Chapter 487: Establishment of a War Zone
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However, on October 5, an urgent letter from the Military Intelligence Department disrupted Ouyang Shuo's inspection plan. He had to end his inspection of Zhaoqing County early and hurried back to Wulong City.
Just when Chen Sheng and Huang Chao were jumping up and down, Hong Xiuquan, who had been forbearing, finally made a move. As soon as this Heavenly King made a move, he put Shanhai City in a predicament.
On October 2, the day after Chen Sheng's founding of the country, Hong Xiuquan and Chi You secretly reached a tacit understanding, and the representatives of the two sides signed a peace agreement on the border of Wuzhou County, and the two aboriginal forces did not invade each other and were in peace.
One to the west and one to the east.
As soon as the agreement was signed, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom East Route Army stationed on the border of Wuzhou County was all evacuated. Even the East Camp was completely abolished.
At the same time, the troops stationed on the western border of Chiyou City also withdrew.
No one knows how the two sides communicated and were able to trust each other to such an extent. If you say that you don't defend each other anymore, it's simply unheard of.
The entire peace talks were conducted in an extremely secret manner, and the people involved were high-level officials on both sides. Otherwise, the two major intelligence agencies, the Military Intelligence Department and the Black Snake Guard, would not have received a single rumor and the peace talks would have been reached.
The disarmament of both sides is only the first step in the whole operation.
The Eastern Route Army, which was withdrawn by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, converged with the Southern Route Army, and the front of the troops was directed towards the Mulan Fortress. The two armies, with a total of 150,000 troops, marched into the Mulan Fortress with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai, which was menacing.
It seems that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is determined to take Mulan Fortress.
I don't know what is there in Lianzhou County that is worthy of such fanfare from Hong Xiuquan.
When the Military Affairs Department got the news, it immediately ordered the City Guard Division to go north and immediately stationed in Mulan Fortress. Assist the 3rd Division of the Longxiang Legion stationed in the fortress, that is, the Evil Coming Division, to fight against the strong enemy.
In this way, the entire Shanhai City is an empty city, and there is not a single soldier stationed there.
Du Ruhui immediately ordered that the city defense troops of all prefectures and counties in Lianzhou County should enter the first-level alert and be on standby at any time. The only fortunate thing is that the first formation of the North Bay Fleet has successfully returned to Beihai City.
The gateway to Lianzhou is safe for the time being.
The 1st Division of the Huben Regiment stationed in Qiongzhou County was also urgently moving to Yashan City. Once the situation changes, the Fan Lihua Division is the main force to reinforce Shanhai City.
In addition to attacking the Mulan Fortress, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom also merged the Western Route Army and the Northern Route Army to form a new Western Route Army, with a total strength of 200,000 troops, and the front of the army was directed at Kunming County in the eastern part of Yunnan Province.
Kunming County is the largest county in Yunnan Province, occupying one-third of the province's territory and the sphere of influence of Lingxi City.
After a period of expansion, Lingxi City has occupied more than half of the territory of Kunming County. It's just that Kunming County occupies too much land, and it will take time for Lingxi City to control the entire county.
But before Bai Hua could go any further, such an accident happened.
For the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Lingxi City is not without precautions. The problem is that in addition to expanding westward, the northern provinces of Sichuan and southern Hunan are all good places to go to, in addition to expanding westward.
Where did he think that Hong Xiuquan didn't know how his brain cramped, so he changed his previous strategy of attacking from all sides, and instead concentrated his troops and attacked Kunming County with all his might.
In this way, the situation of Lingxi City is not good.
The location of Lingxi City is close to the junction of Yunnan Province and South Sichuan Province. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom sent troops to Yunnan Province, and Lingxi City bore the brunt.
I got the news that the entire Lingxi City had issued a first-level war mobilization.
The 50,000-strong army led by Zhang Liao was hurrying to the border and setting up the first defensive chain on the border. In the entire Lingxi City, the total strength is only five divisions and about 70,000 troops.
This time, Birch is fighting with all his might.
If you don't do your best, you can't do it, once you are attacked by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom army, you will not be able to protect the nest.
What made Bai Hua helpless was that the entire Kunming County, which had not yet been occupied by Lingxi City, chose to watch from the wall very unanimously this time, without the slightest intention of joining the coalition army.
Perhaps, in the consciousness of these lords, it is better to watch the destruction of Lingxi City than to be slowly eaten away by Lingxi City. As for how to deal with it in the future, we will talk about it later.
In other words, Lingxi City will not be able to raise reinforcements for the time being.
All of a sudden, Lingxi City was in an emergency.
Lingxi City is a very important node in Ouyang Shuo's territory, and it must not be lost.
At this moment, only Shanhai City may be able to increase the number of troops in Lingxi City. The other allies of the [Shanhai Alliance] are now also in the midst of war and cannot get out.
This big battle in China finally forced the [Shanhai Alliance] to the edge of the cliff.
As for how to increase the troops, Ouyang Shuo has to deploy them in a unified manner.
