Before the Tang army approached Huxuan, intensive gunshots rang out in the streets of Huxuan, a city in Shu. The local people looted the Qin army's arsenal and launched an uprising of unprecedented scale.
This time, they captured a large number of streets in Huxuan, and relied on Qin's newly reinforced barricades to repel several attacks by the counterattacking Qin army.
As a result, things got worse and worse, and the Qin State had to mobilize more troops to besiege Huxuan City. However, the Shu uprising troops inside Huxuan were not wiped out. Instead, the Tang Empire launched a rescue assault on Huxuan.
The vanguard of the 7th Army stormed northward, penetrated Qin's well-prepared defense line, and invaded Huxuan City one day later.
More than an hour later, the Tang Army made contact with the rebellious Shu Army in Huxuan City. The latter received supplies and then handed over the positions under its control to the Tang Army with satisfaction.
That night, the Qin troops, who already knew that there was no hope of defending the city, took the initiative to retreat. A series of battles broke out between the two sides, which lasted until the next morning.
After losing hundreds of thousands of people, the Qin army finally got rid of the Tang army's pursuit and stabilized its front near Huaishan. The Tang army then occupied Huxuan City and began to repair the railway between Kangrao and Huxuan.
The loss of Huxuan meant that the Qin State lost a large area of control in Shu. The Qin army's defense lines in Shushan and other places were severely squeezed, and almost all strategic depth was lost.
The current Qin army can only be trapped in the narrow area of Huaishan-Shushan-Shushan defense line, waiting for its end.
Liu Zhian was ordered to face the danger, secretly went south to take over the command of the Qin generals on the front line, and became responsible for the defense of Huaishan. However, in name, the commander-in-chief of Qin was still Yingxu, but Liu Zhian was the actual decision-maker.
At the same time, Zhang Xuan was transferred back to the country and was responsible for the defense of Qin's homeland. Sun Guang, who was far away in Dorne, was appointed as the naval commander of the Qin Empire and was ordered to rebuild the Qin Navy in Dorne.
As a wanted criminal, Liu Zhian could only be ordered to leave Qin and go to Dorne to hide incognito.
But who knew that the situation would change so quickly. Before he could go south to Qingluan Port, the situation of the Qin Empire in Shu had completely collapsed.
With the loss of the port and the complete destruction of the navy, Liu Zhian could no longer leave even if he wanted to. So Emperor Qin simply promoted Liu Zhian, who had just gone south to Huaishan, to the general in charge of the defense of Shu.
There is no other way to do this. Facts have proved that Liu Zhian's ability is still stronger than Yingxu Sunguang. At least he relied on mines to defend the northern line for a while. Overall, the situation in the north is more stable than in the south.
In Ying Duo's view, this was all Liu Zhian's credit, so this time, Ying Duo secretly gave instructions and once again activated Liu Zhian, but this time Liu Zhian could not use his real name and assumed the pseudonym Yu Zhennan to supervise the Huaishan defense line.
What no one expected was that as soon as Liu Zhi'an took office, he would do a cruel job for Ying Duo: he ordered the execution of more than 1,000 Shu officials and military officers, in order to eliminate the possibility of Huxuan's disastrous defeat.
It's just that he killed a lot of heads, which made the 100,000 Shu servants on the Huaishan defense line panic, and their combat effectiveness was significantly reduced.
Finally, the massacre of Shu officers in Huaishan was calmed down a bit, and the Tang army began to storm Huaishan.
In just one day, the Qin army's defense line retreated 10 kilometers. The Tang army's offensive was too fierce. Without the mines as a barrier, the Qin army had to retreat again and again, and lost a large number of defense lines outside Huaishan.
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Dorne was not feeling well either. After the Tang Dynasty's aircraft carrier fleet attacked Neverwinter Port, it stayed in the waters near Dorne. Because of the support of a large number of logistics ships, the Tang Navy's ammunition and fuel were sufficient, and it was obvious that they planned to stay here for a long time.
Combat.
However, the radio was jammed, the phone nodes were destroyed, communications were almost interrupted, and Dorne, which had very difficult deployment, had no way to deal with such a powerful naval fleet.
They could only increase the defense facilities on the coastline in vain, and wanted to find out whether the Tang army would land in Dorne, and where in Dorne they would land...
This caused Dorne's commanders to rack their brains: in the end, they discovered that Mike Ravel, the original chief of staff of the United Fleet, seemed to be the authority in this regard.
He knew the main naval fleet of the Tang Empire and had personally witnessed the Tang Dynasty's landing operations. He could be said to be a very experienced "senior general".
Sun Guang, the "foreign minister" from Qin, was also a good all-rounder. So with a wave of his hand, King Dorn I gave Michael Ravel the title of commander-in-chief of the coastal defense forces, and at the same time gave Sun Guang the title of commander-in-chief of the coastal defense force.
Just the position of chief of staff.
Under the advice of these two men, Dorne began to build a coastline defense zone with an exaggerated length. This defense line was very costly, but once completed, it seemed that it could reduce the threat from the sea to the Dorne Empire.
The entire defense line requires a large amount of reinforced concrete, and huge, heavy-duty bunkers with a thickness of more than 2 meters must be built at regular intervals.
These bunkers stand on the cliffs behind the beach, and from time to time a rotating steel armored turret is reinforced between the bunkers.
Dense trenches were dug to strengthen the connection between the various bunkers, and the excess excavated soil was piled up to form an obstacle to prevent the Tang Army's subsequent heavy armored vehicles from landing.
Behind these obstacles are a large number of perforations, machine gun positions, bunkers, and artillery positions... These things will form a crossfire and severely attack the Tang army coming ashore.
After spending so much, the Dornish Empire will also provide anti-aircraft artillery and aircraft air defense to the entire defense line.
In order to counter the air forces of the Tang Empire, Dorn assembled 500 aircraft of various types near the coastline, which must be said to be a very considerable number.
In addition, the entire coastal defense line is also reinforced with 1,000 anti-tank guns of various types. These artillery can attack landing craft and Tang Army tanks ashore, providing support for the entire defense line.
In addition to these things, Sun Guang, the Qin commander who impressed Mike Ravel deeply when he was guarding Qingluan Port, also left a large number of wooden pile obstacles on the beach.
As long as tanks or armored vehicles wade ashore, they may get stuck on wooden piles and cement piers, becoming living targets paralyzed in the shallows.
This set of gadgets was an idea that Sun Guang came up with when he was guarding Qingluan Port. Because there was no way to implement it because of the logistical garbage, he finally chose to give up.
Now, Dorne obviously has better logistics and more supplies, so Sun Guang is really determined and ready to verify whether his defensive view is correct.
