This time to conquer the Liang Kingdom, Wang Junlin mobilized three generals: Xu Shiji, Qin Qiong, and Yuchi Jingde, and seven land and water legions, totaling 350,000 horses.
With one hundred thousand troops, the overwhelming number of ships on the sea almost obscured the sea. Standing on the tall command ship of the Sea Lion with a total of 10,000 troops, Yuchi Jingde and Gan Ziqi were high-spirited. They were full of strategic goals for the trip. confidence.
It’s not that the Liang Kingdom didn’t have a navy, but it definitely couldn’t be in the southernmost city of Renxiao.
Therefore, the entire South China Sea is now completely controlled by their Daan Empire navy.
The Sea Lion Marine Corps appeared off the coast of Nanhai County, and the whole process was truly like entering an uninhabited land.
For countless years in Renxiao City, except for a small number of pirates who landed on remote coasts and entered villages to plunder and plunder, no army from the sea has ever attacked the port of Renxiao City and then attacked the city.
The Liang Kingdom has been established for seven years and has fought many battles with Shen Faxing of Hangzhou and Lin Shihong of Yuzhang over the years. However, Renxiao City is in the far south and is still far away from the battlefield.
Therefore, everyone in Renxiao City had not been vigilant or prepared at all for incoming enemies for many years.
"General Gan, after your ship approaches, use a giant trebuchet to attack from a distance and cover our Tiger Legion's landing ashore to seize the beachhead position. We will attack the outer defense line of Liang Guocheng as quickly as possible." After arriving at Renxiao City. Before approaching, Yuchi Jingde and Gan Ziqi had not decided on a specific tactic. They had carefully observed the enemy with telescopes just now, and combined with the intelligence sent by the military intelligence agency, they immediately decided on this tactic.
"Don't worry, General Yuchi, everyone in our Sea Lion Battalion will never do anything bad!" Gan Ziqi said with a smile.
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On January 21, the second year of Tianxiang's reign in the Da'an Empire, the Liang Kingdom's Nanhai County and Da'an Kingdom's South Road army easily captured Renxiao City, and in just seven days, Yuchi Jingde captured the entire Hainan County.
At the same time, the Nanzhao tribe rebelled, killed all the officials of the Liang Kingdom in the Nanzhao tribe, and gathered 30,000 troops to attack Guiyang County of the Liang Kingdom.
At this point, Wang Junlin's battle plan of attacking from all sides was completed.
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On January 24, the bad news of the fall of Nanhai County was rushed to Baling City via eight hundred miles. On the same day, the news from the east that Xin'an County had been lost and that the main force of the army was defeated and trapped in Xin'an County City was also sent to Baling.
The next day, Xu Shiji's army invaded Bajun, and the news that Huang Shaoqiu's army was approaching Mingyang Mansion also reached Baling.
Only half a day later than the news from Bajun, the news that the Nanzhao tribe had rebelled and had gathered 30,000 troops to attack Guiyang was also sent to Xiao Qiang.
There was deathly silence in the Liang Kingdom, the palace, and the meeting hall. The officials who had just arrived were shocked by the news one after another, and a shadow was cast on everyone's heart - the Liang Kingdom might be about to fall.
Therefore, except for the sound of heavy breathing, there was no sound in the hall.
Xiao Qiang sat huddled on the dragon chair, his face extremely ugly.
Xiao Qiang had already made full preparations for Wang Junlin's attack on Liang State. For example, he mobilized 200,000 troops in Xin'an County to defend against Wang Junlin's troops coming from Dongyang and Yangzhou in the east.
150,000 troops were mobilized in Bajun to prevent Xu Shiji from conquering Sichuan and Shu.
Fighting from the north with Huang Shaoqiu.
But who would have thought that a total of 350,000 horses plus local county soldiers, a total of more than 400,000 horses in both directions, would be so vulnerable to Wang Junlin's army that they could not even block it for a month. , not to mention losing the city and territory, and suffered consecutive defeats.
Forget it, even the southernmost Nanhai County was lost. Although he knew that Wang Junlin's navy was powerful, Xiao Qian never thought that Wang Junlin would send a navy to carry a legion of cavalry across tens of thousands of miles of sea.
, launch an attack from the southernmost side.
And this is not over yet, the damn Nanzhao Six Tribes actually rebelled at this time. Xiao Zhang thought that he was pretty good to the Nanzhao Six Tribes and did not bully them too much, at least during the Sui Dynasty!
But these damn Nanzhao monkeys suddenly rebelled at this time. If there was no trace of Da'an Kingdom among them, Xiao Zhang would never believe it.
"My dear friends, now that our life and death are at stake, what plan will you come up with?" Xiao Qiang took a deep breath, suppressed the fear in his heart, and asked solemnly as his eyes scanned everyone in the hall.
Except for a few important ministers, everyone else lowered their heads.
But even these important ministers frowned and were speechless for a while.
Obviously they have no good strategy, or they can only mobilize the 200,000 elites from Baling City in Kyoto. However, with enemies appearing on all sides, the country has begun to be turbulent, and there is already a situation of embarrassment from all sides, the 200,000 elites from Baling City are already there.
If one of the four directions is not guarded, the enemy army will march in, and the consequences will be disastrous.
In addition, there is another thing that Liang Guojun and his ministers did not take seriously before, but now they think about it and it feels like a thorn in the throat.
