Chapter 501: What is Yuwentao Waiting For, Active Attack

In the entire southern foothills area, there is Mo'ao Mountain in the northeast, the Xinghe in the south, and the Shuanglong Mountain cliff blocking the west, so the territory of the nine towns in the southern foothills is actually not large.

For example, the smallest Longgu Town has four jurisdictions in total, with a total area of over 7,000 square kilometers; while the largest Jin Shan Town has nine jurisdictions in total, with a total area of only 12,000 square kilometers, and the total area of other towns is about 10,000.

Of course, this was before the Does Does Da Xia moved east to replace Boshang.

Before the Does Does Da Xia moved east, its total territory area was already over 20,000 square kilometers. After moving east to take the north bank of the Xinghe, occupying Hong Sect, taking Boshang, and then swallowing the three towns of Muxin, Jiangxia, and Chuishan one after another, the overall territory area now, roughly estimated, is at least over 60,000 square kilometers.

With a small territory, there is no strategic depth to speak of.

10,000 square kilometers, in fact, calculated carefully, is probably an area of 100 kilometers in length and width. The actual map of the nine towns is certainly not so neat, but on this basis, the difference will not be too large.

Taking the largest Jin Shan Town as an example, its territory is generally horizontally long from east to west, and a large part is embedded in the inside of Mo'ao Mountain, so its east-west depth is the largest among the nine towns, but even the largest, it is only 180-odd kilometers.

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Does Does Da Xia Year 12, December 28th, first half of the night

Jin Shan Town, Xiyuan Camp, Main Building

"Reporting to the Grand Marshal, not only Xiyuan, but the three camps of Bingfeng, Hanzhao, and Qinggu are all empty. Jin Shan Town has withdrawn all personnel and materials from the four places to the pass. The pass camp is now gathering 30,000 troops and is building city defense works. Shangguan Ning should not retreat anymore. It looks like, as the Grand Marshal expected, our first round of confrontation with Jin Shan is at the pass camp!"

Yuwentao sat upright in the main seat. Hearing Hou Quan's report, he immediately turned his head to look at the map of the entire Jin Shan Town behind him, a smile appearing on his face.

Jin Shan's entire territory is narrow and long from east to west. The nine jurisdictions are roughly divided into eastern and western parts horizontally. The eastern part has four jurisdictions: Lin'ao, Qingcang, Mutai, and the Pass; the western part has five jurisdictions: Bingfeng, Hanzhao, Qinggu, Xiyuan, and Yinhe Valley.

Jin Shan Town city is located in the east, at the junction of Qingcang and the Pass camp.

"More than half of Jin Shan Town's territory extends into the inside of Mo'ao Mountain. The key to its territory extension is this pass camp. This pass is a small fault zone of Mo'ao Mountain. Although the total length is 11 kilometers, the width is only a little over 100 meters. It is very difficult for a large army to set up a formation here. Plus, it has been managed by Jin Shan Town for many years, and they have even built a city here. I estimate the difficulty of breaking through this place is higher than breaking through Jin Shan Town city!"

Hearing Yuwentao's words, Hou Quan's face did not show any surprise, only because after the right route army took the entire Yinhe Valley yesterday, Yuwentao took him and Director Yu Wen Yong to observe above the pass camp in person for the first time.

"The terrain is secondary. The key is that the east side of this pass is Jin Shan Town city. Once a battle starts, military supply replenishment and troop reinforcements are extremely convenient. As long as the people in Jin Shan Town are not stupid, they will withdraw all personnel from the four western camps to the pass. You will see!"

Recalling what Yuwentao said above the pass city yesterday, Hou Quan was full of admiration in his heart, and then bowed: "Since the Grand Marshal has already guessed that Jin Shan Town will deploy like this, the strategy to break the enemy must already be in your chest?"

A smile appeared on Yuwentao's face, and he shook his head: "Don't try to get information out of me. You will naturally know when you should know."

Hou Quan's heart moved upon hearing this, and a bright light flashed in his eyes.

Yesterday, when leaving Yinhe Valley, Yuwentao made the decision to divide the army into two routes. He guessed at the time that the commander must have some plan that he didn't tell them. Now it seems that it is indeed as expected.

Yuwentao naturally wouldn't care about Hou Quan's thoughts. He turned his head directly to look at Director Yu Wen Yong, the great general of the 2nd battalion of the Jin Yang coalition army below, and asked in a low voice: "Have the soldier food pills all been distributed?"

Director Yu Wen Yong stood up immediately and nodded in reply: "Reporting to the Grand Marshal, the Jin Yang City soldier food pill inventory is 4 million. Yesterday at the Yinhe Valley camp, Si Zheng Qiu sent another 6 million, totaling 10 million. Our Jin Yang has a total of 50,000 troops, and each person was distributed 200. They have already been told that they are for backup on their bodies and cannot be moved for the time being.

Currently, the military rations eaten by the soldiers are all Jin Yang's reserve beast meat. This expedition almost emptied the beast meat in the city, which should be enough for three months."

Yuwentao's expression vibrated slightly upon hearing this.

The soldier food pill is refined by the Craftsman Department imitating the Qing food pill of Dajue Temple. Its main ingredient is the flesh and blood of a kind of aquatic cold beast in the Qinghepu water area. As the name suggests, its greatest function is to replace beast meat to maintain the human body's needs. A tiny one can top a day's consumption.

In the eighth year of the Does Does Da Xia, the Craftsman Department developed the soldier food pill and immediately designated it as a war reserve material, and then refined and stored it in large quantities. As for its function, it can be seen from Mu Dong's naming of it.

