186. Chapter 186 Bai Qi made a strange move, and the alliance messed up!
186. Chapter 186 Bai Qi makes a strange move, and the alliance is in chaos!
Author: Shengxiao Swordsman
Chapter 186 Bai Qi makes a surprise move and the alliance is in chaos!
Next week.
The valley province seems to be calm, but in fact there is an undercurrent.
Under the unified command and dispatch of Bai Qi, Chang'an's army was redeployed and adjusted. After the initial rest and reorganization of the Longxiang Army and Tiance Army were stationed in Aude County, they formed the West Route Army with the City Guard Army.
Mainly responsible for attacking Oshan Fortress and Loton County.
The Guards Corps was stationed in Palm County, and together with the Fengxiang Corps stationed in Nashi County and the Flying Bear Corps stationed in Kana County, they formed the Eastern Route Army.
Mainly responsible for attacking Morishan Fortress and Nash County.
As for the Luoshan Fortress, it is currently unable to be conquered because it is located at the junction of Loton County and Nash County.
The newly formed Guards Corps.
It serves as a mobile force and is flexibly deployed on the border between Lorton County and Nash County.
Be ready to attack the two counties at any time.
The local garrison forces in various counties, especially Ord County, Stone County, Palm County and Cana County, which are located on the front line of the war, have also entered a state of first-level combat readiness.
Entry into and out of the city is strictly inspected during the day, and a curfew is imposed at night.
The newly formed 4th Division of Tiance Army deliberately avoided these four counties when deploying troops, because they did not want to weaken the defense strength of the four counties.
It is also to prevent the coalition forces from jumping over the wall in a hurry and sending out surprise troops to carry out reverse sneak attacks.
For this thunderous operation.
Chang'an can be said to have used all its main forces to win in one battle.
The only ones that have not been mobilized are the Jinwu Guards and the Chang'an garrison responsible for the defense of Chang'an City. Even the Chang'an Navy under Shi Lang has entered a state of combat readiness.
………
Duck City.
On this day, Grant, who had already firmly established himself as the champion of the Aztec League, took the initiative to find Black Snake and asked with concern: "Chang'an, are you planning to take action against Loton County and Nash County?"
"Yes."
Black snakes are not shy either.
The demonic tide in the Beiluo Mountains has receded, and Chang'an's army has been mobilized frequently. Even a blind person can guess this.
I can't hide it even if I want to.
"Then, do you need Dak to do anything?"
With the good foundation of cooperation last time, Grant's attitude towards Chang'an also changed again and again.
Now everyone is rushing to help.
"In this attack, Chang'an is bound to win. As for Dake, if you have any aggressive plans, you can safely carry them out during this period." Black Snake replied with a smile.
The implication.
Chang'an does not need Dak's help, but Dak can take advantage of the opportunity to attack and profit from it.
"Understood!"
Why didn't Grant think so?
He came here just to check out Black Snake's mouth so as to confirm some things.
In front of him was the city-state of Tara pressing hard, and behind him was Chang'an, a sleeping tiger. After reaching the top, Grant seemed to be in a good mood, but in fact he was trembling with fear and full of crisis.
I never think about expanding my territory.
And if we can occupy the entire Tara Province, we will probably feel a little safer.
Naturally, he will not miss any opportunity.
Compared with Tara City State, the biggest advantage of Dake is that it does not have to worry about Chang'an attacking Gushan Fortress, while Tara City State has to deploy heavy troops in Aoshan Fortress.
Once it increases and then decreases, won’t the gap appear?
Of course, it's not that we really don't worry about Chang'an taking the Gushan Fortress, but it's useless to worry.
Simply "display" it.
Grant can only bet now that he is still valuable to Chang'an.
It’s not like we’re going to kill the donkey right now.
And if you want this "value" to last, just maintaining a balance of power with the Tara City-State is definitely not enough. It is necessary to get rid of the Tara City-State before the Chang'an army enters the Tara Province.
otherwise.
Dake will have a fundamental conflict of interest with Changan again.
I have to say.
Although Grant's character was not very good, his calculations were clear.
………
May 28, morning.
According to the predetermined plan, the east and west armies launched attacks on Nash County and Lorton County respectively.
The first to act.
But it was the Imperial Guard Corps commanded by Huo Qubing.
The 1st Division of the Guards Corps, together with the 2nd and 4th Divisions of the Guards Corps Cavalry, under the command of Shirakawa, deputy commander of the Guards Corps, crossed the border of Nash County, bypassed all county towns, and went straight to the coalition base camp - Nash County.
Purpose.
It is to activate the state of war in Nash County so that the more than 200,000 coalition troops stationed in Nash County can neither support the front line nor withdraw from the Valley Province.
