[69 Book Bar - www.] However, the final victory is still very far away, too far away to see the shadow. In the blink of an eye, three years have passed.
A lot has happened in the past three years. The recapture of Dongping City was at the beginning of the 28th year of Tianbao. The good news of this year is just this one. Just when we are taking advantage of the power of victory and are full of ambition, we are preparing to go all the way south to wipe out the snake people.
In April of that year, they suffered a major setback. Shihu City was captured by the Snake Men, and all the soldiers and civilians in the city were killed.
Shihucheng was guarded by the famous general Chu Wenzhong. Chu Wenzhong's 20,000 wolf soldiers were quite famous. When I followed Bi Wei to aid Dongping City, a group of wolf soldiers were temporarily assigned to my command. I have a deep understanding of their combat effectiveness.
In addition, the snake people failed to attack Fudun City,
Everyone thought that Shihu City, which was more solid than Fudun City, would have no problem, and Chu Wenzhong could protect itself. Unexpectedly, about ten thousand snake-men descended from the sky and broke through the city with lightning speed. The wolf soldiers were not there.
Can organize effective defense. Shihucheng
Located on the south bank of the upper reaches of the river, it is the gateway to the upper reaches. Once this city is lost, the two gateways of Fudun City in the middle reaches and Dongping City in the lower reaches will be in vain. The snake people can detour from Shihu City to cross the natural chasm of the river and kill all the way. Marquis Wen heard
When I got this news,
Deng Canglan, Bi Wei and Shao Fengguan and I were summoned to hold a family banquet. The messenger handed over the letter. Wenhou was so shocked that he lost his chopsticks and changed his expression, and remained silent for the rest of the day. The next day, he immediately ordered Deng Canglan and Bi Wei's troops to
Rush up the river quickly and be sure to stop the snake people from crossing north.
At that time, the training of the new army was still insufficient. They counterattacked Dongping and suffered a lot of losses. Most of the newly trained soldiers were added to the army. The city of Dongping had just been recaptured and it needed soldiers to guard it. It was really impossible to send more troops. Fortunately, Deng Canglan and
Bi Wei's water and fire armies lived up to their trust and fought fiercely with the snake people in Shihu City in February. Under the struggle, although
They failed to defeat the Snake People, but the Snake People were also held back by them and failed to move northward in a big way. As a result, in June, Marquis Wen dispatched 10,000 Di Qi, plus 20,000 Qingyue Duke reinforcements, for a total of 30,000 people.
They went to help and won in August. The snake men finally retreated and Shihu was recaptured. However, the armies suffered heavy casualties. It is said that even Bi Wei lost two of his Shenlong cannons.
At this time, the snake people launched another attack on Dongping.
At this time, only the Earth Army was stationed in Dongping. Although Tu Fang commanded it well, our four armies were able to fight vigorously across the field, attack, suppress, and show off their power. However, the two armies of water and fire had been transferred away, and the Earth Army could not stand alone and defended until August. It was Shi.
When the news of Tiger's recapture came, Dongping City changed hands again, and the Earth Army retreated to Dongyang City.
Fortunately, Dongping City was in dilapidated condition after two consecutive battles, and the Snake People lacked ships, so they could not cross the river to attack for a while. At this time, Wuyang City finally attacked and recaptured several surrounding cities in one fell swoop. The Snake People probably felt that there was a fire in the backyard,
Coupled with the fact that the weather turned cold again, the entire army retreated at the end of October, and we were lucky enough to recapture Dongping City.
From November of the 28th year of Tianbao to the summer of the 29th year of Tianbao, there was no war between the empire and the snake people. Marquis Wen also breathed a sigh of relief. The imperial army finally had a rare chance to breathe, but Wuyang City was in crisis.
The Snake Man was so angry that He Congjing suddenly launched an attack and sent troops to besiege Wuyang City. We were too far away and had too much time to take care of ourselves, so we could only hope for God's protection and let Wuyang City escape from this disaster. It's funny to say that Wuyang City is a republic.
The base camp of the army, the empire used to regard it as an enemy and wished they could be destroyed early, but now everyone from top to bottom hopes that they can survive. Even the seriously ill emperor, for the first time, led the prince of the supervisory state to sacrifice to heaven with the prison.
