185. Chapter 185 Chang'an Reignites War, Champion Hou Huo Qubing!
185. Chapter 185 Chang’an reignites war, champion Hou Huo Qubing!
Author: Shengxiao Swordsman
Chapter 185 Chang’an reignites war, champion Hou Huo Qubing!
Although the demonic tide was completely wiped out, the source of the demonic tide was from another world.
The real benefits are not that big.
In addition to the fifth-level demon ape who was adopted as a pet, the corpse of the sixth-level demon dragon was absorbed into the sealing technique by Tang Jing, becoming his second skull dragon.
The remaining level 5 demon dragon and two hill giants each contributed a level 5 crystal core.
Then there are some materials and so on.
Finally, there is a black treasure chest dropped by the sixth-level demon dragon, and three other platinum treasure chests.
Maximum profit.
On the contrary, in the process of exterminating the demonic tide, a total of more than 1.5 million killing points were obtained.
Another big investment.
After leaving Devil's Valley, Tang Jing was invited to visit the Elf Court and Ironforge. It was not until the afternoon of May 20 that he returned to Chang'an City under the escort of the Guards Brigade and the Guards Corps.
before this.
The Longxiang Army and the Tiance Army have respectively withdrawn to Pelican County and Macon County to rest and recuperate.
So far.
Except for one brigade stationed in Devil's Valley, Chang'an's army has completely withdrawn from the Beiluo Mountains.
Completely declare the war in the Beiluo Mountains to be over.
………
After settling down.
Tang Jing opened the treasure chest immediately, and the three platinum treasure chests revealed C-level talent summoning cards, spell scrolls and refractory material construction drawings.
The Black Glory Chest contains rare A-level talent summoning cards.
"sure!"
Tang Jing discovered that he seemed to have a lot of luck recently.
Choose to summon now.
"Huo Qubing!"
"Li Guang!"
"Meet the adults!"
Good guy, I was "lucky" to summon a pair of "enemies".
Huo Qubing, a famous general in the Western Han Dynasty.
At the age of eighteen, he became the captain of Yao Yao. He led 800 cavalrymen deep into the desert. He won the army twice and was awarded the title of Marquis.
At the age of 20, he was promoted to General of Hussars and commanded two battles in Hexi. He annihilated and surrendered nearly 100,000 Xiongnu in Hexi. He captured the Huns and offered sacrifices to the Jinmen, and marched directly to the Qilian Mountains.
This was the first time that China occupied the Hexi Corridor, and from then on the Silk Road was opened.
In the fourth year of Yuanshou, Huo Qubing and Wei Qing led their troops deep into Mobei. In the Battle of Mobei, they wiped out more than 70,000 of the main force of King Zuoxian of the Xiongnu. They pursued the Xiongnu army to Langjuxu Mountain and Guyan Mountain, where they offered sacrifices to heaven and earth.
Return to the Hanhai Sea.
This battle caused "the Xiongnu to flee far away, and there was no royal court in the south of the desert".
After the war, he became the Great Sima Hussar General and was in charge of military affairs with Wei Qing.
In the sixth year of Yuanshou, Huo Qubing died of illness at the age of only 24. Emperor Wu gave him the posthumous name "Jinghuan" and was buried with him in Maoling, and built his tomb in the shape of Qilian Mountain.
Another untimely death.
Huo Qubing was flexible in his military use, focused on strategies, and was not adhering to ancient methods. He was good at long-distance raids, rapid raids, large detours, large-scale insertions, and annihilation campaigns. He made significant contributions to the military expansion during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
If Lin Shu, Bai Chuan, and Yue Yun are the three heroes of Chang'an, then Huo Qubing, who is as young as the three, is the most dazzling star among the younger generation.
It can be said that it is timeless and bright today.
………
Li Guang was also a famous general in the Western Han Dynasty.
In the 14th year of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, he joined the army to attack the Huns and was promoted to Zhonglang due to his meritorious service. During the reign of Emperor Jing, he successively served as the governor of seven counties in the northern border. Emperor Wu came to the throne and was called Weiyang Palace Guard.
In the sixth year of Yuanguang, he was appointed General of Xiaoqi and led more than 10,000 riders out of Yanmen to attack the Xiongnu. Due to the huge disparity in numbers, he was wounded and captured. The Xiongnu soldiers laid him down between two horses. Li Guang pretended to be dead and jumped up during a gap on the way.
The galloping horse returns.
Later he served as the prefect of Youbeiping County.
The Huns were so frightened that they called them "Flying Generals" and did not dare to invade for several years.
During the Battle of Mobei in the fourth year of Yuanshou, Li Guang served as a former general. He lost his way and failed to participate in the war. He committed suicide after returning to the court. Sima Qian commented that "Tao Li does not say anything, but he will make his own mistakes."
………
Let’s not mention Li Guang for now.
The arrival of the champion Hou Huo Qubing made Tang Jing's idea of forming a pure cavalry regiment suddenly become eager and he could no longer restrain it.
The next morning.
