The tendency of the Liberian countries to join forces made Wu Feng immediately alert. The empire has not relaxed its monitoring of the Liberian countries in the past two years. When Princess Catherine of the Dodon Kingdom and King Sezerif of the Kingdom of Pur When all nine generations were related by marriage, it aroused the concern of the Tang Empire. However, such marriages between Liberian people were not uncommon. There were already intricate in-law relationships among the royal families of Liberia. This time, the two neighboring countries have such a close marriage relationship, and people still can't help but feel that there is some kind of political need in it.
The Kingdom of Poole has a poor economic foundation and is still recovering slowly, but its military strength is quite strong and its martial tradition is strong. It is a typical country that started with the military. Although the Kingdom of Dodon is slightly inferior militarily, it has Because it faces the sea in the east, the climate is suitable and agriculture is relatively developed. Especially in the past few years, the weather has been good. Although the Japanese suffered heavy losses and occupied the Crescent Peninsula, their roots were not damaged. Its industry and commerce are also far more developed than in Poole. , and once the two countries form a very close relationship, it means that Poole can provide strong military protection to Dodon, and Dodon can also continuously provide financial and material assistance to the Kingdom of Poole, which is desirable and needed.
The marriage between the Kingdom of Poole and the Kingdom of Dodon was just the beginning of the alliance between the Liberians. When the Tang Dynasty expressed concern and worry about the joint military exercises between the two countries in the border area, it suffered another setback. In another blow, Prime Minister Sislo visited Poole and Dorton and concluded a military cooperation agreement. Immediately afterwards, the series of diplomatic activities of the political leaders of the Liberian countries became even more dazzling. The Four-Nation Alliance was formed almost before the Tang Dynasty made an appropriate response. This made the Tang Empire immediately feel that the north Faced with tremendous pressure.
Once the four countries unite, they will have more than one million troops, and almost the entire northern part of the empire will be exposed to the Four Nations Alliance. Especially the northern region is mostly flat, and the Liberian countries are characterized by an appropriate combination of light and heavy cavalry. This also brought unprecedented pressure to the Imperial Privy Council. In addition to continuously allocating funds for the repair and construction of fortresses and castles in the northern region, the Imperial Central Committee also began to expand the establishment of heavy cavalry divisions.
Long before the establishment of the empire, Xijiang began a large-scale military horse breeding program in the Western Regions, selecting Wusun horses and Kuqa horses with strong load-bearing capabilities and good sprinting abilities in the Western Regions, as well as grassland horses from the Tengger grassland with good endurance and hunger and thirst. Horses were crossbred, and they had achieved success in 699, and began to breed this excellent breed called Xijiang horse in large quantities. Although the Xijiang horse cannot compare with the grassland horse in terms of endurance, it retains the characteristics of its male parent stallions, the Wusun horse and the Kuqa horse. It can bear heavy loads and sprint, and its endurance has also been greatly improved. Already fully equipped with advantages comparable to the specialty Liberian horse on the Liberian grassland, large-scale breeding and breeding work began in the second half of 699, and some of the early results also began to be reorganized and reorganized. The cavalry began to be installed, first from a brigade to a regiment, and finally formed into a heavy cavalry division. As of April 701, one heavy cavalry division had been successfully formed and combat effective, and another heavy cavalry division was intensively preparing for army formation exercises. So far, three reorganized heavy cavalry divisions had been used. The regiments were organized into combat orders, which significantly improved the Tang Empire's ability to implement tactical breakthroughs when conducting large-scale battles in the northern plains.
But now they are facing tremendous pressure from the Liberians. The empire immediately realized that the empire was still at an absolute disadvantage in terms of quantity and quality compared to the Liberian countries in terms of heavy cavalry power, and this disadvantage was almost fatal to the battle in the northern plains, except for one On the other hand, they continued to expand the strength of heavy cavalry. The empire also proposed again to the Sykes Tribe and the Dole Tribe to establish an independent armored beast force (armed unicorn force) of the empire to deal with the increasingly severe situation in the north. This also received the support of the Sykes Tribe and the Dole Tribe. With full support, the armored beast troops grew from scratch, from weak to strong, and quickly expanded from the original two thousand to five thousand, and gradually formed combat effectiveness, becoming a special part of the empire's heavy cavalry force.
Even so, the strength of the empire's armored cavalry is still at an absolute disadvantage overall. Almost every country in Liberia has more than 30,000 armored cavalry. The combined armored cavalry strength of the Heathrow, Kaman, and Poole countries is close to 200,000, and the strategic assault strength of the entire Liberian countries even exceeds 400,000. This is already a quite terrifying number.
