Chapter 117: The Change of the Army 1

In the game...

Zhenbeicheng is not the first front line to be hit in the north, but it is also very close to the northern border. There is no need for Xu Xi to speculate, Eunuch Jia said bluntly that this place is only about one day away from Zhenbeicheng. As long as they travel overnight, they will definitely arrive within half a day.

Where Xu Xi and Zhu Shu are located is a small market in the northern grassland. This place is quite prosperous, with endless travelers coming and going. Some players come and go, some are busy rushing to do tasks, while others are busy with other things. All kinds of people form this market with grassland characteristics!

Each player is equipped with four NPCs, and NPCs form the most critical background in the game. Most things are produced and manufactured by NPCs, and transportation and even communication are indelible contributions to NPCs.

Just like the business, it is the communication of NPCs that causes goods to flow. If a war breaks out somewhere and merchants cannot enter, then the price increase of goods and raw materials in the area is inevitable. Therefore, games are almost real society, and the composition of each NPC has decisive significance.

Just as the Shenzhou army invaded Haiya and Beidian continent, igniting wars everywhere, causing millions of NPCs and players to be displaced, several small countries in Beidian and Haiya once experienced famine, and even players had records of starving to death. The truth is what this game pursues.

Therefore, the information collected by Eunuch Jia is undoubtedly extremely representative.

What Xu Xi was most concerned about was that it should be the complaints from merchants. There were many bandits on the way to Zhenbei and other cities, causing many merchants' goods to be intercepted and the merchants were killed.

Another news was from the official station: about a few days ago, the area of ​​Beisucheng was attacked by several groups of unknown cavalry, and in a few days it gradually grew from small groups of attacks. According to limited information, those groups of cavalry were most likely to belong to the remnants of the Huns.

Xu Xi focused on his mind for a moment, and Zhu Shu glanced at him from the corner of his eyes, revealing a hint of expectation: "What do you think?"

"Eunuch Jia, please bring the map!" Xu Xi smiled and refused to answer, and shouted to Eunuch Jia.

Dongchang is an intelligence organization, and the military map is of course quite detailed. Although the one that Eunuch Jia is carrying around is not a particularly detailed military map, it can also be called a paramilitary map.

The teapot and tea cup were removed, and the map was spread on the table. Xu Xi searched the map for a moment, focusing his eyes on a point in the north and a little fingertips: "This is where we are now!"

From the scale point of view, this place is about 800 kilometers away from Zhenbeicheng and about 3,000 kilometers away from Beisucheng. Since the land area in the game is a little larger than in reality, an ordinary horse has a speed of about 100 kilometers in the game, and a better quality war horse can reach 145. If it is a famous species such as sweat-blooded BMW, it can reach more than 200 per hour. Of course, the average speed is not referred to here.

The defense lines in the two major areas of Zhenbei and Zhenxi are the longest. Therefore, most of the troops in Zhenbei and Zhenxi are distributed on the long border defense lines, and only some of the mobile forces are stationed in the rear.

After the Forbidden Dynasty unified the Eastern Land, its conventional military strength increased compared with the previous period, about 1.8 million conventional troops, including 500,000 Beijing camps and 1.3 million others were stationed in seven major districts.

Zhenxi and Zhenbei border the territory of Beidian and Haiya continent. Beidian is the European service and Haiya is the Asian service. Therefore, Zhenxi and Zhenbei are the important land military location, with a total of 600,000 troops in charge, which is already the first among the seven major regions.

Zhenbei must maintain a long national border, and it will inevitably divide a large number of troops. However, the enemy will inevitably break through the surface. Therefore, most of the troops are stationed at a later position in the border, which is convenient for mobile use.

While pondering, Xu Xi's fingertips drew a line between Zhenbeicheng and Beisu City on the map: "If you are a cavalry, it will take about two to three days to reinforce."

Of course, the two to three days that Xu Xi refers to is not a certain number. At most, he commanded the Shenzhou Army of up to 70,000 at the most. He knew very well that the speed of a thousand cavalry and a 70,000 cavalry cannot be equated. One thousand cavalry, the marching speed of a mixed army of 70,000 infantry and cavalry, cannot be equated.

The speed of the march cannot be determined by just talking about it on paper, and there are often many uncertain factors.

Xu Xi asked Eunuch Jia about the military deployment of Zhenbei Army. When he learned that the near Beisu was close to Zhenxi and mainly grasslands, the troops were relatively scattered. His eyes lit up and pointed to the map, which seemed to give a pointer to the country: "That's right, Beisu's troops were dispersed, so the remnants of the Huns attacked everywhere, thinking that they could avoid being encircled and annihilated."

