Chapter 388 Storm in Leizhou

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On May 12th, Ouyang Shuo returned to Shanhai City.

Xiaoqing, the Nian Beast, and Xiaobai, the descendant of the wolf god, were promoted to guardian beasts of the territory, and they were even more reluctant to leave the Spirit Beast Pavilion. After Ouyang Shuo went to see the second primary school and Xue'er who was also practicing in the Spirit Beast Pavilion, he returned to Shanhai City.

Ouyang Shuo can only wait and see what the three little future achievements will be.

As soon as he returned to Shanhai City, Ouyang Shuo summoned Du Ruhui, Zhao Kuo and Cobra. It has been more than half a month since the strategy of attacking Leizhou was formulated, Ouyang Shuo wanted to know the latest progress.

Cobra was the first to report: "The area of ​​the Leizhou region is equivalent to that of the Lianzhou Basin. There are 27 existing territories, including 22 second-level counties and five third-level counties, and there are no first-level counties."

Ouyang Shuo nodded upon hearing this.

If Leizhou is captured and Qiongzhou Island is excluded, the area of ​​the territory is equivalent to doubling.

More than half a year has passed since the end of the Battle of Changping.

Even if there were no new battles during the period, the titles of the lords were still rising steadily through bandit suppression and other means, basically reaching the second-class earl or above.

Among the members of the Shanhai League, the one with the lowest rank is already a first-class earl.

From this, it can be deduced that the titles of Dichen and others are not far away from the third-class Marquis.

Ouyang Shuo remembered that the trigger point of the fourth battle in the previous life was when the fifth county was born. There are currently three counties in China, and as long as two of Di Chen, Chun Shenjun, Zhan Lang and others are promoted to marquis, the fourth battle will be triggered within a short distance.

The task of promoting the county city is not too difficult for the major forces.

Cobra paused for a moment, then continued: "All the territories of Leizhou have basically reached the population limit, that is to say, the garrison in the two brigades of the second-level counties has a total of about 5,000 people. The five third-level counties have all formed city guards. Division. The total strength of the entire Leizhou area is close to 180,000. If we add the sporadic city defense troops in the subsidiary territories, it is conservatively estimated that it will break through at least 200,000."

The 200,000 troops, if all gathered together, would be enough to destroy the entire Dragon Army.

Fortunately, the situation is not yet at its worst.

Brother-in-law Song Wen has already written back to Ouyang Shuo, the Leizhou region has joined the [Shanhai League-Sky Frost League] territory, a total of eight, all second-level county towns.

For these territories, when the army gains an advantage, Ouyang Shuo believes that they will see the situation clearly.

The news reported by Black Snake is that the infiltration of five territories has been completed.

In this way, Wait Ruo disintegrated more than 30% of the opponent's strength.

Even so, it would be difficult to take Leizhou smoothly with the Second Division of the Longxiang Army and the Imperial Guard Division alone, not to mention that there would be no major casualties.

Ouyang Shuo was confident that with the blessing of the territory's characteristics, coupled with elite equipment, and a strong general, Shanhai City's army would outnumber three, so it would not be a big problem.

If you count Bai Qi's command, even if facing four times as many enemy troops, the Shanhai City army has enough confidence to fight. A little more is a very big test.

Considering that the battle of Leizhou must be based on the siege of the city, it is even more difficult. Therefore, it is conservatively estimated that at least one or two divisions will need to be invested in order to successfully take Leizhou.

Of the four divisions of the Longxiang Legion, the first division had to cross the Hundred Thousand Mountains, and the third division had to garrison the Mulan Fortress. The only one that could be mobilized was the fourth division led by Mu Guiying.

To transfer the Fourth Division, one must bear certain risks.

Because once the Fourth Division is transferred, the Imperial Guard Division will go out again, and the defense of the entire Shanhai City will be entirely on the City Guard Division. Without a reserve force, it is very dangerous.

After much deliberation, Ouyang Shuo decided to keep the three thousand feather guards in Shanhai City. Although he didn't think that the Yanhuang League would choose to find fault at this time, he still had to guard against it.

Prudence is always the best virtue in a lord.

At the same time, the first division of the Longxiang Legion will also postpone the time to cross the Shiwan Mountain. They will temporarily station near the Shiwan Mountain bordering Tianfeng Mansion.

After the battle situation in Leizhou is basically stable, Shi Wansui will lead the first division of the Longxiang Army to start their difficult expedition, preparing to deal a fatal blow to Chiyou City.

In this way, there are city guard divisions and Habayashi guards in the city, and outside the city there are the first and third divisions of the Longxiang Army and the Huben Army stationed in Yashan City. It should not be a big problem.

Even if the Yanhuang League invaded, they would not be able to take down Shanhai City.

The dispatch of the Fourth Division can only be evenly matched.

Ouyang Shuo's goal is to quickly sweep across the entire Leizhou territory with a force of destruction. Therefore, the best way is to invest in another division.

Thinking of this, Ouyang Shuo raised his head, looked at Du Ruhui, and said, "Order the Huben Legion to order its first division to be ready to enter the Leizhou battlefield at any time, and the second division to strengthen its guard and respond to Shanhai City at any time."

"No!" Du Ruhui nodded in response.

"Leizhou is close to the sea, and there are still sailors to protect it. In the battle of Leizhou, the first formation of the North Gulf Fleet will also be put on the battlefield to monitor the sea area. When necessary, they can also enter Leizhou along the inland river."

