Chapter 811 The Shortcomings of the Gray Army
It is hard to say whether the Bran military may make a plan for revenge against the gray-clothed army. But at present, this army from the Cangyan Legion is definitely not ready. Just a quarter of an hour after the battle begins.
Bang, bang, bang... Several big red signal flares exploded in succession, instantly dyeing a large twilight night sky red, which was extremely eye-catching.
The fierce battlefield paused, and a quiet moment, the entangled parties subconsciously took a step back and separated slightly.
Most of the two sides were pale and thin, and they mixed all kinds of old armor on their bodies, which seemed to be really depressed. Their eyes were bright and blood-red, like killing beasts, and the violent meaning in their eyes was not slightly reduced by this brief pause. The other side was wearing imperial armor, with a terrifying look on their faces. They looked at the group of refugees in front of them, as if they had seen the familiar enemy, the crazy barbarians from the Northern Wilderness... Looking at each other, they immediately fought again, and they were entangled again, making violent roars or screams before death...
There is actually no suspense when the battle situation is over. The few bundles of signal flares from the fortifications are not for seeking reinforcements, so it must be too late. It is just to warn the rear blockade line, so as not to stage this tragic scene again.
As for the current blockade line, if this Cangyan army does not want to be wiped out here, the black-faced general might have considered the strategy of cutting off his arm, leaving some troops to cut off his back, and then letting another group of soldiers escape... In fact, this is exactly what he did.
Seeing some bonfires gathering behind the fortifications, Joshia retracted her gaze, waved her hand to call the commander, and said calmly: "Order, go up and surround here on the left and right wings. Those who have escaped do not need to worry about the remaining enemy troops as soon as possible... and let General Frey withdraw."
"Yes." The messenger nodded, turned around and rushed down the mound.
"Haha, leader, you do this. Brother Frey is coming back and he wants to make a fuss. You must know that this is his last charge." With a chuckle, the young officer with freckles before stepped forward and shook his head and smiled.
It seems that they are very familiar with each other, but this move seems a bit casual and intimate and not respectful enough. But in fact, looking at the right position behind Joshia, you can tell that this young man is a smart man and has a very good grasp of his position.
The corners of his mouth raised slightly, and Joshia also smiled and shook his head: "Fery, Brother Frey likes the feeling of breaking the formation. Now the enemy's formation has been broken by him. The rest of the time is just cleaning the battlefield. I don't think it's blamed me. And..." He paused and sighed, "I still feel it's too dangerous! Alas, Old Marshal Oumeng's body is getting worse and worse, so he can no longer be allowed to work hard on military affairs, otherwise... Well. Now, Brother Frey is very important to this gray-clothed army!"
Needless to say, this young officer is naturally one of Tang En's few friends in the gray-clothed army. Feiri! Hearing Joshia's slightly helpless sigh, Feiri's expression was slightly dim and he couldn't help but feel silent.
Logically speaking, with the Purple Cannon as a killer, the current combat power of the Gray Clothes Army is naturally much stronger than before. The actual situation is similar, but it must be pointed out that the current Gray Clothes Army also has a very fatal shortcoming - only the general and no marshal!
In the battle of the Great Retreat of Shuguang City, the old Marshal Oumeng suffered some injuries, but was only slightly injured, and everyone, including Oumeng, did not care. After all, because Oumeng had been on the battlefield for decades and had experienced thousands of battles of all sizes, some minor injuries were not worth mentioning at all. At most, it would be a scar left. This is also a unique medal belonging to the warrior!
But the situation was completely different from that. Since ancient times, famous generals like beauties are not allowed to see white hair on earth. I don’t know if it is because of the age and weakness, the physical functions of the body have taken a sharp decline. These minor injuries on Ou Meng’s body have not improved, but have become more and more serious. In the end, he couldn’t afford to sit down...
The significance and important role of the old Marshal Oumeng to the Gray-Clothed Army is naturally self-evident. It is no exaggeration to say that the Gray-Clothed Army was led by Luosha and supported by Oumeng. If the Gray-Clothed Army is compared to an ocean-going warship, Luosha is the rudder that controls the direction, and Oumeng is the bow of the sword that splits the waves of thousands of pounds!
But now, the bow collapsed, and the old Marshal Oumeng fell...
