On the night of November 20, 698 in the Continental Calendar, Wang Liao, deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Office of Western Xinjiang, and Chilitin, the special envoy of the Principality of Medan, signed the "Wangchi Agreement" in Yada City. The Principality of Medan announced its surrender to the Tanghe Empire and the Western Xinjiang Protectorate. , the Grand Duke of Medan accepted the title of Tanghe Empire, and the former General of the Principality of Medan, Maloda, was granted the title of Marquis of the Empire at the same time, and the entire territory of Medan surrendered.
On November 23, the non-stop Western Xinjiang Fourth Army left a division stationed outside the city of Miyalo, the former capital of the Principality of Medan. Taking advantage of the fact that the outside world had not yet learned that the two parties had signed an agreement, they quickly moved southward with lightning speed. On November 26, more than 20,000 Eastern Samoan and Moro coalition forces were defeated. Except for the coalition forces still staying in Kutdam, the remaining troops in the two cities of Eastern Samoa and Moro were lost in this battle. All. On November 28, the Fourth and Fifth Divisions of the Fourth Army of the Western Xinjiang Army entered the Urban Republic of Eastern Samoa, which had been declared undefended. On November 29, another group of Western Xinjiang troops, the first and second divisions of the Fourth Army, entered the Moro Urban Republic, which was also declared undefended.
On November 25, the special envoys of Mach Khan and the Nanyang Alliance arrived at Miyaluo City, which had become Li Wufeng's temporary office on the peninsula, and asked Li Wufeng to stop his march southward and resolve the dispute between the two sides through negotiation, but they were refused. At the same time, two regiments of the Machi Khans sent troops to Kutdam to join forces with the Peninsular Allied Forces to defend Kutdam and the city-state of Lygon; after half a month of debate, the Nanyang Alliance Parliament finally agreed to protect the Nanyang Alliance. In the name of protecting commercial interests from infringement, he sent 70,000 troops and stationed them in the Sanbao city-state. On November 30, 50,000 mercenaries returning east from the Chinese mainland disembarked and landed at Sanbao Port, and joined forces with the Nanyang Alliance Front Army to station themselves in the city-state of Sanbao.
On November 26, a week after the Pashas signed the agreement with the coalition forces, which was the third day after the eastern mercenaries boarded the ship to return eastward, they suddenly tore up the agreement and launched an attack on the unprepared western countries of the Peninsula Alliance. They were caught off guard The countries in the western part of the peninsula were defeated by Pasha's army in three cities in one fell swoop within five days. In addition to the fall of Tocton Principality, Acha Principality and Idan City State were captured on November 29 and 30 respectively. On November 30, the Principality of West Oran and the Peninsula Alliance, the western core city of Princeton City, formally declared war on the Pasha Kingdom. At the same time, Japan and Germany, who had just secretly married the prince of the West Oran Kingdom, also declared war on the Pasha Kingdom. In the Kingdom of Lan, the situation in the entire Indochina Peninsula is becoming increasingly complicated.
The southern peninsula is experiencing sudden storms, but the northern region is shrouded in clouds and fog, and is in chaos.
It can be said that the importance of the Jiama area to the Kaman Empire is well known. It was hard to take advantage of the civil strife in the Tanghe Empire to capture Jiama in one fell swoop. I don’t know how much effort the Kaman people spent on this. A hole was torn in the natural barrier of the Tanghe Empire, and it was precisely because of Jiama, a wedge that penetrated deeply into the Jieluoke Principality, that the Kaman Empire succeeded in the subsequent battle to capture Jiayuguan. In Fanlin, which was finally captured, the entire Kaman Empire has built a thick strategic barrier outside its southern homeland to ensure that its homeland will not be invaded by foreign hostile forces. However, all this was due to the fall of Jiama Suddenly it became a castle in the air, and the southern defense line that the Kaman people thought was impregnable suddenly collapsed, exposing the entire southern region to the iron hoof of the Western Xinjiang people. It was even more dangerous than if it had not been captured initially. It was several times more dangerous before Jia Ma.
As the coach guarding the southern defense line of Kaman, Miley certainly understands this, but the serious shortage of logistics has greatly weakened morale, especially since the beginning of October, food has been intermittent, and the domestic food supply has been completely cut off. Relying on supplements from the eastern occupied area, once the eastern supply line is attacked, this already quite fragile supply line will soon cause great trouble to the Kaman army guarding the southern border.
Although Ferdinand's westward plundering regained enough food for the northern garrison for half a year, the side effects were huge. The Heathrow Empire once withdrew from the Liberian League and issued an ultimatum. If the Kaman Empire Without giving a clear explanation, they will declare that the Sislo Empire and the Kaman Empire have entered a state of war. Although this is somewhat intimidating, with the current military strength of the Sislo people, they are simply not enough to fight the Kaman Empire. , but in the face of the anger of the people of the entire Heathrow Empire, both the emperor and the nobles of the Heathrow Empire felt that if some tough expressions were not made this time, the pressure from the people above and below would be enough to make the empire face huge trust. crisis.