Tang Jing summoned Bai Qi, the hussar general, and Du Ruhui, director of the General Administration of Military Affairs, to discuss the matter.
"this…"
Facing the Lord's "sudden whim", Du Ruhui seemed a little embarrassed.
The difficulty of forming a cavalry corps is at least three times that of forming an infantry corps, especially when there are not a large number of prisoners of war in the territory.
Building a cavalry regiment from scratch is even more difficult.
Where do the soldiers come from?
Where do war horses and weapons and equipment come from?
"That's what I'm considering. I'm going to separate the 4th Division from the Tiance Legion. Then I'll summon 30,000 Demonic Tiger Cavalry in the Wilderness Temple to form two Demonic Tiger Cavalry divisions."
"With these three heavy cavalry divisions as the basis, the structure of the cavalry corps has been established."
Tang Jing is definitely not hot-headed.
"If that's the case, then yes."
Upon seeing this, Du Ruhui followed Tang Jing's train of thought and said: "The vacant 4th Division of the Tiance Corps can be replenished in time by deploying soldiers from the local garrison."
Because the 4th Division is the only heavy cavalry division in Chang'an besides the Guards Corps.
Many military operations in the past were actually disconnected from the Tiance Army. They were said to be affiliated with the Tiance Army, but in fact they were cavalry divisions shared by all the major armies at the time.
Taking this opportunity to divest may be a solution.
"Then it's settled!"
Tang Jing immediately made the decision, "The newly formed cavalry regiment will be called the Guards Corps. Like the Guards Corps, it belongs to the Forbidden Army system. As for the current Guards Brigade, it will be renamed Jinwu Guards."
He must keep a tight grip on a cavalry regiment like the Guards Corps.
In addition to the name of the legion, the general Tang Jing has also been decided.
The position of commander of the Imperial Guard Corps naturally belongs to Huo Qubing.
The original 4th Division of the Tiance Corps was renamed the 1st Imperial Guard Division, with Yue Yun still serving as the division commander.
The two newly formed Devil Tiger Cavalry Divisions are the Second Guards Division and the Third Guards Division. The division commanders are Hu Xiao, the former Yingyang Brigade Commander, and Ma Chao, the former Xiaoqi Brigade Commander.
Hu Meng, the former commander of the Beiwei Brigade, was promoted to the position of deputy division commander of the Third Guards Division.
As for the new flying general Li Guang, he was appointed by Tang Jing as the division commander of the 4th Division of the Tiance Army, responsible for selecting soldiers from the local garrison to form a new 4th Division.
The old scalper belongs to me.
………
Discussing the formation of the Guards Corps is just a prelude to this discussion.
Tang Jing summoned Bai Qi and Du Ruhui. The most important thing was to discuss the operational deployment of Luoton County and Nash County, and to complete the strategic goal of unifying the Valley Province.
"This battle is codenamed Thunder!"
"The start time of Operation Thunder is scheduled for May 28, which is one week later."
In the next week, the General Administration of Military Affairs will assist in completing the reorganization of the 4th Division, the formation of the Guards Corps, and the rest and reorganization of the Tiance Corps, Longxiang Corps, and Guards Corps.
During this period.
The three legions of City Guards, Fengxiang and Feixiong will also completely complete the third-level infantry job transfer process.
Then there are logistics and intelligence preparations.
In terms of logistics, all major legions are basically fully staffed. The only shortcoming is that due to the depletion of glory points, the newly recruited barbarian warriors cannot be equipped with infantry armor and bright light armor.
There is no need to worry about food and grass.
In the past month, Tang Jing has been purchasing grain from the global market. In addition to storing it in the inner warehouse of Chang'an City, the granaries in various counties and counties, especially those in the border areas, are also full.
Essentially.
This military operation against Lorton County and Nash County is still a local battle.
It's hardly an expedition.
Therefore, the pressure on logistics is also very small and can be dealt with completely.
As for information.
In fact, since the end of the last round of external expansion, the intelligence collection work for Loton County and Nash County has been launched and has never stopped.
Responsible for investigation.
In addition to the special forces, there are also scouts from various legions, including Fei Lian.
Even the Shadowkeep.
In addition, we continue to collect relevant information about the Allied Forces and the Alliance from special channels such as Grant.
Once the war starts.
All the information collected previously can be put to use.
It is no wonder that Tang Jing was so confident that he dared to launch Operation Thunder a week later.
"Of course!"
"I have to seek your opinions on how to fight this battle." Tang Jingxiao.
"It's up to the Cavalry General to make the decision."
Du Ruhui was so humble that he gave up the command of the war.
"Then tell the General Hussars."
As a hussar general, Bai Qi's main responsibility is to command the army in wartime.
On the contrary, Du Ruhui, the director of the General Administration of Military Affairs, is mainly responsible for peacetime military training and reorganization, logistics support, intelligence collection, weapons and equipment research and development and manufacturing, etc.
One is the main battle, and the other is the main training.
