The so-called misfortune is where good fortune relies, and good fortune relies on misfortune. This sentence is just right to describe the situation in Kansai. Just when the morale of the Taiping Army in the Guansai area was greatly boosted by the Longdong Defense War, a huge war storm was already formed in the south.

On January 27, 696, the Imperial Sanjiang Military and Political Governor Lin Guoxiong made a speech on the front page of the Sanjiang Daily, saying that he could not sit idly by the deterioration of the situation in the southwest of the Empire, and to do his best to save the people of Guanxi from the fire and fire. He also announced that he would send troops to attack Guanxi in the north. In the early morning of the same day, more than 100,000 troops of the five divisions of the Sanjiang First Legion launched an attack on the border line of more than 200 miles north with a force of *. The Taiping Army defenders were about to collapse. The Sanjiang Legion was unstoppable and conquered several major cities and fortresses in the southern part of Lujiang Prefecture.

At the same time, on January 28, Lang Yongquan, the military and political governor of the Empire of Tiannan and the governor of Myanmar, also issued a declaration of opposing the bandits, announcing that he would respond to Lin Guoxiong's call and send troops to the north to ensure the stability of the situation in the western part of the empire. In the early morning of the same day, five divisions of the Tiannan First Legion also divided into two groups and directly inserted into the Bashan Prefecture in the north. On January 30, two troops of the Tiannan First Legion met successfully in Bashan Prefecture. Previously, the 20,000 Taiping defenders stationed in Bashan Prefecture had voluntarily abandoned Bashan Prefecture and retreated north. On February 2 of the mainland calendar, the Tiannan First Legion had already controlled the entire Bashan Prefecture.

On February 4, the Sanjiang First Legion captured the Lujiang Prefecture City after three days of hard fighting. On February 7, the Sanjiang First Legion occupied the entire Lujiang Prefecture.

This series of wars was like a strong hurricane that blew across the entire Eastern continent, and had a huge impact on many countries including the Liberia countries, the Machi Khanate, the Kingdom of Milan, and other countries. It was even more like a strong earthquake occurred in the empire. In particular, the empire advanced westward to attack a small Longdong Prefecture and returned with a feather. Compared with the victory of the Qinghe Battle in the north, it was even more unacceptable. The senior management of the imperial military was covered with clouds, and the faint sound of wind and thunder had rolled on the heads of many officials.

The changes in the situation in the north and Guanxi of the Empire made Wu Feng and Ling Tianfang, who were in charge of Lu Long's Mansion, unexpectedly. The Empire's great victory in the Qinghe Battle in the north not only allowed Wu Feng and Ling Tianfang to see the weakness of the Taiping Army, but also made the two of them realize the weakness of the imperial army. Under such a favorable situation, they failed to take advantage of the victory and pursued them and completely defeated the enemy in one go. Instead, they allowed the enemy to escape calmly and return to Qinghe Mansion City to get a breather. This made Wu Feng and Ling Tianfang sigh while secretly thinking about the next move of the Empire.

But before the two of them could think carefully, the shocking news that the Empire's group of advancing westwards blindly attacked Longdong and was successfully attacked by the Taiping Army's strange army. The Empire's more than 100,000 troops returned to Tianshui without even getting any results. The senior officers waiting for them would be the gendarmerie and the military court.

Just as Wufeng and Ling Tianfang were rushing to discuss countermeasures, the situation in Kansai changed drastically again. The Lin Lang family blatantly marched and captured the two southern prefectures in Guanxi County in one fell swoop, forcing the two to reconsider the deployment and arrangements. The extraordinary combat effectiveness of the Lin Lang family's army also shocked them secretly.

"Tianfang, it seems that everyone wants to eat this piece of meat in Guanxi. Are we a little too conservative?" Wu Feng asked casually while taking a sip of the strong coffee.

"Conservative? Sir, you are too arrogant to yourself? Now Lu Long's defense has drawn troops from the northwest. There is only a Fifth Division and an incomplete independent Second Division stationed in Queqiao Pass. What else are you planning to do? Should you conquer Longdong Prefecture in one fell swoop, or go south to seize Xikang Prefecture? Or do you divide the troops into two groups to capture him?" Ling Tian was so angry that he sarcastic boss.

Tickling his head, Wufeng smiled, and looked embarrassed on his face, and then said, "Tianfang, I'm just asking casually. There's no need to hit me like this, right?"

Ling Tian snorted and did not speak again. He just read the information carefully and looked carefully at the map on the desk. The weather had become very cold. The winter in the north of the empire was cold and dry. Almost every household had lit the back basin and set off a hot kang. Although Wufeng was not too afraid of the cold, he followed the customs and still lit two large braziers in his study.

"I didn't expect that after the Taiping Army won a brilliant victory in Longdong, it retreated across the south. Even Lujiang and Bashan, which had been hard-working, were willing to give up. This Bo Jinchen is really not simple." Ling Tianfang muttered to himself while pondering the information carefully.

