On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the sun and the moon coincide with the yang, and the two nines overlap, so it is called the Double Ninth Festival.
Xu Shi thought that after the Mid-Autumn Festival half a month ago, Zhongzhou seemed to be cursed by disasters one after another, and the city of Youjing was even more stormy.
However, despite the efforts of various government departments, Youjing is gradually regaining its vitality. Even when the Double Ninth Festival arrives, dogwoods and chrysanthemums are planted at every door to celebrate the occasion, but the entire Youjing city is still only 30% as lively as usual.
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In fact, these days, almost every household is living a different life, with a lot less fireworks and a lot more restraint and order, lest such peaceful days become less and less with each passing day.
After all, every day and every night, people heard or saw fast horses entering and leaving the city gates in the southeast, northwest and northwest, delivering battle reports from all sides to the palace, urgent reports or urgent orders to all directions.
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Compared with the wars that have only been ignited in recent days, the Waladong Ting Army has been a "guest" in Xing'an, northeast of Zhongzhou, for more than two months.
This cunning uninvited guest burst in with all his strength at first.
Then there was heavy thunder and light rain, and he squatted beside the northeastern gate of Zhongzhou to show his bluff.
Even so, it still "forced" the Zhongzhou imperial court to recruit people from all walks of life to form an army and rush to Xing'an territory.
There is no shortage of brave men under the so-called heavy rewards. It is said that the number of people recruited to go to Xing'an is four to five thousand, and most of them are second- or third-rate people or below.
In terms of numbers, this force is far less than one-tenth the size of the frontier army.
In terms of combat power, it is indeed a big supplement.
However, in terms of management, there are still various conflicts and uncontrollable conflicts between the Kusano villagers and the regular military system. As a result, the role of these "reinforcements" was not fully exerted, and they faced off against the Oradong Ting Army several times.
Nearly half of the lower part was broken.
At that time, there was no trouble in the Zhongzhou court, and war had not broken out in other places. It was possible to maintain the morale of the defense line through rear material supplies and heavy financial rewards.
When the news of the palace turmoil spread, the Northeastern Frontier Army of Zhongzhou retreated steadily under the high pressure of the Oara Army who took action upon hearing the wind. The "Jianghu Reinforcements" made repeated setbacks, and even defected to the enemy and rebelled, leaving less than a thousand people.
Counting, people's hearts are scattered.
After Emperor Yan reorganized the court and stabilized the rear, he mobilized troops and generals to quickly support him. Ninety percent of the large Xing'an territory had been invaded by the Waladong Ting army.
At this time, if we want to drive the Oara Army out of the Xing'an Territory, not only are we unable to recover, but just to regain half of the lost territory in the Xing'an Territory and fight against the Dongting Army, we will have to mobilize at least more troops from the three nearby states.
But at this time, the situation on the Northeast battlefield was no longer just a contest between Oara and Zhongzhou.
There was a man named Gouli who was watching the fire from across the bank, eyeing it with eager eyes.
It is certain that the Xing'an realm will not be completely lost in the future!
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Compared to the calm waters off Suzhou, the offshore waters from Fujian to Lingnan are surrounded by sharks!
After hundreds of years of struggle, the Japanese gained wisdom and became smarter.
After knowing that after decades of investment in the Red Sect, Yu Fujian's layout was destroyed in the battle of Southern Shaolin, and 70% to 80% of the hidden hideouts were removed one by one, he was able to calm down, be patient, and find another good strategy.
When launching an attack on Zhongzhou, they did not choose to confront the prepared coastal defense forces of Fujian.
Instead, they abandoned the near and sought the far, bypassing the coast of Fujian and heading south and west in a roundabout way.
With lightning speed, they captured Nanshan Island, an island in the southern part of Lingnan where the defense line was even weaker.
Then it swept across the coastline of the other side, forming a cross-strait echo with Nanshan Island, forming a tug of war with the Zhongzhou Army.
On the land front, Luo Yue had full support.
When the Japanese landed on the southern coastline of Lingnan, Luo Yue tacitly agreed to send his main force to feint to attack Lingnan City, contain most of the frontier troops, and send all the Jianghu people on the Japanese speedboat eastward and northward to attack the battlefield behind the enemy's rear, harass and cut off Lingnan.
Combat support and material transportation between Fujian and Fujian.
In addition, the maritime weapon that the Japanese have been studying for many years was also unveiled.
Half a hundred fast-moving, well-equipped warships serve as wave-breaking vanguards, and three giant material ships carrying 20,000 stone provide logistical support.
In less than half a month since the war started, the Japanese showed off their ferocious power at sea and wiped out all the coastal defenses in the southern part of Zhongzhou. On land, they joined forces with Luo Yue to fight steadily, and they had already captured a hundred and twenty miles of territory from Fujian to Lingnan.
land’s coastline.
