On the ninth day of September, the sun and moon coincide with Yang, and the two nines overlap, so it is called 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 Youjing City was even more stormy.
However, despite the efforts of various government departments, Youjing City is gradually regaining its vitality. Even when the Double Ninth Festival arrives, redwoods and chrysanthemums are planted at every door to celebrate, but the entire Youjing City is still only 30% as lively as usual. appearance.
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 and emergency reports from all sides to the palace, or transmitting urgent orders to all directions.
......Compared to the flames of war that have only been ignited in recent days, the Waladong Ting Army is already in the Xing'an territory in the northeast of Zhongzhou.
I have been a "guest" 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, bluffing.
Even so, still
"Forcing" the Zhongzhou 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 reward. It is said that there are four to five thousand people from the Jianghu who are recruited to Xing'an Realm, most of whom are second- or third-rate people or below.
In terms of numbers, this force was 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 irreconcilable conflicts and uncontrollable conflicts between Kusano villagers and the regular military system, so that these
The role of the "Jianghu reinforcements" could not be fully exerted, and nearly half of them were lost in several confrontations with the Waladong Ting army.
At that time, there was no chaos 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 material supplies and heavy financial commitments from the rear.
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 news.
The "Jianghu reinforcements" went through many twists and turns, and even rebelled against the enemy. Less than a thousand people were left, and the hearts of the people were scattered!
After Emperor Yan reorganized the court and stabilized the rear, he mobilized troops and generals to quickly support him. Ninety percent of the vast Xing'an territory had been occupied by the Waladong Ting army.
At this time, if you want to drive the Oala Army out of Xing'an Territory, or recapture half of the lost territory in Xing'an Territory to fight against the Dongting Army, you must mobilize at least more troops from the three nearby states.
But at this time, the situation on the Northeast battlefield is no longer just a contest between Oara and Zhongzhou. There was a man standing across the bank watching the fire, eyeing the fire with eagerness.
It is certain that Xing'an Realm will be completely lost in the near future. .........Compared with the calm waters off Suzhou, the offshore waters from Fujian to Lingnan are rough.
"Sharks" are around! After hundreds of years of struggle, the Japanese gained wisdom and became smarter. After knowing that decades of investment in the Red Sect and the layout in Fujian were destroyed in the Battle of Southern Shaolin, and that 70% to 80% of the hidden hideouts were removed one by one, he could calm down, be patient, and find another plan.
When launching an attack on Zhongzhou, they did not choose to confront the prepared coastal defense of Fujian. Instead, they abandoned the near and sought the far, temporarily bypassing the coast of Fujian and heading south and west.
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.
Of course, Luo Yue contributed a lot on the land front. When the Japanese landed on the southern coastline of Lingnan, Luo Yue tacitly agreed to send the main force to attack Lingnan City, restraining most of the Lingnan border troops, and sent all the Jianghu people from the lower ranks to take the Japanese fast boats eastward and northward to attack the battlefield behind the enemy's rear, harassing and Cut off combat support and material transportation between Lingnan and Fujian.
In addition, the maritime weapon that the Japanese have studied for many years has also been unveiled. Half a hundred flexible, fast and well-equipped warships, and three giant material ships carrying 20,000 stone, set off for Nanshan Island one after another.
In less than half a month since the war started, the Japanese troops showed off their ferocious power on the sea and killed all the coastal defenses in the southern part of Zhongzhou. On land, they joined forces with Luo Yue to fight steadily and captured the 120-mile-long territory from Fujian to Lingnan. coastline.
Even though most of this coastline is composed of unexplored hills and dense 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 from Fujian to Lingnan is more than 1,500 miles long.
Once half of it is penetrated by Luo Yue and the Japanese, they will have initial battlefield depth. Not to mention being able to go back and forth with the Zhongzhou Army for a year and a half.
Based on their current advancement speed on the Zhongzhou battlefield, the most conservative estimate is that they only need two and a half months to complete this strategic goal.
.........Compared with the huge momentum of Wala and the overwhelming momentum of Japan, in the southwest of Yunze Realm, the Duzhu people's successive tentative offensives were just a step away, and they really did not put the southwest frontier army of Zhongzhou to much test.
Just because the Du Zhu people's troops had not moved, they had already detected that there was a large number of troops outside the southwest frontier army who were standing still, as if they were waiting for something.
At first, Detective Du Zhu only thought that these troops were 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.
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 thunder pond! Even though this group of Shi Jiajun seemed to be very old, sick, and disabled, their aura when they got together made the explorers 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 old members of the Shi Family Army who were secretly raiding the formation that the leader of the Du Zhu Pioneer Army was hesitant about what to do.
It had been ten days since the troops came to attack, and only two small-scale harassment battles were launched. They did not dare to easily push the troops to the city wall to form a formation.
.........Compared to the hustle and bustle of battlefields on all sides in the north and south, the northwest border of Zhongzhou is actually eerily quiet.
In the words of the Fifth Marquis, Walasiting originally lived the most comfortable life and was also the least bloody. But when the Wala people in the West Courtyard noticed that the weather was different this year, that severe winter would arrive earlier, and that freezing earthquakes would last longer than before. Faced with the problem of survival, they naturally could no longer work and watch the Central Courtyard and the East without any effort. The court fought bloody battles.
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 is another reason that forced the Walasiting army to abandon the open charging position in the northwest of Zhongzhou and instead join forces with the Zhongting army to confront the frontier army 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 during the past six months has yielded little results. A single person's actions 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 slowly pieced together the image of the enemy blocking the way from the mouths of these lucky people who lived alone.
The number of their enemies was really small, even less than the number of cattle and sheep that any of their families kept.
But each of those enemies seemed to be as brave as one against a hundred. When they encounter a large team of dozens of people, two people can kill them all like chopping melons and vegetables.
Leave only one person who can still remain sane to bring the situation back. Their enemies are simply not humans, but wild beasts roaming the north.
Faced with the provocation of these wild beasts, although they were angry, they did not dare to face it directly unless necessary, so they could only retreat and fight elsewhere.
......Compared to other battlefields that showed an almost one-sided trend, the contest due north of Zhongzhou was the most frequent and lively.
First, the Northern Rejection Alliance stood up and helped the northern frontier army of Zhongzhou withstand the fierce bombardment of the Walaxiting and Zhongting armies.
Later, the fifth prince took over the command and pushed back the Wala army for more than ten miles. After welcoming the Twelve Heavenly Evil Sects to join Oala, Sergeant Zhongzhou also experienced the lethality of a frontal impact from Jianghu forces.
He destroyed several recaptured beacons and retreated into the city. In the past few days, the Oara army was still happy to call for formations to attack the city, but the fifth marquis felt more and more uneasy.
His uneasiness came not from the frontal battlefield, but from the mountains behind him. That group of mountains called Yunding.
