Chapter 1443

First, let the Xiluo Nation and Beijia understand that Yuheng City on the opposite bank is no longer nostalgic. Future attacks by the Xiluo Nation will only be met with ruthless iron-blooded retaliation.

If it understands a little earlier, it can suffer a little less loss.

Of course, He Lingchuan felt that the Xiluo King and the Xiluo army had no choice.

Secondly, he also sent a clear signal to the opposite bank: I, He Lingchuan, am back!

He had served as the Grand Commander of Yuheng City for more than two years, not only dealing with Fu Shanyue, but he had also killed many Jin Xi Nation generals, especially in the Battle of Yuheng City, where a large number of Jin Xi troops suffered heavy casualties. After the incident, Panlongcheng negotiated with the Jin Xi Nation, making the other party feel miserable.

The name "He the Butcher" is not just called by the Longchuan water bandits, the Jin Xi Nation also talks about him with fear.

Now that He Lingchuan has returned to Yuheng City, it will itself exert huge pressure on the Jin Xi Nation.

Didn't you see that the Jin Xi Nation just stood by this time and refused to send troops no matter what? Due to Beijia's request, lending land to the Xiluo army was already the limit.

Facing the Beijia army lurking in the Jin Xi Nation, the Ximo Army also sent a tough signal: Panlongcheng is ready!

War is also an art of psychological deterrence. Facing the Ximo Army that is sharpening its weapons and waiting in full battle array, the Beijia army must also think twice before acting.

Sure enough, within five days after He Lingchuan's skull demonstration, the opposite bank did not send anyone to harass again.

The red falcon sent out by He Lingchuan flew close to the Xiluo camp to observe and found that the Xiluo army was even less active in training, their spirits were much worse, and there were even deserters appearing one after another.

The phenomenon of deserters will expand and spread if not resolutely curbed. Therefore, the supervisor sent by Beijia was not polite, and also raised his hand to cut off dozens of heads, and ordered five Xiluo squads to go down the river to attack and harass the water village in the hinterland of Longchuan.

After the Longchuan water bandits "disappeared," a large number of civilians moved into Longchuan to hoard land, and it had turned into a land of fish and rice. In the eyes of the Beijia supervisor, if they could take advantage of the end of summer to destroy it here, it could also boost their own morale. The Jin Xi Nation strongly opposed it because they suffered this loss last time.

How could the Beijia supervisor listen to them? Poor Xiluo army was unwilling, but the arm could not twist the thigh, so they could only organize an attack.

This is exactly what He Lingchuan wanted.

He was already tired of small skirmishes; what he wanted was a great victory with a head-on blow.

This battle lasted for a total of three hours, annihilating more than 900 enemies and killing two enemy generals.

Even the Beijia supervisor himself was shot through the throat by an arrow from a willow branch on the battlefield! Even the supervisor sent by Beijia died, and the Xiluo army was defeated like a mountain collapse.

This battle caused a sensation on both sides of the border.

Regarding He Lingchuan's approach, no one in Yuheng City had any controversy, but Xin Yi was very curious:

"General He also used thunderous means against the people from Beijia, so don't you have the slightest worry?"

Just as He Lingchuan expected, after arriving in Yuheng City, he did run between the city and outside, looking at the local customs, policies, and laws, and also looking at how the Ximo Army and the Tiger Wing Army dealt with the enemy's encirclement and interception, asking questions if he didn't understand.

This person has good affinity, and his attitude is active and proactive, and he soon became one with the soldiers of the Tiger Wing Army.

Sincerity is indeed the best killer move. He Lingchuan really couldn't feel a trace of malice from him. If it weren't for the doubts brought in from reality, he even felt that he and Xin Yi could be half a confidant.

Unfortunately, he firmly remembered the General Hong's pistol that appeared at the auction and was always wary of Xin Yi—

Of course, they still got along very harmoniously on the surface.

Facing Xin Yi's question, he smiled and said: "If I don't kill the supervisor, will Beijia let Yuheng City go later?"

"No, but aren't you afraid that it will be angry and use all kinds of cruel means against Yuheng City?"

Even if defeated, the outcome may be different.

Such extreme means as slaughtering the city, after all, rarely appear.

But Beijia has slaughtered the city. Just what He Lingchuan knows, it happened twice—the fall of the Yuan Nation and Panlongcheng in reality.

This is the "cruel means" Xin Yi mentioned.

"Once they attack, Beijia will have to take Yuheng City." He Lingchuan hid his smile. "From the time Fu Shanyue was defeated and fled Yuheng City, this has been a life-and-death war."

He knew very well the final outcome of Panlongcheng, and he knew very well that no matter what he did, Beijia would never let Yuheng City go.

"Actually, maybe we can stop war with war." He Lingchuan said lightly, "Let's wait and see."

The Xiluo under his command suffered such a big loss, how could the Beijia generals in the army be willing to give up? They tentatively attacked Yuheng City.

Fu Shanyue suffered a big loss here back then, and the news spread back to Lingxu City, causing a great sensation. After all, Fu Shanyue was a famous rising general of Beijia, but he actually planted in a small place that no one had heard of.

They learned their lesson and changed their tactics. However, Yuheng City's financial resources, defense, material reserves, and the quality of the army under He Lingchuan were all worlds apart from two years ago.

Most importantly, He Lingchuan's vision was broader than two years ago, and he often had strange ideas in troop movement.

After two battles, the Xiluo army didn't take any advantage, but suffered a large area of casualties.

Isn't war about you coming and me going? After Beijia finished its moves, it was He Lingchuan's turn.

Next, Yuheng City looked for trouble with the Jin Xi Nation, saying today that the Jin Xi Nation unreasonably detained Panlongcheng merchants, and tomorrow saying that the Jin Xi Nation persecuted the people of Yuheng City.

