Volume 6 Chapter 1: The Front Points South
After completing the "great cause" of unifying the Pojun, the Tianxia Alliance, or rather the Jinglei Alliance, can finally have a peaceful time. The brothers under him have been working hard for a long time, and they are tired. After all, Fantasy is just a game, and the fun of the game is multifaceted. You can't just fight and kill all day long, right? Now that the territory has expanded so much, it's time for everyone to take a break and enjoy a happy life of leisurely killing monsters, treasure hunting, traveling, and dating girls.
In fact, the brothers of our alliance are really happy now. In the past, the reputation of the Thunder Alliance was big enough, but that was only because our alliance was the first gang created in Fantasy. Now it is actually a major force that ranks among the best in the Cang Continent. It is very prestigious to talk about it, and no one dares to provoke it wherever it goes. In addition, it controls the trade channels between the East and the West, and the income of the gang can be said to be a fortune every day. Naturally, the welfare benefits for gang members are higher than those of most other gangs. Moreover, through the internal trading market, it is easier for the brothers of our alliance to get some rare equipment materials on the market, which is difficult for some gangs to do even if they have money. Now any brother of the Thunder Alliance goes out and looks glamorous, and he is always successful in chasing girls. Well, this can be seen from the fact that the proportion of female members in the alliance has increased a lot recently...
However, as the leader of the Jinglei League, it is absolutely impossible for me to have it as easy as my subordinates. Not to mention the daily management of gang affairs, more importantly, this society is highly competitive and if you don't advance, you will retreat. The game is no exception. If I think that I can sit back and relax and collect money just because I control Pojun City, then maybe tomorrow the Jinglei League will be swallowed up by others, and all my previous efforts will be wasted. How can I allow this to happen?
The only solution is expansion!
Therefore, this period of seemingly relaxed time is actually just a time for the brothers in the alliance to recuperate and gather strength, while recruiting soldiers and expanding their strength. On the other hand, I am racking my brains every day to plan how to launch a new round of war!
In fact, the Thunder Alliance has only one direction to expand . The east is the sphere of influence of the Starling. The water in Shenghua City is not easy to wade, so they can only follow the previous plan of the Grand Alliance and attack Lian Zhen. Therefore, the Tianxia Alliance must be heading to the south!
But therein lies the problem. Although I do not have to worry about choosing the direction of sending troops, others can see through my plan at a glance. Moreover, after the last battle in which the Grand Alliance attacked the Nine Cities, Lian Zhen's gang is now very wary of the World Alliance. The relationship between the three major gangs is also very different from the past. There is more cooperation than confrontation, and they are implicitly planning to unite to resist the World Alliance.
Sitting in the office of the Jinglei League headquarters , I couldn't help rubbing my temples after reading a report. Recently, I asked the intelligence team to send out several teams of personnel to infiltrate the three major gangs of Jiucheng, Shengtang and Yuntian, to carry out the task of sowing discord. For example, create some conflicts during leveling, let the people of Shengtang rob the Boss of Jiucheng, etc. After all, the three major gangs were hostile before, and the grassroots members of both sides had many grudges. Although the relationship has improved now, it is not possible to turn enemies into friends in a short period of time. If we can provoke a few small-scale PKs among them, and then spread rumors, etc., to intensify the contradictions accumulated in the past and expand the incident, and finally make their top leaders unable to suppress it, causing the relationship between the three parties to break down, how can they resist the attack of our Tianxia Alliance then? This sinister plan was planned by Ah Wei, Fatty and Lemming. Although I felt it was not very wise, the way of war is to use all possible means of deception. Moreover, this plan does not cost much and there will be no loss to us if it fails. If it succeeds, it will greatly reduce the difficulty of attacking Lian Zhen. Therefore, I approved this plan code-named "Pao Ding".
But from the report in hand, the plan did not go smoothly. Although those moles did stir up several disputes, the other side was also smart and quickly calmed the incident with a high-pressure attitude, not giving them the opportunity to make things worse. Moreover, after several similar incidents, the other side seemed to be suspicious and began to investigate their internal personnel. Our moles had to temporarily dive to avoid being exposed.
