The fall of Lujiang was like a sap hitting the heads of the Lin family. Its fall was not only a matter of its own loss, but the most critical thing was that two divisions and the Hanzhong Mansion became one. The only way to save the army on this isolated island is to retake the Lujiang River. But as far as the current situation is concerned, this is tantamount to wishful thinking. The Sanjiang army, which has suffered a heavy blow, no longer has the strength to come back. A large-scale war was launched, and both Northern Romania and Sanjiang County were still facing the pressure of the Machi Khan invasion. In September 697, this season was originally a refreshing autumn, but the people of Sanjiang felt deep in their hearts. I feel the chill coming from the West everywhere.
Although the Lujiang offensive and defensive battle was extremely fierce, no one realized that it was just the beginning of a protracted period of chaos. Starting from September 697, the entire Eastern Continent had been in a state of chaos and disorder. Such forces from all sides The competition for the Central Plains lasted for nearly four years, with intermittent truces never lasting more than three months. The trauma caused by the war to the Eastern Continent, especially the Tanghe Empire, could not be eliminated even ten years later. After this period People who live in time will always remember these four long years of war.
In fact, the battle for Hanzhong began before the Battle of Lujiang. Ever since Yongchuan Town, with the full efforts of the Tiannanlang family, quickly took shape, it became a bridgehead threatening Hanzhong Fucheng. A steady stream of troops entered the south of Hanzhong from the southwest, allowing The Sanjiang Army defenders in Hanzhong Prefecture felt tremendous pressure, which indirectly led to errors in judgment by the Lin family generals. They all believed that the Lang family would probably concentrate all their efforts on reorganizing the Hanzhong army, but they underestimated Lang Yongquan's courage. and ambition, which led to the loss of Lujiang.
As early as late August, the Tiannan Lang family's troops broke through the six towns they controlled and continuously attacked the eight towns controlled by the Lin family. Their targets were precise and simple, which were the Lin family's security forces and officials stationed in each town. The Lin family was not willing to defend passively. They also used regular troops from the east and north to launch a counterattack against the Lang family. Small-scale conflicts continued, eventually leading to medium-sized conflicts involving more than 10,000 people. However, these conflicts did not affect the situation in the basin. The general trend.
Until September, after the Tiannan Army launched a powerful offensive in Lujiang, the Tiannan Army in Hanzhong also began to gather on a large scale. The army from Bashan continued to enter Yongchuan, and its military strength increased sharply. Soon it reached the level equivalent to that of the Lin family. The number of troops in Hanzhong was twice that of the Hanzhong army. The Lin family's army in Hanzhong realized that the situation had deteriorated beyond their expectation. They quickly gathered their troops and prepared to hold on to the Hanzhong Fucheng. The Lang family's army also used its superiority in military strength to continuously encroach on the areas originally controlled by the Lin family, trying to force the Lin family's army to leave the city for a decisive battle, but it had no obvious effect.
Taking advantage of the height of the mound, Sha Lang and his deputy quietly looked at Hanzhong Fucheng in the distance. The city defense facilities of Hanzhong Fucheng did not improve much after the Taiping Sect took over. However, after the Lin family took over, the Lin family painstakingly worked on the originally imperfect city defense system. Eight giant catapults were placed in four towers. On both sides of the tower above the city gate, the shooting range is as far as 500 meters; many bunkers and arrow holes have been built in the urn on both sides of the tower, and even many large stoves for boiling oil and gold juice have been built in case of emergencies needs, but these are just conventional defense facilities. The excavation and dredging of the moat and the two-way connection with the Han River also further improved the defense strength of Hanzhong City. Although the moat was not wide, the Han River provided sufficient water for the moat, preventing it from being cut off or even drying up.
"Well, it seems that the Lin family has invested a lot of money in Hanzhong. Anyway, since the Lang family is so eager to take the lead, we will simply let them practice generously and see if the so-called Tigers of Burma can do it. Take a bite out of the Lin family's hard bone." Sha Lang said with a sinister smile while touching his chin with his hand.
"Division Commander, isn't our mission just to be canceled?" the deputy asked unwillingly.
"It's undecided. Everything is still undecided. Even Boss Liang hasn't figured out what Jiedushi is thinking in his mind right now. How do I know? I originally thought that you were going to march into Hanzhong. Even Yueshan and the others have come, but they haven't come yet. By the time we reacted, the Lang family had already taken action, which caught us off guard. I guess you are also in trouble for this, right?" Shalang was also thinking about the changes in the battle situation, "But I heard that Beilu The news in Song Dynasty has also become tense. Do the people of Luzon want to repeat their old tricks again?"
"My lord, are you saying that the Luzon people may invade the north again? But I heard that Lord Li seemed to intend to punish the Heathrow people for their rudeness, so the cavalry of Mote and Tubu are stepping up their rest and recuperation." It was a soldier trying to figure out the change in the situation. After all, this is related to where this war will start, and it also directly affects the interests of the soldiers.
