Slowly walking through the slender crowd, Tianyi felt unspeakable anger in her heart. Although she knew that these people must have experienced inhuman treatment outside the Great Wall, Tianyi never expected that they would be like this. In her sight
Among them, almost none of the people are completely healthy. Almost everyone has injuries, ragged clothes, and emaciated bodies, which look more and more desolate in the river wind. Fortunately, from their eyes, God's will is still there.
You can see their strong spirit and hope for life. At this moment, God seemed to feel the unyielding fighting spirit emanating from their frail bodies.
"Mother, this is the result of us letting them rest for several days." Xin Shuang whispered to the side.
Tianyi nodded, with no expression on her face, but Xin Shuang and others could clearly feel the rage in her heart.
Taking a deep breath, Tianyi stepped onto the temporary high platform step by step. Looking at the black heads below, Tianyi had been brewing for a while, and then she stood in front of the copper trumpet specially prepared for her by Xin Shuang and said: "
Dear fellow villagers, I don’t want to say much else. I can only say one thing: you have suffered over the years! In these years, you have suffered inhuman treatment, endured torture that is worse than death, and suffered a lot.
The pain of ruined country and family! However, this is not your fault, nor is it a shame for you alone, but a shame for our entire people! But I am glad that you have supported me! And today is yours.
A new beginning!"
"No matter what kind of insults you have endured before, but starting from today, it is all over, and you will now live a new life again!" Tianyi choked up, and then said: "Over the years, our people in Heaven have
We have not forgotten you, nor have the people of China forgotten you. We are always thinking about welcoming you back as soon as possible. Now is just the beginning. In the future, more and more people will return to your hometown. You
They are all people from Youyun Sixteen Prefectures, and many of them still have their families living in our Hetao No. 3 Road. In the coming time, we in the Hetao will send you to your families so that you can live happily again.
A stable life.”
There was no sound below, but if you look carefully, everyone's eyes were full of tears. From the day they were captured outside the Great Wall, they had always thought that there was no hope for their lives. Many people were like this
They grew older in despair, and finally fell one by one on the land outside the Great Wall. They also thought that one day the empire would send troops to rescue them. But day by day hope was only replaced by day by day despair.
, they finally stopped dreaming. But they never thought that they would still have a chance to return to their homeland alive, and that they might still have relatives alive in the world.
"Master Chu, I'll leave the rest of the matter to you. I don't want to say anything, but I hope you won't let me down." Tianyi felt that standing here was not something worth showing off, but looked down.
The people with sallow faces and skinny muscles made her feel extremely uncomfortable. In order to prevent herself from crying out of control, God decided to leave these matters to Chu Xiangcheng to handle. With his ability, it was not a problem.
"Yes." Chu Xiangcheng said respectfully.
The fighting on Jiangnan Road continued. Cheng Xianqing personally led an army of more than 300,000 people and the southern army led by Duke Jingnan battled for nearly ten days under Hongzhou City. Although the walls of Hongzhou City were in dilapidated condition, Hongzhou was still stable.
Like Panshi, no matter how much Cheng Xianqing encouraged the soldiers and inspired people, no matter how many times the Holy Sect of Paradise attacked the city wall, they would eventually be driven down by Ouyang Jingzhong.
During this period, Cheng Xianqing also tried to break through from the direction of Chuzhou, but the 50,000 soldiers led by Lin Xiaoshan in the Yanhunguan area seemed to have a thorn stuck in the throat of the Holy Sect of Paradise, making Cheng Xianqing very uncomfortable. As for the southernmost Chengzhou
In the Hewangzhou area, no matter how fierce the fighting in the north was, the 100,000 soldiers led by Cheng Guochi just stood still and did not send a single reinforcement to the northern front.
Today's Jiangnan Third Road has long been covered with grass. In the endless fields, the seedlings undulating in the wind are like an extremely huge green blanket, rippling with green waves extending to the distant sky. Jiangnan Road and
Most of the Dahu Road is dominated by paddy fields. In such a geographical environment, the movements of the army are subject to certain restrictions. There is not much room for cavalry to play here, and it is mainly the domain of infantry. But this is just right, after all, it is bliss.
