The mysterious world: Start working hard from the beggar camp!

Chapter 516: Cao Bianjiao's surprise, Duoduo's despair
Liaodong, Zhenjiang City.

"General Manager, I've finally got you here!"

"Hahaha……"

Cao Bianjiao stood outside the East City Gate, looking at the million-strong army that had just arrived ahead, smiling from ear to ear.

There was no way he wasn't happy.

Over the past year or so, he and the brothers You Shilu and You Shiwei were responsible for guarding the west bank of the Yalu River and did not have any combat missions.

For this warmongering maniac, it was just like being in prison, and every day felt like a year.

In the past year or so, he had been either training soldiers or going out of the city to hunt in the deep mountains and forests, obtaining large amounts of monster meat and solving the problem of training resources and welfare for the soldiers on the spot.

For other generals of the Fusion Army, this kind of leisurely life is nothing and extremely rare.

But for Cao Bianjiao, it was very frustrating.

He watched helplessly as the other side of the Yalu River, which was separated from Liaodong by a river, was the defense line of the Later Jin Tartars, but he could not take the initiative to attack without receiving orders from the military. How frustrating was that?
Now, after more than a year of preparation, the military has finally decided to cross the Yalu River and launch a general offensive against the remnants of the Later Jin Dynasty who occupied the Goguryeo Peninsula.

The arrival of General Hongmei, who is leading a million soldiers, means that the war will soon begin.

"Commander Cao, thank you for your hard work during this period."

Hongmei smiled at Cao Bianjiao who came to greet her and said, "Today is the last day of this month. According to the order of the commander-in-chief, the battle of crossing the river will start on time at dawn on the first day of tomorrow."

"In this general offensive against the remnants of the Later Jin Tartars, the military has decided that you will lead the Pixiu Corps and the Qingluan Corps as the vanguard. After crossing the Yalu River, you will break through the enemy's defenses as quickly as possible and head straight to Seoul. You will join up with the navy officers and soldiers led by the commander-in-chief, and then capture Seoul, the capital of Goguryeo where Huang Taiji is located, in one fell swoop."

She knew very well that Cao Bianjiao, who was already extremely powerful, after obtaining another innate life artifact, the Hell Demon Tower, carried with him nine level six peak ghost king clones. His combat power had surpassed Wan'er and was second only to the commander-in-chief Li Dingguo.

It is not an exaggeration to call Cao Bianjiao the second best master in the world today.

The leader of the Qingluan Corps is Liu Zhiqing, a rising star in the army.

Liu Zhiqing used to be Cao Bianjiao's deputy. If the two of them work together again, they will surely be able to exert their due fighting power.

It’s not that far from the Yalu River to Seoul.

With Cao Bianjiao and Liu Zhiqing's abilities, they should be able to complete the task of reuniting with the commander-in-chief Li Dingguo within less than ten days.

"General Manager, don't worry!"

Cao Bianjiao patted his chest and said, "The battle will begin tomorrow morning. It won't take ten days. I guarantee that I can break through the enemy's defenses and lead a million soldiers to the foot of Seoul to meet up with the commander-in-chief in time."

"Hum..."

He sneered and said, "This time I want to see where Huang Taiji can run to! I must kill him with my own hands!"

"It just so happens that Liu Zhiqing doesn't have a life-defining divine weapon to protect him. This time, I'll help him get one so that he, the new legion commander, won't fall behind others."

In the Fuxing Army, he has the best relationship with Liu Zhiqing and has long been thinking about getting some benefits for this younger brother.

It's only fitting that the two of them act together this time.

Among the known remnants of the Later Jin Dynasty, Huang Taiji and the brothers Dorgon and Dodo all possessed an innate and top-grade magical weapon.

As long as he kills one of them, he will be able to fulfill his promise to Liu Zhiqing, which is not a big deal.

"Brother Cao, thank you very much in advance."

Liu Zhiqing, the commander of the Qingluan Corps who came from the interior with Hongmei, expressed gratitude upon hearing this.

He knew his big brother Cao Bianjiao very well and admired his fighting ability very much.

To be honest, there is no practitioner who doesn't want to own a natal magical weapon.

Naturally, Liu Zhiqing was also looking forward to it.

Among the twelve commanders of the main army corps of the Renaissance Army today, more than half have broken through to the sixth level of cultivation.

As the strongest rising star of the Renaissance Army, Liu Zhiqing was naturally no exception. Half a year ago, he broke through to the initial stage of level six in one go.

If he could obtain a divine weapon of his own in this great war, with the help of the feedback from refining the artifact and recognizing its master, he would undoubtedly make another step forward, break through to the middle stage of level six, and become one of the most powerful few geniuses in the Renaissance Army.

After exchanging greetings for a while, everyone dispersed. While settling their soldiers, they also prepared for a new round of battle to begin early tomorrow morning.

