Chapter 373 Blitzkrieg
Anlu City is the fifth largest city in the Tiandou Empire.
Now this prosperous city has been completely reduced to ruins by Xing Luo.
As a border town of the Tiandou Empire, the Star Luo Empire had no intention of garrisoning troops here.
These barbaric guys implemented the simplest and crudest policy, which was to destroy the entire city and turn it into a dead city, causing the city to lose its barrier function. At this time, the peace and prosperity of the past have completely disappeared here. Half
The entire city was burned to the ground by fire, and there are even open flames burning on the buildings to this day.
Bodies of old people and men could be seen everywhere.
Some soldiers led some teams from the Soul Master Academy and some representatives of sect forces to the temporary prison camp in the city.
Xingluo's general allowed teachers from the major soul master academies in Tiandou to take students to see up close what happened to the defeated prisoners. This can create a kind of psychological shock to them, and the Star Luo Empire is very happy to make Tiandou's living forces surrender through intimidation alone.
It can be seen that women and children were divided into two groups and detained.
Everyone was huddled in the cage and shivering. Their necks were firmly secured by black iron collars, and the extended chains were connected to the shackles of the people in front and behind them, as well as their hands and feet.
Soldiers were constantly beating these people with whips to instill a certain idea of obedience in them.
The Star Luo Empire fought a classic blitzkrieg this time.
The essence of blitz warfare is to annihilate the enemy's entire force with thunderous force before the opponent can react.
If the other party is fully prepared, you will be the one who fails.
Obviously, after breaking through Shanling Pass, Xingluo's national protector general Yang Lang desperately carried out a scorched earth policy and supported war with war, in order to destroy the Tiandou Empire's overall planning ability to the maximum extent.
What he wanted to do was to break through the imperial city and execute the royal family before Tiandou could fully react.
As the saying goes, one can make great efforts, but then they will fail three times and become exhausted.
As the attacker, Xingluo, especially when using a very risky strategy such as blitz warfare, could not tolerate any failure.
Unlike the barren soil of Xingluo, Tiandou, which is mainly in plain areas, is full of fertile soil.
The biggest advantage of the Tiandou Empire is that it can make the country prosperous for a long time. But the shortcomings are also obvious. Once the border is breached, it is almost impossible to defend, and the enemy's army can march straight into Huanglong.
Although compared to Xing Luo, Tian Dou is indeed very weak. But no matter what, it is not something that Yang Lang can lead an elite force to destroy. After all, Tiandou is also an empire!
Yang Lang had deep intentions in using the scorched earth policy in the captured lands.
The first is to destroy all the supply points of Tiandou and make it more difficult for the Tiandou Empire to unite its forces.
Tiandou's troops were already very scattered. Yang Lang's scorched earth policy along the way ensured that he would not be surrounded by Tiandou's huge army, which also left him a way out.
The second is to create strong psychological pressure on the enemy. Failure to surrender means death, and there is no room for compromise.
At the same time, it also stimulates our own soldiers, letting them know that failure is a dead end, and if they want to survive, they must do their best.
The third is to use war to support war, relying on plundering resources to replenish the army's supplies, relying on unbridled slaughter to release the psychological pressure of one's own soldiers, improve one's own morale, and keep the soldiers' high morale.
The most fearful thing for such an army that has been beaten to death is that it suffers major setbacks.
However, now Xing Luo has to show off his tactics.
First of all, the barren Xingluo cannot afford to fight a long-term attrition battle. If there is a stalemate for a long time, Xingluo's materials can only fully support the army's continuous attack for half a year. After this time, Tiandou will consume all the energy it consumes. Death Star.
The second is to take into account the major forces to intervene in the war.
Although the front line is now advancing, Yang Lang's mood has not relaxed at all, but has become even tighter.
Once this war fails, the empire will never have the ability to wage another war within a hundred years, and even the Star Luo Empire itself will collapse because of the failure of this war.
This time we will definitely win!
Qian Renxue, who still ruled as Tiandou Emperor Xue Qinghe, looked at the quarreling ministers with a headache.
These old guys are discussing how to build the defense of the imperial city and how to dispatch enough materials to be sent into the imperial city.
Yes, now Tiandou is not thinking about counterattack to regain the lost territory, but thinking about how to protect Tiandou Imperial City.
When the Wuhun Palace pulls Xingluo off course and the three upper sects do not take sides or take action, the Tiandou Empire, which lacks the strategic power of Titled Douluo, is not qualified to fight an all-out war with Xingdou.
Even though Xingdou is now completely full of menacing and country-destroying momentum, the nobles of Tiandou still have such unrealistic illusions as to the armistice.
Looking at a group of timid nobles, Qian Renxue couldn't help but sigh, and then sighed: How can we manage the country well with this group of insects!
In this situation, we can't let her end up carrying the Holy Angel Sword in person, right? This will make Mengyuan laugh out loud! And if the emperor had to do everything himself, then why would these ministers be needed?
Even though she had the power to change the war, Qian Renxue couldn't pull it off and chose to end it herself.
Fortunately, although the voice is not loud, the Tiandou Empire also has a main fighting faction! That is the small military group headed by Imperial Marshal Ge Long.
As a sworn enemy for many years, Ge Long naturally saw through the purpose of Yang Lang's scorched earth tactics. He knew that this war was not the same as before. This war was really aimed at completely annexing the Tiandou Empire!
So he decisively proposed to have a decisive battle with Yang Lang in Liusha Valley. Even if he failed, Xing Luo's momentum of moving forward would be dampened.
After Qian Renxue heard Ge Long's response plan, she immediately ignored all the ministers' rhetoric and supported the plan of the warring faction's Imperial Marshal Ge Long to take the initiative.
The current war is about the strength of the enemy and the weakness of ourselves.
If you want to win, you can only win by surprise.
Qian Renxue said to the generals with a serious face: "Then listen to the generalissimo's plan and stage an ambush in Liusha Valley. Remember, the safety of our soldiers must be the priority, and we must not be The military’s vitality was lost on the battlefield!”
Ge Long said extremely excitedly: "Your Highness, don't worry, I know what I know, and I won't let you down!"
He felt that the blood all over his body was boiling.
Yaizhen is inherently aggressive, and the Ge family members inherited from Yaizhen's martial soul are all human-shaped war machines. Only war can activate their talents. A day of fighting on the battlefield is better than ten days of hard work at home.
