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

Chapter 528: Unexpectedly blocked at the city gate, Chongzhen adjusts his tactics
"Boom..."

The direction chosen by Emperor Chongzhen was the North City. He manipulated his own divine weapon, the Witch Temple, with his spiritual power, and transformed it into a size of several hundred feet, which slammed down towards the light shield formed by the city defense formation.

"what?"

"This city defense formation is much stronger than the last time!"

Looking at the formation shield that only caused a ripple under the bombardment of the Witch Temple, Chongzhen's face changed.

Although he has only recently become one of the most powerful people in the world, he is not a novice in cultivation.

Having read countless precious books in the imperial city, he was clear about these mysteries.

A city defense formation without the support of the dynasty's luck is, under normal circumstances, far inferior to a formation with luck.

But that doesn’t mean all formations are like this.

With the profound heritage of those Jiangnan aristocratic families, they are sure to have some ancient inherited formations.

As long as they are willing to spend a huge amount of manpower, material resources and natural treasures, they can devote all their efforts to creating an extremely powerful protective formation.

A few months ago, he and the Yongwei Camp army came to attack Changzhou City. The city defense formation he had seen was no less powerful than the former imperial court's destiny formation.

Now Chongzhen took action personally and verified that the strength of the enemy's protective formation was far greater than the last time.

"Good good..."

Chongzhen was so angry that he laughed, "These traitors are determined to disobey the court and want to defend Changzhou City to the death!"

"I want to see how long your turtle shell can hold off the onslaught of the million-strong army of the Brave Guard Battalion!"

"The imperial court is determined to take over this Changzhou city!"

Due to the restrictions of the rules of this mysterious world, Chongzhen, whose own cultivation had long been unable to improve, has recently taken time out to study various military-related knowledge in addition to dealing with state affairs of all sizes.

As a peak level six warrior, after his mental power increased dramatically, he naturally possessed a strong learning ability and a photographic memory. The effect of his hard work in studying was extraordinary.

At this time, Chongzhen was not only one of the top powerful people in the world, but also a barely qualified commander.

Of course, he was very clear about the importance of Changzhou Prefecture.

In order to defeat the resistance of the aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River and to ensure the safety of the army's retreat southward, this important town located at the throat of Yingtian Prefecture must be captured.

If we choose to bypass Changzhou City and head straight for the heart of Jiangnan, this fortress city where the enemy is heavily armed will become a huge loophole in our plan to move south.

The enemy can either attack the imperial army's retreat or go north to attack Nanjing City.

In this case, any consequence would be something the imperial army could not bear.

"Cao Huachun!"

Chongzhen sent a voice message to Cao Huachun, who was hiding his cultivation aura not far away, saying, "These traitors have put a lot of effort into upgrading the city defense formation. It will be difficult for us to break through in the short term."

"Go and inform the Jinyiwei and Dongchang Qi Refining Realm Assault Team to hide in the army for the time being, and launch a surprise attack when the enemy's city defense formation is broken."

"Given the strength of this city defense formation, it is estimated that it can at least hold off our army's full-scale attack for several days."

You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. As a qualified military commander, he certainly knows that in such a situation, he must win by playing steady games and not act rashly.

"According to the order!"

Cao Huachun received the order and immediately left to convey the emperor's latest order.

"Rumble..."

"kill……"

Facing the incessant psychic artillery fire from the city walls, the Million Brave Guards Battalion divided its soldiers into two groups and launched a continuous concentrated fire attack that lasted about half an hour. Zhou Yuji and his wife, who were in charge of commanding the siege, realized that the soldiers' blood and mental strength had been consumed by more than half, and ordered a retreat and recuperation.

After the millions of soldiers retreated beyond the effective range of the enemy's psychic artillery, the Emperor Chongzhen arranged for the soldiers to be on guard and take turns to rest. He then asked someone to call Zhou Yuji and his wife.

"His Majesty!"

Zhou Yuji, who had just arrived, said to Chongzhen with a serious face, "After the enemy troops defending the city strengthened their defense formation, it is impossible for us to win quickly with our current strength."

"If the two armies fight here for too long, it is very likely that something bad will happen to us."

"Given the strong foundation of the Jiangnan family alliance, it is impossible for them to lack money, food and supplies, let alone magic cores, soul beads and other energy crystals consumed by the city defense formation."

"They have been operating along the southeastern coast of the Ming Dynasty for a long time. I don't know how many transactions they have secretly conducted with the white barbarians overseas, and how many magic cores of various levels they have obtained."

"What worries me most is that if our southward attack plan fails to create a quick victory in the early stages, they will be forced into a corner and will definitely raise a large number of reinforcements, money and food supplies to continuously support the front line."

