Nissa City is the largest city in the northeast of Dashi. The 70,000 to 80,000 monks brought out by Garrigi from there, as well as a huge amount of supplies, are the absolute core of the first batch of monks' supplies that arrived in the east. If this team ceases to exist, it means that at least 30% of the monks and supplies recruited in the first batch will be lost.
Without this 30% strength, the strength of the second line of defense is greatly reduced.
Because of this, Mullen was furious when he heard the news.
He grabbed the monk who was speaking by the collar, sprayed the other person's face, and growled: "Didn't Garriji say that the Tang Dynasty spy was ambushed and killed by you long ago, and has lost the ability to act on a large scale? How could they?" There are forces attacking you, why did they sneak into your team?! What are you doing?!"
The big monk turned blue from holding back, but he didn't know what to say. Why aren't they confused and shocked? Up to now, they haven't figured out the questions Maren asked, and they are equally surprised.
These people didn't fight with Jia Liji, so they were able to escape by chance, but also because of this, they didn't hear what Xu Ge said to Jia Liji.
Not getting the answer he wanted, Mullen threw the big monk away, feeling his heart was in a panic. As soon as he thought that the next battle would be greatly affected, he became irritable and anxious.
Just as he managed to stabilize his mood and continued on his way, he ran into two more big monks who were covered in bruises and flew over in a panic.
Then, Marlon heard about the second team that was attacked, the monks suffered heavy losses, and their supplies were burned. The size of this team was not as large as that of Nisa City, but there were tens of thousands of people. It was also because they were traveling day and night, which gave the Western Regions Trading Company a chance to attack while they were exhausted.
This time Maren finally couldn't hold back, and was so angry that he spurted out a mouthful of blood.
By the time Mullen returned to Farm City, the core of the second line of defense, he had already received news that three teams had been attacked. The first batch of conscripted monks and supplies that were supposed to reach the second line of defense had already lost nearly half of them.
Ma Lun beheaded the big monk who reported the letter on the spot, so he couldn't hold back and continued to vomit blood.
Fortunately, there was no more bad news in the next few days. The other teams arrived in Farman City with the conscripted monks and supplies. injury.
At this time, Ma Lun and Xi Luchi knew very well that because only half of the first batch of conscripted monks and supplies arrived in the east, the combat power of the second line of defense in the early stage was very weak, and the battle must be very difficult. Tang Jun broke through in one fell swoop.
Mullen was ready to give up Farm City. This decision made him extremely painful, but he had to do so.
The loss of the first batch of monks and materials is irreversible, but as long as the second and third batch of recruited monks and materials can reach the east border and reach the third line of defense, Dashi still has the strength to stop the Tang army.
The only difference is that the flames of war will spread to the hinterland of Dashi, and the price paid by Dashi will be even greater.
At the same time, Ma Lun strictly ordered the Great Temple, especially the Overwatch Council, to use all its strength to launch a war against the Tang Dynasty's spies in various cities and places in the rear, and hunt them out at all costs. In order to facilitate the operation of the Great Temple, he gave the other party the maximum authority without being hindered in the face of local officials and forces.
The power of the Tang Dynasty's meticulous work has already made Ma Lun tremble with fear, and the opponent's influence on the war has far exceeded his previous expectations, which almost made him unable to calm down for a moment. Before this, he never imagined that the meticulous work would be able to do so many things and cause such great harm to the frontal battlefield.
In such an extraordinary period, when dealing with the fine works of the Tang Dynasty, it is better to kill three thousand by mistake than to let one go.
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"In detail, Mullen's call-up order can mobilize millions of monks and enough war supplies to last for several years. If the monks and supplies enter the battlefield as scheduled and let Dashi fully arrange the defense line, it will be really difficult for us to deal with. "
On Mulu City, Li Ye looked at the army marching west, and talked with King Qi beside him about the situation of the battle. He had already received Xu Ge's report on the operation of the Western Region Commercial Firm.
A few days ago, the Western Regions Trading Company concentrated its forces to attack the six teams heading to Farman City. Among them, three operations were successful, one operation failed, one had limited results, and one was forced to give up. As a result, half of the first batch of monks' materials recruited by Mullen was lost, but not completely destroyed.
The Western Region Commercial Firm also paid a high price for this. Among the failed and limited operations, only the big monks retreated quickly when they saw that the situation was not good, and most of them escaped quickly, and the qi training monks basically died on the spot.
In Xu Ge's original plan, the first batch of monk supplies that Ma Lun recruited was to be completely destroyed. For this reason, she took the 500 monks who had entered the Great Food East Territory before—except the part left for Zhang Changan. , all mobilized.
Having presided over the Western Regions Commercial Bank for many years, Xu Ge is very clear that once the Western Regions Commercial Bank starts large-scale operations, it will inevitably lead to counterattacks from the Great Temple of the Crescent Sect and the Overwatch Council, so the first wave of operations is the least difficult and the easiest to succeed. After that, the Western Regions Commercial Bank will reduce the frequency of operations.
