Resurrection Empire-Chapter 928 - 357: Two Rounds

After hanging up the phone, Ren Zhong boarded his private airship, flying directly to Chongyi County.

The last three of Ying Hao's four requests required Ren Zhong to handle in person. To be safe, he decided to make the trip himself.

As for the battle in Zhan Sha County, it had nothing to do with him once he handed over the command post to Zheng Tian.

Do not employ those you distrust, and do not distrust those you employ.

He believed Zheng Tian would not disappoint him.

On the other side, the vast East Expeditionary Army advanced steadily like a bulldozer, continually closing in on a town neighboring Chromium Carbon Town, one of the Seven Towns.

The 300,000 cannon fodder troops, whose command center was destroyed in yesterday's battle, had suffered much upheaval and were left with only about 100,000.

At this moment, these 100,000 were in this town, with a small part confined in container sleep cabins.

The majority were forced to lie exposed in a spacious parking lot.

This group of cannon fodder slaves had been disarmed.

They were in rags, looking dejected, with low spirits.

Most of them had not eaten a grain or drunk a drop in over twenty-four hours.

On the one hand, the Seven Towns Alliance was overwhelmed, having no time to care for them.

On the other hand, a clever person in the alliance pointed out that this unstable group of cannon fodders was easier to manage when starved.

At this moment, a small number of armed guards stood outside the parking lot and sleep cabins, monitoring the restless cannon fodder slaves.

Currently, the slaves were unaware of the situation outside the town, only numbly awaiting the judgment of fate.

There were slight rumors among them, mostly saying that the Seven Towns Alliance intended to reorganize the troops, bringing in elites from other towns to rejuvenate and prepare for a counterattack here.

This implied that their life as cannon fodder was not yet over.

An old man with white whiskers murmured to the young man next to him, "Sigh, I don't know what's gone wrong, the good days just vanished like that."

The young man's eyes were murky and vacant, just looking at the ground, fingers ruffling the soft soil, "Uncle, I don't want to live anymore."

Old man: "Isn't your child only five years old? You must hold on."

The young man shook his head, "Even if we win, will my family really have a good life?"

The old man fell into silence immediately.

The majority of people in the field were in similar situations.

They felt extremely confused about the present and the future.

They also clearly understood that even if they devoted themselves to the Seven Towns Alliance, they could not obtain any assurance.

But they lacked the courage and power to refuse.

However, at this moment, the most bewildered and fearful were not these slaves, but the middle and upper-level business owners in the town.

This group had already turned into a chaotic mess.

The alliance of the Seven Towns included not only the leading big business owners from each town but also many small and medium business owners.

Regardless of whether they joined voluntarily or were forced, they indeed contributed manpower, effort, and money in previous wars, standing against Ren Zhong.

They did not expect Ren Zhong's retaliation to come so swiftly and fiercely.

They had started early to seek aid from the authorities hiding in the county city.

But at this moment, the authorities were just as overwhelmed.

Peace negotiations had broken down, and all that remained was war.

They had to face Ren Zhong's full military might head-on.

Not to mention the East Expedition Army; they knew Ren Zhong still had nearly 300,000 troops unused in Yangsheng City.

The alliance authorities could only stabilize the local henchmen in the town while pressuring the town government through the county government, also using private connections to offer the mayor hefty promises, demanding full sharing of official armed forces and promising to dispatch more troops to aid within a day.

This is what the representatives of the Seven Towns Alliance said to the mayor.

"By then, you will firmly defend the city. Ren Zhong's forces have no natural defenses outside the city. We will mobilize all of the wilderness warriors of the Seven Towns, bringing our total force to nearly 400,000. We have also contacted Mengdu Group, and they will provide us with a large number of Level Six and above Armored Soldiers. We will trap him just like he did in Chromium Carbon Town."

"Don't be fooled by Ren Zhong's so-called first, second, and third armies of the East Expedition as if they're formidable. In reality, the ones with genuine combat prowess are just the mere tens of thousands from Yangsheng City, the rest are rabble without meaning."

"You don't need to rush into decisive battle. According to reliable intelligence, Ren Zhong's East Expedition Army leading the way is precisely the Third Army, which consists of yesterday's betrayer cannon fodder troops. Ren Zhong's grand ostentation is just like ours."

"Therefore, his vanguard won't be too strong. Defending the city won't be difficult, rather, it's important not to use too much firepower, don't slaughter the cannon fodder too quickly forcing him to send his elite troops; it's about cutting with a dull knife, killing them slowly."

"This is also a psychological strategy. Ren Zhong's army is so fanatic based solely on personal worship of him. As his cannon fodder keeps dying, we will spread rumors within his direct troops, undermining his hypocritical persona."

"If we can hurt him in this battle, we can not only weaken his strength but also seize his equipment. By then, he will have no choice but to admit it. After all, his foundation is still in Yangsheng City, it's impossible for him to leave his base undefended and risk everything to attack us. Just now, we received notice from the big shots, saying someone plans to take action against his home base. Our opportunity is actually very large."

"If everything goes well, it might even be possible to seize some territory in Yangsheng City."

Upon hearing the entire plan, the once anxious mayor felt slightly reassured.

On the other side, about ten minutes ago, several dozens of Death Soldiers from the Seven Towns Alliance who had recently pledged allegiance to Ren Zhong nodded slightly to Yujin beside them, "Team Leader Yu, we have already sent false intelligence to the Seven Towns Alliance as per your instructions."

Yujin acknowledged with a sound, "Very well done, I will credit you with merit."

An hour passed.

New intelligence returned to Zhan Sha County, reaching the ears of the Seven Towns Alliance holders.

The first small town, on which they pinned high hopes, was captured.

The battle lasted only five minutes from outbreak to conclusion.

Ren Zhong's army suffered almost no casualties.

The Town Guard and Suicide Squad didn't fire a single shot or cannon.

The battlefield situation was like this.

The two sides stared at each other across a distance for about five minutes, roughly ten kilometers apart.

Then, two large engineering low-altitude airships originally following at the rear suddenly ascended and floated a few kilometers ahead of the small town.

Next, two heavy missiles over twenty meters long and nearly two meters in diameter launched from the missile silos under the low-altitude airships.

The missiles didn't aim at the small town but exploded above it.

This was the EMP short-range missile newly developed under Ren Zhong's guidance by Qian Wangshen.

The next second, under everyone's dazzling gaze, all electronic equipment in the small town failed completely.

Ren Zhong never intended to engage the opponent fairly, it was a complete domination of absolute strength.