The arrival of the calendar year 4872 brought a brief calm to the battlefield in Nanzhao Prefecture, and the people in the occupied areas of Shaodian Kingdom spent a most fearful New Year.
The invaders from the three kingdoms of Meng, Cao, and Qi were different from the past. Burning, killing, and looting did not occur. Except for the officials who used to govern the local area were arrested, others did not suffer much harassment.
Jiang Xi, the supreme commander of the war zone, received information personally sent by Shaodian Mi years ago:
The supreme commander of the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces is named He Lianyu. She is the first heir to Zhenhai Gong of the Meng Kingdom. At only twenty years old, she is the "new general" who has been in the limelight recently in the Meng Kingdom. She is the main force of the Seventh Legion of the Meng Army.
directly under the army.
"A twenty-year-old girl is the commander-in-chief of the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces?" Jiang Xi found it incredible.
Shaodianmi said expressionlessly: "In the past half month, I have traveled to Nanqiu County, Yanling County and Jinping County. There is no doubt that Helianyu is the enemy's highest commander."
The new chief of staff of the Eighth Army, Jiang Zhi, was highly recommended by Jiang Xi and was also very young. He only turned twenty-five after the New Year. He said: "Your Majesty, the commander of the army cannot be judged by age, gender and personal force. He
Lian Yu is the first heir to Duke Zhenhai, so he must be outstanding.
Judging from her previous tactical arrangements, this person likes to concentrate her forces to attack the weak with strength. As we have just arrived at the northern front and have locally strong forces in a short time, the enemy must focus on defense.
According to the opinion of my subordinates, the Eighth Army Corps moved to the enemy's front and stationed in front of it to attract the enemy's attention; the Eleventh and Fourteenth Army Corps organized assault troops to attack the enemy and recapture one or two occupied cities."
The reason why Jiang Xi promoted Jiang Zhi to the position of chief of staff was because he believed in his abilities and knew that this descendant of the Jiang family had every plan to deal with the enemy before the battle and was good at seizing the enemy's weaknesses. He would be entrusted with important responsibilities in this battle.
"Shan, let's follow your plan. You go to Zhai Yu and Hu Qin with my military order and ask them to form a commando team for you to command. I will lead the main force in a frontal attack posture, and you will lead the troops to wait for an opportunity to recapture the occupied city." Jiang
Xi gave Jiang Zhi a military order.
Just two days after the New Year of 4872, a legion-level war broke out.
The Seventh Army of the Meng Kingdom sent people to Jiang Xi's camp to issue a challenge, and invited the Eighth Army of the Shaodian Kingdom to compete in the Pingzhou Plain to see which of the two main armies was more powerful.
Jiang Xi led the Eighth Army on an expedition for the first time and had not fought a real battle. In addition, in order to cover Jiang Zhi's actions, he readily accepted the battle even though he knew that the enemy might be deceitful.
On January 3, the 8th Army of the Shaodian Kingdom and the 7th Army of the Meng Kingdom took up positions on the Pingzhou Plain, more than 70 miles southeast of Jinping County. The two sides were about to engage in a decisive battle.
The Eighth Army had not encountered a one-on-one frontal provocation in the past hundred years, and the entire army was working hard to teach the Meng people a lesson.
Sure enough, in less than half a day, Meng's Seventh Army gradually could not withstand the fierce attack of the Eighth Army and began to retreat to the southeast.
How could the Eighth Army easily let go of the enemy? The entire army pressed forward and pursued them all the way.
When Meng's Seventh Army retreated to the edge of the Pingzhou Plain, two groups of ambush troops suddenly rushed out and outflanked the Eighth Army from both directions. Meng's Seventh Army stopped retreating and turned around to counterattack.
Jiang Xi had anticipated this and ordered his troops to leave the battlefield quickly. The front army turned into the rear army, and the rear army turned into the front army, retreating in an orderly manner towards the northwest.
The two ambushing armies were the troops of Cao State and Qi State. Among them, the Qi** regiment fought out from the north so fast that the forwards had already blocked the rear of the Eighth Army.
At this time, the central army of the Eighth Army suddenly came forward and attacked the central army of Qi Army.
The Qi army had the same number of troops as the Eighth Army, about 100,000, and their formation was too long. They could not withstand the Eighth Army's fierce attack. Meng and Cao's armies were defeated before they could arrive.
The Eighth Army broke through the enemy's siege and successfully withdrew to Jinping County.
Jiang Zhi did not live up to Jiang Xi's expectations, and led his troops to suddenly surround Xintian City in the northernmost part of the battle line, attracting the defenders of Lengshui City to come for support; the Shaodian Army Corps ambushing under Lengshui City took the opportunity to break out and recapture the occupied Lengshui.
city.
In this battle, the Eighth Army was ambushed and retreated with its strong strength. Jiang Zhi led his troops to recapture Lengshui City. Shaodian Kingdom achieved a great victory at the beginning of the new year.
However, after the war, Jiang Xi received a letter from He Lianyu as the commander of the Seventh Army, in which he mocked the Eighth Army for being defeated by Meng's Seventh Army, commanded by a woman, and fled back to Jinping County in embarrassment.
But there is no mention of the ambushes of Cao and Qi.
Among the people, there are constant rumors spread by Meng's spies, saying that the Protector of Shaodian Kingdom has no successor, and the Eighth Army is in decline. Even the army led by a young woman cannot defeat it. If this continues, the Eighth Army
Simply disband early and maintain the reputation of the undefeated legion.
