Red Mansion: Seizing Jiangdong, starting with pirates

Chapter 207, Talent Breakthrough

"Mobilize the troops immediately, I will lead the army in person!"

Kah Khan ordered.

In this situation, he could not easily choose to withdraw his troops.

A large number of troops were trapped on the battlefield. This was an unsolvable deadlock. All Kah Khan could do was to continue to invest chips, increase the stakes and reverse the situation.

Li Hao on the side frowned.

He did not stop Kah Khan from leading the army in person because he did not see anything wrong with the battle.

On the surface, this is a decisive battle in which both sides continue to increase their troops, and it is a showdown of each other's hard power.

The winner takes all and the loser retreats. There is nothing to say.

But why does Li Hao always feel uneasy?

"Where have the Huleileyong tribe fled to now?"

Li Hao asked.

Inadvertently, he touched upon the key to the battle.

The subordinate said: "They fled along the river bank and are probably out of Yuyan Town now."

Yu Yanzhen...

Li Hao looked at the location of Yuyan Town on the map and thought carefully.

Just at this moment, his subordinate's question interrupted his thoughts.

"Are we going to rescue them?"

Before Li Hao could answer, Kah Khan snorted coldly.

"Why save him? This coward who ran away, if it weren't for him, we wouldn't be in this situation now. Sending troops to save him will only disperse our forces and let him be destroyed by the enemy!"

Li Hao was interrupted by these two people and his train of thought was instantly diverted. He went from thinking about Yu Yanzhen's location to whether he should rescue Hu Leleyong.

"How many pursuers are there?"

Li Hao asked.

"About 20,000!"

The soldier replied.

Li Hao nodded and said:

"Khulaileyong can shake off these pursuers on his own, so Great Khan, don't worry. However, in order to win the hearts of the people, I ask the Great Khan to put aside past grudges and send a thousand-man troop to support them."

Kah Khan thought about it and nodded.

In this way, Huleleyong's side was ignored by several people.

Kah Khan turned to discuss the specific details of the battle with Li Hao.

Including the army's tactics, food and so on.

When Kah Khan leads the army in person, the capital city will be handed over to Li Hao.

Li Hao told Kah Khan that the army was running low on food and grass, and that the tactic to fight against the Huaiyin bandits was to strive for a quick victory and not to delay.

Kah Khan nodded.

Food and fodder are the Achilles' heel of the grassland people.

At the beginning, the two men thought that by taking over the capital they could obtain a large amount of food and fodder to sustain the army.

The reason for this belief is that during the Kangning period, Emperor Kangning first ascended the throne, his foundation was unstable, and many rebellions broke out in the country.

Seeing this, the Jiannu who were driven to the grassland by Emperor Taizu of Daxi thought that the time had come, so they organized the last of their tribe and fought back to Liaodong.

At this critical moment, Emperor Kangning appointed Shi Guangzhu as the commander to fight against the Jiannu.

Shi Guangzhu was defeated in twelve battles in a row and was impeached countless times in the court. However, Emperor Kangning trusted Shi Guangzhu from beginning to end. He ignored the impeachment of court officials and fully supported Shi Guangzhu in the battles, which eventually brought down the Jiannu army that had no logistical support.

In that battle, Shi Guangzhu's steady tactics were the key to victory or defeat, but there was also one thing that could not be ignored, and that was Daxi's stable and terrifying logistics.

In many cases, the key to a war is logistics. Without logistics, you will be like the Jiannu. Even if you win twelve times, your foundation is unstable and if you lose once, you will lose everything.

In order to support Shi Guangzhu in the war, Emperor Kangning built twelve Kangning granaries in the capital. Each granary stored countless amounts of grain, which together were enough to meet the needs of a million-strong army for a year.

This is the foundation of the vast empire of Daxi.

Emperor Kangning established ancestral precepts when he was in power that these twelve granaries were the country's last guarantee and no one could move them lightly.

Except for officials of the third rank and above, all outsiders are prohibited from having any contact with the place, not even from looking at it from the outside.

For many years, the twelve granaries remained sealed and had never been moved except for replacing the old grain every five years.

Even when Feng Tai revolted, Fang Yong rebelled, and Wu Sheng fought at the gates of the capital, these twelve granaries remained motionless during such a critical moment.

To be honest, when Li Hao got the news through his spies, he even admired the steadiness of Emperor Longqing. It was not until the grassland army entered the capital that he realized that it was not Emperor Longqing who was steadfast, but that there was not a grain of food in the twelve granaries.

In a sense, the rats in the imperial court can be considered as protecting the country...

After learning that Kah Khan was personally leading his troops here, Fang Yong did not take any action.

That’s not the case. At first, Fang Yong went to the front line, hoping to see if there was any chance to kill Kah Khan with one arrow.

Or if Kah Khan was close by, he would have charged into the army alone and killed Kah Khan with lightning speed!

In this case, there is no need for any more strategies.

But it is obvious that Kah Khan is not that stupid.

In other words, when the other side is in such a position, except for some people who are particularly confident in their own military power, few people will stand in front of the army.

Why are you standing so far forward? Are you charging?
After staying there for a few days, the closest Fang Yong saw was just the huge flag of Kah Khan from a distance, with countless soldiers blocking the way.

Fang Yongsui gave up the idea of a sudden attack and instead used his skills on Zhai Xun, Mingjian.

"The mission of conquering the country is now in your hands!"

Afterwards, Fang Yong went back and started enjoying himself again.

The new maid Qingwen is very beautiful.

She has a slender waist, thin shoulders, and her eyes and eyebrows are somewhat like Lin Daiyu.

Fang Yong liked him very much and stayed with him to play with him for several days.

But this girl was a spoiled child. Seeing that Fang Yong doted on her and loved her, she became arrogant and had a bad temper.

In the past few days, Fang Yong's talent in water was about to break through, so he soaked in the pool all day, wanting to take Qingwen to play in the water.

But Qingwen kept delaying and refusing to comply.

It turned out that she felt that she had a certain status, and it would be okay if no one was around, but in front of Jin Chuan, Xiangyun, and Cui Si, she was unwilling to do these menial things.

Fang Yong was furious. He grabbed Qingwen's slender waist, pulled her over, held her in front of him, and punished her severely.

At the beginning, Qingwen pursed her lips stubbornly and refused to beg for mercy or surrender.

Later, Fang Yong increased the severity of the punishment. How could Qingwen, a little maid, endure such terrible punishment?

Qingwen seemed to be complaining, crying and yearning, her eyes were dazed, her soft waist seemed to be broken, and her fair and tender skin was all red and swollen from being beaten.

"Do you still dare?"

Fang Yong asked.

Qingwen was extremely pitiful, but she refused to give in.

"No, no, how can we do this?"

Fang Yong was silent for a moment, then suddenly put Qingwen down.

"Then go back to your room."

Qingwen was stunned and hadn't reacted yet.

"What are you going back to your room for?"

Fang Yong said calmly: "Make the bed and quilt, and wait for me to go back to sleep, go ahead."

Qingwen left in a daze.

"Jinchuan, come here!"

Fang Yong shouted from behind.