The news of the establishment of the country by the other two companies in Dingzhou is indeed quite big. The yellow sky pillars and red sky pillars standing on the land of Dingzhou are extremely eye-catching even in the entire northern border.
Zhou Bai stands in the clouds and overlooks the northern border. The destiny is manifested. The borders are very straightforward, with dozens of countries standing in the distance.
However, there are not many formed Tianzhu that can be directly seen. Most countries are still sorting out their internal affairs.
With three pillars of heaven standing in Dingzhou, it is already considered the most special state among the seven states. Once the Three Kingdoms War breaks out, it may be the first to unify.
This is also why the Three Kingdoms of Dingzhou will attract the attention of other large states in the north. When others use states to attack counties, how can you stop them.
Moreover, leaving aside the "perversion" of Anbei Kingdom, which had a formal legal network after its founding, Dingguo and Dingxi Kingdom actually still have the luck of virtue.
Forget about Dingguo being canonized by the imperial court. After all, they control the core area of Dingzhou and regard Daxu as the suzerain state. Of course, they can inherit the old fortune with Daxu.
There are countries that do not want resources and actively rush to provide luck. Is it possible that the Red Emperor will still refuse?
This was also the reason why Zhou Bai had never rejected Chi Qing's overtures before, and even after deciding not to grant good luck for the time being, he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to provide a large amount of luck.
The previous dynasty was Red Emperor, who had been in charge of human affairs for more than three hundred years, and the influence he left behind was too great.
According to a popular law of the rotation of virtues, fire generates earth, and when the red virtues have declined, they are regarded as yellow virtues.
Therefore, when an unknown Qianlong like Lu Ding suddenly became associated with the Yellow Emperor's lineage, it really shocked many people.
Not to mention the layout of the Huangdi lineage, Lu Ding was also a man with great ambitions and plans.
"When the red virtue has declined, it should be replaced by the yellow virtue. It is better to obey the will of God and follow the people's will."
Huanglong was born, destiny came to him, and he shouted out such a slogan at the right time, how could the people of Dingxi Kingdom not unite.
Their people, like the people of Anbei Kingdom, have no doubt that their king will unify Dingzhou.
With the red and yellow virtues rotating, Dingguo and Dingxi Kingdom should be incompatible with each other. Dingguo, in particular, must always be careful about the attacks of Dingxi's army.
But what was unexpected was that on October 10, the first year of Tongzhi, the day after the country was established to worship heaven and recognize the clan, the two countries announced the conclusion of an alliance and unanimously announced it to the outside world.
Lu Ding redeemed the land and ports along the river in Yongquan County at the cost of five thousand taels of gold and one thousand low-grade spiritual stones. The Ding army retreated from Yongquan County, and the navy was no longer within a hundred miles of the Dingxi border.
On October 13th of the first year of Tongzhi, the Heavenly Court officially announced at the Tiangong Monument that recruitment from all the countries in Tianyuan Continent would begin at the beginning of the second year of Tongzhi.
The requirements for recruitment are to worship heaven and ascend the throne, and be a country recognized by heaven.
To put it bluntly, you offer sacrifices to heaven to bring luck to heaven, and heaven gives you the qualification to fight in extraterrestrial planes.
At that time, the luck and part of the benefits gained from victory will belong to you, and the majority of the benefits such as the right to develop the plane will go to heaven.
The announcement did not make it clear in what form the recruitment would take place. All that was known was that it would be through heavenly treasures and that it would not harm human lives.
The news of the call for war shocked the senior officials of various countries. Those who were from the Fulong Sect were looking for the Fulong Sect, and those who had connections with the Heavenly Court were looking for the Heavenly Court, all trying to find out more detailed inside stories.
But Lu Ding and Lei Haomiao, like Zhou Bai, seemed to have known the news a long time ago, and their energy was not distracted at all.
On October 15th, Dingxi Kingdom sent 30,000 troops, and the troops came under the gate.
