freenovelworld Chapter 179 This doesn't feel right, why not have some fun with him
Chapter 179 This doesn't feel right, why not have some fun with him
Even in the direction of Xuanyang Valley, Cao Geng has Chu Yunfei's help, and Li Yunlong's side can also assist Cao Geng in consuming the power of their Xingluo Monk Corps.
However, they were four complete legions of monks after all.
In the opinion of his deputy captain, even if their Xingluo Monk Corps sent out another battalion of a thousand monks.
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Even if Cao Geng had the ability to fly through the sky and hide underground, it would be difficult for him to escape from the encirclement here. However, Shinozuka Yoshio said in a deep voice: "I will use the force of thunder and lightning to deal with the insignificant ants, just to completely eliminate the possible hidden dangers in my Japanese army, even if the means are extreme, I will not hesitate."
Hearing this, the adjutant Cao curled his lips slightly, thinking to himself that it was unbelievable that Cao Geng, a small regiment commander of the Eighth Route Army, could make the commander of the First Corps of the Japanese Army so desperate to confront him.
Perhaps after this battle, the name of Cao Geng will no longer exist in the northwest of Shanxi. The adjutant speculated.
Then, without saying anything more, he silently followed the order and left.
At this moment, under the command of Yoshio Shinozuka, the lurking Japanese troops were ready to launch an offensive against Cao Geng's troops.
Besides Zhao Jiayu, the monks under Cao Geng were engaged in a fierce battle with a Japanese brigade. Cao Geng only had 500 to 600 monks, how could he resist the full force attack of the Japanese brigade?
According to common sense, it is obviously impossible to do it with the power Cao Geng has. However, when Cao Geng commanded the New Third Regiment to cooperate with Chu Yunfei's troops to attack the Japanese army, he had already sent a contact signal to Li Yunlong.
Therefore, the situation outside Zhao Jiayu at this moment was: Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment alone tied down a Japanese army regiment; while Cao Geng worked together with Li Yunlong outside to tie down another Japanese army regiment.
Originally, the terrain of Zhaojiayu was such that two Japanese regiments were surrounding Li Yunlong's new regiment. But with the arrival of Cao Geng, the situation was reversed instantly, and Cao Geng's troops and Li Yunlong's troops joined forces to encircle the Japanese troops from both sides.
Even though Zhao Jiayu's current situation seemed favorable to the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese army was still outnumbered. Although Cao Geng and Li Yunlong were both highly acclaimed generals in the Eighth Route Army, it was still difficult for them to defeat or get rid of a regiment of Japanese troops in a short period of time.
What's more terrible is that when Cao Geng and Li Yunlong were attacking the Japanese army from both sides, the Japanese army was unusually calm. Facing the offensive of Cao Geng and Li Yunlong, the Japanese army not only did not rush to fight, but instead shrank its defense line and held its ground.
Wei Heshang and others from the New Third Regiment thought that the Japanese had to retreat because they were afraid of their New Third Regiment's fierce attack, so they attacked the Japanese positions even harder.
However, not long after, this phenomenon displayed by the Japanese army caused Cao Geng to think deeply, and a trace of doubt flashed across his face.
"There must be something fishy about this matter." Cao Geng suddenly said.
Wei Pochen was standing beside Cao Xuanming, reporting on the training and confrontation situation of the Zixiao Third Legion, when he suddenly heard Cao Xuanming's words.
"Is there anything unusual, Commander? Have you sensed any unusual aura?" Wei Pochen couldn't help but ask.
In his eyes, now their Zixiao Third Army and Zixiao First Army are working together to suppress the evil Japanese pirates in their training base. However, Cao Xuanming showed a hint of hesitation.
"These Japanese pirates are obviously targeting our Zixiao Third Army. They hate us to the core and want to eat our flesh and blood and drink our essence. Why are they hiding in the defensive formation at this moment of battle and engaging in a protracted defensive battle with our army?"
"Even if Li Qingyun and his men launch a surprise attack from the rear, the Japanese pirates still have the power of an entire army of demon soldiers at their disposal."
This made Cao Xuanming deeply puzzled.
The Japanese pirates did not swarm over like mosquitoes seeing blood, but instead chose to engage in a positional defense battle with their Zixiao Third Army. Could it be that the evil Japanese pirates who had previously deliberately intended to eliminate their Zixiao Third Army would actually do such a thing?
"I think that behind the Japanese pirates, there must be a powerful secret army that is about to show up."
Cao Xuanming suddenly had such speculation.
Otherwise, how could this entire regiment of Japanese pirates remain calm at the critical moment and be in a stalemate with their Zixiao Third Legion? There is no reasonable explanation for all this.
