The victory of the Tenth Army in the Battle of Liushantaizi allowed the Luzon Assault Group, which had been threatening the supply line of the Empire's southward advance group in the Eastern Luzon area, to finally collapse, because Tabulaki hoped to completely eradicate Liushantaizi in one battle. The empire set up a supply stronghold south of Vito, so he concentrated the two assault groups together. This also caused the entire assault group to be wiped out, and also directly caused the threat to the supply line of the imperial army to disappear. After this blow, the conservative Manlong Luzon Army guard Hilliard no longer dared to deploy troops to attack the imperial army's supply line from Liushantaizi to Kuiyangba, causing the Luzon Kingdom to gradually lose control of this area. Control.
In fact, some military scientists have analyzed that if Hilliard could insist on implementing Tabulaqi's harassment policy, the empire would never be able to establish a stable supply line in the East Luzon region, because the route from Liushan Terrace to Kuiyangba was not perfect. The construction of the road system must be completed only when a large amount of labor is required. In the face of enemy attacks, it is almost impossible to build and open the road from Kuiyangba to Liushan Terrace. But at the beginning, The idea of forming an encirclement of Central Luzon, namely Manlong and Robin, by controlling Eastern Luzon could not be realized. However, Hilliard, who was conservative and cautious by nature, insisted on implementing the policies of Luzon military coach Frederick. This is equivalent to handing over control of Eastern Luzon to others, allowing the empire to build and develop in this area without scruples. As the road extends southward step by step, the entire Eastern Luzon gradually becomes an empire. Another dagger stuck in the waist of the Kingdom of Luzon.
Then, under the full promotion of the Governor of Northern Luzon, Kong Yunzhen, a large number of laborers who had already been recruited continuously crossed the southern border into East Luzon and began to fully invest in the construction of the road project from Liushan Taizi to Kuiyangba. Under the pressure of the military, construction of a fortress complex began in Kuiyangba, and an administrative area gradually took shape with Kuiyangba as the center. Kong Yunchen has even made it clear to Cui Wenxiu that he hopes to establish Kuiyangfu in East Luzon. It became the fifth prefecture of North Luzon County, and the site of the prefectural city pool was chosen to be Kuiyangba. It also introduced a new land policy to develop the East Luzon region, encouraged Vito people to immigrate to East Luzon, and sent personnel to the Indian region to recruit immigrants to join the East Luzon development plan.
The young man in white shirt standing in front of the rooftop with his hands behind his back and staring at the distant sky has been pacing back and forth on the rooftop for half an hour. This is the first time even the guards have seen the calm and wise coach so restless. In my mind, after successfully completing the battle against Comini, the status of the coach has risen to almost the status of the legendary God of War. Nothing can stump him, and all enemies in front of him are nothing more than chickens and dogs.
Frederick did encounter a problem. He had hesitated when deciding who would serve as the coach of the army in the Manlong region. Kloof preferred to let Tablaki be the coach, but in the end Frederick chose to be more cautious. of Hilliard. The battle report sent now seems to prove that her original choice was correct. But Frederick knew that he might have made a mistake. If he could be given a chance, he could make a new choice. He would choose to go with Blaki as the head coach, but things have changed.
He will never have this kind of opportunity again. If he makes a mistake, he must accept the reality. When Hilliard sent a plan for Tabulaqi to lead a team of 10,000 people to attack the enemy's supply line, Frederick realized that trouble was coming. Tabulaqi's idea of attacking and destroying the Tang army's supply line was correct, but one A team of 10,000 people was not enough to achieve this goal. If Tabulaqi was the coach, Frederick estimated that Tabulaqi might send three teams of 10,000 people to divide into multiple attack groups to attack. For the Tang Army, which was not yet firmly established, this was almost fatal. Avoid their sharp edges, choose their weaknesses, and attack them while swimming. This is the essence of guerrilla strategy.
A team of 10,000 people is obviously a compromise by Hilliard. In this case, Tablaki may lose many opportunities and have to choose to take risks. For example, if the enemy has only about 10,000 people, a team of 30,000 people can launch an attack and concentrate its superior forces to surround and annihilate it, but a team of 10,000 people can only choose to retreat and avoid it.
The good news sent in advance did not reassure Frederick. He was more worried that Tabulaqi would take greater risks in order to prove the correctness of his own strategy. When he ordered Hilliard to ask Tabulaqi to suspend When the order to attack had just been sent to Manlong City, a team of 10,000 people led by Tabulaki had already suffered a devastating battle at Liushan Terrace. Tabulaqi, who had lost his prestige, could no longer assume the responsibility of leading troops and generals in the territory. The military judge would also investigate and judge him. Frederick regretted it a little, but he could no longer change this fact.