The reason for sending troops is ridiculous. It is said that they were invited by the people to take revenge and make decisions for the people.
This refers to the massacre of local powerful men in Menju when Jiao Tu encountered too much resistance.
Then the Dingxi Kingdom found the victim from nowhere to complain. The officials and people of Dingxi were "filled with righteous indignation" when they heard this, and they became angry and raised up a righteous army.
It is also very simple to make them withdraw. First, apologize to the people in the border town who died tragically, and then let go of the south gate of the border town and let Dingxi Kingdom control the gates.
When the ministers of the Anbei Kingdom saw the documents sent from the Dingxi Kingdom, they were so angry that they laughed. In troubled times, there are winners and losers.
If their Anbei army kills innocent people indiscriminately, there will be no just country in the world.
And as far as they know
, in the process of Lu Ding's unification and Dingxi, there were not a few civilians who died under the butcher's knife.
Especially in Yongquan County, the damage was too great, and the soldiers were quite indulgent afterwards, and they almost shouted that they would not seal the sword for three days.
Dingxi State sent troops this time because it felt that Anbei State was too threatening, and deliberately made up a name to start border provocations and waste national power.
If all three counties are transformed into Bei'an County, there will undoubtedly be no further fighting.
Many ministers advocated sending troops to fight a battle to establish the country, but Zhou Bai did not agree. He only sent some Taoist officials to support him and did not even move the imperial army.
Zhou Bai, who was responsible for the defense of Border City County, was entrusted to Jiao Tu. He had 30,000 garrison troops under his command, many of whom were veterans of the border army.
The soldiers and horses had to move forward before food and fodder were used. Without Jiao Tu asking for help, he would definitely not easily dispatch the imperial army.
The key is, since Dingxi has sent troops, how can Dinghou Lei Haomiao watch.
The two sides have formed an alliance to deal with the outside world. The only one they can deal with is Anbei Kingdom.
On October 18, the Dingxi Army's follow-up siege equipment was delivered and began to attack Menjuguan.
On October 19, the 30,000-strong Dingguo Forbidden Army, that is, the Yuanzhou Army, arrived at the junction of Longfeng County and Ruinan County. A small group of forward troops took the initiative to attack.
The war started on two fronts at the same time, doubling the pressure on Anbei Kingdom and increasing support.
From the beginning, they only transported armor, food and other materials to the front line, and later began to gradually support the militia and auxiliary troops.
At the end of October, when the Ningjiang Navy of the Ding Kingdom moved south in a large scale and captured the southernmost point of Ruinan County, Ningrui Ferry under the jurisdiction of Ningrui County, the front line was shaken.
Zhou Yuan, who was sitting on the front line, asked for reinforcements. The gap between the naval forces was too large, so he asked to send elite troops to counterattack on land.
If the counterattack achieves results, the Dingguo navy must focus on looking after the back roads along the river and not dare to go north easily.
Zhou Yuan is responsible for dealing with Dingguo. Since he has proposed assistance, Zhou Bai will naturally not ignore it.
But now he wants to try his best to accumulate internal stability for a few months, reorganize and train the various departments of the Forbidden Army, and stabilize the national system.
This can only lead to a quick victory. It is necessary to defeat the Ding army and achieve victory without delay.
So Zhou Bai sent Chu Kai with 5,000 Xuanjia cavalry and Hu Jiang with 500 Longjiao cavalry, and quickly went south.
The military order is very simple. Choose your own target and attack southward wherever you can. If you can protect your own return, destroy the enemy's Northern Expedition strategy.
Needless to say, the dragon cavalry is a dragon horse that can travel thousands of miles a day, and the personnel are the best among the best. The quality of a single unit can even rival the Demon-Suppressing Army.
As for the five thousand black armor cavalry, most of them were veterans, so Zhou Bai was also interested in training troops this time.
Dingguo was formerly the elite area of Dingzhou and had strong military strength. However, in recent years, natural disasters have occurred one after another and food has dropped sharply.