In fact, this kind of plan cannot be rushed, as there is a lot of randomness. As long as we persevere, a large-scale conflict may break out one day, but it is also possible that no effect will be seen for several months. But I don’t have time to wait. The Ming Cult is growing stronger and stronger. Recently, it has not only completely controlled the scope of Ziwei City, but also began to infiltrate Jumen. The battle between Mingjian Villa and Tangmen is also in full swing. Once a victory or defeat is decided between them, a huge gang will be formed that spans Tianshi and Wenqu cities and rules the southwestern region of Cang Continent. If the Thunder Alliance cannot develop into a force capable of competing with it before then, how can it fight them in the future?
Therefore, even though the time is not yet ripe, I will send troops.
Before officially launching the military operation, I went to find a person, Feng Lei.
Feng Lei is the former owner of Fengyun Tower, which is located in Tianshi City. It was destroyed by the traitor Heng Sao Qian Jun who colluded with Feng Lei's subordinates from Mingjian Villa. Feng Lei suffered a great change and lost his territory. Because Fengyun Tower had been allied with our alliance, he came to me and I promised to avenge him. However, on the one hand, Mingjian Villa was powerful, and on the other hand, the Grand Alliance was still fighting with Tiexue, so I had no time to take care of this matter. After many twists and turns, the Grand Alliance disappeared, the World Alliance unified Pojun, and the Jinglei Alliance's territory expanded a lot. I chose a station for Feng Lei and asked him to rebuild Fengyun Tower first. After this period of recuperation, Feng Lei recalled a group of old iron brothers and absorbed new blood. With my support behind him, he has developed quite well and recovered his vitality.
The first thing I said when I saw Feng Lei was: "Brother, your chance for revenge has come."
Feng Lei himself was stunned. The current situation was obvious. The Tianxia Alliance must first capture Lianzhen and then slowly expand to Tianshi. Only then could they compete with Mingjian Villa. He had been looking forward to that day and wanted to kill Hengsao Qianjun a thousand times until the opponent quit the dream, only then would he feel relieved. However, if he went to war with Mingjian now, it would be tantamount to setting up enemies on two fronts for the Jinglei Alliance. It was really unwise.
Feng Lei said: "Alliance leader, it seems inappropriate to provoke Mingjian right now. I can't let my personal vendetta affect the overall development of the World Alliance. I don't mind waiting a little longer!"
Haha, Feng Lei is a good person. He will not sacrifice public interests for personal reasons. I like such subordinates!
I smiled and said, "Feng Lei, I am marching into Tianshi to help you get revenge, but it is also for the sake of the overall situation. It is a win-win situation."
Feng Lei asked doubtfully: "I don't understand, could you please give me some advice, leader?"
"The direction of development for our Tianxia Alliance can only be Lianzhen City. You know this, I know this, and others know this too. Although Pojun City has been unified now, if we really want to send troops to attack Lianzhen, the three major gangs in Lianzhen will definitely put aside their past grievances and form an alliance to fight against us. Although our overall strength is relatively strong, if we fight them head-on, what do you think are our chances of winning?"
Feng Lei frowned and said, "This... doesn't seem to be very big. If there are no other factors interfering, it will probably become a tug-of-war."
I nodded and said, "So, it is not worthwhile to attack Lianzhen now, but everyone thinks that I either don't send troops or can only attack Lianzhen, but I choose to attack Tianshi, which will surely have the effect of a surprise attack."
Feng Lei said anxiously, "Alliance leader, no! Mingjian is very powerful and cannot be destroyed in a short time. If our army is trapped in Tianshi, the three Lianzhen sects will know that we are weak inside and take the opportunity to attack and destroy our army. What should we do?"
I waved my hand and said, "I have made up my mind. You don't need to say more. Get your troops ready. Three days later, I want you to challenge Fengyun Tower in the name of revenge. I will send out a large army to help you. When the time comes, you can capture Hengsao Qianjun and kill or chop him up at your discretion! But you must keep it confidential beforehand."
After I finished speaking, I turned and left. Feng Lei murmured to himself, "Although the leader's move was unexpected in terms of tactics, it was a big failure in terms of strategy. How could Bloody Sky be the one to make such a mistake? Strange, strange."
Hehe, no wonder Feng Lei didn’t understand. I didn’t reveal the whole plan to him. In fact, I wanted to set up a trap this time. Of course, the fewer people who know the inside story, the safer it is!
