Chapter 1924: Attack Strategy

The man before him spoke: "Brother Wang, I'm still in the Yangshan Army; this is merely a phantom the Nine Nether Great Emperor conjured for me."

The Nine Nether Great Emperor had him persuade his elder brother to surrender, but would not let his true person return to the city. Immortals have no shortage of means; they can enable him to converse remotely with Brother Wang.

Without waiting for King Luodian to speak, he continued:

"You didn't forget to put on the moonstone treasure ring today, did you?"

The moment those words came out, King Luodian closed his eyes, his heart sinking to the bottom of a valley.

Today happened to be his late mother's birthday; every year on this day, he would put on the treasure ring his mother gave him, bathe, and offer incense.

These past two days the capital was besieged, he had no time to go through the full ritual, but the ring was indeed on his finger.

To be able to say this — it truly was his own younger brother.

"You're injured?"

Qu Ruhai's phantom shook its head: "Not serious."

King Luodian's brows knotted: "What does the Nine Nether Great Emperor want you to do?"

Actually, the moment his brother opened his mouth, he already knew.

Another peal of thunder rolled across the sky's edge; the dragon shadow in the clouds stretched its body, like a living creature.

Without waiting for Qu Ruhai to answer, King Luodian waved his hand: "Open the gates, let him in."

……

Not far off, the capital gates opened and closed again; He Lingchuan watched Qu Ruhai's phantom enter, then turned and returned to his tent.

Inside the main tent stood a sand table, planted with over a dozen small flags of various colors.

Moqi Liang, following behind him, knew that red flags represented territories taken, while green flags marked the Yangshan Army's positions.

Viewed like this, the red and green flags were actually scattered across every corner of the Shanjin Plain — except the east.

Several urgent reports lay on the table; He Lingchuan pulled one out, glanced at it twice, then casually picked up a small flag and planted it on the sand table.

Own territory +1.

Moqi Liang took one look and grinned: "Actually you should plant two flags — Shizhoutou and Liuping."

"Those two are close together; counting them as one area is enough." He Lingchuan had sent men over, and Yang Meng guarding those two places immediately threw open the city gates and led his troops out to welcome the Dragon God.

Extremely straightforward, no hesitation.

The Black Armor Army took both places without expending a single soldier.

Moqi Liang's gaze toward He Lingchuan was filled with reverence.

On the return from the sea to the North Port, the Black Armor Army following He Lingchuan had all guessed his intent to sweep across Shanjin. But no one could fathom where the Lord would fire the first shot.

The first shot is critical; fire it beautifully and resoundingly, and only then will a hundred respond to a single call.

The Black Armor Army on the ship had also debated heatedly at the time.

Wang Fubao believed it would certainly start from Julu Port.

Julu Port had long been mockingly called "Yangshan Port" by outsiders; aside from Ju City, this place was practically Yangshan's main base, with personnel and supplies exceptionally complete, and it guarded the most prosperous port in all of Shanjin, maintaining constant contact with the Yangshan Archipelago, making resupply convenient.

Moqi Feng, on the other hand, believed the Lord's uprising would begin from the Pimaoxiang Forest in the north, advancing southward.

Because their party had landed at the North Port, returning to Julu Port would require crossing the entire Shanjin Plain — a nonstop gallop of two to three months, too time-consuming and inviting unforeseen variables, not matching He Lingchuan's strategic requirement for a "quick war."

Not to mention their "baggage" was far too much and too heavy.

Unrealistic; better to just rise up locally in the north.

Everyone argued all the way; He Lingchuan paid them no heed.

Before the uprising, he only made secret preparations, never revealing his strategic guidelines to anyone — just like before the Great Havoc in Heaven back then.

When the great undertaking launched, even Moqi Feng, Moqi Liang, and the rest were dumbfounded, because He Lingchuan's final plan was neither advancing south from the northern landing point, nor setting out from Julu Port in the southwest to conquer Shanjin.

To him, both were too slow!

The Shanjin Plain is so vast; his war had to be efficient.

So the strategy he adopted was unprecedentedly bold: the "Black Armor Army" at seven locations rising simultaneously!

He Lingchuan personally led a force, attacking southward from the northern Pimaoxiang Forest;

Qiu Hu rose up from Julu Port in the southwest, advancing toward the east and northeast;

Not a single mistake, not a single word, not a single shot, not a single inner, not a single container, not a single look!

Su Yishui and Huang Zheming as main force, Yu Shiqí and Yu Xianzhang as deputy force, rose up from Buzhen in the midwest, joining with Yang Meng at Shizhoutou and continuing east.

These two routes were fully coordinated by Qiu Hu.

Boshi Li as main force, the Weng brothers as deputy force, rose up from Qiaoguo in the Zhongnan Force;

Tao Ran as main force, Du Xiaoyi as deputy force, set out from the Five Towns and Thirteen Villages in the south, seizing territory toward the center;

These two routes were chiefly coordinated by Boshi Li.

Lu Yaofei and Zhao Yibing as main force, Zhongli Zheng as deputy force, rose up from Xinuotan in the south;

Xiao Qi as main force, Xia Xun as deputy force, rose up from Longjue Lake in the southeast, which is already not far from Yaodi;

These two routes were chiefly coordinated by Zhongli Zheng.

Main and deputy forces cooperate with each other, serving as mutual reinforcements; each unit's commanding general may promote or dismiss officers at his own discretion.

Even after capturing each important garrison town, how each force should further divide or regroup was all pre-planned.

Among these seven armies, the northern line personally led by He Lingchuan had the strongest and most formidable strength, so its starting point didn't need to be too particular; Julu Port, as Yangshan's home base, was originally impregnable, so the key lay in the remaining five uprising locations!

They not only had to be easy to take, but also had to exert strong radiation influence on the surroundings, providing convenient mountain-and-sea routes for the later advance.

Remarkably, up to now, all five of these armies have won their first battles, achieving success in a single stroke.

After the opening salvo, the subsequent battles on each line brought frequent reports of victory, proceeding exceptionally smoothly.

Look at the routes — truly sweeping forward like splitting bamboo, unimaginably smooth.

Moqi Liang simply admired the Lord; the Shanjin Plain is so large, potential sites are as numerous as stars — how did he settle on these five as the launch points?

Especially since the Great Emperor of the Nine Abysses assigned Doctor Li to attack and occupy Qiao State, even if it is weak, it is still a country, and its defensive capabilities and personnel organization are better than those of ordinary towns and villages. Why would the Great Emperor of the Nine Abysses abandon the countryside and choose it first?

He naturally did not know that, in the eyes of the Great Emperor of the Nine Abysses, this sand table was like the Milky Way, with points of starlight.

In the eastern and western parts of Shanjin, the starlight was sparse, with only a few places;

but in other regions of the Shanjin Plains, especially the southwest and south-central areas, the stars sparkled and their light gathered; and in places like Shizou Tou, Liu Ping, and Ju City, including the starting points of these five great armies, the starlight simply converged into a sea of light, brilliant and dazzling.

These starlights manifested on the sand table are vows!

The Resonant Dragon Battle Armor, born from the Luo Sheng Armor, retained the ability to manifest vows.

Where vows are abundant, where they are scarce, the owner of the Resonant Dragon Battle Armor knows clearly. The richer the vows, the more the people of that place are close to and long for the Dragon God and the Great Emperor of the Nine Abysses; when the Black Armor Army rises in these places, the resistance they encounter is naturally the smallest.

Conversely, it indicates that the place has less acceptance and trust in the Great Emperor of the Nine Abysses, making it a harder bone to crack, such as Yao State and Luo Dian.