The Tang army's frequent activities north of Manlong were obviously to contain Hilliard's power; of course, it is not ruled out that if Hilliard failed to respond, they would take the opportunity to launch an offensive in the north, which gave Frederick a sense of powerlessness. I feel that what I set at the beginning was that the Tang Dynasty might launch an operation in the Manlong area and force me to mobilize troops from the west to return to the central and northern parts of Luzon. That's why I let Hilliard, who has a cautious and calm personality, be the commander-in-chief and preside over the Manlong region.
The overall situation of the region is to hope that Hilliard can maintain the situation in the Manlong region from deteriorating too much. As long as the Tang people can be sealed off in the border area, even a small loss is worth it, but Frederick did not expect it. The Tang people were so arrogant that they openly invaded Eastern Luzon and pretended to forcibly occupy the Eastern Luzon region. This really caught Frederick off guard.
In terms of actual economic value, East Luzon is mainly slopes and hills, with some flat land and valleys called dams mixed in. The population is quite sparse. It turns out that the central government of Luzon also pays too much attention to this land. In fact, It is the Gaoyue people who live in this land. Later, even a considerable part of the Gaoyue people slowly migrated to the interior of the Weituo or Tanghe Empires. The population of this land seems to be even smaller, except for some Gaoyue people who are unwilling to move. As well as a very small number of Andean people, almost no one lives in this area anymore.
There is no need to look at the map anymore. Frederick can recite almost all the decent place names in the land of Eastern Luzon. Kuiyangba is a very suitable place. I had overlooked this at first. If I could have gone there earlier, Build a fortress here, maybe.
Thinking of this, Frederick shook his head again, so what if he built a fortress? Kuiyangba is too far away from Manlong. If the Tang Dynasty wanted to capture this land, even if the fortress was built on Kuiyangba, it would be a wedding dress for the Tang people. In the face of superior enemy forces, no matter how strong the fortress was, it would not last long. Everyone knows this.
It's just that now that the Tang people have occupied the front line of Kuiyangba, they are looking at Manlong and Robin to the west with a bird's eye view. This puts Manlong and Robin at a disadvantage in terms of terrain. Although from Quanyangba to Manlong Or there is no decent road between Robins at all. This terrain advantage is meaningless, but it will always produce an indescribable pressure in people's psychology, just like the enemy will rush down and rush into the city. In fact The journey from Kuiyangba to Manlong does not require more than three days of marching, so it is impossible to reach Robin. It is further away and can be reached in five days, which is quite fast.
Now is not the time to consider the psychological concerns of the people of Luolao and Manlong. How to cut off this troublesome vine is what needs to be considered now. It may be a good choice to send additional reinforcements and send a young general with a more flexible mind to serve as the guard of Manlong, but another condition must also be met, which is stability. It seems a bit difficult to find a general who has both conditions at the same time. , Kruff is naturally qualified for this position, but South India needs him more, especially when the Tang Dynasty is also full of interest in this land.
But he still had to sit in Aslan and the Komini people. Although they had tamed and submitted on the surface, Frederick knew that this was only a temporary calm and did not take a long time to digest. It was still a high-risk area. Once there was Frederick himself was not very sure whether the people here would be angry if the wind blew.
It's time to find a suitable candidate for this object. Although Hilliard can only be maintained temporarily, this already indicates that the crisis is coming.
The annexation of Comini has certainly greatly increased the strength of the Kingdom of Luzon, but it is not that easy to completely digest it. This has also aroused more concerns from the surrounding powerful neighbors. They will definitely not be willing to see the Kingdom of Luzon's national strength increase again. If you go up a level, you will definitely find ways to prevent Luzon from becoming stronger. Various methods may be used during this process. Isn't that the case with the Andean Corps operating in the Pamirs? Frederick had always suspected that the information about hidden rebel activities in Comini that the intelligence department had obtained a few days ago came from the Pamirs, and the Tang Dynasty and the so-called Andean Corps were undoubtedly the backing of these rebel forces.
However, Frederick could not turn a blind eye to the crisis coming from his homeland, and Hilliard was obviously unable to cope with the aggressive offensive of the Tang Dynasty. He had already made a mistake once, and now he had to turn it around, but where could he find a suitable candidate in such a hurry? Frederick thought hard, it would be great if Qu Lin could be used for himself, but it was a pity that the guy refused to take soft and hard advice. Who else in the Luzon army can shoulder this important task