However, these diplomatic matters are not what Maili needs to worry about. With the Prime Minister's response, Maili believes that the anger of the Heathrow people will soon calm down. What he needs to face now is how to regain the armor and rebuild. Complete southern defense line. The armored horses must be recaptured, otherwise the nomadic cavalry affiliated with Li Wufeng will turn the entire southern part of the empire into their hunting grounds. Mailly could not imagine the consequences. But he also knew that with the power he currently had, he was unable to recapture the armored horses. Unless the Southern Expeditionary Army was withdrawn, everything would be empty talk.
But under the current situation, Nick's Southern Expedition Army is also struggling to get off. Although it has abandoned Black Mountain and Longquan, if you look at the fact that even the Tanghe people are pretending not to know and are unwilling to take over, you can imagine the drought that is now affecting the entire Eastern Continent. The huge impact it has brought, without food, what will happen even if you occupy this land? Facing the hungry mob with red eyes and howling wildly, and the refugees who may stab you in the back at any time, even if you are a veteran of many battles, you will still shudder in this environment. From Nick's heart, Maili could understand the other party's current difficulties. It was like a bottomless quagmire, from Pinglu to Qinghe to Yulin, holding back the empire's southern expedition. Now, as logistics becomes increasingly difficult, it is necessary to There is no point in launching another campaign to the south. On the contrary, what was originally a piece of fat in the eyes of the imperial nobles has become a hot potato in the military. It cannot be thrown away, but it is a big burden to guard it like this. Not only It consumes troops, and in this case, you have to maintain a restrained mood to face these people who are hostile to you, which has a considerable impact on morale.
Maili and Nick once exchanged opinions in letters. They believed that under the current circumstances, the only way to completely defeat the Tanghe people was to unite the Sisi Luo people, Puer people and Dodon people, invite the Machikhans and Milan people from the south, and invite the people from the east to the east. They hooked up with the Japanese, used the Tanghe Empire's land as bait, first demarcated the ownership of the Tanghe Empire's land, and worked together to send troops at the same time to completely destroy the Tanghe Empire. Only in this way could the Tanghe people's psychological foundation be destroyed and the Tanghe Empire be destroyed. They became slaves of subjugation. Only in this way can the people in their respective occupied areas gradually accept the reality of subjugation and gradually assimilate. Otherwise, it is unlikely that the Empire or the Liberian Alliance can eat this behemoth, or even if they eat it, they will not be able to digest it.
However, this plan obviously has many limitations. Due to the inconsistency of interests, it is obviously impossible to unite all the forces that can be combined to raise troops at the same time. However, it is very feasible to invite several relatively powerful forces to hold a grand event together. , but it is equally difficult to successfully do this in a short period of time, especially now that the relationship between the expected allies is still in a state of war, such as Dodon and the Japanese, Milan and the Machikhans.
Since this is not possible at the moment, both Maili and Nick tend to temporarily evacuate the hinterland of the Tanghe Empire. For example, temporarily abandon Pinglu or even Qinghe, and at most retain Yulin as a support for Beijerok's flank and a bridgehead southward until the famine is over. Making a comeback would not only greatly reduce the heavy burden on the current army, but also effectively shrink the defense line and ensure the stability of the defense of strategic locations. However, this opinion was reported to the Prime Minister and there was no further news, not even Maili and Nick. I don’t understand how the always shrewd Prime Minister could remain silent on this matter.
The fall of Jiama strengthened the will of Maili and Nick. The task before Maili was to recapture Jiama as soon as possible. However, when the intelligence department and scouts brought back intelligence, it was confirmed that the Tanghe and Jeroke coalition forces were not only flourishing in Jiama. In addition to the city's defense facilities being re-expanded, and the number of its garrison reaching a record high of 100,000, Mailly had no words but to sigh. Li Wufeng and the Jerok people made it clear that they wanted to build the armored horse into a dagger at the navel of the empire. With this passage and bridge, the nomadic cavalry would become a nightmare for the people in the southern part of the empire, and the Sisluo people were suppressed by Mo The tragedy of the Te people's repeated assassinations was about to happen again. Only at this moment did Maili realize that his original agreement with Ferdinand to dispatch elite cavalry to the west to plunder grain was perhaps the stupidest decision in his life, and the bitter consequences of this were only for himself. Swallow silently.
While Maili was reflecting on his original decision, the Kaman Empire was filled with gloom and dark clouds were closing in on the city.
Gomez has been standing in front of the window for two full hours. The servant brought the coffee down twice and changed it, but the master still didn't seem to show any sign of returning to the chair. He wanted to remind his master, but the servant also knew this. This is the time when the master hates being disturbed the most, so he has no choice but to stand silently at the door waiting for instructions.
Silent bitterness permeated my chest. The distrustful eyes of His Majesty the Emperor and the noble ministers seemed to be wandering in my mind. The strong smell of gunpowder from the clash of swords, swords and guns in the morning meeting seemed to still reverberate in my nose. This time Gomez truly understood the hostility of the nobles that had been well hidden. If he could not give them a satisfactory explanation, it would be difficult for not only Nick and Miley, but also himself.