Even though this coastline is mostly unexplored hills and forests, with only a few villages and towns that can be used for fighting and supporting the war, it is enough for the vanguard troops of the two countries to take root and greatly boost this time.
morale for the invasion.
The entire southeastern and southern coastline of Zhongzhou stretches from Fujian to Lingnan, with a total length of more than 1,500 miles.
Once half of it is penetrated by Luo Yue and the Japanese, they will have preliminary battlefield depth, and it is no problem to fight back and forth with the Zhongzhou army for a year and a half.
At the current speed of their advancement on the Zhongzhou battlefield, the most conservative estimate is that they only need two and a half months to complete this strategic goal.
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Compared with the great momentum of Wala and the unstoppable momentum of Japan, in the southwest of Yunze territory, the Duzhu people's successive tentative offensives could be described as falling behind, and they really did not put the southwestern frontier army of Zhongzhou to much test.
Just because the people of Du Zhu were arrogant but not arrogant, they were cautious before the battle and looked forward and backward, which allowed them to detect a mysterious army with a large number of people.
At first, Detective Du Zhu only thought that this force was a powerful force specially trained by Zhongzhou.
After careful investigation, it was discovered that this group of people had nothing to do with the Southwest Frontier Army, but they were closely connected.
They say it has nothing to do with it, because all the mysterious people on this road are reckless people and do not belong to the army of Zhongzhou. Even the southwest frontier army does not know the existence of these people.
The close connection is because the predecessors of this group of people were also members of the Southwest Frontier Army and the famous Shi Family Army!
The Shi Jiajun who once made the Du Zhu people so frightened that they didn't dare to cross the Lei Chi!
Even though this group of Shi Jiajun seemed to be very old, sick, and disabled, their aura when they got together made the investigators watching from a distance feel restricted in their breathing, for fear that a small movement would disturb each other.
It was precisely because of these old members of the Shi Family Army who were secretly raiding the formation that the leader of the Duzhu Pioneer Army was hesitant about what to do.
Within ten days of raising troops to attack, only two small-scale harassment battles were launched, and they did not dare to easily push troops to the city to call for formation.
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Compared to the hustle and bustle of battlefields all over the world, the northwest border of Zhongzhou is eerily quiet.
In the words of the Fifth Marquis, Walasiting originally lived the most comfortable life, so he lacked blood.
But when the Wala people in the West Courtyard noticed that the weather was different this year, that the severe winter would come earlier, and that the days and nights of freezing cold earthquakes would be longer and more difficult than before, they naturally could no longer sit back and watch in the face of survival problems. The Central Courtyard and the East Courtyard were working hard.
bloody battle.
If not, 80% of those who accompanied the army to attack the northern defense line of Zhongzhou this time would not have come from Xiting.
Of course, there was another reason that forced the Walasiting Army to abandon the open assault position in the northwest of Zhongzhou, and instead merged with the Zhongting Army to go head-to-head with the frontier troops in the north of Zhongzhou and the Northern Alliance to confront Maimang.
Adhering to the Zhongzhou people's so-called principle of preparing for a rainy day, as early as the midsummer of this year, the Xiting Army had begun to send scouts to sneak into Zhongzhou from the northwest, looking for a place to stay and a way to break through the barrier.
However, every action over the past six months has yielded very little results.
Solo actions often go nowhere and never come back.
There is always one person left in a large team of small or large groups or dozens of people.
Xiting soon pieced together the image of the enemy blocking the way from the mouths of these lucky people.
The number of their enemies is really small, even smaller than the number of cattle and sheep that any of their families graze.
But each of those enemies has the courage to fight one against a hundred.
When they encounter a large team of dozens or hundreds of people, just two people can knock them down like chopping melons and vegetables!
He also deliberately left someone who could stay conscious to bring the situation back to him.
Their enemies are simply not humans, but ferocious beasts roaming the north.
They were furious at the provocation of these ferocious beasts.
But if it's not necessary, they don't dare to face it directly, so they can only retreat and fight elsewhere.
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Compared with the almost one-sided trend shown on other battlefields, the contest due north of Zhongzhou was the most frequent and lively.
First, the Northern Rejection Alliance pushed forward and helped the northern frontier army of Zhongzhou to hold off Walaxiting. The Zhongting army attacked fiercely.
Later, the fifth prince took over the command and pushed back the Oara army for more than ten miles.
As for Wala, after receiving the surrender of the Twelve Heavenly Evil Sects, the Zhongzhou sergeants immediately felt the lethality of Fan Jianghu's power. They destroyed several beacons that had been recaptured and retreated into the city.
The Oara army happily organized their formations to attack the city every day, but the fifth marquis became more and more uneasy.
This feeling of uneasiness does not come from the frontal battlefield, but from the high place behind him that disappears into the clouds.