Chapter Twenty-ninth Hanzhong struggle for hegemony
The loss of Lujiang was like a scoundrel hitting the Lin family members. Its loss was not just a problem of its own loss, but the most important thing was that there were two divisions and Hanzhong Prefecture that had become an isolated island. If you want to save the army on this isolated island, the only way is to retake Lujiang. However, in terms of the current situation, this is nothing more than a dream. The Sanjiang army, which suffered a heavy blow, no longer has more power to launch a large-scale war. Northern Ronesia and Sanjiang County are still facing the pressure of the Maqi Khan invasion. In September 697, this season was originally a clear and cool autumn season, but the people of Sanjiang felt the chill from the West from the bottom of their hearts.
Although the Lujiang offensive and defensive war was particularly fierce, no one realized that it was just a long and chaotic beginning. Since September 697, the entire Eastern Continent has been in a state of chaos and disorder. This situation of various forces competing for the Central Plains has lasted for nearly four years, and the intermittent truce has never exceeded three months. The trauma brought to the Eastern Continent, especially the Tanghe Empire, is still unavoidable after ten years. After this period of time, people will always remember this long four years of war.
In fact, the battle between Hanzhong began before the battle of Lujiang. Since Yongchuan Town was initially formed with the full efforts of the Tiannan Lang family, it became a bridgehead that threatened the city of Hanzhong Prefecture. The continuous army entered the southwest of Hanzhong, which made the Sanjiang Army guards of Hanzhong Prefecture feel huge pressure. This indirectly led to the judgment of the generals of the Lin family. They unanimously believed that the Lang family would concentrate all their efforts to complete Hanzhong. However, they underestimated Lang Yongquan's courage and ambition, which led to the loss of Lujiang.
As early as late August, the army of Tiannan Lang family broke through the six towns they controlled and continued to attack the eight towns controlled by the Lin family. Their goal standard was that the Lin family's security forces and dispatched officials in each town. The Lin family was not willing to defend passively, and also used regular troops in the east and north to launch a counterattack against the Lang family. Small-scale conflicts continued, which eventually led to medium-sized conflicts of more than 10,000 people. However, these conflicts did not affect the general trend in the basin.
It was not until September that the Tiannan Army launched a powerful offensive in Lujiang that the Tiannan Army in Hanzhong also began to gather on a large scale. The army from Bashan continued to enter Yongchuan, and its military strength increased sharply, and soon reached twice that of the Lin family's army in Hanzhong. The Lin family army in Hanzhong felt that the deterioration of the situation was much beyond their expectations. They quickly gathered the army and relied on the Hanzhong Prefecture City to prepare for the persistent battle. The Lang family army also took advantage of its military strength to continuously erode the areas originally controlled by the Lin family, trying to force the Lin family army to go out of the city to fight decisively, but it did not have any obvious results.
With the help of the height of the mound, Shalang and his deputy quietly looked at the Hanzhong Prefecture City in the distance. The city defense facilities of Hanzhong Prefecture City did not improve much after the Taiping Kung Fu people occupied it, but after the Lin family took over, the Lin family tried hard to work on the originally not perfect city defense system. Eight giant stone casters were placed on both sides of the city tower above the four city gates, with a range of up to 500 meters. The urns on both sides of the city tower were built with many hidden castles, and even large stoves with boiling oil and gold juice were built in case of emergencies, but these were just conventional defense facilities. The excavation and dredging of the moat and the connection with the Han River from both directions also further improved the defense strength of Hanzhong City. Although the moat was not wide, the Han River provided sufficient water for the moat, which made it unexpectedly cut off and even dried up.
"Well, it seems that the Lin family has invested a lot in Hanzhong. Well, since the Lang family is so eager to take the lead, we can simply let them practice generously to see if the so-called Burmese Tiger can chew on the hard bone of the Lin family." Sha Lang smiled sinisterly and touched his jaw with his hands.
"Teacher Commander, then isn't our only task cancellation?" the deputy asked with some reluctance.
"It's not decided, everything is not decided. Even Boss Liang hasn't figured out what the governor is thinking now. How do I know? I thought that the adults should be going to Hanzhong, and even Yueshan and the others have come. But before we can react, the Lang family has already started to take action. This caught us off guard. I guess the adults are also in trouble for this?" Sha Lang was thinking about the changes in the battle situation, "But I heard that the wind in Northern Luzon has also become tight. Do the Luzons want to repeat the same trick again?"
"Sir, do you mean that the Luzons may re-invade the north? But I heard that Lord Li seemed to be intentionally punishing the rudeness of the Sithro people, so Mot and Tubu's cavalry were stepping up their rest." It was the hobby of soldiers to guess the changes in the situation. After all, this was related to where the war would begin and directly affect the interests of the soldiers.