This angered all the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Army. The exposed Dong Ba repeatedly requested to fight, insisting on leading his 71st Division to challenge Meng's Seventh Army alone.
Jiang Zhi hurried back to the Eighth Army after hearing the news, and earnestly tried to dissuade Dong Ba and other ill-tempered division commanders.
Attack and fall into the trap she has set for you.
If the Protector is in the army at this moment, will you fall into the enemy's plot? It's true that He Lianyu is a woman, but she is the supreme commander of the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces and will not openly fight with you. If she agrees to fight alone
If we challenge you to a duel, I will not stop you. We should encourage the top commanders of the two legions to fight one-on-one."
After some hard persuasion, the restlessness of the Eighth Army gradually subsided. Jiang Zhi also wrote back to He Lianyu as chief of staff, asking the commanders of the two armies to have a peak showdown. Those who dare not accept the challenge are the real losers.
Although Jiang Zhi's witty response did not completely eliminate the influence of the rumors, it also solved He Lianyu's plan to a certain extent. At the same time, he established a bit of reputation in the Eighth Army. He was the first person in many years to sit on the staff of the Eighth Army.
A person with a long position.
After He Lianyu's plan failed, he made another plan and sent someone to deliver an agreement document through special channels to Dianxi, the young shepherd of Nanzhao Prefecture, and put forward a suggestion.
As long as the Shaodian Kingdom does not increase the number of troops in Nanma Prefecture, the three kingdoms of Meng, Cao, and Qi will not increase their troops in Nanma Prefecture. The two sides will only retain their existing armies for a duel in Nanma Prefecture.
After Jiang Zhi found out, he couldn't help but sigh: "He Lianyu is full of clever tricks and focuses on attacking the heart. She is indeed an extremely difficult opponent. With her here, Shaodianguo will have to pay a huge price if he wants to regain the lost territory.
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After receiving the agreement document, Shaodianxi did not dare to make the decision without authorization and hurriedly teleported back to Zhenjing City, which once again caused a quarrel in Shaodian's court.
Of course, the commander-in-chief opposed He Lianyu's suggestion. The reason was that the enemy was extremely cunning and not a man of his word. This agreement was actually a delaying tactic, allowing the three countries of Meng, Cao, and Qi time to mobilize more troops to go south.
Marshzhou.
The Government Council agreed. The rationale was that the initiative rested with the enemy anyway. If the scale of the war could be limited with a piece of paper, it would greatly reduce the burden on Shaodian State and buy time for the country to assemble its legions.
You might as well give it a try; if you have to force the three kingdoms to attack with all their might, it will do no good to Shaodian Country at all.
Both parties had their own reasons. The quarrel lasted for several days until Shao Diandan's ears became calloused. Just when he was hesitant, someone finally stood up and risked his life.
Wang Deng, deputy commander-in-chief of the General Command, issued a military order to remonstrate. He Lianyu's so-called agreement was a divorce plan. Meng, Cao, and Qi were determined to occupy the territory of Shaodian State this time, and the lives and property of the people in the occupied areas were all lost.
No violation can be seen.
He Lianyu is not trying to delay time, nor is she trying to control the scale of the war. Her purpose is to stimulate domestic conflicts in Shaodian Kingdom. She can adjust strategic arrangements at any time based on Shaodian Kingdom's reaction, and can attack regardless of whether there are more troops or not.
A group of people with different views.
When the agreed document was delivered to Shao Dianxi and Shao Dianxi arrived at the capital, He Lianyu's divorce plan had been successful.
"Your Majesty, the plan for now is to implement the previously planned plan step by step. We should just pretend that nothing agreed has happened, do our own thing well, and don't cause internal disputes because of the enemy's actions.
As long as our troops attack Qi State, Meng and Cao will definitely increase their troops in Nanzhao Prefecture, and the agreement will become a blank piece of paper. If the enemy does not increase their troops, they will be willing to be punished by military law." Wang Deng knelt in front of the palace and remonstrated.
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"Okay, then let Shao Dianxi write back to He Lianyu, pretending to discuss the specific terms of the agreement document, and try to delay as much time as possible; the commander-in-chief will arrange a tentative attack on Qi State, and at the same time, the recruitment plan in each state cannot be stopped; the Government Affairs Council issued an increase
The tax order was issued to increase taxes immediately; the clan government levied war funding and gave Shaodian's children the opportunity to exchange money for titles; the Senate solicited noble volunteers and lowered the conditions for title promotion." Shaodian Dan finally made up his mind and should never lose his land.
The landless king.
In the name of the king, Shaodiandan forcibly suppressed the disputes in the court, relaxed the title promotion system that had been tightened for many years, stimulated the ambitions of many people, and triggered a new round of fighting in the aristocratic system of Shaodian country.
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The strange fish near the black hole felt the aura of the aquatic overlord and were frightened and fled in all directions. Ao Yu dragged Ding Kui and plunged into the black hole.
The two of them swam dozens of meters down and found that the passage of the black hole had narrowed, allowing two people to barely pass through side by side. Moreover, the direction no longer pointed downwards, but began to walk diagonally upwards. They advanced nearly a hundred meters further,
The channel gradually widens, and finally enters an underwater bottom with no visible edge.
At this time, Ao Yu pulled Ding Kui and hurriedly went upstream, only rising twenty meters before he emerged from the water.
The surface of the water was pitch black without any light. Ding Kui took out the luminous pearl and looked at it. He could barely see that it was a large cave. He and Ao Yu were in a pool.