896 Battle at Jingzhou (1/2)
Chapter 896 – Battle at Jingzhou
Fei River west shore, Qin Army Camp.
Di Chen and the rest gathered together. Looking at the panicky camp, they felt a huge headache.
Sha Pojun grumbled, ”I just do not get it. How could Gaia allow such a bug weapon to exist?” Although he said that, there was unconcealable envy in his tone.
”That guy has the ability.” Xiong Ba could not stand Sha Pojun the most.
Wuqi and Di Chen stood together, ”This air siege is not a bad thing. At least, it reminded us to split the Qin Army Camp apart and mix it in with players.”
”General is right, we must do that.” Di Chen nodded.
A sudden air assault ended the second day of the Battle Map.
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Night, Qin Army Camp.
Fu Jian gathered the various generals for a meeting. Di Chen was also in attendance.
Looking out, half of the generals came from the Yanhuang Alliance. Since Wuqi was the chief commander, he sat at the first seat of the generals; it was a really eye-catching sight.
Although Murong Chui and Yao Chang sat in the front row, their expressions were really despondent. They did not understand how they suddenly lost power overnight.
After taking charge for a day, Wuqi had a basic understanding of the situation of the million Qin troops. As for how they should fight this war, as the chief commander, Wuqi needed to take out a feasible plan.
The huge problem in front of them was how to solve the grain issue.
Although the Yanhuang Alliance brought a large quantity of military grain pills, it could not sustain such astonishing usage. Based on such a speed, they would run out in five days.
No matter how much Fu Jian rushed the grain transport troops, they could not provide for 550 thousand troops.
Wuqi said, ”It's actually really simple.”
”General, what plan do you have?” Fu Jian's eyes lit up.
Wuqi said, ”Our troops are lined up on the west shore. Facing 50 thousand troops, it is a huge problem to hit Jiankang, but no one is stopping us from attacking Jingzhou.”
”So the general wants to split our troops into two?”
Fu Jian was obviously hesitating. He was planning to directly take down Jiankang and unify China.
Wuqi said, ”That's right. I suggest we leave 300 thousand troops at Fei River to continue the standstill with the enemy. The remaining 250 thousand will turn toward Yuzhou to obtain Jingzhou.”
Seeing Fu Jian hesitating, Wuqi continued, ”Splitting into two has two benefits. First, it can solve our grain problem. With our current logistics ability, 300 thousand is our max. The other group can walk through Yuzhou and take down Jingzhou to collect up all the grain and reduce our logistical burden.”
”Secondly, we can suppress East Jin. Although said to be hundred thousand, Jingzhou Governor's troops are not elites like the north house army. If we crush them, we can go down the Changjiang and take Jiankang.”
When Wuqi talked about the second benefit, Fu Jian was moved, ”Okay, let's follow that plan.”
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The next morning, 250 thousand Qin troops set off.
Adding in the 30 thousand that Fu Rong had sent before, the former Qin army had 280 thousand troops in the Jingzhou battle. If nothing went wrong, Huan Chong's forces in Jingzhou would fall.
The Qin army sent this time had 50 thousand Handan army troops as the core, and they were led by General Lianpo. There were also five territory armies following, and the remaining 100 thousand were Qin natives.
Strangely, in the Yanhuang Alliance camp, only Di Chen and Wandering Magic sent a number of forces. Logically speaking, Jingzhou would be a great opportunity to farm merit points.
Chun Shenjun and the others could actually bear not competing with Di Chen for food.
On the Fei River west coast, Fu Jian took charge himself. Fu Rong accompanied Wuqi to Shouyang to accept the remaining Qin troops there and contact the other groups of soldiers that were gathering up.
At the moment, 300 thousand Qin troops had gathered up in Shouyang, and they could help assist the main battlefield at any moment.
Hence, Fu Jian dared to take charge of the Fei River west coast like nothing was happening.
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The actions of the Qin army were quickly found out by East Jin.
When Xie Shi got the news, he was anxious and immediately held an emergency meeting. Ouyang Shuo brought Huo Qubing and Jia Xu and appeared in the meeting hall.
The atmosphere in the tent was really depressed and hard to breathe.
The 80 thousand Jin army would not be able to save Jingzhou, so the only saving grace was the player forces.
Looking at Xie Shi, who looked over, Ouyang Shuo said, ”Commander, the player army can send 100 thousand elite cavalry to help Huan Chong's forces.”
Moving 100 thousand was already the max that Ouyang Shuo and Jia Xu came up with after their discussion. With that, there would only be 300 thousand player troops and 80 thousand Jin troops.
The opposing former Qin camp had 250 thousand players and 350 thousand Qin troops.