"Well, that's also the situation that forced him to do this. According to the information, both Lin Lang's family automatically used their most elite First Legion, a 200,000 army. I'm afraid that all the Taiping Army in Guanxi might not be able to resist it. It's better to quit voluntarily, preserve your strength, and choose a favorable opportunity to fight again. Hanzhong Prefecture is surrounded by mountains, and the roads leading to various places are dangerous passes and skas, which are easy to defend but difficult to attack. There are several places that can be said to be a jungle where a man is a pass that cannot be opened. With external forces, it is impossible to capture it. Although the Lin Lang's family occupied the two mansions in the south, it would be harder to advance north than climbing the sky." Wufeng looked out the window and seemed to recall something.

The memories of traveling around in my youth seemed to be burying into my head again. The scenes of climbing over the mountains and ridges surrounding Hanzhong Mansion alone are still so clear when I think about it. This may be a way for the master to deliberately train himself.

"Bo Jinchen should have more sinister intentions." Ling Tianfang smiled slightly, and his dark skin looked particularly healthy under the reflection of the charcoal fire in the brazier.

"Oh?" Wufeng raised his eyebrows with interest, "In addition to preserving his strength and waiting for labor, what else do Bo Jinchen's old fox have?"

"Although the empire is unable to control the situation in Kansai now, the Lin Lang family is still nominally subordinate to the empire. I just want you, lord. If the empire now asks us to evacuate Lu Long and take over Lu Long, what would you do?" Ling Tianfang grinned, his white teeth and dark skin were even more dazzling.

"Hehe, I didn't occupy Lu Long. I was just invited to resist the attack of the Taiping Army. The nature is completely different." Wufeng said cunningly: "If the empire wants me to withdraw, of course I have to obey. This is the duty of being a minister."

"Is that true?" Ling Tianfang had long been accustomed to his boss' subconscious false words, and he did not agree as usual. "Maybe the Lin Lang family would not think so, especially the Lin family. It was said that it would cost a certain price to conquer Lujiang Prefecture City."

"Well, that's true. Maybe the Lin Lang family is not as obedient as us." Wu Feng shrugged and looked indifferent.

"Bo Jinchen probably saw this, that is, the empire would definitely not be indifferent to the Lin Lang family's easy control of Lujiang and Bashan, and might ask the imperial army to enter and take over, but what will the Lin Lang family react?" Ling Tianfang asked Wufeng and asked himself.

"Are you giving up, or delaying on excuses, or expressing your refusal? Judging by the subordinates, it is obviously impossible to give up, otherwise these two families would not have spent so much effort to send troops. Since they sent troops, they would definitely not intend to withdraw from here again. I am afraid that they can't make it clear that they will not be able to refuse. After all, there is still this relationship in it. There is only the second one, or the Empire will take some exchange conditions to allow the two families to withdraw from here." Ling Tian's exile analyzed.

"Exchange conditions? I'm afraid that the empire's conditions will not agree. The two families of Lin Lang will not agree to Kansai for a long time. Now they have finally caught the opportunity. How can they withdraw easily?" Wu Feng shook his head and expressed his disagreement with his confidant subordinate. "The Lin Lang family has only one way, which is to use the excuse that the Taiping Army may make a comeback at any time. In order to prevent the two places from falling again, they can only shoulder this important task now. In short, they will not be allowed to hand over these two places back to the hands of the empire in any case. But these two families are definitely not willing to break up completely with the empire because of this matter, and the empire also has concerns. So in the end, these parties will barely reach an agreement under some mutual compromise. At least they will not really tear the face until the Taiping Army's power disappears."

"Sir, why do I feel like you are talking about the relationship between us and the empire?" Ling Tianfang looked at his boss with a smile and asked thoughtfully.

"Is that so? Haha, maybe it's probably because you're too sensitive, haha." Wufeng made a lot of tricks, covering up his casual feelings.

"But according to the opinions of his subordinates, some deadly gangs in the imperial court may not tolerate the Lin Lang family's open control of these two places. They will definitely put huge pressure on the court to require the imperial army to enter these two places. Will there be any changes in the middle?" Ling Tianfang did not say much about this issue, but instead talked about his views on what kind of reaction the imperial court would make on this matter.

Wufeng was stunned when he heard this. He had not thought of this problem yet. In his opinion, the power determines everything. The Empire currently has no strength to compete with the Lin Lang family when confronting the Taiping Army, so he could only make concessions. Perhaps he had ignored the ideas of the hardliners in the imperial court who were desperate for face.

He stood up and walked around the house twice before Wufeng said again: "What do you mean is the empire that may send troops into Lujiang?" Bashan is west of Lujiang, and the areas controlled by the central government of the empire do not border the Bashan Prefecture, so the empire must have to enter Lujiang first if they really want to send troops.

"What if the Empire really marched into Lujiang without asking for advice from the Lin family?" Ling Tianfang asked leisurely: "Does the Lin family's army really dare to face the army in the central government?"

As soon as this question was asked, even Wufeng found it difficult to answer. Yes, if it were himself, it would be difficult to make up his mind for a while. At least for the time being, the name of attacking the central army of the Empire was enough to put a subordinate local regime into a passive situation that was pointed out by thousands of people. No one dared to act rashly on this issue.

He let out a long breath, Wufeng shook his head and smiled bitterly, "If it were me, I wouldn't be able to make a decision. However, if the old guy Bo Jinchen thought so far, then this guy's methods would be really vicious."
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