"That would undoubtedly lead to a long war of attrition, which would be exactly what the other side wants."

"For example, the energy source of the city defense formation in front of us, Changzhou City, comes from spiritual crystals such as soul beads and magic cores. As long as there are a large number of spiritual crystals in reserve, it will be difficult for our million-strong army to forcibly break through it."

"If the enemy's large number of reinforcements and supplies arrive before the city falls, not only will we be unable to capture the city, but we will also most likely be counterattacked by the enemy with a greatly increased force."

Zhou Yuji was undoubtedly one of the top commanders of the Ming Dynasty. He directly pointed out the difficulties encountered by his side, which made Chongzhen's face change.

"That's a big problem."

Chongzhen frowned and said, "Lord Zhou, how do you think we can solve this problem?"

After all, he had only been involved in military command and experienced wars for a short time, and was far from being comparable to military geniuses like Zhou Yuji, so it was inevitable that there would be some mistakes and omissions.

"Your Majesty, I dare to conclude that the enemies in the city have already asked for help, and a large number of reinforcements will definitely arrive!"

Zhou Yuji said calmly, "Although we misjudged the strength of the enemy's city defense formation this time, we were unable to lead the millions of soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion to capture Changzhou City in one fell swoop."

"But as far as I know, the million-strong army led by Governor Sun Chuanting has already captured Shuiyang City in Ningguo Prefecture."

"Ningguo Mansion is near Changzhou Prefecture. Your Majesty can immediately issue an order and use the royal level 5 spirit bird to send an emergency message, ordering Sun Chuanting to lead a million troops to Changzhou Prefecture!"

"As long as Grand Commander Sun Chuanting can reach Changzhou City and join our Brave Guards before the enemy's reinforcements arrive, this mere Changzhou City will not be able to withstand the combined attack of our two armies and will be successfully defeated!"

Zhou Yuji admired Sun Chuanting, who had just risen to prominence.

So far, he has only suffered losses at the hands of Li Dingguo and the Fuxing Army, and has never been defeated by other enemies. He is an absolute military genius.

The combat effectiveness of the million-strong army under his command was no less than that of the Yongwei Battalion.

No matter how powerful the city defense formation of Changzhou Prefecture was, it was impossible to withstand the joint attack of the two legions.

As long as they can capture Changzhou City, where the enemy is heavily armed, and destroy the one or two million enemy troops in the city, and severely damage the Southern Family Alliance, it can be said that victory in this battle to the south is already in their grasp.

Although the aristocratic family coalition forces gathered in Changzhou City only numbered one or two million, most of them were their elite. Once they were annihilated by the imperial court, it would be enough to cause a huge collapse for the aristocratic family alliance, which was originally a loose alliance with its own little calculations.

"Pull out the Sun Chuanting Corps, the central army responsible for the southward offensive, to support us?"

"This……"

As Zhou Yuji finished speaking, a hint of hesitation flashed across Chongzhen's face.

It's not that he didn't understand the reason, but if he did this, this round of southward movement would have just begun and the original plan of the court to have three armies advance simultaneously would have been overturned.

This is tantamount to overturning part of the original plan and starting over, which is a big test for the court's logistics department.

You should know that this new round of plans was a plan to unify the south of the Yangtze River, which took the court a long time to discuss. There were five legions of one million people in total, and the various tasks involved were very complicated.

Especially for the logistics department that had already made the original plan, it was a big test to overturn part of such a huge plan and start over.

Although the current Southern Ming court no longer has the original bloated bureaucratic structure, it is trying its best to imitate the Fuxing Army and then reorganize it.

But they are far inferior to the Fusion Army in all aspects, especially the logistics department, which cannot compare with the formalized routines that the Fusion Army has already formed.

The number of treasure ships of various levels used to transport supplies to the logistics department alone is far less than that of the Fusion Army.

What's more, the Southern Ming court's plan to unify Jiangnan was so large-scale that it involved too many aspects.

Although Zhou Yuji's suggestion sounded simple and easy and was just a single sentence, it was definitely a huge test for the Southern Ming court that had just completed its reorganization.

Once a serious mistake occurs, it will cause an avalanche effect with disastrous consequences.

"His Majesty."

Zhou Yuji also immediately realized the difficulty of this. After a brief thought, he continued, "Dispatching Sun Chuanting's army to join us will change the original plan, but the change is not significant."

"Qin Liangyu, Lu Xiangsheng, Huang Degong and our Yongwei Battalion, the original plan has not changed, it's just that Sun Chuanting's army is involved."

"Now that our court's offensive to unify Jiangnan has just begun, it is the best time to make adjustments. The impact on the court's work arrangements and the logistics department will not be very large."