In addition to preparing Feng Lei for the battle, I also began to mobilize the troops of the Jing Lei League headquarters. For this battle, I did not intend to use the power of the Tian Xia Alliance at the beginning. The first battle will only be completed by our league and its subordinate gangs.
Three days later, the gang rebuilt by Feng Lei, "Feng Yun Zai Qi", declared war on Feng Yun Tower which was usurped by Heng Sao Qian Jun. Almost all of his men came out, totaling 20,000 men, which was quite powerful. However, since Heng Sao Qian Jun took over Feng Yun Tower, he relied on the support of Ming Jian Villa to develop rapidly. Now it has become a big gang with three bases and 50,000 gang members. It is not a gang that Feng Lei can defeat alone.
However, just as I had expected, although the spies deployed by various major forces in Pojun noticed the troop movements of our alliance, no one expected that the Jinglei Alliance would send troops to attack Tianshi first instead of Lianzhen. Gangs such as Jiucheng were made nervous, and Fengyun Tower, located in the north of Tianshi City, had not paid attention to attacks from the northwest before. Moreover, Fengyun's declaration of war came suddenly. At that time, there were only about 30,000 gang members in Fengyun Tower online, of which 10,000 were withdrawn to assist Mingjian in the war against Tangmen. When the Fenglei troops were at the gates of the city, there were only about 15,000 defensive personnel stationed at the headquarters of Fengyun Tower!
This amount of troops would be enough to fight against Feng Lei's men, but they can't withstand the attack of the Thunder Alliance. I didn't give Heng Sao Qian Jun any chance at all. I directly transferred 10,000 troops from each of the four major branches, 20,000 of which assisted Feng Lei in attacking the headquarters, and the other 20,000 were divided into two groups. They took down the two branches of Fengyun Building at the same time and destroyed Fengyun Building cleanly. Feng Lei was also in the battle formation. With the top-grade equipment made for him by Bu San, he killed Heng Sao Qian Jun himself. He was still not satisfied, so he issued a task through the system and offered a bounty for assassination. It seems that he will not stop until he kills Heng Sao Qian Jun to pieces.
In this battle, I took advantage of everyone's blind spots and launched a surprise attack, winning a brilliant battle. However, what I will face next is the counterattack of Mingjian Villa, which is no laughing matter.
Since the unification of Pojun, Jinglei League has grown a lot, with more than 150,000 direct members, plus subordinate gangs such as Tiexue and Yinyue, the total number of people is no less than 350,000. However, due to the strict approval of the league, it is very selective when recruiting members, and compared with other gangs that accept everyone, its development is not very fast. Now Mingjian Villa has 300,000 direct members, plus its subordinates and allied gangs, the number of people exceeds that of the league by at least twice. Of course, if the entire Tianxia League is included, our strength will be stronger than Mingjian.
When Fengyun Tower was attacked, Mingjian Villa was immediately in a panic. Its main forces were deployed in the southwest, and it was not easy to withdraw them. The Tang Clan was still eyeing them covetously. So, naturally, based on the principle of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend", Aojian Tianxia approached the three sects of Lianzhen and proposed to form an alliance with them. They would let the three sects send troops to defeat the army and force me to return, so that Mingjian could concentrate on dealing with the Tang Clan. At the same time, they promised that after defeating the Tang Clan, Mingjian would assist the three sects in attacking the Tianxia Alliance, and after victory, they would include the Pojun army into the three sects' sphere of influence.
In fact, the situation of our alliance is not very good. We only have three garrisons of the original Fengyun Tower in Tianshi as our footholds, and it will take time to repair the ruined garrisons after the war. We cannot station a large number of troops at the moment. If everything develops as Ao Jian imagined, when the three factions attack Pojun, our alliance will have to withdraw the troops from Tianshi, or at least not be able to send more troops. In that case, Mingjian only needs to mobilize a small number of troops to easily recapture Fengyun Tower. Our alliance's efforts will be in vain, and the Tang Sect may take advantage of the opportunity to gain a small advantage.
Perhaps it was because Ao Jian's proposal was more tempting, the three Lian Zhen sects quickly agreed to form an alliance with Ming Jian, and quickly mobilized their troops to attack Po Jun City!
