Lu Chenguang, who was still in Zhengzhou City, and asked him to lead the Tauren heavy infantry regiment in the city to break out in the direction of Xuchang.

At the same time, he also sent out all the demon players in the Northern Expedition Alliance, letting the demon players act as scouts to find the real main force of the Condor Army.

In Li Yufeng's view, neither the Wolf Cavalry Legion nor the siege troops attacking various cities were the real main force of the Condor Army's winter offensive.

Because with the true strength of the Condor Army, if they want to occupy the eastern Henan Plain, they will not give the Northern Expedition Alliance a chance to rescue them.

After the Condor Army sent out the Wolf Cavalry Legion to blockade and isolate the cities on the East Henan Plain, they could immediately send the army to occupy several transportation arteries between the East Henan Plain and the Nanyang Basin to block the reinforcements from the Northern Expedition Alliance. Nanyang Basin.

As a result, if reinforcements from the Northern Expedition Alliance want to enter the eastern Henan Plain, they must launch a strong attack on the Shenying Army that has occupied the transportation artery.

According to the current siege speed of the Condor Army, even if the reinforcements from the Northern Expedition Alliance can eventually invade the Eastern Henan Plain, I am afraid that by the time they enter, the entire Eastern Henan Plain will already be surnamed Condor.

The Condor Empire clearly has such strength, and this is not an unimaginable tactic.

But the Condor Army just pushed forward step by step there, without any intention of blocking the Nanyang Basin, so there must be some fraud involved.

Li Yufeng seriously suspected that the Shenying Army was planning to encircle the point for reinforcements, lure the elites of the Northern Expedition Alliance to come to the rescue, and then wipe out the main force of the Northern Expedition Alliance on the plains of eastern Henan in one fell swoop, once and for all.

It is impossible to achieve all this simply by relying on the Wolf Cavalry Legion and the Wild Boar Legion, so the real main force of the Condor Army must be hidden somewhere in the plains of eastern Henan.

Only if he successfully finds the traces of the true main force of the Condor Army and understands the composition of its forces, can he make a layout based on the specific situation, finally find the weaknesses of the Condor Army, and strive to repel it in one fell swoop.

That's right, what Li Yufeng wants in his heart is to defeat, not to defeat.

Although Li Yufeng was very confident in the Xuanjia Cavalry, Jingsai Army, Modao Army and Divine Arm Army under his command, in this cold winter, he had no confidence that he could stop the retreat of the Divine Eagle Army.

Whether in terms of mobility or adaptability to the environment, the armies he commanded were all inferior to the Condor Army, which was composed entirely of orc warriors.

If the Condor Army didn't want to fight, then he could only watch the Condor Army walk away without any temper.

No way, these are the advantages and disadvantages of different arms under specific circumstances.

If it were in other seasons, Li Yufeng might send cavalry to pursue the Condor Army when it retreats.

But in winter, he did not have the courage to let the cavalry go out alone.

Because whether they are knights or horses, even if they stand still, their consumption will be very high, let alone doing some strenuous exercise.

Therefore, Li Yufeng must allow them to maintain sufficient physical strength at all times in order to give the Condor Army a fatal blow when they make mistakes.

This time entering the plains of eastern Henan to fight, Li Yufeng initially set three strategic goals for himself.

The first strategic goal is to successfully reunite with the Tauren Heavy Infantry Corps led by Lu Chenguang.

The Tauren Heavy Infantry Legion plays a decisive role in his next strategic goals, so he must find ways to keep them.

The second strategic goal is to use Luohe and Xuchang as logistics bases, and then move the army all the way east, forcing the Shenying Army to take the initiative to engage in a decisive battle with them.

With the Minotaur heavy infantry at the front, Li Yufeng's Divine Arm Legion can play a huge role in positional warfare.

If the Divine Eagle Army sends out some lightly armored orc troops, then the Divine Arm Legion will teach them to be human again.

When the orcs of the Divine Eagle Army who took the initiative to attack were repelled by the Divine Arm Legion, Li Yufeng could also send two cavalry regiments to take the opportunity to cover up the attack.