In this round of offensive, the Fuxing Army attacked the remnants of the Later Jin Dynasty from both sea and land, with a total force of nearly four million.

It can be said that this was the war with the largest number of troops deployed since the founding of the Renaissance Army.

The soldiers have absolute confidence that they will achieve final victory.

The only worry is whether Huang Taiji will escape again?
It was precisely with this problem in mind that Li Dingguo ordered the million-strong army led by Cao Bianjiao and Liu Zhiqing to rush to Seoul as soon as possible to join him in order to block Huang Taiji's retreat and eliminate future troubles.

……

The next day, at ten in the morning, on the bank of the Yalu River east of Zhenjiang City, hundreds of treasure ships were neatly lined up at the large dock on the shore.

Three million soldiers from the six main combat corps have already boarded the ships.

Under the guidance of several level six spirit birds in the sky, treasure ships of all sizes left the dock in an orderly manner, then formed six columns on the river, and sailed rapidly towards the other side of the Yalu River in unison.

In order not to alert the defenders on the other side of the river, not even the sound of war drums was sounded for this raid, and the departure ceremony was simple and without any fanfare.

The purpose is self-evident: although the side has the advantage in all aspects, in order to ensure the success of the first surprise attack, it is necessary to not abide by martial ethics.

On the other side of the river is the Uiju City, which was built with great effort by successive generations of the Goguryeo Dynasty.

After this fortress border town was captured by Huang Taiji, a large amount of manpower and material resources were mobilized again to reinforce and renovate it.

According to the latest intelligence, the Tatars now responsible for guarding Yizhou City are none other than the two white flags of one million soldiers led by the brothers Dorgon and Dodo.

Since the two white flags of their brothers were the two flags that were best preserved after the Later Jin clan abandoned Liaodong and retreated to the Goguryeo Peninsula, and in view of the importance of Yizhou City, Huang Taiji decided to entrust the task of defense to the brothers Dorgon and Dodo.

Among the one million soldiers of the two white flags stationed in Yizhou City, only 600,000 were veterans of the Later Jin Tatars, and the remaining 400,000 were composed of wild Jurchen warriors who had been captured and annexed recently.

There is no way around this.

Even after retreating to the Goguryeo Peninsula, the organization of the two white flags was preserved most intact, but in the previous continuous pursuit battles by the Fuxing Army, the Tartar soldiers had lost more than half of their soldiers, leaving only 600,000 elite soldiers.

The Houjin clan, which had recently obtained a large number of wild Jurchen young warriors, would naturally replenish the flags to cope with the war needs of the powerful enemy, the Fuxing Army, to expand and reorganize the various corps. Not to mention that the number of soldiers in each flag of the Eight Banners must exceed the number of soldiers in each main battle corps of the Fuxing Army, but at least be equal to the opponent in order to compete head-on with the opponent in future wars.

Up to now, Huang Taiji has regarded the Fuxing Army as his biggest enemy, the kind with which he has no mutual understanding.

No matter what, he could not allow the number of soldiers in any of the Eight Banners to be inferior to that of the main combat corps of the Fuxing Army.

Otherwise, don't think about revenge, taking back Liaodong, and marching into the Central Plains in the future. It's better to go to bed early.

The first round of the genocide war launched by the Fuxing Army was to successively capture Yizhou and Tieshancheng on the other side of the Yalu River.

These two fortress towns are the two gates to the northwest of the Goguryeo Peninsula.

Once these two gates fall, the rest of Goguryeo territory will be undefended and the Restoration Army will be unstoppable.

Intelligence indicates that Tieshan City is now guarded by two blue flags led by Manggurtai and Amin.

However, among the million-strong army defending the city, there were less than 400,000 veterans from the two blue flags, and the remaining 600,000-odd Tartar warriors were composed of wild Jurchen warriors who had been recently captured and annexed.

Today, the total number of new and old soldiers of the remnants of the Later Jin Tartars is less than four million.

In order to be able to stop the imminent threat of the Fuxing Army, Huang Taiji put aside past grudges and ordered the first reinforcement of one million combat troops in the two white flags and two blue flags, which was already a remarkable move.

As for the garrison in Seoul, it was composed of one million soldiers from the two yellow flags.

The remaining newly formed two red flag soldiers, now only less than 600,000, are led by Yue Tuo and divided into troops to garrison towns in various parts of Goguryeo. They are responsible for encircling and suppressing the Goguryeo resistance forces and stabilizing the local area.

This is also the reason why Li Dingguo was sure and confident to lead the 600,000 naval officers and soldiers of the two fleets to land in Incheon and attack Seoul directly.

There are one million soldiers of the two yellow flags guarding Seoul, and less than 600,000 veterans. Led by himself and Wan'er, two of the strongest people in the world, even if they cannot take Seoul in one battle, it will not be a problem to trap this Tartar capital.