The Holy Cult is basically infantry, which is conducive to them taking advantage of their arms. However, the mobility and speed of infantry alone are strictly limited, and it will undoubtedly be much more difficult to implement tactics such as outflanking. Therefore,
Facing Hongzhou City, which was heavily guarded by Ouyang Jingzhong, the Holy Sect had no choice but to attack by force.
"How about we go around Hongzhou City?" the Guards Commander Yi Wuyan said tentatively. He was originally the deputy commander of Cheng Xianqing's Guarding Guard Corps, but after Wan Chengdong led the Guards Corps to garrison in Meizhou
, he was appointed by Cheng Xianqing as the commander of the 20,000 Guards, and followed the army all the way south.
Zhu Zhao shook his head: "Dahu Road is different from Youyun Sixteen Prefectures and Yuzhou Road. There are many dry lands in the north, so even if there is a strong city blocking the front, it can be bypassed directly from the nearby fields. But Dahu Road is mainly made up of paddy fields.
Lord, if our 300,000-strong army wants to pass smoothly, we can only take the official road. If we want to pass through the paddy fields, it is simply impossible."
Cheng Xianqing's expression remained unchanged, and he slowly glanced at Zhu Zhaoming, Hui Bingheng and others sitting down, and then said calmly: "Zhu Zhao, you still don't agree with my plan?"
"Your Majesty, I still disagree." Zhu Zhao nodded.
Cheng Xianqing's self-control seemed to have improved a lot, and he actually asked with interest: "Why?"
Although Zhu Zhao stood firmly on Cheng Xianqing's side, he still had his own insistence on the military plan. After all, the position is one thing, and it is another thing on the battlefield: "Your Majesty, I know that you have a heir.
Therefore, I do not doubt that we can capture the Great Lakes Road. But Your Majesty, our front is too long, and our strategic depth is extremely limited. Our current deployment of troops is in the shape of a dumbbell thick at both ends and thin in the middle.
, if the weak part between us is conquered by the other side, then our territory will be cut into two parts, the north and the south."
Cheng Xianqing blinked: "You mean Shouzhou?"
"That's right. Shouzhou only has an army of 100,000 people led by the Eastern Japanese Guards 14 and a naval force of 50,000 people led by Shinda Kawamoki. Opposite them is Zhang Cangxiong's Huai River Army of 200,000 people. If this place is cut off by the opponent,
Without sufficient reserve forces, we will be in dire straits."
Cheng Xianqing said confidently: "Zhang Cangxiong will not use all his family resources to fight with us head-on. If he wants to take Shouzhou, I am afraid that his 200,000 troops will not be left. If that is really the case, he will still be able to fight with us in the future.
Why should he establish a foothold in Huai River? Therefore, Zhang Cangxiong would only tentatively attack Shouzhou. Without the support of Tiandu Shengjing, he would not have the guts to attack Shouzhou. And in the direction of Tiandu Shengjing, Pinglang was watching.
I don’t think there will be any problem.”
Minghui suddenly stood up and said with a gloomy face: "What about Haotian in the Hetao area of Yuzhou Road? If Haotian leads an army from the edge of Tiandu Shengjing along the line of Danzhou and Pingzhou, then with the help of the Hetao army
The powerful attack power is completely enough to take down Shouzhou."
Bing Heng saw that Cheng Xianqing's face was a little ugly, and he quickly stood up and said: "Commander Ming, please rest assured. First, Haotian will not lead all the army south. Now there are no troops from Qingfeng and other forces on Yuzhou Road. If the entire Hetao army
If the Hetao army goes south, it is difficult to say that the three Northeastern countries will not take the opportunity to cross the river and threaten the Holy Capital of Heaven. Therefore, even if Haotian goes south, he must leave enough troops. Secondly, if the Hetao army goes south, then Ping, who is solely responsible for the defense of the north, will
Shuai can definitely mobilize the 300,000 troops from Raozhou and Meizhou to block their attack. The army in Hetao is only 300,000 now, and our total force is equivalent to the opponent's, and we are still defending the city. If they want to break through the level
It’s not that easy to build a good defense.”
