On the other side, in the middle of the border between the Tang Kingdom and the Dahua Empire, which is the northern section of the theater where the Tang Army launched an attack and broke through the Dahua border defense line, an officer was reporting to his superiors in a headquarters of the Tang Army.
Job: "General! Preparations for counterattack have been made, just waiting for your order."
The general who stood in front of the map and had been looking at the target points on it turned around and nodded slightly to the group of commanders who had just stood behind him: "Order the troops to start attacking! You can't let people just remember St.
Isn’t it Rolls? I, Bolton, the son of a blacksmith, it’s time to show them that the hammer that can make iron is the hardest!”
"Yes! General!" Everyone present stood at attention and saluted, shouting loudly: "Long live your Majesty! Long live the Tang Dynasty!"
The officers who received the orders left one after another, and soon all offensive tasks were distributed.
The leading general who stayed in the headquarters finally showed a relaxed look, walked to your map again, and muttered to himself: "Are they all looking at Zangjian Gorge? Are they all looking at Xicong? Hahahaha, think of me as Bolton.
Doesn’t exist? Okay, I’ll show you that there were two generals in Dorne back then!”
He is the son of a blacksmith. If it were not for the Tang Military Academy, and if it were not for His Majesty, he would probably still be making a living by blacksmithing.
But now, he is a general! Commanding an army of 100,000, he fights fiercely with the enemy on a bloody battlefield.
Today, he is a famous general in the world, one of the two heroes of Dorne, and a commander that countless kings and emperors dream of having.
Strauss showed his prowess in the Chu Kingdom, and his Bolton will naturally show his prowess in Dahua. Otherwise, what will happen if the whole world only remembers Strauss, the double Jerry of Dorne, and forgets his Bolton?
So, on the first day of the new month, the Tang Army suddenly launched a new round of attack at the breakthrough point in the central area. Two infantry divisions opened the way and directly broke through the defense line of the Dahua Army, tearing a hole about ten kilometers wide.
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Subsequently, Commander Burton of the central region put the 6th Tank Division remaining in the central region of the Tang Army into the battlefield and began an assault deep into Dahua.
In just one day, the 6th Tank Division stretched across 70 kilometers and used a gorgeous arc to cut off the supply lines of the four divisions of the remaining troops in the central part of the Great China Empire.
The Dahua army was defeated and scrambled to escape from the encirclement of the 6th Armored Division. The Tang army in front of them then pressed on and bit the Dahua troops who had broken away from their positions.
Both sides chased each other. After three days, the defenders of Dahua gave up their resistance, handed over their weapons and surrendered. The breakthrough point in the central area of Dahua was expanded to nearly 100 kilometers.
Since the Tang Kingdom had already controlled the southern oil fields, there was almost no crisis of oil shortage. Therefore, the General Staff of the Tang Dynasty took out about half of the fuel stock and handed it over to Bolton, who had achieved amazing results, so that he could continue to expand his results in the central region.
The great general of the Great China Empire, Feng Kezhi, personally went into battle and led the reserve forces of the Great China Empire to the central battlefield.
Relying on the mountains and rivers in the central region, Feng Kezhi mobilized his troops and cooperated with the remaining local troops to finally stabilize the situation.
However, compared with the previous war situation, the Great China Empire had an obvious concave shape in the border area, and a large area of territory was trampled under the feet of the Tang Dynasty's cavalry.
In the southern region, Qian Jinhang's troops, who were already trapped in a tight siege, were still struggling. However, in the past month, they had eaten up almost everything edible in the area under their control.
At the beginning, they mixed sawdust, bark, and various leaves into real food, and managed to survive for a while.
Later, food was almost invisible, and the soldiers could only eat bark, grass, roots and leaves to satisfy their hunger. Some even did not spare all kinds of leather products.
At this time, the troops began to kill the troops and horses, looking for anything they could eat. A large number of deserters began to appear in the troops, and many people surrendered their weapons, just to have a full meal with the Tang army on the opposite side.
At this moment, the remaining 500,000 troops in the encirclement have begun to rely on the relief of the Tang army to maintain minimum stability.
Yes, you read that right, it was the "relief" of the Tang Army. The Tang Army sent some military rations, which barely allowed Qian Jinhang to maintain the situation. The Tang Army even stopped further compressing the Dahua troops and slowed down the attack.
More than ten days ago, Qian Jinhang sent people to contact the Tang army and began to discuss the surrender. In his personal opinion, he had done his best to the Dahua Empire.
With no reinforcements or food supplies, it can be said to be a miracle that his troops were able to persist for so long.
However, this extraordinary performance came at a price, and the price was that he would eventually surrender to the Tang Kingdom with the title of general and hundreds of thousands of troops.