As long as the two cavalry regiments don't rush forward, they will not encounter any danger.

Although this would make it difficult for them to achieve great results, they would add up to a small amount.

As long as they can take advantage every time, after accumulating, they can still cause considerable casualties to the Condor Army.

The third strategic goal is for the center army to advance steadily, with full firepower from the left and right wings.

After waiting for the subsequent player legions to enter the East Henan Plain, Li Yufeng will divide the arriving players into two legions.

These two player armies will launch a desperate attack on the Condor Army from the two wings of the central army.

As long as Li Yufeng's center army can always stabilize its position, he can accept the victory or defeat of the player armies on the left and right wings.

Because the player legions on the left and right wings are specifically designed to disgust Ningyuan, they no longer need any logistical supplies after entering the East Henan Plain.

At that time, players only need to carry enough dry food according to the distance from the Condor Army, and they can rush straight forward and die generously.

Since players can return with full health soon after dying in battle, after Li Yufeng sent players to carry out this suicidal charge tactic, the Northern Expedition Alliance would only lose some food and weapons.

This loss figure may seem huge, but for the Northern Expedition Alliance, which has deep pockets, they can still withstand it for a while.

As long as they can finally repel the Condor Army and regain the lost land, then this loss is nothing at all.

Because after they decided to fight the Condor Army to the death, they were already prepared to lose both sides.

It can be said that the ultimate goal of Li Yufeng's counterattack this time is to fight the Condor Army in a lose-lose situation.

No one in the Northern Expedition Alliance would be so naive as to think that they could defeat the strong with the weak and eventually severely defeat the Condor Army.

They clearly knew that there was a huge gap in strength between themselves and the Condor Army.

Therefore, almost no one of them expects a miracle to happen to them. They just want to use their real strength to hurt the Condor Army so that the Condor Army will not dare to attack them unscrupulously.

Because everyone knows very well that the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment.

If they really hope for a miracle to happen, they will lose miserably.

Although Li Yufeng was as famous as Jun Moxie who had defeated Ning Yuan many times, he also knew very well why Jun Moxie was able to defeat Ning Yuan easily those few times.

If Ning Yuan had not led some improvised rabble, but the elite troops of the Divine Eagle Empire who had experienced hundreds of battles, then maybe Jun Moxie would have been defeated.

Therefore, Jun Moxie's several defeats against Ning Yuan only have a certain reference value and cannot be used to judge Ning Yuan's strength in commanding troops.

This is the first time Li Yufeng has a head-to-head confrontation with Ning Yuan, and the advantages and disadvantages of the enemy and us are different, so he plans to adopt a stable strategy first, to remain unchanged in response to changes, forcing Ning Yuan to make the first move, and then he will move again. trick.

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Zhengzhou City.

After receiving Li Yufeng's order, Lu Chenguang left Zhengzhou City with the Minotaur Heavy Infantry Legion before dawn the next day.

During this retreat, Lu Chenguang did not take away all the troops in Zhengzhou City. Except for the Minotaur Heavy Infantry Corps, he kept all the other troops behind.

There was a large amount of food and supplies stored in Zhengzhou City. Lu Chenguang was reluctant to burn it, but he couldn't give it to the Eagle Army for free.

So he left other troops to guard Zhengzhou City. After the subsequent player legions arrive, Zhengzhou City can also be used as a logistics supply base for the player legions.

Li Yufeng did not raise any objections to Lu Chenguang's arrangement.

In Li Yufeng's view, it is of course best if Zhengzhou City can be defended. Even if it cannot be defended, it will not affect his strategic layout, because as long as the Minotaur Heavy Infantry Corps has nothing to do, it will be fine.

The news that Lu Chenguang and Shui Ruyan led the Minotaur Heavy Infantry Corps to leave Zhengzhou City soon reached the ears of Lang Wudi.

When Lang Wudi learned that the enemy was heading straight towards Xuchang, he immediately led a part of the wolf cavalry to follow them.

Although Wolf Invincible did not dare to order the wolf cavalry to attack the Minotaur Legion directly, their harassment made the entire Minotaur Legion extremely annoying.