"Jin Yang's reserve beast meat can be used for three months, plus 200 soldier food pills per person, my right route army of 50,000 troops, at least for nearly ten months, don't have to worry about food problems. I divided 10,000 troops to march into Wu Chuan East Valley yesterday, and Luo Yuan's central route army stationed 30,000 troops in Fushan. The three northern towns received the news and should all be misled, thinking we want to open up the military supply line. By the time they react, it will be too late..."

Yuwentao looked at the pass camp on the map, then his sight slowly moved to its east side, finally stopping at Jin Shan Town city, his gaze becoming colder.

"It has been resting for an hour, and it's about time. Notify the army to set off immediately and march toward the pass camp. The distance from here to the pass camp is about 60-odd kilometers, and we have to pass through Hanzhao and Qinggu on the way. I give you six hours."

Hou Quan's expression was stunned upon hearing this, and then he understood something. He immediately bowed and said in a deep voice: "This subordinate obeys!"

Hou Quan currently has three identities: Commander of the Does Does Da Xia Long Wu Army, Deputy Governor of the Jin Yang Coalition Army, and Great General of the 1st battalion of the Jin Yang Coalition Army.

Under normal circumstances, the one in charge of the Jin Yang coalition army is naturally the coalition governor Xiang Fuhai, but since Yuwentao came to Jin Yang to sit in command last year, Xiang Fuhai has already retreated to the second line.

The marshals of the Does Does Da Xia's four-route northern expedition army this time were all personally designated by Lady Li Ying Xuan Ling. Yuwentao, the marshal of the right-route army, naturally became the supreme commander of the 50,000 Jin Yang coalition troops.

After Hou Quan received the order, he exited the hall directly and then quickly notified the seven great generals including Director Yu Wen Yong.

"The army sets off!"

The 40,000 troops who had been resting in the Xiyuan camp for an hour immediately began to organize their troops and armor. In less than half an hour, they were all ready, and then under Yuwentao's order, they began to march slowly toward the east.

Looking at the empty Xiyuan camp below, Yuwentao shook his head slightly.

Like the Yinhe Valley area, when the army arrived at the Xiyuan camp in the first half of the night, the Jin Shan Town garrison had long since withdrawn. Not only the garrison, but the materials in the treasury were all moved away cleanly. The entire camp, except for sporadic civilians, had almost nothing.

"Avoiding battle, delaying, wanting to sit and wait for our military supplies to run out, naive. If there was no foolproof preparation, would we be so arrogant to start a war with you on four routes at the same time? These five northern towns are also too ridiculous. It's a pity that there are two major vassal states supporting them behind..."

Yuwentao shook his head constantly. Watching the army move forward slowly, he took the lead and flew to the front to scout the way first.

It is true that he is the commander, but he is also one of the few Xianyang-level experts in the army. To ensure the safety of the army, Xianyang-level experts must act as vanguard scouts. Even he, the commander, is no exception.

Of course, besides Yuwentao, the current Deputy Governor of the Jin Yang Coalition Army, Hou Quan, is also Xianyang-level and must also act as a vanguard scout.

However, Hou Quan is not in front of the army, but on the right flank of the army. He is suspended in the high sky on the right, looking at the marching speed of the army below, his eyes full of strange colors and speculation.

"60 kilometers, walking for 6 hours, is this waiting for something?"

The Does Does Da Xia's emphasis on marching speed began at the beginning of the army's establishment.

Taking the Long Wu Army as an example, at the beginning when everyone broke through to the Yuhan level, the marching speed could reach 50 kilometers per hour. After several years of training, it could reach 70 kilometers per hour at the highest.

Of course, that was at the scale of a thousand people. Two years ago, with the expansion and reform, the Long Wu Army was promoted to a level-8 legion and expanded to a scale of 5,000, so the marching speed slowed down. But after a little training, it could basically be maintained at about 50 kilometers.

It's different now. What is departing from Xiyuan is 40,000 coalition troops. The Long Wu Army is just one battalion of the coalition army. But even for 40,000 coalition troops, the marching speed per hour can reach about 30 kilometers. This is the data obtained when the coalition army was stationed in Jin Yang City before.

For a distance of only 60-odd kilometers, Yuwentao gave them six hours.

Jin Shan Town has already hoarded heavy troops at the pass camp, clearly wanting to defend there. There is no possibility of any sneak attack around, and Yuwentao has no need to give them such a long time at all.

So there is only one possibility, Yuwentao is doing it on purpose!

Deliberately letting them walk slowly, he is waiting for something...

Combined with the move of dividing the army yesterday, Hou Quan vaguely seemed to have grasped something, but due to the lack of information, he still couldn't figure it out.

"Although the Does Does Da Xia's power is strong, the Lady is too arrogant. Starting a war on four routes at the same time, if there is a problem on one route, it may cause chaos on the whole line..."

Hou Quan thought of the military order received in Jin Yang and suddenly let out a sigh. But the sigh hadn't ended yet, he seemed to suddenly realize something, his expression stiffened, and then his pupils were full of bright colors.

"So that's it... So that's it... I understand!"

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No one knows what Hou Quan understood.

However, Longgu Town Lord Long Mingyuan's mood at this moment is extremely happy.

"Yuan Cheng's rear army is watching Yang Qu, and Luo Yuan's central route army in Muxin Town has a total of 40,000 people. Currently, 30,000 are stationed in Fushan, and only 10,000 troops are stationed in Muxin Town city. So our Longgu is now the party with the least pressure among the five northern towns..."

Long Mingyuan stared at the map on the table, his pupils full of bright colors. ===== CHAPTER 502 =====