Chapter 85 Battle Situation

Although Jiashen Lingguan had some prejudice against young Taoist priests, he was not careless when it came to business, and gave a detailed introduction to the situation in Jiujiu Castle at that time.

Ichishi County was where the ronin gathered, with more than 100,000 people. The Taoist army was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, but it was at an absolute advantage in weapons, resulting in the Taoist army surrounding an enemy that was several times larger than itself.

Under the order of Ise Jingu Shrine, the ronin of Ichishi County retreated to Anno County in turn to cover them. Although Anno County was behind Suzuka County, Suzuka County failed to completely block the retreat route from Anno County to Mie County. The ronin could still retreat from Anno County to Mie County where Ise Jingu Shrine was located through Hequ County, which bordered Suzuka County, Anno County, and Mie County.

In this case, the camp issued an order to launch an attack in two routes from Ichishi County and Suzuka County respectively, forming a two-sided attack, in order to completely annihilate this group of ronin.

This is the key to Qi Xuansu's surrender of Suzuka Gozen.

Logically speaking, the strategic significance of Suzuka Mountain is so great that Jiashen Lingguan should not be prejudiced against Qi Xuansu who has made great contributions. However, this matter is top secret and belongs to two different systems. In the combat meeting, Qingwei Zhenren just mentioned it. For Qingwei Zhenren, it is enough for the Lingguan to understand that Suzuka Mountain is his own, and there is no need to know the specific process. On the contrary, Taoist priests such as Li Tiangang know this very well. Just as Taoist priests will not interfere with the command of Lingguan in combat at will, Lingguan do not need to interfere too much in the affairs of Taoist priests. Therefore, Jiashen Lingguan at this time does not know that it is this young Taoist priest in front of him who helped the Taoist sect obtain the strategic location of Suzuka Mountain. .

However, Jiashen Lingguan also has the capital to be proud. He was in charge of commanding the war in the Western Regions. In the end, he defeated the Golden Horde and the Rakshasa coalition forces, and promoted peace through war. The two sides signed a ceasefire agreement. Shamanism promised not to demand the Great Snow Mountain Palace anymore, and the Taoist sect won a de facto victory.

While Jiashen Lingguan was galloping on the battlefield with high spirits, Qi Xuansu had just arrived in Yujing and became a deacon of Tiangang Hall. When Jiashen Lingguan commanded the army to pursue the defeated soldiers of Shamanism on the grassland Gobi, Qi Xuansu was following Zhang Yuelu to hunt down Diswen.

Compared with a seriously injured and dying Diswen and the ancient branch of Shamanism, which one is more important?

At that time, whether it was Qi Xuansu and Jiashen Lingguan, or Diswen and Shamanism, the gap between the two sides was as big as Qi Xuansu's name - a world of difference.

So it was reasonable for Jiashen Lingguan to be prejudiced against young Taoists like Qi Xuansu. When he was showing off his style in the Western Regions, these little kids didn't even have the qualifications to go to the battlefield. He had seen more dead people than these little kids had seen living people. In just a few years, these little kids were going to be on an equal footing with him? He couldn't accept it.

If these younger generations had real military exploits like Guanjun Hou, he would have nothing to be dissatisfied with. For example, Xuansheng was only 30 years old when he took charge of the Taoist sect, but no one in the Taoist sect was dissatisfied because Xuansheng had great military exploits. On the other hand, these young Taoists rose to power rapidly in the internal struggles of the Taoist sect. Their qualifications were as shallow as a bowl of clear water, and you could see through them at a glance. They just had strong backers and deep backgrounds, and they were all labeled as power operators, which made it difficult for people to be convinced.

Back to the front battlefield, the Taoist wanderers were not fools. Since they were taking turns to cover the retreat, there were naturally troops to guard the rear. At this time, there were about 40,000 people who stayed in Jiuju City to block the pursuit of the Taoist army.

Jiuju City is located at the junction of Yishi County and Anong County. If you want to enter Anong County, you must pass through this place.

So the two sides fought a great battle around Kuju Castle. The wandering warriors in Kuju Castle fought desperately. The few supporting troops outside Ise were so anxious that they moved closer to Ise at all costs, trying to rescue the 40,000 troops in Kuju Castle.

The camp issued an order that the Jiashen Lingguan and Dingwei Lingguan fought side by side. The Jiashen Lingguan gathered most of the heavy firearms for the main attack, and the Dingwei Lingguan was responsible for blocking the various reinforcements.

In a sense, these more than 40,000 people were completely brainwashed by Tianmen. They were fanatical. In addition to the creed of loyalty to the emperor, they also had the concept of the royal family and the country being one. In their minds, loyalty to the emperor is loyalty to the country, the emperor is the country, and the country is the emperor. This is respecting the king and for the greater good. Devoting oneself for the greater good is an act that can be recorded in history.

On the contrary, the most important cornerstone of the country, the common people, are irrelevant to them. For example, the warriors use the common people to test their swords without any punishment, and the warriors feel at ease. The common people are naturally afraid of the samurai masters, but how can ordinary civilians stand on the side of the samurai masters sincerely? Once the warriors are alone, let alone getting help from the common people, they are often attacked by the common people and end up miserably.

