Transmigrating Through the Heavens: Starting with the Silly Pillar of the Courtyard

Chapter 343 Black Dragon Army

Wu Tao sat in the conference room watching Qian Hu and his six regimental commanders intensely discussing combat plans.

Instead, everyone is encouraged to pool their wisdom, which can help avoid causing great harm to the troops due to the mistakes of the commanding officer.

On the table in the conference room was a simple sand table, clearly marked with the surrounding mountains and rivers, as well as the direction the Tartars were advancing.

The special operations company has now been expanded to a special operations battalion. With the constant stream of intelligence from them, everyone can accurately deploy strike missions.

As a time traveler from the modern information explosion, Wu Tao knew all too well how to use a dimensional reduction attack.

Take this simple sand table, for example, and the map of the 500-kilometer radius around Cangzhou Prefecture hanging on the wall.

With this, he will have a clearer understanding of any battle plan than the enemy.

Qian Hu, along with the six regimental commanders, seemed to have long been accustomed to seeing some ingenious ideas from Wu Tao.

In their eyes, Wu Tao is a god, and it seems that nothing can stump him.

As a man, who wouldn't want to achieve great things and follow a wise ruler to the pinnacle of life?

Wu Tao is now the rightful master of Qian Hu and his group, and he is also the rightful master of the tens of thousands of people on the farm.

Only here can they live with dignity, even if the outside world is in complete chaos, here no one needs to worry about being harmed.

Wu Tao believes that his greatest strength is not how to lead troops into battle, but how to subtly influence more people.

Although some effects may not be immediately apparent, they will eventually lead to a qualitative change in the future.

This is Wu Tao's greatest ideal, not something he does simply for personal gain.

His strength is not yet sufficient, and the farm is now basically saturated.

If they want to continue expanding, they need their own base. Cangzhou Prefecture is the base Wu Tao has chosen, but everything will have to wait until this war is over.

If we can surround and kill all 5,000 elite Tartar troops here, the Tartars probably won't send anyone else for a while.

After all, the Tartars preferred the vast lands of the Great Yan Dynasty's interior to being entangled in the small Cangzhou Prefecture.

After intense discussions, Qian Hu and his team finalized the upcoming battle plan.

Wu Tao simply listened throughout; he rarely interfered with other people's decisions.

After all, he couldn't be in charge of everything. There were other people responsible for both the management of the farm and combat operations.

All he needs to do is offer his advice when he encounters difficulties.

Although my territory is small and I have few people, as someone in charge of the overall situation, I must learn to let go and cultivate everyone's autonomy.

Qian Hu began issuing orders, and troops began to move out in response.

Organized by regiment, everyone set off towards their respective combat zones.

Only the farmers remain on the farm, but for safety and future considerations, they also participate in training when they have free time.

Sending them out to fight the Tartars is probably not an option, but they can certainly protect the manor.

Wu Tao did not go out this time, but instead sent a special forces battalion to accompany the main force to prepare for any eventuality.

Every day, intelligence from the special forces was continuously sent back to the farm. The ambush had been in place since Qian Hu and his men arrived at their destination.

Later, the Tartar army appeared 50 kilometers away from Cangzhou Prefecture, and then the Tartar army and Qian Hu and his men began to fight.

In the end, Qian Hu and his men, while suffering a thousand casualties, also annihilated the invading five thousand Tartar troops.

This victory also gave Wu Tao a brief period of calm.

The first time there were two thousand men, this time five thousand. I believe the Tartars will understand that Cangzhou Prefecture is now in great danger.

They're unlikely to ignore the weak and insist on a head-on confrontation.

Or perhaps they need time to annex the larger territory of the Great Yan Dynasty, and only after everything has settled down will they turn their attention to solving the problems here.

Regardless of the other party's decision, after dealing with the five thousand Tartar soldiers, Wu Tao led his men directly into Cangzhou Prefecture.

Cangzhou Prefecture has long since become a ghost town, and even if there are some living people, they are hiding in various places.

Therefore, Qian Hu and his group entered Cangzhou Prefecture with great ease. By the time Wu Tao arrived, Cangzhou Prefecture had already been taken over by Qian Hu.

The Black Dragon Army flag was raised on the city wall, signaling to all who owned this place.

From the moment Wu Tao stepped back into the city gates of Cangzhou, he was already announcing his arrival to the world.

In fact, when Cangzhou Prefecture was besieged by the Tartars, many people in the city chose to flee.

Seeing that Cangzhou Prefecture had returned to normal, many people couldn't help but come to the city to inquire about the news.

Upon hearing that Wu Tao, a former commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, was now leading an uprising, many people felt that they could also become his subordinates or allies.

Wu Tao first arranged for Wang Xiaolong to form a new government department, which, in order to avoid causing trouble for the people, still followed the system of the Great Yan Dynasty.

Wang Xiaolong became the first prefect, and Wu Tao directly declared himself king, with the title of Dragon King.

As a result, many cities near Cangzhou Prefecture knew that a Dragon King had emerged in Cangzhou Prefecture and had already annihilated more than 10,000 Tartar soldiers.

This was naturally a message that Wu Tao intentionally had the special forces spread to enhance his prestige.

Faced with the overwhelming attack from the Tartars, other cities in the Great Yan Dynasty either surrendered or fled.

By the time Wu Tao arrived, he had already killed more than 10,000 elite Tartar troops.

Countless ordinary people and wealthy merchants began to flock to Cangzhou Prefecture.

It seems that only by coming here can they feel safe.

Wu Tao also took the opportunity to expand his army, announcing the establishment of the Second and Third Divisions of the Black Dragon Army.

The unit was directly expanded to more than 14,000 men.

A class consists of ten people, and three classes form a platoon. Including the platoon leader and deputy platoon leader, there are a total of 36 people, with one platoon leader and one deputy platoon leader. The platoon leader and deputy platoon leader are each protected by two bodyguards.

Three platoons make up a company, and each company has a company commander, a deputy company commander, and more than one hundred people including bodyguards.

Three companies form a battalion, with one battalion commander and one deputy battalion commander. Both officers are protected by a personal guard squad, with a total number of nearly four hundred people.

Three battalions formed a regiment, with a regimental commander and a deputy regimental commander, totaling nearly 1,300 people. The regimental commander and deputy regimental commander were each protected by a platoon of bodyguards.

Three regiments formed a division, with one division commander, two deputy division commanders, and three guard companies, totaling approximately 4,500 men.

The Black Dragon Army now has three divisions and is expanding its territory.

As soon as the three divisions were integrated, Qian Hu began to lead his men to attack the surrounding cities.

Following Wu Tao's suggestion, they only needed to occupy the former Songjiang Prefecture area.

Previously, the Songjiang Prefecture area covered nearly 600,000 square kilometers, with more than 20 prefectures and over 100 counties under its jurisdiction.

With such a large territory, land, population, financial resources, and military can all be replenished and developed.