The Jin Xi Nation had bitterness but couldn't speak.

Beijia wanted to borrow its territory to station the Xiluo army, did it dare to say a word of "no"?

But the Yuheng City Army and He the Butcher on the opposite side were also extremely vicious!

Last time Fu Shanyue attacked Yuheng City, he didn't bring many Longchuan water bandits, but instead requisitioned a large number of Jin Xi troops. After Fu Shanyue was defeated and retreated, Panlongcheng gave Jin Xi Nation eye drops several times, and the other party's monarch personally wrote to Zhong Shenghuan to apologize and seek peace, and even took out a large sum of compensation to show sincerity.

Now, Yuheng City is very dissatisfied with it again, and wants to slap it as soon as it raises its hand. The Jin Xi Nation only felt that it was like a mouse in a bellows, suffering on both sides and offending neither.

What to do? Just as the Xiluo army came to urge for grain, the Jin Xi Nation spread its hands: No more.

The 20,000 Xiluo troops are all stationed on the border of the Maohe Plain. Regardless of their combat power, they have to face the problem of people eating and horses chewing every day. Not to mention anything else, the grain, grass, and weapons for these tens of thousands of people are a quite heavy expense. The Xiluo Nation itself is weak and unable to bear it at all, not to mention that the front line of the battle is still in the Jin Xi Nation, and the battle line is too long.

In reality, Zhao Pan led 30,000 troops to fight in the north of the Yuan Nation, begging for his grandfather and grandmother for the problem of the army's food, urging the Royal Court to transport grain every day. If it weren't for He Chunhua's real ability, the northern line operations would have long been unable to supply.

The distance of the Xiluo Nation army's cross-border operations is much longer than Zhao Pan's army, so naturally there will be more inconveniences and shortages.

A large part of the Xiluo army's supplies has to be supported by the Jin Xi Nation.

Now the Jin Xi Nation informed the Xiluo army on the grounds of heavy rain and food shortages this summer that it could only provide five days of grain and grass! What use is five days of grain and grass? Anyone can interpret Jin Xi's meaning as, you hurry up and retreat, don't fight on my territory, and I'll be the one beaten when the time comes! The Xiluo army, of course, wouldn't do it. Didn't we agree on this before? How dare Jin Xi turn against us halfway? Besides, are you blind? Can't you see whose thigh I'm hugging and who I'm fighting for?

I am conquering the west with human lives, so what if you provide some grain and grass? The two sides had a conflict, the rear of the Xiluo army was unstable, and they saw He Lingchuan's ferocity, the military heart began to dissipate, and several raids were repelled by the Ximo Army, and they could not be organized again later.

The Xiluo people were not very willing to conquer Panlongcheng in the first place, and it happened that the Beijia supervisor died, the supervisor was vacant, rumors were flying in the army, deserters and camp riots were common, and even Beijia generals could not control them.

On the tenth day after He Lingchuan led the Tiger Wing Army to Yuheng City, the border line between the Jin Xi Nation and Yuheng City ushered in a brief peace.

But both sides knew that this tranquility would not last long.

Xiluo's attack was just a farce, and the real good show would only open officially when Beijia made a move.

He Lingchuan knew this very well.

According to his personality, he would not be satisfied with just waiting, training, and collecting intelligence.

He specifically reorganized his elite Tiger Wing Army into small groups and sent them into the Jin Xi territory to harass and kill the Xiluo army in a Mobile Corps Commander manner.

On the opposite bank of the river, people were panicked.

Unknowingly, the situation of the two sides was reversed, and He Lingchuan became the one who took the initiative to attack.

There are two benefits to doing this:

First, the autumn wind has blown the fields of the Maohe Plain into a golden harvest. If our side doesn't scare and blind the enemy, the enemy army will definitely invade the plain and grab the grain.

The boundless plain is not easy to defend.

Now the Xiluo army has been beaten to a pulp, and they can't even grab the grain.

Secondly, after He Lingchuan communicated with Zhong Shenghuan, he decided to break Beijia's layout and detonate the pressure point here in advance.

Two days later, the Beijia army in the Xiluo territory began to mobilize and moved west into the Jin Xi Nation.

When Wen Daolun and He Lingchuan received this intelligence, their hearts tightened: "Finally here."

Although Panlongcheng was preparing for war, the negotiations with Beijia had never stopped, and Zhong Shenghuan had made many deceptive feints.

But the Beijia army still came toward the Maohe Plain.

This meant that Beijia judged that the flames of war on the northwest line of Panlongcheng were about to start and no longer intended to stand by.

He Lingchuan's relentless blow to the Xiluo army exposed Beijia's intentions in advance.

The clouds of war became thicker and thicker.

Under the command of Wen Daolun and He Lingchuan, Yuheng City was also rushing to harvest grain, hoarding materials, and building defensive fortifications.

Xin Yi asked He Lingchuan: "Will the battle on the northwest line start after the autumn harvest?"

He Lingchuan didn't answer directly, only returning four words: Wait and see.

The next day, Wen Daolun received another piece of intelligence from the opposite bank: The new supervisor of the Xiluo army had taken office, named Lu Wushuang, only in her twenties, a Qing Palace assistant.

The position of assistant is to assist the Palace Master in handling affairs, and her status in Lingxu City is already very high.

As soon as she came, she rectified military discipline, training the Xiluo people until they were miserable; as soon as she came, the Jin Xi Nation began to continuously provide grain to the Xiluo army.

He Lingchuan took it over and looked at it, and couldn't help but burst out a swear word.

"Damn!"

The real name of the Qingyang National Teacher—no, it should be changed to Qingyang Supervisor now—is Lu Wushuang!

It wouldn't be such a coincidence, would it?

(End of chapter)