Although the Beihai Gulf Fleet can't attack the city, it is still good as a surprise army. Counting the navy, Shanhai City invested nearly 70,000 troops in the Leizhou battle alone, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they came out in full force.

Shanhai City is destined to amaze the world again.

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After the military discussion was over, Shanhai City's war machine began to run at high speed.

After the 2nd and 3rd divisions of the Longxiang Legion left the station, they did not gather at Shanhai City. Instead, they boarded camouflaged merchant ships in batches at the Friendship River and the swimming river section, went down the river, and rushed directly to Beihai Port assemble.

The Imperial Guard Division also took advantage of the night to leave Wangcheng and rush to Beihai Port.

With the development of Beihai City, a civilian port has already been built on the other side of the city. Therefore, as a military port, Beihai Port cannot be approached by any merchant ships, and its secrecy is extremely strong.

The first division of the Huben Legion will board a warship at Nanshan Port and head directly to the Leizhou battlefield.

The warships prepared for the first formation of the Yashan Fleet have already set off from Beihai Port. After the warship has resupplied a little at Nanshan Port, it will transport the First Division of the Huben Legion to Leizhou.

In this way, without the knowledge of all parties, Shanhai City has completed the mobilization and assembly of the army.

The naval fleet plays an important role in it.

The entire Beihai Bay is under the jurisdiction and territory of the Shanhai City Navy, and they can gallop freely.

The maritime hegemony strategy led by Ouyang Shuo has finally begun to harvest its fruits.

Because the troops dispatched are too large, and the first formation of the North Gulf Fleet can only transport the strength of one division at a time. Therefore, an outpost must be laid in Leizhou.

Fortunately, between Leizhou and Lianzhou, the shortest voyage on the sea is only one day; even the longest voyage is only four or five days.

Although they are also close to the sea, Leizhou and Lianzhou basins are very different. The Lianzhou Basin has only one estuary, and the length of the coastline is also limited.

Leizhou is different, it is like a carrot, more than half of its territory is buried in the sea. In terms of terrain, Leizhou is characterized by "narrow from east to west, narrow from north to south".

In view of the characteristics of the terrain, Bai Qi's combat strategy is: divide the troops into three groups and support each other.

The North Route Army is the fourth division of the Longxiang Army led by Mu Guiying; the Middle Route Army is the Imperial Guard Division led by Lin Yi, and it is also the center of the entire army. General Bai Qi will personally sit in the Imperial Guard Division and command from the center; The South Route Army is the first division of the Huben Army led by Fan Lihua.

Finally, the second division of the Longxiang Army led by Luo Shixin, and the only cavalry division, used its powerful mobility as the general support of the entire army.

The purpose of Bai Qi's arrangement is to sweep away more than half of the territory of Leizhou area before the lords of Leizhou area react, so that they cannot be integrated.

Otherwise, once the twenty-seven territories are linked with each other, it will be a headache.

In order to prepare for the battle of Leizhou, Ouyang Shuo had no choice but to break the rules he made at the Shanhai League meeting and purchase a thousand trebuchets from Lingxi City at one time.

The Mu Guiying Division and the Fanlihua Division were each equipped with 300 trebuchets; the Imperial Guard Division was equipped with 400 trebuchets at one time.

Basically, Ouyang Shuo wiped out all the output of Lingxi City for three or four months.

In addition to trebuchets, Ouyang Shuo also purchased hundreds of siege vehicles and 500 siege towers, plus thousands of ladders manufactured by the Shanhai City Military Factory. These siege equipment will completely change the course of the Battle of Leizhou. trend.

Ouyang Shuo spent more than 35,000 gold coins just to purchase this batch of siege equipment.

Regarding Ouyang Shuo's behavior, Zi Luolan, who was the military industry coordination and liaison officer, complained a lot.

Ouyang Shuo had no choice but to apologize to all members one by one.

All the allies were naturally very curious about Shanhai City purchasing so many trebuchets at one time, but they all held back and did not ask. Even Violet is just talking about it.

Ouyang Shuo was naturally grateful for his allies' understanding. The battle of Leizhou was really a battle that Shanhai City could not afford to lose, so Ouyang Shuo had to be extremely cautious.

In addition to purchasing siege equipment, Ouyang Shuo also purchased a large amount of grain from major chambers of commerce.

When the army has gained a firm foothold in Leizhou, the merchant ships of the major chambers of commerce will transport millions of units of grain and grass directly to the border of Leizhou.

It is equivalent to saying that the Chamber of Commerce helped the army of Shanhai City solve half of the grain transportation problem.

After the grain and grass are transported to Leizhou, Shanhai City will be responsible for the transportation of grain and grass in Leizhou. For this reason, the War Preparedness Administration has recruited 50,000 corvee workers in advance, ready to go to the border of Leizhou at any time.

If it didn't coincide with the end of the spring broadcast, it would be really embarrassing to recruit such a huge corvee team.

You must know that the construction projects in Lianzhou County have never stopped. The demand for craftsmen and labor in major construction sites is very terrifying.

Roughly calculated, Shanhai City cost more than 60,000 gold coins just for the investment in logistics materials, and the 50,000 gold coins that Ouyang Shuo kept in his storage bag were all consumed.

This is not counting the cost of materials produced by the territorial army workshop and the military factory itself. If they were added together, it would probably be even more terrifying, breaking through the 100,000 gold coin mark with ease.

How else to put it, the war is fought over economic power.

After a big battle, if the pre-set strategic goals cannot be achieved, it will be enough to completely drag down the economy of a territory.