Chapter 2717

The most terrifying thing is that they are not afraid to die together with the enemy at all.

Such a fearless army left the Bekka forces feeling constrained and under great psychological pressure when facing them.

He Lingchuan also adjusted his strategy in time. He knew that Huaiyuan Gao's tactic was to win by numbers, relying on Bekka's overall strength to push forward forcibly. Since our numbers were certainly inferior to Bekka's, He Lingchuan, besides regular resistance, additionally detached three armies, each led by himself and two other fierce generals, to maneuver back and forth among these six Bekka armies.

This is the contest of tactics, with both sides exchanging moves, killing to their heart's content.

In fact, Bekka also understood that in the face of absolute strength, all tricks are useless; to pacify the southern Panlong Wasteland, the best method is to reinforce troops, reinforce troops, and reinforce troops again, overwhelming by strength.

However, after the Bekka army reached Mount Dagang, its total number stopped at six hundred and eighty thousand, unable to grow further. It was not that Bekka did not want to continue sending troops, but that logistics encountered a major problem:

As the major granary and transfer station, the Maohe Plain recently suffered severe harassment by an unknown force, with supply convoys looted, granaries and warehouses burned. The heaviest losses occurred in four places: Bai Dan Town, Mao Ji Dam, and Luan River, where over 1.1 million dan of grain were burned to ashes, along with large quantities of meat, medicinal pills, arrows, talismans, and fire oil, all gone with the wind.

Bekka could not discern the enemy's details, only knowing that these must certainly be Panlong or Maohe people, so they gathered information while setting traps.

They did not know that the comer was the Red General.

The Maohe people originally sympathized with Panlong and deeply hated the Bekka people who came here to burn, kill, and plunder. The Red General could easily obtain information from them, and furthermore, she controlled the lives of more than ten Bekka official descendants, including Wang Lu Shi, which also became an important source of intelligence for her.

Thus, the Red General several times dismantled Bekka's traps, slaughtered people extensively, and then departed triumphantly.

In those several engagements at Bai Dan Town, the Bekka people deliberately concentrated large amounts of supplies there as bait to lure the enemy, then dispatched strong forces and heavy troops to garrison the area, even summoning three divine incarnations mid-way.

The result was still losing the lady and losing troops.

The avatars of the three divine incarnations were all slain, two immortals and demons one dead and one severely wounded, and the garrison troops fell for the enemy's tactic of feigning an attack to lure them away.

Overbearing, too overbearing.

To outsiders, the Red General's tactics seemed nothing special: strike the weakest point, burn military supplies, and then depart triumphantly.

But the problem is, no one on the scene can defeat her.

The Bekka people also set up several empty bait traps, pretending to concentrate supplies at a certain place to lure her into an ambush, but the Red General simply would not take the bait.

Without heavy bait, she would not come.

Although these battles occurred on the Maohe Plain, they directly alarmed Lingxu City.

In the Panlong army, is there such a formidable figure? Has Lingshan again sent a high person down the mountain to assist?

But although the people of Lingshan are profound in cultivation, they are not skilled in military strategy and tactics.

The Red General operated low-key on the Maohe Plain, her signature weapons and martial arts not displayed, nor did she ever reveal her true identity. The Bekka people thought she was still garrisoning Longtou Pass, so they temporarily did not connect the new enemy emerging on the Maohe Plain with the Red General.

After several failed captures, and with frontline supplies growing increasingly tight, the number of transport convoys heading to Baishawan visibly decreased to the naked eye. The Bekka people, helpless, had no choice but to split the whole into parts, adopting a method of multiple teams and small-scale transport. No matter how strong the opponent, they only had a few hunting armies; the Bekka divided the transport teams into forty or fifty groups—how many could the opponent intercept?

Adopting this compromise method truly humiliated the Bekka. When had the Bekka ever faced an unbeatable enemy?

However, the Red General was waiting precisely for this.

The enemy splitting the large transport force into small teams played right into her hands. The Maohe Plain has always had a tradition of resistance; after the Red General conquered the Maohe Plain, the locals still refused to submit, and Hu Ying took several years to win their hearts. Now the Bekka are vicious and cruel, and the Maohe people's will to resist is ten times stronger than before. The Red General thus expanded the rear harassment teams, growing the original three teams into twenty-two, basically composed of Maohe troops.

She only provided intelligence to the harassment teams, while interception was carried out by the harassment teams themselves. After Bekka's transport teams were split, their guarding strength also weakened, making them no longer an insurmountable target for ordinary harassment teams.

And do not forget, Bekka's logistics transport system on the Maohe Plain is filled with many Bekka official descendants who mix seniority and mix military merits, whose combat ability, adaptability, command methods, and even spiritual will are far inferior to those of ordinary officers. After being ambushed, they cannot withstand a few rounds before their legs tremble and they nearly want to flee first.

Therefore, after Bekka changed its strategy, it discovered that harassment teams on the Maohe Plain sprang up like bamboo shoots after rain, mysteriously increasing in number. The Red General hid among these harassment teams, making her actions even more concealed.

As for the back-and-forth harassment tactics, I will not elaborate further. Although the rear harassment teams on the Maohe Plain also suffer defeats and captures, the Red General's identity remained undisclosed until two months later.

According to the grand strategy set by General Hu Ying, the Red General operated on the Maohe Plain with flourishing success, exceeding Panlong's expectations. Supplies bound for Baishawan were intermittent, and those able to reach Mount Dagang and be delivered to the southern Wasteland front lines were even fewer.

Delays and shortfalls, reduced quality and quantity, became the Bekka army's inevitable logistics daily routine.

The soldiers under Huaiyuan Gao were greatly dissatisfied with logistics: they fought to the death on the front lines, while that whole bunch of stupid pigs on the Maohe Plain could not even handle such a simple task as transporting grain!

What sort of goods are the logistics officials on the Maohe Plain? They know it full well. Hence, the dissatisfaction in the army was deafening.

After hearing complaints repeatedly, Huaiyuan Gao also sought help from Lingxu City, but the situation did not receive substantive improvement.

Just the loss of over 1.1 million dan of grain at Bai Dan Town and similar places deprived the Bekka frontline army of nearly two months' rations. Bekka soldiers also tasted the pain of the Panlong army's insufficient food and lack of strength.

Also due to insufficient provisions, unable to satisfy more mouths, Bekka's plan to reinforce troops to the southern Wasteland could only be suspended.

General Hu Ying and the Red General, one blocking the enemy army on the front lines, the other desperately delaying the enemy in the rear, coordinated seamlessly, finally slowing the Bekka army's advance.

Note, even if Panlong exerted all its strength, it could only achieve delaying, not completely blocking Bekka's invasion.

No matter how formidable the Red General, she could not possibly block all military supplies heading to Mount Dagang.

And although the Bekka army's spiritual power is second only to the Panlong army, its overall strength remains the top tier in this world. If there were no Red General on the Maohe Plain cutting their logistics line, and Bekka were allowed to dispatch troops to the southern Wasteland at will, even with General Hu Ying garrisoning, Panlong would long have been unable to withstand it.