, pray for Wuyang City. Everyone knows the truth of death and coldness. Once Wuyang City is destroyed, the snake people's next round of offensive will be extremely fierce. Even Wenhou himself has no confidence in winning again.
What we didn't expect was that Wuyang City's defense was stronger than we expected. From July to the end of this year, although rumors were flying all over the sky that the snake people had broken through Wuyang City and would soon go north, it was later confirmed that they were just rumors.
That's all, Wuyang City Guards
The victory was impregnable. However, the southern border was not as good as the imperial capital, and the winter was not too cold. The snake people were determined to break through the city again. This battle lasted for a long time and lasted until July of the following year. The snake people finally knew that they could not take this piece.
Hard bones, give up and retreat.
On the day when the news came, the entire imperial capital erupted in joy, just like when the empire successfully broke through the siege. It was also because Wuyang City finally defended the city after a whole year of hard work, and this year the world was ripe and there was a bumper harvest of grain and grass, especially
It's Juluo Island. It's said that Taicang Corn
It was almost overflowing. King Juluo sent twice as much food, fodder and horses as usual. The imperial capital's confidence was also boosted. Everyone felt that victory was finally coming. But no one expected that at this time, Japanese island
They began to attack Juluo Island again, and the King of Juluo sent a letter in blood to warn them.
It is said that the attack on the Japanese island was actually instigated by the snake people. I don’t believe that the snake people can provoke the Japanese king, but it is true that the Japanese attacked Juluo Island. After weighing the situation, Marquis Wen decided to send Li Yaotian to lead 10,000 water troops.
, together with the 30,000 Goura navy, went on an expedition against the Japanese and defeated the Japanese king in one fell swoop.
I don't agree with this battle. Deng Canglan's navy army suffered a lot of damage in Shihucheng. At this time, many new troops were added and still need to be trained, but Li Yaotian himself is eager to try. The Japanese and Juluo people are feuding, so there is this opportunity.
He wanted to go on an expedition against the Japanese.
This year, Zhang Longyou was granted the title of Minister of the Ministry of Industry because of his improvement of armored vehicles. Xue Wen also filled his vacancy and was promoted to the right minister. Moreover, his wife gave birth to a son, which was a double blessing. Zhang Longyou was even more grateful because he and Ye Tai presented a gift together.
After taking the elixir, the emperor's condition improved greatly, and the status of the Shangqing Danding Sect also improved greatly.
In September of the 29th year of Tianbao, Li Yaotian led the navy army with 10,000 elite soldiers, together with the 30,000 Gulu navy, and more than 800 warships, and began the expedition. Deng Canglan stepped up training of the new army in the imperial capital. The navy army was seriously injured, and Marquis Wen
It was decided that this year we would vigorously support the Marine Corps and recruit experts from all armies. This year we would graduate from the military academy.
Many of them were recruited into the Marine Corps during their lifetime. Tang Kai applied and was accepted into the Marine Corps. He was a soldier and had always been unwilling to be an instructor in the military academy. Now he finally got his wish. Among the graduates of this year,
There was a class that I taught for a period of time, and several of them also joined the Marine Corps and became Tang Kai's colleagues.
Li Yaotian set out in September. I have great confidence in him. Even Marquis Wen also believed in Li Yaotian's ability. But unfortunately, there was no news about Li Yaotian once he left. It was not until the spring of the next year that some remnants of the army fled back to the imperial capital, and we did not know about Li Yaotian.
ending.
At that time, the navy encountered Japanese interceptions at sea, and was easily defeated by Li Yaotian. The Japanese were in panic all day long, so they defended the island. Li Yaotian lined up to attack. Unexpectedly, just the night before the general attack, a hurricane suddenly broke out, and the entire army of 800 warships
annihilated.
Hearing the news, I couldn't help but be stunned for a long time. Li Yaotian is an unparalleled general. I always thought that he would be able to return victorious when he left. I never dreamed that he would die in a hurricane! Before Lu Gongxing committed suicide, he said
It's "destiny has its destiny". Maybe, there is really destiny in the dark that determines everything.