"General! The 100,000 troops on the periphery have laid down their weapons as agreed and are under control of the Tang army..." A subordinate pushed the door open and walked in, speaking to Qian Jinhang who was sitting in front of the table.
Qian Jinhang replied absently: "I know."
"General...it's too late to regret it now..." Another subordinate who was sorting out documents on the other side looked at Qian Jinhang who was a little depressed and reminded him with a little unwillingness.
Qian Jinhang nodded slightly, then shook his head: "There is no turning around. Since they promised not to abuse prisoners of war, then these soldiers hand over their weapons and surrender, which is actually the best ending."
Because the Tang army wanted to disperse these prisoners, they did not allow all the Dahua troops in the encirclement to surrender at once.
The prisoners of Dahua who surrendered in batches were not sent to various areas to serve as laborers in accordance with the usual treatment method of the Tang army.
In fact, the Tang State was very friendly to the Chinese, and the treatment of the goblin captives in the Mirage State was completely different. Although logically speaking, the tall and powerful Chinese were more talented in labor than the goblins in every aspect.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Unfortunately, in the Tang Dynasty, there is no need to hide one's discriminatory views. Everyone looks down on goblins, and the treatment of goblins is poor. This is a fact that cannot be helped.
For the Dahua troops in the encirclement, there is really no better way out if they don't surrender. They have no way to break out of the encirclement, and they have no way to continue to hold on.
The weather has been very clear, the previous continuous rainfall has ended, and even the rushing rivers no longer have ferocious rolling waves.
In the eyes of the Tang Dynasty, sunny weather was a good day for murder and arson. Countless planes began to take off, wandering back and forth in the sky.
As long as you look up at the sky, you will know that there is no point in continuing to persist. If Qian Jinhang had not been quick to adapt to the situation, the chips in his hand might have been reduced by 100,000.
Sometimes things are so wonderful. Two generals from the Great China Empire will meet on a street in Chang'an in the near future.
One is a strong general who commanded an army of one million and almost captured Xicong from Tiger. The other is a national thief who surrendered one million troops of the empire and a piece of territory in the southeast.
And the fate of the two of them will be completely different: from the moment Ding Hong surrenders, he can only be a rich man. Not to mention holding an official position, he is already a rich man just living in Chang'an.
This is the gift of honesty and trustworthiness from the king of Tang Dynasty.
Qian Jinhang is completely different. He is a general of Great China and will be a general of Great Tang in the future. Although he cannot lead troops to fight, he has a place on the staff.
After all, the Tang Kingdom also lacked talents. A general who could command nearly a million troops, arrange the food, drink, and toilet of this army, and drive them to fight would be a treasure wherever he went.
Even if they are used to check for gaps in the staff department and provide advice to Loew, people like Qian Jinhang are still useful.
As for the whereabouts of these 600,000 to 700,000 troops, the senior officials of the Tang State have naturally made arrangements.
They will be broken up and sent to some cities in urgent need of labor, where they will serve as prisoners of labor reform and work for three years.
After three years, they have the right to choose to stay or return to the Great China Empire. If they choose to stay, they will receive a settlement allowance, which means that they are actually paid for the three years they worked in the Tang Dynasty.
Those who choose to leave will naturally not get any money, but only God knows how many people will choose to leave after three years.
According to the relevant laws of the Tang Kingdom, if such people choose to stay, the Tang Kingdom has the right to ask the Great China Empire for the family members of these people. All relatives within the third server are included in this list.
Of course, the Great China Empire also has the right not to surrender, but it has to bear a certain degree of risk, such as being declared war by the Tang Dynasty, being sanctioned by the Tang Dynasty, etc.
In fact, the name Datang Kingdom may no longer exist soon, because many people in the upper echelons of the Tang Kingdom have begun to seriously consider whether they can make further progress.
That's right, the Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty... is very likely to be officially renamed the Empire of the Tang Dynasty after a complete victory in this war. And Tang Mo, the king of the Tang Dynasty, will soon become the emperor of the Empire of the Tang Dynasty.
This incident was not caused by Tang Mo, but caused by the inexplicable persuasion of a large group of officials.
At the beginning, a lot of old men and women in Chang'an City who were full and had nothing to do spontaneously participated. These people have a nice name, they are called Xianglao.
In other words, they are the group of people lying in the nursing home for the elderly in the Tang Dynasty. They jointly wrote a letter requesting the King of Tang to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, and upgrade the Tang Kingdom to a veritable Tang Empire.
If you want to say that no one is behind this matter, Tang Mo himself will not believe it. But now that the stakes are high, many ministers have begun to have their own ideas, and Tang Mo cannot let them maintain the so-called folk customs forever.