Hearing this, Wei Pochen's eyes suddenly froze.
He had no doubt about Cao Xuanming's speculation.
"So next, should we be more vigilant and guard against surprise attacks from those Japanese pirates lurking in the dark?"
Wei Pochen asked in a low voice, fearing that the Zixiao Third Legion was really in crisis.
"First, send a reconnaissance team to investigate whether there are any signs of a large number of Japanese pirates gathering within a radius of 200 miles..."
Cao Xuanming thought for a while before giving the order.
Because when he led the army to the outside of Zhaojiayu, he had already carefully explored the places where the Japanese pirates might appear along the way. He knew very well that at least when he arrived, there were only two demon soldiers stationed outside Zhaojiayu.
If the Japanese pirates wanted emergency reinforcements at this moment, they could only mobilize troops from other nearby Japanese pirate strongholds. However, Cao Xuanming firmly believed that once the Japanese pirates hiding in the dark attacked, their number would definitely not be small.
After all, Shinozuka Yoshio vowed to bring Cao Xuanming to an irretrievable end.
Therefore, Cao Xuanming believed that the Japanese pirates who came to support from the dark would mobilize at least an army regiment of demon soldiers.
It should be noted that if the Japanese pirates hiding in the dark really have the strength of a demon army regiment, plus the two regiments in the open, the Japanese pirates have already come out in full force and sent out a division of troops to set up a trap in Zhaojiayu to deal with him, Cao Xuanming.
Even though he had already asked Chu Fengyun for help.
However, according to the common sense of the cultivation world, it was extremely difficult for them to survive in the face of such a division-sized force of Japanese pirates with only the strength of the Zixiao Third Army, the Zixiao First Army, and the 356th Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.
Although the battalions of the Zixiao Third Legion under Cao Xuanming were now on high alert in various places in northwestern Shanxi.
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But before Cao Geng thought about how to order his immortal camps to take action, he had to first find out where those evil daily demons lurking in the darkness came from.
However, now, the immortal soldiers in Cao Geng's hands have spread all over the northwest of Shanxi. With the help of the scout disciples under the command of each immortal camp, he can naturally quickly obtain intelligence about the actions of the evil daily cultivators.
It was reported that in the area of 200 miles around Zhao Jiayu, there was indeed a certain evil Japanese force that was quietly moving.
Not long after, Cao Geng's scout disciples brought back accurate news.
It turned out that while their New 1st Regiment was continuing to fight with the Japanese evil demons outside Zhaojiayu, the Japanese evil demons around Zhaojiayu actually mobilized a large number of troops with the intention of launching an offensive in the direction of Zhaojiayu.
Moreover, these evil demons were not just one group, but were divided into three groups, coming from three cities around Zhao Jiayu.
These three cities surrounded Zhao Jiayu in a roughly V-shape, and the total number of Japanese evil demon soldiers and horses drawn out from these three cities to attack Zhao Jiayu was as many as two demon regiments!
The moment he learned this information, Cao Geng's face immediately turned pale.
"How could this be?"
"The Japanese evil demon actually mobilized two additional demon divisions in an attempt to surround our battlefield and catch us in a trap?"
Although Cao Geng expected that the Japanese evil demons would send powerful forces to the battlefield where they were, he did not expect that those evil demons had secretly assembled the strength of two entire demon regiments.
There were two demon detachments in secret, and two more in the open. Together, there were four demon detachments, totaling 12,000 evil demon soldiers!
In a head-on confrontation, this force is no less powerful than any large Chinese army.
However, the Japanese army actually mobilized such a large-scale force to target Cao Geng directly!
I have to admit that even Cao Geng himself was deeply shocked by Yoshio Shinozuka's high regard for him.
Of course, Cao Geng was not the only one who was shocked by this incident.
At the same time Cao Geng learned the news, Monk Wei who was standing next to him also received the notification.
Therefore, Monk Wei couldn't help but feel a tingling sensation on his scalp.
Although one of the demon divisions had slightly more troops and was pinned down by the troops led by the two immortal masters Chu Yunfei and Li Yunlong, the force that the New Third Regiment was about to face still had the strength of two demon divisions plus a captain, roughly estimated to be more than 7,500 evil demons.
However, the total number of people from the New Third Regiment who arrived at this battlefield was less than 750...
There is a huge gap in strength between the two sides, the difference is ten times!
This clearly shows that the Japanese army was highly alert and concerned about the New Third Regiment, and even about its commander Cao Geng, and seemed ready to crush it completely at any moment.
"Captain, how should we respond?" Monk Wei looked confused.