Minghui still said with a gloomy face: "I hope it is true as the Imperial Master said, but if Shouzhou falls, our 300,000-strong army will also be in dire straits. Minghui is just a soldier and only considers the battlefield."
Of course, the Imperial Advisor and His Majesty will take care of other issues."
As a military general, Minghui obviously understands the importance of Shouzhou. If Shouzhou falls, the territory of the Holy Sect of Paradise will be cut into two sections from Shouzhou to Linzhou, and there will be no transportation from Yangzhou Road.
The grain and grass supplies of the Dahu Road alone cannot be sustained for long. The most important thing is that all the elites of the empire are now on the Dahu Road. If Qingfeng ignores the life and death of the Dahu Road and sweeps away the Yangzhou Road with all its strength, then the foundation of the empire will be
It will also be uprooted.
Bing Heng said quickly: "Of course, but please don't worry, Commander-in-Chief, in five days, at most, Dahu Road will be turned upside down!"
Minghui snorted coldly and walked out, no matter how ugly the face of the superior Cheng Xianqing was. Seeing this, Zhu Zhao quickly saluted Cheng Xianqing and hurried out. No matter how entangled the opinions of both parties were, but
For Zhu Zhao, Minghui and others have been his good brothers throughout his life, and this will never change.
Cheng Xianqing took a deep breath and finally suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart: "National Master, go and tell them, it's almost done now."
Bing Heng understood and walked out with a smile. He knew that now, Dahu Road would really be turned upside down.
On April 2, 623, the fighting on Dahu Road became fierce again.
With the assistance of Higashiwa Kato Taka and Ogame Saburo's 50,000-strong navy, Jinhua Mitsukoshi brazenly tore up the ink-dry peace agreement. An army of 200,000 was deployed in Jinhua Luopingjiang, Qiyue Fengsanlang, Anyuehe Qianyunhe
Under the leadership of Chu Yue Gong Haitao, they strengthened Xijiang and attacked the Chengzhou defense line on Dahu Road.
Cheng Guochi of the Southern Military Region led a hundred thousand elite troops to guard the Xijiang defense line in order to prevent Jinhua Mitsukoshi's surprise attack. Faced with the anticipated sneak attack, the soldiers of the Southern Military Region were well prepared and relied on the defense on the north bank of the Xijiang River.
The fortifications continuously blocked the attacks of the Jinhua Mitsukoshi coalition forces again and again. However, Jinhua Mitsukoshi had the help of the Eastern Japanese Navy, and they also had many merchant ships and warships. After paying a huge price, they finally succeeded
Wangjiayang County in the southwest of the state, near Luzhou, gained a foothold.
Although Ouyang Jingzhong had known for a long time that Jinhua Mitsukoshi would not stand aside, he never expected that they would collude with the Eastern Japanese Dynasty. After learning the news, he was shocked. If Jinhua Mitsukoshi was allowed to gain a foothold here,
Then relying on the transportation capacity of the opponent's navy, the number of troops can be increased to one hundred thousand overnight. Thinking of this, Ouyang Jingzhong did not hesitate to let Cheng Guochi of Chengzhou and Zhu Chiya of Luzhou immediately lead their troops to strangle Wangjiayang County.
this stronghold.
In fact, before Ouyang Jingzhong's order arrived, Cheng Guochi led his 40,000 reserve troops to rush towards Wang Jiayang, and Zhu Chiya also led 30,000 troops. They were both old men from the Southern Military Region, so they naturally understood that if Xijiang
There is a loophole in the defense line, and what will be the result? Song Junlin's Bai'er Army suddenly retreated, allowing the Jinhua Army to cross the Xijiang River by chance. Although it was forcibly extinguished by the Southern Army, the price paid was a heavy price. Now Zhu Chiya is
I haven’t forgotten it yet. But this time Jinhua Mitsukoshi’s actions are even greater, and with the cooperation of the Paradise Holy Sect and the Eastern Japanese Dynasty, the harm will only be greater.