In a sense, these more than 200,000 troops have become a turtle in a urn.
At the same time, Huo Qubing personally led the 2nd and 3rd divisions of the Imperial Guards to launch a surprise attack on Luoton County, "surrounding" nearly 200,000 troops in the city.
Chang'an's move really created a big problem for the coalition forces.
If the cavalry outside the city is left alone, Nash County and Lorton County will always be in a state of war. Let alone reinforcements, they will even be cut off from external communications.
As a result, the garrison in each county completely lost contact with the coalition headquarters.
Even if you want to send out cavalry, scouts, and communications troops, there is a high probability that they will be intercepted by the Chang'an cavalry.
Suddenly his eyes went dark.
But it seems that the defenders of the two cities did not have the courage to take the initiative to leave the city and drive away the Chang'an cavalry outside the city.
After all, that is thirty to forty thousand heavy cavalry.
Not to mention defeating them, even if they wanted to drive them away, at least 150,000 troops would have to be dispatched.
Even more.
This already accounts for more than half of the defenders in the city.
If something goes wrong and the Chang'an cavalry seizes the opportunity, the consequences will be disastrous.
The safest way is to simply abandon the two counties.
But they surrendered just after the war started. Not to mention that the coalition commander Douglas did not agree, even the alliance council would not agree to fight such a useless war.
What happened?
Therefore, in the face of Chang'an's strange move, all the coalition forces could do was to stay in the city.
Don't go anywhere.
Such a mistake cannot be entirely blamed on Allied Commander Douglas.
After all, according to coalition intelligence, there are only two heavy cavalry divisions in Chang'an. Why did five heavy cavalry divisions suddenly appear?
I was caught off guard.
If there are only two heavy cavalry divisions, they can only surround Lorton County. One of them, Nash County, can send troops for reinforcements.
It is simply impossible to have the embarrassing situation of being surrounded at the same time.
In order to relieve the siege, Douglas had no choice but to use the method of asking Nash County players to commit suicide and return to Folding City, and conveyed a new request to the Alliance Council——
Ask the alliance to arrange new reinforcements to enter the two counties and sniper the incoming Chang'an army.
A few days ago.
Within the entire alliance, mergers and integration at the county level have been completed.
Follow-up.
Each county will form its own army and gather together to form a coalition of major provinces.
In the past, when the alliance wanted to crowdfund a coalition army, it would start from the village and town level and slowly crowdfund.
Now each county directly sends troops.
In the past, the coalition forces that were crowdfunded still needed a process of reorganization and running-in. Now the reorganization and running-in at the division and brigade levels have been completed at the county level, and they can be used after being transferred to the front line.
There is no need to recruit additional player generals.
It can be said that after this round of territorial annexation, the war mobilization capabilities of the entire Aztec Alliance have at least more than doubled, and are more efficient.
Because of this.
Douglas then proposed that the alliance continue to send more troops to the battlefield in the Valley Province and would never surrender to Chang'an.
Alliance for this.
Specially convene an emergency online board of directors meeting.
"I don't think it's necessary to send more troops to the Valley Province."
Unexpectedly, the first person to stand up and object was Eric, the representative of Tara City State.
It stands to reason that if the Alliance continues to increase troops on the battlefield in the Valley Province, it will be beneficial to the three major provinces of Ika, Bute and Tara, and can further isolate the risk of war from the mainland.
Eric had no reason to object.
Even if there is to be opposition, it should be from representatives outside the three major provinces.
after all.
If the Alliance really wants to increase its troops, the ones whose interests will be harmed the most will be the lords outside the Foolish Province.
And I will be cut off for nothing.
"What's the reason?"
John, the representative of Ica Province, asked unhappily.
Among the three major provinces, Tara Province is certainly on the front line of the conflict. Ika Province is actually on the brink of war because Moriyama Fortress is close to Kana County.
On the contrary, Bit Province can sit back and relax for the time being.
therefore.
John very much hopes that the Alliance will continue to increase its troops on the front line, so as to relieve the war pressure on Ika Province.
"I thought so."
Eric was certainly not a fool. He explained: "While the Chang'an army was being held back, the Alliance happened to send troops to the Tara Province to eliminate Grant's henchman in one fell swoop."
"If Grant is not eliminated, Lonely Mountain Fortress will always be a defense loophole for the coalition forces."
Good guy!
It turned out that this was what Eric had in mind.
This is to kill someone with a borrowed knife, and it would be a bit ugly to eat them.
How could Eric not know?
But he was forced to have no choice, because Grant was already sharpening his sword.
The latest information is displayed.
