Chapter 257 robbing military exploits
Under strong logistical pressure, Lan Yu, commander-in-chief of the conquest and suppression forces, began to advance to the northern part of Luoshan Province in early September, and was determined to annihilate the Nanchuan Army troops in the northern forest area in one fell swoop.
The dynasty army was mainly powered by the elite Central Army, assisting provincial garrison troops and aristocratic armed forces, and hundreds of thousands of people were overwhelmingly crushing the northern region like a torrent of steel.
Faced with the huge dynasty army, it was completely a fool to defeat them from the frontal battlefield, so the commander Lin Chuan formulated a series of combat arrangements.
Lin Chuan gathered three cavalry flag regiments under his command, and was commander of Wujing flag regiments. He jumped out of the encirclement, hid in the day and went out at night, and advanced to the near Austin area, ready to attack the logistics supply line of the Dynasty army at any time.
At the same time, Lin Chuan personally led the Mondo Corps, the Mingyang Corps and the Steel Feather Corps to relied on the vast forest areas in the northern part of the Luoshan Province to carry out guerrilla warfare.
The road leading to the northern region [31 Novel Network Fast Update] On the way, the well-equipped dynasty army was firm and full of strength. The huge marching team stirred up dust in the sky, like a giant dragon, and the queue stretched to the end of the sky.
"Where is the vanguard force?" Lan Yu, wearing a red cloak, strangled the horse and asked back.
The staff officer immediately stepped forward and said, "Two hours ago, the commander of the Haotian Legion sent a report back. The vanguard troops have arrived in Twilight City and are fighting fiercely with the rebels."
"The order is to speed up and make sure to arrive at Twilight before dark."
"No!" The messenger left.
Lan Yu looked at the army rolling north, and felt very proud and vigorous in his heart. Lan Yu was about to use this elite army to tell the rebels that the dynasty should not be provoked!
"Marson, the Third Palace is coming down." Just when Lan Yu was happy, Wu Changfeng, the chief of staff beside him, reminded.
Lan Yu turned his head and saw the third prince Long Rui, who was wearing a furious horse, running towards him surrounded by a large number of guards. He couldn't help but frown.
The third prince Long Rui wanted to occupy his daughter and was cleverly resolved by him. Then he wanted to interfere in military affairs and was repelled by Haotian with fierce means. Although Long Rui was appointed as the military supervisor, he had no real power in the army, and everything depends on Lan Yu's expression.
Soon, Long Rui arrived in front of Lan Yu surrounded by guards.
Lan Yu did not dismount because she was inconvenient to perform her rituals in war armor. Although Long Rui was secretly sulking, he was afraid of Lan Yu's power and pretended not to see it.
Long Rui's purpose of meeting Lan Yu was very simple, that is, after losing the battle for the military power of the First Legion, Long Rui turned his attention to a large number of garrison troops.
Since the Central Army is a solid piece and Long Rui cannot get in, he is ready to extend his hand to the provincial garrison force. He wants to personally command a provincial garrison force to fight.
Lan Yu naturally knew that Long Rui’s idea was nothing more than trying to make some military achievements and thus package himself as a brave and good-for-war prince.
The founding emperor of the Far Eastern Dynasty conquered the world on the back and made great achievements. The subsequent emperors would enter the army to train as adults, but this tradition was no longer continued a hundred years ago because the dynasty had not experienced large-scale wars for a hundred years.
Now that the war has been restarted, the prince Long Rui wants to continue the tradition of his ancestors and lead troops to fight in person to attract the attention of important officials, Lan Yu has no reason to refuse.
Now Long Rui serves as the military commander and has the ability to go straight to the sky. If he says bad things about Lan Yu in the report, Lan Yu will have no choice but to do anything. Therefore, Lan Yu does not want to break up with Long Rui, so he agreed.
In order to ensure Long Rui's safety, Lan Yu mobilized two provincial garrison flag regiments to Long Rui's command and added five thousand noble armed soldiers.
Long Rui, who wanted to reach military power from Lan Yu's hands, was like an excited child, excitedly leading the troops to fight against the rebels.