These days, several groups of bandits who had previously been relatively safe in the Liang Kingdom were ready to take action, running out of the mountains to take advantage of the situation and taking advantage of the situation. There were even two groups of bandits who had been recruited by the Liang Kingdom's court and rebelled again with their men.
The most important thing is that these rebel armies are not far from Baling County, the capital of Liang State. Who knows if they will do something crazy.
However, if we don't mobilize troops to support the four sides, and wait for the opponent's army to attack the city and seize the territory, and advance step by step, especially at the speed at which we are losing the city and the land, then the country will be destroyed sooner or later.
Finally, the monarchs and ministers of the Liang Kingdom discussed four ways to save the country.
First, send envoys to the Tang Dynasty to try to persuade Li Shimin to form an alliance with him, so that Li Shimin can do things behind the scenes and contain the people of Da'an.
Second, they sent envoys to see Shen Faxing of Hangzhou and Lin Shihong of Yuzhang, and persuaded Shen Faxing and Lin Shihong of the Han Dynasty. The three families formed an alliance to form a coalition to attack Da'an.
Third, send envoys to negotiate with the six tribes of Nanzhao. No matter what the cost, they must first agree to the other party and hold off the Nanzhao monkeys.
Fourth, send envoys to recruit several groups of rebels in An'an, then deceive them into using them for your own purposes, and use them as cannon fodder in Liang to fight against Da'an's army.
The monarchs and ministers of the Liang Kingdom moved very quickly, and the imperial court's huge institutions were also operating at a high speed. Multiple envoys set out at the first time, but Xiao Qiang and his ministers really didn't have much confidence in the effectiveness.
"Your Majesty, the general trend of simultaneous attacks from all sides has been established. Liang Guo has lost its city and territory, and has been defeated again.
War, according to the latest news from the secret agents of the Ministry of National Security, the Liang Kingdom has been in turmoil. Many local aristocratic families, and even some wealthy families who are officials in the court, have sent people to Yangzhou, hoping to secretly join us.
Da'anguo."
Wang Junlin was discussing matters with Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, Liu Ziming, Xu Jingzong, Pei Shiju, Yu Shiji and other important ministers. The person speaking at this time was Du Ruhui, the left prime minister.
Wang Junlin smiled and said: "This is what was expected. According to the previous practice, we will accept them one by one and give them some promises to reassure them, and then let the people from the Ministry of National Security and the Military Intelligence Agency communicate with the families and forces behind these people. Get in touch and give these people the opportunity to make meritorious deeds."
Du Ruhui immediately said respectfully: "I obey your order."
Fang Xuanling added: "Your Majesty, in the current situation, the monarchs and ministers of the Liang Kingdom must find ways to find foreign aid. But looking at the world, that is, Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty, Shen Faxing of Hangzhou and Lin Shihong of Yuzhang, I think it is impossible. Don’t be careful.”
Wang Junlin nodded slightly, agreed, and said calmly: "Fang Qing's words are reasonable, but there are Luo Shixin, Pei Yuanqing, Shangguan Hu, Zhou Hu, Wu San, and Wu Si in Guanzhong and Luoyang who are watching, and Li Shimin dare not act rashly and get burned. Now he just wants to close the door and recharge his batteries so that he can compete with me in the world in a few years."
"On the contrary, Shen Faxing and Lin Shihong should not be underestimated. Each of them has 200,000 soldiers and horses. They have been fighting for many years. They are not missing a hero. They must also know that after we destroy the Liang Kingdom, it will be their turn." , most likely they will agree to form an alliance with Liang Guo and do something to contain our army."
Wang Junlin said this, paused, and then said: "Now Yuchi Jingde has led the Tiger Army to occupy Nanhai County with 50,000 troops, and has collected more than 10,000 surrendered troops. Officials from our receiving area have also been sent there. Gan Ziqi There is no need for the 50,000 naval officers to stay there any longer.”
"And Shen Faxing of Hangzhou and Lin Shihong of Yuzhang both have territory near the sea. In this case, Gan Ziqi was sent an order to wait for opportunities to attack Shen Faxing and Lin Shihong's coastal walled city in the East China Sea and South China Sea. It does not require that he be able to conquer many areas. , as long as these two forces are contained."
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Changsha County and Badong County of the Liang Kingdom are now in complete chaos. The Liang Kingdom still controls half of the county, and the rest is controlled by some powerful rebel bandits. The leader of the largest group of rogue bandits calls himself Hei. Dog, because he captured Changsha County.
"General, what should we do next? Are there any new instructions over there?" At the top of Changsha County City, Black Dog whispered to several of his close subordinates. They all looked indifferent, with eyes in their eyes. There is an inexplicable chill in the depths that makes people feel frightened.
"Your Majesty has established a country and proclaimed himself emperor. The person contacting us now is someone from the National Security Bureau. Yesterday, news came that the Emperor of Liang Guo, Xiao Zhuang, would send an envoy to recruit us in the near future. His Majesty means that we might as well accept Liang Guo's offer. Recruiting people, and then waiting for opportunities to act."
Black Dog said calmly, and the others laughed and nodded in agreement.
They were one of the 100 groups of dead soldiers sent by Nie Xiaoyu and Wang Junlin from Snake Island. There were ten of them at that time, but there are still five alive today. However, they also successfully established a base behind enemy lines in Liang State, with more than 10,000 men and horses. .When they captured this Changsha county a few days ago, a group of troops sneaked into the city in advance to respond, and kidnapped the county guard. With the help of the county guard who was afraid of death, they captured the county city.