Duck has already assembled troops on the border of Mentor County. The purpose is self-evident, which is to fish in troubled waters and capture Mentor County in one fell swoop while the coalition forces have no time to worry about anything else.
Previously, with the fall of Balu County, the strength of Tara City State was already weaker than that of Dak.
I don't have the confidence to handle this crisis alone.
Not surprisingly, Eric seized the opportunity of the alliance meeting and proposed to deal with Grant first.
He was also cornered.
"absurd!"
After listening to Eric's suggestion, John almost cursed.
This is so damn selfish!
"I think Eric's suggestion makes sense."
Unexpectedly, Eric actually has a supporter in the alliance, and it is none other than Gale, the representative of Xihai Province.
He is also a former league champion.
But if you think about it carefully, you can't tell that Gale's little thoughts are nothing more than fear that if the city-state of Tara cannot bear it, Grant's risk will spill over to the West Sea Province.
Only then did he want to use the power of the Alliance to eliminate Grant's hidden danger.
It was also a good calculation.
It can be seen that within the Alliance Council, all the directors have their own agendas.
Where is the big picture?
Even Gale, who had always played the role of "alliance mastermind" and "alliance mediator", immediately lost his impartial stance once he was involved.
Show your true colors.
Um.
This is so Aztec!
"Look, look, they treat us like a free cash machine."
The mutual strife between Eric, John, and Gale made Simmons, the representative of the North Plains Province, very dissatisfied. "We lords who are far away from the River Valley Province have transported soldiers and supplies to the alliance for free time and time again."
"In exchange, could it be your own little schemes?"
The North Plains Province is located in the northernmost part of the Aztec Alliance. In theory, it is the least threatened by Chang'an. However, it has never shied away from the responsibility of becoming a member of the Alliance in the past.
Donate troops when you need to donate troops, donate money when you need to donate money.
But now.
Apparently he was also annoyed by the little calculations of Eric and others.
"Let me declare first that regardless of the final outcome of this meeting, whether to increase troops or not, Beiyuan Province will not send another soldier to the coalition forces."
Simmons doesn't want to continue to be taken advantage of.
As for the worry that Chang'an will become uncontrollable in the future, in Simons' view, it is completely unfounded. If Chang'an really wants to go out of the valley province, the most worried people should be the lords of the surrounding provinces such as Ika Province.
In order to contain Chang'an, these lords will definitely risk their lives at all costs.
How can you still think about this and that?
Before.
They are the "uninterested people" who have given too much for free.
It gave these people a false impression.
"The Fallen Leaf Province will not send more troops to the coalition forces."
We were both in the north, and seeing Simmons take the initiative to jump out, Dave, the representative of the Fallen Leaf Province, followed closely behind, unwilling to continue to be taken advantage of.
With the merger and integration of the alliance at the county level, the next stage will be the integration at the provincial level.
It seems like a good thing.
But in fact, it also triggered another deep-seated problem, which is -
The major provinces that unite will have more motivation, or motivation, to participate in alliance-level decision-making based on the fundamental interests of their respective provinces.
There is essentially a competitive relationship between provinces.
nature.
This makes cooperation at the alliance level more difficult.
Before the annexation, there may have been many lords in Beiyuan Province who had the same idea as Simons, but due to difficulty in speaking, "their arms could not twist their thighs."
In the end, I chose to compromise.
However, with the great annexation, the interests of the lords began to be consolidated and concentrated. Then, the "will" of Beiyuan Province as a whole would inevitably put interests above "feelings".
This is how Simmons and Dave expressed their opinions.
"this…"
The North Plains and Fallen Leaf Provinces have withdrawn, and the three major provinces of Ika, Bute, and Tara are powerless. If the Alliance really wants to recruit troops, it can only count on the West Sea, Kaz, Great Lakes, and Gema Provinces.
Gale from the West Sea Province was happy.
However, the Katz Province, the Great Lakes Province and the Gema Province are not willing to be taken advantage of.
A meeting ended up being unhappy.
They were unable to reinforce the front line, and they were not even able to give Eric the wish of the city-state of Tara.
It can be said to be a failure among failures.
Fortunately, after the meeting, Gale took the initiative to find Eric and expressed that if the city-state of Tara needed it, the West Sea Province would be willing to provide some help within its capacity.
It is of course unrealistic to help Tara City State eliminate Dak.
But it can still be done by allowing the city-state of Tara to stabilize the current situation and not be gradually swallowed up by Dak.
It is also in the best interest of the Xihai Province.
As for this kind of one-on-one cooperation between the West Sea Province and the city-state of Tara, perhaps it will become the new mainstream of cooperation within the alliance in the future.
Whoever has interests to do with it should be left to his own devices!