The military structure of the Gray-Clothed Army is relatively simple. If it were placed before, even if the old Marshal Oumeng fell, he could still choose one of the generals of the original army to top it. But now it is not possible. Don’t forget that during the honeymoon between the Gray-Clothed Army and Bran, the Gray-Clothed Army had successively sent a large number of soldiers to the front line in accordance with the agreement to resist the invasion of the Northern Wilderness barbarians with the Bran army. Among them, there are the First Army, Second Army, and the Supreme General of the Fourth Army of the Original Gray-Clothed Army!
Needless to say, after the Northern Wilderness Barbarians retreated, Bran broke the contract and brazenly attacked the gray-clothed reinforcements. In order to minimize the damage to the troops, the three generals made the same choice - to stay and attract Bran's army to attack and let the soldiers escape as much as possible. In the end, they were unable to come back...
There are three armies and five armies. Among them, the generals of the fifth armies basically don’t need to consider. This is not to say that his military ability is not good, but the difference in tactical style. The generals of the five armies are very good at defensive warfare, and even Oumeng can’t accept his own achievements in defending the city. But the problem is that he is only good at defensive warfare, and he has enough defense, but he is not enterprising enough, and his attainments in attacking tough problems are much worse. However, the focus of the gray-clothed army is revenge, and he will surely attack 100,000 mountains and attack Bran’s hinterland. This is naturally not strong for the generals of the fifth armies.
And except for him, the only thing left is the General of the Three Armed Forces. He has no tactical style problems, but his other problems are even more serious than this...
When Bosco was preparing to betray last year, all the forces that his family infiltrated the army were working together, among which the three armies were the most serious. The one who opened the gate of Shuguang City and put the enemy in, the Grand Sword Corps of the Three Armed Forces.
In this way, the three armies' reputation among the gray-clothed army was naturally not much better. As the highest general of the three armies, the general was unknown to employ people and was carrying a huge pressure of guilt. He seemed to have a shadow in his heart. Although he was strong and had not been defeated, he was unwilling to take over as the marshal. Even though Josia and others knew that this had little to do with the general. Strictly speaking, this was a natural disaster. The Bosco family had been planning for many years in the gray-clothed army. Even Luosha, Oumeng and others had never thought that the family's roots would be so deep, let alone the general.
But after Joshia, Oumeng and others tried their best to persuade him, the general still couldn't get through his psychological barrier. He insisted on not accepting the Marshal...
In this way, the problem will be ripped off. Oumeng obviously cannot serve as the marshal anymore, otherwise he will most likely die in front of the military sand table. Those who are most qualified to inherit this position will either have sacrificed, have inappropriate tactical style, or have psychological problems... Such a huge gray-clothed army, with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, have no leader, and none of them leads. This has to be said to be a ridiculous thing!
In desperation, Joshiya and others could only throw away the qualifications and look further down. Fortunately, the new generation group also has the benefits of the new generation group. The current gray-clothed military organization is relatively simple and the people's hearts are very simple. In the past, Losha was respected, but now Joshiya is the leader. As long as they issue an authoritative order, basically no one objected. Or even if they are dissatisfied, it was just dissatisfied at the time and would not have any adverse effects... So when Joshiya decided to put aside his qualifications and brainstorm for fair choices among officers above the regiment. Those people were just competing fairly. People who did not have similar positions as deputy generals would think that this method was to insult their identity...
Of course, the candidates selected in this way naturally cannot be directly a marshal. It will always take some time to prove their abilities and convince Joshia and others, so that they can be expected to lead the three armies!
Although there are some restrictions, the future is bright after all, so many people are tempted for a while. However, although they cast a wide net, there are very few goals that can truly fall into the eyes of senior executives such as Joshia.
There is no way, this is choosing a marshal, not a foreman. As the saying goes, a general is incompetent and exhausts the three armies. The current gray-clothed army cannot withstand any tossing. Therefore, the conditions in all aspects are naturally so strict that it is outrageous.
It was at this time that Frey entered the field of sight of everyone. If Frey, who was qualified to participate in the selection based on his qualifications, would naturally have no advantage. If he was loyal to the Gray Clothes Army, although there was no actual standard, Frey, who had only joined the Gray Clothes Army in the past two years, was certainly not qualified...
But although this is not possible, that is not enough. But it has to be said that Frey is very capable of fighting, fighting tough battles, and winning battles is an indisputable fact. In the internal training and confrontation between the Gray Clothes Army, the spear regiment led by Frey's spear team was a record of domineering victory, and the undefeated golden body has not been able to defeat it yet!
