Chapter One Thousand Two Hundred and Eleven The Biggest Difficulty of the Southern Expedition
"Ninety-three. A gentleman works hard all day long and is vigilant at night; if he is fierce, he will not blame himself."
Divining gods and predicting blessings and misfortunes is the duty of priests, and it also affects the hearts and minds of soldiers and soldiers. Shulot bowed his head in front of the altar and carefully considered his path. The cruel and fierce Southern Expedition War became even more fierce. of climax.
Early on the next morning, the commander of the royal army, Kua Kehu, led five thousand pioneer warriors south to the Yunzhong Valley and attacked the Yamaguchi Fortress, one hundred and fifty miles away. As the name suggests, the Yamaguchi Fortress is a small stone city built on the narrow path of the mountain pass. Located at the junction between the two valleys of Shenshi City and Yunshan City, it is the last pass on the way south to Yunshan City.
As the ancestral source of the Mixtec people's initial rise, the Yunzhong Valley on the plateau is actually diagonally cut into three parts, north and south, by three Yunzhong Mountains running from northwest to southeast. The northern valley, with Shenshi City as the center, is called The Valley of the Sacred Stones. The central valley, centered on Yunshan City, is called the Yunshan/Sacred Valley. As for the last southeastern valley, it is the Oaxyacac Valley of the Zapotec people, which is the "Valley of the Sacred Trees"!
The three Yunzhong Valleys are in the same line from north to south, giving birth to the first tribes and city-states almost at the same time. This is also the reason why the Mixtec and Zapotec tribes have a close relationship and are both called the People of the Clouds: their ancestors Two thousand years ago, they were indeed one family!
Not two days after the vanguard of the army went south, a new batch of logistics food was also transported by tens of thousands of civilians. After receiving the message, Shulot went to check it personally. As the only sect leader in the army, He used divination and marching to perform military rituals, and actually also served as a military judge. When he checked the grain delivered against the grain transportation diagram, he carefully questioned the noble officers who led the team, as well as several militia captains who were transporting grain. Finally, his brows furrowed slightly. He calculated silently in his mind for a while, then took the grain transportation board and went to Avitt's big tent.
"The Lord God bless you! Meet you, respected God King!"
"Huh? Xiulote, you came just in time! Haha, this is a message sent by Marshal of the Western Route Army, veteran General Casal. They captured Yeguo City more than half a month ago!..."
Hearing this, Shulot was startled for a moment, then he took the letter and read it over, with a smile on his face. After four or five months of hard fighting, the Western Route Army finally captured the western strategic location of the Mixtec Alliance, Tower. Yeguo City on the tributary of the Ersus River. The chief of Yeguo City, Yun Shikawa, only fled south with a few hundred people, and it is unknown where he fled to.
In this long and difficult mountain fighting and siege, the Western Route Army suffered casualties of more than 4,000 warriors and killed more than 10,000 tribal warriors and militiamen. Not only were the tribal forces in the Yeguo City area wiped out, but Even the warriors from Oak Valley City who came hundreds of miles south to support were sacrificed. Now the veteran general Casal is preparing to break through Oak Valley City and clear out the two western states of Mixtec in the lowlands. After that, it is a march. After a long journey south, we came to conquer the Mixtec tribes on the coast.
"Praise the Lord God! Continuing south from Oak Valley City, four hundred miles away, you will reach the Mixtec Twin Mountain City on the seaside! Marshal Casal may be the first of the three route armies to hit the seaside... But this time The extra 400 miles of grain roads are all located in steep mountains. There are no tributaries of the Talsas River to connect them, and grain cannot be transported by water..."
Shulot's face showed joy at first, and then showed worry. He bowed respectfully to the God King, returned the letter with both hands, and then spoke in a somewhat solemn voice.
"Dear God King, from the plateau to the lowlands, from the lowlands to the seaside, the Mixtecs have such a vast territory. They are eight hundred miles from north to south and six hundred miles from east to west. Their area is four times that of the Tlaxcalans.
! And most of these territories are located in mountains and forests, with almost no north-south rivers... It is simply a nightmare for the army to transport food!"
"Huh? It's difficult to transport food?..."
Hearing these words, Avitt frowned, and his eyes showed seriousness. He unfolded the map of the Mixtec tribes in front of the desk, looked at the dense markings on it, and gave instructions to Xiulote.
"Xulot, come here and talk to this map!"
"yes!"
Shulot saluted again and then approached with precise steps, just like a human ruler. He stretched out his finger and drew three tracks on the map, corresponding to the food transportation routes of the three armies.
"God bless you! For this southern expedition, the God King mobilized 50,000 royal legions, 30,000 city-state legions, and countless auxiliary militiamen and men. In fact, the number of militiamen responsible for the army's logistics and food transportation is about twice as many as
There are at least 160,000 alliance warriors!"
Hearing this, Avitt nodded slightly. In this southern expedition to the Yunzhong tribes, the alliance's more than five million people were almost completely wiped out, and they were completely wiped out. The six royal legions in the center of the royal family, four
Thousands of Broken Hair Guards, a thousand Eagles and Jaguars, a force of 53,000 people directly under the royal family!