In order to ensure the supply of resources for the eight hundred silver dragon cavalry, the number of ordinary cavalry currently supported has been greatly reduced, leaving only nearly three thousand cavalry.
According to Hu Jiang, a former member of the Yinjiao Army, military generals, including state officials and civil servants, felt that the Yinjiao Army occupied too many resources and could not be used to their full potential, and they repeatedly proposed reductions.
Because the resources of the Hundred Silver Dragon Army are enough to form another new guard, which will significantly enhance the strength of the army.
Of course, after all, Lei Haomiao has been the governor for many years. How can he be so short-sighted and still forcefully maintain the current size of the cavalry.
Zhou Bai was not sure whether he would win or lose the first battle between the cavalry of the two countries, but he was still somewhat confident.
You, Lei Haomiao, were previously limited by the name of the court and did not want to be a warlord to expand territory at will. You have always maintained cavalry and only used it against the invasion of Qingxu.
The Anbei Army benefited from Zhou Bai's layout. The cavalry seeds fought on the grassland all year round, and there were countless small and large battles.
Even half of the five thousand cavalry are "new soldiers", they are still good riders on horseback, and they are not afraid of former Daxu's well-trained cavalry.
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They did not expect that the Anbei Army, which had been on the defensive, would take the initiative to attack. In addition, there was no movement from the imperial army reorganized in Andu City according to the intelligence, so they were caught off guard.
Hundreds of sentries were lost in one day, and several surrounding military strongholds were forcibly removed. With the situation of the enemies on all sides unknown, the Ding army could not even think of launching a major offensive against Ningrui County.
Forced by helplessness, Dingjun commander Lei Zhen asked Lei Haomiao for a cavalry attack from the rear, at least to cover the vicinity of the main force, so as not to be surprised by the surprise attack.
In fact, the Dingguo cavalry went north with the army in this battle, but because it was initially a siege battle, they were temporarily repairing in the pasture behind Longfeng County, waiting for orders.
On November 5, two thousand Dingguo cavalry were ordered to gallop to support the front line. As a result, they were attacked by the main cavalry force led by Chu Kai halfway.
The Dingguo highway officials who were supporting along the way were also ruthlessly intercepted and killed by the Anbei highway officials. The other party did not have the three realms to carry out such a "small" task. Li Yuan personally took action and did not let anyone escape.
There was no additional intelligence support, and the Anbei Army's cavalry was not expected to make a detour to make a surprise attack. They defeated the many with less and had no chance of winning.
But even so, the five hundred silver dragon riders among them also showed amazing combat power. They counterattacked several times and almost broke out of the encirclement.
It's just that these silver dragon cavalry didn't expect that there would be five hundred dragon dragon cavalry waiting for them on their retreat.
Five thousand cavalry, five hundred dragon cavalry? Or come out in droves?
In this battle, Dingguo's two thousand cavalry were directly defeated, more than three hundred cavalry were killed, and eight hundred cavalry surrendered.
Less than 900 riders escaped, and less than half of the 500 silver dragon riders remained.
In this battle, Huo Feiguang, an ordinary cavalry member of the Longjiao cavalry, killed the enemy cavalry leader in formation, causing the final collapse of the Dingguo cavalry.
Huo Feiguang was Zhou Bai's guide when he went out to the fortress, and he showed extraordinary cavalry talents. Therefore, because of his military exploits, Chu Kai promoted him to the head of Xuanjia Cavalry, commanding a hundred cavalry.
Chu Kai then seized the opportunity and led his army to pursue the fleeing cavalry all the way to the hinterland of Longfeng County.
Anyone who dared to stand in the way along the way was killed without mercy. Because of the embarrassing appearance of the Dingguo cavalry fleeing, Longfeng County thought for a time that the front was defeated.
Linjiang County and Fengyong County were coerced and intimidated by Huo Feiguang, and they took out all the spiritual stones in their inventory to buy Ping An.
