If the territory is too large, messages will be transmitted slowly.
It was already the end of December when the Quanzhen Sect's affairs were transmitted from the Western Regions to the Central Center.
After central discussion, a conclusion was formed, and then it was sent back to the Western Regions by mid-March.
Originally, the express delivery would not have taken so long without stopping all the way.
As a result, here in the Hexi Corridor, we encountered a huge sandstorm that lasted for more than ten days.
The overwhelming wind and yellow sand completely annihilated the heaven and earth, making it impossible for humans and animals to gain a foothold in the wild. The messengers could only wait helplessly.
After the big sandstorm passed, many roads along the way were damaged, and several supply stations were even tragically swallowed by quicksand.
The local garrison and government tried their best to rescue and repair it, but it was delayed for more than ten days.
Fortunately, the Northwest Strategic Cluster has not taken any action this winter and has begun to enter a rest period.
Huang Sanhu visited various units and was most concerned about the veterans who were about to retire.
According to the orders of the headquarters, these retired veterans were all arranged to change jobs on the spot and join the Construction Corps.
Many of them were very homesick and clamoring to go back, so he had to step in and comfort them while doing work, so that they didn't cause a big mess.
From now on, these veterans who have taken root on the spot will become big trees in the sky.
With them as the center, unite the relocated people and form a sufficient mass base in the Western Region to strengthen the rule here.
After one hundred and eighty years, the Western Region will be deeply influenced by the empire, and there will no longer be any recurrence.
When the Taoist volunteers arrived in the Western Regions, Huang Sanhu immediately realized that these people could provide a great effect.
The weapons and equipment eliminated by his generals were given to these Taoist priests, and then officers were sent to train these people so that they would have a certain combat effectiveness.
In May, the weather turned warm completely and the ice and snow began to melt. The Taoist volunteers moved westward into Central Asia ahead of the National Defense Forces.
They didn't know whether Wang Changyue and others held on this past winter, but the deeds of the Quanzhen Sect inspired Taoists to face the world with a new attitude.
The Northwest Strategic Cluster began to receive new soldiers, replace weapons and equipment, and work overtime to hoard supplies.
Slogans have been shouted up and down.
Let His Majesty review the troops at Caspi Sea.
Caspi Sea, in later translations, is the Caspian Sea.
At this time in the mainland, Zuo Mengeng had already set off from Jinan and began his western tour.
This time he brought Zuo Xuanyan, Xia Wanchun, Pu Songling, Fulin and other children with him.
After Zheng Chenggong and others, some of the children in this group have reached the age of starting school.
Reading thousands of books is not as good as walking thousands of miles.
In the future, the empire's focus will inevitably be on the Western Regions, Central Asia, and even Eastern Europe. Let these children see it in advance so that they won't be blind when they start buying it in the future.
Zuo Menggeng will go to Henan along the Yellow River to inspect the Yellow River diversion project, and then enter Shaanxi and go to Guihua City via northern Shaanxi.
After inspecting the Hetao Plain, we transferred to Yinchuan and took a look at the effect of the greening project in the northwest.
Then go to Gansu and Qinghai, and enter the Western Regions through the Hexi Corridor.
He preferred to go to the plateau, but the Central Committee and the headquarters rejected his willfulness with an unprecedented attitude.
Although he was mentally prepared for altitude sickness, no one was willing to let the emperor take risks.
This time, even Xu Ruolin and Wang Siyi were not on his side.
Even if he is an emperor with unparalleled prestige, he can only compromise.
On the tenth day after Zuo Menggeng's departure, Annan's information was quickly sent to the center.
Chen Zhi, Huang Zongxi, and Wang Siyi, who were left behind to preside over the work, immediately held a joint meeting and made a decision while sending a briefing to Zuo Mengeng.
Annan, like Japan, was always in a state of civil war under the instigation of the empire.
Once the Ruan family and the Zheng family started fighting, they couldn't stop even though they knew that the empire was watching them.
This is the dilemma of riding a tiger and being unable to get off.
As a result, after several years of fighting, the empire never intervened, and intelligence from the Central Plains came one after another, making both sides mistakenly believe that the empire was sending troops in other directions, so they could no longer take care of Annan.
Now Ruan and Zheng were more confident and bold in devoting all their strength to destroy each other as soon as possible.
How did they know that in the eyes of the empire, dealing with Annan's situation actually didn't require much strength at all.
The 15th Division entrenched in Lang Son and the 1st Marine Division stationed in Champa were impatient to wait.
After the navy was reformed, the first detachment of the Nanyang Fleet was stationed in Hainan, and its mission was to be ready to join the Annan battlefield at all times.
In the sixth year of the war between the Ruan family and the Zheng family, the winner was finally decided.
Although the Zheng family held Li Shenzong hostage and had the name of holding the emperor hostage to order the princes, they seemed to have the upper hand. But precisely because of this, Li Shenzong became the key figure influencing the situation.
Like Emperor Meisheng of Japan, Li Shenzong is not willing to be a puppet.
Therefore, when the Zheng family and the Ruan family were fighting, Le Shenzong became restless.
He secretly sent his cronies to contact Ruan and reached an agreement.
The two sides united to deal with the Zheng family. Once the matter was accomplished, the Ruan family would use the existing territory as a feudal lord for generations and have the right to be independent.
The Ruan family regarded Le Shen Zong as the Lord of Annam and accepted the canonization of Le Shen Zong.
With such a big mole, Zheng will naturally not be able to please him.
The most terrible thing is that the empire has formulated a series of rules for Indochina.
One of them is that neither the Ruan family nor the Zheng family are allowed to travel to other countries.
Before the empire's power penetrated deeply into the Indochina Peninsula, other countries here suffered from Annan's intrusion.
However, the Annan people are the dominant force here, and other countries can only tolerate it.
Now that the empire is backing it, every country has become tougher. But what they did put Ruan and Zheng in big trouble.
Annan's territory is a long strip, thick at both ends and thin in the middle, so there is no room for detours during battle.
As long as both sides make a little arrangement, the defense can be watertight.
Therefore, after the two sides fought, there was nothing to talk about other than frontal confrontation.
maritime?
The level of shipbuilding on both sides means that neither side dares to put their hands on the sea.
It was a real tough battle, originally evenly matched.
But the empire has penetrated Annan like a sieve.
After noticing the back and forth between Li Shenzong and Ruan, the Military Intelligence Department took action.
By occupying the city, they delivered a large number of weapons to the Ruan family, and the Ruan family's power suddenly overwhelmed the Zheng family.
Relying on the new weapons, the Zheng family fought consecutive battles and defeated the Zheng family.
In the end, in the battle of Da Nang, the Zheng family was completely defeated and plummeted.
Nguyen took the opportunity to rush through the vast mountains and approach Hue.
Zheng Jie fainted on the spot when he learned about the battle situation on the front line. When he woke up, he found that he was already on the carriage fleeing north.
As for where they could escape, everyone in the Zheng family had no idea.
By this time, Annan, who had suffered both losses, had come to an end.