It is also worth mentioning that the old Marshal Oumeng is also optimistic about Frey. When Frey just joined the Grey Army two years ago, Oumeng had the idea of accepting him as his assistant and mentioned it in person. However, at that time, Frey first joined the Grey Army, and wanted to move up with his own ability, so he politely rejected Oumeng's kindness.
As the saying goes, gold shines everywhere, Frey's professional military literacy is not a problem at all. Not to mention the undefeated golden body in the gray-clothed army. Detailed in the past history, the name of the spear-breaking camp was also bravely shocked by the three armies. His legend is still circulating in the Thunder Legion. In this way, when Joshia set up a position of no qualifications or background, he naturally shines among the marshal candidates.
In addition, there is actually a hidden reason. Not many people know about it, but it also plays an extremely important role - the relationship between Frey and Donn!
As mentioned earlier, there are not many friends in the Grey Army. Except for Joshia, his family, the first one is Frey. The two have a life-long friendship. Two years ago, Don was still the one who pulled Frey and others to join the Grey Army.
Of course Joshia is very clear about this, so it is definitely impossible to say that she has no selfishness. There seem to be many things in the world, but when you look at it in detail, many of them are also artificial. For example, the selection boundary that just made Frey qualified to participate...
Of course, this is not actually a cheating. First of all, the starting point is to consider the gray-clothed army. It is a good thing to relax the boundaries and allow more officers to participate. Furthermore, even if Joshia secretly helps, if Frey doesn't do well, it will be useless. After all, things in the army still have to rely on real skills to speak!
Such examples include Fei Rui, who is now standing next to Joshia, a friend who has terrifying mental arithmetic ability and is praised by Don En as a smart person. Joshia also gave him a lot of rights and promoted him from the head of the military logistics department to one of the real power figures in the Logistics Department.
Feiri did not disappoint Joshia at all. In this extremely difficult year, Feiri almost used his terrifying calculation and operation ability to use the limited food to the limit and fully maximized it. Although he finally got the nickname of "Iron Rooster", his ability is indeed amazing and he can't accept it...
OK, let's get back to the point.
There is no need to explain the intermediate selection process of the marshal candidates. It only needs to be known that Frey eventually became that candidate! He rose like a rocket, officially formed the Sixth Army of the Gray Clothing Army, and became the general of the Sixth Army. He was also two years late, but he came to the old Oumeng and listened to the teachings every day. However, at this time, his identity was no longer an assistant, but an heir...
Of course, as I said just now, Frey is not a real marshal and is still in the inspection period. For example, although the pre-war plan for this battle was completely proposed by Frey, it is still necessary to allow the highest levels of more than ten armies, including Joshia, to observe and discuss together, and finally decided.
On the battlefield, fighter jets change rapidly, and this slightly complicated and procrastinating model is naturally problematic. However, Joshia and others were helpless. After all, this is a big issue related to the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people. It can be said that they have given Frey the greatest rights and freedom, and the rest can only be verified slowly through time. And...
Condescendingly, watching Frey lead the original old brothers out of the fortifications in the distance and strode towards this side, Joshia couldn't help but sigh in her heart, and her regret flashed. In fact, there was another main reason, no one knew about it except her...
The old Marshal Oumeng is not dead yet, so he naturally plays a decisive role in choosing who to be the candidate. Among the many candidates, Oumeng does recognize Frey the most, but this does not mean that Frey is perfect...
Joshia clearly remembers Oumeng's regretful evaluation of Frey. This is a soldier born for the battlefield. If there is no accident, at this age, he will be enough to grow into a generation of coaches. Unfortunately, he spent more than ten years in the mine... This fault did not wipe out his military talent, but greatly delayed and reduced his progress time and space. Now, he has no problem becoming a general of the army, but he is still a long way from the general of the three armies to go... It's a pity!
He shook his head slightly and looked at Frey, who was having fun talking to the old brother not far away. Joshia's eyes flashed slightly, and he was a little surprised.
Perhaps, Brother Frey also knew his shortcomings and regrets. So, when he asked him to come out to compete for the position of marshal, he hesitated for a long time before watching him agree. This should be for Tang En's sake, and he didn't want to disappoint himself...
But in this way, Rushan's heavy pressure hit him. Therefore, Brother Frey insisted on leading the team in person this time and made the last charge, which should be to relieve the heavy pressure in his heart...
Chapter completed!