Perhaps the only thing the empire can be proud of is the strength of the rangers, coupled with the toughness of Gaoyue's heavy infantry, and the large number of light infantry, but is it sure that it can cope with the great power of the Liberian countries after they unite? Even the two Privy Council envoys did not have much confidence in the attack. Therefore, under such circumstances, Wu Feng ordered Cui Wenxiu to suspend military operations in the central mainland and quickly return to Beijing to meet with Liang Chongxin, who had already rushed back to the imperial capital. Let's discuss the possible war that will determine the survival of the empire.
What worries Wu Feng is not just the great alliance of the Liberians. What worries him the most is that the Machihans may also want to join this coalition of Liberians. Although the Machihans It is located in the south, but in the face of such a huge military operation, geographical location is no longer the main factor affecting the change of the situation. If this war does not start, it will be at least a protracted war, which will determine the survival and survival of the empire. It is a desperate battle for the existence of the Liberian countries, and the Machi Khans cannot stay out of it. Once the Liberians fail, the fate of the Macchi Khanate can be imagined.
Under such circumstances, it would be strange that the Maci Khans did not want to try their best to get involved. Although they knew that the Maci Khans would not be lonely, when they learned that representatives of the Maci Khans appeared in Heathrow When visiting the Prime Minister's Office in Lensk, the capital of the empire, Wu Feng still felt an unprecedented amount of pressure.
Sometimes Wu Feng laughs at himself, thinking that when he entered the world single-handedly and bare-handed, he didn't have so many worries at all, but now that he is sitting on thousands of miles of fertile land and has hundreds of millions of people, he actually worries about gains and losses. Is it really because of his age that he has become a bad person? He has become more conservative and timid. Wu Feng has asked himself many times about this, and even specifically asked Ling Tianfang and Bo Jinchen, but he has never been able to find an answer that satisfies him.
Fortunately, in 700, the empire had determined a strategy to consolidate the domestic situation through economic development for a period of time. With the arrival of the spring harvest in 701, the empire also ushered in a rare harvest year. After three consecutive years of natural disasters, , the empire could finally breathe a sigh of relief and no longer needed to import grain from Luzon and India to make up for the gap. The stability of the domestic situation in the empire also provides a relatively good internal environment for the empire to use troops. Of course, the news that the Liberian countries are sharpening their swords in the northern border areas constantly disclosed in the news media also stimulates the empire to a certain extent. The mood of the people in the country, which has been elevated to the unique hegemony of the Eastern Continent, has also begun to pay attention to the threats from the outside. The calls for strengthening armaments and increasing military strength have finally bottomed out after more than a year of low ebb.
The Japanese also had this intention. They wanted to get involved in anything that weakened the national power of the Tang Dynasty. However, their power, especially their land power, was almost negligible. In future wars that would determine the country's survival, they could only fight on land. To decide the outcome, at this point, the Japanese obviously do not have enough say.
Faced with the hostility shown by the Liberian countries, Wufeng also realized that the empire might have to change its strategic plan. It was originally hoped that after the navy became stronger, it could first deal with the Japanese and then deal with the enemies on land, but now It seems that the assessment of the situation at that time was a bit too optimistic. The Liberians were not willing to sit still and wait for death, and the Machikhans were bent on turning things around. The combination of these factors directly affected the empire's strategy, forcing The empire had to make some corresponding changes.
Fortunately, the war in the central continent is still under control, and the situation in the southwest has gradually calmed down. The Western Peninsula Alliance has gradually acquiesced to the fact that the empire has annexed Sikkim, Nan'an, Western Samoa and Sokotu. The establishment of the southwest county of the empire also indicated that this land was officially included in the empire's territory. The cooperation between West Oran and Jutland and the empire on the Merry issue made West Oran and Jutland consider their support for the Western Peninsula Alliance. They also have some scruples, especially since the empire has clearly stated that West Orland and Jutland should not support the Western Peninsula Alliance and be hostile to the empire. Now that the empire can not control Jin Gexi, they are secretly happy. As for the original alliance and The promise has been forgotten long ago, and no one is willing to provoke the behemoth of the empire. Even if it is to live quietly, it is always better than to destroy the country immediately.
The command of the Central Continent was given to Hu Yanqiu. Although Cui Wenxiu also admitted that Hu Yanqiu's ability was somewhat difficult to command an army of 400,000, but Hu Yanqiu did have one advantage, that is, he was cautious and never greedy for credit. This land is familiar enough. Negotiations with the Hansen Alliance are about to begin. The war between the two sides is no longer worth continuing. Under this situation, Cui Wenxiu believes that Huyanqiu can survive just by defending the situation.