Kunming County, Lingxi City. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

On November 10, the war gradually subsided. It took only three days, one day earlier than expected, and Kunming County was unified. After this battle, the prestige of the [Shanhai Alliance] rose against the trend, and it was unparalleled for a while.

After the war, the army immediately returned to the city.

The Dragon Seeking City Division led by Qin Qiong, after coming back, immediately teleported back to Dragon Seeking City, and Bai Hua took the initiative to pay for this teleportation. Although Lingxi City has been financially tight recently, Bai Hua's work is still extremely atmospheric.

The cavalry division led by Luo Shixin, after a short rest, will break into the territory of Zhen'an County, a province in southern Sichuan, and follow the Western Route Army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which has withdrawn.

Next, there will be a big battle in Tianjing City, and Luo Shixin does not want to miss it.

In order to repay Shanhai City's assistance, Bai Hua arranged for Zhang Liao to lead an elite cavalry division to enter Zhen'an County with Luo Shixin's division.

Although the lords of the other four counties of Yunnan Province were already preparing to form the [Yunnan City-State], Bai Hua was not too worried about this.

The formation of a city-state is not an easy task. If there is no prestige person to take the lead, it is normal to drag on for ten days and half a month.

Once the city-state was formed, the formation of the coalition army also took a long time.

As a result, Spirit Rhino City had enough time to digest the territory it had just occupied.

In the three-day battle, Lingxi City captured more than 60,000 prisoners of war, and made up for the losses of the previous battle with the Taiping Army, and even had a slight surplus.

According to Bai Hua's plan, Lingxi City will learn from the army model of Shanhai City and formally form three major systems: the City Guard Division, the Field Corps and the Kunming County Garrison Division.

The City Guard Division is led by Red Eagle and is responsible for defending Lingxi City. In accordance with the latest establishment of Shanhai City, the field corps set up five divisions and regiments, with a total of 70,000 people, with Zhang Liao as the commander.

As for the Kunming County Garrison Division, it is naturally used to guard the entire territory of Kunming County.

Such a large army is also the biggest hole card of Bai Hua against [Yunnan City-State].

The only disadvantage was that Kunming County bordered the other four counties of Yunnan Province, and the border was too long, which caused a large burden on the defense of the territory.

Second, even if the [Yunnan City-State] is formed, with the current power of the [Shanhai Alliance], they will not dare to launch an active attack on Kunming County at this time.

In a sense, the [Yunnan City-State] is just a strategic defense alliance that came into being at the right time.

Don't look at the establishment of [Lingnan City-State], on the land of China, the word city-state instantly became hot. In fact, there is only one city-state in the real sense of the word, but there is only one [Lingnan city-state].

Even in the neighboring [Shonan city-state], there are still problems of one kind or another, which need to be solved.

Every lord is ambitious.

The existence of the city-state, although it defended the security of the territory from the invasion of the great lords. However, at the same time, it also weakened the possibility of the liege expanding again.

Within the same province, the lords coexist peacefully.

This mode of getting along is really a bit incompatible with the main tone of the wilderness.

The weak are able to protect themselves, and they naturally rejoice. The strong are tied hand and foot, and it is a little uncomfortable. Once the external pressure disappears, the contradictions that have accumulated within it will burst out.

Unless there is a real strongman who can unify the resources within the city-state and truly connect the interests of the lords into a whole. Otherwise, the city-state will not last.

In the past five years, there were less than three real city-states in the entire Chinese region.

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Ten days have passed since Shanhai City sent troops to Xunzhou County.

In just ten days, more than half of the territory of Xunzhou County has fallen. The three-way army is firmly advancing towards the capital city, and the largest major battle in the southwest theater is about to break out.

At the same time, the Western Route Army led by Shi Dakai was only one day's journey away from Tianjing City. And behind the Western Route Army, the two major cavalry divisions followed like ghosts.

Zhen'an County is still the territory of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Therefore, the Luo Shixin Division and the Zhang Liao Division did not really escape Shi Dakai's eyes. It's just that the imperial orders of the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan are one day at a time, one is more urgent than the other, so that Shi Dakai has no time to take care of it at all.

For the "tail" that followed behind, Shi Dakai could only pretend to turn a blind eye. It's just that in the arrangement of the rear army, some precautions have been strengthened. Shi Dakai's cautious use of troops can be seen in general.

To the north of Xunzhou County, the Shanman Independent Division led by Ouyang Shuo has taken over the defense of the two major passes. The Praetorian Guard Division, which had previously attacked the Pass, suddenly disappeared from the sight of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

To the south, the eastern and western armies led by Bai Qi and Han Xin were still imposing. Considering the current situation, Hong Xiuquan had already withdrawn all the local garrison troops to the south to Tianjing.

It is precisely like this that the south of Xunzhou County, if it all fell in advance, became the hunting ground of Shanhai City.