When Lei Haomiao and the army in front reacted and prepared to encircle and suppress the Anbei cavalry that was deep in the hinterland, Huo Feiguang's troops had almost killed them through Longfeng County.
On November 12, Chu Kai led his army back in triumph, and on the way forcibly broke through the temporary defense line of the army on the front line.
When they returned to Ningrui County for repairs, coach Zhou Yuan was surprised to find that not only did the number of war horses not decrease, but the number of horses increased by 500, including hundreds of intact dragon horses.
What is a great victory? This is a great victory.
Needless to say, Zhou Bai was commended by the general order, Chu Kai was promoted to the general manager of the Ma Army, and Huo Feiguang was directly promoted to the commander of the Longjiao Cavalry.
As for Hu Jiang, the former commander of the Longjiao cavalry, based on his battlefield performance, Zhou Bai felt that he had stayed in the original Yinjiao Army for too long and had lost the vigor that a cavalry commander should have, and was not suitable for the active cavalry of the Anbei Army.
However, Hu Jiang's contribution was great. Of course, Zhou Bai would not kill the donkey, but promoted him to the Shaoqing of Taipusi Temple, and he and Lao Huang first set up the airs of the country's horse administration.
Lao Huang was good at raising war horses, and Hu Jiang was good at raising dragon horses. It was a perfect fit to serve in Taipu Temple, the highest institution of horse administration.
Zhou Bai suddenly sent out his newly expanded cavalry to raid, which directly disrupted Dingguo's Northern Expedition strategy. Not only did the cavalry suffer heavy losses, but even the number of grain trucks on the grain road were burned.
All offensives can only be paused, waiting for Lei Haomiao to sort things out again.
When Longfeng County faced the cavalry attack, the poor performance of officials and gentry from all over the country was really chilling.
Neither the system nor the bureaucracy of Dingguo was new, but inherited the legacy of the former Daxu Dynasty.
The advantage of an inheritance is that you don’t have to worry about it, everything is ready-made, but the disadvantage of an inheritance is that everything is ready-made.
The old system and old bureaucracy are still entrenched in Dingguo, leaving this new country without any pioneering spirit.
Just like the cavalry of the Anbei Army entered Longfeng County, they encountered no decent resistance, not even a joint siege.
Slow and extremely inefficient.
The magistrates of Linjiang County and Fengyong County were defrauded of all the spiritual stones in the treasury, which was a great shame and humiliation!
Even so, Lei Haomiao cannot be punished too severely, just because these old bureaucrats are the base of his former governor.
In just the first battle, Dingguo exposed many weaknesses in front of Zhou Bai, but he still chose to be on the defensive.
The order Zhou Yuan received was only to defend Ningrui County and not allow the enemy to gain a foothold within the territory.
There are too many reasons. The country needs to cultivate, the imperial army needs to be prepared, Lu Ding on the western front is exerting crazy pressure, and Dingguo Navy is eyeing...
So while the small battles on the front line were still going on, Zhou Bai had already ordered preparations for the Spring Examination, which was the first imperial examination after the founding of Anbei.
In addition, he himself started a winter inspection. The first stop was the Anbei Kingdom Naval Base and Shuiyang Ferry.
The main force of the Anbei Navy did not go to the front line to confront the powerful Dingguo Navy. Instead, it gave up its control of the river and retreated to the end of the Ningjiang River.
This was also Zhou Bai's order to preserve the navy's effectiveness when the tonnage gap between warships was too large.
He started his career in Bei'an. There were no big rivers, so the navy was naturally weak.
In order to overtake in corners, while vigorously expanding the army and training the navy, a shipyard was set up to build the current main warships.
With former Ruinan Jiedu Yanluo's well-protected shipbuilding master, Cangshan Lingmu as the keel and ship materials, and Tianya Pavilion and Wudingmen monks assisting throughout the process, shipbuilding is really not a difficult task.
With the revival of spiritual energy, all kinds of changes must be able to keep up with it in time...