"There is a war in Beisu, and bandits suddenly appeared in Zhenbei. Eunuch Jia, as you know, are there so many bandits in normal times?" Xu Xi and Zhu Shu looked at Old Man Jia, and the old man shook his head in a hurry.

"That's right. Can we understand that these bandits who suddenly appeared were the remnants of the Huns?" Xu Xi pondered. Because he had made contributions to pacifying the Huns and the Turks, he had always been more concerned about the affairs of Zhenbei and Zhenxi.

In fact, it is no longer a secret that the Huns and the Turkic remnants intervened in Zhenbei and caused wind and rain in secret. Therefore, the forces of the Dongchang in Zhenbei and Zhenxi became stronger according to the situation.

"What then?" Zhu Shu couldn't draw any conclusion.

"Why are there bandits? Why are bandits rampant? Why is it Beisu City?" Xu Xi pondered: "Bandits rampant have led to the rebellion of merchants not willing to take risks to Zhenbei City in the short term. Even if there are, it will inevitably be greatly reduced, and it will play a vague role in blockade."

Zhu Shu looked at Zhenbeicheng in surprise: "Block down Zhenbeicheng? Block down news and supplies?"

Xu Xi looked at her with appreciation, and seeing this clearly shows that Zhu Shu is still quite smart: "As for Beisu, I guess, the Huns are testing whether Cao Shaoqing will really let them enter the pass. Therefore, they gradually strengthened their offensive to test whether the military talisman fell into Cao Shaoqing's hands, or whether anyone could mobilize the army with Yang Yuxuan's military talisman. If not, war would probably happen."

Regarding this, he asked Eunuch Jia, whether this person really didn't know, or he refused to say it. In any case, recalling Li Canghai, which is what Dongfang Bubai said before killing Cao Shaoqing, seemed to vaguely indicate that Cao Shaoqing had a complete plan to let the Huns enter Zhenbei District.

If the Huns in Beisu City were really just testing, then it is very likely that the other party’s target was Zhenbei City. After all, Zhenbei City has population, materials, food, and certain defenses, so the Huns should be able to hold on for a long time in the counterattack of the Forbidden Dynasty.

Moreover, considering that Zhenbeicheng was originally the capital of the Huns, the Huns first wanted to retake this city with great symbolism, which was the most likely.

At this point, Xu Xi had already vaguely guessed the task this time. It was nothing more than sending the military talisman back to Zhenbei City in time when the Huns launched a large-scale attack to mobilize the army to confront each other. Otherwise, if there is no military talisman mobilization, Zhenbei District may be defeated one by one.

Xu Xi’s biggest doubt at present is whether the Huns’ actions were hosted by the players or the game companies playing the plan.

If it is planned by a game company, it falls into the category of tasks. There are restrictions on activities and traces to follow, and it will be much easier to act. If the player is hosting the planning, it is more complicated than imagined. After all, there will never be a shortage of smart people in this world. What Xu Xi can think of may not be impossible for other players.

The fact that the Shenzhou Army had such a brilliant record before was largely because it was fighting against NPC at that time, in fact, against the actors of the game company. When the other party had some restrictions and was a unified task, it was easy to achieve a record.

If it is a war confrontation between players... if Xu Xi thinks that players in other continents are stupider than him, then he is the real stupid melon.

"Okay!" Xu Xi put away the map, pretending not to notice Eunuch Jia's demanding gaze, and put away the quasi-military map of Zhenbei District: "We must arrive at Zhenbei City as soon as possible! Let's hurry!"

Just kidding, how could Xu Xi easily hand over the quasi-military map that he had finally obtained? You should know that only generals with more than a thousand households will have a professional military map drawn by a systematic NPC. The higher the military position, the more detailed the military map you get.

Eunuch Jia looked depressed and aggrieved, and was ignored by Xu Xi.

It is easy to go fast at 800 kilometers, but in fact, if you really want to do it, your butt will probably be turned into four petals. However, it is Xu Xi’s good habit to practice qigong while riding a horse, and it is a good opportunity to ride a horse, especially light qigong.

It was already afternoon when we rushed to Zhenbeicheng along the way. Xu Xi and Zhu Shu entered Zhenbeicheng under the leadership of Eunuch Jia, and exchanged glances.
Chapter completed!