I sent a lot of spies to Lianzhen, so I was naturally aware of the three factions' every move. When I received the news that the three factions were sending troops, I couldn't help but laugh.
I summoned the gang leaders of the World Alliance. After a meeting, the alliance's first external expansion operation was officially launched, code-named "Southern Expedition"!
Although it was called a southern expedition, my first step was to shrink the defense line to deal with the attack of the three factions. Mingjian cooperated closely with the three factions, and mobilized 100,000 troops from the subordinate gangs, plus an additional 100,000 troops sent by the headquarters, to attack Fengyun Zaiqi at the same time. It was obvious that they wanted to rely on their superior military strength to regain the lost territory in one fell swoop!
But what Ao Jian didn't expect was that not only did I not withdraw my troops from Tianshi, I also secretly dispatched 100,000 troops to reinforce them. The death order I gave them was to withstand Mingjian's attack and not retreat an inch.
The 100,000 reinforcements, plus Feng Lei's men, and the 40,000 men I sent to help him capture Fengyun Tower have not been called back, totaling 160,000 troops. The three garrisons in Tianshi can hardly accommodate them, and the fortifications have not been repaired yet. As a result, our alliance and Mingjian Villa are basically fighting a field battle and cannot play their advantage as the defending party. Fortunately, our alliance's troops are more elite than Mingjian's subordinates, so although they are slightly inferior in terms of numbers, their combat power is stronger. After an 8-hour bloody battle, both sides suffered heavy casualties. Mingjian successively increased his troops by 50,000, but still failed to defeat our army. They had to withdraw their troops in anger and prepare to fight again the next day.
As for Pojun, I had transferred half of the troops of Jinglei League and its affiliated gangs such as Tiexue and Yinyue to Tianshi, and the remaining troops could barely defend their own homes. Therefore, the attack on the three Lianzhen factions had to be left to Xuehai and others to deal with. Although the defending side has the geographical advantage, the attacking side holds the initiative on the battlefield and can concentrate its forces to make key breakthroughs. With the development of the game, the major gangs have gradually mastered the production methods of some siege equipment, which has greatly weakened the role of fortifications. Therefore, in the current alliance wars, there are very few strongholds that can be defended to the death. Most of them require the coordination of various tactics such as ambushes, cavalry charges, group traps, and infantry phalanxes combined with fortification defenses. The Thunder Alliance was originally the leader gang of the Tianxia Alliance, but now my main energy is on Tianshi. In the absence of anyone to preside over the overall situation, there are minor problems in the coordination of operations among the alliance gangs from time to time. For example, the reinforcements from the Blood River Faction's Shenzhou Jieyi arrived one step late, and the Haomen Villa supported Sui Yue Jianghu, but seized the transmission channel of the Demon Realm City, etc. Facing the aggressive Lianzhen Three Factions, they suffered losses in the first battle and lost seven front-line bases in one day!
The three Lianzhen factions did gain the upper hand, but Mingjian Villa did not achieve its goal. If Fengyun Tower is not taken back, it will be a thorn in its backyard. How could Aojian Tianxia give up? He reorganized his troops and fought again the next day. Mingjian invested a huge force of 300,000, but I also tried every means to squeeze out 40,000 people like squeezing sugarcane to reinforce Tianshi. It was another whole day of fierce fighting, with bloodshed, but they firmly defended the three garrisons. The three Lianzhen factions also continued to advance and captured another six pieces of territories, and in total seized nearly one-tenth of the area of Pojun City!
With such a result, Aojian Tianxia was furious. On the third day, they mobilized 500,000 troops to besiege Fengyun Zaiqi. It was obvious that Mingjian Villa was making a desperate effort. Such a large-scale deployment of troops had made Mingjian's defense against Tangmen's front line as thin as a piece of paper. If they still couldn't take it down today, Tangmen would definitely not miss this opportunity. The three Lianzhen factions had originally intended to assist Mingjian and attract the attention of the alliance, but now they had tasted the sweetness unexpectedly. In addition to being overjoyed, they immediately modified the battle plan and sent more troops to attack Pojun, intending to take advantage of the situation to defeat Tianxia Alliance!