Jinhua Mitsukoshi obviously also understood the importance of this stronghold. On the one hand, they launched a crazy attack on the hundred-mile-long defense line in the Dahu section of the Xijiang River to contain the troops of the Southern Military Region. Luo Pingjiang also mobilized almost all Jinhua troops that could carry
The human ships, regardless of the fact that the sun is now declining, are desperately transporting troops towards Wangjiayang County.
However, no one thought that the desperate attacks along the Xijiang River and the Holy Sect of Paradise were just a cover, and the real killers were not their two armies.
After all the troops in the Southern Military Region were attracted by the Holy Sect of Paradise and the Xijiang Defense Line, the number one general south of Xijiang, Jinhua General Park Zhicheng, who was well prepared, led an army of 200,000, plus 100,000 coalition troops from the four ethnic groups in southern Yunnan.
, attacked the Keshui tribe's settlement at night. The Keshui tribe had already moved most of the wealth and population to the east bank of the Xijiang River. Nanping County did not have many troops at all, so it was naturally unable to stop the attack of the Jinhua coalition. After taking the
After Nanping, with the help of the Jing people, the Jinhua army easily crossed the Xijiang River, and then an army of 300,000 troops broke through Dangwu Yaoshan County where the Keshui people were located, and marched non-stop towards Luzhou.
Shui Zheng never expected that Jinhua Mitsukoshi would dare to forcibly attack his territory even after he had signed a peace agreement with the empire. He also did not expect that the four tribes in southern Yunnan would actually be on the same side as the Jinhua Dynasty. He was caught off guard.
When Wu Yaoshan fell under the strong attack of the Jinhua Allied Forces overnight. In fact, even if Shui Zheng had been prepared, it would not be possible to block the attack of the Jinhua Allied Forces. However, it could at least provide the Southern Military Region with some preparation time and allow his own people to escape.
Drop some.
In Nanping County, Pu Zhicheng ensured the speed and top secret of the operation, so he issued the order to massacre the city. However, after crossing the Xijiang River and conquering Wu Yaoshan County, the Dahu Road was no longer dangerous. In order to encourage military morale
, Park Zhicheng's soldiers were not restrained. The result was just one night and half a day, when at least half of the more than 800,000 Keshui people in Wuyaoshan County were massacred by the Jinhua Allied Forces, and countless women were killed.
After committing adultery and killing, most of the wealth was wiped out. Shui Zheng was quite quick to see the opportunity. Before the Jinhua Allied Forces encircled them, he actually led more than 10,000 soldiers and more than 100,000 tribesmen, carrying the wealth accumulated by the tribe over hundreds of years.
Wealth took advantage of the darkness and fled into the dense jungle on South Yunnan Road, and managed to escape with his life. However, at this time, the four tribes in South Yunnan had issued a shoot-to-kill order against the Keshui people, and many people of the Keshui people who fled into the jungle were not satisfied.
They carefully moved into the territory of the four ethnic groups in southern Yunnan, but fell into the tiger's mouth again. When Shui Zheng arrived at the agreed meeting place in Tongcui County, Xingzhou, Dahu Road, only more than 80,000 people arrived successfully. The Keshui tribe
There were more than a dozen elders, but only himself, the clan leader, and Shuipang Shuiqing could reach them. Thinking that only these 80,000 people were left among his millions of clansmen overnight, Shui Zheng felt sad and burst into tears.
At this time, he finally regretted that he had rejected Xue Sha and Dugu's suggestion to him to move the entire clan to the Hetao. Now that his clan members have become homeless, even the Dahu Road where they are now is in danger, and now he will