Once the million-strong vanguard army led by Cao Bianjiao arrived, Huang Taiji's death would undoubtedly be imminent.

At that time, our military strength and combat effectiveness far exceeded that of the Tatar defenders in Seoul. I don’t believe that Huang Taiji could escape again!

What's more, the Fuxing Army also has nearly ten level six spirit birds participating in the war, responsible for high-altitude monitoring and hunting down lone high-ranking Tartar generals, firmly locking onto Huang Taiji's movements.

In the morning light, hundreds of treasure ships loaded with soldiers of the Restoration Army rode the wind and waves, like arrows shot from a bow, shooting towards the opposite shore.

In this vast world, although the Yalu River is hundreds of miles wide, it was crossed by the fleet in less than an hour under the fast-moving treasure ship.

At this time, Duoduo, accompanied by several generals of the Plain White Banner, was inspecting the defense work of the fortresses along the river bank.

He originally didn't have such high enthusiasm, but in the past few days, his right eyelid often twitched inexplicably, and he felt a vague sense of inexplicable crisis.

Especially last night, he was restless and couldn't sleep. Feeling upset, he came early to inspect the defense of the riverside.

"That is……"

He had just finished inspecting a coastal fortress and walked out of the gate with several generals and a team of personal soldiers. Suddenly, he sensed something and looked up at the river ahead.

All I saw was a few small dots suddenly appearing in the distance on the river surface where white fog was rising, and then the target was rapidly growing larger.

In just a few blinks of an eye, the river ahead was already covered with densely packed boats!

"Enemy attack!"

"This is undoubtedly the treasure ship of the Restoration Army!"

"Damn it! They actually launched a war without declaring war again. Their fleet suddenly crossed the Yalu River and launched a surprise attack on us!"

"Quick! Gather the soldiers immediately and send someone to inform Brother Fourteen to form a battle formation to meet the enemy as soon as possible!"

Duoduo's powerful mind was so frightened after seeing clearly that these large numbers of treasure ships that suddenly appeared were flying the seven-clawed golden dragon flags unique to the Renaissance Army. He jumped up from the ground and gave orders to the generals on his left and right in a rage!

Almost at the same time, Cao Bianjiao, who discovered the target on the river bank, did not bother to activate the military formation on his flagship Dabao ship that was on high alert. He jumped from the ship alone, flew hundreds of feet into the air, summoned his own natal artifact, the Wuliang Tower, activated it to protect himself, and rushed towards the river bank!

"Is this Dodo?"

"Hahaha……"

"It's better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early! You bastard Dodo, I finally caught you this time!"

In the blink of an eye, Cao Bianjiao used all his strength to drive the Wuliang Tower to fly to the river bank. When he saw that the leader of the team of Tartar soldiers he had unexpectedly discovered was his old enemy Duoduo, he immediately laughed with joy.

"not good!"

"This is Cao Bian Jiao!"

"Moon Essence Wheel, out!"

When Duoduo realized that the aura of the person who came was far superior to his own, he took a closer look and found that it was Cao Bianjiao. He was immediately terrified and quickly summoned his own natal artifact, the Moon Essence Wheel, which was suspended above his head, and dropped a silver-white light curtain to protect himself.

Having fought against Cao Bianjiao more than once, he knew too well how powerful Cao Bianjiao's fighting ability was.

Moreover, he now sensed the other party's aura, which was much stronger than the last time they met.

If things go as expected, this guy Cao Bianjiao should have broken through to the late sixth level!

"Damn it! Am I too unlucky today?"

"I just wanted to go out of the city to inspect the defense line on a whim, but I ended up encountering Cao Bianjiao leading a large army to attack. How can I go to justice?"

It happened in a flash. In just a few breaths, Cao Bianjiao had already shot in front of Duoduo. Amidst the laughter, a pitch-black nine-story pagoda flashed out.

“Swoosh!”…

The pitch-black pagoda was seen spinning in the air, and black ghostly fog spread out. At the same time, nine pitch-black figures flashed out and landed on all sides of Duoduo and the others, surrounding them in an instant!

"This is……"

Duoduo was immediately shocked and quickly scanned the area with his mind. He was so frightened that he screamed again, "These are actually nine ghost kings with terrifying auras?"

"Look at the aura they emit, it's even stronger than Cao Bian Jiao?"

"Nine level six peak ghost kings! Isn't this too outrageous? How was Cao Bianjiao able to subdue and command them?"

In the blink of an eye, Duoduo found that he was tightly surrounded by the enemy. After checking the real situation of the enemy, he was terrified!
He never expected that he would be so unlucky and unlucky today!

The previous moment he was inspecting the river bank defense line with great confidence, and the next moment he was surrounded by powerful enemies and fell into a desperate situation with no way out!
(End of this chapter)