"Sisluo people?" Sha Lang hesitated, "Is it possible? What benefits can we get from teaching the Siluo people a lesson now? You should know that Lord Li always puts interests first in wars."
A unit lined up from the flanks to enter the camp. When the flag-holding soldiers who were holding the flag were holding a big yellow-bottomed and red-sided flag with high fighting spirit, a fierce insect on the flag jumped up, appearing vividly, flying and rolling in the wind, which was extremely majestic.
"Hey, sir, look!" The deputy pointed at the team in surprise and said.
"That's the Burmese Legion of Winner! Winner is known as the Burmese Tiger. It is said that all of his five sons are extremely brave, and they are called the Five Tigers of Winner. That tiger flag is the military chess of their Burmese Legion!" Sha Lang narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the troops passing by hundreds of meters, thinking about the combat effectiveness of this troops. It would probably not be too outrageous if they could be called tigers. It still looked like that. I don't know how to fight.
"Second Commander, let's go. It's too close to the enemy. If the enemy discovers it, we will be in danger." The deputy was a little worried.
"Enemy? Where are the enemies here? So far, both the Lang family and the Lin family are still our close allies. I am now going out in a big way to visit their army as an allies. I am afraid they can only agree. Who would be willing to offend us at this time? So in the past two days, I told the military intelligence bureau that the people who are generously going to the enemy's backbone to collect intelligence. At this time, both the Lin family and the Lang family can only tolerate us as much as possible, avoid direct conflict with us, and give us an excuse to join the enemy's side. Where can I usually find such good things? If there is a advantage, I will not take it for nothing." Sha Lang shouted with remarks, "I don't believe that Lang Yongquan is not worried about our intervention. I guess Lang Yongquan's envoy should have sat in the palace of the governor at this time."
The deputy was stunned by the rogue behavior of his division commander. He also heard that he encouraged the gang of people from the Military Intelligence Bureau to boldly go deep into the enemy's backbone to get information, which made him laugh and cry. However, he was used to the ridiculous behavior of his boss, so he was not surprised.
As Sha Lang said, the arrogance of the Northwest Military Intelligence Bureau has caused great dissatisfaction with the Tiannan Army, which has completed the siege of the Hanzhong Prefecture City.
"Father, those guys are so arrogant. Yesterday our scout team captured five spies who spyed on military affairs, all of whom were from the northwest. We must not refuse to say that we are too weak." Before the people entered the tent, the voice had arrived first. A young man rushed in angrily and shouted loudly.
When he walked into the tent, he saw someone sitting beside his father. It was Xie Changyang, the deputy commander of the Tiannan Army, the commander of the Northern Expedition. Then he realized that he was a little reckless. His dark face turned red, and his head shrank and he quickly stood aside.
"Random! Wen Xiong, you are so brave. You have trespassed into the commander's account without any news. Do you think you can violate military discipline if you are my son? Come on, drag this guy out and fight twenty military sticks again!" Wen Na, who has always been calm, couldn't help but be furious at this time and lost face in front of the head coach. How can Wen Na not be angry? Wen Na is the youngest son of Wen Na. He has always been irritable, but he is extremely brave in fighting, which makes Wen Na very troubled.
"Forget it, Brother Wen Na, Young Master Wen doesn't know you and I'm talking about things, and those who don't know won't blame me." Xie Changyang deliberately lowered his cheeks and waved his hand, "Wen Xiong, go out first, I have something to discuss with your father."
He hesitantly glanced at his father, and the two soldiers who rushed in stood aside stupidly and didn't know what to do. Wenna roared irritably: "Don't get out!"
He ran away with his head in his arms.
"Brother Wenna, it seems that people in the northwest are very rampant." A hint of worry appeared on Xie Changyang's face.
"Who said no? During this period, the northwest side's probationary horses, scouts, and spies flocked in, and they repeatedly entered the military restricted area we designated to peep and spy. They were hard to defend. As soon as they caught them, the people from the northwest side came to negotiate. The adult once told me not to cause trouble at this time, what else can I do? It's not that I just released the people in a few days! What's more, I caught a guy disguised as a hunter near the military camp. He actually said that he was a military observer sent by the Allied forces and came to understand the situation. You said, why do these guys have such a rogue behavior?" Wen Na couldn't help but feel angry and funny at the end of the day.
"Military Observer?" Xie Changyang couldn't help but laugh. These people in the northwest like to invent new terms. I heard that the northwest has set up a military joint staff headquarters in the army, which is specifically responsible for handling military affairs. What military law director is responsible for handling those who violate military discipline in the army. Even Li Wufeng himself cannot interfere. This has become a strange talk in the world. Even the Supreme Commander cannot interfere. Is that still called the Supreme Commander? Then where is the authority of the Supreme Commander?
Chapter completed!