Not for anything else, just because there is action, but it is not just the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
After withdrawing troops from the western border, Chiyou raised an army of 100,000 barbarians and began to assemble on the eastern border, aiming directly at Zhaoqing County, which had just been pacified.
After a year of silence, the land of a county can no longer satisfy Chiyou's appetite. This great demon god finally bared his fangs into the wilderness.
First of all, it is Shanhai City.
At the same time, the newly established [Lingnan City-State] is also sharpening its knives. Ruan Binh announced in a high-profile manner that the [Lingnan City-State] would form a planned 100,000 allied army in the shortest possible time and deploy it on the border of Zhaoqing County. If the situation allows, the possibility of attacking Zhaoqing County cannot be ruled out.
In addition, north of Zhaoqing County, the [Caiyun League] of the southern Hunan province, after several days of urgent consultations, finally reached an agreement to form the second city-state in China - [Xiangnan City-State].
As soon as the [Shonan City-State] was established, Caiyun Zhinan announced at the forum that in order to maintain the security of the Shonan Province, the city-state would consider giving priority to stationing troops on the southern border.
For a while, Shanhai City was a strong enemy.
It was against such a background that Ouyang Shuo hurried back to Wulong City in a hurry.
Originally, Ouyang Shuo was still hesitating, after the army was reorganized, whether to attack to the east or west. Unexpectedly, the enemy helped him make a choice.
Now, Shanhai City is attacked on three sides.
How to solve this game, you have to plan carefully.
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October 8, Wulong City, Council Hall.
Only four people participated in the provisional military meeting this time. Du Ruhui, the director of military affairs, General Bai Qi, General Sun Bin and General Han Xin hurriedly teleported from Shanhai City.
These four people are the Dinghai Divine Needle of the Shanhai City military.
Du Ruhui first briefly gave a brief account of the surrounding situation, and then gave a briefing on the latest progress of the army's reorganization: "Since 14 September, the army has begun a large-scale reorganization. Twenty-five days have passed, and the reorganization of the entire army is nearing completion, and the only thing that is lacking is some weapons and equipment, which have not yet been transported because of the long distance. The generals of the various departments can start to receive troops. ”
As soon as Du Ruhui's words fell, in the hall, everyone's spirits were shocked. To cope with the current crisis, reaching a certain size of the army is the greatest guarantee.
I have to say that the expansion of Shanhai City this time is too timely. At that time, Ouyang Shuo had the slightest doubt and reduced one or two divisions, and today's situation would be much more difficult.
According to the deployment of the Military Affairs Administration, the four garrison divisions have already left for the garrison one by one.
The Zhaoqing County Garrison Division, stationed near Tianshuang City, was the first to arrive. The Lianzhou County Garrison Division and the Second Division of the City Guard Division have also gone south, from the north of Leizhou County, to Beihai City by boat.
Within three days, the two major garrison divisions would be in place.
In this way, the safety of the base camp can be worry-free for the time being. The First Division of the City Guard Division led by Zhao Sihu can also be stationed in Mulan Fortress with peace of mind.
Otherwise, there would be no garrison in Shanhai City, and even Ouyang Shuo would panic in his heart. In case any adventurous players make any noise, they can only rely on the two thousand servants of Shanhai City to clean it up.
Also going south by boat, there is also the Zhenhai City Garrison Division.
The southern part of Zhaoqing County also has a coastline. The Zhenhai City Garrison Division will board a ship at the temporary port and go to Zhenhai City to garrison.
In this way, the whole trip will take less than a week.
In less than five days, the Zhenhai City Garrison Division will be in place. In this way, the three thousand divine martial guards will also be able to free up their hands and directly reach Wulong County through the teleportation array.
In addition to the Shenwu Guard and the Praetorian Guard Division, what can be mobilized now are the three fully formed legions.
Shanhai City was attacked on three sides, and Ouyang Shuo's idea was to roughly divide the three major army corps, each responsible for a defense area, so as not to cause confusion in command.
To this end, Ouyang Shuo introduced a new concept - the war zone.
"Everyone," Ouyang Shuo looked around at the three divine generals below, and said in a deep voice: "In order to deal with the current crisis, it is also to set a model for the future defense area of the army. Ben Hou decided to establish the first official war zone in Shanhai City. The so-called theater is the only supreme command organ in this strategic direction. The theater has the right to mobilize all combat units within its jurisdiction. ”
As soon as Ouyang Shuo's words fell, Bai Qi and the others all stared at each other.
There is no doubt that compared with a pure general like the corps commander, the commander of the theater has greater decision-making power, which is equivalent to assuming part of the responsibilities of the military affairs department.
Ouyang Shuo set up the war zone because he took into account that with the expansion of the territory and the size of the army, the external environment was complex and changeable, and the Military Affairs Administration could no longer be able to cover everything.
For this reason, in order to maintain the flexibility and mobility of the front-line troops, the entire command system will not be stiff and unable to flexibly respond to the front-line battle situation due to the long distance.
Setting up a war zone is the best choice.
In addition to major decisions, the theater command is equivalent to half of the military affairs department. (To be continued.) )