"I believe that the focus of Operation Thunder is not to attack Croton County and Nash County, but to seize the opportunity to first attack the three major fortresses surrounding the River Valley Province, namely Okuyama Fortress, Luoshan Fortress and Morishan Fortress."
Bai Qi also did his part, and his words were astonishing.
"If we only attack Lorton County and Nash County, the enemy troops will most likely withdraw to the three major provinces of Ika, Bute and Tara if they cannot hold on."
"Use the three major fortresses as nodes to launch an offensive and defensive battle with us."
"By then, if you want to conquer the three major fortresses, you will inevitably have to pay a higher price."
Bai Qi explained.
"That makes sense!"
Bai Qi is indeed Bai Qi. He hits the nail on the head with just a few words.
See the situation.
Tang Jing also smiled and said: "In this case, in this battle, the Hussars General will serve as the commander-in-chief of the entire army, with full authority to command all major legions in the territory, and the General Administration of Military Affairs will cooperate!"
"yes!"
Bai Qi and Du Ruhui both took orders.
………
Nash County, coalition base camp.
The news that the demonic tide in the Beiluo Mountains receded, and that the Longxiang Legion and Tiance Legion returned to Chang'an for rest, naturally reached the Allied Forces Command very quickly.
"General, will Chang'an take the initiative to attack again in the next step?" Staff Officer Mike looked solemn.
"Definitely."
Douglas, the commander of the coalition forces, also looked very uncomfortable.
For the Aztecs, Chang'an has long been a mountain that weighs heavily on everyone's heart.
So powerful that it's suffocating.
For example, the general staff recently received information that in the past half month, the three armies of Chang'an City Guards, Fengxiang and Feixiong were rapidly changing into infantry armor.
This means that the number of third-level heavy infantry in the three major legions is increasing rapidly.
How can this not make Douglas feel melancholy?
It was not easy to say that the coalition forces had achieved a leap from the first level to the second level. They thought they had evened the gap with the Chang'an army, but it turned out that the Chang'an army was steadily moving towards the third level.
It really makes people feel desperate!
What makes Douglas even more painful is that, even if it is said that two days ago, Gale's Xihai County was successfully promoted to Xihai County, which can be transferred to the third-level heavy infantry for the coalition forces in batches.
But without Bu Renjia, everything is in vain.
Douglas even proposed to gain glory points by declaring war on the Sith State.
However, it was rejected by the Alliance Council.
The Sith Kingdom is not a soft persimmon, and if you want to obtain a lot of glory points, you must conquer cities and territories within the Sith Kingdom, and building a stronghold will definitely not work.
This means that the Aztec Alliance needs to fight on two fronts.
The risk is too great!
"Then, what should we do?" Mike rarely ran out of ideas.
"What else can we do? Gather the city to defend it and resist every step of the way."
Since the failure of the Battle of Chang'an, the alliance and the coalition's overall strategy towards Chang'an has shifted from offense to defense, and has long lost its enterprising spirit.
The former Hai Clan's siege of Chang'an City may have been a good opportunity for the coalition forces.
In the end, it was all over the place.
"The garrison in each county, especially the border garrison, is ordered to immediately enter the highest state of combat readiness. At the same time, the three major provinces are ordered to have the garrison of the three major fortresses also enter the state of combat readiness."
Since the city defense system has been completed, Douglas is still very confident in defense.
The coalition forces are no longer what they used to be.
In addition to fully entering the second level, the proportion of iron armor in the army has also exceeded 50%.
at the same time.
In terms of the composition of the troops, a large number of crossbowmen and light cavalry have been added.
Make the coalition more flexible and mobile.
Especially the increase in crossbowmen gave the coalition forces a favorable position when defending.
It's time for the Chang'an army to enjoy the "happiness" of being baptized by arrows.
It can be seen that in the past half month, the alliance has not been sitting still and has been actively mediating and trying every means to improve the overall combat effectiveness of the coalition.
It also reflects from the side that the overall war potential of the alliance is still very huge.
"yes!"
Mike agreed first, then hesitantly said: "General, what should we do with Gushan Fortress?"
for the alliance.
Grant's existence has always been a huge hidden danger.
Therefore, during the previous alliance council meeting, although Douglas rejected the suggestion of Eric, the representative of Tara Province, to destroy Dak first, he also agreed to attack Dak after the war.
However, in the end, Dak took the opportunity to capture Balu County.
The coalition forces were shocked.
Now that the war is imminent, Mike is naturally worried that Grant will stand up and rebel again.
"We have no control over whether Gushan Fortress will give way to Chang'an. All we can do is to urge the city-state of Tara to deploy heavy troops on the major borders with Dake." Douglas said.
In order to survive, the city-state of Tara will definitely try its best.
They don't want to become the second river valley province.
From the perspective of the alliance, in fact, as soon as the Hai Clan incident ended, Xihai Province had already formed a coalition force of 200,000 troops and deployed it on the southern border with Tara Province.
The meaning is also very obvious——
If the province of Tara really cannot be defended, it will only become the second abandoned child.