"People from Heathrow?" Sha Lang hesitated, "Is it possible? What benefits can be gained from teaching people from Heathrow now? You must know that Mr. Li always puts interests first when fighting."
A troop formed a neat square formation from the flanks and entered the camp. The flag-bearing soldier who was the first to hold the flag held high a large flag with a yellow background and red edges. On the flag, a ferocious insect jumped up and appeared vividly. Flying and rolling in the wind, it is really majestic.
"Hey, sir, look!" the deputy pointed at the formation in surprise.
"That's Winner's Burmese Army! Winner is known as the Tigers of Burma. The five sons are said to be extremely brave and are called the Five Tigers of Winner. That tiger flag is the military chess piece of their Burmese Army!" Lang narrowed his eyes slightly and carefully looked at the troop passing by a few hundred meters away, trying to figure out the combat effectiveness of this troop. If it could be called a tiger, I guess it wouldn't be too outrageous. It still looked like the same thing, no. Know what it's really like to go into battle.
"Division commander, let's go. This place is too close to the enemy. If the enemy discovers us, we will be in danger." The deputy was worried.
"Enemies? Where are the enemies here? So far, both the Lang family and the Lin family are still our close allies. Even if I boldly go out and ask to visit their army as an ally, I'm afraid they will only agree. Who among them is willing to offend us at this time? So in the past two days, I told the people in the Military Intelligence Bureau that they can go deep behind enemy lines to collect intelligence. At this time, both the Lin family and the Lang family can only try their best to tolerate us and avoid direct conflicts with us. Give us an excuse to join the enemy's side. Where can we usually find such good things? If there are advantages, we must not take advantage of them." Shalang shouted plausibly, "I don't believe that Lang Yongquan is not worried about our intervention. I guess this will Erlang Yongquan’s special envoy should have been sitting in Lord Jiedushi’s house long ago.”
The deputy was stunned for a moment by the rogue behavior of his division commander. He also heard that he encouraged the people from the Military Intelligence Bureau to boldly go deep behind enemy lines to collect intelligence. This made him dumbfounded. However, he was also used to seeing the absurdity of his superiors. I'm not surprised by his behavior.
As Shalang said, the arrogant behavior of the Northwest Military Intelligence Bureau has caused great dissatisfaction with the Tiannan military, which has completed the encirclement of Hanzhong Fucheng.
"Father, those guys are so arrogant. Yesterday alone our scout team captured five spies spying on the military. They were all from the northwest. We have to retaliate, lest we be said to be too weak." Before anyone entered the tent, The voice had arrived first, and a young man broke in angrily and shouted loudly.
When he walked into the tent, he saw someone sitting next to his father. It was Xie Changyang, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition and the deputy commander of the Tiannan Army. Only then did he realize that he had come a little recklessly. His dark face turned red, his head shrank and he quickly stood aside.
"Presumptuous! Wen Xiong, you are so brave. You broke into the commander's tent without being notified. Do you think you can violate military discipline because you are my son? Come here, drag this guy out and beat the 20th Army hard. Stick!" Wenner, who had always been calm and calm, couldn't help but became furious at this time. He lost face in front of the coach. How could Wenner not be angry? This Wen Xiong is Wen Na's youngest son. He has always had a bad temper, but he is extremely brave in battle, which gives Wen Na a headache.
"Forget it, Brother Wen Na, Young Brother Wen doesn't know that you and I are talking about something. It's not surprising if you don't know." Xie Changyang deliberately softened his cheeks and waved his hand, "Wen Xiong, please go out first, your father and I have something to discuss."
He glanced at his father hesitantly. The two sergeants who rushed in also stood aside dumbly, not knowing what to do. Wenner roared irritably: "Get out of here!"
The rat scurried away.
"Brother Wenner, it seems that people from the northwest are very rampant." Xie Changyang had a trace of worry on his face.
"Who says it's not the case? During this time, scouts, scouts, and spies from the northwest have been swarming in, and they have repeatedly entered the military restricted areas we have designated to peep and spy. They are hard to guard against. Once they are caught, people from the northwest come to negotiate, and your Excellency I was told not to cause too much trouble at this time, what else could I do? We didn’t just lock him up for a few days and then let him go! What’s more, we caught a guy disguised as an Orion near the military camp, and he actually said he They are military observers sent by the Allied Forces, specially here to understand the situation. My lord, tell me, why are these guys so rogue?" Wenner said at the end, unable to help but feel angry and funny.
"Military observers?" Even Li Wufeng himself cannot interfere with those who violate military discipline in the army. This is a strange thing in the world. Even the supreme commander cannot interfere. How can he still be called the supreme commander? Where does the authority of the supreme commander lie
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