From this point of view, Hong Xiuquan is iron-hearted, and he has to rely on the fortified cannons of Tianjing City to defend the city. It is reported that Hong Xiuquan was at the head of Tianjing City and arranged 24 artillery pieces.

When Ouyang Shuo got the news, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart.

Just wait for the 150,000 Western Route Army led by Shi Dakai to arrive in Tianjing, plus the 50,000 garrisons in Tianjing City, and the local garrisons that have arrived one after another during this time, the siege of Tianjing will be solved.

Perhaps, the Kingdom of Heaven can still defeat the army of Shanhai City.

I have to say that Hong Xiuquan's layout basically has no flaws. The only flaw is that he underestimates Shanhai City too much, and he underestimates Shanhai City's powerful think tank and strong team of famous generals.

It was this flaw that dragged the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom into hell.

On this night, the Western Route Army, which Hong Xiuquan was looking forward to, could no longer wait.

As early as when he learned about the scale of the artillery arranged in Tianjing City, Ouyang Shuo completely put an end to his plan to storm Tianjing.

In the face of such a strong city, the only way is to outwit.

Therefore, as early as when the Western Route Army began to withdraw, a huge conspiracy had long been shrouded in the sky over Xunzhou County. And just as the Western Route Army was about to arrive in Tianjing, the last step of the plan was already in place.

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That night.

Forty kilometers away from Tianjing City, there is a hillside that stretches for dozens of miles. The Western Route Army led by Shi Dakai slept here. The army repaired overnight, and tomorrow it will arrive in Tianjing City.

At this point, Shi Dakai should have breathed a sigh of relief.

But somehow, Shi Da always felt uneasy in his happiness.

In the night, the sky is full of stars. The Milky Way in the sky is also rarely hung in the sky. The bright moon hung high, shrouding the camp in the hazy moonlight, which seemed to be real and illusory.

Finally, after inspecting the camp and seeing that everything was normal, Shi Dakai suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, turned around and returned to the camp tent, ready to rest. After tomorrow, a bitter battle awaits them.

At this time, Shi Dakai must recuperate.

To be honest, Yang Xiuqing's house arrest cast a shadow on Shi Da's happiness.

The kingdom of heaven seems to be calm, but the internal struggle is intensifying. The heroic warriors who appeared in the wilderness at the beginning seem to have slowly deteriorated with the successive victories.

During the Western Expedition, Shi Dakai actually had contact with many players.

Even in his army, he once took in player lords. From their mouths, Shi Dakai learned about the scenes of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in history, and after listening to it, it was really a thousand tastes.

Could it be that the tragedy of history is going to be staged again?

Shi Dakai shook his head, trying to shake off the distractions in his heart and preparing to rest.

Just when Shi Dakai was about to fall asleep, a rumbling sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded in the silent night, which was deafening and made people panic.

This was followed by the earth-shattering shouts of killing.

Shi Dakai was startled, got up quickly, and walked quickly outside the tent. Because of the uneasiness in his heart, Shi Dakai didn't even remove his armor when he fell asleep.

"What's going on?"

Shi Dakai grabbed a guard and asked urgently.

"General, general, look!"

The guards outside the camp tent were also shocked at this time, and their words were a little unfavorable, trembling and pointing out of the camp gate, their eyes full of incomparable surprise and endless panic.

When Shi Dakai heard this, his heart sank.

When I looked up, I saw a dense army suddenly appear outside the tent. There were cavalry and infantry, and before the army arrived, the rain of arrows was pouring down on the camp.

In addition to this, there are strings of rockets, breaking through the air.

The whole camp began to burn with a raging fire, and the clear night light became brighter and brighter.

Based on Shi Dakai's experience, just the large army that appeared now was no less than 100,000, and behind the vast cavalry, there were still clusters of black shadows, and then advanced towards the camp.

Clearly, this is an elaborate conspiracy.

With Shi Dakai's caution, he never dreamed that the real surprise attack was not in the back, but in the front where it seemed calm and there was no chance of an accident at all.

After all, according to the information passed on to him by the Heavenly King, there should be a calm in front of the army. It stands to reason that the three-way army of Shanhai City is still some distance away from Tianjing City.

In fact, as early as when Hong Xiuquan withdrew the garrison troops in the south, there was almost an empty shell left in the east and west armies of Shanhai City.

The real main force first quietly retreated, avoiding the eyes and ears of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and then secretly assembled in the rear, and then moved westward, ambushing the path that the Western Route Army had to pass.

At the same time, the Praetorian Guard Division, which had suddenly disappeared before, also appeared here.

The two major corps, plus the Praetorian Division, totaled 140,000 troops, and jointly ambushed the Western Route Army.

Ouyang Shuo's strategy was to exterminate Shi Dakai's army outside Tianjing City. In this way, even if the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is really at the end of the road and guards an empty city, it can only surrender obediently in the end.

"In the most unlikely time, to deliver the most lethal blow to the enemy."

This kind of approach is not the consistent style of Shanhai City. (To be continued.) )