"It is difficult to become a great person without courage or strategy." This is Lan Yu's evaluation of Long Rui.
Chief of Staff Wu Changfeng nodded in agreement: "But he is the prince after all, so we still have to satisfy him if he has any requirements."
Lan Yu really wanted to kick Long Rui out of the army, but since Long Rui was the military commander sent by His Majesty the Emperor, it meant surveillance, because Lan Yu could not do anything, so he could only let Long Rui come.
Long Rui is very excited now. He has more than 25,000 soldiers under his command, and almost one corps has the strength of a corps. Although he is all in a miscellaneous army, it is enough for him to show off his power.
"Your Highness, as long as you command the troops to annihilate some rebels, His Majesty the Emperor will definitely be very happy at that time. This will be of great help to your future battle for the throne." The black-robed aide suggested.
"Sir, don't worry, it's your military achievements, I'm free to do it." Long Rui swore confidently.
Since Lin Chuan pursued guerrilla warfare, he did not care about the gains and losses of a city and a place. Faced with the powerful offensive of the dynasty army, they voluntarily gave up many towns in the northern region, including the important city of Twilight in the northern region.
Xilin Town, smoke filled the smoke, and the broken walls were still covered with blood. The corpses all over the ground showed that a fierce battle had just begun here. A flag battalion of the Central Army had just captured the place and they were cleaning the battlefield.
"Sir, there are troops coming to us!"
Suddenly the sentry issued an alarm.
The dynasty soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield reacted quickly. After all, they were all elite Central Army units. They quickly gathered together and prepared for combat based on the peripheral defense line.
"It seems to be our people." Soon they discovered that the coming was a friendly army and the troops carrying the imperial flag.
The flag battalion commander hurriedly went up to him: "The last general met with the third prince. We have just captured Xilin Town."
The Battalion Commander was very excited. After all, he met a prince just after breaking through a town. Maybe it was possible that the prince would be happy and rewarded him with tens of thousands of gold coins.
However, Long Rui's words made the Battalion Commander's heart suddenly feel cold.
"Hissergeant of the Banner, have you captured Xilin Town and reported the victory to the commander-in-chief?" Long Rui asked.
The Battalion Commander replied: "Report to Your Highness, we are cleaning the battlefield and we still have time to report it."
"That's good," Long Rui smiled on his face and turned to the clerk, "Report Marshal Lan to win the victory, and said that the prince personally fought, and led his troops to seize Xilin Town on September 3rd, killing 3,000 enemies."
"As for your order, Your Highness." The clerk behind him hurriedly wrote down.
The Battalion Commander of the Banner was anxious when he saw it. It was obvious that he was trying to seize the merits: "Your Highness, we have hundreds of brothers killed in Xilin Town..."
"Hmm? Do you have any objections?!"
Facing Long Rui's sharp eyes, the flag battalion commander was speechless, "No objection."
He was just a small flag battalion commander and had no ability to go against the prince at all. He could only pinch his nose and accept it when facing such a thing.
"Since you have no objection, let your people withdraw. Just leave the battlefield cleanup to us."
As he said that, Long Rui ordered the officers and soldiers of the provincial garrison troops to enter Xilin Town and take over Xilin Town. The Central Army soldiers who captured Xilin Town were driven out.
"What's this? The prince competes with us for military achievements!" Someone was indignant.
Those who were in the army were counting on this kind of military achievements, and hundreds of people were killed in battle, and now they were taken away in one sentence. They were very unhappy, but due to Long Rui's power, they could only swallow their anger.
"Our third prince is not simple. I didn't expect that he really has military talent. Did I misunderstand me?" Lan Yu felt a little unbelievable with a pile of good news in his hand.
For a week, Long Rui's troops were as powerful as a siege, attacking cities and camps, like dazzling new stars, shining brightly, comparing all the troops.
Although the chief of staff Wu Changfeng felt something was wrong, he could not speak nonsense: "Then are these war reports sent to Wang Jing?"
Chapter completed!