The eleven local city-states in the alliance also sent out large-scale warrior militias. The three nearby southern city-states, Sun City, Salt Lake City, and Alpine City, all belonged to the Southern Route Army following Shulot during the last Eastern Expedition, and the samurai losses were
Fewer, this time they were ordered to send 5,000 troops! The remaining four northern city-states, as well as the newly established four conquered city-states, were ordered by the king to each send 2,000 troops. The eleven countries together had 31,000 troops.
City-state legions.
In addition to these more than 80,000 legions, there are also 1,000 Imperial Guards from Shulot and the artillery team of 1,000 Thunder God Mortars supported from the Kingdom of the Lake, totaling 2,000 people. In addition, the Lithospermum of Lithospermum County
The legion was also asked to harass the Mixtec coastal tribes along the southeast coast and contain the military strength of the city-states there... From the beginning of this divine war of the alliance, it was rushing to completely eliminate the tribes in the clouds and clear the southeastern mountains and forests.
Come!
"The land of Mixtec is six hundred miles from east to west. The army marched south to conquer, and it was divided into three routes: east, middle and west. The west route army took Cassar as the marshal and led 8,000 royal legions and 8,000 city-state legions.
Ten thousand auxiliary militiamen... a total of twenty to thirty thousand people, went south from the tributaries of the Talsas River! The logistics and food roads along this road roughly started from the mountain city and were supplied by the southern city-states. There were one to two hundred miles of valley roads and three hundred miles.
Waterways, a total of four to five hundred miles of grain roads! Because there are waterways available, the cost of maintaining this grain road is currently low. Ten thousand militiamen are enough. And if we continue to go south, we will need an additional four hundred to attack the Mixtec coast.
On Lishan Road, the number of militiamen transporting grain will at least quadruple to 40,000..."
"Well... God bless you! If Kasar can reach the seaside and join forces with the Lithospermum Legion of the Lake Kingdom, then food logistics will not be a big problem..."
"Yes! If the West Route Army can open up all the way to the seaside, the Kingdom in the Lake will bear the food supply of the West Route Army along the southeast sea route!"
Shulot looked modest and nodded in agreement. Then he continued to stretch out his finger and moved towards the center of the army.
"The middle route army, with the giant bear Stanley as its marshal, led a thousand Eagle Jaguars, eight thousand royal warriors, eight thousand city-state legions, and more than ten thousand alliance militiamen...a total of thirty thousand people, marched south from Daolu City, and broke through Xiaoliu
Village, attack Shanhe City where the main force of leader Yun Chen is based. According to the latest intelligence, the two armies are confronting each other in Hongtu Village, forty miles northwest of Shanhe City. Stanley stood still and did not attack the village in a large-scale decisive battle..."
"Haha! This is the order I gave him. The middle route army pressed into the Shanhe City area and confronted the main force led by the leader of the Mixtec Alliance, Yun Chen! The Mixtec troops in the lowlands were unable to support the highlands, nor could they support the highlands.
Determined to abandon the foundation of the city-state, flee to the long and far southeast, and join up with the Zapotecs... Wait for our main force on the east route to go south, break through Yunshan City, lock the mountain roads in the Oaxaca Valley, and cut off the Zapotec tribes.
After providing support in the mountains and cutting off the retreat route of the Mixtecs in the lowlands...then turned around and attacked from both sides, completely surrounding Yun Chen, killing the main force of the Mixtecs, and not even a single divine descendant would be let go!..."
Avitt smiled slightly, looked deeply at Shulot, and said with a smile.
"Xulot, this is the story you told me a long time ago. Let your most courageous hunting dog fight against the enemy's second most courageous hunting dog, and then quickly defeat it, and then close the door and beat the dog!..."
"Uh...Tian Ji races horses and beats dogs behind closed doors?..."
Hearing this, Xiulote was slightly startled. He could no longer remember when he had told Avitt about this. However, Avitt had indeed planned the three-way strategy for the southern expedition very carefully, which also showed that
Strategic wisdom. The Central Route Army seizes the enemy's main force, and then the east and west routes move south to outflank and attack the city. Especially the main force of the East Route Army, which has a strong force, must quickly cut off the entire Yunzhong Valley and separate the two Yunzhong tribes.
Come, let's concentrate our superior forces and defeat them one by one...
"Yes! God King is wise! In this way, the Central Route Army will be anchored in the Shanhe City area and will not continue to the south. The logistics food will be transferred from the three states in the south, and most of it will come from the Texcoco Lake area. This way
The grain road is about five to six hundred miles long, and only more than a hundred miles can rely on rivers. Many of the remaining roads are difficult to walk in the mountains and forests. In order to maintain the 30,000 warrior militiamen on the front line, the logistics militiamen who transport grain are estimated to be in six hundred miles.
Around 10,000!…”
"Well... the five to six hundred miles of grain roads in the mountains are almost the same distance as when we attacked the mountain city of Otopan. And this is just the beginning..."
Hearing this, Avitt pursed his lips. At this moment, he really realized the logistical pressure of the various ministries in the southern expedition to Yunzhong.
"Witness the Lord God! Dear God King, the logistics supply of the West and Middle Route armies is relatively easy to solve... But the main strength of the East Route Army is fifty or sixty thousand, and the food road is longer, but it is very difficult!..."
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