So from the route, the two sides are completely different. The Taoist sect has repeatedly demanded that it focus on attacking the nobles and treat the common people well, and strive to conquer a popular Fenglinzhou. The Zunrang faction, on the contrary, does not care about the life and death of the people, but only cares about the world of one family and one surname. It just wins over the daimyo and nobles, but ignores the existence of the common people.

This is exactly what the Taoist sect wants. The most feared situation of the Taoist sect is that Fenglinzhou is united, and the smoke of war is everywhere, making the Taoist sect trapped in the quagmire, but the Zunrang faction failed to seize the opportunity, and still holds the old idea that the nobles and nobles decide the ownership of the world.

The fundamental reason for the decline of the Wei Dynasty was naturally its internal corruption, but the direct reason was not the latecomer Daxuan or the Golden Horde, but the local rebel armies whom it called "refugees".

In this case, the Taoist sect's offensive is overwhelming. Don't worry about getting stuck in the quagmire. It is difficult for these rogues to rely on civilians to hide their traces. If it is a head-on decisive battle, with the huge gap in weapons, the fighting daoist rogues are no match.

Just like Jiuju City at this time, even though the 40,000-strong army was brave and unafraid of death, they were beaten so hard that they could not hold their heads up. They were unable to organize an effective counterattack and could only be beaten passively.

Jiashen Lingguan repeatedly used the heavy artillery from the Alchemist Camp and Tianji Hall, almost turning the entire Jiuju City into ruins, and more than half of the defenders in the city were dead or injured. In this case, as long as the black-armored heavy cavalry is dispatched to cooperate with the men in black infantry to advance, Jiuju City can be successfully captured at a very small cost.

However, Ise Jingu left a group of priests in the city, and it was difficult for artillery to cause substantial damage to them, so the group of priests was still well preserved.

Not all of the three thousand Xuanjia heavy cavalry were in the hands of the Kashin Lingguan. Most of them landed on Suzuka Mountain in flying boats, preparing to cut off the retreat of the Fengdao sect from Suzuka County and block them all in Anon County.

If the Jiashen Spirit Officer's troops launch an attack from the front at this time, the small number of Xuanjia heavy cavalry cannot rely on their health to counteract the priests' spells, and they will have to use their lives to consume the divine power of the priests. This is something the Jiashen Spirit Officer does not want to see. situation, so Jia Shen Lingguan decided to send an elite celestial force to solve this group of priests, or just temporarily contain the group of priests so that they could not take care of the frontal battlefield. Certainly.

In other words, he could also take action personally like Ding Weilingguan did, but Qingwei Master happened to send Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu over, so he handed over the task to the two of them, just in time to take a look at their quality. Is it because of his great reputation? Or is it difficult to live up to the reputation?

Because Jiuju City has been reduced to ruins, there is no road terrain, and there is no obstacle to the formation. The priest group must be located in the shrine deepest in the city.

The priest group is similar to the alchemist camp. The key lies in the leader and dispatcher. As the saying goes, catch the thief first and capture the king. It is not necessary to kill all the priest group. As long as the leader can be eliminated, it is enough to cause chaos.

However, according to Taoist standards, the person who can become the leader of the priest group must at least have reached the immeasurable stage of cultivation. Moreover, he is under heavy protection. It is really difficult to assassinate him.

If Qi Xuansu or Zhang Yuelu were to go alone, there would be almost no chance of success. However, if the two of them join forces and can be compared to a heavenly being in the creation stage, there will be great potential.

After Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu checked the sand table to understand the specific situation of Jiuju City, they agreed.

Jiashen Lingguan didn't do anything to set up a military order. After all, there was no enmity between the two parties. He didn't want to put the two of them on the fire, it was just pure arrogance and prejudice.

Li Zhuyu sent Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu out of the command post and said: "Deputy Hall Master Zhang, Deputy Hall Master Qi, please don't mind. Jiashen Lingguan is a general who leads the army. He is often in the army. He has a martial style. He is used to being upright, but also a little bit. Niu's temper is different from that of us Taoist priests. He is not targeting the two of you. It would be the same if it were Yao and Li."

Qi Xuansu showed an air of humility: "It doesn't matter. I heard that it was this man who commanded the war in the Western Regions. People with ability have bad tempers. I can understand it and won't mind."

Zhang Yuelu didn't say much, and it could even be said that he had expected it. Don't forget, she was born in Tiangang Hall.

Tiangangtang does not directly command operations, so the previous leaders of Tiangangtang are not from the military. The organization that is actually responsible for commanding operations is called the Lingguan Mansion. It is under three levels of leadership, namely the Grand Master, Jin Que, and Tiangang Hall. The main members are twelve first-grade spiritual officers, and there is a rotating chief spiritual officer.

The Lingguan Mansion is not only a consulting agency for the Grand Master, Jinque, and Tiangangtang Masters to handle wars, but also an executive agency for the Grand Master, Jinque, and Tiangangtang Masters to direct operations. Therefore, Lingguan Mansion is not only a subordinate of Tiangang Hall, but also can interact with Tiangang Hall.

For this reason, Zhang Yuelu often has to deal with these spiritual officials. Even if she has not dealt with them personally, she can still learn a thing or two from other people's mouths. She has already known who is the thorny one and who is easy to talk to.

Taoist priests pay attention to the way of controlling people. In the end, it is Taoist priests who command the spiritual officers, and they do not have to have the same experience as these spiritual officers.