"With our current united execution capability, we can do it."

Zhou Yuji is now very satisfied with the new side of the court, and naturally knows how strong the current court's executive power is.

Although it is far inferior to the Renaissance Army, it is by no means comparable to any other force.

In the current Southern Ming court, the hardworking Emperor Chongzhen can still make decisions on all matters with his words.

If it were the former Ming Dynasty court, it would be impossible to make adjustments in the middle of such a large-scale military operation, but the current Southern Ming Dynasty court has no problem.

"Ok."

"Given the importance of the battle in Changzhou City, let's do as you say, Lord Zhou!"

Chongzhen, who had undergone tremendous changes, was deeply influenced by the blood of the witch god. He liked to be straightforward in doing things and was no longer indecisive as before. After thinking for a while, he nodded and agreed to Zhou Yuji's suggestion.

This is also a helpless move.

Otherwise, the one million soldiers of the Yongwei Camp alone would not be enough to successfully capture the Changzhou city, whose defenses had been greatly enhanced.

If we fail to capture Changzhou City, where a large enemy army is gathered, it will be very disadvantageous to the entire battle situation, and there is even a possibility of a comeback by the alliance of aristocratic families!

Neither Emperor Chongzhen nor Zhou Yuji and his wife could sit idly by and watch this happen.

A moment later, carrying the urgent edict of Emperor Chongzhen, the chief eunuch Wang Chengen, personally rode a level 5 peak Vermilion Bird, which was exclusive to the Ming royal family, and flew towards the Ningguo Mansion in the west, disappearing into the horizon in a moment.

……

Ningguo Prefecture is located southwest of Yingtian Prefecture, and to the north is Taiping Prefecture which had long been recovered by the Southern Ming court.

Before the start of this new round of southward offensive, Sun Chuanting personally led a million-strong army from Xiangyang City on a large treasure ship, sailed along the south bank of the Yellow River, landed in Taiping Prefecture two months ago, and then quickly crossed Taiping Prefecture and went straight to Ningguo Prefecture.

After a month of raids and battles, the provincial capital fell into the control of the imperial court.

One of the reasons why it was so smooth was that the million soldiers led by Sun Chuanting were extremely powerful.

Another reason is that the aristocratic families entrenched in Ningguo Mansion are not very powerful, most of them are small and medium-sized aristocratic families.

They were a loose group and could not withstand the surprise attack of the million-strong army led by Sun Chuanting.

Sun Chuanting, who had just captured Xuancheng three days ago, was preparing to march to Guangde Prefecture in the east, but he saw Wang Chengen coming with an imperial edict.

"what?"

"Your Majesty and General Zhou Yuji's million-strong army of the Yongwei Battalion were once again stopped by the enemy's heavily armed Changzhou City?"

"And the enemy has spent a lot of effort to upgrade the city defense formation?"

After receiving the order, Sun Chuanting was a little stunned.

There is no doubt that among the five armies of the imperial court that were advancing southward in unison, the Yongwei Battalion had the most powerful combat effectiveness among all the individual legions.

The Yongwei Camp not only has Zhou Yuji and his wife, two peerless generals and commanders, but also Emperor Chongzhen, one of the most powerful men in the world, as well as hundreds of Qi Refining masters from the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang.

If the city defense formation of Changzhou Prefecture was not upgraded again, it would be impossible to withstand the fierce attack of the Yongwei Battalion based on the original strength of the formation.

However, the world is unpredictable. Realizing the importance of the battle of Changzhou City to the entire war situation, these aristocratic families in the south upgraded the city defense formation again at all costs. God knows how much manpower, material resources and top-level spiritual materials they spent?
"Fortunately, the war to unify the south has just begun. The slight adjustments we have made have little impact on the original plan. The court can handle it with some effort."

Sun Chuanting's strategic vision can be said to be one of the best in the entire Chinese continent.

The only person who can be compared with him is Hong Chengchou.

If Li Dingguo was not a time traveler with a forward-looking vision, it would be impossible for him to be compared with these two people.

So Sun Chuanting only needed to think about it for a moment before he realized the seriousness and necessity of this decree.

"Eunuch Wang."

He immediately said to Wang Chengen, "I will order the soldiers to stand by and prepare for departure."

"In three hours at most, we can set off quickly and rush to Changzhou City as quickly as possible. We will try to meet up with His Majesty and his men before the enemy's reinforcements arrive, and then take down this important city in one battle."

The military situation was urgent, so he did not dare to delay. He quickly summoned core generals such as Sun Jian and announced the latest orders.

The millions of soldiers temporarily stationed in the East Camp of Xuancheng, under the command of generals at all levels, began intensive preparations for a forced march.

(End of this chapter)