The wolf cavalry legions of the Condor Empire are all equipped with hand crossbows specially made for werewolf warriors, giving them certain long-range attack capabilities.

The power of the hand crossbow certainly cannot pose much of a threat to the tauren heavy infantry, but whenever the wolf cavalry approaches and then makes a sneak attack with the hand crossbow, the tauren warriors have to raise their shields for defense.

Because the tauren warriors must protect their exposed body parts, otherwise if they are shot in the eye by a stray arrow, they will basically be half disabled.

And Wolf Invincible led the wolf cavalry to harass the Minotaur legion. He did not even think about seriously damaging it. He just wanted to slow down the progress of the Minotaur heavy infantry legion.

Being harassed continuously by the Wolf Cavalry Legion of the Condor Empire, one can imagine the speed of the Minotaur Heavy Infantry Legion.

The official road distance between Zhengzhou City and Xuchang is about one hundred kilometers.

For an army with outstanding endurance, more than one hundred kilometers only takes more than two days.

However, under the harassment of the Condor Empire wolf cavalry, Lu Chenguang and the others were forced to camp after walking less than thirty kilometers on the first day.

If the strength of the wolf cavalry during the day was just that, then at night, Lu Chenguang and the tauren warriors under his command finally saw the most terrifying side of the wolf cavalry.

As the sky turned completely dark, countless green eyes and wolf howls appeared around Lu Chenguang's camp.

The Wolf Cavalry Legion of the Condor Empire surrounded the Minotaur Legion's camp, constantly looking for flaws in the camp.

Looking at the countless pairs of penetrating green eyes outside the camp, Lu Chenguang and Shui Ruyan both thought that this was still the wolf cavalry regiment from the daytime. Little did they know that at this time, Wolf Wudi had already led the wolf cavalry from the daytime a few kilometers away. rest in the temporary camp.

This temporary camp was temporarily set up by a centaur army and some centaur civilians.

In this winter offensive launched by the Condor Empire, Ning Yuan not only recruited a large number of centaur warriors, but also recruited a lot of centaur civilians.

After fighting for so many years, it is certainly impossible for Ning Yuan not to know the importance of logistics.

He had already thought of the logistical difficulties before the Winter Offensive began.

If it was a normal confrontation between the two armies, then he could calmly arrange for the logistics department to provide supplies.

But if the Wolf Cavalry Corps is to fight deep behind enemy lines on a large scale, then their logistical supplies will be difficult.

Because werewolf warriors can rely on fighting to support war to obtain enough food, but fighting to support war is difficult for wargs who only eat meat to fill their stomachs.

The Condor Army has dispatched so many wolf cavalry this time. Hundreds of thousands of wargs consume a large amount of meat or animal contents every day. They cannot survive for more than a few days by relying on fighting to support fighting.

The actions of the Wolf Cavalry are to fight deep behind enemy lines. They have no fixed residence. They may go wherever the enemy is, so it is quite difficult to supply them.

After some careful thinking, Ning Yuan thought of the centaur clan.

The biggest feature of the centaur family is their mobility and the fact that they hardly require any logistical supplies in a short period of time.

Because every time they go on an expedition, they can carry a large amount of food with them. At most, they can often carry several months' worth of rations at a time.

This feature is very suitable for transporting logistics supplies to the Wolf Cavalry that follows the enemy everywhere.

Of course, the soldiers of the Centaur Legion still need to participate in the war, and it is impossible for Ning Yuan to let them specialize in logistics and transportation.

So Ning Yuan recruited a large number of centaur civilians to be responsible for delivering frozen meat to the wolf cavalry on the front line.

The logistics transport team of the Condor Empire puts all the meat for the Wolf Cavalry Army in one place, and then the Centaur Army protects the Centaur Transport Team to transport the frozen meat to the area where each Wolf Cavalry Army operates.

This is the biggest secret why the Condor Empire's Wolf Cavalry Corps can spread throughout the eastern Henan Plain. It is also a question that the senior officials of the Northern Expedition Alliance are puzzled by.