On the one hand, the operation will cause the Western Regions Commercial Firm to lose a lot of manpower. Whether it is success or failure, casualties are inevitable, and hundreds of people show up among tens of thousands. Even if there are peripheral forces in the team to cooperate, the difficulties are still great. It is impossible to imagine;
On the other hand, it was also to concentrate the remaining forces and ensure Zhang Changan's follow-up actions.
That was the time when the western regions commercial firm really showed its talents in this war and caused real damage to Dashi.
Nowadays, the first wave of operations by the Western Regions Commercial Firm has mixed success and failure, and Xu Ge deliberately made an apology. It's just that Li Ye is well aware of the difficulties and risks of careful operations, and has no intention of blaming Xu Ge. The effect of the opponent's actions actually met Li Ye's expectations.
The second line of defense in the eastern border of Dashi is already very weak in front of the Tang army. Next, as long as the Lingnan Marine Division Marine Army is assembled, coupled with the unparalleled ability of the Chang'an ship to attack the fortified front, it is very likely to break through quickly.
"Mallen plans to recruit millions of monks. Although the number is huge, the combat power of ordinary monks is still very different from that of a monk army that has been trained and battled.
"Originally relying on the strategy of the Great Food East Territory, and coordinating with the Guards, Standing Army, and newly recruited monks, they can have time to hone in the continuous defensive battles and become elites.
"But now, as long as we can quickly break through Dashi's second line of defense and speed up the progress of the attack, the monks Maren summoned will not have time to grow. Moreover, the army of monks is very different from the army of Qi training monks.
"In truth, except
The Chang'an Forbidden Army of the Wolf Fang, Tiger Guard, and Habayashi armies has a large proportion of monks. They all have standard armaments and have been battle-tested. In a head-on confrontation, defeating those recruits on the battlefield is not as difficult as imagined. "
When King Qi said this, his eyes were bright, and he had obviously seen the prospect of a good development of the war situation. Her mentality is obviously more optimistic, and her confidence is also very sufficient.
A few days later, the army arrived at the front line of Farman City, and the Lingnan Marine Division Marine Army came to join the army after clearing the flank threat.
Right now, soldiers are extremely fast, so even though the soldiers were on the front line of Mulu City and had just experienced a big battle, Li Ye only let the soldiers rest for half a day that day, and launched an offensive against Farman City the next day.
The second line of defense with Farman City as the center, the city and fortifications have been built, but the military supplies have not kept up, many defensive facilities are just empty, and because the monks were not in place in time, the combat power of Dashi is very poor .
But Ma Lun was determined to fight and forced the existing soldiers to fight hard, but it didn't let the Tang army take down the defense line in three to five days.
Tang Jun spent ten days.
Ten days later, the Dashi army, which suffered heavy casualties, was forced to withdraw to the third line of defense.
"Originally, the second line of defense should last at least three months, or even longer. When all the monks and supplies arrive, we will have to make a surprise attack in a roundabout way. We will launch a large-scale raid on hundreds of miles of land, looking for opportunities to counterattack, and let Tang Jun It's difficult to look at the beginning and the end, and it's stretched.
"And now, none of these plans can be realized, and we have to retreat to the last line of defense..."
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On the way to retreat, Xi Luchi was worried, "Caliph, what should we do now?"
Mullen glanced at the retreating army on the ground under his feet. The team was not neat, and many soldiers hung their heads. The monks looked dignified and painful, and their morale had reached the lowest underestimation since this battle.
Ma Lun gritted his teeth and said, "Don't panic. Although the second line of defense only lasted for ten days, I have ordered that the city fortifications on the third line of defense are almost repaired. Most of the monks and supplies we recruited are about to arrive. We Have the strength to defend the third line of defense!
"Tell the soldiers that the Tang army has few troops, and the deeper they go into the country, as long as we block them, the more difficult it will be for them to fight. Once the cold winter comes, the opponent's offensive will slow down, and we will have time to gather all our forces and fight back in desperate situations! We haven't yet If we fail, we still have hope!"
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"Commander Zhang, do you really want to go with us? The danger is too great! You just need to follow behind. If there is any action, I will definitely go all out!"
"Needless to say, I must be in the team, you can arrange an official position in the supply battalion for me."
Seeing that Zhang Changan had made up his mind, Sai Dianchi had no choice but to follow through. He has persuaded the other party several times, but the other party refused to disclose any superfluous information.
Right now, Sai Dianchi has left Susa City hundreds of miles away with his recruiting team, and is currently heading east. With him, there is Mohad, one of the five elders of the Great Temple, and there is also a team of high priests under his command.
They just met in the city of Yiyi yesterday, and now the team is very strong, with more than 200,000 monks, they are the absolute core of the third batch to arrive at the battlefield in the east.